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Cephus Johnson and the men of Black Lives Matter
Teresa Cotsirilos on April 7, 2016
Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson got the call in the afternoon. "You better get your butt down here," Patrisse Cullors told him. She was standing on a corner of Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza with five activists from London, each of whom had lost a family member to police violence. They were jetlagged and wearing matching T-shirts. "You're supposed to be here," Cullors said.
A self-possessed woman with short, dreaded hair, Cullors is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Johnson is the uncle of Oscar Grant, who was shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in 2009; he and Cullors have worked together many times. It was a hot day in mid-October, and after a hectic week of speaking engagements Johnson and his wife Beatrice were hoping to spend the day working on their yard. But soon they were in the car and running late, sweating their way through an hour of traffic.
When they got there, the protest was small. The London family members took turns at the mic, crying quietly between stories of arrests, police cover-ups and inquests. When it was Johnson's turn to speak, he looked instantly energized. A thin-faced man in his late fifties, Johnson speaks quickly with the confidence of a true believer, and as he speaks, he holds eye contact with different audience members in turn. He told the crowd that their voices were heard. "This is critical!" he said. "We have, for the first time, I would say, in the history of the United States an undercurrent, a movement that has taken off behind these types of killings."
He told them that movement is spreading, and that the system is afraid of them. By his own account, Johnson never practices his speeches, doesn't speak from notes and gets uncomfortable in front of crowds. Today he looked completely at ease.
When Oscar Grant was shot on the platform of Fruitvale Station, witnesses filmed his death on their phones from the doors of a nearby train. Their videos went viral, inspiring a wave of demonstrations and riots that rocked Oakland's downtown. Organizers say that the lawsuits and protests that followed helped lay the groundwork for Black Lives Matter. "This was the tipping point," said Cullors in a phone interview. Grant's death was the first high-profile police shooting in a generation, she says, and the first in which social media played a pivotal role in the organizing that followed. Grant himself is now an iconic figure, the subject of murals, t-shirts and arm tattoos, as well as Ryan Coogler's award-winning film Fruitvale Station.
His uncle, known to fellow activists as "Uncle Bobby," is now by extension a political figure himself. In the years following his nephew's death, he's become a passionate advocate for other families that have lost loved ones to police brutality or racial profiling. When he isn't meeting families, he's busy working crowds. Johnson travels constantly. He's met Angela Davis ("She's nice, still militant"), Cornel West and Cuba Gooding Jr. ("He said he hated Fruitvale Station," Johnson said proudly, "because it made his girlfriend cry.") In October he marched behind Quentin Tarantino in the Rise Up October protests, a three-day series of demonstrations against police brutality in New York City, and then flew to London to meet with the families there, all within six packed days.
"Uncle Bobby in 2008, before Oscar was murdered, is not the same Uncle Bobby in 2015," said his wife, Beatrice X. Johnson. "He couldn't have fathomed—he couldn't have made up—where he is now."
Johnson is the oldest sibling in a family that he always tried to care for. The Johnsons are a close-knit family with religious roots and an entrepreneurial streak. Johnson's parents moved to Oakland in the early 1960s; his father, Cephus Sr., worked the graveyard shift on the assembly line of Fremont's old General Motors plant for over twenty years. He made ends meet selling hot links to coworkers out of his Winnebago; when the crack epidemic hit in the 1980s, Johnson recalled, his father became a smalltime moneylender, spotting the addicts he worked with 25 cents on the dollar. The Johnsons eventually bought a house in Hayward and moved there with their five children. Johnson was a running back in high school and still looks it. Years later, after his father suffered a stroke, it was Johnson who would visit his parents' house to help him shave, and Johnson who drove up to Hayward from San Jose whenever the motorized wheelchair stalled out. After a stint in the military, Johnson worked for twenty years at the post office, where at least one friend there nicknamed him "Johnnie Cochran" after O.J. Simpson's famously charismatic attorney.
Grant was Johnson's first nephew, the child of his youngest sister, Wanda. Johnson remembers him as a smart kid with a radiant smile who loved attention. "He was funny," Johnson said. "He would make you remember him." A reverend herself, Wanda saw a future for Grant in the ministry. As Grant got older, Johnson gave him and his friends part time work in his fledgling delivery business, loading the truck and delivering packages. Grant was one of the groomsmen at Johnson's third wedding. When Grant started getting into trouble in high school, Johnson said, both Grant and his mother kept the details from him. In the years before his death, Grant was arrested five times and incarcerated for a total of two years. In one incident, he was caught with a loaded gun in his car; in another, he admitted to dealing ecstasy to "five to six regular customers" in a sworn statement to Hayward police. When Grant went to prison, Johnson was late to learn he was inside. He never visited him there. "When I really learned about it, it was close to the time he was going to be coming home anyway," he says. "That was part of this thing that really troubled me."
In the last weeks before Grant's death, Johnson thought his nephew was beginning to become "that Oscar he was born to be." He'd been out of prison for several months, where he'd been a model inmate, earning his GED and learning to cut other inmates' hair. At Thanksgiving he talked to Johnson about going back to school and asked him questions about starting his own business. New Year's Eve was also his mother's birthday, and Grant spent his last morning buying crabs for the gumbo that his grandmother planned to make for the party. Johnson saw his nephew for the last time later that evening. "It was kind of vague," said Johnson. "I don't know what we talked about." Grant, his girlfriend and their friends planned to swing by several parties in San Francisco that night. "I told him, 'just take BART,'" Wanda Johnson told the Atlantic in a video interview published in 2015. "'So you'll be safe.'"
"At 12:40 that night, he was just really heavy on my heart," said Johnson. "I just felt that in my spirit, something was gnawing at me about him." He and his wife were at a midnight church service, but he took a moment to send Grant a text. "I told him that uncle loves him, God loves him, God loves his family. An hour and thirty minutes later he was gone."
In the criminal case that followed, it was established by defense attorney Michael Rains that Grant and his friends were pulled from a crowded train by BART police officers at about 2 am, after participating in what witnesses described as a "bar room fight" in their car. Passengers with cameras and cell phones started filming the arrests immediately. In a grainy video without sound, Grant and his friends are sitting in a neat row against the low wall of the platform, intermittently putting their hands up. In a second video, Grant stands and says something to a wide-shouldered officer with a Marine's crew cut, who strikes him. Grant sits back down. "Bitch-ass n-, right?" the officer can be heard saying to Grant, in a second video. "Bitch-ass n-?" (The officer later testified he was repeating a slur that Grant had called him.) In a third video, two officers including Johannes Mehserle can be seen forcing Grant to his chest. Mehserle attempts to handcuff him. The passengers on the train are booing the officers and jostling at the doors for a better look. It's at this point that Mehserle takes out his gun and shoots Grant in the back at close range.
Johnson's memory of Grant's death is blurry. He remembers waking up to a call from his mother, or maybe his sister, at 3 in the morning. He drove to his parents' house and stayed there for the rest of the day, and maybe for several days after that. If he went back home, he doesn't remember it. In the muddled days that followed, Jack Bryson—whose two sons were seated with Grant on the platform when he was shot—called veteran civil rights attorney John Burris to represent the family. Burris met with the Johnsons at Bonnie and Cephus Sr.'s home. The house was full of Grant's aunts, cousins and uncles, the table stacked with food from well-meaning neighbors. "You could feel the generational love in that house, with all the family pictures from infancy up to adulthood," Burris said. "Oscar was a beloved member of their family. He was beloved."
Johnson says that he must have seen the first video of his nephew's death the same day he died, though it could have always been a few days later. The first footage of Oscar's death in fact aired on January 3, 2009, two days after the shooting, on local station KTVU. "When I saw the video, that's what really pulled me up," Johnson said. "I remember that morning falling on my knees."
After the first shaky footage of Grant's death leaked to the press, the community response was immediate. Within days, the video amassed millions of views on YouTube. On January 5, 20 people picketed BART's Oakland headquarters. The next day, Burris filed a $25 million wrongful death suit against BART on behalf of Grant's mother and Sophina Mesa, Grant's girlfriend and the mother of his child. On January 7, the Johnsons held Grant's funeral. In the morning, protesters rallied in front of District Attorney Tom Orloff's office, demanding that he file murder charges against Mehserle. In the evening, hundreds more shut down BART as they marched through Oakland's downtown. That night, a fringe group shattered the windows of more than 300 businesses, destroying cars and setting fires at intersections. While brief, the riot resulted in 105 arrests and gained national media attention. "The streets were coming alive on their own," said Cat Brooks, a veteran Oakland organizer and the founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project, an activist group that works to expose and eliminate police brutality.
"This case was the modern-day Emmett Till case," said Burris, referring to the 1955 death of a 14-year-old boy who was kidnapped, beaten and lynched in rural Mississippi by several white residents. Till's mother insisted on holding an open-casket funeral for her son, and the pictures of his brutalized body created an international media sensation that mobilized activists in the young Civil Rights movement. Burris and multiple Oakland-based activists say that Grant's death galvanized a similar awakening. "It was so horrific," said Brooks. His killing unleashed a "groundswell of community outrage," she said, combined with "the strategic and disciplined and tactical organizing across ideologies, across race, across tactics."
"It changed the ways folks thought about resisting police terror," said Brooks. "I believe it opened the door for Ferguson to happen, and for the Black Lives Matter movement to happen."
In the weeks following Grant's killing, Johnson says, he didn't feel emotionally capable of engaging with the activist response. But he was intrigued by how many people in his community were willing to throw a brick through a window for his nephew. "Who are these people?" he remembered thinking. "They don't know Oscar. What are they doing?"
As Grant became an increasingly politicized symbol, the Johnsons were pressured to speak on his behalf—though some groups were more than happy to do it for them. Grant's criminal record was widely discussed, said Burris, and his past convictions continue to be used by right-wing bloggers and pundits to imply that he may have provoked the shooting. "There's a demonization process that takes place in these sorts of cases," Burris said.
For his part, Burris said he was more concerned that radical activists might "misuse" the Johnsons, manipulating their story to serve their own agendas. "There were a couple of organizations that I thought were over the top in terms of their aggressiveness," he said. "It was almost like they wanted a trial, and it was like they needed a showpiece for them." When asked which organizations he was referring to, Burris laughed and said that he'd rather not say.
But the family members were initially reluctant to speak publicly. In the weeks and months following Oscar's death, Johnson and other activists said it was clear to them that Grant's mother wasn't interested in representing the family in either the press or activist circles. (Wanda Johnson declined to be interviewed for Oakland North.) "I understand it," said Brooks. "I mean, we didn't ask her permission to make a martyr out of her son." From a strategic standpoint, Burris said, it's essential that his clients in police brutality cases stay above the activist fray—and Wanda Johnson was his plaintiff in the civil suit against BART. "I don't want them on television as an advocate—because ultimately, if the case goes to trial, jurors may remember this and see this, and then your credibility is lost," he said. "Remember, you're a victim. Not an advocate. You weren't an advocate before this happened."
Johnson didn't discuss his increased role as a spokesperson with his sister beforehand. He compared his decision to speak for his family to the Biblical story of Aaron, who periodically preached on Moses' behalf during the Jewish people's 40-year journey through the desert. "She was unable to speak," he said. "She was traumatically affected. So I raised myself up so that I could at least speak on her behalf. I felt that responsibility as her big brother and kind of went from there."
Johnson started studying, reading extensively about the American criminal justice system. He began to attend activist meetings, driving up to Oakland from his home in San Jose two or three times a week. On Saturdays, Johnson sat in on the Nation of Islam's weekly town hall meetings about the Grant case at Olivet Baptist Church. During the week he went to organizers' meetings in East Oakland churches, Uptown coffee shops and West Oakland's Continental Club, an old-school jazz and blues bar. Grant's death had organically generated a loose constellation of new activist groups, and Johnson tried to go to their meetings, too. He wanted to know what their strategies were, he said.
It was through these meetings and the trial that followed that Johnson met his current wife, Beatrice, an activist who at that time was serving as the Nation of Islam's director of protocol in Oakland. She noticed the dignified, genuine way that Johnson spoke about his family, she said; she was impressed with the extensive reading that he had done. "He did not let them hijack his nephew—he stayed at the forefront of the fight," she said. "He sacrificed for a cause bigger than himself."
Johnson said he made his first official public appearance the April following Grant's death on a panel at UC Berkeley hosted by local activist group By Any Means Necessary. On January 1, 2010, the anniversary of Grant's killing, he organized the first vigil for him and paid for it out of pocket. Throughout 2009 and 2010, Johnson spoke at dozens of schools, churches and universities, and made more media appearances than he could count. The crowds that he spoke in front of gradually got bigger. "It was something that just kind of begins to happen—I don't know if anyone really thinks that they like speaking to big crowds," he said. "I never felt comfortable, but the issue was just so important that I just had to express how it felt."
Others say his progression into becoming a spokesperson for his family was more gradual. Burris said that Johnson was also not involved in the legal discussions surrounding the criminal case against Mehserle—the Alameda County District Attorney charged Mehserle with murder on January 13, 2009—nor the civil cases against Mehserle and BART. "He came to one settlement conference I think we had with Wanda once," he said, "but that was his only involvement, really." And according to Brooks, he didn't truly assume the role of the family's representative until a year after Grant's death, during Mehserle's trial in 2010. In the interim, she said, family friend Jack Bryson served as the Johnson family's liaison with the protesters.
Burris had noticed how smart Johnson was the first time he met him, and he watched his transformation with interest. "I think Cephus is a guy who in another time and place could be me. Or better than me, really," he said. "You never know what happens in these cases, and who comes out of it. And certainly, for him, this breathed new life into him. It gave a whole new career to him that he took advantage of."
In 2009, the Mehserle murder trial was moved to Los Angeles after a judge determined that he would be unable to receive a fair trial in Alameda County due to the extensive local media coverage. On June 8, 2010, the jury convicted Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter, for which he served 11 months in jail. To the Johnson family, the sentence was lenient to the point of travesty. "My son was murdered," said Wanda Johnson in a press conference outside the courthouse immediately following the verdict. "He was murdered. He was murdered. He was murdered."
Days after Johnson returned home from Los Angeles, Oakland police officers shot Derrick Jones, an unarmed barber who was holding a small scale that was mistaken for a gun. If Mehserle's sentence had been stronger, Johnson remembers thinking, it could have deterred other members of law enforcement from using excessive force. "I can remember just feeling like I had to go meet the family," he said, "because I felt like we failed."
Johnson said Derrick Jones' parents both cried when he met them. He remembers how grateful they were, and how much his time and support meant to them. He continued to work and protest with the Joneses, "going through the whole process" with them. Jones' parents and daughter eventually received a $225,000 settlement from Alameda County; the officers who shot Jones were cleared of all criminal wrongdoing, and his widow lost the $10 million wrongful death suit filed on her behalf.
For Johnson, the Jones family's grief and the punishing tedium of the trials that followed were both devastating and cathartic for him. "It was from that moment," he said, "when the mother cried, and the father cried, that I knew there was power in this."
In the beginning, Johnson said, he was preoccupied with preserving his nephew's memory. In August, 2010—two months after Mehserle was convicted, three months before he was sentenced—he created the Oscar Grant Foundation, a non-profit that provides sensitivity trainings for law enforcement officers and outreach to at-risk youth in the Bay Area. Wanda Johnson—who has also become a powerful speaker and spokesperson in recent years—became its CEO in 2014.
That year, Johnson and his wife Beatrice created the Love Not Blood Campaign, a non-profit that works with families that have lost family members to gun violence and advocates against police brutality, inner city gun violence and the overuse of incarceration. Mostly, though, Johnson has met with over a dozen families that have lost loved ones to police brutality and has made dozens of media appearances on his nephew's behalf. He's protested the fatal police shootings of Alan Blueford (Oakland, 2012), Andy Lopez (Santa Rosa, 2013) and Richard Perez (Richmond, 2015)—all young men of color.
Johnson became a member of a small, informal but close-knit group of family members grieving the loss of a son killed by law enforcement or, in some cases, racially-motivated civilians. Two days after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson, Missouri, by a police officer in 2014, his father, Michael Brown Sr., and his wife received two visitors at their hotel room. One was Johnson. The other was Ron Davis, whose son Jordan was shot by a white man with a concealed carry license at a Jacksonville gas station in 2012. They didn't talk about Brown's son's death. They just let him know that they were there if he needed them. "I had to welcome him into a club that no one wants to be a member of," recalled Davis, speaking by phone from Florida.
"We let him know that only you could speak for your son," said Johnson, "and that he, in many ways, can help the community respond."
In the weeks and months that followed, Brown Sr. said in a phone interview, he and Johnson talked at least three times a week. "He wanted to know how was my day going, how was I feeling, if there was anything he could help me with," he said. "Little small things that meant a lot."
Johnson works like a man on a mission. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the militarization of police forces, endless energy and a knack for politics. "He can meet somebody and remember their cause, remember their name," said Davis. "He will spend his last dime to have a panel for you. He will take time off his job to have a panel for you."
"You know, people call him all the time," Johnson's wife said, laughing. "He'll listen to people when I would have done hung up."
Johnson says he approaches other families he works with dedication and care, with an eye on which other media or activist outlets may have approached them. He approaches each family with empathy, takes his time. "We always expect caution, of why you're here," he said. "It depends on who's got them wrapped." If nationally-established Black activists have already embraced families, Johnson said, they can become suspicious of other activists' motives. "They're taught in those environments to distrust everyone," he said.
"It certainly empowers the families to let them know they're not alone," said Burris, who says he sometimes recommends that his clients contact the Oscar Grant Foundation for support. "It's pastoring for them, if you will."
"Uncle Bobby is amazing," said Patrisse Cullors of Black Lives Matter. "He really is. He shows up everywhere, he is present for everybody."
"It means something to get a call from Bobby, or for Bobby to get on a plane and visit," Brooks said.
The experience of talking to Johnson is unique, Davis said. Only people who've lost a child can really understand the connection that families whose loved ones have been killed have to one another. "What makes you laugh and what makes you feel good is different. It's different now," Davis said. "You don't have that complete joy, even when you go somewhere you wanted to go and you have a good time. At the end of the day you wish your son could do it with you. So many times, I smile all day because I'm doing something I really want to do with my family. And at the end of the day I'm sad, I'm almost in tears, because I had a good time but Jordan wasn't here."
He began to cry quietly. "And the other people in the world," he said, "whether they're your family, or your friends—they start shedding. Like a dog sheds. They just shed away. You used to talk to them once every two weeks, then once every three weeks, then it's once a month. Then maybe not even once a month anymore. We all experience that, you know. We have to live a different kind of life than we wanted to. Nobody asks to live in this kind of life."
When Michael Brown Jr. was shot in Ferguson, Johnson was there within 48 hours. Johnson recommended that he take some time to himself if he could, Brown remembers, to gather his thoughts and get himself together. "Stuff that was needed with me," Brown said. When asked whether or not he was able to take that time, Brown paused. "No ma'am," he said. "Ever since it has happened, I've been moving from left to right to do interviews to make awareness of what was going on and not to let the situation die. It was pretty hard for me."
By the end of that week, Johnson and his wife knew that Ferguson had changed something. They remember driving through town one night after attending several protests, on their way to visit Brown and his family at a relative's house. Several members of Emmett Till's family were driving in a car behind them. As they turned onto West Florissant Avenue, one of Ferguson's main thoroughfares, they were suddenly in it. Police vehicles were driving towards them, backlighting the clouds of teargas. Protesters were running in all directions. "Get back!" they shouted at the cars. "Get back! Get back!" The Johnsons pulled their car into a careening U-turn, and the Till family followed. When they were at a safe distance they called the Brown family, who sent them on a different route. When Johnson and his wife tell this story, they sound both excited and extremely proud. "Ferguson was the one that popped the lid off," Beatrice Johnson said.
As Black Lives Matter gains momentum, the onslaught of activist anger, public attention and legal red tape that the Johnson family experienced after Grant's death is amplified for other families. Activists respond to the killings more swiftly, and Johnsons noticed that families are now quick to get in touch with them. After so many public deaths of Black men and women, Johnson said, "many families have already been practicing, unconsciously, in their heads" what they would do.
Families can experience a strange celebrity status in their grief, something that Johnson is very familiar with. He's a fan of Ryan Coogler's movie Fruitvale Station—"The movie was 99.5 percent accurate" he said—and went to multiple premieres.
Other pop culture references to police brutality victims, like T-shirts featuring their names and faces, appear to Brown to be more self-serving. "Our family is suffering still, and there are people that just made over a billion dollars off of my son," said Brown. "If you want to go get a shirt made, make money off of this, there's nothing I can do about it."
Some families' resulting celebrity status increasingly attracts racist fringe groups and agitators. During the criminal case against the man who shot his son, said Davis, his lawyer received threats from a KKK-affiliated blogger and hired a body guard; in the civil case, his lawyer got a concealed carry license, the irony of which did not escape him. Michael Brown Sr. and his family received death threats. Within a six-week period in 2015, Black Lives Matter protesters were beaten in Alabama, threatened with mass shootings at the University of Missouri and non-fatally shot by four men in the Twin Cities.
According to Davis and Johnson, Black Lives Matter's lack of formal leadership makes it difficult for others to attack it effectively, violently or otherwise. "They cannot cage this movement," said Davis, "because there's no one person to cage." Like the Oscar Grant protests that preceded it, Black Lives Matter is diffuse: a network of local chapters connected by social media and orbited by people from community organizations, activist groups and religious institutions. While that structure may make organizing more agile, it also brews conflict over goals and tactics. Through the course of reporting this article, several anonymous activists accused others of using the protests to enhance their own public image. Davis alleged that Black Lives Matter founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, who both identify as queer, were "not welcome in certain spaces" within several Black churches.
For his part, Johnson has received pushback for his affiliation with the Nation of Islam, a Muslim, Black Nationalist organization with 113 chapters in 31 states and Washington DC, and an estimated 10,000 to 50,000 members. It is also listed as a hate group on a map produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center due the anti-Semitic statements of its leader, Louis Farrakhan. Johnson's wife Beatrice is an active Nation of Islam member—she now works in their Ministry of Justice—and they find the organization's critics to be extremely misinformed. "The Nation is the only religious group that can go into a drug-infested community and turn it around, and be consistent in their presence in doing that," Johnson said. As far as Farrakhan's anti-Semitic comments are concerned, he said, "name anything that Minister Farrakhan has said that has been a lie."
Both in Oakland and on the national level, there's some disagreement amongst the families about supporting peaceful or violent protest. In the aftermath of the Ferguson verdict, Michael Brown Sr. urged demonstrators to protest peacefully. He didn't feel pressured to, he says; he just felt it was the right thing to do. "What I wanted to do was just to show some respect towards my son," he said. "I wanted the community to show some respect, too."
Johnson has a more agnostic approach. "I don't condemn the person who threw a rock through the window. I don't condemn the person who got down on their knees to pray," he said. "I can't dictate to anyone how to express themselves when they felt that they've been stepped on, spit on and disrespected for so long."
At this point in his activism, Johnson has watched his nephew die 50 to 100 times. Many of his appearances include Fruitvale Station screenings, which recreates the shooting in graphic detail, and activists often play the original videos, too. "You don't ever get used to it," he said. "But it reminds me of what I'm doing." At a few events, he said, "the tears would just come." These days he often steps out of the movie during the scene when Oscar and his friends are still on the platform, having fun. He worries about Davis, whose son was recently the subject of the HBO documentary 3½ Minutes 10 Bullets. "They have championed him all around this world," he said. "So he's going to have—like me, but in a shorter period of time—many, many viewings."
Like Johnson, Davis feels a duty to reach out to other families, the way that the Johnsons and others reached out to him. But grieving takes a certain type of quiet, he said. "I can't even grieve the way I would like to until I detach myself from some of these movements," Davis said, "and say you, know, 'It's time. I've done as much has I can do for this amount of time.' At some point, I'm done, and then when I'm done, then I can properly grieve for Jordan."
"But right now," he said, "I go to these spaces and I talk to people. When I come home I go in Jordan's room. And I get on my knees and I say, 'Jordan, we helped other families, we helped other people.' Those are my grieving process when I come home and go to Jordan's room and I'm at one with my son. That's when I really grieve."
As for Johnson, he said his grief clarifies his purpose. And when he's speaking, God helps. "I just allow the spirit that I feel conveying to me the message that I need to deliver," he said. "We all have a walk to walk in this life."
Cephus Johnson speaks at the Mobile Justice rally in Oakland, October 2015.
Cephus Johnson with Michael Brown Sr. and Ron Davis. Photo courtesy of Cephus Johnson.
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Q: SSL/TLS handshake from .NET to APNs - remote certificate is invalid I'm connecting to Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) from the .NET Framework using a SslStream. I'm connecting using the Binary Provider API. As part of the initial handshake, the SslStream does an AuthenticateAsClient on the network stream. This is the code for that:
_sslStream = new SslStream(_tcpClient.GetStream());
_sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(_url,
    new X509CertificateCollection { _certificate },
    SslProtocols.Tls,
    true);

Where _url is the APNs hostname and _certificate the push certificate of the app. On most machines (running a version of Windows Server), this is accepted and communication can continue. However, on some machines, this will fail. This is the exact error:
The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.

The code runs as Windows Service under the Local System privileges. When the exact same code runs as command-line application under a local user, the handshake is accepted and communication can continue. Running the same command-line application under Local System using pexec -i -s causes the same error . I've checked if there are differences in the certificate stores between Local Computer and the Current User, but there are none.
A "workaround" was also tested. In this changed form, the code shown earlier was adapted to completely ignore certificates. This does exactly as you'd expect; the received certificates are not checked and communication can continue. This is what that looks like:
_sslStream = new SslStream(_tcpClient.GetStream(), false, (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => true);
_sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(_url,
    new X509CertificateCollection { _certificate },
    SslProtocols.Tls,
    false);

Of course, disabling security is a bad idea. What could be causing the handshake to break?!

A: The challenge here is to find which requirements are not being met.
You can use this:
https://github.com/rodneyviana/blogdemos/blob/master/TestServerCertificate.zip

*

*Unzip it anywhere. Make sure the application is unblocked
(right-click, properties and check Unblock if present)

*Open a command prompt as administrator

*Run this to get into the system user context: c:\sysinternals\PsExec
-i -s cmd.exe

*In the new prompt window, move to the folder where you extracted the
tool

*Run using this syntax: TestServerCertificate [host] [port]

*This will save a log file and the certificates from the certificate
chain to a temp folder.

See example below:
c:\tools>whoami
nt authority\system

c:\tools>TestServerCertificate.exe www.microsoft.com 443
Verify Certificate Details
==========================

Writing logs to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\certchain_e9ab7362-e5ba-4adc-b47c-7f28c0eddbfc\output.log

c:\tools>notepad C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\certchain_e9ab7362-e5ba-4adc-b47c-7f28c0eddbfc\output.log

This is the actual log from the command above (no errors, of course):
Getting certificate from www.microsoft.com 443
TLS Protocol: Tls12
Strength 256

Certificate at www.microsoft.com

Thumbprint: 8FBE50987D59F8C023492162238250C2ED18176A
Subject: CN=www.microsoft.com, OU=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=WA, C=US
Friendly Name:
Issuer name: CN=Microsoft IT TLS CA 4, OU=Microsoft IT, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Valid until: 1/16/2020 3:24:02 PM
Certificate is valid: True
Number of extensions: 10

Writing Certificate: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\certchain_e9ab7362-e5ba-4adc-b47c-7f28c0eddbfc\certificate_8FBE50987D59F8C023492162238250C2ED18176A.cer

WARNING: Certificate was not found in any location store

Chain Information
=================
Chain revocation flag: ExcludeRoot
Chain revocation mode: Online
Chain verification flag: NoFlag
Chain verification time: 8/11/2018 1:57:30 AM
Chain status length: 0
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Canada plays host to more than 180,000 International students in any given year. Increasingly, Canada is becoming the country of choice for students from all parts of the world.
Canada spends more per capita on its education system than any other country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). A Degree/Diploma from a Canadian Institute is recognized world wide. International students who graduate from Canadian Institutions enjoy successful and prosperous careers. Canada is known for its quality education & competitive entry requirements.
Inexpensive: Canadian Institutes, charge lower tuition fees for international students than their counterparts in competing countries and at the same time, maintain excellent educational quality. However as the fees are more affordable, admissions are more competitive. Over the last three years, Canada's inflation rate has remained one of the lowest in the industrialized world.
Permanent Residency and Canadian Immigration
International students can apply for their Permanent Residency which takes up to 15 to 18 months from within Canada. However they need to meet the minimum eligibility criteria of 67 Points.
Ranked as the Number one Country; For the past 9 consecutive years, a United Nations survey has found Canada to be the best place in the world to live. The survey conducted every year, evaluates quality of life in 174 countries, using over 200 performance indicators. Canada earns particularly high marks for its access to education, high life expectancy and low crime rates.
A safe place to study
Every step is taken to ensure the safety of students on Canada's campuses. Most universities / colleges have their own campus security 24 hours a day. There are also "Walk Safe" programmes to assist people in getting to public transportation during late hours.
A bilingual nation
Canada is a bilingual country with two official languages, English and French. The vast majority (75%) of Canada's French-speaking inhabitants live in the province of Quebec, which is located in the eastern part of the country but there are French-speaking communities throughout the country. English is the main language of communication in all provinces other than Quebec.
Work during and after and co-op programe
Students in Canada are allowed to work part time on campus during the first 6 months of their program and off campus part time thereafter. The duration permitted is up to 20 hours per week. Several programs may even have a paid co-op term where one gets hands on experience in working in the industry. These may even be paid co-ops. Further students on the completion of their program of 1 year can work up to 1 year and students applying for 2 years program can work for 2-3 years.
Canada welcomes over 2 lac immigrants per year & has a policy for skilled professionals as well as Business Immigrants. Canada has maintained a strong stable economic growth because of its active immigration policy. Two thirds of the 5.4%pa increase in population is due to immigration.
Canadian Immigration is one of the simplest immigration systems in comparison with other countries. It allows a person to live and work anywhere in Canada, and confers upon that person a Permanent Resident status. It comes with certain responsibilities and may be revoked if the holder does not meet Canadian Residency obligations, or is found guilty of serious criminal activity. A person who is a Canadian Permanent Resident may apply for Canadian Citizenship after 3 years.
Universities & Colleges in Canada
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Sprott Shaw College, BC Toronto Film School Yorkville University
University of British Columbia Bishop's University Brighton College
Brescia University College Brock University Camber College
University of British Columbia Cambrian at Hanson Durham College
University of Saskatchewan University of Toronto Holland College
St. Lawrence College – Cornwall Mohawk International Humber College
Royal Roads University Glenlyon Norfolk School Arbutus College
The University of Winnipeg Selkirk College Niagara College
Fraser International College (FIC) University of Alberta Selkirk College
Canada Education Costs
The tuition fee in Canada varies from province to province, university to university and course to course. So the best thing to do is to find out the cost of studying abroad in Canada from the university itself. Canadian countries and provinces popular for their educational institutes include British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island.
The tuition fees for international students or foreign students studying abroad in Canada are as follows:
University Fee:- UG / PG- Between- $10,000 to $ 35,000 annually varies from course to course and university to university
Community College-Fee
Diploma/Advanced Diploma/PG Diploma– $ 8,500 to 14,500 per year
Living Cost- $ 11,000 per year in GIC (Guaranteed Investment Certificate with Scotia Bank)
International student can work: Upto 20 hours per week during their studies and 40 hours during their vacation.
Canadian high commission encourages International students to earn work experience after their completion of Studies with no restrictions on the types of employment and no requirement for a job offer. Canada has a reputation of excellence in sectors such as telecommunications, transportation, engineering, microelectronics, hydroelectric power, biotechnology, food & beverage processing, geometrics, ocean & environmental industries, aerospace etc. The Work permit states that International students who have studies for 2 years are eligible for 3 years extension & students who have studies for 1 year are eligible for 1 year extension. Post attaining a work permit there are also possibilities of attaining a permanent residence in Canada.
Below are the required documents for admission in Canada.
5.5 to 6.5 bands in IELTS (For students applying for Bachelor studies)
6, 6.5, 7 bands in IELTS (For students applying for Master, PhD studies)
Reference Letters from Professors/Teachers of Last College/University Attended
Bank statement of $ 35,000 in account of student from the last 6 months
Can I work Part Time while studying?
Yes, 20 hours per week when the course is in session and fulltime during vacations.
Is there a Post study work option or possibility of applying for PR?
If a student successfully completes their education they are entitled to a "Job search visa" in Canada for the period of a 1 year to 3 year depending on study duration. If you have the required skills and job you can even apply for Permanent residence.
What are the general entry requirements for Universities?
More than 70% in 12th standard for applying in Universities & more than 60% in 12th standard for applying in Colleges
IELTS- 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each module
More than 65% in Bachelors for applying in Universities & more than 60% in Bachelors for applying in Colleges
GMAT scores ranging between- 500-650 with few Universities
GRE scores ranging between- 280-310 with few Universities
For masters students must have completed-16 years of Education (10+2+4)
For full time MBA, full time work experience required between 2-4 years after Bachelors
When should I start the application process?
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When do I need to pay my fees?
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DSP tools.DSP applications.MAC, filter design, implementation of DFT, echo cancellation, spectrum analyzer. Speech and video processing. Architecture of other DSPs.
CO1: Recognize the fundamentals of fixed and floating point architectures of various DSPs.
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Arc of Aliette
While the Music Lasts
277 pages Signature Editions ISBN: 978-1-927426-70-8 ISBN 978-1-927426-71-5 (epub)
Luc Malarmé was one of France's most popular rock stars when he was convicted for the accidental murder of his girlfriend, beloved film star Miri Monette. After nine years in prison, Luc has been released and come to live at his retreat near Saint-Brin — Aliette Nouvelle's home and base of operations. All Luc wants to do is grow vines, make wine, and play his music. No deal: The people of Saint-Brin have not forgotten Luc's crime against Miri. And in this small Midi town, moral outrage trumps forgiveness. When Luc reports the poisoning of his dog and claims they want to kill him, Aliette soon realizes it's not paranoia. But it goes deeper than the Miri tragedy. As Aliette and her team investigate, a disturbing past emerges. Many townsfolk have been hurt by this man's lifestyle and they fear his music… The attacks escalate. But Luc Malarmé refuses to stay silent. Aliette senses Luc's innate power. She is intrigued by his insistent, fatalistic refrain: "I am the music." How can the police protect this difficult man?
'Yes?' Turning from her window, responding to a timid knock, Aliette was nonplussed to find the disgraced musician standing at her office door. Unescorted, looking lost and shambling. 'Is this the police?' 'Police Judiciaire,' she stammered. No matter how you might imagine such a moment, you cannot plan how you'll react when you actually come face to face with a star. Despite the tarnish of shame, Luc Malarmé remained a megastar and Aliette was bedazzled. She felt something automatic move inside her. Her eyes adjusted, her psyche tried to. He informed her, 'It's started. You have to help me. They're going to kill me…They've killed my dog.' She believed him. There was a silence as she puzzled his claim. A silence like a spell. Till Luc said, 'Miri's gone. There's only me.' Only him? How could he separate Miri Monette out of the equation? The harsh thing she had discerned in the eyes of certain people around town came flooding back. The condemning voices echoed, a chorus chanting, Outrageous! Shameful! He didn't hear them. He told her, 'They still need my songs but they don't want me to sing them.' He offered a large shrug for a notion that did not make sense. 'There's no one else to sing them. How could there be? It's only me and always will be.' Aliette was not sure how to respond. She wrote his name at the top of an empty page. Luc M.
"When Luc brings his music into town... the attacks begin." View the YouTube trailer.
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Tropéano's Gun
301 pages Signature Editions ISBN: 978-1-927426-54-8
Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is ordered to attend therapy sessions with a psychologist in Beziers, the city 40km from her home base in the wine town of Saint-Brin. Aliette's failure to carry her gun is directly related to the messy conclusion of a major murder case she led the previous summer. She must learn to use deadly force… There is a killing spree occurring in the city. Someone is knifing homeless kids. Aliette cannot get involved: not her patch, not her problem. When city-based colleague Inspector Pierre Tropéano becomes a victim, his gun is taken and used in yet more killings. The knife left in Tropéano's gut changes everything… As she wanders the night streets of the cold city, getting a feel for the gun in her pocket, Aliette finds clues to the whereabouts of Tropéano's gun —and a killer. But pursuing the matter risks losing her job. And maybe her life. Is she ready to use her gun?
Aliette Nouvelle confronted the psychologist who suddenly had such control over her life. 'There are so many people out there. Really, what good is a gun?' 'But that's exactly it, Inspector. So many people, so many of them angry, medicated, lost and volatile, erupting through the fragile veneer of civility — no warning, human explosions, just like that. The public lives in a state of fear, they depend on the likes of you to be prepared and able to respond in kind.' 'It's chaotic out there. From what I've seen, guns only make the chaos worse.' 'Or these people are simply evil. Monsters in disguise, living amongst us. And breeding.' 'Do you believe in evil?' The question compelled Gabrielle Gravel to answer the other she had dodged. 'I don't care what my clients need or don't need. I don't judge. I try to help them move forward with their lives.' 'Well, that's the problem. My gun does not make me feel that I'm moving forward.' 'Which is why you are here. And why we cannot fail.' Aliette acquiesced. She had no wish to alienate Gabrielle Gravel with more unsolicited questions, much less cop cynicism. Her job was on the line and she had to come to terms.
"A police officer must face reality, Inspector… and reality requires a gun." View the YouTube trailer.
Walls of a Mind
Inspector Aliette Nouvelle has been transferred to the south. Now officially Chief Inspector Nouvelle, she is given command of a small brigade at Saint-Brin, a sleepy town in a valley where wine is the primary industry and source of identity. When Joël Guatto, scion of an old wine-producing family, is shot dead on the beach, it appears to be a politically motivated murder. But is it? As a recently defeated political candidate, Guatto had been no threat, despite his efforts to rally wine-producers incensed by cheap Spanish wine imports which are jeopardizing their livelihood. The scope of Aliette's investigation widens when it turns out that his campaign manager - and lover - Stephanie McLeod has ties to a Euro-wide anarchist network. Stephanie runs… Aliette needs Stephanie for her murder case. But French secret service agent Margot Tessier is determined to use the young woman as a disposable pawn in her quest for a much bigger target. Aliette must get to Stephanie first...
'Love makes people stupid,' Margot noted. 'We both know this.' Margot Tessier was trying hard to be a colleague and not a bitch. More than that: Trying hard to make it just us girls. Aliette Nouvelle resisted. Margot seemed perplexed by her reluctance. To fill the silence, she said, 'So many of my clients are so basic. Paris sends me all this research. So many studies being done. We deal with the idealists, the politically angry. That derives from high-end notions. Patriotism, love of humankind, fanatical faith, what have you… I suppose it's fascinating for the ones who draw up these abstract models. I suppose it helps me do I what I need to do. But I mean basic in the sense of predictable responses to your garden-variety spiritual crises brought on by disillusion. I'd never tell my bosses, but I find far more workable profiles in my how-to self-help bestsellers than in any of the academic stuff. It's a bit sad when you think about it.' 'How to make a bomb?' Aliette got that research too. 'You're seeing her wrong.' Margot Tessier helped herself to more wine.
"Oh-la-la! … Inspector Aliette Nouvelle has been transferred to the south." View the YouTube trailer.
The Unknown Masterpiece
Art fraud. Murder… Aliette Nouvelle's love life is in tatters – it's a heavy distraction as she goes back and forth across the border trying to determine who killed a Basel art gallery security guard found at a gay gathering spot on the French bank of the Rhine. A damaged painting found near the body motivates her. A shoemaker. The inspector identifies with the image of a dedicated artisan working in solitude. With love dissolving, work is all that's left. But the case gets messy. The inspector makes mistakes…
Swiss FedPol Agent Rudi Bucholtz breathed, 'Stay the fuck away from me,' and cut the line. She probably deserved it. Maybe needed it too… But she needed Rudi. Or would. Heading through the checkpoint back into France, Aliette tried to visualize the fifty or so works of art she had flipped through with such hurried disbelief four nights ago in the squalid pied à terre on Mulheimerstrasse. Perhaps she had looked at some Early Modern naïf representations, some ultra-metaphysical Romantic images as well. But she couldn't really remember, and even if she could, she didn't really know. In any event, she doubted a stolid Flemish shoemaker taking a break for tea fit either category. Perhaps that was why he'd been so rudely treated. And Martin Bettelman killed.
"Aliette goes back and forth across the border trying to determine who killed a Basel art gallery security guard at a gay gathering spot on the French bank of the Rhine. The case gets messy. The inspector makes mistakes." View the YouTube trailer.
Stifling Folds of Love
317 pages Signature Editions ISBN: 1-897109-57-1, ISBN-13: 978-1897109-57-1
Pearl Serein is the most desired woman in town. Pearl's lovers are the city's leading men. She breaks up marriages, and after she dumps her lovers, big careers go down the tubes. Celebrity gossip scribe Tommi Bonneau chronicles Pearl's every romantic move in the morning paper. When Pearl's ex-lovers start dying of apparent heart attacks there is no criminal evidence - but the common fact of Pearl makes it impossible for Commissaire Claude Néon to resist investigating. Soon seven men are dead and Claude is in hot water, maybe danger…Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is no fan of celebrity gossip. She thinks Claude has acted like an unprofessional ass. Should she be loyal? Or let him suffer? The mystery surrounding Pearl Serein is a challenge for the Inspector's heart and mind.
Aliette Nouvelle went down to the morgue. 'I need to prove murder.'Doctor Conan smiled, commiserating. Heart attacks? Yes. But how? He had to tell her, 'This remains obscured.' Why? Because the crucial electrical factor could not be known. 'An EKG might show it, but a body has to be alive.' Conan shrugged. 'In this modern era, you could say death is the absence of electricity.' 'Electricity?' The inspector gazed at the lifeless organs on display atop the counter.
"Pearl Serein has rejected seven of the city's most eligible men. Gossip flows. Then Pearl's ex-loves start to die. Aliette feels it personally." View the YouTube trailer..
All Pure Souls
240 pages Signature Editions ISBN: 0-92183380-6
An August heat wave. High-priced sex. Goddess worship. A prostitute - a Marilyn Monroe "lookalike" - is found murdered. And the logical suspect is already in lock-up. As he contemplates the crime scene photo of the victim, Commissaire Claude Néon admits he can't fathom the attraction. Who would ever pay for that? "I'll never understand those Americans and the things they like. She always seemed too much like a cow to me. That thick body, those stupid eyes…"
Inspector Aliette Nouvelle senses something deeper. She confronts her boss, "Claude, I need to know why anyone would want to kill a Marilyn Monroe doll. And why anyone would ever want to be one. Don't you?"
"Where do gentle spirit, fantasy sex, and murder… meet in the heart of the Goddess? A killing at the brothel known as Mari Morgan's leads Inspector Nouvelle to desolate island off the Brittany coast." View the YouTube trailer.
The Voice of Aliette Nouvelle
Jacques: A cultural hero who has lost his meaning; is losing track of himself. Aliette: A new kind of hero, non-violent, subtle, still trying to understand her role…
A "what if" mystery, built around the myth of celebrated Public Enemy Jacques Mesrine, as told by Inspector Aliette Nouvelle. "I'm from the west but I worked in the east, in a city on the Rhine…There is not much of the macabre in this story, no gory forensics, very little of the rude or violent. The mystery was mostly imaginary, a case of mistaken identities. It happened in the second part of my life, when I was thirty-five. We were into the 90's and the world was changing. France was trying to, but it had such a reputation to uphold."
Last Days of Montreal
300 pages Signature Editions ISBN: 0-921833-91-1
Montreal is a city that lives the ideal of peoples meeting, mixing and producing a culture greater than the sum of its diverse parts. The 1995 Sovereignty Referendum almost ruined it. The heart of the action is a unknown quarter in an old Montreal neighborhood. Some people are feeling the pressure of the politics; others are more worried about love and snow. But all of them affect each other. And none of them can avoid Last Days.
Not exactly an upstanding citizen. More a Don Quixote type, a ragged man of hearty soul rolling through a crumbling world, drinking beer, looking for love, railing at the foolish ones who believe the past is more important than the now. "Once we were the heart of a beautiful vision. Now we're like a ratty old ball that gets chewed and ripped apart by political dogs." Last Days fights for Montreal.


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Long before the Internet of Things began exploring a computerized world with app-controlled home thermostats, lights, and security, computers changed the way we live. Did you know that these 7 everyday tasks are only possible because of computer code?
That refreshing shower you enjoyed this morning was likely brought to you by a water heater that is temperature-controlled by a preset microprocessor that monitors output temperature and water flow.
Outside of the whole internal computer that modern cars rely on, code has another role in getting you to work on time. Traffic lights direct cars and pedestrians with an internal microprocessor. Sometimes traffic lights are on a timer, while those in busier intersections have an internal computer linked to the crosswalk button, sensors that signal when cars are waiting, and surrounding traffic lights.
Without containing a mini computer, modern elevators wouldn't have automatic doors, sense if something or someone is blocking the door, or take you to the proper floor based on which buttons are pressed. They also wouldn't have replaced the majority of elevator attendants and their sweet uniforms, which was the only downside to tech-savvy lifts.
Modern tufted carpeting is factory-made, where computers control the floor covering's thickness, length, and pattern. Lines of code control the entire creation process, from forming the backing to shearing the finished product.
Computers continue to make household chores easier. While not everyone needs—or even wants—a tweeting refrigerator, the computer-powered washing machine is saving time and energy. The computer "brain" of modern washing machines is programmed to monitor load weight, adjust water allotment accordingly, and set the required speed depending on the stage of the cycle. Now if only we could program dryers to fold fitted sheets.
The process of taking specially-grown tree crops and turning them into notepads and stationary involves many steps, several of which include sensors and factory machines that are monitored and run by computers. So basically, paper is being created by the thing that is leading to less need for paper. Ironic.


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Q: VS2010 WebSetup not assigning AppPool to application during installation following code helps me configuring my IIS to setup an ApplicationPool and assign my WebApplication to it (using InstallerClass) successfuly when I compiled my projects under VS2005.
Now I'm having troubles while compiling under VS2010!
When I'm running my installation setup, I become now a DropDownList to choose an application pool for the site (I did not hav this before) and in the list there is not my AppPool that I'm creating.
The AppPool will be created after the installation, I can see it, but my application is not bind to it.
Have anyone an idea about what am I missing?
thanks much for helping.
Greets,
amine
PS: code:
Private Const _appPoolName As String = "MyPool001"

Public Overrides Sub Install(ByVal stateSaver As System.Collections.IDictionary)
    MyBase.Install(stateSaver)
    SetIISApplicationPool(_appPoolName, Me.Context)
End Sub

Public Shared Sub SetIISApplicationPool(ByVal AppPoolName As String, ByVal context As System.Configuration.Install.InstallContext)
    Dim targetSite As String = context.Parameters("targetsite")
    Dim targetVDir As String = context.Parameters("targetvdir")
    Dim targetDirectory As String = context.Parameters("targetdir")

    If targetSite Is DBNull.Value Then
        Throw New System.Configuration.Install.InstallException("IIS Site Name Not Specified!")
    End If

    If targetSite.StartsWith("/LM/") Then
        '// Sets the virtual directory to .NET 2.0
        targetSite = targetSite.Substring(4)
        Dim info As New ProcessStartInfo
        info.FileName = IO.Path.Combine(System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot"), "Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe")
        info.Arguments = String.Format("-s {0}/ROOT/{1}", targetSite, targetVDir)
        info.CreateNoWindow = True
        info.UseShellExecute = False
        Process.Start(info)
        Try
            CreateApplicationPool("IIS://localhost/W3SVC/AppPools", AppPoolName)
        Catch : End Try
        Try
            AssignVDirToAppPool("IIS://localhost/" & targetSite & "/Root/" & targetVDir, AppPoolName)
        Catch : End Try
    End If
End Sub
Private Shared Sub CreateApplicationPool(ByVal strMetabasePath As String, ByVal strAppPoolName As String)
    Try
        If strMetabasePath.EndsWith("/W3SVC/AppPools") Then
            Dim blExists As Boolean = AppPoolExists(strMetabasePath, strAppPoolName)
            If blExists = False Then
                Dim objNewPool As System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
                Dim objAppPools As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(strMetabasePath)
                objNewPool = objAppPools.Children.Add(strAppPoolName, "IIsApplicationPool")
                objNewPool.CommitChanges()
            End If

        Else
            Throw New Exception("Application pools can only be created in the */W3SVC/AppPools node.")
        End If
    Catch exError As Exception
        Throw New Exception("Failed in CreateAppPool with the following exception: " & exError.Message)
    End Try

End Sub
Private Shared Sub AssignVDirToAppPool(ByVal strMetabasePath As String, ByVal strAppPoolName As String)
    Try
        Dim objVdir As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(strMetabasePath)
        Dim strClassName As String = objVdir.SchemaClassName.ToString()
        If strClassName.EndsWith("VirtualDir") Then
            Dim objParam As Object() = {0, strAppPoolName, True}
            objVdir.Invoke("AppCreate3", objParam)
            objVdir.Properties("AppIsolated")(0) = "2"
        Else
            Throw New Exception("Only virtual directories can be assigned to application pools")
        End If
    Catch exError As Exception
        Throw New Exception("Failed in AssignVDirToAppPool with the following exception: " & exError.Message)
    End Try
End Sub
Private Shared Function AppPoolExists(ByVal strMetabasePath As String, ByVal strAppPoolName As String) As Boolean
    strMetabasePath += "/" & strAppPoolName
    Dim blExists As Boolean = False
    If System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Exists(strMetabasePath) = True Then
        blExists = True
    End If
    Return blExists
End Function


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Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria
Northern Pays For Lakes Advertising Campaign
A new adevertising campaign will aim to get people visiting the Lake District back on trains.
Cumbria Tourism has been given the go-ahead to co-ordinate a £285,000 campaign to show that the Lakes is open and accessible by public transport.
It's been funded by Northern Rail after a summer of disruption on the Lake Line, it's hoped the campaign will restore confidence in train services in the county.
Cumbria Tourism's vigorous calls for a campaign have been supported by a range of partners, including: Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), local MPs Tim Farron, John Woodcock and Trudy Harrison, South Lakeland District Council, Transport for the North and Community Rail Partnerships within the county.
It will not only focus on attracting people back onto the Lakes Line but will also encourage people to make better use of links to the Furness Line, the Cumbrian Coastal Line and mainline train services at Carlisle, Penrith and Oxenholme. Highlighting the wider network of buses and scheduled boat services will be additional key messages.
Details are currently being finalised, but the campaign will get underway later this autumn, subject to full resumption of services.
Cumbria Tourism will also be managing a wide variety of digital marketing through social media (such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat), alongside a PR campaign targeting national journalists and influencers.
The new campaign will help encourage people to book holidays through the GoLakes visitor website and will build on the legacy of the GoLakes Travel and 'See More' sustainable travel projects, which Cumbria Tourism helped to co-ordinate.
The Cumbria Tourism team will be working closely with both Northern and local Community Rail Partnerships to develop sustainable travel content and itineraries over the coming weeks.
Cumbria Tourism's Head of Marketing and Sales, Rachel Tyson, says, "It's been a challenging period for travellers but as we head towards the traditionally quieter part of the tourism season, we want to inspire people to visit and encourage them to leave the car at home and incorporate leisurely experiences by rail, bus and boat into breaks away in our special part of the world."
Craig Harrop, Regional Director at Northern Rail says, "Following the disruption to rail services earlier in 2018, Northern is working closely with Cumbria Tourism on this campaign to attract as many visitors as possible to the region. We are now running a full timetable across Cumbria and both reliability and punctuality has significantly improved in recent weeks. As we head into the autumn, visitors and residents of Cumbria will feel they can once again rely on their train services and we look forward to welcoming them onboard."
Welcoming the announcement, South Lakes MP Tim Farron added, "Local businesses took a massive hit over the summer due to the chaos on the railways. So today's news that Northern has agreed to fund a marketing campaign is to be massively welcomed and will help us send out a loud and clear message that Cumbria is open for business. It was great to work with Cumbria Tourism's Managing Director Gill Haigh over the past few months to secure this money - thank you to everyone at Cumbria Tourism, as well as politicians from across the county who helped us make the case."
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With Father's Day around the corner, it's time to start brainstorming some special gifts for the Man of the House. If you're like me, you struggle with finding the perfect gift for the important men in your life, especially when they're of no help in the hints department. It's also incredibly important for me to buy something unique and meaningful, so avoiding the dreaded repeater present is a priority. To make things easier for you, here's a roundup of fun and stylish present ideas that can help get you started. Check them out in the slideshow above.


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Home News Another Strange Ram At KATH Mortuary
Another Strange Ram At KATH Mortuary
Daily Guide Africa
The mystery ram
WORKERS AT the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) mortuary in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital are currently living in fear following the discovery of a strange ram on the premises of the mortuary on Wednesday morning.
The huge white ram, which had a piece of red cloth tied around its neck, according to workers, was spotted on the premises of the mortuary at about 4:30am.
Eyewitnesses told DAILY GUIDE that an unidentified private car parked at the mortuary at about 1:30am and dropped off the ram, after which it sped off.
They said the occupant of the said vehicle also dumped some candles smeared with mysterious oil.
Because the workers at the mortuary had closed from work and the skeletal staff were asleep, the occupant of the said vehicle was able to escape.
The workers were therefore gripped with fear when they discovered the strange ram roaming on the premises of the new mortuary.
When DAILY GUIDE visited the mortuary at about 9am following a hint, the workers and patrons of the place were seen discussing what might have necessitated the dumping of the bizarre sheep there, considering that a similar incident had occurred at Koforidua Government Hospital mortuary on Monday.
Some claimed it was for ritual purposes.
They speculated that the person who dumped the ram might have been ordered by a spiritualist to do so as a condition of acquiring riches overnight in a practice famously known as 'sakawa'.
None of the workers were able to go near the ram out of fear.
DAILY GUIDE later gathered that the ram was finally transported to the premises of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) after the observation of certain rituals.
The paper also learnt that the ram was taken to the KMA for safety reasons whilst investigations and other ritual activities continued.
From Morgan Owusu, Kumasi
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April 16, 2019 by Tess Martinus
more musical observations
My posts have been taking a musical turn of late, not necessarily by design. Here are two more semi-profound musings I had about songs this past weekend.
In a post several years ago, I grouped together three movies that came out in 1999 and summarized them all with the famous line from the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (1998): "You bleed just to know you're alive." I found myself thinking about this lyric again while listening to a song from just two years later, "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies (2000). I realize now that I've typed it out that this is a really unfortunate convergence of song title and band name (well, let's just say a really unfortunate band name, period), but the title simply refers to the song protagonist's feeling that he is asleep and needs to be (but is not sure if he wants to be) awakened in order to face the real world. (By the way, you may know this song better as the one with the line, "I could hide out under there/I just made you say 'underwear.'") The song could be read as a plea from a depressed person who can't muster the courage to even go outside his door. I have a feeling that many cultural critics read it, along with "Iris," as an anthem of the malaise of late Gen X-ers and early Millennials—people my own age, who grew up hearing these songs as background music—and perhaps some of them connect this malaise with the sense of entitlement that they are so fond of attributing to people in that age range. I prefer to think of true interpretation of these songs as somewhere in between: they're not only about people with diagnosable mental health conditions, but neither should they be dismissed as the whines of bored young people who have to manufacture problems in order to help themselves feel validated. I would submit that the world has gotten more overwhelming and that people my age and younger are less equipped to deal with it than those who came before us, and these songs are just evidence of that. I'll leave you with that to ponder.
Now, something more uplifting. While running on Saturday, I listened to one of my favorite songs of all time, Queen's "We Are the Champions," and maybe it was all the adrenaline or the fact that my institution has graduation in less than two weeks, but in any case, I came up with a brief commencement address on the theme of this song. Here it is: Have you ever wondered why we use the term "commencement" for something that we usually talk about as an ending? Also, have you ever wondered why the song says, "We are the champions," implying that we've already won, but then goes on to say, "We'll keep on fighting to the end?" The answer to both these questions is the same: it's that the struggle is never over in this life, is it? You're celebrating the end of college, and indeed you should. You are a champion. But you still face the fight of career, relationships, and just getting through life. You can "go the distance" like Rocky, but then you still have Rocky II, II, IV, IV, and Rocky Balboa and Creed and Creed II—you see what I mean. The Queen song goes on to include several more of these "already and not yet" constructions (to borrow a term from theology): for example, the speaker of the song talks about taking his bows and his curtain calls, but just a few lines later he uses future tense: "I consider it a challenge before the whole human race/And I ain't gonna lose." So remember, the fight goes on. But don't let that discourage you. [And I teach at a Christian college, so this next part applies to my students and is crucial.] Remember that you serve a God who does have time for losers. He gave his life for losers like us, and he makes us champions. The End.
This entry was posted in faith, music, work/career and tagged Barenaked Ladies, Goo Goo Dolls, graduation, Jesus Christ, mental health, Queen, Rocky.


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Deutsche Messe Plans Robotation Academy In China
South China city is the central location of robotics
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A project from Hanover is moving around the world: In November 2017, a Robotation Academy is to open in Foshan, China - developed and built by experts from Hanover. The managing directors of the Deutsche Messe Technology Academy, Thomas Rilke and Olaf Katzer, signed the contract with representatives of the city of Foshan on December 7, 2016. In the Robotation Academy, around 1000 industrial representatives in robotics and automation as well as in Industry 4.0 are to be trained each year.
The Robotation Academy on the exhibition grounds in Hanover has been implementing this concept for seven years. "It is great that we are now building up an international network of technology academies," says Managing Director Rilke. "The need for competence centers exists worldwide. In Foshan we are in the middle of an important center of Chinese industry."
Chinese wants to take over Kuka
Foshan is located in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and has around eight million inhabitants. The city is considered a central location for mechanical and plant engineering as well as for robotics and is home to Midea. The group recently acquired a majority stake in the robot manufacturer Kuka AG. Midea is said to be one of currently 18 technology partners who want their employees to be trained in the Academy.
The Academy is a joint initiative of Deutsche Messe AG with Volkswagen AG and a 100 percent subsidiary of Deutsche Messe AG. The Robotation Academy in Hanover now reaches around 3000 participants from around the world on around 200 event days. Further academies of the Deutsche Messe Technology Academy, which are currently under construction, deal with the topics of smart cities, virtual / augmented reality and 3D printing. (kj)
Japanese technology group invests in Europe
When robots build robots
Rittal Plans To Install A Private 5G Mobile Network
Rittal was one of the first industrial companies to receive 5G frequency allocation. A private 5G mobile network is to be installed in the new plant in Haiger this year. The first pilot projects in production monitoring and analysis have already been defined
PTC Plans To Buy SaaS Provider Onshape
PTC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Onshape. Onshape was the first provider to launch a software as a service (SaaS) product development platform that combines CAD with data management and collaboration tools
Deutsche Messe Is Looking For The Engineer Powerwoman
The career award /u201eEngineer Powerwoman /u201c honors women who, through their work or their commitment, set new standards in the technical corporate environment. Application deadline is March 14, the price is endowed with 5000 euros
Deutsche Messe Announces The Hermes Award
As every year, the Deutsche Messe announces the Hermes Award. The winner will be honored at the Hannover Messe. Particularly advanced products are honored
Deutsche Messe Worried About Track Closure
The Deutsche Messe is concerned because, according to a report by the German newspaper Deutsche Bahn, the important Hanover-Kassel line wants to be blocked for two weeks from April 23 to May 8 due to construction work. The world-wide industrial fair takes place in Hanover exactly at this time


Australian Road & Track Rider Promotions (ARTRP) and TTXGP are excited to announce the continuance of their relationship into the 2012 racing year.
With the success of the fledgling eFXC/TTXGP 2011 electric racing season, 2012 is looking really bright with last season's entrants poised to bring their new technology to the race track and show just how much faster they have become.
The inaugural series winners Team Catavolt are busily preparing for the 2012 season. Team owner Jon Eggenhuizen said "We have been developing our revolutionary hub motor in the off season to try and make it run cooler and therefore make more power, experimenting with both water and oil cooling options. We are also excited to be running with a different manufacturer's frame that will allow us so much more scope to run different battery and motor configurations, whilst having much more improved handling and suspension"
A number of interested bystanders watched last year's start-up electric series with keen interest, contemplating starting their own assault on the 2012 eFXC/TTXGP Championship.
Mark's team has designed a machine around a Yamaha R6 frame and running gear with a locally sourced high torque DC motor.


In the two years period immediately following commencement of remunerative work as a result of undertaking the vocational rehabilitation program, veterans on the s — pecial or i — ntermediate r — ate pension will be paid 100% of the general rate and half of the difference between that general rate and either the special or intermediate rate (whichever they were receiving). The next five years, while remaining in employment, the pension is gradually reduced to 100% of the general rate. However, the special or i — ntermediate r — ate pension status and all ancillary benefits are retained.
Note: The initial two-year period of pension reduction does not recommence after a period of not working. The exclusion period is generally for two calendar years, following the commencement of remunerative employment. The two-year period ceases on the day before the first CPI indexation day following the two-year anniversary.


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Sex offender resocialization funds lacking
In cooperation with BNS
State Probation services says that jail does not reform the criminals
RIGA- The Latvian parliament committee for human rights and publicaffairs is worried about the lack of funds for the program for resocializationof sex offenders.
The parliament press service reported that on Nov. 25, thecommittee visited the Probation Service to study the work of the agency and its2009 funding. The lawmakers are concerned that no money has been allocated forthe program of resocialization of sex offenders in the coming year.
"The society has a reason to blame the state and the government forunacceptably high number of cases when children are sexually abused or evendie. Financing must be found for safety of the society and the children,because it is inadmissible to fight the consequences instead of thecauses," said MP Janis Smits, the chairman of the parliament committee.
The lawmakers will ask the state to find the financing for solving theseproblems in 2009.
"Economizing at the expense of child safety is an unpardonable crime," saidSmits.
The State Probation Service head Aleksandrs Dementjevs confirmed that nomoney has been allocated for the programs aimed at correcting social behaviorby sex offenders. To prevent the reoccurrence of sex crimes, the ProbationService in 2008 carried out a treatment program at the penitentiaries. Therewere preparations to continue the program in 2009, working with the sexoffenders after their release from the jail.
"Jail does not and will not reform the convicts, unless something isdone with them there. The world practice of probation programs shows that humanbehavior can be reformed in about 50 percent of cases," said Dementjevs.
Implementation of both parts of the program would cost 300,000 lats (427,000euro) annually, reported Justice Ministry experts, but only those measures thatdo not require additional funds had been left on the ministry's action plan forprevention of sex crimes against minors for 2009.
The programs for correction of sex offenders as well as educational measuresdesigned to help identify the cases of child abuse have been put off until2010.
Starting January 1, 2009, the Probation Service has to let go 48 of its 521employees, and the Valmiera social rehabilitation center where the ex-convictscould stay for a year after release and receive help in finding in a place tolive and a job will also be close for lack of financing.