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The Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta), an aquatic fern has been added to the list of 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species. Compiled by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Invasive Species Specialist Group, (ISSG) the list aims to increase awareness about invasive alien species and to help prevent further invasions.
Recently the rinderpest virus was removed from the list and a review was conducted to decide which invasive species should be added. The review involved more than 650 experts from 63 countries. More than 10,000 invasive species were assessed in terms of their capacity to spread and their potential ecological or economic impact.
Native to Brazil, the Giant Salvinia is a floating aquatic fern that thrives in slow-moving, nutrient-rich, warm, freshwater. A rapidly growing competitive plant, it has spread throughout the tropics and subtropics. It doubles in abundance within days, forming dense, floating mats that reduce water-flow and lower the light and oxygen levels in the water. This stagnant dark environment negatively affects the biodiversity and abundance of freshwater species, including fish and submerged aquatic plants. Its spread can also impede water-based transport and clog irrigation and power generation systems.
By being added to the list it is hoped that this heightened focus on the species will increase awareness and stimulate more conservation action to reduce its impact, and more in general on the severe impacts caused by biological invasions worldwide.
The full list of the World's Worst Invasive Species can be viewed here
The review was featured in an article published in Nature ( Luque GM, Bellard C, Bertelsmeier C, Bonnaud E, Genovesi P, Simberloff D, Courchamp, F (2013) Alien species: Monster fern makes IUCN invader list. Nature, 498, 37)
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An annual jazz festival helps students hone their musical skills.
The conversations held in the theater of Monroe Community College last week consisted of some unusual words and a language not typically shared with the average ears.
Phrases like "You've got to dig into the music a little bit" and "Get inside the sound, not on top of the sound" were thrown back and forth as young musicians conversed with judges during the college's 39th annual Jazz Fest April 23, where five jazz bands from area schools came to share their passion for music and learn more about their craft. In between chatting that included musical explanations in the form of speaking rhythms and shouting out dynamics, students said taking part in the festival was a key part of their learning process.
"We always learn new things to develop in band and we always get new ideas from judges to experiment with," said Dave Daggett, a senior alto saxophone player at Spencerport High School.
"The feedback we get is the most important thing," added Daggett's classmate, Kelsey Sharp, a trumpet player.
Over the course of the day, bands from schools in Ontario and Monroe counties performed songs for adjudicators Clay Jenkins and Jeff Campbell, faculty members at University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. Following each school's set, the two professors would spend time on stage with each band talking to them about their performance and running through sections of songs.
"We live and breathe this music and this is music they just don't go home and listen to," Jenkins said. "We want to show them that if you play the music you've got to really listen to it."
Jenkins said the suggestions he and Campbell make can't fix everything, but they do often help to reinforce criticism that the band may hear from their conductor of fellow players. That, he said, helps to drive home the message and helps to make the students better musicians.
Colton Freitas, an eighth-grade trombone player in the Gates-Chili Middle School jazz band, said the group has always received good advice from playing in the MCC Jazz Fest like how to control their sound "and to just let it all come out."
"They said you should think (of playing) like a story," Freitas said. "You're trying to tell a story through music."
At the end of the festival, Jenkins and Campbell handed out some awards to musicians, but Gates-Chili eighth-grader Ryan Vane said that's not why his band came to play.
"We're going to have some fun and maybe win a couple things — that'd be good — but we're just here to get positive feedback to make the band a little better," he said.
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(Pocket-lint) - Toshiba has just announced the Camileo P100 as the replacement to its P30 pocket camcorder and we managed to track it down in a dark corner at the maker's recent product convention for some hands-on time.
Like its predecessor, the P100 sports a pistol grip design that means that while compact, you still get a reasonably sized fold-out display to make it easier to line up and playback your shots. At 155g, the P100 is very slightly lighter than the P30, maintaining the pocket-friendly credentials. The styling and design is almost identical to previous Camileo models and there's nothing wrong with that. As well as the same slinky black finish, with red and silver detail, the chassis is comfy to hold, with a grippy ridged finish on the inside of the handle. It also feels well-weighted, so that it shouldn't overbalance in your hand.
As well as offering 1080p video capture, the P100 makes it easy to share your footage thanks to the Camileo Upload button which will let you upload directly to a range of sites including YouTube, Facebook and Picasa.
The P100 offers 5x optical zoom for 1080p shooting and 8x for taking videos at a lower resolution of 720p. The HD video is captured by the 8MP CMOS sensor, and you'll also be able to take still photos up to 16MB.
Storage comes courtesy of the SD card slot which will cater for SD, SDHC and SDXC up to 64 GB, so you should get quite a few videos under your belt before you need to switch the card. The P100 includes a new pause button so that you can join two clips together, rather than having to film two separate videos.
The button layout on the back of the unit has also been given a makeover, with all of the controls being easy to reach and in a logical place. Despite the fact the product sample that we got our hands on was rather awkwardly attached to a display stand by a security wire, we still found that the buttons were easy to locate and use, even in the dimy-lit conditions. Like its predecessor, the P100 includes a mini USB and a mini HDMI for hooking up easily to your computer or HD TV.
It was difficult to tell how good the quality of the 3-inch LCD screen was as we were testing the P100 out in a dimly-lit product hall, but the screen appeared to be pretty bright and reasonably clear on first inspection. The graphic-based onscreen UI bears all the hallmarks of that found on past Camileo models, making it pretty easy to navigate around and to find what you're looking for without having to scroll through too many menu screens.
The P100 will be avalable in May and although there's no word on price just yet, we would expect it to be around under £150. As soon as we get a model in for review we'll be able to tell you more about the image quality and the shooting options. Watch this space.


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Spied: 2015 Ford F-150 Prototype May Have Five-Lug Wheels
Camouflaged Truck Previews Next F-150.
The disguised pickup trucks caught by our spy shooter are most likely early development versions of the next-generation Ford F-150. The new truck will probably debut next year as a 2015 model. While it's too early to draw any real conclusions about styling, it appears these prototypes retain the chrome Gillette-style front grille of today's model.
Our spy photographers suggest this could be a prototype of a Ford F-100, a sub-model designed to offer a smaller and cheaper truck option to buyers, citing the apparent presence of five-lug wheel hubs as evidence. Currently, all F-150 trucks use axles with six- or seven-lug hubs. In general, trucks with higher payload ratings have more wheel lugs -- Ford Super Duty models get eight or ten, for instance -- so if these prototype trucks really do have just five wheel lugs, it could signal a lighter-duty pickup.
But Ford has repeatedly downplayed the possibility of launching a smaller pickup truck in the U.S. market; the global Ranger, for instance, is about nine-tenths the size of an F-150, and it wouldn't make sense for Ford to sell a "small" truck that was almost the same dimensions as the company's bread-winning F-150. It wouldn't be possible for Ford to profitably sell a smaller pickup alongside its popular F-150. Further, these bumpers don't look much smaller or cut down from normal. And these wheel covers may be just that -- covers, which may be hiding six-lug F-150 hubs.
Regardless, we know Ford is working on the next generation of its truck. The 2015 Ford F-150 will take some cues from the Atlas concept shown at the Detroit auto show. Expect the next-generation truck to drop close to 700 pounds by virtue of using advanced metals. While the current F-150 has an aluminum hood, using more high-strength steels, aluminum, and maybe even magnesium, will help the 2015 F-150 hit its diet goals. Reducing weights means better fuel economy, and potentially smaller engines underhood. The new truck will also be significantly more aerodynamic than today's model; the Atlas concept previewed several active aero aids that could cut highway fuel consumption.
Our source also posits that the tiny split exhaust tips seen on this prototype may signal a new, smaller engine for the Ford F-150 (current trucks have larger exhausts). The truck's current engine choices comprise a 3.7-liter V-6, 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, 5.0-liter V-8, and a 6.2-liter V-8.While the 3.2-liter five-cylinder turbodiesel on offer in the 2014 Ford Transit van is a possibility, Ford development vice president Raj Nair told us in Detroit that a diesel F-150 is unlikely. Instead, he suggested the next-generation F-150's EcoBoost V-6 could shrink in displacement, perhaps to 3.0 liters.
We'll learn more about the 2015 Ford F-150 over the coming years as our spy shooters catch more prototypes roaming the roads for development purposes.


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There are many benefits to adding a second hard drive to your laptop such as improved speeds, greater storage space, and less heartache when installing new software. Use this guide to install one using our optical bay hard drive enclosure.
Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
Using both hands, lift the lower case near the vent to pop it off two clips securing it to the upper case.
Remove the lower case and set it aside.
Three Pentalobe screws secure the battery to the upper case. They can be removed with this special driver.
Unfortunately, when I added a second hard drive via these instructions, all went well but Bluetooth is now MIA. Can anyone help?
I agree...
I have bought a used MacBook Pro, when problems arise, opening Corps was trying to turn the screw, but with poor quality could not turn a screwdriver, only to ruin the screw. Try to buy ifixit Screwdriver set. Good luck to all and thank you ifixit team for such assistance as ifixit.com. Thank you.
Remove the two exposed five-point Pentalobe screws along the top edge of the battery.
I have a problem with these screw. They a completly warn and I need some new ones to fix the new Battery.
Does anyone know which thread it is and which length?
Use the tip of a spudger to bend back the finger of the "Warning: Do not remove the battery" sticker while you remove the five-point Pentalobe screw hidden underneath.
Lift the battery by its plastic pull tab and slide it away from the long edge of the upper case.
Tilt the battery back enough to access the battery cable connector.
Pull the battery cable connector away from its socket on the logic board and remove the battery from the upper case.
Hold the end of the cable retainer down with one finger while you use the tip of a spudger to slightly lift the other end and rotate it away from the camera cable connector.
I tried to move the plastic piece, but it seemed risky for someone with no experience like me. It was not hard at all to just peel off the camera cable without messing with the connector, and then, carefully take the optical drive out.
Disconnect the camera cable by pulling the male end straight away from its socket.
Peel the camera cable off the adhesive securing it to the optical drive.
Disconnect the Bluetooth cable by pulling the male end straight away from its socket.
Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the Bluetooth antenna cable from its socket on the board.
Remove the two 8 mm Phillips screws securing the Bluetooth/camera cable retainer to the upper case.
Lift the Bluetooth board/cable retainer assembly out of the upper case.
Use a spudger to pry the optical drive connector straight up off the logic board.
Remove three 3.5 mm Phillips screws securing the optical drive to the upper case.
Lift the optical drive from its left edge and pull it out of the computer.
Débranchez le connecteur du câble du lecteur optique de celui-ci.
Remove the optical drive cable by pulling it straight away from the optical drive.
Remove the two black Phillips #0 screws securing the small metal mounting bracket. Transfer this bracket to your new optical drive or hard drive enclosure.
Remove the plastic spacer from the optical bay hard drive enclosure by pressing in on one of the clips on either side and lifting it up and out of the enclosure.
The bay and dvd drive cable at iFixit is $40.00 (Unibody Laptop Dual Drive)
But for $10 more you can get an external casing that will protect your super drive form MCE (http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merch...) A total of $50 dollars. It is what I used and works great and looks pretty and is guaranteed to protect your superdrive. MCE also gives you a disk with software to patch the DVD Player to work with external dvd drives. So For an extra $10 dollars you get better software functionality and a case for your super drive. It works great.
Robert, do you by chance also know where to buy an external drive case to make the old hard disk an external portable hard disk ?
Early 2011 MacBook Pro was running slow with its 2TB hard drive running at 5400rpm. The DVD drive was almost never used. The iFixit part allowed me to place the hard drive in the DVD bay and place an SSD drive where the hard drive originally sat. Now the computer fires up almost instantly and runs so much cooler as the 2TB hard drive is only accessed as needed. A stunning transformation for a 7 year old laptop.
Make sure that the hard drive connectors are facing down before placing it into the enclosure.
Gently place the hard drive into the enclosure's hard drive slot.
While firmly holding the enclosure in place with one hand, use your other hand to press the hard drive into the enclosure connectors.
It is not a good idea to put fast SSDs into the optibay. System tries to negotiate at 6 Gbit, but it fails; disk is recognized but it couldn't even be formatted. I've waisted a lot of time to find a reason. After swapping SSD with original mac's HD both work properly, one at 6, another at 3 Gbit
Good to know, thanks!
I have to withdraw my comment. It is NOT a good idea to put a SATAIII SSD in the optical bay. It gives random freezes. Swapping it with a HD is indeed better. Better read/writes too. Only downside is that SMS won't work on the optical bay so treat your baby with care. Also Sleep issues might occur when placing a HD in the optical bay (a total freezing system). I already wasted a HD that was in the optical bay.
I've replaced the optibay with a samsung 840 pro but can't format it nor copy files (a few files work) to it. Do you suggest putting the HDD in the optibay instead? Did you clone the HDD to the SSD before swapping them? Will my Mac boot from the HDD the first time I boot even though it's in the optibay? I would really appreciate an answer, I've spent too many hours trying to figure it out!
Also had this same problem. Tried and failed a Samsung firmware upgrade. Ended up send drive back to Amazon.
Andrew -
Okay it seems like some models of MacBook Pro have issues with a fast (6Gbit/s) SSD in the optical bay. Even though my Mac says it offers 6Gbit on both bays it simply didn't work in the optical bay. So I switched places between the two drives and everything seems to work. My Mac booted from the old HDD in optical bay automatically and then I cloned it afterwards and changed the startup disk to the new one. As said before, don't put a fast SSD in the optical bay!
Hello Carl. What have you done after switching places between the two drives? Can you explain it with more details please? I have the HDD in the hard drive place, and an SSD in the optibay, and I have a lot of freeze / beachball. Thanks.
I'm on a Macbook pro 13" Late 2011.
I have the startup set to the SSD in the optibay.
I've already done it. switch the hard drives and reboot, that's all. Working without beachballs XD
My understanding is that SSDs will work (at 6Gbps) in the optical bay of late-2011 13" MBP models but not in late-2011 15" or 17" models and not in earlier 13" models. Are those of you reporting problems installing on late-2011 13" models (MD313LL/A [2.4Ghz] or MD314LL/A [2.8 GHz])?
I'm experiencing the same issues with the HDDs in the optical bay. I've tried multiple drives (WD caviar blue 3G and a Seagate 6G) with no luck thus far. I replaced the SATA cable and that didn't help with either drive. My SSD still works fine in the main bay but I would like the extra storage.
For those of you who got the HDD in the optical bay working, which HDD (brand and model) did you use?
My MBP is a Late 2011 15" (8.2)
My understanding is that SSD in the optibay for 2011 MBPs will only work on the late-2011 13" model (not the 15" or 17"). I can confirm that it works in my late-2011 13" MBP. I have a Samsung EVO 500GB in my optibay (HGST 1TB in the hard drive bay) with no problems at all: negotiated link speed of 6Gbits for both drives and not beach balls or other slowdowns.
Steve -
I'm not trying to put an SSD in the optical bay. As I said, I've tried multiple HDDs but none of them seem to work. I know that it's possible to put an HDD in the optical bay because I bought the computer with one in it but it seems that none are recognized. I have tried multiple brands and speeds with no luck. I would like to know which specific model of HDD works in the late 2011 15" optical bay.
woestmab -
Whats the size of this caddy?
Looks like no one has any clue. I can see following sizes:
12.7mm universal
12.7mm unibody
9.5mm universal
9.5mm unibody
I have a macbook pro mid 2012 non retina
Once the hard drive is snug, reinsert the plastic spacer while holding the hard drive against the bottom of the enclosure.
Here they picture Crucial as their choice, you can also find some great options at Samsung (it is what I installed and it works just as good if not better than the crucial I installed in my wife's iMac. here is their site http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/solid...
Its just another great option. Also when installing SSDs make sure to enable TRIM support (crashes can and probably will occur if you don't) TRIM enabler is available free and the pro version is $10 http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenab... It is the easiest solution for this issue.
Is it true that you cannot instal an SSD in the Optical Bay that has a capacity larger than 750GB? If I wanted to put a 2TB SSD in there, would it work?
Use two Phillips #1 screws to secure the drive to its enclosure.
With the particular drive bay adaptor I used, these attachment screws were already fitted to the adaptor but were found at the sides, not underneath. Indeed, the adaptor had no screw holes on the underside.
At first I couldn't get my machine to even turn on - thought it was the battery connector, but in the end I just had to reset the SMC. (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 - see "Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own").
Attach the optical drive bracket to the new enclosure with two Phillips #0 screws.
Reconnect any cables you have removed from the original optical drive onto the optical bay enclosure.
I have the drive installed with this bay, but the drive does not appear in the Disk Utility. I see a 'Nvidia MCP79 AHCI' in the system information, but no drive listed with it. Is there some special driver needed to get the MCP to see the drive?
Replaced the optical with hdd, as well as replaced the hard drive with an ssd. Now I get the circle with a line through it. But, when I hold the option key down, it gives me both hard drives, PLUS, the thumb drive I have in the USB port with a Mountain Lion installer. It even shows the recovery disks, but gives me the circle with the line when I choose one. Any help is appreciated.
My mbp shipped with OS 10.8, and I had upgraded twice to 10.10
I've a 10.7 USB which upgraded my old MBP.
My plan today was to boot with my new ssd, my time machine back up and the Lion usb plugged in.
I would then click on the Lion usb, and tell it to put the OS and time machine back up on the ssd.
So I help down ALT and when it started it gave me the options of the usual Mac internal or the Lion USB.
I clicked Lion, but instead of taking me to the install options (Disk utility, restore from time machine etc etc) it gave me that grey circle with a diagonal line through it. The no entry sign - grey on grey - that I think you have.
Some googling said that it is because I was trying to usb a 10.7 install on a MBP that shipped 10.8
You can't go back, apparently.
So if any of the OSs are older than the mac you got, you will get this error. The grey in grey no entry.
I just cloned my HDD to my ssd (Carbon copy cloner free 30 day trial) using an external stat-usb3 wire and all is good.
Rory -
simple question, how do I use the removed drive to play a DVD? Why don't I just use digital media...yadayada...I know. I'm currently in the hospital, did this drive swap for busy work. The littles want to watch an old DVD and I can't solve the issue.
This will give you instructions on how to get your DVD player to work in an external enclosure: http://macenstein.com/default/2011/07/ho...
Steve -
I have a 17" Macbook Pro6,1 unibody with an Intel Core i5, 2.53GHz. I was successful installing a 250GB SSD in the DVD bay, and I'm able to boot from it. I did this by first installing OS X 10.9.4 on the SSD mounted into an external HD case, testing the system to see if it would boot up into the SSD, then installing the SSD and carrier in the DVD drive bay. The system now boots up from the SSD with no problems. If you are having installation problems, I recommend trying this method.
This is really for step 23: reassembly
You can not get the orginal screws back in to hold the new optical drive replacement in place because there is a black plastic filler running along the front edge of the part. There is no place for the screw head to go. I had to remove some of the plastic to get the machine reassembled. Whoever tested this overlooked what I think is a major problem. How many macbook pros are out there with only one (maybe two if you're lucky) screw holding this thing in place?
I got extra screws and have no idea why. The bits included in the kit are poor and don't work on most of the screws. I had to use my own tools instead.
I'm using a 13' MBP mid 2010 and I just swapped my HDD for a SSD. Al works perfectly fine!
So i bought the unibody laptop dual drive (from iFixit) and replaced the optical drive for the original HDD from my MBP. The installation with this guide went perfectly, however, the HDD is not recognized in disk utility.
I put the old HDD back on the original HDD bay, the HDD boots and works. I placed back the optical drive in the optical bay, also works. But when i put the HDD in the unibody laptop dual drive (iFixit), it is not recognized via the USB-port(however, the HDD starts spinning) or when installed in the optical bay.
So i think there is a software issue where my MBP does not recognize a HDD in the optical bay. Is there a way to force the OS to look for storage/HDD via the optical bay STATA cable?
All help is welcome!
Leon: did you fix your issue? I'm facing the same problem.
No, afraid not..
Leon -
also having the same problem, not recognizing second hdd
cmaizan -
Same here: installed original hdd in optical bay and it won't mount. Tried it using the sata cable on different computer, and the drive spins, but doesn't mount either. Would love to get a fix (or at least an explanation) for this. The whole point was to add extra storage, but so far, no dice.
Did you ever find a solution?
I installed mine, but the ssd I'm using was a bootable usb running Yosemite, and now that I plugged it in, I'm getting a circle with the slash through it when I try to boot to it, and I can't unmount it or reformat it from the recovery Disk Utility or in Mountain Lion on the stock hdd still inside.
Same issue here unfortunately... new SSD in primary slot is recognized fine and allowed me to install OS X with no issues from USB. However, both during the install when booting from USB and post-install within the full El Capitan OS, I simply do not see any '2nd' hard drive in the system - for the record I just reused the same 500GB HDD that came with my MBP; and I ran the exhaustive System Profiler tests prior to doing any work to ensure I'd have no HW issues/surprises. Sure enough,. I can hear the mechanical drive churning as the power runs to it, so I know it's hooked up okay. For some reason the drive just isn't being recognized by the Mac OS. Hoping someone can help me resolve this so I don't feel bad about spending the [extra] money on the iFixit enclosure system vs. one of the cheaper alternatives I found online, sigh... Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Brian M -
Figured I'd reply to my own message just above for those interested or following my situation. The 'churning' I heard was actually the left fan inside the system, which I managed to disassemble so I could lubricate the sleeve bearing with a touch of mineral oil - now it's as quiet as ever and works great. Also, I ordered a replacement optical SATA adapter cable from iFixit and this resolved my issue of accessing the hard drive moved to the optical slot inside the dual drive enclosure. Long story short - all of my issues are resolved thanks to some disassembly/repair work and new parts from iFixit!
Brian M -
Same problem happens, i don't know how to fix that as well. Anyone has any idea? Thanks
The 'churning' I heard was actually the left fan inside the system, which I managed to disassemble so I could lubricate the sleeve bearing with a touch of mineral oil - now it's as quiet as ever and works great.
@shdowflare (Brian M) [Somewhat tangential to this guide, but:] wow, do I feel dumb. I've replaced 3 sets of fans in my MBP's lifetime, due to the inevitable noise that arises after 2-3 years of use. Never thought of just trying mineral oil to relube the fans.
skat1140 -
I followed the tutorial and everything works fine when I use an HDD 320 go but when I use the new HDD I bought which is an Hitachi 1T 7200T 2.5 P I have some trouble. The disk utily takes a long time to recognize the new hard drive and then starts not responding.
I tought my new HDD might be broken but when I use it with an external portable HDD Enclosure it works fine...
Any ideas?
I do believe the max size HDD is a 750GB. 1TB might be too big. Though the ONLY place I found this stated was on iFixit. No where else.
I just have finished installing second SSD to my MBP (unibody 15` 2010).
First one was changed like one year ago. Samsung 500GB SSD. It is in my HDD bay and I'm running system from it.
Today I put a new Samsung 1TB 850 Evo 1 SSD in to my optic bay.
I encounter problem with SSD not recognized by Finder.
But It was recognized by Disk Utility.
What I did was I erase new SSD by Disk Utility. Then the new partition was created and now It has been seen by Finder.
So If you see it in Disk Utility just erased it.
Some extra info in under this link--> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4...
Wish you all luck :)
Hi all,
I did this and all seemed to be working fine, both drives showed up and all was good then about 20 minutes later i got a message saying that "the drive had been ejected incorrectly" or something like that. The drives have now disappeared from finder and Disk Utility. I took the SSD out of the superdrive caddy and put it in an external USB3 caddy, it's working fine. I even left this connected over night (all OK). This morning i put the SSD back into my Late 2011 MacBook and the same thing happened, 20ish minutes and then the eject message... Have i missed something?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Dear iFixit
I changed my Hdd with an ssd using this guide. My hdd is now in a caddy where the optical drive used to be.
I can see my original drive ( Toshiba 500GB ) in the disk utility-app, but i can't reach my data on it.
When i take it out of the caddy again and put it in a external Hdd case, i can read it perfectly fine.
So there is nothing wrong with the hdd or the connection.
Is this a problem i can fix with software?
Thx for the help!
Those were Phillips #00 in my case, not #0, on the small metal mounting bracket.
Align the cable's SATA connector with the drive's port and plug in securely.
Plug the USB connector into your laptop and your optical drive is ready for use.
There is a small metal button in the front of the drive and you can use that to eject the drive if you were wondering.
my drive's connector is nothing like that, and I'm wondering is it possible to connect it to another computer?
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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text: jbdba01 197 Report post Posted December 30, 2015 This review has been about 1 year in the making, but I felt strongly enough about the product to do a write up on a product that most kayakers should seriously consider. The Powerpole Micro Anchor. Some background on myself and how I came about getting a Micro powerpole (PP). I'm a pretty diehard fan of kayak fishing; I guess I've been doing it now for about 7 years or so. However, I also own a 17' skiff - specifically a Sailfish 17' CC with a 90 Yamaha. It had been relegated to Grouper and poon fishing but recently I added wade fishing out of it. I use it as a means to get to those places the kayak takes to long too get to. I'm also one of the cheaper people out there. My skiff was bought used off ebay for $8500, my kayaks are all used and cost $200, $400, and $750. The $750 one included a trolling motor. I fish Wright MacGill rods with Sabalo reels and drink Yeungling beer - it's cheap and it tastes good. So when PP came out with the Micro Anchor for $600 - just for the unit I was thinking, well I'll just stick to my cheap homemade fiberglass 1/2" manual one. Who needs a fancy gizmo like that on the kayak. After all kayaking is all about the simplicity. As luck would have it I ended up winning the PP in a Southshore Angler Tournament in March 2014. Gator trout are my nemesis and on a windy day I lucked into it - so how lucky? I happened to get on a 24.5" trout and figured we'll that's good enough for third and I'll call it a day. I paddled in and entered my fish - I was actually the first person at the weigh in (mainly because of the wind), and I wanted to hydrate on some cold adult beverages. At the weigh it it turns out that was a very good thing. All the winning fish were 24.5" long, and on a tie the earliest fish entered wins. The winning prize? A PP and a gift certificate to TA Mahoney's. I really didn't need the gizmo, but figured I could sell it for well below the cost of the certificate value and make some easy cash - which I did right at the weigh in. Only catch was I would get paid over time, and for a friend I would and did. Fast forward 5-6 months and the friend looks like he's going to sell the boat - so I gave him his money back and with the gift certificate went and picked up the PP at TA Mahoney's. I talked to Matt Stafford about my boat and kayak and he said the micro would be a good match, but I would need an extra mount for the kayak. Still skeptical about the need for it I figured I could give it a while and push come to shove if I don't like it I'll sell it. I came home with all the cool stuff and actually found a motor mount for my wilderness Commander online. The Commander had a reinforced stern that was made for a trolling motor, but this bracket was an after market gizmo. Here's the link. Here's a pic of all the stuff. I went about adding the bracket to my Commander in all of about 15 min - bit of quick drilling in the preallocated area and viola, the motor mount was in place. Next was the PP mounting bracket - here's a profile pic. Here it is mounted. I then attached the PP unit itself. All of this was pretty easy work; everything was built to fit and it did perfectly. Using a 6 volt battery I had I added my cheap solid fiberglass rod. My initial thoughts were - "Man is this stuff heavy". I've got a big 6 volt battery in the bow and another heavy unit on the stern. Luckily when I was talking to Matt he had said that a new lithium battery wold be coming out. Honestly I didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of wiring for the skiff much less the kayak. Unfortunately I had to wait another 2-3 months as the battery was undergoing a bunch of QA and PP folks don't mess around. They want it right the first time...so the unit sat at home some more. One day Matt at TA's called me up and informed me that the battery had just come out, and they had one waiting for me. I was there the next day. I was pretty stoked about it picked it up, charged it and mounted it. I was pretty impressed by the size and it felt like a brick. Here's some size reference. Profile Assembled Finally cooking with gas I paired up the remote AND my smartphone (backup in case the remote fails) with the PP unit. I attached the unit to the kayak and threw the kayak into the truck. Bad idea - there's a lot of extra weight back there and the kayak flippity flopped around. Fortunately PP had set up the unit so it was easily removed - call it 30-45 seconds. The quick release helps loosen the unit, but you do have to unscrew the entire unit off. I put the unit in the front of the kayak and off we went. At the launch site I had my doubts - I had rigged the unit on the stern again and thought it would hit when I took the kayak out. Nope. Situation normal. With a steep mud embankment I was convinced that I would drag the unit again, but things worked out nicely and I found myslef on the water soon enough. Paddling I didn't feel the extra weight. The first test was on some mullet where I got within 30' or so. I pushed the remote twice and deployed the PP. Nothing spooked out and hoping for some mixed in Reds I was able to fish the school without any issues. Hmmmm...pretty convenient; certainly silent. No clanging anchor, no pushing and pulling of rods. Just a simple push of a button. OK...more fishing was in line for the day and when I rounded it out after a solid 5 hours I checked the battery meter. I was at 4 out of 5 bars. Sweet. What I did find really nice was that if you got on a large fish you just double click and up she goes and you're now drifting along. Once the fish tires down, drop anchor on two clicks and your solid again. I did the same for 4 more trips until I exhausted the battery - I was pretty sure it would wear out quickly especially in my style of fishing. I tend to drift/hunt, fish, drop anchor, pick up anchor, move on...however, it really did seem to hold the charge nicely. At minimum 3 trips before a recharge and 1 week between trips. So no complaints there. The fact that I didn't have to wire anything was even better. Couple few weeks ago I was able to test the unit in some pretty serious wind. +20 knots. So you're saying to yourself..."Sure it was +20 and it was snowing too." Well...I probably wouldn't have even gone out, but it was a SSA tournament and I pretty much go to those no matter what. I had checked windfinder and it reported gust of +25, and the fellow anglers that were diehard enough confirmed that it was nutty at best. Regardless I was standing in the kayak with water coming over the stern AND the PP held firm. When standing you really catch all the wind can throw at you and create a bigger profile - I was doing this to get farther casts. So how do you stand up in 20 knot winds - lock the legs out on to the gunnels and "become one with the boat". Once in a while I would double tap again to really bury the spike, but the kayak was REALLY moving around. The only issue I saw was that the homemade 1/2" spike I have will slide in serious winds. It states in the owners manual 3/4" is the one to use. But hey I'm cheap so 1/2" is what I'm using for now. An added bonus of the PP is that I seldom use a sea sock now. Normally the kayak will get all squirrelly in the winds, but with the PP I can drop anchor easily to straighten out the boat. I've been trying a partial spike deploy to see if there's enough drag in the water to straighten the boat, but so far no luck. So I just drop anchor all the way to get straightened up; pull anchor and drift some more. It's a real bonus IMHO. So...what the verdict. Let's break down the cost: - kayak mounting kit $20 - extra mount for skiff $35 (in theory the micro PP will hold 1500 lbs - I suspect I'm right past that limit - so we'll see; my understanding is that the PP guys put it on the bow of a 22' flats boat and tested it out) - spike - mine was $10; you can buy several 3/4" spikes for $50-100 - the unit itself $600 - battery and charging unit $200 (note I have read reviews that on skiffs it can fall off under way - zoinks!!) Wow that adds up pretty quickly - you can hit $1K after taxes. Heck my used Wilderness kayak cost $750 with a trolling motor. So would I buy it at $1K? OK - I'm going to take the political answer here, because it depends. Here goes: If you only find yourself fishing a couple few times a year - no it's not worth the cost. If you find yourself fishing say 8-10 times a year you're at that spot where it's almost a luxury item, but it could still be worth it. If you find yourself fishing +10 times a year yes - it's more than worth it. If $1K is barely a dent in your annual vacation - then yes buy it. If you find yourself winning it at SSA tournament - then heck yeah, spend the $200 for the battery pack and keep the unit. I can tell you it has changed my style of fishing and for the better. I spook less fish; I spend less time messing with anchors (thereby fishing more); I can be much more stealthy; I fight fish better. I listed a long list of positives - let's list the negatives: - it ain't cheap - you're looking at $750-$1000 - IMHO kayaking is meant to be simple; adding electronics to the kayak takes away from that aspect and you're no longer "a purist"; in other words, "it's one more thing to go wrong" - it adds weight - about 9/10 lbs; and yes I still carry my manual anchor - so I'm pushing about 90 lbs for rods, kayak...that's pretty heavy at the end of a long fishing day. - the spike around back can get in the way of casting/fighting fish - it slows down the "let's get on the water now" process - I put my PP on at the launchsite; I also have to remove it at the launchsite - in the event you go to a local watering hole after fishing you need to secure it inside a vehicle (someone will take it in less than 30 seconds if you leave it out there) Final verdict, after using it about 8-10 times and knowing what I know now I would buy it, but it would take some time to justify it. Perhaps a birthday/xmas, scrape together some gift cards, and then buy it. That said I would find a way to buy it. It's not a cheap item, nor is it a must have, but if you're serious about fishing it's really worth it. Which - BTW - I've told many an angler when they see me using it and ask 1) "What's that?" and 2) "Is it worth it?" Two items that are outstanding - mounting it to the skiff, and a time trial. (How long will it last?) Based on the fact that I read a couple batteries falling off the skiff I'll probably hard wire it. 5 barrynfla, Tim, mxbeebop and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Lexington Medical Center Earns Two Gold Web Health Awards
Lexington Medical Center has won two prestigious "Gold" awards for its responsive website in the 15th annual Web Health Awards contest, a national competition hosted by the Health Information Research Center. The contest honors health-related organizations across America for outstanding content and quality of web-based materials.
Hundreds of local, state and national health-related organizations and companies enter the competition each year. Past winners have included the American Heart Association, Bayer, Mayo Clinic and WebMD. Using a rating scale of 1 to 100 points, a panel of health technology experts judged more than 300 entries this year based on content, format, success in reaching the targeted health audience and overall quality.
"Lexington Medical Center has worked diligently to make its website a user-friendly, state-of-the-art tool that incorporates important health information and resources for the people of our community," said Mark Shelley, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Lexington Medical Center. "We believe it's one of the best hospital web sites in the nation."
Lexington Medical Center's website, LexMed.com, features stories and photos of Midlands community members who have been Lexington Medical Center patients, a prominent section about new babies born at the hospital, a designated area to search for physicians in the hospital's network of care, hours of operation, videos, rotating home page content that announces important events and initiatives, and social media integration. Importantly, the website is available in its entirely on mobile devices. Some of the mobile features include a friendly green "Call Patient" button that allows users to enter a patient's room number and call.
Lexington Medical Center worked in partnership with Truematter to design the hospital's website.
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Many of you likely received information on this vulnerability, and the security update issued by Microsoft, from other sources. If you haven't yet applied the update, please continue reading to see if the problem impacts your DevForce applications and what to do about it.
The vulnerability will only impact your DevForce application if your BOS is running under IIS (and therefore includes DevForce Silverlight applications). A 2-tier DevForce application, or an n-tier application with a BOS hosted by either the console server or Windows Service will be unaffected. Since the vulnerability affects all versions of ASP.NET, it also may affect all versions of DevForce.
If you are affected by the vulnerability, install the patch from Microsoft as soon as possible. More information about the patch, and how to download, is available here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/30/asp-net-security-fix-now-on-windows-update.aspx
More information
Microsoft Security Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-070.mspxDescription of the vulnerability (Scott Guthrie): http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security-vulnerability.aspxUnderstanding the ASP.NET Vulnerability (Technet): http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/09/17/understanding-the-asp-net-vulnerability.aspx


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M-P grad picked in MLB draft
Recent Marysville alum Nick Haughian '05, was picked in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
The left-handed pitcher went 10-0 his senior year under coach Josh Rosenbach, earning first-team all-state kudos and leading his team to a state quarterfinals appearance.
As a freshman at the University of Washington, Haughian pitched relief in 21 games. During his sophomore season in 2007, he started 13 games. Haughian also played summer ball for the Wenatchee AppleSox.
Turnover in Darrington
Students returning to the Darrington athletic program this fall should expect some changes.
Darrington boys basketball coach Jeff Bryson, who led the Loggers to the state tournament in 10 of his 17 seasons including 2006-07 and 2007-08, has accepted a position with the Arlington School District. Bryson will teach math and serve as an assistant coach for the Arlington basketball team.
His three sons attend Arlington schools and his wife teaches kindergarten there.
Following Bryson's announcement, Darrington athletic director Kim Wardwell released a statement that, he too, has spent his last season in Darrington athletics. Wardwell, who taught social studies at Darrington, will return to Idaho where he plans to marry a former high school classmate.
Darrington school superintendent Larry Johnson and athletic secretary Linn Brooks will divide duties.


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Djoudj National Park, Senegal: The immediate situation of this Park, which is threatened by a large hydro-agricultural project, has been alleviated by the construction of a temporary canal. The longer term solutions were investigated by IUCN, Unesco, the Senegalese and Mauritanian authorities at a special workshop held in Senegal in July 1985. The main conclusions of this meeting included the agreement to establish the contiguous area to Djoudj in Mauritania known as Diawling as a national park and to eventually nominate this site with Djoudj as a transfrontier World Heritage property. Also, the completion of the Diama dam in 1986 would improve the water supply for Djoudj, although the effects of another dam, at Manatali, to be completed in 1989 were as yet unknown. IUCN indicated that, in the light of this favorable progress, Djoudj National Park could perhaps be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger by 1987.
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Applying for SI coverage
To qualify as a self-insuring (SI) employer, your organization must meet the following criteria.
- Obtain authorization from the Ohio Secretary of State to do business in this state.
- Have two-year's experience (a BWC policy) with the Ohio State Insurance Fund.
- Demonstrate strong financial stability.
- Possess the ability to administer a self-insured program.
- Maintain an account with a financial institution in Ohio, or draw compensation checks from the same account as the payroll checks.
- Have a BWC-certified Qualified Health Plan (QHP) or medical-management plan. For more information, refer to the Provider section or the Self-Insured Orientation Tutorial Guide.
Required forms
To apply for self-insurance, you must submit the following forms to BWC by mail or online.
- Initial Application by Employers for Authority to Pay Compensation Etc. Directly (SI-6)
- Agreement Between Employer and the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Regarding Amount of Self-Insured Buyout (SI-16)
- Contract of Guaranty (SI-38)
- Election to Withdraw from Claims Reimbursement Fund (SI-44)
- Permanent Authorization (AC-2)
Required information
An applicant must also submit the following items.
- Five years of certified-financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This includes a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement, auditor's opinion, and all footnotes.
- A current organizational table showing all entities associated with the self-insurance applicant (employer).
- The name, contact information, and qualifications for the individual that will act as the Ohio workers' compensation administrator.
- An organizational plan for the administration of the workers' compensation law.
- A proposed plan to inform employees of the change from a state-fund insurer to a self-insuring employer, and the procedures employees must follow when filing for compensation and benefits.
- Secretary of State papers providing proof-of-registration to do business in Ohio.
- Information on the company's risk and claims management procedures to establish a safe and more cost-effective workplace, including:
- Active senior-management leadership.
- Employee involvement.
- Return-to-work practices.
- Communications affecting employee safety and health.
- Claims reporting practices.
- Coordination of safety and health practices.
- Written and communicated safe work practices.
- Written safety and health policy.
- Record keeping.
- Training.
Required questions for public employers
Public employers must also respond to the following questions.
- What was your bond rating as of the most recent fiscal year end?
- Have you complied with all U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosures for the last five years?
- Have you had any local government fund distributions withheld in the last five years?
- Have you been placed on fiscal watch or emergency in the last five years?
- What were your unvoted debt capacities for the two most recent fiscal years?
Submitting the information
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Receiving a decision
Once we review everything, we'll issue a written decision granting or denying the employer's self-insurance request within 90 days. If we approve, we'll:
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- Schedule a self-insurance orientation session for the employer. This session will further explain the self-insurance process, procedures, and administrative requirements.
- Request the employer view the Self-Insured Orientation Tutorial Guide that provides additional information about program requirements.
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PARC | Power of 10 series — 'Innovation: chasms and velocities' with renowned innovation expert Geoffrey Moore
March 12, 2012
PARC | This PARC Forum invited expert talk is part of a special series with 10 speakers on 10 aspects of innovation… because we're celebrating the "Power of 10″ years of practicing open innovation (since being incorporated as an independent subsidiary in 2002).
Click here to watch the video on PARC's website and learn more.
Presenter Geoffrey Moore has made understanding and exploiting disruptive technologies the core of his life's work. An author, speaker, and advisor, he is also a venture partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures — where he advises portfolio companies by drawing upon best practices derived from working with technology startups over the last two decades.
Geoffrey divides his time between consulting on strategy and transformation challenges with senior executives and on developing mental models to support his advisory practice. His newest book, Escape Velocity: Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past (Harper Collins 2011), is the result of his experience working with large enterprises in his former role as a Managing Director at TCG Advisors.
His other best selling books — Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, Living on the Fault Line, and Dealing with Darwin — are required reading at leading business schools.
Geoffrey is a founder of both The Chasm Group and TCG Advisors. Earlier in his career, he was a principal and partner at Regis McKenna, Inc., a leading high-tech marketing strategy and communications company, and prior to that, he was a sales and marketing executive in the software industry. Geoffrey holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Stanford University and a doctorate in literature from the University of Washington.
View other talks in this series here. If you're not already a member of the PARC Forum invited expert series mailing list, you can sign up for advance announcements via e-mail or feeds here.
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PARC "Power of 10″ series
About the PARC "Power of 10″ series
PARC, a Xerox company, announced that it is hosting 10 speakers on 10 aspects of innovation, as part of its year-long "Power of 10″ milestone of 10 years practicing open innovation. Current speakers in this series include experts such as Clayton Christensen, John Kao, Geoffrey Moore, Hal Varian, and others.
Incorporated in 2002 as an independent wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox, PARC today provides custom R&D services, technology know-how, innovation best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, government agencies, and partners.
The 10th anniversary PARC Forum expert series features 10 invited speakers on 10 aspects of innovation, including:
- Geoffrey Moore on Innovation: Chasms & Velocities — March 1, 2012
- Hal Varian on Innovation: Combinatorics — March 22, 2012
- Clayton Christensen on Innovation: Growth — March 28, 2012
- John Kao on Innovation: Improvisation & Mastery — June 7, 2012
Talks are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit here. Many PARC Forum videos are available online at www.parc.com/forum and at www.slideshare.net/parcinc (viewable on mobile devices).
PARC is also hosting an intimate, invitation-only, half-day innovation conference and celebration in April. Highlighting themes such as Open, Disrupt, Practice, and Collaborate, this event features keynotes by Henry Chesbrough and Michael Raynor as well as discussions with PARC's clients and others. To see a partial list of PARC's public clients, please visit: http://www.parc.com/services/industry-contributions.html . For more information about how PARC practices open innovation and the services it offers, please see: http://www.parc.com/services/work-with-us.html .
About PARC Forum
PARC Forum is PARC's invited speaker series — and public platform — for exchanging insights and building relationships with leading experts in a variety of areas. Nobel Prize laureates, CEOs, industry-leading thought leaders, and other personalities have participated in the series since its inception. Recent themes included the "Entrepreneurial Spirit" (including talks by Teresa Amabile, John Hagel, Paul Kedrosky, Nilofer Merchant, Eric Ries, Vivek Wadhwa); "Open" (including talks by Chris Anderson, Charlene Li, Jim Zemlin); and those on various technical trends. Visiting PARC Researcher, External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and groundbreaking economist W. Brian Arthur also debuted his latest work on digitization and "The Second Economy" at PARC Forum. To sign up for advance announcements about PARC Forum events, please visit www.parc.com/subscribe .
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PARC, a Xerox company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs(R). Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms — from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing — and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients' businesses.


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Cutting words out of a story can be a writer's worst nightmare, but sometimes you just have to do it. Recently, I managed to cut the manuscript of my WIP from 103k words to 84k, and here I share five of the most useful tricks I discovered along the way! →
Cutting out words can be a writer's worst nightmare. While I'm sure there are some out there who enjoy picking up a red pen and scratching through line after line of text, the mere thought of it fills me with misery and dread. Cutting words? How can I? EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF ANYTHING!!!!!!!
But sometimes you just have to, right? The second draft of my contemporary YA novel Holding Up the Sky came in at 103,000 words, which I knew was a bit too long for the genre, especially as an unpublished writer. I wanted my third draft to be 90,000 words at the very longest, which meant cutting a good 12.5% of the novel. Eek!
Fortunately, I managed to put aside the part of my brain that was emotionally attached to every single word and get to work with my metaphorical red pen. The third draft of Holding Up the Sky ended up being 84,000 words, meaning I had reduced the size of the novel by 18.5%!! I couldn't believe it! I learned several valuable lessons from this process, and today I share with you five of the most useful tricks I employed to reduce my WIP's word count. I hope you find them helpful!
Be ruthless
The first (unfortunate) step when making cuts to your word count is to be ruthless about what scenes you should keep and what scenes don't add much to the story. Believe me, I know it hurts, but the fastest way to get rid of words is to delete non-vital paragraphs and scenes. It's hard, and heartbreaking at times, but ultimately worth it, as this process can really tighten up your story. But keep these deleted scenes on file somewhere, because then you can always add them back in later!
Break it down
Large tasks always seem easier when they're broken down into smaller parts, right? Well, the same goes for cutting down your word count! Using the word count of your current draft, and the word count you're aspiring to, you can figure out the number of words you need to delete. Divide this number by the number of chapters in your WIP, and you have an idea of how many words, on average, you need to eliminate each chapter. It's much less daunting to know you need to reduce each chapter by 500 words than a whole manuscript by 10,000!
Reword sentences
You will be amazed at how quickly rewording certain types of sentence can cut down your word count! Give passive sentences a more active voice by removing words such as "was", "were" and "that" (e.g. "Her words hurt me" is 33% shorter than "I was hurt by her words"). Be more direct by removing sentence starters such as "there are/were" (e.g. "Two plates sit on the table" is 25% shorter than "There are two plates sitting on the table"). Turn certain nouns into verbs (e.g. "He concluded" is 60% shorter than "He came to the conclusion"). It may take a bit of work, but rewording sentences in these ways can cut out words without having to cut out content!
Remove dialogue tags
What, really? Yes, really! Removing unnecessary dialogue tags (e.g. he said, she asked, I whispered) is an excellent way to reduce your word count. I tend to overuse dialogue tags in my early drafts, because I always try to show what my characters are doing / thinking / feeling while they're talking. But overuse of dialogue tags can be annoying to the reader, too. Like…if you use your quotation marks correctly, do you REALLY need to add "he said" every time, unless it's unclear who's talking? I cut a lot of words this way, so I'm sure you can too!
Adjust chapter endings
This final trick is an interesting one I came across SOMEWHERE on the internet years ago, and which I've found to be quite helpful. When you finish writing a chapter, assess the position of the last few lines on the page. If you only have a few words, or one line, or maybe a single paragraph (up to you!) at the top of a page before the chapter ends, go through and edit your chapter so those last few lines finish at the bottom of the previous page. Obviously, this relates to the formatting of your draft rather than its actual content, but it's a neat trick for cutting out those extra few words!


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FCC chairman requests additional 30 days to deliver completed plan
Citing what he called an unprecedented level of public participation and comment in the development of a nation plan to spur universal deployment of broadband Internet access, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has asked congressional leaders for an extra 30 days to deliver the plan, now due Feb. 17.
"The commission makes this request in the interest of advancing a national broadband plan that reflects the extraordinary importance of the task and that is responsive to the unprecedented record developed during the comment and workshop period," Genachowski said in a Jan. 7 letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Commerce committees.
He said that the extension would not affect the FCC's budget for the National Broadband Plan, which was mandated as part of the National Recovery Act, and asked that it be accepted March 17.
Universal access to broadband Internet access has been designated as a driver for the nation's economic recovery, and the FCC issued a notice of inquiry in April 2009 seeking input on the development of the plan. The goals are to ensure access to broadband capability for all Americans, provide a detailed strategy for affordability and adoption of broadband and to maximize utilization of broadband and craft a strategy for using broadband to achieve national purposes. Under the plan, grants will be provided by the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The commission invited broad public participation in developing the plan, and this summer launched a blog called Blogband, to chronicle development of the plan and invite comment. It also launched a Twitter channel to report progress on the National Broadband Plan.
Genachowski called the commission's efforts to develop the plan unparalleled. They have included more than 50 public workshops and field hearings, more than a dozen public notices seeking input and advice, and significant hours at commission meetings devoted to providing public updates on the plan's development.
One of the challenges in developing a National Broadband Plan was to define "broadband." In the original notice of inquiry, FCC noted that "broadband can be defined in myriad ways." Most definitions focus on throughput speeds, but speeds advertised by service providers often have only a tenuous relation with the speeds actually delivered, which can vary depending on applications being used, network conditions and other factors. Other performance metrics, such as latency, also are crucial for some applications, such as voice and videoconferencing. The commission solicited public input in August on what the definition for broadband should be.
In his letter, Genachowski said the additional time will allow the FCC to continue to obtain input from stakeholders in the plan and more fully brief commissioners and the House and Senate committees as the plan comes together.
The CTIA, a wireless industry association, supported the extension, and CTIA president and CEO Steve Largent acknowledging that the task is a difficult one.
"We know the FCC has and is working diligently to complete the plan, and believe it is more important that the Commission get it right," he said in a prepared statement. "If they need more time to get it right, then Congress should allow it."
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Under and by virtue of the power of sale and in accordance with the terms of a certain Deed to Secure Debt from LEIGH PERRY, Grantor, to First National Bank n/k/a FNB SOUTH, Grantee, dated July 5, 2000; recorded in Deed Book 338, Page 220, APPLING County, Georgia records; there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry, during the legal hours of sale, before the Courthouse door in APPLING County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in June, 2011, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Baxley, Georgia, consisting of lot number two (2) Block A in Floyd's Subdivision, a plat of which said subdivision is recorded in Office, Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 1, reference to which is hereby made for all purposes. Said lot fronting on Holmesville Avenue for a distance of seventy-five (75) feet and running westward in a strip of equal width for a distance of one hundred eighty (180) feet. Said property having a residence thereon. This being the same tract of land as that conveyed from Ruth B. Young to Dorothy Y. Harrell by deed dated October 7, 1985 and recorded in deed records of Appling County, Georgia and conveyed from Dorothy Y. Harrell to Keith M. Morris by deed dated August 31, 1999 and recorded deed book 328, page 792 in Office, Clerk of superior court, Appling County, Georgia.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt and any renewal thereof has been and is hereby declared due and payable in full because of default pursuant to the terms of said debt and the Deed to Secure Debt securing same. Notice has been given of intention to enforce collection of attorney's fees and foreclosure in accordance with the terms of the debt, the Deed to Secure Debt, and as provided by law.
The person that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt with the Debtor is Angie Carter, FNB South, 198 W Parker St, Baxley, GA 31513, (912) 367-0200. Please understand that the secured creditor is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt or Note.
Terms: Cash. Purchaser to pay for title, State of Georgia real estate transfer tax and all taxes that may be due on said real property. Sale is subject to restrictions and easements of record.
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- animal model
An animal used as a proxy for humans in scientific research to elucidate basic biological and behavioral processes or disease mechanisms, or to test responses to treatments.
Animal models can be informative to the extent that the animals share with humans traits that are relevant to the condition under study. Rats and mice provide appropriate animal models for addiction because, like humans, they self-administer addictive drugs, continue to take drugs despite high costs and adverse consequences, experience drug withdrawal symptoms if they stop taking drugs abruptly, and return to drug use in response to environmental triggers, stress, or renewed exposure.
The term animal model can also refer to an experimental design that employs animals. Among those commonly used in addiction research are drug self-administration, conditioned place preference, and extinction training.
- conditioned place preference
An experimental design used to evaluate a drug's potential to produce rewarding psychoactive effects and motivate drug-seeking behavior.
Researchers repeatedly expose an animal to a drug in one chamber of a test cage, and subsequently place the animal in a foyer between that chamber and a second chamber that it has not learned to associate with the drug. If the drug produced positive subjective feelings, the animal will prefer, and spend more time in, the drug-associated chamber. The greater the fraction of time the animal spends in the drug-associated chamber, the stronger the drug's rewarding and motivating effects are estimated to be.
- drug dependence
A physiological state whereby abrupt discontinuation of a drug will result in withdrawal symptoms.
Drug dependence results from chronic exposure to an addictive drug. In research and clinical practice, the term "drug dependence" is often used diagnostically to indicate that a patient has developed tolerance to a drug, is subject to drug withdrawal from the drug, and also exhibits behavioral traits of addiction.
- drug-seeking behavior
Activity directed at obtaining a drug. In animal studies, drug-seeking behaviors include pressing a lever to self-administer a drug and favoring a cage area associated with exposure to a drug (see conditioned place preference).
Drug-seeking behavior that is resumed or persists despite no longer achieving its goal (e.g., when the drug self-administration lever is inactivated) indicates vulnerability to relapse. Medications and other interventions that reduce animals' drug-seeking behavior are considered to have promise as addiction treatments in relapse.
- extinction training
An experimental design used to evaluate a drug's potential to cause persistent drug-seeking behavior.
In the most common protocol, researchers train animals to press a lever to obtain an infusion of a drug (see self-administration), then disconnect the lever from the infusion pump. The animal gradually learns that pressing the lever no longer produces the drug reward, and reduces its lever pressing to zero or near-zero. The longer this takes, the more tenacious the drug's influence on behavior is considered to be. An animal that has completed extinction training is considered to be in a state analogous to a drug abuser who has achieved abstinence (see also forced abstinence).
Extinction training is also often used to evaluate potential treatments for addiction: A medication or other intervention that reduces animals' lever pressing during extinction training may lessen craving and help drug abusers establish and maintain abstinence. See also, reinstatement test.
- forced abstinence
A procedure used to induce a state in an experimental animal corresponding to drug abstinence in a human.
Researchers train an animal to self-administer a drug and subsequently remove its access to both the self-administration apparatus (for example, by moving it to a cage with no lever) and the drug. Forced abstinence differs from extinction training in that animals become drug-free in an environment that they have not previously learned to associate with drugs. Some researchers maintain that forced abstinence more closely parallels the conditions in which drug abusers typically become abstinent.
- progressive ratio schedule
In addiction science, an animal model used to evaluate a drug's potential to motivate an animal to "work" to obtain it.
The protocol is similar to self-administration, except that the animal must perform a required activity, such as pressing a lever, more times to obtain each successive drug infusion. For example, with a 2x schedule, an animal that has pressed once for a first infusion must press twice for a second infusion, four times for a third infusion, and so on. The more infusions the animal obtains despite the escalating "work" requirement, the greater is the likelihood that abusers will continue to seek it despite rising costs.
- reinstatement test
An animal model used to estimate a drug's potential to produce persistent vulnerability to relapse following abstinence.
In preparation for reinstatement testing, an animal undergoes a self-administration protocol followed by either extinction training or forced abstinence. In the reinstatement test, the researchers expose the now-drug-free animal to a stimulus that corresponds to one of the three main triggers for human relapse to drugs: a low "priming dose" of the drug, a cue or environment that the animal has learned to associate with the experience of the drug, or a stressor. If the animal resumes its former self-administration activity, the drug is considered to predispose former users to relapse. The intensity with which the animal resumes the activity indicates the extent of relapse vulnerability.
Reinstatement testing is often performed to evaluate whether a potential treatment can reduce vulnerability to relapse. If the treatment is effective, animals that receive it will reinstate self-administration activity to a lesser degree than a comparison group of untreated animals.
- self-administer
An experimental design used to evaluate whether a drug has rewarding psychoactive effects that might motivate abuse.
In a typical self-administration experiment, an animal presses a lever to activate a pump that delivers the drug directly into the animal's bloodstream via an implanted catheter. The more drug an animal self-administers within a defined time frame, the greater the drug's potential for abuse is likely to be. See also progressive ratio.
Self-administration studies also are often used to test whether a medication, anti-drug vaccine, or other treatment will reduce a drug's rewarding effect and abuse liability. If the treatment is effective, treated animals will self-administer significantly less drug than untreated animals.


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Choosing A Retrofit CNC
Controls have evolved considerably in just a few years. PC technology is one reason why, but what is the right way for PC hardware to interface with your existing machine tool?
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted the growth rate which now bears his name. Moore's Law suggests that the state of the art in computer processing power will double every 18 months.
This exponential pace of development affects computers everywhere. But on the floor of a machine shop, the impact is particularly striking. Here, rapidly evolving computer numerical controls (CNCs) meet machine tools whose basic structures have changed little since before these controls were introduced. The lopsided rate of change often means that the machine tool remains mechanically sound and serviceable long after its control has been eclipsed by newer models. There is no Moore's Law for the iron. As a result, some shops find themselves saddled with inoperative machines, idled only because the control is obsolete and replacement components can no longer be found. Still more shops use CNC machines whose mechanical structures could be employed much more effectively if only the controls had access to the power and features of more recently developed models. In each of these cases, one option is to scrap the old machine in favor of an entirely new one, with its own new control. However, another option is to retain the mechanical structure, and retrofit a replacement CNC.
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Conserving the iron in this way is not always the more economical choice. CNCs are not simply plug-in devices. Any combination of CNC and machine tool is in fact a carefully engineered system, and the work of integrating this system is typically more expensive than the CNC itself. A new, mass-produced machine tool carries almost none of this engineering cost. The OEM spreads the one-time expense for system integration across the entire run of that machine. That option is not available for most retrofit jobs, where the "production run" typically amounts to just one unit.
Because of this integration expense and its effect on overall cost, many shops don't even consider CNC retrofitting. And perhaps rightly so; retrofitting instead of buying new is still cost-effective only for a minority of machine tools. However, retrofitting today may be worth a second look. The economics have changed significantly, even in just the last five years. There is an expanded range of choices among retrofit CNCs, and this has produced an expanded range of machine tools for which retrofitting now makes sense.
Today, two things can be said of the CNC retrofit market:
1. Machines that were once too old to justify a CNC retrofit now make excellent candidates.
2. Machines that were once too new to justify a CNC retrofit also make excellent candidates.
In the case of the older machines, today's controls are more forgiving of ballscrew error, backlash, way friction and other symptoms of mechanical wear. By compensating electronically for these errors, the right CNC alone may be enough to return a worn machine to like-new precision. Thus, the retrofit may not have to include costs for replacement bearings, ballscrews, or gearing, or for scraping the ways or other mechanical service.
In the case of the newer machines, recent improvements in control technology can make a more recent or more specialized CNC far more productive for the machine than its standard control unit, even when that older control is still functioning well. The retrofit CNC may offer important capabilities the standard one does not, including:
- High-feed rate, high-accuracy machining, particularly during contour milling. This can be the result of features including look-ahead, faster servo updates, and curve interpolation. It can also be the result of expanded program storage capacity or faster data transmission across a network.
- The ability to run third-party PC software directly on the control, for functions like shopfloor programming, or updating machining offsets based on trends in SPC data.
- Data exchange with networked PCs. Fast, two-way data transfer not only enables the CNC to obtain a part program quickly from a remote source, but can also let a remote PC monitor and react to the machine's status.
Most of these benefits are products of increased computing power (a la Moore's Law), which has expanded the choices available to control buyers by allowing CNCs to deliver more sophisticated and specialized functions. However, there is another factor spurring CNC development. Some features, like memory and networking improvements, have grown from the low-cost platform now available thanks to the spread of non-proprietary, commodity PC hardware. And this PC hardware has also produced more choices, as different CNC vendors apply the hardware in different ways.
If you are shopping for a replacement control, should you choose one that is in some way PC-based or PC-interfaced? Today there is a good chance the answer is yes.
But does this mean you should favor the control that includes the most off-the-shelf PC hardware? Not necessarily.
No, the best way to choose a replacement CNC in today's market is to take advantage of the range of choice now available to find the right control for the application. This will mean selecting the one that best delivers the features—including price—which that application demands. However, it will also mean finding the most appropriate mix of proprietary and non-proprietary hardware.
Not "Either/Or"
There are varying degrees to which a control can employ widely available hardware. Thus "proprietary" and "non-proprietary" are not either/or conditions. They can better be imagined as opposite directions along a common axis.
At the extreme "proprietary" end of this axis would be the CNC which was essentially the only type available ten years ago. This control has hardware built or specified entirely by the manufacturer, and at best offers only a slow serial interface for (one-way) data exchange.
Today, at or near the opposite end of this axis would be a control like the one offered by Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc. (MDSI; Ann Arbor, Michigan). Designed to permit a low-cost retrofit, or low-cost entry into CNC networking, MDSI's control consists of PC software running entirely on non-proprietary hardware. Its hardware requirements include a touch-screen monitor, and interface cards for encoders, servos, and I/O, all of which can be purchased from any of a variety of vendors. It has no motion control card. Instead, it closes the servo loop via algorithms in the software. For this reason, it requires just a digital-to-analog converter to interface with the servomotors.
Between these two extremes would be a CNC like the one offered by Creative Technology Corporation (Arlington Heights, Illinois). This is a control optimized to serve the needs of shops interested in milling intricate contoured forms at high feed rates. These include makers of molds, dies, and prototype parts. Accordingly, this PC-based control employs one particular vendor's motion control card, chosen for its fast servo cycle time, among other features. While this single-source card technically qualifies as proprietary hardware, the overall control is not as proprietary as the "extreme" proprietary control cited above. The customer does not have to return to the control vendor for replacement parts or upgrades. The maker of the motion control card has licensed the right to produce and market its hardware to a variety of competing manufacturers, and the rest of the control consists of generic PC hardware that is widely available.
This leads to another frequently used CNC term necessary to carry this discussion further. That term is open. (As in, "open architecture.") It is used together with "PC-based" so often that the two may appear identical in meaning. However, while the definitions may overlap, these two terms describe very different ideas.
In fact, different CNC vendors embrace any of at least two definitions for an open control. Some define this as a control using off-the-shelf hardware, which therefore (in theory) can be maintained and upgraded inexpensively, without the vendor's involvement.
Other vendors view an open control as one that can easily share information across a network. This information includes both input, like an NC program, and output, like machine status data.
These two definitions of open don't necessarily go together. A CNC can be open to hardware without being open to a network, and a CNC favoring proprietary hardware can be constructed to interface with a network freely. In the retrofit world, one example of this second case comes from Memex Electronics (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), which offers retrofit boards allowing older, "closed" Fanuc CNCs to connect directly to a PC network.
However, a more general example of a system delivering network openness to a proprietary CNC comes from yet another approach to a control employing PC hardware. This is an approach offered by GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, Virginia) and Siemens (Elk Grove Village, Illinois), among others. These companies place a PC front end on a control system in which all hardware comes from a single source—from pushbuttons through servomotors. This is the PC-enabled control system that most resembles the traditional, proprietary CNC. And for this reason, it may be the right approach for many applications.
Costs And Benefits
The determining factor, according to both GE Fanuc and Siemens, is the productive value of the machine tool.
For example, the purpose of a CNC retrofit may be to give new life to a machine that is non-critical and/or relatively inexpensive. The machine may be one that sits idle because needed hardware for its dated control can no longer be found, or because the control itself limits the machine's capabilities or makes it difficult to use. The machine may also be a low-cost vertical machining center that a different control might make faster or more accurate. In any of these cases, the shop will likely see the productivity gain from a retrofit as "gravy"—extra machining capacity acquired for significantly less than the cost of buying a new machine. If so, then the shop has to minimize the cost of the retrofit to make the upgrade cost-effective. This means finding the most inexpensive control that is feasible, and this may well mean choosing one that maximizes its use of widely available electronics.
But as the value of the machine tool increases, the outlook may change. There is no precise dollar value at which a machine can no longer be said to be "low cost." However, somewhere on an ascending scale of the machine's replacement cost—whether this is $200,000, $300,000, $500,000—there comes a point where the machine is valuable enough, and machine downtime is costly enough, that a compelling case can be made for proprietary hardware. With a single-source control system, the shop has the support of just one vendor behind all of the electronics that keep this costly machine productive.
Siemens marketing manager Peter Herweck adds another consideration when evaluating a largely non-proprietary control versus a largely proprietary one. A common selling point of the former option is its promise to let the buyer upgrade the control without the vendor's involvement, just as one would upgrade an office PC. The more proprietary controls do not promise this same freedom. However, Mr. Herweck cautions potential CNC buyers to weigh how valuable this promise really is. Questions he would have them ask include: "How often will I really want to upgrade this control? Can I truly perform this upgrade more economically in-house? And if so, am I willing to trade the support advantages of a single-source control to realize these savings?"
As for the other selling points of a non-proprietary control, he notes that a more proprietary control can also deliver these. He lists them: "Expanded part program storage; freedom to run third-party software; and data I/O, whether this is networking, zip or floppy drive, or a PCMCIA slot. A single-source control with a PC front end can provide all of these advantages," he says. And while the single-source system adds the support benefits to this, he notes that it also delivers these benefits not through general-purpose hardware, but via hardware that has been engineered around one function—reliably and repeatably controlling a machine tool.
The argument, in other words, is that you get what you pay for. However, today's market offers a corollary to this: If you don't want to pay for the advantages of a proprietary system, you no longer have to. Both of the less-proprietary systems mentioned in this article illustrate this, albeit in different ways. Using MDSI's control, shops have not only "resurrected" machines that were once too low-cost to justify retrofitting, but in some cases have realized performance benefits—including accuracy at higher feed rates—which the original control never permitted. And the specialized focus of the Creative Technology control has allowed die-mold shops to devote the price of a CNC retrofit to maximizing the control features most beneficial to the die-mold milling application. In fact, the control's benefits have proven profitable enough in this application that some die-mold shops have not waited for obsolescence, but instead have retrofitted the control to practically new vertical machining centers.
Upgrades like these illustrate how CNC technology has evolved rapidly in recent years. As to where this evolution might lead, the answer may lie no farther (from me) than my own fingertips.
Look To The Office
I am writing this article on a word processor. By this I mean a generic PC running word processing software. One generation ago, another person doing my job would have used a typewriter. A little later, that same editor might have used one of the early versions of the word processor. This first word processor was not an "open" system, but instead a dedicated machine. Its built-in logic could be upgraded only through a costly hardware replacement.
CNC vendors seem to agree: The development of technology for putting ideas on paper provides some insight into how CNCs will continue to develop. The two technologies could be said to have followed parallel courses already. The manual typewriter, for example, equates to a manual machine tool. In both cases, the operator pushed levers that directly corresponded to what he wanted the machine to do. Later, operators of both types of equipment acquired the ability to input commands all at once, and have the machine execute them in sequence later. The typist moved up to a word processor, and the manual machinist moved up to NC.
Today, the difference between these two technologies is that the word processor is now a software-only product that has made the jump completely away from proprietary hardware. The word processor today can run on any number of generic PCs, can have its documents printed on any commonly used printer, and can even interact with a variety of printers and other peripherals sharing a common network. Can we assume from this that someday we will see software-only CNCs, which run on any computer, and control any of a variety of machine tools without the need for costly system integration?
In short, will everything needed to install a CNC one day come in a shrink-wrapped box?
Probably yes. At least, that's what a variety of successful CNC vendors believe. However, one can only guess how soon that day will come. And it may not come for some time.
There is another piece of office equipment that offers a loose parallel to machine tool technology. This is the CAD plotter—the one used to make hard-copy prints of CAD drawings. This device looks a lot like a machining center. It has a tool (the pen) and a toolchanger (to switch to other pens). It interpolates in linear axes to draw complex lines. And it even has material handling, for loading the next sheet of paper.
With a machine tool, there is a difference of degree; the machining center requires more complex control functions than the plotter. However, the machine tool in service today is also different in a fundamental way: It was never designed with the intention that a plug-in PC would be running it.
That may change. The day may come when machine tool builders see their iron as PC peripherals similar to printers or plotters. However, because that day is not here yet, any shop looking at CNCs right now must give consideration to the different ways generic PC hardware is applied right now.
This is the nature of CNC shopping today. Exactly which strengths the control should deliver, and just how much non-proprietary hardware is right for the application, are choices which today's CNC market makes freely available to the consumer.
The vendors mentioned in this article can all provide more information on the CNC technology they offer. MMS
- For more information from Anilam, call (954) 430-6600 or visit Anilam's Showroom.
- For more information from Creative Technology Corporation, call (847) 818-0055 or visit Creative Technology Corporation's Showroom.
- For more information from GE Fanuc, call (800) 648-2001 or visit GE Fanuc's Showroom.
- For more information from Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc., call (734) 769-9000 or visit Manufacturing Data Systems' Showroom.
- For more information from Memex Electronics, call (905) 332-7717 or visit Memex Electronics' Showroom.
- For more information from Siemens, call (847) 640-1595 or visit Siemens' Showroom.


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