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Post Phoenix-Saga
[Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #138 (1980) to Uncanny X-Men #200 (1985)]
With the departure of the grieving Cyclops, the team was joined by the returning Angel and the young mutant Kitty Pryde. Storm became the team leader and the team soon fought the shape-shifting Mystique and her Brotherhood. The X-Men prevented the Brotherhood from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly, whose death would have triggered the Days of Future Past future in which the robot Sentinels would have killed most mutants and super humans; and go on to control New York City. Angel quit the team after having issues with Wolverine's membership in the team and Cyclops returned in time to fight Magneto.
Lilandra soon faced a coup led by her sister Deathbird, who had the aid of the insectoid alien Brood. The X-Men and the space pirate Starjammers, led by Cyclops' father (unknown to both men), Corsair (Christopher Summers), opposed, and the mansion was destroyed during an attack. The Shi'ar helped rebuild the mansion, providing advanced technology. However, this caused the Danger Room to develop consciousness, mutating it. Its consciousness called out to Xavier, which was ignored as he chose instead to focus on the X-Men's training. Later, Xavier was secretly implanted with a Brood egg, and the X-Men were abducted by the Brood and taken into space. Fearing the X-Men dead, and under subconscious commands from the larval Brood within him, the Xavier gathered a new class of students, the New Mutants. The X-Men survived battles with the Brood in space, and were cured of their own Brood implants by the space-faring Acanti race, returning to Earth with the small dragon Lockheed. They defeated Xavier, who had been transformed into a Brood queen. The Starjammers then assisted in transplanting Xavier's brain into a non-paraplegic cloned body.
Angel was soon kidnapped by Callisto, the leader of a group of disenfranchised mutants called the Morlocks who wanted him to be her partner. Storm claimed leadership of the group, defeating Callisto in a duel to secure Angel's release. Brotherhood member Rogue came to Xavier, desperate for help in controlling her psyche-absorption powers. Xavier made Rogue an X-Man, much to the chagrin of the other members. Cyclops left the team to marry Madelyne Pryor (secretly a clone of Jean Grey created by evil geneticist Mr. Sinister). The X-Men, along with other super-heroes, were taken by the near-omnipotent Beyonder to fight in a contest against Earth villains on Battleworld. After they returned, Storm was accidentally struck by a depowering weapon meant for Rogue, removing her powers. She left the team to cope with the loss. Nightcrawler became leader and Rachel Summers, the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey in the Days of Future Past future timeline, joined the team, claiming the mantle of Phoenix. The X-Men soon entered into a conflict involving Alpha Flight and the Asgardian god of lies Loki. They journey to Asgard to rescue the New Mutants and Storm, who were kidnapped by Amora, the Enchantress.
Professor X (Charles Xavier)
Storm (Ororo Munroe)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
Wolverine (James Howlett)
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
Angel (Warren Worthington III)
[Left in Uncanny X-Men #148 (1981)]
Ariel (Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde)
Late Additions
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #150 (1981);
Left the team in Uncanny X-Men #175 (1983) after marriage to Madelyne Pryor;
Made brief appearances;
Rejoined in Uncanny X-Men #199 (1985)]
Rogue (Anna Marie)
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #171 (1983)]
Rachel Summers
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #188 (1984)]
|Team Roster
|Angel, Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Storm, Wolverine
|Colossus, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Storm, Wolverine
|Colossus, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine
|Colossus, Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine
|Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, Rogue, Wolverine
|Material collected
|Publication date
|Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 5
|Uncanny X-Men #132-140, Annual #4; Phoenix: The Untold Story
|January 2005
|Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 6
|Uncanny X-Men #141-150
|January 2008
|Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 7
|Uncanny X-Men #151-159, Annual #5; Avengers Annual #10
|January 2011
|Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1
|Giant-Size X-Men #1; Uncanny X-Men #94-131, Annual #3
|May 2006
|Material collected
|Publication date
|X-Men: Days of Future Past
|Uncanny X-Men #138-143, Annual #4
|October 2004
|Essential X-Men Vol. 3
|Uncanny X-Men #145-161, Annual #5
|August 2001
|Essential X-Men Vol. 4
|Uncanny X-Men #162-179, Annual #6; X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (b&w)
|May 2006
|Uncanny X-Men: From the Ashes
|Uncanny X-Men #168-176
|August 1999
|Essential X-Men Vol. 5
|Uncanny X-Men #180-198, Annual #7-8
|April 2007
Secondary Titles
New Mutants
Xavier was secretly implanted with a Brood egg, and the X-Men were abducted by the Brood and taken into space. Fearing the X-Men dead, and under subconscious commands from the larval Brood within him, the Xavier gathered a new class of students, the New Mutants.
For more on the New Mutants, check out 'History - First Series' section of the New Mutants page.
Magneto's X-Men
[Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #201 (1986) to Uncanny X-Men #227 (1988)]
When the X-Men returned, they learnt that Xavier had left Earth for the Shi'ar galaxy to recover from a brutal beating at the hands of anti-mutant bigots. Xavier left a seemingly reformed Magneto as headmaster of the school. Magneto also joined the X-Men. A powerless Storm and Cyclops had a duel in the Danger Room for the leadership of the X-Men. Cyclops lost the duel, leaving the team to spend time with his wife Madelyne and their newborn son.
Rachel Summers soon had the intention of murdering Hellfire Club Inner Circle Black Queen Selene as revenge for the latter's evil deeds. However, she was stopped by Wolverine who injured her, leaving the team. Shortly after, the X-Men and the superhumanly lucky Longshot were turned into children by the invertebrate Mojo and his servant, the mystical Spiral (Rita Wayword). The New Mutants briefly graduated to X-Men status to rescue them. (check Ad-hoc X-Men) When Mr. Sinister's hit-team Marauders slaughtered the Morlocks, the X-Men fought to stop them losing Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler and Colossus to severe injuries. (check Mutant Massacre crossover) New recruits Dazzler, Longshot, Havok and British telepath Psylocke replaced them, with Colossus rejoining after healing from his injuries. The team, without Magneto, and Madelyne Pryor - now abandoned by Cyclops - sacrificed their lives to defeat the Adversary, a sacrifice which was broadcast worldwide. (check Fall of the Mutants crossover).
Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)
Storm (Ororo Munroe)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
[Injured during Mutant Massacre;
Left before Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987)]
Wolverine (James Howlett)
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
[Injured during Mutant Massacre;
Left before Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987);
Rejoined in Uncanny X-Men #225 (1988)]
Shadowcat (Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde)
[Injured during Mutant Massacre;
Left before Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987)]
Rogue (Anna Marie)
Rachel Summers
[Left in Uncanny X-Men #201 (1986)]
Late Additions (After Mutant Massacre)
Psylocke (Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock)
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987)]
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #214 (1987)]
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #215 (1987)]
Havok (Alexander Summers)
[Joined in Uncanny X-Men #219 (1987)]
|Team Roster
|Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine
|Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine
|Material collected
|Publication date
|Secret Wars II Omnibus
|Uncanny X-Men #198, #202-203; Secret Wars II #1-9; New Mutants #30, #36-37; Captain America #308; Iron Man #197;Fantastic Four #282, #285, #288, #316-319; Web of Spider-Man #6; Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #268, #273-274; Daredevil #223; Incredible Hulk #312; Avengers #260-261, #265-266; Dazzler #40;Alpha Flight #28; Thing #30;Doctor Strange #74; Cloak and Dagger #4; Power Pack #18;Thor #363; Power Man and Iron Fist #121; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111;Defenders #152; Quasar #8
|May 2009
|X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus
|Uncanny X-Men #220-227; New Mutants (1983) #55-61; X-Factor (1986) #19-26; Captain America (1968) #339;Daredevil(1964) #252;Fantastic Four (1961) #312;Incredible Hulk (1968) #340;Power Pack (1984) #35
|October 2011
|Material collected
|Publication date
|Essential X-Men Vol. 6
|Uncanny X-Men #199-213; New Mutants Special Edition #1; X-Men Annual #9; X-Factor #9-10;New Mutants #46; Thor #373-374; Power Pack #27
|September 2005
|X-Men: Mutant Massacre
|Uncanny X-Men #210-213; X-Factor #9-11; New Mutants #46;Thor #373-374; Power Pack#27
|October 2001
|Essential X-Men Vol. 7
|Uncanny X-Men #214-228, Annual #10-11; Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men #1-4
|April 2006
|X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants
|Uncanny X-Men #224-226; X-Factor #24-26; New Mutants#59-61
|February 2002
Secondary Titles
Bases of Operations
X-Factor Complex, alongside Hudson River, Manhattan's West Side
Ship, New York Harbor
Ship, Mid-Atlantic
Public relations manager Cameron Hodge convinced his former college roommate (Warren Worthington) to use his vast fortune to fund an organization of mutants that pretended to be human mutant hunters but in truth rescued young mutants to protect and train them. Unknown to all, Hodge secretly hated mutants and planned to use X-Factor to fuel public animosity and and anti-mutant agendas. Angel gathered his former X-Men teammates Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) to form the X-Factor. The team used their X-Factor disguises to cover their activities as the heroic mutant X-Terminators.
Beast was transformed back back to human form and the team battled Apocalypse and his Alliance of Evil, and US government operatives Freedom Force (formerly Mystique's Brotherhood of Mutants). Over time, X-Factor rescued Firefist (Rusty Collins), Artie Maddicks, Skids, Boom Boom, Leech, Caliban and Rictor. Caliban would join the team briefly.
The media soon discovered that Angel was X-Factor's backer and following his severe injuries during the Morlock Massacre, Hodge manipulated doctors to amputate his wings, wrestled control of his fortune and attempted to murder Angel through a staged suicide, making the world believe him dead. Hodge went on to secretly manipulate and created rifts in the team. X-Factor's frustrations with Hodge came to a head when they fired Hodge, battling his anti-mutant Right organization which attacked X-Factor and attempted to capture their wards.
X-Factor fought and defeated Apocalypse and his Horsemen, which included an alive Angel as Death. As a result, X-Factor became public heroes. X-Factor eventually reunited with Angel, now the violent metal winged Archangel.
Over time, the team helped Archangel gradually recover his former humanity, and weathered Beast's temporarily faulty mental processes and transformation back to his blue animal-like form, and Iceman's fluctuating power levels.
They fought battled multiple threats, including Cyclops' ex-wife Madelyne Pryor (a clone of Jean Grey) in the demonic "Inferno" invasion of New York City, during which the team was reunited with Cyclops' son Nathan Summers. Following "Inferno", the New Mutants stayed with X-Factor for a time with several of X-Factor's wards following the New Mutants, and following X-Factor's extended voyage to outer space to rally a world threatened by the Celestials, X-Factor and the New Mutants joined forces with the X-Men to battle a cyborg-transformed Cameron Hodge and the mutant-rights abusing nation of Genosha in Xtinction Agenda.
When Cyclops' son was infected with a techno-organic virus during another battle Apocalypse, Cyclops was forced to send him to the future for healing, eventually returning as the adult Cable. X-Factor then helped saved X-Men associates from the control of malevolent psychic entity Shadow King in Muir Island during the Muir Island Saga. After that, X-Factor members rejoined the X-Men and Cyclops' brother Havok turned the team into a US government-sponsored team.
X-Factor #1 (1986) - #70 (1991)
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
Beast (Henry McCoy)
Angel (Warren Worthington III)
Iceman (Bobby Drake)
[Joined in X-Factor #18 (1987)]
Their young wards include:
Rusty Collins
Skids (Sally Bevins)
Rictor (Julio Richter)
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)
Artie (Arthur Maddicks)
Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde were severely injured following the mutant massacre event. After they recovered, they joined former X-Man Rachel Summers as well as British heroes Captain Britain and Meggan to form the Britain-based team Excalibur.
Excalibur #1 (1987) - #125 (1998)
Original Team
[Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn #1 (1987)]
Base of Operations: Lighthouse, UK
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
Phoenix (Rachel Summers, now Marvel Girl)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
Shadowcat (Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde)
Widget (Kate Rasputin)
[Joined in Excalibur #1 (1988)]
Australian Outback X-Men
[Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #229 (1988) to Uncanny X-Men #250 (1990)]
The team was resurrected by the goddess Roma and went underground, believing that if the world thought them dead, their families would be safe and enemies off-guard. The X-Men relocated their base to the Australia Outback, defeating the cyborg Reavers and seizing their base. They faced Brood-infected mutants, and encountered the mutant slave-based country of Genosha. Embittered by Cyclop's abandonment, Pryor made a pact with the demonic N'astirh, unleashing her latent powers to become the Goblin Queen, assisting a demonic invasion of New York City. The X-Men were re-united with the original X-Men (now X-Factor), learning that Jean Grey was alive. Madelyne died after an attempt to kill Jean failed. A subsequent battle between X-Men/X-Factor and Sinister destroyed the mansion. (check Inferno crossover)
The X-Men drifted apart as team members fell to various threats and crises. When the Reavers launched an attack on the remaining X-Men (Havok, Dazzler, Colossus and Psylocke), they passed through the mystical Siege Perilous, a dimensional portal that grants those who pass through it a new life, to escape.
Storm (Ororo Munroe)
[Believed dead in Uncanny X-Men #248 (1989)]
Psylocke (Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock)
[Went through Siege Perilous in Uncanny X-Men #251 (1989)]
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
[Went through Siege Perilous in Uncanny X-Men #251 (1989)]
[Left the team in Uncanny X-Men #248 (1989)]
Havok (Alexander Summers)
[Went through Siege Perilous in Uncanny X-Men #251 (1989)]
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
[Went through Siege Perilous in Uncanny X-Men #251 (1989)]
Rogue (Anna Marie)
[Pushed through the Siege Perilous in Uncanny X-Men #247 (1989)]
Wolverine (James Howlett)
|Team Roster
|Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine
|Material collected
|Publication date
|X-Men: Inferno
|Uncanny X-Men #239-243; X-Factor #33-40; X-Terminators#1-4; New Mutants #71-73; X-Factor Annual #4.
|June 2009
|X-Men by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee Vol.1
|Uncanny-Men #244-269;Uncanny X-Men Annual (1970) #13; Classic X-Men #39
|October 2011
|X-Men: X-Tinction
|Uncanny X-Men #235-238 & #270-272; X-Factor (1986) #60-62; New Mutants (1983) #94-96;
|August 2011
|Material collected
|Publication date
|Essential X-Men Vol. 8
|Uncanny X-Men #229-245, Annual #12-13; X-Factor #36-39
|December 2007
|X-Men Vs. The Brood: Day of Wrath
|Uncanny X-Men #232-234; X-Men Vs. Brood #1-2
|September 1997
|X-Men: Inferno
|Uncanny X-Men #239-243; X-Factor #36-39; New Mutants#71-73
|December 1996
|Essential X-Men Vol. 9
|Uncanny X-Men #244-264, Annual #13
|June 2009
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Heading to the airport typically means keeping it comfy, but apparently, not for Lady Gaga. On Tuesday, the pop star arrived at Tokyo's Narito International airport, wearing a Mermaid-themed nude jumpsuit with seashell embellishments (in the shape of hands) covering her bosom and a cream-colored strip hiding her rear crack. To complete her extravagant ensemble, she styled her look with sky-high laced platforms, oversized round sunnies and a bedazzled blonde ponytail.
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Every single team building event needs to have a goal that is specific and not general. When the goal is too broad, too general, it makes it harder to achieve. And a hard-to-achieve goal doesn't work well when you are trying to motivate your employees to do their best and improve certain skill sets.
Instead of making lofty and vague goals like improving communication or trust, set your goals in real-world terms. Have an actual concrete, achievable goal that relates to your employees performance in the activity that you choose. For instance, have them perform a specific activity or game and strive to beat a particular record or come out on top. The competition that springs up from an event like this will more often than not translate into improved communication, increase morale, and all of those other things you might be aiming for through your activity.
Examples of a team building activities with specific, measurable goals are events like Build-a-bike, the famous Marshmellow Challenge, or a MapDash scavenger hunt. It's even better if there's a clear way to collect data on teams' progress during the event (check out our reporting dashboard).
The team building goal that you set needs to be challenging. This will motivate your team members to step up to the occasion and put in their very best performance. However, a goal that goes beyond challenging, will do the opposite – it's a fine balance.
Every team building activity should provide a good challenge. Instead of giving a blanket statement to your employees like 'do your best' or 'give it your best shot,' you should have specific goals (see above) that will give them something to shoot for.
A challenging team building activity should be one that is engaging. Nebulous activities like trust falls and icebreaker games don't really have challenging goals, or even goals at all. When teams are put under (moderate) stress, their individual character and ability to work together is tested.
Think: something physically active, or mentally challenging. Add in pressurizing constraints (like a tight time limit or scarce resources). In our MapDash events we also try to ensure that each member of the team is given a specific role that provides an additional dimension: knowledge and/or skill constraints.
Perhaps the most important characteristic of an effective team building goal is one that is fun to work on. Your team members are not going to be engaged in an event that is too much like work or "homework". If you can disguise an insightful, meaningful team building event as a "fun day out", you'll be much more likely to have your team fully engaged, giving it their all, and looking forward to the next one – your employees will actually be excited and motivated to take part in the event.
Team building is supposed to be fun. Your employees do enough work already. When you drag them into something else, it should be something that allows them to let loose and interact with each other in a stress-free way. It should increase their morale.
This is why games – like MapDash – are good team building activities. They are games that get you outside of the office. What's more fun than getting to go outside and play during an otherwise normal workday?
All in All
At the end of the day, setting a team building goal that focuses on fun, while remaining specific and challenging, yet realistic and performance-based, will add significantly to the outcome of the team building event.
We have built MapDash from the ground-up with all this in mind. It's been designed to increase communication, builds camaraderie, and foster creativity. It also allows your team members to get outside, get moving, and have fun. Better yet, because of our unique reporting dashboard, specific goals are easily set, and performance easily measured (without team-members feeling "measured"!)
So the next time that you plan a team building activity, make sure to give it a little extra thought. Don't just rush into it. Think it through and place specific emphasis on making it effective and its goals attainable, both from an employee's point of view and from your own.


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Please save the file located at this link as vilesson.txt. It will serve as a practice
file for vi exercises.
Arguably, the most prolific editor in the world is vi. Available
on every UNIX machine (and in its many incarnations also on DOS,
OS/2 and other platforms), with the recent Internet explosion, this
lean and powerful editor is attracting as much praise as criticism
from the cyberspace citizens.
When vi is first started, it expects commands, be it text input,
deletions, changes, searches. Following the command, an argument
usually needs to be given, for example, following command i
(insert text at the cursor), one would type text and then end the
command with Escape. For deletion, one would press
d and then an argument, for example w for
word, or 3w for three words or
} which in vi-speak means to the end of the
paragraph. If simple mnemonic commands are not sufficient,
command line is provided through pressing : (colon).
From there long commands can be executed to be applied to ranges
of lines in text. Even external programs can be used as filters to
process parts of the text.
To a traditional DOS or Mac user, vi seems foreign at first
mainly because it sees text input command as any other editing
instruction and does not allow stacking it with other commands
which almost all DOS and Mac editors do allow. For example, when
inserting text in DOS "EDIT", can you press PageDown to
go down? Yes, naturally, you will say. Not in vi, however, since
text inserting does not have any special ability to be mixed with
other commands. In vi you would first end text inserting command
by pressing Esc (that's how all text input commands are
terminated) and then you would press Ctrl-F (for
Forward Page). Therefore, it is crucial to remember that
everything is considered a command in vi. Some authors talk about
"insert mode" and "command mode" to emphasize
this difference from other editors. I personally find this
explanation unnecessarily confusing. As long as it is clear that
text input is just another command which must be
terminated before other editing commands can be issued, one will
do just fine with vi.
Repeat: After one issues a text input command
which does not have a pre-determined argument length (A,
I, O, R, a, c, i, o), and after one is finished typing
text, one must press Escape key.
Why don't other commands require termination? This is because
the length of the arguments is easily determined. For example,
if one presses d to signify delete, the
editor will wait for the symbol of the object to be deleted and
(optionally) the number of the objects. Therefore, whether the
complete command is d} (delete to the end of the
paragraph) or d3w (delete three words),
it will be obvious to the editor where the arguments to the
command d end. However, this is not the case with
inserting text, as the editor cannot guess at which point we no
longer wish to treat our keystrokes as text input. That's why
the length of the argument cannot be pre-determined, and that's
why when we're done with inserting text, we must
press Escape to make it clear.
While it may seem unintuitive to DOS and Mac users in the
beginning, it allows the use of single letter keystrokes as editing
instructions, making vi not only a very fast editor, but also a
very frugal one when used over the wire.
This particular design model has also allowed the author to make
commands easy to remember and easy to deduce once some of them are
memorized. This easy inference is necessary in vi since its bandwidth
frugality precluded it from having menus.
Below you will find a cheat-sheet with vi commands. This cheat
sheet will also come in handy in the next section of this document,
Practice Lesson #1.
vi cheat-sheet
a. cursor movements (items below are sometimes called objects):
h - left one character
l - right one character
j - down one line
k - up one line
w - right one word
b - back one word
$ - to the end of line
0 - to the beginning of the line
) - right one sentence
( - left one sentence
} - right one paragraph
{ - left one paragraph
Ctrl-F - forward one page
Ctrl-B - back one page
G - go to (without arguments, go to end of file)
b. deleting:
d - delete
then add one of the cursor movement symbols to
show what should be deleted, i.e.:
d$ - delete to end of line
d0 - delete to the beginning of the line
d} - delete to the end of paragraph
dd - delete delete (delete the whole line)
x - delete character cursor is on
c. other basic commands:
r - replace one character
ZZ - save and exit (hold down shift and press "z" twice)
y - yank (copy into temporary buffer)
then add cursor movement symbol to show what should be
copied, for example: y) - copy to the end of sentence
Y - yank line cursor is on
p - paste below cursor line (deleted or copied text)
P - paste above cursor line
u - undo last editing command
/sometext - search for "sometext"
d. any command can take numeric argument before the name of "object", i.e.:
5dd - delete 5 lines beginning with cursor line (or) d5d - same
2dw - delete two words (or) d2w - delete two words
c3w - change 3 words
3Ctrl-B - move up three pages
1G - go to the first line
e. external commands can be performed on the selected text (in lines)
if command is started with "!", i.e.:
!}fmt - reformat paragraph to 72 columns
f. command line (sometimes called "ex mode"):
g. from the command line a "set" command can be executed to
customize editing environment, i.e.:
:set all - will show the state of all options
:set number - will show on the screen numbers of all lines
:set autoindent // obvious
h. from the command line operations can be performed on the range of lines,
:18,24 del - delete from line 18 to line 24
:23,48 copy 17 - block from line 23 to 48 copy to line 17
:2,17 move 92 - block from line 2 to 17 move to line 92
i. from the command line any external UNIX command can be performed on
the range of lines if line range is superseded by "!":
:11,16! sed -e "s/^/\/\*/" -e "s/$/\*\//"
(the command above wraps the block of text with
"C" style comments - /* text */. It can be done
easier, but this is an example)
:14,19! sort -r +3
(sort the table in reverse order by fourth column)
j. file manipulation from the command line:
:r somefile - read in "somefile"
:x - save and exit (if file is "Read Only", this command will
exit without saving)
:wq - write and quit (same as above)
:w - write (save) if the file permissions allow it
:w! - save file even if it is read-only as long as we own it
:w somefile - save this file as "somefile"
:q - quit without saving
:q! - quit without saving if changes were made
k. text input commands (all require "Esc" to terminate):
i - insert text before the character cursor is on
I - insert text at the beginning of the line
a - append (insert text after the character cursor is on)
A - append text to the end of the line
c - change (replace previous text with new one)
takes arguments just like the delete command - it is
a fast and powerful way of changing original text -
much more so than typical "overwrite"
R - start overwriting text
o - start entering text at the beginning of the new line
below the cursor
O - start entering text at the beginning of the new line
above the cursor
l. if in doubt, press "Esc"
You should have a practice file called vilesson.txt in
your home directory. We will use it now:
$ vi vilesson.txt
Please note that in this lesson we will only practice the very
basics of vi. It is up to you to explore the editor further using
the provided cheat-sheet.
If you accidently violate any of the above rules and cause strange
characters to be inserted into the file, or if anything else
unexpected happens, and you don't know how to correct it, press
Escape followed with :q! (quit without
saving command). Then open the file again and continue the
All exercises in Practice Lesson #1 consist of
Actions (marked here as A:) and Verifications
(marked here as V:).
First we will move around the file line by line.
There is a way to move to a specific line number.
To move sideways we will use command l (letter el)
to move right, and command h to move left. First go
back to the beginning of the line "40 PR Special (Pink Squirrel)".
When you're done, continue with the exercise.
We can also move using words, sentences and paragraphs as delimiters.
First make sure your cursor is still at the beginning of the line
"40 PR Special (Pink Squirrel)".
Make sure your cursor is at the top of the file, then proceed
with the exercise.
We will practice commands d (delete),
p and P (paste), and the command
. (period, which means repeat last edit).
Make sure your cursor is still on the left paren before the word
Bring the file back into the editor with the command:
$ vi vilesson.txt
By now you have noticed that one of the drinks is really an appetizer.
We need to move it into the right place.
Note that uppercase P pastes text above the cursor line,
lowercase p pastes below.
If you only wish to copy the original line(s) without deleting at
the same time, use the yank command.
The above operation could also be accomplished using lowercase
yank and the symbol for the object to be copied.
You have just noticed that the name of the addressee is spelled
"Bigfoot". It should be "Bigshot". You will now globally change
What you have typed means command line (:), the whole
file (%), substitute (s), Bigfoot with Bigshot
(/Bigfoot/Bigshot/), any occurance on a line (g). Without
the last g, the substitution would be performed only
once per line. In our case it would not make any difference, but
it is a cheap insurance to take. The character % at
the beginning of the command means literally from the first to
the last line. You could specify a narrower range of lines.
:13,19s/Bigfoot/Bigshot/ would perform the substitution
on a range of lines 13 through 19.
It is possible to replace specific number of words with whatever
text we wish to type in.
You could also specify
multiple words to be replaced, for example c3w. This
has a distinct advantage over more conventional overwriting because
it has clear word-boundary delimiters.
Overwriting one character, however, can be useful as a quick
correction. Note that the word "Febeuary" is misspelled.
The first time you pressed r above it meant replace,
the second time with letter r. You do not need to finish
the command with Escape because there is an understanding
that only one letter will be input. This was single-letter
overwriting. Should you wish to overwrite continuously, you would
use the letter R instead. You would also need to finish
the command by pressing Escape since the number of
characters to be overwritten is not pre-determined.
Notice that the word "serVEd" has improperly capitalized two letters.
It is time to save the changes.
There are other ways to save files, so please read the cheat-sheet
for the command summary.
There are three parts to entering text:
The third part is always the same. All text input commands
listed above are terminated with Escape key. Part one
is where the variation occurs.
To enter text after the cursor, you would use a
(append) command. Now move your cursor to the second line
in the table listing drinks to be delivered.
Note that the capitalized version of the same command opens the
line for text input above the cursor line. Note similarities
to the p and P commands. Press u.
Make sure you are approximately in the middle of the line of text (any
You can exit file with or without saving changes.
Note that bang also works in conjunction with :w
and :wq commands.
Having explored vi commands somewhat, we are now ready to create
a default editing environment through the use of .exrc,
the configuration file which resides in user's home directory.
.exrc typically contains at least three types of entries:
When mapping escape sequences of some keys, we may need to
quote them, that is, to insert them literally. This can
be accomplished in vi by issuing a text input command and pressing
Ctrl-V before the key we wish to quote is pressed.
Now let's look at a sample .exrc:
set autoindent
set wrapmargin=8
set ignorecase
map #4 !}fmt^M
ab teh the
ab cutsomer customer
Lines 1 and 2 set autoindent mode on and turn on wordwrap at column
72. Line 3 specifies that all searches are to be case insensitive.
Line 4 maps function key 4 to reformat from the cursor position
to the end of the paragraph. Finally, lines 5 and 6 map some
common misspellings to the correct spelling. Note that ^M
on lines 4 and 5 are created by pressing Ctrl-V and then
hitting Ctrl-M.
With a little creativity you can make vi look as personal as you wish.
NOTE: After creating .exrc make sure that EXINIT
environment variable is not set as it would overwrite whatever
settings you entered into .exrc. You can verify whether
the EXINIT variable is set using this command from the UNIX command
$ set | grep EXINIT
If you see no output, you're fine.
Make sure that .exrc contains no blank lines - they
are not allowed.
In this lesson we will set up vi configuration file .exrc
and will test the configuration.
Also, in this lesson we will no longer follow the
Action/Verification exercise structure. You should be
sufficiently comfortable with vi by now to successfully complete
the exercises on your own.
Open vi on a blank file:
$ vi
Type commands :set all and press Enter.
You are likely to see something similar to the following:
noaltwerase noextended matchtime=7 report=5 term="xterm"
autoindent filec="" mesg noruler noterse
autoprint flash nomodeline scroll=24 notildeop
noautowrite nogtagsmode noprint="" nosearchincr timeout
backup="" hardtabs=0 nonumber nosecure nottywerase
nobeautify noiclower nooctal shiftwidth=8 noverbose
cdpath=":" ignorecase open noshowmatch warn
cedit="" keytime=6 optimize noshowmode window=48
columns=80 noleftright path="" sidescroll=16 nowindowname
nocomment lines=50 print="" noslowopen wraplen=0
noedcompatible nolisp prompt nosourceany wrapmargin=15
escapetime=6 nolist noreadonly tabstop=8 wrapscan
noerrorbells lock noredraw taglength=0 nowriteany
noexrc magic remap tags="tags"
paragraphs="IPLPPPQPP LIpplpipbp"
sections="NHSHH HUnhsh"
These are vi environment variables. They can be modified through
the :set commands. In this practice we will configure only
a few of those variables. You are encouraged to experiment with
Exit vi. Make sure you are in your home directory. The easiest
way is to do that is to execute cd with no arguments at
the UNIX command prompt. Now open the .exrc file:
$ vi .exrc
If your .exrc file is not blank, exit, back it up first
and start from scratch. Now create six entries exactly as described
above in Section 4: Startup File. Save, and open
vi with no arguments. Type text without hitting Enter
key. It should wrap around 72nd column. Indent one of the lines
with the Tab key. Continue typing on the same line.
It should wrap and start on the left side aligned with the previous
indentation. Now join two of the lines using J command.
Go to the beginning of the joined line and press function key 4. If
your terminal is set up properly, and the fmt utility
is present in your distribution, your paragraph should be reformatted.
Type a couple of lines and intentionally misspell "customer" as
"cutsomer" and "the" as "teh". Watch your text as it is corrected
on the fly.
This concludes our practice. The remainder of this document is
left up to the reader to practice at his convenience.
Editing multiple files in vi is possible in two different ways:
Once the files are loaded, movement from one file to another can be
accomplished using following commands:
:n - next file
:e# - previous file
Ctrl-^ - last edited file, keep cursor on last edited line
It is possible to copy or delete text from any file to a named
buffer, and to keep as many as 26 of those buffers around for
convenience. Buffers are created using lower case single letters.
Using upper case letter means append to the existing buffer.
The command beginning buffer operation is " (double
quotation mark). Following it is the name of the buffer and then
description of the operation to be performed:
"ay} - yank (copy) from cursor to end of paragraph into buffer "a".
If buffer exists, overwrite it.
"A12d - delete 12 lines from cursor down and append it to the
existing buffer "a".
"ap - take contents of buffer "a" and paste it below cursor line.
Notice that lower case name for a buffer causes it to be created every
time a command is issued.
Buffers can also act as macros if they contain valid vi or ex commands.
To execute such a macro, type:
@a - where "a" is the name of the buffer
Example: From a file containing definitions of complex macros, yank
one paragraph (say, 20 lines) to a named buffer "a". Then
return to a file you were originally editing and type @a.
The commands contained in the buffer will be executed on the file
being edited.
It is possible to make files act as vi macros by using command:
:so filename
The most powerful macros, however, are created using programs combined
into shell scripts (or DOS batch files), and acting as filters on the text
sent to them from within vi. Such shell scripts or programs must take standard
input and send results to standard output (which most UNIX tools do).
Even though seemingly strange at first, with a little practice using
vi becomes second nature.
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"Summer '85," a festival of speakers, crafts and arts, sponsored by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), will be held today and tomorrow at Muhlenberg College.
The Rev. James R. Crumley Jr., LCA international bishop, and the Rev. John F. Steinbruck of Luther Place Memorial Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C, will be guest speakers.


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Date: October 2
Grade: F
This is what the fifteenth minute of fame sounds like. In a terrible display of freestyle rhyming, Trinidad James tried to rhyme over "Pound Cake" while on Tim Westwood's show and it can best be described as a trainwreck. So bad that it's hard to watch (sadly, more people probably watched this than all of the rest of these freestyles combined). Trinidad had nothing to rap about and could barely string two bars together. The thing about freestyles is, you have to actually come off the dome—if you don't, no one will really care. So we really have no idea why Trinidad thought he had to keep it 100. Maybe if he had written some rhymes, he wouldn't have embarrassed himself. — Insanul Ahmed


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Find EverStart batteries on the Wal-Mart online store. The store lists all types of EverStart batteries available, their features, costs and the physical stores where buyers can collect them.
Vehicle owners can find and purchase EverStart batteries from the Wal-Mart store. They can either search for a specific type of battery from the search bar or scroll through the list of available brands and select batteries that suit their budgets and vehicle models.
Buyers can click on the battery type to view full descriptions before placing orders. Once they select the products, they can click on Add To List for purchase. However, to make a replacement, the buyer needs to return the old battery to exchange with the new one, as the prices on Wal-Mart do not include the battery's core.


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Vintage Skivvies is a website dedicated to (you guessed it) old underwears! They've got some fascinating images, like the old Gotham underwear ad in the early 1900s above.
An oldie but goodie: Link - via Mira y Calla
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This site is huge. They have 100s of underwear ads, photos and stories from the past 110 years. A great online store with a large selection of original vintage men's and boys' underwear.
A great reference to the history of men's underwear over the last 120 years. Vintage Skivvies sells dozens of brand new, never worn products from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80 and 90s. This is not a used clothing store, like most vintage stores. It's an opportunity to go back in time and wear the same brand new underwear you wore in 1977, for example. You can spend weeks looking through all the historical information in the Archives section. The illustrations throughout the website are so beautiful. I have purchased several unique items from the website and I am totally satisfied with both product and service. Highly recommend.
I've been a big fan of this company for 10 years! They have the coolest underwear anywhere in the world. I wear vintage skivvies everyday. My favorite section besides the store is the Archives. Check it out:
Ben Garthus
Satisfied customer
Ben Garthus
Satisfied customer
I guess that's what's under the Bat Suit!


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Sunday, April 29, 2012
The Center Of Attention
Kirk Nieuwenhuis has been outstanding in centerfield. It is fun to watch the diving and leaping and against-the-fence catches. But he has shown more than that. No matter who the Mets put in the corners of the outfield, they'll have more Major League experience than him. Kirk doesn't let that get to his head. He has taken charge of the outfield, covering the ground a centerfielder is suppose o cover, even if it means calling for a ball over a veteran such as Jason Bay or Scott Hairston. Most will think that he's just doing his job and that shouldn't mean anything. However, it was something Fernando Martinez and Angel Pagan failed to do at times so it's nice to see the less experience guy finally take charge.
The Mets have Matt den Dekker in AA playing centerfield. If den Dekker and Nieuwenhuis both have a future with the club Kirk is probably going to be the one to move. But den Dekker should be the only one moving Kirk. That conflict shouldn't be something the Mets face this season. If the Mets are serious about Kirk Nieuwenhuis being a big part of this team they should show it tomorrow. They should show Kirk is bigger than Torres by putting Torres in left field, not Kirk.
Let's Go Mets!
Friday, April 27, 2012
In Defense of Mike Nickeas
I'm sick of it all. He isn't the reason pitchers are throwing meatballs right down the middle. He isn't the reason pitchers are throwing pitches in the dirt and to the backstop. He isn't the reason runners get jumps that leave them halfway to their stolen base by the time the pitch is released. Mike Nickeas isn't the one making errors at second base or on relay throws that go four feet to his right, well out of reach of his glove-hand.
The Mets have gotten off to a fast start yet whenever anything at all goes wrong it's Mike Nickeas's fault. If you're going to blame him for so much then realize when he does something right. Notice when he blocks impossible pitches and stops the runners from moving up a base. Give him credit when he gets a hit instead of just saying his batting average is still lower than all those all star catchers.
I just want to be able to enjoy it when he goes 2-for-2 with a BB and RBI. But it seems the only way I can is of I alienate the rest of the Mets fan-base.
The act is old and tired and I have tried to ignore it for long enough.
Just please stop.
Congratulations Zach!
Congratulations, Zach! Here's to many more hits and even some home runs!
Let's Go Mets!
So Much Can Happen In Five Years
When I started writing here I didn't know what to expect. I just knew I had stuff to say about the Mets and baseball in general and I wanted to say it. I never expected it to become much. Yet, it has been linked from MetsBlog and has helped me get into college. It has introduced me to my passion and brought me closer to what I want to do in the future.
This blog has also chronicled my life as a baseball fan. When it started my favorite players were David Wright, Xavier Nady, and Mike Pelfrey. Joe Smith was barely a professional baseball player. The existence of Mike Nickeas and Josh Thole would have been news to me.
Now I have not only grown attached to the Mets, I'm attached to their minor leaguers as well. Mike Nickeas, Josh Thole, Zach Lutz, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, and Josh Satin have all made it to the major leagues. Kai Gronauer has made his way to the Mets system and onto my radar.
Since I started blogging I've written about so many cool experiences. The Mets games where I saw Mike Pelfrey's first career complete game and Josh Thole's second career home run. Two trips to Spring Training that changed my baseball fandom forever by making me aware of Mike Nickeas's existence. My first minor league baseball games that showed me the sport I love in such a close setting that I felt like I could talk to the players. And at Spring Training and before those games I did get to talk to my favorite player and find out how awesome he is.
If I hadn't started writing here I might not have known about Mike Nickeas. The moment at Spring Training might have passed like any other excitement in a 14-year old's life. But it didn't pass and I wrote about and kept following his career and writing about him. I had a place to write about how awesome he has always been and how he exceeded any expectations I had for my first ever minor league game when I finally decided to see him play. I could keep writing about Mike Nickeas now and I could write about him for hours and probably days because I didn't know someone who is the coolest person in my head could actually be so cool in reality. I never would have known that if I hadn't darte writing here. If I hadn't had a place to tell whoever wanted to listen that he was so amazing.
I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't started this blog. I would still be a high school senior preparing to live away from home for the first time. But past that it could all be different. I could be chasing a different dream, trying to reach a different goal.
The thing is, I started writing here and I haven't stopped for five years. I don't plan on stopping any time soon. I love it here and I hope I can keep writing here forever or write somewhere bigger, spreading my thoughts to more people.
As much as I have done this by myself, I could never have done it without all of you. If you didn't read any of these words there wouldn't be much of a reason to write. Thank you for reading as much as you have, even if it has only been up to this sentence. I really appreciate all of you.
Let's Go Mets!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
I Like This Lineup
But the doubters are still there. Now they're saying this shows the Mets don't spend enough. Yes, for the past few years their budget has been tight but they still have Johan Santana and Jason Bay on the books.
Wait. Hold on. Does it matter if they spend ridiculous amounts of money on big name free agents? I would rather have them spend the money on David Wright and Jon Niese. The "big market" argument doesn't bother me. Fans should demand winning, not spending. Organizations can create winning teams in more than one way. If the Mets win with their farm system those players could become the big names. Those players could be the ones everyone wants and if the Mets were the ones to sign them they'd simply be locking up their stars.
If the Mets continue to win this team will be easy to root for. The Mets have more homegrown players that aren't in the lineup today. If one wanted to include any player that has spent any time in the Mets system they'd have almost the entire roster. Not many teams can say that. I'd rather brag about that than brag about having the highest payroll.
This lineup is exciting. I can't wait to see it this afternoon.
Let's Go Mets!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
He Finally Made It
It is five seasons and numerous injuries after he was drafted but Zach Lutz has made it to the Major Leagues. He was drafted out of the Division-III baseball program at Alvernia College in Pennsylvania, where his dad Yogi is the coach. Zach was drafted as a third baseman but he has added first base to his repertoire. His biggest strength, though, is his offense not his defense. I guess you could even say his biggest strength is, well, his strength and power at the plate.
I first saw Zach Lutz at a B-Mets game in 2010. He was playing third base and he was huge. He stands at 6'1" and weighs 220 pounds. He is no doubt built to play corner infield. Unfortunately for Zach, the Mets have their future at those positions in David Wright (hopefully) and Ike Davis. One would think that would be the most frustrating part of his road to the big leagues. However, it's not even close.
Perhaps the most frustrating thing for Lutz has been his injury history. He didn't make it through a week in professional baseball before having a stress fracture in his foot and that became a recurring issue. Last year was probably the most unlucky injury year for him. The Mets had plenty of their own injuries, including a time when both David Wright and Ike Davis were out. Zach Lutz surely would've gotten the call if he were healthy. First, he had a hamstring injury. Right when he was going to return he was hit in the finger by a batted ball during batting practice. The broken finger kept him out for a few more weeks and he missed the call. Once he finally made it back from the hamstring and finger injuries he played a few games then promptly was beaned in the head. He eventually made it back from that concussion but it wasn't long before he was beaned once again. The second concussion ended his season and may have cost him a September call up.
With all of that in mind I'm sure this feels awesome for Zach. He is finally healthy at the right time and he finally got the call. He got off to a great start in Buffalo this season, thankfully showing the concussions are behind him and his power is still around. He hasn't spent as much time in the minor leagues as other players I have followed (coughmikenickeascough) but the almost call ups make it feel like a longer time.
I am beyond happy for Zach. I'm looking forward to seeing him (maybe) get a start or two and crushing some baseballs.
Congratulations to Zach. He has finally cleared all the hurdles and made it. And even if he doesn't stick this time he will eventually. This kid can hit and I cannot wait until everyone knows it.
Let's Go Mets!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
…more coherent thoughts to come later…
Congratulations, Zach!
Monday, April 23, 2012
My Main Concern
Frank Francisco didn't look good in Spring Training. He couldn't seem to get an out but most people looked past it because most of the bullpen struggled during Spring Training. However, now Jon Rauch is pitching well, Tim Byrdak has returned, and Miguel Batista has been scarcely used. Bobby Parnell has continued to impress as well. Francisco has become the weak link in this bullpen and it's frustrating. I gave Spring Training a pass because everyone struggled and he had knee issues. He also used the excuse that he would be ready once the lights come on, so I he got another pass for the poor spring results.
But now the lights are on and he still isn't doing his job. Mike Pelfrey pitched one of the best games of his career and ultimately had nothing to show for it. Terry Collins had to burn through other bullpen arms because Francisco couldn't get out of his own jam. Teams are stubborn with their closers. The Mets have to find a way to not waste the "big offseason signing" while also not sacrificing wins. The Mets haven't seemed to have a reliable closer since Billy Wagner in 2006, and even that is a stretch. It would be nice if Frank Francisco worked out but they also shouldn't force feed their "closer" into situations he won't make it out of. How many quality outings from starting pitchers can they afford to waste?
Hopefully this conflict will just be a distant memory come June. After all, we are talking about a small sample size.
Ah, well.
Let's Go Mets!
I'm So Confused
But . . . I mean . . . What??
Let's Go Mets!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
More Bad Injury Luck
I was really pulling for Ratliff. I fell in love with so many of those 2010 Binghamton Mets, including Sean. It was great to hear he would be playing this season. Now it stinks to hear he won't make it all the way back. And it adds another layer onto the bad luck Zach Lutz has had with injuries, even though he's not the one hurt.
I don't really know what else to say. I just feel for Sean. I hope he fully recovers from this enough to live his life even without baseball.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Josh Thole Can Hit
Thole's career MLB batting average is .280 and his OBP is .357. He had a rough start to the season last year, both offensively and defensively, and that seemed to turn everyone away from him. However, after the Mets figured out what in the world they wanted to do with the catching situation and Josh got the majority of the playing time his offense returned to form. He hit .292 from June until the end of the year and his OBP was .372, almost .100 points higher. His career minor league average is even strong, at .289 and his OBP is also almost .100 points higher at .376. I know I'm not a stats-genius or anything (I'm nowhere near being a sabermetrician, heck I can barely spell the word), but I know getting on base over a third of the time is not too shabby.
Josh has started off well at the plate this season. He has had his share of adventures on the base paths and behind the dish but his offense is the last thing anyone should be worrying about. Thole certainly has a lot to prove defensively. However, even on that end of the game Terry Collins has been impressed. Josh Thole may never be an all star catcher but that doesn't mean he is going to stink. People seem to be surprised at his positive start. I'm glad people are pleasantly surprised by his offense but it also shows just how little those people know about his ability.
It's amazing when I remember reading about how he would handle his first slump in AA. Now it's time to see how he's going to take advantage of his big chance in the major leagues. He survived that slump in Binghamton and I'm confident he'll exceed all expectations now. I just don't understand why those expectations seem to be so low.
Let's Go Mets!
Monday, April 9, 2012
It Is On My Mind
I love that he's happy for the rest of the team no matter how he is playing. There were so many interviews during Spring Training in which most of the questions would be about Josh Thole or Mike Pelfrey or Johan Santana, and Mike would have positive things to say about all of them. I cannot imagine how a person could have a more positive mentality.
Keep it up, Mike! You're always a class act.
Let's Go Mets!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
How Sweep It Is (Coming Soon)
…and there might be some stuff about the game.
Let's Go Mets!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Win Number Two
And would you look at those Mets! Starting the season 2-0. R.A. Dickey threw six innings, giving up two runs and five hits. Perhaps the most exciting thing about this game was seeing the Mets offensive power. David Wright had three hits, including a home run, and Lucas Duda hit two home runs this afternoon. Josh Thole had two more hits and a run batted in as well.
Another positive from this game, and even from all of Spring Training, is Bobby Parnell's scoreless pitching. He actually ended last season with eleven scoreless outings and continued his dominance this spring. He pitched a scoreless inning this afternoon after his scoreless outing on Thursday. A big part of his success, he says, is that he has learned to pitch his way out of jams instead of trying to throw as hard as possible and losing any command of his pitches. He learned that sometimes it's better to slow things down and locate his pitches even though it can be fun to see the radar gun light up with 102 or 103 MPH. Bobby has also stopped throwing his slider and is instead throwing a knuckle-curve that he learned from Jason Isringhausen last year. It is great to see him growing as a pitcher because he can still throw 98 MPH and blow people away. He has a gift, he just has to know how to use it.
It is only two games but there is nothing wrong with a little optimism. Let's live it up while we can.
Let's Go Mets!
Kai Gronauer Update
What are you saying? He hasn't played? No at-bats in the first two games? Oh, the B-Mets have lost the first two games.
Put him in Coach, he's ready to play!
Let's Go Mets!
Friday, April 6, 2012
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Welcome To The Big Leagues!
Kirk Nieuwenhuis is going to be a major leaguer.
He's going to be a major leaguer.
With Mike Nickeas.
And Josh Thole.
My favorite minor leaguers are growing up.
Let's Go Mets!
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Xavier Nady!
The First Victim
I want Kirk Nieuwenhuis, just saying.
Wrapping Up Win Number One
Johan Santana threw five scoreless innings and only needed to pitch out of one jam. Ramon Ramirez, Tim Byrdak, Jon Rauch, and Frank Francisco shutout the Braves after Johan left the game and they all looked better than they ever did during Spring Training. Josh Thole, Daniel Murphy, and David Wright all had two hits and Wright had the first RBI of the season. Nine of the pitches Ike Davis saw in his four at-bats were curve balls, which is a pretty bizarre stat.
The only negative from this game is that Andres Torres left after reinjuring his calf chasing a ball in the outfield. He is likely headed to the disabled list. If he does indeed land on the DL the Mets could call up Kirk Nieuwenhuis or Vinny Rottino. Calling up Rottino would require moving someone off of the 40-man roster.
The Mets are now 33-18 all time on Opening Day. No matter what happens the rest of the season, they usually give us one day for nothing but optimism.
Let's Go Mets!
This One Is Special
Mike Nickeas has gone from Texas Rangers prospect to that guy the Mets got for Victor Diaz to oft-injured minor leaguer to organizational catching depth to AA all star to finally being a major leaguer. He was the "other" option for backup catcher for a couple of years. He would be with the Mets in September or if someone was injured but otherwise he would hang around in the minors. He did make the Opening Day roster last season but it was only because Ronny Paulino was suspended. He technically didn't earn his roster spot.
So this year it was different. The Mets made it clear they were not going to spend major money on a catcher. Josh Thole would be the starter and Mike Nickeas, Rob Johnson, and Lucas May would compete for the job of the backup catcher. Knowing the pitchers and the organization gave Nickeas a head start but he was not going to assume the spot was his. The Mets told him he needed to improve his offense to make the team and that is what he did. He shortened his swing and changed the way he hit the ball. Some people will see that he didn't hit over .300 and think he didn't make any improvements but I'm glad the Mets saw more than his batting average. They saw the work he put in outside what's in the box score, the stuff the fans don't see, and decided he deserved the job.
(And for those people that want tangible results, in the two days after he made the team he hit a double and a home run. A little confidence boost can go a long way.)
When I try to figure out why Mike Nickeas is my favorite player I never get very far. Yes, there is everything about getting his autograph in 2008 and deciding I would root for him no matter what. However, there is so much more than that.
Rooting for him brought me to minor league baseball and since 2008 I have wanted to read and learn everything about that side of the game. Players like Dirk Hayhurst have written about their experiences in the game and have given the fans a glimpse into the life of a minor leaguer. It's no walk in the park even when you are playing a game for a living. Players come and go, with each draft bringing more prospects and non-prospects into an organization and it takes a lot to stick around.
Mike Nickeas stuck around. I don't know which overused cliché to use. Determination, perseverance, love of the game. Whatever it was, he came back every year, played wherever the Mets sent him, and was leader for whoever was on the team with him. He just always seemed to appreciate playing the fame game. He doesn't take for granted that he gets to play the best game ever for a living. He appreciates his fans, something I will be forever greatful for.
For years I would only know he was in the lineup if I checked the B-Mets or Bisons box score. Knowing that following his season will just mean following the Mets is special. It is an amazing feeling and I'm just a fan. I cannot begin to imagine how awesome it is for him. It's easy to root a guy when you know he has never stopped working hard to get where he is today.
That is why I am wearing my #13 Mike Nickeas jersey today and why I wore it to school the day after he made the team. No matter how many people write him off or have not even heard of him at all won't change him being the biggest name in my book.
Congratulations, Mike! You deserve this roster spot and every second you spend in the Major Leagues.
Let's Go Mets!


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Continuation Lines
There's been a long standing Unix convention of breaking long lines with a "\" to make them easier to read. You'd almost always see this in files like /etc/printcap, but there are plenty of other places where this convention is used.
A file with continuations might look like this:
This \ is \ one \ line.
and any program reading that is supposed to see it as:
This is one long line.
The "\" is supposed to immediately precede the line feed with no blanks, spaces or anything else between. This rigidity sometimes causes problems when folks use GUI editors to change files; they don't notice the extra spaces and subsequently programs fail.
Bash (and ksh) handle these lines by default. Using the file above as input, we can write a simple script and get one line as output:
$ while read line; do echo $line; done < t This is one line. $
If we use "read -r", however, it's different:
$ while read -r line; do echo $line; done < t This \ is \ one \ line. $
Adding spaces after each "\" produces something yet again different:
# (spaces added to file) $ while read line; do echo $line; done < t This is one line. $
The missing "\"'s are because now they are simply seen as quoting the spaces. But if you use "read -r" on the same file, it's not seen as quoted:
# (same file, extra spaces after \) $ while read -r line; do echo $line; done < t This \ is \ one \ line.
Given Perl's strong Unix roots, you might think it would recognize this convention also or at least have some funky variable you could set or unset. Nope:
$ cat t.pl #!/usr/bin/perl while (<>) { print ; } # (original file, no spaces after \) $ ./t.pl < t This \ is \ one \ line. $
Section 8.1 of my Perl Cookbook presents an example program that looks for \'s, strips them and gathers full lines.
Apache groks continuation lines, and you can find stuff scattered around for more general cases: Matching line continuation characters.
Interestingly, the Perl debugger does understand backslash continuation: (from "`perldoc perldebug"):
Multiline commands If you want to enter a multi-line command, such as a subroutine definition with several statements or a format, escape the new- line that would normally end the debugger command with a back- slash. Here's an example: DB<1> for (1..4) { \ cont: print "ok\n"; \ cont: } ok ok ok ok Note that this business of escaping a newline is specific to interactive commands typed into the debugger.
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For some strange reason, I've seldom used continuation characters to break up overly-long lines. I have a hunch that I got used to wrapped lines from the days when I had to punch in machine code using a Teletype (that was very long ago), where every keystroke was an exercise in shortening your finger length. Old habits do die hard. :-)
Fri May 28 01:07:03 2010: 8643 anonymous
Using HTML to put three links on one line I tried this and it works.
< a href "www.some website.com">Try this site</a [line break]
a>< a href "www.another_website.com">Try another</a [line break]
a>< a href "www.yetanother_website.com">Or this</a [line break]
a> [line break]
HTML (at least with IE) did not complain.
The line break could not go after the < /a > because it would appear in the browser as white space.
But inside the < /a > it was ignored by the browser.
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Not all actors in the cine field get their due recognition in terms of their talents and potential.This is applicable to actors in all language films.Tamil film industry is no exception to this.The actors undergoing the trauma of improper recognition would be many and they would belong to all categories of acting including that of a hero.Even during the earlier days of Tamil Cinema, talented actors like K.R.Ramasamy, Ranjan, Kuladeivam Rajagopal could not be said to have received sufficient patronage or support for what they were capable of.It is not the objective of this article to analyse the reasons for such a predicament.It is just an attempt at throwing more light on the facts of what one is worthy of.
Looking back at the days of Tamil Cinema when the two top most heroes MGR and Sivaji Ganesan had reaped the best of their acting career and when new heroes like Jai Shankar and Ravichandran had just begun their hey days,there was a search for new talents, to add a little more dynamism to the Tamil big screen. C.V.Sridhar and K.Balachander, the two illustrious directors of those days could be proud of introducing two new faces to Tamil Cinema.The former came out with a hero and the latter a hero-cum-character actor.One was Srikanth and the other was Jai Ganesh and their movies were,Vennira Aadai and Aval Oru Thodarkadhai. The other creditable fact is that Srikanth was the first hero of J.Jeyalalitha, who later became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Besides,he was older than Jai Ganesh, nearly by a decade.
Both Srikanth and Jai Ganesh started their career with the best directors of their time.But for Srikanth,his first movie was not his best, because it was a heroine-oriented film and the role of a psychiatrist as hero, did not warrant any extraordinary display of acting dimensions.It was almost a docile role and Srikanth performed it as meekly as possible.But for Jai Ganesh,his entry itself marked a bang with the role of an irresponsible, dipsomaniac elder brother and family head. Incidentally,it was another heroine related story, that gave a remarkable beginning of acting career for debutante Sujatha. However,the performance of Jai Ganesh was extremely noteworthy and the tragic end that fell on him at the climax, when he got reformed of his drunkenness,made his role in that film strikingly memorable.
Ironically speaking,both these actors seemed to have had a similar fate line at least with regard to their film career.There are solid reasons for this kind of assessment.Both these men after failing as heroes became very impressive comedians and villains.Audience of their times could hardly forget the brilliant performance of Srikanth,with his famous dialogue'I am always open' in Aval,a successful remake of the mega hit Hindi film Doraha.This movie hit the screens with the hidden histrionic ability of Srikanth,substantially displayed.While Srikanth came out with a remarkable role of villainy in Dhandayudhabaani pictures' Komaadhaa En Kulamaadha,Jai Ganesh showed his ebullient villainy in Aattukkaara Alamelu of this production house.Similarities between these two actors are many.
Though Sridhar introduced Srikanth,K.Balachander used his talents for his films like Naanal, Navagraham,Ethir Neechal,Poovaa Thalayaa and so on.Similarly Jai Ganesh introduced by K.B was effectively portrayed by Sridhar as a villain in Azhage Unnai Aaradhikkirein. Both these actors have joined Sivaji Ganesan's meritorious company in several films, particularly in negative roles. Srikanth's role as the son,of Sivaji Ganesan in Thangapadhakkam would be one of the most memorable roles in his archives.His other notable performance with Sivaji Ganesan was in Gnaana Oli. Interestingly in both these films Srikanth is shown as dying in the hands of that veteran, towards rendering justice for his wrong doings. Srikanth had also played the role of a selfish younger brother of Sivaji Ganesan in the most popular film Rajapart Rangadurai. His other noted movies with Sivaji Ganesan were,Anbaithedi,Vasantha Maaligai and Avan Oru Sarithiram.
Jai Ganesh was found acting with Sivaji Ganesan in several films like Annan Oru Kovil,Pattakathi Bhairavan,Naan Vaazhavaipein,Pilot Premnath,Thirisoolam,Imayam, Andhaman Kadhali,Vaa Kannaa Vaa, AmaraKavyam, Needhipadhi and so on.Most of the roles were on the negative side.Both Srikanth and Jai Ganesh were taking up roles that showed them throwing challenges to the hero and were later made to accept defeat.Apart from acting as villains both these actors were quite comfortable on the comedy side.While Srikanth made his humour sense relevant and impressive in films like Kaasedhaan Kadavulada and Poova Thalaiya,Jai Ganesh was his hilarious self in films like Murai Maman and Ullathai Allithaa,both directed by Sundar.C.and later with Kamalahasan's farcical comedy Kadhala Kadhala. Both of them are capable of generating decent,convincing sense of humour.
Srikanth has done one film{Bhairavi in which he appeared as a crude villain}with Rajinikanth.But Jai Ganesh has been in Rajinis films like Naan Vaazha Vaipein Raja Chinna Roja and Adhisia piravi After Aval Oru Thodarkadhai,Jai Ganesh has also acted in a couple of movies of K.Balachander such as Pattinapravesam and Rojavanam. He has played important roles in some films on spiritual themes like Thaaye Neeye Thunai, Samayapurathaale Saatchi,Mel Maruvathur Arpudhangal and Varuvaan Vadivelan.Jai Ganesh has acted with new generation heroes like Vijay {Poove Unakkaaga}and Ajth{Mugavari}.
For Srikanth two of his movies Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal and Oru Nadigai Naadagam Paarkiraal, stand out to be unique in the sense, both these films were based on Jeyakanthan's novels and they were highly acclaimed for their story value and refined character portrayal.The character of the hero in both these films was beautifully carved and Srikanth fitted himself into the character with compactness and dignity. Srikanth was a natural actor and his role performance was always a sample of straight course in acting.He has done his best in all his films though movies like Aval, Thanga Padhakkam,Rajapart Rengadurai,Komadha En Kulamadha,Avan Oru Sarithiram, Kaasedhaan Kadavulada and the two Jeyakanthan films will be the most remembered ones.I last saw Srikanth in a negative role as Chief Minister,in Vishal's Sivappadhikaaram.
Jaiganesh could be called an all rounder with a flair for essaying with felicity, villain,character and comedian roles as naturally as possible.In dialogue delivery too,one could find a kind of effort and strain in the voice mould of both Srikanth and Jai Ganesh. Both have not shared screen space with MGR.Besides being natural actors they could also afford to be melodramatic if the story line warrants.It is my personal opinion that these two talented actors could have been recognized a little more than how they were.With more challenging roles and due accommodation,they would have retained their positions in the Tamil film field with more command and wield.


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- brianne.lynn1
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Hopefully someone can help me. I am on my last thank you note for my bridal shower gifts. At the shower, this person gave me an envelope with a card from the store telling me what she had purchased, and said that the store was going to deliver it to our home. Two weeks+ and we haven't received the gift. I would really like to get a note out telling her how much I appreciate her being there, and I definitely want to thank her for her gift, but what do you say in a case such as this?
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In December 2007, at the annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine in Las Vegas, Suzanne Somers, the actress and bestselling author of Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones, delivered a rhapsodic keynote speech in praise of hormone replacement therapy. "I go to these parties sometimes with all these successful men who've really achieved in their careers," she told the enthusiastic, middle-aged crowd. "Seventies, eighties, and they're out of gas. They're just so out of gas! They all sit there, they're drooping–their face, their body's drooping–they've all got deep belly fat, they're all kind of grumpy…. And I look at them and I think, 'This out of gas doesn't have to be!' You know this. I know this. It's hormones!"
Thanks to modern science, the grail of enduring youthfulness–if not eternal youth–is within the grasp of middle-class Americans, for whom the road to senescence is now paved with restorative procedures and rejuvenating formulas. You can be young again, at least until you're dead. And while Somers is still a ways from a National Institutes of Health appointment, the government and its bedfellows in the private sector are enmeshed in life extension of the more pedestrian variety. Sustaining people in the last two years of their lives consumes a third of Medicare's budget, and of the 16 percent of the country's GDP that is now spent on healthcare, an ever growing proportion is dedicated to treating a range of diseases that would have been death sentences half a century ago. Medical advances have pushed back old age–the duration of the average American life has increased by a decade since 1950–and turned the final years into a series of expensive encounters with corpse-maintenance machines.
And this may be only a prelude. There are those who say we are not even beginning to approach the horizon of mortality, and that death may be delayed another twenty, thirty, even fifty years. Aubrey de Gray, a biogerontologist who is perhaps the foremost scientific proponent of life extension, argues that through cell therapy and the deceleration of metabolism, we'll be able to "eliminate aging as a cause of death this century," allowing people to live as long as a thousand years. Much to the chagrin of so-called bioconservatives, we are redefining what is "humanly possible," as well as what is human.


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A brief overview of this great side scrolling RTS, plus tips for each class and some general strategy to help you win each battle.
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The iPhone has become the top platform for casual games, and yet it is sometimes hard to find good games with so many poorly made games flooding iTunes. Blobster is a game that clearly had a lot of effort put into it and takes fun aspects from many different games and creates a unique game.
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Built to Learn: How Design Can Enhance Education
Modern education is ripe for disruption. That theme arose early at the Gensler Dialogues roundtable, "How We Learn: Designing Environments That Respond to Human Behavior," on January 19. With one student dropping out of high school every 26 minutes, current K-12 learning spaces aren't working for those who depend on them.
"The bottom line is, it's simply not ok to lose that many people," says Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, owner and principal of INSYNC: Education Research and Design, and one of the morning's panelists. "We need to completely re-imagine what learning can be."
For too long, she says, education institutions have modeled themselves on factories. Teachers stand in front of row-by-column seating, or at the head of a lecture hall, reinforcing the mindset of teachers as the only source of control and authority in the classroom. It's a narrow conception of education that ultimately doesn't serve most students.
"People always talk about creating genius, but let's be honest," says Terry Heick, co-panelist and founder/director of TeachThought. "We don't really think of genius in schools. We think about assimilation. We say to learners, well, this is our ethos, so assimilate yourself to this. That's all backwards. Of course we want to show kids how to do things, but you have to let them bring their own curiosity and personality to bear on these problems."
How can spaces better support learning behavior? Here are four key themes that emerged:Learner-Centered Environments
Both panelists spoke forcefully on the need to pivot to learner-centered models. Learner environments honor the student as a whole person. Their design adapts fluidly to students' changing needs and encourages experimentation.
"The net result of the learning experience should not be, are we faster at the content? Or, how did we do on that test?" says Heick. "We're thinking instead, how do I want him to be 20 years for now? We're thinking about him as a person. Because ultimately, everyone has their own need for information, delivered in a certain way, at the right time for them."
But how do we scale a close focus on the individual to the level of a classroom? By maximizing every aspect of the physical envelope—from floors to walls to furnishings. In learner spaces, the built environment itself acts as a third teacher. It gives cues and permissions about what kinds of behaviors are encouraged, and which are not. How easy is it for students to form small groups, for example? How quickly can teachers see and help a student with a question? The way a space addresses those issues has repercussions for how effectively teachers and learners can use their time in the classroom.
Deep Engagement
Both Heick and Dr. Lennie agree that the behavior cultivated through learner-centered space is deep engagement with the topic at hand. By giving students more room to move, resources to use and time to engage, they immerse themselves in their education until learning starts to look like play.
"Play and curiosity are such a natural part of our brain stem. They go together," Dr. Lennie says, citing cognitive research on how the brain learns. "As humans, we naturally want to inquire."
Heick expanded on this topic by explaining his interest in inquiry as a model for successful learning. He compares the inquiry mindset to being an archaeologist. You brush back the dirt, see what pieces you have and how they fit together. Inquiry, when taken long-term, becomes a mode of asking questions of your environment.
"Humans are potent in their curiosity, their adaptability, their perseverance" Heick says. "We call this curiosity a soft skill, but it's far more crucial than just our ability to read well, or even our cognitive capacity."Learning through Experimentation
To build on engagement and inquiry, learning spaces must incorporate opportunities for experimentation. As in a chemistry lab, where you mix solutions and get results instantly—a new compound, a bad smell or even an explosion—learner spaces create feedback loops for students to try something new and see the results of their efforts, then adjust their approach on the second pass.
A strong model for such space can be found in the architecture studio itself. "I always tell people to return to their design training," says Dr. Lennie. "In architecture school, you're constantly being asked the question, 'What's important?' You have to figure that out for yourself, and sometimes, you have to try something that fails. If it's too much of a safe zone, students will never make those leaps to see those connections."
Building opportunities for failure into the classroom experience doesn't always sit well with traditional educators, however. "You get a lot of push-back at community meetings," says Dr. Lennie. "Neither teachers nor parents are often willing to let their children fail. But there's a tenacity you build up that way. We have to let our students fail in a safe way."
Learner-Centered Technology
Perhaps one way to build low-stakes failure and high-octane experimentation into the learning space is through tech tools and video games. Heick talked about his children, who use video games to find new ways of exploring their world. His son, he says, sometimes tries to 'break the game,' pouring all of his cognitive effort into finding a way to use the platform that the game's designers didn't anticipate. While older generations may not read this as a legible learning experience, Heick observes that these relationships between learners and technology will only grow more pronounced as time goes on.
"People talk about tech in education, but these days, we have only partially-converted classrooms. We have digitized versions of what we had 20 years ago. If you squint, it doesn't look much different than it used to." Like it or not, tech tools—from virtual reality to education apps, video games and YouTube—are already seeping into education environments. The trick is figuring out how to hack these tools for our purposes, and teaching students to do the same.
Ultimately, finding new ways to use tools for the learner's own purposes isn't new to the learning model. It's central to the concept of inquiry itself, and a big part of the new culture of education promoted by the panelists. Moments of connection between the learner and the world, wherever they come from, cement lessons by making them relevant to the individual.
"Learning is a super simple transaction between a human and their environment," says Heick. "No matter what, humans are constantly negotiating meaning from their environment.
"I always tell my kids, the most important thing is to care. Caring helps you unify and order all the things you've learned in a way you can use, no matter what the subject. And if you care, you'll do that naturally, on your own."
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Meghan Webster is a senior associate in Gensler's Chicago office. She has a broad range of experience across the country and overseas in every phase of the architecture and construction process, and she draws on this experience when thinking about new and inventive ways for buildings to broaden the lives of the end-users. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Brian Watson is a designer with a focus on education and community projects that positively transform the learning and life experience. He believes that good design can change people's lives and set them up for success. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Humans can be very self-centred, this is really highlighted within relationships whether with man or God. Yet relationships are or should be about reciprocity, mutual benefit or put another way give and take.
We are OK when it comes to taking but not so much when it comes to giving. We find it much more easy to receive and very difficult to release.
I see this a lot in the online world, people are used to taking. There are free offers everywhere and we collect and hoard them, store them away but they hardly see the light of day if at all. They are like trophies or tools that we collect just in case we need them.
But when does taking stop being taking and start to become stealing (taking more than what was given/intended)? Continue reading The Give and Take of Mutual Relationships