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Child's Play Charity
November 17,2005 18:5 -
For the past 2 years Penny-Arcade has set up a charity designed to buy games and toys to donate to children's hospitals around the globe. This year, we would like for WarcraftRealms.com to take part in this fundraising drive.
In doing so, we are seeking donations. We have set a conservative goal of $1,000. This money has to be raised by December 20 in order for the money to be transferred and toys bought and shipped by Christmas.
As part of this, I will be collecting donations to give to the charity. You are welcome to donate directly, but if you donate through WR, I'll match the first $250 that is donated. Not only that, but I will give a few other perks too. You can see all the details
. All donations will go directly to the Child's Play charity.
Every little bit helps so anything you can give will be greatly appreciated!
Skyfire says:
November 17,2005 at 23:47
2 tickets for every 10 dollars.
I'll have to think about that =)
Sianni says:
November 18,2005 at 2:10
Great charity.
Gamers ftw!
NiennaMiriel says:
November 18,2005 at 8:59
Thanks for sharing this Rollie.
I'm glad I was able to help out, and I may be able to help a bit more before December 20 depending on how things go for me.
Vek says:
November 18,2005 at 12:11
Wait until my pay check comes in, and I can help you out. =D
Rollie says:
November 18,2005 at 12:53
I'm beginning to think I set my sights too low! We're already over 20% of the way there and the donation section hasn't even been online a full day yet!
NiennaMiriel says:
November 18,2005 at 13:48
[quote:88273eee28="Rollie"]I'm beginning to think I set my sights too low! We're already over 20% of the way there and the donation section hasn't even been online a full day yet![/quote:88273eee28]
Better to set them too low and be pleasantly surprised, than to set them too high and be disappointed.
You said yourself, that you made a conservative goal.
I plan on helping out some more too.
malabdul says:
November 19,2005 at 15:36
Tried but couldn't, even the non paypal option turns out to be paypal related, doesn't have my country listed :(
Rollie says:
November 21,2005 at 9:34
Yes, both of them are done via Paypal, one just accepts credit cards, the other does not. I don't really have anything set up to allow for donations outside of Paypal. I would encourage you to visit the Child's Play website and see how you can go about donating directly!
malabdul says:
November 23,2005 at 12:37
will do, cheers :D
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The biggest major hurdle has been cleared on the path to a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons as the Atlanta City Council voted late Monday night to approve a funding plan for the new $1 billion retractable roof stadium.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank called it "a win-win" and earlier promised that the new stadium will help the city continue to compete for all major events, including the Super Bowl. "That's the only secret ballot in the NFL," he said. "We'll have to earn it. But this public support is an important piece."
Mayor Kasim Reed called the arrangement "a great public-private partnership" that will benefit the city and the state.
The council voted 11-4 in favor of using city hotel-motel taxes to pay an estimated $200 million toward construction costs and potentially several times that toward costs of financing, maintaining and operating the stadium through 2050.
All things considered, the cost to the public could actually end up being closer to $900 million. Through principal and interest payments, the hotel-motel tax could be as much as $450 million over 30 years and, according to projections cited by the AJC, another $450 million could go to the stadium over the years for operations and expenses through a "waterfall" fund.
The $200 million number is a conservative estimate of the cost. The money going toward the stadium comes from the 39.3 percent of Atlanta's 7-cents-per-dollar hotel-motel tax that is mandated by state law to go to the GWCCA or a stadium project.
In light of those numbers, council member Aaron Watson said he would no longer characterize the public contribution to the project as only the $200 million toward upfront construction.
"I, for one, haven't heard much discussion of what the entire amount is going to be over the next 30 years," Watson said. He added he "had taken some comfort" in the $200 million figure but "had been nervous the number was actually more."
The contract to build the stadium is based on the framework of a deal announced on March 7 at City Hall, which came after months of private negotiations – and several years of planning and studies – involving the governor's office, the World Congress Center Authority and the mayor's office, among others.
After last week's stadium deal announcement City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell said he was encouraged and promised public hearings in the near future.
Those meeting never happened and the City Council held only one open public forum about the project, at which former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young voiced support for it, saying the stadium was "another opportunity that gives [Atlanta] a chance to shape the future."
Common Cause Georgia, a government accountability and advocacy group, however, claims that the entire project has been put together behind closed doors and the public has been misled.
"You're left very clearly with the negotiating parties excluding the public while including the public's money," Common Cause board member Wyc Orr has said in earlier statements.
Maria Sporta of Saporta Report wrote early in February that the amount taxpayers would contribute to the project had been determined long before the project was even announced to the public.
"The amount of hotel-motel taxes that would be invested in the project was determined nearly three years ago when the General Assembly agreed to extend the hotel-motel tax collected in the City of Atlanta and in unincorporated Fulton County," she wrote.
Further, money from the hotel-motel tax will go to the stadium for the next 30 years regardless of how much it is.
"Now here is where it gets interesting," writes Saporta. "Under the GWCCA-Falcons agreement, if the hotel-motel tax generated more than the estimated $300 million, the excess taxes would go into a 'waterfall' fund that would go to pay for other debt on the project, or go into a refurbishment and maintenance reserve account, or go into a fund for capital improvements.
"So whether the state provides $200 million or $300 million in bonding capacity, the amount of hotel-motel taxes collected remains the same…All surplus hotel-motel taxes would still be invested in the stadium development."
The vote by the City Council came three days after the Georgia World Congress Center Authority approved the deal and left just a vote by Invest Atlanta, the city's economic development agency, for the stadium project to move forward. The board of Invest Atlanta, which would issue the bonds to fund the public portion of the construction cost, is expected to vote Tuesday.
The Falcons expect to be playing in the new retractable roof venue in 2017, while their current home, the Georgia Dome, would be demolished. By August, the city and the GWCCA will try to work out a deal to buy Friendshp and Mount Vernon Baptist churches on the preferred site south of the Dome.

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(Corrects the story to reflect that the CCAR results come out on March 26.)
TGIF. Here's Friday's financial roundup: Goldman Sachs weighs in on HFT debate, most banks pass stress tests, Volcker rule costs banks billions, SAC loses another employee and the Madoff trial loses a juror.
Here's more:
Super-fast trading: The President and COO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Gary Cohn weighed in on high-frequency trading debate with the an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.The former trader pointed to creating "stronger safety net of controls", incentives towards reducing market instability, making sure market data is disseminated to all market participants at the same time and giving clearing members more tools to limit risk. Wonder if it's even enough to make him friends with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who this week called HFTs having an "unfair advantages" over regulator investors.
Cohn got reaction from a former SEC chairman and adviser to the firm on Twitter:
Pass/fail: 29 of the 30 biggest banks in the U.S. passed the annual financial "stress test" by the Federal Reserve. The test looked at whether the nation's biggest financial firms were stable enough to withstand a severe economic downturn. The test showed that firms could lose up to $501 billion in a bad recession. The next step in the process is the CCAR results out on March 26 which will possibly pave the way for firms to return capital back to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
Volcker expense: The nation's banks will spend as much as $4.3 billion on implementing the Volcker rule, according to a study by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said a report in Bloomberg. The rule, implemented after the financial crisis, bans banks from using their own money to make speculative trades and was named after its creator former Fed chairman Paul Volcker.
Own hedge: SAC Capital Advisors LP will be losing one of its high-profile portfolio managers at the end of this year, according to media reports. Gabriel Plotkin is the latest portfolio manager to leave the besieged hedge fund and is said to be starting his own firm. The PM's decision to leave was in part because of the government scrutiny over insider trading at the firm, founded by Steve Cohen.
Out sick: A juror has been excused due to an ailment in the trial of the five former employees of Bernie Madoff charged with helping the fraudster, according to a report in the Associated Press. The judge in the case will allow the remaining 11 jurors to continue deliberating, which began on Monday. No word on the ailment of the departing juror. Madoff is currently serving 150 years in prison for conducting the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilking his customers of billions of dollars over decades.
Short squeeze: A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader thought he deserved a bigger bonus and a promotion but lost his battle against the giant Wall Street bank. Deeb Salem, who worked on Goldman's mortgage trading desk, was looking for $21 million in compensation for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. The former trader's claims were denied by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel. "I am as competitive as Michael Jordan," said Salem in Senate documents.
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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
May 2005
Study of rare tautomers featured on journal cover
Work performed under the U.S. Department of Energy's Low-Dose Radiation Research Program is featured on the cover of the May 21, 2005 issue of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
The graphic, which shows a possible mechanism of destruction of the six-member ring structure of uracil, accompanies a research paper entitled "Stabilization of very rare tautomers of uracil by an excess electron." The authors are PNNL chemist Maciek Gutowski and Polish scientists Rafal Bachorz, and Janusz Rak from the University of Gdansk and Adam Mickiewicz University, respectively.
A tautomer is one of two or more structural isomers—a compound having the same molecular formula but different structures—that exist in equilibrium and are readily converted from one isomeric form to another. Rare tautomers of nucleic acid bases are involved in mispairing of nucleic acid bases in DNA and thus in the development of point mutations. PNNL scientists are uncovering a molecular pathway of destruction of the six-member ring structure of pyrimidine bases by low-energy electrons. In the current work, the scientists focused on chemical transformations of nucleic acid bases induced by low-energy electrons.
The Low-Dose Radiation Research Program supports fundamental science to determine health risks from exposures to low levels of radiation. DNA damage from radiation-induced mutation is potentially a critical pathway to adverse health effects. For example, single- and double-strand breaks in DNA are induced by lesions formed by low-energy electrons, which are produced in copious amounts by high-energy radiation. The molecular mechanism forming these lesions is not yet known.
The principal finding is that low-energy electrons favor very unusual tautomers of nucleic acid bases. These are not canonical or conventional rare tautomers, in which proton transfer takes place between electronegative atoms N or O. Instead, the most stable anionic tautomers result from enamine-imine transformation—where a proton is transferred from a nitrogen atom to a carbon atom. These new tautomers might affect the structure and properties of DNA and RNA. In particular, they undergo a barrier-free decomposition of the ring structure of a nucleic acid base upon an excess electron detachment (this is what is shown on the cover). These decompositions might be viewed as lesions to DNA or RNA. The new anionic tautomers might contribute to the chemistry of RNA and DNA exposed to low-energy electrons in condensed-phase environments. The researchers will continue to explore this problem.


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berkshires, catskills, cucumber avocado boats, dreena burton, eat drink and be vegan, eden cafe, ezekiel, karma road, kristen's raw, lion's den, mass moca, pina colada ice cream, santarella, spicoli burgers
We are back from our week-long adventure in the Berkshires and the Catskills. We had a wonderful time (thanks to Marc who planned the whole trip) exploring (read: natural bridge) and relaxing (read: napping) and being inspired (read: Mass MoCA) as a family. Enough with the laundry, the vacuuming, cleaning, and work…! We really needed this.
One of the places we stayed at was the beautiful, storybook property of Santarella, Tyringham, MA's gingerbread house.
We actually slept in what used to be the sculpture studio, now used as the "honeymoon suite". If you've got a chance to visit the property or are looking for a romantic getaway, check this place out.
Today, I am happily back in my kitchen, though, and I am ON FIRE! Perhaps it was because I ate more mediocre meals on the trip than yummy ones. Although, there were some meals well worthy of note like the field greens, fig, almond and orange salad at The Lion's Den in Stockbridge, MA and the veggie burger at Karma Road in New Paltz, NY.
It started with these cucumber avocado boats, an idea that I got from Kristen Suzanne of Kristen's Raw. There is something really special about the salty-lime combo of the mashed avocado on top of the cucumber. Try them. What a great five minute snack for the kiddos!
Then, I spent some more time breaking in my Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker – a new purchase I'd been eyeing up for a long time, recommended by Renee of FIMBY. Check out Renee's recent post about her favorite kitchen tools. I think we are kitchen soul sisters.
Back to the pressure cooker…I made chick peas in 10 minutes (soaked overnight). No longer will I cook my beans for a whole day in the slow cooker. Then, I made short grain brown rice in 20 minutes. Talk about a great way to save energy and reduce the heat from cooking in this hot weather.
For dinner tonight, we had the most awesome rockin' Spicoli Burgers (red peppers, onions, brown rice, hemp seeds) from Dreena Burton's Eat Drink and Be Vegan. Wow. I used those luscious chick peas to make Dreena's Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (also from Eat Drink and Be Vegan) to put on the burger, which was topped off by an Ezekiel sprouted grain burger bun (I discovered this bun at Eden Cafe in Scranton, PA on the way home). Yowza.
This burger is worth two pictures.
Before the burger is topped – look at that creamy hummus!
And…topped with bun.
As a sweet ending, I offer you a creation all mine: pina colada ice cream. As we ate this ice cream tonight, Donnie Iris' Ah Leah played in the background (doesn't everyone need a little 80's rock to end the day?).
And now – a recipe for you, my friends, so you can forget about the sing-song Mister Softee and Blue Bunny trucks because there really is no comparison.
Pina Colada "Ice Cream" (serves 4)
- 1/4 cup Raw Cashews
- 1/4 cup Coconut Milk
- 2 cups Frozen Pineapple
- 2 cups Frozen Mango
- Mint leaves (optional, for garnish)
Add all the ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend or process until rich and creamy. Add a mint leaf or two to the top and voila! (The mint is optional, but it's so delicious with the sweet ice cream.)


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Nov. 15, 2004
The women's fencing team posted four top-fifteen finishes at the 32nd Annual Penn State Garrett Open. Diana Schawlowski was Yale's top overall finisher, placing seventh in the foil, while Erica Korb came in ninth in the final epee standings.
Following Korb in the epee event were Bulldogs Anne Nguyen (29th), Katherine Burghardt (30th), Isadora Botwinick (34th), and Tejas Srinivas (51st).
In the foil division, Schawlowski was followed in the standings by Jessica Dobbins, who finished in 24th place.
Yale's showing in the sabre division was led by Carly Guss, who came in 14th, and followed by Erin Frey and Shannon Murtagh, who were 15th and 32nd respectively. Catherine Kim (41st) and Genevieve Tauxe (48th) rounded out Yale's performance.
Fencing action comes to New Haven on Tuesday, Nov. 30th with a duel meet against New York University.


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Do any cars have eight seats?
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Do any cars have eight seats?
Q) Do any new cars have eight seats? I can find plenty with seven, but that extra chair would come in very handy when lugging around my kids and their mates. A friend suggested a Toyota Previa, but it seems these are no longer made. Should I start looking at minibuses?
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A) There's no need to buy a full-on minibus, but there aren't a great deal of eight-seaters to choose from.
Cheapest of them is the Hyundai i800, which starts at 19,830. It isn't much to look and has two airbags only, but there are bags of interior space and it comes with a five-year warranty as standard.
Or you could try the Citroen C8. It's more comfortable and refined, and certainly less van-like than the Hyundai. Not all models can be specced with eight seats, though the cheapest is the 2.2 Hid SX Auto (priced at 27,295).
The Mercedes-Benz Viano is another option. The cheapest eight-seater version costs 24,881, however the big Merc is noisy and not very versatile.
Remember all these prices are the manufacturer RRPs and not necessarily the amount you should pay. Check out the buyer's guide to find the Target Price for nearly every new car sold in the UK.


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Jude Law learned to appreciate his good looks after piling on the pounds to play a bloated, balding criminal in a new movie.
The British actor put on weight and shaved his hair for his role in new comedy "Dom Hemingway," and he relished the chance to fatten up for the film.
However, the actor admits he felt better about his flaws once he was back to full fitness.
He says, "It was a joyous role to take on. Because I am at a stage in my life where I'm panicking a bit. 'Ooh, am I going a bit bald? Am I getting a bit (fat)?' You can't help doing that in your late 30s, can you? When you realize you are no longer the 21-year-old you used to be.
"So playing someone who was letting it all go was really liberating. And actually – even better than that – now that I've lost the weight and my receding hairline isn't quite as bad as we made it look for the part, I can look in the mirror and think, 'Oh it's not that bad! I'm still looking alright, actually!'"


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One thousand eight hundred and forty-six. That's how many self-pubbed books I'm selling daily.
This is an average of the 12 days and nine hours (March 13, 9am) my books have been for sale this month.
For those who are interested in numbers, here is how the 22848 books sold breaks down:
603 books
$1457 earned
648 ebooks
$1047 earned
14485 ebooks @ 99¢ (14 titles)
$5070 earned
7014 ebooks @ $2.99 (14 titles)
$14,238 earned
Which means that so far this month I've earned $21,812.
In other words, I'm making $1762 a day, or $73.44 an hour, or $1.22 a minute, or about 2¢ a second.
If this rate stays steady, in a 365 day period I'll earn $643,130.
Of course, I don't expect this rate to stay steady. I expect it to go up. Just like it has consistently for the last two years.
Ereaders will keep coming down in price. Many more will be sold. Plus I'm going to put ten new ebook titles up by Xmas.
Certainly I can't be the only one blown away by these numbers. Especially considering the route it took to get here.
In April 2009, I made $607 self-pubbing.
In April 2010, I made $4041 self-pubbing.
For April 2011, I'll likely make $52,860.
Now, let's see how I analyzed my data last year in June.
I guessed that if I could sell 5000 ebooks a month (which I thought was doable), I'd be able to earn $120,000 a year.
I also predicted there would be more indie writers in the Top 100 (at the time, I believe I was the only one), and some would wind up do better than I'm doing.
Turns out I underestimated both how many I'd sell, and how many other writers would sell. (And it really tickles me to see my reaction 12 months ago.)
Now there seems to be a lot of worry on the world wide web about ebook prices "racing to the bottom." I'm pretty sure my latest figures contradict that, and I think the worry is based on a skewed sample.
You can't study the Top 100 ebook bestsellers on Kindle and apply those ratios to the other 900,000 Kindle ebooks for sale on Amazon. Data always falls into a bell curve. The Top 100 won't apply to the rest of the ebooks that are for sale.
I've sold over 14k ebooks for 99 cents so far this month, and have made $5k. The majority of these sales (11781) are from The List, which is currently #17 on the Top 100.
But my $2.99 backlist, while not as high profile as the Top 100 books and not selling as well, has earned me almost three times as much money as my 99 cent ebooks.
I think that's a pretty good argument for $2.99 still being a viable price point overall. It just doesn't seem to be a viable price point for cracking the Top 100.
But even then, there are a few $2.99 indie ebooks in the Top 100. And soon I'm going to raise the price of The List back to $2.99, to see what happens.
Should be interesting...
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The Background
Blogging – the task of publishing an on-line website where a user can record his (or her) opinion for every friend and foe to comment upon – can be considered to be one of the biggest revolutions to hit the Internet in recent times.
A "web log" a.k.a. "blog" – according to Dave Winer [http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs] – "is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide whom you get to know." There are many guides to choose from, and each develops an audience. There is also camaraderie and politics between the people who run web logs; they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc. Very profound but true!
While one can start blogging by signing up for an account at one of the many free blogging server providers, many bloggers like to be in total control of their website – oops, blog. In that case, it makes sense to install your own blogging software on your Web server.
That is where we come in. Today, we will guide you through the installation, set-up and administration of one of the most feature-rich blogging software packages on the PHP/Apache/MySQL platform. It's time to say hello to "bBlog." Developed by Eaden McKee, who was very keen "to see how far the Smarty templating system could go," we are pretty sure that you will be hooked.
Intrigued? Read on.
{mospagebreak title=Getting Started}
In order to get started with bBlog, you'll need Apache installed with PHP (PHP version 4.1 or above), a MySQL database server (MySQL version 3.23 or above), the "Smarty" templates package (no reason to worry as it is available as a combined download with bBlog) and a copy of the latest release (currently bBlog version 0.7.4) of the package; you can download this release from http://www.bblog.com/download.php.
Since the database should already exist before we install the application, we will need to create one – here, we recommend that you create a separate database (say "bBlog"), along with a special MySQL user having the appropriate permissions on this new database.
So, start up a MySQL prompt on your console and execute the following commands.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE `bBlog`;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
This should create a database called "bBlog" – verify that the database has been created using the following command at the MySQL prompt.
mysql> SHOW DATABASES LIKE 'bBlog';
| Database (bBlog) |
| bBlog |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
After confirming that the "bBlog" database has been created, we proceed to create a MySQL user with appropriate permissions. Just a little note before you execute the next command – be sure to change the password in the following SQL statement for obvious security reasons.
mysql> GRANT SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE , DELETE , CREATE , DROP , INDEX , ALTER ON `bBlog`.* TO "bbloguser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "password_comes_here";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
This should create a MySQL user with the username "bbloguser" with the appropriate permissions to manage our new "bBlog" database.
Next, we have to identify the URL required to access our blog – this is critical since it dictates where we install bBlog. If you want our opinion, we recommend that you use an URL that reads like this: http://www.mysite.com/theblog/.
There are other options available. For further details, please refer the installation guide at the following URL: http://www.bblog.com/wiki/index.php/Installation.
Next, we uncompress the source archive under the root folder of the Apache Web server.
$ cd /www/htdocs/
$ tar -xzvf /tmp/bBlog-0.7.4.tar.gz
This should create a directory named "blog" with the all required files. Here is a quick view of some the files and folders that should be created on our Web server.
| — README_UPGRADE.txt
| — archives.php
+ — bblog
| —— BUGS.txt
| —— INSTALL.txt
| —— LICENCE.txt
| —— README-URLS.txt
| —— …
| —— index.php
| —— install.php
| —— …
| — htaccess-cleanurls
| — index.php
| — item
| — rss.php
— section
You should immediately rename this "blog" folder to "theblog" so that the blog can be accessed using the URL – http://www.mysite.com/theblog/ – as discussed earlier. The following command should do what you need.
$ mv blog theblog
You'll need to take one final step before we move to the browser-based installation screen – file permissions. As is common with most web-based applications, certain files and folders should be writable by the Web server. In this case, the following commands should be sufficient.
A little warning before executing these commands – they give blanket permission for the specified files to all users on your server. So, if you intend to host bBlog on a shared server, it would be wise to have a quiet chat with the server administrator on the best manner to enforce the required file permissions.
$ cd theblog/bblog/
$ chmod 777 cache/ cache/favorites.xml compiled_templates config.php
That's about it as far as pre-installation requirements of bBlog are concerned. In the next section, we shall guide you through its browser-based installation wizard – one feature which we feel makes it very user-friendly to install.
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After checking to make sure that the Apache and MySQL servers are running in the background, you can try accessing the installation wizard by pointing your Web browser to the URL http://www.mysite.com/theblog/bblog/install.php (remember to update this URL if you have opted to install the application at a different location).
Here's what you will see:
This is the first screen of the "bBlog Installer" wizard, where we are required to agree to the GPL License – a common feature with Open Source software packages these days. Below, you have to specify if you are installing a fresh version of bBlog or upgrading from a previous version – choose the "Fresh Install" option and click on the "Next" button.
The next screen will let you know if the file permissions for the required files and folders – set earlier – are correct or not. If all goes well, and it should, click on the "Continue" button to move to the next screen. If not, the "Installer" will flag an error message and will recommend a possible course of action.
Next, we have the "Database and Blog Settings" screen that allows us to specify the important parameters, which will determine the functioning of our blog.
First, we have the general configuration settings:
- Blog name: The name of our blog.
- Blog Description: A short description of our blog.
- Username: the username required to access the bBlog admin module.
- Password: the password required to access the bBlog admin module.
- Email Address: the email address where bBlog should send e-mail notifications.
Next, we have to specify the MySQL settings:
- MySQL Username: the MySQL username. Here we set this parameter to "bbloguser" – the username of the MySQL user, created earlier
- MySQL Password: the MySQL password for the "bbloguser" MySQL user, provided earlier.
- MySQL Database Name: the name of the database. We set the value of this parameter to "bBlog."
- MySQL Host: the name of the server where the MySQL database is located. The default value of "localhost" is sufficient for most requirements.
- Table prefix: the prefix for each database table created by the installer for the bBlog application. We recommend that you use the default value i.e. "bB_".
Finally, we have a couple of server settings that need to be set:
- URL to the blog: this is the URL used to access your blog. This should be set to "http://www.mysite.com/theblog/", if it isn't already.
- Path to bBlog: this stores the full UNIX path to the bBlog application. This should be "/www/htdocs/theblog/bblog/" in case of our installation.
Click on the "Next" button to stores these settings. So far, so good.
The next few screens will inform you that the required database tables, plugins (tools required to ensure the smooth functioning of bBlog), configuration files have been created, installed and loaded correctly. The final screen lists certain steps that must be implemented in order to secure your bBlog installation from hackers: first, you have to delete "install.php" and the entire "install" folder and second, you have to ensure that the "config.php" file is not writeable by the Web server. The following UNIX commands should do what you need.
$ cd /www/htdocs/theblog/bBlog/
$ rm -fr install/
$ rm install.php
$ chmod 755 config.php
Congratulations – now, we have successfully installed bBlog on the Web server!
However, if you do encounter any problems during the installation process, do not hesitate to look at the Installation guide – http://www.bblog.com/wiki/index.php/Installation – for possible workarounds.
{mospagebreak title=bBlog Administration Overview}
With the installation behind us, we proceed to check to check if bBlog is up and running. We point our browser to the following URL http://www.mysite.com/theblog/bblog/
The following "Login" screen of the bBlog admin module should come up:
Use the credentials provided at the time of installation in order to log on to the application and view the default screen as shown below.
Before we get into the specifics, let us quickly review all the important features that are available in the bBlog admin module:
- Post: The most important screen since it allows us to add new posts to the blog.
- Archives: This screen allows us to view previous blog posts with the option to "Edit" and "Delete" each post.
- Comments: This allows us to review comments posted on the blog with the option of editing or deleting them, as required.
- Links: A quick way to organize links that we would like to display on our blog. For example, most bloggers prefer to list blogs that they read regularly – bBlog comes with a pre-defined category titled "Blogs I Read" where we can add such blogs.
- RSS Fetcher: This section allows us to save the URLs to RSS feeds of our favorite blogs.
- RSS Linker: Here we can customize the parameters of the RSS feed of our blog.
- Sections: This module allows us to manage the "Sections" of our blog- consider them as categories that we can classify our blog entries into.
- Plugins: This screen gives you a quick overview of the plugins required for the smooth functioning of bBlog.
- Options: This useful screen allows you to modify the parameters associated with the blog such the Blog Name, Blog Description, the blog template to be used and much more.
Bet you thought that maintaining a blog was child's play! Not really – as you can see from the features available in the admin module, there is a lot more that you can do with bBlog than just enter blog posts.
And that is exactly what we intend to cover in the next section: how to add new blog posts, how to manage "Archives" and "Comments" and much more – all in an attempt to get our blog up and running.
{mospagebreak title=Managing The Blog}
So far, we have already shown you how to install bBlog and also provided you with a quick overview of its powerful admin module. Now, it's time to dig in and master the beast that we have unleashed. Just kidding!
When it comes to blogging, nothing is more important than posting a blog post – after all, the primary reason to start blogging is to allow us to share our views with the world. Not surprisingly, the "Post Entry" screen is the default screen that comes up in the browser after we log into the bBlog admin module.
The bBlog "Post Entry" screen requires us to specify values for the following parameters:
- Title: a title for the blog post.
- Entry Text: the text associated with the blog entry – this is where we can rave and rant about everything under the sun.
- Entry Modifier: this interesting option allows us to use text-formatting plugins to enhance our blog posts with hyperlinks, images and much more. Fortunately, bBlog is equipped with a bunch of power-packed plugins to make our job easier – BBCode, Newlines and URLS, Textile V2 and Texturize – take your pick. Just in case you get the urge to scream for help, click on the "Modifier Help" button alongside to learn more about each plugin.
- Sections: this lists the different "Sections" defined for blog. Consider "Sections" as a means to organize your blog posts into meaningful categories, thereby making it easier for visitors to read your thoughts on a particular topic. More on this later.
- Publication Status: all entries should be saved as "live" or "draft"- the former are visible to the visitors of the blog while the latter aren't.
- Hide From Homepage: this flag allows you to specify if this particular blog post should be visible on the home page of the blog.
- Comments Options: this allows us specify if comment can be posted by visitors for this blog post. bBlog provides several useful options here: one disallows users from posting comments after a specific period, while another prevents vistors from entering any comments at all. This security feature ensures that the blog administrator does not get spammed unnecessarily.
- Send Trackback: Trackback is an interesting feature that allows us to inform the blogging community that we have recently updated our blog. Technically speaking, this feature instructs bBlog to ping selected URLs with an excerpt of this blog post. Use this feature wisely and the blog will be popular in no time.
With the mundane explanations behind us, it's time to submit our first blog post. Enter some text in the "Title" and "Entry Text" fields and hit the "Save Entry" button. That's it – our first blog post has been saved.
We bet that you are now curious to see what our blog looks like. All we need to do is click the "Visit your Site" hyperlink that appears on the top right corner of the admin screen and voila – our blog will appear in a new browser window:
Not impressed with the layout? No problem – we can always customize the appearance by modifying the templates associated with the blog. More on this later.
For the moment, let us move to next option in the menu – the "Archives" option. If we become addicted to blogging (most people do), soon we will have to deal with the problem of old blog posts. This is where the bBlog "Archives" feature comes in handy – it allows you to view a selected "number" of entries for a particular "section" for the specified "month" on a single screen. Just select the required values from the associated drop-downs on this "Archives" screen and the application will list all entries that match the selected criteria, as shown below:
Click on the "Edit" button to review each entry, or alternatively, just hit the "Delete" option to remove the entry from the database. After a quiet re-confirmation, bBlog will inform us that the selected post was successfully deleted.
Now, let's learn about the "Comments" option. It is common for visitors to post comments in response to your blog posts. This is an effective way for blog "mates" to share their opinion. Unfortunately, this feature can also be misused, since it allows visitors to flame your blog with abusive comments.
In order to ensure that this situation is quickly corrected – we would not like our regular visitors to read such comments – we can use the "Comments" feature in the admin module to moderate them.
Just click on this option on the menu to view the following screen:
Each comment is listed in a chronological order with "Edit" and "Delete" options. Click on the "Edit" button if we feel that a particular comment can be edited to read better, say by removing some obvious typos or words, or hit the "Delete" button if we find that it is not suitable – after all, it is our blog!
And just in case you are wondering how you will be informed about such comments – bBlog can be configured to send you an email (with the comment) whenever a visitor posts one on the blog.
It is also possible that the blog is suddenly swarmed with comments on account of its huge popularity (clap! clap!). In such a scenario, it can be painful to moderate all the comments from a single listing. No problem – just filter these comments on the basis of the blog posts (using the drop down provided) and manage them more efficiently. Talk about convenience!
Finally, we have the "Sections" option. We have already indicated that we can organize our blog posts into categories – or "Sections," as bBlog likes to call them. This is what it looks like:
On this "Sections" screen, we have the option to add a new section as well as to modify or to delete an existing section. Each new section is associated with two parameters – a "URL Name" stored for internal reference and a "Display Name" that is shown to the visitor on the blog.
A little note of warning before we move on – bBlog does not warn us if we delete a "Section' that is already associated with existing blog posts. So we have to be a careful when we decide to delete one.
Phew! Don't say we didn't warn you – managing a blog is definitely not child's play.
{mospagebreak title=Dress Up Your Blog}
One interesting aspect of maintaining a blog is the opportunity to change its appearance on a regular basis. In fact, most on-line blogging service providers as well as blogging tools use easily customizable templates to render a blog, and bBlog is no exception.
Earlier, we mentioned that bBlog uses the Smarty templating engine internally. However, it is also true that everyone does not have the time or patience to master such tools for a simple task such as modifying the appearance of a blog. So in this section, we will attempt to give you a crash course on how to customize the appearance of our bBlog-run blog with just a few simple tweaks.
Interested? Read on.
For starters, we associate a template with our blog on the "Options" screen in the bBlog admin module. Take a look at the following screen shot:
The fourth option on this screen is titled "Template" and allows us to select a template that will be used to render our blog. Fortunately, bBlog comes pre-installed with a nifty little template titled "lines" – we have already seen a screen shot of this template earlier.
But where are these templates stored? If we investigate the folder structure of the bBlog application, we will notice that there is a folder titled "templates" under the "bblog" folder (the exact location for our installation would be "/www/htdocs/myblog/bblog/templates"). Yes – as you might have guessed – this is the location where bBlog stores its templates.
First, let's take a quick look at the default "lines" template. Not surprisingly, there is folder titled "lines" and this folder contains all the template files, as well as images and style sheet files required to render the blog.
Here is a list of some of the important files located in this folder:
$ ls -l
total 44
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 575 Feb 19 2004 archives.html
-rw-r–r– 1 1000 1000 1039 Jan 23 2004 calendar.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 423 May 15 2004 footer.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 679 Jan 17 2004 header.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 718 Mar 21 2004 index.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 6199 Jan 25 2004 lines.css
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 3921 Jan 17 2004 post.html
As you might have guessed – the "index.html" file represents the index page of the blog, "header.html" file represents the header, and "footer.html" represents the footer and so on.
Coming back to our original requirement: customizing the blog template.
Here is screen shot of the new design that we would like our blog to look like.
For starters, we need to create a new folder under the "templates" folder, say "theblog," and this represents the name of our new blog template.
Next, we must prepare custom versions of all the "html" files that will allow us to customize the appearance according to the screen shot displayed above.
We start with the "index.html" – click [link file="index.html"]here[/link] to save the updated version for your local reference.
A quick glance in this file and you will notice that it further includes two files – "header.html" and "footer.html". Each of these files can be downloaded here – click [link file="header.html"]here[/link] to save the "header" file and [link file="footer.html"]here[/link] to save the "footer" file.
While these two included files mostly contain HTML code along with some Smarty-related identifiers for displaying the title (of the blog) and description in the design, the "index.html" file is the one that contains the code for rendering the blog entries, one after another.
Take a look at the following code snippet:
// snip
{getrecentposts num=10 assign=posts home=true}
{foreach from=$posts item=post}
{if $post.newday}<DIV class="date">{$post.posttime|date_format:s2}</DIV>{/if}
<BR clear="all" />
<DIV CLASS="postitem">
{$post.body}<BR /><BR />
<DIV align="right" class="posted">{sectionlinks sep=" · " sections=$post.sections} • <A href="{$post.permalink}">{$post.commentcount} Comments/Trackbacks</A></DIV>
<BR clear="all" />
// snip
Once again, we will avoid getting into the nitty gritty on how this template works. The important thing to note here is how Smarty and bBlog identifiers are used to list the blog posts, one after another. And for each blog post, the "$post.posttime" identifier represents the time it was created, "$post.title" represents the title, "$post.body" represents the body and so on.
While this is not a drastic re-haul of the default "lines" template, it does give you an idea of how easy it is to customize the appearance of the blog.
If you are looking for more complex customization, you should have a look at the bBlog v.7 Template Documentation available at the following URL: http://www.bblog.com/wiki/index.php/Templates
Do not despair – we are not going to leave you high and dry with respect to our custom template. Here you can download the other files required to complete the entire set: [link file="archives.html"]archives.html[/link] and [link file="post.html"] and post.html[/link]. Finally, the CSS file – [link file="myblog.css"]myblog.css[/link].
And yes – once you have saved all these files in the required folder on your Web server, do not forget to associate the blog with this new template on the "Options" screen.
One final note: we have not included the images referenced in the template. However, we are pretty sure that you can replace them with your own custom versions.
{mospagebreak title=Conclusion}
This brings us to the conclusion of our primer on the "bBlog" blogging software. If you're interested in learning more about this tool, take a look at the following links:
The official bBlog website – http://www.bblog.com
bBLog documentation: http://www.bblog.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Try out bBlog at OpenSourceCMS.org: http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=206
Here are some alternative PHP-based blogging tools that you might want to try out:
WordPress – http://wordpress.org/
b2evolution – http://www.b2evolution.net/
Textpattern – http://www.textpattern.com/
That's about it from us for the moment. Till next time, take care!
Note: All examples in this article have been tested on Linux/i586 with Apache 1.3.12, MySQL 3.23 and PHP 4.1.2. Examples are illustrative only, and are not meant for a production environment.


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CZ-85B Combat, same as but with adjustable rear sight
The CZ-85 pistol is similar in design, general outline and operations to the famous CZ-75 pistol. The only differences are the completely ambidextrous safety catch and slide stop levers, and a reversible magazine release button. The CZ-85 appeared on the scene in the mid-1980s; production began circa 1986. Original CZ-85 design latter was upgraded with integral firing pin block, along with the CZ-75B.


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Answers sought for Nye Beach water quality problems: City partners with Surfrider Foundation to find solution
Posted on Newportnewstimes.com on Jan 18, 2008 by Steve Card of the News-Times
On an all-too-frequent basis, health advisories have been posted on Newport's Nye Beach due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in the ocean waters at that location. To determine why the bacteria levels are consistently high, and to find a solution to the problem, city officials have teamed up with the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of oceans and beaches.
Charlie Plybon, Oregon field coordinator for Surfrider, said they sample water quality at locations up and down the coast, and they were regularly getting high bacteria readings at Nye Creek in Newport. Eventually, the Oregon Department of Humans Services, too, began taking water samples at Nye Beach as part of its beach monitoring program, and this has led to the frequent health advisories being issued for that area.
Realizing this is a problem that needs to be dealt with, the city has struggled to determine the cause. The fact that there is a sewer pump station nearby, and that the city discharges treated wastewater offshore from Nye Beach, led to speculation by some members of the public the city was fouling its own beach. But both Surfrider and the city have done extensive water testing in the area, leading them to conclude the source of contamination is not from the sanitary sewer system or the outfall from the treatment plant. In fact, when water samples were taken upstream from the sewer pump station, bacteria levels remained high.
"I think one of the biggest achievements we've made with the City of Newport, from a Surfrider standpoint, was we both recognized there's an issue with the water coming out of the pipe at Nye Creek (at the seawall)," Plybon said. "The bacteria levels we were measuring were not coming from the wastewater treatment plant and the outfall of that. It was in the storm water line."
How that pollution is entering the storm drainage system is not yet known, but Plybon said there are two possible sources. Heavy rains can wash animal waste - both wild and domestic - into the storm sewer, which contributes to high bacterial levels. The other source would be from human waste. "At the levels that Surfrider is finding, we're not comfortable attributing all of this to background bacteria levels (from animal waste) in storm water," he said.
To track down the source of the pollution, the city is attempting to isolate areas of high bacterial levels through a stepped-up water-testing program. In addition to testing at the seawall, "we are also testing Nye Creek and its tributary arms, and we're going up into the storm drain systems ... trying to chase this problem down," said City Engineer Lee Ritzman. Ritzman said he agrees with Plybon's assessment that not all of the bacteria is being generated by animal waste. If it were, then the bacteria level would be high after a heavy rain and would eventually drop back off. But that is not the case. "We think we're finding something that is consistently high," he said.
Ritzman said there is a possibility that somewhere within the Nye Beach drainage basin, there could be household sewage going directly into the storm drain. Back in the 1970s, the city had one sewer system to collect both storm water and household sewage. When these were separated into two systems, a household could have been missed, "or somebody has a septic system that's hooked into the storm drain." He added it would only take one residence dumping sewage into the storm drain to get the elevated bacteria count being seen in the water samples.
Once the city isolates a "hot" zone, where bacteria levels in storm water are high, then they can try to find the specific source of the problem. "Charlie's group has offered to provide some help when it becomes appropriate, where we would go in and do dye testing of sewer systems," said Ritzman. "We can open a manhole (in the sanitary sewer) flush some florescent dye down the toilet, and then make sure that it shows up in the manhole." If they don't see the dye, then they'll do further investigation to see if that particular residence is a source of the problem. "It's like trying to prove a negative, in some cases," said Ritzman. "We find the positives and eliminate them."
Another option being considered by the city is DNA testing on the water samples collected. A basic test can determine whether or not there is human waste present. But the city may want to take it a step further, Ritzman said. More extensive DNA testing can tell them what percentage of the bacteria is coming from human or animal waste. It can also determine what type of bird or animal waste it is - such as seagull, raccoon or dog. "We can't draw a lot of conclusions," he said, "but we would hope that it would give us a general idea." Determining what type of waste is contributing to the problem will help determine a remedy, he said.
Even if it does turn out that animal waste is not the primary cause of the high bacteria levels, Plybon would like to see that issue addressed as a long-term goal. "There's a lot of wildlife and domestic animals (in this area). They may not be the 'hot' source that's creating this really, really high bacteria, but they are a contributor. And every little accumulating piece basically exacerbates the problem." He would like to see some long-term planning with a goal toward cleaner storm water. "There's things that we can implement now that will help us long term," he said. "You could make it city code for everybody to pick up their pet waste. They do that in Corvallis and in Portland."
Firestone said while there isn't an ordinance pertaining to that yet, "it's coming up for a city council work session. The intent is to ask the council to adopt a dog waste ordinance."
O'Neal believes that often people simply don't make the connection between pet waste and water quality.
There is yet another issue that results in the contamination of Nye Beach, and that is when the city experiences a sewer spill at its pump station. That happens occasionally, and when it does, the city posts an advisory at the beach. Plybon said it is unfortunate when those incidents occur, but people should not try to link it to the other water quality problems because they are two separate issues. "Unfortunately there are other events (sewer spills). They do happen, and those things should be treated separately and not become part of this problem."
As far as the on-going water-quality problem, Plybon said, "I feel optimistic they're going to find this (source of contamination), that we're going to solve this issue."
City Manager Allen O'Neal said the problem has been very frustrating for the city. "There are some people who have made comments in public ... almost with the suggestion that we as staff think it's OK, or that we are perpetrating it.
"There's obviously a lot of frustration over this," continued O'Neal. "We, too, are frustrated, but we are approaching this in a methodical and a scientific way, and our partnership with Surfrider improves our opportunity for determining the cause."
Plybon said the ultimate goal of both the city and Surfrider "is we don't want these advisories in Nye Beach anymore. From a health perspective, it's bad. From a business perspective, it's bad."
Newport isn't alone in its struggle to overcome this type of problem, added Plybon. "From a coastal perspective, up and down the state of Oregon, there's a lot of areas that are challenged in this way. To Newport's credit, I don't know of any other municipality along the coast that is testing in this fashion. I think the city deserves some credit for that."
related editorial http://newportnewstimes.com/articles/2008/01/23/opinion/opinion01.txt


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|April 2005
Health Care
From the NYS Assembly • Sheldon Silver, Speaker
Richard N. Gottfried • Chair, Health Committee
Legislature's bipartisan agreement ensures quality health care, protects taxpayers
The Assembly and Senate passed a bipartisan state budget that will help ensure New Yorkers' access to quality, affordable health care while easing the burden on local taxpayers.
The governor's budget plan would have cut a hole in the health care safety net that the Assembly fought to protect. By rejecting the worst of his shortsighted cuts and taxes, this agreement will help ensure that working families don't lose access to the health care they rely on.
Assembly and Senate cap local Medicaid burden
The Legislature's budget continues the Assembly's effort to reduce the Medicaid burden on local taxpayers. Although the Assembly pushed for freezing the local Medicaid cost – a hard cap on Medicaid growth – a bipartisan compromise with the Senate will still result in a savings for counties of more than $803 million next year and more than $3.4 billion a year by 2008.
Improving New York's health care and protecting taxpayers
The Legislature's budget will improve New York's health care system and ease the burden on taxpayers.
The Assembly and Senate:
The budget also rejects the outrageous out-of-pocket expenses that the governor sought to impose on Family Health Plus enrollees through significantly higher co-pays as well as his attempts to cut basic benefits like vision, dental and hospice care. The governor's attempt to make it more difficult to enroll in the program was soundly rejected by the Legislature.
Governor Pataki spent tens of millions in taxpayer dollars appearing in glitzy television commercials to promote Family Health Plus, only to turn around and propose cuts and fees in the program that working families simply cannot afford. The Legislature's budget will allow Family Health Plus to continue providing working families with access to health care.
The budget provides nearly $2 million for programs and services for the elderly through the state Office for the Aging, a 6 percent increase over the previous year. An additional $1 million is in the budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and $1.2 million more for the neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC) program.
Fighting for a healthier New York
The Legislature's budget will help make sure the quality, affordable health care New York families need is available for years to come. The Assembly will continue its fight to protect health care.
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Monday, March 19, 2007 I must explain what is going on with my Blog......I think I have figured it out. It was necessary for me to cancel floryscraftandpoetryjournal and the flory one that was made for me. Please use http://florymbrick.blogspot.com that is the one that will work. Continuing each day, I try something different/new. My right hand is coming along and improving every day. I go to therapy two times a week, I get a Botox shot every three months, and continus to use my right hand more and more all the time. Back to the breathing test and the Apnea I have, I am still waiting for the traveling nurse to call me and set up my appointment to come to my home and explain how to use it. I think I talked about my Bionic Arm Brace that I used when I went to therapy.....today was a therapy day and I got a new kind of brace. It is called a SaeboStretch and the way it fits I think it is to keep my fingers straight....wear it for two hours and take it off for two hours. We will see how it works. Well until the next time I want to add to my story.......bye bye Monday, March 12, 2007 Sorry so many days have gone by without me posting.....but I had to go to the doctor's office, and he decided I needed an overnight stay for a breathing test. I am back from that and all I can report is that I ended up having a nose piece put on me and then I was to fall asleep.......they were not kidding. Results......Sleep Apnea. I guess I get the news from the doctor at the next appt. Wait and see, I have to.Now let see, I was talking about getting better a day at a time. That is what you do, or at least that is what I did......a day at a time....I decided that if I could manage to accomplish or try one new movement a day that would be great. So that is what I did and that included learning to write left handed. Once I started to be able to write, that someone else could read it, I wrote short poems. Writing poems kept me pretty busy, it was difficult to read and remember what Ihad read, so reading books was not on my list of things to do. I still to this day have a problem concentrating, retaining and understanding what I am reading. posted by flory @ 3:51 PM Thursday, March 08, 2007 I now know I had been suffering from an Ulcer that I was unaware of for a long time. When I finally woke up I was with my daughter in the ICC unit and she was very happy to see me awake, finally. From that day more tests were done and I continued to get better and better.A few days went by and I was improving daily, so the next thing was to learn to walk again....the therapist came to my room and started to explain what had to come next. I must now get out of bed and start using my legs.....Walking. Well that is what I started to learn that day..."She said, now talk out-loud to your right leg and tell it what you want it to do" so I said...right leg take a step..and I tried very hard to move my leg..Dragging my toe..I did very slowly..take what I thought was a step. With an emergency belt around my waist, which the therapist used to catch me if I started to fall, I had my therapist come on a daily basis, which I looked forward to.I also decided by myself that I had to learn how to write with my left hand. So Peggy brought me a pencil and paper to start using, which I did. Boy, I'll tell you that also was a hard job. I could not read it when I started....practice, practice and "talk to your left hand" remember, your brain doesn't even know that your right side is there, you must remember to tell your brain, so it starts to think and creat again. posted by flory @ 5:07 AM 1 comments Monday, March 05, 2007 In March 03 I found myself in the hospital with a diagnosis of a STROKE what a blast that was...I never, never expected that...It took me many days of really not knowing what was going on...I spent the first night counting....1 to 100 and back again....just making sure that I knew/remembered how to count.The I started to remember every ones birthday starting with Joe and going all the way to my last grandchild, Katie.....Now I was pretty sure that my memory/mind was going to be working pretty good. Now while I was struggling with the stroke, I also had a BIG problem with an ulcer that started to want to cause even more trouble, so out they put me again and the next day or so I remember that I was also taken care of by a wonderful Doctor that I got to meet after, I think, he really saved my life.


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i just want to say ive just adopted monty from his old mummy who cant care for him anymore and the first thing ive done is make sure his details have been changed for his microchip thank you CAR i now know my dog will come home to me if ever lost xx
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Re: Credit Suisse on the buffer growth potential
<< Rambus doesn't need any more engineers, they need proven business people.>>
You're right - successful companies need both - that's what the recent hire of Mike Noonen (SVP, likely to replace Laura Stark) is for:
EE Times on Mike Noonen
This article is several years old but it's informative:
<< 10/7/2013
SEOUL — Mike Noonen has resigned from his position as the executive vice president at GlobalFoundries, EE Times has learned. Noonen was responsible for global products, design, sales, and marketing at the world's second largest foundry -- owned by The Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
GlobalFoundries' spokesman acknowledged Noonen's resignation and said that he left the company about two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Chuck Fox, senior vice president of worldwide sales, "will lead our global sales, marketing and quality organization on an interim basis," added the spokesman.
Responding to EE Times' query, Noonen himself sent an email to this reporter last Friday (Oct. 4), in which he wrote:
As you know, I have made a specialty of being a 'turnaround guy'... and I think GlobalFoundries is well on its way... So I decided it was time for me to move on to a new challenge.
Noonen joined Globalsources in early 2012. In his LinkedIn page, he claims that he joined the company "to help turn around the company by leading sales and building a marketing organization."
This, of course, begs the question: Within Noonen's less-than-two-year tenure, how big was GlobalFoundries' turn?
According to IC Insights latest top-20 semiconductor supplier ranking, GlobalFoundries edged up from 15th in 2012 to 12th place during the first half of this year. Compared to a year ago, GlobalFoundries' sales grew by 10 percent.
Certainly, this is a respectable record. But during the same period, sales for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest foundry and GlobalFoundries'competitor, grew by 23 percent.
In his e-mail, Noonen also wrote:
I am very proud of what we have accomplished since I joined GlobalFoundries two years ago. I am also proud to have steered GlobalFoundries to a new strategy to become a profitable leader, redefining the leading edge, and bringing cost-effectiveness back to Moore's Law.
For the immediate future, Noonen said he plans to "go back to advising and board participation," which he said wasn't possible given GF's role in the industry.
Noonen also stressed that he will "always be a supporter of GlobalFoundries, its strategy and its people."
Prior to joining GlobalFoundries in 2012, Noonen spent three years at NXP Semiconductors. He was recruited by private equity sponsors to rebuild NXP's sales and marketing operation after NXP was spun out of Philips. Noonen, in collaboration with NXP's CTO, laid out NXP's high performance mixed-signal strategy.>>
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Cranberry and orange polenta muffins
There's nothing like a spot of homemade baking on a cold winter's day. Try these gluten free muffins (which can also be made dairy free) to warm you up and bring some cheer to these short, dark days.
One of the keys to making great muffins is using a good quality non-stick tin – there's nothing worse than your baking getting stuck when you remove it from the oven. I have found these UK- manufactured tins by Great British Bakeware to be really good – they have a really nice scratch resistant, non-stick finish and are easy to clean. Using a good tin means you're one step closer to the perfect muffin!
Cranberry and orange polenta muffins
Makes 12
– 120g Wheat and gluten free plain flour blend
– 100g Polenta (N.B. Ensure is gluten free )
– 50g ground almonds
– 1 tablespoons baking powder
– 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
– 1400g golden caster sugar
– 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
– Finely grated zest of 2 large oranges
– 250 ml sunflower oil
– 250 ml milk or soya milk
– 2 large free-range eggs
– 200g fresh blueberries
1) Preheat the oven to 200°C/400F/Gas Mark 6
2) Line a muffin tin with paper cakes
4) Sift the flour, baking powder & bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Mix in the polenta, ground almonds and sugar and make a well in the centre.
5) Pour the oil and the egg into the milk and orange juice and whisk until well combined.
6) Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix gently. Stir in the cranberries and orange zest
7) Divide the mixture into the cake cases and bake for 15- 20 minutes until golden brown.
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Clarkson University Students Win First-place Prize at New York State Business Plan Competition
One Clarkson University team was awarded first prize in their category and another won the People's Choice Award in the fourth annual New York State Business Plan Competition held at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany on Friday.
Competing against more than 430 business teams from 60 colleges and universities across New York state, Innovative Delivery Systems (IDS) took first place in the products/services category and won $10,000 cash and professional services valued at $5,000.
IDS created "OrdrIT," a Web application, which allows spectators to access a stadium's concession menus and order food from their seats without missing the action. The company, which began in a first-year business class in fall 2011, has earned nearly than $70,000 in awards and collegiate business competition winnings since then.
The company is made up of sophomores Dietrich Diehl of Clarence Center, N.Y., and Christopher Behrens of Rhinebeck, N.Y, both Global Supply Chain management majors; Andrew J. Wegner of Farmington, N.Y., a financial information & analysis major; and Sean Cheung of Norwich, N.Y., an Arete major, studying both innovation & entrepreneurship, and psychology; and junior Stephen Akiki of Colchester, Vt., an aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering double major.
The firm has hired a sales representative to help get OrdrIT into stadiums, arenas and performing arts theaters. "The key for us right now is to expand quickly," said Diehl. "It's a lot to take on as a full-time student, but this is the reason why I chose to come to Clarkson. I wanted to start my own business."
The team plans to use their award for product distribution, in-house marketing at venues and product development. "We'll use the in-kind services to raise a Series A round capital investment," said Diehl.
See a video about IDS and OrdrIT at http://youtu.be/eJpdS5nrEAw .
Renoun Ski Company won the "People's Choice" award along with a $1,000 prize. Renoun is designing a ski to adapt instantly to snow conditions using a patent-pending technology and principals of aircraft design.
The company is made up of mechanical engineering seniors Cameron Jones of Lake George, N.Y., Donald Lienau of Canaan, Vt., and Robert Pelletier of Hinesburg, Vt.; electrical engineering seniors Greg Bright of East Aurora, N.Y., and Ryan Ericson of Lanesboro, Mass.; and aeronautical engineering senior Cyrus Schenck of Shelburne, Vt.
Renoun will be putting their prize toward building its next round of prototypes. "We have a relationship with a company in the UK and we'll be incorporating its material into the ski for the first rounds of testing," said Schenck. "We're really psyched at what we're doing."
Schenck says that the competition in Albany was stiff, but that it was a great networking experience. "It was neat to see the presentations and learn from others. There were a lot of cool start-up companies. We learned a great deal talking to other entrepreneurs."
Expanded to cover all 10 economic development regions of New York for the first time, in accordance with Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Development Councils roadmap, this year's event drew a record number of entries, further cementing its recognition as the largest competition of its kind in the nation. The final round featured a total of 88 student-led start-ups from 33 colleges and universities that presented business plans for innovations in the areas driving the 21st century economy, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and clean energy, among others.
More than 60 students from five North Country colleges and universities converged on Clarkson in March to pitch their businesses in the first North Country Regional Business Plan Competition, cohosted by Clarkson's Reh Center for Entrepreneurship and SUNY Plattsburgh's Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Eight teams from the North Country, seven of them from Clarkson, advanced to the finals in Albany.
The New York State Business Plan Competition was established in 2009 to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship throughout New York State's colleges and universities.
SEFCU and SUNY served as the event's Title Sponsors, with the competition jointly presented by College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany on, University at Albany's School of Business, and Syracuse University. The winning teams were selected by a panel of national venture capitalists, angel investors, investment bankers, and seasoned entrepreneurs.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Clarkson University student-run business Innovative Delivery Systems (IDS) took first prize in their category and Renoun Ski Company won the People's Choice Award in the fourth annual New York State Business Plan Competition. Left to right: Dietrich Diehl, Sean Cheung, Andrew Wegner and Christopher Behrens of IDS.
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Remembering Owen Hart... again...
by: Bob Magee It's been three years this Friday.
More tragedies than can be remembered have happened within the wrestling industry over that period of time....with countless wrestling performers and personalities leaving this world too soon by accidents, by their own carelessness, and by their own hand.
Countless tragedies have happened to the world at large....with terrorism and war now a part of our everyday lives, no matter where we live.
But despite all those other tragedies, this one still stands out....four years later.
Here, as I have over the last tyyears past, is the AS I SEE IT column I wrote shortly after the death of Owen Hart in 1999.
Real men do cry.
If there were any doubts of that fact before, there were none after May 23rd, 1999, a night which will be remembered for one of the worst tragedies in the history of the wrestling business.
Along with millions, I watched the Over the Edge pay-per-view that night at home. It was a pay-per-view starting out pretty much like many WWF pay-per-views, with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler trading their usual entertaining banter.
Then, as a video package promoting the match between "The Godfather" and Owen Hart for the Intercontinental Title began, I could hear Jim Ross say "something's gone wrong...". When the video package finished, the camera was showing a crowd shot. At first, I didn't understand what had happened. Then the faces and the words of Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross made it clear that something had gone horribly, tragically wrong.
Ross, stunned, said over and over again that what had happened was "not part of the storyline" and not "a wrestling angle"; trying to communicate to the world-wide PPV audience what had just happened: Owen Hart, while attempting a ring entrance in his "Blue Blazer" character descending on a wire from the ceiling, had fallen approximately 50 feet to the ring, hitting his head on a turnbuckle, breaking his neck.
Hart was given CPR in the ring in front of the live audience at Kemper Arena and then taken to Truman Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Shortly afterwards, Jim Ross made the announcement of Hart's death to the PPV audience.
On Tuesday, there were reports from a local Kansas City radio station and the Kansas City Police Department stating that the apparent cause of the fatal accident was that Owen Hart was reaching up to grab onto the harness; but instead accidentally hit the release, causing his fall.
In the "show must go on" spirit that wrestling has, taken from the "carnys" that wrestling's roots are born in, the Over The Edge PPV continued until its conclusion. But the toll on the people who had to perform for the remainder of the evening had to be beyond measure, and was very obvious to the viewing audience, which saw Jeff Jarrett, Debra McMichael, Brian (Jesse James Armstrong) James, and Duane (Rocky Maivia) Johnson barely keeping their composure through scheduled promos during the PPV.
I have to say I felt numb for most of Monday. I noticed that Dave Scherer of 1wrestling.com described much the same feeling. I'm sure we weren't the only people who felt that way.
Because on May 23rd, a man known for tremendous talent... for a sense of humor legendary within the wrestling business... and known for his great love for his wife Martha and his children Oje and Athena... was taken from this world far, far too soon. I think I had this feeling so strongly because I've had the privilege of seeing the human side of the business and writing about it. These are very real people that work as professional wrestlers. They aren't just characters to me.
I've been blessed to have built acquaintances and friendships with many within WCW, ECW, and the WWF through introductions by NWA office staffperson (and former PWBTS columnist) Kathy Fitzpatrick. From those, there have come other friendships, all of which have been a source of great joy. I've gotten to know how much these performers give to entertain people all over the world, both physically and emotionally. That's what made it so strangely personal a loss.
Indeed, real men do cry.
On May 24th, many of them did.
That night, the staff and workers of the World Wrestling Federation dedicated their two hour Monday Night RAW to their fallen friend and co-worker in a moving tribute at the Kiel Center in St. Louis. The irony of the location had to be painful for the entire Titan crew, as only 18 months previously, Brian Pillman was mourned by the WWF and the fans after his death earlier that day alone in a hotel room hundreds of miles away in Minneapolis.
The ten bell count was sounded as the entire Titan staff came out under a picture of Owen Hart on the Titantron. Many of those there were openly weeping for Hart, most notably Brian (Road Dog) James, Mark Henry, and Paul (Hunter Hearst Helmsley) Levesque.
Monday Night RAW had numerous segments, with wrestlers and office personnel expressing their feelings about Owen....many of which were humorous, telling of Hart's legendary "ribs" in the locker room and on the road. Other reminiscences were deeply felt, by friends like Paul Levesque, Jeff Jarrett, Debra McMichael, and Brian James, repeatedly breaking down while sharing their feelings with the TV and live audiences.
In between these segments were matches dedicated to Owen Hart, devoid of existing storylines, so that as many wrestlers as possible could work matches to pay tribute to their friend. Special mentions of Hart were done all night by the boys, using special forms of all the traditional tag lines of most of the wrestlers.
The RAW tribute ended with Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross saying their last goodbyes, finally being able to let go after keeping it together for a pay-per-view and international TV/cable broadcast over a 24 hour period. Ross said, sobbing, that "...he hoped he could be as good a man as Owen had been, so he could see him again (in Heaven) some day."
But the remark that got me crying was Jerry Lawler...the same Jerry Lawler who in real life can seem so hard-boiled and old school. He said: "I learned a valuable lesson from Owen Hart last night. As I got into the ring, and held...lifted up Owen's head in the ring...if he could have had one more thing...he would have asked for one more day to tell the people he loved what he thought of them. Never leave home without letting the people in your life know that."
The show then ended with Steve Austin coming out to the ring, with his house show tradition of bringing out two beers, often handed to referee Earl Hebner. In a silent tribute that spoke louder than any words, as a graphic of Owen Hart was shown on the Titantron...with tears in his eyes, Steve Austin opened up his beer...toasted the picture of his friend, then quietly laid down a lone beer on the mat.
In a welcome touch, even rival company WCW paid tribute to Owen on WCW's Monday Nitro; where a brief memorial was done for Hart, with Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan speaking briefly, having a hard time keeping their composure while doing so. Several workers wore black armbands, most notably Chris Benoit.
I hope that this tragedy teaches us some lessons.
First, as fans...we need to respect how much these performers give to entertain people all over the world, both physically and emotionally. Next time you get ready to give a catcall after a wrestler "blows a spot", stop and think about the price he and she has paid to entertain you that day or night. Stop and think about the travel, the strain on their personal relationships, the drugs used to deal with the physical and emotional pain. Then think again if you need to make that comment.
Second, as human beings...We need to listen to the point that Jerry Lawler made while in those last moments of Monday night's tribute. In the time we have on this Earth, we need to tell our friends and loved ones what we feel about them. We need to be there for them in their times of joy and times of need. For when all is said and done, we are not promised tomorrow.
Real men do cry...and on the night of May 23rd, 1999, the entire wrestling world cried.
As I said earlier, so much has happened in the world of wrestling... and the real world at large since that May night in Kansas City four years ago.
But few, if any, moments within wrestling will be remembered for as long, and remembered with such sadness.
Until next time...
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