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|18 Apr 2011
Can't Print
If I click on the print icon (upper right) it sends me to a save as window and will not allow me to print. I tried to print something out of Adobe Reader and if does the same ting. Any ideas????
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|19 Apr 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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|19 Apr 2011
openSUSE 13.1 64bit
Sounds like either:
Go to start > devices and printers and check what is installed under printers? Also check which entry has the green tick. If you have a printer installed and it's not the default device, right click on it's picture and select set as default from the menu.
|My System Specs
|19 Apr 2011
Thanks all. I got it going. For some reason when I upgraded from Vista to W7 the printer drivers needed to be reinstalled. Once I did that it works fine.
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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Women PeaceMaker Profile
Khurshid Bano
Pakistan, Asia
Khurshid Bano of Pakistan is the founder and CEO of Da Hawwa Lur (Daughter of Eve), a women-led NGO that campaigns against genderbased violence and discrimination of women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, a deeply conservative and conflict affected region of Pakistan. The organization provides free legal, psychological and capacity-building support to women facing any kind of violence, and to those who have been displaced by violence or natural disasters in the province.
An activist and leader since 1986, Bano became the first woman union leader elected in KP and helped implement laws to end discrimination and violence against marginalized groups, particularly women, in the workplace. Recently, she launched the first allwomen's union in KP, which creates awareness of the challenges faced by women working in all fields, from doctors and engineers to domestic and factory workers.
Its agenda includes equal pay, prevention of harassment in the workplace, safety and security, and the health of women workers. During the height of extremist activity in KP, in 2008, Bano initiated the Peace by Peace Campaign to get women and youth involved in maintaining peace within their own communities. Approximately 500 boys and girls were educated on conflict transformation and religious tolerance; dialogues were held with scholars from different religions and sects; and rural women were trained on their role in transforming the mindsets of their children away from radicalization.
The campaign also featured, on the initiative of Bano, an interreligious celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali — which her colleague called "a very daring decision" given the intolerant and extremist hold that the Taliban and other militants had in KP. Hindus from Sind Province joined with Muslims in Peshawar, the provincial capital, to go to the temple to pray and celebrate the ancient festival together in peace.
In addition to her work with Da Hawwa Lur, Bano is an active member of the Pakistan Alliance against Sexual Harassment, which has been working for the implementation, drafting, and lobbying of laws on the topic. She has helped implement laws in 32 departments of KP. Bano is also a member of the Gender Working Group of the international CIVICUS alliance.
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How to Steal a Botnet (Video Lecture Summary)
I recently watched an interesting video lecture on stealing botnets. A group of researchers at UCSB recently managed to take control over a part of Torpig botnet for 10 days. During this time, they observed 180 thousand infections and recorded almost 70GB of data that bots collected. This data included submitted form information from all the websites the infected person had visited, smtp, ftp, pop3, windows, passwords, credit card numbers and passwords from various password managers.
Here are the most interesting facts from the lecture:
Torpig uses a technique called "domain fluxing" to avoid being shut down by simply blocking the IP or the domain name of control center servers. The idea is simple - depending on date and time the algorithm generates a domain name to connect to. If the domain gets shut down, the bots will simply use a different domain after some time.
The researchers were able to take control over a part of the botnet by cracking the domain name generating algorithm and registering some of the domain names to be used for communication in the future.
The bad guys noticed that a part of botnet has been taken over and issued a software update to all bots to use a new domain flux algorithm, which used Twitter's popular topics for the day to generate domain names. It was no longer possible to predict the domain that would be used tomorrow.
When communicating with command & control server, the bots included a unique id field that was generated from machine's hardware. This allowed researchers to estimate the real number of unique computers infected. Researchers saw 1.2 million unique IP addresses but only 180k unique machines.
The bots would steal financial data from 410 financial institutions (top 5: PayPal, Poste Italiane, Capital One, E*Trade, Chase), they would log credit card information (top 5 cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Discover), and they would also steal all the passwords from browser's password manager.
In a 2008 study Symantec estimated that credit card information is valued at $.10 to $25 per card in the underground market. The bank account information is valued at $10.00 to $1,000 per account. Using this study, researchers estimated that during 10 day period the amount of financial data bots collected were worth $83k to $8.3 million.
Using various estimations researchers calculated that if the bots are used for denial of service the total bandwidth would be 17Gbps.
Researchers observed that there was a fraction of people who'd fill out the phishing page and then immediately email the company's security group telling that they may have been victims of identity theft.
Since Torpig was sending all the HTTP POST data and emails to command & control servers, researchers did statistics on emails and found out that 14% of all captured emails were about jobs and resumes, 10% discussed computer security/malware, 7% discussed money, 6% were sports fans, 5% were worried about exams and their grades, 4% were seeking partners online.
Researchers collected 300,000 unique credentials on 370,000 websites. 28% of people reused their password on multiple domains. There were 173,686 unique passwords.
Researchers converted the passwords in Unix format and tried to crack them with John the Ripper. 56,000 were cracked in less than 65 minutes using brute-force. Using a wordlist 14,000 passwords were cracked in the next 10 minutes. And another 30,000 passwords were cracked in the next 24 hours. That's 58% of all passwords cracked in 24 hours.
You're welcome to watch the video lecture. It's 1h 15m long. It's presented by Richard A. Kemmerer.
Direct URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GdqoQJa6r4
Here are all the topics in the lecture:
- [02:00] Botnet terminology - bot, botnet, command & control server, control channel, botmaster.
- [03:00] Introduction to the Torpig trojan and Mebroot malware platform.
- [05:00] How Torpig works.
- [11:30] Torpig HTML injection.
- [15:00] Domain fluxing.
- [19:15] Taking over Torpig's c&c server.
- [24:10] Data collection principles.
- [26:00] C&c server protocol.
- [31:10] Botnet's size estimation.
- [37:00] Botnet's threats: theft of financial information, denial of service, proxy servers, privacy thefts.
- [37:30] Threat: Theft of financial information.
- [42:00] Threat: Denial of service.
- [43:30] Threat: Proxy servers.
- [44:20] Threat: Privacy theft.
- [47:00] Password analysis.
- [50:40] Criminal retribution.
- [53:00] Law enforcement.
- [58:00] Repatriating the data.
- [01:00:00] Ethics.
- [01:02:00] Conclusions.
- [01:06:00] Questions and answers.
For more information see the publication "Your Botnet is My Botnet: Analaysis of a Botnet Takeover."
MIT Linear Algebra, Lecture 5: Vector Spaces and Subspaces
This is the fifth post in an article series about MIT's course "Linear Algebra". In this post I will review lecture five that finally introduces real linear algebra topics such as vector spaces their subspaces and spaces from matrices. But before it does that it closes the topics that were started in the previous lecture on permutations, transposes and symmetric matrices.
Here is a list of the previous posts in this article series:
- Lecture 1: Geometry of Linear Equations
- Lecture 2: Elimination with Matrices
- Lecture 3: Matrix Multiplication and Inverse Matrices
- Lecture 4: A=LU Factorization
Lecture 5: Vector Spaces and Subspaces
Lecture starts with reminding some facts about permutation matrices. Remember from the previous lecture that permutation matrices P execute row exchanges and they are identity matrices with reordered rows.
Let's count how many permutation matrices are there for an nxn matrix.
For a matrix of size 1x1, there is just one permutation matrix - the identity matrix.
For a matrix of size 2x2 there are two permutation matrices - the identity matrix and the identity matrix with rows exchanged.
For a matrix of size 3x3 we may have the rows of the identity matrix rearranged in 6 ways - {1,2,3}, {1,3,2}, {2,1,3}, {2,3,1}, {3,1,2}, {3,2,1}.
For a matrix of size 4x4 the number of ways to reorder the rows is the same as the number of ways to rearrange numbers {1,2,3,4}. This is the simplest possible combinatorics problem. The answer is 4! = 24 ways.
In general, for an nxn matrix, there are n! permutation matrices.
Another key fact to remember about permutation matrices is that their inverse P-1 is their transpose PT. Or algebraically PT·P = I.
The lecture proceeds to transpose matrices. The transpose of a matrix exchanges its columns with rows. Another way to think about it that it flips the matrix over its main diagonal. Transpose of matrix A is denoted by AT.
Here is an example of transpose of a 3-by-3 matrix. I color coded the columns to better see how they get exchanged:
A matrix does not have to be square for its transpose to exist. Here is another example of transpose of a 3-by-2 matrix:
In algebraic notation transpose is expressed as (AT)ij = Aji, which says that an element aij at position ij get transposed into the position ji.
Here are the rules for matrix transposition:
- The transpose of A + B is (A + B)T = AT + BT.
- The transpose of A·B is (A·B)T = BT·AT.
- The transpose of A·B·C is (A·B·C)T = CT·BT·AT.
- The transpose of A-1 is (A-1)T = (AT)-1.
Next the lecture continues with symmetric matrices. A symmetric matrix has its transpose equal to itself, i.e., AT = A. It means that we can flip the matrix along the diagonal (transpose it) but it won't change.
Here is an example of a symmetric matrix. Notice that the elements on opposite sides of the diagonal are equal:
Now check this out. If you have a matrix R that is not symmetric and you multiply it with its transpose RT as R·RT, you get a symmetric matrix! Here is an example:
Are you wondering why it's true? The proof is really simple. Remember that matrix is symmetric if its transpose is equal to itself. Now what's the transpose of the product R·RT? It's (R·RT)T = (RT)T·RT = R·RT - it's the same product, which means that R·RT is always symmetric.
Here is another cool fact - the inverse of a symmetric matrix (if it exists) is also symmetric. Here is the proof. Suppose A is symmetric, then the transpose of A-1 is (A-1)T = (AT)-1. But AT = A, therefore (AT)-1 = A-1.
At this point lecture finally reaches the fundamental topic of linear algebra - vector spaces. As usual, it introduces the topic by examples.
Example 1: Vector space R2 - all 2-dimensional vectors. Some of the vectors in this space are (3, 2), (0, 0), (π, e) and infinitely many others. These are all the vectors with two components and they represent the xy plane.
Example 2: Vector space R3 - all vectors with 3 components (all 3-dimensional vectors).
Example 3: Vector space Rn - all vectors with n components (all n-dimensional vectors).
What makes these vectors vector spaces is that they are closed under multiplication by a scalar and addition, i.e., vector space must be closed under linear combination of vectors. What I mean by that is if you take two vectors and add them together or multiply them by a scalar they are still in the same space.
For example, take a vector (1,2,3) in R3. If we multiply it by any number α, it's still in R3 because α·(1,2,3) = (α, 2α, 3α). Similarly, if we take any two vectors (a, b, c) and (d, e, f) and add them together, the result is (a+d, b+e, f+c) and it's still in R3.
There are actually 8 axioms that the vectors must satisfy for them to make a space, but they are not listed in this lecture.
Here is an example of not-a-vector-space. It's 1/4 of R2 (the 1st quadrant). The green vectors are in the 1st quadrant but the red one is not:
An example of not-a-vector-space.
This is not a vector space because the green vectors in the space are not closed under multiplication by a scalar. If we take the vector (3,1) and multiply it by -1 we get the red vector (-3, -1) but it's not in the 1st quadrant, therefore it's not a vector space.
Next, Gilbert Strang introduces subspaces of vector spaces.
For example, any line in R2 that goes through the origin (0, 0) is a subspace of R2. Why? Because if we take any vector on the line and multiply it by a scalar, it's still on the line. And if we take any two vectors on the line and add them together, they are also still on the line. The requirement for a subspace is that the vectors in it do not go outside when added together or multiplied by a number.
Here is a visualization. The blue line is a subspace of R2 because the red vectors on it can't go outside of line:
An example of subspace of R2.
And example of not-a-subspace of R2 is any line that does not go through the origin. If we take any vector on the line and multiply it by 0, we get the zero vector, but it's not on the line. Also if we take two vectors and add them together, they are not on the line. Here is a visualization:
An example of not-a-subspace of R2.
Why not list all the subspaces of R2. They are:
- the R2 itself,
- any line through the origin (0, 0),
- the zero vector (0, 0).
And all the subspaces of R3 are:
- the R3 itself,
- any line through the origin (0, 0, 0),
- any plane through the origin (0, 0, 0),
- the zero vector.
The last 10 minutes of the lecture are spent on column spaces of matrices.
The column space of a matrix is made out of all the linear combinations of its columns. For example, given this matrix:
The column space C(A) is the set of all vectors {α·(1,2,4) + β·(3,3,1)}. In fact, this column space is a subspace of R3 and it forms a plane through the origin.
More about column spaces in the next lecture.
You're welcome to watch the video lecture five:
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JibVXBElKL0
Topics covered in lecture five:
- [01:30] Permutations.
- [03:00] A=LU elimination without row exchanges.
- [03:50] How Matlab does A=LU elimination.
- [04:50] PA=LU elimination with row exchanges
- [06:40] Permutation matrices.
- [07:25] How many permutation matrices are there?
- [08:30] Permutation matrix properties.
- [10:30] Transpose matrices.
- [11:50] General formula for transposes: (AT)ij = Aji.
- [13:06] Symmetric matrices.
- [13:30] Example of a symmetric matrix.
- [15:15] R·RT is always symmetric.
- [18:23] Why is R·RT symmetric?
- [20:50] Vector spaces.
- [22:05] Examples of vector spaces.
- [22:55] Real vector space R2.
- [23:20] Picture of R2 - xy plane.
- [26:50] Vector space R3.
- [28:00] Vector space Rn.
- [30:00] Example of not a vector space.
- [32:00] Subspaces of vector spaces.
- [33:00] A vector space inside R2.
- [34:35] A line in R2 that is subspace.
- [34:50] A line in R2 that is not a subspace.
- [36:30] All subspaces of R2.
- [39:30] All subspaces of R3.
- [40:20] Subspaces of matrices.
- [41:00] Column spaces of matrices C(A).
- [44:10] Example of column space of matrix with columns in R3.
Here are my notes of lecture five:
Have fun with this lecture! The next post is going to be more about column spaces and null spaces of matrices.
PS. This course is taught from Introduction to Linear Algebra textbook. Get it here:
This is the sixth post in the article series "Vim Plugins You Should Know About". This time I am going to introduce you to a vim plugin called "nerd_tree.vim". It's so useful that I can't imagine working without it in vim.
Nerd Tree is a nifty plugin that allows you to explore the file system and open files and directories directly from vim. It opens the file system tree in a new vim window and you may use keyboard shortcuts and mouse to open files in new tabs, in new horizontal and vertical splits, quickly navigate between directories and create bookmarks for your most important projects.
This plugin was written by Marty Grenfell (also known as scrooloose).
Previous articles in the series:
- Part I: surround.vim - find and edit surrounding parens, quotes, html tags, etc.
- Part II: repeat.vim - repeat the previous surrounding command.
- Part III: matchit.vim - extends the functionality of % key.
- Part IV: snipmate.vim - the best snippet plugin for vim
- Part V: a.vim - quickly change between source and header files (.c/.h).
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How to use nerd_tree.vim?
Nerd Tree plugin can be activated by the
:NERDTree vim command. It will open in vim as a new vertical split on the left:
A screenshot of Nerd Tree plugin in action.
Here are the basics of how to use the plugin:
- Use the natural vim navigation keys
hjklto navigate the files.
- Press
oto open the file in a new buffer or open/close directory.
- Press
tto open the file in a new tab.
- Press
ito open the file in a new horizontal split.
- Press
sto open the file in a new vertical split.
- Press
pto go to parent directory.
- Press
rto refresh the current directory.
All other keyboard shortcuts can be found by pressing
?. It will open a special help screen with the shortcut listings. Press
? again to get back to file tree.
To close the plugin execute the
:NERDTreeClose command.
:NERDTree and
:NERDTreeClose all the time is really inconvenient. Therefore I have mapped the toggle command :NERDTreeToggle to the F2 key. This way I can quickly open and close Nerd Tree whenever I wish. You can also map it to F2 by putting
map <F2> :NERDTreeToggle<CR> in your .vimrc file.
How to install nerd_tree.vim?
To get the latest version:
- 1. Download NERD_tree.zip.
- 2. Extract NERD_tree.zip to ~/.vim (on Unix/Linux) or ~\vimfiles (on Windows).
- 3. Run :helptags ~/.vim/doc (on Unix/Linux) or :helptags ~/vimfiles/doc (on Windows) to rebuild the tags file (so that you can read :help NERD_tree.)
- 4. Restart Vim.
Have Fun!
Have fun exploring your files with this awesome plugin and until next time!
Using Fibonacci Numbers to Convert from Miles to Kilometers and Vice Versa
I learned an interesting fact about Fibonacci numbers recently while watching a lecture on number theory. Fibonacci numbers can be used to approximately convert from miles to kilometers and back.
Here is how.
Take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, for example 5 and 8. And you're done converting. No kidding – there are 8 kilometers in 5 miles. To convert back just read the result from the other end - there are 5 miles in 8 km!
Another example. Let's take the consecutive Fibonacci numbers 21 and 34. What this tells us is that there are approximately 34 km in 21 miles and vice versa. (The exact answer is 33.79 km.)
If you need to convert a number that is not a Fibonacci number, just express the original number as a sum of Fibonacci numbers and do the conversion for each Fibonacci number separately.
For example, how many kilometers are there in 100 miles? Number 100 can be expressed as a sum of Fibonacci numbers 89 + 8 + 3. Now, the Fibonacci number following 89 is 144, the Fibonacci number following 8 is 13 and the Fibonacci number following 3 is 5. Therefore the answer is 144 + 13 + 5 = 162 kilometers in 100 miles. This is less than 1% off from the precise answer, which is 160.93 km.
Another example, how many miles are there in 400 km? Well, 400 is 377 + 21 + 2. Since we are going the opposite way now from miles to km, we need the preceding Fibonacci numbers. They are 233, 13 and 1. Therefore there are 233 + 13 + 1 = 247 miles in 400 km. (The correct answer is 248.55 miles.)
Just remember that if you need to convert from km to miles, you need to find the preceding Fibonacci number. But if you need to convert from miles to km, you need the subsequent Fibonacci number.
If the distance you're converting can be expressed as a single Fibonacci number, then for numbers greater than 21 the error is always around 0.5%. However, if the distance needs to be composed as a sum of
n Fibonacci numbers, then the error will be around sqrt(n)·0.5%.
Here's why it works.
Fibonacci numbers have a property that the ratio of two consecutive numbers tends to the Golden ratio as numbers get bigger and bigger. The Golden ratio is a number and it happens to be approximately 1.618.
Coincidentally, there are 1.609 kilometers in a mile, which is within 0.5% of the Golden ratio.
Now that we know these two key facts, we can figure out how to do the conversion. If we take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, Fn+1 and Fn, we know that their ratio Fn+1/Fn is approximately 1.618. Since the ratio is also almost the same as kilometers per mile, we can write Fn+1/Fn = [mile]/[km]. It follows that Fn·[mile] = Fn+1·[km], which translates to English as "n-th Fibonacci number in miles is the same as (n+1)-th Fibonacci number in kilometers".
That's all there is to it. A pure coincidence that the Golden ratio is almost the same as kilometers in a mile.
Perl One-Liners Explained, Part IV: String and Array Creation
This is the fourth part of a nine-part article on Perl one-liners. In this part I will create various one-liners for string and array creation. See part one for introduction of the series.
Perl one-liners is my attempt to create "perl1line.txt" that is similar to "awk1line.txt" and "sed1line.txt" that have been so popular among Awk and Sed programmers.
The article on Perl one-liners will consist of nine parts:
- Part I: File spacing.
- Part II: Line numbering.
- Part III: Calculations.
- Part IV: String creation and array creation (this part).
- Part V: Text conversion and substitution.
- Part VI: Selective printing and deleting of certain lines.
- Part VII: Handy regular expressions.
- Part VIII: Release of perl1line.txt.
- Part IX: Release of Perl One-Liners e-book.
I decided that there will be two new parts in this series. The most powerful feature in Perl is its regular expressions, therefore I will write a part on "Handy Perl regular expressions." I also decided to publish an e-book after I am done with the series, so that will be the last part of this series. Subscribe to my blog to know when that happens!
Awesome news: I have written an e-book based on this article series. Check it out:
I also updated the previous part on calculations with 14 new one-liners on finding values of constants pi and e, doing date calculations, finding factorial, greatest common divisor, least common multiple, generating random numbers, generating permutations, finding power sets and doing some IP address conversions.
Here are today's one-liners:
String Creation and Array Creation
49. Generate and print the alphabet.
perl -le 'print a..z'
This one-liner prints all the letters from a to z as
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. The letters are generated by the range operator
... The range operator, when used in the list context (which is forced here by
a..z produces all the letters from a to z.
I really golfed this one-liner. If you used
strict it would not work because of barewords
a and
z. Semantically more correct version is this:
perl -le 'print ("a".."z")'
Remember that the range operator
.. produced a list of values. If you wish, you may print them comma separated by setting the
$, special variable:
perl -le '$, = ","; print ("a".."z")'
There are many more special variables. Take a look at my special variable cheat sheet for a complete listing.
Syntactically more appealing is to use join to separate the list with a comma:
perl -le 'print join ",", ("a".."z")'
Here the list
a..z gets joined by a comma before printing.
50. Generate and print all the strings from "a" to "zz".
perl -le 'print ("a".."zz")'
Here the range operator
.. is used again. This time it does not stop at "z" as in the previous one-liner, but advances z by one-character producing "aa", then it keeps going, producing "ab", "ac", ..., until it hits "az". At this point it advances the string to "ba", continues with "bb", "bc", ..., until it reaches "zz".
Similarly, you may generate all strings from "aa" to "zz" by:
perl -le 'print "aa".."zz"'
Here it goes like "aa", "ab", ..., "az", "ba", "bb", ..., "bz", "ca", ... "zz".
51. Create a hex lookup table.
@hex = (0..9, "a".."f")
Here the array
@hex gets filled with values
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and letters
a, b, c, d, e, f.
You may use this array to convert a number (in variable
$num) from decimal to hex using base conversion formula:
perl -le '$num = 255; @hex = (0..9, "a".."f"); while ($num) { $s = $hex[($num%16)&15].$s; $num = int $num/16 } print $s'
Surely, much easier way to convert a number to hex is just using the
printf function (or
sprintf function) with
%x format specifier. (The example above just illustrates a use of a hex lookup table that we created by using the range operator.)
perl -le '$hex = sprintf("%x", 255); print $hex'
(See my Perl printf and sprintf format cheat sheet for all the format specifiers.)
To convert the number back from hex to dec use the
hex function:
perl -le '$num = "ff"; print hex $num'
hex function takes a hex string (beginning with or without "0x") and converts it to decimal.
52. Generate a random 8 character password.
perl -le 'print map { ("a".."z")[rand 26] } 1..8'
Here the map function executes
("a".."z")[rand 26] code 8 times (because it iterates over the dummy range
1..8). In each iteration the code chooses a random letter from the alphabet. When
map is done iterating, it returns the generated list of characters and
If you also wish to include numbers in the password, add
0..9 to the list of characters to choose from and change
26 to
36 as there are 36 different characters to choose from:
perl -le 'print map { ("a".."z", 0..9)[rand 36] } 1..8'
If you need a longer password, change
1..8 to
1..20 to generate a 20 character long password.
53. Create a string of specific length.
perl -le 'print "a"x50'
x is the repetition operator. This one-liner creates a string of 50 letters "a" and prints it.
If the repetition operator is used in list context, it creates a list (instead of scalar) with the given elements repeated:
perl -le '@list = (1,2)x20; print "@list"'
This one liner creates a list of twenty repetitions of (1, 2) (it looks like (1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, ...)).
54. Create an array from a string.
@months = split ' ', "Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec"
Here the
@months gets filled with values from the string containing month names. As each month name is separated by a space, the
split function splits them and puts them in
@months. This way
$months[0] contains "Jan",
$months[1] contains "Feb", ..., and
$months[11] contains "Dec".
Another way to do the same is by using
qw// operator:
@months = qw/Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec/
qw// operator takes a space separated string and creates an array with each word being an array element.
55. Create a string from an array.
@stuff = ("hello", 0..9, "world"); $string = join '-', @stuff
Here the values in array
@stuff get turned in a string
$string that has them separated by a hyphen. Turning an array in a string was done by the
join function that takes a separator and a list, and concatenates the items in the list in a single string, separated by the separator.
56. Find the numeric values for characters in the string.
perl -le 'print join ", ", map { ord } split //, "hello world"'
This one-liner takes the string "hello world", splits it into a list of characters by
split //, "hello world", then it
maps the
ord function onto each of the characters, which returns the numeric, native 8-bit encoding (like ASCII or EBCDIC) of the character. Finally all the numeric values get joined together by a comma and get printed out.
Another way to do the same is use the
unpack function and specify
C* as the unpacking template (C means unsigned character and * means as many characters there are):
perl -le 'print join ", ", unpack("C*", "hello world")'
57. Convert a list of numeric ASCII values into a string.
perl -le '@ascii = (99, 111, 100, 105, 110, 103); print pack("C*", @ascii)'
Just as we unpacked a string into a list of values with the
C* template in the one-liner above, we can pack them back into a string.
Another way to do the same is use the
chr function that takes the code point value and returns the corresponding character:
perl -le '@ascii = (99, 111, 100, 105, 110, 103); print map { chr } @ascii'
Similar to one-liner #55 above, function
chr gets mapped onto each value in the
@ascii producing the characters.
58. Generate an array with odd numbers from 1 to 100.
perl -le '@odd = grep {$_ % 2 == 1} 1..100; print "@odd"'
This one-liner generates an array of odd numbers from 1 to 99 (as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ..., 99). It uses the
grep function that evaluates the given code
$_ % 2 == 1 for each element in the given list
1..100 and returns only the elements that had the code evaluate to true. In this case the code tests if the reminder of the number is 1. If it is, the number is odd and it has to be put in the
@odd array.
Another way to write is by remembering that odd numbers have the low-bit set and testing this fact:
perl -le '@odd = grep { $_ & 1 } 1..100; print "@odd"'
$_ & 1 isolates the low-bit, and grep selects only the numbers with low-bit set (odd numbers).
See my explanation of bit-hacks for full explanation and other related bit-hacks.
59. Generate an array with even numbers from 1 to 100.
perl -le '@even = grep {$_ % 2 == 0} 1..100; print "@even"'
This is almost the same as the previous one-liner, except the condition
grep tests for is "is the number even (reminder dividing by 2 is zero)?"
60. Find the length of the string.
perl -le 'print length "one-liners are great"'
Just for completeness, the
length subroutine finds the length of the string.
61. Find the number of elements in an array.
perl -le '@array = ("a".."z"); print scalar @array'
Evaluating an array in a scalar context returns the number of elements in it.
Another way to do the same is by adding one to the last index of the array:
perl -le '@array = ("a".."z"); print $#array + 1'
$#array returns the last index in array
@array. Since it's a number one less than the number of elements, we add 1 to the result to find the total number of elements in the array.
Perl one-liners explained e-book
I've now written the "Perl One-Liners Explained" e-book based on this article series. I went through all the one-liners, improved explanations, fixed mistakes and typos, added a bunch of new one-liners, added an introduction to Perl one-liners and a new chapter on Perl's special variables. Please take a look:
Have Fun!
Have fun with these one-liners for now. The next part is going to be about text conversion and substitution.
Can you think of other string creating and array creation one-liners that I didn't include here?


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So today made day number 3 of eating healthy. 3 days ago my husband and I decided it was time to try this weight loss and healthy eating AGAIN! We went out and bought as much Organic and All Natural foods as we could. When we got home we tossed out whatever we thought was not healthy. We spent about 2 hours shopping that day reading labels and talking through what would be the healthiest choice. It wasn't easy but looking at all the fresh foods and different products really sparked some excitement. =)
I have to tell ya though the first day sucked! I wanted to eat so bad, I wanted everything I should not eat to be healthy and to lose weight. Fortunately though I did not cave in! =) Yesterday and today went way smoother then the first day and we are actually enjoying preparing all the healthy meals. I was proud to be able to use one of my cukes that came out of my garden in our salad as well. I'm really going to have to make a bigger garden next year.
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Way to go! I did my fabric the same way about a month ago and I feel my mind has let go of a huge burden. Enjoy.
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Way to go! I did my fabric the same way about a month ago and I feel my mind has let go of a huge burden. Enjoy.
A very good job!
Looks wonderful. Always good to accomplish what you want to get done, a great feeling.
Congratulations you did an awesome job. Now you can come to my house & do that for me. Lol
Organised and pretty...well done!
Awesome job! Love the color layout -
Wow looks awesome! Enjoy your new area. If that was me I'd probably have a hard time stopping the organization. Looks good so y:-) out feel like doing more and more. Go for it!
Wow! I'm impressed! You have every right to be proud.
Bet it feels good to have it done. Great job.
Looks good...Great job. Now you can come to my house...LOL....
Woweee! You did really good. I love your fabrics. Love all the colors. Good for you.
You should indeed be very proud of yourself. Congratulations.
Great job!
i wish i had your energy and fortitude
Looks very nice, organized, and way to organized to use the fabric. Ha.
Looking good
Love. You've inspired me.
That is nice! I think you will find it well worth your weekend.
Late in posting but wanted to congratulate you on a FANTASTIC JOB!!!!
ALL in one weekend and even with Before and After pictures!!!!
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I had another reboot, so now I've removed Adobe updater from the startup list. Over 12 hours now without a reboot. Will continue to monitor the situation.
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Hiyya Rusty generally speaking you have to be quite wary of Adobe stuff as it is targeted by a lot of "nice people" and I am constantly or rather my Kaspersky is - picking up vulnerabilities with Adobe stuff as it did with Java which I have removed for over two months now without any problems.
If I didn't mention it before if you want a bit more speed and performance use this tutorial Optimize Windows 7[2]=Performance Maintenance
But only after things settle down mate.
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I have shut off quite a few applications from starting automatically.
But my spontaneous reboots and shutdowns without BSOD have returned. I've had four in the last 3 hours.
Very confused now. Starting over... Will run memtest86 again.
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If you still suspect 3rd party software dont forget you can still disable stuff to try to sort the situation as before, sometimes you can disable it then when you manually run it will re-enter into startup and sometimes appear twice (one unselected and new one selected)
A few pointers for a clean boot if you need to try it again
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
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Thanks. I will probably try that. Currently, I'm trying to figure out how to run Windows debugging tools (WinDbg) so I can get specific information about what is causing the crashes.
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Thats quite a task your undertaking have a look at this for some setup info BSOD Analysis - Getting Started will help you with symbol path and file association but theres a whole lot more to it than you may realise theres an awful lot of commands you need to know to investigate the dump file properly
Post any dump you want analysed and we can give you the output if you prefer
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Done for the day
Thanks again, Pauly. I'll probably pick this up again in the morning. Currently I'm out of Cheetos and Hershey bars
I've yet to get the crash dump configured to produce a dump. Maybe tomorrow...
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Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
Option 2 Step 2 IMO
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Thank you. I'm following your advice.
Since my last post, have installed 4 recommended important Windows updates and experienced no crashes.
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Resisting the allure of Airbus' A380 superjumbo, Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) signaled yesterday that it will turn to Boeing's...
Resisting the allure of Airbus' A380 superjumbo, Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) signaled yesterday that it will turn to Boeing's 777 widebody for its large airplane requirements in the foreseeable future.
In a statement describing its three-year plan and future strategy, All Nippon said it will place a new order for two Boeing 777-300ERs and convert a previous order for two 767-300ERs to 777-300ERs.
The fresh order and the upgrade are worth about $660 million at list prices.
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"ANA's large-type aircraft for the foreseeable future is the 777," said spokesman Tom Fredo.
The All Nippon strategic plan includes a long-term imperative to reduce its large-aircraft fleet from four to one.
Chances are that one will be the 777. All Nippon operates 26 777s, and with the new order has 18 more scheduled for delivery.
An A380 purchase remains an outside possibility in the longer term, beyond 2010, if the super-sized European jet proves successful elsewhere.
All Nippon President Yoji Ohashi said in December in Tokyo that the airline would watch with great interest the introduction of the A380 by Singapore Airlines in 2006.
All Nippon is already committed to Boeing for its small- and medium-size jets.
In its three-year plan, it envisages eliminating its Airbus A320 narrowbodies in favor of Boeing 737s and replacing 767 medium-size jets with the new 787.
Last year the airline placed a 50-plane launch order for the 787, formerly designated the 7E7.
Japan is a hugely important customer for Boeing and has been solid in its loyalty. Boeing has heavily subcontracted work to Japanese industrial partners, including major 777 work and the wings of the 787.
The other major Japanese carrier, Japan Air Lines, is not yet committed to an exclusive Boeing relationship.
Japan Air Lines is actively considering both Airbus' A320 and Boeing's 737 for a massive renewal of its narrowbody fleet. As many as 90 airplanes could be ordered later this year.
A person familiar with the company's thinking said the airline would prefer to work with two aircraft suppliers. In December, Japan Air Lines placed an order for 30 midsize Boeing 787s.
All Nippon's conversion of the two 767 orders to 777s could affect the life expectancy of the 767 production line in Everett.
Because the 767-based Air Force tanker deal is on hold after a damaging procurement scandal, Boeing has had to slow production to a crawl. With one jet rolling out every month and a half, the All Nippon order switch shaves three months off committed production.
The company has to provide suppliers with about 18 months warning of the end of production.
Boeing spokeswoman Leslie Nichols said yesterday that the All Nippon 767 order conversion had already been factored into Boeing's decision schedule. She said that mid-2005 remains the time frame for a decision on whether to keep the production line open.
The 767 backlog is just 23 airplanes. But that includes two remaining All Nippon Airways' 767-300ERs that are not due for delivery until 2008. If Boeing this summer were to announce an end to production, those orders would likely be converted too.
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CLASSICAL Bach: ''Magnificat'' (S. 243); Vivaldi: ''Gloria'' (R. 589) Dawn Upshaw, Penelope Jensen, Marietta Simpson, David Gordon, William Stone and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80194, CD only. The unsurpassed smoothness of these performances may surprise listeners accustomed to the lean, accented style of presenting Baroque music currently in favor. Both works are exceptionally rich in beautiful melodies, and certainly lend themselves to Mr. Shaw's uncomplicated, pervasively musical treatment. The many solo arias and duets are so handsomely sung by the soloists that stylistic questions subordinate themselves to sheer musical enjoyment. By allowing Bach and Vivaldi to speak for themselves without distortion, Mr. Shaw's excellently recorded versions have earned their place in the enormous discography of both works. -Paul Turok Brahms and Ligeti: Trios for Violin, Horn and Piano Bridge BCD 9012; CD only. There is a small but notable tradition of composing works to ''go with'' existing masterpieces for unusual combinations of instruments. The trio of Gyorgy Ligeti recorded here falls more frankly into that category than most; it is openly subtitled ''Hommage a Brahms,'' and puts the idiomatic horn-call motives of Brahms's Op. 40 through various transformations. It is hard to hear it as much more than an appendage, gloss, recollection or commentary - but it is one that engages the attention. William Purvis's first-rate horn playing links the works; he has ''new music'' collaborators (Rolf Schulte and Alan Feinberg) for the Ligeti and ''standard rep'' collaborators (Daniel Phillips and Richard Goode) for the Brahms, an intent but somewhat sluggish performance. -Will Crutchfield Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 26, 52 and 53 La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor; Virgin Classics VC 7 90743; CD and cassette. Haydn's symphonies before the familiar clutch of late masterpieces are full of gems still undiscovered by all but specialists, and these scores most definitely fall into the gem category. Whatever one may feel about Beethoven on original instruments, there can be no doubt that Haydn benefits from the clarity of texture and pungency of timbre of groups like the 25-member Petite Bande. And Mr. Kuijken's interpretations sound particularly buoyant and rhythmically alive. -John Rockwell New Computer Music. Works by Paul Lansky, Curtis Roads, James Dashow, Clarence Barlow, Stephan Kaske, Michel Waisvisz Wergo 2010-50; CD only. The six works in this collection of 1980's electronic music show different ways of manipulating the genre's increasingly sophisticated gadgetry. Paul Lansky, for instance, makes interesting textures and rhythms out of the unintelligible, computer-generated voices in ''Idle Chatter.'' Curtis Roads's ''Nscor'' and James Dashow's ''Sequence Symbols'' are of the more traditional bleep and buzz school, but unfold with a sense of drama and direction. Clarence Barlow's ''Relationships'' is for all intents and purposes a jazz-rock work, for synthesizer bass and drums. -Allan Kozinn Havergail Brian: Symphony No. 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend, conductor. Hyperion CDA66334; CD only. The English composer Havergail Brian (1876-1972) was a legend during his lifetime, if only for the indomitable self-confidence that allowed him to compose 32 symphonies (among other works) in the face of nearly total neglect. Toward the end of his life, there was a modest surge of interest in his music. The Third Symphony, dating from 1932, is a monumentally conceived work that easily accommodates two pianos into its immense orchestral fabric. It is Malherian in scope, Elgarian in sound and has a ruggedness particular to its composer. The performance is powerful, the recording superb. -P. T. POP/JAZZ Buster Poindexter: 'Buster Goes Berserk' RCA 9660; all three formats. No rock-and-roller generates a more infectious sense of fun than Buster Poindexter. On his second album, as on his debut, the best cuts are those that suggest scenes from a wild party in progress where the host is the rambunctious, half-pickled singer, who has immersed himself in the persona of a funky soul man. The performances of soul standards (''Hit the Road, Jack'') and obscure soul novelties (''International Playboy''), and of original funky novelties (''DeBourge Yourself'') are uproarious turns full of fun and personality. But when Mr. Poindexter turns introspective for the Frank Sinatra standard ''Deep in a Dream,'' his personality becomes dull, his singing merely crude. -Stephen Holden Loudon Wainwright III: 'Therapy' Silvertone 1203; all three formats. During his nearly 20-year recording career, Mr. Wainwright has accumulated a body of brutally candid comic songs that has almost become a folk genre unto itself. The chemistry between Mr. Wainwright's simple good-timey melodies, his cheerfully acidic singing and his cathartically confessional light verses can elicit laughter at things one usually sheds tears over. In recent years, Mr. Wainwright's humor has darkened. Beneath the smart-aleck tone one senses a profound bemusement. The cast of characters in ''Therapy'' includes ex-wives, children, aging parents and other folk singers. Much of the writing is first-rate, and the confessions cut more deeply than ever. Consider this the latest absorbing chapter in a lifelong oeuvre. - S. H. Darling Buds: 'Pop Said . . . ' Columbia 45208; all three formats. A decade after the Go-Go's and Blondie, Great Britain is enjoying a miniwave of guitar-charged, pop-centered girl groups, among them Voice of the Beehive, the Primitives and now the Darling Buds, from South Wales. Yet where their cohorts undercut old girl-group attitudes, the Darling Buds proceed without irony. In most of their songs, by Andrea Lewis (vocals) and Harley Farr (guitar), the singer lives for romance and awaits absent boyfriends' whims; only ''Shame on You'' takes a 1980's twist. But as the guitars surge and the catchy choruses pile up, the Darling Buds supply unrepentant pop pleasure. -Jon Pareles Bill Frisell: 'Before We Were Born' Elektra-Musician 60843; all three formats. Bill Frisell is a master of the amorphous guitar sound - eerie sustained melodies, floating tones that seem to peek in from another time-space continuum, splotches and spatters of distortion. While he has worked with jazz's structural experimenters, his own albums have been relatively conventional - until now. ''Before We Were Born'' includes ''Hard Plains Drifter,'' a series of country-tinged tunes and abstract interludes shredded and patched together by John Zorn; ''Some Song and Dance,'' a string of bop-flavored tunes with a saxophone section, and ''The Lone Ranger,'' a slow-building dream-waltz. By following through on the implications of his unfettered sounds, Mr. Frisell has made his best album. -J. P. Djivan Gasparian: 'I Will Not Be Sad in This World' Opal/Warner Bros. 25885; all three formats. From absolute stillness comes a sound that floats, croons, quivers as it carries an ancient melody - the sound of Djivan Gasparian playing the Armenian duduk, a double-reed instrument with a rich, doleful, flutelike tone. On ''I Will Not Be Sad,'' a collection of folk melodies recorded in 1983, Mr. Gasparian is accompanied only by a second duduk carrying a quiet, steady drone. As with the Bulgarian choirs on ''Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares,'' the silence of the studio brings out every sustained nuance of inflection, and the songs are almost heartbreaking in their eerie slow motion. -J. P.
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Globalisation has broken down barriers of time and space and led to the ever greater centrality of knowledge and information. The increased contact between different linguistic communities (through migration, tourism, education, and information and media flows) has not, however, resolved the problem of linguistic and cultural barriers, quite the opposite. As language and cultural exchanges become ever more frequent and diverse, so does our need to comprehend the nature of intercultural communication and how it may best be promoted. These are the central concerns of the various MA programmes in the School of Language and Communications Studies at UEA. In the interdisciplinary MA in Communication and Language Studies, our focus is firmly on language, as a crucial key to comprehending the world today and participating in the world of tomorrow. We are also particularly interested in exploring today's increasingly complex and varied networks of communication and culture from different perspectives, and this makes what we offer very distinctive. The course provides a broad-based approach to the study of language both as a cultural resource and a cultural practice and makes use of a variety of analytic approaches from Discourse Analysis and ethnolinguistics to semiotics and cross-cultural pragmatics. Options dealing with communication in media and cultural products from the completely different standpoints of, for example, film and television studies or political, social and international studies, provide opportunities further to diversify and compare approaches, methodologically and interculturally. The course is intended specifically for international students and integrates English proficiency and skills training into the overall programme of study. It will be of interest to students who are seeking to deepen their knowledge of language as a cultural object and of its uses across communicative contexts and media, as well as a range of professionals concerned with issues of interpersonal and intercultural communication across different fields.
Accreditation:The School benefits from an outstanding research environment. UEA is home to the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT), translators and students edit the UEA journal Norwich Papers which devotes issues to the publication of students' scholarly work on translators and translation.
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Top 5 Colorado Christmas Towns
I love Colorado during the holiday season. From Denver's Larimer Street to the Christmas Market in Georgetown, there's something about Colorado that make me feel as though I'm spending the holiday season in a postcard.
As the Mayor of HeidiTown.com, I attend a lot of events and festivals and I spend a lot of time at holiday events around the state, so I've decided to share what I deem as the Top 5 Colorado Christmas Towns. This list is in no particular order, although if I were to pick a number one Colorado Christmas town, it would be Georgetown.
1. Georgetown, Colorado is a hidden gem just 45 minutes west of Denver along I70. I'd driven by it a hundred times before actually stopping in, but once I did I realized what a great little place it really is, and during the holidays it's truly outstanding. With the a tree lighting ceremony, Letter Day and the Georgetown Christmas Market running for two weekends, this town commemorate the holidays the way they were intended to be celebrated. Visit HistoricGeorgetown.org for more information.
2. Breckenridge, Colorado is well known as a ski town, but this place has a lot of other stuff going on and that's why it makes my list. The Victorian style architecture of the town looks resplendent during the holidays. With the Lightening of Breckenridge on the first weekend in December to carriage rides available throughout the holidays, and wonderful shopping opportunities, this town will make you feel as though you've stepped into a holiday postcard. Check out GoBreck.com to keep an eye what's happening in Breckenridge year-round.
3. HGTV recently named Durango, Colorado as one of their "Top Ten Christmas Towns," and it's no surprise. Durango is home to the Polar Express, a production of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. This train ride is a memorable way to celebrate the holidays with your children. During the month of December, Durango is alive with festive music and the hubbub of the holidays. There's never a dull moment and always something Christmassy happening, and that's why it makes my list. Go to Durango.org for more information on this top Christmas town.
4. The 12 Days of Aspen, is just one reason this ski town is making the list. From December 20, through New Year's Eve, Aspen, Colorado celebrates the season with all sorts of cheery activities from concerts to theater, from street entertainment to free ice-skating, to shopping and restaurant specials and so much more. Aspen is also quite lovely during the holidays – just one more reason they made this list.
5. Nestled between the soaring peaks of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado is known as the Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. It's always a bustling during the summer, but this charming little village lights up during the holidays. Visitors should stop at Longs Peak Coffee & Paper House for a cup of hot chocolate and then stroll the streets of this picturesque town. While in town, be sure to visit the famous The Stanley Hotel, to see the holiday décor.
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Great List!!
If you want romance and a true white Christmas with beautiful twinkle lights other than Salzburg, Austria, Colorado is where it's at!!
Remember when you visit Georgetown, don't forget to travel the extra 2 miles to Silver Plume and stop at the Sopp & Truscott Bakery. They have the most delicious breads and goodies. Try the Johnny Bread or the Asiago Cheese Bread…. or a giant cinnamon roll…. or a Naughty Bar…. yummmm
I have only been in Colorado for one Christmas! Thanks for the ideas of exploring our new state during the holidays.
These all look like beautiful places to visit! Even little ole westminster had a great christmas light display and lighting ceremony.
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Sounds great . me and my husband would love to come to Durango to vist before Christmas. We may come early December for a week with kidds . do you know of where to stay with good rates and near Durango is also good for us. We don't have to be in Durango but we would,like to be close. We are of course on a budget. We would really love to come this December. Thank you for your time.
My husband and I would like to take our children to spend this Christmas 2015 in Colorado I was thinking about Aspen but all the hotels are a bit pricey where is a good place to stay at a fair price were a family of 8 so we're trying to stay on a budget. Your help /orientation is greatly appreciated. Thank you 🙂
Just found your page with the great information. We are looking to spend next Christmas 2016 in Colorado close to Durango. Looking for a place for 8 of us, traveling with another family. Coming from Florida so we are looking for a great experience. Thank you.
My husband and I love getting little cabins way back in the woods somewhere in the snow for christmas. Or that's what we have done in Washington for Christmas in the past. Now we live in Texas and are thinking of trying to find that in Colorado next Christmas. But I totally have no idea where to start looking!
Any great restaurants that do a great job decorating for the holiday?
This is so very helpful! I am trying to plan Christmas 2016 out of Texas this year with some quality us time with a husband and 2 toddlers. I am really stuck trying to find a Christmas filled ski town with a little bit of everything so we don't have to go far since we will be flying and don't want to eat at 5 star restaurants every night I have heard such magical stories about how towns in Colorado turn into a real life North Pole I just don't want to chose the wrong one. Thank you so much for your help!!!
I'm looking for the most romantic spot for Christmas. With relaxation, bit of luxury, and adventure (skiing) what's best? So many mountain towns are great but some are more breath-taking and romantic at Christmas..as long as there is snow and beauty we will be happy!!! 8)
I know the list is a little older but it is still a great list. I'm going to try and do Aspen for Christmas either this year or next my other option is Ouray for ice climbing. My only worry is getting stuck due to weather and not getting home. Well on second thought that might not be such a bad thing.
Hi so we want to take our kids and parents to Colorado for Christmas. We want a white Christmas snow and lights and trees and xmas carolers What's the best town to go to?
Hi, I'm looking into planning a trip for christmas so my kids will enjoy. Where in colorado do you recommend where they have activities for the kids such as snow tubing, sledding,ice-skating and christmas lights and fun stuff with a very much Christmas environment??
Hi, i am planning a trip to Denver and then to Estes Park with elderly and a kid the week before christmas. But wondering if there are enough things to do for two days since we wont be able to do too much hiking. And is Georgetwon worth going since we will miss the Christmas market? I am coming from CA so would like to experience small town christmas with snow if possible. Thanks!!
Hello, there, thanks a lot for sharing this outstanding blog with great info. I have heard Colorado best known for its many archaeological sites. Thanks again for sharing the Chrismas of Colorado.
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Perfect list, would love to follow every inch of it. I´m a wanderer myself and I could put quite a few check marks to some from these list and still willing to see more and more. So happy travelling to all of us!


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PhotoEspana put Spanish photographers in the spotlight this year, with politics often not too far behind. But old and new work offered mixed results
Despite the festival's name, Spanish photography has often taken a backseat at PhotoEspaña, Madrid's annual celebration of photography in all its forms. Not so this year, with the 17th event primarily devoted to showcasing work by Spanish photographers and artists, past and present. The results of this are mixed: there are some great discoveries to be found – always a holy grail of major festivals such as these, which can occasionally feel like a merry-go-round of the same international names – but some shows don't quite live up to expectation.
Politics, unsurprisingly, is a core component to many of the most compelling historical shows. One of the brightest and most dynamic exhibitions comes from Josep Renau (1907-82), an artist and poster designer, who created his most significant works using photomontage. Renau's work was overtly political from the start: he joined the Communist Party in 1931, and in the mid-1930s created posters supporting the Spanish Republic against Franco's insurgent army (interestingly he also commissioned Picasso's startling anti-war painting Guernica, when he helped design the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology in Paris in 1937). At the end of the war, Renau went into exile in Mexico, and it was there that he first became heavily influenced by the popular culture imagery coming out of the US, which inspired the series The American Way of Life on show at PhotoEspaña at Círculo De Bellas Artes.
Renau snipped imagery from US advertising and magazines such as Life, combining the photographs to create montages that tackle questions of racism, sexism, the power of the media and consumerism. There is a savage wit displayed but Renau pulls no punches, with the series a direct attack on American culture. Still remarkably fresh today, the work is surprisingly uncelebrated – due in part to Renau's residence in Mexico and later Berlin, destinations that at the time were not part of the global art world, but perhaps also because of his affliation with the Communist Party and his condemnation of the US, where the series was only shown for the first time in the late 1980s. Spanish history as told through photobooks is the subject of another standout show at the festival, held at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.
Curated by Horacio Fernández, the exhibition brings together 30 books tackling subjects including the Spanish Civil War – told from both sides of the political fence – as well as the hardship of life in post-war Spain (revealed in a few photobooks that slipped past the censors), feminism, and even punk. Design is central to this exhibition, both in the interesting chronicle of Spanish graphic design revealed by the books, but also in the display of the exhibition itself. Not lending themselves easily to presentation, books can be a difficult subject for an exhibition, but the curators have got around this by showing photographs from the books, and even spreads from certain titles in a series of unusual and eyecatching displays (the seminal photobook Madrid, which includes images by Robert Capa, Hans Namuth and Chim, and offers a visual account of the outcome of a siege during the Spanish Civil War is shown in full across one wall). While for scholars many of the books remain frustratingly out-of-reach inside display cases, the exhibition is engaging and appealing for the lay visitor and an excellent introduction to the importance of the photobook.
Other interesting historical shows abound, including a celebration of the work of the photography collective La Palangana, also at Círculo De Bellas Artes. La Palangana formed in 1959 and were recognised for their documentation of life away from the cities in smaller Spanish towns and villages, a subject that was out of step with the photography fashion of the period, which was for staged shots and studio portraits. Documentary photography of the 1970s also gets a decent display at the Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC with Cristóbal Hara, Cristina Garcia Rodero and Fernando Herráez among the photographers included. Again the focus here is on rural life, with the photographers capturing local festivals and events, including bullfights and religious scenes. Less satisfying is the large retrospective of the work of Antoni Arissa (1900-80) at Fundación Telefónica. Over 160 prints are included from 1922-36, and reveal the changing styles that Arissa experimented within this period, moving from heroic pictorialist scenes of workers through to avant-garde images clearly influenced by other artists, particularly László Moholy-Nagy. Arissa was certainly adept at adopting the prevailing styles of the era in which he worked, though it is hard to locate a distinctive voice within this show.
Some shows have disregarded the Spanish photography theme. The luxury fashion store Loewe, which has an exhibition space in its basement, is hosting a show of the significant US fashion photographer Lillian Bassman (1917-2012), mixing classic works from the late 1940s and 50s with a series of photographs that Bassman reworked in the 1990s. These latter images are intriguing – in 1971 Bassman destroyed much of her archive of negatives, though a few bagfuls were kept hidden by an assistant, and on rediscovering them 20 years later, Bassman set about reprinting and experimenting with different effects, including using acids to paint out areas of the images. Exhibited in large format here, the interventions appear a little blunt, especially when viewed alongside the elegance of her earlier work, though an exhibition of the series in New York in 1993 led to new commissions and a revival of Bassman's career in her 80s.
Contemporary photography is addressed in two significant group shows at PhotoEspaña. Fotografía 2.0, another show at Círculo De Bellas Artes, looks at the changes wrought by digital technology on photography, and our lives in general. Curated by Joan Fontcuberta, work by 20 young photographers is shown, addressing issues including privacy, identity and the ability to weave complex narratives, mixing fact and fiction, in the online space. The exhibition throws up a great number of interesting and unexpected ideas, from the exploitation of prisoners on the internet, to the way that social media can accentuate destructive behaviours such as eating disorders, to questions of what remains when digital technology fails. Rich as they are, the ideas here at times overshadow the presentation of the work, yet as a round-up of current thinking about how photography is being used in the digital age, the show is certainly compelling.
The second major show on the 'now' proves a more difficult ride for the audience. Titled P2P: Contemporary Practice In Spanish Photography and held at Fernán Gómez Centro Cultral de la Villa, it comes in the form of an experimental project between 24 artists and a team of curators and while there are finished pieces of work on display, the emphasis is more on process than on the completed image or object. It opens with a mood board of images and ephemera that the artists shared while working on the exhibition, and elsewhere is a further series of visuals that were shared via WhatsApp. These 'conversations' continue in the rest of the show with the artists presenting their work in batches of three alongside brief written explanations of their intentions.
The audience is then invited to join in via social media and a catalogue will be made during the show's run. There is a fashion for these open-ended shows at the moment, but they demand a lot of work from the viewer, and here the reward is slight, with the thoughts and ideas revealed at a remove from the most pertinent issues of the day. Politics, for example, is almost entirely absent, which is curious considering both Spain's artistic heritage in this area and the political circumstances of the country today. In a search for unusual or developed ideas, or even a point of view distinctly Spanish, this show sadly comes up short.
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If MS persist in this then the Comet brand and all their stores will disappear. Jobs will be lost, galore. Yes, Comet may have been wrong in the spirit of the law - but as some previous posters have said, they were only including recovery type disks for buyers of computers.
Sometimes pursuit of a legal point becomes futile. This is one such case.
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and does not absolve one of the consequences of breaking such law (especially in business, where it ALWAYS pays to "measure twice and cut once", to borrow a carpentry euphemism). They should very well have known doing this was illegal (and if they didn't, they're either stupid or lying - or both), and did it anyway, and many tens of thousands of times. If they wanted to be helpful, it would have been very easy to do the right and legal thing and pass the customer on to the OEM to acquire recovery media if that customer so desired. It would still have been perfectly legal, would have still made the customer happy, and likely would have kept this whole thing from happening. Neither hubris nor ignorance should shield one from consequences of violation of the law, and this isn't one of those "obscure" ones either, honestly.
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..or provided a packet explaining how a user can (legally) make their own recovery disks.
Comet simply broke the law by making and selling copies of copyrighted material without the authors' permission.
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And the upshot is... on the brink of bankruptcy... Microsoft send in their legal rottweillers... great tactics... and whatever happened to mediation? This is a no win, no win, situation for all parties...
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This type of case is totally pointless and futile whatever the "legal Merits".
Comet in NO WAY was attempting to steal or Pirate MS'es intellectual property rights -- these CD's still need a valid serial number for re-installation of the OS.
In other words you need a proper Windows License which is usually found on a sticker on the bottom of the PC sold in the store.
If Comet go under even MS itself will have lost revenue as Comet sells quite a few PC's (with W7 installed on it) and a number of other MS products too.
If I were to see a US Lawyer crossing the street my Car wouldd experience a sudden case of brake failure.
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This type of case is totally pointless and futile whatever the "legal Merits".
Comet in NO WAY was attempting to steal or Pirate MS'es intellectual property rights -- these CD's still need a valid serial number for re-installation of the OS.
In other words you need a proper Windows License which is usually found on a sticker on the bottom of the PC sold in the store.
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Bah to the OEMs - no Recovery disk = no sale. But don't they now provide a "Recovery partition"? Is that not as good?
What would happen if, as part of the sale process, Comet showed the customer how to make a Recovery disk, there and then?
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The recovery partition is only good if you actually use the utility to make a set of recovery "disks" before something bad happens. If you hard drive gets messed up you may not be able to actually access the recovery mode. Screw the recovery media, I'd rather have real install media with no bloatware on it.
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What is less well known however, is that in many cases the recovery partition is actually linked to the default Windows 7 Recovery Environment.
In other words, if your boot manager goes south then your buggered. To make matters worse many OEM's (Toshiba in particular, from first hand experience, although I've spoken to quite a few people who say other OEM's do the same thing) "recovery disks" won't install without the OEM's boot manager.
As an example, I had a Toshiba Windows 7 laptop with a corrupted BCD. The recovery partition was inaccessible, but thankfully the person I was fixing it for had the original installation media. (Was actually supplied with the laptop for once.) I stuck the disk in, and it got stuck at "Loading Setup" because it couldn't find the BCD. Once I stuck my retail Ultimate disk in, with a removed ei.cfg it worked fine.
I'm not saying that recovery partitions don't have their place, I actually use a custom made one myself so I don't have to find the disk most of the time, but linking them into the bootmanager is just stupid and or delibaretly milking customers for support fees depending on your point of view.
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Conditions have been mixed recently. We have finally seen a good volume of water coming down the river, though catches have been a little sporadic.
Week 27 saw 17 salmon and with 4 to the Whitbread party, 6 to the Maxwell party and 7 to the Wildgoose party. 31 sea trout were also landed.
Total salmon catch in Week 28 was slightly better at 21, with 16 to the Gilman/Downie/Forrester party, 3 to the Miller party and 2 to the Duerckheim party. 15 sea trout were caught
Last week (29) saw 19 reported: 14 to the Villar/Gough party; 3 to the Bennet/Tervalyan party and 2 to the Fell party. 23 sea trout were reported.
Upper Beauly
Water levels were too high for fishing on the Upper Beauly for the early half of last week, but conditions did improve later in the week. A total of 3 salmon were landed on Friday and Saturday. This followed a
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Once again an encouraging April / May has been followed by a disappointing start to the summer, as water levels dropped right off. The ghillies report seeing plenty fish, but they kept their heads down for much of June and July. The hydro reservoirs at the head of the system have been very low all year, with SSE citing a very dry winter / spring. Certainly the days of spring snow melt seem a thing of the past. A prolonged wet period is required to fill the system back up.
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Mill River, MassOld Paper Mill Published By: W. R. Field's Series Postmarked: Mill River, Mass, Sept 27, 1911. The is a very old black and white postcard view of the old Paper Mill, in Mill River, Mass. This town is very popular and it sits near Hartsville and New Marlboro. I am not sure w in town the paper mill was, but you can be sure that by now all traces of it are long gone. Please email me any questions or comments. I thank you for taking the time to look through all my auctions. John Keller. Be sure to add me to your favorites list !


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Tyler Farr and his long time girlfriend, Hannah Freeman, were married in Tennessee over the weekend…and they had a very special guest!
As Tyler told PEOPLE, Hannah hinted that she wanted him to write a song for their big day…can you imagine the pressure?!
"My buddy Lee Brice wrote "I Don't Dance" for his own wedding — the perfect wedding first dance song! — and I could not live up to that expectation. I couldn't write a song that I felt was good enough for her."
Fate intervened one day when Brad Paisley showed Tyler a small clip of his latest single, "Today"…
"I was on his bus and he showed me the video and I just teared up, I'm very blunt and I was like, 'That song was amazing and I want to surprise my fiancée with something really special. Would you come and play this song for our first dance?"
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Sometimes some records just don't hit the mark… and from the drab artwork to the confusion of the songs that dwell within, that seems to be the case here. It's a dreadful shame – given some of the names Rowden has worked with in the past, this is a record that should have presented far more in the way of highlights. This, Mandy Rowden's second album, owes much to Lucinda Williams and a bit to Tift Merritt, but lacks the conviction of either. The songs are relatively well put together and in the most part, decently executed, but just not exciting enough. Moreover, the apocalyptic imagery of a couple of songs, notably Flood Song and No Greater Silence, and the social commentary and ramshackle romp of 5 O'clock World are difficult to take seriously. Continue reading "Mandy Rowden "1000 Miles" (Independent, 2017)"
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Red Rooster line-up something to crow about
One of the highlights of the UK Roots Festival season, Red Rooster, the banjo pickin' summer festival has announced its return for the fourth year, championing "the best in Americana, Blues, Soul, Roots and Country." Located in the park and woodlands of Euston Hall in Suffolk, festival-goers can enjoy lip-smacking authentic ribs and soul food by a campfire under the stars, or get down to the raucous sounds radiating from the woodland's main stage venue. The full line-up (so far): Continue reading "Red Rooster line-up something to crow about"
Israel Nash, The Islington, London, 22nd February 2017
Israel Nash is on tour opening for Band of Horses, but this was a night off and an opportunity to play if not quite a secret gig then at the least an incredibly intimate one. The Islington is not such a big pub, and the performance space is tiny – a capacity of sixty or so perhaps, and not surprisingly it was sold out. Tonight was to be a duo performance – Israel Nash on acoustic guitars and Eric Swanson adding waves of the most perfect pedal steel. Who needs a band ? Continue reading "Israel Nash, The Islington, London, 22nd February 2017"
Ryan Adams covers Springsteen for Radio 1 – Watch
Some other nice clips on the bigger BBC site, and you don't need to be 13 to watch them. Billboard reports: "In anticipation of BBC Radio 6's celebration of the year 1994, singer-songwriter Ryan Adams covered one of the year's biggest hits, Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia," in the 6 Music Live Lounge. "Streets of Philadelphia," written for the 1993 film Philadelphia, won an Academy Award for best original song, as well as four Grammys, including song of the year, best rock song, best male rock vocal performance and best song written specifically for a motion picture or for television. Continue reading "Ryan Adams covers Springsteen for Radio 1 – Watch"
Dirty Dozen: Jonathan Terrell
Austin, Texas based singer/ songwriter, Jonathan Terrell is a new breed of country. Gathering inspiration from the gritty corners of Americana, Terrell has bloomed into a well-respected songwriter of deeply moving and resonant country-folk music explorations. Can you tell us about yourself? Where you're from and what you've been up to over the past few years?
Hey, yeah. I grew up in a small town in North East Texas called Longview that sits in the pine curtain near the Louisiana border. I've been in Austin now for about 11 years and I spend a lot of time touring the states and a little in Europe. Continue reading "Dirty Dozen: Jonathan Terrell"
Norrie McCulloch "Bare Along The Branches" (Black Dust Records, 2017)
There was that awful moment after Mum's tiny, emaciated body had been lowered into the cold, hard ground with the St. Michael card I'd blu-tacked on the coffin-lid for protection and company; because we left her all alone in the windswept cemetery. Only when the silence became too oppressive did I force myself up into her bedroom, open the wardrobe door and begin to gather her clothes and other personal effects into cardboard boxes for their final journey to the charity shop in the High Street. Norrie McCulloch is also a member of that club no-one wants to join. He writes with such detail of his experience on Safe Keeping. What to give away and what to keep? He knows the excruciating pain that accompanies this task. Continue reading "Norrie McCulloch "Bare Along The Branches" (Black Dust Records, 2017)"
Elliott Smith's Either/Or – expanded edition soon
Fourteen years have passed since Elliot Smith died, and twenty have passed since the release of Either/Or. There's been no dimming in the interest in his music, and there's no reason why more of it shouldn't be released. So here it is, the twentieth anniversary expanded edition of Either/Or. Continue reading "Elliott Smith's Either/Or – expanded edition soon"