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PowerShell: Remove-ADComputer v. Remove-ADObject
So, as I mentioned the other day, we needed to do some major cleanup of defunct and orphaned computer accounts. Most computers that hadn't been logged in to in the last year needed to go. And there were a LOT of them! Certainly more than anyone wanted to try to do in the GUI. So, having found them, it was time to remove them, using:
$oneyear = (Get-Date).AddDays(-365) Get-ADComputer -Filter {(LastLogonDate -lt $oneyear ) -AND ((Name -like "ws-*") -OR (Name -like "Desktop*") -OR (Name -like "XP-*"))} -Properties LastLogonDate ` | Remove-ADComputer -Confirm:$False -Verbose
And I started watching the deletions go by on the screen. Honestly, a fairly scary moment. Especially when I started to see some errors scroll by..
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove" on target "CN=WS-DCOVENTRY-02,OU=\#Workstations,DC=Contoso,DC=com". VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove" on target "CN=WS-VTAWARE-02,CN=Computers,DC=Contoso,DC=com". VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove" on target "CN=WS-VIMALG-02,CN=Computers,DC=Contoso,DC=com". VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove" on target "CN=WS-FHEMMATI-02,OU=\#Workstations,DC=Contoso,DC=com". VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove" on target "CN=WS-BGL-ECOM,CN=Computers,DC=Contoso,DC=com". Remove-ADComputer : The directory service can perform the requested operation only on a leaf object At line:1 char:228 + ... LogonDate | Remove-ADComputer + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (CN=WS-BGL-ECOM,...C=Contoso,DC=com:ADComputer) [Remove-ADComputer], ADExce ption + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:8213,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.RemoveADCompute r
I ended up with about 15% of the computer accounts refusing to be removed with Remove-ADComputer. So I checked the man pages for Remove-ADComputer, and there were no additional parameters that would overcome it. Well, phooie!
OK, so time to haul out the seriously powerful tool, Remove-ADObject -Recursive. A word of warning here -- you can do some serious damage with this command. First, I verified the cause of the failures -- the offending computer accounts had subsidiary objects that they probably shouldn't ever have had. OK, all that was before my time, but none of them were any longer relevant. So, now, my command needed to morph due to the somewhat more annoying syntax of Remove-ADObject. I couldn't just pipe the results of Get-ADComputer to it, I needed to return a list of objects and walk through them with a ForEach loop, like this:
$oneyear = (Get-Date).AddDays(-365) $adFilter = {(LastLogonDate -lt $oneyear ) -AND ((Name -like "ws-*") -OR (Name -like "Desktop*") -OR (Name -like "XP-*"))} ForEach ($Computer in (Get-ADComputer -Filter $adFilter -Properties LastLogonDate)) { Remove-ADObject $Computer -Recursive -Confirm:$False -Verbose }
And there go the last of the orphaned accounts! Notice, by the way, the use of a variable to hold the filtering criteria. This is a useful trick if you're iterating through a bunch of filters, or dealing with a fairly long and complicated one. You need to edit the variable with each iteration, but the actual command stays the same. Plus, IMHO, it makes the whole thing more readable.
PowerShell: Finding Orphaned Computer Accounts in AD
The other day we decided it was time and more to do some cleanup of orphaned computer accounts in our AD. We are about to do some AD restructuring, and figured it was a good opportunity to clean up and remove old computer accounts for machines that no longer existed. Now there are probably lots of ways to do this, but the way I chose was to look at the AD properties of the computer to see when it was last logged on to. Then arbitrarily deciding that any computer that hadn't been logged on to in the last year was a good candidate. At first glance, that's not part of the properties that are returned with Get-ADComputer:
Get-ADComputer -Identity srv2 DistinguishedName : CN=SRV2,OU=Servers,DC=contoso,DC=com DNSHostName : srv2.contoso.com Enabled : True Name : SRV2 ObjectClass : computer ObjectGUID : 0ce3c9fa-4b07-4dde-8323-ff94153d2bf9 SamAccountName : SRV2$ SID : S-1-5-21-2576220272-3971274590-1167723607-15115 UserPrincipalName :
But wait, I know there have to be more than that -- let's try making sure that we get all the properties, not just the most common:
Get-ADComputer -Identity srv2 -Properties * AccountExpirationDate : accountExpires : 9223372036854775807 AccountLockoutTime : AccountNotDelegated : False ... DistinguishedName : CN=SRV2,OU=Servers,DC=contoso,DC=com DNSHostName : srv2.contoso.com ... KerberosEncryptionType : {RC4, AES128, AES256} LastBadPasswordAttempt : 4/25/2016 6:28:41 PM LastKnownParent : lastLogoff : 0 lastLogon : 131689942478668713 LastLogonDate : 4/18/2018 10:18:47 PM lastLogonTimestamp : 131685887279055446 ... whenCreated : 4/23/2015 6:28:41 PM
Ah, that's more like it. Now I can see that there's a LastLogonDate property. That should do it. Now, it's just a case of simple math. And because we're looking for more than a single computer, we need to switch to using the -Filter parameter of Get-ADComputer. Plus I'll specify which server to query, and the account credentials to use to run the query:
Get-ADComputer ` -Server dc01 ` -Credential $cred ` -Filter * ` -Properties LastLogonDate ` | Where-Object LastLogonDate -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-365) ` | Select-Object Name,LastLogonDate
Now that's fine for moderately sized Active Directories, but could be a bit of a problem for large ones. So, instead of grabbing every computer in the domain and then filtering them, let's only get the one's that fit our one year criteria.
$oneyear = (Get-Date).AddDays(-365) Get-ADComputer ` -Server dc01 ` -Credential $cred ` -Filter {LastLogonDate -lt $oneyear } ` -Properties LastLogonDate ` | Select-Object Name,LastLogonDate ` | ConvertTo-CSV -NoTypeInformation > C:\Temp\Defunct.csv
And now we have the list usefully exported to a CSV where we can manipulate it and verify the names really are those of orphaned computers. From there, I could feed the list of computers into Remove-ADComputer, or I can do it directly by piping this result to Remove-ADComputer, complete with a -Force parameter. Yeah. Right. And maybe a good idea to just verify the list first.
ETA: Well, it might be a good idea to check the available parameters for Remove-ADComputer before I post something. Sigh. There is no -Force parameter. Instead, you need to use -Confirm:$False if you want Remove-ADComputer to just do its work without prompting. And if the computer has any objects associated with it, you'll have to use Remove-ADObject. But more on that in another post.
Creating VPNs
First, an apology. I usually try to be conscientious about adding new nuggets of PowerShell fun on a regular basis, but this winter, LIFE has intruded, and it simply hasn't happened. I won't promise it won't happen again, but I will try to do better.
Today's post looks at a problem we've been dealing with at work -- how to pre-configure new laptops with the VPN access they'll need for users to get logged in, even when they're not ever in an office to set themselves up. There are lots of different workarounds and solutions, but what we came up with was a PowerShell script that would create one or more VPNs programmatically. We take advantage of the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet I discussed earlier to pull down an updated set of parameters for the available VPNs, allowing us to separate the code from the data, useful for providing some protection against changes -- we only have to update one file.
The command to create a new VPN connection is: Add-VPNConnection, and it comes with a plethora of parameters, most of which you'll never need. But as always, good to have them when you need them. For our purposes, we needed to specify the VPN type (-TunnelType), the authentication method, and an initial pre-shared key for L2TP. We also wanted the ability to use the same script for individual user profile VPNs, and to control whether the VPN used a split tunnel. (Normally, we configure for split tunneling.) The basic command is:
Add-VpnConnection -Name <ConnectionName> ` -ServerAddress <IP Address of VPN Server> ` -TunnelType L2TP ` -L2tpPsk <somereallylongandoddstring> ` -AuthenticationMethod MSChapv2 ` -AllUserConnection ` -SplitTunneling ` -PassThru
So, we know we're going to need a name for the connection, and IP address, and the L2TP PSK for each connection. The easy way is to stuff that into a CSV file and store it up in the cloud where all the IT staff can get at it from whatever location we're in. So we need to read the contents of a file, probably stored in the cloud, and, using a foreach statement, iterate the Add-VPNConnection command once for each line of the CSV file to create VPNs to all of the VPNs listed in the CSV file. Pretty simple, really. The annoying part is that we have to repeat ourselves doing this to handle the values of the AllUserConnection and SplitTunneling switches in the Add-VPNConnection command. If they were Booleans, it would be a bit less messy.
<# .Synopsis Creates one or more VPNs. Uses a CSV file stored in OneDrive for Business .Description New-myVPN reads a list of VPNs and their parameters from a CSV file stored in OneDrive for Business, and creates one or more VPNs based on that list. The created VPNs can be configured as AllUser VPNs, or only for the current user (the default). The VPNs are created as Split-Tunnel VPNs unless the NoSplitVPN parameter is specified. .Example New-myVPN Reads the default VPN.csv file and creates vpns using the details in that file to create VPNs as split-Tunnel VPNs available to all users. .Example New-myVPN -NoSplitVPN -AllUserConnection $False Reads the default VPN.csv file and creates new VPNs using the details in that file. The VPNs are created in the current user's profile, and are not created as split VPNs .Parameter Path Path to CSV file. The CSV file is in the format: Name,ServerAddress,L2tpPsk. The default path is to a file called VPN.csv, stored in a folder called Private, in the current user's OneDrive for Business. .Parameter AllUserConnection Boolean -- default is $True. When True, VPNs are created as an AllUserConnection and are available to all users on the computer. When False, VPNs are created in the current user's profile and are only available to the user after logon. .Parameter NoSplitTunnel Switch -- VPNs are created as SplitTunnel VPNs unless this switch is enabled. A SplitTunnel VPN sends all regular traffic to the main network interface, but sends traffic to hosts connected via the VPN to the VPN. When this switch is set, all traffic outside of the local subnet is sent over the VPN connection. .Inputs [string] [Boolean] [Switch] .Notes Author: Charlie Russel Copyright: 2018 by Charlie Russel : Permission to use is granted but attribution is appreciated Initial: 13 March, 2018 (cpr) ModHist: : #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=0)] [string] $Path = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts\Business1').UserFolder + "\private\vpn.csv", [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [Boolean] $AllUserConnection, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] [Switch] $NoSplitTunnel ) if ($Path -match "http") { # We're connecting to the web to get the parameters Write-Verbose "Found a match against $Matches[0], so using WebRequest" $vpnParams = ConvertFrom-CSV (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Path ).ToString() } else { # We're going against a local path Write-Verbose "Reading from a local file $path" $vpnParams = ConvertFrom-CSV (Get-Content $Path) } $vpncount = $vpnParams.count if (($AllUserConnection) -AND (! $NoSplitTunnel)) { Write-Verbose "Creating $vpn.count AllUser VPNs using parameters in $path and split-tunneling" ForEach ($param in $vpnParams) { Add-VpnConnection -Name $param.Name ` -ServerAddress $param.ServerAddress ` -TunnelType L2TP ` -L2tpPsk $param.L2tpPsk ` -AuthenticationMethod MSChapv2 ` -EncryptionLevel Optional ` -AllUserConnection ` -SplitTunneling ` -Force ` -PassThru } } elseif (($AllUserConnection) -AND ($NoSplitTunnel)) { Write-Verbose "Creating $vpncount AllUser VPNs using parameters in $path and no split-tunneling" ForEach ($param in $vpnParams) { Add-VpnConnection -Name $param.Name ` -ServerAddress $param.ServerAddress ` -TunnelType L2TP ` -L2tpPsk $param.L2tpPsk ` -AuthenticationMethod MSChapv2 ` -EncryptionLevel Optional ` -AllUserConnection ` -Force ` -PassThru } } elseif ($NoSplitTunnel) { Write-Verbose "Creating $vpncount current user VPNs using parameters in $path and no split-tunneling" ForEach ($param in $vpnParams) { Add-VpnConnection -Name $param.Name ` -ServerAddress $param.ServerAddress ` -TunnelType L2TP ` -L2tpPsk $param.L2tpPsk ` -AuthenticationMethod MSChapv2 ` -EncryptionLevel Optional ` -Force ` -PassThru } } else { Write-Verbose "Creating $vpncount current user VPNs using parameters in $path and split-tunneling" ForEach ($param in $vpnParams) { Add-VpnConnection -Name $param.Name ` -ServerAddress $param.ServerAddress ` -TunnelType L2TP ` -L2tpPsk $param.L2tpPsk ` -AuthenticationMethod MSChapv2 ` -EncryptionLevel Optional ` -SplitTunneling ` -Force ` -PassThru } }
Using Invoke-WebRequest to Read a File
An interesting problem came up recently where we needed to standardize the creation of VPNs on new user laptops. To do that, I knew I needed to use the Add-VPNConnection cmdlet (more on that in a another post, soon.) But in order to populate the parameters of Add-VPNConnection, I needed to store the values somewhere. The easy answer was on my desktop, but that's not terribly portable, especially since I routinely work on any of 3 or 4 different computers. The answer was to store the parameters in a file on my OneDrive for Business (ODB) site, and suck the contents of the file down to whatever machine I happened to be on with Invoke-WebRequest. The file needed to be a CSV file with three fields for each VPN--Name, IP Address, and the L2TP Pre-Shared Key. Easy enough, I know how to parse a CSV file. (If you want a useful example, see Importing Users into Active Directory). But first, I have to get the contents of that CSV file. The answer was a cmdlet I hadn't had occasion to use before -- Invoke-WebRequest. To make this work, you'll need a link to the document in your OneDrive for Business site. (This will work identically with consumer OneDrive, but since these are business assets, they belong in ODB.) That link will look something like:
https://example-my.sharepoint.com/personal/charlie_example_com/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01&authkey=ABcDEFGH01IJkl2MnopQRSt your code here
To download the file with Invoke-WebRequest, and save it to a file on your local hard drive, use:
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://example-my.sharepoint.com/personal/charlie_example_com/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01&authkey=ABcDEFGH01IJkl2MnopQRSt' -Credential (Get-Credential) -Outfile 'C:\Temp\Content.txt'
That's one ugly long command line, but mostly that's because ODB creates seriously long links to documents! However, it's really pretty simple -- only 3 parameters: The link to the document (-Uri), a Credential parameter, and the location to save the content to (-OutFile).
An important caveat here -- by using -OutFile, we've forced Invoke-WebRequest to just give us the content of the file. But if you're running this in a script where you're not saving to a file, but want to use it directly with ConvertFrom-CSV, for example, you need to access the
Content property ToString method of the file. So, you might have something like this:
$BaseURI = 'https://example-my.sharepoint.com/personal/charlie_example_com/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?' $DocID = '123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01' $authKey = 'ABcDEFGH01IJkl2MnopQRSt' $FullUri = $BaseURI + "DocID=$DocID" + "&AuthKey=$authKey" # $VPNParams = ConvertFrom-CSV (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $FullUri -Credential $cred).Content $VPNParams = ConvertFrom-CSV (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $FullUri -Credential $Cred).ToString()
(Thanks to Ricardo Heredero for the initial suggestion!)
ETA: It appears Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, have changed the link format for OneDrive for Business links. You'll want to adjust accordingly, of course. Sigh.
ETA2: OK, so there's a bug in this! If you use the .Content property, it gives you the byte string. NOT what you want. The cleanest solution is to use the ToString method. This means you need:
$VPNParams = ConvertFrom-CSV (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $FullUri -Credential $Cred).ToString()
Sorry about that!
Add a Domain User to the Local Administrators Group
When building out a workstation for an AD Domain user, in some environments the user is added to the local Administrators group to allow the user to install and configure applications. Now there are some of us who think that's a Bad Idea and a Security Risk, but the reality is that it's policy in some organizations. Doing this with the GUI is easy, but who wants to have to use the GUI for anything? Especially for a highly repetitive task that you're going to have to do on every user's workstation. So, let's use PowerShell and [ADSI] to do the heavy lifting.
The first step is to define the target we want to add the user to:
$ComputerName = "workstation01" $Group = "Administrators" $target=[ADSI]"WinNT://$ComputerName/$Group,group"
Next, we invoke the Add method on that target to add the user to the group.
$Domain = 'TreyResearch' $UserName = 'Charlie.Russel' $target.psbase.Invoke("Add",([ADSI]"WinNT://$Domain/$UserName").path)
And that's really all there is to it.
(Note, by the way, that this is one of the only places in PowerShell where CASE MATTERS. the WinNT commands are case sensitive so don't change that to winnt or WINNT. It won't work. )
Finally, let's pull all that together into a script that accepts the user name, the target computer, and the AD Domain as parameters:
<# .Synopsis Adds a user to the Local Administrators group .Description Add-myLocalAdmin adds a user to the local Administrators group on a computer. .Example Add-myLocalAdmin Charlie.Russel Adds the TreyResearch user Charlie.Russel to the Administrators local group on the localhost. .Example Add-myLocalAdmin Charlie.Russel -ComputerName ws-crussel-01 Adds the TreyResearch user Charlie.Russel to the Administrators local group on ws-crussel-01. .Example Add-myLocalAdmin -UserName Charlie.Russel -ComputerName ws-crussel-01 -Domain Contoso Adds the Contoso user Charlie.Russel to the Administrators local group on ws-crussel-01. .Parameter UserName The username to add to the Administrators local group. This should be in the format first.last. .Parameter ComputerName [Optional] The computer on which to modify the Administrators group. The default is localhost .Parameter Domain [Optional] The user's Active Directory Domain. The default is TreyResearch. .Inputs [string] [string] [string] .Notes Author: Charlie Russel Copyright: 2017 by Charlie Russel : Permission to use is granted but attribution is appreciated Initial: 21 June, 2017 (cpr) ModHist: : #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=0)] [alias("user","name")] [string] $UserName, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=1)] [string] $ComputerName = 'localhost', [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] [string] $Domain = 'TreyResearch' ) $Group = 'Administrators' # Please be warned. The syntax of [ADSI] is CASE SENSITIVE! $target=[ADSI]"WinNT://$ComputerName/$Group,group" $target.psbase.Invoke("Add",([ADSI]"WinNT://$Domain/$UserName").path)
Guest Post — Get-myFreeSpace Revisited
Today's post comes by way of a co-worker, Robert Carlson, who took my previous post on getting the free disk space of remote computers and offered a very useful suggestion -- instead of outputting strings, which is only useful for a display or report, he suggests creating a PSCustomObject and outputting that. Slick! I like it.
So, why a PSCustomObject? Because now he can use it to drive automation, rather than simply reporting. A very handy change, and a good reminder for all of us that we should put off formatting until the last possible moment, because once you pipe something to Format-*, you're done. All your precious objects and their properties are gone, and you're left with a simple string.
The other thing Robert has done is change this from a script to a function. This makes it easier to call from other scripts and allows it to be added to your "toolbox" module. (More on Toolbox Modules soon. ) A worthy change. So, without further ado, here's Robert's revised Get-myFreeSpace function.
function Get-myFreeSpace { <# .Synopsis Gets the disk utilization of one or more computers .Description Get-myFreeSpace queries an array of remote computers and returns a nicely formatted display of their current disk utilization and free space. The output can be redirected to a file or other output option using standard redirection, or can be piped to further commands. .Parameter ComputerName An array of computer names from which you want the disk utilization .Example (Get-VM -Name "*server*" | Where-Object {$_.State -eq 'Running').Name } | Get-myFreeSpace Gets the free disk space of the running virtual machines whose name includes 'server' .Inputs [string[]] .Notes Original Author: Charlie Russel Secondary Author: Robert Carlson Copyright: 2017 by Charlie Russel : Permission to use is granted but attribution is appreciated Initial: 26 Nov, 2014 (cpr) ModHist: 29 Sep, 2016 — Changed default to array of localhost (cpr) : 18 Apr, 2017 — Changed to use Write-Output,accept Pipeline,added man page, (cpr) : 20 Apr, 2017 — Changed output to pscustomobject rather than string, etc.(RC) #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=0,` ValueFromPipeline=$True,` ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True,` ValueFromRemainingArguments=$True)] [alias("Name","Computer")] [string[]] $ComputerName = @("localhost") ) Begin { if ($Input) { $ComputerName = @($Input) } } Process { ForEach ( $Computer in $ComputerName ) { $volumes = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer -Class Win32_Volume -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue foreach ($volume in $volumes) { $volumeData = [pscustomobject]@{ ComputerName=$Computer Drive=$volume.DriveLetter VolumeLabel=$volume.Label VolumeSize="{0:N0}" -f ($volume.Capacity / 1GB) FreeSpace="{0:N0}" -f ($volume.FreeSpace/1GB) } if ($volume.Capacity) { $percentage = "{0:P0}" -f ($volume.FreeSpace / $volume.Capacity) $volumeData | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "PercentageFree" -NotePropertyValue $percentage } else { $volumeData | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "PercentageFree" -NotePropertyValue "n/a" } Write-Output $volumeData } } } }
I really appreciate Robert's contribution, and I thank him profoundly for his suggestion. I learned something, and I hope you have too. I hope you found this useful, and I'd love to hear comments, suggestions for improvements, or bug reports as appropriate. As always, if you use this script as the basis for your own work, please respect my copyright and provide appropriate attribution.
Resizing the PowerShell Console
Windows 10's support for high DPI displays is much better than previous iterations of Windows, but there are still some times it gets a bit confused. One such problem occurs when you have multiple high DPI displays or two displays of different sizes. If you move PowerShell console windows between displays or log back in after being logged out for a while, you can end up with a scrunched up PowerShell window. Nothing I had to deal with when all I had was a pair of standard FullHD monitors, but ever since I got my Surface Book, and connected it to a 28 inch 4k monitor, I've had periodic problems. Very annoying when your PowerShell window changes to 37 characters wide and 7 lines long!
The fix is to reset the window size. Now I can do this graphically (right click on the title bar, select Properties, and then the Layout tab), but that's a nuisance at best, and besides, the whole idea of using the GUI to fix a console just isn't right. The answer is to leverage the built-in $host variable:
$host | Get-Member TypeName: System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHost Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- EnterNestedPrompt Method void EnterNestedPrompt() Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) ExitNestedPrompt Method void ExitNestedPrompt() GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() NotifyBeginApplication Method void NotifyBeginApplication() NotifyEndApplication Method void NotifyEndApplication() PopRunspace Method void PopRunspace(), void IHostSupportsInteractiveSession.PopRunspace() PushRunspace Method void PushRunspace(runspace runspace), void IHostSupportsInteractiveSession.PushRunspace(runspace runspace) SetShouldExit Method void SetShouldExit(int exitCode) ToString Method string ToString() CurrentCulture Property cultureinfo CurrentCulture {get;} CurrentUICulture Property cultureinfo CurrentUICulture {get;} DebuggerEnabled Property bool DebuggerEnabled {get;set;} InstanceId Property guid InstanceId {get;} IsRunspacePushed Property bool IsRunspacePushed {get;} Name Property string Name {get;} PrivateData Property psobject PrivateData {get;} Runspace Property runspace Runspace {get;} UI Property System.Management.Automation.Host.PSHostUserInterface UI {get;} Version Property version Version {get;}
OK, there's some interesting bits there, but the one that looks most promising is UI. So:
$host.UI | Get-Member TypeName: System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() Prompt Method System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[string,psobject] Prompt(string caption, string message, System.Collection... PromptForChoice Method int PromptForChoice(string caption, string message, System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Management... PromptForCredential Method pscredential PromptForCredential(string caption, string message, string userName, string targetName), pscredent... ReadLine Method string ReadLine() ReadLineAsSecureString Method securestring ReadLineAsSecureString() ToString Method string ToString() Write Method void Write(string value), void Write(System.ConsoleColor foregroundColor, System.ConsoleColor backgroundColor, ... WriteDebugLine Method void WriteDebugLine(string message) WriteErrorLine Method void WriteErrorLine(string value) WriteInformation Method void WriteInformation(System.Management.Automation.InformationRecord record) WriteLine Method void WriteLine(), void WriteLine(string value), void WriteLine(System.ConsoleColor foregroundColor, System.Cons... WriteProgress Method void WriteProgress(long sourceId, System.Management.Automation.ProgressRecord record) WriteVerboseLine Method void WriteVerboseLine(string message) WriteWarningLine Method void WriteWarningLine(string message) RawUI Property System.Management.Automation.Host.PSHostRawUserInterface RawUI {get;} SupportsVirtualTerminal Property bool SupportsVirtualTerminal {get;}
Hmmm. Even more interesting stuff. I can tell I'm going to be doing some poking around in here! But, for our purposes, let's take a look at RawUI.
That looks the most promising:
$host.UI.RawUI | Get-Member TypeName: System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostRawUserInterface Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) FlushInputBuffer Method void FlushInputBuffer() GetBufferContents Method System.Management.Automation.Host.BufferCell[,] GetBufferContents(System.Management.Automation.Host.Rectangle r) GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() LengthInBufferCells Method int LengthInBufferCells(string str), int LengthInBufferCells(string str, int offset), int LengthInBufferCells(cha... NewBufferCellArray Method System.Management.Automation.Host.BufferCell[,] NewBufferCellArray(string[] contents, System.ConsoleColor foregro... ReadKey Method System.Management.Automation.Host.KeyInfo ReadKey(System.Management.Automation.Host.ReadKeyOptions options), Syst... ScrollBufferContents Method void ScrollBufferContents(System.Management.Automation.Host.Rectangle source, System.Management.Automation.Host.C... SetBufferContents Method void SetBufferContents(System.Management.Automation.Host.Coordinates origin, System.Management.Automation.Host.Bu... ToString Method string ToString() BackgroundColor Property System.ConsoleColor BackgroundColor {get;set;} BufferSize Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Size BufferSize {get;set;} CursorPosition Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Coordinates CursorPosition {get;set;} CursorSize Property int CursorSize {get;set;} ForegroundColor Property System.ConsoleColor ForegroundColor {get;set;} KeyAvailable Property bool KeyAvailable {get;} MaxPhysicalWindowSize Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Size MaxPhysicalWindowSize {get;} MaxWindowSize Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Size MaxWindowSize {get;} WindowPosition Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Coordinates WindowPosition {get;set;} WindowSize Property System.Management.Automation.Host.Size WindowSize {get;set;} WindowTitle Property string WindowTitle {get;set;}
BINGO! I see BufferSize and WindowSize, and I know from the GUI Properties page that those are the relevant settings, but just to verify:
$host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize | Get-Member TypeName: System.Management.Automation.Host.Size Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() ToString Method string ToString() Height Property int Height {get;set;} Width Property int Width {get;set;} $host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize | Get-Member TypeName: System.Management.Automation.Host.Size Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() ToString Method string ToString() Height Property int Height {get;set;} Width Property int Width {get;set;}
And there we have it. Both of them can be retrieved and set. So, I came up with a little script, Set-myConSize, that lets me restore the window to its default size, or set it to a new size if I'm doing something that needs a bit of window size tweaking.
<# .Synopsis Resets the size of the current console window .Description Set-myConSize resets the size of the current console window. By default, it sets the windows to a height of 40 lines, with a 3000 line buffer, and sets the the width and width buffer to 120 characters. .Example Set-myConSize Restores the console window to 120x40 .Example Set-myConSize -Height 30 -Width 180 Changes the current console to a height of 30 lines and a width of 180 characters. .Parameter Height The number of lines to which to set the current console. The default is 40 lines. .Parameter Width The number of characters to which to set the current console. Default is 120. Also sets the buffer to the same value .Inputs [int] [int] .Notes Author: Charlie Russel Copyright: 2017 by Charlie Russel : Permission to use is granted but attribution is appreciated Initial: 28 April, 2017 (cpr) ModHist: : #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=0)] [int] $Height = 40, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=1)] [int] $Width = 120 ) $Console = $host.ui.rawui $Buffer = $Console.BufferSize $ConSize = $Console.WindowSize # If the Buffer is wider than the new console setting, first reduce the buffer, then do the resize If ($Buffer.Width -gt $Width ) { $ConSize.Width = $Width $Console.WindowSize = $ConSize } $Buffer.Width = $Width $ConSize.Width = $Width $Buffer.Height = 3000 $Console.BufferSize = $Buffer $ConSize = $Console.WindowSize $ConSize.Width = $Width $ConSize.Height = $Height $Console.WindowSize = $ConSize
One quick comment on this script -- you can't set the BufferSize to smaller than the current WindowSize. With a Height buffer set to 3,000, that's not likely to be a problem, but if you don't want scroll bars on the bottom of your console windows (and you do NOT, trust me!), then you need the console WindowSize.Width to be the same as the BufferSize.Width. So if your reducing, you need to change the WindowSize first, then you can reduce the BufferSize. If you're increasing width, you need to do the buffer first.
Finally, I set an alias in my $Profile:
Set-Alias -Name Resize -Value Set-myConSize
Getting the Free Disk Space of Remote Computers Revisited
Several years ago, I wrote a fairly simplistic script to get the free disk space of remote computers. It wasn't all that sophisticated, but it got the job that I needed done, so I shared it here on my blog, since I thought others might find it useful. Which, based on the number of hits here, and the comments, they did. However, based on some of those comments, it had a problem for some users.
The problem was that I used Write-Host in it. That was fine for me, because I only used it to write to my screen. But it's a bad practice to be using Write-Host unless you really need to manipulate screen colours. The reason it's a bad practice is that it prevents any sort of redirection! This meant that those users who wanted to capture the result of the script in a file were horked, because Write-Host will ALWAYS write to ( ... wait for it... )
The Host. You can't redirect it. The fix, of course, is easy -- use Write-Object instead, which is what I should have done in the first place.
While I was in the process of making that change, I thought it would be nice to add in a basic Get-Help page for it, which was trivial. But then it occurred to me that I really should let it handle pipeline input, allowing me to use other PowerShell commands to select the group of machines I wanted the free disk space on, and then pipe that result directly to Get-myFreeSpace.
Seemed like a good idea, but it turned out I had to almost completely rewrite the script to use the Begin{}/Process{}/End{} syntax. Accepting pipeline input is not as simple as just saying you do in the Parameter statement, you need to actually process that input. The result is the new, improved version of Get-myFreeSpace.ps1 shown below. (If you care about how I got to this script in the first place, do check out the original post, here. There's some useful information there about the whole process. )
<# .Synopsis Gets the disk utilization of one or more computers .Description Get-myFreeSpace queries an array of remote computers and returns a nicely formatted display of their current disk utilization and free space. The output can be redirected to a file or other output option using standard redirection. .Example Get-myFreeSpace Gets the disk utilization and free space of all drives on the local host. .Example Get-myFreeSpace -ComputerName Server1,Server2 Gets the disk utilization and free space of all drives on the Server1 and Server2 .Example (Get-VM -Name "*server*" | Where State -eq 'Running' ).Name | Get-myFreeSpace PS C:\>(Get-VM -Name "*server*" | Where-Object {$_.State -eq 'Running').Name | Get-myFreeSpace Gets a list of running VMs with Server in their name, and passes it to Get-myFreeSpace to process for their current disk utilization. The first version of this example uses PowerShell v5 syntax, while the second version uses the older syntax that works on earlier versions. .Parameter ComputerName An array of computer names from which you want the disk utilization .Inputs [string[]] .Notes Author: Charlie Russel Copyright: 2017 by Charlie Russel : Permission to use is granted but attribution is appreciated Initial: 26 Nov, 2014 (cpr) ModHist: 29 Sep, 2016 -- Changed default to array of localhost (cpr) : 18 Apr, 2017 -- Changed to use Write-Output,accept Pipeline,added man page, (cpr) : #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,Position=0,` ValueFromPipeline=$True,` ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True,` ValueFromRemainingArguments=$True)] [alias("Name","Computer")] [string[]] $ComputerName = @("localhost") ) Begin { if ($Input) { $ComputerName = @($Input) } Write-Output "" # Save ErrorActionPreference so we can reset it when we're done $eap = $ErrorActionPreference } Process { $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' ForEach ( $Computer in $ComputerName ) { Write-Output "Disk Utilization for Computer $Computer is: " Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer -Class Win32_Volume ` | Format-Table -auto ` @{Label="Drive";` Expression={$_.DriveLetter};` Align="Right"},` @{Label="Free(GB)";` Expression={"{0:N0}" -f ($_.FreeSpace/1GB)};` Align="Right"},` @{Label="% Free";` Expression={"{0:P0}" -f ($_.FreeSpace / $_.Capacity)};` Align="Right"},` @{Label="Size(GB)";` Expression={"{0:N0}" -f ($_.Capacity / 1GB)};` Align="Right"},` @{Label="Volume Label";` Expression={$_.Label};` Width=25} } #EndForEach } #EndProcessBlock End { # Reset ErrorActionPreference to original value $ErrorActionPreference = $eap }
And there you have it. A new and improved version of one of the most popular scripts I've ever posted here. You can use it to get the disk utilization on your current machine, or any list of remote computers to which you have the rights to run WMI against.
I hope you find this script useful, and I'd love to hear comments, suggestions for improvements, or bug reports as appropriate. As always, if you use this script as the basis for your own work, please respect my copyright and provide appropriate attribution.
How to tell if you're running on Windows Server Core
I have a bunch of scripts I use when I'm building a lab to install "stuff" (that's the Technical Term we IT Professionals use) that I need to manage and work with a virtual machine. Now, when I build from a SysPrep'd image, that's not an issue, but if I have to build from an ISO, I want to automate the process as much as possible. So I have a couple of Setup scripts I run that install gVim, HyperSnap (my screen capture tool), and various other things.
As I was building a new lab this week, I realized that those scripts were all designed to deal with full GUI installations, and had no provisions for not installing applications that make no sense and can't work when there's only a Server Core installation. So, time to find out how I can tell if I'm running as Server Core, obviously. A bit of poking around, and I came up with the following:
$regKey = "hklm:/software/microsoft/windows nt/currentversion" $Core = (Get-ItemProperty $regKey).InstallationType -eq "Server Core"
(You could do that as a single line, obviously, but I broke it up to make it easier to see on the page. )
The result is stored as a Boolean value in $Core, and I can now branch my installation decisions based on the value of $Core. (Note there ARE other ways to determine whether you're running on Server Core, but they appear to all be programmatic ones not well suited to the avowedly non-programmer IT system administrator types like me. )


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Organizational growth
Although a lot of CEOs crave an organization that runs like a machine where you press the button and let it run… the reality is that the more your income is based on added value, the more need there is for a leader to inspire people who create this value in your organization.
However, with the right and clear structure, processes and core common values, this can be a truly joyful experience. Also, later on this can be the basis to invite a new CEO to take over the company, allowing you to enjoy spending more time with your loved ones, or starting something completely new. Still, as this change takes place, the values you planted will accompany your organization for years or decades.

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Although marine-grade carpet is designed specifically to take a beating from the sun and surf, sooner or later it begins to look a bit seasick from wear and tear. Before you put your boat up for sale or head out for your next voyage, consider installing some new marine carpet. In a short amount of time and with little effort on your part, your vessel will be looking ship shape and ready to take on passengers again.
Pull up the old carpet and set it aside to use as a cutting template.
Clean the area where your new carpet will be installed. If there are any large clumps of glue, sand them down, being careful not to damage the deck itself.
Lay the new carpet face down and place the old carpet on top of it. Trace the perimeter so you have a cutting pattern on the back of the new carpet. If the old carpet is not available, measure the deck and transfer the measurements to the new piece.
Cut the carpet using a utility knife or scissors and slicing away from your body. If there are long straight areas, use a straight edge ruler as a guide to ensure clean lines.
Lay the marine carpet where it is to be installed to ensure a perfect fit and then fold it in half.
Apply glue to a 1-foot strip of the deck at the center of the carpet and smooth the carpet over the glue to remove any air bubbles. Working in small areas, continue until the entire carpet has been glued down.
- Make sure you use a marine-grade adhesive, as they are specifically designed for outdoor use.
- Lay the new carpet in the sun for 15 minutes to make it pliable and easy to work with. If you have a long straight edge to cut, use a chalk line to snap your cutting line.


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Slightly elevated blood pressure also tied to strokes
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[March 13, 2014]
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
— People with blood
pressure that is elevated but not enough to be considered "high" are
still at an increased risk for strokes, according to a new analysis
of past studies.
Researchers found that having so-called
prehypertension was linked to a 66 percent increased risk of stroke.
"There has been disagreement in the community in general," Dr.
Joshua Willey told Reuters Health. "Are these people at risk for
Willey, a neurologist at Columbia University in New York, was not
involved with the new study.
Blood pressure is measured using two numbers. The first, known as
the systolic or top number, is a measure of the pressure in the
arteries when the heart beats. The second, known as the diastolic or
bottom number, is the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.
Normal blood pressure is a systolic reading of less than 120
millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) and a diastolic reading of less than
80 mm Hg, according to the American Heart Association.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is defined as a reading of
140/90 mm Hg or above. Hypertension — along with high cholesterol,
heart disease and diabetes — is a known risk factor for stroke,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Blood pressure readings between the normal and high marks are
considered prehypertension.
Dr. Yuli Huang from Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China,
and colleagues write in the journal Neurology that a previous
analysis found an increased risk of stroke among people with blood
pressure readings just below the cutoff for high blood pressure, but
not among those whose blood pressure was only elevated a few points.
Since then, however, more data have been published and the
researchers wanted to take another look.
They combined the results of 19 studies that included 762,393
participants from around the world.
Compared to people who had normal blood pressure, those who had
elevated — but not high — blood pressure were 66 percent more likely
to have a stroke.
The researchers write that about a fifth of the strokes reported in
the studies were attributable to prehypertension.
Huang and colleagues then compared people with low-range
prehypertension, which they defined as a blood pressure reading
between 120/80 mm Hg and 129/84 mm Hg, and high-range
prehypertension, or a reading between 130/85 mm Hg and 139/89 mm Hg,
to people with normal blood pressure.
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They found that having low-range prehypertension was tied to a 44
percent increased risk of stroke and having high-range
prehypertension was tied to a 95 percent increased risk.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, men around age 60, for
example, have an average 10-year stroke probability of 11%.
Increasing that by 44 percent would bring the risk to about 16%.
About 800,000 Americans have strokes every year, according to the
Dr. Robert Brown, a stroke specialist at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minnesota, said the study is not definitive but stroke
neurologists continue to be concerned about prehypertension.
"In the world of stroke and cerebrovascular disease we continue to
have the concern that even if your blood pressure is not 140/90 — if
it is at a level that's somewhat close to that — you might be at a
heightened risk for stroke," he said.
Brown was not involved with the new study.
"What we have not been able to define as of yet is whether treatment
(with blood pressure medicine) of patients with prehypertension will
reduce their risk of having stroke or other vascular events over
time," he added.
Instead, the study's authors write that doctors should recommend
lifestyle changes to their patients with prehypertension.
Willey said those lifestyle modifications include diet changes and
increased exercise.
Source: http://bit.ly/1fvu5jS
Neurology, online March 12, 2014.
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For the better part of June, Honduras was near the bottom of the list of concerns when the United States looked south. But then, on June 28, the country's military forcibly removed José Manuel Zelaya, a democratically elected president. To be sure, Zelaya had attempted an unconstitutional power grab, but whatever questions may surround his rule, Zelaya's ouster by the armed forces bore the features of a coup, an all-too-familiar scene in Latin American history.
No one could have predicted that Honduras, the third-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, would test the Obama administration's posture toward Latin America, its commitment to multilateralism, and its overarching policy on democracy.
So far, the United States has steered a cautious middle course that seeks to combine taking a principled stand with relying on more pragmatic negotiation. It is a characteristic Obama approach -- but in this case it risks conveying weakness and ambivalence to all sides. The question, then, is whether the Obama administration could have reduced the risk by being more actively engaged. Perhaps. A less punitive stance toward the de facto government at the outset of the crisis may have better prepared a path for restoring democratic rule.
The international reaction to the coup was swift and harsh, with unanimous condemnation followed by calls from the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) to return Zelaya to power. It was an instructive lesson to the Obama administration about the evolution of the region's political dynamic, as it revealed the delicate balance between military and political interests throughout the region -- not to mention the forceful role of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
The Honduras crisis touched a nerve throughout much of Latin America, but not because, as some analysts have contended, Zelaya's ouster was the region's first coup in several decades. (The removal of Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad in 2000 met the definition, although it elicited virtually no regional response.) Rather, the image of 200 military officials taking an elected president out of
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It is possible for couples to conceive through artificial insemination (AI) after a vasectomy. Still, many doctors recommend a vasectomy reversal as it is often the most cost-effective and successful route to having a baby after a vasectomy.
There may be factors involved that would make artificial insemination the best option for having a baby after a vasectomy, such as the age of the woman and the time since the man's vasectomy. However, artificial insemination after a vasectomy is only possible if the man has banked sperm or through a relatively new process known as intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
Whatever your situation may be, you'll need to seek the advice of a fertility professional to determine what's right for you and your partner.
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Vasectomy reversal or artificial insemination?
Traditional artificial insemination methods like in vitro fertilization (IVF) are available if the man banked sperm before his vasectomy. If he didn't do take this step, artificial insemination may be possible with the help of ICSI, which we discuss in the next section.
While artificial insemination may be a good option for couples who are experiencing severe fertility issues, most doctors agree that a vasectomy reversal is ultimately the better choice.
When a vasectomy reversal is done with a microsurgical approach by an experienced surgeon, the success rate is approximately 95% for return of sperm in the ejaculate and approximately a 65% pregnancy/delivery rate. These numbers can vary greatly depending on female fertility factors (mostly age) and the experience of the surgeon.
There are many metrics IVF centers use to evaluate success, but the most important factor is the take home baby rate. In the US, every major IVF center is part of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and is required to report their outcomes. Overall, these centers report a 30-35% take home baby rate per cycle of IVF.
Considering that the cost of a single cycle of IVF is around $10,000 to $20,000 and the cost of a vasectomy reversal is between $3,000 and $10,000, vasectomy reversal is often the most cost-effective approach in this situation.
Reasons to choose artificial insemination
Even though doctors may steer couples towards the vasectomy reversal option, there are a handful of reasons why artificial insemination may be the better choice.
- Vasectomy reversals are not always successful, with failure rates ranging from 10% to 20%. While additional reversal operations may result in the restoration of a man's fertility, the idea of multiple procedures may be unappealing to some men.
- Overall success rates of vasectomy reversals declines with time. According to one source, vasectomy reversals are most likely to succeed when performed three years after vasectomy and are only 30% successful when performed 10 years after.
- If a man only wants one additional child, he may wish to remain sterile after the child is conceived. Artificial insemination can allow a couple to have "just one more" without undoing the man's vasectomy.
Post-vasectomy artificial insemination methods
There are two primary methods available to couples in which the man has had a vasectomy:
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) with intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), often written as IVF/ICSI
Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
Intrauterine insemination involves injecting a man's sperm directly into his partner to produce a pregnancy.
IUI is only possible if a man banked sperm before his vasectomy. If banked sperm is available, then intrauterine insemination may be possible after a vasectomy. Otherwise IVF (in conjunction with ICSI) must be used.
In vitro fertilization involves directly fertilizing a woman's egg outside of her body then placing it back into her uterus.
IVF was traditionally performed with sperm collected from sample provided by the man, but this is obviously not possible for a vasectomized man.
A technique known as ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection) allows doctors to obtain viable sperm from a man even after a vasectomy. This sperm can then be used for IVF (invitro fertilization) to help a woman become pregnant.
The concept behind IVF/ICSI is fairly simple, although the process itself requires cutting edge technology and highly trained fertility professionals. In ICSI, sperm are extracted from the man's testicle or epididymis through a process known as sperm aspiration (aspiration is simply the medical term for "removal"). Using a microscope, a single sperm is injected into the donor woman's egg. This fertilized egg is then implanted into a woman's uterus, which will often result in a pregnancy.
ICSI success rates
The Infertility Center of St. Louis Fertility Clinic, which helped pioneer ICSI, reports that an ICSI/IVF cycle results in a fertilized embryo 70% of the time and produces a pregnancy 50% of the time.
There are numerous factors that can affect the success rate of ICSI, including female fertility conditions and the experience of the clinic performing the procedure.
Some couples may wonder if sperm extracted via aspiration (as in ICSI) can be used for IUI. Sperm extracted from a man's testicle or epididymis is not mature and is generally unable to penetrate and fertilize the wall of a woman's egg. This is why it must be directly injected into a woman's egg via IVF.


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Simply put, a comic book inker renders another
artist's pencil drawings in India ink.
Typically, in comics, there are two artists who
work on any book. A penciller, who renders the original drawing in
pencil; and the inker who transforms/interprets this drawing into a
camera-ready piece of black-and-white art-work.
Here are a few reasons.
1.) Different kinds of skills are needed for
each aspect of the job. The penciller CAN render drawings tonally (in
other words: using shades of grey). In fact, it's very difficult for a
penciller NOT to work tonally. The inker, however, can only use black or
white. Therefore, a large body of techniques used to represent different
shades of grey [and textures, moods, distance, weight, depth, et cetera]
is very beneficial. In other words: while the penciller must use his (or
her) creativity to imagine and realize the situations put forth by the
writer in the script; the inker must use his (or her) creativity to
dream up a way to represent the subjects drawn in pencil and complete
the artwork in ink.
And, yes, there ARE some artists who can do
both; but then one has to consider time.
2.) Limited time. A majority of the comic books
on the market are published monthly. Some pencillers can pencil more
than one issue of a comic book each month; but some can't. Some inkers
can ink more than one full issue of a monthly book each month; but some
can't. A team is more likely to turn-in work on time. (But, even then,
it's no guarantee.)
3.) A second set of eyes. Sometimes a penciller
has worked on a page so long that he may not perceive a drawing error he
would want to change. Or she runs out of time to really finish drawing a
figure. Ideally, the inker will scrutinize the page as he works and make
sure everything looks right.
My advice to interns (and anyone who asks) is
that an inker should never trace exactly what's already drawn on the
page in pencil. An inker has to consider texture, light source, the
underlying form of an object, distance from the observer, and a few
other things before putting brush (or pen) to paper.
A big part of the job is "educated mind
reading". Asking yourself: "what does the penciller really
want when he makes this mark on the page?" Sometimes she wants a
very specific final effect. Sometimes it's obvious that he doesn't know
what he wants and is -in effect- saying: "go ahead! Do whatever you
like." Communication with the penciller is important. When in
doubt, I ask. Although I need to ask less and less as I work with a
penciller more.
In general, An inker should enhance the quality
(as it relates to publishing/printing, and -if possible- artistic merit)
of the pencilled art-work without changing the feel or style of the
But, what if you've developed an aesthetic
vision that's unique? My attitude is to work with pencillers who
appreciate my ink-style being imposed upon their pencils. Artists who
see my inks as an artistic contribution to the final product. Luckily,
there are a few who feel that I'm seeing (and subsequently inking) just
what they would want (even if they never thought of it). In other words,
it's not a forcible change, but a vision already sympathetic to theirs.
"I've compared it to some
of the best comics out there."
"People are talking!"
"It exceeded my expectations."
guys will change everything."
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About Us
X-sail is a brand with a solid history, and a bright future.
We love life, we love spending time outdoors with our growing families, and we love our work.
We could go on for hours in great detail about where we've been, what we've done, and why you should choose to shop with us - and we will if you phone and ask us to - but we prefer to let our products and our customers do the talking for us. They've been doing just that since we launched the first X-sail product in 2006, and we now have happy customers all over the UK and spreading into Europe.
"I'm truly stunned. After dinghys and cruising yachts sailed over 50 years I've never experienced exhiliaration like this. Thanks for a beautifully engineered product. Best wishes"
Chris Cooling, Kent
"Wow! Did I have fun, or what? Even my complete-novice, 73 yr old dad had a go. The X-Sail performs brilliantly at the limit and is placid and well-mannered in light-winds in the hands of a beginner. Thanks, so much. You blokes are fantastic."
Steve Skinner, Canterbury
"Got the beast about 3 this afternoon - a bit of feedback for you. Having not seen the x-sail in the flesh before I was really, really impressed when opened the bag - the etched stainless steel looks amazing and the fittings etc looked first class. I can't wait to get it out in it's element. I've only got one word of advice - get the name out there. It was only through a forum I found out about the x-sail. So glad I did - I very nearly missed out. Anyway thanks for the great service - feel free to use me as a satisfied customer reference. Regards"
Kelvin Clarke, Weston Super-mare
We like to keep life simple - to manufacture high quality gear, sell it for a fair price, and keep our customers happy.
We'll listen to you, and always be fair with you. We want you to enjoy your X-sail products, and to enjoy doing business with us because then you'll tell other people about us. When you do tell other people about us, and they buy something from us, we'll say Thanks by giving you a credit - some of our customers have told so many people about us that they've earned an X-sail completely FREE.
The components for our products are sourced from several suppliers from all over the world, selected because they have the same high standards we have, and because they ask a fair price.
We choose to sell direct to you because then we can be sure of 2 things.
- You are being charged a fair price, and you are not being forced to pay for fat layers of distribution, which add nothing to the value of the product.
- We know that you will get the best Customer Service possible - because we handle it ourselves.
If it sounds like we're control freaks then we don't apologise for that. What you think about us matters, so please do get in touch if you have any comments about our website, our products or our staff.
See you on the beach.
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Those of you familiar with the work of UK comic Harry Enfield will no doubt enjoy his take on the teenage condition.
Kevin & Perry, the adolescents whose tag line was 'It's so Unfair" and who constantly argued with their parents, remind me of the ECB and those who depend on it fight against inflation.
For the last 10 years, Jean-Claude Trichet and his predecessor Wim Duisenberg (the parents) have told the majority of European member states (the teenagers) exactly what they didn't want to hear.
The French, the Italians and the Spanish alike have lobbied politicians hard to stand up to the ECB and its one-size-fits-all monetary policy; and, like teenagers wanting to stay out late, all have been denied by the bad guys in Frankfurt.
The conflict has its roots in the days preceding monetary union.
If Italian fashion labels weren't selling enough products in the early 1990's, the industry would simply push Rome to devalue the Lira.
If the Franc became too strong and agricultural subsidies weren't enough to stop French farmers from revolting, France could always cut interest rates.
Ten years after the creation of the ECB, many of these tensions still exist.
The economists among you will no doubt be aware of the ECB's success stories, but it's not clear if the majority of those living in the Euro Zone are.
OK - so the euro is now a plausible rival to the dollar. Inflation has been lower in the last 10 years than the previous decade. Trade between member states is higher and government deficits across much of the Euro Zone are lower.
Fantastic! But try telling that to the teenager when growth is below that of the UK and US, unemployment remains close to 10 percent and that they're unlikely to find anything but bar work well into their mid-20'.
Politicians, like teenagers, have a lot of problems right now.
If teenagers fret over acne, dating and homework, politicians across Europe are fretting over poor job growth, soaring oil prices, a very strong euro and competition from China and India.
As a result the politicians' knee jerk reaction has been to call on the ECB to cut rates in order to help support growth.
The ECB has in turn told member states to back off as it attempts to stop inflation getting out of hand.
France and Italy have been the main culprits but pressure is also now growing in traditionally conservative and ECB supporting countries like Germany.
What is becoming clear though as inflation begins to get out of hand is that if the ECB had given in to the politicians, interest rates would have to rise considerably over the next 12 to 24 months.
The one-size-fits-all remit of the ECB may have led to excess in countries like Spain and Ireland and weak growth in Germany for much of the last 10 years but given the hand it was dealt the ECB has done a very good job parenting Europe's member states, so good in fact, much of eastern Europe now wants to join the nursery.


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In a statement, says Kathy Winter, vice president and general manager of the Automated Driving Solutions Division at Intel Corporation, "Four terabytes is the estimated amount of data that an autonomous car will generate in about an hour and a half of driving – or the amount of time a typical person spends in their car each day."
She went on to say that as the industry moves toward fully autonomous cars, data presents a number of challenges for the entire global industry. The first challenge goes back to that original number: 4TB. The exponentially growing size of the data sets necessitates an enormous amount of compute capacity to organise, process, analyse, understand, share and store.
The need to train autonomous vehicles as quickly as possible presents another challenge. When new driving responses or situations are identified, machine learning, simulation and algorithm improvements must happen almost instantly and updated driving models must be pushed to the cars immediately once available.
There's also the matter of data protection and what that means for consumers to eventually trust the autonomous experience.
Finally, says Winter, the data challenge grows over time as small fleets of vehicles eventually become hundreds of millions of vehicles. The ability to make this happen comes only through the ability to process increasingly larger data sets.
Winter added, "No one company can tackle these data challenges on its own. The fastest way to solve the autonomous driving data challenge is through industry collaboration. While there's a lot of work to do to deliver fully autonomous vehicles by 2021, I am confident that by working with the industry and our partners, together we can get it done."


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It's all about leads, isn't it? We're always after leads and once we get them, we want more, and we try to come up with new ways to acquire more. Naturally, there's plenty of ways for you to go about this and you'll hear different stories from different entrepreneurs. Some tactics are more successful than others, some more expensive, so you'll have to pick out those that work best for you.
However, the one tactic that everyone seems to love and use as often as possible is email marketing mostly because it's still one of the most effective marketing strategies available. Is it easy to make email campaigns work? No, it's not, but well-structured emails are definitely worth both your effort and your time. If you want to make sure that your emails generate leads, then stick to the following practices whenever you can.
Craft Click-worthy Subject Lines
The first and possibly most important step on your email journey. Why? Because this is what people see first when they receive an email and what usually motivates them to read the entire thing (just think about it: how many times have you been in this situation?). While there's no magic formula that will make your audience open your emails, there are a couple of things you can pay attention to. For example, you want to keep your subjects brief, but to the point, and you don't want to use the obvious clickbait (spammy) words such as "free" and similar.
Write Excellent Email Content
Once your future (or current) users decide to click on your email, they will come face to face with the content of your email. You need to keep one thing in mind: don't disappoint them. Talk directly to them, and make your message and your offer clear—after all, you want them to keep on reading your email until the very end. If you want to get leads, it's not a bad idea to include a whitepaper or an eBook in your email, and then have your readers register in order to obtain the info they're after. In any case, just make sure your emails are relevant to them.
Include Compelling Calls To Action
Every good piece of content needs a great call to action. You can make your users read your emails, but once they're done, what you need to do is make them take action and actually go to your website. Like mentioned before, this can be a call to download an eBook or register an account in order to gain full access to whatever it is you're offering. Don't include too many CTAs in your emails, for this can only confuse your readers. Use one, but make it effective, and top it all off with a great CTA button.
Put Your Landing Pages In Order
Before you even start sending out emails, you need to create the necessary landing pages that your visitors will end up on. You want these pages to be well-formatted, easy to navigate, and have a clear message that will tell your users exactly what they're supposed to do once they arrive on those pages. When it comes to the landing page design, you want to remove any and all distractions on them, and only have the most important elements there, e.g. your message (in a concise way), your CTA, and value.
Don't Forget The Follow-up Emails
Your job doesn't end here! After successfully generating leads with your email campaign, you're going to want to send follow-up emails that will carefully guide your leads through the rest of your sales process. You can share valuable information that will make it easier for them to navigate your site or offer advice—it's completely up to you. What you shouldn't do is skip out on follow-up emails, because they are what will keep your users interested in your website even after registering.
Make Your Emails Shareable
Some people won't click on your fantastic CTAs and that's okay! You can't win all the time, but what you can do is make your emails shareable so that those people who think "this is not for me" can forward the email to someone who might be interested in your offer. There are a couple of ways for you to do this. You can ask your readers to forward the email or you can add a button that will do it for them automatically. You can also include social sharing buttons so that people can share your offer on their accounts.
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A few weeks ago I went out to Long Island for the Nautical Mile Seafood Festival and had some delicious seafood. I was very impressed by the fish market and when I was recently back in the area I stopped into Two Cousins Fish Market in Freeport, NY. As I pulled up I noticed the special - soft shell crabs...Sold! I was soon thinking of all the ways to enjoy this delicacy. However, once I found this Mark Bittman clip I quickly made up my mind.
I made my own version of a remoulade sauce for the crab giving it a bit more of a bite. The fried crab is served on a fresh roll. I was excited to try the Nature's Pride that was sent to me as a part of the Tastemaker's Program on Foodbuzz. For this sandwich I used the Country White Bakery Buns which were delicious.This basic two-step cornmeal batter is a perfect for a nice crisp fried crab.
Keep reading for the recipe!
1 c flour
1 c cornmeal- fine
1 tbsp old bay
2 eggs - mixed
1/2 c milk
1) Pat crab dry and dip into the egg & milk mixture
2) Place in the dry mix and thoroughly coat exterior
3) Drop into hot oil - ensure it is not burning
4) Flip after 2-4 min
5) Pat dry on paper towels
2-4 tbsp light mayo
1 tbsp wasabi mayo (optional)
1 tbsp chipotle mustard
2 tsp lime ponzu sauce
2 pickle spears - finely diced
1 scallion - finely diced
salt & pepper
1) Mix together - keep refrigerated


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1. The O-Shot procedure begins with a simple blood draw.
2. Then, using a proprietary technique, platelet rich plasma is extracted from the blood and injected into the numbed area near the clitoris and upper vagina. There is no recovery time and results are almost immediate in some women.
O-Shot how does the tissue grow?
This extra calcium chloride triggers the platelets to release at least 7 different growth factors that then trigger the unipotent stem cells to grow younger tissue--activating unipotent stem cells. The doctor injects the PRP into an area called the O-Spot--a collection of structures that activate the orgasm system.
The woman usually enjoys the effects of the O-Shot™ almost immediately as the growth factors begin to rejuvenate and enhance the sexual response. So, the O-Shot® (or Orgasm Shot®) is a nonsurgical procedure that uses the growth factors each woman has in her own body to stimulate vaginal and clitoral rejuvenation to activate the Female Orgasm System.
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The LRA Crisis Tracker, a joint project of Invisible Children and Resolve, just released its 2012 Annual Security Brief (PDF).
The Brief provides the most comprehensive analysis of recent LRA activity publicly available, giving field workers, policymakers, and activists a tool to better understand the LRA conflict. Using data collected by Invisible Children's Early Warning Network, local communities, and organizations working in the region, Invisible Children and The Resolve- LRA Crisis Initiative analyzed thousands of pieces of data collected over the past twelve months. The brief addresses how LRA activity is changing as a result of Ugandan and American military operations and humanitarian efforts to help LRA abductees and fighters peacefully surrender. In particular, the report highlights the increasing number of Ugandan LRA fighters who are surrendering, the effectiveness of the counter-LRA strategy, and why LRA groups are abducting large numbers of people while reducing brutal massacres.
Below we highlight a couple of trends and conclusions of LRA activity from the past 12 months.
LRA violence spiked in the first half of 2012 and then tapered off in the second half of the year
243 abductions (47%) occurred between February and April, including 120 in March alone
There was an 8% reduction in LRA attacks from 2011 (299 attacks) to 2012 (275 attacks)
The number of Ugandan adult males returning from the LRA increased in 2012
Of the 20 who returned in 2012, 15 witnessed defection messaging in the form of either leaflets, FM or shortwave radio broadcasts, or helicopter-mounted speakers
11 Ugandans and 12 non-Ugandan members of the LRA defected to Safe Reporting Sites in CAR in 2012
The majority of LRA abductions in 2012 were adults used as temporary porters, not children trained to become future fighters
Over 64% of abductees escaped or were released within one month of their abduction
Children have comprised 31% of all abductees for whom age and gender information was recorded
Civilians at escalated risk of attack in early 2013
There has been a spike in LRA attacks during the first several months of each of the past three years
LRA combatants perpetrated 275 attacks against civilians in 2012
There were 51 known deaths


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My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)
- Now I Understand by Nancy Messier, author of My Ancestors and Me
- Gen Do-Over: Do You Have a Genealogical Will? by Marian Burk Wood, author of Climbing My Family Tree
- All Aboard! Railroad Retirement Board Records by Debbie Mieszala, author of The Advancing Genealogist
- Old Letters: Preserving a Rare Genealogical Record Source by Melissa Barker, author of A Genealogist In The Archives
- BE PREPARED IN GENEALOGY – PART 1 – INTRODUCTION AND GENEALOGICAL PREPAREDNESS – PART 2 – TIME WITH A PROFESSIONAL by Cari Taplin, author of Genealogy Pants
- Able Seaman Alfred Henry LAST J/18054 died 31st May 1916 aged 19 AND A long shot, but could you have a connection to any of these old photographs? by Simon Last, author of Charnwood Genealogy
- Get Your Ducks in a Row – Time May Be Shorter Than You Think AND Ancestry's New "Amount of Shared DNA" – What Does It Really Mean? by Roberta Estes, author of DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
- New Family ChartMasters Website by Janet Hovorka, author of The Chart Chick
- 8 Tips to Giving a Great Genealogy Lecture by Amie Bowser Tennant for RootsBid Blog
- First Look at New Search Connect Feature on MyHeritage by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
- Place Your Ancestor in History by Emily Kowalski Schroeder, author of Growing Little Leaves
- Library & Archives Canada New Immigration Database! by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, author of The Olive Tree Genealogy
- Tuesday's Child's Family Heirlooms: My Dad's Photography by Cathy Meder-Dempsey, author of Opening Doors in Brick Walls
- 5 Photos You Should Take at the Cemetery AND The Question You Need to Ask When You're Stuck on Your Genealogy by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow Blog
- Start Saving Those Family Photos & Stories–Now–One at a Time! by Thomas Jay Kemp for FamilySearch Blog
- About Me: Getting interested in my family's history by Becky Jamison, author of Grace and Glory
- This Age At Death ALMOST fooled me! by Geoff Rasmussen for Legacy News Blog
RootsTech 2016 Related Posts
- Get a 3-Day Pass to RootsTech 2016 for Free! by Eowyn for WikiTree Blog
- RootsTech Update and Contest Winner by Lara Diamond, author of Lara's Family Search
- RootsTech 2016 Free Pass Contest by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
- RootsTech 2016 is just a Comment Away by Jennifer Alford for The Independent Genealogist
This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview on GeneaBloggers.com
New Blog Discoveries
- Genealogy Bug
- Ancestry finds
- Eight Roads to Montana
- Frayed Edge Photo
- Letters to and from the Keith and Related Families
- My Danish Ancestors
In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere Last Week
Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog
- An Exciting Discovery ~ The Death Record for Raymunda Villatoro Vasques
- I Found Little Israel Villatoro
Thanks for reading!
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