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Hey ! Administrators Dont Read This Blog
Without Administrator privilege you can not do any administrative job on any kind of OS, Windows 7 also is not excluded from this universal known !
What is wonderful that, there is a hidden admin in Windows 7 and it is not activate by default!
Now you may be curious how to activate it….
Click "Start" and on "Search box", just type cmd and press Enter key!
When it comes, type as: net user administrator /active:yes
In Windows 7 you often see that, it may go into hibernation / sleep mode, although it helps to save power, but some people feels it is a problematic ! So, if you want to turn it off, just pass this:
powercfg -h off
Sometimes, it is necessary to speed up the shutting down time in Windows 7….
Click "Start" and on "Search box", just type regedit and locate for the key as:
and make the Value as lower of your choice on the key "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" default is 12000 i.e. 12 sec !
Don't Worry Windows XP users ! there is a way to speed up the Shutting down time of XP….this mechanism is also available, but a little difference !
After finishing your work, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open Taskbar > Shut Down menu, select Turn Off by holding Ctrl key. Same tricks also applicable for Restart.
Now, I am going to describe some of the new features of Windows 7 Enterprise / Ultimate !
DirectAccess: Allows users to connect securely to the corporate network through the Internet without need of VPN.
BranchCache It helps to increase the optimization of applications; it provides such an enhancement to the end-users in remote offices that just like an experience to working in head office. Users in a branch office don't need to wait as long to download files from headquarters. When BranchCache enables, a copy of data accessed from an intranet / a file server is cached locally within the branch office. When another user on same network requests the file, he /she gets the file instantly as it is downloaded prior from the local cache. It supports common protocols like HTTP & HTTPS and server messaging block or SMB. It can work with Secure Sockets Layer or SSL, and Internet Protocol security /IPSec. The use of BranchCache to locally cache content and Web pages will enable SYSTEX to reduce expensive network bandwidth by least 20 percent. Read here for, SYSTEX CASE STUDY
Another a unique feature, not only you can protect data of your computer, it is possible also even on removable drives: With huge growth of using of mobile computers, of course the question of security arising. In 2008, 42% of respondents to the Computer Security Institute Computer Crime and Security Survey of enterprise IT professionals report that their organizations experienced theft of laptops or mobile devices.
With Windows 7, you can protect important data by using BitLocker Drive Encryption feature. BitLocker to Go extends BitLocker data protection to USB storage devices, enabling them to be restricted with a passphrase / password. You can set a policy (GP) to having control over this, which requires users to apply BitLocker protection to removable drives before being able to write to them.
BitLocker to Go provides administrators control over how removable storage devices can be utilized within their environment and the strength of protection that they require. Policies are also available to require appropriate passwords / passphrase, smart card, or domain user credentials to utilize a protected removable storage device.
Easier to set up, Whether you need to protect internal or removable drives, BitLocker in Windows 7 makes that protection easy because it works with almost any drive. Windows 7 simplifies the encryption of internal drives by automatically creating the hidden boot partition necessary to use BitLocker to protect the OS volume, eliminating the need to manually select that option during installation or to repartition the drive afterward. Best of all, BitLocker can be enabled on drives running Windows 7 with a simple right-click.
Happy Windows 7 (ing)…..
IPV6 on Windows 7
What is wonderful that, Windows 7 comes with built-in Ipv6, which uses two kinds of network applications…. the first which I am going to discuss about HOMEGROUP
It is best fits for small business that does not have Active Directory or useful for peer-to-peer networking. It is better to keep in mind about several problems before going to implement it, as described here:
If there is necessary to manage resources (like file sharing / printer sharing) with Linux; Mac OS; XP; and even Vista, this creates much more trouble for this kind of network even you make Windows 7 as tiny server with full rights. It is recommended that, if you need that type of work, go for Windows 2008 or at least windows 2003 or Linux Server (preferably Red Hat / SuSE).
And if you want for truly cost effective solution, then move for NAS (Network Attached Storage).
Another problem is that, when you join / create HomeGroup, it is possible to create only one with any flavour of Windows 7 (Home Premium; Professional; Enterprise or even Ultimate). That is why, you never use HomeGroup as a drop-in-replacement for existing XP's peer-to-peer network until Microsoft will launch any new way for this.
Click Control Panel > Network Connections and right-click the adapter to access its Properties and what you see the Ipv4 has connectivity where Ipv6 has "No network access" !
If the situation is like this, you may follow the following easy steps….
- Start > regedit (type in Search Box) > User Account Control > Continue
- When the Registry Editor opens, try to locate the registry entry like
- Now modify DisabledComponents by double-clicking
- Put 0 on all Ipv6 components (0 means enable) and click OK
Note: It is strongly recommended, to take important backup / registry before going to work with Registry !
Next reboot Windows 7 to make it ready to set up for HomeGroup network !
And the second is DIRECT ACCES, which is the most enhanced feature in Windows 7 Ipv6 mechanism and as well as Windows Server 2008 R2. As I have a practical experience to work with this unique feature and from my point of view, it has the same purpose as Virtual Private Network (VPN), i.e., it allows users to connect securely to the corporate network through the Internet. Unfortunately, this wonderful feature only you can get with Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate flavors. It is a great combination when Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2008 used Ipv6 with Internet Protocol Security or IPSec considering Windows 7.
There are several advantages with DirectAccess….
It can optimize the performance both Windows 7 as client and Data-center's network.
It does not need to have or run native Ipv6 on network to use DirectAccess.
It Works together with NAP (Network Access Protection) and NAC (Network Access Control) solutions.
It is not necessary to reconnect if the Internet connection failure.
As I mentioned about the great combination, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 both come with a unique mechanism called "IP-HTTPS" support. I am not going to write here much about this topic, only for a little information that, IP-HTTPS is a tunneling protocol that tunnels Ipv6 packets to hide inside an Ipv4 based HTTPS session. To use this unique Ipv6's feature, you have to do a little task here:
It can be done through GPO for DirectAccess Windows 7 computers by….
- Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management
- In New DirectAccess client GPO, click to Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Route
- Click Edit policy setting > click Enabled and after that click OK
- Now use Web proxy server to available it. If Web does not support Ipv6, use MicroSoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) feature. It transalates to Ipv4 based requests.
SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part – 4
In my BLOG on SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part – 2, I have given a hint that, Network card can be configured manually. It is needed to understand some terms, before I am going to discuss about Network card configuration through Command Line.
Device: Network adapter built into the Linux System
Interface: Use a physical device, a software component creates an interface is also called driver. In Linux OS, network interfaces use a standard naming system such as eth0; eth1…..
Link: It uses the term link to refer to the connection of a device to the network
Address: Must assign an IP address (either static / dynamic) based on ipv4 or ipv6. It is possible to assign more than one address to a network device / NIC
Broadcast: By sending a network packet to the broadcast address, it is possible to reach all hosts in the locally connected network at the same time.
Route: An IP packet takes from the source to the destination host. It also refers to an entry in the routing table of the Kernel.
Normally, YaST helps to configure a network card during / after installation. Using a very simple and built-in tool called ip tool, which helps to configure through Command Line. Of-course you have root privilege to use this tool.
To see ip address setup of all NICs: ip address show or ifconfig (you can see the man page)
Generally, there are three network interfaces (if you have only one NIC):
lo: This is the loopback device, which is available on every Linux OS (it doesn't matter, what the flavor it is) even when no network adapter is installed. This is a virtual device, that may use to communicate with each other by using IP like 127.0.0.1 or open a browser and type as ping localhost
eth0: The first Ethernet adapter which physically exists and have a IP address as Class A or Class B or Class C
sit0: It is a special kind of virtual device which may be used to encapsulate IPv4 into IPv6 packets.
Remember, generally sit0 is not used in IPv4 network. And IPv6 has different kind of architecture, so it does not use IPv4 procedure.
So, where is IPv5…. There is a story behind that.
IPv5 is an experimental protocol for UNIX based systems. In keeping with standard UNIX release conventions, all odd-numbered versions are considered experimental. It was never intended to be used by the general public.
For example, in IPv4 setup of the device displays as: inet 192.168.1.1/24 brd 255.255.255.0 scope global eth0. Here 192.168.1.1 is IP address follows inet, 255.255.255.0 is broadcast address and the length displays in bits 24 seperated by a / (slash)
To see network attributes type as: ip link show and
the possible attributes are….
UP: It means, the device is turned on
LOOPBACK: It means, this is a virtual network device
BROADCAST: It means, the network device may send packets to all hosts sharing the same network
POINTTOPOINT: It means, the network device may only connected to one other device
MULTICAST: This stands for the network device may send packets to a group of other systems at the same time
PROMISC: It means, the network device listens to all packets on the network. It is useful for network monitoring.
To see additional statistics info about the network device type as: ip –s link show eth0
Note: Provide the device name at the end (eth0), it helps to show output for only one specific device. The section where RX displays information about received packets and the section TX shows information about sent packets.
How to Change Settings of the Installed Network Device….
To assign an IP address type as: ip add 192.168.1.1/24 brd + dev eth0
Here 192.168.1.1 is an assigned IP, you can change as you want. The brd + option sets the broadcast address automatically as determined by the network mask.
To verify the IP address type as: ip address show dev eth0 or hostname –i
To delete IP address, type as: ip address del 192.168.1.1 dev eth0
To change the network device attributes (as I mentioned earlier)
To make enable a network device, type as: ip link set eth0 up or ifup eth0
To make disable a network device, type as: ip link set eth0 down or ifdown eth0
You can use other tool called as "ifcfg", to use it, type as:
ifcfg eth0 add ipaddr (like 192.168.1.1)
ifcfg eth0 del ipaddr
It is necessary to save the configuration settings in configuration files. The configuration files for network devices are located in /etc/sysconfig/network/. It is must to create one configuration file for every network device. The file name starts as, ifcfg-eth-id- and then followed by hardware address of the network device. It is recommended, configure the network device with YaST first and then make changes in configuration files. The configuration file includes several lines, which can be explained as below….
BOOTPROTO='static', this is the way, how the network device is configured either STATIC or DHCP. If it is DHCP, it shows as, BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
REMOTE_IPADDR='', for point-to-point connection, here need to set value for remote IP address
STARTMODE='onboot', it determines, how the network device is started. The options are,
auto=determines if the network device starts at boot time i.e. 'onboot' or initializes at run time
manual=means, the network device is started manually with ifup
ifplugd=means, when it is plugged or you may set as IFPLUGD_PRIORITY
UNIQUE='rBUF.+xOL8ZCSAQC' _nm_name='bus-pci-0000:00:0b.0', for example, it is added by YaST when network device is configured.
BROADCAST=''; IP ADDR='192.168.1.1'; NETMASK='255.255.255.0'; NETWORK='', they are all network address configuration
MTU='', Maximum Transmission Unit is a value that helps to increase the transmit rate. Default value is 1500 bytes
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='', it is used for querying settings & changing of a network device.
Note: The file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template contains a template, which can be used for device configuration files.
Setting up Routing With the ip Tool….
I am focusing only the most common routing scenarios!
To see the current routing table, type as: ip route show
Depending on setup of computer, the content of the routing table varies as,
One route to the local network the system is connected to
One route to the default gateway for all other packets
To add route, type as: ip route add ipaddr/24 dev eth0, ipaddr as your IP address for eg. 10.0.0.100/24.
To set a route to a different network, type as: ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 via 10.0.0.100
That means, all packets for the network 192.168.1.0 are sent through gateway 10.0.0.100
To set a default route, type as: ip route add default via 10.0.0.100
To delete an entry from routing table, type as: ip route delete ipaddr/24
The configuration file is /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
Now writing about the most universally known the command both on Windows and Linux Systems. Yes, it is "PING" but there are several options that few to know….
-c (count) = The no of packets to be sent
-l (interface) = Specifies network interface to be used, if there are several interfaces
-i (seconds) = Specifies no of seconds wait between individual packet shipments
-f (flood ping) = Packets are sent one after another at the same rate. Only root can use
-n (numerical) = To get numerical output of IP address
-t (time to live) = Sets the time to live for packets to be sent
-w (maxwait) = For timeout in seconds
-b (broadcast) = Sends packets to the broadcast address of the network
There is a useful diagnostic tool called "TraceRoute". It uses UDP packets, which are called "datagrams". It can be used to collect information about every router on the way to the destination host.
The command is used as include hostname: traceroute abcd (abcd is hostname, u must change with your own). Instead of use hostname, you may use IP address.
Configure Host Name and Name Server….
Set the host name is configured in the file /etc/HOSTNAME (yes, HOSTNAME is capital). This file contains Fully Qualified Domain Name or FQDN. You can change the content of the files manually by opening it on any of your favorite editor like gedit / vi / kate / joe.
The name resolution is configured in the file called /etc/resolv.conf. You can configure up to three name servers manually as stated above.
SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part – 3
According to my experience, it is not hard to install any kind of hardware on Linux system, provided work with latest kernel version. Yes, if you compile kernel you may not get the vendor's supports from the same distro of the same Linux flavor. It is not necessary to compile kernel every time rather you may use kind of patch / plug ins for the same purpose. In my practical experience, when I went to install HP LaserJet 1020 printer, the printer was installed with HPLIP properly, printer was also responding but after a while it went pause and due to this problem, print out was not possible there. I opened a terminal box > /usr/bin/enable and printer queue name (with space). Now again it was on the way, but again after a while it went to the same state. After some work around, I found, a Plug ins for HP printers, and after installed the problem has gone.
Sorry Linux Users…. In this part I am going to discuss Printer configuration through Command Line Interface Rather Than GUI
In SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part – 2, I wrote a little about PPD files !
PPD (PostScript Printer Description is the computer language that describes the properties as resolution and options as duplex unit of PostScript printers. During installation a lot of PPD files are preinstalled. In this way, even printers that do not have built-in PostScript support can be used. The best approach is to get a suitable PPD file & store it in the directory /usr/share/cups/model. It may possible to select PPD file during installation. If the model does not show up, click Add Driver > Browse in the printer model dialog & follow the simple steps to add the PPD file to the database. You can see the current settings of a local queue by entering: lpoptions -p queuename -l. Here queuename means, the name of the printer name.
Note: The sequence of options is important here, if you specify -l first, the settings of the default queue are listed.
This command changes the page size of the lp queue to Letter:
lpoptions -p lp -o PageSize=Letter
If root applies the command, this file stores in /etc/cups/lpoptions. There is a way for root to change the defaults in the PPD file of any local queue. Such changes would apply network wide to all users: lpadmin -p queue -o options=name
Note:You can also get information of the commands covered above in a browser using this URL….
& printer save options: /usr/share/doc/packages/cups/sum.html#SAVING_OPTIONS
Understand How CUPS Works….
CUPS can be seen as a replacement for the LPD printing system. It replaces the lpr command with its own and the LPD printer drivers with its own versions. If your CUPS installation came with a Linux distribution, you should still take a look through this section to verify that this has a practical level of security. This section covers how to configure digest authentication, the most useful type of authentication available for the CUPS Web administration interface. Run through the following steps on a new installation:
Scan the cupsd.conf for a section that looks like this:
<Location /admin> AuthType Basic AuthClass System ## This Section Restrict Access to Local Domain Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 </Location>
Change AuthType Basic to AuthType Digest. Basic authentication sets up a Web browser to send Linux users passwords as plain text.
There are four steps to understand the process of printing!
A print job is submitted by a user / by a program
The file destined for the printer is stored in a print queue which creates two files per print job in the directory: /var/spool/cups, one of the file contains the actual data to print and the other one contains information about the print job.
The cupsd printer daemon acts as the print spooler
The conversion of print data is done as:
The data type is determined using the way: /etc/cups/mime.types
/etc/cups/mime.convs helps to convert data into PostScript
After converting, the program called pstops (which is in /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) using to count no of pages, which is written to /var/log/cups/page_log
CUPS uses other filtering as pstops is needed. For eg. psselect of pstops makes it possible to limit the printout to a certain selection of pages. Even you may use, ps-n-up option of pstops allows to print several pages on one sheet.
Note: To know more about filtering, see, usr/share/doc/packages/cups/sum.html. CUPS can use printers shared from computers under Windows and network printers using the SMB protocol. You configure a "Windows printer using Samba". Basically, all you have to tell CUPS is the address of the printer, as in smb://server/printer
If the selected printer is not a PostScript printer CUPS starts the proper filter to convert data into the printer-specific format and for instance it is as in /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic
CUPS may use another kind of filter / backend depending on connection. They are found in, /usr/lib/cups/backend and you may see them by using the command: ls /usr/lib/cups/backend
When the print job has been transferred to the printer, print spooler deletes the job and starts processing the next steps. When job is deleted, the print data file in /var/spool/cups is removed.
Notes: Actually, the file that has information about the print job is not deleted. The first job is named as c00001. The no is increased for each file by one. Remember, /etc/printcap (which I mentioned earlier) is a link to /etc/cups/printcap and it is generated & updated automatically by cupsd and is relevant for a no of applications such as OpenOffice / MS Office
So, Where is the Log Files…. That Should Help to Track the Error_Log Files!
The log files of CUPS are stores in the directory: /var/log/cups. Actually there are three files named as:
The access_log file: It records all lists each HTTP resource that is accessed by a web browser of CUPS/IPP client
The error_log file: It manages the lists of messages from the scheduler and the indications are, E means, An error occurred; W means, Server was unable to perform an action; I means, Informational messages and D means, Debugging messages.
The page_log file: It lists each page that is sent to a printer.
Tips: For troubleshooting CUPS related problems, set the Log Level to Record Errors in the way as: open /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and set as "LogLevel debug2" (without quotes)
Restrict Access to Printers for Users and Groups… (Command Line – Printer)
If you want, you may restrict access to the printers on a user and groups. By configuring YaST and selecting a queue in the main Printer Configuration dialog and then selecting Edit > Restriction Settings. There are several choices that unfolds in front of you, but you can choose any one!
All Users Can Use This Printer
The Following Users Can Use This Printer (either select Add to insert users or groups to add groups)
The Following Users Cannot Use This Printer (same as the above point)
You can use Command Line to do the same job. For instance, to permit printing for individual users: lpadmin –p printerqueue –u allow:username1, username2
Even for groups: lpadmin –p printerqueue –u allow:@groupname
Here printerqueue means printer name and username means user name like rechil and group name means, any group name that exists.
Once again, to prohibit printing for users or groups: lpadmin –p queue –u deny:rechil,@guests
And to permit printing for all: lpadmin –p printerqueue –u allow:all or not to permit just replace allow with deny:none
To start cups: rccups start / rccups restart
To stop cups: rccups stop
Run the following command to add an admin user to the CUPS digest password file i.e. /etc/cups/passwd.md5
lppasswd -a admin
When prompts, choose a password containing at least six characters and one number, and this is for security purpose.
How to Install a Test Printer in a Test Lab…..
Run this command to add a test printer: lpadmin -p test -v file:/dev/null
Verify that the printer status: lpstat -p (if it shows disabled then pass the following)
Send a job to the printer: echo test | lp -d test
Use the following command to make sure this: lpstat -W completed -l test
Remove the test printer by using this command: lpadmin -x test
Tips: These are all written to the file /etc/cups/printers.conf
SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part-2
In my previous Blog (SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part-1), I have written a little about Linux. Don't worry, there are lots more to write here. It is universally known that, the core architecture (i.e. kernel) of any Linux flavor is same and kernel is the heart of any Linux system. SuSE Linux which is a main product of Novell Inc., has distributed this product as Enterprise Server and Enterprise Desktop. SuSE stands for "Software- und System- Entwicklung". There is also an unofficial rumor that the name is an analogy with the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse.
If any module is configured through YaST , there is a back-end service called 'SuSEconfig' which I mentioned earlier. Now, the question is "What is the utility of SuSEconfig"….
When information enters is first written to a file in the directory called /etc/sysconfig before it is written into the final configuration file. It is a very important tool that is used to configure the system according to the variables that are set in the various files in /etc/sysconfig & its sub-directories. These files contain variables like SYSLOGD_PARAMS="" in /etc/sysconfig/syslog & SMTPD_LISTEN_REMOTE="no" in /etc/sysconfig/mail. After modification files in /etc/sysconfig/ using an editor, need to do is restart service for the change to take effect. It is also necessary to run SuSEconfig. For proper work, it is recommended run SuSEconfig after manually editing files in /etc/sysconfig. There is a specific scripts in /sbin/conf.d to configure the various subsystems while SuSEconfig uses this subsystem.
Printer Configuration through YaST….
Printers can be configured in two ways ! During installation, when hardware configuration dialog box appears, most of the printers are connected locally, can be detected automatically. And another is after installation through YaST Control Center. Or with the command yast2 printer and can start YaST printer configuration module directly from a terminal window (By right click on the desktop and select Terminal). To set up a Print Server, the packages are required….
- cups – provides printer daemon cupsd
- Cups-client – provides command line printing tools
- cups-libs – basically necessary for samba configuration
- cups-drivers – provides the PPD (PostScript Printer Daemon)
- cups-SuSE-ppds-dat – provides a pre-generated file which is in /etc/cups/ppds.dat
Until YaST is used for printer configuration, these files are not installed automatically.
There are two ways to add a printer. Through GUI (yast2) and from Command Line.
Through GUI i.e. yast2, you may open a terminal with root privilege and type as yast2 printer or from Yast Conrol Center > Printer > under Hardware > Printer. When a dialog box comes, the upper part lists the printers that have already been detected . If the printer does not show, then select Add to add it manually. Depending on selection here, the next dialog (Printer Configurations) offers like,
Printer configurations
Print via Network
Share Printers
- Autoconfig Settings
If a printer is locally attached, then it shows in the list and the check boxes (Local & Remote) already checked. For this purpose, select Edit to configure with proper driver. If the printer does not show up in the upper part then it is necessary to configure it manually by selecting Add. Next select Connection Wizard and there are five sections.
- Directly Connected Device
Parallel Port (For Dot Matrix Printer type only)
USB Port (For DeskJet/Laserjet and this type)
Serial Port (Generally not in use)
Bluetooth (Connection via this type only)
SCSI (Generally not in use)
- HP Devices (HPLIP) (If HPLIP software is installed)
Note: To see if HPLIP is installed properly, open terminal and type as: hp-setup and on next dialog box comes as Choose Connection Type and then follow on-screen instructions.
Tips: To know more about HPLIP commands, simply type as: hp- and press TAB key twice. OR type as: hp-toolbox and see how it is easy to install HP printers on Linux systems. I recommended before install any HP printer, it is necessary to install HPLIP software including HP-Plug ins for smooth operation.
- Access Network Printer or Printserver Box via
TCP Port (AppSocket/JetDirect) (For HP JetDirect Printer only)
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Protocol (Almost not in use)
- Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) (If there are more than one printer)
- Print via Print Server Machine
Microsoft Windows/SAMBA [SBM/CIFS] (Printer which is connected other than Linux OS)
Traditional UNIX Server (LPR)
CUPS Server
- Novell Netware Print Server (IPX)
- Special
Specify Arbitrary Device URI (Also called Device URI)
Send Print Data to Other Program (pipe)
- Daisy-Chain Backend Error Handler (beh)
I am discussing here, which are the most important use that are based on network….
IPP is based on HTTP protocol. This is the preferred protocol for a forwarding queue between CUPS server. The port no of IPP is 631.
Device URI (Universal Resource Identifier) can be used to specify rather configure a printer.
LPD is described in RFC 1179 which is found at www. Ietf.org/rfc.html. The port no is 515.
SAMBA (SMB/CIFS) Standard Message Block/Common Internet File System) supports printing on printers connected to other than Linux OS or better to say Windows share. The port nos are 137; 138 and 139
TCP Port (AppSocket/JetDirect) is used to connect to a printer equipped with a network port as HP JetDirect system. The port nos are 9100 or 35.
Add a Printer from the Command Line….
After collecting the necessary informations like PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file and name of the printer and model, you may type the following to connect a printer ! (of course with root privilege)
lpadmin -p -v \ -P -E
-p specifies the print queue name, while -v sets the device URI attribute of the printer queue and -P is used to specify the PPD file.
Caution: Never use -E as the first option. It implies the use of an encrypted connection and as the end option enables printer to accept jobs.
To install a parallel printer type as:
lpadmin -p ps -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -P \ /usr/share/cups/model/xxxx.ppd.gz -E
Here /dev/lp0 means first parallel port of the printer. xxxx.ppd.gz means, the name of the PPD file.
Once again to add a network printer, type as:
lpadmin -p ps -v socket:/// -P \ /usr/share/cups/model/xxxx.ppd.gz -E
Here, 9100 is the port no and ipaddr means, the ip address of the computer where the printer locally attached/installed.
Notes: Documentation for these command line tools is installed with the package cups in /usr/share/doc/packages/cups/, for
1. CUPS Software Users Manual: sum.html and sum.pdf
2. CUPS Software Administration Manual: sam.html and sam.pdf
There are two kinds of style to manage printers.
1. Berkeley Style and
2. System V Style
Compared with Berkeley Style, System V Style provides more extensive range of features for printer administrations.
Generate a print job: Berkeley Style –
lpr -P
System V Style –
lp -d
If you want to disable duplex printing just insert duplex=none before the printfilename.
To view possible options: lpoptions -l
Tips: For more information, type as man lpr and man lp
See the print jobs: lpq -P or lpstat -o -p
Cancel/Delete Print Jobs: lprm -P jobno or cancel jobno
Enable printer queue: /usr/bin/enable
Disable printer queue: /usr/bin/disable
Reject print jobs: /usr/sbin/reject
Accept print job: /usr/sbin/accept
Note: The reject command is useful, when need to perform maintenance on a printer and will not be available for a significant period of time. lpstat -a shows information on the accepting states of a queue.
To use the Web Interface for printer configuraton: http://<ipaddr>:631 for eg. 192.168.1.1:631 or http://localhost:631
Remember, Common Unix Printing System or CUPS is the default printing system used in most Linux OS. The main configuration file is /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. Information on print queues is kept in /etc/cups/printers.conf. The PPD files are generally located in /etc/cups/ppd/. The defined queues file is /etc/printcap.
To create a member of the CUPS administration group sys: lppasswd -a root -g sys
Here is the CUPS URL
There are lots more to tell on Printer Installation for various types or models of printers on Linux System. I will come on my next blog (in SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part-3). Needless to say that, Network Card can be also configured through command line.
SuSE Linux at a Glance in View of Rechil Part – 1
I am not going to do propaganda for a particular product; rather I work on various aspects of this popular Linux OS and want to share my practical observations with the good IT people of the world. Though this article written on SuSE Linux, but I think this article also can be applicable to other flavor of Linux OS.
The development of UNIX started in the 60's. UNIX comprises two main development lines: System V and BSD. And Linux is UNIX like operating system and it is very known that the development of Linux was launched in 1991 by Linus Benedict Torvalds.
Overview of the Linux Desktop….
The base of any graphical user interface is the X Windows System, known as X or X11. In Windows flavor, it is not possible to install without its graphical user interface (GUI), but in Linux the GUI is a normal application that can choose whether or not to install. I am not going to compare, just for an instance. The X Windows System was created in 1984 at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The base advantage is that it allows graphical applications to be displayed & operated on any monitor without running the applications on the computers to which these monitors are connected. It controls the graphical screen. XFree86 & XOrg are free implementations of this system. SuSE Linux uses XOrg as default. SLES is released with several Window Managers like Metacity and TWM / Tab Window Manager. GNOME is the standard graphical desktop for major variant of Linux and also for SuSE Linux. It is possible to use KDE desktop along with GNOME. In SuSE Linux, you can start a file browser by selecting the Username's Home icon on the desktop or by selecting Nautilus from the main menu by clicking the label Computer.
Access Command Line Interface (CLI) From Desktop….
It may connect several terminals to the serial interface in a Linux OS. Cause more than one person often uses the same computer, and for that reason virtual terminals were created in Linux OS. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1….f6 you can switch between individual terminals. That means six virtual terminals can run on same computer. You can determine the terminal currently being used from the tty as tty1….tty6. Where tty stands for teletype. You can switch back to previous state by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7. Besides using virtual terminals, may start a terminal emulation from GNOME desktop by selecting Gnome Terminal or X Terminal (xterm) from the main menu.
Administer Linux with YaST….
This is very powerful tool to configure SuSE Linux. YaST stands for Yet Another Setup Tool. This interface appears in two types: Ncurses (text mode) and QT (GUI). You can start YaST from the terminal by issuing su command, if you don't have root permission. Just open GNOME terminal and type su and it asks for password, after getting root privilege (any kind of administrative work, you must work as root), just type yast2 (GUI interface). For text mode, type yast. It is possible to know what modules YaST has, type yast2 -l or yast2 –list. To see the list of options, type yast2 -h or yast2 –help. After making changes with YaST, it uses backend services called "SuSEConfig" (Don't worry, I will tell later about SuSEConfig) to complete the changes in background services. Basically, I focus on main three modules Network; Software Management and Printer, which are necessary day to day work in Linux environment. (Printer module cover on Part – 2)
Network card and the network connection can access from GNOME Terminal. On desktop make right click and from pop-up menu select terminal. And type yast2 lan (remember, root privilege requires), this shows, Network Setup Method dialog box. There are two choices! User controlled with NetworkManager, which uses desktop applet to configure network (I recommend not to choose) and other is Traditional Method with ifup, select this one and it shows the NIC, click edit and choose any one either dhcp else static address setup. Of course the subnet mask must provide, because it determines in which network an IP address is located. Name server is optional, it requires when DNS must exist for the resolution of names into IP addresses & vice versa. Domain Name is the name of the domain to which the computer belongs. It helps to divide networks. A computer may address uniquely by providing its FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). It consists of host name & name of the domain. If the network has a gateway, then provide the address under Default Gateway. It is possible to create entries in the routing table of the system after selecting Export Configuration in Routing Table. If you select Enable IP Forwarding that means, packages that are not dedicated for computer are routed. You can set few more options in General tab, but my recommendation not to reconfigure them and leave this section. After configuring, press finish to activate the network card.
Note: According to currently standard ipv4, this address consists of a sequence of four bytes separated by dots. It is also possible to configure network card through command line.
Software Management helps to install / uninstall or even repair additional software, which requires often for various purposes. You can start this module by selecting YaST > Software > Software Management or through terminal by yast2 and then select Software Management or just type yast2 sw_single (for direct access the interface). Remember, an installation DVD must insert into cd / dvd drive. When the dialog box appears, find the software you want to install under Search, if it is there, it shows in right area with a check box. Click the box to make it check and then click Accept. Now follow on-screen instructions to complete the process. You can choose from different filters listed in the drop-down list in the top left corner of the dialog box labeled Filter. The options are:
Patterns: It displays all software that is available on the known installation media.
Package Groups: It displays all software that is available on the known installation media. It is grouped by category.
Languages: It displays all languages related files.
Installation Sources: Lists all registered installation sources & displays the available packages of this source. (This topic does not end here; I'll definitely come back on the same topic in next part).
Installation Summary: It displays all the packages with a marked status.
The matched packages are listed in the right area. The installation state shows by a small in front of the package name.
Tips: You can type as little as possible when invoke any module through YaST. Like for Software Management, type as yast2 sw and then press tab key. It completes the rest of te command by its own.
Boot Linux From Windows!
The Web is full of explanations on how to dual boot Windows and Linux using a Linux boot manager like GRUB or LILO. If you want to dual boot Windows Vista and Linux using Windows Vista's Boot Manager, please read on. I will assume that you already have installed Linux on your machine using GRUB as your boot loader.
Step 1 – Install GRUB on the Linux partition (outside of MBR)
As Windows Vista will replace the Master Boot Record (MBR) with its own, we need to relocate GRUB elsewhere by running grub-install with the Linux partition as a parameter.
• On Linux, launch a Terminal with root privileges
• Find the name of the partition Linux is installed on by running fdisk –l (the partition you're looking for is the one whose system is Linux, can be something like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1. For the rest of this post, I'll use /dev/sda1)
• Install GRUB on the Linux partition by running : grub-install /dev/sda1
Step 2 – Get a copy of Linux boot sector
We will need to instruct Windows Boot Manager how to boot correctly Linux using Linux boot sector, which we will extract using dd.
• On Linux, launch a Terminal with root privileges
• Take a copy of Linux boot sector : dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/tmp/linux.bin bs=512 count=1
• Copy linux.bin on a FAT formatted USB key or any storage accessible from Windows Vista
Step 3 – Install Windows Vista
Step 4 – Configure dual booting in Windows Vista
We will create an entry for GRUB in Windows Vista boot configuration data store using bcdedit.
• On Windows Vista, launch a command prompt with administrative privileges (by right clicking on cmd and choosing Run as Administrator)
• Copy Linux boot sector on the root of the Windows boot (active) partition, namely the one containing bootmgr. If you don't know for sure you can use diskpart or diskmgmt.msc to find out which one it is.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Opulence. I Has It.
Posted by Rot at 1:24 PM
Labels: atmosphere, entertainment, hylite.com, lightning
4 comments:
- Steve said...
Wow! I like the Tiki-room on that site.
- September 22, 2010 at 1:51 PM
- Rot said...
Yeah. Pretty amazing to think of them doing an all-out Halloween event.
- September 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- GoneferalinID said...
The Tiki is cool, but what the hell does that have to do with Appalachia? Stuff like this brings out the Debra Morgan in me. In my head is "WTF? do rich people have any grasp on effing reality?"
- September 22, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
The one with the ghosts hovering above the pond is cool...
- September 22, 2010 at 5:03 PM
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Narrow cobbled streets, ancient city walls, breath-taking vantage points, towers and an incredible historical atmosphere; you can expect all of this and much more when you fly to Tallinn. Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia and formerly known as Reval, has a lot to offer those who yearn to feel the magic of history. Though the city is rich in medieval attractions, it also offers a range of modern shopping streets, malls, boutiques, restaurants and cafes. There's something for every traveller who visits this beautiful city by the Gulf of Finland.
Old Town (Vanalinn) – the oldest part of Tallinn, with narrow cobblestone streets and beautiful medieval buildings. At the Main Square (Raekoja plats) you can find the Town Hall and the tiny Town Hall Pharmacy, established in 1422. Raekoja plats is also famous for its many popular restaurants and cafes, many of which offer outdoor seating nearly all year round. Tallinn city wall, a well-preserved medieval fortress with 20 defence towers, surrounds the Old Town. Tall Hermann is the most famous tower and part of the Toompea Castle.
Toompea (Cathedral Hill) in the Old Town has medieval castles and buildings, including the Virgin Mary´s Cathedral and Tower, where visitors can climb up a 69-metre high belfry. In Toompea you will also find the vantage points of Kohtuots and Patkul and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its beautiful onion domes.
Rotermann Quarter – an old industrial quarter, now rebuilt with an ultra-modern twist and thrilling architecture. The quarter offers various cultural events, trendy shops, restaurants and hotels. You'll definitely find lots of diversity when you land from your flight to Tallinn.
Tallinn TV Tower – a popular attraction with panoramic views. Kiek in de Kök (peek in the kitchen), a combined tower and museum, also provides magnificent views over the city from the café on the top floor.
The most interesting museums include the Occupation Museum (Okupatsiooni muuseum) showcasing the city's history, the Estonian National Museum and the Tallinn City Museum. The Estonian Open Air Museum (Rocca al Mare) gives an insight into the lives of the people of Tallinn and their animals in the 1800s. The art museum Kumu is located in the Kadriorg district where you can also find Estonia's official Presidential Palace. Also, the maritime museum Seaplane Harbour (Lennusadam) is worth a visit.
Telliskivi Loomelinnak Creative City – a trendy old factory complex with little vintage shops, exquisite Estonian design and stylish cafes.
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Pirita Beach – Unwind on the sandy beach in the sunshine and take long walks or bike rides along the coast and through the nearby woods.
Tallinn Zoo – Observe a large array of animals from around the world and get up close and personal with smaller creatures in the petting zoo.
Kadriorg Park – Enjoy being outdoors in nature, let kids have fun at the play area and sandpit, explore the woodlands, stroll along peaceful paths and admire lots of pretty flowers.
Lahemaa – a national park with two beautiful mansions, Sagadi and Palmse – an hour away from Tallinn by car.
Pirita – a large and popular seaside resort a few kilometres northeast of Tallinn.
Pärnu – a coastal town two hours south of Tallinn by bus or train. Known as a health resort and admired for its long, white, sandy beaches, Pärnu is very popular during the summer.
If you're looking for souvenirs in Tallinn, the best things to buy are hand-knitted clothing or local ceramic, leather and wood crafts. The Old Town is the place to go for these kinds of items.
Viru is the main shopping street in Tallinn and offers fashion and brand-name products in major shopping centres, including the Viru Center and Tallinna Kaubamaja. Kristiine Center and Stockmann are other popular department stores.
For more local shopping you can visit Ulemiste shopping centre, just outside the city centre near the airport.
Catherine's Passage – a narrow alley in the Old Town filled with local crafts and workshops. Müürivahe Street is also known for its outdoor market full of knitted garments.
Balti Jaama Turg – a market next to the central station where you can find almost anything; a similar range of goods can also be found at Keskturg (Central Market).
Traditional Estonian cuisine is rooted in potatoes, vegetables, rye bread, pork, fish, cabbage soup and dairy products. More recently Estonia has been strongly influenced by foreign cuisine, and you will find a wide selection of international restaurants in Tallinn, including many fantastic Russian restaurants. If you want authentic local cuisine, here are some of the most famous dishes you can try when you get off your flights to Tallinn, Estonia:
Marineeritud angerjas – marinated eel, served cold
Keel hernestega – tongue, served cold
Sült – boiled pork in jelly made from broth; served with mustard, horseradish and vinegar
Verivorst – blood sausage with grain.
Mulgikapsas – a sauerkraut stew with pork, served with boiled potatoes
Silgusoust – Estonian sprats (small oily fish) with bacon and sour cream
Karask – grain bread – Estonia is known for its dark grain bread
Kama – a thick dessert beverage made with sour milk and a mix of barley, rye, oat and pea flour
Kissell – a thick, fruity cream dessert with juice and sweetened quark (similar to cottage cheese)
Kali (kvass) – a lightly carbonated sweet-tasting non-alcoholic beer
Getting around the city is pretty easy after flying to Tallinn.
Tram, trolleybus and regular bus – all easily available and affordable
Taxi – not too expensive, but be sure to agree on the price in advance, even if the car has a metre
Walking – the Old Town is best experienced by walking.
The peak tourist season in Tallinn is between May and September, when the weather is at its warmest. Visitors can spend pleasant days wandering around the city and enjoying nearby nature and beaches. July and August are the busiest months when many schools have their summer vacations. Summer sees a wide assortment of festivals and lively events; be sure to book your airline tickets to Tallinn in plenty of time if you plan on attending particular events.
If you want to visit the nearby ski resorts and see the city blanketed in snow, November to February is the best time to buy your plane tickets to Tallinn. In December, you can visit charming Christmas markets and immerse yourself in the yuletide ambience.
Spring and autumn are off-peak travel times for Tallinn. October is one of the best months to find cheap flights to Tallinn, lower accommodation costs and smaller crowds.
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Dayton OKs wolf hunt, license increases
Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a game and fish bill that sets up a wolf-hunting season, and raises license fees for the first time in more than a decade.
The governor's decision disappoints some environmental groups. Steve Morse of Minnesota Environmental Partnerships says both bills were peppered with unfortunate new policies, along with measures that Gov. Dayton badly wanted.
"It was classic legislative log-rolling: they put some things that weren't so good in with things people wanted to see, and tried to balance it so they'd get signed, and they did," Morse said.
Both outdoors and environmental groups support raising license fees, but there is disagreement on the wolf hunt. Dayton and outdoor enthusiasts pushed for license fee increases, but the Department of Natural Resources is displeased by a wolf-hunting season that opens at the same time as deer-hunting season. The DNR had asked that wolf hunting and trapping season start late in the year.
Resident deer firearms permits will increase to $30 and a resident fishing license will now be $22. The new fee will be effective March 2013, which the DNR says will be in time to prevent its budget from going into the red. The new fee is the first increase in a decade.
The omnibus environment bill also includes measures to combat aquatic invasive species like Asian carp, but also weakens protections for wetlands, in the view of environmentalists.
The governor issued an executive order setting up a task force to address wetlands issues.


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One of the early adjustments to college work is the amount of notes students need to make. Lectures, class assignments, library work, term papers and meetings all involve taking notes, especially if not gifted with a photographic memory. Included here are some tips on efficient and effective note taking strategies which may be helpful.
In classes, have a large loose-leaf notebook with the paper you find most comfortable - narrow ruled, wide ruled, no rules. You may also want to keep a small notebook or notecards and pen/pencil with you whenever you may be doing any of the "business" of being a student. For class notes, effective note takers leave about 2 1/2 - 3 inches wide sidebar on the left margin or draw a vertical line down each sheet. Come prepared to listen and to participate. Try to be as positive as possible about the experience.
Use the area to the right of your vertical lines. Write legibly on one side of the paper only. Write general notes in loose paragraph form. Complete sentences are not necessary. Do not describe each illustration or example. Use abbreviations wherever possible. Trying to outline takes unnecessary time and effort. Skip lines between major ideas, thoughts or concepts.
Listen as well as write. Instructors have individual lecture, discussion and questioning styles. Tune in to them. Don't become sidetracked by an idea with which you agree or disagree. Keep paying attention and write. Do not try to write everything being said. Pay special attention to introductions, conclusions, repeated phrases, repetitions of ideas in other words, comparisons and contrasts, and lengthy elaborations. Take notes on handouts being used to outline the discussion. Do not rewrite what is on handouts.
As soon as possible read your notes. Ten minutes per class period within 24 hours of the class helps you retain most of the ideas. Underline or highlight main ideas. Use asterisks and arrows. Number sets of ideas which make lists that may be asked for on tests. In the sidebar write keywords or main ideas from the paragraphs. Condense to the most important. Use mnemonic techniques, such as acronyms made from important groups of words. Put ideas in your own words. Cover the paragraphs and see what you recall using the prompts (keywords) in the sidebar. Use the sidebar when reviewing for tests and then check your more complete notes for the ideas which need more review.
Some people find concept mapping useful when reviewing or condensing notes. Start with clean unlined paper. Print in capitals to keep points brief. Put the main idea or concept in the middle of the sheet. Around it make branches for groups of related words and ideas. You can use lines, arrows, branches to link lists, groups or flows of ideas. You might circle tightly related ideas into groups. You can add in explanations of important areas. The idea is to brainstorm with yourself or others to get as much information down as possible in a short time. The organizational patterns will develop through successive iterations of the activity. It becomes a freeform outline of the relevant information around the key word or phrase. This can be condensed to tighter maps. The purpose is to pull in as many related ideas as possible and later rank them in importance for your own understanding. These look a bit like organizational charts.


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Aspen Times Weekly book review: 'Breakfast with Buddha'
'Breakfast with Buddha'
Roland Merullo
Paperback: 336 pages
Algonquin Books; reprint edition
It is often said that it is in humor that the truth dwells. Comedians claim a rare position, in that they have fairly free rein to poke fun at serious subjects. It is also said that those with a sense of humor are often more intuitive and insightful. To find wit in the banal or conventional themes of life is truly a gift, and it requires an open mind and a willingness to approach a subject from different angles.
Author Roland Merullo is clearly one such person. Tackling religion and spirituality in a respectful manner is not unique, of course, but approaching the subject with easy banter and cleverness is unusual and refreshing. His novel "Breakfast With Buddha" finds that balanced sweet spot, opening up the story to believers and skeptics alike.
From the outset, "Breakfast With Buddha" brings to mind those masters of human observation, Bill Bryson and Mark Twain. Self-deprecating and filled with nostalgia, the novel follows the unlikely journey of Otto, your average middle-aged, middle-class American male, as he drives from New York City to North Dakota to settle his deceased parents' estate.
That scenario, in itself, could provide enough fodder for spiritual musings and philosophical contemplation, as the "open road" in literature has long been the symbolic palette for metaphor and meaning. But, it is the presence of Otto's surprise driving companion that really takes "Breakfast With Buddha" to a higher plain. His flighty sister foists upon him Volya Rinpoche, a spiritual teacher hoping to open a meditation center on the family property.
With humor and a good bit of swearing, a modern-day vision quest commences, with teacher and student personified in both characters, each learning from the other about life, expectations, beliefs and letting go of prejudices and stereotypes.
So as not to be one-sided, the author sidesteps the trap of having the journey become a weary sermon or rebuke directed from the spiritual leader to the unresponsive and close-minded American by creating in Rinpoche an easiness and an openness to learning his own lessons. Otto happily doles them out as they travel the winding highways.
Merullo manages to weave in philosophical introspection over games of miniature golf and bowling and morning oatmeal and hash browns.
Spirituality becomes palatable and subtle as the pages of "Breakfast With Buddha" unfold, leaving the reader happily chuckling over the wonders of the universe and of man's place within it.
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Express your ideas in a more visual way using Apple Pencil and the Notes app on iPad. You'll create a fun project that combines drawing, handwritten text, and color. Bring your iPad or we'll provide one. Recommended for those new to Apple Pencil.
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"Someone wants to come stay with you," Suegra teased us weeks ago, knowing that Carlos has sworn off allowing family to come visit after some not-so-good experiences.
"What are you talking about," Carlos demanded.
Suegra smiled, enjoying the game.
"Someone very special is coming to stay here at the house. She wants to live here."
"Well, you better tell her she can't come… Who is it?" Carlos said.
"It's a surprise," she said.
"¡Mamá!" Carlos said losing patience, "I told you that you can't keep inviting people here."
Suegra giggled, which had a maddening effect on Carlos. How could she think this was funny? Had she seriously lost her mind? This is our house and she has no right to invite anyone without our permission. We don't even have an extra bed! Last time she invited cousins to live with us temporarily and they ended up sleeping on the floor.
"¡Mamá!" Carlos said, now obviously angry, "You better tell whoever it is that they can't come. I'm serious."
Suegra finally confessed that the "guest" that wanted to come live with us was the Virgin of Guadalupe – more specifically, a statue she had been secretly making payments on. She explained that she was buying the statue "for the household" and that she had only one payment left before she could take her home.
Finding out it was a statue and not a person did not make me or Carlos any happier. Not only has Suegra been warned about not inviting people to visit, she has been warned about re-decorating our home. Gifting this statue "to the household" is her sneaky way of adding something to the general living area that quite frankly, we really don't want.
This isn't about religion, this is about boundaries. Suegra has once again crossed a line and knowingly, purposefully, broken rules, despite all of the compromises we've made to allow her to live with us. If she wanted to buy a statue that would fit in her bedroom – that's her business – we turned a blind eye to her destruction of our third bedroom with her junk collecting – but the rest of the house – that's where we draw the line. She has her own living room in El Salvador, which she is free to decorate as she chooses – this living room is ours.
Carlos assured me he would "take care of it."
Days later, Suegra asked Carlos to take her to the store to make the final payment and pick it up. At the store they discovered the statue was broken because the person who delivered it hadn't been careful with the box. Carlos breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the problem had taken care of itself. The merchant collected the pieces that had shattered into a bag and offered to sell it to Suegra half price – Suegra likes a good deal. She still wanted to bring the broken statue home.
An hour later I heard Suegra and Carlos struggling to bring it in the front door.
I put my head in my hands and took deep breaths to calm myself before coming out to see it.
The statue stood almost as tall as my 9 year old. As I could have guessed, Suegra didn't get a simple, tasteful statue – but one with added touches, like two angels crowning the Virgin… Y con todo el respeto, it looks like something you'd buy at a dollar store.
La Virgen doesn't look right to me. The original image has her looking down and to her right, a neutral expression on her face. This statue has her smiling silly, like the Mona Lisa. The apparent rush paint job has the Virgin and the angel holding her up, looking a little cross-eyed. Instead of a simple base, the statue stands atop a mound of puffy, white clouds.
Even after an earnest attempt to glue back whatever I could, there are still many pieces missing. The statue is overly-big, broken, faux-fancy in a way that makes it look cheap, and inaccurate.
I do not like the statue, at all, but I rearranged furniture in silence, biting my tongue, to make room for the Virgin – trusting that Carlos would take care of it.
The next day, Suegra invited friends to our living room to visit the statue. The day after that she invited more friends. She brought them before it and bragged about what a fantastic statue it is and how she generously gifted it to the household. All of this seemed very wrong. You don't brag about the Virgin of Guadalupe. It isn't for showing off.
On the third day, Carlos and I went out together and temporarily left the boys in Suegra's care. While we were out, our older son texted me, "She's being really weird. She's making us watch her sing songs to the statue and then she was dancing around ringing bells. She won't leave us alone. We're just trying to watch TV and she's ringing bells in our ears!"
That's when I decided enough was enough.
"The statue can't stay. Please, you need to take care of this. She needs to find space for it in her room or donate it to a church or something," I told Carlos, feeling guilty for the position he was in, but angry for the position I had been put in as well.
Carlos wanted to avoid drama and tried to find a solution that would create the least amount, (because at least some would be inevitable.) Compromising yet again, I agreed we could move the statue to the garden outside. Suegra narrowed her eyes at me as we prepared the spot in the fenced-in backyard on the side of the house where no one, including myself, will see it. She didn't dare say anything to my face, but the next day during an unrelated argument with Carlos behind the closed door of her bedroom, she spit the words out, making sure to say it loud enough that it would reach my ears.
"¡Sacaste la Virgen y entró el diablo!"
This was followed by other random attempts to induce guilt in Carlos – to manipulate him into doing what she wants. When guilt didn't work, she tried her other favorite psychological warfare weapon, religious fear: "God will punish you for treating your mother this way!"
These tactics used to have their desired effect, but Carlos has grown a lot this past year. Carlos has come out of denial and admitted to himself that she is emotionally abusive, mentally unstable – that she is selfish – that she isn't a very good mother. He isn't afraid anymore that God will punish him for admitting this truth. He knows it isn't his fault though she would have him believe it. Things have changed. Her words can't hurt or control him like they once did. She's like a cat that has been de-clawed – her swipes at him are harmless soft-padded paws, failing to dig deep and bring blood to the surface.
The statue stays outside. Suegra stays locked in her bedroom, praying that God will punish us.


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Today I've seen a case of a co-user repeatedly removing a complaint from a closed question, going like this:
PS: THIS IS NOT A REAL QUESTION....LOL? Sigh...some people!!
While this is not an elaborate form of formulating one's disapproval, I think it's still valid protest and should be left as is, especially because:
- The question is closed and will not be viewed by a lot of users anymore (the chance of the question being improved and re-opened seems questionable, given OP's unwillingness to accept the close decision)
- The usual arguments regarding the removal of clutter from the text don't apply any longer when a question is closed
Should we remove these kinds of statements or leave them there, maybe in the name of freedom of speech?


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Portland mom Anastasia Puha has her hands full. Not only does she have four little girls, but Mili, her four-year-old, is autistic. "(Her) speech didn't develop," she says. "Really sensitive to noise and light and texture and just pretty cranky, pretty cranky child."
Puha says Mili has tantrums where she'll hit her head, scratch herself and bite. To reduce those tantrums, Mili has the relatively new treatment 'Applied Behavior Analysis' or ABA therapy.
"One of the biggest things that I think she learned from ABA is, we can go to the store," she said. "Or we can walk into therapy together, before she would run away or throw herself down and you couldn't really pick her back up. And so she'll walk with me and that's just amazing. Ha ha ha."
Applied Behavior Analysis is expensive - because it involves one-on-one attention. A 20-hour-a-week regimen can cost $50,000 a year.
Jennifer Kessel is Mili's ABA therapist. She's has a BA in psychology and is employed by 'Building Bridges' — a Portland company that offers in-home, one-on-one services.
Kessel says ABA therapy works by breaking an activity down into very small pieces. So for example, if you're going to teach children to brush their teeth, you'd start off by doing it all for them, step-by-step, several times. Then, you let them do just the last step.
"Maybe everything is done for them but turning off the water," she said. "And then eventually working up to holding the brush, bruising the teeth. But small pieces so that instead of starting from the top down and having that anxiety about what comes next. The whole routine is laid out and then brought backwards."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in every 88 children in the US suffers from autism. That's a 78% increase since the CDC's first started tracking numbers in 2000. The CDC says ABA therapy encourages quote: "positive behaviors and has become widely accepted among health care professionals."
But that's not the case for health insurance companies.
Mili's insurance, Kaiser Permanente, originally denied coverage. But her mom contacted Paul Terdal, the father of two autistic boys. Terdal had worked through the insurance coverage appeals process.
He said, "What I did was tell people that I knew and providers, that 'Hey, by the way, we did this for my kids.' I want to help other people get through the process."
Terdal says he helped about 14 Kaiser families go through the appeals process. Puha says families with autistic children helped each other out.
She said, "We kept on, every family like 'Try this. Do the appeals process because we knew the more people that do it, then we can show that it's already supposed to be covered. Then maybe they'll do the right thing and do it.' And they did."
In November, Kaiser Permanente issued a statement saying it is now providing ABA services for members with a medical need.
Tobi Rates is the executive director of the Autism Society of Oregon. She says it was welcome news, "We applaud it," she said. "We're thrilled about it. We want the other insurance companies to follow along."
The state has two laws that she says should require insurers to cover ABA therapy — the 'Mental Health Parity Act' and the' 'Developmental Disabilities Act.'
But she says, there's a catch, "Between those two, it says if you're covering mental health issues, you have to include developmental disabilities, and that includes autism. It doesn't specifically say how you have to cover the autism therapies or what therapies you have to cover."
Hence the current situation where some companies cover ABA, while other's don't.
Kaiser did not make anybody available for an interview with OPB. But the problem for the company now is that if other insurers don't also start offering coverage, Kaiser could end up attracting lots of expensive new customers with autism. That would drive up their costs.
Enter Paul Terdal — again. He's now going after other insurance companies to provide coverage.
He said, "Providence, having seen what would happen if they went into external review, basically put their foot down and said, 'Our contract isn't going to cover this under any circumstances.' And their letters always concluded with, 'Your only alternative is to sue us in court.' "
In a written statement, Providence did not directly address how it has responded to such requests for coverage.
Providence says it considers ABA to be experimental and investigational. It also says services related to developmental disabilities are specifically excluded from coverage.
Terdal is helping about 10 Providence families and they're considering legal action.
Terdal is also working on a case against United Healthcare. United also provided a written statement, saying it doesn't cover ABA in Oregon.
Terdal said, "We're challenging United by basically saying, look, we have a law in Oregon, two of them, that require coverage of autism. It would be no more valid to exclude the leading treatment for autism than it would be to say exclude Caesarean sections for maternity care. And we've asked the insurance division to take action on that and they're thinking about it."
The Oregon Insurance Division is thinking about it. Spokeswoman Cheryl Martinis says the division is seeking advice from attorneys at the Department of Justice, "We've asked them whether ABA therapy is required under current Oregon law, and if so, under what circumstances. … So we're awaiting some guidance."
Martinis thinks that may come in a few weeks.
Meanwhile, Terdal continues his fight with Oregon insurers. He says he hasn't found the right case to push at Regence, but he's looking.
In a statement, Regence said it doesn't provide coverage for quote: 'investigational behavioral treatments.'
It equates ABA to teaching — rather than a medical therapy to be covered by insurance.
Pacific Source lost a major legal battle on the issue in 2010.
In a statement, Pacific Source says ABA therapy is covered, but it has to be delivered by an "eligible health care provider."
And that's a big issue.
State Senator Alan Bates, a doctor from Medford, is working on a bill that would create a certification system for ABA therapists. It would also get ABA included in insurance coverage, and establish which children should receive the therapy.
He says it's understandable why insurance companies want a certification process, "A lot of the work is something it doesn't take a lot of education for, but takes a lot of time and you don't want to be paying someone $100 an hour for doing something that could be done for $15 an hour with the same outcome."
He says if a bill is to pass, he needs parents and insurance companies to come to some agreement.
If they don't, he says, he won't take a proposal to the floor because it simply wouldn't survive.


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San Francisco
One of my favorite occurrences in the Art world is when an artist acknowledges the viewers' expectations, and actively denies them. In a time seemingly ruled by art with the highest sensational value, I can't help but root for the heroic and/or obstinate people unabashedly making minimalist conceptual art that allows for none of the easily digestible catharses one might hope for. This is not to say that the work is underdeveloped or shallow; I think a closed door holds as much if not more mystery, potential narrative and freedom to expand upon than an open door through which we can clearly see everything. It is the same "closed door" potential that completely saturates Edits, the current exhibition of Jason Kraus's work at Jessica Silverman Gallery.
Inside the gallery, the installation is seductively minimal and almost entirely monochromatic. Extracted pieces of Kraus's studio walls hang mounted in frames, the dry-wall marked with the charcoal smudges and traces of the artist's process. A large-format, b&w photograph titled An Empty Space documents the void created by hundreds of drawings made on Kraus's studio wall, where the charcoal that escaped the paper's surface marks off the edges of the absent pieces of paper. The Serra-esque drawing board learning in a corner reinforces the trompe l'oeil effect of An Empty Space; the two objects acting as the signifier and signified of something that is much more abstract than the expected tangibility of a sign, such as a chair.
The real star of the show, however, is the pairing of two wooden crates locked with combination locks, and a framed envelope that Kraus mailed to Jessica Silverman, the gallery owner. Completely unassuming, the crates (probably) hold all the drawings that we see the traces of in the surrounding works. The corresponding envelope contains the combination that opens the locks on the crates. This is a simple enough concept: there is a lock, and there is a combination that opens the lock. The punch-line is that the two pieces may never be acquired by the same person, ensuring that the drawings will never be revealed. Now, I have to admit that the inner-brat in me loves this restriction. As I see it, basically Kraus is saying, "Oh, you wanted to see the art we're talking about? Too bad." Of course, the work absolutely should not be pigeon-holed in the sort of school-yard teasing with which I indulgently associate it. The dialog between the works in the show also heavily references the performative act of making art, emphasizing that the process can hold just as much importance as the final product.
Edits is not a show for anyone looking for an easy entry point or sensational reward from the viewing experience. It is not obvious, and demands that viewers release their typically tight grasp on what part of the art-making process we think should be presented. It is also not overly pretentious; the work does not pretend to be something that it's not. Instead, Kraus expands the aura of the show through omission, and shows the viewer, "This is what I want you to think about."
Edits is on view at Jessica Silverman Gallery from 7 September–20 October, 2012.