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California Department of Transportation
Date: July 20, 2011
District: 4 - Oakland
Contact: Bob Haus
Phone: (510) 286-5576
Caltrans Breaks Ground on Highway 101 Auxiliary Lane Project in San Mateo County
MENLO PARK – Caltrans, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today broke ground for the next auxiliary lane to be built on Highway 101 in San Mateo County. The $46 million project received $33 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, and $5 million in San Mateo County Measure A funds.
"This project is an example of how Caltrans is helping to deliver congestion relief to the people of California," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "The people voted for Proposition 1B because they wanted congestion relief, and we are delivering on that promise."
The new lanes will stretch from Marsh Road to University Avenue. Previously, Caltrans, SMCTA, and MTC built auxiliary lanes from Third Avenue north to Millbrae Avenue. Additional lanes are planned for University to Embarcadero and from Embarcadero to State Route 85. When all the lanes are finished, peak traffic commute time along the corridor should be shortened by nine minutes, resulting in an overall savings of 7,100 hours per day.
"The people of San Mateo County are to be congratulated for their vision and foresight in approving the half-cent sales tax that is helping to fund this important project. In this economic climate, this project would not be possible without Measure A," said Rosanne Foust, Chair, SMCTA.
"Caltrans has been diligently working with its partners in the Bay Area to deliver congestion relief while utilizing the Proposition 1B bond measure funding to its maximum level," stated Bijan Sartipi, Caltrans District 4 Director. "Our combined transportation and transit improvements are providing the Bay Area with commuting options that reduce congestion and our collective carbon footprint."
"Year after year, in good economic times and bad, the people of the Bay Area rank transportation as one of their highest priorities and biggest concerns. Voters have consistently proved this at the ballot box, by opting to dig into their own pockets to support smart projects like the Highway 101 auxiliary lanes," said Adrienne Tissier, San Mateo County Supervisor and MTC Chairperson.
To date, the state has allocated nearly $8 billion in Proposition 1B funds
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Innovative Teaching Center Sets Grand OpeningSOCORRO, N.M. August 26, 2011 – The newly-revamped Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning has new programs on tap and a new director in place.
|Pier Gutierrez, director of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, uses a SMART podium, which allows instructors to 'write' on a computer screen and have the images projected.
|Gutierrez demonstrates how faculty can use the SMART Classroom technology in the CITL classroom.
Pier Gutierrez said she is planning new initiatives to engage faculty with new technology, with the ultimate goal of improving student success.
Gutierrez left her position as admission counselor in 2009 to enter a master's program at the University of Connecticut. After earning her Master's in Higher Education and Student Affairs, she returned to Socorro in June 2011 to take over the Center, or CITL.
For the first time, the Center has a physical location in Speare 113, with Gutierrez' office next door in Speare 112. The Center will host a grand opening for faculty and other interested people at 3:30 p.m. Monday, August 29.
"This will be used as the hub of activity," she said. "This will be used solely for faculty. We have a SMART technology system here and we've purchased different teaching resources that will benefit students in the long run."
New Mexico Tech has secured two separate five-year grants from the Title V program of the U.S. Department of Education. Together, the grants are for $5.8 million and fund many improvements on campus, including numerous so-called Smart Classrooms. These facilities include interactive multimedia technologies that permit faculty to capture lecture notes, write on a SMART podium and use a variety of visual aids.
The SMART Classroom technology is already being used in the Distance Education studios and in some graduate programs. The new initiative is to bring the SMART technology to undergraduate classrooms in various academic building on campus over the next few years.
Gutierrez and Rob Hepler, manager of Distance Education Technology, are responsible for training faculty members on using and maximizing the features of the new technology. They will host workshops and seminars to familiarize instructors with the hardware and software. The Distance Education division will be responsible for supporting the new systems and the CITL will provide training programs to support the knowledge base for faculty and other instructors.
"Our primary goal is to work on classrooms that are used for gateway courses," Gutierrez said. "Part of the reason we are targeting gateway courses is that we want to serve as many students as possible and we hope to improve student retention and success in those classes."
Gutierrez said the theory is that high-tech classrooms allow faculty to engage students more effectively and students who are engaged are more likely to learn and succeed.
Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Peter Gerity said many factors affect student retention and success, including technology and student engagement.
"It's natural for freshmen to use interactive electronic technology," Gerity said. "They're driven by technology – smart phones, iPads and other wireless devices. In order to keep up with this generation of students, the technology has to be upgraded to the cutting edge."
Gerity said the new technology is also keeping up with the demands of the faculty, who are asking for more teaching options.
"Many of these lectures, labs and discussions are being recorded – at the request of faculty," Gerity said. "The segments are recorded so they are available for review by students. If material is available electronically, that can only help reinforce learning."
Dr. Lorie Liebrock, chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department and the new Graduate Dean, has been using the SMART Classroom technology for the past year.
In addition to student retention, she hopes the new technology allows for more effective recruiting of graduate students.
"I want to see our graduate programs get larger and our distance programs will be a means of doing it," Liebrock said. "We have excellent students from the national laboratories and industry who can't be full-time students. These technological capabilities are essential."
MSEC 101 AND Cramer 101 are completely outfitted with the new technology. Workman 109 will be converted to Smart Classrooms during the fall semester. Eventually, faculty in each academic department will have access to such a classroom.
"The initial two years of working with this technology has been very positive in increasing retention rates," Gerity said. "We hope that trend will continue. Retention is a complex issue, but we hope that what we're doing is a major contribution to improving student success."
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Here's a dish straight out of my mom's kitchen.
On hurried nights, she would sometimes put it together using either plantains or potatoes, capitalizing on the natural, starchy deliciousness of these vegetables to make a perfectly sumptuous side-dish in very little time.
Kelyache Kaap are not too unlike that delicious Mexican dish, fried plantains, except that we add some typically Indian spices to our version: turmeric and red chilli powder. But the basic ingredients and technique are the same: plantains fried to deep, delicious, golden goodness on a skillet with a little bit of oil.
When I shop for vegetables I tend to get excited and buy more than I can possibly cook in the short term, which means I leave them sitting around until I can find the time to get to them. So for me one of the best things about this dish is that I can make it with a plantain at almost any stage of ripeness, except, of course, when it is over-ripe. This time the plantains were just beginning to turn yellow and when I tasted a piece as I chopped it up, it was just mildly sweet and still very starchy. Perfect.
One more thing– plantains are great for those looking to eat healthy, loaded as they are with fiber, vitamins and tons of potassium. Here's a vegetable your body will thank you for eating.
So here it is, an easy worknight recipe to cook and savor after those tough workdays. Enjoy!
Golden Plantains (Kelyache Kaap)
2 medium plantains (you can use green or moderately ripe plantains, but be sure they are still quite firm). Cut each plantain in half, then make a lengthwise cut along one side just through the skin. Peel off the skin. Cut the plantain lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/3 cup rava (cream of wheat, sooji, farina)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
In a cast-iron or non-stick skillet, heat the oil.
Meanwhile, toss the plantain slices with the turmeric and chilli powders and salt.
Place the rava in a plate and dredge each plantain slice in the rave, making sure both sides are well-coated.
Place in the hot oil, making sure you do not overcrowd the pan.
Fry each side until golden, about 2-3 minutes on medium-high heat.


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It's hard to describe the experience I just had at Carmelo's.
The pig was locally grown and the wine was from local vineyards.
It was impossible not to enjoy. I had my first pig ear…no, it doesn't taste like chicken…it was yummy.
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Breakfast for the Brain
by George Zamora
Photo provided by Roger Renteria, Paydirt editor.
SOCORRO, N.M., May 7, 2007 – About 40 New Mexico Tech administrators and faculty served up a "Breakfast for the Brain" last night for almost 350 Tech students taking a midnight break from studying for final exams. New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López (pictured on right) prepares to serve up some scrambled eggs to Tech Student Association president-elect Joshua Asplen (pictured on left) as part of the traditional end-of-semester Midnight Breakfast at the university.


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The Workplace Advisor program provides a way for staff members to talk with someone confidentially about issues of concern. Workplace advisors are a resource for those individuals who want an alternative to the Employee Assistance Program, Human Resources, or who simply seek a friendly listener.
Workplace Advisors will meet and speak confidentially with you about workplace issues. They will listen, guide, provide information, and, if appropriate, refer you to another resource. They will help you to choose the best option for you.
Conversations with a Workplace Advisor will be kept confidential unless you give the Workplace Advisor permission to contact someone else. The only exception to this pledge would occur if there is a threat of danger to you or others or when issues of sexual harassment are indicated. See Advisor Roles and Responsibilities for more detailed information.
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Farewell Jay Leggett
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:09 pm
Sad news. News has arrived that our Hollywood friend, Jay Leggett, age 50, died after hunting last night. It's a shock and he will be missed. If there's any comfort at all, he died doing something he loved (his DVD/movie) was proof of that, and the Tomahawk area was his "home." He always came back to hunt! Hoping to put together a nice story on him for the Nov. 26 Tomahawk Leader. Out best to the family.
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Justin Bieber Posts Throwback Picture With Selena Gomez [PHOTO]
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's current relationship status may be a little murky, but that hasn't stopped the Biebs from reminiscing about the good times he has had with the 'Come & Get It' singer. Bieber, who is prone to posting telling shots of Gomez on his Instagram account, has taken to the social media site once again to post a happy memory he shared with the actress/singer on the beach.
Celebrating #ThrowbackThursday a day early on April 23, Bieber posted a black-and-white shot of the two adorably holding hands with his younger half-siblings Jax and Jazmyn, simply captioning the photo, "Throwback."
Jelena shippers will fondly remember that the photo is from the 2012 vacation that the pair took to Malibu, where they were photographed adorably hanging out with the Biebs' little sibs.
As Beliebers and Selenators now know, their relationship has been a constant game of on-and-off since their initial breakup in December 2012. Despite rumors that Gomez's friends and family strongly disapprove of the relationship, Bieber and Gomez seem to be on again, with the pair most recently spotted holding hands at Coachella just a month after their romantic reunion in Texas.
Then again, the couple have some rough waters ahead, including Gomez becoming involved in Bieber's legal matters involving his alleged violence to paparazzi. She has already been subpoenaed in one (as she witnessed the supposed attack) and may be deposed in the other.
Considering what is on the horizon for the back-and-forth pair, it's no wonder that JB took a moment to remember the pair's simpler times on Instagram.


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Institute for Combustion Science
Chicken Waste Project
Click here to watch WBKO report on ICSET
A study of the combustion behavior of co-firing poultry litter with coal, and investigation into the possibility of multi-utilization of poultry litter to produce activated carbon: Animal wastes such as dairy farm manure, feedlots, and poultry manure contain a significant BTU content on a per unit mass basis. The total amount of energy contained in these wastes in the U.S. and other countries is significant compared with the nation's overall energy consumption. Animal waste also causes serious environmental concerns ranging from water and air pollution to methane emissions increasing global warming effects. Thus, the best way to solve animal waste disposal issues is to turn this waste into a useful, renewable resource for energy and a chemical by-product—activated carbon. The strategy not only solves an environmental concern of water and air pollution, but also serves the increasing demand for energy and activated carbon. This project (funded by USDA) will be in conjunction with a DOE project "Establishment of an Environment Control Technology Laboratory with a Circulating Fluidized-Bed Combustion System." (DE-FC26-03NT41840).
Objective 1: To determine the mechanism of the degradation of chicken waste. Chicken waste will be studied on the TGA-MS system for various periods of time and under various conditions. The evolved gaseous species and weight change of the chicken waste will be simultaneously measured as a function of time. Elemental analysis will be performed on the residual solid phase of chicken waste after the experiment. The materials balance of the degradation of chicken waste will be determined.
Objective 2: To study the combustion behavior of co-firing chicken waste with coals. Fuel analysis indicates that animal waste biomass has a higher ash and moisture content, and especially higher nitrogen and sulfur contents, with a lower BTU value than coal. On the other hand, the biomass has a higher volatile content. The combustion profiles of coal and chicken waste are quite different, but blends of these fuels, when co-fired under correct conditions, can perform satisfactorily as boiler fuels. The chicken waste will be co-fired in the WKU FBC's boiler. The scope of this study includes (1) combustion behavior (2) pollutants analysis (3) computer simulation and (4) economic analysis.
Objective 3: To investigate the possibility of multi-utilization of chicken waste for activated carbon applications. Mercury pollution has been known to cause neurological and developmental damage in humans. The preliminary research on mercury emission control conducted at the WKU Combustion Laboratory has demonstrated a new sufficient mercury sorbent preparation method by which chicken waste is mixed with resin and activated at high temperature to prepare a so-called wood-ceramic sorbent. Meanwhile, fuel analysis indicates that animal waste biomass has a higher volatile content. So methods to partially gasify chicken waste to generate syngas and wood-ceramic sorbent simultaneously will be a major focus point of this task. The syngas will be used as an energy source, and the wood-ceramic sorbent as a by-product will be used by utilities to capture mercury. The scope of this study includes (1) gasification behavior ( a 50 kg per day demonstration unit will be set up at WKU) (2) pollutants analysis (3) wood-ceramic sorbent optimization, and (4) economic analysis (5) Scale up the production of an activated carbon unit ( one ton per day ) at a chicken farm.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Freshman Marvyn Rieger (Frankfurt, Germany) scored midway through the 26th minute, and Scott Alford (Hillsborough, N.C.) added a goal and an assist to lead the Lees-McRae College men's soccer team to a decisive 3-0 win over North Greenville University in Conference Carolinas play on Saturday evening.
With the win, Lees-McRae (4-3, 2-0 CC) runs its winning streak to four matches while extending its shutout stretch to 293:52. The Bobcats controlled the run of play for much of the match, outshooting North Greenville (3-4, 1-1 CC) by a 17-4 margin, including a 13-1 advantage in the first half.
Rieger, Alford and Jordan Wright (West Lothian, Scotland) each found the back of the net to pace the Bobcats, as Matthew Cureton (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Alford added two and one assists, respectively. Thomas Rusling (Sheffield, England) posted his 17th career clean sheet, as Alford led the way for the Bobcats with six shots, including three on frame.
Todd Johnston tallied the Crusader's lone shot on frame in the match, as DJ Baker made five saves between the pipes.
The Bobcats put the pressure on early, sending seven shots toward goal in the opening 20 minutes, including a glorious effort by Alford in the 19th that was pulled off the line by the Crusader defense. Baker made perhaps the save of the season in the 25th minute, tipping a long-distance effort from Andrew Shoemaker (Cary, N.C.) just over the bar.
Lees-McRae would break the deadlock less than a minute later, taking a 1-0 lead when Rieger banked the finish off the crossbar for his first collegiate goal after Alford's header from a Cureton corner struck the post, and fell right to Rieger on the doorstep.
The Bobcats were forced to deal with a bit of adversity midway through the 36th minute when one of their top attacking players was sent off, putting LMC down a man for the remainder of the match. Lee Squires' side would rise to the challenge, maintaining possession and control of play into the interval, as Rieger nearly produced the double with a brilliant headed effort in the 44th minute.
Rieger and the Bobcats came out of the break with a purpose, continuing to dictate the pace while aggressively cutting out each and every attacking push by the Crusaders. The Bobcats would receive some fortune of their own midway through the 75th minute, when freshman Alex Hasler (Browns Summit, N.C.) was hauled down in the box after a strong run in, giving Lees-McRae a chance from the spot.
Wright answered the call, burying the penalty with a driven strike for his fourth of the season and a 2-0 lead for the Bobcats. Alford capped the scoring three minutes later, nodding home a free header off a Cureton corner for his fourth of the campaign.
Lees-McRae returns to the pitch on Thursday, October 3 when the Bobcats travel to Misenheimer, N.C. to take on Pfeiffer University in conference play at 4 p.m.


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Snow and Cold on the Way, Sioux Falls!
This latest map from the Weather Channel shows South Dakota is in for much colder temperatures for the upcoming weekend. Much colder temperatures in the 20's on the way in a few days.
You've, no doubt, noticed the impressively cold temps in northern Canada on the map above. Check out this story from the Associated Press:
"How cold is it in North Pole, Alaska? Too cold for the ice sculptors. The town in the Fairbanks area will host the Christmas in the Ice Festival this weekend. But temps of 40 below zero are making it tough on the ice artists. It's so cold tools are breaking and electrical cords are snapping. It's also too cold for the ice. The chairman of the event says ice becomes brittle at 20 below. One carver had a wing on his angel break. The ice sculptor had to bring the ice wing inside to warm up before gluing it back together."


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Tate Ellington, known primarily as an actor, is also a self-taught painter, with an exhibition history that expands from NYC to Los Angeles. Working from doodles, conjured from found magazines, photographs, medical reference books, and/or an automatic sense of line, using mostly oils as his medium, Ellington inevitably focuses in on facial nuances, stating, "It's what I identify with the most, so naturally, they come more."
Each portrait carries a sharp bend of drama, as though the artist is implicated or interrupting more so than puppeteering the performance. Likewise, this is what strong acting does. In this way, Ellington seems to connect his two artistic loves, asserting, "In acting you are supposed to look for the truth of a character or of a situation. You can also be called to exaggerate the truth, if necessary. I think this is what I try to do with my paintings. I try to find the person by exaggerating him or her." Each stroke is not just about the surface, but a discovery, or search for our own sense of play or performance as human beings.


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Creating a Contact Form with FormMail
FormMail is a very popular script that you can put onto your website so that visitors can fill it out and have their response emailed directly to you. To help you set up FormMail on your website we have written a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring FormMail: If you missed our previous article, please see the How Contact Forms Work tutorial.
- Download the "compat" version of the NMS FormMail script.
- Un-zip the downloaded file and upload the FormMail.pl script to your cgi-bin folder in your public_html folder.
- Next you will need to modify the FormMail.pl file that was uploaded into your cgi-bin folder. First, you will need to change the @referers line (around line 47). Replace everything inside of the parentheses with your domain using the same formatting, once without the www and then a single space and again with the www.
- This is where you input any email addresses that the forms will send to. Make sure you remove localhost from both the @referers and the @allow_mail_to lines (around lines 47 and 48, respectively.) Once you have made these two changes, save the file.
- After adding the code to the page that you want the form on, you will need to point the action of the FORM tag to the FormMail.pl script inside the cgi-bin folder:
<form action="http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" method="post">
- Next, inside of each of your forms you will need to include a few hidden input tags. They are detailed below:
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email@example.com,firstname.lastname@example.com" />
This tag tells the form which email address to send the form to. Just make sure that this email is one of the addresses in your @allow_mail_to field
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="From the feedback form" />
This is a optional tag you can input into your form to specify the subject line of the email that gets delivered to you.
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.your.domain/foo.html" />
This is another optional tag to specify where your users will be redirected to after they click the submit button.
- Finally in order for FormMail to work you must set the permissions on the FormMail.pl to 755. This can be completed within your File Manager as well by right clicking on the file and selecting "change permissions." For more information on this course please visit Adding Contact Forms.
Updates for Shared Servers
If you are creating a form on a shared server (business class account), then all form feedback will automatically be set to come from "nobody". This was done in order to be able to add an email origin for emails coming from scripts on shared servers. The main purpose for this setting was to help stop spam. Previously, messages generated from scripts were difficult to track. Setting the form to use the email systems on the server helps to reduce load on the server.
You can set the form to use SMTP by looking for the following line in the FormMail.pl script:
$mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';
Then, you would replace it with:
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mail.DomainName.com';
If you require help finding your email server settings, please see "How to Find Email Settings."
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2018-12-31 5:05 pm
I am getting frustrated, Ugh
<form action="https://www.---------------.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" method="post"><input name="recipient" value="------------------------" type="hidden"><input name="subject" value="Application Submittal" type="hidden"><input name="redirect" value="https://-------------------------" type="hidden">I edited the FormMail.pl as per the instructions above to the best of my understanding.I don't get any email and redirected to unrelated sites--------------/applicat_page.htm
2019-01-02 9:12 am
Apologies that you're getting frustrated with Form mail script. The code that you're providing is typically what's in the HTML form that is seen from the website. We would need to see what you entered in the script to determine if there are no problems there. You can reply and place that information here. Nothing that you post here is shown to the public until approved. We would remove that information before publishing. Or, you can also submit a ticket to our live technical support team per the email address at the bottom of this page. They can then handle issue privately. All posts on the Support Center are typically public, though we do remove all confidential customer information before publishing. Please provide us more information and we can look into the issue in more depth.
2018-08-11 11:42 am
I switched to InMotion Hosting this year and I am having some issues with running some custom MailTo perl scripts where they worked fine with my previous web host. I have managed to adjust the code somewhat, but now am faced with none of the named fields passing the values to the perl script.
So I went ahead and setup FormMail.pl according to the accompanying instructions. I setup a test using "Example 1: A simple feedback form" as per the EXAMPLES file.
I configured the specific settings for my domain in both FormMail.pl and my test HTML page to call the script.
The results are missing the "name=" values in both the response page and the sent email. This seems to match the issue observed with my custom perl script mentioned earlier as if the "name=" fields are not getting passed along to the perl script as expected.
With the Example 1 test, the perl script does not even see the 'method="post"' reference, so it responds with the appropriate error message with an example showing the 'method="post"' example.
I set the $secure value to '0' so it would ignore the "missing" method issue. And that is when the submt completes, but without showing any of the "name" field values in the response or sent email.
Here is the form portion from the test HTML page:
<form method="post" action="https://www.spaceflux.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl">

 What is your name ?	 <input type="text" name="name" />

 What is your favorite animal ?	 <input type="text" name="animal" />

 <input type="submit" />

 </form>
Any assistence with appreciated.
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2018-08-13 10:07 am
I recommend you contact FormMail Support any possible server settings that may need to be adjusted. You can also right-click the webpage and select console or Debugger to view any errors. Once you get more info, please contact our live support for further assistance.
2016-07-24 3:52 pm
I have installed the FormMail.pl. On the client side everything seems to work fine. However when I recieve email from the form/FormMail.pl it's blank. No other errors. How can I correct this?
2016-07-25 7:27 pm
Have you run any other tests on the email? Have you checked the variables? Are any not filling properly? If so, which ones?
2016-05-10 10:35 am
I just placed a form on our site but apparently, the form is not seeing the cgi-bin. I am receiving a 404 error message when I run the form
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2016-05-11 7:42 am
Have you checked the permissions for your cgi-bin? I recommend setting them 0755.
2016-04-01 3:30 pm
I'm trying to complete step 7 above.
I'm not sure what changing the permissions does, or if it will affect anything else on the website. I'm just trying to follow the instructions above, and hoping for the best.
2016-04-04 2:43 pm
The permissions regulate who can access the file and who cannot. Having the permissions set right can be crucial to the function of the script. They need to be set 'not too strict' and 'not too loose' for proper security.
2016-03-31 8:35 pm
I'm not able to change the permissions. They seem to be locked on 644.
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2016-04-01 1:39 pm
Hello Tracie,
What file are you trying to change the permissions for? Also you can contact our support department as they can also fix the files permissions.
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TJ Edens
2015-01-08 10:54 pm
This looks good. I will check and apply for my website.
2014-10-25 4:59 pm
My problem is that I got the form set up and it submits but the data is empty where it should have the items that I submitted. Is something wrong with my code? my code is here:
<form action="http://www.omegadesignla.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email@example.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="From the feedback form" />

<input type="text" placeholder="Full Name" />

<input type="text" placeholder="Email" />

Phone Number:
<input type="text" placeholder="Phone Number" />

What are you interested in(check all that apply)
<input id="checkbox1" type="checkbox">Printing
<input id="checkbox2" type="checkbox">Web Development
<input id="checkbox2" type="checkbox">Promotional

<textarea placeholder="small-12.columns"></textarea>

<button class="button" name="Send" type="submit">SEND</button>

2014-10-27 9:04 am
Hello Ryan,
I got your form to work fine, but to do so you will need to add a "name='name'" to each field. For instance, the full name field, you will want to add "name='fullname'" or something like that so that the formmail picks it up as data. Do this for every field and you will see the email come through with the data.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-10-27 5:40 pm
thanks. newb mistake
2014-10-02 2:04 am
Thanks for fixing it. I put "Refugee Relief" back where you had it and it works perfectly now. I will change the @allow_mail_to back to the real email instead of the test email that goes to me, so if you are going to do anything else to the form please let me know first so I can change it back to test. I don't see anything else that needs to be done though, it works fine now.
I hope that the instructions on inmotion hosting's website on creating a formmail will be updated to include the changes we've made and will state approximately what line these changes are on so when I or someone else need to make a new form on another website it will be straightforward.
I have one more question. I got a spam email that used the form. When I signed up for hosting I did not include that extra charge for what I think was McAfee on the email account. Would adding that help us not get spam sent through the form?
2014-10-02 8:31 am
Hello Liz,
We are happy it is now working for you. Arnel and I had fun crawling through the code and testing different things. (Well, I had fun. I'm not sure about Arnel.) We will change the article to tell how to make the changes, but we hope to be able to modify the code where it is done more easily and not have to crawl through all the code, even if we give the approximate line number. We didn't write the original so we have to make sure any changes we make do not break anything else.
As for the McAfee, adding that will have no effect on the form. Forms with no human verification method such as Captcha (and even then, no guarantee) are often hit by spam bots and automatically filled out. We even get them daily in our questions and comments. It is a constant cat and mouse game and although we can put enough checks in place to practically eliminate all bots, it makes things more difficult for the customers like yourself. So we deal with them as they come for the most part.
Adding a captcha to the form would not be a bad idea, but we do not have any code for that in place for the formmail. Keep checking back as we do want to create a tool for customers that creates a very nice custom form with optional human verification in it.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-10-01 8:56 pm
I sent in a previous message that the form now gives me an error message as seen below. I put that last line back the way it was but still getting the error message. Did you change something else on your end? I have to get the form working at least to where it was before.
Thanks,LizError: Bad or Missing Recipient
There was no recipient or an invalid recipient specified in the data sent to FormMail. Please make sure you have filled in the recipient form field with an e-mail address that has been configured in @recipients or @allow_mail_to. More information on filling in recipient/allow_mail_to form fields and variables can be found in the README file.
The recipient was: [ email@example.com ]
2014-10-01 10:06 pm
Sorry about this craziness. I looked at the formmail.pl script and the only thing I had left in place was my test email address in one of the fields. Apparently, leaving that email address in the field caused the form to choke. As soon as I removed it, I could see it working instead of giving you the error. I diagnosed it by looking at what the form was sending as a recipient (email@example.com) and what the script was expecting. It should be okay now. You can try making that change to the text as per the above. I'll make sure to double-check this tomorrow when I get into the office to make sure everything's okay. Have a good evening!
Arnel C.
2014-10-01 8:45 pm
Unfortunately now I get an error message. I'm going to put it back the way it was so the form will work until we fix it.
Error: Bad or Missing Recipient
There was no recipient or an invalid recipient specified in the data sent to FormMail. Please make sure you have filled in the recipient form field with an e-mail address that has been configured in @recipients or @allow_mail_to. More information on filling in recipient/allow_mail_to form fields and variables can be found in the README file.
The recipient was: [ email@example.com ]
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2014-10-01 5:45 pm
I understand. Thank you for all your help and I look forward to getting the fix for that part of the form when you get one. The form is much better now and not as likely to end up in junk mail.
2014-10-01 6:30 pm
Hello Liz,
I'll add this reply here for anyone reading through this issue in the future (and I'll send you an email as promised).
I found the "submitted by" text within the formmail.pl script. It's on line 2841. I replaced the code with text. You can open the file and take a look. Currently, any form will read, "submitted by the webmaster of RefugeeRelief.org".
Check it out and let us know if you have any further problems!
Arnel C.
2014-10-01 5:31 pm
Fabulous! It now says from "Refugee Relief Volunteer Form" in the from part of the email. Below that though it still says "...submitted by ()..." Is there a way to change that? Also for the lag time if there is no way to fix that I'll put a note on the page that the form might take a little while to send.
2014-10-01 5:37 pm
Hi Liz,
Believe it or not, we've actually been looking at that particular part of the form - we're still looking for a way to change to that. This form wasn't made by us, unfortunately. As soon as I find a solution for it, I'll email you directly. As for the lag, it has to do with the mail being delivered on the server, so it may take a few minutes depending on the server load. We do appreciate your patience on the issue.
Arnel C.
2014-10-01 5:20 pm
return Refugee Relief Form;
have to have quotes? If so, single or double? Please send how it should looke
2014-10-01 5:22 pm
Hi Liz,
No problem - I made sure that my example code in the comments above was technically correct using single quotes and a semicolon. I also changed in the form so that you could see it. You simply have to change the text in between the single quotes.
Kindest regards,
Arnel C.
2014-10-01 5:09 pm
I changed return $email; on line 2720 to return Refugee Relief Form; and got an error message as shown below. I've changed it back for now so the form will work while I'm working on it. I didn't get any "IAMTHEFORM" emails.
By the way, since I changed $mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mail.refugeerelief.com';
the form hangs so long before sending that people might think it is broken.
Error 500 - Internal Server Error
An error was encountered while processing your request. Typically this is a temporary condition. Please contact the web site owner for further assistance.
2014-10-01 5:20 pm
Sorry you're getting the error. I was working directly with your form and I never got any of those errors. The code is very specific. Make sure that you're putting single quotes around the value you change and then end it with a semi-colon. If you don't do that, you will get the 500 error.
I changed the value to "The Form" for now. Check it out and see if it's working. If you're still seeing it fail, please let me know immediately.
Arnel C.
2014-10-01 2:20 pm
Ok, I put in the corrected code, uploaded it twice. I get the same "from nobody" results and the same "submitted by () as before. I even checked it in 2 different browsers that didn't have the form in its cache.
2014-10-01 3:41 pm
Hello Liz,
I'm probably going to spending some time updating our documentation because of your request, but that's a good thing. Sorry for the delay in getting this fixed the way you wanted. Here's what needs to be changed.
In your FORMMAIL.PL file, open the file to edit it and then look for the following line:
return $email;
If you're using the code editor, it should be line 2720 (or around there).
We changed this in your actual form online and it works. I changed it to "IAMTHEFORM" and tested it - you should see the test emails (pardon my silliness in the form). When you change it, make the line look like this:
return 'IAMTHEFORM';
Please try this out and replace the '$email' with your FROM value that you wish to use. Apologies again for the delay in getting this straight. Let us know if you continue to have any problems.
Arnel C.
2014-09-30 9:03 pm
I didn't find anything on 1777 but on 1780 I found the following
An SMTP relay can be specified instead of a sendmail compatible mail program,using the prefix C<SMTP:>, for example:'mailprog' => 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain',Default: C<'/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t'>
and I changed the 'mailprog' => 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain', to
'mailprog' => 'SMTP:mail.refugeerelief.org', but I think I was just changing an example and not the code since there was no $ in front of it. It didn't do anything.
2014-09-30 9:15 pm
I apologize, I made an error in my comment. Simply replace:
$mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mail.refugeerelief.com';
2014-09-30 9:24 pm
I commented out line 45 that said
$mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';
and replaced it with
p class="code_block">$mailprog = 'SMTP:mail.refugeerelief.org';
and got an error message
Error 500 - Internal Server Error
An error was encountered while processing your request. Typically this is a temporary condition. Please contact the web site owner for further assistance.
2014-10-01 9:32 am
You may have seen my comment before the formatting was edited just a few seconds after it was posted. Please see the comment as it currently is as it contains the correct code without the formatting error.
2014-09-30 8:07 pm
I could not find a line that says $mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain';
In searching for anything with $mailprog all I found is what I've pasted below. Theses are in different sections of the file.
The only references I could find to are below. I can email you the whole formmail if you want.
use vars qw(
$DEBUGGING $emulate_matts_code $secure %more_config
$allow_empty_ref $max_recipients $mailprog @referers
@allow_mail_to @recipients %recipient_alias
@valid_ENV $date_fmt $style $send_confirmation_mail
$confirmation_text $locale $charset $no_content
$double_spacing $wrap_text $wrap_style $postmaster
$mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t';
sub new {
my ($pkg, $mailprog) = @_;
return bless { Mailprog => $mailprog }, $pkg;
mailprog => $mailprog,
2014-09-30 8:11 pm
This line is indeed within the FormMail script that is linked to in this article and can be found on line 1777 by default.
2014-09-29 9:45 pm
Thank you for figuring this out. Unfortunately, not being a programmer, I am still unclear on what to do. I'm told by tech support that I can't use sendmail and they suggested using a php script. Regarding your fix for not having sendmail, where exactly do I put $mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain. Somewhere on the FormMail.pl file?
2014-09-30 12:24 pm
Hello Liz,
Sorry for the confusion. The Formmail.pl file is a PERL script, but it also a simple text file that you can edit using a text editor such as the one available to you through the cPanel (checkout: Using the File Manager Code Editor).
You would look for this line:
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain';
And replace the SMTP:mailhost.your.domain with your SMTP settings. So it would look like this:
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mail.refugeerelief.com';
I hope that helps to clarify it for you! You don't need to be a programmer to make this kind of change. Let us know if you require any further assistance.
Arnel C.
2014-09-28 4:29 pm
I have 2 problems I'm trying to fix.
1) I got the form to work but under the subject line it says "Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by () on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 15:51:16"
Shouldn't the () show the person's name and/or email who submitted it? It makes no sense for it to be empty.
2) the email I get is from "nobody@ecbiz(my server).inmotionhosting.com" This really looks like spam. Is there a way to have it come from a name I choose?
I'm not a programmer but if you tell me what to change in the perl script I can do that.
Sorry if this is a duplicate. The captcha said it didn't work although I thought it did.
2014-09-29 11:26 am
Hello liz,
Thank you for your question. 1) I looked through the README file included with the formail script, and it says the From should be pulled from the form. Meaning if they fill out the "from" field, it should be included.
2) We are happy to help, but will need some additional information to answer this section. Is this the email you get when you fill out the form? or is this sent to you notifying you that someone else has filled out the form? Can you provide a link to the form?
Feel free to post any additional questions below.
Thank you,
2014-09-29 12:42 pm
I filled out the form myself and submitted it and this is what I received.
2014-09-29 1:51 pm
Hello Liz,
Sorry for the problem. Can you provide some details on what you received? We don't see anything in your reply.
Arnel C.
2014-09-29 3:58 pm
Here is the link to my sample form http://www.refugeerelief.org/formtest.html
What I received is:
Volunteer Form
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
() on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 15:56:52---------------------------------------------------------------------------name: lizanimal: cat---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2014-09-29 5:45 pm
Hello Liz,
I have set up a test form on my own server with the FormMail and have run a few tests. The 'nobody@' email address appears when the email section of the form is left blank. This is the same for the () that appears. This means that the name field was seen to be empty.
When I put information in those fields, I receive the email and it has the content that was inserted in place of the default information (nobody@ and () ).
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-09-29 6:21 pm
i just filled out our real form (not our previous test form) which has the same action script http://refugeerelief.org/contact.shtml and I got the same thing
I entered my name in the name field and my email in the email field. The result is the same.
The email is still coming "email@example.com," the header is still correct which says "volunteer form" but the first line of text still says ays "Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by () on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 18:16:03" Underneath that it does give my name and email where I filled out the form fields but I want to change the "from firstname.lastname@example.com" and the "It was submitted by ()"
I don't know why you are getting different results from me. I am using Apple mail on a desktop computer to receive my mail.
2014-09-29 7:01 pm
Hello Liz,
Sorry about the confusion with the form. Scott and I have both looked at this. I discovered the cause for this as a security setting on shared servers. This security setting basically forces the "firstname.lastname@example.com" to appear when mail is sent without specifying a server and server - this happens with the formmail script. Luckily, you can easily fix this. Here's the section in the FormMail readme file on using SMTP settings (that stop the nobody thing from happening):
If your web server lacks a sendmail binary, you can
use an SMTP relay instead, by setting $mailprog like
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain';
You will need to replace mailhost.your.domain with
the name or IP address of an SMTP server configured
to relay mail for the web server.
Your system administrator or hosting provider should
be able to tell you either the path to sendmail on the
web server or the name of a host that will act as an
SMTP relay for the web server.
You can find your OUTBOUND SMTP settings by reviewing this article: How to find my email settings.
Modify your form and then with those settings, then the Sender should be set to the Postmaster setting in your script. If you continue to have problems with it, please let us know.
Sorry again for the headaches with the form. The setting for NOBODY is forced in order to help put a stop to SPAM issues on our servers. Forcing a sender of NOBODY when SMTP settings and sender are not verified allows us to track where the email is coming from and put a stop to illicit spam scripts that are sometimes forced on unaware account owners.
Kindest regards,
Arnel C.
2014-09-15 8:55 pm
Thanks for such a quick response, that was awesome! I'm confused as to where exactly I'm to put steps 5 and 6 of the Creating a Contact Form with FormMail tut. Does it go in the Perl doc or in my Dreamweaver Contact page, where I created the html. Does it go in the head or body? Thanks again.
2014-09-15 9:21 pm
Hello Patricia,
The code goes into your web page - where ever your form code located. The PERL script changes are edited directly in the PL file that saved in your CGI-BIN folder. The web page is where ever you're displaying the form where your visitors have to click and fill out the fields in order for the form mail to be sent. If you're still confused, please let me know.
Arnel Cl
2014-09-15 6:53 pm
I'm fine until step 5, I have no idea where to add the code to. This is the first time I've been into the cPanel and really feel confused now. I'd really like to understand this a bit better. I've been trying to research this for about a week and just found your site. Thank you
2014-09-15 7:17 pm
Hello Patricia,
Sorry that you're feeling confused. Websites are basically files on a server. In order to obtain the data for email that you want to automatically send, you need a web page that is referencing the form. The CGI-BIN is a folder on your server - this is where the script that you obtained from the zip file will need to be saved. You can use the cPanel File manager for an easy way to manipulate files on your server.
If you need more detailed help with creating the form on your website, follow these tutorials and they'll help you understand that portion of it: Adding Contact Forms to your website.
Hope that helps! If you have any further questions please let us know.
Arnel C.
2014-08-15 6:17 am
Hi John,
I would like to try this to our company website but I don't understand well how to follow the instructions correctly.
Maybe it can help if you put also the certain line in #3 and #4 instructions to go to, to make it easier.
2014-08-15 9:11 am
Hello Armand,
Thank you for your suggestion. I have created a ticket for our Support Center team, and we will be reviewing the article.
If you have any further questions, feel free to post them below.
Thank you,
2014-07-30 10:25 am
I am still learning the system. Just under too much pressure to read slowly and understand.
2014-08-11 4:19 pm
Hello Gerard,
Thank you for contacting us. We are happy to help you setup your FormMail, is there a step you are having trouble with?
If you have any further questions, feel free to post them below.
Thank you,
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White Sands Test Facility,
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stand ready to do our part to support the President's vision."
- WSTF Manager Steve Nunez
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-- White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), located in southwestern New
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of the past managers like Joe Fries and others. That culture recognizes
that safety is extremely important. When you are located in a hazardous
test facility, you have to make sure that you are doing things safely.We
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SeNuke Pro has been on the market for a long time. And it has gotten mixed reviews, of course. That aside, the recent launch of its new and improved version, SeNuke X, has started two arguments among online marketers. First: is the new upgrade really an improved version of SeNuke Pro? Second: are the features they wanted or didn't want in SeNuke Pro now available in the new version?
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3. Improvement of full-automation. The biggest innovation that has been raved about the new SeNuke X is its capability to run on the background 100% and that you can schedule automatic submissions in advance. This gives you much more freedom in designing your backlinking campaign.
4. More content distribution sites. This is one of the most exciting improvements from SeNuke Pro. There are a lot more sites included in their list. And to be exact, as of launch, there are 840 site listed in this upgrade. That's a big jump from SeNuke Pro's 352 listed websites, and the SeNuke X team is constantly working to add even more sites to the list.
A Quick Look At Just How Many Sites
Part of the reason that there are many more sites available to SeNuke X, is that it has added the ability to post to Press Release sites and Forum Profile sites. Admittedly, some sites were no longer supported, with a decrease among social networking sites and web profile sites, but SeNuke X has more than made up for the losses in other areas. And the Senuke team has hired programmers whose only job it is to add new sites, so there are weekly updates that do just that.
Here's a more detailed comparison of the listed websites.
Social Networks: from 31 to 30
Article Directories: from 12 to 85
Video Sites: from 16 to 20
Social Bookmark Sites: from 22 to 23
RSS Feed Aggregators: from 30 to 30
Web Profile Sites: from 241 to 62
Press Release Sites: 54 (new)
Forum Profile Sites: 536 (new)
And this is the initial list! With the SeNuke X team working on more and more sites, this count is sure to only go higher.
Tips to Help You Decide About SeNuke Pro
Depending on how you use it, SeNuke X can easily be a great upgrade to your SeNuke Pro. It will help create many more backlinks that the original ever could. But before you go from SeNuke Pro to SeNuke X or if you will be migrating from another SEO automation tool, here are a couple of tips or reminders for you:
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2. Don't forget that you need to produce unique, quality content to make sure that you would get the full potential of an SEO automation or distribution tool. The better your content, the better your results will be.
There are many more differences and similarities of SeNuke X with other automation tools and even with SeNuke Pro that weren't covered in this short overview. For a full look at SEnuke X and its modules, please check out my SEnuke X review.
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I have four different sources for watching live video in Sage. Three of these are easy (2 subscription satellite providers and 1 local OTA) because they have SD lineups. All of those work fine. But I have several tuners that receive free-to-air (FTA) satellite channels from dozens of satellites. There is no SD lineup that covers those channels.
Before converting Sage to SD, I used their soon-to-be-lost Zap2It-licensed service. I never used a lineup for the FTA channels, and instead just entered the channel numbers, names, and Station IDs into Sage. I found many of these Station IDs on Zap2It because cable/satellite providers and OTA stations redistribute much of the content available from FTA. This scheme pulled EPG data just fine for those channels over the past decade.
However I've been unable to find a way to get this to work with SD. The Sage SD software requires me to specify a lineup for each content source. Because there is no single lineup that contains all of the FTA channels, I tried selecting a placeholder lineup with only a few channels (Juneau OTA in this case). This wiped out my FTA channel list and replaced it with the Juneau channels, as I expected. So I disabled the Juneau channels in Sage and restored my FTA channels from a backup file. At first the results were promising as the FTA portion of the EPG was partially populated from SD. But a number of channels never populated. The Sage developer suggested logging debug, and these channels are receiving error messages from SD:
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"33453":{"2017-06-22":{"stationID":"33453","serverID":"20141201.web.1","code":7030,"message":"You have requested a schedule which is not in any of your configured lineups.","lastModified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00Z","md5":"CAFEDEADBEEFCAFEDEADBE","date":"2017-06-22"},
Of course that is true, but that is kind of what I want to do. This particular Station ID (33453) is for the PBS national feed, and frankly I have never been able to find a lineup that includes it, although that may very well exist. As I know of no openly available tools to perform this form of 'reverse lookup', I wouldn't even know where to start if I sought to make a list of all of the lineups I would need to satisfy my FTA channels. Through hook or crook detective work I have found lineups that contain most of the FTA Station IDs I use, but I can't find them all. I could ask SD to allow me to use more lineups, but that would not cover all of my FTA channels, and the one-to-one, lineup-to-source mapping used by Sage would probably prevent this from working regardless.
I'm not 100% sure why some of my FTA channels are populating the EPG. My supposition is either (1) these Station IDs happen to be among the many channels in my subscription satellite lineups that I have disabled because they are not part of the plans that I pay for, or (2) SD allows me a small number of Station ID requests outside of the lineups. I realize SD was likely not designed to service needs like mine. But anyone who uses FTA in the US is likely to have similar problems. Perhaps there is some feature in SD that would allow me to access these Station IDs, but that is unknown to the Sage developer. Thus all I can do is ask here and hope one of these might work:
1. If SD will service a small number of Station IDs not in the declared lineups, can this be increased for my account?
2. If #1 is not currently possible, could it be in the future?
3. Could there be a 'null lineup' that would allow a user to request a limited number of Station IDs?
4. Could there be a community lineup of channels for oddball cases like me?
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While the economy may be causing some headaches around the world, finding the right talent when you have a job opening is also tough. And this isn't because there aren't people out there looking. It's finding the right person that can be difficult.
Part of the reason is that the workforce culture of IT is changing. KPMG recently reported that 80 percent of CIOs are having extreme difficulty hiring skilled talent to support future business goals. And the annual Cisco Connected World Technology Report concurs. There's a skills shortage out there.
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One of the reasons cited most often for Greg Knapp's ouster after one year as the Raiders' offensive coordinator was that running back Darren McFadden never looked comfortable running the ball in Knapp's zone blocking oriented system.
Greg Olson is now running the offense, the zone blocking has been scrapped with Tony Sparano now overseeing the offensive line and the Raiders are hopeful that the change results in renewed productivity from their star running back. McFadden is also sounding some hopeful notes about the offense and is optimistic that it will help him be the "top-five" back that he still believes he is.
"This is very exciting for me," McFadden said, via Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle. "I am the type of guy who likes to go downhill, make a cut and go; that's my thing. We'll mix it up like we used to, and get some zones in there, but for the most part, I will be keeping my shoulders toward the line of scrimmage."
McFadden is entering the final year of his contract and Tafur reports that the team is open to talking about extending their relationship with the talented and oft-injured back beyond this season. That would be a departure from the general housecleaning that's been going on in Oakland, albeit one that could make some sense if McFadden is able to find more successful footing in the Raiders' new offensive scheme.


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A ski instructor at Powderhorn Ski Resort near Grand Junction, Colo., was riding a lift some 30 feet above the Red Eye trail when he looked down and saw a wide-awake black bear. It was standing at the mouth of a cave no longer blocked by snow. Rick Rodd took a quick photo, but was sorry he didn't get a peek at the den's other residents — two cubs born while their mother was hibernating through the winter. A spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife told the Vail Daily that "people have probably been skiing past this bear for years and never given it any thought." What was different this year was an early spring with mild temperatures; this caused the snowpack to begin melting and also woke up some bears in mid-March, when skiers were still on the slopes. A resort spokeswoman said there were at least two other dens at Powderhorn occupied by newly awakened bears and their cubs; this led to the closing of the Sweet Misery and Diversion runs as well as the Red Eye. The bears regained some of their privacy March 26, when the resort closed for the season.
Utter the words "free land," and folks will rush to get some — or so hoped the townspeople of tiny Anderson, population 300, 75 miles from Fairbanks in the frozen interior of Alaska. Anderson offered 1.3-acre lots, so long as the homesteaders built at least a 1,000 square-foot house within two years. But there was a catch: You had to show up to stake a claim and pay a refundable $500. Thousands of people from around the world called about the offer, but only 44 stalwarts, from states including Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Florida, made the trip, reports the Associated Press. Some of them camped out overnight in -25 degree weather. Twenty-six people were awarded lots, though building homes is sure to present challenges: Anderson has no grocery store or gas station, and temperatures during the winter can hit 60 below.
A New York Times story by Corey Kilgannon read almost like the plot of a sitcom: Cattle rancher Marion West discovers that he and Vy Higginsen, the head of a school for gospel singers in Harlem, N.Y., share a common ancestor, almost certainly a man from West's side of the family who owned slaves and fought for the Confederacy. West, 76, found Higgensen shared his genes through an online database called the West Family DNA Project, and the two got acquainted as instant "DNA cousins." As different as a white man in a cowboy hat and an urban black woman might appear to be, the two got along famously. West invited his newfound relative and her daughter to tour his Missouri ranch, stopping by a pine tree where he prays daily and visiting the community college he founded; Higginsen then invited West to visit Harlem churches and soul food restaurants, with stops for gospel singing along the way. The get-together led Higginsen to wonder, "Who of us is black, and who's white? … There are no thoroughbreds among us, and nobody's 100 percent anything in this country." West found himself in tears when he offered a prayer in Harlem: "Dear God, thank you for this beautiful night and this great family we got here. My prayers have been answered. We just found the roots. It's in the DNA." He also got a laugh when he spoke up for cross-breeding cattle: "You mate the black Angus with the other breeds, and you have better, healthier offspring."
You know you're in the rural West when you read headlines like this one in the Bismark Tribune: "Train hits buffalo in South Dakota." The train must have been moving slowly, according to the AP story. The three bison, who wandered onto the tracks on Ted Turner's Bad River Ranch around 10 p.m., walked off after the collision. The train wasn't damaged either.
The Arizona Republic shared some good news April 6, as well as some bad news related to the good news. The first story: "Deserts may avoid wildfires due to low precipitation." A second story took a different tack on the no-rain, no grass to burn, no-fire prediction: "Southwest could become Dust Bowl, study warns."
Neighborliness ran rampant near Ouray, in western Colorado, after an avalanche on Highway 550 pinned a driver from New Mexico, who was trying to clear debris from an earlier avalanche. The man was stuck in snow "up to his crotch" for about two minutes, reports the Ouray Plaindealer, until a bystander "bear-hugged" him right out of it. The only casualties were the New Mexican's shoe, left behind in the snow, and the Good Samaritan's $150 cowboy hat, which blew into Red Mountain Creek and eluded the owner's attempts at fly-fishing it out of the water.


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Agility To Make Cloud Really Work: NPS-Demand Engineering
By Biren Mehta, Senior Marketing Manager, SP Marketing in Routing and Switching, Cisco
Search the Internet using the word "Cloud" and you will get around 1.5 billion hits and it's not until the 2nd page or so where something related to weather comes up. This is not surprising as cloud computing is top of mind for both B2C and B2B companies. The reason for this heightened interest is because of the monetization opportunities cloud enables. For operators it's exciting since they are challenged with exploding IP traffic and diminishing margins.
Cloud matters. The Cisco Cloud Index predicts that global cloud IP traffic will account for more than one-third (34%) of total data center traffic by 2015 and is expected to reach 1.6 zettabytes of cloud IP traffic. There are predictions about how gaming will shift to the cloud, further contributing to cloud IP traffic. As I think about emerging cloud applications and how operators will be able to monetize these trends many issues come to mind about storage and compute requirements. However, most importantly, I think about the requirements for the network, as it plays a central role in the era of cloud computing.
In the presence of significant traffic growth, today operators are squeezed. They are faced with competing challenges of differentiating services with service level agreement (SLA) guarantees while managing their costs by optimizing network capacity and minimizing operational expenses. To avoid gross over-provisioning for SLA guarantees, both proactive long-range capacity planning and reactive short-term traffic engineering processes are leveraged. However, these processes don't natively provide a direct feedback loop between the network and applications. Network capacity and utilization remains inefficient.
To address this, Cisco has enhanced our ground-breakingNPS (Network Positioning System) technology with demand engineering capabilities for cloud applications. NPS-Demand engineering is a component of the Cisco Open Networking Environment (ONE) and one of the key innovations in delivering an elastic core solution. NPS-Demand engineering creates a direct feedback loop to enable closer coupling between the network and applications to determine the optimal location of workloads (storage and virtual machines). Demand engineering can determine where to place an application / service instance or locate content. Intelligence of network topology and traffic awareness helps identify the best location that can meet the SLA requirement and make effective use of the network capacity. Demand engineering can be leveraged in many cloud-computing applications including:
- Cloud-based xAAS offerings: which is the best data center to site an Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) instance?
- Peer-to-peer overlays: which is the best source peer for a particular piece of content?
- Content delivery networks: which is the best cache to use for a particular piece of content?
- Web applications: which is the best application server to use for a particular request?
Demand engineering addresses the dual problem of admission control and traffic engineering. It maximizes the network utilization by optimally placing demands where there are available network resources without incurring network operational complexity, which has been deployment bottleneck traditionally. NPS-Demand engineering innovations improve network utilization economics resulting in 24% TCO savings over present mode of operation.
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Rapper/TV personality Nick Cannon received a warning from wife Mariah Carey after he revealed a list of stars had slept with during an interview last week.
The rapper/TV personality has been married to the pop diva for six years, but before their relationship began, Cannon enjoyed his fair share of Hollywood romances, and he shared the names of his former lovers in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106.
When asked how many famous women he had been with, Cannon replied, "That's a lot! This is L.A.!"
He agreed to list five of his past lovers, and named Carey, his ex-girlfriend Christina Milian, former fiancee Selita Ebanks, Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
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