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Apsfilter is the number one magic filter for printing under Unix environment. What does apsfilter stand for ? Apsfilter Prints So Fine, It Leads To Extraordinary Results ;-) Its highly configurable and most flexible by global and printer dependend config files and allowing users to choose between different print options with lpr on the commandline to get easy control over layout, speed and quality of the printing process. Apsfilter runs on all flavours of Unix which have at least the original BSD compatible lpd(8) or LPRng installed as line printer scheduler. Apsfilter supports PS (Postscript) printer and non-PS capable printer by using Ghostscript as PS emulator. So if you have a non-expensive color DeskJet printer, Apsfilter and Ghostscript enhance your printers capabilities, that you'll get a Color Postscript Printer in return for free ! Printing on locally connected (serial, parallel, USB) and on network printer like Unix-, Windows-, Novell and AppleTalk remote printer is supported.
Audio Processing: The newest version is also capable of playing different audio file formats. Then the lineprinter scheduler acts as a local or remote music jukebox.
Full control over printing process by easy guessable commandline options. You can mix different file types on the commandline no matter if they are compressed or not. Example: lpr -C photo:glossy:color file.ps.bz2 file.dvi.gz file.jpg
New tools: aps2file allows you to print to a file via apsfilter, apspreview previews files as generated by apsfilter using gv, kghostview or ghostview, apsfilter-bug assists you in doing bug- and problem reports.
Easy integration into applications since lpr can be executed with a lot of options (see below) that influence quality, style and layout of the printing process.
File type support: 11 archive formats for which it generates a list of contents (ar, arc, arj, Microsoft cab, cpio, lha, rar, rpm, tar, zip, zoo), 6 compression types which apsfilter automatically unpacks to autodetect the file type (bzip2, compress, freeze, gzip, lzop, pack), 34 file types which it recognizes automatically even if compressed, see above (ascii, bmp, dvi, fbm, fig, fits, gif, g3fax, html, iff ilbm, jpeg, Kodak photo, mgr, miff, pam, pgm, pbm, pnm, ppm, pdf, png, PS, rle, sgi, sketch, sunraster, targa, tiff, roff, Windows wmf, Word Perfect graphics, xcf, xpm, xwd). Audio file formats MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Wave.
Other outstanding capabilities of apsfilter are duplex printing capabilities with PS printer, printer driven by ghostscript (if supported by gs driver) and a so called pseudo duplex mode that works with all printers. You get a magic cookie via e-mail, which allows you to easily restart the printing process after turning around the paper.
Over 40 Apsfilter (lpr -C/Z) commandline options: Quality: draft, low, medium, high, photo, uni | bi (-directional sweeps), Paper: plain, coated, glossy, premium, trans, Color: color, gray, mono, Method: auto, ascii (force text mode), raw (uninterpreted), Paper size: a3, a4, legal, ledger, tabloid, Filter for texts: a2ps, mpage, enscript, recode, Printer tray: tray0..tray9, Style for ascii: pretty, header, noheader, border, noborder (incluences options used for a2ps and friends), Pages per sheet: 1pps, 2pps, 4pps, 8pps, Orientation: landscape, portrait, book, shortbind, longbind, Duplex printing: simplex, duplex, Time- and CPU saver: copies=N.
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- For many people, pets are family and leaving them home isn't an option
- There are many roles a pet can play in a wedding -- even as part of the party
- Animals need to be tended to during a ceremony
Some people can't imagine taking the most important commitment in their life -- their wedding vows -- without their pet close at hand.
Mindy Weiss, a celebrity wedding planner who sent Adam Sandler's dog down the aisle as a ring bearer when she directed his wedding, said clients have told her that their pet is like their child.
"Most times it is the first time the couple has shared a living thing," Weiss said, "so they say leaving their pet out is like leaving their child at home."
Others, like the clients of Fullerton, California, wedding planner Carolyn Chen, actually met because of their pets. Her clients decided to include their pets in the wedding because they first met at a dog park.
Los Angeles-based wedding and event planner Lisa Gorjestani said pets have been a part of the weddings she's directed for at least the last dozen years. "At first it started off as kind of a joke," she said, "Like, 'Oh wouldn't it be funny to have our dog at the wedding?' " But these days, her clients are far more serious about it.
As they say in show business, never work with children or pets, because they'll steal the show. Wedding planners get to work mostly with dogs, but they make sure their clients think the pups can handle the crowds and noises that come with a big ceremony.
When pets are part of the matrimonial ceremony, there's an awful lot of wrangling behind the scenes. They must be fed and get plenty of water. They need to be walked and chaperoned and transported from place to place if necessary. Gorjestani swears by peanut butter to keep wedding dogs in line, and they almost always earn their treats, she said.
There are plenty of ways to incorporate your pets into the big day: The cake toppers can be in the shape of the breed of your pet, as can the cakes themselves. Cookies that look like your pet can be part of the wedding favors. Ring-bearers or flower girls can walk the pet down the aisle.
Pets can even be part of the wedding party, decked out in blinged collars and coordinating leashes. In wedding industry jargon, said Chen, they're even called "ring puppers" or "flower puppers."
"One bride carried their Yorkshire Terrier as her bridal bouquet!" said Weiss.
Pets are often an important part of wedding photos, and in many cases they were there for the couple's engagement photos as well.
While cute puppy antics always elicit an awww from guests and the special couple alike, are the dogs enjoying the wedding, too?
"I'm not sure," said Weiss. "Some get sick because the guests feed them hors d'oeuvres!"
But Chen has seen some truly magical moments. "One of my couple's dogs completely stopped in awe of the beauty of the bride," she said. "He was playing around, and as soon as he saw her, it's as if she took his breath away. It was amazing!"
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Globalism might be good for the world economy as a whole, but does not necessarily mean it has been good for the American worker. Whether intentional or unintended, the American worker has suffered through the philosophy of free trade. Do not miss quote me, Globalism has a lot of positives. Now more than ever the people of earth are connected through the internet and can communicate information faster than any other time in history. People are exposed to different cultures and ideas, and the free flow of information is exponentially evolving our society. "Free trade" plays a big part in globalism, which is why there has been a "backlash" from non-college educated workers in wealthy countries in direct response to the effects of free trade policies. When wealthy counties openly trade with developing countries it can overvalue the wealthy countries currency, which in turn makes imports cheaper while exports become more expensive. However, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the real culprit is not the valuation of the dollar and the increasing trade deficit. (Bivens, Economic Policy Institute)
The USA has increasingly shifted its economy from manufacturing to services like banking and investing. It is cheaper to import products of manufacturing from a country that has extremely cheap labor than it is to employ American workers in the United States. This in turn means there now is a premium on college educated Americans who are filling job openings within the service industry. On the other side of the coin, manufacturing jobs are leaving the country and lowering wages of workers without a college degree. This fact coupled with increasing technology that replaces workers and a trade policy that out prices "expensive" American workers is leading to decreased wages. As the US trades more with developing countries as a percentage of GDP, the wages of unskilled workers continue to decrease. (Slaughter and Swagle, International Monetary Fund)
Though Globalism has a net increase in GDP and employment for countries involved, most of the gains from free trade is disproportionately received by the top 1% of Americans. Policies that protect corporations and their interest at the expense of the American worker exacerbate the problem. Trade policies like NAFTA and others have little protections for workers and heavily favor the multinational corporations that seek to benefit from free trade. This only adds fuel to income inequality, which for poor countries can increase economic growth while having a negative effect on rich countries. Rich countries are also at higher risk of financial crisis when they have high levels of income inequality. (Malinen, Huffington Post)
Globalism and free trade are linked very close together, which is why there is a stigma attributed to the word. There has been growing resentment within the US and other wealthy nations of globalism as a whole. They do not just condemn free trade, but openly blame minorities and marginalized groups for their decrease in wages and "eroding" their cultural dominance that they claim dominion over. This is a deadly cycle, as income inequality only feeds this type of behavior. In a country that is not adequately educating its people, more of the workers within its country will become more ignorant. With free trade putting a premium on college educated workers and decreasing wages of unskilled labor, we are now almost at a tipping point, socially and economically.
Globalism has many unintended consequences that inadvertently caused huge social and economic problems within the US. The problems that globalism is causing is not a hard fix. Reducing the income inequality will eradicate more of the negative effects of globalism. Universal Education, Universal healthcare, and a rewrite of our tax code are just a few ways to reduce income inequality. All of these possibilities are well within our means. We have to take care of these problems swiftly, before globalism becomes an integral part of our own decline. (Mason, Post-Gazette)
Bivens, Josh. "Using Standard Models to Benchmark the Costs of Globalization for American Workers without a College Degree." Economic Policy Institute. N.p., 22 Mar. 2016. Web. 25 Apr. 2017.
Malinen, Tuomas. "The Economic Consequences of Income Inequality." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Dec. 2015. Web. 25 Apr. 2017.
Mason, Bob. "Single-payer Health Care Would Help to Treat Three Separate Threats." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. N.p., 26 Oct. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2017.
Slaughter, Matthew, and Phillip Swagel. "Economic Issues 11–Does Globalization Lower Wages and Export Jobs?" International Monetary Fund. Imf.org, Sept. 1997. Web. 25 Apr. 2017.


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Rihanna + Chris Brown Are Attending His Court Hearings Together Now
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, Chris Brown put on his best non-blood-spattered suit and appeared before a judge who's going to decide if Brown lied about completing his court-mandated probation. And who was by his side but Rihanna, wearing more clothes at once than we've seen her wear ever.
You know what they say: The couple that goes to court hearings together -- so a judge can decide if he violated the probation he got for being the crap out of her -- stays together.
We might be paraphrasing here.
After they went inside the L.A. County Courthouse, she blew him a kiss before taking a seat in the gallery with Brown's mom. Then celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos said Chris was a perfect choir boy and did exactly what he was supposed to do. Just like Jesus would.
TMZ reports that the judge "said he needed more time to review all of the evidence presented by the D.A." and "ordered Brown to meet with his probation officer within 48 hours to discuss the situation." The next court hearing is set for April 5.
When all that unpleasantness was over, Breezy and RiRi left together, and she reportedly smiled and tried to "cheer him up" on the way out. Because, you know, it's super hard to be him and all.


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Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy with Asteroid
Animation of the asteroid's path over time. For better visibility in this animation, the asteroid's color is shown in white. The release image shows the asteroid trail in red, which is truer to the light reflected by the asteroid.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
VERGENNES — Local advocates for the homeless are searching for one or more "overflow" shelters to accommodate what they believe could be a record number of people out in the cold in Addison County this winter.
The overflow shelter(s) are part of an emergency response plan for homelessness that leaders of the John Graham Emergency Shelter are putting together for the coming months, when people now living in cars and tents must find warmer quarters.
Meanwhile, advocates in other Vermont counties are also working on their own emergency response plans, which they hope will garner some state funding when Vermont's Joint Fiscal Committee convenes next month.
The state's shelters have already seen a increase of 10 to 20 percent in clients compared to the same time last year, according to Elizabeth Ready, executive director of the John Graham Emergency Shelter on Vergennes.
The helpline Vermont 2-1-1 received approximately 2,400 calls last month from people inquiring about food, lodging and fuel, Ready noted.
"Basically, there is a sense that we don't known what's going to happen this winter," Ready said.
Ready gives the John Graham Shelter board regular updates on the numbers of people seeking services. Recent updates indicate that the shelter has been unable to meet demand, even with a new transitional housing project on East Street (see story, Page 1A).
The John Graham shelter current refers homeless people it cannot accommodate to other shelters in Chittenden or Rutland counties. In some cases, overflow clients are put up in area motels where they unfortunately don't have access to support services.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — After several years of rapid expansion, Middlebury-based Connor Homes has scaled back operations and trimmed staff as business slows in the current economic downturn.
About 50 people now work for the homegrown company, which specializes in colonial reproduction "kit" homes assembled in the 115,000-square-foot Route 7 building that is the former home of Standard Register.
That means the employee base is down around 20 from just the past spring, when Connor Homes officials reported booming business even as the national housing market was slumping. Officials back in May said that sales had tripled during the previous year.
But Connor Homes Chief Operating Officer Holly Kelton confirmed on Tuesday that many prospective customers have been putting their orders on hold in view of recent events on Wall Street.
"In September, a number of our customers decided to postpone production of homes," Kelton said. "We have temporarily scaled back operations."
Connor Homes began restructuring at its plant in August, Kelton said, replacing some of its workers with others who had different "skill levels." She said the company started reducing its employee base last month, primarily in the design and production departments.
Gabe McGuigan of Brandon worked as an architect designer at Connor Homes until he was let go in July. McGuigan said he noticed times getting tougher when fewer orders for average-sized homes (around 2,000 square feet) were being taken on by work crews. That left smaller projects — like sheds and garages — or larger homes that were not as profitable to the company, according to McGuigan.
"The drop began at the end of June and went on from there," said McGuigan, who added the company at one point had to shut down the shop "for a couple of weeks because there was nothing to do."
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — Despite nationwide gloom and doom in the real estate sector and a drop in home sales in Vermont and Addison County, there is evidence that the values of the homes that most state and local residents own have held their own.
According to information on the Vermont Department of Taxes Web site, the median value of homes on 6 acres or fewer (described as R-I homes on property transfer returns) sold in Addison County through the first nine months of 2008 is $213,500. That represents an increase of about $6,000, or 2.9 percent, from the median value over the entire 12 months of 2007.
Statewide, the median sales price of an R-I home in the first nine months of 2007 — the price point at which an equal number of homes sold for either less and more money — was $206,000, an increase of $6,000, or 3 percent, from all of 2006.
Independent real estate appraiser Bill Benton of Vergennes said he is not ready to call that good news, especially considering that fewer R-I homes are selling this year in Addison County than in 2007. Through Sept. 30, 2008, 128 R-I homes in Addison County sold, while 252 R-I homes sold in all of 2007.
Benton said that sales figure for all of 2008 will be lucky to hit 150 this year, but he is happy to see prices hold their own.
"I'm not saying that's definitely a positive trend, but I'm saying it's at least stable," he said.
National Bank of Middlebury President Ken Perine also sees stable values in the home sales his business is tracking, although he wouldn't rule out a price drop of 5 percent or less. Perine said typically Vermont, including Addison County, does not see the wild swings in real estate value that markets elsewhere do.
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A full two years into testing we finally are moving forward with production deployment of our Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM) environment. Last month we (recklessly?) migrated 1000 workstations into the environment. While the deployment was a technological success, it was a bit of black-eye in the PR department.
Client computers almost uniformly did an unplanned reboot one hour after the SCCM agent got installed on their workstations. In addition to that, many clients experienced multiple reboot requests over the coming days. Many client reported that they did not get the planned 90-minute impending reboot warning, but only the 15-minute countdown timer.
Lots of changes were required to address this situation:
See the "Suppress and required client restarts" setting documented here:
This one was causing clients to reboot following upgrade of their existing Forefront Endpoint Protection client to SCEP. That explained the unexpected 60-minute post-install reboot.
Next, we decided to change the reboot-after deadline grace period from 90 minutes to 9 hours, with the final warning now set to one hour, up from 15 minutes. This should allow people to complete work tasks without having updates interrupt their work day.
Finally, we are planning to reset the deployment deadline for all existing software update deployments to a time several days out from the initial client installation time. Since we have several dozen existing software update group deployments, we need a programmatic approach to completing this task. The key to this was found here:
Thanks to Nickolaj Andersen for posting this valuable script.
It did take me a bit of time to decode what Nickolaj was doing with his script (I was not already familiar with the Date/Time format generally used in WMI). I modified the code to set existing update group deployments to a fixed date and time provided by input parameters. I also added some in-line documentation to the script, and added a few more input validation checks:
# Set-CMDeploymentDeadlines script # J. Greg Mackinnon, 2014-02-07 # Updates all existing software update deployments with a new enforcement deadline. # Requires specification of: # -SiteServer (an SCCM Site Server name) # -SiteCode (an SCCM Site Code) # -DeadlineDate # -DeadlineTime # [CmdletBinding()] param( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $SiteServer, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $SiteCode, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateScript({ if (($_.Length -eq 8) -and ($_ -notmatch '[a-zA-Z]+')) { $true } else { Throw '-Deadline must be a date string in the format "YYYYMMDD"' } })] [string] $DeadlineDate, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateScript({ if (($_.Length -eq 4) -and ($_ -notmatch '[a-zA-Z]+')) { $true } else { Throw '-DeadlineTime must be a time string in the format "HHMM", using 24-hour syntax' } })] [string] $DeadlineTime ) Set-PSDebug -Strict # WMI Date format is required here. See: # http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee156576.aspx # This is the "UTC Date-Time Format", sometimes called "dtm Format", and referenced in .NET as "dmtfDateTime" #YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.000000+MMM #The grouping of six zeros represents milliseconds. The last cluster of MMM is minute offset from GMT. #Wildcards can be used to for parts of the date that are not specified. In this case, we will not specify #the GMT offset, thus using "local time". # Build new deadline date in WMI Date format: [string] $newDeadline = $DeadlineDate + $DeadlineTime + '00.000000+***' Write-Verbose "Time to be sent to the Deployment Object: $newDeadline" # Get all current Software Update Group Deployments. # Note: We use the WMI class "SMS_UpdateGroupAssignment", documented here: # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh949604.aspx # Shares many properties with "SMS_CIAssignmentBaseClass", documented here: # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh949014.aspx $ADRClientDeployment = @() $ADRClientDeployment = Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\sms\site_$($SiteCode)" -Class SMS_UpdateGroupAssignment -ComputerName $SiteServer # Loop through the assignments setting the new EnforcementDeadline, # and commit the change with the Put() method common to all WMI Classes: # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa391455(v=vs.85).aspx foreach ($Deployment in $ADRClientDeployment) { $DeploymentName = $Deployment.AssignmentName Write-Output "Deployment to be modified: `n$($DeploymentName)" try { $Deployment.EnforcementDeadline = "$newDeadline" $Deployment.Put() | Out-Null if ($?) { Write-Output "`nSuccessfully modified deployment`n" } } catch { Write-Output "`nERROR: $($_.Exception.Message)" } }
We additionally could push out the deployment time for Application updates as well using the "SMS_ApplicationAssignment" WMI class:
In this case, we would want to change the "UpdateDeadline" property, since we do not set a "deployment deadline" for these updates, but instead are using application supersedence rules to control when the updates are deployed.