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This year I've had the privilege of addressing a few thousand medical professionals at one-day seminars run by Health Ed around the country, most recently in Brisbane. My subject: 'Is pornography becoming a public health issue?' I'm finding it interesting that where it seemed only a few of us were once saying this, now there are eminent bodies coming to the same conclusion. This is encouraging – if significant medical bodies are recognising the problem, perhaps it will be taken seriously and more resources provided to address it. The British Medical Journal has just reported on a UK conference on the issue. And there's also a piece in the Edmonton Journal by a Canadian psychologist of the harms of online pornography and the destructive impact of the sex industry.
Internet Pornography is an urgent public health issue, conference hears
…[Pamela Luna, a governing councillor of the American Public Health Association] who co-chairs the American Public Health Association's film festival, said that girls who were being systematically recruited by the hard core pornography industry all over the world were discarded and left "mentally and emotionally wrecked," as highlighted in one of the films, Hot Girls Wanted. She said that public health professionals should do more to prevent this happening, by using the media to exert a positive influence on young people's behaviour, strengthen resilience, and deter young people from risky behaviours.
"We have to look at the media, we have to understand it, we have to use it in a way that's powerful, we have to have our voices heard, we need to be advising on films, we need to be there—we can't sit back," she said.
Peter Donnelly, professor of public health medicine at St Andrew's University, Scotland, said that the "very violent and denigrating" nature of much internet pornography was a deep concern. He said, "All males need to think very carefully about their use of pornography, because if there's no market, you begin to change this. What you hear in the films and from other young men you speak to is they're not sure what it is to be a young man these days, and they need help in expressing their masculinity in a way that feels constructive and comfortable." Read full article.
'Pornification of Culture a Threat'
…The commercialization of human sexuality is pervasive, and I believe the primary force driving this is online pornography, which shapes child and adolescent sexual identity and attitudes toward female and male sexual roles.
In a recent longitudinal study of American youth aged 10 to 15, 19 to 27 per cent reported exposure to X-rated material in the past 12 months. A recent review of the research observed that "consistent findings have emerged linking adolescent use of pornography that depicts violence with increased degrees of sexually aggressive behaviour" and that "research suggests that adolescents who use pornography, especially that found on the Internet, have lower degrees of social integration, increases in conduct problems, higher levels of delinquent behaviour, higher incidence of depressive symptoms and decreased emotional bonding with caregivers."
This "pornification of culture" — the seepage of pornographic images, language, behaviours and attitudes into popular cultural forms such as advertising, music and films — is rolling through our society like a tsunami. Unless we openly acknowledge, understand and resist this disturbing trend, the issue of where, how and when men pay for sex will simply be an afterthought.
As a psychotherapist, I specialize in supporting women and men as they recover from working on the streets, in body rub parlours, brothels and as escorts. In the 12 years I've been doing this, I've found the vast majority grow up in desperation and deprivation, and become ensnared as adolescents within an exploitative machine that deepens their degradation and stigmatization. I have yet to meet anyone who truly and freely chose selling sex services as a preferred way of life." Read full article.


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One of the more fun things we used to do at NewEnglandBouldering.com was maintain a "New England's Hardest" list of boulder problems and routes. Below is the last version of the list of boulder problems (routes will be forthcoming) which we updated in February 2003. A lot has changed since then, and we would like to update the list. Please comment with problems you think should be added or grades on this list that should be changed, and we will update the list. Before you get up in arms, we know there are many grades that need to be changed, we just wanted to start with the old list for now. As for repeats, we are only going to maintain repeat names for problems V12 and harder since there are many people climbing V10 and V11 now.
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We have attempted to compile a ticklist of the hardest boulder problems and routes in New England. This is a work in progress, so please e-mail us if you notice any errors or omissions. We would like to expand this list to include more routes and boulder problems in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. If you know of any boulder problems over V10 or routes over 14a in these states, please e-mail us.
Name Rating Area FA Repeats
The Child of the Storm V13 Blair Woods, NH Dave Graham Joe Kinder
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease V13 Hunter's Rock, PA Chris Zweig None
Ill Saint V12/13 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham None
Cojiba Linkup V12 Peter's Kill, NY Ivan Greene Vadim Vinokur, Graham
The Machine V12 Farley, MA Ken Majka Graham, Andy Salo
B-Boy Stance V12 Rumney, NH Kinder None
Sit Start to Terrordactyl V11/12 Farley, MA Tyson Holub None
Crouching Dragon V11/12 Gunks, NY Bosley Greene
Lynn V11/12 Big Rocks, PA Zweig None
Chunk o Blitz V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Kinder, Luke Parady, Hank Jones, Adam Osterhoff
Rat Fish Dyno V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Brett Myers, Justin Bourque
Land Shark V11 Rumney, NH Graham Kinder
Back at You with Realness V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
Phoenix V11 Niagara Glen, ON Jeremy Smith Simon Villeneuve
Satan's Choice V11 Rumney, NH Parady Graham, Harry Robertson
Carajo V11 Gunks, NY Obe Carrion Many
Ace Freely V11 Gunks, NY Greene Boone Speed, Graham
The Heart of Darkness V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Kemple, Kinder, Parady
The Scratch V11 Gunks, NY Greene None
Levels Sit Start V11 Gunks, NY Greene Erik Kubiak
Bothers Keeper V11 Pioneer Valley, MA Kinder None
Under the Big Top V11 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple ?
Shoot to Kill V11 Lincoln Woods, RI Mike Galoob None
Sweet Bulimia V11 Hunter's Rock, PA Zweig None
The Hunger Artist V11 Hunter's Rock, PA Zweig Randy Burks
The Crucifix V11 Niagara Glen, ON Villeneuve None
Venus in Scorpio V10/11 Gunks, NY Greene Many
Yosemite Crack V10/11 Haycock Mountain, PA Char Fetterolf None
Stereogram V10/11 Farley, MA Joel Brady Myers, Majka, Graham
Oobleck V10+ Wendell, MA Majka Bourque
Squinos V10+ Gunks, NY Greene Many
Sneaky Bird V10 Farley, MA Holub Majka
Babies with Rabies V10 Farley, MA Kemple Many
Koma's Roof V10 Rat Rock, Central Park, NY Koma Many
Revolution V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Kemple Graham
SUAPM V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Many
Y2K9 Roof V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Ward Smith Many
Conquest of the Irrational V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Parady Many
Check Your Head V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
All Aboard the Pain Train V10 Sundown, NH Graham Parady
Sweat of the Rapist V10 Central Park, NY Greene Many
Hueco Nightmares V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady, Kinder
The Devastating Reverend Tom V10 Rumney, NH Graham Canardo Fragila
Corner the Market V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady, Osterhoff
Neil's Nuts V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady
Jefe V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Khadeja V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Blaow V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
Orgasm V10 Gunks, NY Greene Danforth, Vinokur
Death Penalty V10 Gunks, NY Greene Wilder
Magnetic V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Dragon Turns V10 Gunks, NY Kehl Many
The Opus V10 Haycock Mountain, PA Pete Ziegenfuss None
Secret Weapon V10 Peter's Kill, NY Chris Sharma Graham, Parady
The Wad V10 Peter's Kill, NY Vinokur Greene
Press Your Luck V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Kemple Graham
Swisher Sweets V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Kemple None
Stand and Deliver V10 Pawtuckaway Kemple Graham
Brick Bop V10 Farley, MA Majka Many
Scarub V10 Farley, MA Graham Majka, Holub
Requiem for a Samurai V10 Rattlesnake Mountain, CT Theriault None
Barbed Wire V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple Philippe Naulot, Galoob
Who Run Tings V10 Niagara Glen Smith None
Satan on a Half Shell V10 Rumney, NH
Because Stone Cold Says So V10 Farley, MA Brady None
Spare Change V10 Farley, MA ? Majka
Bloody Sunday V10 Smuggler's Notch, VT Bill Patton None
The Wilder Cave Problem V10 Bolton, VT Wilder None
Selassie V10 Sourland Mountain, NJ Redmond Kent Sommerville
Upraising V10 Sourland Mountain, NJ Redmond Jones, Sommerville
Peligro V10 Haycock Mountain, PA Redmond None
Loomit V10 Rumney, NH Kinder Kemple
Supreme Clientele V10 Rumney, NH Kinder Kemple
Flying Goat... V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Myers ?
High School Egg Project V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple Many
Bloodsport V10 Milford, MA Lee Soares Naulot
Ground Zero V10 Arcadia SP, RI Galoob None
Tornado G-Spot V10 Big Rocks, PA Zweig Burks
The Green Stream V10 Big Rocks, PA Burks None
Rigormortis V10 Niagara Glen, ON Matt Corstorphine Many
Closed Eye Visuals V10 Niagara Glen, ON Irving None
Funk-Shwey V10 Niagara Glen, ON Adam Zarzycki None
Fuga V10 Land of the Overhangs, ME Dave Sharrat None

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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:18
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i actually have a bluetooth headset and a specific need for support, if anyone can help.
i have an old bt 2 headset that i pulled apart and turned into a dongle for my ft817 radio tranceiver. i went mad with a glue gun and its now a wireless module that clicks nicely ito the side of the radio.
at th moment i can only use it with my wm5 ipaq and pockedigi to gain rtty and psk31 mode but i would love to use it with puppy via my old sitecom usb bt2 dongle and fldigi or pskmail.
the nearest i got was with puppeee (thanks jemimah) where t connects and pairs but theres no provision to route audio.
im now on lucid and i cant even get a pairing
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:29
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I'm not sure what you'd have to install to get bt audio support, but the bluez package may have it built in, and along with the bluetooth pet above you should get it to connect. If not, try some of the command line commands.
Specifically you may have to start the bluetooth daemon by typing in bluetoothd at the terminal. Of course, you may or may not need to do the modprobe commands and hciconfig hci0 up.
That said, have you confirmed that the dongle is fully functional? I mean, if you pulled it out of another headset, then there may be a number of problems with it, or your modifications. I do like your style of salvaging parts, though.
I'm not sure if the bluez for lucid or slacko has audio support, but if it does it may work just with the packages above, and if not you may try going here:
Good luck and keep me apprised.
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:11
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I have several wireless keyboards of different makes and several wireless mice of different makes, and they have all worked in Puppy the first time I tried them. I assume they all use Bluetooth, except one wireless keyboard which is so old that I think it uses vacuum tubes.
Do the bluetooth keyboards work when Puppy first starts to boot, when the boot option screen shows?
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 17:22
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Flash wrote:
I have several wireless keyboards of different makes and several wireless mice of different makes, and they have all worked in Puppy the first time I tried them. I assume they all use Bluetooth, except one wireless keyboard which is so old that I think it uses vacuum tubes.
Do the bluetooth keyboards work when Puppy first starts to boot, when the boot option screen shows?
Unless they have the "B" logo on them or said somewhere on the package or device that uses the bluetooth protocol, you should assume that it does NOT use bluetooth. Bluetooth and wireless aren't synonyms. Most "wireless" keyboards and mice are just RF, not bluetooth. It could say "wireless" and be FM for all you know!
I have an old one-handed trackball that has a usb wireless thing about as wide as my fist and an inch deep. Now they are about as small as some bt devices, and many newer computers have bt receivers built in so it's harder to tell which is which. If you have a new laptop with built in BT and your "wireless" device needs a usb dongle to work with it, it's not BT. If you have two dongles for two devices and each only works with their specific dongle, then one of them isn't BT.
Bluetooth devices often require you to "pair" them. If you don't see a BT device listed in your hardware settings, then it's not BT.
Seeing as the boot option screen doesn't load bluetooth drivers, bt devices shouldn't work at that point, unless maybe there's a special bios out there that can use bt devices.
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 18:09
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has my bluetooth script to automatically reconnect
bluetooth mouse
connecting to a
Gembird BTD-123 Bluetooth receiver .
Mouse was 10€ and the dongle a fiver . Not worth the trouble . The mouse disconnects after a short time not being moved and the button to reconnect is only applyable for people with long finger tips .
Other then this the receiver or kernel or bluez does not like it attached to a usb hub with other devices on it . Took me a while at google search to find a gentoo forum page that told me to attach it to a root usb hub alone .
FWIW : this Bluetooth works like BroadBand internet connection . Packets are send and received . Did not knew it before .
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 18:26
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But it works with your automatic reconnect script, correct?
I use this ipazzport I linked to in the first post of this thread. It has a good touch pad and keyboard and came with the dongle for about $30 USD after shipping. Now that I have BT working and have it paired, Slacko detects it flawlessly.
Like your mouse, it has a power save feature where it stops transmitting after not using it for a few minutes. Luckily I don't have to pair it or manually reconnect every time this happens. I just move my finger around the touchpad for a second and it's automatically reconnected.
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 19:14
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Yep it works ! At the moment leave.wav says goodbye every tho seconds and now i will dooo it .. get me a screwdriver .. and woof it made .!
I got bluez up to 4.91 to compile in my grown up full installs that would each need 2 4,7 GB DVD to burn it as a distro. Puppy is quite common Linux now for me .
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 19:33
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Eldon :
Are bluetooth devices . The
are RF ones it seems (Karl is gooling RF now) .
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Posted: Mon 20 Aug 2012, 19:40
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Karl Godt wrote:
Eldon :
Are bluetooth devices . The
are RF ones it seems (Karl is gooling RF now) .
If the RF is as good quality as their BT models then it's probably just as good and will work with almost any linux distro. That's pretty cool.
But if you want to use it on an iPad or something, it may not work unless they have a usb port.
Those guys also have some other cool versions like this RF one:
It has a speaker and microphone and also looks like you can use that one with headphones AND you can use it as a remote control for your TV etc.!
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Posted: Tue 21 Aug 2012, 17:12
Post subject: An informational about Bluetooth, FYI, for the community
I have just left a store as I was looking over the xtablets as I begin to understand a purchase need.
BT V4 was ratified last year and is now showing up. I just saw the specs on one device touting BT4.
On Wikipedia, I found
... While the Bluetooth Core Specification does mandate minimums for range, the range of the technology is application specific and is not limited. Manufacturers may tune their implementations to the range needed for individual use cases. ...
There seems to market changes as the chipsets are now being deployed in new products which are starting their advancements.
Not sure if there is any kernel understanding necessary, but I thought this a worthy note for those making new purchases.
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Posted: Mon 03 Sep 2012, 20:26
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I thought I'd try to get Bluetooth working on my Slacko 5.3.3 Puppy, so I can quickly transfer files between my mobile phone and my laptop using a USB bluetooth dongle. I found this thread and followed Eldon's instructions...
Eldon wrote:
Ok, for those wanting to install bluetooth in Slacko 5.3.1:
Install the following
Bluez firmware
Bluez libs and utilities
bluez hcidump
(may not be needed but it won't hurt)
Bluetooth-0.4.pet from
You should see a bluetooth icon in the task bar.
It should be fairly straight forward from there- make sure to set it to 'visible'
You should also have some Icons in the network menu such as Bluetooth Wizard.
However, on rebooting there was no bluetooth icon in the task bar, and when I click on the "Bluetooth" program icon in the network menu nothing happens. I made sure I downloaded all of the dependencies when installing the above packages, so I don't think it's due to anything being missing. I did get a message about "libvisual" being missing after installing the libraries, but I later installed this myself and it made no difference.
Does anyone know how I should proceed in order to get bluetooth working on my Puppy?
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Posted: Wed 09 Jan 2013, 05:19
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This is for Slacko 5.3.1
I think Slacko 5.3.3(maybe just 5.3.2) doesn't have bluetooth modules in the kernel. There is no way to make it work as far as I know.
5.4 does have bluetooth support.
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Posted: Wed 09 Jan 2013, 06:18
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Slacko 5.4 does have bluetooth support.
Simply install the bluez utilities and
from PPM and do the same as before(remember to install the bluetooth .4 pet), but if the tray icon doesn't show after restart type in bluetooth-applet in the console to initialize the tray icon.
If necessary use the previously posted command line options to get it going.
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Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2013, 02:54
Post subject: Thanks Eldon
using your method i was able to get my headset to connect to my computer... i guess its off to start another thread to figure out how to route the audio to bluetooth device. unless someone can enlighten me here.
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Do you have the bluetooth icon in the task bar? If you do, you should be able to at least see if it's recognized as a generic device or a headset. It could be that you have to "set up new device" and select headsets in the "device type" section.
If that's not the problem then I'm sure you can find a way to make it work with some patience and looking/asking around the forum.
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A handwriting style is a carefully designed, efficient way of forming letters and numbers. Each style has its own character or fits a certain need. The most common styles are shown here.
Most of these examples were created
with Startwrite Handwriting Software.
New American Cursive
I like New American Cursive. This form of cursive is simple and clean. The child learns to write using cursive—they start with cursive. There is no manuscript form, although, the capital letters F, Q, T, and Z are made like manuscript capital letters. Another option would be to start a child with Zaner-Bloser Continuous Stroke Cursive.
Handwriting Without Tears
Handwriting Without Tears is a simplified style, without a slant, and has a rather blocky feel to it. Developed by an occupational therapist, the program includes many tactile products for writing readiness and an app for memorizing letter form. It is popular in the United States, but I find it too simple. It is not beautiful and the cursive doesn't flow.
Printing - Handwriting Without Tears
Cursive - Handwriting Without Tears
Modern Manuscript and Cursive (D'Nealian)
Modern Manuscript (D'Nealian) starts with slanted manuscript letters with the intent to transition easily to cursive writing. As in cursive writing, the lower case manuscript letters are made with one continuous stroke and most have "tails" (see the letter "a".) Modern Manuscript gained popularity in school districts in the United States in the late 1980's. Some find it challenging to teach (the program includes auditory instructions) and dislike the manuscript "b" and "k." I like it, but tend to teach it with modifications.
D'Nealian - manuscript and cursive chart
D'Nealian - manuscript only
Zaner-Bloser Continuous Stroke (Simple)
This style is neither too challenging or too simple. Zaner-Bloser was the dominant handwriting style in the United States until Modern Manuscript (D'Nealian) gained popularity and this "continuous stroke" or "simplified" Zaner-Bloser was introduced. The continuous stroke applies to the manuscript letters—the pencil is not lifted to form a letter, as with the original Zaner-Bloser style. The cursive was simplified and most notable, the letter "Q" was changed to look like a letter "Q" instead of an odd number "2." Continuous Stroke makes sense—it is the closest thing to how Marie taught manuscript letter formation. When she taught cursive to first-graders, she used A Beka — that's what the private school chose.
manuscript - uppercase & lowercase
Zaner-Bloser (Original) & Palmer
The original Zaner-Bloser style and the Palmer style are not used as much now.
manuscript - uppercase
manuscript - lowercase
cursive - uppercase
cursive - lowercase
Peterson Handwriting
Peterson includes a transition between printing and cursive—it's called Slant Print. I don't have a sample to show here, but did include links to the site. Peterson's theme is "the difference is rhythm." The cursive letters end without a curve, much like the Italic styles. This program includes a depth of information, prompts and help. It seems like a lot of work, to me.
Slant Print
Italic Handwriting Styles
Italic is so lovely and appealing! There are a variety: Portland Italic, Barchowsky, New South Wales, Victorian, Queensland.
Italic charts (click "Chart" in the left-hand column)
Barchowsky Fluent


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It's bad enough that the surge in renewables and the glut of cheap natural gas make nuclear construction look staggeringly expensive, particularly in an environment where several operators have recently opted to take nuke plants offline rather than repair them or even invest more in their continued operation. But the really reprehensible part of the federal loan guarantee is that it comes from the same administration that has halted any progress toward finding a permanent solution for the storage of spent nuclear fuel, for reasons just as cynically political as the approval itself.
The government's decision to underwrite the Vogtle nuke project in Georgia represents doubling down on a terrifying bet that somehow - no one can say precisely how - we will avoid a disaster of epic proportions involving the thousands of tons of highly radioactive fuel rods filling overcrowded pools at nuclear sites across the country.
When history gets around to considering President Barack Obama's legacy on energy and the environment, the Keystone XL pipeline decision - yea or nay - will pale in comparison to the partisan hack move of shelving the designation of Yucca Mountain, Nev., as a deep geological storage site for spent fuel rods and other high-level waste. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia accused the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of "flouting the law" by not completing its assessment of Yucca Mountain.
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Panic on Mt Tongariro as volcano erupts
A teacher who was on Mt Tongariro with a group of 90 students has captured the "absolutely spectacular" eruption of the volcano on video.
GNS Science confirmed the eruption, at the Te Maari crater, happened shortly after 1.20pm. It is the second eruption on the mountain this year; an eruption on August 6 was the first on Tongariro for more than 100 years.
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Tamatea Intermediate teacher Lomi Schaumkel said they were near the Katetahi hot springs when eruption began.
''We were right up there next to it. It was just amazing. It was pretty scary from where we were and it just looked absolutely spectacular, the ash that came out. It really did look like one of those atom bomb explosions, and it made a rumbling sound.''
There were 90 students, six parents and four teachers in the group.
''Some panicked, some didn't. Everyone came down safely and it was great''.
The group were about 1 km away from the eruption, Schaumkel said.
''We saw all these tourists running away from it. We didn't stick around long.''
A further 20 Year 8 pupils from Gulf Harbour School in Whangaparoa were making their way off the track with parents and guides after being just 750m from where the crater erupted.
Two bus drivers from Nimon and Sons, who took the Napier children to the mountain, had reported back to their base that they could see an ash plume 2km high, a spokesman said.
Department of Conservation (DOC) area manager Jonathan Maxwell said 30 to 50 people were being evacuated from the Tongariro Crossing track. No injuries had been reported but the crossing had been closed.
Today's eruption lasted for about five minutes. GNS has updated the alert on Tongariro to level 2, meaning there is "minor eruptive activity". The aviation colour code has been lifted to red, meaning there is "significant emission of ash'' into the atmosphere.
A national advisory has been issued by Civil Defence saying regions from Waikato down to Hawke's Bay could be affected by ash cloud.
"Minor volcanic activity is occurring at Tongariro - Te Maari craters and could be hazardous in the immediate vicinity of the craters.
"Light volcanic ash fall can be anticipated downwind of Tongariro and may impact the following areas or regions: Waikato; Hawkes Bay; Gisborne and Bay of Plenty."
Air New Zealand said tonight it was not expecting to operate services to or from Taupo, Rotorua or Gisborne airports tomorrow morning because of the ash cloud.
Ten services in and out of Taupo, Rotorua and Gisborne have been cancelled so far and the airline says it will continue to assess the situation as the morning progresses.
Some early flights from other regional airports will also be affected as aircraft will need to be repositioned following today's disruptions.
Genesis Energy was shutting production at its Tongariro hydro scheme site south of Lake Taupo.
Tongariro/Rangipo Prison - which is located near the base of Mt Tongariro, off the Desert Road - was operating as normal at this stage.
Corrections Department central regional manager Terry Buffery said there was no local site impact following the eruption.
''However, robust plans are in place to manage the facility should the situation escalate. Safety is always a priority for staff, prisoners and the public. We are confident in our ability to respond accordingly.''
Three crew members from Kiwi web-video production company 90 Seconds TV were lucky to be in the "right place at the right time", said chief executive Tim Norton.
The crew were aware of recent geothermal activity and counted themselves lucky to be able to catch close-up footage of the eruption, he said.
''We went into this trip knowing another eruption would happen some day, and sure enough it went up.''
The group were making a Tongariro Crossing video today, joined by two people from Australian Geographic and a representative from Rotorua Airport.
They were shooting a video to encourage Australians to travel to the Great Lakes area.
Norton said the vulcanologist and geologist were in the middle of their on-camera interview when ''she blew her top''.
''I have watched the footage of the explosion. There was a big boom, which lasted quite a while.
''There was quite a lot of euphoria, lots of screaming and yelling. There wasn't a lot of fear.''
He said the fear came later, when the smoke and ash began to pour into the sky.
''I think when that happened, when they felt the rumble deep in the ground, that was a little bit frightening,'' he said.
The crew were about to return to the base of the mountain.
Norton said the latest eruption would do little to put Aussies of travel to New Zealand.
''It will have the opposite effect. They love volcanos and geothermal activity.
''Tongariro will boost tourist numbers.''
Civil Defence has warned people to stay indoors if ash is present.
"Volcanic ash could be a health hazard, especially if you suffer from breathing difficulty. If outside, seek shelter (e.g. in a car or building)."
It was advising people to close all windows and cover their mouths if caught in the ash. People should stay out of designated restricted zones.
DOC had a helicopter in the air and was canvassing the volcano to see if they could locate anyone on the mountain, a Taupo Council spokeswoman said.
"There is a helicopter looking to see if there's anyone around, any visitors on the mountain to make sure everybody is safe," she said.
Taupo Council's civil defence emergency manager Phil Parker, who coordinated the response last time the volcano erupted, was working with DOC and other organisations.
Lake Rotoaira resident Robyn Bennett said there was a big, black ash cloud over her house, which was about a kilometre from the eruption site.
"It's just blew her stack," she said.
She said the air smelled of sulphur.
"It's hard to breathe if you go outside, it's pushing out quite heavily." Bennett said she didn't hear the eruption but it looked like a new vent had formed in front of a previous eruption crater. The ash cloud was moving east towards Napier and Taupo.
Ann Lambert, owner of the Rainbow Motel at Tokaanu, near Turangi, said she had not heard any noise, unlike the previous time Tongariro erupted when there had been a "huge loud noise".
"We weren't aware it had happened. We just looked up and saw it," she said.
"It's just a grey cloud at the moment ... It's not as imposing as the last time."
Kathleen Konui, who lives at Otukou Marae "just below" the mountain, said she had heard a sound like a shotgun going off.
"The mountain was all covered with white smoke," she said.
In the hour or so since then the air had cleared, although she could still see some smoke coming from about four holes on the mountain.
"I'm standing here now looking at them."
The sky was too hazy for her to be able to see a plume from the eruption.
At 1.30am this morning a New Zealand Couriers truck driver reported a strong smell of sulphur on the Desert Road while Motuoapoa resident Cindy Greaney said she noticed an "obvious smell of sulphur" at 6am.
This is the second eruption this year. The Te Maari crater erupted on August 6, the first time in more than 100 years.
The eruption, on August 6, widened and deepened the crater and reactivated vents which had been covered up in the 116 years since it last erupted in 1896.
Ruapehu has also been active recently but has not erupted. Pressure was building under the volcano and there was an increased likelihood of an eruption, GNS said last week.
The volcanoes are close to each other but scientists did not believe that the activity at both volcanoes was related.
However, they couldn't exclude the possibility, GNS vulcanologist Nico Fournier said earlier this week.
"We don't have evidence at the moment that the activity of the two volcanoes are related," Fournier said. "But we can't exclude it entirely."
GNS vulcanologists were researching if activity at the two volcanoes was connected and also were looking at the relationship between earthquakes and volcanic activity.
A series of earthquakes rattled the ground beneath Tongariro in the weeks leading up to the August eruption and another series of quakes have shaken the ground beneath Ruapehu in the last few weeks.


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pens2005 wrote:slappybrown wrote: Lets say TOR was the 4 from the other side and had the fewest pts of any playoff team and PIT won the Preisdents Trophy. We could play a NYR with one pt less than us, and not a TOR team that is the worst of all playoff teams if TOR wins.
This is my point. It wouldn't make sense for us to play NYR, we should play the worst playoff team remaining (TOR). Not sure of your point, here.
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Just seems weird to me.
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261 Kan. 125
(928 P2d 73)
No. 75,527
IN THE MATTER OF THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY EMINENT DOMAIN. KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. WILL INVESTMENTS, INC., Defendant, and SAD, L.C., Appellee, and MOHAMMED AGHAKANI, Appellant.
1. The interpretation and legal effect of written documents are matters of law upon which our standard of review is unlimited.
2. Contracts are presumed legal, and the burden rests on the party challenging the contract to prove it is illegal.
3. Agreements that grant and assign a right-of-way to erect, install, and maintain an electric transmission line to entities that are not public utilities are not illegal.
4. Only such an estate in property sought to be acquired by eminent domain may be taken as is reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose in aid of which the proceeding is brought.
5. Eminent domain statutes will be construed to authorize only the taking of an easement on or title to land sufficient for the public use intended rather than a fee title, unless the statute clearly so provides, either expressly or by necessary implication.
6. Under the facts of this case, the trial court correctly found the owner of a retained easement taken by a condemnor was entitled to the entire amount of the appraiser's award.
Appeal from Sedgwick district court; MICHAEL CORRIGAN, judge. Opinion filed December 6, 1996. Affirmed.
Robert W. Kaplan, of Kaplan, McMillan and Harris, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.
John L. Kratzer, Jr., of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LARSON, J.: This case involves a unique set of facts wherein Mohammed Aghakani, the present owner of the underlying property, appeals the trial court's determination that SAD, L.C., the owner of a retained right-of-way for utility purposes, is entitled to the entire proceeds of a condemnation award for the SAD easement taken by Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KG&E).
Our result being basically fact driven requires us to state in considerable detail the background giving rise to this litigation.
In late April 1994, SAD acquired fee simple title to the Southeast Quarter of Section 19, Township 28 South, Range 2 East, Sedgwick County, Kansas, intending to subdivide the property and offer it for sale at public auction. Prior to the intended sale, KG&E contacted SAD concerning its desire to acquire an easement for the installation of electric transmission lines across the north 50 feet of the south 70 feet of the property.
KG&E and SAD were unable to reach an agreement regarding compensation for a voluntary grant of the easement prior to a scheduled public auction of the property. Knowing that prospective purchasers must be informed of the pending negotiations with KG&E and fearing this would result in a greatly diminished sale, SAD decided to offer the land for sale subject to an easement in place corresponding to KG&E's proposed right-of-way.
To accomplish this, SAD granted a right-of-way, dated and recorded May 24, 1994, to Will Investments, Inc., to erect, install, and maintain electric and communication lines, with provisions identical to those in a KG&E easement. Will paid SAD $12,000 and agreed that SAD could repurchase the easement for the purchase price plus interest at 9%.
When the public auction was held 2 days later, auctioneer Gearl Bannon announced to all parties that SAD was retaining a utility easement, that the property was being sold subject to this easement, that SAD was negotiating with KG&E for the sale of the easement, and that the present owner was retaining the right to all proceeds from the sale of the easement. Aghakani purchased a tract at the auction, subject to the easement, for $69,500. The existence of the easement was shown on the title insurance commitment, and the deed conveying the property from SAD to Aghakani was subject to easements of record.
In early December 1994, Will executed and recorded a grant of right-of-way to SAD, identical to the previous grant from SAD to Will, in return for $12,595. On June 15, 1995, Will filed an assignment to SAD of all of its interest in the easement by a document conveying ownership based on the previous grant.
In early January 1995, KG&E commenced a condemnation action to acquire all interest in the retained right-of-way and the reversionary interests of the then fee owners of the property.
Aghakani retained counsel, had the property rezoned, and presented evidence of value at the appraiser's hearing. SAD, although properly notified, neither appeared nor responded. The appraiser's award, filed in April 1995, appraised the tract before the taking at $187,500 and after the taking at $157,985, awarding $29,515 in compensation for the condemnation of the easement. KG&E filed a timely notice of appeal of the award.
Aghakani moved for a determination of entitlement and disbursement of the appraiser's award. Will and SAD then claimed the funds, setting up the present dispute among the parties for resolution as required by K.S.A. 26-517. Will later filed a disclaimer of interest in the property.
The trial court heard the motions and entered findings of fact and conclusions of law determining that the easement was given for a lawful purpose and that the requirement that an easement owner be a licensed public utility before actually constructing, operating, or maintaining electric transmission lines was simply a condition precedent to the easement's enjoyment. The court noted the significant disparity of the price Aghakani paid for the land and the appraised value prior to the taking and found Aghakani paid a discounted price for the property and received the estate he bargained for at the auction. The trial court also ruled that Aghakani would be unjustly enriched if allowed to receive any portion of the condemnation award.
The trial court further concluded that the conveyance from Will to SAD was sufficient to convey ownership to SAD, that KG&E only obtained the existing easement, and that Aghakani held no interest in the easement at the time of the taking. The court ordered the entire award to be distributed to SAD. The court later modified the order to rule that the award included damages for diminution in value of the remainder interest.
Proceedings were stayed pending the filing of an appeal, which was transferred to this court pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c).
In commencing our analysis of the issues, we first restate our basic standard of review: "'Where the trial court has made findings of fact and conclusions of law, the function of this court on appeal is to determine whether the findings are supported by substantial competent evidence and whether the findings are sufficient to support the trial court's conclusions of law.'" Gillespie v. Seymour, 250 Kan. 123, 129, 823 P.2d 782 (1991). The first is a deferential standard of review, and the second involves a question of law based upon given facts. Chrispens v. Coastal Refining & Mktg, Inc., 257 Kan. 745, 762, 897 P.2d 104 (1995). Further, the interpretation and legal effect of written instruments are matters of law, Dutta v. St. Francis Regional Med. Center, Inc., 254 Kan. 690, 693, 867 P.2d 1057 (1994), and our standard of review is unlimited on a question of law. Gillespie v. Seymour, 250 Kan. 123, Syl. ¶ 2.
Were the deeds granting a right-of-way from SAD to Will and Will to SAD and the assignment of the right-of-way from Will to SAD illegal contracts and, therefore, void?
Aghakani first contends that the grants of the right-of-way are illegal contracts because neither party was a public utility as defined by K.S.A. 66-104, the grants involved an attempt to erect an electric transmission line without being a properly certified public utility under K.S.A. 66-131, and the transfer of the grants began site preparation for an electric transmission line without the proper permit as required by K.S.A. 66-1,178. We hold that each of these contentions are without merit.
Neither Will nor SAD generated or sold electricity, nor did they attempt to do so by acquiring the right to install electric transmission lines over the property. Neither Will nor SAD attempted to transact business without a proper certificate, nor did they do any act which is in violation of the permit requirement of K.S.A. 66-1,178.
The two Kansas cases Aghakani cites, Early Detection Center, Inc. v. Wilson, 248 Kan. 869, 811 P.2d 860 (1991), and Brumm v. Goodman, 164 Kan. 281, 188 P.2d 913 (1948), may support the contention that contracts made to perform illegal acts are not enforceable, but there is no showing that the agreements in issue in our case violated any of the statutes cited or were against public policy. Contracts are presumed legal and the burden rests on the party challenging the contract to prove it is illegal. See In re Estate of Shirk, 186 Kan. 311, 326, 350 P.2d 1 (1960). The contracts in issue were of record, fully disclosed, and clearly understandable, and the parties never attempted to perform them in any illegal or improper manner.
In a case involving a contract for sale of water where the seller had not obtained necessary permits as a public utility, Wycoff v. Quick Way Homes, Inc., 201 Kan. 442, 447, 441 P.2d 886 (1968), we held that a "contract for sale of water does not violate any requirement of public policy and is not illegal per se." Easements of a commercial nature similar to the right-of-way here have long been considered an exception to the general rule that easements in gross are not transferable, and a long history of allowing the transfers of such servitudes exists. See 3 Powell on Real Property § 34.16, pp. 34-220-222 (1996); Restatement of Property § 489 (1944). The right-of-way grants in question herein are not illegal contracts, and no fact exists showing any performance occurred thereunder of an illegal nature.
Did SAD lack any interest in the subject property at the time of the taking by eminent domain because the Will to SAD grant in December 1994 was invalid?
Aghakani contends the Will to SAD grant of right-of-way, which contained a statement granting a right-of-way "along, under, across and over certain lands owned by Grantor" is invalid because at that time Will did not own such lands. The grant of right-of-way document was identical in wording to that originally granted from SAD to Will, and the transfer was confirmed by an assignment some 6 months later. At no time did Will own any interest in the underlying property, but the complained-of wording is merely a restatement of the prior grant and does not invalidate the document's clear intent.
As we have previously stated, where the terms of a written instrument are involved, we have the same duty as the trial court to determine its validity. See Shepard, Executrix v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., 189 Kan. 125, 130, 368 P.2d 19 (1962).
In Hall v. Mullen, 234 Kan. 1031, 1038, 678 P.2d 169 (1984), we looked to the intention of the parties to ascertain the interest conveyed. In D. M. & A. Rly. Co. v. Lockwood, 54 Kan. 586, 591, 38 Pac. 794 (1895), we stated a right-of-way deed to a railroad would not be declared void for uncertainty when the intent became apparent in light of contemporaneous facts and circumstances. It is clear that the grant of right-of-way only attempted to convey the easement which Will did own and did not attempt to convey to SAD anything that Will did not own. Although the right-of-way grants were identical and the Will to SAD grant should have been revised, reason requires that the grant be construed in the manner as was clearly intended, making Aghakani's contention untenable.
Aghakani's additional contention that the May 1995 assignment could have no effect on the eminent domain award is likewise without merit, as the assignment clearly showed Will's original intent to transfer the right-of-way to SAD and did not divest SAD of any right to receive the condemnation award.
Was the right-of-way a valuable property right of SAD or Will at the time of taking by KG&E?
Aghakani argues that because SAD and Will were not public utilities and, therefore, were prohibited from building electric transmission lines, the right to do so was of no compensable value to them. Aghakani is essentially asking us to ignore the value of this easement as a transferable commercial interest. This right-of-way obviously had value to KG&E, though had KG&E elected not to acquire the interest, the right-of-way would have been for all practical purposes without value to SAD or Will. Yet, as no prohibition bars the conveyance or transfer of this right-of-way to other entities, particularly to those with the ability to obtain the proper certification to enjoy its use, we cannot find that this easement had no value to SAD or Will simply because they were not certified to exercise their rights under it.
Aghakani's statement that KG&E actually condemned his retained right as the fee owner to sell another right-of-way to KG&E is wrong. The eminent domain petition specifically sought to acquire the right-of-way already in existence, and such was the interest KG&E acquired.
Should the award be apportioned between SAD, as owner of the easement, and Aghakani, as owner of the fee simple title subject to the easement?
Aghakani attempts to bootstrap his apportionment argument to a request in KG&E's condemnation petition seeking to acquire the "reversionary rights of the current owners which have not heretofore been purchased by grant." Somehow this led the trial court to conclude, in its amended ruling, that the appraiser's award included damages for diminution in value of the remainder interest. This gives rise to Aghakani's contention that because the economic detriment of the easement is on the remaining acreage, even though the property was purchased subject to the easement, he is entitled not only to the reduction in the purchase price he obtained, but also to the value of this interest as was established by virtue of the condemnation. This contention is simply erroneous.
KG&E has no right to acquire the fee simple title to the property. See Board of Education of U.S.D. 512 v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 231 Kan. 731, 734, 648 P.2d 1143 (1982), where we recognized the following principles:
"(1) The general rule is that only such an estate in the property sought to be acquired by eminent domain may be taken as is reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose in aid of which the proceeding is brought. [Citations omitted.]
. . . .
"(3) The general rule is that eminent domain statutes will be construed to authorize only the taking of an easement on or title to land sufficient for the public use intended rather than a fee title, unless the statute clearly so provides, either expressly or by necessary implication. [Citations omitted.]"
As an easement is sufficient for KG&E's intended use of this land, acquisition of the fee simple title is unnecessary and impermissible. All KG&E acquired was the easement and the rights thereunder previously owned by SAD, which is entitled to the entire amount of the appraiser's award.
The wording of the eminent domain petition specifically states that KG&E seeks to acquire all of the right, title, and interest in and to the existing right-of-way, as well as the reversionary rights of the current owners which have not heretofore been purchased. As we have stated above, because no fee simple title can be obtained through eminent domain, no binding interest in any reversionary rights of Aghakani could be obtained by KG&E. When and if the easement is abandoned, the property held by Aghakani or his successors in interest will be relieved of its burden, and the rights and claims of KG&E or its successors and assigns will be extinguished.
The trial court properly determined the right taken in the eminent domain proceeding was the grant of right-of-way retained by SAD at the time the property was conveyed to Aghakani and properly apportioned all of the award to SAD. To the extent the appraiser's report might appear to recognize some rights to the award in Aghakani, which do not exist, it must be held the trial court's amended ruling has no effect upon the apportionment of the award.
Under the statutory procedure, it was proper for the trial court to have allowed SAD to draw down the amount paid into court. It will remain for SAD and KG&E to litigate or settle the pending appeal.
Did the trial court err by applying a theory of unjust enrichment to deny Aghakani a share of the award?
Because we have previously held the trial court's decision is justified on legal grounds, it is not essential to our affirmance to base our decision on this issue. However, the trial court found that the disparity between the price Aghakani paid for the tract and its appraised value before and after the taking reflected a discounted value of the land at the auction because of the existence of the easement. It would logically follow that it would be unjust to allow Aghakani to obtain the benefit of purchasing the land subject to the servitude at a reduced cost and then to doubly compensate him by allowing him to receive any amount of the appraiser's award.
Somewhat analogous to our situation is Dillon Investment Co. v. Kinikin, 172 Kan. 523, 527-28, 241 P.2d 493 (1952), where we held:
"The all important and controlling reason why plaintiff may not quiet his title and foreclose the rights of Kinikin and his successors in title is that years after the death of Kinikin, the plaintiff accepted a deed in which validity of the exceptions and reservations as to a right of way were recognized and made part and parcel of it. Under the circumstances the grantee, appellee herein, is estopped to question validity of the exceptions and reservations. [Citations omitted.]"
Here, the equitable principle of unjust enrichment may form an additional justification for the trial court's ruling, but is not essential to the decision, and the trial court did not err in considering it.
ABBOTT, J., not participating.
RICHARD W. WAHL, Senior Judge, assigned.1
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Richard W. Wahl, Senior Judge, was appointed to hear case No. 75,527 vice Justice Abbott pursuant to the authority vested in the Supreme Court by K.S.A. 20-2616.


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With terrorism and combat fatigue on the rise, the U.S. Government has decided to reinstate the draft, leaving cards in the hands of writer Aaron (Elijah Wood), lawyer George (Chris Klein), and cabbie Dixon (Jon Bernthal). Three buddies with serious reservations about this colossal development in their increasingly complicated lives, the men have 30 days to contemplate their military future, or dream up ways to dodge their responsibility.
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Screen capture
zh-CN:Taking a Screenshot This article explain different methods to take screenshots on your system.
- 1 General methods
- 2 Desktop environment specific
- 3 Taking and uploading screenshots
- 4 Terminal
General methods
An easy way to take a screenshot of your current system is using the
import command:
$ import -window root screenshot.jpg
import is part of the imagemagick package.
import without the
-window option allows selecting a window or an arbitrary region interactively.
Screenshot of multiple X screens
If you run twinview or dualhead, simply take the screenshot twice and use
imagemagick to paste them together:
import -window root -display :0.0 -screen /tmp/0.png import -window root -display :0.1 -screen /tmp/1.png convert +append /tmp/0.png /tmp/1.png screenshot.png rm /tmp/{0,1}.png
Screenshot of individual Xinerama heads
Xinerama-based multi-head setups have only one virtual screen. If the physical screens are different in height, you will find dead space in the screenshot. In this case, you may want to take screenshot of each physical screen individually. As long as Xinerama information is available from the X server, the following will work:
#!/bin/bash xdpyinfo -ext XINERAMA | sed '/^ head #/!d;s///' | while IFS=' :x@,' read i w h x y; do import -window root -crop ${w}x$h+$x+$y head_$i.png done
Screenshot of the active/focused window
The following script takes a screenshot of the currently focused window. It works with EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Managers. To avoid overwriting previous screenshots, the current date is used as the filename.
#!/bin/bash activeWinLine=$(xprop -root | grep "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW)") activeWinId=${activeWinLine:40} import -window "$activeWinId" /tmp/$(date +%F_%H%M%S_%N).png
Alternatively, the following should work regardless of EWMH support:
$ import -window "$(xdotool getwindowfocus -f)" /tmp/$(date +%F_%H%M%S_%N).png
You also can take screenshots with GIMP (File -> Create -> Screenshot...).
xwd is part of the xorg-xwd package.
Take a screenshot of the root window:
$ xwd -root -out screenshot.xwd
See the
man xwd for more information.
scrot, which is available in the official repositories, enables taking screenshots from the CLI and offers features such as a user-definable time delay. Unless instructed otherwise, it saves the file in the current working directory.
$ scrot -t 20 -d 5
The above command saves a dated
.png file, along with a thumbnail (20% of original), for Web posting. It provides a 5 second delay before capturing in this instance.
You can also use standard date and time formatting when saving to a file. e.g.,
$ scrot ~/screenshots/%Y-%m-%d-%T-screenshot.png
saves the screenshot in a filename with the current year, month, date, hours, minutes, and seconds to a folder in your home directory called "screenshots"
man scrot for more information. You can simply automate the file to uploaded like so
imlib2 provides a binary
imlib2_grab to take screenshots. To take a screenshot of the full screen, type:
$ imlib2_grab screenshot.png
Note that scrot actually uses
Desktop environment specific
If you use KDE, you might want to use
KSnapshot, which can also be activated using Template:Keypress.
KSnapshot is provided by the kdegraphics-ksnapshot package in [extra].
If you use Xfce you can install xfce4-screenshooter and then add a keyboard binding:
Xfce Menu --> Settings --> Keyboard >>> Application Shortcuts.
If you want to skip the Screenshot prompt, type
$ xfce4-screenshooter -h in terminal for the options.
GNOME users can press Template:Keypress or Apps->Accessories->Take Screenshot.
gnome-screenshot or there is no "Take Screenshot" entry in your menu, you will need to install the gnome-utils package from [extra].
Other Desktop Environments or Window Managers
For other desktop environments such as LXDE or window managers such as Openbox and Compiz, one can add the above commands to the hotkey to take the screenshot. For example,
$ import -window root ~/Pictures/`date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'`.png
Adding the above command to the Template:Keypress key to Compiz allows to take the screenshot to the Pictures folder according to date and time.
Notice that the
rc.xml file in Openbox does not understand commas; so, in order to bind that command to the Template:Keypress key in Openbox, you need to add the following to the keyboard section of your
rc.xml file:
<!-- Screenshot --> <keybind key="Print"> <action name="Execute"> <command>sh -c "import -window root ~/Pictures/`date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'`.png"</command> </action> </keybind>
Taking and uploading screenshots
zscreenAUR provides a lightweight GUI which allows you to take a screenshot of the entire screen or to select an area and then uploading the screenshot automatically to imgur. For taking the screenshot it uses
scrot and
zenity for the GUI.
Output with ansi codes
You can use the
script command, part of the util-linux package.
Just enter
$ script
and from that moment, all the output is going to be saved to the
typescript file, including the ansi codes.
Once you are done, just type
exit and the
typescript would ready.
The resulting file can be converted to html using the package ansi2htmlAUR, from the AUR.
To convert the
typescript file to
typescript.html, do the following:
$ ansi2html --bg=dark <typescript >typescript.html
Actually, some commands can be piped directly to ansi2html:
$ ls --color|ansi2html --bg=dark >output.html
That does not work on every single case, so in those cases, using
script is mandatory.
Virtual console
Install a framebuffer and use fbgrab, fbshot, or fbdump to take a screenshot.
If you merely want to capture the text in the console and not an actual image, you can use
setterm, which is part of the util-linux package. The following command will dump the textual contents of virtual console 1 to a file screen.dump in the current directory:
# setterm -dump 1 -file screen.dump
Root permission is needed because the contents of
/dev/vcs1 need to be read.


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The box office estimates are in for the May 4th weekend and SHIELD's Helicarrier just destroyed Hogwarts. Marvel's The Avengers has become the world's biggest film opening ever, dominating previous record holder Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Dark Knight by over $30 million domestically.
The Avengers isn't just winning the love from moviegoers and fans however, as it's also earning high critical praise with a 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.5/5 score in Screen Rant's own review of The Avengers. Let's take a look at the numbers and comparisons.
According to the Walt Disney Studios estimates up on Box Office Mojo, The Avengers ranked in $200.3 million domestically (including a record-breaking $15.5 in Canada) over the weekend after also succeeding as the biggest midnight opening ever for a superhero film ($18.7 million vs. The Dark Knight's $18.5 million), along with breaking a multitude of international records.
[Update: The actuals are in and The Avengers made even more! $207,438,708 to be precise.]
[Update 2: Disney's CEO confirms The Avengers 2 is in development.]
The top five domestic opening weekends ever:
- The Avengers ($207,438,708)
- Harry Potter 7-2 ($169,189,427)
- The Dark Knight ($158,411,483)
- The Hunger Games ($152,535,747)
- Spider-Man 3 ($151,116,516)
For comparison, here are the previous Marvel Studios opening weekends:
- Iron Man 2 ($128,122,480)
- Iron Man ($98,618,668)
- Thor ($65,723,338)
- Captain America: The First Avenger ($65,058,524)
- The Incredible Hulk ($55,414,050)
Worldwide, The Avengers has now brought in nearly $642 million and is on track to approach James Cameron numbers for Titanic and Avatar, which both sit above $2 billion thanks to the recent Titanic 3D re-release.
Actuals will hit tomorrow, but for now we can safely say that Joss Whedon has directed the biggest opening movie of all time and is finally going to get the credit he deserves and the ability to do what he wants going forward. For Marvel Studios, they've successfully branded The Avengers and all of its respective characters and should have a lot more leeway and hopefully, creative freedom, to take more risks going forward with their future projects and Avengers sequels. The success of this film could change Marvel's plans for 2014 and 2015 where three-four films remain unannounced.
The Avengers are here to stay and fans have welcomed them with open arms.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man was the first film to break $100 million in one weekend at the box office so it's fitting that another Marvel film breaks the $200 million barrier. We now await what The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises can do at the box office and in the eyes of fans and critics when they release in July.
If you've seen The Avengers, please refrain from talking spoilers – we have a spoilers discussion thread for that and check out ourdiscussion on The Avengers post-credits scenes.
The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgard. It is of course written and directed by Joss Whedon.
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Source: Box Office Mojo