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Joined: 08 Jul 2009
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Location: Finland
Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 13:16
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Linuph. You are right. The power saving parameter stays unaffected. I found this helpful page:
I think is fairly safe to say that you need this to get no blanking working with DMPS enabled screens:
xset s off dpms 0 0 0 or this:
xset s off dpms 0 0 0 -dpms
You learn always something new when someone stubborn enough starts to dig things. I hope radky will follow this discussion, so that he could think of modifying PupControl Screensaver script accordingly.
pupx thread is here. It is script and gui done by Barry Kauler and Nathan F. The dpms powersaving fix after 10 minutes would need that script editing to have pupx also disabling power saving.
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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 17:24
Post subject: Re: No Desktop Icon Problem with Exprimo 5x3.4.12
Xtanova wrote:
though the PuppyPin file was only having backdrop reference for the "Pwidgets" application.
After searching I could guess there might be an incompatibility issue for the conky based Pwidgets with dpup distro's generally .. that's is why the desktop was reverting to its default settings in my case ..
I had to do some digging to find out what you were talking about with Pwidgets and the desktop reverting back to default.
I have and older version of Pwidgets installed in my pup, but to be honest, I don't really use Pwidgets these days. So I loaded pwidgets and tried to duplicate your problem:
When I changed my desktop background to one different from the default wallaper and launched pwidgets; the background changed to the default one after I went to
File -> Stop/Start Pwidgets
and clicked on apply. Now there is a hidden folder named
. If you open it up and Start pwidgets, you will see that a png image is created named "Pwidgets_background". When you stop pwidgets, this image gets deleted. So it has nothing to do with the PuppyPin file, but just copies whatever is the default background in the
Anyhow, if you go to the first page of the
Pwidgets thread
, you will notice a link to 01micko's updated Nathan Wallpaper Setter. I have just tested it, and confirmed that works better with the Pwidgets background than the default pwallpaper that comes with Wary.
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Location: Philippines
Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 01:25
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There were some errors in my pupx, don't know how they got there. Undoubtedly my doing. Sorry.
After reinstating the original pupx .xset.sh is now written to /root.
However, the dpms setting thing remains.
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Location: Egypt
Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 02:58
Post subject: Re: No Desktop Icon Problem with Exprimo 5x3.4.12
01micko wrote:
In Dpup it is a different story. "Pwallset" seems to be firm. You can go to /usr/local/apps (in Dpup) and look inside Wallpaper and you will see that Apprun is there, that will run the hacked wallpaper setter for Pwidgets. (I haven't tried this, I just turned off the sidebar in my Dpup, but it might work). If it doesn't work you could disable Pwallset in case there is a conflict.
In the beginning i had the background reverting back to the default wallpaper, but when I copied my wallpaper to
, it didn't revert back!! what is interesting here is that the alpha bar surrounding the icons of "Wbar" sometimes shows the default wallpaper laying under the hacked wallpaper ... My issue was with the icons are coming back, when i have the pwidgets loaded at startup..by removing the puppypin tmp as per your advice it solved the issue.
There is a coding conflict Tman that makes this, and I may need two years in Linux to be able to identify it .. and to evade the conflict one side must be disabled since we don't know the source of the conflict .. I disabled the rox icons, and 01micko suggested to disable the Pwallset even , till the source of the issue is known, remarkable proof is that many widgets don't load .. try all the widgets in a dpup distro and tell me if they all worked.
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Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 03:15
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Linuph. Yep, your hacking with pupx probably has broken it.
Anyway....I can add that 'dpms 0 0 0 -dpms' to the pupx so that it will be there next time I release dpup.
And you can test it also by changing about 117 line to look like this:
SCREENSAVERPARAMS="s off dpms 0 0 0 -dpms"
And you get the dpms disabling and also set as zero standby, suspend and powersaving.
But.....there are several factors which might turn the dpms back on. some graphics kernel module drivers has dpms governing, some multimedia apps can change the dpms settings, usually there is also some preferences to change those features....power management scripts can have dpms setting rules etc.....
So...creating 100 % bullet proof 'dmps off' system ....is difficult.
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Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 10:41
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OK testing SCREENSAVERPARAMS="s off dpms 0 0 0 -dpms" in pupx.
I'm aware that other applications may address xset. Assuming that these applications turn screensaving off correctly (and I think they do because if done improperly that would be obvious immediately), the question is if and how the previous xset state is reinstated. The smart way would be to read the current state, store it, change state and reinstate upon exit.
Or maybe there is another ways besides xset.....?
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Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 12:51
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I'm sorry for having to ask this petty question here . . . well, how do you change font size in 1) tempicon, 2) network splash popups (eth0 is down, requesting ip address for wlan0 and such), 3) control panel gui.
Thank you in advance.
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Location: Toronto
Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 13:29
Post subject: Re: No Desktop Icon Problem with Exprimo 5x3.4.12
Xtanova wrote:
what is interesting here is that the alpha bar surrounding the icons of "Wbar" sometimes shows the default wallpaper laying under the hacked wallpaper
.. try all the widgets in a dpup distro and tell me if they all worked.
I admit, I haven't tried all of the widgets, nor wbar in dpup; hoepfully, if you report it in the Pwidgets thread, a solution will arise.
I have encountered problems with wbar and the wallpaper setter, when changing backgrounds. My solution was to create a wrapper script that disables wbar, runs the wallpaper program, and then reloads wbar after you exit the wallpaper setter. I had to do this in Solidpup, which comes with wbar.
Attached is a similar wrapper pet that I will be switching to, since I will also be switching from pwallpaper to Nathan Wallpaper Setter. This wrapper will not effect the function of the Wallpaper setter if wbar is not installed.
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Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 14:20
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Anikin. There are couple of scripts which call /usr/bin/xpupsay in several places of those scripts.
So...to globally change all those pop up message font sizes.....I would do it with wrapper script.
But...it wont change the bubble size. I dont know how to change it....so reduced font size would look quite ridiculous in bigger bubble....so I would eliminate the bubble.
Rename /usr/bin/xpupsay to /usr/bin/xpupsay-bin.
After that install the attached pet, it contains wrapper script where you can change the parameters: /usr/bin/xpupsay.
Row 11 has backround definition, you can change the colour with Hex values, which you get with Mtpaint using Palette editor. You can play with the script more. Change the default timeout etc....
If you want still just smaller fonts in bubble and see my logo, just leave first 2 rows, I mean remove all the rest... and uncomment the second row and change the font as you want in it. Then it changes the font size inside the bubble and all the other is intact.
That wrapper script has been created by genious Tazoc. Once again, not my product.
And if you want to get rid of xpupsay...just remove /usr/bin/xpupsay.
About tempicon. Now you have to ask 01micko, who has created the tempicon tray app. I only know that the displayed numbers come from here: /etc/tempicon
3) control panel gui. >>>> Do you mean PupControl. I dont have slightest idea how to change the font size inside that app. Radky is the developer and he is really helpful. Just pm him.
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Posted: Fri 19 Oct 2012, 15:41
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Hi pemasu, I will play with those settings - didn't realize the bubbles had a fixed size. They look a bit too big on my 10' eeepc. I installed some MS fonts and trying to get a 'unified' appearance of menus. Also took note of your comment on the Carolina forum regarding fonts+Qt - great tip, btw. My head is exploding - Linux knows how to hide fonts settings . . . and it knows how to scare a noob. Kiitos for all your help.
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Posted: Sat 20 Oct 2012, 13:57
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OK testing SCREENSAVERPARAMS="s off dpms 0 0 0 -dpms" in pupx.
It didn't work out as I hoped. So...more digging, this time into the workings of xset. I hope it is somewhat useful....
#20921 <linuph>
How to use xset.
Xset is a tool to tweak X-server. There is lots of information to be found on the Internet. There are many questions and problems to be found too. Often the source of information is the same, incomplete, incorrect and confusing. After quite some looking up and trying I may have found the truth about xset.
Mind that there may be slightly different executions depending on the Linux kernel version and/or X-server version. This little piece was written for Puppy Linux Dpup Exprimo 5.X.184.108.40.206 with 3.4.2 kernel.
Xset has two distinct functions: screenblanking and powersaving including screenblanking. I deliberately use the word 'screenblanking' here to avoid a mixup with screensavers like xscreensaver, gnome-screensaver and others, even if xset uses the word 'screensaver' which is technically correct.
Xset came to the scene a long time ago when computers were equiped with CRT's and way before power saving (Energy Star, also technically know a DPMS or 'Display Power Management System') became a requirement.
Some DPMS functions therefore have no noticable effect with LCD screens. That is explained below.
If both functions are running screenblanking could kick in by either function or both. There is no visible difference: after all it's just screenblanking. So we have to correctly set the parameters of both functions to get what we want. Here is what I found so far:
# 1. Screenblanking xset s [options]
# xset s noblank : shows a large "X" when screen blanking kicks in
# xset s blank : will blank the screen only and not show the "X"
# xset s default : sets defaults timeout and cycle to 600 seconds and
blanking and exposure on
# xset s on : same as default
# xset s off : sets the timeout to zero = no screen blanking
# xset s expose : allows window re-exposures, i.e. redraws
# xset s noexpose : disables screenblanking unless the X server can
re-exposure (redraw)
# xset s activate : activates screenblanking immediately
# xset s reset : reset the screen after activate (to be used from a
# xset s [timeout] [cycle] : screen blanking kicks in after [timeout]
seconds. With 'blank' the screen simply blanks.
With 'noblank' set, an 'X' appears that varies in
size and position every [cycle] seconds.
At reboot blank is set, noexpose is set and cycle is set to 600. Other values remain as is.
# 2. DPMS power saving and screenblanking (Energy Star) *dpms, dpms [option]
# dpms [standby] : turns of the electron beam of a CRT after
[standby] seconds
# [suspend] : turns of the CRT monitor power supply
after [suspend] seconds
# [off] : turns of all power to the CRT monitor after [off]
The effect on a LCD montor is that screenblanking kicks in with either parameter larger than '0'. That is how it works with my monitor. Backlighting is then turned off in all cases. Other LCD's could recognize turning off of the backlighting (standby or suspend) seperately.
# If dpms is on (+dpms, see below), the lowest value except '0' will
kick off screenblanking.
xset dpms 0 0 5: kick off = 5
xset dpms 0 5 15: kick off= 5
xset dpms 15 5 5: kick off= 5
xset dpms 5 0 0: kick off = 5
# -dpms : turns dpms function off
# +dpms : turns dpms function on, dpms [standby[suspend[off]]] activated
# dpms force standby : blanks screen immediately
# dpms force suspend : same
# dpsm force off : same
# dpms force on : turns dpms on, same as +dpms
# Except for -dpms, all commands above turn DPMS on. If DPMS is on, xset q will show 'Monitor is on' meaning that DPMS is monitoring the system for user activity.
I think (hope) that the above is at least largely correct. I look forward to any comments.
ps I coudn't get the formatting quite correct....
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Posted: Sat 20 Oct 2012, 14:42
Post subject: sfs heavy encryption failed at reboot
I just discovered the distributions Puppies. So I installed a lot lately. Yours is really complete solid and beautiful. However, I encounter a problem, an error during reboot after choosing to make a backup heavy (on ext2) :
"Failure to load encrypted save file properly".
Well, I tried to do the same with lupu 528 and when you want to do an encrypted backup sfs, we are warned that "due to a bug linux" must write twice the password.
Reboot after this, happens without problem with the encrypted backup sfs .
My question is:
Perhaps if the problem seems to be clearly identified by Barry Kauler, is it possible to solve in Dpup ?
thank you!
Perhaps the problem is on another thread but my english is so bad..so if yes, just apologize me
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Posted: Sat 20 Oct 2012, 17:41
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Arefacti. I can create and use heavy encrypted savefile.squeezesave_crypta.4fs in dpup. It has been several version earlier when I got bug report and I switched to use /sbin/losetup-FULL and it should have fixed the problem with decoding the encryption.
I just tested it again and it worked for me.
I used simple 2 letter password. I do have ext4 filesystem, frugal installation. In what filesystem and installation did you use, so that I could test it again in same circumstances.
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Posted: Sun 21 Oct 2012, 03:13
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pemasu wrote:
Arefacti. I can create and use heavy encrypted savefile.squeezesave_crypta.4fs in dpup. It has been several version earlier when I got bug report and I switched to use /sbin/losetup-FULL and it should have fixed the problem with decoding the encryption.
I just tested it again and it worked for me.
I used simple 2 letter password. I do have ext4 filesystem, frugal installation. In what filesystem and installation did you use, so that I could test it again in same circumstances.
Thanks pemasu for your answer !
the filesystem where the encrypted save is ext2 ( I thought it was necessary), and the installation is "on an usb (fat32)",
that is to say no frugal or other install on hard drive, because the PC have other system on is hd and I can't touch it).
So, puppy is VERY nice too for that !
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Posted: Sun 21 Oct 2012, 08:48
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I have now downloaded Dpup Exprimo 5.X.3.4.12 and tested it on two of my machines.
Boots fine on both of them and is a nice looking distribution, though turns out to have problems with the older machine:
First machine is a desktop with an Intel Pentium D CPU and 1MByte RAM. I installed pavrecord-0.9.1 (latest version) on that machine and it all tested good, including video preview, video/webcam recording, jpeg creation, and x11grab screencasts with audio. I also installed precord-1.8.4 (latest version), and it worked fine in your Dpup Exprimo too, on this machine.
The second machine is an old Fujitsu Siemens Amilo laptop with Pentium mobile processor and 1 Mbyte RAM. Again Dpup booted up fine and all seemed well. However, I discovered that ffmpeg wouldn't record video4linux2 videos under Dpup Exprimo on this machine, for some reason, so pavrecord couldn't work correctly. Oddly, x11grab (using pavrecord) did work even on this machine (but not webcam recording).
I guess my old laptop simply doesn't like the newish kernel. That particular laptop doesn't like Barry's latest Precise either (it won't run the PAE kernel). Nothing to worry about, the machine is just showing its age...
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Joe Yonan in his home kitchen. All photos: Ed Anderson
Devotees of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock may well remember a scene in an episode that goes something like this: Liz Lemon, the perennially single character played by Tina Fey, is at home on the phone talking with her boss Jack Donaghy (played by public radio fan Alec Baldwin). Donaghy asks, somewhat unkindly, what Lemon did last night. She responds: "Well, I was going to go to my cooking for one class but my instructor committed suicide." Cue laugh track now.
Joe Yonan, the James Beard Award-winning food editor of The Washington Post, recalled that scene at a recent book signing at Omnivore Books, where he talked up his adventures in cooking for one, which he documents in a monthly column of the same name at the Post, and in his recent cookbook Serve Yourself (Ten Speed, paperback, $22).
Spend even a few minutes with Yonan and you'll figure out he's one funny guy. But Yonan isn't terribly amused by those who mock singletons who make a meal for themselves. That's because, he tells folks at the event, it feeds into people's perceptions that it's not worth "bothering" to make something delicious when "it's just me." He says such sentiment makes him tear up a bit and you believe him. He simply discounts the commonly held notion that cooking for one is depressing or sad. Alone and lonely are not synonymous in his mind. He's living proof: As the youngest of eight kids he has a highly developed sense of narcissism, he admits, and never ever thinks "it's just me." And you believe that, too.
That kind of secure thinking is worth imitating. Yonan's feed-yourself-well mantra boils down to this: Standards for what goes on the table shouldn't slip because there's only one place serving. That territory has been covered in other recent recipe books on eating alone, including those by culinary legends Judith Jones, Deborah Madison, and Joyce Goldstein, as well as an anthology of essays on the subject edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler. (For reviews on these see my colleague Megan Gordon's piece on same, as well as her post on the lighter side of eating alone.)
Still, Yonan thought there was room in the genre for his male perspective (hello taco chapter) and his easy-to-make recipes aimed at food-fancying singles — the fasted-growing segment of U.S. households. Young ones are waiting longer to get married (if at all), while many older folks who survive their spouses are healthy enough to live independently.
Serve Yourself is full of useful tips, walking readers through the three concerns of single amateur chefs: portion size, shopping, and spoilage. (In short: the freezer is your friend (cooked rice, broth, or pizza dough, can form the beginnings of many a meal), as is the fridge (condiments like chutney, kimchee, and salsa can brighten lots of dishes), and the pantry (dried beans, pasta, or grains, can get things started at the stove). He offers solutions for storage to minimize waste and recommends that soloists make it a goal never to have to stop at the store on the way home from a long day at work, which sinks many home cooks, regardless of how many mouths there are to feed.
Yonan views cooking for one as an opportunity to take a few risks and diversify one's repertoire, since there's no performance anxiety issues at play, like those that can surface when cooking for a crowd. There aren't any unknown eating quirks or allergies to cater to either, he notes, there's only your sweet self to satisfy.
Cooking for yourself is literally a way of taking care of yourself, adds Yonan, who's quick to acknowledge he frequently cooks for and eats with family and friends. But there's no question that learning your way around a kitchen makes you less dependent on others, whether paid or not, to provide you with nourishment. It's both a selfless and selfish act. It's certainly cheaper and healthier than eating out or ordering take out every night.
There's a growing audience for this book. "Lots of people become single later in life because the relationship or marriage goes south, and I've run into lots of those on book tour," says Yonan. "Some of them are a little more open to the idea of cooking for themselves than you might think, because they see it as something of sweet revenge — finally getting to make the things that they've wanted to, things that damn partner never wanted them to make. Some find it soothing to nurture themselves when they're heartbroken, of course," he explains. "And some are ready to move on, big time. I had one recently single gentleman slip me a note at a signing that read, 'If you're ever ready to cook for two, you know where to find me.'"
Yonan's cookbook includes over 100 recipes for both weeknight dining and more complex cooking projects for weekend meals, when time is potentially less a factor. Not surprisingly eggs feature prominently (there's a whole chapter on these portion-controlled, versatile, long-lasting, fast-cooking, protein-filled friend of the single cook) and it's good to find another eggs-for-dinner advocate. Pizza gets a chapter too and Yonan reveals his Texas roots with his fondness for salsas, beans, and those tacos. Bonus: The man is a sweet potato fan. Dishes that sound worthy solo endeavors include Mushroom and Green Garlic Frittata, Sweet Potato and Orange Soup with Smoky Pecans, Catfish Tacos with Chipotle Slaw, and Smoked Trout, Potato, and Fennel Pizza. Meat lovers will find pulled pork, short ribs, and sirloin steak, no worries. And there are desserts too, like Cappuccino Tapioca Pudding with Cardamom Brulee.
The only drawback to solo cooking, as far as Yonan is concerned: There's no one to help with the clean up after dinner, which, since he lives alone, he often leaves until the morning, as there's no one to nag about dishes in the sink.
Yonan needs to send a copy of Serve Yourself to Tina Fey pronto. With his enthusiasm for the pleasures of cooking for one, even the cynical Liz Lemon might be won over.
This post originally appeared on KQED's Bay Area Bites and was cited on Food52News.
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Cappuccino Tapioca Pudding with Cardamom Brulee
Makes 6 (1/2-cup) servings
3 cups milk, preferably low-fat
1/3 cup small pearl tapioca
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
2 egg yolks, whisked to combine
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
Pour 1 cup of the milk into a heavy saucepan. Add the tapioca and let soak for at least 30 minutes.
Pour the remaining 2 cups of milk into a mixing bowl or glass measuring cup, sprinkle the espresso powder over, let it sit for a minute or two, and then stir to dissolve.
Whisk the espresso-milk mixture into the tapioca mixture, along with the egg yolks, salt, and 1/3 cup of the sugar. Over medium heat, slowly bring the mixture just barely to a boil, stirring constantly; it will take 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce the heat until the mixture is barely simmering, and continue cooking the tapioca, stirring occasionally, until the beads swell up and become almost translucent and the custard thickens, another 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let it cool. Spoon the pudding into 6 individual 1/2-cup ramekins and wrap each in plastic wrap, pressing the plastic directly onto the surface of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until chilled. It will keep it the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
When you are ready to eat, unwrap one of the ramekins of pudding (thaw it first if frozen), and sprinkle the top with 1 teaspoon of the remaining sugar and a pinch of cardamom. Use a small culinary blowtorch to caramelize the sugar on top, keeping the torch moving so you deeply brown but don't blacken the sugar, then eat.

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Others in the community should be thankful, too, because he's plenty qualified for the job.
I have been following the commentary between Mr. Wolpert & Mr. Brekken, who is a member of our school board. It's not clear to me whether this matter is only about insurance, or if it's also about wage increases.
Regardless, I applaud Mr. Brekken for bringing to the table a comparison (believe it was in regard to health insurance costs) of our district with other districts. Isn't this one of the reasons we elect who we elect to our school board?
I'm not really following Mr. Wolpert's point here. A school district is a business as much as any other business is a business. Due to the fact I am a business owner I can relate to constantly evaluating the bottom line. There are only so many ways a dollar can be stretched. There's the overhead cost of operating a business such as infrastructure, software/hardware improvements etc. Then there's the cost of employing people to work for your company which for a lot of companies, includes the cost of insurance.
We as taxpayers were just asked for an increase to apply towards infrastructure improvements within our district, at least that's how I understood it. If our district was already short to take care of building repairs etc. & if what the Union is asking for is an increase of any kind, where do they think that money will come from? I should hope not out of the pot that we just voted on. Our school district for at least the last 10 years has had the constant task of watching the bottom line.
Assuming this matter only relates to insurance, if our school board members are doing the job they were elected to do, then part of their job is to evaluate whether the current insurance policy is affordable. Our school district is not the first business that has had to take a hard look at the benefits offered to their employees. All costs in regard to running a business have increased, one of the biggest cost increases being insurance. Many companies have had to change their employee's coverage to keep them insured at all. For some companies it's been a question of whether they need to cut positions to continue to carry the insurance that is offered.
One of the things Mr. Wolpert had mentioned was what a family spends on Christmas. What he is forgetting to factor in are the individuals/families that don't spend that kind of money at Christmas, or the individuals in our community that are on a fixed income.
Our district can't keep coming back to the taxpayer asking for more, more, more when many families aren't seeing wage increases and expenses continue to rise. This also includes individuals who are on a fixed income. What this in return means is that our school board members need to work with in their means or find creative ways to make that dollar stretch. Clearly the Union is rallying for more. Mr. Brekken was right in producing a chart that shows how the Crookston District is already above average when it comes to insurance costs.
Everyone has their opinion. I was more than a little shocked at the personal undertone that Mr. Wolpert's commentary took towards Mr. Brekken. Mr. Brekken is doing what he was elected to do. I would like to think that our other school board members are doing the same. I was under the opinion that Mr. Wolpert doesn't think that a "farmer" is qualified to sit on the school board or any board. I'm not sure when he was last involved in a farm or any where close to a farm but "farming" today possibly more than ever entails decisions on a corporate level. In that I mean any "farmer" is more than qualified to sit on any board.
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Colorado WaterJet Company, Berthoud, CO, has acquired a five-axis Mach 4C waterjet-cutting machine from Flow Intl., Kent, WA. The modular-design machine provides as much as 60 deg. of motion for bevel and 3D cutting using as many as four cutting heads.
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Milestone Met: Colon cruises to 200th win
In gem, veteran righty only third to reach plateau in Mets uniform
PHILADELPHIA -- The game has changed. The days of 300-game winners are plausibly over, making 200 the new 300. On Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, Bartolo Colon reached what modern-day baseball has rendered as one of the most sought-after plateaus for pitchers.
Colon's 200th victory was a gem. He twirled eight innings of one-run ball against the Phillies in the Mets' 5-4 win. He allowed six hits while posting a 6-0 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Colon became the third pitcher to win his 200th in a Mets uniform, joining Orel Hershiser (1999) and Pedro Martinez (2006). The Dominican righty is one of 115 Major Leaguers to cross the threshold, and only two other active pitchers -- Tim Hudson (213) and CC Sabathia (208) -- are in the club.
Colon defied what it means to be 40 years old with a 2.65 ERA and 1.17 WHIP in 190 1/3 innings for Oakland last season, and the Mets have gotten their money's worth in 2014. The 41-year-old notched his 11th win and lowered his ERA to 3.97, but Friday night also represented a big start for Colon, having given up six runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Giants in his previous outing Sunday.
"I feel like last time, just leaving balls over the middle of the plate and they got hit," catcher Travis d'Arnaud said. "Today he was hitting his spots. He was pitching to contact. I mean balls were getting hit, but they were getting hit off the end of the bat or getting jammed. He pitched really well today."
Colon's only blemish came in the seventh, when he served up a hanging slider to Marlon Byrd, who hit it 350 feet down the left-field line for the Phillies' first run.
In the fourth, the Mets kept the line moving against Phillies righty A.J. Burnett. d'Arnaud and Kirk Nieuwenhuis set the table with consecutive singles to begin the inning. Juan Lagares, Wilmer Flores, Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy followed with RBI hits to make it 4-0.
d'Arnaud padded New York's lead with a solo shot -- his eighth homer -- in the fifth.
But Colon was kept on the edge of his seat as he watched the ninth. Dana Eveland struggled, allowing the only two batters he faced to reach.
"No save situation to start the inning," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "As well as Dana's been pitching, I thought this is the perfect situation. Let him face those two and then I'll go to [Jenrry] Mejia. Unfortunately, both got on."
Now a save situation, Mejia entered and promptly gave up a single to Byrd to load the bases before surrendering a two-run double to Grady Sizemore, which hit two-thirds of the way up on the right-field wall to make it 5-3.
In the next at-bat, Carlos Ruiz poked a soft liner to right field. Granderson got a good read and went for it.
"It saved us," Collins said about Granderson's diving catch. "No doubt about it."
Mejia allowed one more run to score before getting Reid Brignac looking to end the game with the potential tying run on third.
"I was watching the game on TV," Colon said through a translator. "Sizemore almost home run, I was praying for the ball to stay in the ballpark. I thank Mejia for doing his job and hold his composure on the mound and close the game."
The first three hitters to face Mejia were hacking away on the first pitch. Mejia adjusted accordingly.
"He realized he was just laying it in there for strike one," Collins said. "He got them out when he had to."
Mejia said the right calf tightness that has been bothering him recently felt the same Friday night, but it hasn't been too overwhelming to the point where he's not able to fight through it.
"I knew that it was tight, but I told Terry, 'If I feel ready to pitch, I'm going to pitch,'" Mejia said. "I don't care about pain."
"A great job by Jennry," Collins said. "When he came back today and found out there was nothing wrong with his leg, he just kind of felt a lot better about it. So we thought we'd get him in there tonight."
It was Mejia's 17th save, but he was just relieved that he ensured his countryman's 200th win.


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By Greg Kuhnert, Portfolio Manager, Wilfred Wee, Portfolio Manager, Michael Power, Strategist
Chinese New Year is set to arrive on 16 February 2018, leaving behind the Year of the Rooster and ushering in the Year of the Dog. What are the key themes to look out for in the coming canine-related year?
Markets not dogged
In Western investing terms, calling a stock or asset a 'dog', usually means it is a poor investment
But things are a little different in China. Indeed, it is still popular to name dogs Wàng Cái, which means 'prosperous wealth' and comes from how barking sounds are represented in Chinese: wàng wàng. We think this could be prophetic for the upcoming canine-related year in Chinese assets, although as always, risks remain.
Below are five themes that we believe investors can look forward to:
- Growing Chinese leadership on the environment
- China's emergence as a technology superpower
- Liberalisation of China's capital markets
- The renminbi growing as a reserve currency
- Debt growth continuing to slow
1. China's growing environmental leadership
In Chinese astrology, each year also has one of the five Chinese elements assigned to it: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Earth is the third element in the cycle and this time around, the Year of the Dog is matched with the Earth element. Earth balances yin and yang, and its energy is stabilising and conserving. It's apt then that the Year of the Earth Dog that begins on 16 February, could see accelerating progress on environmental issues in China.
When President-elect Trump was threatening to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, President Xi Jinping spoke at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, a first for a paramount Chinese leader. Xi reiterated his support for the Paris climate deal. China is stepping up to fill gaps left by what appears to be an increasingly isolationist American policy.
China is already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing and installed wind power production. Four of the world's top eight battery manufacturing companies are Chinese. We think of renewable energy as the fourth industrial revolution.
In September 2017 we joined the Asian Corporate Governance Associations (ACGA) delegation to China (Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen). We met with Chinese regulators and stock exchanges, domestic institutional investors, listed companies, business associations, and corporate governance experts. We learned that there is a live governance debate ongoing in China and we expect some positive change, if slowly. Certainly, stock exchanges are evolving their approach to governance. We sensed a real elevation in thinking by the Shenzhen stock exchange. The strongest policy efforts can be seen around environmental issues, including for example the green finance agenda and the Five Year Plan for Economic and Social Development. These reforms are already seeing results. The Air Quality Index in Beijing, which seasonally spikes in the winter months, has remained very contained this winter.
Figure 1: Air quality measures are seeing results
Source: Air Quality Index, 01.02.18
2. The emergence of a technology superpower
Each Chinese year is also associated with either yin or yang. This Year of the Dog is yang, which means positive and active. Nowhere is this more reflected than in the seeming frenetic activity China's emergence as a tech superpower.
E-commerce in China is roughly double that of the US, with China being by far the biggest global market. Mobile payments in China are 11 times that of the US (US$790 billion versus US$74 billion in 2016). Meituan Dianping is the world's largest online-to-offline (O2O) platform, which in 2016 sold US$35 billion of services (such as restaurant and cinema bookings, and food delivery) to over 200 million customers. Didi Chuxing (China's Uber) is actually five to six times the size of Uber in its own domestic market of the US, given the huge size of the Chinese domestic market.
A major beneficiary of this change has been China's venture capital industry, which has grown from US$12 billion in 2011-13 to US$77 billion in 2014-16. China is now one of the biggest global funders of venture capital investment across a wide range of technologies, second only to the US in most cases. There are now 2,500 tech incubators in China. China's venture capital investment has grown 10-fold since 2013 and, from being an irrelevance versus the US, is now roughly half that of the US.
Figure 2: China's venture capital industry is growing quickly
Source: McKinsey Global Institute, 2016
3. Incremental liberalisation of China's capital markets
The 'yang' aspect of the coming year also references the 'sunny' side of the yin/yang duality, and certainly we expect more sunlight to shine into the previously closed corners of Chinese asset markets.
On 20 June 2017, MSCI announced that, with effect from June 2018, 222 large-cap Chinese A-shares will be included in the MSCI Emerging Market and ACWI indices through a two-stage process. This represents a milestone in the evolution of China's domestic equity capital markets, the second largest in the world by market capitalisation. It also reflects the significant progress by the Chinese authorities in the opening up of its markets to foreign investors, especially through the Hong Kong and Shanghai/ Shenzhen Connect schemes.
This event could easily be dismissed in the short term as the initial impact on indices is likely to be small due to MSCI's phased approach to inclusion. China A-shares will represent just 0.73% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in 2018, for example, due to MSCI's partial inclusion factor of 5%.
As China's domestic equity market opens up more to foreign institutional investors and MSCI raises its inclusion factor for the A-share market, foreigners will become a larger participant in the A-share market. As a result, we expect correlations with other global equity markets to increase. However, we think this will take a long time, and hence investors who access the opportunity early will enjoy these lower correlations.
A similar dynamic is at play in Chinese debt markets. With the third largest government bond issuer in the world, liberalisation has been ongoing for some time. Yet foreign ownership stands, at the time of writing, at under 3%.
The liberalisation of China's bond market is clearly a priority for Chinese authorities, with access being gradually increased over the last few years. All these reforms work towards the same goal of promoting international investment in China's onshore capital markets. Many bond index providers have begun to include more Chinese bond assets in their indices, or put investors on notice that they are considering it.
Despite the reforms, full index inclusion is still a little way off due to a mix of complications. The most immediate and noticeable impact of including China in key bond indices would be inflows of capital by international benchmarked bond managers. If nothing else, passively managed institutional money that tracks these indices will be required to buy onshore Chinese bonds. If we then include actively managed strategies, the level of inward investment could grow exponentially.
While uncertain that full inclusion will happen during the year of the dog, Chinese authorities are working hard to liberalise debt as well as equity markets. Yet another key trend that bears keeping an eye on over the coming year.
Figure 3: Domestic Government Debt Security issuance (USD trillion)
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS), September 2016. The last year only includes issuance data up until the third quarter.
4. The emergence of the renminbi as a reserve currency
The dog is considered a reliable, hardworking and trustworthy partner. Chinese currency is beginning to reflect these attributes as its importance grows on the international stage.
On 15 January, the German central bank announced that it would include the Chinese currency in its basket of reserve currencies. This followed on the heels of the European Central Bank switching 500 million euros worth of its US dollar reserves into yuan. It wasn't that long ago, September 2016 in fact, that the Chinese currency joined the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Special Drawing Rights basket of currencies, going from 0% to over 10% of the IMF total.
This reflects the importance of China as a global trade powerhouse, as well as the hard work that is ongoing in China to repair its reputation and become a major world currency.
Although we don't see China displacing the greenback as the world's reserve currency anytime soon, the effect of incremental increases in reserve holdings could continue to boost the currency's value, with knock on effects for other areas of the economy. We believe that foreign exchange holdings in Chinese Renminbi is likely to rise this year as a percentage of the total allocated from its current low of 1.12%.
Figure 4: Foreign exchange holdings in Chinese RMB set to rise?
Source: IMF, Bloomberg, 01.02.18. The last year only includes issuance data up until the third quarter.
5. Chinese debt growth slows
A key trait of the dog's personality in Chinese astrology is that despite how they act, they are worried and anxious inside, as anyone who has ever owned a dog knows!
The Year of the Dog is likewise not without its anxiety in the form of the Chinese debt mountain. But like the loyal and hardworking zodiac dog, the Chinese debt situation won't be stopped.
Asset markets are priced off three variables: the 'absolute', the 'change' and the 'rate of change'. Regarding Chinese debt levels, the first two are clearly negatives for Chinese asset valuations. The level of debt (the 'absolute') in China is absolutely high, and it continues to grow (the 'change').
However, the rate of increase (i.e. the 'rate of change') is clearly slowing. In other words, 'the rate of change' is now turning positive. This is an important trigger for the market to become less fearful for China's economy, with reduced fear potentially providing asset valuation support. In the year of the dog, investors should be looking for signs that this rate of growth continues to slow.
Figure 5: The rate of growth in debt is slowing
Source: CEIC, Wind, UBS estimates, June 2017
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Over three decades after the action drama Top Gun released in 1986, Tom Cruise reprises his role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the second installment of the Top Gun series - Top Gun: Maverick in 2019 written by Peter Craig.
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Nacchio's sentencing won't be completely redone
A federal judge will resentence former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio with the typical two-step process, but will not redo every element of the initial sentencing.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger (pictured) said in a court filing Friday that she will not allow either side to object to portions of the initial sentence that weren't overturned by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. She notes that the appeals court only reversed the sentence with "respect to its gain calculation and its forfeiture determination."
The gain calculation, however, impacts the prison term. Therefore, a lower gain amount may result in a lighter sentence for Nacchio, who is serving a six-year term at a federal prison camp in Pennsylvania for his conviction on 19 counts of insider trading. The appeals court strongly suggested that the six-year sentence was excessive.
A new sentencing date has not be scheduled.
Nacchio's attorneys had argued that he should be sentenced anew, with the entire process redone. Krieger said that won't be the case.
The court "will not consider new or re-asserted objections to the original Pre-sentence Investigation Report, requests for Guideline departures, or arguments with regard to the fine," Krieger wrote in her order.
The first phase of the resentencing will determine the range of his prison term as stated by federal guidelines, which considers the amount of money that Nacchio gained from the illegal insider trades, information from the pre-sentence investigation report, Nacchio's background and other factors.
The second phase will cover the guideline range in addition to fines, restitution and any other sentence component.
The two phases are usually conducted during the same hearing. But Krieger suggested that both sides may want the phases separated, and asked the parties for their preference.
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The 64-bit browser in Windows x64
With the delivery of RC 1 of Windows Server 2003 & Windows x64 Client last month, we shipped not one but two browsers with the OS: a 32- and 64-bit version of IE6 for Windows Server 2003 SP1/x64.
We had to make a choice with the 64-bit client as to which browser, the 32-bit or 64-bit, would be the default. Compatibility, performance, and interoperability all played a part in our decision, but ultimately our decision was swayed by the lack of 64-bit native controls. We found that in our own every day use of the 64-bit client, the 64-bit browser was difficult to use because web sites hadn't authored common controls for 64-bit clients. So for now, users who run the 64-bit client will be running the 32-bit browser.
Going forward, it's important for control vendors to start taking the 64-bit OS seriously. When Longhorn ships, I personally think it would be a shame if we had to make the same decision again. I encourage all control authors to take a look at the various 64-bit capable compilers and make sure that their web sites handle browsers of various bitness as easily as, say, they handle different browsers.
That said, the 64-bit browser is available in the 64-bit client. Here's a list of which version of our browser gets launched and under which circumstances:
UI entry points that invoke 32-bit IE:
- Pinned "Internet" slot at top of Start menu
- "e" on desktop (Internet shell namespace)
- "Set Program Access & Defaults" default web browser
- Start menu All Programs shortcut to 32-bit IE labeled as "Internet Explorer (32-bit)"
- Quick launch bar
- File associations
UI entry points that invoke 64-bit IE:
- Start menu All Programs shortcut to 64-bit IE labeled as "Internet Explorer (64-bit)"
Non-UI entry points:
- In-proc COM servers follow the bitness of the invoker
- API (i.e. ShellExecute() 'iexplore.exe') will invoke 32-bit IE
- Out-of-proc programmable COM servers (i.e. a host app that CoCreates CLSID_Internet Explorer) will by default follow the bitness of the invoker. Clients have the ability to modify this behavior by passing one of two new dwClsContext flags to CoCreateInstance(). CLSCTX_ACTIVATE_32_BIT_SERVER and CLSCTX_ACTIVATE_64_BIT_SERVER tell COM to prefer the LocalServer32 registration in the 32-bit or 64-bit side of the registry, respectively.
Almost all of these defaults can be changed by users or administrators by toggling switches in the registry. We'll get a complete list of those registry keys published soon and when they're up we'll let you know where they are.


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From Mirko Cro Cop to Wanderlei Silva, it seems that many of the top MMA fighters are appearing in movies lately. For athletes the processes involved between sports and acting can just as equally taxing as they are rewarding. As MMA Weekly learned from a veteran of MMA and cinema, "El Guapo" himself, Bas Rutten, there's more to making the transition than people may think.
When it comes to similarities, Rutten says that the basic foundations between fight preparation and being on the set can be very identical. "You always fight in front of an audience and when you're making movies you have an audience there too. It's very much the same thing, you have to control your nerves and be natural, if you do that everything will be good."
According to Bas the main thing is to remain natural, because if you appear to be forcing it, it can ruin the whole shoot. "That's the most difficult thing, that's what it's all about. As soon as you can act without people knowing you are acting that would be the best performance. Preparation is very important; I rehearse my lines differently to get ready. Then I do the takes I do the lines they way they ask for, because then I'm completely prepared for anything and it looks natural."
Differences in acting and fighting can be a double-edged sword that can help the performer and hurt them just the same. "Sometimes they are a completely different animal," exclaimed Rutten. "A fighter would never prepare only to have their fight postponed while they were in the arena waiting for their fight. Sometimes when you are waiting to do your scene you can wait 6-8 hours just sitting there and then somebody can come by and tell you that there is no time so you have to come back tomorrow to shoot."
Bas further commented, "In movies you can rehearse so it's less stressful when it comes time to perform. You can work with the other actors and do a scene and then move on to another scene without having problems because you know what is going to happen and how it should turn out."
Of course the mainstay of a fighter's acting career is going to be recreating fights on the silver screen. However as most people know, what looks good in a real fight doesn't necessarily look good on film. As Rutten commented, no matter how real you want it to look, the people in charge will always seek to embellish for the maximum effect.
"It's difficult to make things look realistic and good," said Bas. "I have to do moves that I don't want to do when I act. Like I didn't want to do triple kicks in movies and the people working on the movies know it, but they dare me to do those things and it makes it hard for me to not prove I can do them."
Rutten continued, "I truly believe I'm going to suck if I have to do triple kicks or wires because it's so unnatural to me. I know a lot of fans of movies appreciate those things because it's becoming very popular, but I think MMA fans won't like it because they want it to be realistic. I want to try to do things as realistic as possible."
In order to maintain realism in fighting Rutten has come to understand that he has to be more involved in the movie making process beyond just choreographing on set action. "I'm trying to distance myself from the over the top stuff. From now on I want to be in the editing room when they are putting it all together. In the editing room is where it all happens, especially in fight scenes. The way we shot it may look completely different depending on how they cut it together. Especially if I'm choreographing things I want it in my contract that I get to be in the editing room from now on."
Unlike his MMA contemporaries who are mainly relegated to secondary roles and stunt work in action films, Rutten has played front and center in his projects and has even dabbled in comedy. For Rutten the transition from action to comedy comes naturally for one of the most charismatic figures in MMA.
"It's both natural to me, action and comedy," said Rutten. "For the comedy it's like my personality only performing bigger. Before movies I had done comedy on TV in Holland. I started with little shows then big events to Dutch TV and finally European TV, so I had done a lot of comedy stuff in front of everybody."
Rutten most recently finished a comedic short 30-minute independent film called The Kingdom of Ultimate Power, which according to Bas, was written for him, even if the screenwriter didn't know it.
"The funny thing about this movie was that the writer didn't know anything about who I was when he wrote the script," commented Bas. "He wrote a story about a bald European cage fighter who came to America to act and when he showed it to his friends they said they knew who it should be in the movie. They got online and showed him a picture of me and he said that I was perfect. I happened to be in New York at the time of the auditions, so I went in and got the part right away."
According to Rutten, the filmmakers have aspirations to make the short into a longer full-length feature should a studio pick it up after film festival appearances. "I'm not sure when it's going to come out. It's going to play at some festivals and we are hoping that the short will be on a channel like HBO or Showtime and that we can make a feature out of it. Already we have many more new ideas to add to the film."
Rutten closed out the conversation by talking about his current and immediate future projects. "I'm finishing a part for a movie (Backlash) in about a week, then I'm doing another film in about three weeks with the director of The Karate Kid. It's called Honor, what a surprise huh, and hopefully it will turn out to be a decent movie. I feel I get better each time out and like I've said a hundred times, it's like fighting, you keep practicing but you'll never reach the top because there is always something to learn."
Fans interested in checking out information on Bas' The Kingdom of Ultimate Power release can do so by going to www.pilotlightpictures.com. On the site you will find filmmakers' bios, a synopsis of the plot, and a trailer available in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats.


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The Wedding Feast of Cana gives us the first of the signs which reveal His
glory. That means that if we pay attention we shall see the divinity
shining through Christ's humanity. This is another Epiphany, a
manifestation of the divine.
The reading from the Prophet Isaiah today tells us that God cannot be
silent any longer. God loves His bride, the Church, the people redeemed by
His Son. God wants to rejoice in His people and wants His people to
rejoice in Him. It is true that most of us have not seen a miracle such as
this one. It is just as true that there are miracles as great as this
happening even in our own day.
The miracle is not just changing water into wine, the miracle is also that
Jesus helps others. The water into wine miracle just is the way that Jesus
helps in this situation. The miracle is impressive, so also is the help to
the newly married couple and their families.
Jesus is always willing to help, even when a miracle is not required. Am I
willing to help others when they need me? Am I willing to give my time and
my energy to helping others when it has no benefit for me?
The First Letter to the Corinthians, from which the second reading is taken
today, continues this same message. Each of us has gifts and we are to use
them to build up the body of Christ, to benefit others. Perhaps we think
that our gifts are negligible. Perhaps we think that others have better or
more important gifts than ours. That does not matter, whatever we are
given, we given to use for others.
Today as we remember the Wedding Feast of Cana and the first of the great
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As ClevelandCounty�s population ages, its workforce is also changing.
The types of jobs are changing.
And veteran workers are finding a need to adapt skills to secure and retain those jobs.
The county�s senior population has surged in the past decade, and the number of young adults and children has declined, according to Census numbers in 2000 and 2010.
That means an older population base to fill the workforce and, those Census numbers suggest, fewer younger people ready to join the workforce.
�If our population is aging and young people are leaving the area, the way we counter balance that is bring in more jobs to the community,� said Kristin Fletcher, executive vice president of the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership. �If jobs aren�t here, they�re not coming.�
How can we attract people?
Fletcher said job, industry and population recruitment all depend on each other.
More job opportunities mean more people.
Then retail companies will be more likely to open businesses in the county because their location choices are based on factors like number of households and income.
That presence of more retail opportunities, Fletcher said, will attract more young people.
�The younger generation is attracted to areas where you can get anything,� Fletcher said. �When we�re recruiting industry, we�re recruiting families, and those families want choices. Pinnacle Classical Academy is a good example of growing choices here that can attract families.�
What are the job choices of the future?
�They are going to be tremendously different than what we see now,� said Michael Chrisawn, president of the Cleveland County Chamber.
According to Chrisawn and Fletcher, some of those future job opportunities and needs include:
* advanced manufacturing
* building automation
* maintenance for advanced machines
* engineering
* nursing and telemedicine
* entrepreneurs
�We have to make the pie bigger to attract people to fill those jobs,� Chrisawn said. �But we need the jobs to make it happen.�
How are we attracting jobs?
Economic development experts point to recent industrial announcements as the start.
More than 300 new jobs at solar-panel systems manufacturer Schletter. Nearly $850 million in economic investment and 100 permanent positions at the AT&T data center in Kings Mountain. Expansions at manufacturers Steag and Baldor � meaning several hundred new jobs for skilled workers.
�Success breeds success,� Fletcher said.
She said several other major selling points for developers to bring new jobs to the county include:
* the county�s location between the Charlotte and Greenville-Spartanburg metropolitan areas
* a growing presence of German and other international companies
* open, modern, flexible buildings ready for industry
Chrisawn said the expansion of existing companies is also attractive to companies.
�It helps because they see what you�re willing to do for your businesses,� he said. �In development, we�re just now getting back to where we were about 1998. It�s all a long-term process to be successful. It�s not going to change overnight.�
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Top 5 U.S. occupations to grow by 2020
Registered nurses
Retail salespersons
Home health aides
Personal care aides
General office clerks
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Top 5 U.S. occupations to decline by 2020
Farmers, ranchers
Postal service employees
Sewing machine operators
Switchboard operators
Fast food cooks
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Technology impact on jobs?
An Associated Press analysis of employment data from 20 countries revealed that millions of mid-skill, mid-pay jobs have disappeared over the past five years due to economic factors and technology.
The analysis also looked at inventions� impact on the workforce in the past.
When the steamboat, locomotive, telegraph, telephone and computer were invented in the past two centuries, businesses disappeared and workers lost jobs. But new businesses emerged to employ even more workers.
That�s what�s happened in the technology age, the analysis found.
Apple now employs 80,000 people worldwide, Google 54,000 and Facebook 4,300. And those companies continue to open new operations and add jobs.
In ClevelandCounty and the surrounding region, unemployment surged almost a decade ago as manufacturing plants closed.
But many of those industrial jobs are now coming back � in a different way.
�There�s a misconception about industry,� said Kristin Fletcher, executive vice president of the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership. �It�s not dirty, as people often think. It�s innovative.�
Fletcher said students are graduating from high school and with technical degrees and securing good-paying jobs in skill positions.
But there still aren�t enough engineers and other professionals to fill advanced manufacturing jobs.
�The key is getting industry and education to work together,� she said. �We�re trying to encourage youth to look beyond the four-year college route to see the other great possibilities out there.�


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- November 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm #15770genetherapyParticipant
Hi all,
I need help with primer design please. I want to design primers for Mus musculus GMCSF gene. I found it's cDNA but it's too long so I take a part of it where starts with the initiation codon ATG as follows:
1 ggtcagactg cccaggcagg gtgggaaagg cctttaaagc agcccgcagg tgggctgcca
61 gttcttggaa gggcttatta atgaaaaccc cccaagcctg acaacctggg ggaaggctca
121 ctggccccat gtatagctga taagggccag gagattccac aactcaggta gttcccccgc
181 ccccctggag ttctgtggtc accattaatc atttcctcta actgtgtata taagagctct
241 tttgcagtga gcccagtact cagagagaaa ggctaaggtc ctgaggagga tgtggctgca
301 gaatttactt ttcctgggca ttgtggtcta cagcctctca gcacccaccc gctcacccat
361 cactgtcacc cggccttgga agcatgtaga ggccatcaaa gaagccctga acctcctgga
421 tgacatgcct gtcacgttga atgaagaggt agaagtcgtc tctaacgagt tctccttcaa
481 gaagctaaca tgtgtgcaga cccgcctgaa gatattcgag cagggtctac ggggcaattt
541 caccaaactc aagggcgcct tgaacatgac agccagctac taccagacat actgcccccc
601 aactccggaa acggactgtg aaacacaagt taccacctat gcggatttca tagacagcct
661 taaaaccttt ctgactgata tcccctttga atgcaaaaaa ccaggccaaa aatgaggaag
721 cccaggccag ctctgaatcc agcttctcag actgctgctt ttgtgcctgc gtaatgagcc
781 aggaacttgg aatttctgcc ttaaagggac caagagatgt ggcacagcca cagttggaag
841 gcagtatagc cctctgaaaa cgctgactca gcttggacag cggaagacaa acgagagata
901 ttttctactg atagggacca ttatatttat ttatatattt atatttttta aatatttatt
961 tatttattta tttatttttg caactctatt tattgagaat gtcttaccag aataataaat
1021 tattaaaact ttt
I designed these primers but have no idea if it is good or not.
CAA GCATGC ACCATGTGGCTGCAGAATTTA (forward primer)
CAA: for protecting my restriction site during PCR
GCATGC: restriction site
ACC: Kozak sequence
CAA GGTACC TTACCTGGGCTTCCTCATTTT (reverse primer)
I used pearlprimer,there it says for dimers:
Forward vs. Forward: -4.81 kcal/mol (Is it much?)
Forward vs. Reverse: -0.45 kcal/mol
Reverse vs. Reverse: -1.57 kcal/mol
My forward primer Tm is 60.78
My reverse primer Tm is: 59.79. But these Tm values are without restriction site,kozak sequence only ACCATGTGGCTGCAGAATTTA for forward and TTACCTGGGCTTCCTCATTTT for reverse. Should I calculate Tm with kozak, restriction site included again??
I will be grateful if someone help me please, it is very important for me
Thank you
- December 1, 2011 at 9:53 am #108529genetherapyParticipant
Don't anyone know primer design? Please I really need help to start my reseach project. It is my first time designing primer so I have no idea if I do the design right or not?
Kindly request you to give a hand
- December 6, 2011 at 8:46 am #108592bravebeakerParticipant
I would really like to know too! honestly there are so many ways and methods on web I found. The thing is maybe I dont have the courage to apply it without returning to an experianced person!
Will follow up the thread…
- April 18, 2012 at 2:22 pm #110694DougBParticipant
Sorry I was not able to respond to your question earlier. Unfortunately, I just joined. Hopefully I still could provide some assistance.
There are several guidelines for designing primers for PCR or sequencing. (1) The primer length should range 18 to 22 bases. Your primers are 21 bases in length and should be okay. (2)50 to 60 percent GC content. Your primers have 43 percent GC content. However, since they are 21 bases in length, this should also be okay. (3) Should have a GC lock. 2 of 3 of the 3 prime bases should be G or C with the final 3 prime base G or C. The primers you have listed are AT rich along the 3 prime end. They could still work as many primers lacking the GC lock have before. But it is a guideline to remember in the future.
Specifically for PCR forward and reverse primers, the Tm values should be within 4 degrees.
I would recommend including the Kozak sequence and restriction site in the Tm values. Basically you have tailed 21 base length primers with these added sequences. During the first round of PCR, the additional bases will be included in the amplified product. Therefore, the Kozak sequence and restriction site will become part of the priming site.
Hopefully you will find this information helpful at this late date.
Doug B
- April 18, 2012 at 2:28 pm #110695DougBParticipant
Sorry, I forgot to add one thing. I reviewed the primer sequence for secondary structure. It appears as though the forward primer has a 5 base compliment to itself (CTGCA). This likely accounts for the higher potential of primer dimer. Probably not to big of a concern. The reverse primer actually has a 7 base compliment to the product sequence beginning at base 308. I think your primers are okay for both.
Doug B
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Phillip Phillips Tour Schedule
St. Vincent's self-titled new record, out later this month, follows hot on the heels of lengthy tours on the back of her own previous solo record, 2011's Strange Mercy and the slower-burning brass-based collaboration with David Byrne in 2012, Love This Giant. The latter, in particular, prospered on the back of a stunning, choreographed, large ensemble live show (hinting at Byrne's production values rather than Clark's) which won acclaim at last summer's Electric Picnic. Clark took "just 36 hours" off before leaping back in the game, writing her new part-inspired by the "fearless, in-the-moment" Byrne, but ultimately in the context of her own small but powerful band, made up of her own fabulous and unique guitar playing, drummers Homer Steinway (Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings) and McKenzie Smith (Midlake), keyboardist Danny Mintseris, former Prince collaborator Bobby Sparks on Minimoog ("but her can do anything!") as well as her regular engineer and producer, John Congleton.
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Chrome diopside, also called Russian diopside, offers an intense forest green color. Because it is the most affordable gemstone with a pure, rich green color, many jewelry designers predict chrome diopside will be the world's leading emerald substitute by the end of the decade. It is mostly available in smaller sizes, with the rare larger sizes becoming much more expensive and too dark. A 26.17ct oval cut chrome diopside may be the largest known example of the faceted stone, but there is also a 25.33ct stone that is brighter and more intense in color.
Chrome diopside is relatively soft, with a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs Scale. Mostly mined in Yakutia and Siberia, the liberalization of the former Soviet Union's economy has made chrome diopside more available, and more popular, than ever before.


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Businesses give big 'like' to Pinterest, Instagram
NEW YORK (AP) -- Small businesses are using social media to promote their businesses and lure shoppers this holiday season -- and they're not just on Facebook. Or Twitter.
Pinterest and Instagram are getting big "likes" from business owners. Facebook and Twitter may have a broader reach, but some owners are finding that Pinterest and Instagram help them connect with their target audience. Pinterest's users are primarily women, while Instagram appeals to young adults. Also, the services rely heavily on photos, giving businesses a chance to show off more of what they have to offer.
Even with the increased usage by owners, Pinterest and Instagram are still in their infancy in terms of being embraced by small business. An American Express survey released during the spring showed that the two services were each used by 2 percent of business owners, compared to 37 percent for Facebook and 10 percent for Twitter. But owners who do use Pinterest and Instagram say they're a good way to connect with their customers.
Chubbies, an online retailer of men's shorts and accessories, posts edgy photos and videos on Instagram to create buzz about its products. Instagram allows users to take photos and videos and instantly share them with friends. Chubbies' prime customers are young men -- some of the biggest users of Instagram.
"When a post is doing well, and it gets a ton of 'likes' and comments, that's extremely valuable from an advertising perspective," says Tom Montgomery, co-owner of the San Francisco-based company.
Chubbies sometimes gets thousands of "likes" and comments for a single picture. Photos, including those posted by customers, often show men in shorts in offbeat situations -- at weddings, diving off cliffs and posing with a stuffed brown bear.
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Pinterest is a growing resource for Cornerstone Shop & Gallery, a home furnishings and gift shop in Lake Geneva, Wis. The store's customers tend to be women and Pinterest is a good place to find them.
Owner Karin Bennett posts hundreds of pictures from the store on Pinterest's "boards," or photo collections. Current boards include holiday decor and gift ideas.
"You can get lost in the visuals for hours," Bennett says.
But Bennett also uses Facebook because it attracts middle-age and older women. Besides photos of merchandise and news about promotions and events, she posts pictures of customers, who often share the photos on their own Facebook pages. This month, customers are posing in the store with Santa Claus.
Bennett uses Twitter to tell customers and other businesses about store events. Instagram isn't yet a fit because its users tend to be younger.
"But we are starting to get younger people in the store during the summer, so we kind of dabble in it," Bennett says.
The social media strategy at Three Brothers Bakery of Houston includes all four services plus a blog on its website. There's so much to keep track of that the company hired a public relations consultant to manage it all. Co-owner Janice Juck sends content and photos to Allie Herzog Danziger, who writes the blog, posts photos on Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram and starts conversations with customers on Twitter. The postings often draw people to the Three Brothers website.
Danziger updates photos daily on Pinterest, where there are 28 "boards" and hundreds of pictures, including 21 of cupcakes and 51 of wedding cakes. She monitors conversations across Twitter, looking for ways to engage customers who are hunting for baked goods or entertaining ideas. She posts larger photos and videos and text on Facebook.
The investment in social media has paid off. The company, which includes two stores and a mail-order business, is planning a third store for Washington, D.C.
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New Plasma-Cutting Torch Shapes and Materials Increase Thickness Range
A group of engineers and product managers at Hypertherm, Hanover, NH, a manufacturer of plasma-arc-cutting (PAC) equipment, logged hundreds of hours on the road, talking to numerous customers during visits to scrap yards, ship yards and other high-use cutting environments, determined to rethink cutting-torch design. After a year of field study, the engineers decided to focus on three areas to optimize torch design:
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Shalini Sudha Singh
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