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There exist certain unmistakable symbols and ideas, which define a political movement or an ideology.
For Communism, it is the hammer and sickle over the bright red flag, the labor gulag and Stalin's execution lists. For Fascism, it is the strutting dictator stapled with phony medals, goose stepping SS soldiers, the swastika and the death camps, experts in the art of murder. For Liberalism, it is the grey institutional, corporate-bank building filled with bureaucratic drones, the local white stone courthouse, the police station, jail-prison with bars, the office of the local sheriff, and the brown brick, state school, with yellow school buses added for a little touch of class.
But what exists for Anarchy? We have the classic A with the circle around it. We have the long N shaped symbol with an arrow moving upward and a circle around that. And we have a black flag with some red in it – with part of the flag having a star, or even a fist, or whatever. There is also the Anarchist Black Cross, a type of Greek Cross or a Medical Cross, which usually has a clenched fist on the top of the vertical bar. We can also add a punk looking individual to the mix, and some Anarchists have even appropriated the classic black and white pirate flag with the skull and crossed bones. But there is an idea that maintains its constancy within all Anarchy practices: the Class War.
How many memories and bad experiences do we continue to hold from all of our crap jobs history – or where we still trudge and grudge our lives away?
All of my diverse jobs in my personal life were bad ones, including the one that I held for the most labor time of my life: as a lowly paid, graduate teaching assistant at some western land-grant American university. My second longest work stretch was my time surviving in the US Military. I was lucky to not get kicked out of that one.
My employment history mostly shows a shattered list of short work stints, about a few months at the most, and in the end, the owner bastards often fired me. I am damn proud of this spotted work record too. I have openly lived my life as a true warrior inside of the Class War. I have never traded nor soiled my honor, nor my dignity, to a boss-manager parasite.
Believe it or not, I've actually worked hard – if the job interested me. I have always arrived on time to work, and while inside of the wage struggle, I got straight into the labor intensity. I have never liked just sitting or standing around, and I always tried to find some initiative or creativity on my own in order to learn more things. But in the end, we all live under the loaded shotgun of the Class Struggle. The loaded shotgun has always aimed at us – the regular workers, the drinking class, the working class.
The commandeering class parasites don't see it that way however. They want to avoid the most work as possible in order to collect a higher salary with lots of benefits – the worker ants damned! Those losers constantly delegate the hated work jobs, often cleaning or organizing tasks, onto the lower worker peons. Those hacks also have the ear of the owners. And the owners only want one thing – profits!
This is the Class Struggle: the owner wants more work out of the wage slaves, while also hoping to cut down the employee wages in order to increase profit margins; meanwhile, the workers want to conserve their energy for life outside of work, while hoping for a measly pay raise – maybe some time in the distant future.
Since its ugly surfacing some hundreds of years ago, Capitalism has waged a most ruthless war or struggle against the lives of most humans. Whether we like it or not, we all must survive in the Class Struggle, and fight until the bitter end – inside of the Class War.
The owners holding the capital have waged a relentless war against us. Our wage slave jobs slowly rot out our bodies, and eventually clog our vital energies, and so we must fight back. We battle the owners every day on the job, or we fight back as consumers against their crap products, or we even expose the owners' dishonest practices through writing scathing reviews on the Internet. There are many more ways to struggle.
There is also sabotage. Sabotage does not just imply purposely breaking the machines; although, in extreme situations, this works too. It can also mean following every single rule in the business in order to slow down production or any system of overwork. It can even mean informing the state authorities about the owner's negligence of the laws. Yes, we can use the divide and conquer method against our foes, since they have continually used similar methods against us.
Another sabotage tactic is giving out the product for free to customers in order to show our appreciation for choosing the business! This has also worked splendidly in the past. The owner crooks can lambast all they want about stealing, but this is just giving the customer a bit more appreciation. Customer service is king – and especially under Global Monopoly Capitalism that truly rules our evil world.
Capitalism steals more than our wages. The system robs us through its flimsy tax scams, which we lower orders can never use, such as unemployment and social security money. In the United States, most employers reject the unemployment claims of fired workers most of the time – and the corrupt judges generally rubber stamp the boss' dirty deeds. We can only receive some federal, state and city back taxes, if we make less than the poverty wage. Anyway, the poverty wage is so low that it exists as a worthless system for any wage earner.
The thugs in the US federal government are getting a little nervous however. They recently started an Earned Income Credit scam that allows the peons to keep a little crumbs from the 'taxed money.' Nice try. Those band aids never help.
Capitalism also robs the lowly paid wage workers grievously through stealing their surplus labor. Every day that we arrive to work and labor hard, we actually create a surplus product ready for sale. Our unpaid surplus labor creates a surplus of value, or wealth, for the owners. Yet, we only receive a low wage that barely pays for our dismal lives of bill paying, taxation and basic cost of living, such as food, housing and clothes.
Nowadays, many wage slaves have to work two or three jobs in order to live in an sub-standard apartment. Landlords have also become desperate within this capitalist shell game, and in many small cities and towns, 'with jobs,' they have lifted the prices for basic living into the American megalopolis price zones of New York and San Francisco.
Many Amerikan landlords have transformed themselves into property pimps who push anyone who can't pay their exorbitant rents into the poorer or rural suburbs, such as the young, lumpen poor and minorities. The displaced poor then have to flush their money into urban scam 'public transportation,' which costs more than actually driving a car around the city. Other wage slaves living in the more rural parts will have to dig deeper in their pockets for paying gas costs, state mandated taxes, state mandated insurance and auto part-repair bills. And these people still have to buy decent food, wear cool clothes – and possibly enjoy their scant leisure time.
The owners have successfully colonized and scammed our leisure activities. Most of our 'fun activities' cost something: bars, restaurants, cafes, concerts, festivals, amusement parks, outdoor sports, parties, lotteries-casino gambling, etc. We have to throw our money away to another group of owners in the 'service industry,' and whose members often represent the more noxious elements of the small business owner class. Going out and enjoying our lives, during 'our time off,' is not so cheap anymore.
We must structure our crowded lives around our 'jobs.' which slowly degenerate our meager existence. The boss-owner group can take off whenever he or she wants, and do whatever he or she wants during work hours: a golf game, a two-hour lunch, a visit to family, personal shopping, or even just a light nap or refreshing break. We continue working, and worst of all, the job steals away our precious personal time – and sadly, our fleeting youth. The owners makes the work-life schedules, not us.
The owner-bosses like to take multiple week vacations throughout the work year. Few wage slaves get the old, two-week paid vacation from the distant past. If you ask for it, it tells the boss that you want fewer hours – and he or she will soon terminate your employment.
Most wage work doesn't even have work contracts anymore. The owner can fire the employees at will, and they often do just that – for whatever reasons. There are so many other wage slaves, and especially young ones, banging on the doors. The owner can just go down the list and call up the most pliable worker.
In some service professions in the US, such as restaurants-bars, distributing centers, cleaning services and construction-repair work, the bosses have a massive pool of illegal immigrant workers to exploit. Other businesses can use a pool of legal, foreign visa students-workers. The owners inside the education, nursing and software industries exploit this privilege all the time. I have yet to see the federal, state or local governments punish those dishonest owner crooks who prefer to hire non-Americans. If you can hire a foreigner to do the same job, worker harder, and for less pay – than why not?
Ultimately, more and more owners refuse to pay the full amount of salary when they fire employees, or when the employees quit. Fighting for the rest of the pay is simply not worth it, since the legal system always backs up the owner class, and the proof of outright theft is on the employee. How many employees have the time or energy to fight back? If the wage slave does not have any family money to help him or her, then he or she had better find another crushing, soul killing job – or he or she will then join the ranks of the homeless 'bums,' or drifters.
The worst part of the story is still not over. As this Global Monopoly Capitalist system becomes more outrageous and more brutal, so there emerges a smaller pool of available jobs. The only jobs left will be those high paying administrator-commandeering manager-executive class jobs. Those people do no useful work whatsoever, except attend meetings and pass e-mails. Those jobs are for the people who have attended highly rated universities and have some wealthy family contacts. This leaves the rest of us thrown into the Capitalist Maelstrom.
The lucky ones will have some important manual skill where they can find work as 'independent contractors': electricians, builders, plumbers, welders, or simply fix-it-all, jack of all trades, people.
For the rest of us, losers, the future enters a biting darkness. I include myself in this group, since PhD bums in history were stupid enough to believe that there were jobs for intellectually smart-street wise dummies. In the past there were job prospects, but the sociopaths that hold power in the Amerikan Empire don't care anymore. Why should they? Most PhD recipients have transformed themselves into pathetic cowards. How can any PhD with any sense of honor and dignity work as an adjunk, part-time teacher for less pay that any McJob dweeb?
What can we do to forestall such a monstrous future waiting for us?
We must embrace the Class War, since the elites, the top owner class within the boards of directorships of the major corporations and banks, including their top political class minions, have already declared war against us – from the beginning of human history. Before it was the master-slave relationship, now it is the owner-wage slave relationship.
We have only two choices ahead. First, We could bow our heads and keep looking for different work situations, and if we have family money to help us out, then we can survive with odd jobs.
The other option is that we can reject work altogether and just become traveling bums or drifters – like the hobos of the Great Depression. Yes, I mean drop out of the work force, travel around to different parts of the country, and find the odd job for some desperate cash.
Yet even this old 'job search' system is dying. Most of the ugliest, slave-like jobs either require a background check of a few pages, inclusive of a drug test, or they are only reserved for the illegal immigrant slaves who will desperately do any job, including septic cleaning and slaughterhouse killing.
The Class War continues: always and forever!

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Arrowsmith 10/18/37 Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series e...more
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Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
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Publication Acceptance Date: 3/4/2009
Publication Date: 3/4/2009
Citation: Riday, H. 2009. Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Rapidly Ascertain Seedling Establishment Potential in Red Clover Breeding Programs [abstract]. Presentation from the 2009 Annual Meeting in Morgantown, West Virginia. Available: http://www.umaine.edu/grazingguide/2009%20presentations.htm.
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Technical Abstract: Establishing and maintaining forage legumes in grazed pastures is important to many grazing operations. To ascertain plant breeding progress in red clover (Trifolium pratense) over the past 50 years, persistence under rotational grazing in mixture with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) of 220 red clover populations was evaluated. This study showed that breeding has increased seedling establishment density as well as stand persistence and that initial seedling density at establishment is an important factor in longer term stand persistence. Current red clover breeding nurseries are transplanted space-plant nurseries in a dense sod forming grass such as Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratense) or a fine fescue blend (Festuca). Such nurseries are excellent for evaluating red clover biomass yield and persistence. However, establishment characteristics can not be evaluated in such nurseries. To address this shortcoming, we have experimented with using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to rapidly select red clover with higher frost-seeded establishment plant density. A pilot project was initiated in 2005 using replicated micro-plots to evaluate frost-seeded red clover halfsib family establishment. After developing this evaluation technique, 120 halfsib families were evaluated in 2008 to develop a NIRS frost-seeded establishment prediction equation. Halfsib family seed was evaluated under field conditions as well as scanned using NIRS. One hundred of the 120 families were used as a calibration set to build a NIRS equation. Using this equation, frost-seeded establishment densities of the 20 family validation set were predicted and ranked. Linear contrasts using actual field data of the 20 family validation set showed that groupings of the top and bottom 20% NIRS equation-ranked families could be statistically separated. This study provides preliminary evidence that NIRS can be used to screen seed lots for seedling vigor. These results also open the door to using similar evaluation techniques in small-seeded forage legumes that are more difficult to establish in pastures such as kura clover (Trifolium ambiguum) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).


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So, unless you were at PAX, or stuck at work, what did everybody play over the weekend?
Me, my time was split between the following:
TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON - Finished up the singleplayer on this last week. Thought it was a lot better than the first game, much tighter pacing. It sags in the middle, but the beginning (METROPLEX!) and end (FIGHTING!) are everything a Transformes fan could want and then some.
WALKING DEAD EPISODE 3 - In 28 years of playing video games, I have never cried. Until I played this. Those who have played it will know exactly which scene I'm talking about. Those who haven't should probably rectify that. I've had some unkind things to say about Telltale's work in the past, but their work on this is some of the most accomplished video game story-telling I've ever seen. Powerful stuff.
SLEEPING DOGS - Like most of Kotaku, I'm playing and loving this. Finding the side-missions are getting a little repetitive now I'm a few hours in, but the combat, voice-acting and virtual tourism is still a blast.
DUST: AN ELYSIAN TAIL - Didn't like it. I'm in awe of the fact the majority of the game is the work of one man, but the art style and voice acting just put me off.
GUILD WARS 2 - I hate MMOs. But I'm giving this one a shot. And finding it's...an MMO. Can't stand the "fake" combat, but I'll explore the world some more and dig a little deeper before walking away.
What about you? Digging a new game, or revisiting a classic?


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Thanks to cheap cameras, it seems like every inch of road in the former Soviet East is being recorded. We've seen car after car after car crash into each other, and something needs to be done.
One of the most highly-crashed supercars these days is the Ferrari 458. Aside from the questionable taillights, it is a thing of beauty and it deserves a caring owner and a life of safe, fast driving. I fear that many of them are falling into the hands of douchebags, and I'm worried I will see one getting completely destroyed on some dash cam in Moscow any day now.
Just see what Jimal wrote in today's post on the Russian mom who's bringing her son Russia's two only DeLoreans.
Still waiting for the obligatory dash cam video of the only two DeLoreons in Russia crashing into each other in a Moscow tunnel...
This reputation of car enthusiasts as crash-prone nogoodniks needs to stop! Someone needs to set a positive example. Someone needs to show that a supercar can be driven sensibly and enjoyed.
This is why I implore Ferrari to give me a free 458 for at least a year. Give me a dash cam to record my responsible, sensible adventures. It will give supercar owners a good name.
Please Ferrari, do consider. It's for your own good.
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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee Has Heart Attack
Head of Cellphone Maker Is in Stable Condition; Questions Arise Over Succession
Samsung Electronics Co.'s chairman was in stable condition at a hospital in Seoul on Sunday after a heart attack.
Lee Kun-hee, 72 years old, had trouble breathing late Saturday and was sent to a hospital emergency room near his home.
Mr. Lee showed symptoms of cardiac arrest and the hospital staff had to perform cardiopulmonary...
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This text is part of Parks' Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.Morris Mesa refers to the plateau of parkland named after the prominent Morris family of the Bronx. In 1670, brothers Richard (c.1616-1669) and Lewis Morris (c.1601-1691) bought property in the Bronx. Today, the Bronx neighborhoods Morrisania and Morris Heights honor this family.
Three great-grandchildren of Richard Morris earned fame as statesmen: Staats Long Morris (1728-1806) served as a British officer and later in the English Parliament. He died a resident of England. His brother, Yale-educated Lewis Morris (1726-1798), was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He earned the rank of major general in the Westchester militia, served in the Continental Congress (1775-1777), and. worked on a committee with George Washington (1732-1799) to provide the colonies with military supplies. In 1783, Lewis sent a letter to the Continental Congress recommending that Morrisania be made capital of the United States. The suggestion went unconsidered


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CEDIA 2.0 Webinar Attendee Questions: The Value of Industry Training
You asked CEDIA your questions during the CEDIA 2.0 webinar...(didn't get to hear it? Log on to customretailer.net) and there was so many questions, CEDIA is giving you the answers DAILY in CustomRetailer Today.
Harold Clark Asks: What is the benefit of Certification Education: bigbox retailer CEDIA certified versus ESC custom independent business?
Answer: We all know the value of industry training; it improves the quality of our work and makes us more efficient, therefore more profitable.
As for different certifications for different applications, CEDIA recognizes there are a variety of different business models out there who specialize in different kinds of work. But the same fundamentals apply and we want to be the ones that teach the entire industry the right way to design and install their systems.
Someone doing basic sales and installation might have the basic ESPA certification, or perhaps CEDIA ESTII. But when you look at a sophisticated custom integrator you will likely find several certified technicians along with personnel holding ESTIII, Designer, and CEDIA's soon to be launched Residential Networking Specialist. You may also see credentials from ISF, THX, HAA, CompTIA etc.
A company with this kind of staff clearly stands out as one with exceptional training and a commitment to excellence.
CustomRetailer extends a heartfelt thank you to webinar sponsors AVAD, Panamax/Furman BlueBolt, Bitwise and RTI.


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BBC News
- MP Margaret Ferrier's Covid Parliament trip 'indefensible'
- Covid: Poland and Turkey added to UK's quarantine list as fines rise
- Stricter Covid rules in Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough
- Matiu Ratana death: Met Police sergeant 'died from gunshot to chest'
- Hull to Belgium ferry closure 'end of an era' for city
- Woman with cerebral palsy removed from Alton Towers ride
- Emergency powers adopted to require schools to teach online
- Brierley Hill shooting: Murder arrest after two men shot dead in car
- Lorry driver held in Kent over suspected migrant smuggling
- Fly-tipping 'became more acceptable in lockdown', MP says
- Duffield deaths: Man jailed for murdering wife and new partner
- Brexit: EU starts legal action against UK over deal breach plan
- Government's own figures at odds with PM's PPE claim
- Covid-19: Turkey and Poland off safe travel list, and more local restrictions announced
- Coronavirus: Restrictions for England to be standardised into three tiers
- Covid: Vaccine will 'not return life to normal in spring'
- Coronavirus: How does Covid-19 test-and-trace work?
- Covid rules: How much of the UK is now under some sort of lockdown?
- Covid-19: Is Luton the 'way forward' in the coronavirus battle?
- Coronavirus: New restrictions announced in Derry and Strabane
- Covid-19: Growth in cases may be slowing in England
- PM's father Stanley Johnson pictured in shop without face covering
- Denise Johnson: Posthumous solo album finally puts singer centre stage
- 'I worked a five-hour shift and got paid nothing'
- Covid student chaos: Paying £30k a year and begging security for food
- Banaz Mahmod murder: 'What they did was unforgivable'
- Victorian Society risk list: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet pub added
- Maritime life around the coast of Britain
- Covid-19: Funding crisis threatens zoo conservation
- Onions, ironing and 'sex appeal': Who is Tony Abbott?
- Seal of approval: Gavin the seal makes a splash
- Northamptonshire poet creates ode to 'heart of mainland Britain'
- Covid-19: Hancock on new regional virus restrictions
- EU sends UK 'formal notice' over government bill
- Oxford A34 crash: Adrian Bourne hit by ambulance after wine tasting event
- Covid in Scotland: No new virus restrictions announced
- Coronavirus: 'Concern' for hospitality businesses in north west
- Covid: Cwm Taf leads dramatic rise in Wales hospital cases
- Bradford MP Naz Shah gets apology for 'horrendous' Leave.EU post
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A Vow Unpaid
By: Rick Boxx
June 3, 2014
According to the Kansas City Star, the Kansas City Art Institute received a $5 million pledge from former banker, Larry Dodge. After the 2008 banking crisis, Mr. Dodge's bank was seized by regulators and he was devastated financially.
According to the Dodge's, they paid $1 million towards their pledge, but due to the change in their circumstances, they requested that KCAI allow them to restructure their pledge. Instead, KCAI filed suit and aggressively pursued them for the remainder of their pledge!
It is somewhat unprecedented for a nonprofit organization to aggressively pursue a donor this publicly, and is a reason to question their judgment. Yet, the Dodge's have also experienced the meaning of Ecclesiastes 5:5, "It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay."
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Michigan Resources
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Cases Represented by Life Legal Defense Foundation
The following cases are examples of the excellent work that Life Legal Defense Foundation is doing in the area stopping hospital euthanasia. Unfortunately most families are not aware that they have rights to protect their loved ones from involuntary euthanasia. This does not mean that hospitals will easily desist in their effort to carry out the euthanasia. That is why we are providing further information on this website to help families understand their rights. You probably will need a lawyer to get your loved one moved to a medical facility that will agree to your treatment requests or to their home if that is medically possible.
Involuntary euthanasia is considered murder in every state and province in North America. Yet Life Legal Foundation receives calls every week asking for help in cases where people are being starved, dehydrated or denied life-saving care simply because someone decided their life is no longer worth living or spending resources on someone whose life is no longer worth living. Life Legal has attorneys in every state to which they can refer potential cases. Life Legal does not charge for their services but this means that cases are taken on a priority bases. It would be best to first to contact a lawyer in your state or province directly that would be willing to defend yourself or a loved one. It is preferable that you have a power of attorney for health care or an advanced directive with someone you trust as your or your loved one's power of attorney (agent) who will follow your treatment requirements and be willing to oppose the hospital in a case were the hospital refuses to follow your wishes or you if you are the power of attorney (agent) for your loved. This will make it easier for your attorney to defend your requests with a court judge. But if you can not find a lawyer you can call Life Legal (contact information is below) for a referral to a lawyer or you ask them to help you directly. read more
Choosing a Grief Counselor
If you have experienced the trauma of having a loved one euthanized by a hospital against their and your personal choice. It is very understandable that grief will arise as well as possibly guilt and anger due to the loss of a loved one by a hospital and doctor (see article on Grief, Guilt and Anger on this website). If you already have a relationship with a counselor that you are satisfied with then you will not need this search option.
However, if you are looking for a counselor that has grief as one of the issues for which they provide counseling just enter your postal code or city below...
...you will be provided with a list of counselors (created and owned by Psychology Today) in your postal code. (If want to use another postal code you can choose that at the top right of this page. Depending on your location you may have a very large amount of counselors.
Here are some suggestions on how to reduce the list to a manageable number:
● On the left you will see a list of specific things such health insurance companies whose network they are in, or clients of a specific faith which they prefer to work with. Most of these will reduce your list to a manageable number of counselors. If not go back and choose another category.
● When you click on a specific counselor's name, this will provide you with a detailed description of everything and more information to help you further reduce the list to a manageable number of counselors to directly contact. We would suggest not more than six counselors;
When you contact the counselor you should briefly provide your name, age and any other basic things you think they would need about you. Then briefly explain what you believe is the cause of your grief (and/or guilt or anger). This discussion should provide you with more information to make your selection.
The counselor will tell you if they feel comfortable working with your specific need or if they tell you they do not feel comfortable working with your specific need just thank them for their time and honest response, if the counselor tells they have do not have available time for another client again just thank them for their time. If the counselor is part of your final that you are going to make your final choice from tell the counselor that you are going to talk with a few other counselors and that you will get back to them regarding your final decision in any case.
If you choose not to work with this specific counselor you should not provide the name of the counselor you choose. Tell the counselor in this case politely that you would prefer not to provide this information. This should not turn into a bargaining or feed back situation. This is an interview. You can also tell them that you may get back to them if your initial choice did not meet your needs.
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A big thank you to Don Crisp, Ian Shelfer & Terry Bryant for kindly hosting the visit last Sunday afternoon by The French Connection to play a selection of numbers we performed at the Ch'tishads 6 event in France on the 3rd October.
Many thanks for your hospitality.
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This year's show opened with a refreshingly funny video short starring hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco in scenes from the year's 10 Best Picture nominees as they went into Alec Baldwin's dreams to get some tips on how to host the Oscars.
"If this were my dream, I'd be hosting the Oscars again," Baldwin told the interlopers, before asking Morgan Freeman, his dream narrator, "Who were those people?"
"I have no idea."
Our hosts for the evening then came out to a standing ovation, segueing into the typical Oscar host stand-up patter, though it was markedly better than recent years, as the two kept things loose.
"It used to be, If you get naked, you get nominated," stomped a beleaguered Hathaway.
The pair each called out to their mothers who were in the audience, with Hathaway's mom telling her, "Stand up straight--Mr. Steven Spielberg is here."
Franco then called out his grandmother, who purred, "I just saw Marky Mark…"
Next, two-time Best Actor winner was introduced to present the Oscar for Best Art Direction to production designer Robert Stromberg and set decorator Karen O'Hara for "Alice in Wonderland," which was quickly followed by Wally Pfister (stop giggling) winning Best Cinematographer for "Inception."


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My little princess - a drama queen?
Our sweet boy - a tough guy? Surely not. . .
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Defense Technology: A World Of Haves & Cannots
In the last 70 years, technology gaps in defence have increased hugely. US and Russia are far ahead from rest of the world in making arms and armaments.
big drawback that hobbled Japan in WWII was oil. Japan had aircraft carriers and fighter aircraft – but little oil. In each battle, in the decisive stages of the WWII, oil was in short supply. By the start of WWII, Japan was prepared for war, with its Zero fighters.
In the last 70 years, technology gaps in defence have increased hugely. Countries like India have decided to build their defence capability by importing the latest and the best on one hand. On the other hand, India has launched ambitious R & D projects that are getting close to world standards.
US and Russia are far ahead from rest of the world in making arms and armaments. Coming close to these countries will take decades and billions of dollars – two things that very few countries have. For instance, few countries in the world (US, Russia, UK, France, Italy) can make world-class jet engines for fighter aircraft. Even countries like Japan and Korea, with a strong electronics and industrial base depend on defence imports.
For WWII, Japan produced more than 10,000 fighters – including the famed Zero fighter.
Masahide Ishizuka, 52, a New Zealand resident originally from Tochigi Prefecture is campaigning to bring one of the four airworthy Zero fighter aircraft in the world back to Japan, where it can fly again in the skies of its homeland.
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nakajima Aircraft. Japan produced about 10,000 carrier-based Zero fighter aircraft during World War II.
In the early stages of the war, the Zero gained a reputation as a fearsome dogfighter with its slick maneuverability, long-distance range and high speed–three important attributes of fighter aircraft.
All four airworthy Zeros today are registered in the United States.
The Zero, a Mitsubishi-produced A6M3 Type 0 Model 22, was found in the 1970s in Papua New Guinea, and was restored to airworthiness by the U.S. collector.
via Aviation expert hopes to return Zero fighter to skies over Japan – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun.
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Welcome to the world of gamedevThanks
I see this is in CPP. I looked at the source code to see what the setTurretEulerRotation command does....
mRot = rot;
Which looks like what was being discussed in that post.
Taking all of the post about fixes into consideration it looks like this does not work and has never been fixed. So I guess if I want to use turrets I will have to use a different method


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WALTHAM — Bucking marketplace changes aimed at making health care more affordable, the cost "trend" driving what Massachusetts employers are charged for insurance is expected to climb 5 to 8 percent this year, insurance executives told an employer group Thursday.
That is substantially higher than the state's target of capping increases in total medical spending at 3.6 percent, a benchmark established last year to bring costs in line with the projected rate of annual economic growth in Massachusetts.
But the insurance executives stressed that their forecast — based on a formula combining the price of health care visits, tests, and procedures with the amount of care used by patients — does not mean the state will fall short of its goal.
But it does mean employees should be ready for more out-of-pocket expenses.
The underlying cost trend and the state's medical spending cap are like "apples and oranges," Andreana Santangelo, senior vice president and chief actuary at health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts said. She was speaking before about 100 people at a market outlook summit hosted by the New England Employee Benefits Council at the Waltham Woods conference center.
While the insurers' trend will influence spending calculations, she said, other factors will also come into play, ranging from capital improvements at hospitals to the wages of health care workers to changes in benefit designs that could boost co-payments and deductibles for employees. Another important factor will be doctors responding to incentives in new risk-sharing insurance contracts that reward them for keeping patients healthy and out of the hospital, Santangelo said.
"The industry is in the trying-a-lot-of-things mode," she said. "What we now have is a robust network of physicians who've drunk the juice about managing total medical costs."
While the rate of medical-care spending increases has slowed nationally and in Massachusetts since 2009, per-capita spending on health care here remains the highest in the country, said Eric Swain, vice president of sales and account management for UnitedHealthcare of New England. That was reinforced by a report released last month by the state's Health Policy Commission, which said the state squanders up to $27 billion a year in unneeded care.
"Everybody thinks that costs are excessive now," said Peter Horman, chief actuary at Neighborhood Health Plan, an insurer owned by Partners HealthCare System. "Everybody knows there's waste and there's a lot of unhealthy people out there, and those are problems that have to be fixed."
In addition to the risk-sharing contracts — which reimburse providers based on health outcomes rather than services performed — insurers have been rolling out programs to guide customers to cost-effective providers in their networks. They are also introducing plans that limit which doctors and hospitals members can go to or charge them more for receiving care at high-priced Boston academic medical centers rather than at community hospitals.
"We're opening their eyes, we're keeping them plugged in," said Anthony Cali, vice president of network and total medical cost management for Cigna's New England markets.
Duncan Stuart, director of sales for New England for Aetna Inc., said, "The Massachusetts market is changing in very dynamic ways. Employers are starting to embrace tiered networks," a cost-sensitive model he said is more popular in other parts of the country.
Insurance representatives said provisions in the federal Affordable Care Act, mostly fees and assessments levied on insurers, account for about 1 percent of their projected medical cost trend increase. While some of that is passed on to employers and employees in the form of higher premiums, it is at least partly offset by the law's preventive care requirements, including the waiving of co-pays for annual physicals.
Health plan executives also said the continued consolidation of hospitals and doctors, encouraged by the federal law as a way to promote more coordinated care, threatens to drive up costs even more in the future as larger health care networks gain negotiating clout.
"I definitely see provider consolidation as a risk to the industry," said Kevin Grozio, vice president for underwriting and actuarial services at Fallon Health.
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Radiopaque agents are drugs used to help diagnose certain medical problems. They contain iodine, which blocks x-rays. Depending on how the radiopaque agent is given, it localizes or builds up in certain areas of the body. The resulting high level of iodine allows the x-rays to make a "picture" of the area.
The areas of the body in which the radiopaque agent localizes will appear white on the x-ray film. This creates the needed distinction, or contrast, between one organ and other tissues. The contrast will help the doctor see any special conditions that may exist in that organ or part of the body.
The local radiopaque agents are used in the diagnosis of:
A catheter or syringe is used to put the solution of the radiopaque agent into the bladder or ureters to help diagnose problems or diseases of the kidneys or other areas of the urinary tract. It may also be placed into the uterus and fallopian tubes to help diagnose problems or disease of those organs. After the test is done, the patient expels most of the solution by urinating (after bladder or ureter studies) or from the vagina (after uterine or fallopian tube studies).
Radiopaque agents are classified by their osmolality (a measure of concentration). There are high- and low-osmolality contrast agents. Low-osmolality agents are newer and more expensive than the high-osmolality ones. For most patients, a high-osmolality contrast agent is a good and safe choice. However, some patients are considered to be at a greater risk of having severe reactions to a radiopaque agent. Patients at risk are those who have had a severe reaction to radiopaque agents in the past. Also, patients with asthma or a history of allergies may be at a greater risk of severe reactions. For these patients, a low-osmolality contrast agent may be chosen. If you have any questions about this, check with the radiologist.
The doses of radiopaque agents will be different for different patients and depend on the type of test. The strength of the solution is determined by how much iodine it contains. Different tests will require a different strength and amount of solution depending on the age of the patient, the contrast needed, and the x-ray equipment used. Also, for tests of the kidneys and other areas of the urinary tract, the amount of solution to be used depends on the size of the bladder.
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How do you do double buffer on WebGL?
Thanks in advance for your help.
How do you do double buffer on WebGL?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Because I don't see any useful application for single buffering I would claim that double buffering is always enabled.
However, there might be some effects that require read access to the front buffer. I would recommend to use FrameBufferObjects (FBO) for these special effects.
What does it mean that "double buffering is always enabled." ? How does it know when to swap?
My understanding is that OpenGL does not have swap buffer command. I am looking for the equivalent of glutSwapBuffers() function where it explicitly asks to swap the buffer.
As far as I understand it, WebGL does swap automatically when the browser does stop processing your script. Normally your applications does look like this:
window.setInterval("mainloop()", 33);
function mainloop() {
/* update */
/* draw scene */
The browser does swap buffers, when it does leave the mainloop function.
However, there are commands finish() and flush(), but for normal applications there is no need to call them.
Thanks for the clarification coolcat.
But your (pseudo-code) example seems to be still a single buffer rendering.
Below is the code snippet from http://www.opengl-redbook.com/.
int main(int argc, char** argv)
glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB); // Request double buffer
void display(void)
glRotatef(spin, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
glColor3f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
glRectf(-25.0, -25.0, 25.0, 25.0);
glutSwapBuffers(); // Explicitly request the swap buffer
X Windows provides glXSwapBuffers() and Windows provides wglSwapLayerBuffers()
That's a typical OpenGL double buffer rendering.
Once again…the browser does swap buffers, when it does leave the mainloop() function. After that your interval timer does call mainloop() again. Double buffering is used automatically.


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The University of Houston plans to request a waiver from the NCAA that would allow linebacker Trevon Randle to play this season after transferring from LSU, head coach Tony Levine said Monday.
"We're in the process of sending that waiver in, and we'll wait and hear back if they'll grant that or not," Levine said.
Randle, who played at Clear Springs, was rated as the eighth-best outside linebacker in the nation in 2011 by recruiting service Scout.com. He had offers from Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, according to Rivals.com.
Randle (6-1 and 210 pounds) did not play for LSU as a freshman last season. He attended classes during the spring semester at UH.
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• Offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt will handle play-calling duties. Nesbitt is in his first season with the Cougars after spending last season at Stephen F. Austin and the previous four seasons at West Texas A&M.
Levine said the Cougars will remain an up-tempo, no-huddle offense and "be very, very similar" from last season.
"What we have done here in the past has been extremely successful," Levine said. "What we've been doing here is what we've recruited to. We wanted to find somebody that shared philosophies with me, as well, and he was a perfect fit.
"If somebody has been out of town since last December and come watch us play Sept. 1 (against Texas State) they won't necessarily know there has been a change on that side of the football. I think people from all over the country recognize the University of Houston football program with that exciting style of play."
• On special teams, Damian Payne, Dewayne Peace and Charles Sims are early candidates to handle punt returns. Isaiah Sweeney and Jeffrey Lewis will get looks on kick returns.
• Former Houston wide receiver Justin Johnson has been named the Cougars' new offensive quality control assistant. "He's going to be a tremendous coach and he's going to be an even better role model for our student-athletes," Levine said.
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Let the Travel Games begin. We have trained vigorously for the challenging sport of visiting 2010 Olympic venues on a skeleton budget.
True, the economy nearly broke a downhill record recently, but don't give up before the finish line. You still can score bargains in Vancouver and Whistler, especially before and after the February Games.
"Visitors assume the host city is busy in the months leading up to the Olympics," Emily Armstrong, a spokeswoman for Tourism Vancouver, told the New York Times. "We're not."
Get a feeling for Vancouver by strolling, cycling and nibbling cheap eats in Stanley Park, Chinatown and Granville Island. The city gives free historic tours along the cobblestone streets of funky Gastown.
The stately Vancouver Art Gallery has admission by donation on Tuesday nights. And the stunning Vancouver Public Library offers free computers for the public.
Your opening ceremonies start at the airport, where the spanking-new rapid transit Canada Line SkyTrain speeds downtown every few minutes. All aboard - for around $5.
Dine out at world-class bistros like Jean-Georges's Market or settle into one of dozens of new or renovated hotels and star-gaze in the lobby. The stylish Moda Hotel, which starts at $99, has been home to eccentric rocker Lady Gaga. The new St. Regis Hotel has 65 lustrous, high-tech rooms from $159 with breakfast.
Even the posh Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver is within reach on many levels, including a third night free (www.fourseasons.com/vancouver). The hotel is emerging from a $20-million renovation, and its award-winning Yew restaurant and bar has a No Passport Required dinner that features a different nation's cuisine every month for $35. On Wine-Down Sundays, Yew trims 50-per-cent off of the choices in its extensive cellar that features wines of the world, including B.C.'s up-and-coming vintages.
In this Olympic year, shoot for a travel biathlon to Whistler along the scenic Sea-to-Sky highway. The Whistler and Blackcomb villages are home to superb après-ski and convenient slopeside lodging.
Outside Olympic weeks, specials abound at slopeside lodges. Suites at Tantalus Resort Lodge or Mountainside Lodge cost $70 to $130. For $10 to $20, you can breakfast at Gone Bakery or Moguls, lunch at Elements Urban Tapas Lounge or dine at La Brasserie des Artistes.
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay taped TV's Hell's Kitchen at the swish Araxi, where executive chef James Walt serves delectable Pacific Northwest ingredients in elegant surroundings. Go for the small plates for under $20.
For downhillers, the merged mountains of Whistler and Blackcomb create North America's largest ski area, well worthy of the Games. The towering summits are linked by the astonishing new Peak 2 Peak Gondola, a four-kilometre engineering feat in the sky. To save on lift tickets, buy in advance online.
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It seems OpenMAX IL does not support controlling audio hardware (microphone and speaker).
But it will be great to take the hardware into the scope of OpenMAX IL. That will provide a unified interface to control all parts of audio.
Please just answer me: Which API of OpenMAX IL can be used to do the audio hardware control (audio hardware path selecting, gain setting, filter controlling…)???
I see this message board is not very active. But I still wish somebody can spend one minute and share some ideas.
Thank you very very very very much.


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This film documents the laying of the foundation stone of St. Margaret's Hall at Ripon Training College. The stone was laid by the Princess Royal in 1950.
A short film made by the Riley Brothers, this film contains rare footage of Queen Victoria during her visit to Sheffield on 21 May, 1897 to open the Town Hall. This is one of the earliest films in the YFA collection.
This film was shot by Mr Frank Mottershaw of the Sheffield Photo Co. Ltd. The copy presently held appears to have been reworked with the title "Now a Surprise for the Prince" in 1933. Footage includes the arrival of the Royal Train in Sheffield, the progress of the Royal carriage through Sheffield city centre, an address by the King at the University, including views of the Firth Court quadrangle, and the presentation of new colours to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in Weston Park.
This film is of The Royal visit to Sheffield of George V and Queen Mary.
This film documents a visit to Halifax by Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1925. The film includes footage of the Royal couple at the Town Hall as well as Princess Mary's visit to the Royal Halifax Hospital children's ward.
This film was donated by Mr H.G. Sanders of Harrogate who was in the removal business in the 1930s. He was a driver in one of the decorative vehicles in this film which documents the Coronation celebrations in Harrogate, 1937.
This is an amateur film which shows various aspects of life around the village of Kirkby Malzeard. The film was made by Sir Fred Moore at the time of the Royal Silver Jubilee.
This film documents the Opening of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway by the Duchess of Kent on May 1st, 1973. It includes the town's preparation for the arrival of the Duchess as well as a journey along the newly opened rail line.
This is a film showing the local Jubilee celebrations of King George V at Clayton West, near Bradford.
This Charles Chislett film records the Coronation Day events as seen from the point of view of a spectator in London 1953.
This is a film made by Debenhams and Co. of York of the celebrations to commemorate the centenary of booking the first rail passenger in 1825 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company. The event includes a parade of locomotives and an exhibition, attended by the Duke and Duchess of York.
In 1963 Ripon Training College celebrated its centenary year. This film documents some of those celebrations including the opening of new college buildings and a performance put on by the students.
On 15th October, 1926, Edward, Prince of Wales, visited Halifax for the ceremonial opening of Shibden Park. Included is footage of a military inspection, opening of the park, tour past the Piece Hall, and breaking ground to plant a tree in honour of the special occasion.
In May, 1923, HRH Prince of Wales visited Rotherham. This film captures the day's events which include: the opening of a Power Station, a visit to Clifton Park, meeting wounded soldiers, and a visit to the Works of the United Steel Co., Ltd..
This film documents the visit of Princess Mary to Malton in 1928, an event for which most of the town has turned out to greet her. Her visit includes the inspection of the Red Cross and Ambulance Brigade as well as the opening of the British Legion Club.
This newsreel features the Queen and Prince Philip visiting Catterick Camp and the Great Yorkshire Show in 1957. The film includes a commentary throughout.
This film contains footage from a May Day festival celebrations that were held in Tickhill. There are many shots of the floats that were highly decorated as well as the May Queen that was carried along on one of them.
This film is a Pathescope news film documenting the funeral of King George V.
This is a Pathescope item which documents the wedding of Queen Elizabeth on Noveber 20th, 1947 as well as the collection of Royal Wedding Gifts given to the newlyweds.
This is a film from Bridlington showing various events during 1942, including a campaign to forge links between the youth of Britain and America, a visit by Lady Mountbatten, Armistice Sunday, a procession of wartime service personnel, and a celebration of the victory in Libya.
This is a film from the Michael Hobson collection of the family at home in Horforth and on various outings, including camping, Scarborough and the Windsor Great Park Forestry Exhibit, which is visited by King George VI and Queen Mary.
This film is part of the Sharp collection and consists of two types of footage. The main part of this reel contains footage from a Movietone news reel. It contains footage of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth at the races, footage of London before, during and after the World War II, the King and Queen talking to soldiers and widows after the War, President Roosevelt at his desk signing an embargo repeal, trouble in Finland and Bardia.
This film, from the Kathleen Lockwood collection, contains a variety of footage from religious school processions, May Day Queen Processions, a visit by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Huddersfield, and shots of some firemen testing water hoses.
This film, from the Kathleen Lockwood collection, contains footage of the 1970 official opening of the Scammonden Dam and the Pennine stretch of the M62 motorway by Queen Elizabeth.
This film documents the Royal visit to Bradford which took place on 28th October, 1954. The film includes scenes of the city centre decorated for the event as well as visits to the football ground and meeting with local dignitaries.


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Place Category: Parks and Playgrounds
Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940) was an advocate for economic independence within the black community and also became a proponent of black nationalism. He was born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica on August 17, 1887 and immigrated to Harlem in 1916, where in 1918 Garvey established the headquarters of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). At the UNIA's first convention, held at Madison Square Garden in 1920, Garvey declared his plans to build an independent nation for black Americans in West Africa. The group promoted black economic self-sufficiency, publishing the Negro World newspaper and establishing black-owned businesses. Garvey founded his own shipping line, the Black Star Shipping Line, to finance these projects. Garvey's plans foundered after his conviction for mail fraud in 1923 following the failure of his shipping line and increasing government scrutiny. After Garvey served two years in prison, President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence, and in 1927 he was deported to Jamaica.
The social and political history of this site reaches back into the early colonial period. Dutch settlers referred to the park as "Slangberg," or Snake Hill, because of its reptile population. British fortifications on the site guarded the Harlem River during the Revolutionary War. The Common Council considered razing the hilly area in 1835 to accommodate new streets but local citizens successfully petitioned to preserve it as a public park. It opened as Mount Morris Park in 1840.
Although the park's natural features have been preserved, a number of architectural elements have been added over time. A fire watchtower was designed by Julius Kroehl and erected in 1856 at a time when fire was capable of destroying a city largely constructed of wood. The 47-foot cast-iron tower is unique in the United States, and was designated a landmark in 1967. A reconstruction of Mount Morris Park in the 1930's added a community center and a child health station. Current facilities include the Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, named for a reknowned Parks employee, an amphitheater and a swimming pool. Capital projects completed in 2002, 2004 and 2005 have improved the pool entrance, added new safety surfaces and landscaped the park. The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance community group organizes a variety of cultural events in addition to supporting capital projects. Mount Morris Park was renamed for Marcus Garvey in 1973.
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Moleskine (www.moleskine.com) is a notebook company who's launching a number of apps for multiple platforms, and now Windows Phone is supported. As a popular and well loved company, Moleskine has a number of products available at popular retailers and is turning to the cloud and digital hardware. Moving with trends, Microsoft's mobile platform now sports an official app.
So what can one do with the Moleskine Journal app for Windows Phone? In a nutshell it provides a platform for one to create and synchronise notes with SkyDrive and Evernote. With the former, notes are stored as .PNG files which can subsequently be viewed online or in the SkyDrive for Windows Phone app. Evernote integration is similar to SkyDrive support.
It's a fairly basic app with not an awful lot to it, but what's presently available is both intuitive and a joy to use. Creating notes is both fun and easy, while the main page can be altered between a list of notes or wall, both spanning a number of panes for covers and titles. A number of customisation options are available for paper, utensils and images leading to personalisation of notes and content.
The user interface is attractive, while adding some interesting touches to the design language used in Windows Phone. It's positive to see an official client arrive, joining versions for Android and iOS. Consumers have continued to ask for more well known brands to develop and publish apps for the platform and Moleskine will prove to please those who utilise the service or use actual notebook products.
We're interested to see where the company takes its app, which is already on par with what's available for those on competing platforms. Better yet, it's listed on the Windows Phone Store for both Windows Phone 7 and 8.
You can download Moleskine Journal for free from the Windows Phone Store. Thanks, wpguy, for the tip!
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Wildlife officials promote tortoise sterilization
LAS VEGAS — The federal government is taking the unusual step of beginning to sterilize an endangered species it is trying to save.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials say they have to curb the backyard breeding of desert tortoises because the growing population of unwanted pet tortoises diverts resources from efforts to preserve the species in the wild.
Mike Senn, assistant field supervisor for the Fish &Wildlife Service in Nevada, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that it can be "a really difficult issue" to explain to people. He said simply breeding more tortoises won't save the species if not enough is done to improve and protect natural habitat and address threats in the wild.
Captive tortoises threaten native populations because they can carry diseases with them when they escape or are released illegally in the desert.
The agency will hold a two-day clinic in Las Vegas later this month to teach veterinarians from Nevada, Arizona, California and Utah new sterilization techniques from the experts who pioneered them.
About a dozen veterinarians will attend the clinic Aug. 27-28 and hear from Dr. Jay Johnson of the Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital and two researchers from the University of Georgia, Dr. Stephen Divers and Dr. Laila Proenca
Sterilizing tortoises was a complicated and invasive process, but Senn said new techniques are considered low-risk and effective.
Veterinarians trained at the clinic will be able to perform the procedures in their private practice and, Senn hopes, at future events where pet owners can get their tortoises sterilized for free or at reduced rates.
Nevada law allows just one pet tortoise per household, but the measure adopted last year grandfathered in those who already had more.
More than 50 tortoises will be sterilized during the clinic, and wildlife officials are seeking new homes for the animals. The nonprofit Tortoise Group is handling the adoptions. Those wishing to adopt or learn more about tortoise ownership can consult the organization's website.
Some of the tortoises to be operated on during the clinic came from a single crop of about 50 that were living in a backyard until their primary caretaker died — the sort of situation wildlife managers and tortoise rescue groups hope to avoid.
Other patients will be provided by the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center, a 220-acre facility established more than 20 years ago for developers to put the federally protected animals after removing them from building sites in booming Clark County.
The center is the valley's de facto tortoise shelter, taking in as many as 1,000 unwanted tortoises each year and racking up about $1 million in costs that otherwise could be spent on research and recovery work, Senn said.
The Desert Tortoise Conservation Center will close at the end of the year when its funding runs out.


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I recently posted that Aaron Z. Davis, had his prized pink track bike stolen. This is one of the first reports I got of a stolen bike of 2010. Well this story has a happy ending:
From Aaron:
We actually got it back yesterday!
A bike technician bought it off someone on Bedford late Friday night for $80. Can you believe that!?
Nice work.


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Developer's Reading List, May 22, 2012 The most interesting books of the last month, selected and reviewed by Dr. Dobb's editors.
Programming in Go
Mark Summerfield
As mentioned in my recent editorial on the new native languages, Go is one of several new languages emerging in the gap between the simplicity of C and the complexity of C++. As designed by Russ Cox (Objective-C), Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson (the latter two of UNIX and Plan 9 fame), Go can be described accurately as C for the 21st century. It uses pointers, but not pointer arithmetic; it provides garbage collection; offers built-in parallelism; has language-level data structures; and boasts unusually fast compilation.
However, a tutorial for Go requires the author to break the reader out of habits acquired in other languages. For example, Go uses a lightweight form of OO: There is no inheritance of any kind; in fact, there are barely classes. Objects themselves are glorified structures with the benefit of each being their own type. Doing large-scale OOP with such a view of object orientation really cannot be glibly approached using traditional practices. Rather, you need to "think in Go."
Because Go is so similar in appearance to C-based languages, though, communicating this new way of approaching coding requires a tutorial such as this one, in which there are frequent explanations of what is idiomatic Go, as well as reminders not to simply repeat the approaches and syntax learned in C, C++, C#, or Java. Summerfield does this exceeding well, making his points clear without getting excessively didactic or dogmatic about the Go way of doing things.
In other respects, the book is highly readable, the examples well-chosen and at times entertaining, and the code is useful precisely what a modern language tutorial should be. My only complaint is the pacing: too many pages are spent on fundamentals, and too few pages on the more advanced aspects of the language. But in all other respects, this book is definitely recommended.


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Documenting a Citrix XenApp 6.5 Farm with Microsoft PowerShell
October 7, 2011
A customer site I was at recently needed their new XenApp 6.0 farm documented. I remembered reading about Citrix having some PowerShell "stuff" for XenApp 6.0 so I started searching. I came across a short article by Michael Bogobowicz Getting a Farm Inventory With XenApp 6 PowerShell Scripting. That short article really piqued my interest. I took Michael's little script as the starting point to learn Microsoft's PowerShell. With some help from PowerShell MVP and fellow CTP Brandon Shell and a lot of help from Exchange MVP Michael B. Smith, I turned the original script into over 1800 lines of PowerShell to thoroughly document a XenApp 6 farm. For this article, I will update the original XenApp 6.0 documentation script for XenApp 6.5.
NOTE: This script is continually updated. You can always find the most current version by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/
This article will focus only on XenApp 6.5. There are already articles for XenApp 5 and XenApp 6.0 available on my web site.
The prerequisites to follow along with this article are:
- A server, physical or virtual, running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with or without SP1
- Citrix XenApp 6.5 installed
The nice thing about XenApp 6.5 compared to both XenApp 5 and XenApp 6 is that all the basic Citrix PowerShell stuff is installed when you install XenApp 6.5. But we still need the XenApp 6.5 PowerShell Help and the Citrix Group Policy PowerShell Commands.
My initial goal was to see if I could walk down the nodes in the AppCenter (Figure 1) and see if I could document every nook and cranny.
Before we can start using PowerShell to document anything in the XenApp 6.5 farm we first need to install the SDK (for the Help file) and Citrix Group Policy commands. From your XenApp 6.5 server, go to http://tinyurl.com/XenApp65PSSDK (Figure 2).
Scroll down and click on Download XenApp 6.5 Powershell SDK — Version 6.5 (Figure 3). Do not exit your Internet browser at this time.
Extract the file to C:\XA65SDK. Click Start, Run, type in C:\XA65SDK\XASDK6.5.exe and press Enter (Figure 4).
Click Run (Figure 5).
Select I accept the terms of this license agreement and click Next (Figure 6).
Select Update the execution policy (to AllSigned) and Click Next (Figure 7).
Note: If you do not update the execution policy to AllSigned, the Citrix supplied XenApp PowerShell scripts will not load.
Click Install (Figure 8).
After a few seconds, the installation completes. Click Finish (Figure 9).
Back in your Internet browser; go to http://tinyurl.com/XenApp6PSPolicies (Figure 10).
Scroll down and click on Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands.psm1 (Figure 11).
Save the file in two different places:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules, in a new folder named Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands (Figure 12)
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules, in a new folder named Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands (Figure 13)
You can now close your Internet browser.
Click Start, Administrative Tools, Windows PowerShell Modules.
To prepare for processing the Citrix farm policies, type in import-module Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands and press Enter.
50 Responses to "Documenting a Citrix XenApp 6.5 Farm with Microsoft PowerShell"
Balaji S Says:
Hi Everyone,
Please help me on make a documenting the "Loadevaluators" from XenApp6.5 used Application and Used by Server with script or whatever. It's very urgent please help me on this..
Thanks in advance.
Carl Webster Says:
Um, run the script. All that is in the report created.
Rajib Chanda Says:
getting this error
PS C:\Users\TEMP> .\XA65_Inventory_V43.ps1
VERBOSE: 08/13/2017 13:09:44: Testing output parameters
VERBOSE: 08/13/2017 13:09:44: MSWord is set
VERBOSE: 08/13/2017 13:09:44: CoName is
Loading Windows PowerShell snap-in: Citrix.XenApp.Commands
VERBOSE: 08/13/2017 13:09:44: Remoting is not being used
VERBOSE: 08/13/2017 13:09:44: Getting initial Farm data
WARNING: Farm information could not be retrieved
C:\Users\TEMP\XA65_Inventory_V43.ps1 : Farm information could not be retrieved. Script cannot continue.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\XA65_Inventory_V43.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,XA65_Inventory_V43.ps1
Carl Webster Says:
Are you running the script on a Data Collector?
Rajib Chanda Says:
on a citrix test server
Carl Webster Says:
Did you follow the instructions in the ReadMe file?
Rajib Chanda Says:
Yes sir, I followed the same…help to run that script
Carl Webster Says:
On your test server, run a simple test. Start a PowerShell prompt and run the following commands:
add-pssnapin *citrix*
What happens?
Rajib Chanda Says:
FarmName : OUP
ServerVersion : 6.5.0
AdministratorType : Full
SessionCount : 6
MachineName : GBOXFCTX06
Carl Webster Says:
Apologies for the delayed response. It was Sunday and I actually took the day off the spend time with my wife and Simon and Sophie.
If you are running the script on the same computer you ran this quick test on, then it should just work. THe script has several warnings built in. It will error out if the server is not a Collector or if Word is not installed or the required PowerShell snap-in is not installed.
Geir Says:
Hi. I get a message saying. Max length of Server is 10.
Carl Webster Says:
Not a problem. Just a message I put in there for when the output was not coming up right. I'll remove it if I ever update the script again.
George Says:
Dear Carl
I admire your jod and thank you.
Please at your first convenience help me on this.
I am running the 4.1 version of your script under 6.5 Farm, PoSH v2 and Office 2010. Script seems to be running at the moment smooth but I wonder why I cannot see the document file created in any folder.
Carl Webster Says:
Try running in 32-bit PowerShell. Several people have reported this issue on several scripts but I have never been able to reproduce it.
Victor Says:
Hey Carl, Victor again… I was able to run it for couple of 6.5 farms without any issue. But then I tried to run it for a XA 5 Windows 2008 farm and I am simply getting this.
I am Citrix administrator on that farm and I am able to run Discovery and all that stuff. Do you know more specifically what the issue might be with this? Ir there a workaround or this is just a no go for the XA 5.0?
I am using the XA52008 script version 4.2 from your downloads page.
C:\Victor Torres\Inventory\XenApp5_2008V4.2\XA52008_Inventory_V42.ps1 : Farm information could not be retrieved. Scrip
t cannot continue.
At line:1 char:28
+ .\XA52008_Inventory_V42.ps1 <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,XA52008_Inventory_V42.ps1
Carl Webster Says:
Did you read the ReadMe file for the 2008 script?
If you go to a PoSH session, load the snapins and run Get-XAFarm, does it work? If not, not an issue with the script.
Victor Says:
This is what I get when running Get-XAFarm
I am administrator (both Citrix and local) and IMA is started, I suppose I will have to look into enabling remoting.
Get-XAFarm Citrix commands must be executed at the Citrix server or using remoting. Make sure that your user account is a Citrix administrator and that the IMA service is started.
Carl Webster Says:
Xenapp 5 cmdlets do not support remoting.
Victor Says:
Hello everyone… first of all thank you very much for such wonderful job.
Now I am not being able to run the script, I had to remove the first line which requires Powershell v3 because I cannot install v3 in the environment I am auditing. And I don't know maybe I caused this issue but I am getting this… anyone else is having this issue?
Unexpected token '4' in expression or statement.
At D:\Victor Torres\Inventory\XenApp65V4.25\XA65_Inventory_V42.ps1:5959 char:56
+ $ServerName = (Get-Childitem env:computername).value 4 <<<$Null
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (4:String) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken
Carl Webster Says:
How did you edit the file? If you used Notepad you broke the file. The file has lots of foreign characters in it which is why line 2 says to not edit the file in an ASCII editor.
The script can be run remotely. Can you not install PoSH V3 on a domain joined PC and run the script from there?
Victor Says:
I edited with Notepad so I broke it… I read about PoSH V3 but I am auditing this environment which is pretty tight in resources and I am external consultant so not easy for me to get a test domain machine or server 🙁
Thanks for your quick response Carl… again awesome job!
Carl Webster Says:
Edit the original script with Wordpad and remove that line.
Victor Says:
Thanks Carl!… as soon as I replied this morning I got with the IT guy and luckily they did have a test machine available.
I was able to run the script and it worked like a charm!!!
Thanks again!
Patrick Dewey Says:
Hello Carl,
Well Citrix did it again and I cant find this link anymore..
Before we can start using PowerShell to document anything in the XenApp 6.5 farm we first need to install the SDK (for the Help file) and Citrix Group Policy commands. From your XenApp 6.5 server, go to http://tinyurl.com/XenApp65PSSDK (Figure 2).
Any help that you can provide would be great.
Carl Webster Says:
The link works for me. It requires a MyCitrix login.
XenApp 6.5 PowerShell SDK Download
int13 Says:
i can confirm in my our new XA64 Farm with 140 Servers runs the script very slow after 2 Minutes. Now the script runs 26 Hours. I can see the script is slow by check the server status.
int13 Says:
ok, think i have an workaround for the slow issue on my system. When the script hangs on one server check, i start MS Word manuall an close word. Now the script run normal.
slon842 Says:
its strange but it was taking around 20 hours to scan 20 servers for me – so i have decided to run it as a scheduled task (run as my admin account) – which lead me to another problem causing the script to hangs on "loading word templates" verbose message – as a work around I've created Desktop directory according to this post (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1674836/how-to-run-a-windows-2008-task-from-the-scheduler-with-interact-with-desktop) – so when i was finaly able to run it as a task it seems to work much faster when i'm not loged in than runing it from interactive console after loging to xenapp server….
Beat Says:
Hi, I'm realy interested in your script. Issue now, the script is running about 2 hours and only one server is done. 🙁
Is it normal that the script is running so slow?
Carl Webster Says:
What version of the script are you running?
Did you run with -verbose?
Are you running on a Controller or remotely?
What version of Word? Word 2013 is 66% slower than Word 2007 and 40% slower than Word 2010.
Julien Says:
I'm running in the same problem. The document generated is very good and I would love to schedule it on a weekly basis.
The only problem, the script takes ages to execute, but not every time.
Sometime it takes under 10 minutes, sometimes it takes 8 hours !
I'm using the verbose mode with or without -hardware and -software switches regardless.
I can see it's very slow when it starts processing "Gather session sharing info for Appendix A".
I'm running the script directly on my Citrix XA 6.5 server with Office 2010 installed.
Here's a bit of the log when it starts to get slow:
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:38:05: Processing application
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:38:05: Gather session sharing info for Appendix A
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:38:09: Max length of server name is 15
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:07: Move table to the right
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:10: Return focus back to document
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:26: Move to the end of the current document
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:33: Processing application
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:33: Gather session sharing info for Appendix A
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:39:38: Max length of server name is 26
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:40:36: Move table to the right
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:40:40: Return focus back to document
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:40:56: Move to the end of the current document
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:40:57: Processing application
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:40:57: Gather session sharing info for Appendix A
VERBOSE: 01/28/2014 10:41:02: Max length of server name is 26
Thanks in advance for your help.
Carl Webster Says:
I am aware of the issue. It has never happened to me on any of the hundreds of servers I have run the scripts on over the last three years. I have several reports of this slowness issue. I do plan on spending some time, eventually, on finding a solution. It would be nice to be able to get remote access into a server experiencing the issue and run ISE and step through the code at the slow points to see what is going on. Before the slow points the data has already been gathered and the table has been pre-created with the proper number of columns and rows. What happens next is just a simple loop that says place this piece of data from an array into this cell in the table. I have absolutely no idea why, for some people, that process can take minutes per cell.
Raju Says:
I'm receiving the error below while running the script . XenApp 6.5 farm is built in windows 2012 AD.
WARNING: XXXXXXX is not readable by this XenApp 6.5 server
WARNING: XXXXXXX was probably created by an updated Citrix Group Policy Provider
Carl Webster Says:
That simply means that the AD Group Policy with the name "XXXXXXX" was created by a Citrix product that your installed Citrix XenApp 6.5 Group Policy Provider does not know how to handle. That could be a XenDesktop created policy for example.
Leon Says:
I was trawling the net trying to learn some PowerShell bit and bobs to help with a proof of concept deployment I am tinkering with when I came accross your scrpit. Wow!!! you blow my mind. I ran the script against my PoC and have ended up with a document that could form the basis of a build document for future deployments.
I just wanted to right a note and say thankyou and very well done.
It would be interesting if the output data could be fed into MS Visio to have it automate a drawing of an infrastructure, but that is way beyond my skills.
Leon (UK)
Anand Says:
Thanks for the outstanding effort Webster!
Can we safely run the script in Powershell V3 environment without any caveats?
Thank you
Carl Webster Says:
I don't believe so. I believe there are a couple of issues running the script in V3. I have not tested any of my scripts with V3.
Chris Says:
Thank you Mr. Webster!
I ran the following to append my Citrix Group Policy Settings to the file.
Import-Module .\CitrixGPOPS\Citrix.GroupPolicy.Commands.psm1
New-PSDrive -Name CitrixGPO -PSProvider CitrixGroupPolicy -Root \ -Domain "NAME OF GPO with CITRIX SETTINGS"
Get-CTXGroupPolicy -PolicyName "*" -DriveName CitrixGPO |out-file .\XA65Farm.txt -append
Get-CTXGroupPolicyConfiguration -PolicyName "*" -ConfiguredOnly -DriveName CitrixGPO |out-file .\XA65Farm.txt -append
Remove-PSDrive -Name CitrixGPO
Andrew Says:
Hi Carl,
Great article and amazing script – thanks for your efforts!
One question – when I run the script, it executes and runs to completion. When it processes the policies section, it only
returns the unfiltered policies. We have our Citrix policies stored within group policy. I am running the script from one of our ZDC's and am unsure where I should check…
Carl Webster Says:
The script can only process Citrix IMA based policies. I have not been able to figure out how to use the Citrix provided policy module to gather data on Active Directory based polcies.
Andrew Says:
Cheers Carl – thanks for the clarification! Still a great tool to have!
Aresh Says:
This is by far the best thing i have seen around XenApp by an individual outside Citrix 🙂
Alex Says:
Thanks a lot Carl. I had the same type of a complete inventory script built out for our 5.0 infrastructure, and in the process of looking for 6.5 updates stumbled on your script, and since it's so complete I won't even need to do much of an update.
Thanks a lot
Yannick Says:
Many thanks. I was struggling with listing all the servernames of a workergroup and this helped!
Sean Says:
Hi Carl,
Thanks for this article and scripts, very, very useful.
Graham Says:
Scott Barnwell Says:
An amazing find, thanks for publishing this. It has saved me a lot of time on my final documentation to the client. I had to right click the psm1 files, choose properties and press the unblock button in order for them to work. Also run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned as well.
Adam B Says:
Carl – Just wanted to say thank you very much for this article and your hard work. Much appreciated.
Webster Says:
Thanks for the kind words Adam.
yonderbox Says:
Wow, just wow.
You did some heavy lifting, Carl.
Congratulations and thank you.
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