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Jimmy Cliff at First Avenue 9/19/13
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Jimmy Cliff
First Avenue, Minneapolis
Thursday, September 19, 2013
The legendary Jimmy Cliff made a most triumphant return after 25 years to the First Avenue stage last night. It a late-summer evening filled with joy, incredible music and a thorough history as he told the story of Jamaican music and his own career. Credited as one of the chief architects of reggae music, Cliff and his band electrified the jubilant crowd with hit after hit of his own songs along with samplings of hallmark Jamaican anthems creating massive amounts of positive energy with each sing-along.
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"Are you ready for the Bongo Man?!" Cliff's bandmates asked, egging the audience on for the beginning of an exhaustive two-hour set. Cliff started things off with true Jamaican roots music and a slow, steady groove that invoked the Nyahbinghi rhythms and chants that carried on with a breath and overwhelming emotion. Flanked by his band all playing drums Cliff shuffled his way toward his own djembe and led the audience through a medley of "Bongo Man" and an extended version of the Meditations "Rivers of Babylon" that had Cliff urging the audience to chant the chorus with uplifting results.
"Sing along for Jamaica! Sing along for Minnesota. Sing along for Kingston. Sing along for Saint Paul and Minneapolis!" Cliff commanded the packed full First Avenue making it feel like a gospel revival of sorts.
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In a pink hat and Jamaican colors striped across his satin jumpsuit Cliff began the story of Jamaican music in a raspy voice as he introduced each song. Miraculously, Cliff at 65 maintained his singing voice, and never let up as he belted out "Hard Road to Travel" from his 1969 self-titled record that functioned in getting the audience moving to its rock steady rhythm. Working as a theme of sorts for the night Cliff discussed the historic part of the music that centered around Jamaican independence and the big influence the era's ska music had on him as a singer as he rewound the clock with one of his earliest singles, the Leslie Kong produced "King of Kings" and "Miss Jamaica", both from 1962. Demonstrating the traditional Jamaican ska, Cliff evoked the youthful spirit of the songs.
"They say Adam came before Eve. I beg to differ. How could that be? Man comes from woman. After her comes he. Woman is divine and the root of creation," he praised to roaring applause from the ladies in the crowd as the band kicked in with a fervent bounce for "Roots Woman."
Returning to his career Cliff told the story of hearing the next song in the studio as a song its original singer, Cat Stevens, wasn't totally pleased with. "Well, I would love to do that song!" Cliff explained as "Wild World" rallied the biggest heartfelt sing along at this point. The energy was breathtaking with the entire room belting out each chorus with massive waves of cheers and swaying hands up in the air.
With that Jimmy Cliff had truly primed the canvas for hit after hit from his catalog of classic reggae tunes for everyone to share the energy of the music with "Wonderful World, Beautiful People," his updated version of "Vietnam" changed to "Afghanistan" that showed his anti-war notoriety and kept everyone skanking, moving and grooving and again singing along.
Delving back into the story of Jamaican music Cliff remarked that not only is he a singer/songwriter and actor, "But always, I have been a door-opener."
Explaining his connections with other progenators of the music Cliff ran through a series of Jamaican music's early roots tunes that included Bob Marley's "Judge Not," Desmond Dekker's "Honor Your Mother and Father" and some of his own influences that included Sam Cooke's "Cupid" and Ken Boothe's "Puppet on A String".
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After several workouts of high-energy music, eventually Cliff and the band would bring things down to a simmer. He reached into the songs he's most known for from The Harder They Come soundtrack with an amazing version of "Many Rivers to Cross" that showed the soulful spirit of his voice that held the audience in awe.
"This next song helped get the latest Prime Minister of the U.K. elected. But for me the best story was a woman who came to me and told me she was a high school dropout but this song inspired her to finish her degree is now a professor," he said as the infamous trumpet line to "You Can Get it if You Really Want" inspired the crowd to once again move and sing along to its inspirational message.
With "Sitting in Limbo" from 1971 holding things together with its meditative lyrics Cliff continued to demonstrate his vocal dynamics, which never let up. Wrapping things up for a series of encores, Cliff maintained his energy as he worked the stage and audience into a joyful state for a few more including the Slickers "Johnny Too Bad" from The Harder they Come.
"This tour and my new record is a rebirth of my career!" Cliff remarked to more cheers from the crowd as he returned the stage for "One More" from last year's essential Rebirth that demonstrated his unending efforts as a story teller and singer of the highest regard. Leaving and returning throughout the song Cliff and the band left the audience chanting the songs chorus with a satisfied charm enveloped in mutual gratitude on an incredible night only legends like Cliff can conjure. For a career that's in its fifth decade it was a real treat for the First Avenue crowd.
Critic's Bias: Being a huge fan and having seen Jimmy Cliff a few years back at the Minnesota Zoo, I knew this would be a special night of high energy, positive vibrations.
The Crowd: A very eclectic mix of reggae fans all inspired to participate and celebrate the great history and legacy of Jamaican music with one of the greatest masters of the craft.
Overheard in the Crowd: "Man, I swear, every Jewish guy I know in Minneapolis is here tonight!"
Random Notebook Dump: Man, what a voice!!
Bongo Man/Rivers of Bablyon
Hard Road to Travel
King of Kings
Miss Jamaica
Roots Woman
Wild World
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
World Upside Down
Honor Your Mother and Father
Judge Not
Puppet on a String
Many Rivers to Cross
The Harder they Come
I Can See Clearly Now
You Can Get it if You Really Want
Sitting in Limbo
Let Your Yeah be Yeah
The Rebel in Me
Johnny Too Bad
One More
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Grasso opened Grasso's Magic Theatre at Callowhill and Front streets in 2009. The small venue hosted magic shows for families and children, along with burlesque for adults
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Grey High (PE) & Noord-Kaap first time at Wildeklawer SuperSchools 2013
Two debutants at this year's Wildeklawer SuperSchools
EIGHTEEN of South Africa's top rugby schools will be in action next week at Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg at the annual Wildeklawer SuperSchools tournament. The fifth edition of the tournament will see Noord-Kaap of Kimberley and Grey Boys' High School of Port Elizabeth participating for the first time. Noord-Kaap has been a feature in the top ten rankings of various websites the last couple of years.
Northerns will face EG Jansen on Thursday, 2 May in the first match of the 2013 tournament. Their second match will be against Boland Landbou. EG Jansen has been attending the inaugural tournament in 2009 and was on the winning side in two of their eight matches thus far against Framesby in 2010 and Louis Botha last year. Boland Landbou has also been attending the tournament from year one and boasts four victories in their eight matches. Two of their victories came against HTS Middelburg and one each against Diamantveld and Ben Vorster.
Grey Boys' High School will face Diamantveld and Outeniqua in their two matches during the tournament. The match against the Kwaggas of Outeniqua promises to be an exciting encounter. The Kwaggas are one of the top school sides in South Africa this year. Their winger Duhan van der Merwe and centre Warrick Gelant have already represented the South African Schools' side last year. Outeniqua and Waterkloof will be locking horns in the main match of the first day.
The hosts are celebrating their 150th anniversary and will face Paul Roos Gimnasium and Framesby in their two matches. The match against Framesby will be the main encounter on the Saturday. Maritzburg College attended the tournament for the first time last year at Diamantveld in Kimberley.
The only side with an unbeaten record at Wildeklawer SuperSchools, Grey College will play against Oakdale Landbou and Monument in their two match. The match between Grey and Oakdale Landbou will be the first between these two teams. Monnas on the other hand is one of the sides with the best record against Grey College.
Two invitations sides will also partake in the tournament. The Sharks Invitation XV will be put together by former Springbok coach Rudolph Straeuli, while the Wildeklawer XV will be put together from players from the Western Cape and Boland.
The Fixtures:
Thursday, 2 May 2013
07:50 – EG Jansen vs. Noord-Kaap
09:00 – Glenwood vs. Boland Landbou
10:10 – Drostdy THS vs. Monument
11:20 – Grey College vs. Oakdale Landbou
12:30 – Diamantveld vs. Grey Boys' High School
13:40 – Paarl Gimnasium vs. Wildeklawer XV
14:50 – Maritzburg College vs. Paul Roos Gimnasium
16:00 – Outeniqua vs. Waterkloof
10:10 – Affies vs. Framesby
11:20 – Paarl Boys' High vs. Sharks XV
Saturday, 4 May 2013
07:50 – Oakdale Landbou vs. Sharks XV
09:00 – Waterkloof vs. Paarl Gimnasium
10:10 – Diamantveld vs. EG Jansen
11:20 – Glenwood vs. Paarl Boys' High
12:30 – Boland Landbou vs. Noord-Kaap
13:40 – Affies vs. Paul Roos Gimnasium
14:50 – Monument vs. Grey College
16:00 – Maritzburg College vs. Framesby
10:10 – Grey Boys' High School vs. Outeniqua
11:20 – Drostdy THS vs. Wildeklawer XV
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Hospitals and free clinics across the nation are closing due to ObamaCare, which is also causing care to be rationed.
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Fired Current TV host Keith Olbermann is keeping himself busy. Last night, he unveiled a Tumblr called "Actually Keith Olbermann," which so far features five below-average pictures of the sun going down over the city. "A long time ago I used to be a semi-professional photographer," the blog's bio section says. "Emphasis on 'semi.'" He's being honest more than modest. The upside: no Instagram filters. The photos currently have between three and seventeen "likes" each. There are no metaphors here.


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17 January 2016: The sixth session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly focused on accelerating the transition to renewable energy, in particular, by mobilizing investment. More than 1,000 officials and other stakeholders from over 150 countries convened in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from 16-17 January 2016 to provide strategic and programmatic direction to the agency. In addition, IRENA launched a report on the economic benefits of renewable energy and announced funding for four renewable energy projects in Antigua and Barbuda, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde and Senegal.


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Female economic activity is a common measure of gender equality in an economy. It is one of the numbers used by the UNDP in the calculation of the Human Development Index, but the numbers themselves are gathered by the International Labour Organization. It is a measure of women over the age of fifteen who are working or able to work as a percent of males. It is one of less accurate statistics gathered and is highly variable with regions and year to year within individual countries.
In general female economic activity is lowest in the Middle East and South Asia and highest in developed nations and sub-Saharan Africa.
In the United States, women's involvement in the economy has shifted from the 1890s to the 1970s. Women used to work in what were called "pink collar" jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and secretaries, but now have careers involving investment like lawyers, doctors, and corporate workers. Compared to men who have always been at a constant high level of employment rates, women are now increasing their numbers in the economy.
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Volunteers Required on Vesak Day - Sunday the 6th of May 2012
Helpers will be needed for several tasks on Vesak Day, including setting up the shrine in the park and getting everything ready for the circumambulation.
Volunteers Required on the Day Before Vesak - Saturday the 5th of May 2012
Helpers are needed on the 5th to set up for the 6th.
Opportunity to formally become a Buddhist on Vesak Day
Would you like to take the 3 Refuges and 5 Precepts for the first time? Come along to Dhammaloka on Vesak Day, Sunday the 6th of May
Vesak Meditation Day at Dhammaloka - Monday 7th May 2012
This will be an opportunity to practise Meditation in Silence. The day will be conducted by Venerable Bhikkhuni Nirodha from Dhammasara Monastery.
Vesak Celebrations at Dhammaloka on Sunday 6th May
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Bodhi Tree Revealed!
With the building works on the Dana Hall now underway, the first stage has been to remove the trees from the front of the hall and lop the tall trees.
New YouTube Channels Featured
Today Dhammaloka launched two new YouTube channels...
Talk on Female Principles and Meditation
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My plan is a "referendum presidency." I promised a campaign that would focus the nation on the underlying cause of this corruption. And I promised that if elected, I would serve only as long as necessary to pass fundamental reform attacking that basic corruption.
Not just for some ideological or moral reason. But instead because fixing that corruption is the first step to making it possible for our government to address any of the problems that we as a nation face.
We won't pass climate change legislation until we address this corruption first.
We won't enact sensible limits on guns until we address this corruption first.
We won't be able to "take on Wall Street" -- among the biggest funders of congressional campaigns -- until we fix this corruption first.
We won't address student debt sensibly, until we address this corruption first.
Fixing this corruption isn't the most important problem that we face. It's just the first problem. And we need a strategy that has at least some hope of fixing it first, if we're to have a prayer of addressing the long list of critical problems that we as a nation must solve.
A referendum is that prayer. Unlike an ordinary president, who comes to office with a mandate divided among 8 or 10 major issues, the referendum president comes with just one. Through his or her election, the people will have spoken as clearly as a people might speak. And the moral -- and political -- force of that statement would be stronger than anything possible with any ordinary president.
Yet some are skeptical that would be enough. Some worry that a referendum president might be stranded in office, facing a Congress unwilling to act, and a mandate limited to a single, if fundamental issue. How long should the referendum president wait around? What if Congress never passes the promised reform?
The answer to this fair question was hinted at in my original announcement, but it deserves emphasis now. A referendum president would have an unprecedented mandate. But to guarantee this strategy would work takes not just a committed president. It also takes a committed Congress. And the way to earn that commitment is to complement a "referendum president" with "referendum representatives," elected to Congress at the same time, with the same purpose: to pass fundamental reform to make democracy possible.
We would do this by a campaign to recommit our democracy to an ideal central at the founding, but forgotten over the past 20 years: the equality of citizens in a representative democracy. Because here is the assumption behind this fight. Outside of the beltway, far from the political hacks, this equality is not a partisan issue. Good and decent people can disagree about wealth equality. Those fighting speech equality include the left (the ACLU) and right (Citizens United) both.
But the argument against citizen equality is rarely even uttered. When Tom Perkins, co-founder of the venture capital group, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, speculated that people should receive as many votes as taxes paid, the idea was ridiculed across the political spectrum. Equality of citizens is as American as apple pie. And anyone standing against it faces a very difficult political task to explain why our representative democracy, promised by James Madison to represent "not the rich more than the poor," should give more political power to some, and deny equal rights to any.
This fact is the fulcrum with which this corrupted democracy could be moved. Because as the candidate for a referendum president makes it clear how fixing this corrupted equality would fix this corrupted democracy, he could give life to a similar movement in the campaigns for Congress, and state legislatures as well. This election could be a rally for an idea as old as the Republic, but still not practiced by our democracy: that in a representative democracy, citizens must be represented equally.
So beginning in the primaries, and extending through the general election, we would encourage candidates to run for Congress -- ideally leaders in local communities, not necessarily politicians -- committed to support this single principle. And as those candidates emerged, they would put pressure on the incumbents in both parties to declare whether they were for or against the referendum. If the candidates in a district pledged to co-sponsor the Citizen Equality Act, then no candidate in that district would be needed. But if the question were contested, then a referendum representative -- running in either the Republican or Democratic primary, or, even better, as an independent -- would give voters a chance in that district to elect a representative who would support the Citizen Equality Act of 2017. That "referendum representative" may or may not choose to serve a complete term (the mechanism for replacing a member of the House is cumbersome). But whether she does or not, her first vote will be the reason she has been sent to Congress.
It would take less than fifty referendum representatives (with at least 4 in the Senate) to flip the control of Congress on this one issue -- not even counting the extraordinary mandate of the referendum president. Whether through a pledge, or an election, those referendum representatives could assure that the very first act of Congress would be to pass the most important civil rights legislation in 50 years -- the Citizen Equality Act.
As a candidate for President, I must convince America that they could trust me to serve as president for as long as necessary. The decisions of the office would be mine. The public would need to believe I would make those decisions with good judgment and well. And if I run, then every question touching every aspect of this most sacred trust would be fair. For regardless of what I commit to do, there would be a time when I would serve independent of that commitment.
But the plan of this campaign is that the period during which I would serve be as short as possible. Not because serving as president wouldn't be the greatest civil honor in our culture, but because remaining committed to this one principle is the only way this election could be about that principle.
And that it must be, if we're to get a democracy back. We as a people must commit again to this fundamental equality. And once we do, then we can turn our government back to those who promise to live up to that principle.
First a principle, and then a president. That's what we did more than 225 years ago, when we enacted a new constitution and then elected a new government. That's what we could do today, with a simple commitment to restore the core ideal of that constitution. If we achieve this core equality, we make democracy possible again. And if we do that, we would make hope believable....
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Bernie Sanders stands for something. He stands for something big. He has ignited an incredible movement -- stronger and more committed at this point than Barack Obama had in 2007. He has given America a vision of how they can get America back. Some doubt he could win. I don't...
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오늘 나는 민주당 대통령 후보 경선 참가를 결정하기 위한 위원회를 만들었음을 선언한다. 노동절(주:9월 첫째 월요일)까지는 경선 참가가 이치에...
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Today I announced the formation of a committee to explore my entering the Democratic Primary for President. By Labor Day, I will decide whether a run makes sense.
I want to run. But I want to run to be a different kind of president. "Different" not in the...
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Imagine that when you plugged something into an electrical outlet, the outlet queried the device and demanded identification. Was it a Sony TV or Panasonic? Was it a Dell or an Apple? And then based on that identification, different levels of quality or reliability of electricity were served at different...
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This week, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned out to protest China's plan for bringing democracy to that city. Rather than letting voters pick the candidates that get to run for chief executive, Beijing wants the candidates selected by a 1,200 person "nominating committee." Critics charge the committee...
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There's a meme spreading fast through the tubes of the Internets about what explains Governor Cuomo's refusal to debate Zephyr Teachout. Here's one tweet:
So Cuomo won't debate Zephyr Teachout in NY and Abbott won't debate Wendy Davis in TX?
Yeah, women have come a long way.
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A friend of Social and Internet Activist Aaron Swartz describes the movement his life has inspired:
A year ago tomorrow, Aaron Swartz left. He had wound us all up, pointed us in a million directions, we were all working as hard as we could, moving things forward....
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"There's another challenge that we must address and it is the corrupting force of the vast sums of money necessary to run for office. The unending chase for money I believe threatens to steal our democracy itself."
No, that's not a quote from the President Obama's State...
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(Some will say this is not the time. I disagree. This is the time when every mixed emotion needs to find voice.)
Since Aaron Swartz's arrest in January, 2011, I have known more about the events that began this spiral than I have wanted to know. Aaron consulted me as...
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For the first time in as long as we can tell, neither candidate for president is addressing one of the top 10 issues that Americans believe should be a priority for the next president. Indeed, not just one issue, but two.
Since 2000, Gallup has been asking Americans to...
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There are campaigns that attack the enemy directly -- think the British, in formation, Redcoats smartly cleaned. And then there are campaigns that attack indirectly -- think of a virus, passing on a handshake, entering the body at the next sneeze. Rootstrikers has launched a campaign of the latter sort,...
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I loved this hotel and it's location. Almost every detail was covered except the one that I'm concerned with in the summer, that being heat. I would recommend this hotel to anyone, take away the fact that this place has an air conditioner but then deliberately disables it in the morning hours without warning. Imagine going to sleep in a a cool, pristine environment and then waking up at 2AM in an "Africa Hot" scenario with absolutely no control...welcome to the Mountaineers Lodge . Great place if you want someone else to control your environment. If you can differentiate the difference between 68 degrees and 90, never go here. Everything else was right, but the temperature control was absolutely offending.
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- Located just steps from the ski lifts, the Lodge at Mountaineer Square in Crested Butte, Colorado features premier studio, one, two, three, and four-bedroom suites with deluxe amenities, including indoor/outdoor heated swimming pool, outdoor hot tub, sauna and fitness room, bell, valet, concierge services and a full-service front desk. Relax in front of the fireplace and enjoy a drink with friends or associates at the on-site Trackers Bar & Lounge. ... more less
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I recently switched to synchronising my repositories to https:// on GitHub (due to firewall issues) and it asks for a password every time. It used to be that I had an SSH certificate, and it was enough. Is there a way to bypass the password in my case (using http/https)?
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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
With Git version 1.7.9 and later
Since Git 1.7.9 (released in late January 2012), there is a neat mechanism in Git to avoid having to type your password all the time for HTTP / HTTPS, called credential helpers. (Thanks to dazonic for pointing out this new feature in the comments below.)
With Git 1.7.9 or later, you can just use one of the following credential helpers:
... which tells Git to keep your password cached in memory for (by default) 15 minutes. You can set a longer timeout with:
(That example was suggested in the GitHub help page for Linux.) You can also store your credentials permanently if so desired, see the other answers below.
GitHub's help also suggests that if you're on Mac OS X and used Homebrew to install Git, you can use the native Mac OS X keystore with:
For Windows, there is a helper called Git Credential Manager for Windows or wincred in msysgit.
For Linux, you can use
With Git versions before 1.7.9
With versions of Git before 1.7.9, this more secure option is not available, and you'll need to change the URL that your
... in other words with
You can set a new URL for your
Make sure that you use
With any Git version (well, since version 0.99)
An alternative approach is to put your username and password in your
... replacing
Note that on Windows, this file should be called
You can also have Git store your credentials permanently using the following:
Note: While this is convenient, Git will store your credentials in clear text in a local file (.git-credentials) under your project directory (see below for the "home" directory). If you don't like this, delete this file and switch to using the cache option.
If you want Git to resume to asking you for credentials every time it needs to connect to the remote repository, you can run this command:
To store the passwords in
TLDR; Use an encrypted netrc file with Git 1.8.3+.
Saving a password for a Git repository HTTPS URL is possible with a
But: That file would store your password in plain text.
Solution: Encrypt that file with GPG (GNU Privacy Guard), and make Git decrypt it each time it needs a password (for
Step-by-Step instructions for Windows
With Windows:
(Git has a
(Note the '
(Make sure to put a passphrase to that key.)
(Yes, this is a Bash script, but it will work on Windows since it will be called by Git.)
(Don't forget the '
(You now can delete the
(Note the '
From now on, any Git command using an HTTP(S) URL which requires authentication will decrypt that
That way, you can memorize several URLs/logins/passwords in one file, and have it stored on your disk encrypted.
There's an easy, old-fashioned way to store user credentials in a HTTPS URL:
You can change the URL with
The obvious downside to that approach is that you have to store the password in plain text. You can still just enter the user name (
You might prefer to switch to SSH or to use the GitHub client software.
I'm probably being a bit slow, but it wasn't immediately obvious to me that I needed to download the helper first! I found the credential.helper download at Atlassian's Permanently authenticating with Git repositories, hope it helps.
Follow these steps if you want to use Git with credential caching on OSX:
Download the binary git-credential-osxkeychain.
Run the command below to ensure the binary is executable:
Put it in the directory /usr/local/bin.
Run the command below:
Use your OSs credential store.
For Git 1.7.9+ on OS X use:
For git 1.7.9+ on most Linux distributions:
Simply include the login credentials as part of the URL:
On a GNU/Linux setup, a ~/.netrc works quite well too:
It might depend on which network libraries Git is using for HTTPS transport.
If you don't want to store your password in plaintext like Mark said, you can use a different github URL for fetching than you do for pushing. In your config file, under
It will still ask for a password when you push, but not when you fetch, at least for open source projects.
For Windows you can use Git Credential Manager (GCM) plugin:
The nice thing is that it saves the password in the Windows Credential Store, not as plan text.
You can use credential helpers.
An authentication token should be used instead of the account password. Go to GitHub settings/applications and then create a personal access token. The token can be used the same way a password is used.
The token is intended to allow users not use the account password for project work. Only use the password when doing administration work, like creating new tokens or revoke old tokens.
Instead of a token or password that grants a user whole access to a GitHub account, a project specific deployment key can be used to grant access to a single project repository. A Git project can be configured to use this different key in the following steps when you still can access other Git accounts or projects with your normal credential:
I got my answer from gitcredentials(7) Manual Page. For my case, I don't have credential-cache in my Windows installation; I use credential-store.
After I use credential-store, the username/password are stored in [user folder]/.git-credentials file. To remove the username/password, just delete the content of the file.
Things are a little different if you're using two-factor authentication as I am. Since I didn't find a good answer elsewhere, I'll stick one here so that maybe I can find it later.
If you're using two-factor authentication, then specifying username/password won't even work - you get access denied. But you can use an application access token and use Git's credential helper to cache that for you. Here are the pertinent links:
And I don't remember where I saw this, but when you're asked for your username - that's where you stick the application access token. Then leave the password blank. It worked on my Mac.
It is better to use credentials for security, but you can keep it for some time using cache
You credentials will be saved for 3600 seconds.
The composer documentation mentions that you can prevent it from using the GitHub API, so that it acts like
So the section would look like this:
Keep in mind that the API is there for a reason. So it this should be a method of last resort regarding the increased load on github.com.
You can create your own personal API token (OAuth) and use it the same way as you would use your normal credentials (at:
This works for me I'm using Windows 10
You also edit the bashrc file and add a script in it. This would ask for your password when you start git once and then remembers it until you log-off.
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Charles L. Allen wrote about a fisherman friend of his who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back down. ("The Miracle of Love")
Allen then observed that lots of people are just like those crabs -- envy leads them to pull others down... or even destroy those who they're jealous of.
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Roq la Rue Moves
One of my favorite local galleries, Roq la Rue, is moving next month…luckily they're only moving next door, to a space that's three times as big. According to owner Kirsten Anserson, "In addition to monthly shows we'll have lots more art and prints- as well as a small bookshop with only the coolest art and pop culture books. We'll be open in the new space Oct 14th in time for our annual Halloween art show!" Tonight, check out a surreal art show by DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh. The opening is from 6-10pm.


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Ashlee Simpson
Evan Ross in a Timberland Denim Shirt
Evan Ross and Ashlee Simpson were pictured leaving a sushi restaurant together in Sherman Oaks, California last week.
Evan wore a looser fitting Timberland denim shirt which he paired with some light brown cargo pants (wearing them cropped) and some Nike sneakers. I think his style is really unique, especially with the trilby in this look. Buy similar shirts online at East Dane.
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Ashlee Simpson in Anine Bing Leather Leggings
Ashlee Simpson posed for the cameras at the Color Alive Launch Event in New York. The pregnant singer wore a pair of the Anine Bing Leather Leggings with a deep red top and a pair of ankle boots. She then finished her look off with her favorite Chanel necklace.
We have seen Ashlee countless times in Anine Bing jeans, but this is the first time we have seen her wear a pair of the leather pants. I would love to see her wear the leather jeans next. I think she has great style and would style those amazing. You can click here to purchase Anine Bing from SHOPBOP.
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So far we have snapped two celebs out in their DL1961 Florence Instasculpt skinny jeans in London, Ashlee Simpson and Jillian Michaels, but who wore theirs best? Ashlee styled hers with a denim shirt and python pumps while Jillian chose a grey sweater and Louboutin boots. Please vote in the poll below and let us know!
Ashlee Simpson in DL1961 Florence Instasculpt Jeans in London
Ashlee Simpson posed for photos while visiting the DL1961 Digital Denim Showroom at The Brig in Venice Beach, California. She was out shopping with her new husband, Evan Ross, and took advantage of the Denim Doctor at the showroom.
For the photos, Ashlee wore a pair of the brands Florence Instasculpt Jeans in London with their Archie Boyfriend shirt and some snakeskin pumps. I think she looks fantastic here and I love the combination of the dark blue denim with the burgundy! Buy DL1961 online at Shopbop.com.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Wednesday afternoon's news conference between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey promoting their Saturday fight at Cowboys Stadium was without the trash talking and other bravado seen in someone else who might be interested in this event.
There were subtle reminders from Pacquiao, Clottey and promoter Bob Arum about being a pro. And although nobody mentioned Floyd Mayweather Jr., considered along with Pacquiao as one of the best fighters in boxing pound-for-pound, it was clear he was on people's minds.
"Both sides, no trash talking," said Pacquiao, who will defend his WBO welterweight title. "We can be a good example to everybody."
Added Clottey: "We have much respect."
Yet things are getting spirited between Clottey and Pacquiao.
Clottey said nobody has ever rocked him with a shot, and he will face a man with 38 knockouts in 53 pro fights.
"Nobody has every beat me or cracked me," said Clottey, who has lost three close fights. "I want to see what he can do."
Pacquiao and Clottey will probably do it in front of a sellout crowd in the first fight at Cowboys Stadium.
Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones, fresh off morning meetings to discuss free agency with his NFL team, said there are a few hundred seats available for the 45,000 seating capacity. He expects the event to be a sellout.
"We are really moving toward that number real good," Jones said. "Down to just a few hundred, and I'm talking about just a few hundred at different levels."
Jones hinted that the fight could be a sellout by the end of the business day Wednesday. Jones, however, needs this fight, called The Event, to succeed because he put down a $7 million site fee, with some conditions. A return on his investment could lead to future fights.
For a proposed Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, Jones guaranteed $25 million for a site fee, the largest in boxing history, and said he would have needed to sell 100,000 seats to make the financing work.
For this one on Saturday night, he doesn't need as much, just a superstar fighter in Pacquiao who is a national icon in his native Philippines, where after the fight he will finish his campaign for a run at a congressional seat.
"Even a greater story is that he hasn't lost his humanity," Arum said of Pacquiao. "With the storm, corruption and poverty in his country, he wants to change that. Be something different. I hope this is the last prefight press conference where I introduce him as plain old Manny Pacquiao. I want to introduce him as congressman Manny Pacquiao."
The fighters will see each other one more time at Friday's weigh-in before Saturday's fight.
Waiting is Mayweather, who while not here, isn't forgotten.
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I'm headed to Mbabane shortly. I'm flying into Johannesburg. Someone mentioned there was a bus directly from Johannesburg Airport to Mbabane. Can anyone confirm this?
BAZ BUS used to do one at some point, but it's more of a private backpacker/shuttle service than scheduled bus.
Any larger scheduled bus services to Swaziland will generally depart from town central, and for the adventurous I guess there would be minibus taxis from taxi ranks nearer the airport. Personally, unless you have a reasonable tolerance for adventure (and good insurance) they may not be ideal.
Car rental is likely to be the easiest, you can get a car with border clearance (remember to get the border clearance documents from the rental company) and a GPS satnav relatively cheaply. The drive isn't unpleasant, roads aren't too bad. It takes around 5 hours 30 minutes to drive from Johannesburg to Swaziland.
From Wikitravel's Swaziland article:
Cool, There is a super cool bus from Jhb and OR Airport to Swaziland, try it:
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Energy Secretary apologies after Twitter gaffe
Accidently uses public tweet to tip off a journalist
UK ENERGY SECRETARY Chris Huhne has had to apologise after a Twitter gaffe saw him accidently use a public tweet to tip off a journalist.
According to the Independent, the tweet that was intended to be private was about an embarrassing story involving Home Secretary Theresa May.
On Friday, Huhne tweeted, "From someone else fine but I do not want my fingerprints on the story. C."
Speculation had mounted about which journalist the energy secretary had sent the message to. Huhne admitted yesterday that he had tipped a journalist off about a story that suggested a section of May's speech at the Conservative Party conference had been lifted from a speech made by the UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage.
Huhne said on the BBC's The Politics Show yesterday, "I arrived in my constituency on Friday morning and... [heard] a recording of Theresa May and a recording from a few months previously of the leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage and it was exactly the same. And I frankly thought it was so funny that when a journalist friend rang me and I told them about it they said they would write the story.
"They wanted to know if I wanted to comment on it and I said no, I didn't want to."
The story appeared in the Guardian on Saturday under the headline, "May accused of lifting cat tale from Ukip chief." µ
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