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"As stated very clearly in my recent memo to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, I have directed that we halt our use of the current Apple Inc. contract and implement a new Request for Proposals solicitation for personal computing devices before bringing future phases of the (Common Core Technology Project) to the board for approval," Deasy said.
"We remain committed to providing students devices that support their access to a world of learning and discovery so they are better prepared to graduate college and career ready," he said.
The district's handling of the original contract to provide students with iPads came into question last week after the release of emails and other documents to KPCC-FM (89.3) radio and the Los Angeles Times. The documents showed that Deasy and his former chief deputy, Jaime Aquino, had been discussing the technology program with executives from Apple and education publisher Pearson at least two years before the bidding process ended and contracts were approved.
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was expected in South Carolina Tuesday to announce the expansion of the so-called StrikeForce initiative, which already operates in 10 states. The program will now also be available in the Carolinas, the Dakotas, Alabama and Virginia.
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"You just don't have the technical wherewithal, technical assistance, in your city officials, council members, part-time mayors, even your city administrators, to know what the federal programs are," Vilsack, a former Iowa governor who is also an ex-mayor of a small town in Iowa, told The Associated Press this week. "Oftentimes these programs have matching requirements. For small communities operating by themselves, that is very difficult."
The USDA uses U.S. Census data to find areas with poverty rates higher than 20 percent. The agency then works with local officials and community-based organizations to publicize the program and reach out to potential applicants. Included in the secretary's expected stops Tuesday is Bamberg County, home to South Carolina's fourth-highest unemployment, at 15.3 percent.
The money has already helped Larry Harris, who has operated a small farm in South Carolina's Sumter County for about 15 years. Harris says he used to farm row crops such as soybeans and corn but, several years ago, learned of a USDA-funded program that could help him build a well to irrigate more profitable specialty vegetable crops. Harris is bound by a contract with USDA to use the well for irrigation for three years. After that, he can use the well as he sees fit.
Other small farmers from neighboring counties have come to see his setup and get ideas for their own projects, Harris said.
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In addition to increasing profits for farmers, specialty vegetable gardens of the type Harris operates could help reduce obesity rates in poor counties by increasing residents' access to better-quality healthy foods, Vilsack said.
In Sumter County, 74 percent of adults are considered overweight or obese, compared to South Carolina's overall rate of 67.4 percent.
"The key to nutrition is access to foods that are healthy and nutritionally dense," Vilsack said. If farmers grow more of their own fruits and vegetables, he said, "people don't have to rely on a convenience store that has a very limited set of offerings."
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bigstrads wrote:oliver mcall wrote:bigstrads wrote:LMAO...............again................every night, the joke just gets worse and worse and more and more shameful.
55 for a rook guard..............only against the Warriors (last time a rookie got 55 or more = 1968 - Earl Monroe, 1965 - Rick Barry, 1960 - Wilt x2)
Can I put a question to those troopers who some how managed to watch this f*cking joke of a "team" =
What kind of stupid ass line-ups did the old fat f*ck use to have =
Monta play 31:38
Curry play 25:57
Law play 24:23
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Seriously? 4 players, none of whom over 6'3, none of whom stronger/bigger than me..............play that many minutes?
No f*cking wonder a rookie whos basketball education and experience consists of High School and a year in Italy warming the bench, torched the tits off them.
So u dont watch the games but you post about them? that makes no sense
Why doesnt it make sense that Im "allowed" to post about the game? I wasnt talking about the game in the sense that I did watch it.
And I obviously admit to not watching the game, so I dont try and play like I did.
Moreover, if youd been here for more than a cup of coffee, you would know that I spent an entire season living on PST, watching every single game live, from over here in England.
So dont dare question my integrity or ability to post whatever the f*ck I want about a game, by looking at the booxscore and posting about what I see from that (again, if I tried to pretend that I done anything other than look at the boxscore then Id understand)
The day I stroll in here and make comments like I watched the game and know what exactly happen, when I didnt..............then you talk to me like that................but until that day, shut up.
Ps: Jesus, youre a sh*t stirring little f*ck arent you?
Piece of advice, take a moment to actually gain some credibility/respect before you start talking to people like you arent anything but a little noob, who will hopefully be banned very soon.
Pps: Scanning through the rest of the board after posting this...........EVERY SINGLE post you make is calling someone out for something thats completely un-called for an only trying to start trouble.
How about watching the games and not posting?


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I like My First Parsha Reader and have used it with 4 kids so far. Its mostly good, but needs a lot of supplementing, both explanation-wise and interpreting into modern English and sometimes, into modern viewpoints.
I'll put in a plug here for my own weekly parsha poems as well. Mostly for kids a bit older, but younger kids like rhymes, even if they don't understand. :-)
Mine aren't meant to be comprehensive, just to illustrate one idea from the parsha.
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When you go over the Parsha, do you follow the Jewish calendar? I am wanting to start at home with my daughter and thought about starting at the beginning. What do you recommend? She is 3 and a half. Thank you!ReplyDelete
I go according to the weekly Parshah- so come Friday night and Shabbat day, we show off our projects and ask questions and discuss that weeks Parshah at the Shabbat table... it works for us:) and the more complex Parshahs, I will usually just take one idea from that Parshah that the kids can understand and dwell on it~ReplyDelete


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As you all know by now, Carte Goodwin, temporary replacement for the late Senator Byrd, arrived last Tuesday past the nick of time to break the Republican's filibuster of the latest extension of unemployment insurance benefits. The House swiftly passed the bill. The President signed it. And the Senate moved on to other stalemates.
The UI extension bill provides immediate relief for about 2.5 million jobless workers whose extended benefits were cut off when the authorizing legislation expired. Extended benefits will also be available to other workers who exhaust their regular state benefits before the end of November.
They'll get somewhere between 34 and 73 weeks of additional benefits, depending on how high their state's unemployment rate is. Here in the District, with a current unemployment rate of 10%, eligible jobless workers will be able to get a total of 99 weeks of benefits.
I wish I could just rejoice in the hard-won victory. But I can't help pondering the relatively small impact the bill will have on what promise to be long-term hardships for a vast number of jobless workers and their families.
Several major issues here.
First off, all jobless workers will get $25 a week less than they would have under all but the latest versions of was once a modest, but broader effort to deal with the jobs situation.
This will bring the average weekly benefit down to $284 — less than what's needed to lift a family of three above the federal poverty line. So jobless workers may have benefits, but we're still likely to have more families facing utility cutoffs, evictions, etc.
Second, we're told that only about two-thirds of the 14.6 million people who are officially unemployed are getting unemployment benefits. "Officially" here means that they've got no job whatever and are actively looking for one.
At least some portion of the remaining third didn't earn enough and/or work enough recently enough to qualify. The 1.2 million people who'd looked but given up aren't getting unemployment benefits either.
Third, the extension will do nothing for workers who'd already exhausted their maximum benefits — the so-called 99ers. Blogger Jackie Headapohl says that economists estimate their number at around 1 million. Also says it's expected to double or even triple in the months to come.
Received wisdom seems to be that the longer you've been out of work, the longer you'll be out of work. Various reasons floated for this. One, which is bad news even for a lot of recently laid-off people, is that employers have eliminated certain types of positions, e.g., secretaries, travel agents, auto workers.
These jobs have been automated, outsourced or foisted off on other employees. Even a full economic recovery won't bring them back.
This may be a particular problem for older workers who don't have the time and resources to retool. Even if they do, they're likely to face out-and-out age discrimination. Also some biases that amount to the same thing.
Employers may be ready to hire young workers with little or no relevant job experience. But as a commenter on the Poverty in America blog said, "a 57 year old with no experience in a new field isn't exactly in demand."
What are these workers to do until they're old enough to qualify for Social Security benefits that will barely cover their living expenses, if that? By then, many will probably have tapped their shrunken retirement savings.
We can expect the Democrats to mount yet another effort to extend the extra tiers of unemployment benefits some time before the end of November. But, as Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein says, the latest vote in the Senate shows that any further extension will have to be offset — and may not pass even if it is.
Back in May, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) pledged to "work with [his] colleagues to create a fifth tier of benefits," i.e., some unspecified number of weeks beyond the current 99-week maximum. Colleague and influential Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has already turned thumbs down on this.
Over on the House side, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has thus for remained technically neutral. At the end of November, she says, "we'll take up something," but it will have to satisfy members "from low unemployment areas [who] are very concerned about the deficit." Odds are Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will adopt the same calculus and that both will limit their efforts to the existing tiers.
But even repeated extensions of unemployment benefits, with still another tier for at least some long-time jobless people wouldn't resolve the underlying problem.
The labor market has shed 7.5 million jobs since the recession began. Heidi Shierholz at the Economic Policy Institute says it would need to add about 325,000 jobs every month for the next four years to bring the unemployment rate back down to its pre-recession level. Haven't seen anyone projecting anything remotely approaching this.
Will Congress rise to the challenges of what promises to be a prolonged jobs crisis, with even longer-term damage to human lives? If past is prologue, the answer is a resounding NO, even if the Democrats do better in November than the prognosticators expect.
What's worse, it's hard to know what Congress could do to put such a large number of unemployed people back to work, while at the same time ensuring that new entrants to the job market find work too.
Which is not to say it should wash its hands of the problem. Every job it could save or create would mean at least one less person on the brink of desperation — or over the edge.


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Around the world and over the decades, INSEAD continues to believe in conducting cutting edge research and innovating across all its programmes in order to provide business leaders with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere. These core values have enabled it to become truly "The Business School for the World."


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Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle
Viking Cooking School and Dr. David Ludwig have joined forces to introduce the "Family Foods for Life" cooking series at Viking Cooking Schools around the country. "Family Foods for Life" is a four-part cooking class series that teaches children and their parents how to incorporate healthy eating into their diet, as well as how to lead healthier, more active lives.
Dr. Ludwig authored Ending the Food Fight and founded the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children's Hospital in Boston. Viking Cooking School has taken Dr. Ludwig's book and developed an interactive experiential class series. "Family Foods for Life" helps parents teach children to take an interest in their health and the food they put into their bodies at an early age.
"'Family Foods for Life' lays the foundation for full-circle healthy living. By working with the Viking Cooking School instructors in a kitchen setting, families are able to visualize a healthy home," says Dr. Ludwig. "When children are a part of the process, they are more likely to try new things, new foods, and understand the importance of a healthful lifestyle."
The extensive curriculum includes cooking lessons and demonstrations, food tastings, and home-based activities for families. The "Family Foods for Life" coursework examines the importance of eating well and explores a wide variety of real foods. Classes address increasing family activity levels, as well as developing and achieving goals for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The curriculum includes at-home activities to encourage healthy behaviors, and on-going discussions of progress and accomplishments along the way.
Classes are taught by Viking Cooking School instructors and offer families an action plan for navigating the food world. Lessons focus on understanding food labels, stocking the family pantry, and learning to make quick, quality meals for families on-the-go. From breakfast and beverages to dinner and desserts, recipes include fun family favorites such as Turkey Sausage Breakfast Pizza, Chicken Fajitas with Avocados and Whole-Wheat Tortillas, Caesar Salad Wraps, Sautéed Apple Crisp, Fruit Freeze Pops, Candied Nut Trail Mix, and Pomegranate Blueberry Spritzers.
Each class is two-and-a-half hours and is open to children seven years-old and above, along with an adult. Adults also can register for the class independently. Each adult student receives a copy of Dr. Ludwig's book and an information packet upon registration. For more information on how to register for classes in your area, please visit Viking Cooking School.


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The City of Cascade Locks is asking non-union employees to pay a share of their health insurance premiums during fiscal year 2003-04.
In previous years, the municipality has picked up the tab for all health benefits. But Robert Willoughby, city manager, said budget constraints and rising costs in both health care and retirement have necessitated a sharing of coverage expenses. However, he said that wage deduction will be balanced out by a 1 percent cost of living increase for nine staffers and a maximum of 2.25 percent for anniversary increases based on performance evaluations.
Willoughby said the city is holding the line on other expenditures during the upcoming year to offset a drop of $49,989 in revenue. The current $8,793,285 million budget includes $3 million in state and federal grant funding. These monies will be used to provide extra community policing and ordinance enforcement hours and support several anti-drug and neighborhood programs. In addition, the funding is expected to cover the cost of painting the reservoir, upgrading the water system, urban renewal efforts and electrical system renovations.
"It is very important that decisions be made about how to allocate our limited resources wisely, with an eye toward the future," Willoughby said.
He said, in spite of its rural geographic location, Cascade Locks provides many amenities to residents. These services include access to cable television, broadband cable modem service, seasonal cleanup programs, operation of the local historical museum, tourism promotion and involvement in community activities. According to Willoughby, officials are sometimes challenged in their efforts by tough economic times — but are always open to suggestions that can improve the quality of life for citizens.
For example, he said the city is bringing a paramedic on board for around the clock coverage through a new merger. During the coming year, Cascade Locks will pay a contract fee of $63,000 to the City of Hood River for the administration and provision of emergency services.
According to Willoughby, public input about new projects is sought routinely through meetings, surveys and newsletters. If a plan receives strong approval, he said the elected body then seeks to find the funding necessary to bring it to fruition.
"Stable renewable resources must be allocated to the highest priority uses and services, while other programs and projects must wait until sporadic resources are available," Willoughby said.
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Google Books Data Mining Reveals Mad Men's Big Historical Flaw: Business Lingo
from the keep-a-low-profile dept
This is actually a cross-broadcast of another podcast, Lexicon Valley, and it's covering the work of Ben Schmidt, who has produced a software algorithm that compares the Mad Men scripts... to a searchable database of language from Google's book scanning project. Schmidt's algorithm compares the language from the show with scanned books from the same period. Schmidt has a website, Prochronism, which covers his findings. I can't quite explain why, but it's really quite fascinating.
Schmidt has found that the show is pretty good about getting language about technology right (with one exception). It knows that there aren't fax machines and computers and stuff. The one area where it gets things wrong, is with the phone. For example, using the phrase "on hold." He notes that phones had hold buttons, but there wasn't yet a concept of the state of being "on hold." That showed up in the 70s.
What Schmidt has also found is that the show is absolutely terrible about getting "business" terms correct in a period specific way. That same post about "on hold" also chides the show for using "defining moment," another phrase that showed up in the 70s, but was basically stuck in academia until the late 80s or early 90s when it became a popular phrase.
Honestly, Ben's site is really fascinating. I could spend hours on it (and actually had to stop going through it post by post to finish this post). There are also discussions on phrases like "focus groups" and "leverage." But one more awesome chart from Ben, discussing the use of both "moral high ground" and "consumerism," both of which were barely in use until much later:
On the podcast, they discuss how part of the reason that the show gets the language about technology right, but not business, is because we know that technology rapidly evolves and we're more attuned to it. But people don't pay nearly as much attention to how business changes and especially how the language of business changes over time. I guess that's true, though it doesn't surprise me that "consumerism" and "moral high ground" are both more recent phenomena. "Defining moment" and "on hold" are a bit more surprising to me.
Either way, I also wanted to highlight something else about all of this that I find fascinating. For all the talk by some about just how evil Google's book scanning project is, this kind of effort and research wouldn't be possible without large scale scanning of books. While this particular example may appear (on its face) to be a frivolous (even if it's fascinating) area of research, it does highlight just how collection of certain data can open up vast arrays of data that can be mined in useful ways. When people freak out about new technologies and services, they almost always focus on how it impacts the old offerings. So most of the talk was about book scanning and its impact on book sales. But what almost no one talks about is how it enables new things that simply weren't possible before -- such as being able to build an algorithm like the one Ben built. Those kinds of innovations -- the unexpected "externalities" of projects like the Google book scanning project -- shouldn't be ignored, because there's tremendous value that can come out of them.


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What do I mean by scripting an internet connection? Lets have a look at the following NetCat conversation:
What I wanted to do is write a piece of code to script this sort of conversation. And as the handle suggests I'm writing the tutorial from the standpoint of an NT Syadmin (why else would I be so paranoid about my security?!?). I make no apology here for that bias. In fact under [Insert Branding here]-X there are enough ways to do this without the nececity for any such tutorial. So this one is for those of you that still confess to owning a Windows box (after all, we can't all be 'l33t' - some of us have to work for a living ).Code:C:\>nc XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 80 HEAD / HTTP/1.1 HOST: www.awebsite.co.uk HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:23:56 GMT Content-Type: text/html Connection: close Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0 Via: 1.1 webcacheB09 (NetCache NetApp/5.2.1R1D3)
You can of course do this in pearl, but only in your target installation includes the perl binaries. This was why I chose WSH as the language for this application. WSH is installed on mosts windows boxes and I wanted an app that was reusable on as many windows boxes with the absolute minumum of fuss.
Why should I wish to do with such a script? Well /I/ can think of a 1001 uses for such a bit of code (which let's face it is why I bothered to write it) but I feel sure that you can think of a use or two aswell . If not then I will include some case studies that I have coded since writing the origional app to give you some ideas.
Why am I making this freely availible? Well, I wrote it on my own time and what goes around comes around. Plus the Microsoft Documentation on this subject is (unsurprisingly) piss poor. Sharing knowledge is what the Internet is about after all. If you like the code and find it useful (or even just appreciate that I'm sitting down on a satuday afternoon to write this tutorial) then as a 'noob' to this site I could really use your AntiPoints
In WSH we need to create an instance of the winsock control. The instatiation code and some basic methods/properties are as follows:
This creates an object called tcpClient and sets the protocol, host and port properties of that object. The last line, the connect method, connects the tcpClient object to the host and port specified.Code:Set tcpClient=WScript.CreateObject("MSWinsck.winsock","wsPop_") tcpClient.Protocol = sckTCPProtocol tcpClient.RemoteHost = host tcpClient.RemotePort = port tcpClient.Connect
In the instantiation code we see the section ("MSWinsck.winsock","wsPop_"). What this does is set the ("Name.OfObject","Callback_"). The callback part is the part that identifies the prefix of subroutines that will handle the events for this object. Have a look at the following two subs.
The DataArrival and Connect events are fired from the MSwinsock control and execution is passed to the subroutine entitled Callback_EventName, where 'Callback_' is the name you specified in ("Name.OfObject","Callback_") and EventName is the name of the event (figures) being fired.Code:Sub wsPop_DataArrival(Byval b) dim strdata tcpClient.GetData strData,vbstring 'Returned data is now in strData 'as a vbString (otherwise it's garbage) 'for you to process end sub Sub wsPop_Connect() 'I am now connected End Sub
The main problem here is that because the script is batch excuted you have to impose all sorts of checks and balance to ensure that the script is still running when these events are fired, and do sensible thing when they are not!
The other problem is that when you do get a script running it causes a bizzare exception on the target machine. Let me put you out of your misery. After much greif with this I managed to talk to Andrew Clinick at Microsoft, and the long and the short of it is this: In WSH the mswinscript object licence is in design mode. If you have Visual Studio installed this is fine because you have the licence to run the winsock control in design time. But if we have to rely on Visual Studio being installed then we may as well have used pearl.
To get round the licencing issue with this control you create an OCX wrapper for the Winsock object. If you don't want to follow the argument here or you don't have Visual Studio installed then don't worry. I have done this for you and the new control is included in the .zip file which you can download from below. There are however 2 changes required to the code above to make the new control work.
Code:Set tcpClient=WScript.CreateObject("MSWinsck.winsock","wsPop_") Changes to Set tcpClient=WScript.CreateObject("SBWinsck.winsock","wsPop_") Sub wsPop_Connect() changes to Sub wsPop_Connected()
Register the sbwinsock.ocx control using the regsvr32 command.
If you want to skip the rest of the conversation about the SBWinsock control press {CTRL}F and search down the page for the phrase {rantover}.
Still with me? Boy, you're keen! Ok - the point here is that VS allows you to create controls of your own that run in either run time /or/ design time licence. But on the target machine the MSwinsock control has to be in run time to work (because the target machine does not have a design time licence). We can do this by creating an instance on mswinsock within our own control which places the mswinsock object in a run time state. As the user control has no licence to worry about (because we wrote it) and our control uses the mswinsock control with run time licence, it all works.
In VB add a winsock control to the form (Project | Components | Microsoft winsock control 6.0) and name the control Winsk. Now add the following code to the control.
Code:Event Connected() Event DataArrival(bytesTotal As Long) 'MappingInfo=Winsk,Winsk,-1,DataArrival Public Property Get Protocol() As ProtocolConstants Protocol = Winsk.Protocol End Property Public Property Let Protocol(ByVal New_Protocol As ProtocolConstants) Winsk.Protocol() = New_Protocol PropertyChanged "Protocol" End Property Public Property Get RemoteHost() As String RemoteHost = Winsk.RemoteHost End Property Public Property Let RemoteHost(ByVal New_RemoteHost As String) Winsk.RemoteHost() = New_RemoteHost PropertyChanged "RemoteHost" End Property Public Property Get RemotePort() As Long RemotePort = Winsk.RemotePort End Property Public Property Let RemotePort(ByVal New_RemotePort As Long) Winsk.RemotePort() = New_RemotePort PropertyChanged "RemotePort" End Property Public Sub Connect() Winsk.Connect End Sub
The reason for the change of the mswinsock event name from connect to connected in the sbwinsock is because the mswinsock control uses the connect identifier /twice/ (!!!), once as a method and once as an event. This causes errors when compiling the control and so to get round this in the sbcontrol I renamed the connect event to connected.
So now let's put all of this together in a nice reusable package. To make it flexible I wanted my script to be able to accept input either from the command line (using standard streams) of from an external file or from a combination of both.
For the script file I used the following conventions (for use with -f [file] option). Lines with * begin interactive user input session. Interactive sessions are ended with a !. Lines beginning with # are comments. Values in [name] format will be requested from user.
An example. This script is for POP3 communication (if this makes no sence may I recomend a trip to www.w3.org or a google search for the term 'rfc'):
Code:# Requests value of [User Name] and begins pop3 conversation user [User Name] # Requests value of [password] and sends it pass [Password] # Get a list of mail messages on this server list # Allow interactive user input (so user can retr mail) * # Once the user quits the interactivce input (with !) send the quit command # End the pop3 conversation quit
The vanilla version of this code can be downloaded from ftp://18.104.22.168/tcputil.zip with sample scripts for www/pop3/smtp/ftp/whois communication. The usage for the script is as follows:
Code:Usage: tcputil <--Host|-h [Host Name]> [--Port|-p [Port Number or www|ftp|smtp|pop3] Default: 80 [--Delay|-d] Page Time Out delay (in seconds) Default: 3 Seconds [--file|-f] Get commands from an external file. [--buffer|-b] Buffer server responses [--notbuffer|-!b] Display server responses as they arrive [--Verbose|-v] [--debug|-vv] [--Help|/?]> Example: tcputil -h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p 80 -f myscript
Ok - so now we know how to script an Internet connection I have some case studies that domonstrate the utilisation of this method for the less imaginative of you. These are two scripts that are included in the file ftp://18.104.22.168/AO_case_study.zip.
The first script is DMOZ.vbs. The DMOZ is the open directory project that provides data for half the search engines on the net including Google, yahoo, lycos, netscape etc. To protect themselves from people writing batch software to submit urls the submission requires the base64 value of the IP address of the submitter. What this script does is parse the meta content of the website you supplied with the -s option, load the page before the submission from the DMOZ and parse out this code, and then submits the whole lot to the DMOZ submission page. You also have to specify where the link is to be submitted using the -w option.
NOTE. I am certainly not condoning /anyone/ to write a batch url insert program. Each of these steps could have been performed with a web browser, and I am simply demonstrating that they could have also been done with a script. This script only submits /one/ site at a time, and in practice requires that you go to the site manually to find where you want to post your site anyway.
The second script is called bashinc.vbs. I wrote this script to check /my own/ iis installation for files in common locations that were not parsed by any isapi filter, and could therefore be downloaded as plain text. Include files are very suceptible to this under a standard IIS instalation. I also included a -e extended checking option to also check .txt/.vbs/.js/etc extentions.
NOTE. Neither am I condoning the use of this script for any other use that for the testing of /your own/ IIS installation. Sysadmins concerned about this issue should open the MMC and under the home directory configuration add the .inc extention and set the extention to be processed by the asp.dll (you can copy the setting from the .asp extention)
Ok - so thats it. If you found any of this useful all antipoints are gratefully accepted. Till next time - look both ways and don't talk to strangers.
If you enjoyed this tutorial take a look at "Securing an installation of IIS 4. (No, seriously)":


text: Supper on the Table December 7, 2010 09:01 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Charlene Finck Farm Journal Editor Email Every night when we sit down to supper, one in seven people in the world is hungry. Our children eat while others—here and around the globe—go without. Now, a Farm Journal Foundation initiative, Farmers Feeding the World, gives you a chance to change that. "American farmers—who are truly feeding the world—have a long history of being generous and lending a hand to those who need it," says Andrew J. Weber Jr., chairman of the Foundation. "Our farmers can and do provide enough for many. Working together, we can do even more." The Farmers Feeding the World grass-roots effort brings together farmers and all of American agriculture to feed those who are hungry. Every dollar makes a difference, whether it is $10 or $10,000, which one Farm Journal reader recently donated to our charity partner, Heifer International. "We in agriculture are blessed," says Kip Tom, a Leesburg, Ind., farmer who is helping to lead the nonprofit effort. "Farmers Feeding the World is an opportunity for us to give back—to lead the charge to make sure no one goes to bed hungry and to help educate consumers about the safe, abundant food we produce." By harnessing the generosity, willpower and expertise of American agriculture, our goal is to raise $20 million annually by 2012 from individuals, organizations and agribusinesses. Those philanthropic funds will be devoted to two endeavors: putting food and the ability to grow food in the hands of the hungry, and educating the public on the importance of sustainable commercial agriculture. With your assistance and everyone in the Farm Journal community, we hope to provide: permanent hunger solutions for more than 140,000 people around the globe each year through respected agricultural development organizations such as Heifer International. immediate assistance for 5 million people annually through relief organizations such as Feeding America. education and outreach about the benefits of modern agriculture to more than 2 million nonfarm consumers each year. Your tax-deductible donation is a unique opportunity to join fellow farmers in making a permanent difference without duplicating others' efforts. The food relief will be provided through existing, respected organizations such as Heifer International. As a part of the educational outreach to consumers, the Foundation is producing television specials and creating a traveling exhibit that showcases today's sustainable agriculture. "None of us would think twice about lending a family member or friend $10 or $100 if you knew it would help him put food on the table," Tom says. "This effort lets all of us do that, regardless of where we farm or what we raise. What's more, for the first time we can pool our dollars with all of American agriculture to proclaim our trust and pride in U.S. farmers as they face the formidable task of feeding more than 9 billion people in the years to come." Supper needs to be on the table for each and every one of us, young or old. Please help make it happen. Farmers Deliver More Than A Promise The spectacular film "More Than A Promise," showcased by "AgDay" on its "Harvest of Thanks" program, sparked immediate audience response. If you missed it, boot up your computer and watch it. The images are captivating and the message is powerful. The five-minute film will make you proud to be one of the farmers who truly feed the world. Go to www.FarmersFeedingTheWorld.org and watch "Harvest of Thanks." Dream Huge With Us Additional ways to donate: www.FarmersFeedingTheWorld.org Toll free: (866) 268-8661 Back to news


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redsky needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Our client is an international risk management consulting and training firm. We need a new header using our client's existing logo and color scheme.
This is not our first contest. We understand how valuable communications is with these contests and will be prompt with feedback and replies to questions.
RSD Solutions
Our client is an international risk management consulting and
training firm. We're replacing their website and we've purchased a
template for our client. You can see it here: http://osc3.template-help.com/drupal_19061/
We're happy with the look and layout but it needs three things:
- A new header
- Incorporate client's logo
- Choose new color scheme matching our client's colors, likely using #3F1E2F (pantone 262) as the main background.For
final delivery we'd like the original layered source file in .PSD file
(Photoshop) or .AI file (Illustrator) plus the RGBs for the color
1. New Header:
We need a header 762px × 214px that fades to the background color on the right.
This quote from our client pretty much up what they're looking for:
would ideally like to see some sort of theme that conjures up the image
of something like speed, motion, forward vision, depth and/or breadth
of expertise, etc., or at least one of these. We would like to see
something that represents a significant step forward from our existing
web site."
2. Incorporate Logo
We'd like the logo placed somewhere, you can find the logo here: http://www.redsky.ca/rsds_logo.jpg. Most likely this should be placed on the left sidebar but I'd be open to ideas incorporating it in the main header on the right.
3. Color Scheme
existing logo uses the color Pantone 262. Most likely we'd like to see the dark grey background replaced with this color or a shade darker/lighter.
But I'm open to ideas. The blue and orange needs a complimenting
or contrasting color instead, something that looks nice.
More on our client's business:
Solutions is an international risk management consulting and training
firm. They partner with clients who wish to expand their risk
management knowledge and capabilities. Whether their clients want to
develop a corporate risk philosophy or understand specific derivative
products, RSD will provide experienced practitioners and appropriate
tools and models to cater to their needs.
- Professional image
- Likely some stock photography
- We don't want a whole website, just a header that matches the template


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NORTON, Mass. – In the last meet of the regular season the No. 6 MIT women's swimming and diving team came up with nine wins at the Wheaton Invitational today. Junior Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, Neb.) picked up three individual victories to lead the way for the Engineers.
Kokensparger picked up her first two wins early in the day, taking back-to-back events. The first was the 100 Back in which she came home first with a time of 1:01.40. She then turned around and turned in a 1:09.26 effort to win the 100 Breast. Win No. 3 came later in the meet when she stretched out to a longer distance, capturing the 500 Free in a time of 5:15.19.
A double winner for MIT was sophomore Christy Rogers (Bend, Ore.) who downed the competition in the 200 Breast with a clocking of 2:29.62. She then came back to take the 200 IM with a winning time of 2:11.14.
Other winners for the Engineers were sophomore Katelyn Rossick (Middletown, Md.) and freshmen Jane He (Yardley, Pa.) and Taylor Pearl (Solon, Ohio). Rossick took the 100 Fly with a time of 1:00.35, while He won the 400 IM in 4:49.13 and Pearl turning in a 2:17.93 in the 200 Back. Senior Qing Li (Shoreham, N.Y.) was solid all day for MIT, taking second in the 200 Back in 2:18.82 and placing in the top-five in the 100 Back and 50 Free time trial.
Next up for MIT will be the NEWMAC Championships which the Engineers will host beginning on February 17.


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Veterans remembered with ribbons on Eastern Michigan University campus trees
Trees on the Eastern Michigan University campus are bearing large, yellow ribbons in remembrance of 255 veterans from the state who lost their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Students who served in the U.S. military tied the ribbons this week across the Ypsilanti school's campus, west of Detroit.
Each plastic ribbon lists the soldier's name, hometown, the operation they served in and the date they died. The ribbons will adorn trees over the weekend and will be taken down Tuesday.
They are "silent reminders" of the sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen, said Ida Mollett, of the school's Veterans Services office.
The intent is for students and staff to read the names on the ribbons and reflect on them.
"You're going to class, but someone else your age is not because they paid the ultimate price," Mollett said.
Eastern Michigan has one of the state's largest veteran student populations. The school's Vet Connect Program extends in-state tuition to veterans throughout the country.


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– The Sports Illustrated Extra Mustard website recently spoke to several WWE Superstars about the Olympics taking wrestling out of their line-up. Here are some highlights:
Dolph Ziggler:
"I've been getting texts all day from my buddies, guys I haven't talked to since high school sending me texts and Facebook messages. It's hitting close to home more than usual. I know it's not 100 percent yet but there are so many Olympic events, it's unfortunate they've chosen a legitimate sport and one of the original sports ever. It's mind-blowing that it's even on the chopping block."
Jack Swagger:
"More of an 'Are you kidding me?' type of reaction. I'm so disgusted by it. I'm fired up. It's no secret I wasn't the most athletic kid on the playground, but I went into it head over heels even though I wasn't good at it at first. It teaches you so much about life and that's what makes it the best sport. It teaches you discipline and dedication and how to work hard and how to sacrifice for your goals. Those are things you can apply to any area of your life, whether it's your education or your career. Honestly, it turned me into a man."
Cody Rhodes:
"[It's] extremely disappointing, but I honestly cannot see them going forward with that. I'm very disappointed with the fact that they're even considering it. This is freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. This has a rich tradition in the Olympics. I don't even want to disparage some of the sports that they're keeping, you just don't do away with wrestling."


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brett Favre said Wednesday he believes the fines handed down by the NFL for his absence from last year's New York Jets injury reports were "very unfair."
Favre was asked by reporters for the first time about the $125,000 in penalties levied on the Jets organization ($75,000), general manager Mike Tannenbaum ($25,000), and former head coach Eric Mangini ($25,000).
"I just think it's wrong," Favre said. "They did everything that I felt they were supposed to."
Favre earlier this month revealed the process he and the Jets went through in assessing the health of his throwing arm last December. He played through a torn biceps tendon, and his performance suffered. The NFL investigated and announced the fines last week for Mangini's failure to list Favre on the injury report.
Favre said he discussed his condition with the Jets last year because he wanted the team to know he wasn't at his best.
"I felt like maybe there were some throws where I could've played better because of this injury," Favre said. "I just wanted to let them know that. I never asked them to put me on the injury report. I can't tell you how many times I probably should've been on the injury report. I practiced. I played. I knew I was going to play.
"I wanted them to know that I wasn't too proud to play just to play."
Favre said he told Tannenbaum and Mangini, who now coaches the Browns, that he was sorry about the way the season went sour. Favre led the Jets to an 8-3 start and first place in the AFC East, but he threw nine interceptions down the stretch and the team lost four of its last five games to miss the playoffs.
Favre retired, was released by the Jets, then came back for a second time to join the Minnesota Vikings.
The NFL has stepped up policing of the injury report, and the penalties for the Jets were an opportunity for the league to stress the importance of following the rules. Tannenbaum acknowledged recently that Favre should have been listed as "probable" down the stretch.
Favre last week set what the NFL believes to be the all-time record for consecutive games started, with 271. He hurt both hands in that game against the Detroit Lions, including the nail on his right thumb being bent all the way back.
"It doesn't feel good, but that was it," Favre said. "It was a pretty good shot I took, but that was it."
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You will be given prednisolone (steroid) tablets. The first dose of prednisolone is usually taken before the rituximab. You will then be given a course of prednisolone tablets to take at home – usually for five days in total.
Some people have a reaction to rituximab. The paracetamol, anti-histamine and prednisolone are given to reduce the chance of this happening.
The nurse gives you rituximab as a drip into your vein. They usually run the drip through a pump, which gives you the treatment over a set time. Your nurse then gives you cyclophosphamide as an injection directly into your vein with a drip (infusion) to flush it through. You'll be given vincristine as an infusion (drip) over 5–10 minutes with fluids before and after it.
You have this treatment as a course of several sessions (or cycles) over a few months. Each cycle of R-CVP takes 21 days (three weeks).
On the first day, you will have rituximab, vincristine and cyclophosphamide and you will start taking a five-day course of prednisolone tablets.
At the end of the 21 days, you will start your second cycle of R-CVP. This is exactly the same as the first cycle. You have up to eight cycles over 3–4 months. Your doctor or nurse will tell you the number of cycles you are likely to have.
Some people might have side effects while they are having this treatment.
Rituximab may cause an allergic reaction while it's being given. This is more common with the first treatment, so you have it slowly over a few hours. The nurse will give you drugs to help prevent or reduce this. They will check you for signs of a reaction. If you have one, they will treat it quickly.
Signs of a reaction can include:
Tell your nurse straight away if you have any of these symptoms. Rarely, a reaction can happen a few hours after treatment. If you develop any of these symptoms or feel unwell after you get home, contact the hospital straight away for advice.
Some people's blood pressure falls while they are having rituximab. If you usually take medicine to lower your blood pressure, your doctor may ask you not to take it for 12 hours before having rituximab. The nurse will check your blood pressure regularly.
If this happens when you're having this treatment, it can damage the tissue around the vein. This is called extravasation. Tell the nurse straight away if you have any stinging, pain, redness or swelling around the vein. Extravasation is not common but if it happens it's important that it's dealt with quickly.
If you get any of these symptoms after you get home, contact the doctor or nurse straight away on the number they gave you.
Before you go home the nurse or pharmacist will give you anti-sickness drugs to take. Take these tablets and the prednisolone exactly as they have been explained to you.
We explain the most common side effects of R-CVP here. But we don't include all the rare ones that are unlikely to affect you.
You may get some of the side effects we mention but you are very unlikely to get all of them. Always tell your doctor or nurse about the side effects you have.
Your doctor can prescribe drugs to help control some side effects. It is very important to take them exactly as your nurse or pharmacist has explained. This means they will be more likely to work better for you. Your nurse will give you advice about managing your side effects. After your treatment is over, the side effects will start to improve.
Sometimes cancer drugs can result in very serious side effects, which rarely may be life-threatening. Your cancer doctor and nurse can explain the risk of these side effects to you.
Your nurse will give you telephone numbers for the hospital. You can call them if you feel unwell or need advice any time of day or night. Save these numbers in your phone or keep them somewhere safe.
We're not able to list every side effect for this treatment here, particularly the rarer ones. For more detailed information, you can visit the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) .
R-CVP can reduce the number of white blood cells in your blood. This will make you more likely to get an infection. When the number of white blood cells is low, it's called neutropenia.
Contact the hospital straight away on the contact number you've been given if:
The number of white blood cells usually increases steadily and returns to normal before your next treatment. You will have a blood test before having more chemotherapy. If your white blood cells are still low, your doctor may delay your treatment for a short time.
R-CVP can reduce the number of platelets in your blood. Platelets are cells that help the blood to clot. Tell your doctor if you have any bruising or bleeding you can't explain. This includes nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood spots or rashes on the skin. Some people may need a drip to give them extra platelets.
R-CVP can reduce the number of red blood cells in your blood. These cells carry oxygen around the body. If they are low, you may be tired and breathless. Tell your doctor or nurse if you feel like this. If you are very anaemic, you may need a drip to give you extra red blood cells (blood transfusion).
This may happen in the first few days after chemotherapy. Your doctor will prescribe anti-sickness (anti-emetic) drugs to help prevent or control sickness. Take the drugs exactly as your nurse or pharmacist explains to you. It's easier to prevent sickness than to treat it after it has started.
If you still feel sick or are vomiting, contact the hospital as soon as possible. They can give you advice and change the anti-sickness drug to one that works better for you.
Some anti-sickness drugs can make you constipated. Tell your doctor or nurse if this is a problem.
Feeling very tired is a common side effect. It's often worse towards the end of treatment and for some weeks after it's finished. Try to pace yourself and get as much rest as you need. It helps to balance this with some gentle exercise, such as short walks. If you feel sleepy, don't drive or operate machinery.
You usually lose all the hair on your head. Your eyelashes, eyebrows and other body hair may also thin or fall out. This usually starts after your first or second cycle of chemotherapy. It is almost always temporary and your hair will grow back after chemotherapy ends. It is important to cover your head to protect your scalp when you are out in the sun until your hair grows back. Your nurse can give you advice about coping with hair loss.
Your mouth may become sore and you may get ulcers. This can make you more likely to get an infection in your mouth. Gently clean your teeth and/or dentures morning and night and after meals. Use a soft-bristled or children's toothbrush. Your nurse might ask you to rinse your mouth regularly or use mouthwashes. It's important to follow any advice you are given and to drink plenty of fluids.
Tell your nurse or doctor if you have any problems with your mouth. They can prescribe medicines to prevent or treat mouth infections and reduce any soreness.
Vincristine may make you constipated and cause tummy pain. Drinking at least two litres of fluids (three and a half pints) every day will help. Try to eat more foods that contain fibre (such as fruit, vegetables and wholemeal bread) and take some regular gentle exercise.
If you haven't had a bowel motion for two days, contact the hospital for advice. Your doctor can prescribe laxatives to help you. Always contact the hospital straight away if you are constipated and have tummy pain or are being sick.
Cyclophosphamide may irritate your bladder and cause discomfort when you pass urine. Drink plenty of fluids – at least two litres (three and a half pints) – during the 24 hours following chemotherapy. It is also important to empty your bladder regularly and to try to pass urine as soon as you feel the need to go.
Contact the hospital straight away if you feel any discomfort or stinging when you pass urine, or if you notice any blood in it.
These symptoms are caused by the effect of vincristine on nerves. It's called peripheral neuropathy. You may also find it hard to fasten buttons or do other fiddly tasks.
Tell your doctor if you have these symptoms. They sometimes need to lower the dose of the drug. The symptoms usually improve slowly after treatment finishes but in some people they may never go away. Talk to your doctor if you are worried about this.
Prednisolone can raise your blood sugar levels. Your nurse will check your blood regularly for this. They may also test your urine for sugar. Symptoms of raised blood sugar include feeling thirsty, needing to pass urine more often and feeling tired. Tell your doctor or nurse if you have these symptoms.
If you have diabetes, your blood sugar levels may be higher than usual. Your doctor will talk to you about how to manage this. You may need to check your blood sugars more often or adjust the dose of your insulin or diabetes tablets.
Steroids can irritate the stomach lining. Let your nurse or doctor know if you have pain in your tummy or indigestion. They can prescribe drugs to help reduce stomach irritation. Take your tablets with food to help protect your stomach.
Steroids can make you feel much hungrier than usual and you may gain weight. Your appetite will go back to normal when you stop taking them. If you're worried about gaining weight, talk to your doctor or nurse.
You may put on weight or your ankles and legs may swell because of fluid building up. This is caused by steroids and is more common if you are taking it for a long time. Tell your doctor or nurse if fluid builds up. If your ankles and legs swell, it can help to put your legs up on a foot stool or cushion. The swelling gets better after your treatment ends.
Chemotherapy may affect your skin. Your doctor or nurse can tell you what to expect. If your skin feels dry, try using an unperfumed moisturising cream every day. During treatment and for several months afterwards, you'll be more sensitive to the sun and your skin may burn more easily than usual. You can still go out in the sun, but use a suncream with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 30, and cover up with clothing. Your skin may darken. It will return to its normal colour after you finish treatment. If you've had radiotherapy (either recently or in the past), the area that was treated may become red or sore. Always tell your doctor or nurse about any skin changes. They can give you advice and may prescribe creams or medicines to help. Any changes to your skin are usually temporary and improve when treatment finishes.
Your nails may become brittle and break easily. They may get darker or discoloured, or you may get lines or ridges on them. These changes grow out after treatment finishes. Wearing gloves when washing dishes or using detergents will help protect your nails during treatment.
R-CVP may cause the cancer cells to break down quickly. This releases uric acid (a waste product) into the blood. Too much uric acid can cause swelling and pain in the joints, which is called gout.
Your doctor may give you tablets called allopurinol (Zyloric ®) to help prevent this. Drinking at least two litres of fluid a day will also help. You will have regular blood tests to check the uric acid levels.
R-CVP may affect how your liver works. This is usually mild and goes back to normal after treatment. You will have blood tests to check how well your liver is working.
Vincristine may cause pain in your jaw. Tell your nurse or doctor if you notice this.
Your eyes may feel sore or dry. Your doctor can prescribe eye drops to help with this. If your eyes get red and inflamed (conjunctivitis), tell your doctor. This is because you may need antibiotic eye drops. Rarely, vincristine may affect your vision. Always tell your doctor or nurse if you have eye pain or notice any change in your vision.
R-CVP can cause changes to the lungs. Always tell your doctor if you develop wheezing, a cough, a fever or feel breathless. You should also let them know if any existing breathing problems get worse. If necessary, they can arrange for you to have tests to check your lungs.
Steroids can affect your mood. You may feel anxious or restless, have mood swings or problems sleeping. Taking your steroids in the morning may help you sleep better.
Tell your doctor or nurse if you have any of these side effects. They may make some changes to your treatment if the side effects become a problem.
Vincristine can affect the nervous system. You may feel dizzy or unsteady. Tell your doctor or nurse straight away if you notice any of these symptoms. They may make some changes to your treatment if they become a problem for you. Rarely, this treatment can cause seizures (fits). It's important not to drive or operate machinery if you notice these effects.
It's important to let your doctor know straight away if you feel unwell or have any severe side effects, even if they're not mentioned above.
Cancer increases the chance of a blood clot (thrombosis) and chemotherapy can add to this. A clot can cause symptoms such as pain, redness and swelling in a leg, breathlessness and chest pain. Contact your doctor straight away if you have any of these symptoms. A blood clot is serious but your doctor can treat it with drugs that thin the blood. Your doctor or nurse can give you more information.
Some medicines can interact with chemotherapy or be harmful when you are having chemotherapy. This includes medicines you can buy in a shop or chemist. Tell your doctor about any medicines you are taking, including over-the-counter drugs, complementary therapies and herbal drugs.
R-CVP may affect your fertility (being able to get pregnant or father a child). If you are worried about this, you can talk to your doctor or nurse before treatment starts.
Your doctor will advise you not to become pregnant or to father a child during treatment. This is because the drugs may harm a developing baby. It's important to use effective contraception during and for a few months after chemotherapy. You can talk to your doctor or nurse about this.
If you have sex within the first couple of days of having chemotherapy, you need to use a condom. This is to protect your partner in case there is any chemotherapy in semen or vaginal fluid.
Chemotherapy can sometimes stop the ovaries working. You may not get a period every month and they may eventually stop. In some women, this is temporary, but for others it is permanent and they start the menopause.
Women are advised not to breastfeed during treatment and for a few months after. This is in case there is chemotherapy in their breast milk.
If you need to go into hospital for any reason other than cancer, always tell the doctors and nurses that you are having chemotherapy. Give them contact details for your cancer doctor.
Talk to your cancer doctor or nurse if you think you need dental treatment. Always tell your dentist you are having chemotherapy.
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'The cosmos kind of pushed us together,' says Keegan-Micahel Key. 'But it became an immediate mutual admiration society'
Key & Peele, the funniest show on TV right now, carries on the legacy of both Chappelle's Show and Monty Python. Keegan-Michael Key (the tall one) and Jordan Peele (the short one), both biracial veterans of Mad TV, are writers, executive producers and performers who take obvious delight in throwing themselves into a spectacular array of characters: gangsters, teachers, nerds, frat brothers and French revolutionaries. Rolling Stone recently sat down with the comedy auteurs – genial but intensely focused – in the Hollywood recording studio where they were overdubbing dialogue for their third season.
Who Are the 50 Funniest People Right Now?
What did you think of each other when you first met?
Jordan Peele: I remember watching Keegan onstage in Chicago and he was clearly a standout performer. Everybody in the theater had that sense of, "Okay, this guy is going to move on and do greater things."
Keegan-Micahel Key: My experience was almost identical. There is a subtle elegance to the way Jordan does just about everything, which is something I envy because that's not my bailiwick. It became an immediate mutual admiration society. We left the theater one night and went to a diner on Clark Street in Chicago and stayed up 'til, like, quarter to five in the morning, talking about Monty Python and Mr. Show and all these things that influenced us. The things that took place subsequent to that were serendipitous. We both ended up on Mad TV – the cosmos kind of pushed us together.
Had you always wanted to do a show together?
Peele: I don't think it occurred to us. Most of our time together was spent working on a sketch show, so it didn't occur to us to say, "Let's do a show, just us."
Key: We have the same manager, and had mentioned there was some interest at one network with Jordan and interest at another network with me. He said, "What if we put you together as a package?"
Peele: We got on famously on Mad and wrote really well together. Our whole training is geared towards sketch. We're these chameleons, but we had this voice that we couldn't realize on Mad TV. There was one sketch in particular that we were in love with. . .
Keegan: The businessmen sketch.
Peele: The whole bit was they were traveling businessmen, and they were in this shitty hotel, sitting on the bed, looking at their surroundings and making the best of it: "Hmm, not that bad. Not that bad."
Key: "Let me just open the curtains here. Oh, that's a brick wall. Solid."
Peele: "A mini-bar would just end up getting us drunk."
Key: "And then we'd be wasted tomorrow and we would not be able to perform at our height." It's a really melancholy scene. We shot it, and we just adored it, and so did our show runner. But the executive producer said, "That's not what we're looking for." The funny thing is we have a sketch this season that's a version of that, except it's based on the movie Saw and it's about two guys being tortured. "Oh yeah, he chopped off your right arm." "I'm a lefty anyways, so take it, buddy."
One of my favorite things you've done is the college football All-Star game, East versus West. It's a tour de force: all these characters flash by for a few seconds, and I'm thinking, "Half these guys could be leads on sitcoms!"
Peele: I love dipping into worlds at a fast and furious pace. A little glimpse allows the audience to put together the rest of that world in their brain. We love sketches that require the audience to piece together the comedic engine themselves. Give them all the information but not tell them what the scene is about so they can have that eureka moment of, "Oh my God, he's only used to the way urban students pronounce their names. That's what's going on here."
When you argue, what is it about?
Peele: Fantasy football.
Key: There are two rules in our workplace. One is "What's best for the show?" Two is "Be nice or leave." And, "If you happen to be good at ping-pong, come on in, 'cause we love a challenge."
Peele: When we have discussions, it's always on something like the higher voice of the show. Maybe we'll be in the writing process and we're saying, "Is this walking the line of presenting funny characters who happen to be gay, or is this crossing the line into homophobia?"
Key: Are we exploiting what we're trying to condemn?
Peele: It's about finding something that approaches the boundaries, maybe steps over it for a moment, but makes the viewer ask themselves, "Where is the line? What am I comfortable with?" And we never want to go so far over the line that it takes away from the comedy.
Key: Right – what's the difference between shock and surprise?
Peele: When we write a sketch about us on an auction block, I want to make it the type of sketch where by the end you say, "How did they do that? They made me laugh at slavery."
You have a very cerebral approach. On other shows, have you been the most analytic guy in the room?
Key: Never. I'm a very impulsive person.
Peele: That is probably the biggest difference between us. Not to take away any of the hard work Keegan has done to become an amazing actor, but he has something about him that's just natural. I am a very, very, very calculated person.
Key: Absolutely. In the amount of time it takes me to react to something physically, he can react mentally. It would take me a much longer period of time to consider everything he considers in a lightning-quick period of time.
Did you expect this level of success?
Peele: I did. The moment I knew we were gonna do a show together, I said to our manager, "Oh, you're gonna give me this