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The 70-year-old, who has, as reported by Goal.com, identified Mourinho and Guardiola as the only two able to replace him, highlighted the qualities of the Real Madrid supremo, who he repeatedly faced and was occasionally thwarted by when the Portuguese was in charge of Porto and Chelsea.
"Jose is very intelligent, he has charisma, his players play for him, and he is a good looking guy," said Ferguson as he talked to academics at Harvard Business School in Boston.
"I think I have most of those things, too, apart from his good looks.
"He's got a confidence about himself, saying 'We'll win this' and 'I'm the Special One'.
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The Scot went on to discuss Guardiola, the former Barcelona boss who oversaw the side that defeated the Red Devils in both the 2009 and 2011 Champions League final.
"Guardiola is an impressive guy," he continued.
"He's brought about change in Barcelona, urging the team to always work hard to get the ball back within seconds after losing it.
"They are gifted but work hard. It was a fantastic achievement. He elevated the status of his players."
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Grammy Award Winners Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite Announce New Album 'No Mercy In This Land'
GRAMMY-Award winning, multiplatinum-selling artists Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite will collaborate once again for their new album No Mercy in This Land, due out March 30, 2018.
No Mercy in This Land is the first of new music from the pair since the 2013 release of their collaborative album Get Up!, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart and won a GRAMMY Award in 2014 for "Best Blues Album." A musical expression of the kinship between the two, the album recounts both Ben and Charlie's personal stories and adds to the sonic history of American struggle and survival. No Mercy in This Land is available for preorder now at www.NoMercyInThisLand.com and will include an IG download of the album's title track, which is also available to stream at the link here.
"Charlie Musselwhite is that very rare and hallowed place where blues past, present and future collide," says Ben about his collaborator and friend. "He transforms notes into emotions that feel both hauntingly familiar and brand new, as if hearing them for the first time every time. He is a living legend whose harmonica playing should be beamed into outer space to search for other life forms."
"On stage or in the studio - working with Ben Harper holds the same excitement I experienced working with Chicago blues legends back in the day," says Charlie. "I think it is safe to say that Ben has reinvented the Blues in a great way: playing modern while preserving the feel. I am honored and privileged to be a participant in this project."
Ben and Charlie will celebrate the album's release on March 30th by kicking off an international tour that same evening in San Francisco, CA at the famed Fillmore before heading overseas for a string of European dates. The duo will make their return to States in May with two nights at Los Angeles' Troubadour followed by a summer's worth of shows across North America.

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The Value of a PIA Education
Ranked by Forbes as the No. 1 Top Two-Year Trade School in 2018, PIA has produced top notch aircraft mechanics and avionics technicians to enter the workforce in aviation maintenance, electronics, and other related fields since 1929. Our graduates are in demand throughout the US, and PIA offers employment assistance to help both students and alumni in their pursuit of employment in the field of aviation and related industries.
PIA's specialized Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) and Aviation Electronics Technology (AET) programs provide hands on skill-sets based on aviation industry practices, but transferable into a diverse set of related occupations. Our aviation maintenance program will prepare you for an exciting career as a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified aircraft mechanic, and our aviation electronics (or avionics) program leads to opportunities as a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensed avionics technician.
Over the years, graduates have proven their versatility by entering into positions as technicians for regional and major airlines, aircraft production and maintenance facilities, amusement parks, automated production facilities, government contractors, petrochemical manufacturing plants, telecommunication systems providers, specialty metal manufacturers, and research and development centers – just to name a few.
In 2017, all of PIA's campuses were selected by Delta Airlines as partner schools. Understanding the impending shortage of qualified aviation technicians, Delta created a mission to help increase both the awareness of technician demand and increase the knowledge and character of technicians entering today's workforce.
Visit our Career Services page to learn more about how a PIA education can prepare you for a successful career.
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Our History
Since 1929, PIA's goal has been to provide its learners with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they need in order to succeed in their chosen career fields. With associations in every facet of the aerospace industry, PIA has placed its graduates worldwide, in aviation and in other high-performance organizations. Explore our history below.
1929 - The Beginning
The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics was created from a company named Curtiss-Wright Flight Services. The company, founded by Glenn Curtiss and Orville Wright, offered aircraft sales and service, as well as flight training.
In 1929, August G. Becker, who managed the organization for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, leased the operations at Bettis Airport and purchased the school and its facilities. As president, Becker changed the name of the school to the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics that same year. Under the direction of Becker, the activities of the school changed from selling airplanes to repairing and maintaining them.
PIA was later one of the first to be approved by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, predecessor agency to the Federal Aviation Administration.
1944 - Reorganization of PIA
In 1944, Mr. Becker was informed that the Bettis Airport property was being sold, which would deprive the school of its valuable airport facility. The Bettis site was used for the construction of the U.S. nuclear plant where the atomic engine for the Nautilus submarine was developed by the Westinghouse Corporation. Mr. Becker decided to sell his interest to Mr. William J. Graham, President of the Graham Aviation Company and pioneer in aviation training.
The existing profit corporation was soon dissolved, and the school was reorganized as a nonprofit corporation chartered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 8, 1946. In May of 1946, the school established its advanced phase of training for aircraft mechanics in new shops opened at Allegheny County Airport.
1967 - The Graham Family
After 23 years under the direction of William J. Graham, PIA underwent a change in ownership in 1967. PIA was acquired by Mr. Jack Graham, son of William, who became active in the management of PIA as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board.
In July of 2005, Jack Graham stepped down from his position as PIA's President after 40 years of dedicated service. The role was taken on by his son, John Graham III, who served as PIA's President and Chief Executive Officer until his death in April of 2017. PIA's current President and CEO is Suzanne Markle.
1975 - Public School System Partnership
In 1975, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics became the first private school in Pennsylvania to contract with the public school system by arranging for students of the Southeastern Area of Allegheny County to attend PIA as an adjunct of the Steel Center Area Vocational Technical School. This program continued for nearly 30 years until public school system budget cuts forced the discontinuation.
1980 - Expansion to Aviation Electronics
The 1980s brought about a new program for Aviation Electronics, then called Avionics, that had been in development for five years. Enrollments in this program, along with increased enrollments in the Aviation Maintenance Technician program, made it necessary to consider additional facility expansion. A second story was added to a portion of the school's building in 1985, which provided classroom and laboratory additions totaling 17,000 square feet. Immediately upon completion of this structure, construction began on a 4,000 square-foot lunchroom for PIA's staff and students.
In order to further accommodate the need of an expanding student population, PIA added three additional buildings to its campus between 1987 and 1990. Shortly after, however, it became necessary for PIA to downsize, selling both a recently purchased Powerplant Department and the three-story Graham Building on Lebanon Church Road. PIA did, however, retain all its facilities on the airport grounds, including the hangar acquired in 1990.
1995 - Introduction to Short-Term Training Programs
The year 1995 brought the addition of PIA's Truck Driving Program. This new program, while quite a change from the usual course offerings, was created to serve both the company and the community. As skilled commercial drivers are always in demand, the course of study provides a much-needed training program to the Pittsburgh area. The Truck Driving Program has expanded over the years to include several locations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
In 2003, PIA expanded the short-term training division to include Heavy Equipment Operator training as well.
2006 - PIA Expands Aviation Campuses
In order to meet a growing need for qualified technicians in the aviation industry in the new millennium, PIA decided to expand beyond its Pittsburgh campus and into several branch campuses over the next several years.
In 2006, PIA began training at its first branch campus near Youngstown, Ohio. After the success of the Youngstown campus, PIA sought to continue expansion, so the year 2011 brought the addition of the Hagerstown, Maryland branch. Finally, PIA instituted an aviation maintenance technician school adjacent to the Myrtle Beach International Airport in January 2012.
The Future is You
PIA's longevity can be greatly attributed to its continuous pursuit of excellence in education. With the incredible changes that have taken place in the aviation industry, the economy, and the world since 1929, it seems unlikely that a school that offers such specialized training would remain in existence, and even more unlikely that it would remain at the forefront of its field. Yet, PIA has done just that. PIA's commitment to serving the needs of its students and employees, along with a responsibility to both the industry and the community, has secured its position as a well-respected postsecondary educational institution.
Ultimately, however, the future of aviation falls to you, the student. Our job at PIA is to prepare you for the ever-changing, ever-challenging field, but the rest is up to you. You take the knowledge you gain at PIA and carry it far beyond the campus, and, through determination, hard-work, and skill, you are the ones shaping the future of the industry forever.


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Holy Debauchery! Cowboy Bacon Chili Cheese Fries
Chili Cheese Fries Recipe
Hold on tight, you'll be pleased to know that these chili cheese fries are fresh, home-made, hand-made and fried with only the best yukon gold potatoes and grape seed oil. No need to sneak through the drive-through to satisfy your greasy cravings. You can do that in the sacred privacy of your own home.
Cardiologists will probably hate us for this recipe and what they'd call Early Death Chili Cheese Fries. But for those of us who want who want to indulge in something special and lathered in rich love, we call it Holy Shit Chili Cheese Fries. Better yet, we've cowboy'ed 'em up made them in the style of thick, rustic-cut potato wedges and added a spicy kick to the chili. The sky is the limit.
Bacon. Ground Brisket and Top Round. Super Spicy Chilies. Beer. All cooked together with sweet onion, garlic, spices, masa, and BBQ sauce. It is one hell of a chili.
We tend to like spicy in the WORC household. We're growing 4 types of habaneros, some jalapenos, cayenne, and a couple bushes of chilies the Vietnamese affectionately call "Devil Peppers" or "Evil Peppers" depending on how you want to translate it. Homemade Sriracha sauceis a regular part of our pantry, our chicken wings usually get the spice treatment, and we often indulge in our Viet mother's make-you-want-to-cry spicy Bun Bo Hue soup.
But if you can't handle it, there are always options to tame the beast. Change the chilies to something mild or just leave them out all together. If you want another variation, grab a copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks where Ree has a great chili recipe. After going through her recipes, we started adding masa to our chili and it was a great addition. Gives another layer of flavor and texture.
If there is any culinary vice which does us in more than spicy foods, it's fried potatoes. It feels great to eat fresh, lots of leafy greens, healthy cooking meals, but such angelic eating needs to be balanced by the occasional sinful indulgence and french fries are at the top of our list.
Second version: Eat more chili with your potatoes!
We'll vary on how lazy or meticulous we are feeling in making our fries. Going all out, we'll make them the Les Halles method of soaking, drying, soft frying, then crisp frying the little pa-taters. If we are feeling lazy, then we'll just slice, wipe, and fry. Either way, we nearly always use yukon golds and either grape seed oil or peanut oil for frying. Gives it that special touch.
You only live once, so don't hold back.
The joy from the occasional indulgence easily offsets the caloric vice-filled meal. At least in our book it does, just don't tell the doctor! So what is everyone else's favorite wintertime indulgence? Share your favorite undoing!
Rock On,
-Todd and Diane
Spicy Bacon Cowboy Chili Recipe
- 2 lbs (910g) Ground Beef , combination of top round and brisket is our favorite
- 6 strips (300g) Bacon , diced
- 1 large Sweet Onion , diced
- 4 cloves Garlic , crushed
- 1 -2 Habaneros , finely diced
- 1 cup (237ml) BBQ Sauce
- 2 teaspoons (10g) Cayenne Pepper
- 2 teaspoons (10g) Chili Powder
- 2 teaspoons (10g) ground Cumin
- 2 Tablespoons (30g) Paprika
- 2 Tablespoons (30g) Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5g) fresh cracked Black Pepper
- 1/4 cup (30g) Masa (corn flour), addition inspired by Pioneer Woman's Chili Recipe
- 12 oz. (355ml) Beer
- Heat a large sauce pan (preferably cast iron) over med-high heat. Add ground beef and bacon and cook until it is nearly cooked through and browned, stirring occasionally. Next add onion, garlic and habaneros and cook for another 2-3 minutes or until onions start to soften.
- Add BBQ sauce, spices, brown sugar, fresh cracked pepper, masa and beer. Stir to combine, bring to a simmer, then lower heat to keep at a gentle simmer. Cook for 30 min - 1 hour, (flavors will develop more with the longer cooking time but isn't a requirement) adding more beer or water if necessary to maintain a good "moistness" to the chili.
- Serve the chili warm. Serving suggestions - Toppings- cheese, sour cream, diced green onions. As a base or alongside - tortilla chips, crusty bread, in a quesadilla, on fries, over a sausage dog or burger, as a pizza sauce, with pasta... The variations are endless!


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Word around campus is that there could be a TV series in the works based on the 1992 Brett Leonard film "The Lawnmower Man". David Titcher is already working on a script for the pilot and plans to announce the show are rumored to be in line for this year's Cannes. So see, there's no reason to go to Cannes. You can just read my news and eat a croissant.
I could have sworn filming had already begun but according to Tom Hardy he's been on stand by for "Mad Max: Fury Road" for over two years and doesn't expect to see things moving along anytime soon. Now that I think of it I'm pretty sure I remember filming already being done and the movie being released. I loved it! Yeah that's right I loved it. This Tom Hardy guy is a giant liar. Who are you going to believe? Pick a side. Now.
There can only be one "Highlander" remake! Well there can be more than one I guess. There can be as many as Hollywood wants. But the one it wants right now may have in fact found a leading man in the form of hunky boom box profit Ryan Reynolds. Nothing has been confirmed and so far no official offers have been made but I'm being 100% honest here, I have no idea what that last part means. It sounds really cool though.
It's a day of old things being new my friends. That might not make sense but let's just go with it. today we've got news from the "Blade Runner" camp that the new film will be a sequel that will pick up shortly where the 1982 original left off. Which is fun because the original was set in 2019, which is really only a few years away. So let's see how they lie their way out of this one.


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How cool would it be to set aside a day to celebrate the birth of one of the most important and influential scientists to ever walk this good Earth? That's exactly what U.S. House Democrat Russ Holt is hoping to establish — and he's introduced a resolution to Congress that would see February 12, 2013 officially recognized as Darwin Day.
Speaking through an American Humanist Association press release, Holt noted:
Only very rarely in human history has someone uncovered a fundamentally new way of thinking about the world — an insight so revolutionary that it has made possible further creative and explanatory thinking. Without Charles Darwin, our modern understandings of biology, ecology, genetics, and medicine would be utterly impossible, and our comprehension of the world around us would be vastly poorer. By recognizing Darwin Day, we can honor the importance of scientific thinking in our lives, and we can celebrate one of our greatest thinkers.
By setting aside this day, says Holt, we'd be celebrating the "advancement of human knowledge and the achievements of reason and science."
But as Eric Dolan reports, the resolution has been referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — where it is almost certain to die.
The committee, says Dolan, is controlled by Republican lawmakers who are particularly hostile to the theory of evolution. One committee member, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), described evolution as "lies from the pit of hell."
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The valves in the system closest to pump system are adjusted to provide a higher resistance than valves placed further away from the pump system. This compensates for the increased pressure loss in the longer pipe sections. When there is the desired relationship between the different flow rates in the system, it is said to be balanced.
The pressure losses across the balancing valves should be kept as low as possible, so the pressure loss at the most distant valve is close to zero. Doing this will help minimize unnecessary power consumption for pump operation during the system's lifetime.
The system contractor usually carries out balancing during commissioning. The task is often documented in a report, which indicates the measured flow rates.


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The police have arrested a man for trying to sell six dead babies on the internet. The babies were being sold to be used in witchcraft. The ignorance and cruelty of the human species never ceases to disgust me.
According to the Bangkok Post, a 28-year-old Taiwanese citizen named Chou Hong Hun had the babies with him in a hotel room located in Bangkok's Chinatown. Thai police stormed into the room to arrest him after being alerted by an informant.
The police didn't say where the man got the babies, but the arrested man confessed that he bought them for 200,000 baht ($6.600) on behalf of another Taiwanese man. [El Mundo (In Spanish)]
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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Different by Acceptance.
It's no secret (anymore) that I love fairy tales, and fairy tale retelling in particular. I have yet to write my own retelling, but if it were to be any, it would one of the many fantastic unknown fairy tales.
So as we near the last few days of fairy tale month here, I want to point you to a few of the vetrans of fairy tale retellings, in case you need a fix (or three) like I sometimes do. ^_^
The obvious first is the venerable Robin McKinley. She was doing this back in the 80's when I was but a wee one*, and her first story of Beauty and the Beast is still among one of my absolute favorites. She has covered the gamut of Sleeping Beauty to Robin Hood, though her early work is far better in my opinion.
Cameron Dokey is an old hand at Simon and Schuster's Once Upon a Time novel series. If you haven't heard about it, that may be a little heaven for you, though some of them have been hit and miss for me (but I certainly haven't read all of them yet). I mention Cameron Dokey because she represents a majority of the work and she has ventured into such unknown fairy tales as one of Mulan and the Arabian Nights. A retelling of the Snow Queen is being released later this year apparently, which is news to me. But good bubbly kind of news.
Not quite a predominant fairy teller, but Shannon Hale's stories are too good to not include here. She has tackled Rapunzel, Maid Maleen, and The Goose Girl, the last of which has spawned an entire world and series of stories based off of it (shameless plug that the next one is due out this September! So excited).
Another gal from my good ole' home state of Utah who is gaining recognition is the fabulous Jessica Day George. Her first books were based on dragons (always a plus) but she has already managed to put out a couple retellings, both of which I'm dying to get my hands on. *Curse the library-holding gods* I'm number 38 after almost a month of waiting. Grrr. Patience is not a virtue in this case. Her retellings include East of the Sun, West of the Moon, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
And just because I love East of the Sun so much, I have to include the author of the other retelling I know of - East by Eddith Pattou. I really enjoyed this one.
Donna Jo Napoli is another veteran, and has a slew of books in the realm of faerie. She is not always my cup of tea, but I put her on here because she certainly does have q few retelling under her belt. Before Shannon Hale, she was the only one I knew of who had tackled Rapunzel. And Zel is such a cool name.
Juliet Marillier describes herself as a historical fantasist, and I think that is a perfect description of her. Author of the Acclaimed Sevenwaters trilogy (the first of which is based on one of the little known fairy tales of The Six Swans - awesome fairy tale), she has also written for young adults Wildwood Magic, based on The Twelve Dancing Princesses (I told you this fairy tale was getting more love recently). :)
Did I miss anyone? Anyone you absolutely love that I am insane to have missed? Please tell me and I'll add them to the list. Hope you found some new friends to enjoy.
*scuse me, I just checked and found out her first fairy book was published in 1978. So I was a bit less than a wee one. :D
The Few, the Proud, and the Hardcore of Fairy Retellings
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Different by Acceptance.
10 comments:
- Unknown said...
Have you read Bound by Donna Jo Napoli? BRILLIANT. It's Cinderella from the POV of a Chinese family...during the time when they bind feet...
Robin McKinley has some great stuff, but I'm like you: the old stuff is better.
I like most of Cameron Dokey's Once Upon a Time, but some of them, eg. I've actually got one of that series on order right now!
And I'd not heard of Juliet Marillier or Jessaica Day George before, but she sounds great. Love East of the Sun!
Hmmm...I can't think of a retelling of a fairy tale that you missed, but Beauty and the Beast is based on Cupid and Psyche mythology, and CS Lewis wrote Till We Have Faces as a retelling of that myth AND IT IS ONE OF THE BESTEST BOOKS EVAR. So, yeah. :)
- July 28, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Unknown said...
OMG--and you forgot the best retelling of a fairy tale EVER! Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted. I cry every time I read the ending :)
- July 28, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- Ashley said...
Wow, I have read every single book you mentioned above and many more by those authors. Love them! :) I was going to say "Ella Enchanted" too. I just happen to be rereading it right now for about the thirtieth time. It's one of my all-time favs. Levine also wrote "Fairest," an interesting twist on Snow White. And then there's Mette Ivie Harrison, who wrote "Mira, Mirror," which is Snow White from the mirror's perspective, oddly enough, and "The Princess and the Hound," which I think is based on an obscure-ish fairy tale, though I could be wrong. Hooray for fairy tales!
- July 28, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- PJ Hoover said...
You are so young!
I wonder how long fairy tale retellings will stay popular. I kind of think forever.
- July 28, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- Steph Su said...
I screamed silently inside when I read this post, because I love it! I love, love, love fairy tale retellings, and just might be a little bit obsessed with them. Donna Jo teaches linguistics at my college--and yes, we call her Donna Jo, though I haven't taken a class with her, nor have I read her books (I wanted to. Take a class with her, that is. As well as read her books. Last semester she taught a class on writing children's lit. I was distraught when it couldn't fit in my schedule). The other authors you mentioned are amazing as well. Gail Carson Levine also writes middle grade Princess Tales that are retellings. They were fun to read in middle school.
I just finished Ash by Malinda Lo, which is an amazing retelling of Cinderella. I can't stop blubbering about how good Malinda's writing is. You need to check it out when it comes out in September!
- July 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM
- Jazz said...
Sunshine by Robin McKinley is in my TBR pile. Not a retelling, but I hear it is awesome. So if it is good, I will definitely check out her other stuff.
I love the Gregory Maguire retellings for their dark realism. My favorite retelling is Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. It is a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche from the point of view of Psyche's oldest sister.
- July 29, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Heather Zundel said...
I'm just going to put it out here that I ADORE C.S Lewis. I've known about Till We Have Faces for so long, but I have not read it yet. Ultimate shame on me. Love that man to death. Brilliant writer.
Beth - so THAT's the Chinese Cinderella I was thinking of! So good to know. I haven't read that one of hers, but now I really may have to. And yes, East of the Sun is fantastic. One of my absolute favorite fairy tales. ^_^
Ashley - Really? That is so cool! Virtual high five! I can't believe I forgot about Mira Mira too. That is such a unique take and Mr. Harrison is also a local author for me. I will have to remedy that quickly. *scurries off*
PJ - Oh PJ, I hope that is a compliment. Or at least a pet-like compliment. :) I do feel so young to think about it that way. But I'm with you, I don't think fairy tales/retellings will ever go away. There is a reason they are called "timeless" :)
Steph Su - Hey you! Okay, now that is just sweet. I didn't know she taught college courses. You are going to have to take advantage of that as soon as you have an opening (I know that that feels like). We didn't have anything like that for me, but we did have a fantasy literature course, which I just about died and went to heaven when I saw it. It rotated every year and so I snatched that up. Such a cool class. We got to watch Princess Mononoke for credit. Now that's just cool.
And I will definitely have to check Ash out. I've been hearing whispers about it all over the place. Good to hear it has a good recommendation from you Steph!
Jazz - I haven't read her Sunshine yet. Will you tell me if it is any good? And thank you for mentioning Gregory Maguire! I can't believe I forgot him. (Cupid and Psyche is my absolute favorite greek myth). :)
Thank you for reminding me of so many good authors everyone!
- July 29, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- PJ Hoover said...
It is definitely a compliment!
- July 29, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Jazz said...
I will definitely let you know how Sunshine is!
- July 29, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Kate said...
I love "Beauty and the Beast".
- August 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM


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This page describes the JavaScript implementation of an HTTP server located in
Here are some of the things you can do with the server:
- map a directory of files onto an HTTP path on the server, for an arbitrary number of such directories (including nested directories)
- define custom error handlers for HTTP error codes
- serve a given file for requests for a specific path, optionally with custom headers and status
- define custom "CGI" handlers for specific paths using a JavaScript-based API to create the response (headers and actual content)
- run multiple servers at once on different ports (8080, 8081, 8082, and so on.)
This functionality should be more than enough for you to use it with any test which requires HTTP-provided behavior.
Where you can use it
The server is written primarily for use from xpcshell-based tests, and it can be used as an inline script or as an XPCOM component (assuming you've compiled the server's IDL file and deployed the XPT correctly). The Mochitest framework also uses it to serve its tests, and reftests can optionally use it when their behavior is dependent upon specific HTTP header values.
Ways you might use it
- application update testing
- cross-"server" security tests
- cross-domain security tests, in combination with the right proxy settings (for example, using Proxy AutoConfig)
- tests where the behavior is dependent on the values of HTTP headers (for example, Content-Type)
- anything which requires use of files not stored locally
- open-id : the users could provide their own open id server (they only need it when they're using their browser)
- micro-blogging : users could host their own micro blog based on standards like RSS/Atom
- rest APIs : web application could interact with REST or SOAP APIs for many purposes like : file/data storage, social sharing and so on
- decentralized search engine : i think it could be great if a standard could allow a privileged access to the Firefox awesome bar in oder to search into friends historic/bookmarks. It could maybe be interfaced with Dictionaries and KGen to get a more complete semantic classification of browser history/bookmarks. It could be compatible with the OpenSearch standard.
Using the server
The best and first place you should look for documentation is
netwerk/test/httpserver/nsIHttpServer.idl. It's extremely comprehensive and detailed, and it should be enough to figure out how to make the server do what you want. I also suggest taking a look at the less-comprehensive server README, although the IDL should usually be sufficient.
Running the server
From test suites, the server should be importable as a testing-only JS module:
If you're writing tests for the Gecko 1.9.0 branch, you should include the following line instead:
Once you've done that, you can create a new server as follows:
let server = new HttpServer(); // Or nsHttpServer() if you don't use Cu.import. server.registerDirectory("/", nsILocalFileForBasePath); server.start(-1); // uses a random available port, allows us to run tests concurrently const SERVER_PORT = server.identity.primaryPort; // you can use this further on // and when the tests are done, most likely from a callback... if (testingIn190Branch) // server API changed starting with 191 server.stop(); else server.stop(function() { /* continue execution here */ });
You can also pass in a numeric port argument to the
start() method, but we strongly suggest you don't do it. Using a dynamic port allow us to run your test in parallel with other tests which reduces wait times and makes everybody happy. If you really have to use a hardcoded port, you will have to annotate your test in the xpcshell manifest file with
run-sequentially = REASON. However, this should only be used as the last possible option.
Note that because the server only runs when the xpcshell event loop is spun, you'll have to use
do_test_pending(); and do your testing via callbacks, making sure to call
do_test_finished(); when the tests finish. Doing so is a little hairy, but since such a test is unlikely to be synchronous anyway it shouldn't be too hard to handle server asynchronicity.
Note: You must make sure to stop the server (the last line above) before your test completes. Failure to do so will result in the "XPConnect is being called on a scope without a Components property" assertion, which will cause your test to fail in debug builds, and you'll make people running tests grumbly because you've broken the tests.
Debugging errors
The server's default error pages don't give much information, partly because the error-dispatch mechanism doesn't currently accommodate doing so and partly because exposing errors in a real server could make it easier to exploit them. If you don't know why the server is acting a particular way, edit httpd.js and change the value of
DEBUG to
true. This will cause the server to print information about the processing of requests (and errors encountered doing so) to the console, and it's usually not difficult to determine why problems exist from that output.
DEBUG is
false by default because the information printed with it set to
true unnecessarily obscures tinderbox output.
Header modification for files
The server supports modifying the headers of the files (not request handlers) it serves. To modify the headers for a file, create a sibling file with the first file's name followed by
^headers^. Here's an example of how such a file might look:
HTTP 404 I want a cool HTTP description! Content-Type: text/plain
The status line is optional; all other lines specify HTTP headers in the standard HTTP format. Any line ending style is accepted, and the file may optionally end with a single newline character, to play nice with Unix text tools like diff and cvs.
Hidden files
Any file which ends with a single
^ is inaccessible when querying the web server; if you try to access such a file you'll get a
404 File Not Found page instead. If for some reason you need to serve a file ending with a
^, just tack another
^ onto the end of the file name and the file will then become available at the single-
^ location.
At the moment this feature is basically a way to smuggle header modification for files into the file system without making those files accessible to clients; it remains to be seen whether and how hidden-file capabilities will otherwise be used.
SJS: server-side scripts
Support for server-side scripts is provided through the SJS mechanism. Essentially an SJS is a file with a particular extension, chosen by the creator of the server, which contains a function with the name
handleRequest which is called to determine the response the server will generate. That function acts exactly like the
handle function on the
nsIHttpRequestHandler interface. First, tell the server what extension you're using:
const SJS_EXTENSION = "cgi"; server.registerContentType(SJS_EXTENSION, "sjs");
Now just create an SJS with the extension
cgi and write whatever you want. For example:
function handleRequest(request, response) { response.setStatusLine(request.httpVersion, 200, "OK"); response.write("Hello world! This request was dynamically " + "generated at " + new Date().toUTCString()); }
Further examples may be found in the Mozilla source tree in existing tests. The request object is an instance of nsIHttpRequestHandler and the response is a nsIHttpResponseHandler.
Storing information across requests (not available in Gecko 1.9.0)
HTTP is basically a stateless protocol, and the httpd.js server API is for the most part similarly stateless. If you're using the server through the XPCOM interface you can simply store whatever state you want in enclosing environments or global variables. However, if you're using it through an SJS your request is processed in a near-empty environment every time processing occurs. To support stateful SJS behavior, the following functions have been added to the global scope in which a SJS handler executes, providing a simple key-value state storage mechanism:
/* * v : T means v is of type T * function A() : T means A() has type T */ function getState(key : string) : string function setState(key : string, value : string) function getSharedState(key : string) : string function setSharedState(key : string, value : string) function getObjectState(key : string, callback : function(value : object) : void) // SJS API, XPCOM differs, see below function setObjectState(key : string, value : object)
A key is a string with arbitrary contents. The corresponding value is also a string, for the non-object-saving functions. For the object-saving functions, it is (wait for it) an object, or also
null. Initially all keys are associated with the empty string or with
null, depending on whether the function accesses string- or object-valued storage. A stored value persists across requests and across server shutdowns and restarts. The state methods are available both in SJS and, for convenience when working with the server both via XPCOM and via SJS, XPCOM through the
nsIHttpServer interface. The variants are designed to support different needs.
Warning: Be careful using state: you, the user, are responsible for synchronizing all uses of state through any of the available methods. (This includes the methods that act only on per-path state: you might still run into trouble there if your request handler generates responses asynchronously. Further, any code with access to the server XPCOM component could modify it between requests even if you only ever used or modified that state while generating synchronous responses.) JavaScript's run-to-completion behavior will save you in simple cases, but with anything moderately complex you are playing with fire, and if you do it wrong you will get burned.
getState and
getState and
setState are designed for the case where a single request handler needs to store information from a first request of it for use in processing a second request of it — say, for example, if you wanted to implement a request handler implementing a counter:
/** * Generates a response whose body is "0", "1", "2", and so on. each time a * request is made. (Note that browser caching might make it appear * to not quite have that behavior; a Cache-Control header would fix * that issue if desired.) */ function handleRequest(request, response) { var counter = +getState("counter"); // convert to number; +"" === 0 response.write("" + counter); setState("counter", "" + ++counter); }
The useful feature of these two methods is that this state doesn't bleed outside the single path at which it resides. For example, if the above SJS were at
/counter, the value returned by
getState("counter") at some other path would be completely distinct from the counter implemented above. This makes it much simpler to write stateful handlers without state accidentally bleeding between unrelated handlers.
/counter?foo, and
/counter?bar#baz all share the same state for the purposes of these methods. (Indeed, non-shared state would be significantly less useful if it changed when the query string changed!)
Note: As of Gecko 2.0, the predefined
__LOCATION__ state contains the native path of the SJS file itself. You can pass the result directly to the
nsILocalFile.initWithPath(). Example:
getSharedState and
getSharedState and
setSharedState make up the functionality intentionally not supported by
getState and set
State: state that exists between different paths. If you used the above handler at the paths
/sharedCounters/1 and
/sharedCounters/2 (changing the state-calls to use shared state, of course), the first load of either handler would return "0", a second load of either handler would return "1", a third load either handler would return "2", and so on. This more powerful functionality allows you to write cooperative handlers that expose and manipulate a piece of shared state. Be careful! One test can screw up another test pretty easily if it's not careful what it does with this functionality.
getObjectState and
getObjectState and
setObjectState support the remaining functionality not provided by the above methods: storing non-string values (object values or
null). These two methods are the same as
getSharedState and
setSharedState in that state is visible across paths;
setObjectState in one handler will expose that value in another handler that uses
getObjectState with the same key. (This choice was intentional, because object values already expose mutable state that you have to be careful about using.) This functionality is particularly useful for cooperative request handlers where one request suspends another, and that second request must then be resumed at a later time by a third request. Without object-valued storage you'd need to resort to polling on a string value using either of the previous state APIs; with this, however, you can make precise callbacks exactly when a particular event occurs.
getObjectState in an SJS differs in one important way from
getObjectState accessed via XPCOM. In XPCOM the method takes a single string argument and returns the object or
null directly. In SJS, however, the process to return the value is slightly different:
function handleRequest(request, response) { var key = request.hasHeader("key") ? request.getHeader("key") : "unspecified"; var obj = null; getObjectState(key, function(objval) { // This function is called synchronously with the object value // associated with key. obj = objval; }); response.write("Keyed object " + (obj && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, "doStuff") ? "has " : "does not have ") + "a doStuff method."); }
This idiosyncratic API is a restriction imposed by how sandboxes currently work: external functions added to the sandbox can't return object values when called within the sandbox. However, such functions can accept and call callback functions, so we simply use a callback function here to return the object value associated with the key.
Advanced dynamic response creation (not available in Gecko 1.9.0)
The default behavior of request handlers is to fully construct the response, return, and only then send the generated data. For certain use cases, however, this is infeasible. For example, a handler which wanted to return an extremely large amount of data (say, over 4GB on a 32-bit system) might run out of memory doing so. Alternatively, precise control over the timing of data transmission might be required so that, for example, one request is received, "paused" while another request is received and completes, and then finished. httpd.js solves this problem by defining a
processAsync() method which indicates to the server that the response will be written and finished by the handler. Here's an example of an SJSfile which writes some data, waits five seconds, and then writes some more data and finishes the response:
var timer = null; function handleRequest(request, response) { response.processAsync(); response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain", false); response.write("hello..."); timer = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/timer;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITimer); timer.initWithCallback(function() { response.write("world!"); response.finish(); }, 5 * 1000 /* milliseconds */, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT); }
The basic flow is simple: call
processAsync to mark the response as being sent asynchronously, write data to the response body as desired, and when complete call
finish(). At the moment if you drop such a response on the floor, nothing will ever terminate the connection, and the server cannot be stopped (the stop API is asynchronous and callback-based); in the future a default connection timeout will likely apply, but for now, "don't do that".
Full documentation for
processAsync() and its interactions with other methods may, as always, be found in
Manual, arbitrary response creation (available in Gecko 1.9.1 and later)
The standard mode of response creation is fully synchronous and is guaranteed to produce syntactically correct responses (excluding headers, which for the most part may be set to arbitrary values). Asynchronous processing enables the introduction of response handling coordinated with external events, but again, for the most part only syntactically correct responses may be generated. The third method of processing removes the correct-syntax property by allowing a response to contain completely arbitrary data through the
seizePower() method. After this method is called, any data subsequently written to the response is written directly to the network as the response, skipping headers and making no attempt whatsoever to ensure any formatting of the transmitted data. As with asynchronous processing, the response is generated asynchronously and must be finished manually for the connection to be closed. (Again, nothing will terminate the connection for a response dropped on the floor, so again, "don't do that".) This mode of processing is useful for testing particular data formats that are either not HTTP or which do not match the precise, canonical representation that httpd.js generates. Here's an example of an SJSfile which writes an apparent HTTP response whose status text contains a null byte (not allowed by HTTP/1.1, and attempting to set such status text through httpd.js would throw an exception) and which has a header that spans multiple lines (httpd.js responses otherwise generate only single-line headers):
function handleRequest(request, response) { response.seizePower(); response.write("HTTP/1.1 200 OK Null byte \u0000 makes this response malformed\r\n" + "X-Underpants-Gnomes-Strategy:\r\n" + " Phase 1: Collect underpants.\r\n" + " Phase 2: ...\r\n" + " Phase 3: Profit!\r\n" + "\r\n" + "FAIL"); response.finish(); }
While the asynchronous mode is capable of producing certain forms of invalid responses (through setting a bogus Content-Length header prior to the start of body transmission, among others), it must not be used in this manner. No effort will be made to preserve such implementation quirks (indeed, some are even likely to be removed over time): if you want to send malformed data, use
seizePower() instead.
Full documentation for
seizePower() and its interactions with other methods may, as always, be found in
Shorter examples (for tests which only do one test):
Longer tests (where you'd need to do multiple async server requests):
Examples of modifying HTTP headers in files may be found at
Future directions
The server, while very functional, is not yet complete. There are a number of things to fix and features to add, among them support for pipelining, support for incrementally-received requests (rather than buffering the entire body before invoking a request handler), and better conformance to the MUSTs and SHOULDs of HTTP/1.1. If you have suggestions for functionality or find bugs, file them in Testing-httpd.js and CC jwalden+bmo.


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SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga forward Killian Tillie will test the NBA waters.
The school said Sunday that Tillie will submit his name for the NBA draft, but the junior could return to school.
Under new NCAA rules, college players can retain the services of an agent during the evaluation process but must end the relationship and withdraw from the draft by May 29.
Tillie had an injury-filled junior season, missing 22 games with multiple issues. Tillie appeared in only 15 games and averaged 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds. He shot 50 per cent in his limited action. He was a preseason all-West Coast Conference selection after a sophomore season where the 6-foot-10 native of France averaged 12.9 points and 5.9 rebounds.
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Sadeh meaning hundred, is a mid winter feast that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in
While the Christians all over the world are preparing themselves for celebrating Christmas, the Iranians in Iran and outside are getting ready to celebrate one of their most ancient celebrations, Yalda.According to historians, Iranians who had traveled to Europe during the reign of Parthian dynasty and converting to Christianity celebrated the birth of Christ, which was not exactly known, on the birthday of Mehr, or Mithra.
Due to its antiquity, there exist various foundation myths for Nowruz in Iranian mythology. In the Zoroastrian tradition, the seven most important Zoroastrian festivals are the six Gahambars and Nowruz which occurs at the spring equinox. According to the late Professor Mary Boyce: It seems a reasonable surmise that Nowruz, the holiest of them all, with deep doctrinal significance, was founded by Zoroaster himself. Between sunset of the day of the 6th Gahanbar and sunrise of Nowruz was celebrated Hamaspathmaedaya (later known, in its extended form, as Frawardinegan). This and the Gahanbar are the only festivals named in the surviving text of the Avesta.


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This was the view I had of the Elite Eight games this weekend ... from my hospital bed. Don't worry—all the channels didn't come in that badly—only the one showing college basketball.
Yes, I checked into the emergency room on Friday night (for, let's say ... "exhaustion") about a half-hour before the tip of the Michigan State-Kansas game. Still have no idea what happened there. On Saturday afternoon, after 20 hours of staring at the ceiling, I figured the Regional Final games would help me pass the time, but apparently, the closest CBS affiliate broadcasting the game was in Guam. It was fine as long as none of the players moved.
Even better, when they finally did discharge me ... it was in the middle of the first half of the Louisville game on Sunday. So I had to rush to the pharmacy to get prescriptions, then rush home in time to catch the second half, and somehow ... it wasn't even that close. Not that I'm complaining. I don't think my fragile system could have handled a Villanova-like nail biter.
So my alma mater is in the Final Four again and I missed almost all of it, but I finally spent last night in my own bed, dreaming of reasonably-priced ticket packages. Of which, naturally, there were will be none. I'm sure that even in a depressed economy you will be able to find 75,000 Michigan residents able to pony up the home team premium for seats. But that's okay. I'll probably just end up stabbing myself in the thigh on Friday night and heading back to the E.R. Hey, you don't mess with a streak.
Oh, and one more thing about all the "the State of Michigan really needs this" stories that will nauseate you this week. I don't want to get into a whole Detroit/Ann Arbor/East Lansing "who loves who more" thing, but to all our Michigan-based readers out there, I just want to say this. If you catch any out-of-work Wolverine fans trying to latch on to this everybody-feel-good moment and saying things like "I was pulling for State all along" and (heaven forbid) "I hope WE can pull it out" ... just go ahead and punch them right in the mouth.
Lansing March Mania [Lansing State Journal]
Destined 4 Detroit [The State News]
A fairy tale for Tom Izzo, Magic and all Spartans [Detroit Free Press]


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Staten Island Eats: La Canasta Bakery Grocery Inc.
As do many Southern Californians who relocate to New York, I once ignorantly lamented the dearth of Mexican food in this part of the country. But a quick look around and I found that my own borough is home to a rapidly growing population of more than 11,000 Mexican Americans. Most live in the North Shore neighborhoods of Port Richmond and Tomkinsville, but my first contact with Staten Island's Mexican American community was at La Canasta, a tiny corner grocery store and deli in South Beach, just two blocks from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk.
The Virgin of Guadalupe guards the doorway, flanked on one side by stacked packages of corn tortillas and on the other by bins of dried chilis in nearly a dozen varieties: serrano, pasilla, ancho, arbol, pulla, costeño, the list goes on. Young families and day workers eat at long banquet tables while watching news, fútbol or telanovelas on Univisión. Like most of Staten Island's Mexican American community, the owners of La Canasta are from Puebla, in Central Mexico.
Long turned-off by Mexican-style chains that douse their meat with packaged, preservative-laden marinades, I immediately fell in love with the simplicity of the taco plates at La Canasta. My first order (and my continued favorite) was the bistec tacos: small, tender pieces of grilled steak, with chopped onions and cilantro on two small corn tortillas. Nothing more was needed, except perhaps the tomatillo salsa served on the side. For $6, one order includes three tacos.
Over the years, I've discovered a few more favorites at La Canasta, like the tacos al pastor (pictured at top)—pieces of slow-cooked seasoned pork, also served with onions and cilantro on corn tortillas. The pork includes tiny chunks of pineapple, which add not only a refreshing sweetness to the dish, but also an enzyme that tenderizes the proteins in the meat.
The quesadillas at La Canasta are more like large, crisp tacos than the Monterey Jack-stuffed flour tortillas that we've come to know. A large tortilla is folded, grilled and stuffed with a perfect balance of meat (your choice of chicken, carnitas, steak, chorizo, etc.), lettuce and queso cotija.
Along with many other essentials of a Mexican kitchen, the queso cotija is available for sale. Crumbled and melted, the white cow's milk cheese makes a perfect addition to homemade chicken enchiladas.
This isn't the Baja-style Mexican food that I grew up with in California; no beer-battered fish tacos here. But it still feels a little like home: I can practice my Spanish with the owners, enjoy the taste of cilantro in freshly made salsa, and even pick up a six-pack of Tecate. (Not because the beer is one of my favorites, but because I've been to the tiny, dusty border town where it's brewed). All within the shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
La Canasta Bakery Grocery Inc.
272 Sand Lane, Staten Island NY 10305 (map) 718-442-1633


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HOUSTON (Oct. 25, 2012) Results of a large-scale, randomized clinical trial called RESPECT revealed that patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure may be superior to medical therapy in preventing recurrent stroke, according to a presentation of findings today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in Miami.
"In contrast to a previously reported randomized trial for the treatment of cryptogenic stroke, the RESPECT trial enrolled only patients with documented cryptogenic embolic strokes and excluded patients with other potential causes of stroke and/or TIA. The period of follow-up approached nine years and was not restricted to only events within the initial two years of follow-up," said Richard Smalling, M.D., Ph.D., James D. Wood Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), who served on the steering committee and as a principal investigator of the trial.
"As a result, the trial enrolled patients at high-risk for recurrent events and followed them for a long period of time, enabling the detection of relatively infrequent recurrent stroke," said Smalling, who is director of interventional cardiovascular medicine at the Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute. "The totality of evidence in the RESPECT trial clearly demonstrates the superiority of device closure using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder in patients with the above entry criteria compared to standard medical therapy."
According to the National Institutes of Health, a PFO is a hole between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart that fails to close naturally soon after a baby is born. In about one in four people, the hole never closes. The condition is usually not treated unless there are other heart problems or the person has a stroke caused by a blood clot. PFO has been a suspected cause of cryptogenic stroke, meaning a stroke without any identifiable cause usually occurring in people under the age of 55.
The trial enrolled 980 patients from 69 sites over eight years, yielding 2,300 patient-years of data. Medical group regimens were antiplatelet medications or warfarin. All primary endpoint events were recurrent ischemic strokes. As treated, five of the patients in the closure group had a stroke compared to 16 in the medically treated group.
"These patients with cryptogenic stroke are typically young and in the height of the productive period of their lives. Preventing a recurrent, potentially devastating, stroke by implanting a small device with very little risk is a huge potential benefit," Smalling said.
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METRO VANCOUVER -- A woman savagely beaten as she was picking her son up at the arena has died in hospital in Surrey, said the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
Sgt. Adam MacIntosh, a spokesman for IHIT, said 53-year-old Julie Paskall of Surrey succumbed to the injuries she suffered Sunday evening when attacked outside the Newton Arena in Surrey.
"The motive for this unprovoked attack remains robbery with both IHIT and the Surrey RCMP continuing to work toward finding out who is responsible." said MacIntosh.
Paskall's family gathered Tuesday at the hospital to say goodbye to the "loving" mother and wife.
Darwyn Shawara, the hockey coach of the victim's son, said earlier Tuesday that Paskall had been taken off life support at Surrey Memorial Hospital. He said she was surrounded by family: her husband Al Paskall and three children, a 16-year-old and son and two daughters, 24 and 28.
He described Paskall as someone who would do anything for anyone and always volunteered to be the timekeeper for the hockey team. "She did everything for me. She ran a time clock. She always did it automatically. She kept all our stats, she did a wonderful job for this team and would always help out with anything," he said.
He said his heart was with the Paskall family and he would be thinking of ways the team will be able to help them get through the tragedy. He said the team will bring in counselling services for the players.
The victim's father-in-law Lloyd Paskall also said earlier Tuesday that the family had decided to remove the support. He described Paskall as a "modern day housewife" who loved her three children, but didn't want to comment any further, saying his son should be the one to speak about his wife.
The attack has prompted a public warning from Mounties after a similar incident there two weeks ago. But Douglas Elford, a spokesman for the Newton Community Association said Tuesday he believes there have been more attacks.
His group has been canvassing the neighbourhood for several months with questionnaires for local businesses that address how much crime and prostitution has moved into the Newton area. He said the group was receiving many complaints about attacks, beatings, and petty crime such as car and house thefts.
"We have a concentration of services in the neighbourhood, including a probation office, homeless shelters and many recovery houses in the area and it attracts people to the neighbourhood that have addiction issues and as a result it attracts people who prey on these people."
He said at all times of the day there are people openly selling crack cocaine at the bus loop, adding that there has been a shift of the transient population from Whalley.
Elford said they have a meeting with Surrey city council in February to urge council to put more police officers on the street and do more to curb the escalating crime.
"It's just gone way too far over the line," he said.
Authorities found Paskall unconscious at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot behind the wave pool, according to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. She was taken to hospital, and investigators said Monday that she was not expected to survive her injuries.
MacIntosh said investigators are still trying to figure out how she was attacked. He said a rock may have been used as a weapon.
So far, no eyewitnesses have come forward and police don't have a suspect or a description of the attacker. Police hope footage from nearby surveillance cameras will help the investigation.
"We continue to seek the public's assistance in helping us find out who is responsible for this attack," he said Tuesday, adding that anyone with information or in the area of the Newton Arena, Newton bus loop and the Newton Wave pool, between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sunday to call the IHIT Tipline at 1-877-551-4448.
Investigators cordoned off the lot Monday morning and combed the wooded area east of the wave pool for evidence.
The assault happened right just steps from the arena doors and less than two blocks from the Newton RCMP detachment. The crime scene is within view of the station's parking lot and less than 50 metres from the Newton Exchange, a busy bus loop.
The motive was robbery, MacIntosh said, and the attack was similar to another incident on Dec. 16 where a woman in her 20s was violently robbed not far from the nearby transit loop.
After the incident on Dec. 16, police presence in the area was upped, said Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Bert Paquet. He also said the attacker may have told someone else about the crime and urged that person or the perpetrator to come forward to police.
After news broke of Sunday's attack, Surrey RCMP issued a public warning, asking residents to be "extra vigilant." Residents of the area should carry only the necessary identification, cash and cards that they need and always carry a cellphone to make emergency calls, Paquet stated. People should also stay visible, stick to well-lit areas and have their keys ready before they get to their cars or homes.
The RCMP cautioned people to hand all your property over and never fight back if someone is robbing you.
On Monday afternoon, Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said she was praying for the woman and her family. When asked about bigger picture plans to combat crime in Newton, Watts said that is a conversation for another day. Jude Hannah, founder of ReNewton, a group fighting to revitalize the Newton Town Centre, said she felt sick to her stomach after learning about the incident.
Diane MacDermott, one of the owners of the Beach Basket, located across the street from the Newton bus loop, recently said she may close her doors as a result of the area's crime. She said where once they used to have baby strollers lined up outside, now they have people waiting to buy drugs. MacDermott said the area is plagued by drug dealing, homelessness and prostitution.
If confirmed as a homicide, it would be Surrey's 25th of 2013, a record.


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Isaan Life – GraduationEli Sherman
Graduation is a time when family and friends come together collectively to celebrate individual achievement and the passage from one phase of life to the next. Graduations are a time to reflect on the past, to smile, relax, enjoy the moment and feel optimistic about the future. A week ago a dear friend Jaruwan Supolrai received her diploma from Ubon Ratchathani University, a college with about 5,000 students some 15 kilometers south of the city. It was indeed a celebration but hardly a spontaneous or stress-free one!
This graduation was an explosion of color. Reds bled to crimson, baby blue and shimmering golden hues! Nervous, smiling students dressed in their most fancy uniforms, shirts and skirts for the young women and tight white suits for the boys. Each graduate wore a lacy, baby-blue gown. The graduates carried multi-colored flowers carefully cradled in the arms of teddy bears.
This colorful scene was hardly serene. The crowd was noisy and boisterous. Thai people love to take pictures and there was a constant whirring and clicking coming from every direction. Proud parents, happy students, smiling brothers and sisters, confused babies masked the underlying tension the graduates felt. Jaruwan explained that the preparation that went into the event was "exhausting and formal." Rehearsals were rigorous, lasting for hours for two days before the actual ceremony. Also Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was there to hand out the diplomas. This was nerve wracking; there is no room for error in the face of royalty. Jaruwan explained, everything had to be perfect. The princess is a scholar having earned a doctorate in Development Education from Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok in 1987.
Next there was time pressure. Some 1,140 students had to collect their diplomas in around 1 minute meaning that 35 students had to march to the front and receive their diplomas each and every minute. The graduates worked on their timing in practice, even counting the number of steps they had to take every second!
The day of the ceremony was so stressful that Jaruwan said there was "no time for sleep." Wake-up time on graduation day was promptly at 3 a.m. for a pre-dawn hair and make up call. The scene was hysterical. Imagine a queue of half-awake girls standing in the glow of a dimly lit convenience store dressed only in their nightgowns waiting to get into a nearby salon just outside the University gates. Soon there was a second line, the same girls parading out of the salon, still in their nightgowns, but with made-up faces aglow and freshly coifed hair carefully arranged into swirls atop their heads.
Jaruwan dressed for the day at 4 a.m., a quick and simple task; first slip into the neatly ironed shirt and dress, then the gown. Next a quick breakfast; there would be no time for more food until much later that afternoon. Exhausted and not yet dawn, Jaruwan headed out to meet her classmates. Soon she would parade formally into the gymnasium where the Princess waited.
The gymnasium was graduates and students only. The processional and the ceremony were worth the frenetic middle-of-the-night effort. The graduates, identified by their flowing blue gowns, marched in first. First and second year students stood on either side solemnly singing the school song. Jaruwan said she was, "nervous because everything was so formal." Later she said that when the 52-year-old Princess entered the gymnasium and the Royal Song played she "got goose bumps all down" her arms.
An hour later the ceremony complete the students emerged clearly relieved the formalities were over. "I did it!" was a common exclamation. Now, the celebration, the graduation party could begin! First year students honored graduates from different faculties surrounding them singing or dancing to show respect. There were flowers everywhere. Thousands, every color of the rainbow, purchased from street vendors that morning were showered upon the graduates. I felt like a beast of burden carrying more bouquets than I could handle; so many had been given to Jaruwan.
The formal party began to wind down. Families that have traveled far distances get back in their cars or vans and headed go home. The graduates headed out for food and a moment of relaxation. Everyone was exhausted but there was one more celebration, one final party. The graduates headed out to the bars for a last college bash before taking that next step into the "real world."
About the author:
Eli Sherman is a graduate of Montpelier High School in Montpelier, the capital of the state of Vermont, USA, and a "young blood writer" living in Ubon Ratchathani, Isaan – Northeastern Thailand. He's been to Isaan four times in his short life. Once on a cross cultural exchange with Montpelier to Thailand Project; once coming for five months as an exchange student at Benchama Maharat school in Ubon; and again coming as a guide for Montpelier to Thailand Project. He now works as a volunteer at the Institute of Nutrition Research Field Station, Mahidol University in Ubon Ratchathani and is writing to present Isaan Life to the world, and especially KhaoSanRoad.com visitors.


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Q. Besides angry and hungry, is there another common English word that ends in -gry?
A. No.
There are a few English words that end in -gry, including but not limited to the following words in our dictionary:
There are at least a hundred more you can find in the Oxford English Dictionary, dialect dictionaries, gazetteers and onomasticons, but none of them are common. Some are simply hyphenated items like "dog-hungry" and "ever-angry," while others are variants like "begry" (for "beggary") and "higry pigry" (a variation of "hierapicra"). There is even a word "gry" which is an obsolete unit of measure equaling 0.008 inches.
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