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MEANWHILE … WHAT’S ON THE FIRST LADY’S MIND — “Melania Trump tackles ‘destructive and harmful’ effects of social media,” by CNN’s Kate Bennett and Betsy Klein: “‘Let’s face it: most children are more aware of the benefits and pitfalls of social media than some adults, but we still need to do all we can to provide them with information and tools for successful and safe online habits,’ she said. Trump called for educating children on responsible social media habits. …

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. In case of bad weather, we will cancel. Please check the www.musclepowered.org/calendar or our Facebook page for last minute changes, or contact the hike coordinator Jo Foster at jf.prairie@gmail.com, or (319) 504-3309, call or text.

Where does that lead Microsoft. Massively reduced corporate software sales will cut into the bottom line. The home computer will probably be mostly replaced by a number of wireless smart devices.

Society of Financial Service Professionals: 7:30 a.m. third Tuesday, Starmount Forest Country Club. Register. 336-292-5088 or SFSPgreensboro@triad.rr.com.

Forty-five percent of workers say that jobs and the economy are a factor when choosing a place to live, and another 43 percent say they’re a factor when deciding to move, according to the Prudential American Workers Survey released earlier this week. Take a look at the survey here and read more from the Post here.

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The real reason that “grid clusters” will continue to exist far into the future is to ensure information security and physical equipment security. Redundant, and potentially highly distributed, cluster sites will be essential for “large scale disaster” survivability. Last years events impact in the financial industry and some of the companies ability to recover using redundant backup sites were the proof of this.

So someone offers them a 10 million dollar handshake and buries the IP for 20 years, or at least long enough until the market is saturated with their existing products and demand drops, at which point it’s time to whip out this “new innovation” and replace them.

Road rage: Adam Scari pleads guilty to assault after punching a 53-year-old man in the face after the older driver honked his horn at Scari in an Austinmer car parking to warn about a possible collision. 

Lihua International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces copper replacement in the People’s Republic of China. It designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes refined copper products, including copper anode, copper rod, fine and superfine pure copper wire, and copper-clad aluminum (CCA) fine and superfine wires. Its copper rod based wire products comprise cable products used for telephone drop wires and conductors; electric utilities; transmission lines, grid wires, fences, and structured grounds; industrial drop wires, magnet wires, battery cables, and automotive wiring harnesses; and radio frequency shielding, as well as magnet wire products used in electronic motors, transformers, water pumps, automobile meters, energy, industrial, commercial, and residential industries. The company produces and distributes copper and CCA wire products in various forms, including fine wires to smaller wire manufacturers for further processing; magnet wires used for electrical conductivity in a range of motorized appliances; and tin plated wires for the transmission of audio and visual signals. Lihua International, Inc. manufactures and sells copper anode to copper entities, which produce and sell copper cathode to copper products manufacturers. The company sells its products directly to manufacturers or through distributors in the wire and cable industries, as well as through manufacturers in the consumer electronics, audio and visual equipment, white goods, automotive, utility, telecommunications, and specialty cable industries. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Danyang, the People’s Republic of China.

Clear Lake Community School District received $2,500 for "STEM/PLTW launch," and North Iowa Area Community College Foundation received $2,000 for "NIACC and Next Generation Science Standards: What’s Next in Science for North Iowa." Smaller grants were awarded to: West Hancock Community Schools, Britt; Newman Catholic School, Mason City; and the Town of Scarville.

Most people in the US talk over copper instead of fiber. And the bulk of the copper was installed, oh, say, before I was born. This fun little built-in speed bump is going to limit widespread broadband adoption for quite a while. Cable modems have their limitations too.