What is P-I-E-N-O? P-I-E-N-O is the name of the Online version of the Parkinsons Information Exchange Network. Barbara Patterson is our listowner and the University of Toronto is the host of the listserv that distributes our messages. I am the webmaster of the Online version. The content of the P-I-E-N-O site was formerly on my personal pages in Oklahoma. The Parkinsn Email Message page has been configured and maintained by me since its inception last year. The Parkinsn Archive Treasures pages, Parkinsn Current Topics Index and the Parkinsn's List Drug Database have always fallen under the unbrella of Parkinson's Information Exchange Network with the blessings of OUR "Woman of the Year"! Parkinsn has been international in scope from its birth in November 1994. It is perceived to be an American list...a Canadian list...an Australian list but the outreach is geometric. We reach every part of our global village. We each have so much to share. Returning from Australia this year, I thought of the possibilities we have together to hasten the cure, to improve the quality of our lives..waiting and ways to reach those who need our information, support and even a kind listening ear. My site was at its maximum limits and my budget was limited. I researched my options and consulted with Barbara and asked for her suggestion of a possible name for the new endeavor and Parkinsons-Information-Exchange-Network-Online.com was the resulting conclusion. Who are the present users of the Parkinsn pages? The logs show daily visitors from almost every country of the world. We are linked to by several international medical schools and pharmacology departments. Our information is found on all the major search engines of the world. Every page is translated on the fly into several languages. How is P-I-E-N-O different from the parkinsn mailing list? P-I-E-N-O is now located at an international gateway, on a super fast server, rather than being located at the crossroads of two dirt roads in the heartland with once a week mail service. If in the unlikely event P-I-E-N-O is inaccessible...listen to TV...cause California might have fallen off into the Pacific Ocean..:) The time listed is Pacific Time. P-I-E-N-O has the answers...if you have a question. Both the Online Message page and the Current Topics Index page has a mail management center where you can change or manage your parkinsn list mail by clicking on the appropriate buttons. You don't have to remember hard to understand instructions. P-I-E-N-O has a smart search engine that updates daily the 770 plus files on the P-I-E-N-O site which includes the contents of the last 500 messages sent to the list. The old parkinsn site only had 50 messages and they were not searchable. The message files are not made available to outside search engine spiders. Winona is the only one I let through the gate. Results are returned with the word you were searching for used in context. You can check the P-I-E-N-O messages from any computer on the internet, anywhere in the world. Subscription is required to post messages and postings must come from the same mail account that you subscribed from. If you travel with a notebook computer with a configured mail program you can log on to any ISP and send messages to the list by modifying the SMTP settings in the program to mail.thenameoftheISPyouareloggedinto. Your messages will then be sent and accepted. Any replies with be in your pop mailbox on your home ISP. What is New at P-I-E-N-O? 1. Each page has the P-I-E-N-O logo at the top. 2. The entry point to P-I-E-N-O is at: http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com 3. Listen to Dr. Rick Stell's "Demystifying the Neurological Examination for Parkinsons" available in RealPlayer format as you read the transcript. 4. The background songs (midis) were remixed to play at a lower volume level except on the main page. 5. The P-I-E-N-O message page refreshes every 7 minutes to display new messages that may have come in during Rod McKuen's poetry in song. If you hear nothing...when asked..click yes to install the free plugin. RealPlayer requires you to go through three pages before finally letting you download it..but keep clicking on the FREE link on each page... :) The realplayer plugins are used on future pages with talks. Where do we go from here? I will be adding a calendar of events which I hope groups will use to announce events in which they have an interest, which will allow others sufficient time to attend. Many in the Parkinson's struggle earn their livelihood from that struggle. Cooperation to many groups means meeting and sitting at the same table before governments requesting a pie..of which they desire a slice..to eat in private. P-I-E-N-O needs partners, of those who sit at the tables of power, to share their factual information resources, so this noble international exchange can deseminate it to the hopeful, Parkinson's world. That is our mission statement. [log in to unmask] Search the parkinsn archive online at: http://james.parkinsons.org.uk Catch the Parkinsn's List Online messages at: http://www.ionet.net/~jcott/parkmail/maillist.html Click the navigation ads and use the new search tools John Cottingham