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What We're Loving: Lovers, Lizards, LowryBy The Paris Review
I don't usually go in for collections of letters; it's hard to imagine sitting down and reading one cover to cover. But I couldn't resist picking up a volume of love letters between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, in large part because it's titled The Animals. It sounded sweetly romantic, and it is. Isherwood, some thirty years older than Bachardy, is Dobbin, an old workhorse; Bachardy is Kitty. Though they discuss all manner of subjects in the body of the letters—dinners, friends, business, and art—they are topped and tailed (no pun intended) with joyful, intimate love: "I feel a need to tell Kitty today how dearly Dobbin loves him and how faithfully he waits and guards the stable until Kitty's return. Dub has been quite off his feed since Kitty hasn't been there to tempt him with morsels held by those pure paws." Bachardy sometimes even includes cutouts of fluffy white kittens in his missives. Apart from the adorableness, there is, of course, other great stuff here: not least, Isherwood's coining of the word psychofiesta. —Nicole Rudick
"You're eighty-two years old. You've shrunk six centimeters, you only weigh forty-five kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable. We've lived together now for fifty-eight years and I love you more than ever. I once more feel a gnawing emptiness in the hollow of my chest that is only filled when your body is pressed next to mine." That's the beginning of philosopher André Gorz's Letter to D, written to his dying wife. A year later, the couple took their own lives, together. The book itself is slim—as the friend who sent it to me wrote, you can read it on the crosstown bus—but it contains a fully realized true love story. —Sadie Stein
Nothing grates like a self-mythologizing coffee-table book, but in the case of the Jesus Lizard's new tome—called, simply, The Jesus Lizard Book—you can forgive any aura of congratulation. These guys deserve to pat themselves on the back. One of the finest, most primal rock bands of the nineties, they drew a cult following in that they seemed to be, in fact, a cult, with David Yow the deranged high priest and David Wm. Sims his brooding voodoo-deacon. If the spectacular photography in The Jesus Lizard Book is to be believed, their shows resembled nothing more than that scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where some poor dude has his still-beating heart removed in an elaborate ritual. (In the world of the Jesus Lizard, everyone is in the Black Sleep of Kali Ma.) Granted, Yow could be an oblique shock-jock—"I had a tendency to pull my balls out and hold them glistening up to the microphone," he says—but at his best, he was as compelling a frontman and lyricist as anyone in music. In, say, "Karpis" ("Alvin's feelin' restless, cellblock H / A carton of smokes for ten minutes of pleasure") his lyrics have a gritty economy, telling an unmistakably terrifying story without having to spell anything out. —Dan Piepenbring
While reading through an interview—blind item!—that's running in our upcoming issue, I was led by a series of Google searches to a would-be epitaph written by Malcolm Lowry:
Malcolm Lowry
Late of the Bowery
His prose was flowery
And often glowery
He lived, nightly, and drank, daily,
And died playing the ukulele
The "Death by Misadventure" tag in his coroner's report calls the ukulele bit into question (or does it?)—and Lowry's actual tombstone, it turns out, isn't quite so literarily engraved—but the verse did remind me of another of my favorite would-be epitaphs, that of W. C. Fields. When asked by Vanity Fair, in 1925, to contribute to a piece called, fittingly, "A Group of Artists Write Their Own Epitaphs," he came up with this, a riff on his running (and playful) disdain for the City of Brotherly Love: "Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia." —Stephen Hiltner
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(Dave Urbanski) A church pastor was looking to have eight weeks of early morning Sunday morning services this summer on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.
But after Robert Dekker of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in nearby Lewes, Del., wrote the Rehoboth Beach city manager for a permit to perform the services, this is reportedly the written reply he received:
"I am so sorry to inform you that I cannot grant your request to have church services on the public beach in Rehoboth. I cannot mix Church and State. I trust you understand. Wishing you the very best."
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Dekker tells radio station WXDE-FM that he will be preaching a sermon on July 4 on that very beach that he's titling "Line in the Sand."


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Liberty Completes Sweep of Presbyterian College
Justin Sizemore drove in four runs and hit a home run, powering the Liberty Flames to a series sweep of the Presbyterian College Blue Hose with a 13-3 win, Sunday in a Big South contest at the PC Baseball Complex.
Sizemore, the Liberty designated hitter, hit a three-run home run in the first inning and added a RBI single in the ninth to tie his career-high for RBIs in a game. The junior previously had four RBIs in a 12-2 victory over Binghamton on March 4, 2011.
With the victory, Liberty moves to 3-0 in Big South action and 20-3 overall. It is the earliest in a season that the Flames have posted 20 victories in program history. Presbyterian College drops to 9-13.
Liberty jumped out to a quick 3-0 advantage in its opening at bat. With one out, center fielder Andy Smith singled and second baseman Bryan Aanderud doubled. Sizemore followed by belting his first home run of the year over the left field fence to stake the Flames to an early lead.
In the sixth inning, Liberty extended their advantage. Catcher Trey Wimmer led off the frame with a double into the right-center field. After moving to third base on a sacrifice bunt by third baseman Dalton Sype, Wimmer scored on a wild pitch to give the Flames a 4-0 lead.
Liberty broke the contest open in the seventh, as the first five Flames to bat in the inning scored. Aanderud and Sizemore walked to begin the uprising. First baseman Alex Close plated the first run of the inning by ripping a run-scoring single back through the middle. After right fielder Ryan Cordell reached on an infield single to load the bases, Wimmer walked to force in a run and give the Flames a 6-0 lead. After Close scored on a wild pitch, Sype dropped a RBI single into center field and shortstop Zack Haley brought in a run with a sacrifice fly for a 9-0 advantage.
Both teams scored runs in the eighth inning. Liberty plated a run on a RBI single by Cordell. Presbyterian College spoiled the Flames shutout bid in the bottom of the inning. The Blue Hose pushed across tallies on a pinch hit single by Matt Penden and two-run single by second baseman Andrew Williams to make it, 10-3 Flames,
Liberty added three more runs in the ninth inning. The Flames scored on Tony McClendon's two-run home run, his first round tripper at Liberty, and a single by Sizemore for the final of 13-3.
Flames starter Jacob Kemmerer ups his record to 3-1 on the year. The right-hander did not allowed a run over 5 2/3 innings, scattering eight hits. The first of four Liberty pitchers in the contest, he struck out four batters and walked two.
Blue Hose starter Beau Dees falls to 1-3 on the season. He gave up four runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. The first of five PC pitchers to take the mound on the afternoon, the left-hander struck out two batters and walked two.
The Flames had 16 hits in the contest, led by Cordell with four hits. It was the first four-hit game of his collegiate career for the sophomore.
Presbyterian College collected 11 hits. Third baseman Jay Lizanich had three hits for the Blue Hose.
Liberty steps out of conference and travels to Durham, N.C., for a contest against the Duke Blue Devils. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.


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Washington, DC – A nationally recognized emergency management expert will serve as the first Chief Emergency Response and Recovery Officer for the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Emergency Response and Recovery (OERR), the agency announced today.
GSA Administrator Lurita Doan named North Carolina native Richard Reed to the post effective April 29, 2007.
"Richard's broad experience in emergency and crisis management will strengthen GSA's mission to support the government's emergency response efforts across the United States," said Administrator Doan. "I look forward to working with him to bring world class service and support to GSA and the federal government's response and recovery programs."
OERR is responsible for coordinating all GSA resources in support of first responders, emergency workers and recovery teams across all levels of government. GSA is the nation's premier contracting and acquisition resource; with the creation of OERR, GSA is better prepared to respond to national emergencies. As head of the office, Mr. Reed will report through the Chief of Staff Office to the Administrator.
Prior to his appointment at GSA, Mr. Reed served as Director of Continuity of Policy for the Homeland Security Council at the White House. In that position, he led continuity of operations policy development, coordination and implementation. In addition, he was the senior policy representative for the Department of Homeland Security on interagency organizations relating to continuity of operations. Prior to working at the White House, Mr. Reed was Director of the Operations Division, Office of National Security Coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). There he was responsible for Continuity of government programs for the federal government and Chairperson of the Interagency Advisory Group.
"It is an honor and privilege to serve President George W. Bush under the leadership of Administrator Doan," said Mr. Reed. "I appreciate the opportunity to lead the Office of Response and Recovery and support GSA's mission."
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The show follows Emma , a kind-hearted foster kid. She finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton , who unlike Emma was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on their birth mother. Initially excited to do this favor for her sister, Emma soon learns that Sutton has gone missing and could be in trouble. Now, Emma must decide whether to come clean to Sutton's family and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's true whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.


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This siphon acts as a breathing tube...and a warning.
Emerging from the sediment is its owner, a six-inch-long toxic killer-the cone snail.
Snails are usually thought of slow, slimy and delicious in a garlic-butter sauce.
But with some 40,000 different species of snails, a few are bound to buck the system.
In the waters of Southeast Asia, this is the underwater version of a tank-with a hard spiral shell...flexible treads...and down in front-a cannon.
It has eyestalks on either side, but it hunts primarily by scent, using its siphon.
The target: a nearby fish.
The fish hides deeper under the rock rather than swimming away.
Bad idea. It still has room to move.
But inside this probing tube, called a proboscis, the cone snail has a long-range weapon-a harpoon.
Made of a modified tooth, the harpoon can be launched by a quick muscular contraction.
Fish-hunting snails are particularly dangerous, with venom strong enough to kill a human.
This harpoon is cocked and loaded. Target is within range.
The cone snail strikes.
The fish is paralyzed within seconds, reeled back in, and swallowed.
With a full belly, the cone snail returns under the sediment, its siphon peeking out as a reminder and a warning.


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Hey i have a question,
I am trying to figure out the best way to handle a form with many different rows. Right now what i have going on is there are some calculations done and the start/stop are determined by that. And i have a var being incremented by one in a while loop. Now this all works fine and dandy if all the id's are numerical increments of each other. But i know in the 'real' world this well not be the case. See i have the information for the form pulled from a table only where one column is a match. So the id's well not always be an increment of the previous match ( do you get what i mean?). So the way i was naming the inputs before ( having the id in the name) has to change. Or i need a better way to process what is returned by the form.
Or you just make your inputs into arrays and match up the values.<input type='text' name='name[]' value=''><input type='text' name='wark[]'><input type='text' name='name[]' value=''><input type='text' name='wark[]'>
Doh!! <dumb>
Just be careful to use input types that will always exist (avoid checkboxes, for example) or use a keyed array.
Well here's a problem. I have had people request a check box so they can simpley tick if it happened or not.
<input type='text' name='myname[$key]' value=''><input type='checkbox' name='check[$key]'> .....indexes do not need to be sequential for a foreach walk.
So then i could just use a foreach state meant to walk through it?
foreach ( $_POST('myname[]') as $input) {
blah here
would something like that work?
Also have the question how could i deal with multiple inputs, say one for the date, and a hidden one for the record. i assume the same way as the example you gave. But than how could i retrieve that data in the script that processes it (all said fields well have the same id)? unless i was able to set a variable, like $x with the current id and use that to pull out all the other info from the other arrays. Would that work?
Hey Guy's!
I have made a script and it seems to work (i am sure there is a way for it to be simplified). The one issue i am having with it, is it is printing out everything(even if a box is not ticked) or too many (about 3x what is needed) see this example
INSERT INTO eggs(dateLaid,laidBy) VALUES ('2013-02-12','4'),('2013-02-12','4'),('2013-02-12','4'),('2013-02-12','4'),('2013-02-12','3'),('2013-02-12','3'),('2013-02-12','3'),('2013-02-12','3'),;
and here's the script.
any advice would be wonderful!
$totalHens = post('henCount');
$henId = post("id");
$i = 0;
$date = post("date");
$laid = post("laid");
$query ="INSERT INTO eggs(dateLaid,laidBy) VALUES ";
foreach ($henId as $input ) {
foreach ($laid as $hasLaid => $value) {
if($value == 'laid'){
foreach ($date as $theDate => $dateLaid) {
$query .= "('{$dateLaid}','{$input}')";
if($i < $totalHens){
$query .= ",";
$query .= ";";
return $query;
i had to do the foreach for laid, and date, or else it was not getting the correct data. As i said earler i am sure there is a way to make this cleaner. I just kind of hacked everything together
Use the keys.
Assuming you have two arrays:$VarOne and $VarTwo
and the values of $VarOne correspond to the values of $VarTwo using their keys(So $VarOne[0] corresponds to $VarTwo[0], if it exists. Note that this is a LEFT joining; every value in VarOne will be used; any values in VarTwo that have no key in VarOne will not be walked.)
$VarOne = array(
0 => "Moo",
1 => "Quack", //Note: This has no corresponding value in $VarTwo.
6 => "Splat"
$VarTwo = array(
0 => "Cow",
2 => "Chicken", //This has no value in $VarOne
6 => "Slime"
In order to walk and associate these values in a meaningful way, using all of the values in $VarOne:
foreach($VarOne AS $key => $sound) {
echo "Sound: ".$sound.", Animal: ".$VarTwo[$key];
Sound: Moo Animal: Cow
Sound: Quack Animal: (This would also generate an "Index not found" error)
Sound: Splat Animal: Slime


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|"Das Schlaraffenland" - Pieter Bruegel the Elder
And dare I say people seem to be getting tired?
Natalie Whipple and J.A. Konrath were the latest to express blog fatigue, joining countless others who have gone on temporary or permanent hiatus.
For some it's the negativity that comes with putting yourself out there. Some people have run out of ideas. Some people have taken a look at the cost/benefit and decided it wasn't worth it. And some just forget to post.
I'm sure it hasn't escaped the notice of regular blog readers that the posting on this blog has grown, well, a bit more sporadic. After posting every weekday for nearly five years, I've found it increasingly difficult to keep up that pace.
For me it's not about running out of ideas or the occasional negativity (though that can be a drag), it's just a time crunch.
It's always been a balancing act to juggle busy day jobs, writing books, and blogging, but what's really changed for me is that I made a very conscious decision to get out more. To spend more time with friends and people and exploring and finding a better balance in my life.
So if I'm hanging out with friends Thursday night there's no This Week in Books on Friday. If I have a busy weekend it might be until Tuesday that I get a post up. I've chosen to make that tradeoff
Sorry about that! I care a lot about this blog and all of the readers, and I'm not good at letting some things slide. And this blog isn't going anywhere any time soon. I hope you'll stick around.
What do you think? Are you seeing more blog fatigue? Have you experienced it yourself?


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The Pokémon Company has filed a lawsuit against a Pokémon party at PAX
Video game companies don't like to see their brands misrepresented or profited from, as the organisers of The 5th Annual Unofficial PAX Pokémon Party are discovering.
PAX 2008 headlines
PAX Prime tickets on sale: get them while they're hot
PAX Prime tickets are now on sale. Grab them up while supplies last. They might just be out as we speak. Yes, they go that fast. Update: It looks like PAX Prime tickets are already all sold out. Gone in less than an hour.
Halo 4 multiplayer screens emerge from PAX, show new map 'Exile'
Halo 4 has received a new batch of multiplayer screens from PAX Prime, showcasing a round of capture the flag on new map Exile. Check them out below:
PAX Survey asks if folks would attend if brought to UK
The folks would organize the PAX events every year have released a survey asking if a UK event were created, if folks would attend.
Nuclear launch detected: 2K to stream "something big" from PAX
Something big, eh? Now, 2K, would you say it's "Duke Nukem's biceps" big? Or "Duke Nukem's mouth" big? Excuse us. We seem to be on some kind of Duke Nukem kick tonight. Weird, huh?
PAX East brings in over 50,000 attendees
PAX East saw over 50,000 attendees through its doors in Boston last weekend, according to Big Download.
PAX East opens registration a year early
PAX East takes place in Boston next year: early registration has already started. You can book yourself in now, providing you are free between March 26-28, 2010. The schedule of events and list of exhibitors is empty at the moment. Doubt it'll stay that way for long. Thanks, Blue.
PAX organizers not afraid of new E3, say ESA approaching it from "wrong angle"
Before yesterday's announcement of the new E3, many considered Penny Arcade Expo to be "the new E3." So, now that the industry's best-known conference has popped a few pills and stormed out of the ICU, is PAX feeling the heat? Nope. Not even a bit. "I … can't imagine it stealing any of our thunder," […]
PAX 2008 latest
The Pokémon Company has filed a lawsuit against a Pokémon party at PAX
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[quote:Sandra 16798058:MV8yMDA0NDE5XzMzNzE5NjcyXzg0MTQ3Q0I5] I was wondering if to even bother updating any of you, but i will. I posted for the third time the photos and one video, but unlike the last times where the post was removed completly, this time the post was edited and a sceenshot of a well known youtube video put in its place to discredit me. What is going on? i`ll tell you After being released from jail, we recovered the bodies and drove to a far away location near ludlow castle, we then buried the bodies, and drove away for the nearest village. There as we were approaching, were a load of road blocks, blockades if you will, the police were blocking off the roads and searching for us. In a panic, we turned round the trailer and drove off at full speed, back past the castle. Suddenly to our horror, we saw the bodies had been dug up, we must have been followed, for the bodies to have been gone in such a short amount of time. We did not know what to do, every main route was blocked off, we were clearly being followed, we couldnt return to our home village because our house had been bulldozed to the ground by the police in the search for the bodies. It was all over, finished if you will, there was nothing left but to give ourselves up. Suddenly the sky lit up, and overhead was a chooper. We thought it was a police helicopter, as it descended we realised it was our friend Morgan! `Get in`! he shouted! We didnt hesitate for a second, the three of us (myself and the two friends who helped me bury the bodies), jumped into the helicopter, and we took off. At the moment until we land, that is all i can say, but i have a feeling this is just the begining of my troubles, All i ask is that you pray for me please, because i could really do with it right now God bless each and every one of you, Sandra [/quote]
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Good afternoon, evening wherever you are in the country.
I am trembling right now, and writing this with great fear in my eyes.
I am an abductee, i have been all my life.
I do not consider myself to be the chosen one or special or anything like that, millions of people around the world are abducted both consciously and subconsicously, some of you may be abductees and may not even know of it.
In recent years my abductions went from blurry memory, to out of body experiences, to real physical contact, being led by several greys onto a large craft which had different species of non human intelligence on it.
Recently it has been ruining my life, i am 73 years old, and want to live out the remainder of my life without this stress as it has all but taken most of my life, and made it hard to live like a regular woman.
My friend suggested setting up cctv camera footage in the house which i did, but the ets would simply cause so much distortion that nothing would show up.
Eventually i decided to get myself a shotgun, and wait for the next abduction.
About an hour ago, they came for me, four of them
The smallest one (about 5 foot) was at the front and the closest to me.
I pulled out my shotgun, i screamed `dont come nearer ill fire`, but it carried on coming towards me, i suddenly felt myself start to fall into the usual trance, hypnotic like state which you are in when they want to control you, and i could hear in my head it telling me to put me down, if i had given it a fraction of a second more, i would have completly been under its control.
Anyway, as soon as i felt the trance like state start to come on, i didnt give it more than a second thought, i still, whilst i had the energy in my fingers, pulled the trigger, and blasted the grey in the face. It fell down, and stood up again, and looked at me with a sad look in its face, i panicked and shot it again, this time it didnt get up!
I looked around me, and excpected the other four murder me, literally murder me.. but they were gone, and so was the craft.
I put the gun down, and sat in the garden for an hour, and they didnt come back.
I buried the grey in my garden underneath the oak tree, and i am scared for my life what to do now.
I took about 2 minutes cellphone footage of it too, which is far too graphic i am afraid to upload here.
I didnt mean to kill it, but these entities are ruining my life. I also do not understand why the others would dissapear surely they werent all scared of me.
It doesnt help that i am selling up my house in a few months as i will be moving into the countryside, how is it going to look if they find a body under the oak tree!!
Please can anyone who is an abductee help, and advise me what to do.
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If I have MAC address filtering enabled can I still Probe (inject) packets into it?
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He could do a fake authentication and then inject packets.
He also could fake the MAC Adress of the Injecting Wifi Interface for example do this with macchanger...
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ROYAL OAK, MI -- A shortage of Philips CD Pro 2 players has left many jukebox operators wondering whether the manufacturer had discontinued the only compact disc player replacement for their legacy equipment. Earlier this year, Enco Systems, Philips's authorized North American distributor based here, ran out of supplies.
While Philips Electronics is expected to shut down production of the CD Pro 2 at the end of 2013, Enco has taken steps to ensure that the component will be available for the foreseeable future. Enco president Chris Bisha told Vending Times that he has authorized the Dutch electronics giant to buy key parts for the player for another production run, putting up the company's own money for the purchase. And as luck would have it, Philips recently had an overrun of CD Pro 2s manufactured for another industry, and notified Bisha of the windfall; these players can work with CD boxes.
In all, Bisha believes there are now enough spare players to support the replacement market for about three years. Nearly all jukebox distributors carry the part, which has been shipped to them. Enco also stocks players.
"We weren't satisfied with the number we were given when Philips told us how many players we could get," Bisha said. "So we wrote a blank check for a special production run for the jukebox industry."
The CD Pro family of compact disc modules has been the core component of CD jukeboxes since the early 1990s. And the CD jukebox market still exists; demand for the CD Pro 2 suggests it's more alive than many believe, according to Bisha. Digital touchscreen boxes dominate today's music market, with about 80,000 units connected in the U.S., but thousands of CD machines are still operated in bars and restaurants. Used CD boxes are sometimes a consumer appliance for homeowners and collectors, and specialty manufacturers like Antique Aparatus use CD technology for their custom jukeboxes.
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jQuery is a great library, and I highly recommend it after 6 months of use. One of the problems I've had with it, however, is its poor error reporting on ajax requests. While you can subscribe to the global event
ajaxError, there's nothing to tell you what went wrong. Specifically, I've wanted a way to report when the json parse fails.
Looking through the jQuery core, I found that the problem is that "status" field isn't sent to the handler. A simple intervention on
jQuery.handleError will close the gap:
jQuery.handleErrorOriginal = $.handleError; jQuery.handleError = function( s, xhr, status, e ){ if (s.global) { xhr.error_status = status; } jQuery.handleErrorOriginal.apply(this, arguments); };
The "e" object is the original ajax configuration object. Since it reaches the global ajaxError listener, we can pull the status out of that.
Notice that I don't replace the original functionality, I just do something before calling it with the same scope and arguments. The reason here is forwards-compatibility. Assuming that the name and api of jQuery.handleError doesn't change, any changes to its internal functionality in future updates will likely be preserved without refactoring effort on your part.
To catch the errors:
$("html").ajaxError(function(xhr, s, e){ var msg; switch (s.error_status) { case "parsererror": msg = "A JSON parsing error occurred."; break; case "timeout": msg = "An ajax request timed out."; break; default: msg = "An ajax error occurred."; break; } alert(msg + "\n\n" + e.url); });
Why do I set
xhr.error_status and then read
s.error_status? Because, somewhere in the jumble of
handleError and
xhr becomes
s. I love jQuery, but some of its core code can be quite difficult to read through.


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You'll learn key facts about censuses, where to find free census records, how to use the major online collections, search strategies for elusive ancestors and what to expect when using the 1940 census. Here's the basic info:
Hoosier Great-granddaddy? Whether you're descended from the native Miami or Potawotomi tribes, pioneers on the National Road, railroad workers of the 1850s, or African-Americans who migrated north in the early 1900s, it's likely that at some point, some of your ancestors were in Indiana.
In our Indiana Genealogy Crash Course webinar, professional genealogist Harold Henderson will show you his strategies for finding your Hoosier ancestors. You'll learn history essentials, how to find vital records and other important Indiana resources, the best websites for Indiana ancestor research and more. The basics:
According to the National Archives announcement, no other website will host the 1940 census data on its April 2 release date. Shortly after, though, you'll also be able to view records free on Ancestry.com.
The National Archives and the US Census Bureau also are starting a 40 Days to the '40 Census campaign. You can follow updates on Twitter (the hashtag is #1940Census), Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, YouTube, and the blogs NARAtions and Prologue: Pieces of History.
The video below gives you a behind-the-scenes look at census preparations and tips on how to access the data on April 2—such as figuring out the enumeration district (ED) where your family lived. We explained how to do this in a post about Morse's One-Step questionnaire that guides you through the process.
To figure out the ED, you'll need to know your ancestors' address (or the street name and a cross street) at the time of the census. If your family didn't move between 1930 and 1940, you also can use their ED in the 1930 census to determine their ED in 1940.
The additions bring the count of records available on Archives.com to more than 2 billion.
As always, you get free shipping on orders of $25 or more, and Family Tree VIPs get an extra 10 percent off.
And if you suspect there's a US president in your family tree, check out our presidential genealogy research resources on FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp Documents, 1942-1946Japanese American Relocated During World War II.
In both cases, you'll need to set up a free account with the site (or log into your existing account) to view record matches.
The Virtual Conference, taking place March 9-11, is a weekend of family history learning and networking through video classes, live chats, a forum, a virtual exhibit hall, a swag bag and chances to win prizes. No plane tickets, hotel stays or other travel expenses—just log in and you're there.
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It was hard to choose just five of Dick's answers for the magazine, so I'm putting all of them here. You can read even more about Dick's peripatetic life from his RV blog.
Q. How long have you wanted to tour the country in an RV?
A. More or less forever. I don't remember when the idea first occurred to me, although I know it was many years ago. I have traveled extensively for business and for personal vacations most of my life. The "vagabond lifestyle" appeals to me. Now, for the first time, I am a homeless person and am enjoying it.
Q. Are RVs hard to drive?
A. Not really. Physically, motor homes are very easy to drive. They have automatic transmissions, power steering, and power brakes. The physical effort involved is about the same as driving an automobile.
However, the driver does have to remember that the motor home is wider and taller than an automobile and it doesn't stop as quickly. In other words, it doesn't stop on a dime. Anyone driving a motor home soon learns to leave a lot of space between the motor home and the vehicle in front of them. You also have to keep an eye open for low bridges and overpasses.
Q. Where are you most looking forward to visiting in the RV?
A. Anyplace I have never visited before. While I have been fortunate enough to visit many well-known tourist attractions, I have missed hundreds of smaller "gems" and I hope to change that. I want to go to the balloon festival in Albuquerque, the huge airshow in Oshkosh, Wis., and drive the winding road in Deals Gap, NC and Tenn., which is supposedly the most winding road in North America, an attraction for anyone who owns sports cars. It has 318 curves in 11 miles. I hope to drive it in a sports car, not in the motor home. (I tow a car behind the motor home.)
Q. If 1 is someone who wakes up in the morning and decides on a whim where he'll park the RV that night, and 10 is someone who plans out every detail of his itinerary months in advance, what number are you?
A. Probably a 2 or 3. I deliberately do not plan very much. I prefer to be surprised. Occasionally, it backfires, but most of the time it works well.
Q. Have you ever gotten lost in the RV? (While driving it, not inside it.)
A. No. Never. Of course, I do carry four GPSs, a road atlas, a thick book of all campgrounds in the United States, a cell phone, and two two-way radios. It is difficult to be lost.
Q. What do you consider the most essential item for the RV-ing genealogist to possess?
A. Patience. The second most important thing is a good toolkit: pliers, screwdrivers, and things like that. Unlike your home, everything in a motor home shakes when you are driving down the road. The appliances in a motor home suffer a lot more vibration than home appliances will ever encounter. Wires under the dash shake loose, pictures fall off the wall (I had this happen), and other strange things happen. I am almost always performing some minor repair of an unforeseen problem.
Q. If you had to pick, which one of these bumper stickers would you put on your RV?: "This is how I roll" or "Genealogy is TREE-rific!"?
A. Genealogy is TREE-rific!
Q. If you could choose anyone from history as your RV copilot, who would it be?
A. OK, I have to give you two answers: Lewis and Clark. Those two adventurers set off to see things they had never seen before.
I would give honorable mention to several Arctic and Antarctic explorers, except that they spent much of their time in very cold weather. I have already done that. I was born in Maine, lived in northern Vermont, lived in northern New Hampshire, and spent two winters in the Canadian subarctic amongst the Eskimos in in Labrador. I've seen my share of cold weather! Now I am seeking sunshine.
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The photo above shows my great-grandfather and my grandmother in about 1930.
The price for a short-term film loan will be $7.50 per roll (that's up from $5.50), with another $7.50 to extend the loan. An extended film loan costs $18.75. A microfiche loan costs $4.75.
See the full announcement from FamilySearch here.
FamilySearch is posting millions of digitized records (which are being indexed by volunteers) on FamilySearch.org; see if the records you need are there before you pay to rent the film.
Learn how to maximize your FamilySearch Center visits with our guide, a $4 download from ShopFamilyTree.com.
Spoiler alert! Don't read if you don't want to know what
happened on Marisa Tomei's episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" on NBC.
I missed some of tonight's "Who Do You Think You Are?"
and here's why:
But I did see that she started out at home in New York,
where her mother retold the family legend about how Marisa's great-grandfather
Leopold was killed in a bar by a jealous husband or someone he owed money to. That
was the story Tomei wanted to find out about.
In Italy, Marisa was at first thrown off track by a cemetery
record that said Leopold had died of an illness. That would have been a major
bummer after all the murder mystery buildup.
But later (after the part I missed except to notice the beautiful
Italian scenery and Marisa Tomei's enviable wardrobe), newspaper articles and
court records show that Leopold was killed by a business partner who'd been fired. The
man hired a fancy lawyer and got off with a minor charge, then disappeared.
I think my favorite part of the episode was the letter a cousin
wrote to Marisa to share memories of Leopold's wife Adelaide. What a dream that
would be.
If you missed this episode, you can watch it on the show's website.
See our "Who Do You Think You Are?" page for beginning research resources including our free downloadable Getting Started Cheat Sheet, plus show news and tweets.
If you have Italian roots to research, consult our $4 downloadable Italian Genealogy Guide and the book Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans by John Philip Colletta.


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Hello everyone.
I faced with problem of implementing regular expression filters in ettercap. My research start-point begin from IronGeeks post "Fun with Ettercap Filters". This is quite nice fun filter. It's work fine for my lab...
Next step was improving it to replace not just:
but also:Code:
To solve this I decide use:Code:
to find patterns: regex(where, regex)
to replace patterns: pcre_regex(where, pcre_regex ... )
Short (and unique) description for this functions I get from: man etterfilter and "Irongeek etterfilter man page"
I'm not good in regular expressions, but after some reading I implement this regular expression:
search pattern: /i/g(]src=['|"])(.*[^'"])(['|"])
replace pattern:$1NEWImage.png$3
Using web-regular-expression-tester (for example regexter.com) I can successfully convert html.
After all this stuff i decide rewrite filter described in article above, and now it looks like:
But filter do not work...Code:if (ip.proto == TCP && tcp.dst == 80) { if (search(DATA.data, "Accept-Encoding")) { replace("Accept-Encoding", "Accept-Rubbish!"); msg("."); } } if (ip.proto == TCP && tcp.src == 80) { if (pcre_regex(DATA.data, "/i/g(]src=['|\"])(.*[^'\"])(['|\"])", "$1tmp_image.png$3")){ msg("\n---> Perl regexp <---\n"); } }
As I can see in log - ettercap say that this works fine
butCode:replace("Accept-Encoding", "Accept-Rubbish!");
just not foundCode:pcre_regex(DATA.data, "/i/g(]src=['|\"])(.*[^'\"])(['|\"])", "$1tmp_image.png$3")
I will be very appreciated if you can help me!
And last, but not least.
My environmnet is:
hp notebook: windows
virtual box: last BT4 prefinal
I'm using ettercamNG 0.7.3 and can successfully poison arp cash of my notebook


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Schedule changes on the horizon for Baseball, Tennis this weekendFebruary 23, 2012
Due to scheduling conflicts and threat of weather, dates swapped around
Brevard, N.C. - The dates of Brevard College men's tennis match against Lander and the BC Baseball series opener against Lenoir-Rhyne have been changed due to scheduling conflicts and weather conditions.
The BC Men's tennis match against Lander University originally scheduled for Saturday, February 25th at 2 p.m., has been changed to Friday, February 24th, due to a scheduling conflict. The match between the Tornados and the Bearcats at the McCoy Tennis Complex is set to begin at 2 p.m.
The Brevard College baseball team will be postponing their series opener against Lenoir-Rhyne University. The opening nine-inning game, scheduled for Friday, February 24th, will now be the series finale as the Tornados and Bears push the game back to Sunday, February 26th, with a start time at 1 p.m. due to the threat of inclement weather.
For more information, schedule changes or updates, visit www.BCTornados.com


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This time, Dr. James Andrews had an up-close-and-personal encounter with Robert Griffin III's right knee.
The renowned athletic surgeon spent hours at his Florida clinic Wednesday to repair the lateral collateral ligament, reconstruct the partially torn anterior cruciate ligament and fix up the medial meniscus for the Washington Redskins rookie quarterback.
He also needed just a couple of seconds to insist his own reputation was hardly damaged after a rehash of conflicting reports that he allowed the former Heisman Trophy winner to return to a game last December without fully examining his tweaked knee on the sidelines after it happened.
"Of course not," Andrews said Friday morning when asked if he was concerned how his actions were perceived. "People don't understand what goes on down on the football field. The coach (Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan) didn't know what we were really saying.
"I've put that all behind me now."
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL Players Association also confirmed its own findings that Andrews and the Redskins' medical staff did nothing wrong.
It's not as if Andrews, on the Alabama sideline during their BCS title-game victory over Notre Dame on Monday, needed any more excitement this week.
He said he wasn't at liberty to explain how RGIII's surgery went, only that he's "well on his way to recovery" and, after eight months of projected rehab, he'll likely start the 2013 season.
"He's such a great kid, unbelievable," the 71-year-old Andrews said of the 22-year-old.
Interestingly, USA Today tracked down Robert Griffin II for his opinion of the surgery. Quoting him in Friday's editions, Griffin's father declared the injury was "not as bad as everybody thinks. When he sees his coaches and everyone else, it's going to be like nothing ever happened."
Along with that vote of confidence, Andrews might want to slip RGII a copy of his new book, "Any Given Monday: Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them, For Athletes, Parents and Coaches - Based on My Life in Sports Medicine" (Scribner, $25, 270 pages, with Don Yaeger).
Not to imply RGII falls into the category of parents who often are the ones blinded most by their child's athletic potential and get caught up most by delusions of grandeur. But there's a trap door there, and almost any dad or mom can look guilty at some point of pushing their children unnecessarily past their natural athletic resistance, unaware of the proper training methods, and the results can be expensive.
Which is where Andrews often comes in.
To his credit, he is trying to take the lead in preventive medicine rather than reactive repairing. He's had too many first encounters with young athletes on an operating table.
Andrews explained how this new reference book, the proceeds from which will go toward a sports injury campaign organization he helped launch in 2009 www.stopsportsinjuries.org), can be put to its intended purpose:
QUESTION: How disheartening - if that's the right word - is it to see a 14-year-old pitcher nowadays come into your office expecting you to magically fix his elbow?
ANSWER: Well, let me tell you, you just look at him and say, "Why did this happen? What can we do to prevent this?" And the parents are the ones who say, "We've done everything we could to make sure our son had a chance to develop in a sport," but most times they've had no clue the injury risks involved. They claim, "We didn't know he could get hurt doing that." It's all a matter of education.
The real problem, though, is it feels like the tail wagging the dog here. There are sports coaches who tell them their kid can't play with him unless they do it year-around in their travel leagues. The parents may understand their kids need time off, but they can't do anything about with how it's set up. Is money a factor in all this? Of course it is. Youth sports is a huge industry. It's almost to the point to where a dollar is more important than the health of the kid. That's a pretty harsh statement. But I've seen it.
Q: So then how does an overscheduled parent make the time to read a book like this? Isn't there a better chance that the kid will read it and tell them how it's done? Or even a grandparent?
A: Grandparents really seem to have more sense about all this. I had six kids who all grew up playing sports, having injuries, and I really didn't think a lot of it. Now I have six grandkids and I'm more worried about what they do perhaps than I was with my own kids. As they mature, you see what happens. I'm really trying to make sure grandparents read this also. Some of the parents are very conscientious, but there are others who are fanatics - and they're the ones often coaching their kids. California and Florida are the real hotbeds of injuries, but now I'm seeing it in North Dakota, Connecticut ... everywhere. You can imagine the socio-economic impact of these kids getting hurt in high school. And down the road, there's the progression of injury, arthritis and then they don't participate in sports any more. We want them to be healthy and something needs to be done about it. The federal government needs to get involved. They've been big on nutrition and childhood obesity, but I don't think they realize how the escalation of sports injuries has affected the health costs. If they're not careful, the legal people will get involved in all this.
Q: Why don't more other doctors speak up about this thing that you call an "epidemic"? Do they worry that they'll be out of business if there aren't enough injured athletes to treat?
A: It's amazing how it took 10 years to get this (prevention) project flowing, to make sure everyone was on the same page. The time has been right over the last couple of years for all the doctors - sports medicine, primary care, trainers, physical therapists, the pediatric group even - to get behind this. Initially, you couldn't get anyone because they were so interested in the advances in how to fix people. Now, the message that I bear is to get people to pay attention. I'm always talking to people about this issue, but we haven't made a dent in it. But all the time and money put into the research of repairing sports injuries, you wouldn't believe it.
Q: One of the things you address are the myths many have about injuries - the biggest, that you can become better and stronger after a surgery. Why does that illogical statement get stuck in their heads? Watching too many old episodes of "The Bionic Man" or something?
A: I think there's big-time athletes who say they're better after a Tommy John surgery, and the media exploits that a bit. In trying to take a positive attitude with athletes, in trying to motivate them, maybe it's me, too, who will say, "You're throwing better than you ever have." But then look at all the work they do after the injury. Some haven't done that much before. They float along with their natural ability. Then you add this rehab and performance training, they feel better because of it. But it's not the case of what we did (in surgery). I tell them in no uncertain terms: We can't rebuild a ligament in the human body as well as the Good Lord built it.
Q: We've read you're also interested in doing more with stem cell research. How is that progressed?
A: That's the future. That's not for enhancing a performance, either. That's biological healing enhancement, so there's not a year and a half to recover from an ACL injury. That's a long time to miss a sport, particularly with young kids who get passed up, lose a scholarship out of high school. If we can enhance the healing potential, it would be great.
It's been progressing at a snail's pace but the FDA is doing the right thing to make sure we're don't have a bunch of charlatans out there advertising things that, "My stem cells are better than yours." We're more controlled here than other countries to some degree, and others are ahead of us with it like Japan and Germany. We've got to catch up, but in a research basis, and again, the problem is the cost of it in studies. In the meantime, it will be controlled to the very basic stuff that's allowed in the U.S. We're not talking about embryonic stem cells, but ones taken from one patient to another. All that's perfectly legal. You can't manipulate it or control it in a lab.
Q: Do most solutions to the injuries that kids have on the playing field really come down to using common sense? Especially when they're blinded by these goals of athletic greatness and just doing what they're told to "follow their dreams"?
A: The risk factors in youth baseball are competing year-around and specialization. Parents need to understand they can't always hire pitching coaches two nights a week in addition to the workload their son is already doing. They need the proper mechanics, but all that adds up. We've already seen pitch count restrictions in Little League have a positive effect on injuries. They lead the way in safety and health of a kid of most organizations - and I'm not just saying that because I'm on their board.
But then kids goes to these showcase workouts, to see how hard they can throw off the mound, then they'll blow their ligament out at the cost of a scholarship.
When I've had a kid in high school who hurt his elbow or shoulder, and I've talked to him about going to another sport so he could avoid a surgery, every one of them in my experience will say, "But my dream is to play baseball." And the parents will often speak up for the kid before he has a chance to answer that question.
Even kids coming out of college now, they get hurt their senior year, they don't have a chance of playing professional baseball, but it's hard to convince them to take a conservative approach and going on to focus on something else. I went through that.
I was a pole vaulter at LSU and went to medical school my senior year. I still dream about what I could have done instead (as an athlete).
It's hard on everyone, particularly if you go out with an injury and not go out on your own terms. You have to understand the psychology of all that and try to help these kids.
Q: It sounds like then there's a need for a whole different kind of doctor to fix that problem.
A: I'm telling you, that's why I'm so passionate to get this done. I'm in the twilight of my career, but I really want to see this attitude change. I'll devote as much time to it as I can. Of course, you can't prevent all injuries - they'll always happen. But we can't keep seeing this five- to seven-fold increase like we've seen since 2000.


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Bladder biopsyBiopsy - bladder
Bladder biopsy is a procedure that involves removing a small piece of tissue from the bladder to be examined under a microscope.
How the Test is Performed
A bladder biopsy can be done as a part of a cystoscopy(examination of the inside of the bladder). A smallpiece of tissue or the entire area of concern is removed and sent to the lab to be tested if:
- Abnormalities of the bladder are found during this examination
- A tumor is seen
How to Prepare for the Test
You must sign an informed consent form before you have a bladder biopsy. Usually you are asked to urinate just before the procedure. You may also be asked to take an antibiotic before the procedure.
For infants and children, the preparation you can provide for this test depends on your child's age, previous experiences, and level of trust. For general information regarding how you can prepare your child, see the following topics:
- Infant test or procedure preparation (birth to 1 year)
- Toddler test or procedure preparation (1 to 3 years)
- Preschooler test or procedure preparation (3 to 6 years)
- School age test or procedure preparation (6 to 12 years)
- Adolescent test or procedure preparation (12 to 18 years)
How the Test Will Feel
There may be slight discomfort as the cystoscope (a lighted instrument used to look at the bladder) is passed through your urethra into your bladder. You will feel an uncomfortable sensation -- similar to a strong urge to urinate -- when the fluid has filled your bladder.
You may feel a pinch during the biopsy. There may be a burning sensation when the blood vessels are sealed to stop bleeding (cauterized).
After the cystoscope is removed, your urethra may be sore. You may experience a burning sensation during urination for a day or two.
Sometimes when the suspicious area is larger, you will need general or spinal anesthesia to remove the area in question.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is most often performed to check for cancer of the bladder or urethra.
Normal Results
The bladder wall is smooth. The bladder is of a normal size, shape, and position. There are no obstructions, growths, or stones.
What Abnormal Results Mean
The presence of cancer cells indicates bladder cancer. The type of cancer can be determined from the biopsy sample.
Other abnormalities may include:
- Bladder diverticula
- Cysts
- Infection
- Ulcers
There is some risk of urinary tract infection.
There is a slight risk of excessive bleeding or rupturing of the bladder wall with the cystoscope or during biopsy.
You will usuallyhave asmall amount of blood inyour urine shortly after this procedure. If the bleeding continues after you urinate, contact your health care provider.
Also contact your health care provider if:
- You have pain, chills, or a fever
- You are producing less urinethan usual (oliguria)
- You cannot urinate despite a strongurge to do so
Duffey B, Monga M. Principles of endoscopy. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 8.
Coburn M. Urologic surgery. In: Townsend CM Jr., Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 73.
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Review Date: 6/18/2012
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington; and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


text: I survived more than four hours of watching and listening to a Congressional hearing on Benghazi on C-Span3 todayTalk about living by faith!I sensed the hearing could be pivotal in our getting answers to the many questions about what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, when Ambassador Stephens and three other Americans were killed in a terrorist attack on our consulate.So I watched and listened. And tweeted. You can explore my live-tweeting journey here. Who testi … [Read more...]


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A recent post on Aaron Wall's blog had me toying with a few services I had never thought to mess with before. Recently there has been an introduction of website services which are adding competition to Alexa's research tools. Most feel these newer sites provide data that is not as skewed as Alexa's results. I thought it would be interesting to share the results here. For this blog I chose to use NextStudent's corporate website as the focus of my tests.
Check it out:
Compete.com provides a snapshot of your website showing everything from the amount of traffic your website receives to the average minutes a person spends on your website during each visit. Interesting seasonal traffic trends plotted there eh?
Quantcast.com is a site resource composed of web analytic experts that give users a picture of their website, providing valuable demographic information. Quantcast includes a break down of your site visitors and traffic volumes.
There are also some neat tools that have been introduced that show which keywords your competitors are ranking for.
For tough keywords such as student loan consolidation (score!), a website called SpyFu shows adword, organic, and related term results. SpyFu also displays your competitors organic and advertisement results when entering your website. Our competitors would have a field day with this info if it where more accurate! (not to say his site / service is bad, it can easily do the trick to give you some rough ideas on what is going on in a certain vertical)
Urltrends.com provides a trend report for your domain as well as your current rankings on the major search engines. Very cool graphs and data.
At a glimpse, it seems all of these tools can be valuable resources for tracking your competition in the online market. Compare with Alexa and with each other and see if you notice differences.