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 Keep Sergey happy
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-Since 2004, Mongoose is being constantly improved by me, Sergey Lyubka,
-software engineer from Galway, Ireland. My other project I give to the
+I am Sergey Lyubka, a software engineer from Galway, Ireland. I started
+working on Mongoose in 2004. My other project I give to the
 community for free is
 [Super Light Regular Expression library](http://code.google.com/p/slre).
 
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ community for free is
 If you feel grateful for the stuff I've done, you can buy me a book from my
 [Amazon wishlist](http://amzn.com/w/1OC2ZCPTQYIEP?sort=priority). Many thanks
 to all who already did so: T.Barmann, D.Hughes, J.C.Sloan, R.Romeo,
-L.E.Spencer, and 4 others. Appreciated guys, you keep my brains going!
+L.E.Spencer, S.Kotay, and 6 others. Appreciated guys, you keep my brains going!
 
-For those who want to assist me buying my next Porsche, you are welcome
-to donate cash! [<img src="http://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif">](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DGZ2FMP95TAL6)
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+Cash is also appreciated indeed. Press a
+[<img src="http://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif">](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DGZ2FMP95TAL6)
+button to donate. Donation progress so far:
+![Progress](http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?chxr=0,0,1000&chxt=x&chbh=30,0,0&chs=300x35&cht=bhs&chco=90c0f0&chd=s:B)