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Iran's supreme leader orders probe into election fraud
Iran's supreme leader ordered an investigation today into allegations of election fraud, marking a stunning turnaround by the country's most powerful figure and offering hope to opposition forces who have waged street clashes to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
State television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directing a high-level clerical panel, the Guardian Council, to look into charges by pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has said he is the rightful winner of Friday's presidential election.
The decision comes after Mousavi wrote a letter appealing to the Guardian Council and met Sunday with Khamenei, who holds almost limitless power over Iranian affairs. Such an election probe by the 12-member council is uncharted territory and it not immediately clear how it would proceed or how long it would take.
Election results must be authorized by the council, composed of clerics closely allied with the unelected supreme leader. All three of Ahmadinejad's challengers in the election — Mousavi and two others — have made public allegations of fraud after results showed the president winning by a 2-to-1 margin.
"Issues must be pursued through a legal channel," state TV quoted Khamenei as saying. The supreme leader said he has "insisted that the Guardian Council carefully probe this letter."
The day after the election, Khamenei urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad and called the result a "divine assessment."
The results touched off three days of clashes — the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. Protesters set fires and battled anti-riot police, including a clash overnight at Tehran University after 3,000 students gathered to oppose the election results.
One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday during clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz, southern Iran. But there was no independent confirmation of the report. There also have been unconfirmed reports of unrest breaking out in other cities across Iran.
Security forces also have struck back with targeted arrests of pro-reform activists and blocks on text messaging and pro-Mousavi Web sites used to rally his supporters.
A top Mousavi aide, Ali Reza Adeli, told The Associated Press that a rally planned for later Monday was delayed. Iran's Interior Ministry rejected a request from Mousavi to hold the rally and warned any defiance would be "illegal," state radio said.
But one of Mousavi's Web sites still accessible in Iran said Mousavi and another candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, planned to walk through Tehran streets to appeal for calm. A third candidate, the conservative Mohsen Rezaei, has also alleged irregularities in the voting.
State TV quoted Khamenei urging Mousavi to try to keep the violence from escalating and saying "it is necessary that activities are done with dignity."
Mousavi, who served as prime minister during the 1980s, has also threatened to hold a sit-in protest at the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Such an act would place authorities in a difficult spot: embarrassed by a demonstration at the sprawling shrine south of Tehran, but possibly unwilling to risk clashes at the hallowed site.
Overnight, police and hard-line militia stormed the campus at the city's biggest university, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students angry over what they say was mass election fraud.
The nighttime gathering of about 3,000 students at dormitories of Tehran University started with students chanting "Death to the dictator." But it quickly erupted into clashes as students threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police, who fought back with tear gas and plastic bullets, a 25-year-old student who witnessed the fighting told The Associated Press. He would only give one name, Akbar, out of fears for his safety.
The students set a truck and other vehicles on fire and hurled stones and bricks at the police, he said. Hard-line militia volunteers loyal to the Revolutionary Guard stormed the dormitories, ransacking student rooms and smashing computers and furniture with axes and wooden sticks, Akbar said.
Before leaving around 4 a.m., the police took away memory cards and computer software material, Akbar said, adding that dozens of students were arrested.
He said many students suffered bruises, cuts and broken bones in the scuffling and that there was still smoldering garbage on the campus by midmorning but that the situation had calmed down.
"Many students are now leaving to go home to their families, they are scared," he said. "But others are staying. The police and militia say they will be back and arrest any students they see."
"I want to stay because they beat us and we won't retreat," he added.
Tehran University was the site of serious clashes against student-led protests in 1999 and is one of the nerve centers of the pro-reform movement.
After dark Sunday, Ahmadinejad opponents shouted their opposition from Tehran's rooftops. Cries of "Death to the dictator!" and "Allahu Akbar!" — God is great — echoed across the capital. The protest bore deep historic resonance — it was how the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini asked the country to unite against the Western-backed shah 30 years earlier.
Amnesty International criticized Iran Sunday for blocking media and Internet sites. It said on Saturday, access to social networking sites was blocked, as was access to a range of online news services. Many of these outlets carried reports which raised concerns that the conduct of the election was flawed and results had been rigged, Amnesty said.
"Instead of instituting an information clampdown, including by blocking video sharing social networking sites like YouTube and Facebook; along with a handful of online news sites, the authorities should openly address the concerns and criticisms clearly expressed by so many," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, the deputy director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa Program.
Amnesty called on Iranian authorities to ensure that newspapers linked to other presidential candidates are permitted to carry the statements of those candidates.
In Moscow, the Iranian Embassy said Ahmadinejad has put off a visit to Russia, and it is unclear whether he will come at all. Ahmadinejad had been expected to travel to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit.


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c++.announce - recls 1.6.1: recls/Python; major library source refactoring; ready for (re)inclusion in Phobos (with license ramifications); future plans
- Matthew (50/50) Mar 18 2005 Specifically:
Specifically: 1. The library implementation has been trimmed significantly, resulting in code reductions of ~10% for both source and object size (despite increases in functionality). Download latest at http://recls.org/downloads.html 2. I've now implemented a Python mapping, giving the option of Ruby or Python for recls scripting 3. The function Recls_Stat() has been added, which takes a path+flags, and provides a recls_info_t corresponding to that path. This allows the full rich file descriptor object for individual files, which is very handy. All mappings have been updated accordingly, e.g. recls.stat in Python, std.recls.stat() in D, Recls::stat() in Ruby, etc. etc. 4. The D mapping has been made compatible with the current Phobos, and should be easily integrated into the next release. This'll get std.recls in synch with the docs, which has been a problem for some time. Note that the license for recls was changed to BSD some time ago (1.5.3), but since Phobos is still using recls 1.2.1 (!!), which uses the Synesis Software Standard Source License, incorporation of 1.6.1 will result in a license change from the perspective of D users. 5. A much wider compatibility with compilers has been effected, and the makefiles are now much more comprehensive. (They're auto-generated from a new makefile generator template that I've written - in Python - which I plan to make available very soon.) 6. Updated/improved documentation, for most/all mappings, including the .NET stuff. All available at http://recls.org/help/index.html and http://recls.org/help/1.6.1/cs/index.html Also, please take note of the following Note: This release depends on STLSoft 1.8.3 beta 3 or later. Available at http://www.stlsoft.org/downloads.html Note: All these changes will be documented in the July (and possibly September) instalments of my Positive Integration column in CUJ. (http://www.cuj.com / http://www.ddj.com/columns/wilson/). Note: The next big change for recls will be the total reimplementation of recls 2.0. This will include customisable plug-in pattern matching, search filtering on size/date/type/pattern/etc., cancellable search progress callbacks, recursive search of other types (e.g. Win32 registry, CVS, etc.). It will probably also be written in C as well as C++, to pare the size right down and to make it compatible with some recalcitrant compilers, such as Watcom. I'll be open to feature requests on this for the next couple of months, so please feel free to make them. I expect to release this sometime in mid 2005 Cheers -- Matthew Wilson Author: "Imperfect C++", Addison-Wesley, 2004 (http://www.imperfectcplusplus.com) Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.synesis.com.au/articles.html#columns) STLSoft moderator (http://www.stlsoft.org) "But if less is more, think how much more more will be!" -- Dr Frazier Crane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Spoleto spōlĕ´tō [key], city (1991 pop. 37,763), Umbria, central Italy. It is a light industrial and tourist center. An Umbrian and later an Etruscan town, the city flourished after being taken (242 BC) by the Romans. It later became (c.AD 571) the seat of an important Lombard duchy that extended over much of Umbria, Marche, and the Abruzzi. The city was destroyed by Emperor Frederick I in 1155 but was rebuilt. Although Spoleto was included in Charlemagne's donation to the church (8th cent.), the dukes were named by the emperors until 1201, when Otto IV renounced the imperial rights. Soon afterward (1213), the duchy came under direct papal rule (to 1860). A local school of painting flourished in Spoleto in the 14th and 15th cent. In the city are Roman ruins: a bridge, the arch of Drusus (AD 21), a theater, and an amphitheater. The 4th-century basilica of San Salvatore (renovated several times) is a remarkable example of early Christian architecture. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (begun by Frederick I) has frescoes by Filippo Lippi (who is buried in the cathedral) and Pinturicchio.
La Rocca,originally a castle (14th cent.), is now a penitentiary. The Spoleto Festival, a major annual festival of the arts, is held here.
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Gates Dishes On SOPA, Robots, Speech, Steve Jobs, Surface and His 80-inch Touch Panel
As we reported on earlier, geek super hero Bill Gates took to Reddit's AMA section to tackle as many questions from users as possible in the span of just a single hour. In the end, he did quite well, answering a total of 35 questions tackling a wide-range of different subjects.
One question that just has to be asked during any Bill Gates interview has got to be "What type of computer are you using right now?". After all, wouldn't we all love to know if he just so happened to be using a Mac at the time? Alas, that wasn't the case this time, but I am not sure anyone would have guessed appropriately. You see, Bill was conducting his entire AMA with the help of an 80-inch display connected to a Windows 8 PC. It's quite clear he took his AMA seriously.
On a side note, he did mention that he got his Surface Pro last week and loves it. Was there any doubt?
With a penchant for what's up-and-coming, Bill was asked what technology he feels will create a big stir for the average consumer much in the same way that personal computers did decades ago. One word: robots!
"Robots, pervasive screens, speech interaction will all change the way we look at "computers". Once seeing, hearing, and reading (including handwriting) work very well you will interact in new ways.."
When you're a man who seemingly has everything, what on earth do people get you for your birthday? "Free software. Just kidding. Books actually." What's the cheapest thing you can buy yourself that gives you the most pleasure? "Kids. Cheap cheeseburgers. Open Course Ware courses..."
Sometimes, it might be easy to picture Bill as someone who never takes a rest, but he did assure us that he has quite a portfolio of hobbies to help pass the time.
"I love playing tennis. I am an avid bridge player (a card game if you have not heard of it - it was more popular in the past!). I like to tour interesting things with my kids like power plants, garbage dumps, the Large Hadron Collider, Antarctica, missile Silos (Arizona),... I read a lot and watch courses (online or the Learning Company)."
While it's obvious that Bill doesn't get his hands dirty in code as much today as in his earlier days, his passion for software is still very much evident. Throughout his reigning years at Microsoft, he's seen many successes, and unfortunately, many flops. Of these, which one does he wish wasn't.
"We had a rich database as the client/cloud store that was part of a Windows release that was before its time. This is an idea that will remerge since your cloud store will be rich with schema rather than just a bunch of files and the client will be a partial replica of it with rich schema understanding."
He's referencing WinFS, the ill-fated feature that was originally planned for Longhorn, which was dropped before Longhorn transformed into Vista. On the topic of love / hates, Bill was also questioned about his relationship with Steve Jobs, which many are led to believe involved poor feelings against one another. Not so.
"He and I respected each other. Our biggest joint project was the Mac where Microsoft had more people on the project than Apple did as we wrote a lot of applications. I saw Steve regularly over the years including spending an afternoon with him a few months before he tragically passed away..."
While Bill took the time to answer many humorous questions, he didn't want to avoid the more serious ones. A notable one involved the push for a "free" Internet and those that oppose it (SOPA).
"There are two things this could reference. One is the free/pay for software mix. The Internet has benefited from having lots of free stuff and lots of commercial software. It has been interesting see people inventing hybrid models. Even stuff that is pretty commercial often has free versions for some audiences. Even the most open stuff often have services people choose to pay for.
The second thing is the anonymous versus identified tension. This is another one where both will probably thrive since you want anonymity for some things and full identity for others. I am surprised how little progress has been made in the identity space but it will improve."
On the topic of health - one that Bill's heavily invested in - he was asked about which disease is on the verge of being cured, but just needs that next big push to get it done.
"Polio is the first thing to get done since we are close. Within 6 years we will have the last case. After that we will go after malaria and measles. Malaria kills over 500,000 kids every year mostly in Africa and did not get enough attention until the last decade. We also need vaccines to prevent HIV and TB which are making progress..."
Where non-tech subjects were concerned, one answer that stood out to me was in response to a question talking about world issues, and what needs to be done where money wouldn't help anything:
"It would be nice if all governments were as rational as the Nordic governments - reaching compromise and providing services broadly. The Economist had a nice special section on this last week. Africa governments have often been weak but you can't write a check to change that. Fortunately the average quality is going up. Mo Ibrahim tracks this in a great way."
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Another great question was, "Anything left on your bucket list?", to which Bill replied, "Don't die...". Good words to live by.
To read through all of Bill's responses, you can stalk his Reddit profile and click the little "Context" links under each one of his responses to see the question. As expected, the AMA was a great success, and Bill did well to answer as many questions as he did, given the short time-frame! He also couldn't have wrapped it up any better. For his final thought, he left with this:
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In two of my works on Southern Unionism, Unruly Women (1992), and Long Shadow of the Civil War (2010), I wrote extensively about the effects of the anti-slavery Wesleyan Methodist movement in creating an environment of fierce anti-Confederate sentiment in the Randolph-Montgomery County area of North Carolina during the Civil War. In Montgomery County, several Wesleyan families' refusal to support the Confederacy tragically resulted in the killing of three Hulin brothers by home guard soldiers.
The Hulins, Moores, and Hurleys became Wesleyans a full decade before the Civil War and were anti-slavery activists. A year before the war erupted, in March 1860, Hiram Hulin, Jesse Hulin, Nelson Hulin (sons of Hiram), William Hurley Sr., William Hurley Jr., and Spencer Moore (son of Valentine Moore) were charged alongside Daniel Wilson, a well-known anti-slavery leader from Guilford County, with circulating "seditious" anti-slavery materials.
Although I relied principally on court records, military records, newspapers, and memoirs to tell the story of Unionism in this region of North Carolina, I found two Wesleyan Methodist publications, Roy S. Nicholson's Wesleyan Methodism in the South (1933), and Mrs. E.W. Crooks' Life of Rev. Adam Crooks (1875), crucial to my ability to confirm the religious conversions of the above Montgomery County families.
In the following essay, I draw from both these works. As "in house" publications, they reflect the perspective of the Wesleyan Movement, yet, in combination with primary sources, they leave no doubt of the religious ideology that led the Hulins, Moores, Hurleys, and others to oppose slavery and the Confederate Cause.
Vikki Bynum, Moderator
Southerners Against Slavery: Wesleyan Methodists in Montgomery County, North Carolina
By Vikki Bynum
The man most responsible for bringing Wesleyan Methodism to the Randolph/Montgomery County area of North Carolina was Rev. Adam Crooks, who was originally from Leesville, Carroll County, Ohio, where he was born in 1824. According to Crooks' biographer, his wife Elizabeth Willits Crooks, in 1841 he joined those northern Methodists who split from the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery. The following year, in December 1842, the splinter group produced a newspaper, the True Wesleyan, which heralded the establishment of Wesleyan Methodism in the United States. These Wesleyans claimed to embody the doctrinal standards of early Methodism as established under the guidance of Rev. John Wesley. They opposed worldly habits such as the use of whiskey and tobacco and ostentatious dress and adornment. Most important to the history of Montgomery County, they opposed the ownership of human beings by other human beings.
Opposition to slavery, and specifically to the degrading and violent means by which it was maintained, was not limited to Methodists of the North. In 1847, during its Allegheny Conference in Mesopotamia, Ohio, the Wesleyan Church received an urgent letter from "Free Methodists" of Guilford County, North Carolina, who requested the services of a Wesleyan preacher. In this old Quaker stronghold of the South, anti-slavery principles had never completely died. "There is much more anti-slavery sentiment in this part of North Carolina than I had supposed," Crooks later observed, "owing, in great measure, to the influence of the Society of Friends." During his stay in North Carolina, he was amused to be "taken for a Quaker, go wherever I will," even once after preaching in a Methodist Episcopal house. Crooks concluded that this assumption reflected the antislavery doctrine he preached and the "plain coat" that he wore.
The call from North Carolina had great appeal to Crooks. By age twenty, he had become a Wesleyan exhorter who preached against the evils of slavery. In August 1845, he joined the Allegheny Conference as a junior preacher, and received a six-week assignment to the Erie circuit, where he ministered to a small Erie City church comprised of many fugitive slaves. Now, he agreed to travel to North Carolina. With the sectional crisis over slavery growing fiercer by the day, it took a great deal of courage to enter the slaveholding South with the express purpose of preaching against slavery. In preparation for his mission he was ordained an Elder.
Crooks encountered many Methodists in North Carolina who resented being forced to remain with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the wake of its national division into pro- and anti-slavery denominations. Finding it "impracticable" to join the anti-slavery Northern Division of the church, they formed a third division, the "Free Methodist Church." According to Crooks, "up to this time, they had no knowledge of the existence of the Wesleyan Methodist connection." Once they learned of the Wesleyan persuasion, he said, they immediately sent for preachers, convened, and adopted the Wesleyan principles as their own.
Pro-slavery North Carolinians labeled Crooks a "nigger-thief," an abolitionist, and an advocate of racial amalgamation (race mixing). Nevertheless, he preached before large and small congregations and regularly denounced slavery in the presence of slaveholders. In October, 1847, Crooks presided over the founding of Freedom's Hill Church, located in the old Snow Camp community of present-day Alamance County, N.C., and the first Wesleyan Methodist Church in the South.
In 1850, despite violent opposition to Wesleyan preachers by pro-slavery mobs, Crooks prepared to preach in Montgomery County at the invitation of members of Lane's Chapel and Lovejoy Chapel. Twice, he was warned by letter to cancel those plans. The first letter, signed by "Many Citizens" from Montgomery and neighboring Stanly Counties, accused Crooks of
preying upon the minds of the weak and innocent, inducing them to believe that slave-holding is not only an oppression to the slaves, but to all those who do not hold slaves. The slaves hereabout are in much better condition than their masters or other citizens. Your doctrine, if carried out, would bring down vengeance upon the heads of your followers by amalgamation and otherwise.
Crooks was accused of being "worse than a traitor," and threatened with expulsion if he dared to appear in Lane's Chapel: "we are in hopes you will return from whence you came, or you will be dealt with according to the dictates of our consciences."
A second letter from Montgomery County, dated 27 December 1850 and signed by eleven people, demanded again that Crooks leave the state. Crooks did not answer the letter, but traveled to Montgomery County as planned, where he stayed at the home of Valentine Moore and prepared, in February 1851, to preach at Lovejoy Chapel, located about a mile from Moore's home.
A mob headed by a local justice of the peace and slaveholder met Crooks at the door of Lovejoy Chapel. Alluding to the Methodists' national schism over slavery, the j.p. accused Crooks of "making interruptions in families, neighborhoods, and Churches" by preaching against slavery. He claimed that Crooks was "causing us to abuse our servants," i.e. slaves, by telling them they deserved to be free, which "makes them unruly; so that they have to be abused." Again, Crooks was ordered to leave the county.
Several other local slaveholders challenged Crooks as well. "Brother Crooks did you not preach to servants not to obey their masters?" Crooks answered that he had not, but his accuser insisted that he had. Hiram Hulin then interceded on Crooks' behalf. "Don't you interrupt the man," he told the slaveholder, who responded by shaking his fist and stamping the floor, declaring that he was on his own "premises." Hiram's brother, Orrin Hulin, then called for order, reminding the men that they had entered the chapel to worship God.
Those opposed to Crooks' right to preach moved to expel him from the chapel. They declared Crooks a traitor, no better than Aaron Burr, sent to Montgomery County by anti-slavery radicals such as Daniel Wilson of Guilford County. Likewise, Orrin Hulin was condemned for having written a letter to the True Wesleyan that described a Montgomery County slaveholder's brutal torture and whipping of slave.
Then, the anti-Crooks faction rose to forcibly remove Crooks from Lovejoy Chapel, at which point Orrin Hulin cried out,
Men, take notice of who takes hold of that man by violence.
As the mob approached Crooks, William Hurley stepped before it and called out,
But stop, don't you run over me. What are you going to do with the preacher?
According to author Elizabeth Crooks, chaos followed, as Crooks was
led or rather dragged from the pulpit into the yard. . . . Some are rushing for their horses, others are screaming, and still others prostrated, motionless and speechless.
Mrs. Crooks further described how several men forced Crooks into a buggy as Orrin Hulin once again called on Crooks' supporters to "take notice of who forces that man into that buggy." Several of Crooks' supporters followed the buggy on foot to the home of one of the slaveholders. There, over dinner, pro- and anti-slavery factions, including Crooks, argued over slavery. Sheriff Aaron Sanders, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and part of the mob that accosted Crooks, was present. So also was William Hurley, Crooks' defender, who proclaimed himself "ever opposed" to slavery.
"Well, if you believe slavery to be wrong, you need not hold them; it does not hurt you," a slaveholder challenged.
Hurley answered, not as an abolitionist, but as a citizen who defended his right to belong to an anti-slavery church:
Well, but for me to support a thing I do not believe in would not be right. And you can have your privileges and let us have ours.
When asked if his church, which refused membership to slaveholders, might yet receive a slave, Hurley said "yes", provided the slave was a Christian. Those words provoked this angry response from an unnamed slaveholder:
What!—receive a nigger and not a white man? That is a grand insult depriving us of our rights.
"Not at all," maintained Hurley. "We do not say that you shall not hold slaves; all we want is to keep clear of supporting it."
"Well, if that is your principle you ought to leave the state," advised the same man, advice to which Hurley strenuously objected:
I was born and raised here—pay for my privileges under the law, and it is a hard case if I am to be deprived of them.
As the argument heated up, another slaveholder advised the mob to "serve him [Hurley] as we do Crooks." But William Hurley appeared to be forgotten after four magistrates ordered Sheriff Sanders to deliver Adam Crooks to the jail.
After being locked up, Crooks was lectured by his captors on the need to abandon his plan to preach in Montgomery County. Exhibiting the common social superiority that slaveholders felt toward nonslaveholders, they assured Crooks that the folks who had invited him to speak (members from the Moore, Hulin, and Hurley families) were the "very dregs of the county," while "those who are against you," (slaveholders), "are the best men of the county."
Finally and reluctantly, Adam Crooks agreed to leave Montgomery County and was accordingly released from jail. He then returned to the home of Valentine Moore to say his goodbyes. While there, he reported, Valentine's daughter Caroline (who would soon marry Hiram Hulin's son, Jesse) announced to Crooks that she was leaving the Methodist Episcopal Church and joining with the Wesleyans.
Slaveholders had prevented Adam Crooks from preaching in their county, but they had failed to prevent the successful birth of Wesleyan Methodism in their community. Battle lines would be redrawn during the Civil War, in a brutal inner war that would pit the same Sheriff Aaron Sanders against the same community of dissenters.
Vikki Bynum
For more on Adam Crooks and Southern Wesleyan Methodism, see:
- Roy S. Nicholson, Wesleyan Methodism in the South (Syracuse, NY: Wesleyan Methodist Publishing House, 1933).
- Mrs. E.W. Crooks, Life of Rev. Adam Crooks, A.M. (Syracuse, NY: Wesleyan Methodist Publishing House, 1875). A copy of this book is owned by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and may be accessed online at UNC's Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/crooks/crooks.html.
- An independent film company has recently produced the story of Adam Crooks. See The Courageous Love, Rubacam Productions, http://www.thecourageouslove.com/home/About.html
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The Most Popular Baby Names in Each State
The Social Security Administration recently released its data on the top baby names of 2013. HuffPost Parents mocked up these maps to show what's most popular in each state across the country.
The top five boys names overall in 2013 were Noah, Liam, Jacob, Mason, and William. For girls, it's Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella, and Ava. And from the mental_floss archives, here are 106 names that were never popular.
The Afternoon Map is a semi-regular feature in which we post maps and infographics. In the afternoon. Semi-regularly. Thanks to HuffPost Parents for this one.


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Inspired by a DrugMonkey post, here is some useful data on NIH funding for those in Southern Arizona.
Congressional 8th District: Giffords
DC phone: (202) 225-2542
Tucson phone: (520) 881-3588
Total NIH funding = $5,760,729
UA is technically not in Gifford's district so most of this is to private companies, but we all know those companies locate here due to interactions with UA (or are spinoffs from UA).
Most of us UA funded NIHers live in Gabby's district so its probably also worthwhile knowing data for Congressional 7 (physically contains UA)…
Congressional 7th District: Grijalva
DC phone (202) 225-2435
Tucson phone (520) 622-6788
Total NIH funding = $187,058,087
Almost all of that is to UA. Not small potatoes! A 3% cut on that means a $5,611,743 hit to the Tucson economy. That number is slightly exaggerated due research expenditures that leave here but assuming a (very reasonable) 75% salary outlay per grant its still $4,298,807.


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Monday, November 21, 2011
Organizing Basics: Wastebaskets You'll Enjoy Using
Trash icon from the Noun Project
Want to make it easy to keep clutter at bay? One strategy is to have plenty of wastebaskets — which can also serve as recycling bins — throughout your home or office, so there's always one handy. And while I've found many delightful wastebaskets in the past — see that list of related posts — I've now found even more.
Let's start out with a splash of color with this wastebasket from Wayborn, available through Bellacor.
These Paperbag wastebaskets, designed by Jos van der Meulen and manufactured by Goods, are made from unused billboard posters. In the U.S., you can find them at Switchmodern and Greener Grass Design.
On a similar note, Kay + Stemmer made some limited edition wastebaskets from recycled fruit boxes.
Ekobo makes bamboo trash bins in two sizes and eight colors. One place to buy them is Matteria.
John Robshaw Textiles has foldable wastebaskets in three patterns.
Camille Love Designs has a number of trash cans, most of which don't appeal to me — but I do like these elephants.
RJ Fine Woodworking has wood wastepaper baskets in two sizes, made from various woods; the one above is made from American walnut burl.
If you have $1,000 or so to spend on a wastebasket, you might like the ones from Fornasetti. You can find them at Palazzetti andUnica Home.
And then there's Dustbin, from Brendan Ravenhill — a wastebasket with a dustpan lid, and a magnetized brush attached to the side. [via Ecosalon]
Finally, for all those who like the Vipp trash bins, you can now get a digital version — a Windows/Mac icon to replace the standard wastebasket icon. [via Mocoloco]
Related Posts:
A Green Wastebasket
Star Wars R2-D2 Trash Can
The Latest Things in Waste Cans
Binvention, from Sprout Design Ltd.
Trashcans with a Green Tinge
6 Wastebaskets You Won't Find Just Anywhere
7 More Wastebaskets You Won't Find Just Anywhere
8 Wastebaskets I Found Today
Wastebaskets and Trashcans, Revisited
Waste Bins and Baskets with Lots of Color
You Say Waste Bin, I Say Wastebasket (or Trash Can)
A World of Wastebaskets
Posted by Jeri Dansky at 5:50 AM
Labels: green alternatives, organizing products
2 comments:
- Lee said...
I've never bought my husband the yellow VIPP of his dreams, but perhaps the icon will make him smile.
- December 7, 2011 at 10:17:00 AM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
Lee, I would think so - and the price is sure right!
- December 7, 2011 at 11:57:00 AM PST
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Cryptographic expert Bruce Schneier has reported that the SHA-1 hashing algorithm (define) , upon which several major applications such as SSL (define) and PGP (define) depend for secure digital signing, has been broken.
While the computing resources needed to defeat the protection SHA-1 provides remain impressive and out of the reach of most, the discovery set a few experts back, including a security technology group manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who as recently as last week declared SHA-1 secure for the foreseeable future.
SHA-1 is used to generate digital signatures. By processing a message or file with SHA-1, applications produce a hashed version of the data called a digest file. The hash, or digest, is much smaller than the original file. In theory, the hashes from no two signed files should ever be the same, meaning a file or message that's been tampered with will yield a different hash from the original. Cases where two differing files produce the same hash are referred to as a "collision."
According to Schneier, a team of Chinese researchers who previously demonstrated weaknesses in the MD5 hashing algorithm (define) have demonstrated that they can produce a collision in SHA-1-hashed data much sooner than previously suspected: within 269 hashing operations instead of 280.
The computing hardware needed to generate a collision is still out of reach of all but several governmental agencies, and it would take an impractical amount of time to generate a collision, but the researchers' demonstration proves to the cryptographic community that it's time to look for SHA-1's replacement, since most researchers assume that attacks against a given algorithm will improve over time.
Faith in SHA-1 was such that William Burr, a security technology group manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), said just last week that the algorithm had not been broken "and there is not much reason to suspect that it will be soon." NIST has recommended that SHA-1 remain in use through 2010. That timetable will, no doubt, change.


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Could it be that the very idea of a super PAC supporting the election of a state Supreme Court justice has scared away donors?
The much-hyped NC Judicial Coalition — formed back in April to support the re-election of Justice Paul Newby, according to one of its founders, conservative businessman Bob Luddy — filed its initial campaign reports with the state board of elections on Oct. 5 and Oct. 9. According to those reports, the committee has received no contributions and spent nothing through June 30, 2012.
That's somewhat surprising, given that former GOP chair and now lobbyist Tom Fetzer told the Charlotte Observer in June that the committee had already received "support" from large and small donors across the state.
But the filed reports only cover a short period of time since the super PAC's organization. More telling perhaps will be the campaign finance report due for filing on Oct. 29, just days before the election, which should detail contributions and expenditures from July 1 through Oct. 20.


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Zatanna joins the Injustice: Gods Among Us roster
Don't tug on Superman's cape...
Updated on 8/7/2013
Batman's been the king of comic book video games for years, but he's hardly the only member of the vast DC Universe worthy of starring in their own game. Thanks to the developers of the Mortal Kombat games, those unique characters are finally getting a chance at stardom with the fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us. See what we thought of the game in the Injustice Gods Among Us review.
But which heroes and villains have been allowed to join the fray? And who do we hope to see added as DLC? Here's our combo roster and wish list for the Justice League brawler...
The complete Injustice roster
Before we start guessing which characters might be in Injustice, let's first familiarize ourselves with the characters we know are playable. Here's our continually updating list of the confirmed roster of DC heroes and villains.
Newly updated with Martian Manhunter and Zatanna!
Daughter of magical adept Zatara, Zatanna leads a very different double life than most super beings. She makes a living by being one of the best stage magicians currently performing, but she spends her free time saving the world from magical peril. Usually doing super heroics in the same flashy costume she wears on stage, Zatanna is able to make anything virtually happen so long as she says it backwards. One of the most high profile ladies in DC, Zatanna finally makes her way into the Injustice roster as a DLC character using decks of cards, metal rings, and giant fireballs as her weapons of choice.
Does Batman really need any explanation or introduction? An orphan that became the ultimate man to battle crime on the streets of Gotham, Batman is one of the most enduring characters in modern fiction. No matter what universe he's in, you can always count on the Dark Knight to strike fear in the hearts of criminals everywhere.
Featuring a costume closer in look to the body armor of the Dark Knight films, Injustice's Batman seems pretty intense. More violent than usual, to keep up with his powerful enemies he's gotten pretty cutthroat. But will this Batman, no matter how evil, actually cross the line into murder? (And yes, Bats is voiced by Kevin Conroy, the same actor in the Arkham games.)
"Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!" Those words are still as true today as they were 60 years ago, though that's been inverted in Injustice. As you can tell from the above image, Superman isn't so friendly these days.
After being struck by lightning and a mixture of chemicals, CSI technician Barry Allen (he was doing it years before it was cool) was able to tap into the Speed Force. Officially the Fastest Man Alive, The Flash uses his speed to fight crime all over the world and in his hometown of Central City. Capable of hitting speeds that can even allow him to travel through time, we look forward to all the creative ways Injustice uses his velocity.
Solomon Grundy
He may not be pretty, but it's hard not to love the simple-minded reanimated Solomon Grundy. A walking corpse that routinely gets possessed by different souls, he's super strong, tough, and doesn't know the word quit (or most other words). Hot on the heels of his surprising appearance in Batman: Arkham City, we love the morbid comedy Netherrealm is giving Grundy as a fighter in Injustice.
Harley Quinn
Known to gamers and comic fans alike, Harley Quinn is famous as the greasepaint-wearing henchmen of the Joker. Prone to violent outbursts and incredibly quick on her feet, Harley has enough hand-to-hand skills to keep up with Batman and his posse. Formerly an Arkham Asylum psychiatrist that until she fell in love with the Joker, Harley is looking more violent than ever in Injustice. In a world that twisted heroes into villains, just how evil have the original villains become?
Wonder Woman
An Amazonian princess from the female-only Paradise Island, Diana came to the modern world to teach man how to exist peacefully. Ironically that's lead to her having to get into hundreds of battles, but that's fine with Wonder Woman as she's one of the most able fighters in the DCU. As powerful as any of the men in the Justice League, she's trained all her life to defend herself and protect the innocent. She's also prepared to use deadly force if need be, something her Injustice characterization embraces.
What happens when you spend your youth being the Boy Wonder to Batmans Dark Knight? Well, eventually you grow up and start cleaning up the streets on your own. Thats the story of Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who put his own fist-shaped mark on Gothams criminal underbelly as Nightwing. Facing off as Nightwing would be all about hitting hard, hitting fast, and nimbly dodging the attacks of your enraged foes. This light-footed hero would be most at home on the rooftops of Gotham and differentiate him from Bats, where he can suspend foes miles above the pavement for some enhanced interrogation techniques.
A young man whose life was altered forever when his father saved him from the brink of death by rebuilding his broken body as a half-robot. Directly connected to a catalog of technology, Cyborg used his tech powers for good whether on the Teen Titans or in his new status quo with the Justice League. Following DC's reboot of its continuity, Cyborg became a founding member alongside Superman, Batman and the rest. Given his new level of importance to the DC Universe and the JLA, it's to be expected he'd join the team.
Comfortable on both sides of the law, Selina Kyle is known to steal for good reasons or just because she feels like it. Agile, street smart, and basically good at heart, Catwoman can be a helpful ally or a dangerous enemy. Now a confirmed member of the Injustice crew, she'll be bringing her razor-sharp claws, stabbing stilettos and cruel whip to the fight. From what we've seen, she'll even be bringing a four-legged friend with her to do some dirty work.
Green Arrow
Like an urban Robin Hood, the Green Arrow fights for the socially disenfranchised on the streets of Star City. His particular brand of justice is all about custom arrows, able to deliver the precise sort of punch he needs from any range, and always with deadly accuracy. Best known for his friendship with Green Lantern and as the Justice League's bleeding heart liberal, hes always been a back of the pack kind of guy, firing arrows from behind the ranks of the more famous heroes. His moves in Injustice mostly focus on ranged, whether he's using normal arrows or special attacks. However, he can still do damage up close if he has to.
Green Lantern
Getting inducted into the Green Lantern Corps grants the universe's most willful with a ring of incredible power. That special piece of jewelry can create virtually anything with pure energy, limited only by imagination and willpower. This would make the Lantern an incredibly versatile brawler, capable of tangling with foes at any range. While Earth has had many Lanterns, the most famous is Hal Jordan and hes the one included in Injustice. We also hope that the thousands of other Lanterns at least make a cameo in GL's stage, which we imagine would be the GL home world of Oa.
Update: Green Lantern, John Stewart has been added the fighter's alternate looks with the addition of the Martian Manhunter DLC.
Without a doubt the most iconic super villain of all time, Joker needs no introduction. Batman's greatest nemesis, Joker has threatened Gotham and the entire world his whole career with a body count that must be in the tens of thousands by now. A huge fan favorite, it was only a matter of time before he's confirmed for Injustice, but what will his stage be like?
Introduced in the early 80s, Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson is the top professional killer in the DCU. Efficient, fast, skilled in every weapon, and a master planner, he's often portrayed as Batman's equal both physically and mentally. Such a skilled, ruthless fighter is a no-brainer (especially since he was in MKvsDC).
Lex Luthor
Perhaps the second most famous DC villain after The Joker, it wouldn't be a proper Justice League game without Lex there to battle the Kryptonian he so loathes. Once a promising scientist, Luthor's mind twisted with the arrival of Superman, someone Lex regards as an invading alien that must be expelled immediately. Lex brags that he's the smartest man in the world, and he just might be right given his impressive collection of genius inventions and diabolical schemes.
Chief among those creations is the green power armor he continually upgrades, like a villainous Iron Man, in the hopes of finally destroying Superman. Look for most of Lex's attacks to use the suit's enhanced strength and speed in addition to the numerous nasty tricks he likely has hidden up his robo-sleeves.
Made internationally famous this past summer in The Dark Knight Rises, there's more to Bane than a weird mask and a mumbling voice. Conceived as the ultimate threat to Batman, Bane is a cunning planner with the smarts to figure out Batman's secret identity, and strong enough to at the very least be Batman's equal in combat. And while Bane's mental prowess is his own, the power comes from the super-performance enhancer, Venom, that's pumped into his veins.
Bane made his mark on comics as the man that broke the Bat, specifically breaking Batman's back after a lengthy battle. Look for him display a similarly hard-hitting approach to combat in Injustice. Also, if he doesn't have a finisher that involves snapping someone's spine over his knee, the developers missed a golden opportunity.
Laugh at the King of Atlantis if you want, but Aquaman deserves his place in DC's pantheon. As the guardian of the world's oceans and its dwellers, Arthur Curry defends them with bulletproof skin, a chainmail shirt, and his trusty trident. He's fast, strong, and knows how to fight--a perfect combination of powers that Injustice looks to be taking full advantage of.
Aquamans storyline for Injustice appears to revolve him protecting his dominion from the newly evil Justice League, throwing sharks at the Flash while secretly plotting with Batman. Sporting a new kingly beard, Arthur looks ready to retaliate against Superman using every fish in the sea. And while all that is interesting, we think its way cooler that he can make a great white shark eat The Flash.
First introduced in the 1930s as Captain Marvel, thanks to some complicated trademarks laws, Earth's Mightiest Mortal now goes by the same name as the word that transforms him: Shazam! Born Billy Batson, the small boy was transformed into a godlike being by an ancient wizard. The Big Red Cheeses powers are fairly similar to Supermans (flight, strength, invincibility), but Shazam is more innocent and less scientific than Clark.
Perhaps due to him being the spirit of a child within a god, Shazams Injustice persona seems to be of the loyal enforcer. Based on early footage, it looks like he helps Superman and Wonder Woman subjugate the Earth, and that occasionally means using his new lightning powers to quell dissent from Batman and Green Arrow. Will he eventually snap, turn on Superman, and have a spectacular brawl like the one in the comic Kingdom Come? We hope so.
Dont call her Hawkmans sidekick, because Hawkgirl is a mace-wielding do-gooder in her own right. A member of the Justice League and Justice Society (sometimes concurrently), Shiera Hall has a very complicated character history. Sometimes shes an alien from the planet Thanagar, other times shes the reincarnation of an Egyptian queen, but her powers have been pretty constant.
Hawkgirl is skilled in hand-to-hand, but melee attacks are where she really shines, particularly using her mace. And while shes already in peak physical condition, Shiera gets a boost thanks to her Nth metal wings. The elements special properties not only make her incredibly light and able to fly when she wears her wings, it also gives her moderate super strength, which only enhances her martial arts skills.
With a name like Sinestro, it's pretty much a given this guy would become someones archenemy, and that somebody is Hal Jordan, aka the Green Lantern. Sinestro is a calculating master planner that wants to protect the universe by controlling it with fear, though he was once hailed as the greatest Green Lantern that ever lived. Sinestro was exiled from the Corps after Hal revealed Sinestros dark side, but the purple one soon found a new power ring, a yellow one fueled by fear.
Eventually he took charge of his own a yellow-ringed army that frequently warred with the Lanterns, and Sinestros army base of Quard could make a great stage for Injustice. But we hope that Hal turning evil in Injustice doesnt push the deliciously evil Sinestro to be a good guy again.
We'll never get the truly epic fight between Superman and Marvel's Incredible Hulk that weve always wanted to see, but the Death of Superman story is the next best thing. Doomsday is the unstoppable pile of muscle that beat Superman to a pulp in the early 90s, and hes been a major threat ever since. Since offing the Man of Steel, hes been an A-level bruiser, and his healing factor makes him literally unkillable. His natural murderous tendencies make up for his low intelligence, so hes a fitting addition to Injustices violent take on the DC Universe.
Most of Doomsdays in-game moves take his super strengths to extremes that even Superman hasnt shown. Our favorite has Doomsday pounding a character into the ground so far that they go through the Earths core and out the other side. But what role will he play in the story? Will he be evil Supermans slave? A tool of Lex Luthors to destroy the Justice League? Or a wild card wreaking havoc in this brave new world?
The Teen Titans started as a collection of sidekicks, but grew into uniquely popular team in their own right. The squad was already well represented in Injustice by Cyborg and Nightwing, but the devs made room for at least one more member, the dark magic practitioner Raven. Her fighting style makes great use of her levitation, telekinesis, and teleportation abilities, but where does it all come from?
Raven was born the daughter of a human woman and a monstrous demon known as Trigon. She was created as a pawn in his bid to conquer Earth, but Raven rejected that role and decided to use her abilities to help people. Shes been doing good as a member of the Teen Titans for many years, but she has to be careful to always keep her emotions in check, lest they unleash a terribly destructive force she cant control--though she seems to be less worried about that in Injustice.
Black Adam
Some people may like that goody-goody Shazam, but real comic fans know that the Big Red Cheese cant compare to his archenemy, Black Adam. Shazams physical equal when it comes to super strength, invulnerability, and supersonic flight, Black Adam was once just an ordinary murderous villain, but then his perspective changed on the whole good vs. evil thing. For a time Black Adam joined the Justice Society of America to help right his wrongs, but eventually his hardline concept of justice put him at odds with JSA once more.
Since Shazam is a part of Injustice, it makes all the sense in the world to include his evil palette swap. But when Adam in the comics is known for his cutthroat fighting style, how hardcore will Black Adam be in the game? Will he repeat his actions from the comics and rip out the hearts of his enemies? Or does he have something even more brutal in mind?
You're no doubt familiar with this particular god of war, though DCs take on the deity was around long before Kratos mutilated his first harpy. The Greek god is Wonder Womans arch enemy, and has been since the Wonder Woman was rebooted with a greater connection to her Greek myth roots. Ares wants war and discord to cover the world, so hes out to stop Wonder Womans mission of peace--and as luck would have it, he has the raw power to pull it off. The Ares of Injustice has the godlike powers you'd expect from a god, though he often just throws swords and axes at his opponents rather than dirty his pious hands.
Killer Frost
Perhaps the most obscure character on the roster, Killer Frost is normally seen harassing Firestorm, a character that isnt even playable in Injustice. This ice queen can control cold, create huge amounts of ice and snow from thin air, and remove heat from peoples bodies. Her fighting style reminds us of Sub-Zero (which makes sense, considering Injustice is made by the Mortal Kombat team), though her freezing abilities likely eclipse the blue ninjas. Does her inclusion mean well be seeing Firestorm as DLC? Probably not--no one cares about Firestorm.
The most badass bounty hunter in the known universe, Lobo is almost as tough as the ego-driven fragger thinks he is. Strong enough to trade blows with Superman, the Main Man has simple tastes and his loose morals lead him to work for whoever can afford him. Often played for laughs, Lobo seems like the perfect fit for this darker take on the DC mythos, hopefully used as one of the more comedic characters when released as DLC down the line.
Barbara Gordon started as Police Commissioner Gordons mystery-loving niece, but eventually she got into the cape and cowl game, eventually gaining Batmans approval to join the crime fighting family as Batgirl. After being temporarily handicapped by a gunshot wound from The Joker, Babs got back in the game recently, recommitted to kicking butt and solving crimes once more as Batgirl. Wonder how shell react to seeing Mr. J. again in the world of Injustice.
Get over here! Injustice is made by the same team as Mortal Kombat, so it makes sense that one of MKs biggest stars would cross over. Scorpion is the famously hell bound ninja that uses fiery magic and a throwing spear to exact bloody revenge on his betrayers. Scorp already had a pretty intense rivalry with Batman in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and while he cant be as graphic in his attacks in Injustice, were betting hell find a way to sneak in a Fatality here and there.
The most recent DLC addition is perfectly timed for the character's appearance as the lead villain in the Man of Steel film, but this version of Zod seems to be specific to Injustice. In case you never heard of him before, this Kryptonian General was sentenced to the Phantom Zone after attempting to overthrow the government, but was eventually freed on Earth. The cutthroat leader has all the powers of Superman, but none of the compassion, attempting to either enslave Earth or destroy it multiple times. Perhaps he'll finally succeed in Injustice.
Red Son Superman
Comic history is littered with numerous Imaginary Stories and What If? tales of iconic heroes in alternate universes. One of the most beloved recent graphic novels was Superman: Red Son, a story that envisioned a Superman as committed to the ideals of 1950s-style Communism as the original one is to the American way. In the comics it was a thought provoking story, but in Injustice the new classic inspired a line of alternate costumes, starting with Kal-El himself. Slightly altered for the Gods Among Us, his blue has been replaced with grey and his insignia with the hammer and sickle. And Supes isnt the only character with new, socialist duds
Red Son Wonder Woman
The princess of Themyscira also got a bit of a costume change for the U.S.S.R.-tinged series. Wonder Woman followed the Man of Steel into Mother Russia, though more because of her attraction to him than anything else. But even though her costume has changed, her tenacity and combat abilities are just as sharp.
Red Son Grundy
Solomon Grundy technically didnt appear in the Red Son comic books, but that hasnt stopped him from joining Stalins party. Outfitted in Soviet army garb, including medals and a sickle in his back, this Grundy is an even tougher living corpse than ever before.
Blackest Night skins DLC
Somewhat recently the current zombie craze spread to the Justice League comics with the undead mega-event Blackest Night. The massive crossover featured Earth getting attacked by the eternal personification of death, and his army consisted of the reanimated corpses of dead heroes and villains. Green Lantern lead the worlds greatest heroes to beat back the night, but only with the sacrifice of many brave women and men.
How does this translate to Injustice? The Blackest Night DLC zombifies the cast, with ashen skin and open wounds, ready to beat one another back into the grave. Though were curious as to how Solomon Grundy will be turned into a zombie when he already is one. Will he be a rare double zombie?
Flashpoint DLC costumes
Just announced as part of Injustices season pass DLC, multiple characters will be getting costumes pulled from the alternate universe of Flashpoint. This crossover told the story of The Flash accidentally altering the history of the DC universe, twisting the world into a darker, more violent place. But what does Flashpoint mean for Injustice?
The three costumes weve seen are for Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Deathstroke and it's always nice to have a little back-story behind a new costume.. Flashpoints Wonder Woman is the war-hungry queen of the Amazons that has already conquered the United Kingdom. The Aquaman of Flashpoint rules the oceans with an iron fist, and leads a massive war against Wonder Woman to avenge the murder of his wife. Deathstrokes new reality is comparatively humble, as hes now the captain of a modern pirate ship, leading a crew in search of his daughter.
Martian Manhunter
The green-skinned telepath from Mars joins the roster of fighters as Injustice's fifth downloadable character. Possessing nearly every superpower a hero could ask for--including flight, super strength, and eye beams--the Martian outdoes even Superman's arsenal of abilities with the power of telepathy, shapeshifting, invisibility, and more. While the likes of Supes and Bats usually steal the show, Martian Manhunter has been known to fill in for the Man of Steel, and he plays a prominent role in the DC universe as a member of the Justice League. As an Injustice combatant, he pummels his opponents with elongated arms, teleportation strikes, and energy projectiles. Though he typically sports a cape and costume, the Martian Manhunter DLC seems to feature his native Martian form as an alternate look.
DLC wish list: Heroes
Now that we know who we can play as, here's our list of the other members of the JLA that we hope to see added to the game. We threw out a pretty wide net, with a collection of potential heroes big and small.
Black Canary
A one-time leader of the Justice League, Black Canary is a highly trained fighter that's been cleaning up the streets for years. With her memorable costume and sonic scream, Black Canary fights great solo or teamed up with friends like Oracle, Green Arrow and Huntress. She'd fit in beautifully with the Injustice roster, especially if her sometimes lover Green Arrow is also in the game.
Doctor Fate
Marvel has Dr. Strange, and DCs master of the occult is Dr. Fate. Many have worn the Helmet of Nabu, the Amulet of Anubis, and the Cloak of Destiny that were passed down by an ancient Egyptian mage, though the most famous member was the top magic user for the Justice Society. He can teleport, turn intangible, shoot magic energy, and basically do anything else so long as he can think of the spell for it. The enigmatic mages light attacks would also make for an interesting counterpart to Ravens demonic moves.
Doctor Mid-Nite
A member of the Justice Society of America, Mid-Nite was created in 1941 and his current incarnation isnt too different from his vigilante roots. Charles McNider was given the ability to see perfectly in the dark (though he needs special glasses to see in daylight), and he decided to put his abilities to use cleaning up the streets. He has no other super powers, but he does have a resourceful owl sidekick and special Blackout Bombs that cover an area in darkness. When out of costume, McNider is one of the worlds most respected surgeons, though Injustice would probably skip over that part if he was added to the game. Or they'd give him a scalpel to stab people with--this was made by the Mortal Kombat team, after all.
Firestorm is an elemental powerhouse and a man of two minds. When average High School Ronnie Raymond was accidentally fused with scientist Martin Stein, they became a "nuclear man." With the power to transmute the atomic particles of inorganic matter, Firestorm can only build things he understands on a chemical level, information Ronnie often depends on Stein's intellect to supply. Not just limited to energy projection, Firestorm's transformative powers could make for some very interesting combos.
Underestimated by many, Hawkman has earned the right to be included in Injustice. Though he's characterized by his ability to fly, that's the least of his skills. A cursed pharoh of ancient Egypt that's been reincarnated for thousands of years, Hawkman is proficient with every type of weapon, and thanks to that and his enhanced strength, he's one of the best (and fiercest) fighters in the DCU. If that isn't enough to earn him a spot in Injustice, we're not sure what will.
Power Girl
Though some might want Supergirl on Injustice's roster, we'd rather see her grown-up alternate Earth self. Known as Power Girl, she has all the standard powers of a Kryptonian, flight, speed, strength, heat vision, invulnerability, though she's often a little more violent than Superman. Well known for her skimpy attire, Power Girl has far more to offer than an impressively big chest, and if she's appears in Injustice, we hope the devs remember that.
The Question
The Question is your classic noir detective, though hes set apart from the Phillip Marlowes of the world by his lack of a face. Investigative journalist Vic Sage applies a special substance to his facade to make it appear featureless, then he walks the city streets delivering harsh, objectivist justice in a way that would make BioShocks Andrew Ryan proud. Wed love to see Questions striking visage in Injustice, though he admittedly lacks the showier aspects of the other characters in the roster.
Swamp Thing
Part old school horror comic, part tragic superhero story, Swamp Thing is a human consciousness trapped in an algae-dripping, Frankenstein form. Hes a bit of a gentle giant, but when his beloved swamplands, or the lovely Linda Holland are threatened, he gets nasty quick. Hes a big green bruiser and needs to hit like one, and move like the slow, soggy beast he is. His home stage would have to be the Louisiana swamps, where he could call upon the local fauna for aid. Strangling vines, thorn-covered bark, youd need courage in spades to step to Swamp Thing on his home turf.
Some heroes go all around the world to master every martial art known to man, but an old scrapper like Wildcat leaves it all in the ring. One of DCs first heroes and a member of the Justice Society, Wildcat is an old school brawler and one of the best pure fighters on Earth. In fact, when a young Bruce Wayne learned how to box, he went to Wildcat. Hes a smart inclusion for the Injustice roster, though his lack of powers means he might not have the most spectacular looking finisher. Perhaps he could call in some of his JSA pals to help him for that scene.
DLC wish list: Villains
Enough of the goody-goody super boy scouts. What murderous, monstrous bad guys do we want added to Injustice? Here's a list of potentials from A to Z.
Why battle the Justice League with a team of super villains when all you need is a robot that absorbs their powers? Built as the ultimate weapon against the Justice League, Amazo is an all-powerful android that uses the League's own powers against them. A big enough threat that he can take on dozens of JLA members without breaking a sweat, he seems like the more than enough to take on anybody that'll be in this game.
There are gods and there are cosmic forces and then there's the Anti-Monitor. Powerful enough to delete entire universes with little effort, the Anti-Monitor has existed for eons and is the most dangerous force in the DC Universe. A threat big enough to unite heroes and villains, AM would make a great final boss, playing a similar role as Galactus in MvC3. He's the kind of reality threatening bad guy that makes a perfect final boss.
Captain Cold
Despite his silly Eskimo parka, weird glasses and seemingly lame freeze ray, Captain Cold is one of the Flash's most menacing Rogues. Known for his cutthroat leadership skills and ingenious uses for his freeze gun, Cold has been fighting The Flash for decades, sometimes leading teams of Flash's many other villains. His grounded powers and varied ways for using his freeze ray make him a great candidate for Injustice.
Ares might be Wonder Womans most powerful enemy, but Cheetah has probably bothered WW the longest. Cheetah has superhuman speed and agility to match her namesake, along with superhuman strength and toughness. Her most deadly assets are claws that can cut through anything, including Wonder Womans otherwise invulnerable skin. Sometimes written as slightly more ethical than psychopaths like Joker and Luthor, Cheetah often turns off her morals if it means she get the chance to gut Wonder Woman like a fish.
One of the top assassins in the DCU, Chesire is an expert in several lost martial arts techniques, which she uses with deadly efficiency. But what puts her at the head of the hitman class is her use of poison in pretty much every weapon she uses, including her fingernails. Though she showed a softer side once when falling for Green Arrows sidekick Roy Harper, she fairly quickly returned to her murderous tendencies.
One of Wonder Woman's chief enemies, Circe is a mythical Greek god that has long hated Wonder Woman and her sisters on Paradise Island. Battling WW with an impressive combination of spells and duplicity, she's a tricky villain, though she's displayed great power when needed. Her unpredictable magical abilities (not to mention her good looks) might make her irresistible to the developers of Injustice.
The godlike ruler of planet Apokolips, Darkseid is the very embodiment of evil in the DC Universe. He's known for incredible strength and stamina, and the most powerful attack in his arsenal are his Omega Beams. Shot from his eyes, the deadly energy beams rarely miss and can kill all but the strongest of beings. Having already starred as the main villain in Mortal Kombat vs DC, we think it's quite likely he'll make an appearance in Injustice.
One of the Justice League's oldest foes, in his most well-known form Despero is a double threat. He often occupies a body of supreme strength that easily defended itself against Superman and Wonder Woman at the same time. Plus he has mental powers that can influence all but the strongest of minds. Like Darkseid and Anti-Monitor, Despero is a big enough threat to be the lead villain of the game.
Doctor Light
If you aren't a comic book fan, let's first make a point that this guy is no relation to Megaman's Dr. Light. He has the ability to control and manipulate light, which extends to force fields, invisibility, flight and powerful energy bursts. An evil scientist, Light is as well known these days for his danger to the world at large as he is for his despicable history of sex violence. If he appears in Injustice, we hope it's without his background in sex crimes.
An immortal manifestation of evil, Eclipso is dangerous for many reasons, not the least of which being his incredible strength, speed, invulnerability and dark light rays. But the aspect that makes him truly unstoppable is his ability to possess anyone that touches his cursed gem. Eclipso has had many different identities over the years, and if included in Injustice, we think it'd be pretty cool if his alternate costumes could reflect some of the most famous inhabitants (including The Atom's former love Jean Loring).
Gorilla Grodd
Grodd is a bloodthirsty gorilla that wants to enslave humanity--that, alone, justifies his inclusion in Injustice. But if you need more convincing, so be it. An outcast of a society of hyper-intelligent apes, Grodd directs his fury at humanity, continually attacking it and being rebuffed by the Justice League. Grodd not only has super strength and incredibly tough skin, he also has mental abilities that he uses for mind control and to make his enemies experience their worst nightmares. With credentials like that, its an injustice Grodd isnt in Injustice, something the DLC needs to fix.
To most comic book fans, Superman's collection of villains can't compare to deep rogues galleries like Batman or Flash, but Clark Kent has a few great villains outside Lex Luthor. Take Metallo, a killer robot with the brain of a man and a heart of green kryptonite. He's always been a very physical threat to the Man of Steel, so he'd make for a fitting (and unexpected) rival to Kal-El.
Professor Zoom
Every super hero needs an evil double in their super villain collection, and Professor Zoom might be the best version of that trope. Dressed in inverted colors of the Flash, the professor was once Flash's biggest fan in the 25th century, but eventually that was twisted into hate and jealousy. Master of the reverse version of the Speed Force, the ruthless villain is as fast as the Flash, but far more viscous. We hope Injustice includes his devious take on super speed combat.
Talia al Ghul
Ras al Ghul is so last century. If Injustice calls on anyone from the League of Shadows, wed rather see his more level headed daughter in the game. Talias love/hate (AKA, have sex with/try to kill) relationship with Batman would make for interesting story sequences, she can more than hold her own in combat, and lately shes really embraced her dark side. Plus, she has an army of Man-Bat assassins she can call down thatd make for a pretty crazy finisher.
Challenge of the Super Friends
So that's our list of who we want to see in Injustice, but for a fictional universe as vast as DC's, there are thousands more that could be included. Tell us in the comments what heroes and villains you'd include in your dream roster.
If youre looking for more news on the game, check out the Injustice Gods Among Us review and the game's home page.


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Back in 2004, when Justice Scalia was taking some heat for his refusal to recuse himself from a case involving Vice President Cheney's energy policy task force based on their having gone on a duck-hunting trip together, I came to his defense. Here was a key portion of my analysis:
Suppose that Justice Scalia and his friend Vice President Cheney had also been accompanied on their duck-hunting trip by Justice Scalia's friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (If you have difficulty imagining Justice Ginsburg duck hunting, imagine the threesome at the opera instead.) Would anyone think that her impartiality would be called into question because of social interaction with the Vice President? Would the Sierra Club have sought her recusal?
Of course not. And why not? Because Justice Ginsburg is, as a matter of judicial philosophy, less prone to accept claims of executive power than Justice Scalia.
The real objection, as everyone who understands what's going on here knows, is not that Justice Scalia went duck hunting with Vice President Cheney. The objection isn't that they're friends, either. The real objection is that Justice Scalia and Vice President Cheney share an approach to executive power that the plaintiffs dislike.
I dislike that approach as well. I also think that killing animals for sport (or food, for that matter), is wrong. But I don't see how either of those substantive views I hold counts as a basis for recusing Justice Scalia.I find myself in roughly the same place when thinking about the controversies over the last couple of years involving recusals and non-recusals by Justices Kagan and Thomas. The latest episode involves the question of whether Justice Kagan will have to recuse herself from a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), if and when one reaches the Court. As explained in this helpful piece by Lyle Denniston on SCOTUSblog, whether Kagan recuses apparently will depend on which (if any) of several pending certiorari petitions the Court grants. If the Court takes a First Circuit case she's out; if the Court takes a Second Circuit case, she's in.
Let's assume that Kagan is correctly applying the relevant standard: Direct participation in a case as a lawyer calls for recusal when the case arises before the same person once she has become a judge, but does not require recusal from a case presenting the same (or nearly the same) issues in another case. Does that standard make any sense as applied to a Supreme Court Justice who was formerly Solicitor General? I think not.
To be sure, there are circumstances in which the standard is sensible. Suppose that Lawyer X represents the incumbent managers and board of directors of the Acme Corporation against a shareholder derivative action challenging some allegedly fraudulent financial statement. Then X is appointed to the bench and that very lawsuit against Acme is randomly assigned to Judge X. Obviously X should recuse herself. And equally obviously, Judge X need not recuse herself in all future litigation alleging fraud by other managers and directors of other companies. We would legitimately worry that X's work as a lawyer for Acme on this particular case creates a bias, or at least the appearance of a bias, for Acme's managers and directors. But future cases involving the same or similar legal issues with respect to other defendants would not fall within that bias. And this would be true even if, as a result of X's representation of Acme, X had developed views about the circumstances under which shareholder derivative suits ought to succeed against corporate managers and directors. Indeed, we might even imagine that one reason Lawyer X was named to the bench was to bring some of her expertise in corporate and securities law to the judiciary.
However, Justice Kagan's circumstances look quite different. As the Solicitor General peripherally involved in defending DOMA, she may have developed a residual bias for the government. But if so, surely that would be a bias for the government's interest in defending DOMA, not a bias for the government's interest in defending DOMA in Massachusetts (First Circuit) but not in Connecticut (Second Circuit). If we think about this issue by analogy to my hypothetical derivative suit, we might imagine that Judge X is asked to adjudicate a new lawsuit alleging fraud by the same managers and directors of Acme that X formerly represented. If we worry about the appearance of impropriety in the original hypothetical case, we would likely worry about the same appearance in another case against Acme involving similar allegations. So if Justice Kagan needs to recuse herself from a First Circuit DOMA case based on party bias, she should have to recuse herself from all such cases based on party bias.
But if the worry is party-based, then why stop at DOMA cases? Shouldn't Justice Kagan have to recuse herself in all cases in which the U.S. government is a party? Of course not. If that were the rule, then no former SG--or government lawyer--could become a Supreme Court Justice. Only two current Supreme Court Justices (Kennedy and Ginsburg) were not federal executive branch lawyers at some point in their career. Hence recusal based on the appearance of loyalty to a past client cannot possibly be a basis for recusal of a Supreme Court Justice who formerly represented the federal government.
So if the worry is not that a current Justice developed loyalty based on party, it must be that he or she developed a bias based on the subject matter. Yet that's clearly not the law either--even in the private party case, as we saw with my hypothetical case.
And anyway, the whole notion that Justice Kagan should have to recuse because she developed a bias in favor of upholding DOMA in virtue of her work as SG is ridiculous. There is simply no plausible scenario in which the Supreme Court votes to strike down DOMA but Justice Kagan dissents.
Now, to be fair, one reason for recusal is that an unrecused judge might bend over backwards to avoid showing bias against a former client, and thus unfairly disfavor her former client. But that's also quite unrealistic here. As with Justice Scalia's participation in the Cheney case, everybody understands that whatever druthers Justice Kagan may have relate to her views about how best to interpret the Constitution, not any bias developed (or perceived to have been developed) as SG.


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Renee at Heart Tokens has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Thanks Renee! I really appreciate you for thinking of me. I am always encouraged and inspired when I read your posts. They are very honest and transparent, which is so helpful to me.
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Here are the rules:
• Thank the blogger who nominated you.
• Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you.
• Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions.
• List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award in your post/or on your blog.
Questions for me to answer:
1. Are you the type of person that has to check email during vacation? Yes
2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Not 100% sure, but hopefully doing something where I can work more with people.
3. What is your biggest weakness? Procrastination
4. What is your best talent? I'm pretty good at listening to people.
5. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Vegetable
6. Who inspires you the most? My mom
7. Are you super talkative? No.
8. What is the yummiest desert you've ever eaten? Sweet Potato Pie
9. Do you enjoy exercising? I enjoy walking
10. What book do you recommend everybody to read? I have read so many books, but anything you read by Joyce Meyer will be great. She is my favorite author.
11. What motivates you? Reading the Bible and writing.
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Devotions of Grace
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Mercifully Broken
Mission Loved
Reflections of a Storyteller
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3. What is your favorite color?
4. Tell something about yourself you would want others to know?
5. Do you have a pet?
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7. What is your most memorable vacation?
8. What is your favorite memory?
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Each typeface has a unique tone that should produce a harmonious fit between the verbal and visual flow of your content. With the first versions of HTML, Web authors had no control over typefaces ("fonts" in personal computer terminology). Fonts were set by the browser, so pages were viewed in whatever font the user specified in his or her browser preferences. The more recent versions of HTML and CSS allow designers to specify the typeface. This is useful not only for aesthetic reasons but also because of the differing dimensions of typefaces. A layout that is carefully designed using one face may not format correctly in another.
In specifying typefaces you should choose from the resident default fonts for most operating systems. If you specify a font that is not on the user's machine, the browser will display your pages using the user-specified default font. Bear in mind, too, that users can set their browser preferences to ignore font tags and display all pages using their designated default font.
Some typefaces are more legible than others on the screen. A traditional typeface such as Times Roman is considered to be one of the most legible on paper, but at screen resolution its size is too small and its shapes look irregular. Screen legibility is most influenced by the x-height (the height of a lowercase "x") and the overall size of the typeface.
Times New Roman is a good example of a traditional typeface that has been adapted for use on computer screens. A serif typeface like Times New Roman (the default text face in most Web browsers) is about average in legibility on the computer screen, with a moderate x-height. Times New Roman is a good font to use in text-heavy documents that will probably be printed by readers rather than read from the screen. The compact letter size of Times New Roman also makes it a good choice if you need to pack a lot of words into a small space.
Typefaces such as Georgia and Verdana were designed specifically for legibility on the computer screen; they have exaggerated x-heights and are very large compared to more traditional typefaces
in the same point size. These fonts offer excellent legibility for Web pages designed to be read directly from the screen. However, the exaggerated x-heights and heavy letterforms of these fonts look massive and clumsy when transferred to the high-resolution medium of paper.
The most conventional scheme for using typefaces is to use a serif face such as Times New Roman or Georgia for body text and a sans serif face such as Verdana or Arial as a contrast for headlines. We generally set our text-laden Web pages in Times New Roman because it produces a reasonable balance between density of information and overall legibility. Most readers expect a serif font for long blocks of text and find Times New Roman comfortable to read off-screen from paper printouts. Various studies purport to show that serif type is more legible than sans serif type and vice versa. You can truly judge type legibility only within the context of the situation on the screen as users will see your Web page.
You may use either a variation of the serif font or a contrasting sans serif face for the display type. It is safest to use a single typographic family and vary its weight and size for display type and emphasis. If you choose to combine serif and sans serif faces, select fonts that are compatible and don't use more than two typefaces (one serif, one sans serif) on a page.
The most useful fonts that ship with the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems are reproduced here (we have omitted bitmap fonts and decorative or novelty typefaces):
The early versions of HTML did not allow designers to specify a typeface for Web documents. With version 3.2 came several new tags aimed at giving designers more control over the visual properties of elements, among them the FONT tag. Many of these have been "deprecated" by the World Wide Web Consortium, which means that they may be dropped from future versions of HTML. Although the added tags enable designers to create more elegant-looking pages, they also result in cumbersome code that is difficult to adapt and maintain. You can still use the FONT tag to set the type in your documents, but a better approach is to consolidate text formatting in style sheets.
You can specify any typeface for your Web pages, but many computers have only the default operating system fonts installed. If the typeface you specify is not available on the user's computer, the browser will switch to the default font (generally "Times New Roman" or "Times"). To increase the chances that the reader will see a typeface you are happy with, you can specify multiple fonts. The browser will check for the presence of each font (in the order given), so you can specify three or four alternates before the browser applies the default font, for example, "Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica." As a last-ditch effort you can end your font declaration with a generic font designation such as "sans serif." That way, if the browser cannot find any of the listed fonts, it will display the text in any available sans serif font.
P { font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Times, serif }
P { font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Times, serif }
Notice that multiword fonts like "Times New Roman" must appear within quotation marks.
A good way to make sure that your type settings are functioning correctly is to set your browser's default proportional font setting to something that is obviously different from your intended font. For example, set your browser's default font to Courier if you are not using Courier in your document. When you view your page, anything that appears in Courier must not be marked up properly.
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