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If you’re in the San Francisco area join us at the Yahoo! Brickhouse for a WordPress meetup this Wednesday. This’ll actually be my first time at the Brickhouse, but I hear they have some mean Wii players.

Irish MEP Kathy Sinnott and other MEPs filmed in Brussells at 7am on a Friday morning clocking in with bags packed. Oh dear.

Kathy Sinnott, fresh faced and angry after 7 hours work overnight.

Makes me wonder if I should have voted yes to Lisbon. Kathy Sinnott was looking for a No vote (no, she didn’t influence me) but perhaps the Lisbon Treaty would have stopped this sort of thing. Oh wait! Who am I kidding? Of course it’ll continue!

(via someone on #linux who mentioned the video)

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I mentioned previously that the XML-RPC and Atom blog APIs would be disabled by default when WordPress 2.6 is released. This was a matter of some debate within the community, and there has been some clarification:

• The APIs will not be automatically disabled for sites upgrading from older versions. Since the APIs have previously been ‘on’ by default, they will continue to function.
• For new installs of WordPress 2.6 and later, there will be an option presented at install-time to enable the APIs. Or not. They seem to have removed that between Beta 1 and Beta 2.
• There will be options in the Write settings to enable or disable XML-RPC posting and Atom API posting individually.

This sounds like the most reasonable path to make this change without causing disruption for those who have been using client tools like Ecto, MarsEdit, or Windows Live Writer (or third-party web services which can post to blogs, like Flickr or Delicious) to post to their blogs.

Also, though this change is being made under the moniker of a security improvement, that is not to imply that the current API code is not secure. It is simply a pretty standard practice to turn off services that are not used, just as when building a dedicated email server, you wouldn’t turn on FTP unless you absolutely needed it. Stats from WordPress.com have shown that only about 5% of its users utilize the client APIs, so it doesn’t make sense to automatically turn it on for the 95% who aren’t using them.

Saor Patrol, a Scottish band “with their vibrant pipe tunes and drum rhythms [that] please and excite many a crowd” certainly lived up to their reputation when they played for the crowds in front of Brown Thomas on Patrick Street this afternoon.

I came upon them when they were nearly finished but the few minutes of music I heard was exciting and lively, and my son Adam totally enjoyed the spectacle. When the crowd clapped in appreciation, Adam joined in, and almost jumped out of his buggy to dance to the beat!

They were playing in Cork City Hall today as part of the Your Mental Health awareness campaign by the HSE. Depression and other mental health problems still have an awful stigma in this country. People can be reluctant to talk about those problems, families and friends hide them away, or pretend they don’t exist, but they’re health problems like any other. With the right treatment at the right time most people can be helped.

Listening to Saor Patrol certainly lifted my spirits. I was tired and worn down but their music reinvigorated me!

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WordCamp-UK:

• Tickets Ordered,
• Hotel Booked,
• Train Tickets booked

I’m going!

Looking forward to both days events

Health Care Online Schools
By Michael Bustamante

Online Health Care Schools offer training in many different aspects of the health care industry, including administration, medical coding, health information technology, psychology, social services, nursing, and many more.

Via a distance learning course, students of Health Care can obtain a variety of certifications and college degrees. Depending on the specific emphasis, it is possible to earn 100 percent of the credits needed, without commuting to class. (Some Health Care training may include necessary practical and clinical aspects, so you should check with your choice of an online college, university or distance learning school to see what is required.)

Health Care Certificates and Health Care degrees from an accredited online school are qualifications that employers find highly desirable. Relevant degrees include Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS), Bachelor’s in Science (BS), Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), or even a Doctorate (PhD), each with an emphasis on a specific aspect of Health Care.

While studying at home, future Health Care professionals can focus on such subjects as basic health sciences, dental assisting, health education, health information management, health care administration, long-term care, medical insurance and coding, nursing, nursing assisting, pharmacy technician, and many more.

If you would like information about a degree in the vast field of Health Care, you can apply today to any number of online colleges, universities or distance learning courses available ovon our website. To learn more about Online Health Care Schools and other programs of study, please search our site for more information and resources.

DISCLAIMER: Above is a GENERAL OVERVIEW and may or may not reflect specific practices, courses and/or services associated with ANY ONE particular school(s) that is or is not advertised on SchoolsGalore.com.

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Good Health To Us All
By James Hunaban

The key to good health is a nutrient-rich diet that promotes well-being and reduces the chance of diseases. The cornerstone of good health is good food. Good health is something we take for granted when we have it and strive for when we haven’t. Good health is something we all should cherish. Another important component of good health is regular exercise and a positive mental attitude. Good health is a fusion of mind and body. Keeping our bodies in good health is something we should pay close attention to. Good health is one of the essentials for a happy life.

Making positive choices in your diet every day promotes good nutrition and good health and may reduce your risk of some types of cancer. Use the Nutrition Facts Label on packaged foods to make a healthy choice. Good nutritive knowledge and proper nutrition is vital for good health. At the very basic level, nutrition is important for normal growth and development, and for maintaining good health. Nutrition is the cornerstone of good health. By forming a base of good nutrition and good health you may reduce your risk of certain chronic diseases. Good nutrition means a daily consumption of foods in appropriate amounts.

You know how important exercise is, right. Experts suggest children need at least an hour of daily exercise and a healthy diet. Did you realize that less than 15% of all kids get enough good exercise each day? Exercise is a vital component of good health, especially as you age. Regular exercise and healthy eating are fundamental to good health - so is choosing the right physician. Vigorous exercise involves minimal health risks for individuals in good health or those following a doctor’s advice. One example of the benefits of exercise is an aerobic workout which has long been shown to reduce the incidence of low back pain. Exercise is also a great stress reducer, and can enhance self-confidence. There is no longer any doubt about whether or not exercise is beneficial for good health.

I believe that information is the key to understanding, especially when it comes to your health. Good information is at the heart of good health care. I believe obtaining the right information is one of the best tools for good health.

To sum up, the great news is that good health is fairly easy to achieve. Your good health is your responsibility; you should learn to take care of yourself. Often good health is not an accident but the result of a proper lifestyle. The blessing of good health is the greatest of all gifts. Students must realize that the secret to long life and good health is one’s own personal lifestyle. Good health is a lifetime journey. Good health is one of the secrets of a happy life.

James Hunaban is the owner of
http://health-info4u.com/ - a website dedicated to all matters health related.

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My previous post about hacked WordPress sites caused Donnacha to ask,

After your last post on this subject, I was thinking that it would be a good idea for Automattic to create a plugin that carries out all the checks you suggested people do to find out if they’ve been hacked…

At the time I wasn’t too optimistic about it but after thinking about the idea for a few days I came up with the WordPress Exploit Scanner which does most of what Donnacha wanted.

This WordPress plugin searches the files on your site for a few known strings sometimes used by hackers, and lists them with code fragments taken from the files. It also makes a few checks of the database, looking at the active_plugins blog option, the comments table, and the posts table.
It also allows the blog owner to search for whatever string they like which could come in handy when new exploit code is used in a hack.

You must be running WordPress 2.5.1 or higher to use this plugin. There’s not much point in finding exploited files if you’re running an old version of the software that can be broken into again.

Download the plugin from here: WordPress Exploit Scanner

Thanks to those who tested the plugin, especially Cathal Garvey who provided some great feedback!

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According to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, maintenance therapy with tacrolimus ointment is associated with significantly more flare-free days compared with placebo, and a significantly longer time until first disease relapse in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).Researchers evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of 3-times-weekly use of tacrolimus ointment in preventing AD relapse in 125 patients with moderate to severe AD. Patients who were clear of disease after up to 16 weeks of treatment with tacrolimus ointment were randomised to receive 3-times-weekly treatment with either tacrolimus ointment (0.03% or 0.1%, n=125) or placebo (n=72) for 40 weeks. The primary end point was the number of flare-free treatment days.According to the researchers, the mean number of flare-free treatment days was 177 for tacrolimus and 134 for placebo (P = 0.003). Additionally, the median time to first relapse was 169 days for tacrolimus and 43 for placebo (P = 0.037). Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences in the number or type of adverse effects.The authors however also state that one of the limitations of this study is that the patients included were known to have had a satisfactory response with prior tacrolimus use.They also conclude that “Although other studies have demonstrated the long-term efficacy of tacrolimus ointment when administered twice daily for the treatment of AD, the results of this long-term study demonstrate that reducing the frequency of tacrolimus ointment application to 3 times weekly after clearing, significantly reduces the risk of relapse in patients with stabilised AD.

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The newly sequenced genome of a dainty, quill-like sea creature called a lancelet provides the best evidence yet that vertebrates evolved over the past 550 million years through a four-fold duplication of the genes of more primitive ancestors.

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