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The Telecommunications department, headed by Tina Wing, is responsible for providing a broad range of modern communications services including phone service, voice mail, cable TV and data/network connections for faculty, staff and students in residence halls.
Telecommunications maintains and manages a network of cable (copper, coax and fiber optic), telephone switches and data network equipment and is heavily involved in providing direction and strategic management of the telecommunications needs for all university-related renovations and new construction sites.
The Telecommunications staff processes requests for service changes and equipment installation and relocations. They also maintain a database of phone subscribers, which is used for monthly telephone service billing for university departments and "Find People" changes. They also coordinate vendor services for University issued cellular phones for department administrators.


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I want to copy some movie files from my Linux PC to my Android phone, however, it is much more easy to copy from Windows to my Android phone.
In Windows, my phone would mount its internal memory card and SD card automatically, allowing me to transfer files between them.
With my Linux distro, it always shows an error whenever I plug my phone in to the PC with a USB cable, then it may take some minutes to mount the internal memory card and SD card. Sometimes it fails to mount them too.
I am wondering is this really a pain to do files transfer in all Linux distros, or if some other distro would perform better. I am using Linux Mint 13 Mate. If a newer distro could make my day easier I might switch over to it. My phone is an HTC One SV without rooting.
P.S. As I remember, the first error message is "Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device". Really it said camera even I am connecting a phone to it. Then I need to wait for some minutes and hope the SD card would mount successfully.

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I see most companies either supply a login or a password in an email, but never both in one email. Is this a "best practice" or is there an actual law that prevents legitimate companies from providing both in one email?
If there is, it would be industry-specific. For example, the laws regulating nuclear reactors may be different from the ones regulating flower shops. As far as I know, there is no general federal law in the United States prohibiting you from sending credentials over email, even in the same message.
Personally, any system that requires a password from an end-user should have a method of setting/re-setting that password without the need to send anything to the user, such as the user selecting a password upon registration, and then being able to reset and choose another password, preferably by confirming other details that were setup during registration such as secret questions etc. This would ensure that if someone wanted to get at the password, they would either need to compromise the system (hash/salt anyone?) or compromise the users machine or network.
No - there is no law against it, but sending the two at once effectively gives the recipient of that email, or anyone who intercepts it, access.
By separating them, an attacker will need to intercept two messages, and if the two are sent by different media (eg an email and an SMS message) the attacker has an even more difficult task.


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What is (or are?) the suggested abbreviation(s) for the United States of America in Spanish? I've seen:
(And only the last two actually makes any sense to me!)
What is (or are?) the suggested abbreviation(s) for the United States of America in Spanish? I've seen:
(And only the last two actually makes any sense to me!)
In spanish there is a rule for plurals of nouns that involve countries or organizations.
That means that when the word is plural there must be a double initial or a repetition of itself. This means the following:
E.E.U.U. is incorrect because it gives the interpretation that the name is a four worded noun.
The correct forms are the following:
The initials in english (USA) are not accepted in reference to the US.
The rule of the Double initial follows the overall rules of writing of abreviatures in spanish: (According to Rincón Castellano)
Plural de las abreviaturas
And here are the rules for plurals of initials: (According to Rincón del Castellano.)
Plural de las siglas
The rule that applies here is the plural for abreviatures since EEUU is an abreviation.
Now EUA is not permitted and not widely understood in the Hispanic world. EEUU and EE.UU. is more common than the other forms.
EEUUA is acceptable and as per comments not widely used. I for one have never seen it, and I have lived in Colombia and Ecuador. I don't know about Mexico or Argentina. In Spain they use EE.UU.
Further reading: RAE
The way I see it, there is only but one single Spanish speaking country who shares a border with the U.S. and that is Mexico. Just like Americans abbreviate our country with U.S. for short Mexico by the same turn has taken it's cue from Americans and abbreviated the U.S. as E.U., Estados Unidos.
If you are feeling bent out of shape because the word America is left out, then just think about the fact that there is North America, Central America, and also South America. Those three afore-mentioned comprise The afore-mentioned three are known as simply "The Americas" and do not distinguish U.S.A. as the only "America" in the world! Think how offended either South America or Central America feel about thinking USA has exclusive rights to the word America, in fact, in order of habitation, the E.U. is last in line.
South and Central have a longer track record in terms of inhabitants. Therefore, in being heir to all, coming from a Native/America/Mexican/American/Scottish/American, E.U. is the proper term.
I always though of the rule of doubling the initials for plural as a little cumbersome, but it's just the way it is.
At least in Argentina, EEUU is the most used, and I've seen it with all the combinations of dots you listed.


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My problem is how to find all groups which have one exactly non-proper subgroup. Thanks
Groups with only one proper subgroup
A nontrivial group $G$ has no proper subgroups except the trivial group iff $G$ is finite and of prime order.
Obviously and as Matt noted, your group cannot be infinte. Moreover there are not two distinct prime numbers $p$ and $q$ which divide the order of $G$. (Why?). So the order of group is $p^n$ for some $n≥2$. Now think of the possibilities of $n$ (Hint: apply sylow first Theorem).
Assuming you mean groups with exactly one proper subgroup:
Take a group $G$ and an element $g\in G$ and generate a cyclic subgroup. There are two cases: either every element $g\in G$ generates a proper subgroup, or there is an element $g \in G$ that generates the whole group. In both of these cases you can analyze the possibilities.


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I have a recipe for Thai Green Curry that calls for evaporated milk, which I don't have. I do have sweetened condensed milk, will that do?
Sweetened condensed milk has a 40% sugar content. It is very sweet, suitable for desserts and such. It is entirely too sweet to substituted into a curry.
The consistency is drastically different. Evaporated milk is about the same consistency as heavy cream. Sweetened condensed milk, because of its high sugar content, is more the consistency of a warm caramel.
Also, they are different colors, evaporated milk is white, sweetened condensed is light brown.
(not directly answering the question).
As others have said, it's not a good substitution.
If you had asked what I would replace it with, I'd personally use coconut milk, because that's what I have in my pantry, and I like how it works in curries.
A closer substitution would be half-and-half or light cream, but they would just have a closer fat ratio as evaporated milk, they wouldn't have the sugar and such concentrated as well.
They are nearly identical, if you don't count the sweetened bit, it's around 40% sugar, while evaporated milk is just milk with around 60% of the water removed. You might be able to substitute it in that particular recipe, if you were planning on making it sweet, and use a bit less than the recipe calls for.
The two are similar, obviously the sugar in sweetened condensed milk is the big difference.
They both start the same way, about 60% of the water is removed from milk by boiling at reduced pressure and temperature. Evaporated milk is then sterilized by heating it which gives it a caramel flavor. Sweetened condensed milk isn't sterilized the same way, instead sugar is added and that keeps bacteria from growing in it. (There are other steps for both that I've left out, see Wikipedia and this book excerpt.
It's going to be really, really sweet. If you don't like that, then no, you can't.
If, however, you have my vicious sweet tooth, it can be a neat variant. I personally love to switch condensed milk for evaporated in a potato soup and add ham. The final soup is sweet enough to be a dessert, but still quite tasty.
....I now want to try it in a curry, actually.


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Posted 20 February 2009 - 08:09 AM
And I still remember more if I see less, although to a lesser extent than decades ago, when I was even more selective. I'm still buoyed up by memories of MCB's New York City Center run, and I want to continue to relish that.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 12:47 PM
Nevertheless, I'm signed on for 3 performances (out of 4) in West Palm. Following Cristian's wonderful reviews, I definitely want to see BOTH Catoya and Jeanette Delgado -- and want the chance to see Carlos Quendit, for the first time in a major role since he came to MCB. Jennifer Kronenberg's Mercedes is a bonus.
I'm also looking for improvements in the corps. They danced well last time around, but hadn't yet learned how to respond with conviction and vivacity to actions and dancing by others. In ballets like this, a corps that is totally engaged, even when not dancing themselves, can often be a key element determining whether or not YOU care about what is going on.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 12:58 PM
Last Saturday I almost made it for the III Act at the night Performance, but at the end it didn't happen. (Would I had known that Delgado was doing it, I could have made an extra effort...). Verbatim from a friend who went: Kronemberg was given one performance, which he loved. Delgado the best...
Any reviews from this weekend in Ft. Lauderdale?
Posted 20 February 2009 - 08:42 PM
In 2006, West Palm was the first time they'd ever done it in public. This time round, we were the last in a tour of 4 cities. What a difference!
I'll talk more about Catoya and Penteado when I've seen all casts. It's enough to say that they did a remarkable job and got a huge round of applause at the end.
Cristian, are you raising the hope that West Palm may get a chance to see Jennifer Kronenberg and (I assume) Carlos Guerra in the leads? Her Mercedes is still the sexiest, most glamourous and wittiest I could imagine. Guerra was a dashing Matador. Daniel Sarabia was electric as the Gypsy Leader. Jeanette Delgado, as the Lead Bridesmaid, was technically marvelous and full of joy.
The lack of a live orchestra had more than the usual drawbacks. There were some problems of timing -- especially in those big TA-DAH! moments at the end of phrases (usually bass drum and cymbals in Minkus). It makes me realize just how important the musical responsiveness of Conductor Francisco Renno and the Opus One orchestra had been.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 08:51 PM
Cristian, are you raising the hope that West Palm may get a chance to see Jennifer Kronenberg and (I assume) Carlos Guerra in the leads?
Well, thanks to that habit of not announcing casting in advance I didn't get the info on time about Kronemberg's lead in Broward. -(Which I would have done something to be there. Now I KNOW that I have to maintain my older, more reliable sources ...definitely. But yes, you guys are supposed to get Jennifer. Let me know, ok..?
Posted 20 February 2009 - 10:00 PM
Yes. And yes. Seay was lovely, quite serene and gentle -- more a sylph than a Queen. I liked Albertson, though I'd prefer someone smaller and faster in this role. I usually like more contrast among the women in this scene -- Kitri, Queen, Amor -- as they enter and depart like waves on a beach.
bart, what about "Reina de las Driadas"...?, Seay?...and Amor...?-(Albertson, I bet).
Posted 21 February 2009 - 06:30 AM
I've referred to Catoya appearing tired by the end of the pdd. One reason may be the very fast tempi imposed on her by the recording. In the dvd, Terekhova is given much slower tempi for certain sections: a diagonal series of pique pirouettes comes to mind. I fast-fowarded that section and found that she was dancing -- in fast forward --not all that much faster than Catoya had to dance last nsight on stage, in the same section.
In general, the Kirov dvd plays around with tempo to assure maximum impact from the dancers. In slower sections it's S-L-O-W, which creates much greater drama.
I wonder where they get the recordings they play at performance's like MCB'? Does anyone at the company edit them? What role does tempo play in the choice of what they use?
P.S. Terekhova's fouettees are pretty much one/two/double/one/two/double all the way through. I admire Catoya for performing a more difficult sequence at what appears to be greated speed. They're not as incredibly fast as Ananiashvili's on the Perm video -- who is? But they're strong, clean, quick, and ... to be honest ... pleasantly surprising from a company which doesn't get to practice this kind of trick very often.
Posted 21 February 2009 - 11:38 AM
As for tempos, though, I'm told by a reliable source that it's now possible to adjust the tempos of a recording without affecting the pitch. Aside from knowing my source for this, my lowly DVD player will play back at double speed without changing the pitch, as yours probably did, bart, when you were trying that comparison of Terekhova and Catoya, so I believe it. (Maybe for some, nothing here needs proof, but I'm such an old guy, I still tend to think in terms of analogue technology, which didn't make miracles like we can today.) The point of all of this is that if Catoya's tempos were adjustable (in principle), then MCB may have thought they were appropriate.
And since it was opening night, she wouldn't have been tired by a matinee, the only time I've seen her falter for an instant in an evening performance of Ballet Imperial. Maybe they just traveled up the coast that day. Maybe -- hey, you know what? I just remembered! These wonderful creatures, these dancers, they're only human! It's so easy to forget that...
BTW, I'm enjoying this discussion, without having to go to the trouble of traveling and putting up with Minkus! Yeah, I can imagine Kronenberg doing sexy. Warm sexy, I gather, not cool, dominant sexy, like her Siren in Prodigal?
Posted 21 February 2009 - 06:54 PM
Posted 21 February 2009 - 10:04 PM
Cahill, RE Mark Lynch's review: I saw the same performance and do not agree with him about Don Q and Sancho Panza, something which takes up almost half the review. Marc Spielberg's performance as a befuddled and rather sad Don Q had great subtlety, I thought. Alex Wong's Panza gave an amazing comic turn, but he also brought across the character's touching concern for the welfare of his bewildered master. Didier Bramaz's father could not have been better. My only criticisms concern Jeremy Cox, who made Gamache so air-headed and silly that he becaome inconsequential. It doesn't have to be that way.
I missed the Saturday matinee, so I'll see either Kronenberg or Delgado tomorrow. Will report on performances after that.
Posted 21 February 2009 - 10:18 PM
Yes, warm sexy. Tonight's Mercedes was Patricia Delgado. Her take on the character was a faster, brighter in tone, and slightly devilish. Really good dancing, though.
Yeah, I can imagine Kronenberg doing sexy. Warm sexy, I gather, not cool, dominant sexy, like her Siren in Prodigal?
Posted 22 February 2009 - 09:49 AM
Thanks for the comment on Alex Wong's Panza. I have so enjoyed his dancing and thought he would have done a great job in this role. IMO he is one of those dancers that is hard to take your eyes off when he is on stage, no matter what role.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 06:36 PM
I was hoping to see Jeanette Delgado, but the surprise chance to see Kronenberg again more than made up for my disappointment. Her's is a wonderful Kitri, though possibly too smart, seductive, and charismatic character to make the character really plausible. All three principals have technique to make Kitri work. Catoya and Delgado have the speed and the precision; Kronenberg has the charisma and sex appeal. Take your pick: there are only winners in this group.
Guerra's attractive and winning Basilio has improved since the first run a few years ago. He is more confident in jumps, stronger in partnering, and has become quite a good comic actor. His training is Cuban, but in Camaguey, not with Alonso. The years with MCB have helped him gain strength, and speed, and have give greater authority and "weight" to his dancing.
I finally got to see Carlos Quenedit in a significant role: Espada. Quenedit is a former principal of Ballet Nacional de Cuba (before his defection 2 seasons ago) and has recently been promoted to soloist You can see a bit of Cuban Espada on YouTube.
Quenedit's thighs and calves are powerful. He's good looking, though his face lacks vivacity. His lift in jumps is amazing; his landings, soft and soundless. He brought to Espada an Old World flavor which I associate with Alonso's training.
Unfortunately, Quenedit is -- at this stage of his career -- far from being an interesting stage performer, even in a role he must know by heart. Jumping, running and generic arm-waving will take you only so far. Eventually you have link the steps and gestures into some kind of style. You have to play your part in the story with conviction and spontaneity. You have to give the appearance of paying attention to and caring about the other dancers around you. You can't just switch off the energy when you're not in the spotlight.
Quenedit isn't there yet. I hope that Villella makes sure this young man gets the assistance he needs to develop and expand, stylistically, what is clearly a serious natural talent.
I've already mentioned some of my favorite performances. Here are a few more.
-- Jennifer Lauren's Amor: quick, pert, witty, eye-catching. A member of the corps, Lauren held her own in the Dream scene with two principals, Catoya and Albertson.
-- Daniel Sarabia's Gypsy King. Sarabia has a devilish beard and an aquiline nose. His dancing has the Cuban weight and power, with a speed and attack that I associate with MCB's Balanchine emphasis. The partnership with Patricia Delgado was passionate and compelling. I hope they will continue to dance together.
-- Twins Leigh-Ann and Sara Esty, dancing together as the lead Flower Girls and in a variety of roles, including a delightful Amor for Sara. They bring joy to anyting they do. They pay attention to the small details, too: epaulement, the placement of feet, etc. Individually and side-by-side, they are a class act. They've grown tremendously since joining the comany as Student Apprenatices only 3 seasons ago.
--- The MCB corps, and the soloists who joined them from time to time: I am getting to know most of these young dancers by name, and I'd like to have the space to say something about almost everyone. Let's just say that they have learned to speak the vernacular language of this ballet: its movement style, its company comaradery, its high spirits.
-- Santo Loquasto's costumes, from ABT. Village girls, toreodors, gypsies, tutu'd spirits: everything worked well for dancing and blended harmoniously. The costumes for the Dream Scene were among the most beautiful I've ever seen.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 10:22 PM
True, true. I got to manipulate one of the Driadas tutus post performance, and the embroidery and design were exquisite. The tones were very flora/Forrest/autumn inspired, with leaves and everything...the works. Usually I was used to see the white semi-romantic Driadas of Alonso's production, which were very pretty with their pearls and white gowns, but I couldn't tell that this were spirits living in trees. These looked more like Sylphs. Villella's Driadas costumes were very nice designed.
. The costumes for the Dream Scene were among the most beautiful I've ever seen.
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Date: December 15 2012
At least 28 people, including up to 20 children between the ages of five and 10, have been killed in a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook primary school in Newtown, a small town in rural Connecticut.
The gunman, found dead at the scene, was identified by a US law enforcement official as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who is suspected of killing his mother Nancy Lanza at home before driving to the school and beginning his rampage.
Earlier it was reported that the father Peter Lanza was killed at the home but US media reports now say Peter Lanza returned home after police had left the scene and was "horrified" to learn his address was connected to the shooting.
The suspect's brother Ryan Lanza, 24, who was initially mistakenly identified by police as the shooter, was in custody and being questioned by police, according to a law enforcement official. Ryan Lanza's Facebook page was reportedly taken down after he posted on the site that he was not the shooter.
The total dead, including the mother at home and the gunman, is believed to be 28. There are also reports that the suspect's girlfriend and another friend are missing.
Newtown police received their first 911 call just after 9.30am and learned that a man wearing a bullet-proof vest entered the school about 9.40am – Friday morning in America – and opened fire. The man was found dead at the scene with at least two guns and reportedly a .223-caliber rifle.
According to one television report, a second man was caught by police in an adjoining wood, handcuffed and escorted from the scene.
Connecticut State Police spokesman Lieutenant Paul Vance said 18 children were killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and that two more died of their wounds in hospital.
Six adults at the school were killed, including its principal, before the killer was shot - either by his own hand or police.
There were very few non-fatal injuries reported, indicating that once targeted, there was rarely any chance of escape, and that the gunman was unusually accurate in his fire.Vance said the majority of killings ''took place in one section of the school, in two rooms".
The toll is the second highest death toll in a US school shooting, after the 2007 campus shootings at Virginia Tech, which left 32 dead.
The number would far exceed the 15 killed in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, which triggered a fierce but inconclusive debate about the United States' liberal gun control laws.
US President Barack Obama, who began receiving briefings on the shootings from 10.30am and was following events, struggled to compose himself on Friday as gave his first reaction in the White House briefing room.
Wiping away tears, he promised ''meaningful'' action to stop gun tragedies.
''The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of five and ten years old,'' Obama said.
''They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.''
Obama paused for several seconds, and breathed heavily, several times wiping a tear from the corner of his eye.
Tearful Obama mourns 'beautiful kids'
Witnesses described a terrifying bloodbath in the small town school, shortly after classes had got underway.
''I was going back to my classroom and I heard like a person kicking on the door and I turned around I smelled smoke,'' an eight-year-old boy told NBC.
''Then bullets whizzed by and then a teacher pulled me into her room,'' he said, describing ''total panic.''
Other witnesses described an intense fusillade, with perhaps 100 rounds fired, and seeing a corridor splattered with blood.
''I was in the gym at the time ... we heard lots of bangs, and we thought that it was the custodian knocking stuff down. We heard screaming. And so went to the wall, and we sat down,'' a young boy told WCBS television.
''Then the police came in. It's like, is he in here? Then he ran out. Then somebody yelled get to a safe place, so we went to the closet in the gym and we sat there for a little while,'' he said, as stunned parents arrived.
''Then the police like were knocking on the door, and they're like, we're evacuating people, we're evacuating people. We ran out.
''They're police at every door leading us down this way, this way. Quick, quick, come on. We ran down to the firehouse. There's a man that pinned down to the ground with handcuffs on,'' he said.
Alexis Wasik, a third-grader at the school, said police were checking everybody inside the school before they were escorted to a nearby firehouse, USA Today reported. She said she heard shots and saw her former nursery school teacher being taken out of the building on a stretcher, but didn't know if the woman had been shot.
At the firehouse many of the gathered parents ran to embrace their children, others learned that their children were among the dead.
"We had to walk with a partner," said Wasik, 8, told the paper. One child leaving the school said that there was shattered glass everywhere. A police officer ran into the classroom and told them to run outside and keep going until the reach the firehouse, The Hartford Courant reported.
One parent, Richard Wilford said his son described a sound like "pans falling" when gunshots rang out. He said that his son told him that the teacher went to go check, came back in and locked the door and told the students to stand in the corner.
"What does a parent think about coming to a school where there's a shooting? It's the most terrifying moment of a parent's life … you have no idea," said Wilford.
Police swarmed into the leafy neighbourhood after the shooting, while other schools in the area were put under lock-down, police and local media said.
The Newtown Bee newspaper said a child was carried out of the school with apparently serious injuries.
A photo on the Bee's website showed officers leading more than a dozen frightened small children across a parking lot. Another image showed officers gathering in the quiet street nearby.
On the Newtown Public School District website, an alert was posted warning that ''afternoon kindergarten is cancelled today'' and that there would be no lunch-hour bus runs.
''One of the cops, you know, said it was the worse thing he'd seen in his entire career but it was when they told all these parents waiting for children to come out,'' a local nurse who rushed to the scene told WCBS news.
''They thought that they were, you know, still alive. There's 20 parents that were just told that their children are dead. It was awful,'' she said.
Deadly shootings are a frequent occurrence in US public places, often ending only when the gunman is shot or takes his own life.
On Tuesday, a man with a semi-automatic rifle raked an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people, then taking his own life.
In the most notorious recent incident, in July, a 24-year-old, James Holmes, allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others when he opened fire in a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado.
Last month, gunman Jared Loughner was jailed for life for killing six people in Tucson, Arizona, in January last year in an attack targeting congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head at point-blank range but survived.
However, despite the tragedies, support for tougher gun ownership laws is mixed, with many Americans opposing restrictions on what they consider to be a constitutional right to keep powerful firearms at home.
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there was no reason for the Nautilus dialog box to open and ask you to add permissions. Everybody was already set to read/write/execute.
Edit: I think that answer requires further clarification because ownership, permissions, and samba permissions are a difficult concept that messes me up all the time.
The share has permissions drwxrwxrwx, meaning that from a samba perspective anyone can copy from or copy to that share. The problem you faced is that the guest is sending the file over with the following ownership: owner = nobody and group = nogroup. The only way for owner=maria to edit owner=nobody is for maria to be part of the same group as nobody. The easiest way around this issue is to use the force user = parameter to make linux think that nobody is maria.
You know, no matter how hard I try I can't seem to be as clear and eloquent as Fred I'm sure he has a posting somewhere that explains this far better than I just did.


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I have a problem with dark-blue color in
vim or
ls output. Because I'm using black background color, words colored in dark-blue are almost completely invisible. How can I address this problem?
You can modify the color theme of vim with the
in your current session or set it permanent in your vimrc.
The output of
An entry like
will produce a more readable background with cyan.
Rather than configure applications to avoid blue on black, I recommend configuring your terminal to make the blue more visible. Most terminal emulators have a setting for that. In xterm, there's an X resource:
In other terminal emulators, look in the configuration file or dialog for color settings or themes.
There is a common control sequence to set the shade associated with a color number from the application:
A change by the application is only effective until the next terminal reset. If you use this method (only recommended if your terminal lacks a configuration mechanism), to make the change effectively persistent, append the color configuration escape sequence to your terminal's reset string (termcap:
See also Overriding the shade of color displayed, Can I set my local machine's terminal colors to use those of the machine I ssh into?.
If you inform vim that you are using a black background (or otherwise dark theme) it will lighten up all the colors so they are readable:
A faster way to set the
1. Open your terminal run the dircolors command:
It's parroting you the command for you to set the colors for ls. The 'di' stands for directory. 34 is the bad dark blue. 36 is cyan. So lets paste it, and change it into the terminal.
2. Copy that whole thing into the terminal, making a single change
You change the
3. This sets the directory colors to cyan immediately
4. Make the above step permanent
Make it permanent by placing the above commands at the bottom of your ~/.bashrc like this:
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A Gord-O Bird House makes a great gift for any bird lover, any time of the year. Use it as backyard garden art or a clever way to attract nesting birds. These hand-carved houses are made with albesia wood, a fast-growth renewable resource. Each is hand painted using nontoxic paint, and then finished with nontoxic polyurethane coating for weathering the elements. Each features a 1-1/4" diameter opening (1-1/2" opening on cat style) to attract birds like wrens, chickadees, and nuthatches. The walls of the gourd are about 1/2" thick. The bottom of each house is removable for end-of-season cleanout. Generous nylon hanging cord makes it easy to hang these houses from a tree branch.
Please specify style: Cardinal (5.75" x 8.5" x 7" high).
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Darcy Caned Bed & Mattress Set
- Overview
Delivery Discount – Save up to $150 on delivery when you purchase one of our Darcy Bedroom Sets. Pricing below reflects discounted delivery surcharge.
Antique-inspired details like fluted bedposts and graceful tapered feet on this beautiful set help create a magical bedroom. With natural caning on the headboard and footboard, the bed has an added rich texture.
- Twin: 42" wide x 79.5" long x 50.5" high
- Full: 57" wide x 79.5" long x 50.5" high
- Dresser: 43" wide x 18.5" deep x 34.5" high
- Nightstand: 19.5" wide x 17.5" deep x 26" high
- All pieces expertly crafted with a kiln-dried mahogany frame.
- Dresser features five drawers.
- Dresser fitted with vintage-style iron drawer pulls in antique nickel.
- Dresser includes Tip Resistant Kit.
- Nightstand features two drawers and an open cubby.
- Slat-roll foundation is designed for use with or without a box spring.
- Pair with our Classic Plush or Pillowtop Mattresses (sold separately).
- Wood swatches, below, are available for $20 each. We will provide a merchandise refund for wood swatches if they're returned within 30 days.
- Assembly required
- View and compare all available finishes at Furniture Finish Guide.
- Dimensions & Care
- Rigorously tested to meet or exceed the highest safety standards.
- Built from mahogany, wood veneers and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- Crafted with tenon-and-groove joinery for structural integrity.
- Our finishes were developed exclusively for Pottery Barn Kids. Craftsmen carefully paint our soft White finish in layers for a smooth, opaque surface. Sun Valley pieces feature a dry-brush technique that mottles the color while it's still wet to reveal the wood's textural grain. All finishes are sealed with a final coat of lacquer for extra durability.
- All finishes in the same color family are designed to coordinate with one another. For example, Rustic Sun Valley Honey, Sun Valley Honey and Honey all look great together in one room.
- Get tips on how to measure for furniture.
- Overall: Twin: 42" wide x 79.5" long x 50.5" high
- Headboard: 42" wide x 50.5" high x 2.5" thick
- Footboard: 42" wide x 33.5" high x 2.5" thick
- Side Rails: 75" long x 6" high x 1" thick
- Slats: 16
- Weight: 105 pounds
- Overall: 57" wide x 79.5" long x 50.5" high
- Headboard: 57" wide x 50.5" high x 2.5" thick
- Footboard: 57" wide x 35.5" high x 2.5" thick
- Side Rails: 75" long x 6" high x 1" thick
- Slats: 16
- Weight: 128 pounds
- Overall: 43" wide x 18.5" deep x 34.5" high
- Upper Small Drawer (2): 8" wide x 12.5' deep x 3.5" high
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- Lower Drawer (2): 36" wide x 12.5" deep x 7.5" high
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- Overall: 19.5" wide x 17.5" deep x 5.5" high
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Purchasing your Faculty/Staff, Commuter Permit, Metropass or C-Pass
Please read the instructions below completely, in order to make your registration process simpler.
- To purchase your permit, Metropass or C-Pass, you must first register through Murphy Online.
- Once you have logged in to Murphy Online, click on the "Parking Services" icon.
- You will receive a notice regarding parking policies. Accepting the policies will move you forward to the permit registration page.
- Select "Apply for a Permit, Metropass or C-Pass".
- From the drop down box, select the permit or bus pass you wish to purchase.
- Enter your vehicle information and click "Add Vehicle".
- Select the vehicle(s) to be registered to your permit and select "Purchase Permit".
- Print the confirmation page and bring it to Parking Services to pick up your permit.
- All permits, Metropasses and C-Passes must now be paid for through payroll deduction or student account charge.


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Remember the Bill Cosby routine from his comedy stand-up about feeding his children cake for breakfast?
"Good morn', Daddy."
And I said, "What do you want for breakfast!?" The four-year-old has the ability to see through and find the wrong thing. The child saw through my body what was behind me. She saw the chocolate cake.
She said, "Can I have the chocolate cake?"
And I said, "Chocolate cake, where?"
She said, "Chocolate cake behind you."
And I looked… and there was chocolate cake! The child wanted chocolate cake for breakfast! How ridiculous! And I said… and someone in my brain looked under chocolate cake and saw the ingredients: eggs! Eggs are in chocolate cake! And milk! Oh goody! And wheat! That's nutrition!
"Chocolate cake coming up." Sliced it for her and served it.
Eggs, milk, and wheat in the chocolate cake. And…I didn't have to cook. And the other four came downstairs. And when they came downstairs…they saw the four-year-old eating chocolate cake.
And they said, "Dad! Where did she get the chocolate cake?" And they went to the child and said, "How did you get chocolate cake?"
She said, "Dad give me chocolate cake!" And they looked at me and said, "Father… could we have chocolate cake?"
And their father said, "Chocolate cake coming up!!"
And five children sat at breakfast and the morning music was playing and they were eating chocolate cake and singing songs to me: "Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!"
Well, I've been replaying that in my mind this week. You see I made a carrot cake for Easter dinner, and I just love leftover carrot cake for breakfast. I mean, it has carrots, and eggs, and wheat…that's nutrition!
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Makes one 9 x 13-inch sheet cake
1 cup pecans
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup canola oil
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 lb carrots, peeled and coarsely shredded
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 – 2 cups confectioners' sugar
To make cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 9 x 13-inch cake pan.
Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast for 7 to 8 minutes, or until fragrant. Cool and chop pecans.
In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, buttermilk, and vanilla.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugars at high speed until well blended, maybe 3 – 5 minutes.
Beat in the liquid ingredients.
Beat in the dry ingredients just until moistened.
Stir in carrots and pecans.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until golden and springy to touch. Let cake cool on wire rack for about 30 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely.
To make frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese at high speed until light.
Add about 1 1/2 cups of confectioners' sugar and beat at low speed until incorporated. Add more confectioners' sugar if needed. Increase the speed to high and beat until light and fluffy.
Frost cake and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to 3 days.
The flavors of this moist cake improve with time, so it is actually better to bake and frost the cake in advance. The cake is best served slightly chilled or at room temperature.


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As part of the pole systems, Fanotec is releasing a light-weight foot plate for using a click-stop rotator at the base of pole.
The foot plate allows Fanotec Rotators (RD4/8/12/16 and forthcoming compact pole rotator) to be attached to the base of pole. It features a spring loaded tilting mechanism for use on uneven ground with a slope up to 30 degrees.
When used with spikes it will grip any rough surfaces such as rocks or concrete surfaces and prevent the rotator from moving. Photographers will no longer need to guess the angle of rotation for each shot. Precise rotation intervals are possible by using a click-stop rotator. This will help expedite the pano taking process.
The spikes are removable and can be stored on the plate when not in use. The base of the foot plate has rubber pads. This allows the foot plate to be used on smooth surfaces or places where spikes are prohibited. Photographers can simply step on the foot plate to prevent it from moving.
The foot plate will have an introductory price of $49.95. It will be available in Jan/Feb 2011.
A sealed, compact, low cost pole rotator is also under development. It will have an introductory offer of $49.95 and will be available in Jan/Feb 2011.
Acknowledgement: This foot plate is based on home-made version of Wim Koornneef, a talented tinkerer and designer.


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PDC09 Workshop: Getting the Most out of Microsoft Silverlight 3
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It can be easy to get caught up in all of the fancy graphics, transitions, and video effects that are part of Silverlight, but that doesn't mean you can't write serious, business ready, applications that not only take advantage of Silverlight but are also better because of it.
At the upcoming PDC, one of the workshops being done on the day before is "Getting the Most out of Microsoft Silverlight 3" by Richard Griffin and Ian Griffiths. I've asked Mike Taulty to be my special correspondent and provide us with an interview with "the two Griffs" so we can get some insight as to what their day-long workshop will be like and who should be attending it.
You can get more details about their workshop at the PDC09 website here:
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The Dodge City Police Department is asking for the publics help in locating the following wanted subject:
Luis Angel Arrendondo
Age: 21
Height: 5'10
Weight: 200
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Arrendondo is wanted on a warrant issued out of Ford County District Court for the following alleged crimes:
Aggravated criminal sodomy
Aggravated indecent liberties with a child
Anyone with inofrmation on the location of Arrendondo is encouraged to call one of the following numbers with their information:
CRIME STOPPERS (620) 227-STOP or (877) 424-4414 (Toll Free)
Dodge City Police Department (620) 225-8128
or text your information
To send a confidential tip to Dodge City Police Department text DCPD and your tip to 847411 (TIP411)
CRIME STOPPERS is a non profit organization of citizens against crime. Your name will not be asked and you will remain completely anonymous. If you know the location of Arrendondo please call 911 do not approach or try to apprehend Arrendondo.
Arrendondo is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Investors seeking to reopen Kentucky Kingdom are being offered financial incentives of up to $300,000 annually.
The Courier-Journal reports the offer from Metro Louisville officials and the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau came as Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a lease deal Tuesday night with potential park operators.
The actions come as the Kentucky State Fair Board prepares to vote Thursday on the proposed lease with Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Co., which is led by businessman Ed Hart.
The park, which is owned by the fair board, has been closed since 2009 when Six Flags walked away from its lease during a bankruptcy reorganization.


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Ultra Soft 50" x 60" Fleece Blankets - Perfect For Snuggling and Football! for $4.49 + free shipping
Snuggle up in one of these 50" x 60" Ultra Soft Fleece Blankets while watching a movie or at a football game. These fleece blankets are incredibly soft, lightweight and compact, warmer than cotton and have outstanding durability.Get one for a friend or loved one so you don't have to share!
NOTE: I'm thinking these would be great to donate to my local shelter!
Product Features:
50" x 60" Ultra Soft Fleece Blanket
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Great deal! I am a total sucker for these things, and you're right about their being good for donating to a shelter for abused women or for homeless people.
Anyone actually try these things out? I've purchased Fleece Blankets at this price before in the past and they were abrasive like sand paper. No matter how much I washed them they ended up being tossed out or used outside then tossed out after it was dirty.
@decyde: The title says "Ultra Soft", but the price says sandpaper so it may be a roll of the dice...
@lemonbutt: I just bought 4 for $17.96 + free shipping btw...you don't get to pick the color and I just got a dog who needs a blanket for her cage. I'm going to keep one of them for my dog and donate the other 3 to the local homeless shelter. It's great to have a lifestyle where we're concerned about whether fleece is rough or ultra-soft, but don't forget there are less fortunate people concerned with just staying warm.
@lemonbutt: Yes but remember the site is a deal of the day and are sold at steep discounts. So the "you get what you pay for" doesn't apply as well on these sites.


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Michael Dell Opens Inaugural Dell World
Date : 13/10/2011
Round Rock, Texas
- Dell provides progress update on strategy designed to help customers navigate IT needs spanning from the desktop to the data center to the cloud
- Customer feedback from global IT decision-makers continues to drive Dell's commitment to its solutions strategy, delivering end-to-end IT solutions that help customers do more through the use of technology
- Keynotes from Dell executives, IT visionaries and leaders including Michael Dell, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, VMware CEO Paul Maritz, and Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini
Tweet This "Dell today is an end-to-end solutions company that cares deeply about the client device." -- Michael Dell. www.dell.com/dellworldpress #DellWorld
Michael Dell welcomed IT professionals to Dell World, Dell's inaugural customer conference, with fellow industry luminaries and thought leaders. Dell World 2011 brings together the industry's foremost leaders in an accessible and interactive format designed to encourage discussion and dialogue around the fast changing technology landscape and the advantages an end-to-end solutions portfolio provides for customers. Dell's remarks, like the event itself and the company's transformation, are a response to customers' need for complete solutions from end user computing to the datacenter and to the cloud.
"Earlier this year we announced a $1 billion investment in technology solutions, extending the company's global reach into data center, mobile and cloud environments," said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell. "Now more than ever, these investments are delivering value to customers who demand an end-to-end solutions provider to unlock innovation across their organizations. We're committed to continuing to listen to our customers and deliver flexible solutions that truly address the problems they are trying to solve each day."
Dell offers open, capable and affordable solutions that provide CIOs with the flexibility to invest in technologies that address today's business needs and deliver the peace of mind to accommodate tomorrow's requirements. Announcements at Dell World build on the $1 billion investment commitment Dell made to its customers earlier this year and extends the company's reach into data center and cloud environments.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.com.
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Clayton's Post #7
A Clayton's Post (The post you have when you aren't having a post).
Scratching together stuff I have seen during the week… purely for Larisa's benefit… why have a feedreader when you have a Gnome?
But… here's the thing Larisa, this week I have decided to take a different tack, I am going to provide my readers with a collection of worthwhile posts that you have at your fingertips, and most likely on your hard drive.
A tribute post
Yes, rather than trawling the Twisted Nether for a miscellany of posts, I am going to trawl the smoke blackened corners of the Pink Pigtail Inn and highlight those posts (past and present) that drew me to blogs (and blogging) in the first instance, and continue to provide a bar that I struggle daily to reach, let along clear.
I am going back a fair way… I think most readers tend to find a blog and read forward, rarely going back into the past. I was lucky enough to come across your blog as you started translating your posts into English… so I have been around since your 1st English posts, and was privileged enough to get that opportunity to read from the new-beginning.
Remember, this is only a sample of her Awesome Bloggyness… find yourself a few hours, a warm cuppa (or ice cold brew), throw another log on the fire, and read her from beginning to… well not the end, hopefully the Pink Pigtail goodness will go on for a long time to come.
February (Originally Swedish)
- Friday, February 8, 2008: Does your character reflect yourself?
- Sunday, February 3, 2008: To level quickly or with pleasure?
- Friday, February 8, 2008: Does your character reflect yourself?
- Wednesday, February 20, 2008: Measuring yourself
- Thursday, February 21, 2008: Divorce
- Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Secrets
- Friday, February 29, 2008: Questology
- Friday, March 21, 2008: The daily bad conscience
- Thursday, March 20, 2008: A small step for mankind – a giant leap for Larísa
- Sunday, March 9, 2008: Waiting for resurrection
- Tuesday, March 4, 2008: The pros and cons of being mage
- Monday, April 7, 2008: OK, here's the big moment… Where Larisa jumps from Swedish obscurity, to front page English readers.
Larísa's Corner – now in English!
- Saturday, April 26, 2008: Arrggh Larisa turns to the bright side…
Fire mage is a way of life
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008: I bet she's spewing now….
I killed my mount
- This is about when I started reading… thanks to a post from Matticus.
May 18, 2008 by Matticus: 6 Upcoming Blogs to Add to Your Reader
- Monday, May 26, 2008: The advantage of being cute
- Monday, May 26, 2008: Do you dare to ask for innervates?
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008: WoW, Blessing of Kings is one of my best referers too… thank you for just pressing the links to our sites all day😉
A few words about you
- Thursday, June 19, 2008: Focus – where do you find it?
- Saturday, June 21, 2008:Larísa's Corner becomes the The Pink Pigtail Inn: This could be my new home
- Monday, June 23, 2008: Roleplaying in the closet
- Thursday, June 26, 2008: Hard to resist the title… and it's one of her favorite trinkets.
Gnomes, gnomes, gnomes
- Thursday, June 26, 2008: The big move: I'm moving into this place
- Monday, June 30, 2008:
The post, that snowballed… I was lucky enough to jump on right at the beginning, and I think most of my readers will have discovered my blog due to my response
My last five hours in WoW
OK, from here on, it is all current history. There is a good chance that most Mage Blog readers have read everything since June 30 (if not before). If not, add her to your feed reader and keep an eye on the excellent stuff that she commits to the bits and bytes on the Twisted Nether.
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French CRS riot police are covered with paint during clashes with demonstrators in front of tire-maker Goodyear Dunlop's France headquarters in Rueil Malmaison, near Paris.
South Korean soldiers march during military drills near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul.
People take part in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for most number of people simultaneously hula-hooping at Thammasat University stadium in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
Boys ride tall bicycles in Tahrir square in central Cairo, Egypt.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria (L) and Mattias Hargin of Sweden compete during the national team event at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming, Austria.
A 'Gilles of Binche' throws an orange during the Binche carnival, in Binche, Belgium. The Carnival of Binche is recognized by Unesco as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Local school boys run at the start of their age group's race before annual Shrove women's Trans-Atlantic Pancake Race, in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Sticky Fingers
- Flat piece of wood
- Glue gun
- Velcro
- Small figures of animals, dinosaurs, cowboys, and so on
- Glue Velcro onto a flat piece of wood (use a piece that will fit on the tray of your child's highchair).
- Glue pieces of Velcro onto the bottom of small figures that your child likes to play with.
- She may amuse herself for quite a while sticking and unsticking these figures on the piece of wood.
- This technique could also help older children avoid frustration when scenes they are trying to set up keep falling over.
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6 Insane Batman Villains You Won't See in the Movies
Batman has the greatest set of villains of any superhero, but not every character can be a Joker or a Two-Face. Or even a Penguin. It turns out that the only thing one needs to qualify as a member of Batman's rogue gallery is being insane and knowing how to sew a costume.
We all know that sooner or later, the Batman movies are going to run out of interesting villains to feature and will be forced to start scraping closer to the bottom of the barrel. Whoever they end up choosing, we hope it's not someone like ...
#6. The King of Cats
Batman #69 (1952)
His entire body is made of breasts. Just like a cat.
The King of Cats is possibly the creepiest Batman villain ever created, and not just because he looks like a date rapist stalking a furry convention. His real name is Karl Kyle -- as in Catwoman's deadbeat brother, who tries to get into her line of work after being fired from the local car wash (probably).
Oh, and he has a thing for his sister.
Batman #69 (1952)
Of the 20 things wrong with this picture, the most pressing is why that panther has the torso of a man.
In his one and only stellar appearance, the King of Cats is trying to get his then-reformed sister to go back to her villainous ways so that they can become partners in crime. Which is a major dick move, when you think about it -- that's like getting drunk in front of a recovering alcoholic and proposing running a bar together. Cementing his position as the biggest douchebag in comics is this:
Batman #69 (1952)
Is he oblivious to the fact that he's sitting right inside the cat's butt, or was he counting on that?
Throughout most of the issue, Batman and Robin are unaware that the King of Cats and the former Catwoman are brother and sister, leading them to believe -- rather disturbingly -- that he's actually trying to court her.
Batman #69 (1952)
"I say our kittens are probably going to have hideous genetic defects."
Meanwhile, Catwoman is reluctant to turn him in because they're related and all, which makes Batman think that the attraction is mutual. The whole comic reads like an awkward attempt to introduce kids to the concept of incest.
Batman #69 (1952)
Batman, in Detectiving Is So Hard, You Guys.
In the end, Catwoman manages to convince her brother to cut the crap, and he even promises to "take his medicine," and Batman and Robin are relieved to find out their true relationship. And by "relieved" we mean "disgusted and appalled."
Batman #69 (1952)
This is followed by five pages of vomiting.
#5. The Calculator
Detective Comics #463 (1976)
This picture pretty much sums him up.
The Calculator is a guy with an actual calculator strapped to his chest and an LED visor on his forehead. He is also what happens when a comic book writer is asked to come up with five new Batman villains before lunch and starts looking around the office for inspiration (he came from the same brainstorming session as "The Photocopier" and "The Discarded Sandwich Container").
His real talent? As the inventor of the world's first titty keyboard, the Calculator is exceptionally good at touch typing:
Detective Comics #463 (1976)
"Even though these are all, uh, letters."
The Calculator's powers were kind of ambiguous, possibly because pocket calculators were fairly recent inventions in the '70s and a lot of people didn't really know what they could and couldn't do. And by "a lot of people" we mean "the writer of this comic, apparently." For example, we're not sure why a guy with calculator-based powers can materialize a crane from his forehead display.
Detective Comics #468 (1977)
Oh, so that's what the key is for.
In his first appearance, the Calculator is presented as a guy who has come up with a system that will make him impervious to the powers of any superhero. The only downside is that his system involves first getting his ass kicked by each of those superheroes in order to "calculate" ways to defeat them in the future. So in order to avoid getting caught ... he has to get caught. Several times.
Detective Comics #463 (1976)
"But first, five to 10 years of continuous prison rape."
After intentionally losing to five different members of the Justice League, the Calculator has become virtually unstoppable. The ridiculous plan might have actually worked -- if he hadn't made the mistake of trying the same trick with Batman, who causes his circuits to overload out of sheer badassery.
Detective Comics #468 (1977)
"Guess I'll add you to jail ... no wait. That's you subtracted from -- goddamn. Your SINs are ... fuck you. Just ... fuck you."
The Calculator later ditched his stupid gimmick and became an information broker for supervillains; this latest incarnation of the character might actually work in the movies, as long as no one asks him why he called himself "Calculator" in the first place.
#4. Crazy Quilt
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
Crazy Quilt is the Liberace of supervillain fashion -- flamboyant to the point of being unsettling. He was a renowned painter/gang leader until he was blinded by a rival gangster and his goons forced a doctor to operate on him. However, the doctor could only restore a bizarrely specific part of his vision:
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
Turns out holding the doctor at gunpoint throughout the operation doesn't bring the best results.
Inspired by his disability, he adopts the name Crazy Quilt and starts committing color-themed crimes with the help of his incredibly supportive goons, who "paint the places [he's] marked for plunder with brilliant colors so [he] can spot them." As for why he chose to use that colorful garb -- turns out his entire motivation was being able to see himself in the mirror.
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
"Chief, we ... we love you."
However, his triumphant return doesn't go as well as expected -- Crazy Quilt is ignored by the citizens he hoped to terrorize and lashes out against some helpless signs.
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
But the depression doesn't last long, and Crazy Quilt soon comes back with a new plan -- he will steal all the color in Gotham City.
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
Unfortunately, while testing the patience of his henchmen by attempting to steal the color from a TV transmission, Crazy Quilt happens to run into Robin, resulting in an epic clash of extravagant costumes. Eventually Robin figures out the (insane) reason behind Crazy Quilt's pointless crimes and confronts him:
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
"Or I could just shoot you, but that would make too much sense."
Star Spangled Comics #123 (1951)
Even Jackson Pollock thought this guy was too wild.
The saddest part of the entire story? Batman doesn't even show up in it. Robin's like "No, it's OK, I've got this" and catches Crazy Quilt on his own. Adding to the humiliation is the fact that Robin is the only hero Crazy Quilt had an actual shot at defeating ... not just because he's like 12, but also because Robin's the only one he can actually see.


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A viewing party in support of Louisville native Wil Heuser's debut performance on "Big Brother" took place July 12 at Big Bar, 1202 Bardstown Road.
Heuser survived the first round of competition. He can be seen on CBS's "Big Brother" on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sunday nights this summer.
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Scott Guthrie - MIX07, Work, and Personal Details Revealed
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This was the first time I had ever met
Scott Guthrie in person.
Like many devs working with MS dev tools, I was quite familiar with the guy - just about everything he says is useful. I used to code by his posts, articles, and interviews.
Meeting him was weird.
For one thing, he's way taller than I am, which doesn't help with my short-man's complex.
For another, I learned that he does much more work than I ever would have thought. I already knew that he was a busy guy, but I didn't know he basically ran Microsoft (that's my opinion - Scott, who is somehow able to be highly intelligent, successful, and humble, might tell you otherwise).
In this interview, we covered a lot of ground. Watch and learn about:
- What's doing on the web technologies front
- What's so special about IIS 7.0
- Why you should care about Orcas
- What it's like to go into meetings with executives like Gates, Ballmer, and Ozzie
- How, even with as much status and power Scott has, he still doesn't have his own parking spot (this made me feel a little better about myself and my lack of accomplishments)
And more, of course.
The first 3/4 of the video are tech, with the last 1/4 being mostly candid conversation. I wanted to get the personal side of Scott because, although many of us have (literally) profited from his technical work, the guy is still a bit of a mystery. I wanted to know what goes on inside the head of someone who has done so much.
Hopefully, he'll come back on and share a few more stories.
It was a very fun interview to conduct. Enjoy, people
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Scott, I don't know how you hold all the data you hold in your head. When I learn something new I always forget something else
Great to meet you Seattle last September. Looking forward to seeing you at the CodeMash conference next week.
Good interview.
It wasn't too techincal, yet informative.
Consistent edification as ever from Scott. I have been programming .NET for a couple of years now, so am still relatively new, consequently I'm shocked at the rate of change within things like Visual Studio 2005. This only came out in November 2005 and just as I'm getting to grips with that, Orcas is about to get CTP'ed (in a little over a year, how does one keep up?). Like the interviewer consistently showing due deference, how on earth does Scott remain able to see the-wood-for-the-trees? I bet he would say things like hard work, dedication and that being surrounded by intelligent people keeps-him-on-his-toes. Don't think it's that simple though!
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A Merry Chase MORE
Sunday's blogointernet was full of Edward Snowden's reported departure from Hong Kong. He is said to have arrived in Moscow without anyone actually seeing him--or admitting to it. Now he is not on a plane to Havana. Hmmmm. Where is he?
Wherever, Snowden may actually be, here is the nub of the story so far: "The unwillingness of the Hong Kong authorities to detain Mr. Snowden, and Ecuador's public declaration that it was considering his asylum request, underscored just how little sympathy the United States is finding from several countries over the unveiling of its surveillance efforts." NYTimes
Missing Tim Russert: I gave up on Meet the Press after a few months of David Gregory, so I missed this yesterday: Per David Carr: "For the time being, it is us (the press) versus them (federal officials), which is part of the reason David Gregory ended up taking a lot of incoming fire for suggesting on...that Glenn Greenwald may have committed crimes, not journalism, when he published leaks by Mr. Snowden."
Gregory: "To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn't you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime?"
Greenwald: "I think it's pretty extraordinary that anybody who would call themselves a journalist would publicly muse about whether or not other journalists should be charged with felonies,' Mr. Greenwald responded. 'The assumption in your question, David, is completely without evidence — the idea that I've 'aided and abetted' him in any way.'" And the Washington Post.
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Angela Merkel listened to the full explanation/exculpation from The Man himself. Unlike the U.S media, she was unimpressed. Could be other world leaders notice the nakedness of the explanation.
My initial reaction (1:45) was just snotty. Let me be substantive. Am I surprised by Snowdown's revelations? Not really. Am I angry about my government collecting dossiers? You bet, I am. Doesn't every flower shop and book store we have ever looked at on line (and all their competitors) have more information on us than the government has? Yes, but: I had hoped the government would protect us from that sort of abuse. Instead, it got under the covers with the abusers and is having a wonderful time. If the government didn't protect us, I thought the unbought and liberty-loving media might. But they are "explaining" that we should learn to be happy with being spied on. It's good for us. Marketers can identify what we need to want with pinpoint accuracy. What harm coould there be in that?
Is all that snooping preventing terrorist attacks? I don't know. Dick Cheney still insists, in the face of denials and, um, the evidence, that torture saved the country on his watch. A lot of arrests have been made of people who seem to have suggested to the FBI that they would like to terrorize something and proceeded (with FBI help) with their plots right up to the arrest. I haven't figured out what that was all about. It sounds more like aggravated mopery than terrorism.
And I read the Pentagon Papers. Having seen what the government didn't want anybody to see, I am unimpressed with the mere assertion that the government has something nobody should see.
Angela Merkel, as head of a government, has state secrets of her own. She listened to the former Constitutional Scholar on the subject of US spying, didn't buy a word of it and said she would try to keep that sort of thing out of her country. She is not living in our 24-hour news bubble and must occasionally consort with people who don't have the latest Rasmussen poll, and she is saying the kinds of things I feel when I try to parse the former Constitutional Scholar's thin and tepid explanations.
If what we were getting really is so all hot, why did an outside private contractor's employee have acess to any of it? A lot less cost and effort could have kept Snowdon's eyes off the prize compared to the cost and effort that is being put into punishing him for tipping over the cookie jar. And now they say Attorney General Eric Holder is in charge of getting him back. I begin to think none of this is serious.
As to Angela Merkel and other foreign leaders, we should factor into their reactions the moral righteousness with which U.S. political leaders often address them. Okay Putin is a jerk, but who couldn't smile at his perfect enjoyment of the present moment. Or China's President XI Jinping having a gotcha moment after the uproar over Chinese hacking.
And curious that the media is generally treating this as a chase movie. So good question: How serious is this?
Interesting that WikiLeaks is involved. What bothers me is that the government is focusing all the attention on Snowden, when I think the attention should be instead on what the government has been doing.
My "take" so far: I'm not convinced Snowden did anything ethically wrong. I'm not convinced he necessarily revealed any information that, if revealed, could threaten our national security. He may or may not have violated any federal law(s). If he *did* break the law as determined by a jury, then perhaps --- depending on circumstances --- we need to look at the scope and wisdom of such existing law(s) vis-a-vis our cherished constitutional rights. We likely can benefit from a national conversation on this subject, a conversation that appears not to have taken place to date. "Trust me," says Uncle Sam. As a retired federal employee and honorably discharged veteran, "I'm from Missouri".
The mention of David Gregory and his parrot-like suggestion that Greenwald "aided and abetted" in a crime made me think of a really awful post over at NCR by Michael Sean Winters:
Beyond Winter's simplistic acceptance that everything Snowden released is properly held secret by our government, what in heaven's name did he mean when he wrote this?--
"A true martyr accepts the consequences of his actions."
Why even mention the word "martyr"? How does it apply to Snowden? Snowden is a self-proclaimed whistle-blower. Sure, that can lead to persecution and death -- but why must Snowden accept these possible consequences? Where is that written?
As a commenter to the post pointed out, Winters' statement,on its face, makes false martyrs out of many revered saints of the Church. I thought of some of the stories around St. Agnes, one of the virgin martyrs of the Church. I remember from my childhood reading a story about her escaping rape by praying that she grow hair all over her body. Clearly she would not quietly accept the consequences of her life choices. I also thought of Issac Jogues. He was tortured by the Mohawks, but eventually escaped (only to be later killed). I guess he is not a "true martyr" according to Winters because he did not immediately accept the consequences of his actions.
Perhaps my remark here reflects a generational perspective, but I'll give it a try. When Daniel Ellsberg gave the "Pentagon Papers" to the New York Times, he was turning over a history of the events in Vietnam as reported and analyzed by the people in charge of the war. The Times published it, and as far as I know...nothing happened to Ellsberg, except he lost his job (am I remembering this correctly?). He was a senior person in the Pentagon and a man who grasped the lies and false premises on which the war was waged.
Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden, now being defended by Ellsberg, strike me as very different types than Ellsberg--though their motives might be the same as his (to tell the country what's going on). They are young and from what I can tell not very intellectually or emotionally sophisticated. I was struck by a Times story reporting that Snowden was shocked to find out that he might spend extended periods of time in jail without his computer. That seemed to be behind his decision to disapper from Hong Kong. Manning seems to have been caught up in an "identity" crisis that his leaking to Wiki promised to resolve. Both of them were low in the organization chain of command but had outsized access to information the government had every reason to believe was secure. In that sense the government was naive. But so too do both of these young men seem naive in a way that Ellsberg was not. None of these men should be considered traitors, but do Snowden and Manning deserve the sympathy they are getting from many quarters?
At last, a few thoughtful remarks. Thank you. "....we should factor into their reactions the moral righteousness with which U.S. political leaders often address them." You're likely correct, though it would be less self serving and more helpful if you took the time and effort to identify specific individuals. Not all of our government's employees are asses. On another score, why exactly should I believe Glenn Greenwald is more patriotic, more sincerely humane, more intelligent, more right than I am? Has he no horse in this race whatever? Lastly, bear in mind, our nation considered a fellow qualified to command a nuclear submarine not nearly substantial enough a person to lead us. We did, however, consider a fellow remarkably talented at reciting a speech a great communicator and quite the leader. We did that. Did that not tell you just a wee bit about how we got where we are? We are all the government. We are not all the plutocracy doing its damndest to buy us.
Accirding to the Wikipedia page on Ellsberg, the government sued the NYT for publishing the PP and stopped them for a while, Ellsberg gave the PP to many other papers, and eventually the NYT won the case before the Supreme Court under the first amendment. Ellsberg did face charges under the Espionage Act, plus charges for theft and conspiracy = 115 years in prison. He went to trial but eventually the case was dismissed in part because the government obtained evedence against him with illegal wiretaps and break-ins.
It is difficult to compare and whether someone is seditious or a traitor belongs, in large measure, to dominant political ideology. It was before my time but I suspect that Ellsberg's leak was treated with more sympathy because the left which dominates the media was sympathetic and the political culture was already, by then, war weary. In this case, it is a split decision, even among ideological divides, as to whether the underlying program is good or not.
It seems to me that there is more to meets the eye in the Snowden case. Apparently, he has more information but is not revealing it publicly yet. He is in fear of the US authorites and probably for good reason! Another secret military style tribunal; who knows what kind of treatment he will endure at the hands of them. But then again that is the risk he took.
But, in the end, I understand why he does not want to go to prison. Who does?
Many countries are supporting him. This is surely a bad sign for the USA. I hate to sound Machiavellian, and it does grate against the better angel of my nature, but it is better to be feared than loved. It appears that the US is no longer feared.
Homeboy needs to learn to keep it zipped.
Might [email protected]/24,10:29PM: Can't help but be impressed by your mimicking of the American self-righteous tone. Are you French? Which reminds me of Secretary of Self-Righteousness John Kerry!! Are you friends?
Glenn Greenwal has long been a thorn in the side of U.S. refusal to deal with the downside of being the indespensible nation... More sincere, human and intelligent than you? That's for your to decide since only you know who you are.
High dudgeon accounted for: We are NOT all the government...no matter for whom we voted! Cheers.
Snowden's revelation is that NSA is keeping times and places/numbers of everyones calls because the Tel.Cos destroy the records after 90 days because they no longer need them for billing purposes. The Tel Cos give the NSA the data on calls in digital form... Big deal>>
all the kids know emails are in some data bank forever... big deal...
So the Chinese and Russians just found out about this from Snowden?? .. not at all likely.. ..


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Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Melted blue cheese on grill bread and topped with pear and onion create a pizza your family will go crazy for.
Serves: Serves 4 to 6 as an appetizer
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 3 red onions, peeled and sliced into thin rings
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 1 recipe Grill Bread, shaped into 4 rounds but not cooked
- 2 ripe but firm pears, cored and sliced thin
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese of your choice
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
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- On the stove top, heat 3 tablespoons of the extra virgin olive oil in a large saut� pan or skillet over medium heat until it is hot but not smoking. Add the onions, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and saut�, stirring occasionally, until the onions start to soften (about 5 minutes). Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook, stirring often, until the onions are well caramelized (20-30 minutes).
- While the onions are cooking, build a fire in your grill. When the coals are all ignited, the flames have died down, and the temperature is medium (see Gauging the temperature), you're ready to cook.
- When the onions are ready, brush the bread rounds on both sides with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil, then place on the grill directly over the coals and cook until nicely toasted and brown on one side (about 4 minutes). Flip the bread over and top each round with a pile of caramelized onions, then arrange the pear slices over the onions and scatter the blue cheese on top. Invert a foil pan over the pizzas and continue to cook until the cheese starts to melt (3-4 minutes more).
- Cut the pizzas into wedges with a large, sharp knife, arrange on a platter, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.
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Excerpted from Grill It!.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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