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July 25th, 2013 10:31 AM #1
What would you do about this dog?
We recently moved to a "rural" cottage country side and shortly after moving this dog kept coming over to play. She followed us home one day after a walk, I didn't even notice her till my husband asked why the dog was following us. We go out side to play or walk every day and she would always show up after awhile. Now she doesn't even leave. She's on our porch or around in our yard almost all day, and there to greet my husband every morning as he leaves for work. We don't have a fence of any kind yet, so keeping her out isn't an option. I don't mind her, she does seem like a good dog and she is good with the kids. So the problem is she has no collar or ear tags, and none of the neighbours really seem to know where exactly she lives. We don't feed her because she isn't our dog, she has gotten the occisional treat though. I feel like this dog is basically being neglected, and my husband pointed out she looks skinnier than when we first met her a couple weeks ago. I feel so bad bad for her. I don't know what to do. My options are to either A) call the county who would most likely just pick her, up and bring her to the animal shelter B) bring her to the animal shelter or a vet myself and find out if she is healthy/getting fed, but not sure if they'd let me take her home since she isn't registered. C) take her to the animal shelter, and if she shows signs of neglect, Adopt her and bring her home (we are putting up a fence soon). If the owners come looking for her tell them to bad I adopted her, they should have taken better care of her. What would you girls do??
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I think the dog has adopted you. Maybe her owners moved away or abandoned her, if she's skinny and hanging out with your family so often?
Similar thing happened to me with a cat. She was very skinny (and beaten up) too. I've had for three months now. I did take her to two different vets, to see if I could find her owners & that she was healthy, and both let me take her back home. I imagine vets are animal lovers, and they too hate to see homeless or neglected animals.
I live in the U.S., and animals aren't always registered. Call the vet and see if they'll let you take it home maybe you can ask the vet if they'll let you take it home before visiting. If so, I would take it in, and see if the dog has a microchip. If so, the vet can contact the owners to pick her up. If not, leave your contact information with the vet (the nearest vet or two), and maybe put up flyers with "found dog". If no one comes forward after all of your efforts, I'd adopt her. And get a microchip with the vet.tea drinker + cat lover + ever-evolving baker+cook...positive realist who loves beautiful words, names, and images.
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I would check with the local animal shelter and see if someone is missing a dog of her description. Usually owners looking for their lost pet would get the shelter involved in case she got turned in. In all likelihood, she was probably abandoned. If no one is missing her, it is well within your rights to keep her. Definitely take her to the vet in that case. They're not going to turn you in for having an unregistered pet if you explain to them that she is a stray, but you want to take care of her. The vet won't want her put in the pound any more than you do, but they'll encourage you to get her registered of course. Good luck!Mommy to...Maura Lucille and Patrick Donley
July 26th, 2013 12:22 PM #7
I have had similar experiences with dogs at my cottage as well. Most people in "rural' cottage areas, especially locals, tend to just let their dogs roam around wherever they want, so dogs often come around and follow us home and such. But if she does have an owner, they're obviously not very good if she stays with another family all day!
But has she ever tried to stay with you overnight? Because if she is a stray I would be concerned about where she's sleeping, whereas if she returns somewhere each night that probably means she has some kind of home.~Izzy, looking for a new nickname
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July 26th, 2013 11:36 PM #9
I think she has been spending the night, I woke up at 530 and looked outside and she was sleeping on our porch. I looked online at a couple of lost dog sites for our area and called the animal shelter. I also went around the neighbour hood again, now that more people are here for the weekend. Everyone said they recognize her, but don't known the owners. The animal Shelter told me if they picked her or up, or if I took her in, she would have to stay for 3 days while they tried to get ahold of any owners, even if she is not registered. She will get a full check up while she is there. If no one claims her after 3 days I can come there and adopt her for free. So I had them come pick her up this evening and will call Monday morning to check on her. I hope she gets reunited with her family.


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Taranaki Civil Defence has issued a tsunami warning for Taranaki after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck east of the Solomon Islands this afternoon.
The quake was a shallow 5.8km deep and the epicentre was 347km east of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands.
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Nalungu said the earthquake had been felt by those on the islands when it hit.
The Solomon Islands' National Disaster Management office advised those living in low-lying areas, especially Makira and Malaita, to move to higher ground.
The media liaison officer for the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Johnson Honimae, in Honiara, said the earthquake had happened during most people's lunch hour. The city had put on buses to take residents to higher ground.
"I didn't feel the earthquake. But I got a text from my colleague about the tsunami warning. Our office is right on the waterfront so I took a bus up to my house, which is higher," Honimae said.
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Your On-Bar Command Fails with Error 329 in the Activity Log and the Sysutils Database is Missing.
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Your Informix server sysutils database does not exist. How do you recreate it?
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SQL -329 Database not found or no system permission.
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Execute the following command as user informix to build the sysutils database:
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Jan 21, 2013
Old Roses & New Roses...
23 comments:
- Judy at GoldCountryCottage said...
Bella, It will be so lovely to step into your spring garden when it's time. David Austin roses are magnificent..Happy Monday..Judy
- January 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM
- Bonnie Hitchcock said...
So love your dried roses! I did a post recently on some that I had dried. I love flowers, but do not have a green thumb. However, enjoyed looking at everyone else's. Enjoy reading you.
- January 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM
- NanaDiana said...
I love coming here for my dose of pretty, Bella. I can't wait to see what new roses you get- xo Diana
- January 21, 2013 at 6:30 PM
- Anne said...
Bella I seriously need to order David Austin roses.Thank you for sharing.Oh I am so ready for spring.The temperature right now is....... 0 .And that is not a type-o
- January 21, 2013 at 6:45 PM
- Shelia said...
Hi Bella! Oh, what a gorgeous post. Love your beautiful roses and what a lovely vignette.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
- January 21, 2013 at 6:57 PM
- Linda said...
Your garden always looks so beautiful...your new roses will be wonderful!
- January 21, 2013 at 7:08 PM
- Gayle said...
Ah yes, I just finished watching Downton Abbey and am swept away into another time! Your garden will be lovely. At least for the time, we aren't moving. The older man who owned the property wouldn't budge a dime. Oh well, the garden or lack of almost overwhelmed me thinking of it!
Stay warm, I took wonder wonderful photos in the fog today and can't wait to show them soon!
- January 21, 2013 at 7:16 PM
- Sarah said...
Your basket of hyacinths are so pretty. I'm going some in water this year. They have started to bloom, and the sun porch is filled with their fragrance.
- January 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM
- Susan said...
That was lovely, Bella. Ohhhh, to dream of spring makes me so happy! I have paper whites blooming in my home office. Good to have anything living around, isn't it? Lovely photos. I look forward to your 2013 roses! You are a Rose Queen! Susan
- January 21, 2013 at 7:35 PM
- Junkchiccottage said...
This was a lovely post. I love the dried roses and all your beautiful garden books. So pretty. It is very cold here in Chicago our mild temps are gone so your pictures warmed me up.
- January 21, 2013 at 8:17 PM
- Jacqueline~Cabin and Cottage said...
Pretty nice to see Lady Bella on your catalog! And good to know what you're up to. I like the look of your dried roses in the wire flower frog. (My favorite style.) Looking forward to a fancy tea in your garden!
- January 21, 2013 at 8:33 PM
- Shabby chic Sandy said...
I didn't know about the buy one get one :) I can't wait for roses either. Love the way you are displaying your bulb flowers!
- January 21, 2013 at 9:51 PM
- Bente said...
Beautiful photos. Look forward to see your garden
Have a nice day
- January 21, 2013 at 11:31 PM
- Roses, Lace and Brocante said...
Hello Bella
A beautiful tablescape post.
I love roses too and both Peter Beale and David Austin's books - they hold so much wonderful information for the avid rose collector.
I've just become your newest follower - do pop over and see me and enter my giveaway and you can see a little of my garden!
Shane ♥
- January 21, 2013 at 11:38 PM
- Rowan said...
I love the basket with the pots of bulbs in. I have a lovely book called 'Gardening With Old Roses' by John Scarman. It's not a new book but I think you'd enjoy it if you can find a copy - Abebooks maybe?
- January 22, 2013 at 12:03 AM
- jeanetteann said...
Bella,I can't wait to see your Spring garden with all its roses. x
- January 22, 2013 at 1:23 AM
- La Vie Quotidienne said...
Very pretty ~ Here I have pruned all of my roses, the only ones with blooms are the Cascading China Dolls and they love the cool weather. I will be ordering some new bushes from The Antique Rose Emporium...you might enjoy their website, and the roses of course.
- January 22, 2013 at 7:12 AM
- sweetinspirationsbyjpdesigns.blogspot.com said...
It's amazing how dried up flowers, like yours, still retain such beauty....pinned it!
- January 22, 2013 at 8:32 AM
- Mary@mydogsmygardenandmary said...
Bella, can hardly wait to see your beautiful roses. Love the dried ones.
My fav are roses also.
- January 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- Heaven's Walk said...
It was 2 degrees here today in Michigan, Bella. Ridiculously cold! Although we've really just had our first big snow of the season....I'm already pining the view of my roses out my French doors. I just received my DA catalog in the mail and can hardly wait to go through it. ♥
xoxo laurie
- January 22, 2013 at 5:51 PM
- marty (A Stroll Thru Life) said...
Such beautiful pictures. I love dried and fresh roses, they are always such a favorite. Thanks tons for joining TTT. Hugs, Marty
- January 24, 2013 at 6:44 AM
- Haworth said...
I agree, Bella, it's lovely to imagine spring on winter's coldest days. And ordering roses makes it seem even nearer than it is. Happy reading as you curl up with your new books.
- January 24, 2013 at 11:51 AM
- Lydia said...
LOL- If I were at Downton- "my people" would have been relegated to downstairs.
- January 30, 2013 at 9:07 PM


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SAN DIEGO ---- It was sunny at Petco Park on Sunday, so why fight it?
Of course, we're talking about next year's Padres. The weather? Bright and cheery, too, but when isn't it?
Three games remain in this roller-coaster season, one that saw the Padres go from "oh yuck" to "oh my." One that had fans go from holding their noses to holding out hope that better days fill the horizon.
The Padres travel to Milwaukee for one last series to tie a bow on this baby, and enjoy the brew and brats, boys.
But before we sign off at Petco, it's clear that the Padres are no longer flat. They've got some hops, some fizzle, a little kick to them.
I write that after watching nine zany innings in the final home game. The Padres burped up a sure win when the closet thing they have to a sure thing, closer Huston Street (23-of-23 in save situations), did his Heath Bell imitation.
That's the Marlins' version of Bell, not the lights-out model that served the Padres so well.
So loss No. 84 is in the books, but we're looking big picture, even if our last snapshot is fuzzy.
The Padres led 2-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2 and 5-4 before ex-Padre Xavier Nady nearly deposited a Street pitch on K Street past dead center, a ninth-inning, pinch-hit, tying blast that preceded Hunter Pence's two-run shot that turned Petco into AT&T Park South.
"That's his first one,'' Padres manager Bud Black said of Street's blown save. "That's a pretty good ratio."
So is playing solid baseball in July, August and September compared to the previous months, especially the first two, when the Padres went 17-35.
So we settle our downtown tab, and am I the only one eager for the open sign to flicker next April?
The Padres went from dreadful to dangerous, from embarrassing to embracing. They went north after going south, and hopefully this club that Ron Fowler and his friends purchased can avoid going sideways.
"If you look at the position-player group, I think some things have come into focus that leads us to believe we should be more offensive, like we were in the second half,'' Black said.
There was the emergence of catcher Yasmani Grandal. An anchor landing at first base in Yonder Alonso. The big leagues weren't too large for second baseman Logan Forsythe. And though shortstop Everth Cabrera tests Black's patience with an occasional lack of fundamentals, he's a keeper.
"Games like today ---- two walks, four stolen bases, they threw a ball away, and he scored a run,'' Black said of Cabrera. "I think there has been incremental improvement in the total game, but he is still coming; he's not a finished product.
"But compare him to other shortstops in our league, and there are a lot of teams that would trade their shortstop for ours.''
MVP candidate Chase Headley wasn't peddled, and that might become general manager Josh Byrnes' legacy. Slugger Carlos Quentin changes the lineup's face, but his cranky knees are worrisome.
Decisions must be made on mending starters Tim Stauffer, Dustin Moseley and Jason Marquis. Patience must be shown with Corey Luebke and Joe Wieland.
"We got some pretty good options,'' Black said, with Casey Kelly, Eric Stults and Anthony Bass also on the stringer.
Byrnes, too, should be allowed to dip in the free-agent pool for a proven arm.
But the Giants are headed to the playoffs. The Dodgers won't get amnesia on how to overspend. The Diamondbacks, with feisty manager Kirk Gibson and GM Kevin Towers, are too competitive to stand for another down year. The Rockies will be fitter, and possibly no longer tied to the cellar.
But we leave Petco Park on an up note, one that seemed so improbable back when infielders Jason Bartlett and Orlando Hudson were dead weight in the middle and all the Padres' bats had holes.
The Padres lost Sunday, but at least now they have a prayer.


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There is still time to assist military veterans and their families in the spirit of the recent holiday season.
The 2013 Christmas collection for Arkansas Veterans has been extended to Feb. 1.
"Due to late notification, shorter shopping season and weather, the deadline for donations has been extended to Saturday Feb. 1, 2014," according to a press release issued recently by the 2013 Christmas Collection for Arkansas Veterans Organization. "We are collecting needed and desired items for Arkansas veterans. Donations will go to the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (Ft. Roots and McClellan VA Hospitals.) Some items will go to patients in a Community Living Center (CLC.) The CLC units consist of a Dementia Care Unit, Geriatric Specialty Unit, & a sub-acute, respite, & short & long term care unit."
The collection is being sponsored by the Jacksonville Museum of Military History and the Daughters of the American Revolution/Major Jacob Gray Chapter.
Donation locations are as follows: Jacksonville Museum of Military History, 241-1943, 100 Veterans Circle, Jacksonville.; Mount Tabor Methodist Church, 843-1084, 4100 Arkansas 89, Cabot and Arkansas Flag and Banner 375-7633, 800 W. 9th St., Little Rock.
Numerous items are being accepted as donations, including:
Clothing: All sizes but especially Large and XL
(No used clothing please)
T-shirts (Long & Short Sleeves); Sweatshirts; Hoodie jackets (thick fleece/jersey); Sweatpants; Lounge pants; Tube socks; Diabetic socks; Boxers (size L-5XL); Slippers/House shoes (size 8-12); Velcro strap tennis shoes (size 8-12); Gloves (L-XL); Warm or baseball hats; "Snuggies"; Thick robes
Personal Care Items:
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Time is also a valuable commodity, according to the organization.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Voluntary Services at 257-3288.
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New Delhi, Jan. 20 (ANI): Terming the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's 'Hindu-Terror' remark as an attempt to distort the atmosphere of peace in the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday warned the Central Government and the Congress Party that it risked facing serious consequences if there was a delay in issuing an apology.
BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said: "Today, the Home Minister of the country has made a very problematic remark. It is not only condemnable, but dangerous also. It is very unfortunate that a Home Minister has tried to distort the peaceful atmosphere of this country for political interest. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the Home Minister must apologise for this statement, otherwise there will be serious consequences."
"The Congress has become a group of cowards. They are not able to stop terrorist infiltration from Pakistan. The government is silent on the issue of cross-border terrorism, and the Home Minister is alleging that a nationalist organisation like the RSS of terrorism. It is not acceptable. The government has given a clean chit to the actual terrorists through this statement," he added.
Another BJP spokesperson, Shahnawaz Hussain echoed the same sentiments and said that such irresponsible remarks will divide the nation.
BJP leader Balbir Punj lashed out at Shinde and said that the Home Minister should be asked whether he is working for India or Pakistan.
Earlier in the day, Shinde stirred a major controversy when he alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were running training camps with the objective of promoting 'Hindu-Terror' across the country.
To prove his point, Shinde cited the examples of the Samjhauta Express blast (February 18, 2007), the Mecca Masjid (May 18, 2007) and Malegaon explosions (September 8, 2006.)
Later, issuing some sort of clarification, Shinde said whatever he said has already appeared in the media several times over the years and that there was nothing new in it.
He said he had made a reference to "Saffron Terrorism" and appeared to reject the view that he had used the words "Hindu Terror". (ANI)


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Catastrophes minimization on the equilibrium manifold
In a fixed total resources setting, we show that there exists a Riemannian metric g on the equilibrium manifold, which coincides with any (fixed) Riemannian metric with an economic meaning outside an arbitrarily small neighborhood of the set of critical equilibria, such that a minimal geodesic connecting two regular equilibria is arbitrarily close to a smooth path which minimizes catastrophes.
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The article by Pech and colleagues gives the medical oncologist an
overview of the changing trends in the therapy of brain tumors.
Patients often bring knowledge of these therapies to their clinicians
after accessing easily-available Internet brain tumor Web
sites or the user-friendly documents provided by such organizations
as the Chicago-based American Brain Tumor Association. The initial
evaluation of these individuals often includes a discussion of
therapies, such as pre-irradiation chemotherapy, as well as
genetic therapies that use replicating and nonreplicating
viral vectors.
Although standard treatment for most primary brain tumors involves
surgical resection, MRI- or CT-guided stereotactic biopsy is the sole
procedure for patients of advanced age or for those with deep- seated
or left hemispheric lesions associated with speech difficulty.
Thereafter, chemotherapy, prior to radiation therapy, is administered
to patients with drug-responsive tumors, such as primary CNS lymphoma
in the immunocompetent patient, medulloblastoma or other primitive
neuroectodermal tumors, benign or anaplastic oligodendrogliomas,
mixed oligoastrocytomas, and atypical or malignant tumors of the
pineal gland.
The use of drugs prior to irradiation or up-front
reflects a desire to provide these agents during the period of
maximal function that may occur following surgery. Later in the
course of treatment, patients may experience profound alterations in
quality of life, characterized by depression, apathy, and/or altered
intellectual function, plus the adverse effects of cumulative doses
of corticosteroids. As though this were not burdensome enough, the
drugs administered at recurrence lose efficacy as a result of
radiation-induced cerebral edema and phenytoin-induced cytochrome
P450 isoenzymes. Hence, at least two-thirds of the chemotherapy
agents provided through National Cancer Institute-sponsored
consortiums for the treatment of brain tumors are given prior to, or
concomitant with radiotherapy. For glioblastoma, these agents include
camptothecin derivatives, biologic response modifiers,
metalloproteinase inhibitors, modifiers of the hemoglobin-oxygen
dissociation curve, and angiogenesis inhibitors. Future formulations
include agents that provide slow release to or transiently disrupt
the blood-brain barrier.
With the exception of malignant gliomas, the majority of studies
reporting on chemotherapy for primary brain tumors are single-arm
phase II trials. When available, randomized studies typically compare
radiation alone to radiation with either pre-irradiation or adjuvant
chemotherapy. The rapid introduction of new therapeutic agents and
treatment approaches stymies the pursuit of phase III trials.
Emphasis should be placed, however, on drug therapy for three tumors:
primary CNS lymphomas, medulloblastomas and other primitive
neuro-ectodermal tumors, and malignant tumors containing foci of
oligodendroglioma. In these malignancies, chemotherapy can reduce the
size of the tumor and improve neurologic function.
Primary CNS Lymphoma
As the authors outline, methotrexate is a common denominator of
successful chemotherapy regimens for primary CNS lymphoma.
Interestingly, intravenous methotrexate monotherapy provides response
rates and duration of responses comparable to those achieved with radiation/chemotherapy
combination regimens.[1,2] At levels up to 8g/m2, methotrexate is
well tolerated while still providing therapeutic drug concentrations
to brain tissue and spinal fluid.[3,4] Concomitant administration of
an intrathecal drug is then unnecessary, and the patient does not
need an Ommaya reservoir. Methotrexate monotherapy has not been
associated with the cognitive decline seen with radiation therapy nor
with the uniform hematologic toxicity resulting from multiple drug
combinations, such as methotrexate and CHOP (cyclophosphamide,
doxorubicin HCl, Oncovin, and prednisone). The optimal methotrexate
dose and dosing schedule still need to be determined.
Oncologists treating adult medulloblastomas or similar pineoblastomas
and malignant ependymomas may benefit from the experience of their
pediatric colleagues. An example is the widespread use of the Packer
et al regimen of adjuvant cisplatin (Platinol), lomustine (CCNU
[CeeNu]), and vincristine, which improves durable responses over
those achieved with radiation alone. Pre-irradiation multidrug
combinations, including cisplatin, vincristine, etoposide, and
cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar), and the
eight-drugs-in-1-day regimen have shown activity against
medulloblastoma.[5,6] Preirradiation chemotherapy facilitates reduced
radiation therapy doses and is associated with less apparent
cognitive impairment than that resulting from drug therapy at tumor recurrence.
Anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, as well as malignant gliomas
(anaplastic astrocytoma or glioblastoma), that contain small
populations of oligodendroglial cells respond to chemotherapy. This
field will change rapidly as specific markers for oligodendroglial
cells are developed and as neuropathologists become familiar with the
subtle histologic features of mixed tumors (oligoastrocytomas). As
many as 20% of patients with malignant gliomas will be eligible to
receive PCV (procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine). Recipients of PCV
potentially achieve reduced tumor mass and improved function and can
then be given radiation therapy in reduced doses. Most patients
tolerate only four drug cycles, however, creating a strong impetus to
administer chemotherapy with marrow supportive techniques.
1. Cher L, Glass J, Harsh GR, et al: Treatment of primary CNS
lymphoma with methotrexate-based chemotherapy and deferred
radiotherapy: Preliminary results. Neurology 46:1757-1759, 1996.
2. Sherman W, Balmaceda C, Nichols G, et al: Feasibility of 3 g/m2 of
intravenous methotrexate (IVMTX) for primary central nervous system
lymphoma (PCNSL) (abstract). Neurology 48:A17-18, 1997.
3. Shapiro WR, Young DF, Mehta BH: Methotrexate: Distribution in
cerebrospinal fluid after intravenous, ventricular and lumbar
injections. N Engl J Med 293:161-166, 1975.
4. Glantz MJ, Yee L, Lekos A, et al: Is intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy
necessary? A pharmacokinetic and clinical study of high-dose,
intravenous (IV), methotrexate (MTX) in patients (PTS) with
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LCM). Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 15:151, 1996.
5. Packer RJ: Chemotherapy for medulloblastoma/primitive
neuroectodermal tumors of the posterior fossa. Ann Neurol 28:823-828, 1990.
6. Pendergrass TW, Milstein JM, Geyer JR, et al:
Eight-drugs-in-one-day chemotherapy for brain tumors: Experience in
107 children and rationale for preradiation chemotherapy. J Clin
Oncol 5:1221-1231, 1987.


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City Portal to be created in Joomla 2.5
Frontpage with information
Citypages where every city has its own page. There are more than 200 cities
Information in every city, rss feed from news papers in their city and country based. Find companies in the city based on theme. We have xml list of cities and companies in every city
This is a web system and programing, joomla, design skill will be needed.
We already have this system created in .net but we need to transfer it to joomla and php for easy managing.
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We have been into sharing for some time. There have been a number of lucky men and couples over the years. I have been the luckiest of them all because I have been with a beautiful, sexy woman for many years and even though I continue to age she seems not to have aged at all. She still looks in her 30s with her shoulder length blonde hair, green eyes, 56, 120 pounds, all in the right places. There are women in their 20s that wished they looked as good as she does. Better than that; she loves sex. She loves all positions and one of her favorite things is to give head to completion and SWALLOWS. She can be kinky and will do things that will surprise you when you least expect it. Around where we live she is very respectable and those who know her would never believe that she has been with a numerous men and couples over the years. When she gets home behind closed doors or if we are out of town she becomes a sexual animal that will do all sort of wild kinky things.
It all started many years ago. We were like so many other couples that had their ups and downs due to money, children, long hours at work and just the boredom of the same thing over and over again. We were always fighting and not having a good life together. I was extremely jealous, very possessive and overly protective. She had become a prudish woman that was just the opposite of the person that I married. She wanted me to be there for her at her every whelm but was not willing to go back to being the sexy person that I married. As time when on we grew further and further apart. I thought about things and one day just packed up and moved out leaving her with the house and kids. We were separated for about 6 months. I visited her and the kids often and made sure that the bills were paid and she had what she needed. That left me short and I lived in a drafty garage apartment eating fast foods and a lot of TV dinners.
I filed for divorce hoping that it might be the answer for us both. I started dating again and Jessica found out that I was dating my lawyers secretary. Jessica did not like Cyndi at all. She felt that there was a competition, not me but they both are good looking women. The only real difference was that Cyndi had long dark hair and Jessica is Blonde.
One evening, late evening, I was working on a project that I had to present at work the next day. I was missing a piece of equipment that would be necessary for me to have. It was too late to buy another one and I knew that I had a new one in my desk at the house. I drove to our house that is eight miles from town in the countryside. I turned off the lights as I pulled in the long drive way. I noticed a black pickup to one side of the driveway. I really didnt think much of it because we had a neighbor that parked his company truck and tools in our drive when he and his family went out of town camping and fishing. I thought that he had gotten a new company truck and didnt think anything about it being there. I walked into the house using all the stealth tricks taught to me in the Marines. I petted my dog and checked on the kids. I walked towards the bedroom and heard noises, very familiar noises. I walked into the bedroom and there was Jessica and a guy that I later found to be Mike. Mike was fucking her for all it was worth. Neither Mike nor Jessica noticed me. I stood there for some time watching. I am not sure what was controlling me at the time. There were a million things going through my mind on what I should be doing either. I didnt know if I should make a scene and scream and yell at her. I didnt know if I should use violence and beat them up, shoot them or what. I knew if I did the wrong thing I could go to jail and loose my kids forever and there would be no chance of us ever having any relationship again. I did know that for some reason all my jealousy, and being overly possessive sort of went away and I was more turned on that I had ever been before. I am standing there watching my wife being banged by a guy 10 years my junior and I have a hard on that could drill for oil in the Rocky Mountains. When Mike saw me he turned so white that it lit up the room. Jessica wasnt sure what to say or do.
Now it is time to back up a few years. We have had fantasies like so many other couples. One of mine was to see her with someone else. With my problem of being really jealous I never thought that it would ever happen. It had always been something that we just fantasized about. Her favorite fantasy was to have two guys at the same time. Jessica asked me what was going to happen now. I wasnt sure what to do or say. She looked at me and told me, If how you feel has anything to do with the hard on you have we need to fulfill my fantasy of two guys at once. I didnt have to be told twice. Mike and I satisfied Jessica in every way that we could come up with. None of us got any rest that night. I had to go to work the next morning completely worn out and just barely finishing my project. I did go back home that evening and Jessica and I talked for hours and we decided that we could make things work out and at the same time include others into our sex lives together. Mike continued to visit at least 2 or 3 times a week. He would visit if I had to go out of town on business and sometimes Jessica would go out with him and on a few occasions was shared by him with a couple of his buddies. This went on for some time until Mikes company moved him across country. It was sometime before we saw him again and he came back married to Melissa. She was a looker and could suck a cock as good as Jessica. I know we started swapping.
All and all this got started by a problem that was fixed by us having sex with others. We learned trust and openness. As time goes on we found to be open and discuss everything. If either of us found someone that we wanted to be with or at times someone that we were with first but went and shared the experience with the other afterwards. Since then over the years we have been with other couples, threesomes with other single men, a few times where there was several couples, threesomes with other women and a few 5 to 6 guy gang bangs that Jessica was the center of attention. If going out of town or somewhere that we are not know Jessica wears as little in public as she can. She has flashed truckers, had sex with one of her single lovers and left the hotel window open with the lights on so anyone passing by or rooms across the way could see her fucking the guys eyes out, gone to the door naked to open it for room service, gone to a all night convenience store wearing one of my thinner white dress shirts and nothing else but stockings and high heels not leaving hardly anything for the imagination. She has been caught by the Police in the back of a van fucking to keep from going to jail or being cited ended up fucking and sucking the two cops too. She enjoyed that so much she went back to visit with them several times. All of this has kept us together and caused us to be open and trusting. It has also caused me to lose that jealous streak and really enjoy watching her get fucked silly. I have watched her with my best friend, several friends, my lawyer, a couple of her past lovers, a plumber, a computer repair person, a couple of guys that work for me, a car salesman, a few truckers, some of her coworkers, and assorted other couples, men and women.
Sharing isnt for everyone. Open relationships are not for everyone. I know it has worked for us and made our relationship stronger. We dont partake as often as we use to but we still do. She just met a guy on Facebook that after a few month of Cyber sex and phone sex met and spent a day and night enjoying each others company. Nothing different other than the Good Lord had blessed him. Jessica says that it is the biggest cock she has ever seen in length and girth. Of course that is fuel for another story.


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That's a graph of the Elemental home page traffic as we added ads onto the forums promoting Elemental on our other sites.
How many ppl stayed on the site for more than a few seconds? There could be many accidental clicks.
well first..there is all those people paid to sit at home and click on ads so companies think ads are great. Then there are the forum bots that occasionally post subversive ads of thier own "FE is great its like my favorite game x". They need to click on these to appear to be real amoungst other reasons. Then there are the people like me whos cat jumps on the computer whenI get up for a tonic.
I am a firm disbeliever that anyone ever clicks a banner ad on purpose.
I think increase in pre-orders would be a strong argument for those ads. You guys in a few days will know if it is the case.
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iva accidently clicked an ad or 2.
None of these ads offer me money or free iPads...where is my incentive
I really hope my thread didn't prompt this OP at all. I actually like seeing banners with the heads up about other SD products. And I'm sure its great for for folks that don't follow the forums as much as me. Keep it up! pacov just doesn't want there to be the following forum structure:
elemental ad
pacov post
Thanks! Really glad to hear that you were able to quickly draw in some new folks just with banners!
Yeah but what's the conversion rate?
Frogboy also sent me this graph in a PM. I think it speaks for itself, and I'm sure you all agree.
Disclaimer: Its a hoké.
You know, you could just add a site-to-site jump. Not as glamorous I know, but let's say I already know about game X, I don't want to keep spamming F5 until an ad comes up.
I think the banner ads are well done, much less annoying than most ads. It is annoying that it disrupts the flow of the thread though.
I will say that while I am no fan of inline graphic ads, I have actually noticed the content of these and if I hadn't already owned Sins the Rebellion banner would have got a click from me.
Traffic doesn't always correlate to sales, I've read enough of cliffski's blogs and his frustrations to know this.
Entire companies are built around advertising. Google makes something like 90% of their money from advertising. Facebook exists because of advertising. Do you really think all of those clicks are on accident?
You also didn't take into account our subconscious memories. Seeing an ad may not phase you but later, when you're in the store shopping for the week, that ad might just do it's work and you might buy something you wouldn't have otherwise.
I don't mind the ads.
But, don't you think that there's going to be some butthurt from customers who see a ship prominently featured in the FE banner? You know, because there aren't any ships in-game. I know this seems nitpicky, but that banner really has a naval feel to it.
LightofAbraxas, I had a somewhat similar reaction (to yours) when I saw the E:FE Banner Ad the first time.
In fact, in the first reply to Frogboy's Discussion thread entitled: "Elemental: June 2012 Status" (after first thanking Frogboy for the updated Info), I specifically asked the following question:
" But one other question: WHY does the new one-line Banner Ad for Elemental: Fallen Enchantress show a 4-masted Sailing Ship at the right end of the banner ? Is this a not-so-subtle "Preview of Coming Attractions" ?? "
I'm glad that I am not the only one who has been puzzled/discomfitted by this! Unfortunately, I have never qotten an answer to this question. I really think this Ad is very strange! But, perhaps, if enough people bring this subject up, we will get some explanation ...
I'll talk to the right people about adjusting or replacing that ad.
Thanks for the official Reply, Bara ... Good to know that someone is keeping tabs on us !
I really dislike having ads in amongst the flow of threads. Would be much better if placed to the side. So many companies have started doing this on forums now and it just feels wrong. To the side you know that it is just an ad. In the middle and it ads confusion. If the goal is to trick people into clicking on the ads and to promote products ahead of keeping the communication flowing then by all means, keep them there. But if the purpose of the forum is to communicate about thread topics then keep the ads out of that flow.
You don't see newspapers inserting ads through their main content - they insert ads around their content. Sure, ads pay for them selves but please don't lose track of what is important in a forum. I think this placement is a massive step backwards and really taints your forum as being more about selling than communicating.
Totally am going to play my copy of Galactic Civilizations II again after seeing the banner.
Nope, it has the opposite affect on me. In fact, I tend to grow a rather strong aversion to products when the ads are thrust at me from one direction or another. For me, it's about priorities and affordability, and no amount of advertising is going to persuade me to part with cash I can ill afford to let go.
Anyway, advertising was not behind or what prompted my purchase of Galciv I and II. No, that was more through word of mouth and a friend who demonstrated the games from hard copies he bought at a local gaming outlet... not to mention that I was helping to support a company I happen to like, admire and respect, and there aren't too many of those in existence. In fact, that's how the majority of my purchases occur... word of mouth and people showing me their latest gadgets, nick knacks and dib dabs.
Damn Starkers.. you must have been subjected to thousands of Beano ads huh?
Once Stardock gradually migrates into hard core porn, I think the ads will be a lot more popular.
P.S. I'll be there ! ... for sure ...
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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
This was an interesting battle. Funny how the start is soft and then the beat comes in at full throttle.
Bryon has some incredibly fast rhymes and comments that just roll off of his tongue. Then during the comeback his rhymes are mixed with some hilarious insults so nice work there. Also has a great voice too for making great raps.
Scuare is just as fast and not too bad how he uses minimal effects to make it sound like more than one person sometimes too. Then Scuare tried to come back with some insults but unlike Bryon it doesn't sound incredibly great sadly. Although Scuare has a better voice in this one too.
Overall, tough call but my vote goes to Scuare!
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Scuare wins
Byron uses multiple syllable words that don't fit.
Scuare attacks him on that and therefore destroys him.
Byron is just more comfortable in a less high tempo.
Scuare wins
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Scuare won it at the Kratos line. Bryon got pancaked; flipped.
Good battle.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Definitely Scuare. Great rebuttals, Byron's verses were very one-track minded and his flow wasn't anywhere near Scuare's.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Scuare wins this round.


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12 Jun, 2014
Great Covers And What Makes Them So Great – Part 2
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By Jacobus Dixon
Now as much of a smash that Action Comics #1 was, it was by no means the first comic book cover. And Superman was not the first recurring famous character. Characters like Doc Savage, The Shadow, Slam Bradley (also a Siegel and Shuster creation), Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon were quite famous already and had their own fan bases to boot. However, none equaled Superman when it came to sales. The simple-but-appealing back-story, combined with amazing powers to take on current societal ills, wrapped in a dynamic costume really stuck out for readers. What happens when you're digging and strike gold? Well, you're gonna mine that vein till it's dry! Which is exactly what National Comics (remember they weren't DC just yet) were going to do.
Superman was going to have adventures in both Action Comics and his own upcoming book, Superman (which was a big deal). But what could National give audiences between Action Comics and the highly anticipated Superman #1? Well…how about a knock-off; rival comic companies were scrambling to pull it off, why shouldn't National have a little fun? This knock-off was published in National's Detective Comics in May of 1939. Now what's going on here? This is a night scene (I know, not obvious, but the background had to be light so that Bat-Man could be seen). These guys in the foreground don't look like they're upstanding citizens with their upturned coat collars and pulled down hats. One of them's even packing a piece! Something's about to go down. It doesn't look like they planned for this weird bat-guy though. Look at this, he must have literally JUST swooped down and grabbed this hapless thug like a bird of prey. The expressions on the other gangsters' faces are pure surprise. Even the one with a gun is too stupefied to shoot!
He may not be smashing a car, but this Batman character is clearly not one to be trifled with. He's got to be either out of his mind or completely badass to swing on that rope throttling hardened crooks like that. What's this guy's deal!? The story that the cover's referring to happens to be a mystery. A bunch of wealthy industrialists are being murdered. This naturally draws the attention of the police. Commissioner Gordon brings his young wealthy socialite friend, Bruce Wayne along for the ride. The callow Wayne finds the affair extremely dull and leaves during the investigation. As another industrialist is targeted by assassins, they are thwarted by the dynamic-but-grim figure of the Bat-man.
The Bat-Man wastes no time in taking papers on the assassins (which tie in with contracts that were stolen from the previous victims) and deducing who the ringleader of the dastardly enterprise is. Gordon recounts the story of the last would-be victim to Bruce Wayne. About how the Bat-Man saved him from his former business partner by plugging a deadly gas nozzle then smashing his way out of the gas chamber to punch said business partner into a vat of acid. Wayne only yawns and makes some comment on how it's a nice fairy tale, naturally frustrating the Commissioner. At the end though, the audience is treated to the revelation that this mysterious, grim, and hardcore Bat-Man is none other than WAYNE himself!
So while it isn't the obvious show of force that Superman was, there's still a lot of neat stuff going on here. We know that this Bat-Man is not some super-powered alien like Superman, but just a guy. An extremely badass guy who's as deadly as he is smart (and he's able to save a guy just in the nick of time). Like the cover, the story implies that there's nothing superhuman about Bat-Man, he's just really determined and skilled. But he's also intelligent enough to deduce the workings of a conspiracy before the police while keeping a low profile and hiding his identity. Like Superman, Bat-Man's an ubermensch, but much more subtle. Uh oh, looks like National has another hit.
The key here was surprise. The cover depicts the main character literally striking out from the shadows like his animal namesake upon unsuspecting criminals. Like the gangsters, the audience is startled. The story shares this mood by drawing you in the way a typical crime-mystery would. The yellow background may be a distraction for more modern audiences, but for a 1939 audience this was a common technique used to illustrate a night scene in a way that allowed the focus to be directly on the characters and scene being displayed. It's far more subtle than Action Comics #1, but just as effective at grabbing attention and garnering interest in a character that was really meant to be nothing more than a Superman knock-off. And by the time we're done reading the story, we've discovered that this Bat-Man is far more than that.
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While recently flipping through a copy of the Denver Post, Neil Slade, a fixture on the local music scene, stumbled across an advertisement for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Under the heading "Notes for the Symphony," the ad featured this pitch: "Write musical history. Buy a note of music for $10 for CSO Composer-in-Residence Jon Deak to use in his latest work in progress, which will be performed at the annual Fourth of July Concert at Fiddler's Green. Your donation will help support CSO community programs year-round...The more notes you buy, the more beautiful music we can make!"
This seemingly novel idea had a familiar ring for Slade. He'd tried a variation on the same theme in 1986. His original press release read: "You or your business have a chance to immortalize your name in the annals of great music literature. For $1, you will have a measure of symphonic orchestra music written in your honor with your name inscribed on the original manuscript score. Become a part of music history with 'The People's Suite for Symphony Orchestra.'"
A major difference between the Slade scheme and the CSO project revolves around money; instead of earmarking the proceeds for future endeavors, Slade planned to use the dough to support himself during the writing of his symphony. In the end, however, his success was limited. More than 400 people contributed to his effort, including Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, but the total donations fell far short of Slade's hopes. "Nevertheless, I kept my word," Slade points out, "and spent the next year writing, arranging, copying parts and finally recording." He estimates the total cost of realizing "The People's Symphony" at $4,000.
With the piece completed, Slade took his opus to James Setapen, then the associate conductor for the Denver Symphony Orchestra (the CSO's predecessor), in the hope that the organization would agree to perform it. However, he claims Setapen never responded to his query. When questioned later in an article about Slade's brainstorm that appeared in the Rocky Mountain News, Setapen responded, "I looked at the piece quite a lot...but unfortunately, I didn't find it something we could do."
Obviously, a great deal of time has passed since this rejection. Does Slade seriously believe that the CSO lifted his concept almost a decade later? Well, he's definitely not dismissing the prospect. "It's a pretty big coincidence," he declares. "It's possible that whoever thought of this idea never heard of me, but for it to happen in Denver, Colorado, at pretty much the same orchestra that turned me down? It makes me wonder if it hasn't been brewing in someone's subconscious."
To say the least, the CSO vigorously denies that the "Notes for the Symphony" undertaking was swiped from Slade. "Not one single individual who was part of this process was involved with the orchestra back then," says Sandy Lasky, a publicity consultant for the CSO who's overseeing the new venture. "No one could possibly have known anything about it."
According to Lasky, the concept for "Notes for the Symphony" was born during meetings she attended with representatives from the CSO and TCI, the symphony's largest single corporate supporter. "It came out of a brainstorming session," Lasky divulges. "And the reason everyone liked it so much is that it's a real proactive, positive campaign--an action taken to grow. We have a deficit-free organization and a balanced budget, which makes us one of only five symphonies in the country that can say that. We thought this was a way to give something more back to the community. And we thought it would be fun, too."
Deak is also excited by "Notes." An Indiana native, he now splits his time between Denver, where he serves as composer-in-residence for the CSO, the Colorado Children's Chorale and Denver Public Schools, and New York City, where he's associate principal bassist and creative associate with the New York Philharmonic, as well as a music educator affiliated with the public-school system there. He's just started sketching out the details of his composition, which he sees as "a short, celebratory piece that will directly involve Colorado. I'm going to try and infuse it with the Colorado spirit. And when people buy a note, it won't just be a little note on a piccolo that will be all covered up. It'll be a note that will run all the way up and down the score page. And at the concert, we'll probably have the score blown up to a huge size and the notes circled, so people will be able to say, 'That one was mine.'
"I'm also hoping that people who participate will feel free to say something about the note that they want," Deak continues. "If they want to say they'd like it high, fast, low, sweet, tender, aggressive or whatever, then that's okay with me. I've decided that I'm going to allow myself to be affected and inspired by the responses that we receive."
Thus far, "Notes for the Symphony" has not generated an avalanche of popular support. In spite of television advertisements featuring celebrities such as Denver mayor Wellington Webb and "His music makes me want to run to the" John Tesh that have been running on the TCI system, Lasky reveals that the number of notes purchased only recently topped a hundred. "It's a slow start," she confesses. "This is so unique that I think people are still trying to figure out how it works." She's outwardly confident that things will eventually pick up.
For his part, Slade remains proud of "The People's Symphony," which eventually became the soundtrack for Still, a film that documented national historic places across the U.S. "It was on PBS," he says. "And I might have even gotten an Emmy nomination out of it if I'd had the $25 I needed to join the damn union." (A recording of the symphony, along with the rest of Slade's extensive catalogue, is available for purchase at Twist & Shout.) Slade is currently in what he views as a notably fecund creative stage--one that listeners will be able to experience for themselves Saturday, May 11, at Jitters Internet Cafe, 1523 18th Street, and Thursday, May 16, at Herman's Hideaway, where he'll share the bill with Electric Swingset.
However, Slade admits to being "ticked off" by the "Notes" enterprise, even going so far as to fire off a complaint to the CSO. Lasky, who received Slade's missive, says she's sympathetic to his plight but feels his gripes are unfounded. "My husband read the letter," she remarks, "and he said, 'Wouldn't it have been great if he had said, "Wow, my idea is finally going to see the light of day."' But he didn't do that--and that's too bad."
While dropping off a copy of "Deliver Me"/"Super Family," a groovy cassette single from the upcoming Foreskin 500 CD Starbent But Superfreaked, Mark the 3 Kord Scissor King issued a report on lead growler Diggie Diamond's latest run-in with the law. "We were playing at the Ramskeller in Fort Collins," he says, "and Diggie was doing this thing with Cremora [a non-dairy creamer]--he threw it into the air and lit it on fire. And when he did it, these cops raced up, grabbed him and dragged him off the stage. I think it really freaked them out. They were like, 'You could have killed everybody in the place!'" Diamond was eventually charged with public endangerment, a third-degree misdemeanor, and will be required to pay a fine before he's allowed to use a coffee additive in northern Colorado again. In the meantime, the Scissor King is hoping to pyramid the incident into some supplemental funds. "Maybe we can get an endorsement deal from Cremora," he suggests. "Although maybe they don't want people knowing that stuff is flammable."
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In less fiery legal matters, the lawsuit that pits the Boulder-based W.A.R.? label against singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb remains up in the air even as Loeb prepares to visit the area (she headlines an E-Town broadcast on Sunday, May 12, at the Boulder Theater). The W.A.R.? lawsuit, filed in February, alleges that the imprint's president, Rob Gordon, worked on Loeb's behalf beginning in 1990 and continuing through her success with "Stay," a song from the Reality Bites soundtrack that became the first number-one single ever for an unsigned artist. Loeb subsequently signed a management contract with W.A.R.? in March 1994 but fired the firm in September of that same year, around the same time that she inked a hefty agreement with the David Geffen Company. W.A.R.?, which charges Loeb with breach of contract and "unjust enrichment," claims that it received no compensation from the vocalist in connection with its efforts on her behalf. W.A.R.? spokesman Matthew Wilkening won't hazard a guess as to how long it will take for the case to wind its way through the courts, but he does acknowledge that W.A.R.? employees will be at Loeb's Boulder Theater gig. "We're still fans," he maintains. But will Gordon and Loeb chat after the show? "No, no, that won't happen," Wilkening says, adding, "This is what happens when you go into business with friends."
Last week I misidentified an area band called the Snatchers as the "Snatches." I wonder what I had on my mind.
This week's Freudian slips. On Thursday, May 9, the Girls are part of a battle of the bands at the Paradise Theatre; Spoon Collection shows off at Flat Pennies; and Tom Tilton brings his After Tones project to the Bluebird Theater. On Friday, May 10, Semisonic booms at the Bluebird; Cosy Sheridan gets folksy at the Wildflower in Lyons; the Homewreckers tear up the joint at Boulder's Old Chicago; Carolyn's Mother is the first combo to perform at a new Littleton venue, the Zone, at 6657 West Ottawa Avenue; and Correo Aereo gets worldly at Swallow Hill Music Hall. On Saturday, May 11, recent Westword profile subjects the Hectics get busy at Seven South, with the Rayons and Simon Sez; Cricket on the Hill hosts a benefit for the SafeHouse battered-women's shelter, featuring Fragile-X, M.K. Ultra, Electrolux and Vinyl Oyster; Judge Roughneck delivers its verdict at the Ogden Theatre; the Garage Doors open at Ziggie's; Raekwon appears with Ghostface Killer at the Aztlan Theatre; and Concentrated Evil makes its own sauce at 42nd Paramour. On Sunday, May 12, Girls Against Boys put on a fight at the Fox Theatre with Therapy and Les Thugs, and The Gift of Jazz magazine brings together Ed Battle, Todd Buffa, Eric Gunnison and many others at the Wynkoop Brewing Company. On Tuesday, May 14, Buzz Harvest and the Simpeltones get complex at the Boulder Theater. And on Wednesday, May 15, mark your calendar for Today Is the Day, with Zeni Geva, at the Mercury Cafe. Because, after all, tomorrow is another day.--Michael Roberts


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X-Original-To: kynn(at)panix(dot)com Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:34:22 -0500 From: Sean Davis <sdavis2(at)mail(dot)nih(dot)gov> Thread-Topic: [NOVICE] How to enable remote anoymous logins? (+ admin books?) Thread-Index: AcY7s0gDhq1azaemEdqKXgANkzVl6A== On 2/27/06 10:21 AM, "kynn(at)panix(dot)com" <kynn(at)panix(dot)com> wrote: > > > > Hi. What must I do to enable remote anonymous logins to our > PostgreSQL server? What determines whether a password is required? > Is it possible to require that the password be the user's e-mail > address? Does the server keep record of all connections? > > (BTW, our server is version 8.0, and runs on Linux.) > > As you can see, I have many questions, too many in fact! I have not > had much luck finding good resources on *administering* a PostgreSQL > server. Are there any good books for this? Or other resources for > the novice dbadmin? I'm particularly interested in stuff on > administering PostgreSQL on Linux/Unix. If you haven't found the postgresql docs yet, they are here and are excellent. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0 See here for details on what you want to do: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/client-authentication.html Thanks! However, in short, you probably DO NOT want to make anonymous connections to your database in most cases. What is it that you are trying to do? I am trying go mimic the behavior of other DB servers I have used that allow me to connect, without requiring a password, with something like: % mysql -h ensembldb.ensembl.org -U anonymous Granted, all the examples I know of are, like the one shown above, with MySQL servers, but I thought I'd be able to do the same thing with Postgres. Needless to say, my intention was to give the anonymous user minimal privileges (namely, read-only queries on a specific database). I suppose that even a user with minimal privileges could cause harm (e.g. by submitting a very computationally demanding request). Is this the reason for the advice against such connections, or is there something else? kj
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More and more Jews are coming forward in Sarajevo, and the number of those remaining in the war-torn capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina is now estimated at between 300 and 700.
The upward revision in the figure of Jews left in the city was announced by Simcha Dinitz, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, who said some in the past had not publicly declared their Jewishness.
Forty-one of 75 Jews evacuated from Sarajevo last weekend arrived in Israel on Thursday and were sent to absorption centers in various parts of the country. Evacuees who stayed behind were taken to the Croatian cities of Split and Pirovac, in an operation executed by the Jewish Agency and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
The newcomers who arrived Thursday brought to 600 the number of immigrants who have arrived in Israel from Yugoslavia following the eruption of fighting there last year.
Another 200 teen-agers and young adults are enrolled in Youth Aliyah boarding schools.
Just under 5,000 Jews remain in what was formerly Yugoslavia, officials estimate. They include about 500 who have fled battle zones and are now in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the Croatian capital of Zagreb and Split.
With the onset of winter, the Joint is shipping Israeli-made plastic sheeting to help insulate interiors in Sarajevo, where constant shelling has smashed windowpanes throughout the city.
Ten thousand square yards of soft plastic sheeting and 2,000 square yards of tough glass-like plastic will be shipped from Israel next week, it was reported here by Michael Schneider, the visiting executive vice president of the Joint.
The $75,000 worth of insulation materials will be distributed by the Jewish community on a non-sectarian basis, Schneider said.
The shipment was made possible with the help of non-sectarian contributions of more than $150,000 to the Sarajevo Mailbox at the Joint in New York.


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Someone found the REAL Timon and Pumbaa!
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