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Just copy the content of above file into your /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net file and see the new sexy login screen (console, telnet and ssh)
Make sure to take the backup of your original issue and issue.net file.
Geoiplookup is included in the Maxmind C library that you will probably already have installed in case you are using any geoip related applications. This also includes the free GeoLite Country database that is used for the lookups.
In case you don't have the GeoIP C library already installed on a Debian system, you can install it very simple (you might have the libgeoip1 already installed but not geoip-bin; the later one includes the geoiplookup utility):
apt-get install libgeoip1 geoip-bin
Once installed you can use the geoiplookup utility from the command line to get the country of any IP (or hostname):
geoiplookup ipaddress|hostname
For example:
geoiplookup www.abc.com
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States
This shows me in one command line where the IP that resolves to that particular hostname is located.
The GeoLite Country database is quite accurate, but you should update it (they make available a new release each month). To see when the database you are using was build:
geoiplookup -v
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This book provides a set of design and implementation guidelines for writing secure programs for Linux and Unix systems. Such programs include application programs used as viewers of remote data, web applications (including CGI scripts), network servers, and setuid/setgid programs. Specific guidelines for C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, and Ada95 are included.
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On a near party-line vote Republicans blocked Obama's attempts to make sure that millionaires pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes. Why do so many low-income and middle-income Americans oppose such commonsense pollicies?
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Yes, they think trickle down economics is the answer to the bad economy.
Found this book called "Unequal Democracy" by Larry M. Bartels, you guys (especially those of you who think trickle-down economics work, ahem!) should check it out. A link http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8664.html and a brief summary:
"Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, Unequal Democracy debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased slightly under Democrats, leaving America grossly unequal. This is not simply the result of economic forces, but the product of broad-reaching policy choices in a political system dominated by partisan ideologies and the interests of the wealthy.
Bartels demonstrates that elected officials respond to the views of affluent constituents but ignore the views of poor people. He shows that Republican presidents in particular have consistently produced much less income growth for middle-class and working-poor families than for affluent families, greatly increasing inequality. He provides revealing case studies of key policy shifts contributing to inequality, including the massive Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the erosion of the minimum wage. Finally, he challenges conventional explanations for why many voters seem to vote against their own economic interests, contending that working-class voters have not been lured into the Republican camp by "values issues" like abortion and gay marriage, as commonly believed, but that Republican presidents have been remarkably successful in timing income growth to cater to short-sighted voters.
Unequal Democracy is social science at its very best. It provides a deep and searching analysis of the political causes and consequences of America's growing income gap, and a sobering assessment of the capacity of the American political system to live up to its democratic ideals."
You're welcome Jonathan, and since I don't have the time to get to that book right now, much as I'd like to, if you do get a chance to look at it, will you check back in with me and let me know what you think?
To be more thoughtful about this question, there is more to it than theories of trickle down economics. I think you have to ask, and listen to, voters who represent working class and middle class Americans and see what they really say. I don't know that a lot of them know about "trickle down" economics. Other factors could include, aligning themselves with the "moral" issue of the Republican right wing (religion being their opiate), attitudes about authoritarianism (that being the right wing, again), the fantasy of somehow "striking it rich" and wanting to be able to keep it all, the attitude the rich know how to get rich, so would pass that on to the country if elected. It's also the "package" that the right wing offers - reactionary social attitudes, the sense of security that authoritarian regimes provide (even if false), the opportunity to scapegoat disinfranchesed people so that blame for bad times is not in the hands of the working class and middle class, the security of feeling "right". As for why republican politicians vote against taxes for the rich, it's the rich who pay them and help keep them in office.
Much of this is speculation on my part. I much prefer actual data.
YOUR DEMONIZING SUCCESS and hurting the job creators! I won't be able to buy that new jet this year , ill have to wait til next year!
Obama paid about 20% on his 790K income last year.
Yeah .. same here Jonathan.
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Honest John Gaffney
Honest John Gaffney (Baseball. Born, Roxbury, MA, June 29, 1855; died, New York, NY, Aug. 8, 1913.) He liked to call himself "Honest John," but many referred to John H. Gaffney as "King of the Umpires" in the late 19th century. Gaffney started his big league umpiring career in 1884 in the N.L. Before he was finished, he would work in three leagues and manage a team, all in 12 seasons. Gaffney managed the Washington Nationals for the last 43 games of the 1886 season after umpiring the first part of the season. He managed all of 1887, finished seventh, and then went back to umpiring in 1888. Late that season, Gaffney switched over to the N.L.'s rival, the American Association. In the middle of the next season, he left the A.A. and went back to the N.L. In 1890, he jumped to the Players League and came back to the N.L. for five more seasons (1891-95). His status in the eyes of the players and fans was such that he could get away with it all and still be welcomed wherever he landed. In the one-umpire days, an arbiter had to be fearless and Gaffney certainly was that.
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John Gaherin
John Gaherin (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, Nov. 24, 1914; died, Hyannis, MA, Jan. 24, 2000.) Former head of the Newspapers Publishers Association of New York, John J. Gaherin was baseball's chief labor negotiator (1967-78) during a tumultuous time in the game's labor history. Gaherin headed the management group that negotiated with Marvin Miller, then head of the Players Association. He negotiated the first Basic Agreement in 1968, the renegotiation of the pension plan a year later, and the revolutionary Basic Agreement announced during the 1976 All-Star break in Philadelphia, Penna., which granted free agency under certain conditions to the players for the first time in nearly a century. The owners reluctantly agreed to the free agency provision after arbitrators ruled against the reserve clause, which had previously kept players bound to one club unless traded or released.
Clark Gaines
Clark Gaines (Pro football. Born, Elberton, GA, Feb. 1, 1954.) A running back from Wake Forest, Clark Gaines was a mainstay of the Jets offense for five seasons (1976-80). Gaines rushed 581 times for 3,880 yards (4.4 yards per carry) and eight touchdowns.
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Augie Galan
Augie Galan (Baseball. Born, Berkeley, CA, May 25, 1912; died, Fairfield, CT, Dec. 28, 1993.) Despite a right elbow broken in childhood and a left knee damaged twice in the big leagues, August John Galan had a 17-year major league career. "Goo-Goo" was already in his eighth season with the Chicago Cubs when he was sold to Brooklyn for $2,500 in 1941. A switch-hitting outfielder, he was batting just .208 in 65 games with Chicago but helped the Dodgers in the stretch run to win the 1941 N.L. pennant. Galan hit .259 with Brooklyn. He was hitless in two World Series at-bats. As it happened, a draft physical revealed his old elbow injury and, coupled with his damaged knee, made him 4-F. Galan thus played regularly with the wartime Dodgers and enjoyed some of his best seasons. He hit .318 in 1944, .307 in 1945, and .310 in 1946 (after the war was over), twice leading the N.L. in walks (1943-44). Galan was then swapped to Cincinnati (Dec. 4, 1946) and finished his career in 1949, when he logged 22 games with the Giants and 12 with the Phillies. Galan hit .287 in 1,742 career games with five teams.
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Two-Ton Tony Galento
Two-Ton Tony Galento (Boxing. Born, Orange, NJ, Mar. 12, 1910; died, Livingston, NJ, July 22, 1979.) Among the most colorful and popular characters in boxing during his career, Dominic Anthony Galento was a heavy heavyweight contender in the 1930s. Galento's most celebrated bout came against champion Joe Louis June 28, 1939, before 34,852 at Yankee Stadium, when he knocked Louis down in the third round. He looked briefly to be able to make good on his pre-fight boast, "Ill moider da bum," but Louis won when the fight was stopped in the fourth round. Galento won 82 of 114 pro fights from 1929-44, losing to Max Baer in another notable bout in 1940 in Jersey City, N.J. He fought 32 times in Newark and 15 times in New York. Galento earned his nickname by nearly missing a fight in Newark when he told the promoter he had to deliver two tons of ice on his way to the arena. After retiring in 1944, he ran a bar and restaurant in Orange, N.J. Galento suffered from diabetes and had his left leg amputated in 1977. During the 1950s, he appeared in bit parts in several films, including On the Waterfront and Guys and Dolls.
Arnie Galiffa
Arnie Galiffa (Football. Born, Donora, PA, Jan. 29, 1927.) An Army quarterback from 1946-49, Arnold A. Galiffa was an all-America choice in his senior season. Following military service, Galiffa had a brief pro career with the Giants (1953) and San Francisco (1954).
Harry Gallatin
Harry Gallatin (Pro Basketball. Born, Roxana, IL, Apr. 26, 1927.) Known universally as "Harry the Horse," Gallatin earned the nickname by his rugged work off the backboards of the N.B.A. and for his remarkable endurance. During his nine seasons with the Knicks, Gallatin never missed a single game, logging 610 in a row to set what was then an N.B.A. record. He extended that record to 682 games, plus 64 more in the playoffs. That record was eventually broken by Dolph Schayes. No player in Knicks history, besides Gallatin, has ever played as many as 400 straight games. Although only 6'6", 210 pounds, Gallatin, a Navy veteran, was among the best rebounders in the N.B.A. during his career and played in the league's first seven All-Star games. He joined the club in 1948-49 out of Northeast Missouri State, averaging 8.3 points per game in 52 games. He moved into double figures in scoring (11.8) his second season but it wasn't until his third year that his value became more appreciated. During the 1953-54 season, Gallatin had his best year. With 1,098 rebounds he not only led the league but set an N.B.A. record while also becoming the first Knick player ever named to the All-N.B.A. first team. In 1954-55, Gallatin finished second to the Philadelphia Warriors' Neil Johnston in the rebounding race and was named to the all-N.B.A. second team. He was also honored with a "Harry Gallatin Night" (the first Knick so honored) at Madison Square Garden when he played his 500th straight game Feb. 8, 1955. In the summer of 1957, Gallatin was traded to the Detroit Pistons. He scored 7,771 points and collected 5,935 rebounds for the Knicks. On Jan. 3, 1965, Gallatin was named the seventh coach in team history, succeeding Eddie Donovan, who became general manager. After a 6-15 start to the 1965-66 season, he was replaced by Dick McGuire.
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Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, July 26, 1897; died, Monte Carlo, Monaco, July 15, 1976.) Among the most renowned sportswriters of the "Golden Age of Sports" was Paul William Gallico, sports editor and columnist of the Daily News from 1924-36. Gallico joined the News in 1922 as a movie critic but was a sportswriter (1923-24) before becoming sports editor. He created many of his own best works by competing against the great athletes of the day. Gallico, a Columbia man who should have known better, boxed heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and was knocked out in less than two minutes. He swam against Johnny Weismuller and golfed with Bobby Jones (less hazardous pursuits). Gallico also was a promotional mind who helped create the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament and the Silver Skates for amateur skaters, both major Daily News promotions with finals at the Garden. He left the paper to become an author. One of Gallico's first major works was Farewell to Sports (1938), but the title was something of a misnomer since he later turned out a biography of Lou Gehrig. Gallico moved to Europe in 1950 and there produced his most noted work, including The Snow Goose, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, and The Poseidon Adventure.
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Bill Gallo
Bill Gallo (Cartoonist. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 1922; died, White Plains, NY, May 10, 2011.) Starting in 1960 as career that lasted over 50 years, William V. Gallo was one of the most popular sports cartoonists ever to work in New York and the proud torch-bearer of a long newspaper tradition. With his marvelously earthy characters "Basement Bertha," her cousin "Penthouse Polly," "Yuchie," "Bernie the Bulgarian," and "Two Kids Talkin' Sports," Gallo has warmed the hearts of New York sports fans. His father was a New York newspaperman and Gallo wanted to follow his dad. He studied art in high school and in 1941 applied for jobs at all of the city's much-more-numerous papers before landing a job at the Daily News. He ended up being with the News for 70 years, with military service in the Second World War interrupting his career. In 1946 he returned to the News as a picture clerk. He pursued his college education days while working full-time nights. Then he was transferred in 1960 into the sports department, where he began his cartoon career. Gallo is also a boxing columnist and has won awards, including the James J. Walker Award from the Boxing Writers Association, 10 "Reuben" awards and 22 Page One Awards for cartoons.
Len Gambino
Len Gambino (Sportscaster. Born, Stamford, CT, Apr. 18, 1938.) A local star in southwest Connecticut, Leonard Gambino was a sportscaster for WSTC (AM 1400) for 26 years (1970-96). During that stretch, Gambino broadcast high school football, basketball, baseball, softball, and hockey, as well as conducting a sports news show that by the mid-1970s also included a talk show format. He expanded the station's coverage to include the Big East and New York area pro sports. Gambino later did Fairfield U. football and basketball, cable television scholastic sports, and MSG Network's high school game of the week.
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U.S. could help disrupt China's Internet censorship
THE MOST interesting question President Obama fielded in China came over the Internet, via the U.S. Embassy, from a Chinese citizen who asked, "Do you know of the firewall? Should we be able to use Twitter freely?" In response, Mr. Obama, speaking at a town hall in Shanghai, did not directly address China's massive Internet censorship operation -- "the firewall" -- and he confessed that he does not use Twitter. But he said, "I'm a big supporter of not restricting Internet use, Internet access, other information technologies like Twitter."
No doubt that's correct. And, just as likely, Mr. Obama is not aware that his State Department not only is doing next to nothing to support Internet freedom in countries such as China, but that it also has been slow-walking congressional initiatives to do so.
For two years Congress has appropriated funds to support groups that are developing ways to circumvent the Chinese firewall and those erected in Iran, Burma, Cuba and other repressive countries. The most prominent of the groups, the Global Internet Freedom Consortium, says it has the capacity to host 1.5 million users daily. Its technology works: Shiyu Zhou, the deputy director of the consortium, testified to the U.S. Helsinki Commission last month that at the height of opposition protests on June 20, more than 1 million Iranians used the system. He said that with $30 million of additional funding, capacity could be increased to 50 million users a day, making it "prohibitively expensive for any repressive government to counter our efforts."
A bipartisan coalition that includes Sens. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has been trying to channel the necessary funding. A total of $20 million has been included in the past two State Department budgets, and $30 million more is pending in the Senate's version of the 2010 budget. But State hasn't passed the money on to the firewall-busters. Instead it gave the lion's share of its 2008 appropriation to a group that specializes in conducting media studies and training journalists, and it has failed to distribute the 2009 funds, even though the fiscal year ended nearly three weeks ago. The department says it is increasing the staff dedicated to working on Internet freedom issues and that it is funding some "implementing partners" that it won't identify.
Still, no money is going to the one organization with a proven record of overcoming firewalls. The group's advocates suspect that that's because the Global Internet Freedom Consortium is identified with China's banned Falun Gong movement -- and State is fearful of Beijing's reaction to any U.S. support for it. The Obama administration has already done plenty to appease the Chinese regime. The least it can do is act on the president's own words about the value of free information -- and help give Chinese their chance to Twitter.


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Ford was doing that in 2002. The routine was when the system saw a refueling event (increase in fuel level in the tank) it immediately would run the medium and large leak tests and compare the results to recent historical test data. If a leak was detected that was not there previously then the Check Gas Cap light would be turned on and the regular P0440/P0455 result would be suspended for another full drive cycle. The result of that was instead of maturing into a code in two trip failures, it would require at least three consecutive trips with failures.0
Sorry to hear of your troubles Doc and sure hope things improve.
The thought of a non transferable license makes no sense at all!!0
Being "available" is all that is required, there is nothing that says that stepping up and making the investment needs to be rational or practical. Seriously is it really such a stretch to consider that it isn't in the dealers and manufacturers primary interests to have vehicles last fifteen to twenty years which can only happen with a service ready technicians trade? (both dealer and independent) If I were in their shoes I'd applaud all of the bashing of the trade whether it was deserved or not too.Mr_Shiftright said:
What was supposed rationale of a non-transferable license?0
Hey Doc, what, exactly is a "smoke machine" that the shops are buying now?
Good point - most anyone with a steady job can easily have three cars in their driveway and cars really do last 15 to 20 years now without needing major rebuilds.
I'm seeing $200 laptops on sale for Black Friday for $99. A Versa? - $12,600.
When I look at $50k+ SUV and pickup prices, I have to shake my head, but that's probably not much in 1950 dollars. And that means the $13,000 subcompacts and $99 lease deals are really dirt cheap now. Wouldn't pay to put a $6k crate engine in one of those and a $1k brake job would make you think about just trading it in.0
A smoke machine supplies pressurized smoke (25" in water approx.) to assist the techs in trying to locate leaks in the evaporative emissions system, as well as engine vacuum leaks, interior air leaks etc.
Hey Doc, what, exactly is a "smoke machine" that the shops are buying now?
With today's systems capable of detecting any leak at all (PZEV , partial zero emissions ) you can't rely on just looking for a failed or damaged vacuum hose or a component issue. A .020 leak is the size of a straight pin, and a .010 leak is in fact only about 1/4 of that. By pumping smoke into a closed system the pressure rise can be measured and the bleed off rate measured. If the leak is present, the smoke will usually be visible in the area of the leak. BTW, my favorite tool to locate the smoke is a laser pointer. Anywhere that the laser shimmers, smoke is present.
It does to the companies that would want you to buy a new tool off of them, instead of my used ones.
Sorry to hear of your troubles Doc and sure hope things improve.
The thought of a non transferable license makes no sense at all!!0
Appreciate the explanation. I know pinhole leaks can be miserable to track down.
So, you were to sell one of those pieces of shop equipment to another shop how would the company find out? This doesn't even sound legal!0
The "legal" side of it would be them trying to renew the license falsely as if they were me. That would be "illegal" and would result in immediate revocation of the license "IF" caught. My Ford scan tool turns off next week if I don't renew the license. There is of course no reason to do that and so it will simply turn off. Between the initial purchase, and all of the updates through the years, that makes it a little over $12K for me that is gone, probably forever. It really hurts when you figure in the other manufacturers tools that I have that are headed towards the same fate.0
Not like the "old days" when I was in the tool business. A Sun Scope and a VAT 40 was all a shop really needed. Is Sun even in business today?
Heck, the gas station where I worked as a kid didn't even have a dwell meter or a timing light! We set point gaps with a feeler gauge and set the timing by ear!
No wonder shops charge the labor rates they do!0
No Sun was eaten up by Snap-On more than a decade ago.
Not like the "old days" when I was in the tool business. A Sun Scope and a VAT 40 was all a shop really needed. Is Sun even in business today?
The labor rates that you see today are insufficient to produce a sustainable trade, and they are short of that by a significant margin. Most shops today can run right up until fate cashes them in and then they will disappear and not be replaced. There is nothing that is being done, nor can be done to change what is happening. Heck for that matter we all might as well just sit back and enjoy the show as it plays out. Between the cars requiring fewer repairs, and less regular maintenance on top of the fact that it takes decades of a profitable, satisfying career to be the technician that can handle the complex work when it is needed we have the perfect storm in place to shut the trade down completely. It's now just a matter if time.
Heck, the gas station where I worked as a kid didn't even have a dwell meter or a timing light! We set point gaps with a feeler gauge and set the timing by ear!
No wonder shops charge the labor rates they do!
I know that some high end shops are approaching 200.00/hr at least in California. I think the strong WILL survive but many/most will fail.
I know a lot of the older guys that are still in the business are strongly recommending the young guys NOT to get in the business. I have to wonder how the Vo-tech schools are doing.
Many have shut down their automotive programs, the primary reason of course being the cost to run them. Talk to the instructors and you'll hear the common theme that the majority of the students are only there to take up the time and they have no interest in actually becoming auto technicians. Meanwhile the kids that the trade really needs to attract are going to engineering schools where the wages and benefits after graduation are way beyond what can be realized by someone inside of this trade.
Heck just search you-tube watch some of the recent pushes to try and do more for making any of the trades more attractive and see if they mention auto repair.
GM customer service people respond to this forum when consumers complain because their car hasn't been diagnosed and repaired correctly. I'll challenge anybody who reads this to try and do diagnostics ACCURATELY for the .3hr that their dealer techs get paid. (GM isn't alone in this kind of abuse of the tradesmen)
Techs on average make 20% of the door rate. At a door rate of $200/hr that could be pretty respectable wage in some areas of the country, and yet insufficient to qualify for a mortgage in others.0
I understand it's becoming harder and harder to be able to "flat rate" jobs.
Years ago when the 3.8 Taurus were breaking front motor mounts I believe the books called for something like five hours to change one.
Well, the guys found out how to use a combination of sockets and extensions and a guy who was good could change one in a half hour.
Well, Ford found out and slashed the warranty time.0
Yea the Taurus engine mounts, could get that nut at the top of the front mount, behind the AC compressor without removing the compressor, that 18mm 3/8" drive deep impact flex-socket was a major time saver.
You should check out the fixed operations forum in Linked In. The same topics replay over and over again from upselling services VIA MPI's;
To whether the techs should be paid to do the MPI's or not even though they are required;
To how to deal with techs that over sell when they do the MPI's that they force the techs to do, To how do they get techs to do the MPI's when they refuse to,,,,,,
To why can't they find qualified technicians... Or what methods does someone use to try and attract the best techs out of another shop. Then of course they go back to the start of the list.
Meanwhile the labor times have just dropped and dropped while the door rates have climbed, and tech wages per flat rate hour have stayed the same, since the 90's. The bureau of labor statistics shows the mean wage at $36,000 for automotive technicians.
Europe again.
I wonder how enrollment at the Vo-Tech schools are doing?
I know that a lot of the veterans in the business will try their best to talk young guys out of becoming auto technicians.
Then the staggering cost of the tools they have to buy?0
Vo-tech, and for profit schools like UTI are still trying to crank out entry level techs with the promise of a decent career. The reality is that the kids hit the market and find no-jobs other than the most basic entry level and the for profit school grads also face the tuition payment while they start collecting their $50K in their own tools over the first ten years of their career, if they last that long.0
They should be telling them to go into computers.
I know that a lot of the veterans in the business will try their best to talk young guys out of becoming auto technicians.
Same difference in other words!
I know a lot of people think the shops furnish the tools tech use but except for shop equipment this just isn't true. They don't go to Harbor Freight or Sears for tools they depend on to make a living.
The future looks scary as the veterans are retiring or simply finding something else to do.
It take a toll on the body. Very rare to find a guy 50 or older wrenching on a car.0
"BMW AG on Thursday agreed to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission that its Mini division violated the law by telling owners the company would void their warranty unless they used Mini dealers and parts to perform repairs and maintenance."
BMW settles FTC charges over Mini warranty rules (Detroit News)
Haven't heard squat from the FTC regarding Dexos.0
The "D" in dexos is not capitalized because it isn't a name or brand, it is the specification. Products approved for meeting the dexos specification can be found on parts stores shelves (and even Walmart) all around the country. Even Valvoline who was quoted in the one article here in Edmunds reversed their position and now have approved products. Simply claiming to meet or exceed a specification isn't good enough and products that are not approved should only be used at the vehicle owners risk, not the manufacturers. API SN and ILSAC GF5 does not meet the requirements of the dexos specification. There are a number of threads right in this forum that are complaints by vehicle owners about oil consumption and mechanical failures that are the direct result of using products that fell short of the vehicle manufacturer's specifications.
BTW, speaking of those articles which are still on the website. Are they ever going to re-addressed so that they inform the vehicle owners correctly instead of misleading them? Case in point is this quote from the linked webpage.
" Fortified with detergents that exceed dexos1™ sulfated ash specifications." http://www.amsoil.lube-direct.com/2011/04/dexos-1-amsoil-has-it/
Informing the consumer correctly would have that statement explained for what it really means.
A Rose by any other name is still a rOse.thecardoc3 said:
The "D" in dexos is not capitalized because it isn't a name or brand, it is the specification.
I think it's more fair to say that GM owns the brand and licenses it out. Here's the dexos licensing site and if you read the fine print at the bottom it says:
"dexos®, dexos1®, dexos2™ and the associated brand logos are registered trademarks owned by General Motors, LLC. All rights reserved"
Excellent comment about informing the consumer - people have been looking for the API starburst for years and most people try to remember if they should be using 5w30 instead of 10W30 that was so ubiquitous for lots of years. All GM has done is thrown another complicating wrinkle in the process that costs everyone more money.
To add insult to injury (due to all those mechanical failures posts?), GM has lowered their powertrain warranty from 5/100 to 5/60.0
So is this supposed to be a forum where consumers can come to get up to date, accurate information or not?
What purpose is served by attempting to muddy the waters by suggesting that "dexos" is anything other than exactly what it is, which is a specification?
Why haven't the writers of these articles revisited the following topics and corrected the mistakes in them so as to correctly advise the consumers?
One of the main points of that article was Valvoline's Tom Smiths quote. Shouldn't the readers be informed about Valvoline changing their position now that Valvoline does provide licensed dexos products? Why have they changed their position on the subject? Why is Amsoil not getting their product approved like all of the rest of these major manufacturershttp://www.centerforqa.com/gm/dexos1-brands and exactly what does the quote above really mean? Is having sulfated ash in the oil exceeding the dexos specification a good thing or a bad thing? Is there a reason that someone doesn't want the consumers to be aware of all of this?
Well, I have no love for Amsoil. As far as I am concerned they aren't an oil manufacturer, they are a MLM outfit, that also sells vitamins and fertilizer. And Male Power, the The All-Natural Male Turbocharger. Zoom zoom.
My guess is that Valvoline changed their position for marketing reasons. Some fleets probably required the "official" spec for warranty reasons so it made more economic sense for Valvoline to pay off GM so they could sell oil with the dexos brand on the label.
You keep making my point - consumers don't want to be aware of all this. We just want to go to NAPA or WallyWorld and buy a jug of oil off the shelf. There's probably a lot of dealers out there using bulk oil barrels hanging from the rafters too. But heaven forbid I change my own oil or have my indy guy do it. One engine problem and my warranty claim is denied because I didn't save the receipts, the jugs and an oil sample, and an oil analysis, plus I have to take a video of the drain and fill.0
Seems someone thought that the consumers cared enough about the subject to warrant the original articles.
Now that hindsight is getting to be 20/20 everyone should recognize that the linked articles were inaccurate. Aren't the consumers needs supposed to come first? How can those continue to stand and risk yet someone else being mislead by them? Besides, when it comes it making someone else's point, the misrepresentation that you intentionally continue to make between what is a brand and what is a specification isn't funny and could lead to someone making a mistake that could hurt them financially. The manufacturers shouldn't be responsible if someone doesn't service the vehicle correctly and fails to use products that actually meet the specs. Are you willing to make it right for them should their warranty be denied if what you continue to write contributes to them making the wrong choice?0
It'll be so nice when we all get EVs that don't require oil.
But I'll only use electricity from small solar that doesn't fry birds.0
Just a glitch? A sign of more troubles to come? Last night (Mar 27th) GM suspended its support for aftermarket shops to have access to the theft deterrent and key programming systems. They cite technical issues for the reason for shutting this down.
Without this access a shop that has already made significant investments in tools, training for their techs and software cannot complete repairs that might include the replacement of a PCM, a body computer on some models without having to sublet that portion of the repair to the dealer.1
Nice idea, but technically we aren't ready for that yet. You'd have to read dozens of articles like this one..stever said:
It'll be so nice when we all get EVs that don't require oil.
But I'll only use electricity from small solar that doesn't fry birds.
and this one
to even get close to having an idea of what it would cost today and you really don't know if those prices would go up or down. But let's play with todays numbers and see what it might look like. You would need at the minimum a 3Kw system. Those are projected to cost between $25-$100 dollars per month. Now of course let's use the higher number beause $100 a month lease doesn't sound bad at all. They project yearly increases up to 2.9% per year for 20 to 30 years. So based on two guesses the worst case scenario means you would pay $1200 the first year and by the 30 year mark you would then be paying $2829 which works out to about $235 a month for something you still don't own. Total approx. $57,768 which from my POV has too many variables in play to have any real meaning, other than to compare it to the increased cost of an approved engine oil over a non-approved one which in the case of Mobil1 5W30 dexos is actually about half the price of Amsoil which isn't even approved.
Remember that is just for the solar array. That doesn't include costs of maintenance on it, the charging station, nor the cost of the EV cars and any repairs of the EV cars that you own during that time. You don't have to wish for this, you can have it all right now because it IS available. Just don't pretend you will save any money with the idea. By the time you add in the rest of the numbers you're going to easily blow through some $250K-$400K over the next 30 years.0


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On this day — President Obama comes to Texas; campus carry escapes the Senate; the House [moves or doesn't move] on controversial bills that would overhaul public education and ban sanctuary cities; Voter ID gets final okay; the House delays its revenue bills, again; UT President Bill Powers speaks out in favor of research; and a cartoon from Nick Anderson.
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***Tell Your Friend POTUS, He Has a Funny Name
President Barack Obama's arrives in Texas for a two-stop swing through the Lone Star State today. His first stop will be in El Paso, where the president will visit a border crossing station and then deliver remarks on immigration and immigration reform. His second stop is Austin, the bluest spot in a state map awash in red, where he'll hold a public fundraiser at the Austin City Limits studio in downtown and then another fundraiser, this one closed to the press, at a Lake Austin residence. And if your initial thought was that the President's itinerary puts in Austin just about the time the afternoon commute turns I-35 from a badly congested artery into a parking lot that stretches from 183, through the decks and all the way to Riverside, you were right. The Austin American-Statesman's Ben Wear has more on the President's travel schedule.
For security reasons, the White House is disclosing neither his route nor the whens and wheres of Obama's Austin-area trips later in the evening from his first stop, the ACL Live theater on West Second Street, to a fundraiser at a private home west of Lake Austin, and then back to the airport for a departure somewhere around 9 p.m.
On the president's lone other visit to Austin since he assumed office — Aug. 9 last year — he took Texas 71 from the airport to I-35 in South Austin, then I-35 and East Cesar Chavez Street to the Four Seasons Hotel for a lunchtime fundraiser. Obama and his entourage then used I-35 north to the University of Texas for a speech at Gregory Gym . Air Force One whisked him away about 3:15 p.m. , meaning that the entire presidential visit was in the middle of the day.
This time, the president will get a taste of Austin rush hour traffic. Or, more accurately, Austin rush hour traffic will get a taste of presidential travel.
— Whether they're threatening secession (Gov. Rick Perry), questioning his birth certificate (Rep. Leo Berman) or demanding that he not use political capital gained from killing Osama bin Laden to back immigration reform (Rep. Michael McCaul) — Texas Republicans have never been happy with President Obama or his policies. Last time when Obama came to Austin, Gov. Perry greeted the President at the airport with a letter demanding that more resources be placed on the border. This time GOP leaders have decided to welcome the President to Texas by inviting him on a tour of rural areas devastated by the fire after slamming FEMA's decision not to grant Texas a major disaster declaration. Politics is one thing, but can anyone else remember a President being met with such open hostility by political leaders in other states?
— In other awesome, here's your West Wing clip of the day (embedding was disabled by request).
***Sanctuary, Interrupted
House Republicans cut off debate over a controversial bill that would ban sanctuary cities in Texas about halfway through late Tuesday night. The bill, which critics say will give license to cops to actively profile and discriminate against Hispanics, passed by a party-line vote of 100-47 after emotional and sometimes contentious debate. The Houston Chronicle's Patti Hart reports.
House Republicans voted to end debate by calling for an immediate vote on the bill, shutting down debate on amendments after four hours of sometimes heated discussion.
Democrats roundly criticized the tactic almost as emotionally as the underlying legislation, and faulted House Speaker Joe Straus for allowing the maneuver.
"Is this the intended course that the chair intends to exercise as we proceed?" asked State Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston. "If the chair along with the super-majority — if they will simply let the rest of us know — which bills they intend to have proceed regardless of debate and points of order — they will save us a lot of time and effort. No question the super-majority can pass any bill at any time."
Turner was referring to the "super-majority" enjoyed by the 101 House Republicans. State Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, suggested that, by cutting off debate, Democrats have no input into legislation.
Below the fold — Express-News Cartoonist John Branch on the bulldozing of Senate Democrats; 'The Clips' featuring the passage of 'guns on campus' legislation and a speech by UT President Bill Powers; and 'EXTRA!' has the TV shows you'll probably be watching (or Tivoing) come next fall.
***Senate Bulldozer
***The Clips
– The Houston Chronicle's Joe Holley reports that Sen. Jeff Wentworth's 'guns-on-campus' bill has finally managed to get escape the Senate by a vote of 19-12.
Wentworth filed his campus-carry bill, Senate Bill 354, in the opening days of the session, but could not secure enough votes to bring the legislation up for debate on the Senate floor. For the past couple of weeks, he repeatedly tried to attach a similar amendment onto a bill by Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, to eliminate some college reporting requirements and reduce administrative costs. Opposed to Wentworth's measure, Zaffirini last week killed her own bill after Wentworth succeeded in attaching his campus carry legislation to it.
On Monday, Wentworth, R-San Antonio, attached his legislation this time to a higher-ed amendment sponsored by Zaffirini. She had offered an amendment to an education-related fiscal measure intended to generate revenue and savings to help fund the state budget for the next two years. The bill was sponsored by state Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, who accepted Wentworth's amendment.
Zaffirini said she and Wentworth checked with the Senate parliamentarian about whether his amendment was germane to her bill. The parliamentarian ultimately ruled that Zaffirini's amendment made it germane.
"I disagreed strongly, and I believe that it was an incorrect ruling and incorrect advice," said Zaffirini, who chairs the Senate Higher Education Committee.
– The San Antonio Express-News' Melissa Ludwig reports that UT President Bill Powers gave little ground to his critics in a speech that he gave on Monday that defended UT's focus on research.
In a speech to alumni and students Monday, Powers acknowledged that tuition has risen sharply and that the university must find ways to rein in costs. But he defended UT's focus on research and denied it is obstructing progress.
"It is simply wrong to claim that UT is not interested in or engaged in change," Powers said, listing a bevy of improvements the university has made since 2004, when a group of university stakeholders called the Commission of 125 issued a plan for reform.
"We can't just long for the old days. We need to be more productive so that we can do more with less," Powers said.
In that, Powers is in lock-step agreement with conservatives who are agitating for change. A fight is raging over how to achieve that goal.
– The San Antonio Express-News' Francisco Vara-Orta reports that $830 million in federal aid is finally flowing to Texas classrooms after being tied up in a dispute between Gov. Rick Perry and Austin-area Congressman Lloyd Doggett.
The crux of the nine-month battle between Perry and Doggett centered on the use of the money, part of a federal education jobs bill intended to help districts hire or retain teachers. After Perry wouldn't guarantee that the money would go directly to schools, Doggett filed an amendment to ensure that it would.
But Congress repealed the amendment as part of a bill passed to avoid a federal government shutdown last month. Perry last week said the money would be made available to school districts.
The Texas Education Agency, responsible for doling out the money, posted a notice late Friday on its website, but most districts weren't informed that the money was available until Monday.
"This is extremely good news for the students and teachers," said Pascual Gonzalez, spokesman for the Northside ISD, which stands to get the biggest single amount, $15.3 million, in Bexar County.
– The San Antonio Express-News' John Gonzales reports that Hispanic lawmakers have filed suit over redistricting.
– The Austin American-Statesman's Laylan Copelin reports that efforts to regulate the state's payday loan industry appear to be going nowhere quickly.
State Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Keller , the sponsor of three bills, forced the two sides into mediation, a rare tactic in legislative faceoffs.
"I'm tired of this being a perennial issue," Truitt said last week. "The status quo is not good."
The legislative process, however, is more about power and influence and less about accommodation.
Attempts to regulate the payday loan industry appear dead in the Senate and remain hung up in the House Calendars Committee, which sets the agenda for floor debate and where bills sometime die without seeing the light of day.
– The Houston Chronicle's Patti Hart writes in her Sunday column (yes, I'm aware there was no Monday First Word) that conservatives have skewed the budget debate by attempting to redefine what an essential service is.
Is it essential that someone at Child Protective Services answers the phone when you want to report your neighbor's child is being abused? Should we train new doctors? Is it necessary to maintain a network of nursing homes to care for elderly Texans?
If you answered "no" to all of the above, then you are in agreement with a coalition of conservative groups who maintain that the Legislature should keep its hands off the state's rainy day fund.
Also known as the Economic Stabilization Fund, it collects oil and gas tax revenues into a savings account for use in correcting temporary downturns in state revenues. Conservative groups argue that since the House adopted a budget that "does not cut essential programs — and does not demand a penny from the rainy day fund," the Senate should just sign off on that plan and call it a day.
– Want to know what TV shows you'll probably be watching come next fall? TVGuide has a preview.
– The Los Angeles Times reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are separating.
– The New York Times reports on signs of a rift between Russia's Putin and Medvedev
– Donald Trump says he's not a racist because, and I'm not making this up, a black man won the Apprentice. Gawker has the video.


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If you do much hiring you've undoubtedly had the pleasure of spending hours and hours working your way through stacks of resumes. You also probably have your own "internal resume grading standard." How many typos, spelling mistakes, formatting problems or grammatical errors will you tolerate before "filing" a resume in the trash? One? Three? Five? Well you're probably not surprised to learn that someone has actually conducted a survey on the subject.
According to a study by Account temps, a large staffing firm, 40% of executives said it would take only 1 typo to relegate a resume to recycling and 76% indicated that just 1 or 2 typos would take someone out of contention . Some real life examples of less than stellar resumes/cover letters included the following:
- "I am a rabid typist.
- "Dear Sir or Madman."
- "Goog at computer work."
- "Dealing with customers conflicts that arouse."
- "Following is a grief overview of my skills."
- "Reason for leaving last job: Fried."
- "Have a keen eye for derail."
See www.resumania.com for more examples.


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Browns confident free agent DT McCoy will choose them
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Helmet tour: Seeking safest possible head protection
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DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — There probably never will be a perfect football helmet. That doesn't mean manufacturers won't chase that goal. A tour of the...
Former Pro Bowler Dexter McCluster now indoor player
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By Josh Dubow May. 29, 2019 06:52 PM EDT
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Harris returns to Broncos, ready to prove his worth
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Data node configuration:
RAM from the shared global memory is used for the UNDO_BUFFER when you create the log file group.
In the configuration generated by severalnines.com/config then you have to uncomment the
SharedGlobalMemoryin mysqlcluster-XYZ/cluster/config/config.ini before you start the cluster.
If you are relying a lot on the disk data, we recommend to set this to as much as possible.
In the configuration generated by severalnines.com/config then you have to uncomment the
DiskPageBufferMemoryin mysqlcluster-63/cluster/config/config.ini before you start the cluster.
DiskPageBufferMemoryshould be set to:
DiskPageBufferMemory=TOTAL_RAM - 1GB (OS) - 1200MB (approx size used for buffers etc in the data nodes) -
Expect to do some trial and terror before getting this correct.
CREATE LOGFILE GROUP lg ADD UNDOFILE 'undo1.dat' INITIAL_SIZE=20G UNDO_BUFFER_SIZE=128M ENGINE=NDB;
You can only have one
LOGFILE GROUP. 20GB undo log is just an example, but don't be shy with it if you have space. Theoretically, you could need as much UNDO as you have TABLE SPACE size. If you have 10GB table space, then start with an UNDO log that is 10% of that. Add more UNDO LOG FILES if you need, i.e, run into problems.
UNDO_BUFFER_SIZE=128M.should be sufficient for most applications (but you must have set SharedMemoryGlobal=384M). This buffer cannot grow dynamically or be extended later :(
You can add more undo files (online) by doing:
ALTER LOGFILE GROUP lg ADD UNDOFILE 'undo_2.dat' INITIAL_SIZE 256M ENGINE NDB;
CREATE TABLESPACE ts_1 ADD DATAFILE 'data1.dat' USE LOGFILE GROUP lg INITIAL_SIZE=256M ENGINE=NDB;
In 7.0 you can use
DiskIOThreadPoolwhich makes it possible to have X threads operating on one file, so you don't have to create many data files. Of course for some applications it may be good to have the more files if you want to spread out over several physical disks.
In 6.3 it is recommended to have many but smaller data files. Here is a script that generates SQL (
ALTER TABLE ADD ...) to create number of datafiles. Run it as:
sh ts-gen.sh 100 > alter_add_ts.sql
and you will get a file with 99 SQL statements to add table spaces.
From the mysql client you can then do:
mysql> source alter_add_ts.sql
and a lot of datafiles will be added to the ts_1 tablespace.
Please note that you can change filesize and path if you wish.
- Having more than 50-60 data files does not really give anything. The reason for having several data files instead of one is that more internal file system threads can operate in "parallel" on the data files, instead of having to be synchronized on one.
- You grow the table space by adding data files.
- Adding data files is an online operation if you wish to extend your table space.
- There is no auto-extend yet of table spaces.
- You can create many tablespaces, each having many data files.
- Leave
EXTENT_SIZEas it is. We have found no reason yet to change it.
- Example
CREATE TABLE t1 ( a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, b VARBINARY(2048)) engine=ndb TABLESPACE ts_1 STORAGE DISK;
The column 'b' will be stored on disk. The column 'a' will be stored in
DataMemorytogether with the Ordered Index on 'a' (which comes from the
PRIMARY KEY). The
PRIMARY KEYhash index on 'a' will use
- Indexed attributes are stored in RAM (
DataMemory). However, you can specify for the non-indexed if they should be in RAM or DISK when you create the table (see ref manual, about column definition
STORAGE DISKor
- In MySQL Cluster 6.2 , 6.3, and 7.0 disk data attributes are always stored as fixed size (e.g a VARCHAR(256) will always use 256B on disk, even if it is NULL - this will change in 7.1, hopefully).
- BLOB/TEXTs are special and stored in segments. The first 256B will be stored in RAM, the rest will be stored in segments (depending if it is a MEDIUMBLOB/BLOB/LONGBLOB then the segment size varies (from 2048B up to 8192B iirc).
- NULLs stored in a BLOB/TEXT will occupy 0B on disk, but 2B overhead of DataMemory.
- The data files are divided into extents. Each extent is 1024K (1MB). There is no reason to change the extent size. Many records may reside in one extent.
- If you write something to a disk data table, then the data will be written in as many table spaces as you have NoOfReplicas set to. Thus, typically you will have two copies of the data (one on each node in a node group).
- The information_schema contains information how much of the table space and undo files that are used. E.g
select free_extents, total_extents from information_schema.fileswhere file_type='datafile'
Thanks jonas for your input on this!
- The
DiskPageBufferMemoryis a LIRS cache (variant of the LRU cache)
- Dirty pages are flushed to the table space during an LCP (local checkpoint), but also if they have been inactive for some time (i have no info yet on the inactive time)
- Changes to Disk data is Redo logged (same ways as with in-memory tables).
- Changes to Disk data is written to a circular UNDO log (using WAL). This is so that we can undo all the way back to the start of the last completed LCP. This way, we can get to a state where memory and disk are in sync (i.e. references between disk data and in-memory storage are correct) before we start running the REDO log.
- If a record exists in the
DiskPageBufferMemory, it will be returned from there to the application.
- If a record does not exists in the
DiskPageBufferMemory, it will have to be fetched from disk. In case there are no empty pages in the
DiskPageBufferMemory, the LRU algorithm will sync dirty pages to disk in order to free up empty pages.
What to use disk data for?:
- Storing e.g inactive subscribers in a subscriber database (when activated they you can move them into RAM). If an activated user has been inactive for too long it can be moved back to the disk data storage. This is something you have to write in the application logic.
- Storing e.g SMS/MMS
- Logging data
- Large feeds coming in that you need to persist, but not necessarily access in real-time (i.e<3ms).>
- Probably more..
- You should not use data stored in disk data tables to realtime applications. If you do random io, then you applications will be as fast as the disk.
- Use simple access patterns - avoid joins on disk data. See it as an extension to RAM where you store data that you don't have to have that frequent access to.
- If you want frequent access to the data you should have a BIG
DiskPageBufferMemory(like in innodb, the innodb_buffer_pool is very important to performance). It is the same here.
- Range searches will be expensive as disk data is not stored according to the order of a particular index. It is more or less random where data is stored. I will get back on numbers of this.
- If you use SSD for disk data, then the above might be more or less true. Disk data has not been tested with SSDs yet.
- Check my earlier blog post for caveats regarding deallocation/allocation of extents.
- If you restart the cluster with --intial you have to manually delete all the data files and undo log files that was created. These are not cleared even if you start the cluster with --initial.


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People who take Nexium, Prilosec and other medicines more prone to low B12 levels
Knocking down stomach acid may come with a cost. People with a deficiency in vitamin B12 are more likely to regularly use popular heartburn drugs than those who aren't deficient, researchers find. The connection suggests that the drugs interfere with the digestive process that extracts the vitamin from foods.
Researchers analyzing a large database of medical records report in the Dec. 11 JAMA that taking proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, was associated with a two-thirds increase in the risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. A chronic B12 shortage can lead to anemia, nerve damage and dementia.
PPIs, sold as Nexium, Prilosec and other brands, curb the stomach's production of acid. This reduces reflux, in which stomach acid splashes up into the tender esophagus and causes heartburn.
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Imscorp, Lincoln, NE, owns a pair of manufacturing companies, each with its own set of sheetmetal-fabricating equipment, and a variety of sheet-nesting software products used to plot cutting operations. The two companies: SourceOne, a custom contract manufacturer and powder coater, which also manufactures its own line of outdoor power equipment; and Bison, Inc., a manufacturer of sports equipment, outdoor site furnishings and custom gymnasium structures.
To make its sheetmetal-fabricating processes (laser cutting and turret-press punching) more cost-effective, Imscorp created a corporate cost center in a new facility to handle sheetmetal operations for both companies. It implemented a new MRP system, and then decided that to improve shop-floor efficiency and the companies' freedom to select any brand of fabricating equipment, it would need to standardize on one nesting system and programming software.
Says Michael Kreuzberg, Imscorp production supervisor: "We did not want to have to use multiple software products to program different machines. We wanted one solution for everything."
As its software solution, the firm selected Jetcam Expert, supplied by U.S. distributor NestOne Solutions, Duluth, GA, and purchased postprocessors for each of its machines. Kreuzberg was surprised at how quickly the system was up and running.
"I started as a programmer with no background in laser or turret CNC programming," he says. "After we decided on Jetcam, there was a two-day installation and training program and we were producing parts within hours."
After going live, sheet utilization increased by 15 percent (or more, in some cases). And, more efficient nests means that fewer sheets must be loaded onto the machines. Jetcam also stores remnant sheets for future use, further reducing waste.
On-time delivery also improved. Says Kreuzberg:
"About half of our workload is for high-volume repeat orders, with the remainder being smaller jobs with short lead times. Since we can go direct from CAD file to nest very quickly, our captive shop lead times went from several months to weeks or days, and our smaller job-shop lead times went from weeks to days—even hours."
Programming time also improved dramatically, with Imscorp taking advantage of Jetcam's automatic component creation, tooling and nesting. CAD files automatically are imported using the software's single-component automatic processing function, with component files being created, tooled and ready for nesting in seconds. And, the company takes information from its MRP system into Jetcam to combine orders of the same material and thickness.
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Bryan Ray wrote:10 bit DPX export doesn't permit alpha, but 12-bit does. Of course, 12-bit limits the systems that can import the files (Fusion 7 can't do it, for instance).
I don't know if that's a limitation of the spec or just Fusion's implementation.
Suchuāto Ritoru wrote:What does it matter whether it's efficient or not?
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It matters a lot. Transfer time, storage space, necessary network bandwidth, human time waiting for transfers and uploads. All of these things cost money. Sometimes a lot of money. It's one thing to transfer 8 MB frames when they're actual artwork. It's quite another when they're mattes that could be 10k with no loss of quality or utility.
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The department of music at Hope College will sponsor a faculty recital featuring Gabe Southard on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
Southard, flute, will be joined by Sarah Southard, oboe; Adam Clark, piano and harpsichord; and Andrew Le, piano.
The program will include "Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano," by Madeline Dring; "Sonata in D Major," by Sergei Prokofiev; "Sonata in b minor," by Johann Sebastian Bach; and "Carmen Fantasy," by Francois Bourne.
Southard is currently in his second year of teaching at HopeCollege, where he conducts the Wind Symphony and Anchor Band, in addition to leading the instrumental division of the music education program. Southard completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Michigan State University, where he worked with Professor John Whitwell. Prior to his residence at MSU, he served as Wind Symphony conductor and flute studio teacher at the University of Michigan-Flint, where he also taught orchestration, music appreciation and advanced conducting.
As a flute player, Southard maintains an active performing schedule by giving recitals and playing in chamber ensembles. He has also performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra; the Lucca, Italy Opera Orchestra; and a number of community orchestras.
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BRISTOL — Voters in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union rejected two of the three school budgets up for consideration Tuesday. It is the latest chapter in a tumultuous spring for the district, which has also seen a citizens petition calling for the removal of the superintendent and a near-unanimous vote of no confidence in his leadership by the teachers' union.
Residents rejected spending plans for Mount Abraham Union High School by a tally of 755 to 485, and Bristol Elementary School, 224 to 166.
MIDDLEBURY — Mary Hogan Elementary School board directors are hoping for a big turnout at the ID-4 school district annual meeting on Wednesday, April 8. At the 7 p.m. meeting at the school gym residents will vote on the Middlebury elementary school's proposed 2015-2016 spending plan of $6,775,965, and also potentially change the date and manner by which future spending plans are voted.
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LINCOLN — For 26 seconds, applause rocked the walls of Lincoln Community School's tiny gymnasium Tuesday evening. The cause of the ovation was not, as one might suspect, a game-winning basket or conclusion of a musical performance.
Rather, a local resident asked her supervisory union board to fire the superintendent.
During visitors' business of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union board meeting, Koran Cousino of Starksboro presented a petition signed by hundreds of voters who support the dismissal of ANeSU Superintendent David Adams.
BRISTOL — Faculty in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union "overwhelmingly voted" on Monday evening that they have no confidence in Superintendent David Adams, the teachers union said in a statement.
BRISTOL — A group of community members is circulating a petition calling for the removal of Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Superintendent David Adams.
Koran Cousino, who said she was one of several community members who drafted the petition, said the group will deliver it to the ANeSU executive board at a later date.
One of the roles of any public governing body is to encourage maximum public participation in decisions crucial to the community. Public participation, after all, is the foundation of democracy.
BRISTOL — A group of Bristol Elementary School parents have expressed concern about local control of how their education tax dollars are spent, and are urging the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union to be more transparent.
"It seems that currently the budget is developed with a small handful of people with little opportunity for the public to weigh in," said parent Kristin Siringo. "It's not entirely clear how much the board is even involved in the process."
Good for Middlebury. Residents turned out in high numbers for a revote on a municipal bond that confirmed its earlier decision to go forward with the proposed $6.5 million project. That 1,600 people turned out for a revote in mid-May, just 119 fewer than the initial Town Meeting Day vote, is a credit to voter participation and community interest.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents will go to the polls next Tuesday, May 13, to vote again on a $6.5 million plan to build new town offices and a recreation center.
Residents on March 4 voted 915 to 798 in favor of the plan, which calls for a new, 9,400-square-foot municipal building to be built at 77 Main St. and a new, 11,500-square-foot recreation center to be erected on land off Creek Road.
As Middlebury residents face a revote next Tuesday on its proposed $6.5 million municipal building/recreational center project, we tip our hats to the more civil nature of the debate this time around. Arguments have stuck to the core issue of the value of the buildings being proposed, their location and how well they will collectively serve the public.
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AUSTIN — State lawmakers renewed efforts Thursday to find a "Texas solution" to expand health-insurance coverage for low-income residents without accepting the Medicaid expansion in President Obama's signature health care law.
Social-services advocates and local officials are among those pushing for a compromise measure that gives the state more flexibility than in the law to spend the money available from the federal government to cover more residents. One such proposal crafted by state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, died last legislative session.
On Thursday, the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee met to "start a conversation that will give us an accurate picture of who the uninsured are, what services are available to them and what we can do to help them," said chairman Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.
Katrina Daniel of the Texas Department of Insurance said about 6.5 million state residents do not have health insurance, although some of those can afford insurance and have chosen not to purchase it. An estimated 1.3 million uninsured Texans earn less than the federal poverty level, leaving them in the so-called "coverage gap."Obama's law assumed all states would expand Medicaid, so it left those eligible for Medicaid out of its subsidies to help poor residents buy insurance.
.Caring for those and other uninsured residents is costing counties billions of dollars a year, according to a letter sent to Schwertner on Wednesday by the judges in Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant, Travis and El Paso counties.
"We write not to complain about this fiscal burden or duty, but to urge your committee to use this interim to find a Texas way forward to fund and increase access to healthcare coverage for low-wage working Texans," the judges wrote.
At the hearing, advocates used more than two hours of public testimony to urge lawmakers to consider reconsider a "Texas solution."
Anne Dunkelberg, an analyst at the liberal-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities, noted that compromises have been struck in Arizona, Indiana, New Jersey and other states with Republican governors. Those plans have included wellness programs, sliding scales of premiums based on income and benefit packages tailored to match the private market.
But others slid back into the old debate about whether to expand Medicaid.
Phillip Martin of the liberal group Progress Texas said it didn't make sense to try to come up with another plan that would do the same thing as Medicaid expansion.
"If you're hungry and you've got Franklin's BBQ in front of you, you're going to eat it," Martin said. "You're not going to go out and make a whole new barbecue."
State Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, interrupted advocates several times to argue specifically against Medicaid expansion and generally about relying on a plan promising money from a federal government in debt.
"I think we can find a solution," Taylor said, "but we need some flexibility."


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The governors of Georgia and South Carolina met privately Friday in Augusta to talk about ports along the river that divides the two states.
Their spokesmen described the session as beneficial without offering any details.
"The governors met in Augusta to discuss port issues and economic development that will bring jobs to both states," said Brian Robinson, spokesman for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
Deal has been an ardent supporter of deepening the ship channel in the Savannah River to accommodate the larger freighters that will be able to transit the Panama Canal once its expansion is complete in 2014. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has agreed.
But while Deal has enjoyed support from all corners of his state for the project, Haley has met persistent opposition, especially from supporters of the port of Charleston that is also hoping for federal funds to deepen the channel there. This week, she announced she would veto a bill that the South Carolina legislature passed unanimously that would withdraw that state's environmental permit granted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Savannah deepening.
Friday, the governors, both Republicans in the second year of their first terms, discussed the Savannah dredging and a joint project of the two states to develop a new port on the South Carolina side of the river in Jasper County. Progress stopped when Palmetto State officials clamped shut their purse to demand more concessions out of Georgia.
"It was a very productive meeting," said Haley spokesman Jeff Taillon.
"They agreed to continue meeting and working together on the joint port project at Jasper," Robinson said.
One purpose of the conference could have been for Deal, the political veteran, to give Haley moral support, speculated Rep. Ron Stephens, a Savannah Republican who chairs the House Economic Development & Tourism Committee.
"I hope Nikki Haley keeps that steel backbone she has because she keeps getting hammered," he said.
Stephens, who said legislators from both sides of the river have also met privately on occasion, predicted that the bargaining skills Deal honed during 18 years in Congress would result in an agreement of some sort that would benefit both states.
"I have a feeling there's a lot of things we can agree on. That's Nathan Deal's greatest asset," he said.
What that may be, or the specifics of Friday's conversation are yet to be made public. The Georgia and South Carolina ports authorities were unusually tightlipped about it.
And Haley's spokesman offered a terse response when asked why it was so hush-hush.
"The public schedule covers public events, which this wasn't," said Taillon when asked why the meeting was not listed on Haley's public schedule.


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In addition to the 8MP camera and improved battery of the iPhone 5, the new iPhone nano, Apple.Pro says that a third prototype has been floating around China. This one has a slide out keyboard for those folks who like the physical keys (Crackberryheads). Apple.pro has a pretty solid track record as noted by MacRumors including the release of what would become the new Nano's screen.
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