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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 10:34
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Puppy limitations
There are many things I've grown to very much like about Puppy. It's small, fast, and robust (for the things it does), and the Lucid distribution does have a connection to Ubuntu that has at times been useful for packages outside the scope of .pets.
I like the security of a fresh "toram" install that doesn't accumulate cruft and possible mischief. It takes a tiny bit of setup during startup, but very minor with some scripts I use to restore some pristine settings.
Recently though, I wanted to move to linux for some AV work, and things fell apart quickly. Jack audio never worked reliably, the Qjackctl packages from Unbutue and a Puppy .pet didn't help. So I tried to use Puppy to use netbootin to try to install another distribution to a USB drive. Nothing doing. I simply couldn't get the current version to recognize any USB drive, and the Ubuntu version was dated and produced it's own "known" errors. It was a bit of a defeat to have to go to Windows where the software worked flawlessly. I've had similar problems with USB drives and gparted before with Puppy. Gpated simply didn't see them, or if it did, choked, coughed and mostly spit out numerous inscrutable errors if I tired VFAT. There's something screwed up about Puppy's implementation of the USB stuff, or gparted -- or both. Life's too short. I went to Windows, and began happily using the drives in Linux.
Then there's the difficulty of package aging. I'm not critical of anyone for not maintaining up to date packages. That's a huge amount of work, and pretty thankless too. I would have gladly used something like apt or yum, but there's really no way for Puppy to use those. Many of the Ubuntu packages don't install all the dependencies; usually it's a perl library or some other obscure library that I can't find easily.
Again. None of this is really a complaint about Puppy. It is what it is. But I don't think I can go much further with it until there's a package manager that will connect and use a major repository reliably. (I know I could compile packages myself, but the joy of that is LONG gone, and I just want to be a user.) Linux AV is marginal at best, particularly the video. But at least it would be helpful to have reliable updated versions of what's available; I haven't been able to do that with Puppy. Ardour is basically beyond Puppy for all practical purposes.
If I had one suggestion to make for the future of Puppy, it would be to connect it via something like apt, slaptd, or yum to SOME major repository rather than to keep rolling its own software packages.
I have 2 gb of ram. It's not terribly important to have the absolute minimum of ram footprint anymore. And while I love the small core footprint, that's not as critical as either.
I'm sure I'll keep Puppy for a while because I'm used to it and have it set up the way I want. I'm playing with Tiny Core Linux for a replacement platform where I want a pristine environment with email, a solid, reasonably updated web browser, some word processing and a game to two to waste what little time I have.
Puppy's been a good experience. And I think if it solved the package issue, it could find it's way to a much wider audience. Many people don't want the bloated Ubuntu or Redhat experience, nor the gnarly experience of distributions like Arch LInux or even Tiny Core Linux just to get some work done. Among its small distro peers in the "just want to be a user" class, Puppy still fares very well. And it's ability to run and stay tidily in ram is a security feature that most could use, but don't appreciate.
Anyhow. My thoughts, and my gratitude to all those what have and continue to contribute here to make Puppy, not only a geek attraction, but something actually useful.
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 12:09
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I've recently repackaged jack
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 18:20
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peb; You`re saying exactly what I said about 5 years ago.
That`s what I`d do if I wanted to build an orphan Linux distro. ( like Puppy ).
Rather than constantly having to build new app. packages, make it connect !
Debian has the largest repository and is well managed ( relatively ).
I made a Debian downloader gui front end that works fairly well.
But getting it to recursively parse out and fetch all the deps. was tricky.
Pussy is very Debian compatible, but I couldn`t get it to boot on my old PC.
It has Apt to handle packages the Debian way.
Now if Puppy had Apt in it, that would solve Barry`s packaging problems...
Then a nice gui to make sfs files from the packages. That would be trick !
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2012, 23:38
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I just want to be a user
It is why people are using an operating system (Windows) which is well past its sell date. Does Windows still have great commercial software? I should imagine so.
I decided to become familiar with one distro, for various reasons that was Puppy.
Audio visual programs:
Just been using Openshot. Still not completely stable. I may need more ram . . . It works well enough and I become more familiar and pleased with each version.
If it works use it . . . unless you are Richard Stallman . . .
I think Puppy Fatdog with Underdog into other distros and Windows on another partition might be ideal for you. Or get a Mac.
I have also been using Presentation in LibreOffice. The audio visual part needs java and I am loath to spend time on setting up the settings . . .
Thanks for the feedback. Just thought . . .
Saluki might be a good option for you
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Posted: Tue 22 May 2012, 14:04
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darkcity wrote:
I've recently repackaged jack
any feedback appreciated.
The feedback is they worked as advertised. Nice job.
Reply to other comments.
I tried the "pussy" distribution. It said the kernel wouldn't work for my "older" computer. So no "apt."
I did see another thread here that makes me believe ardour might work sometime soon -- maybe as a pet -- but even a distribution might be OK. And maybe some up to date video editors will be included too. I'm just looking for some solid, near professional level, AV editing solutions that just work day after day.
The latest and greatest doesn't mean bleeding edge to me, just the latest rock solid edition with a good feature set that is very unlikely to crash and burn in the middle of things. Once a year updating is probably sufficient for good AV software that's robust. It's not a browser environment where failure to update means a security risk.
I'm sort of put off a bit when packages that stress crash recovery as a major feature. Crash recovery provisions are OK, but avoiding injury by not crashing in the first place is a much better overall strategy.
One of the features I like about running Puppy in ram without saving anything to a pupsave file is that however badly it gets screwed up or corrupted with settings and preferences that are stored in some package dependent location, it's just a simple reboot to a clean cold restart that I know for sure won't be bogged down in the aftermath of whatever happened. That feature is a strong advantage over Windows and other Linux platforms that tend to keep saving problems. And I know where my data is -- it's not slathered about in tmp files, log files, some etc file, swapfiles, registries or configuration files and who knows where.
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Posted: Tue 22 May 2012, 15:28
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I've been running Puppy from multisession DVDs for at least 5 years. Rather than save an installed program to the multisession DVD, I've learned to save the .pet in a separate USB flash memory and reinstall it every time I need it. It takes hardly any time to install and configure most .pets. If I really knew what I was doing, I guess I could make a new .pet to replace the old one, and include my configuration in it.
My point is that this way of doing things makes it easy to upgrade to the latest version of a program. It's kind of like a ROX app, which is contained with all its dependencies in one directory.
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Posted: Tue 22 May 2012, 16:50
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peb wrote:
Ardour is basically beyond Puppy for all practical purposes.
Did you have the same issues with Puppy Ubuntu Studio 2.1 or 3.1 or 3.3? I remember reading some positive comments about those distros (other than the fact that there were heated personality/ethics clashes)
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Posted: Thu 24 May 2012, 08:44
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There's also a new Ardour package in the multimedia section of the forum that seems to work.
But one problem I'm having with Puppy is that trashing huge files takes forever.
The problem with the video editors though is that in frugal you have to have a huge pupsave file. I haven't tried it yet, but expanding the file to at least 5 or 10 giga should help. Video editing works much better in full install though.
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Posted: Thu 24 May 2012, 10:03
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But one problem I'm having with Puppy is that trashing huge files takes forever.
The problem with the video editors though is that in frugal you have to have a huge pupsave file. I haven't tried it yet, but expanding the file to at least 5 or 10 giga should help. Video editing works much better in full install though.
I would put temp and document folders outside the PupSave file on frugal. Most programs can be configured to choose which directory to use for temp, though ext2 type partition may be required. If a temporary directory is in the Linux RootFS it can be sym-linked out, I do this with /root/.mozilla/seamonkey. I think these features should be standardized for frugal mode puppy - so they are accessible for more users.
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Posted: Thu 24 May 2012, 15:17
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mini-jaguar; You really need to use a H.D. partition,
the Save file.
The Save file should be only for config. files, but Puppy uses it to install apps. too.
SFS files don`t take up space in the Save file like Pet files do.
In my /root I have /my-applications and /my-documents as links to /mnt/sdb3/apps and /mnt/sdb3/docs .
This way when the Save file gets hosed ( corrupted ) I don`t loose everything.
I also have a /root/my-downloads link pointing to /mnt/sdb3/dnld .
Video and audio files can be saved to a NTFS partition without problems.
But again, you really should have a Ext3 partition on a H.D. in your PC.
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Posted: Fri 25 May 2012, 10:23
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No, trashing huge files still takes forever even if they are on whatever partition and the Puppy is full install.
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 09:15
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No, trashing huge files still takes forever even if they are on whatever partition and the Puppy is full install.
This is interesting. Do you know if it is slower than other distros? I wonder why?
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 13:58
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I do have a poor memory but AFAIK Barry Kauler
does recommend that one do frugal installs.
So maybe that explains this: It is not recommended to do this:
"the Puppy is full install."
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 15:46
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the question is what is slowing down the 'trashing huge files'
A. Frugal puppy with file in savefile
B. Frugal puppy with file outside savefile
C. Full install puppy
D. Linux?
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- Solid Sitka Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides
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- Body Type: Small Body
- Top: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Binding: Multi-ply Top, Single Ply Back, Traditional Double Ring Rosette
- Bracing: X-Braced Top
- Species: Mahogany
- Profile: "D" Profile
- Thickness: 1.725" at Nut
- Truss Rod: Single Action
- Adhesive: Premium Titebond
- Joint: Compound Dovetail
- Construction: Joint at 14th Fret
- Adhesive: Hide Glue
- Species: Indian Rosewood
- Frets: 20
- Scale Length: 25 1/2"
- Radius: 12" Radius
- Fret Wire: Gibson Montana Standard Fret Wire
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Paralellograms
- Adhesive: Wood Glue
- Material: GraphTech"¢
- Width: 1.725"
- Type: Traditional Advanced Jumbo
- Angle: 17 Degrees
- Inlay: Period-Correct Gibson Logo Decal
- Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell
- Type: Vintage-Style, Open-Back
- Plating: Nickel
- Ratio: 14:1
- Type: Traditional Belly Down with Tusq Saddle
- Material: Indian Rosewood
- Pickguard: Traditional Teardrop Tortoise
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The many colors of Cerakote. It's the rainbow Leatherman coalition.
Mark II Arms has a 3D-printed slide. It's at the developmental stage right now, not quite ready for use, but it was very interesting to see. The slides in the background are machined slides, and they're about half the weight of the standard slide.
I don't even know what brought this picture about; I happened to be walking by when they were setting up this shot and jumped in to grab this picture. Yes, that's real wood furniture on that AR - so it's an evil wood rifle, right?
And lastly, I'll be updating the blog with a new picture. This one:
Happiness is a rotating drum grenade launcher. Nothing says "stay off my lawn" or "What are your intentions towards my daughter" like six rounds of high explosives.
It's been a great show so far; looking forward to one more day tomorrow!
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I live in Chicago now, as you may know. I lived here before for a number of years. It's home just as Oklahoma is home.
I work sixteen miles from where I live. It takes me over an hour to get from one to the other. That's a lot of time with my nose in a book and headphones in my ears.
My habit of plugging into my ipod as soon as I leave my apartment is a good one. It protects me from interactions with the many strangers I pass, it functions as a security gate that lets me permit or ban access. That's something I learned in high school. Somehow my habit of wearing headphones renders me effectively invisible. People know I can't hear them so they don't speak to me. "I'm not participating," is what I seem to be saying. And it's true. I'm not participating in the life of the streets I walk. I'm barely playing a role on the trains and buses I ride.
But my use of headphones is more important than that. The constant presence of private music adds much needed texture to the absurdity of my travel.
I am a speck on the map of millions, you see.
I feel like a benign Travis Bickle. I rove around this place, weaving in and out of the grotesque parade of hideous people. I am hideous too. But we are not alike, we are not together. I have this shield of beauty buoying me toward my workplace and back to my apartment. I have a soundtrack that elevates me.
When I work a closing shift on a weeknight I have occasion to discover a couple of precious quiet streets in Chicago. This is a rare thing, indeed.
It's strange that I moved back to a fairly crowded city. I love being alone. In spite of my love of persons, I have great distaste for people.
This is the best, though.
It's late. It's dark. It's cold and wet. I am alone in this place that hours ago was pulsing and bristling with activity, with people and people and more people.
I am suddenly Charlton Heston in The Omega Man. I feel like I have the whole place to myself. Like I may never see another person again but that's basically okay by me.
This happened last week. I was walking down 57th Street in Hyde Park. I was alone and Modest Mouse was shouting some atonal rant into my ears and I suddenly had the sensation that as I moved the pavement was moving because of my steps. I felt as though the very earth beneath me was at the will of my feet. The world had become a treadmill. If I walked faster the world would fall away behind me at the same pace. If I ran you all would have felt it; you would have been thrown from your beds where you tried to sleep or your couches where you sat to watch the pathetic also-rans of college football, stalled in your cars where you were driving west as I ran east, arrested and nauseated in your pursuits of a kiss or another drink.
I felt like I was boss of the world.
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Former Middlebury town planner Fred Dunnington sent along photos taken in the tropics with the underwater camera he got as a retirement present this past summer. With the temperature on Monday night hovering at zero, selectboard Chairman Dean George said at Middlebury's town meeting he was glad someone was enjoying warm weather somewhere.
Dennis Cassidy asked the moderator, former Gov. Jim Douglas, if he was ready to declare he was running for governor again. Douglas dryly quipped that Cassidy was "out of order on many fronts."


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humbleBrands needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 218 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
We are a startup consumer products company focused on the personal care space. We are looking for a creative, premium yet simple logo that effectively encapsulates the feeling of the company (described below). If you get it right you could see your design in retail outlets across the United States...
humble Brands, Inc.
About us:
We are a startup consumer products company launching an innovative new premium personal care product.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for our first corporate logo that encapsulates the feeling of the brand (described below). This logo will be used for all corporate purposes (website, business cards, stationary, etc.) and if it is compelling, also will be used in a slighly modified form on all our product packaging.
The feeling of the brand:
humble Brands is above all else, calm, relaxed, natural and comfortable to the consumer, despite being premium. The brand should be clean and modern all while being welcoming to the consumer.
- Logo to be consistent with the feeling of the brand: calm, relaxed, natural, welcoming, comfortable, premium.
- Fairly simple and clean logo. Meaningful symbols or shapes incorporated into the logo are fine, but more focus should be paid to the words themselves.
- Logo should be appealing to females, but not be so overly feminine that it doesn't appeal to male customers.
- Focus most on the word "humble" (note it is lower case) and make this the centerpiece of the logo while staying consistent with the feeling of the brand and not making it feel dominant or off-putting.
- "Brands" can be used as a sub-brand and potentially will be replaced by another word for the logo of our specific products.
- Inc. should be included but not be overly emphasized.
- Two versions of the logo: one that works on a white background (positive) and one that works on a dark background (reverse).
- Finished product in eps or equivalent format, with accompanying high quality picture file. All fonts and colors (pantone, CMYK and RGB Hex) should be clearly identified in an accompanying file.
- humble should be lower case, not capitalized.
- Don't want a ton of colors--keep it simple, welcoming, relaxed and premium.
- Don't want things to be overly busy with shapes or symbols--keep it clean.
- Don't want anything juvenile or overly feminine (despite the feminine focus).
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USC's coaching search took a bizarre turn Monday when former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy said he was contacted by the Trojans but athletic director Pat Haden later said it was an imposter who claimed to represent the university.
Haden also said an imposter tried to contact Denver Broncos assistant coach Jack Del Rio, who is listed by oddsmakers as the favorite to replace Lane Kiffin. Dungy told radio host Dan Patrick he was contacted by USC but was not interested.
"Tony's discussion on the radio today of being contacted by USC was a complete surprise to us," Haden said. "So were the calls made to the Broncos. I can assure you no authorized representative of USC or our athletic department made these calls.
"As I said last week, we will not comment on every name that comes out. It would be a disservice to our players and coaches, who are devoting everything they have into the remainder of our season. We have a head coach right now in Ed Orgeron. We have not offered the job to anyone."
Haden uses Korn/Ferry International, an executive recruiting firm based in Los Angeles, to help USC on coaching searches. Dungy said he apologized to Haden on Monday.
Kessler criticized
Arizona nose tackle Tevin Hood did not restrain himself when he analyzed USC quarterback Cody Kessler on Monday.
Hood said Kessler makes "bonehead throws."
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez was more diplomatic about the Trojans and said he worried about a different offensive philosophy with offensive coordinator Clay Helton calling plays.
"We've got to expect to see a little bit of everything," Rodriguez said.
Helton eyes diversity
Offensive coordinator Clay Helton said the past week was more than enough time to expand the offense.
"The tight ends are good receivers, the running backs are able to catch the ball," Helton said. "Nelson Agholor, De'von Flournoy and Victor Blackwell are (wide receivers) that have made plays. We can have an effective offense."
Kaaya gets offer
Brad Kaaya, quarterback at Chaminade of West Hills, said he was offered a scholarship by USC. The offer is interesting because it came after the firing of Kiffin. USC was slow to offer class of 2015 quarterbacks Josh Rosen of St. John Bosco and Ricky Town of St. Bonaventure of Ventura because sources said Kiffin wanted to wait.
Town committed to Alabama during the summer. The offer to Kaaya may illustrate the current coaching staff wanted to offer him all along. Kaaya is officially committed to Miami.
USC can sign 19 recruits for its current recruiting class.
Stat of the day
USC and Arizona's past six games were decided by seven points or less. Rodriguez overcame a 15-point second half deficit last season to upset the Trojans, 39-36. Kiffin was 0-12 as a head coach in games where he trailed by seven-plus points in the second half.


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WASHINGTON -- Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne urged President Donald Trump Monday not to place tariffs on foreign solar panels and imperil the development of renewable energy in the United States.
"I hope the next decision of the U.S. government will not impear the future of SunPower," he said, referring to an American solar company Total is invested in. "If there is a tariff, it will have an impact on the whole solar chain and it will destroy some jobs."
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When it was first announced in 2012, there was scepticism about whether or not Petronas' RAPID refinery in Johor was destined for reality or cancellation. It came at a time when the refining industry saw multiple ambitious, sometimes unpractical, projects announced. At that point, Petronas – though one of the most respected state oil firms – was still seen as more of an upstream player internationally. Its downstream forays were largely confined to its home base Malaysia and specialty chemicals, as well as a surprising venture into South African through Engen. Its refineries, too, were relatively small. So the announcement that Petronas was planning essentially, its own Jamnagar, promoted some pessimism. Could it succeed?
It has. The RAPID refinery – part of a larger plan to turn the Pengerang district in southern Johor into an oil refining and storage hub capitalising on linkages with Singapore – received its first cargo of crude oil for testing in September 2018. Mechanical completion was achieved on November 29 and all critical units have begun commissioning ahead of the expected firing up of RAPID's 300 kb/d CDU later this month. A second cargo of 2 million barrels of Saudi crude arrived at RAPID last week. It seems like it's all systems go for RAPID. But it wasn't always so clear cut. Financing difficulties – and the 2015 crude oil price crash – put the US$27 billion project on shaky ground for a while, and it was only when Saudi Aramco swooped in to purchase a US$7 billion stake in the project that it started coalescing. Petronas had been courting Aramco since the start of the project, mainly as a crude provider, but having the Saudi giant on board was the final step towards FID. It guaranteed a stable supply of crude for Petronas; and for Aramco, RAPID gave it a foothold in a major global refining hub area as part of its strategy to expand downstream.
But RAPID will be entering into a market quite different than when it was first announced. In 2012, demand for fuel products was concentrated on light distillates; in 2019, that focus has changed. Impending new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulations are requiring shippers to switch from burning cheap (and dirty) fuel oil to using cleaner middle distillate gasoils. This plays well into complex refineries like RAPID, specialising in cracking heavy and medium Arabian crude into valuable products. But the issue is that Asia and the rest of the world is currently swamped with gasoline. A whole host of new Asian refineries – the latest being the 200 kb/d Nghi Son in Vietnam – have contributed to growing volumes of gasoline with no home in Asia. Gasoline refining margins in Singapore have taken a hit, falling into negative territory for the first time in seven years. Adding RAPID to the equation places more pressure on gasoline margins, even though margins for middle distillates are still very healthy. And with three other large Asian refinery projects scheduled to come online in 2019 – one in Brunei and two in China – that glut will only grow.
The safety valve for RAPID (and indeed the other refineries due this year) is that they have been planned with deep petrochemicals integration, using naphtha produced from the refinery portion. RAPID itself is planned to have capacity of 3 million tpa of ethylene, propylene and other olefins – still a lucrative market that justifies the mega-investment. But it will be at least two years before RAPID's petrochemicals portion will be ready to start up, and when it does, it'll face the same set of challenging circumstances as refineries like Hengli's 400 kb/d Dalian Changxing plant also bring online their petchem operations. But that is a problem for the future and for now, RAPID is first out of the gate into reality. It won't be entering in a bonanza fuels market as predicted in 2012, but there is still space in the market for RAPID – and a few other like in – at least for now.
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Tyre market in Bangladesh is forecasted to grow at over 9% until 2020 on the back of growth in automobile sales, advancements in public infrastructure, and development-seeking government policies.
The government has emphasized on the road infrastructure of the country, which has been instrumental in driving vehicle sales in the country.
The tyre market reached Tk 4,750 crore last year, up from about Tk 4,000 crore in 2017, according to market insiders.
The commercial vehicle tyre segment dominates this industry with around 80% of the market share. At least 1.5 lakh pieces of tyres in the segment were sold in 2018.
In the commercial vehicle tyre segment, the MRF's market share is 30%. Apollo controls 5% of the segment, Birla 10%, CEAT 3%, and Hankook 1%. The rest 51% is controlled by non-branded Chinese tyres.
However, Bangladesh mostly lacks in tyre manufacturing setups, which leads to tyre imports from other countries as the only feasible option to meet the demand. The company largely imports tyre from China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan.
Automobile and tyre sales in Bangladesh are expected to grow with the rising in purchasing power of people as well as growing investments and joint ventures of foreign market players. The country might become the exporting destination for global tyre manufacturers.
Several global tyre giants have also expressed interest in making significant investments by setting up their manufacturing units in the country.
This reflects an opportunity for local companies to set up an indigenous manufacturing base in Bangladesh and also enables foreign players to set up their localized production facilities to capture a significant market.
It can be said that, the rise in automobile sales, improvement in public infrastructure, and growth in purchasing power to drive the tyre market over the next five years.
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Headline crude prices for the week beginning 14 January 2019 – Brent: US$61/b; WTI: US$51/b
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Combine the joy of the great outdoors and the open road with an Amdro camper. We are a family business with a passion for the outdoors, design and camping. With over 20 years of experience of designing motorhomes, specialist caravans and campervans. Our aim is to design and produce alternative campervans for a range of vehicles including Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Partner, Fiat Doblo, Ford Tourneo, Renault Kangoo, VW Caddy and VW transporter. Our campervan designs are simple, practical and responsible – allowing as many people as possible to enjoy the benefits of a campervan without costing the earth.
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Established in 2004 by design engineer Iwan Roberts, Amdro is passionate about producing removable camper and boot jump units which can transform your van or family car into a fantastic campervan. As featured on Wheeler Dealers, our modular units are designed to meet different purposes to reflect changing circumstances.
Our boot jump and removable camper units are sustainably designed to work with nature, as opposed to against it. We also aim to reduce waste by using recyclable and renewable materials.
Amdro translates from Welsh as 'going for a leisurely spin/walk' which is exactly what we're all about. We create removable furniture for cars and vans which makes them ideal for camping. We can turn the Citroen Berlingo, Volkswagen Caddy and Transporter, and the Fiat Doblo into micro campers, allowing you to tour the country and sleep under the stars using our removable camper and boot jump units.
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Some of the APAC BB developers – Image by Louis Tang
Hey everyone! I'm Justin Lee, an Application Development Consultant for Research In Motion® (RIM®) in the APAC region who just recently joined the team, and I had the opportunity to be at the BlackBerry® 10 Jam conference in Orlando, Florida.
I'm sure you've heard the hype around the announcements from Thorsten Heins "rock and roll"-ing the stage with the new user experience of BlackBerry 10, and Alec Saunders kicking off the BlackBerry 10 Jam Super Session with an awesome music video, "The Waiting Is The Hardest Part," which rocked the entire house.
But the biggest jaw-dropping experience was seeing the BlackBerry 10 OS shown live onstage for the first time. The new home screen was greatly simplified, there was a new innovative gesture-based keyboard, and the one feature that got everyone gasping for more was the ability to take a photo and then turn it back a few moments in time to capture the right moment. This had me jumping around like a kid eagerly begging to try a new toy.
Of course, the highlight of the event was the alpha releases of the various BlackBerry 10 SDKs, not to mention the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device allowing developers to get started with the new BlackBerry 10 OS. From what I've heard, this is the first time RIM has ever seeded out a developer pre-production device to their developers. This simply shows and reaffirms the commitment RIM has to developers.
On the second day, the Dev Alpha devices were handed out to developers, with queues starting as early as 6 in the morning. Within hours, many of the developers had ported and loaded up their applications into the new BlackBerry 10 device. We saw the Dev Alpha go from a blank device with only two apps loaded – the Browser and the Camera app – to a slew of icons filling up the app menu in a matter of hours. It was great to see the amazement in everyone's eyes at how easy it was to get their apps working – plus I'm certain of the amazement in my eyes at how quickly these excited developers loaded up their devices with apps!
One of the big parts of a conference is the people involved in it. I had the opportunity to meet up with some of the most amazing developers from APAC – Wygen Wong, who created PicStory; John G. Bibal II of PinoyBBDev; and Louis Tang who created PeskTop and did APAC proud by getting into the final three in AppCircus.
After three days of jamming with BlackBerry and meeting with some of the most passionate developers, I'm exhausted! But it was great meeting all of you – do let me know if you're in the APAC region and/or if you need any help with developing for the BlackBerry platform.
Until next time, quoting from Thorsten himself – let's rock and roll this.


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Northern Virginia Community College: Discrimination Against Political and Religious Student Groups
May 11, 2012
In February 2012, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy was told that NOVA was "unable to fund any student organizations with a political agenda." NOVA policies additionally prohibited any student group "with a political or religious affiliation" from receiving funding from student activity fees. FIRE reminded NOVA in May 2012 of its obligation to ensure viewpoint neutrality in distributing student group funding, as decided by the Supreme Court in Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995) and Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000). […]» Read More
Northern Virginia Community College Drops Discriminatory Funding Policy
June 27, 2012
When it comes to ending viewpoint discrimination against political and religious student organizations, we're happy to report that sometimes history repeats itself. FIRE supporters may remember our 2010 case at Northern Illinois University (NIU), when the student group Students for Sensible Drug Policy was subjected to discriminatory funding rules that prevented the group, by nature of its mission, from being eligible for student activity funding. If not, here's a quick summary: SSDP was first considered for recognition on October 24, 2010, as a "Social Justice, Advocacy, and Support" group because it advocates "that the War on Drugs is failing our […]» Read More


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Morneau finally finds the sweet spot of pennant race
ARLINGTON -- Now this is what Justin Morneau had in mind when his adventure began.
"You get brought over to contribute and be a part of it," he said. "When you're not doing that, you start to press a little bit or force it."View Full Game Coverage
ARLINGTON -- Now this is what Justin Morneau had in mind when his adventure began.
"You get brought over to contribute and be a part of it," he said. "When you're not doing that, you start to press a little bit or force it."View Full Game Coverage
Morneau was hitless in his last 14 at-bats when he put on the uniform Wednesday afternoon. To go 0-for-14 is part of the deal. To go 0-for-14 in his 12th day with a new team plays tricks with the mind.
He's one of baseball's consummate professionals, a good player, a good teammate. Morneau is also human, and after a decade with the Twins, after knowing only one way of doing things, he wanted to get off on the right foot.
Over these last few days, Morneau has reminded himself that the Pirates were a good baseball team before he arrived and that they didn't acquire him to do anything other than the things he'd done most of his career.
Still, nothing succeeds like success. Morneau struck out in his first at-bat, then collected four hits and made a sweet defensive play at first base in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Bucs completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers with a 7-5 victory.
"Everybody has to contribute," he said. "I just want to be part of it. I don't need to do more than that. If I can just relax and settle down and remind myself that, I'll be all right."
This was one of those days when the Pirates (84-61) were reminded that everyone does indeed have to contribute. There were two new Bucs -- Morneau and Marlon Byrd -- getting six hits in the middle of the lineup. Here's to general manager Neal Huntington for two more smart moves.
And in the ninth inning, with Jason Grilli and Mark Melancon getting a day off, another new Pirate -- veteran reliever Kyle Farnsworth -- finished things off with a 10-pitch save.
So after arriving here fresh off an ugly three-game sweep in St. Louis, the Pirates righted themselves to keep the National League Central race tight.
"It's a one-game-at-a-time team," pitcher A.J. Burnett said. "We've got another one tomorrow. This team never quits. It's a good thing to see. It's a good sign of what's coming."
Burnett set the tone by retiring 13 Rangers in a row to open the game before running into trouble. On a 97-degree afternoon, he finished with a gritty 6 1/3-inning, five-earned-run performance.
Manager Clint Hurdle maneuvered through four relievers for the final eight outs. When shortstop Clint Barmes banged a home run off the left-field foul pole in the eighth inning, the Bucs got some badly needed wiggle room after Texas closed a 6-2 Pittsburgh lead into a 6-5 fight in the seventh.
"That's a collective effort," Hurdle said. "Everybody gave us what they had, and it was just enough."
The Pirates on Thursday begin an 11-game homestand against the Cubs, Padres and Reds before finishing the regular season with six on the road against the Cubs and Reds.
After 21 years out of the playoffs, this homestand could have the look and feel of the postseason.
The fans "know what's at stake," Burnett said. "They know the situation we're in. It means a lot to them, and it means a lot to us. It's going to be a lot of high emotion on this homestand."
For Morneau, it's still taking time to adjust. He played a decade for one manager, Ron Gardenhire. Morneau's wife is from the Twin Cities. His kids were born there. He'd long since fallen in love with the place.
"There was a high level of comfort there, but sometimes being comfortable isn't always the best thing for you," Morneau said. "Change is good, and coming into a winning situation is something you play for."
Morneau was injured and unable to play when the Twins made the playoffs in 2009 and '10. So he speaks from experience about how special being part of something like this is.
"You don't know how long you're going to play," Morneau said. "You only get so many chances. To be able to come over here and be part of this is very fortunate."
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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Meg Fallowes is 20. She's just finished Uni and is...
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I'm Leah Messer. I'm 22 and live in Elkview, West Virginia and am probably most well known for being on the shows 16 and pregnant and teen mom 2. I got pregnant aged 17 and gave birth to my twin daughters, Aliannah and Aleeah when I was 18. I had only been with the girls dad Corey for a month so it was a pretty fast relationship and we had to mature and adapt to each other as we would be in each others lives forever, and we eventually got married but sadly divorced so I live as a single mom with support from my family and Corey. It's been hard with Corey and I's relationship deteriorating and both of us alternating between parenting duties, but I'm still Ali and Aleeah's mom
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Jack Stanton, 14, from Davidsonville is an avid pet owner with 2 dogs, a cat and 10 chickens. One day he hopes to become a Vet but for now works part time at a Dogie Daycare. He wanted to learn how to give quick aid to an animal via CPR or First aid so he took the class. Here he works on the chest compressions of the demonstration (fake) dog to help try and restart the dogs heart as Class Instructor (and professional dog trainer) Laurie Scible helps him out with the proper techniques. South County Recreation Center offers pet CPR and First Aid training to pet owners and enthusiasts.
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April 17, 1928 - March 20, 2013
Marlboro, NY
Ellen Troncone Esposito, age 84, died peacefully in her sleep at home on March 20, 2013 in the presence of her loving family.
On April 17, 1928 she was born in Brooklyn, NY. Ellen was the daughter of Remigio and Angelina Dente Troncone. Both parents predeceased their daughter. Ellen married John V. Esposito. They were married 63 years.
Ellen was a well-known professional portrait and landscape painter and art teacher. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and numerous national awards for her artwork. Her memberships have included American Society of Portrait Artist; North East Watercolor Society, Hudson Valley Art Association, and Salmagundi Club (the oldest artist club in the USA). Additionally, she is listed in the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.
Survivors include her loving husband, John, at home; one son, John and his partner, Laura Steele; one daughter: Elise Esposito and her partner Joe Ciotti, a grandson: Brendan Devine, one brother: Reginald Troncone, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ellen was predeceased by her brothers: Charles Troncone, Armand Troncone, Anthony Troncone and a sister Louise Minardi.
A visitation for family and friends will be held today, Friday, March 22nd from 4 to 7 p.m. at Engel Funeral Home, Inc. 5319 Route 9W (Middle Hope), Newburgh, NY. Family and friends will meet at St. Mary's Church, Marlboro, NY for a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, March 23rd. Reverend Dennis Williams will be the celebrant. Interment will immediately follow in St. Mary's Cemetery in Marlboro.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Robert C. Engel of the Engel Funeral Home, Inc., Newburgh, New York, 845-562-1144; to send a note of condolence please visit our web site at www.engelfuneralhome.com.


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text: Plush Pastures, Falling Feed Prices Lead to Heifer Retention August 8, 2013 02:48 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email More favorable weather bringing more normal forage and grain production should result in more producers keeping replacement heifers. By Jennifer Stewart, Purdue University Recovering pastures and reduced feed prices are likely to spark a slow trend of heifer retention for U.S. beef producers, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. Beef cattle numbers nationwide have been falling since 2007 because of drought that ransacked pastures and drove feed crop prices sky-high. More favorable weather bringing more normal forage and grain production should result in more producers keeping replacement heifers. "Beef cow operations in some parts of the country where pastures have been restored are probably getting ready to retain heifers," Hurt said. "Beef cow numbers have declined in the Southeast by about 700,000 head, or 12 percent, since 2007. Midwest numbers have dropped by 680,000 head, or 14 percent, since 2007. Both of these areas should have the pasture and the feed to begin heifer retention. "The northern Plains is another area that is ripe for herd expansion." Currently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has rated 72 percent of the nation's pastures as fair, good or excellent, compared with just 46 percent in 2012. Prices for feedstuffs such as corn and soybean meal are expected to fall when new-crop harvest begins in the fall. Corn prices could fall by $1.50 per bushel, and fall soybean meal prices could be as low as $150 per ton lower than current old-crop prices, Hurt said. But parts of the country haven't yet had enough pasture recovery for producers to consider growing their herds. Such areas include the central and southern Plains and the western U.S., which have about 43 percent of the nation's beef cows. "Initial retention of heifers likely will occur this fall in areas primarily east of the Mississippi River, plus the Delta, the western Corn Belt and the northern Great Plains," Hurt said. "This is a large area that currently has 57 percent of the nation's beef cows." Lower feed prices on their own might not be enough to encourage major herd expansion, though. According to Hurt, it will take higher calf prices as well. Current calf prices are up slightly since June, but likely not enough to stimulate major expansion. So while heifer retention and expansion plans will begin this year, national beef production will drop by about 4 percent in the last half of 2013 and 5 percent in the first half of 2014, according to USDA. The drop should lead to higher finished cattle prices, which would lead to higher calf prices. "The industry might see the start of heifer retention this fall, but the magnitude of expansion is expected to be low and slow to get underway," Hurt said. "Beef cow producers know that herd expansion is a long-term investment, and they generally want a more extended period of favorable returns before making major financial commitments." Back to news


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hey danny just a (not so quick) question for ya
we're in the middle of this whole looking for colleges and setting up visits thing and it is absolutely overwhelming. i was told by an admissions dean to find someone who is in the field i want to go into(Art/Art Ed/Art therapy[still deciding..heh]) and come up with a list of questions i can ask to these places i visit to find the school with the best program.not just a good art program but good in integrating art and teaching art. the two art teachers i have are at two oppsite ends of the spectrum. one is a photo teacher that doesnt believe in going to school for art education but just going to some artschool for art, doing what you want all through college, bettering yourself and afterwards consider teaching (after youve spend thousands of dollars on an education already). the other teacher is one of the nicest people i know who is so busy with just being a teacher, having a family, and driving an SUV that she doesnt draw anymore or make things. she's all for practicality and strictly the teaching aspect. i feel like these people aren't very much help in that they both have their own ideas of what being an art teacher is and these ideas aren't mine. and after all this jib jab my real question is do you know any art teachers or professors or anything of the sort that can give me an idea of how to feel these schools out for a program that im looking for? how to narrow down the options. i realize that not knowing for sure what i want to do doesnt help this situation but i know i want to make art myself. learn as much as i possibly can and do the best that I can and work with people/the public and make art mean as much to them as it does to me. if any of the above content made sense, your input would be greatly appreciated.
thanks for your time(!)
-niece in distress
Dear Morgan:
I hear you. Choosing the path you are to take in life is a daunting prospect. But, here's the secret: you aren't making that choice right now. It's a long and gradual process with many twists and turns and none of the crossroads is irreversible. Don't worry about the end result right now. Don't think that you have to choose the school that will firmly and clearly deliver you to the door of the job you will do until you retire.
Secondly, don't be impatient. Don't rush to get a highly professional education right away. Don't commit yourself to an idea of what you will do in life. When I was seventeen I couldn't have described the life I lead today. I know you are anxious about being successful in what you do. You and you parents don't want you to become a starving artist. Believe me, that's extremely unlikely.
But similarly I wouldn't want you to make up your mind today that you will be some thing specific. Your experience is simply too limited for you to make the right choice at this point. There are so many sorts of stimulating and lucrative creative jobs you could have, and most of them are careers you have not even heard of yet.
The training for most of them is similar, however. You need to learn as much as you can about as many things as you can. That should be the goal of your college education.
I have met and worked with many young people who went directly into art school and/or an advertising school. They think they know far more than they do. The fact that they have been taught some technical skills does not prepare them for a career in advertising or design. In fact, I would much rather hire a smart, worldly, inquisitive person who traveled the world, read history and sold shoes at Macy's than a person who focused entirely on getting a career in advertising since they were seventeen. Most of the skills they think they acquired can be learned quickly on the job. But reading good literature, debating politics and philosophy, living among many different sorts of people, those are experiences that will advance you far more in a creative field. The most interesting film directors didn't limit their educations to film school. The most interesting writers didn't come out of the Iowa program; the most successful copywriters didn't limit their educations to the Miami Ad School, etc.
You say you are interested in art therapy and art teaching and you may well end up in those fields. But may I suggest that the reason you are interested in those fields is because you know people who are in them. Frankly, your world is a little limited. There are many, many other options you should look into first.
Here's a partial list of the jobs of creative people I know, stimulating and lucrative jobs you may not have considered, jobs that may actually be perfect for you: documentary producer, flash animator, magazine illustrator, greeting card designer, software engineer, toy designer, packaging engineer, medical illustrator, court room artist, commercial photographer, automotive designer, production designer, prop maker, line producer, cinematographer, magazine art director, jewelry designer, fashion stylist, typographer, costume designer, film editor, sound designer, architect, urban planner, graphic designer, food stylist, runway photographer, book editor, book jacket designer, museum curator, art historian, retail display designer, fashion director, makeup artist, choreographer, stage manager, commercial composer, industrial film editor, fragrance designer, information architect, strategic planner, potter, art buyer, continuity person, textile designer, set carpenter, industrial chemist, fashion forecaster, copywriter…
You can prepare for most of these jobs the same way.
First of all, do your best in high school. Have diverse interests so you build a good resume: School paper, school play, community stuff, etc. Sports matter far less after high school than they do in high school. Same with TV, Play Station, drugs, liquor and other extracurrics. But don't be a goody-two shoes either. Live fast but don't die young.
Apply to the best possible schools. Set your sights high. You are smart and articulate and you can do it. My high school had no formal grades so many of my classmates worried they couldn't get into a good school. I didn't know better so I applied to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, University of Chicago and had University of Michigan as my safety. I got into all of them (but Yale) but only visited the one I really wanted to attend: Princeton. I knew very little about it but I like F.Scott Fitzgerald. I also liked the fact that it had no law school, no med school and seemed committed to under graduate education. My parents were not particularly wealthy but family members kicked in some cash so I could go.
Get a very liberal education: This is the last time in life you will get to immerse yourself all day in all sorts of learning among a lot of smart people. Don't waste it by limiting yourself or your field of interest. I studied French, Latin, History, Geology, Politics, Literature, Economics, Art History, Music, Anthropology, Psychology, and more. Only when you are absolutely forced to, choose a major. Mine was Political Science with a minor in Near Eastern Studies, I wrote my thesis about 1960s radical students. Again, none of it had anything to do with my future career, and yet it was all immensely helpful in separating me from the dull careerists in my peer group. I was and am interesting and interested. I can bring a lot more to the discussion than those who majored in graphic arts or economics. Trust me, if you could learn all the professional skills you need to in four years of college it wouldn't be worth much in the job market. But the ability to form associations between obscure things is a very valuable skill that you can only hone by reading and experiencing as much as possible throughout your whole life. I go my first job in advertising after a couple of weeks of interviewing. It was easy and I had zero experience.
The future looks bright. There are more and more opportunities for creative people to earn a good and interesting living. In the dawn of the Information Age, technical skills mattered a lot and engineers and economists were Kings. But, frankly, billions of Indians and Chinese are taking over those jobs. What they don't have and won't have for the next few decades is a good grasp on culture and a sufficiently free society to encourage individuals with new and fresh ideas. That will give America a competitive advantage for most of my lifetime, if not yours. People who make things will be very valuable for a while to come. The entertainment field will keep America first: fashion, consumer culture, computer gaming, web design, marketing, music, film, etc. Think of how those fields have transformed over your short lifetime. Any hard-core specific learning you get in a second rate college in these fields will be obsolete before you graduate. But if you have a diverse and insatiable hunger for learning and a creative mind, you will always be on the cusp of the new wave.
Education never stops. Apply yourself in school but use your summers to explore other fields. Write to people and ask for internships. Spend half your summer making spending money, the other half working in a gallery, for a commercial production company or a magazine publisher (I worked at the White House, for cryin' out loud – also newspapers, congressmen, McDonalds, record stores, etc.) Stay with relatives in big cities and immerse yourself in the metropolitan jungle. You can also wait until graduate school to go to an art program; by then you may feel more comfortable about where to specialized. Meantime, keep reading and exploring. My nightstand is piled high with history books, art criticism, books in technique, magazines, etc. I take classes, interview people with diverse careers, and keep hungry and inquisitive. I'm still not sure what I want to be when I grow up. And you don't need to be either.
I hope this is a little helpful. But let's discuss it more. Call me anytime and I'll help you however I can
Meantime, don't worry and be happy,
Your uncle,


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The Barangaroo Kangaroo
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