<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332434213414930342.post-8355916021908304605</id><published>2006-12-14T22:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-15T09:02:09.755-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome...</title><content type='html'>This blog is being up by friends of Ron Priest to help save his life from cancer.  Ron is a friend and contracter extraordinaire.  He is known everywhere for his eagerness to help others.  Ron has given and given and given to help others.  Now we have the opportunity to give something back to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Brief...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron recently learned that he has prostate cancer.  It has already progressed to a stage that necessitates immediate surgery to remove the affected tissues.  Because Ron is self-employed and, at this point in time, carries no health insurance, the $60,000 for the surgery and treatment exceeds his available resources.  The surgery needs to happen yesterday.  We, his friends, are attempting to execute a plan with great haste that will help raise the money necessary to help cover the medical costs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is coming...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch this space for words from Ron's friends about his condition, updates on what is happening, a way you can donate online and a running total of our fundraising campaign for his surgery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7332434213414930342-8355916021908304605?l=ronpriest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ronpriest.blogspot.com/feeds/8355916021908304605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7332434213414930342&amp;postID=8355916021908304605' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7332434213414930342/posts/default/8355916021908304605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7332434213414930342/posts/default/8355916021908304605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ronpriest.blogspot.com/2006/12/welcome.html' title='Welcome...'/><author><name>Ron's Rally Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17700687813462769532</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08230481677793993432'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry>