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I have ref machine. I downloaded and installed the BT driver. Nothing happends. I assume I don't have BT support in the machine?Read other answers
I recommend downloading and running DAP. It can help sort out any driver and firmware related issues on your system
It's worked out well for many of us in the past.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloaddap.org. (This link will open the download page of DAP so you can save a copy to your computer.)
I have ref machine. I downloaded and installed the BT driver. Nothing happends. I assume I don't have BT support in the machine?Read other answers
Hi everyone, I recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad 100-15IBD, it's supposed to be equipped with an SDD of 126 GB and an HDD, but all I see is the SDD even when I open Disk Management I can't seem to find it as if it wasn't equipped on the PC.Thank you for your help
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Hi lamradnane ,
Welcome to the Community Forums.
Would you have the machine number (check on the machine number from the sticker or check it from here ,just keep your serial number confidential) . It would appear similar to this 80QQ00CQUK .
Physical devices detected by the machine should show in the BIOS . Turning off the system and using the Novo key to power on would give Novo Menu that offers BIOS set up as this can also be verified within windows under device manager if recognized.
The parts lookup page would also be able to verify the devices /parts using the machine number or SN.
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The pin of my DC Jack broke off in my adapter. The mother board # is CG410/CG510. I've scoured eBay, Digikey and Google and came up empty. I've chatted with Lenovo Encompass and they're looking futher into finding one. The jack is 1.7mmiD and 4.0mmOD.
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Hello, i have a problem, i dont know if its a big one or a small one for you, but for me its kinda big. Two days ago, i have downloaded a bios update from the lenovo support site, i didn't looked on my actual version of bios, but i have discovered that I actually did a downgrade, not a upgrade. My actual bios version is E0CN61WW, and the previous version was E0CN63WW. My question is the following: Can i receive please my previous bios firmware?Read other answers
Hi iam thinking of buying ideapad 100-15ibd... Only thing i wannna make sure : i will be using it connected to ac so i don't want the battery charging at 24/7 as it non removable does it or doesn't support this feature likehe other lenovo laptops?? tRead other answers
Hello there! I recently had a booting issue with my ideapad and after I fixed it, it was low on power so I plugged it up. I hadn't, however, noticed that it wasn't charging. After a few minutes it died. Now when I plug it up nothing happens. The charging led light won't even come on. I've tried using the novo button, but nothing happened. Please help - Drew
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Hi, everyone. I have the IdeaPad 100-15IBD. We purchased it two years ago and have had no problems until a month ago. The wife calls me up and says the battery died and she cannot get it to turn back on. Upon arrival home I consulted Dr. Google.. bingo! Find some articles on the NOVO button and we're up and running in no time. Since we've made it a point to use conservation mode and keep it plugged up when in use and shut down when not. Yesterday, the wife apparently got confident that our little problem wouldn't happen again.. and if it did it would be an easy fix. So voila.. she kills it again. No biggie, I thought, because I now know what to do. To my unfortunate suprise it wouldn't work! I have gone through those steps over and over and get nothing. No lights.. no boot menu.. nothing. Is there anything more I can do to get around this? Any and all help will be ever so greatly appreciated!Read other answers
I just want to know .. I've been documeting about this for a couple of days but still .. i'm not crystal clear . So ..Is my laptop upgradable to 8gb ram ? If so, how many slots do i have ?
8GB max 1 socket.http://psref.lenovo.com/Product/IdeaPad_100_15Click on spec tab.http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Lenovo%20Laptops/ideapad%20100%20(15_)/ideapad_100_15IBY_15I... HMM page 26 indicates 2 sockets:https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/ideapad_100_15_ibd_hmm_201508.pdf Page 64, item7 parts, lists 8GB sticks. [two 8gb=16 gb total].I would go with Typo Error in HMM and 8GB max, 1 socket.Read other 1 answers
have got new lenovo ideapad 305 15ibd windows 10 week agoand when i was resiting it i have shutdown it by mistakenow laptop wont start windowsand i try to boot from usb and wont let me i have try to change bios bot from uefi to legacy support first and it wont read from usb it say ....this product is coveret by one or more of the following patents us6,570,884, us6,115,776 and us6,327,625Read other answers
Hello there! I recently had a booting issue with my ideapad and after I fixed it, it was low on power so I plugged it up. I hadn't, however, noticed that it wasn't charging. After a few minutes it died. Now when I plug it up nothing happens. The charging led light won't even come on. I've tried using the novo button, but nothing happened. Please help - DrewRead other answers
Ideapad 100-15IBD will not boot. Stops at a screen that reads "starting watch dog initialization" . New computer running windows 10.Read other answers
I have Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBD (88QQ). I installed Windows 7 on it (Win 10 was preinstalled). I want to make standart FN key functioning work. What's the solution for that?BR,MaxRead other answers
the enter keeps pressing on its own. this is the second time it has happened but it doesnt happen often. I think the last time this has happened was about 6 months ago. ... Read moreRead other answers
Hi, i recently bought a laptop lenovo ideapad 100 ,everything went fine until today when i shut it down by keeping pressed the power button , now the laptop won't start . I can see the power and charging light turned on but no fan noise and everithing is turned off.
Now i can hear the fan sometimes and other noises, it showed me once the lenovo start up screen but then it died again . Anyone have any other ideas?I tryed one key recovery and i forgot to mention that my windows 10 had a upgrade last night .Read other 1 answers
Hello,How many models for laptop ideapad 100-15IBD (core i3) ?because i found that model with video card Intel HD 5500,and found on many websites same model working with Nvidia 920MRead other answers
So, i have the Lenovo IdeaPad 100-15ibd. And every time i play this flash game - Realm of the Mad God. I can feel that my cpu gets very hot and minimal mouse input lag starts. The same happens when i play CS:GO. Cpu gets very hot and i get so much mouse input lag, its just unplayable. The usb ports that my mouse is plugged in are very close to the heat. I hope this is my mouse problem and i came to the right place to ask for help.
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Hello, i bought this laptop 18 April 2016. In last time i saw a problem with battery. She doesn't want to charge. Today i installed HWMonitor please look at this photo...? Tell me now, how after 6 months battery cant keep energy when in this time maybe 2-3 times laptop works on battery without power adapter. Did Lenovo replace battery in warranty? Or i may go to shot when i bought laptop and they should help me? Please apologize for my english, it's not my main language.?Read other answers
Hi,I have cloned the old 1TB HDD that came in this laptop, to a new Samsung SSD 850 Pro.I have installed the drive, and it won't boot.Before trying all the usual cloning issues, drivers etc, I went into the BIOS, and the BIOS is not seeing the SSD.I updated the BIOS to the latest version, and still nothing.I have installed the SSD in another laptop, and its fine, I have put it in a caddy and onto this laptop with the original disk booted, and it sees the disk - it just doesn't like the SSD installed on the sata port.Does this version of the BIOS not support SSDs? Any ideas greatly appreciated. ThanksRead other answers
Hello Lenovo community.I have purchased a Lenovo Ideapad 100-15ibd with :- Intel Core i5 5200u 2.7 gHz- 4 GB RAM- nVidia 920mI have already upgraded from 4 to 8 GB of RAM ( which is the highest value supported by this processor ) and now i want to upgrade 2 more things. 1. Buy a SSD.2. Install an eGPU.I want to install GTX 1050 TI 4GB and 128 bit on this laptop but i was not sure if this will work as good as i was thinking.I want to know if the GTX 1050 TI 4GB 128 bit is supported by this laptop and if i can install it with that eGPU adapter which is placed in the Wi Fi place. Not thunderbolt. Should i do this upgrade? If i shouldn't upgrade to this graphic card, there is another model better for my laptop ? Thank you!Read other answers
Hi, My laptop is slowler and the solution lenovo center show me this code: WWF00F008-UL7VBE. I don´t kno what it's mean ???
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Hi Sorry if there is already a thread about this subject, but I'm at a loss how to solve this issue now. I have just bought an Ideapad 100-15IBD and the microphone does not pick up anything at all. To make things worse I have an exam on Monday 25th July which is an online exam for which I require a working camera and microphone....one out of two will not do!!! I have followed the advice via the Lenovo Solution Centre and nothing. I have followed all the Microsoft advice that says to access troubleshooting etc etc.... Please please please can someone help me. I'm not very literate when it comes to uninstalling / reinstalling drivers so if this it, please can you leave a nice lengthy explanation :-) Thanking everyone in advance lesRead other answers
Hello. I am new to the forum, so please excuse me for all my errors. I have a Lenovo Ideapad 100-15IBD, with an i5 4288U, 4GBs of ram and a Nvidia geforce GT920MX. I it is a good laptop for its price. But about 6 months after i buyed it, a crack appeared and it starts to get bigger and bigger. And when i open and close the lid, that part of the laptop pretty much pops out. I don't want that the crack to get bigger, so i was thinking to replace the whole palmrest. Is that what should i do or there is any other fix? And if not, where i should find a palmrest to buy? Sorry for the bad image quality
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Hello.I'm interested to install SSD+HDD on my Ideapad 100-15IBDMTM:80QQ00BEUACan I do that?This model without Cd/Dvd drive or smth, just cover on free space without sata connector inside. Only 1 HDD installedRead other answers
Hi , i would like to know if i can change/add new GPU to my laptop. Thanks.
Good day and welcome to the community.There's no 'socketed' dGPU. If so equipped, it's soldered to the system board as in most all laptops. Have a look at pages 63-64 of the hardware manual, item #11, for system boards: https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/ideapad_100_15_ibd_hmm_201508.pdf
Hope this helps to clarify.
Hi,My Ideapad 100 has problems connecting to my Virgin Media Superhub 2.When I first bought the laptop and tried to connect to my router I was asked to provide a Username and Password.To resolve this issue I changed the security protocol on the router from WPA Auto to WPA2-AES.When I rebooted the laptop the WiFi SSID was available but when I clicked connect and entered the WiFi password the laptop returned the error "Cannot connect to this network".I ran the Windows Network Troubleshooter and it said that the security on the laptop does not match the security on the network.I've now found that every time I reboot the laptop I have to change the security protocol on the router between WPA Auto and WPA2-AES to get the laptop to connect. No other WiFi devices have difficulty connecting to the router so I suspect it's an issue with the laptop. I've tried uninstalling the Realtek driver to use the Windows one and I've tried the latest driver from the Lenovo support site, all to no avail. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.Many thanks.Read other answers
I was wondering if anyone has upgraded or swapped out their hdd for a solid state drive on the Ideapad 305 15IBD? My specific model number is 80NJ00F5UK, I have been able to find an mSata ssd drive which says its compatible with the 305 IBD, but not the exact model number above. To be honest Im pretty happy with the performance of the 1TB hdd that i have but just want to confirm whether its possible or not to swap out for an ssd if I wanted to in the future. The main reason would be to squeeze a bit more battery life, as its one area where the laptop is a bit weak. mSata SSDhttps://www.ipc-computer.eu/notebook-spareparts/lenovo/300-serie/ideapad-305-15ibd-80nj005j/hdd-12Read other answers
I have just installed Windows 7 (Ultimate 64bit) - got the drivers from; http://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/products/Laptops-and-netbooks/100-series/100-15ibd/80QQ/00CQUK?linkT...Everything works except the Bluetooth & Camera. The supplied Camera Driver contains two drivers one is Realtek Driver and the other a Genesys Driver - using the universal installer package you get a message that says "No appropriate hardware found" - using the individual folders containing each driver there is a Setup.exe file - either will seem to install but neither works. I have found various drivers on the web but nothing that gives me a working Camera in Windows 7. Bluetooth similar - by the way neither show in device manager as devices with exclamation marks. Any ideas (HaHa) would be well received. ThanksRead other answers
Hello guys,I bought an LenovoIdeapad 100-15IBD and I want to install Windows XP like OS on it. The main problem it's that when the boot installer it's started I received the following error: The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant Stop 0x000000A5 " I tried all settings from BIOS, I tried also with a lot of Windows XP versions and nothing. I updated also the BIOS version to the latest one. What I can do to solve this problem because I need this OS for some old software tools? Thank you !Read other answers
Hi, My laptop is slowler and the solution lenovo center show me this code: WWF00F008-UL7VBE. I don´t kno what it's mean ???
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Hi ornella2904 ,
Welcome to the Community Forums.
What Windows version would you be using?
Assuring that you have already installed all remaining updates for Windows can assure that there are no current downloads or installations currently being processed in the background.
Technical Support are the best guys to consult regarding WWF00F008-UL7VBE as it would need specific tool to decode it and if this would relate to current slow performance.
You can try safe mode and clean boot to isolate if running processes are causing it. Start up options to disable non essential process can help as well disabling hybrid sleep on power setting.
Setting the power option not to save power on the properties of the wlan card under device manager can help maximize wireless usage.
Update us how it goes.
Hello,my nvidia 920m gpu core and memory frequency is lower than it should.Core clock :135mhzmemory clock :324mhzPlease help me!!!Read other answers
I have brought a crucial mx300 525gb sata ssd drive as would like to install this inplace of the hd that is currently in the machine, i want to clone everything "make exact copy" from the hd to the ssd but there is a windows C: drive and a lenovo D: partition which i believe is for recovery! what software and hardware would i need to be able to do this so i can just insert the ssd without any problems! thank you
Hi jamienffc ,
Welcome to the Community Forums.
You can use the hardware manual for disassembly guide (page39) and likewise follow the steps advised on this thread:
" 1. Install the ATIH on the HDD2. Insert SSD into the external USB box. Yes, this advice is in opposite of goretsky's one. That box costs 10...20 bucks3. Launch the ATIH, select the clonong process:a)the whole driveb)in manual mode (leave the size of partition System_DRV as is, partition C: will be resized in proportion, as well as the Q: )4. The app will reboot the laptop for the cloning process.5. Wait several hours . After finish replace the SSD and the HDD. Boot from the SSD.6. If you have Factory Recovery media already you can delete Lenovo_Recovery partition on the SSD. Resize the system partition (add the free size from the Q: ), even make the new partition7. Reinstall Lenovo R&R applicationn in order to get working ThinkVantage button at the laptop boot stage."
Some vendors have their own cloners offered free with the SSD , on this thread Acronis True Image 2014 (Home) was used but you can freely choose one that you are more familiar with.
Hope this help answer your query.
Hi guys. I have a Lenovo laptop. I tried to clean the fan from gpu and then I turned the laptop on, without the fan plugged, and my pc have died for some hours. After that, it was running hard, and I reinstalled the windows. That didn't helped. I installed the drivers and it didn't found my NVIDIA 920m gpu. I think it's from the motherboard. That means it have to be replaced? Thanks. Sorry for my bad english.Read other answers
Hello, today my compiuter stuck in boot, i see just lenovo company name and black screen, 2seconds and it repeat.. Who can help me how to fix it?
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My lenovo idea pad 100-15ibd ran into a problem while I was on it, not allowing me to do anything. So I turned the laptop off, and tried to turn it back on. When I did this it went into an auto repair, trying to fix disc errors. I let this run for more then 40 hours, before finally stopping it and turning the laptop off. When I did this, anytime I tried to turn the laptop on it would just sit on the Lenovo splash art, and I couldn't bring up a console with f8.
At this point I started looking up support on the forums, and found something about cutting all power, and removing the battery. To do this with my Ideapad, I had to take it apart, some. I DID break a lenovo sticker, that was hiding a screw. I assume that is how they would know if it had been opened. Cutting the power didn't work, so instead I took it to a nearby compute repair store. They told me it would likely cost more then half the laptops worth to fix, because it needed a new hard drive, and to be completely reset.
So I'm really just trying to see, if the one year warranty that IS still active, according to your website, had been fully voided; And if I'm just going to have to suck it up and drop the benjis. Or if there is a chance that I could still have it fixed through its warranty. Any help is appreciated.
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Welcome to the Lenovo Community !
Sorry hear of your problem. Most Lenovo Service Centers realize that folks will open their laptops in order to upgrade the various components. Although opening the cover on a model like yours will void the warranty, the service center at times overlook that fact provided no damage was done. The best I can say is contact Lenovo Support and explain the situation to them and get their opinion. Regardless of what I write here, they will have the ultimate say as to whether the warranty is voided. You might also check to see if there is a service center in your area where you could bring the machine in and explain the problem in person. You can use the Service Locator below to see what is in your area......
Lenovo Support - USA1-877-453-668624 hours a day 7 days / week
Hi !i need to know if i can upgrade Ram to 8Gb i it possible My Specs : Intel core i3 2.0Ghz . Intel HD Graphic 5500 . Ram 4Gb ( see attachment ) Please i need to know ( if ) i can upgrade ram or no + what ram type i can use for upgrade ( if i can upgrade it ) My Regards .Read other answers
hi.I 've downloaded bios update from this site and update but this update make problem for me .... my laptop Esc key not working anywhere. in game not working.. in bios setting not working .. in bot menu not working... please help for downgrade or new version of biosRead other answers
I bought this laptop refurbished back in June 2016. Since then, only a handful of updates were succesfully installed and after that every updates released by Windows always failed to install. There are currently 2 updates that is being shown on windows update :Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB3205386)Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607These 2 updates have been repeatedly downloaded and try to install on every reboot with no success. What I have tried thus far is Running Windows Update Troubleshooter, which found and fixed several issues but doesn't fix the update failing to install.Any suggestion would be appreciated. It is pretty tiring getting your the notebook to reboot and try to install an update for 20 minutes and never got through. It goes up to 100%, and then starts showing "update couldn't be completed, undoing changes".Read other answers
I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 100-15IBD a few days ago, and after a series of problems that I manage to fix, I woke up this morning to find out that my keyboard and touchpad are not working. Last night (about 9 hours ago) it was working fine. Anyone have any idea how can I fix this?Read other answers
Hi , please have anyone faced such this ploblem with this version as i can't extend or duplicate my desktop screen , i'm using windown 10 with tha latest VGA driver update .i bought an adaptor HDMI to VGA but the screen gives me no signal , although it works fine on another laptop.Read other answers
I cannot get speeds above 30mbps with the wifi in this laptop. All of the other laptops in the house can pull 130-140mbps on speedtest.net. Anyone have any ideas?Read other answers
Hello, please is there a possibility to remove battery from Lenovo Ideapad 100-15ibd laptop without opening it? To keep it connected to adapter, when I dont need it to be connected to battery?Thank you
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Good day.
Opening up the machine will be required. Please see pgs 32-38 of your hardware manual:
Hope this helps.
Ideapad 100-15IBD battery does not load anymore.Battery icon says: "0%, Battery plugged in not charging"Can only work with AC adapter.Can't remove battery because its internal.Booted from USB with linux same problem.Can't do a BIOS upgrade because battery needs to be 30% loaded.Can somebody help?
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Hi! Does this laptop model with InsydeH20 rev 5.0, Lenovo BIOS version EOCN61WW BIOS have any hidden options in it? I can't run some games with it to it's full potential, because the PL1 power limit it locked and set too low so it throttles if I don't cap my fps. I already undervolted it to get the powers down a little bit, but it didn't make enough difference. So I'd like to increase the power limit if it is possible somehow. I found some discussion on the case in point with other laptop models, but I'd like to know if it's possible with this specific device, before in dwell deeper into the matter. From what I gathered, I should tweak the EFI partiton variables with a Linux system for example. Am I on the right path here? You don't have to warn me about the riskyness, I know it and I have some experience in tweaking devices like this, not a guru though. E: I found out that I need some additional hardware to modify the BIOS (SPI Programmer and a SOIC clip). Do you have any other suggestions on what to do to stop the throttling?Read other answers


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When the number of payload messages delivered to the client runtime exceeds the value of imqConsumerFlowLimit for any consumer, message delivery for that consumer stops. It is resumed only when the number of unconsumed messages for that consumer drops below the value set with imqConsumerFlowThreshold.
The following example illustrates the use of these limits: consider the default settings for topic consumers:
imqConsumerFlowLimit=1000 imqConsumerFlowThreshold=50
When the consumer is created, the broker delivers an initial batch of 1000 messages (providing they exist) to this consumer without pausing. After sending 1000 messages, the broker stops delivery until the client runtime asks for more messages. The client runtime holds these messages until the application processes them. The client runtime then allows the application to consume at least 50% (imqConsumerFlowThreshold ) of the message buffer capacity (i.e. 500 messages) before asking the broker to send the next batch.
In the same situation, if the threshold were 10%, the client runtime would wait for the application to consume at least 900 messages before asking for the next batch.
The next batch size is calculated as follows:
imqConsumerFlowLimit - (current number of pending msgs in buffer)
So if imqConsumerFlowThreshold is 50%, the next batch size can fluctuate between 500 and 1000, depending on how fast the application can process the messages.
If the imqConsumerFlowThreshold is set too high (close to 100%), the broker will tend to send smaller batches, which can lower message throughput. If the value is set too low (close to 0%), the client may be able to finish processing the remaining buffered messages before the broker delivers the next set, again degrading message throughput. Generally speaking, unless you have specific performance or reliability concerns, you will not need to change the default value of imqConsumerFlowThreshold attribute.
The consumer-based flow controls (in particular, imqConsumerFlowLimit ) are the best way to manage memory in the client runtime. Generally, depending on the client application, you know the number of consumers you need to support on any connection, the size of the messages, and the total amount of memory that is available to the client runtime.


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dannyboymack necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 95 design presentati da 24 designer.
We need a new web 2.0 logo for our web Designing company. Needs to be clean, modern and not too busy.
Website Shack
Desired Color Scheme:
Gold, black, turquiose, browns
Desired Style:
fresh, clean, modern
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We need a new web 2.0 logo for our web Designing company. Needs to be clean, modern and not too busy.
The logo needs to have the wording 'Website Shack'
This can be joined like 'WebsiteShack' but the two words need to be readable if joined up.
It can also have '.co.uk' if needed but only small.
Colours - We like gold, black, blue/green (turquiose), browns.
You can mix colours but maximum of 2 combined.
We imagine having a 'shack' shape somewhere in the design.
The font needs to be modern.
There will be a chance of some further work with us for the choosen candidate!
Any questions, please ask!
Maggiori informazioni su come funziona un contest di design o sui nostri servizi di design di logo.


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Setting the Standard for Food Trucks!
The Home Skillet Truck, as I pointed out in a previous post "Top 10 Food Trucks of 2011", is one of my favorite new food trucks. This gourmet food truck is the baby of Orange County native, Chef Christie Morisoli. She gained her street cred by graduating from the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute and then cutting her chops at some of the most prestigious restaurants in San Francisco, Austin and Los Angeles.
The Home Skillet Truck emerged into the OC food truck scene in the late summer of 2011. This was a time when the gourmet food truck scene was becoming overwhelmed by a swarm of new trucks. Some of the new trucks were simply roach coaches who purchased expensive wraps and threatened to cheapen the gourmet food truck movement. On the other hand, some of the new trucks were owned by talented Chefs who provided innovative menus and cooking techniques. These new gourmet trucks proved that food trucks have the propensity to be more than just deep fryers and "Fusion Tacos."
I first tried the Home Skillet Truck while serving as a judge at the OC Foodie Fest. During the event I was one of the "Savory" judges and was trying "one dish from all 70 trucks." By the time Chef Morisoli from Home Skillet came to my station, I had eaten one too many grilled cheese variations and my gut was reaching its limit. Chef Christie Morisoli presented me their now famous "Lamb Burger" and I knew it was time to suck up my pain and give this delicious looking lamb burger a chance. After that first bite at the OC Foodie Fest, I became a loyal customer. By the way, I gave her dish some of the highest marks in the "Best in Show" category.
The Home skillet truck is a family affair, as multiple members of the family work on the truck, including Morisoli's mother and husband. This family involvement goes along with the truck's comfort food theme. All of her dishes have a genesis around a classic home cooking and Americana comfort food theme; with that said, these are not your Grandma's dishes. Chef Morisoli has given these home style dishes a sexy change-up that only a classically trained chef can pull off. I have eaten from truck about five different times and have always been impressed by the flavors and uniqueness of her dishes. The following descriptions of her dishes are based on 5 months of careful gastromic research.
Review of Home Skillet's Dishes
Lamb Burger
The lamb burger consists of a slightly toasted bakery roll, a juicy lamb patty, and feta cheese with chili sauce, pickled cucumber, red onions and tomatoes. The size of the lamb burger is a slightly smaller than a standard burger and can be easily held with one hand. The hand-feel of the burger is pleasant, as the burger has a substantial weight and the bun gives under the weight of your grip.
The lamb burger uses ingredients whose flavors pair well together, resulting in an amazing dish that accentuates the natural lamb flavors. The bun itself is slightly crispy, yet retains a soft steamy center. The bun was the right size for the burger, such that you obtain the right balance of bread to meat. The actual lamb patty is roughly a quarter pound and is seasoned with traditional Greek style seasonings, like garlic, basil, and oregano.
The ground lamb meat has a very pleasant aroma and made me instantly salivate. The red chili feta blend was creamy, salty and had a sweet, savory and spicy profile. The cheese blend by itself is slightly spicy from the hot sauce. Although when the spicy feta is consumed in the context of the lamb burger, it simply brightens up the overall flavor profile of the lamb burger. The pickled onions and cucumbers were refreshing and broke up the complex flavors of the dish. This is one of their best items on the menu and I always have to order it. I give this dish 4.5 out of 5.
Truffled Mac and Cheese Ball
Fried balls of love! I find it hard to describe the emotions I experienced as I ate the Truffled Mac and Cheese Ball. I have listed a series of words that describe my emotional journey, as I noshed down on the balls of love: "Crisp, molten, lush, sultry, orgasmic, crack, guilt, regret, acceptance, bliss." This dish consists of rich and cheesy scoops of Mac and Cheese, infused with truffle. The mac is rolled in panko bread crumbs and then flash fried. This flash fry fuses the shape together and liquefies the cheese. These balls are fairly large, almost the size of an egg and are crisp to the touch. Despite the fact that these mac n cheese balls are deep-fried, they are surprisingly not very greasy.
When I placed the Fried Mac n Cheese ball in my mouth, the exterior was crispy on my tongue. When my front teeth pierced the ball, hot steam exploded into my mouth and the viscous cheese flowed unto my tongue. The lush and rich flavor of the Mac Ball is attained by being made from 3 types of cheese and an infusion of truffle. As I wiped my face with a napkin, I could feel that I had formed a naughty smile as a result of eating this sinfully decadent treat. What would my Mama think? This dish received 4.0 out of 5.
Pomegranate Riblets
This dish consists of slow cooked pork baby back ribs covered in a pomegranate-soy glaze and accompanied by a jicama salad. I think that this is one of Home ' signature dishes. Home Skillet Truck's slow cooking method of the ribs results in meat that literally falls off the bone! I yanked on one of the rib-bones to break off a chunk, but the bone literally pulled out of the slab. The ribs were that tender!
Another Shot of the Riblets via my smart phone. These ribs had an amazing flavor. Those are not French Fries they are Jicama Strips. This dish is a good example of traditional home cooking with a foodie's flare. These ribs had a nice wet pomegranate glaze that set off the entire dish. I tasted the sauce first by itself, via my fingers.
The sauce was sweet and tangy, yet had a subtle spiciness that left a slight tingle on the tongue. When I placed the rib in my mouth, the exterior was slightly velvety; it appears that the sauce had softened the crispiness on the exterior of the ribs. When I bit down, the meat was extremely tender as it broke apart in my mouth on my first chomp. The flavors of the meat are sweet and savory. The juicy rib meat integrated well with the sweet, tangy and spicy flavors of the sauce. The flavors of the meat and sauce together were a near perfect balance. I was mad munching away and before I realized it, I ate all the ribs! Along with the ribs, the dish included a cold jicama salad which contained strips of jicama and slivers of sweet carrots. This cold side is a nice compliment to the ribs, as it adds a sweet crunchy contrast and serves as a palate cleanser.
I would expect to see this quality of baby back pork ribs from an upscale restaurant like Banderas, the Bungalow or Landmark, for $25+. The only difference is that these ribs came out on a paper plate from a food truck. This dish gets a 4.5 for some of the better ribs I have tried. The ribs were juicy and a good bargain at $7.
Brussels Sprouts
Many of you may still harbor negative memories of Brussels Sprouts from your childhood. These memories probably developed from your Mother's failed attempts to steam or boil these leafy balls. My first experience with Brussels sprouts permanently distorted my opinions of this otherwise worthy member of the cabbage family. For many years, the mere smell of Brussels sprouts would conjure of memories of not being allowed to leave the kitchen table until I finished my Brussels sprouts. My opinion of Brussels sprouts changed four months ago when I decided to have an adult moment and challenge my food prejudices. I was reading the book "The Man Who Ate Everything" and my experience reminded me of Jeffrey Steingarten attempting to eat clams after a lifetime of loathing.
There I was innocently standing in line one day to order my lamb burger from the Home Skillet truck, when I heard all the folks in line ranting about the Brussels sprouts. I must have scrunched my nose into the air when they said the word "brussel sprouts" because soon after an attractive woman came up to challenge me
"You don't like Brussels sprouts do you?"
I snarkily retorted, "No I detest them."
She responded, "Then you haven't tried Home Skillet's Brussels sprouts."
I gave her a dismissive look with raised eye brows and lips pursed to one side. My body language communicated, "Do you really think you can convert me to the Brussels dark side?"
Sensing my dismissive attitude, she responded back, "Why don't you go put some big girl panties on! Get over your food phobia and try the Brussels sprouts already, I will even let you take a bite of mine."
"But I am a married man, you can't tempt me with a taste of your Brussels sprouts", I tartly responded. She rolled her eyes at me.
In the back of my head I was secretly taken aback by the ferocity of her taunt. I proceeded to get out of line, grab a plastic spoon and ask the Brussels sprout bitch for a bite (this was a silly act of bravado). Little did she know I had a napkin in the other hand, to spit it out and hide the Brussels sprouts if the need arose. My inner 10-year old boy was jumping out of my psyche, angry that I was about to put Brussels sprouts into my mouth.
The wine and vinaigrette enhanced the flavors of the Brussels sprouts and opened up my taste buds to enjoy this wonderful pairing of flavors. The capers and onions provided a subtle pungent, saltines to the flavor profile. It looks like the sprouts were first flash fried to cook and crisp the leaves. Next, they were hot tossed with vinaigrette, red wine, capers, onions and herbs. The sprouts were tender and juicy; yet, they retained a crunchy texture.My "Brussels sprout hating inner child" was exorcised and I found myself ordering my own plate of Brussels sprouts. I ended up using the secret napkin to wipe my face and thanked the nice lady for sharing. I am giving the Brussels sprouts 4.75 out of 5, for near perfect execution of flavors and textures. Extra points were given for converting me into a Brussels sprout lover.
Pork Belly Reuben Slider
This dish is composed of a fluffy brioche bun, a generous slab of grilled pork belly, Swiss cheese, and homemade sauerkraut and a creamy Russian dressing. The star of this slider is the pork belly. Pork belly is similar to bacon, but cut higher from the slab resulting in a meatier cut. The pork belly is cooked fat side down; as a result the meat is crisped under its own fat and topped with melting Swiss cheese.
When I took a bite of the slider, I had to open my mouth open wide. My teeth pierced the bun and into crisped meat, molten Swiss cheese, tangy sauerkraut and creamy Russian dressing. As I chewed, the flavors of lush sweet/savory flavors from the meat and cheese mixed with the sweet/vinegary flavors of the sauce and sauerkraut. This dish was obviously constructed with a balance of flavors in mind. An incredible dish when you feel like ordering something on the heavier side. I am giving this dish 4.0 out of 5.
My Final thoughts
The Home Skillet Truck represents the future of the food truck scene, professional Chefs breaking into the gourmet food truck circuit. Chef Morisoli modernizes classic American comfort food by giving them a foodie centric twist. The home skillet truck cooks with love and it shows in quality, presentation and taste. I am giving the home skillet truck an overall score of 4.25, a very high score. Home Skillet represents one of the food trucks who will force other trucks to elevate their game or lose customers.
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Job seekers may find little encouragement in Thursday's hiring data, but the numbers do suggest a change in strategy, experts say: Think small.
Smaller companies seem to be doing more hiring than big corporations, according to a national employment report by payroll giant Automatic Data Processing Inc. The private sector added 133,000 jobs in May, below estimates of 155,000 in a survey by Dow Jones Newswires. However, employment on small payrolls — those with less than 50 workers — rose 67,000 in May. Cutbacks at big companies may be due to renewed concerns about economic problems in Europe, says Philip Noftsinger, president of CBIZ Payroll, a business services firm based in Roanoke, Va. "But I don't believe the small-business owner is making material decisions based on macro-economic news."
In fact, economists say there are tentative signs that small businesses may start hiring more. The firms added around 40,000 new jobs in May, according to a monthly small business employment index from Intuit Inc., a business management firm. And they added nearly 900,000 jobs since October 2009, says Susan Woodward, an economist working with Intuit. The index shows that there is a job recovery in small businesses underway, she says. The index is based on figures from 78,000 small businesses with fewer than 20 employees that use Intuit online payroll.
Temporary and contract employment is also on the rise, which some economists say is another sign of increased in confidence among smaller and medium-sized businesses. Staffing employment in May increased nearly 7% on the year, according to the American Staffing Association, which measures temporary and contract hires. Experts say many smaller business owners are more flexible and likely to take on temporary workers before committing to full-time employment. "These include jobs for accountants and architects," says Mark J. Perry, professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, "and not just lower-paid temporary employment."
Other smaller private-sector businesses are already planning to add to their permanent, full-time workforce, according to a new survey this week by research firm Harris Interactive and CareerBuilder.com, a jobs website. Almost one in five businesses with less than 250 employers added full-time employees over the past six months, the research found, while nearly one-quarter of the 2,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals surveyed said they expected to add permanent employees by the end of September. Half of those businesses also plan to take time training new employees who do not have direct experience in their industry.
However, economists say the Bureau of Labor Statistics May unemployment data to be released Friday will give a clearer picture of the health of the wider employment market. (Unlike the latest ADP data, these figures include government workers.) Plus, other data suggests a weakening in the wider employment market, which Noftsinger says could stall plans by smaller employers to add to their payrolls. The Conference Board says the number of online job postings dropped by 45,700 in May. However, that index has risen by 564,000 over the last five months.


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The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi, French (born Romania), 1876 - 1957
Made in France, Europe
23 × 13 1/4 × 10 inches, 208 lb. (58.4 × 33.7 × 25.4 cm, 94.35 kg)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1950-134-4Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in France, Europe
23 × 13 1/4 × 10 inches, 208 lb. (58.4 × 33.7 × 25.4 cm, 94.35 kg)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on viewAccession Number:
1950-134-4Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
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Constantin Brancusi: 1876-1957This version of The Kiss is one of the few works that Brancusi made in response to a specific commission. It was requested by John Quinn, Brancusi's patron in New York, who admired the small plaster version of The Kiss in the collection of the artist Walter Pach. Pach, who was serving as Quinn's intermediary with Brancusi, wrote the sculptor that Quinn wondered about "the original version" of The Kiss (quoted in Hulten, Pontus, Natalia Dumitresco, and Alexandre Istrati. Brancusi. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987, p. 107). A subsequent letter on March 3, 1916, confirmed Quinn's order for a new stone version, presumably after Brancusi replied that the "original" stone version, which had been given to Victor Popp in 1910, was unavailable. This sculpture was long assumed to date from either 1908 or 1912, based on the dates published in the catalogues of exhibitions during the 1920s. As a work of 1916, it represents not a first effort at direct carving, as manifest in The Kiss of 1907-8, but a sophisticated adaptation of it. This sculpture, the artist's fourth stone version of The Kiss, is the most geometric of all Brancusi's variations on the theme. The tall block of stone is vertically separated down the center, the woman distinguished from the man by her rounded breast and the long hair falling down her back. But otherwise the forms are fused: the couple's arms and hands are flattened almost to fit into the block itself, and the two hairlines are unified into a single arc. The two eyes, each half-seen in profile, combine to make one cyclopean, almond-shaped eye. These reductions suggest a new awareness of Cubist sculpture as much as a debt to the primitivist carving of Paul Gauguin or André Derain. When Pach wrote to Brancusi that Quinn would like a base for The Kiss, Brancusi replied that it should be placed "just as it is, on something separate; for any kind of arrangement will have the look of an amputation" (October 4, 1916, Quinn Collection, NYPL). Louise and Walter Arensberg, who later owned the work, installed The Kiss on Brancusi's Bench (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-134-23) alongside six stone works from their collection of pre-Columbian art. Ann Temkin, from Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957 (1995), p.142.
Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern ArtConstantin Brancusi's series of works titled The Kiss constitutes one of the most celebrated depictions of love in the history of art. This version is the fourth and perhaps most sophisticated of the several sculptures Brancusi created around the theme. Utilizing a limestone block, the artist employed the method of direct carving to produce the incised contours that delineate the male and female forms. The juxtaposition of smooth and rough surfaces paired with the dramatic simplification of the human figures, which are shown from the waist up, may suggest Brancusi's awareness of "primitive" African sculpture and perhaps also of the Cubist works of his contemporaries. The artist carved this sculpture specifically for John Quinn, the New York lawyer and art collector who had been interested in obtaining an earlier version of The Kiss (1907-8) that was no longer in the sculptor's possession. When Quinn later inquired about the proper way to display his new acquisition, Brancusi responded that the work should be placed "just as it is, on something separate; for any kind of arrangement will have the look of an amputation."1 An archival photograph in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art reveals that Louise and Walter Arensberg, who later acquired the piece, installed The Kiss atop the artist's Bench (1914-16) beside six stone sculptures from their collection of Pre-Columbian art. Melissa Kerr, from Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art (2007), p. 164.
1) Brancusi to Walter Pach, October 4, 1916, Quinn Collection, New York Public Library; quoted in Ann Temkin, "The Kiss," in Constantin Brancusi, 1876-1957 (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995), cat. 38, p. 142.
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Handbook of the CollectionsThis is the fourth of several stone versions of The Kiss that Brancusi would carve throughout his long career. The first, done in 1907, was one of the artist's earliest direct carvings in stone, a process newly popular among French sculptors that reflected their taste for the "primitive." The cutting away at stone or wood conveyed the immediacy and authenticity these sculptors sought as they eschewed the "refined" Western tradition of modeling and casting in plaster or bronze. The Philadelphia Kiss is the most geometric of all of Brancusi's versions. The tall block of stone is divided vertically down the center, the woman differentiated from the man by her rounded breast and the long hair falling down her back. But the flat horizontality of the arms, the overall regularity of the stone, the joined mouths, and the single arc of the two hairlines present a unified whole far more powerful than the two individuals within. The Kiss has come to be regarded as perhaps the quintessential representation of love in the art of the twentieth century. Ann Temkin, from Philadelphia Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections (1995), p. 314.
Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of ArtThe work of Brancusi redefined sculpture for a new century. Born in Romania but living in Paris after 1904, Brancusi aimed to develop a sculptural idiom that looked absolutely modern. His work moved beyond the verisimilitude and melodrama exemplified by the vastly popular sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Brancusi sought inspiration in ancient, folk, and exotic precedents that preceded or bypassed the classical Western tradition of sculpture. This brought Brancusi to simplified forms, reduction of details, and hand carving of materials. The Kiss, for example, presents a symbolic rendering of a male and a female body merging into one. The anatomical forms of the couple are subordinated to the contours of the block of stone. But it is inaccurate to echo the artist in calling his sculptures simple: nothing could be more complicated than the dramatic contrasts between the rough-hewn wooden bases and the elegant marble or bronze sculptures atop them, the calculated effects of the reflections of light, and the subtle nuances in carving that evoke facial features and other characteristics. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2000), p. 44.


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MSNBC long ago became a joke, but just now it seems to have become entertaining. Politico reports on the internal divisions that have produced some on-air comedy:
In addition to Olbermann, MSNBC personalities Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and David Shuster were involved in Denver controversies.
On Monday evening, Olbermann interrupted Scarborough while he was talking about McCain being competitive in the polls. "Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel?†Olbermann remarked.
On "Morning Joe†the following day, a clearly agitated Scarborough went off on Shuster during a discussion of Iraq, which quickly devolved over several cringe-worthy minutes into personal attacks, such as Scarborough telling the world how his colleague missed the show three times by oversleeping. "Are you Rip Van Shuster?†Scarborough asked. "Have you been sleeping for the past couple of months?â€
A house divided against itself cannot stand, Lincoln recalled in his famous 1858 convention acceptance speech. It may not necessarily fall, as Lincoln taught, but it will become all one thing or the other. In MSNBC's case, my guess is that it's going to become all nuts.
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Ahhh! Springtime. The days are longer. The sun is warmer. Trees are budding and daffodils and crocuses are bursting with color. That's all good. But the downside is that the trees, flowers and grass are producing pollen, a plant's male reproductive cells, which cause allergies for many people.
Ahhh! Springtime. The days are longer. The sun is warmer. Trees are budding and daffodils and crocuses are bursting with color.
That's all good. But the downside is that the trees, flowers and grass are producing pollen, a plant's male reproductive cells, which cause allergies for many people.
In fact, some experts believe that rising carbon dioxide levels and warming temperatures caused in part by climate change are causing an earlier and longer growing season, resulting in more pollen for a longer period of time and more potent pollen.
In essence, this could be one of the most miserable allergy seasons for people who suffer with outdoor allergies, some experts say.
"Yes, we're seeing allergies sooner and potentially more severe," said Dr. John S. Sullivan, an allergist at Central Mass Allergy and Asthma Care in Worcester and Auburn.
Dr. Stephen J. Krinzman, medical director at the Lung and Allergy Center at UMass Memorial Medical Center, said people are lining up for the clinic.
"We definitely have long waits to get in," said Dr. Krinzman. "Our clinic is already fully booked. The waits get longer as the allergies get worse."
Allergy symptoms occur when the immune system reacts to a part of the pollen or other allergic substance. Symptoms, including congestion, shortness of breath, coughing, itchy eyelids, and runny nose and sneezing, occur when the pollen comes in contact with a mucus membrane or, in cases of asthma, the lining of the lungs.
Dr. Leonard Bielory, an allergy and immunology specialist with the Rutgers University Center for Environmental Prediction, has been studying the connection between climate change and the production of pollen. He said a model developed of ragweed pollen counts from Texas to Canada over a 15-year period, ending in 2009, revealed that the pollen season has begun increasingly early in the northern states and has lasted longer.
"That suggests we're having longer exposure which means the higher the misery. We have predicted that by 2020, there will be 20 to 30 percent more pollen floating around," Dr. Bielory said.
He said pollen is dependent upon the duration of sunlight, warm temperatures and moisture. The latter is not only affected by immediate precipitation, but even that from the previous year has an impact.
"Superstorm Sandy saturated the ground last year and provided the soil with nutrients and water to be stored over the winter, so there's a reservoir of nutrients which is already going to increase this year's pollen count," Dr. Bielory said.
Trees usually release pollen in early spring, followed by grass pollen and weeds in the fall. But unusual this year is an overlap of tree and grass pollen, said Dr. Bielory.
About one in five Americans — about 60 million — suffers from some type of allergy. Pollen is a common allergen, but the list also includes certain foods, drugs, mold, latex and insects, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. About 40 million list allergies to pollen, mold or plant material as their primary allergy, but many people have more than one type.
Clare Krug of Worcester, 11, has pollen-food syndrome, also called oral allergy syndrome. It causes people allergic to some pollens, particularly birch, grass and weed, to develop a food allergy that causes itching and localized swelling when they eat certain raw fruits and vegetables. This is because of proteins in foods to which the person is allergic. Because the proteins are broken down by heat, no reaction occurs when the food is cooked.
Clare's mother, Sharon Krug, said that when Clare was 8, an allergist determined that she was very allergic to birch tree pollen. Subsequent tests found that she is also allergic to certain foods, including raw apples and carrots and certain nuts.
"She gets an itchy throat. She feels like her lips are swelling. She will itch up into her ears. She doesn't get a physical rash on her body but it almost hurts to swallow," said Ms. Krug.
Ms. Krug's 6-year-old son, Scott, is mildly allergic to peanuts. Both children and their father are allergic to penicillin. Their paternal grandmother is allergic to birch and to certain foods, as Clare is. According to experts, if one parent has allergies, there is a 33 percent that an offspring will. The chances increase to 70 percent if both parents are allergic.
"We have pistachios in the house, which no one is allergic to," continued Ms. Krug. "I feel very fortunate that their allergies are not more severe. I know some people really suffer more than our family does."
No cures exist for allergies, but there are many products over the counter and by prescription that are available to help minimize symptoms. Dr. Sullivan said people with mild symptoms should first try non-drowsy or non-sedating antihistamines. Those with more persistent symptoms should use antihistamines regularly. One of the best medications to manage allergies is nasal spray that contains topical cortisone. A nasal saline, to wash pollen out of the nose and sinuses, is very helpful.
The closest thing to a cure is allergy immunotherapy, a means of building up tolerance to allergies by taking increasing dosages of allergic substances, similar to immunization for the flu.
Avoidance of pollen and other allergens is the best prevention. For more information, go to Ipollencount.com.
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Firefighter Bouces Back from Near Death to Run Marathon
Glenn Anderson
Three years ago, Firefighter Matthew Long was expected to die after he was run down by a bus as he biked to work during the city's transit strike.
Dozens of surgeries and hundreds of hours of therapy later, a determined Long learned how to walk again, one painful step at a time.
His recovery is about to take a stunning leap – one that is 26.2 miles long.This is the seven-part story of that journey.


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SPY and Keep A Breast Team Up To Spread Breast Cancer Awareness
As advocates for breast cancer awareness, SPY and Keep A Breast Foundation have teamed up once again to educate the action sport community about early detection and different ways of prevention. SPY has decided to add two new models to their Screw and Helm sunglass collections and two new models to their Zed and Whip goggle collections. For each pair of Keep A Breast models sold, $5 will be donated to Keep A Breast in order to help further their mission of increasing awareness about breast cancer, keeping us safe to ride and enjoy life as we please.
Carlsbad, Calif.—Showing continued support for breast cancer awareness, Spy and Keep A Breast Foundation have partnered once more on two sunglass collaborations—the SPY + Keep A Breast Helm and SPY + Keep A Breast Screw—in addition to the SPY + Keep A Breast Zed snow goggle and Whip MX goggle
"The crew at Keep A Breast are innovators when it comes to incorporating health education into the lives of active people," says Kevin Casillo, SPY marketing manager. "SPY aims to give back wherever we can, and it doesn't get any better than partnering with a local non-profit that's causing world-wide awareness about an issue that impacts millions every year."
Expanding the collection with an addition of two sunglass models—the high performance Screw and Ken Block inspired Helm—SPY will donate $5 from every sunglass sale to Keep A Breast. All proceeds help their mission of eradicating breast cancer for future generations by educating youth about early detection and cancer-causing toxins in everyday life.
"We are so excited to continue our partnership with SPY on the Keep A Breast Collection," says Kimmy McAtee of Keep A Breast Foundation. "We're focused on spreading potentially life saving information , and our involvement with spy gets the word about about this issue to a large and passionate audience."
The SPY and Keep A Breast Screw is constructed from high quality Grilamid and features the SPY -patented Scoop ventilation system; impact-resistant, optically correct and distortion-free ARC (Accurate Radius Curve) lenses; anti-scratch, hydrophobic and oleophobic technology; Hytrel rubber nose pads and temple tips; and 100% UV protection. MSRP for the SPY + Keep A Breast Screw is $150 and is available with a pink with pink Spectra lens.
The SPY + Keep A Breast Helm is constructed from durable Grilamid and features 6-Base PC lenses; raised contrast logo detailing; and 100% UV Protection. MSRP for the SPY + Keep A Breast Helm is $11- and is available with a grey with pink Spectra lens.
The SPY + Keep A Breast Zed features an anti-fog, polycarbonate cylindrical dual lens system with anti-scratch protection. The SPY + Keep A Breast Whip features an anti-fog scratch-resistant Lexan lens with posts. Both goggles feature the SPY-patented Scoop ventilation system; triple-layer Isotron face foam featuring moisture-wicking Dri-Force fleece; 100% UV protection; and a silicone-ribbed strap. MSRP for the SPY + Keep A Breast ZED is $110 and is available with a pink with pink Spectra lens and a free bronze bonus lens. MSRP for the SPY + Keep A Breast Whip is $55 and is available with a clear lens and a free nose guard.
For additional information about the SPY + Keep A Breast Collection, go to http://www.spyoptic.com/collection/kab. For more information about the Keep A Breast Foundation, go to http://www.keep-a-breast.org/. For more information about SPY, log on at www.spyoptic.com, www.facebook.com/spyoptic, Twitter @spyoptic and @spyoptic on Instagram.


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In Ecuador, IUCN Member Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi is establishing conservation corridors which are helping both people and nature adapt to climate change.
Biological corridors have conventionally been seen as a means of countering habitat fragmentation and facilitating species movements between protected areas. Our NGO, Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi, has been promoting the establishment of one such corridor in the Ecuadorian highlands to connect two protected areas – the El Angel Ecological Reserve and the Golondrinas Protected Forest. The planned corridor project involves the establishment of farm and community-level management plans that outline areas for conservation of the natural vegetation and areas for productive activities. These local plans have the approval of Ecuador's Ministry for the Environment as a strategy for zoning and managing natural resources within and around the protected areas.
Last year, we started to investigate the possible effects of climate change on the proposed corridor area. The study, financed by the MacArthur Foundation, looked at potential impacts at both the landscape and the plot level. At the landscape scale, using the HadCM3-A2 scenario put forward by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we looked at possible changes Corridors: routes for adaptation David Suárez-Duque, Susan V. Poats, Tatiana Castillo and Tania Delgado of the Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi highlight the importance of conservation corridors for climate change adaptation. Participatory planning in the corridor route Santiago Villamarin in the corridor's floral diversity over a 70-year time horizon. At a plot level we implemented the GLORIA monitoring protocol in the upper slopes of the corridor. As a result of the scenario modelling, we have identified areas where changes in species richness are forecast and areas where new species might potentially colonize, or where they might be extinguished. The majority of the zones to which species might migrate were found to be outside of the two protected areas. At the same time, other species are expected to colonize the protected areas, changing the current structure of these natural ecosystems. This has caused us to reconsider our own view of corridors. While we had initially aimed to simply connect the two protected areas through community conservation, we now see that the corridor will be important as a means to enable species to adapt to climate change. This is particularly the case in this area as high-altitude ecosystems are likely to suffer more from climate change impacts than lower lying areas.
Climate change is inevitable. However, by creating corridors between biodiversityrich reserves, we can at least ensure that species have natural areas to migrate to and can thus help prevent their extinction due to habitat loss. Until now, corridors have been considered interesting conservation strategies but have not been transformed into policy options for biodiversity management. Based on this experience, we propose that biological corridors in the Andes become priority strategies for climate change adaption. Importantly, these corridors should have multi-altitudinal features, since this variation in altitude within the corridors will provide the necessary escape routes for species to survive climate change.
This article by David Suárez-Duque, Susan V. Poats, Tatiana Castillo and Tania Delgado of the Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi, appeared in issue 40 of arborvitae, the newsletter of IUCN's Forest Conservation Programme.
www.iucn.org/forest/; www.iucn.org/forest/av.
Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi is an Ecuadorian NGO and has been a Member of IUCN for five years.


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Rory McIlroy came within 11 minutes of entering the annals of sporting notoriety, after almost missing his tee time for his final match in the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy, who was scheduled to play a singles tie against Keegan Bradley at 11.25am Chicago time on Sunday , turned up at the Medinah course in the back of an unmarked police car at 11.14. He was greeted by a bank of American fans chanting "central time zone", McIlroy spreading his arms to acknowledge them.
The world No1's father, Gerry, said that McIlroy, who in the end beat Bradley 2&1, had believed his tee time was an hour later and calls from the course to the player's hotel room initially went unanswered.
Television bulletins on Thursday evening consistently reported McIlroy and Bradley as playing as 12.25; that was the schedule for the match in Eastern Time, one hour ahead of Chicago, which seems to have fooled the player.
Of an embarrassing episode for the European team, their captain José María Olazábal said: "I didn't have this in mind. We suddenly realised that Rory was not here and we finally got hold of him." McIlroy arrived on the practice putting green clutching energy bars and a bottle of water.
After his match had finished the Northern Irishman said: "It's the most nervous I have ever been driving to a golf course. If I was playing for myself it would be fine – it would be my own fault. But if I let down these other 11 boys and vice-captains and the captain and everyone supporting us this week, I would never have forgiven myself. I am just so happy to get the point and help the cause out a bit today.
"I was in a police car, beside a policeman. He was getting through traffic. I got here with about 10 minutes to spare, put my shoes on, couple of putts. Just your average monthly medal back at the course."When I saw the match-up I liked it. I liked that I was playing one of the strongest players – put a point on the board early for the team."
McIlroy has previous for poor timekeeping. Despite cantering to an eight-shot victory in this season's final major, the USPGA Championship, the 23-year-old later explained how it took parental intervention to ensure he made his final-round tee time. Due to weather delays, McIlroy played 36 holes on that Sunday.
"Something that people don't know is that I went back home [between the third and fourth rounds]," McIlroy explained. "Everyone was talking about how I showed back up about half an hour before my tee time on the last day.
"I actually took a nap and my dad had to come wake me up because I overslept. He said to me, 'Rory, you realise you have to play some golf this afternoon.' I was like, 'I didn't know where I was.'"
Olazábal paid tribute to the United States captain, Davis Love, who agreed to Europe's request for the donning of navy and white colours on Sunday. That outfit was picked in tribute to the late Seve Ballesteros, in what is the first Ryder Cup since the legendary golfer's death.
"Davis was extremely understanding because he had it in mind for the United States to wear blue on the last day," Olazábal said. "But when we explained the reason for wanting to wear navy blue he immediately accepted our reasoning. It was a terrific gesture on Davis's part and one all of Team Europe appreciated."


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Bees rock Robins with late sting
Swindon's Massimo Luongo went from hero to villain as Brentford were involved in late penalty drama for the second successive Saturday as the first leg of the npower League One play-off semi-final finished all square at 1-1.
The on-loan Tottenham midfielder lit up a nervy and error-strewn tie with a fine strike from outside the penalty area with 20 minutes to go at the County Ground.
But, just like at Griffin Park last weekend, the Bees were awarded a spot-kick with just seconds remaining when Luongo fouled substitute Harry Forrester.
With no Marcello Trotta to steal the ball as he so infamously did against Doncaster last weekend, captain Kevin O'Connor stepped up and thumped a dramatic leveller into the bottom corner to leave the tie perfectly poised for Monday's second leg.
Trotta, whose penalty-taking ability has been the talk of football this week after last weekend's miss cost Brentford automatic promotion, was once again on the bench with Bradley Wright-Phillips partnering Clayton Donaldson up front.
The Bees, who won both previous League One meetings between the sides, were comfortably dealing with a string of Gary Roberts corners in the early exchanges but their hearts were in their mouths when the former Huddersfield winger's deflected long-range effort fizzed over the bar.
Just seconds later Adam Forshaw should have opened the scoring. Slipped through expertly by Wright-Phillips, the former Everton man rolled a low left-footed shot across goal when one on one with Wes Foderingham.
The game suddenly began to roll out of first gear and Adam Rooney was only denied the opener in the 25th minute by a smart stop by Simon Moore after Andy Williams flicked the ball into his path.
Williams could only head straight at Moore from a Roberts cross shortly after before former Swindon captain Jonathan Douglas blazed over at the other end.
Roberts, involved in the play-offs for the fourth successive season, had been the home side's biggest attacking danger in the first but he finished the half with a yellow card for raising his hands to Shaleum Logan.
Both sides were struggling to string passing moves together, with possession surrendered far too easily, but Swindon were beginning to create more in the final third.
Luongo fired straight at Moore, Rooney headed Williams' delivery wide and Alan McCormack's long-ranger flew into the stand before Luongo opened the scoring in the 70th minute.
After being found by Simon Ferry, the Australian looked up and placed a low right-footed shot right into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Swindon had their tails up and carved open a great chance for a second four minutes later but, after Rooney ran clear and cut inside, his effort was blocked by the diving figure of captain O'Connor.
At the other end McCormack pulled off a vital backtracking tackle to deny Tom Adeyami inside the box with five minutes remaining.
Four minutes into stoppage time, nifty footwork from the impressive Logan began a move which ended with Harry Forrester being hauled down by Luongo.
And once more Brentford had a last-gasp penalty. O'Connor showed the cool head that Trotta lacked, lashing the ball into Foderingham's bottom-left corner to send the travelling support behind the goal into raptures.
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Source: PA


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Huber named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
Bengals press release:
Bengals punter Kevin Huber today was named by the NFL as the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
In the team's 17-10 victory at San Diego on Sunday, Huber posted career highs in gross and net average, both at 55.5, on four punts. He had a 75-yard punt, tying the club record for distance, and he totaled two inside-20 kicks with no touchbacks. The 75-yarder was downed at the SD four. On the other three punts, the Chargers had one return for zero yards and two fair catches. Huber also was holder on a 46-yard field goal that gave the Bengals a two-score lead in second half, the team's only FG try of the day.
This is the fifth weekly or monthly AFC award earned by the Bengals this season. Previously, LB Vontaze Burfict earned the weekly Defensive Player award (Week 11 vs. Cleveland), WR Marvin Jones won the weekly on offense (Week 8 vs. N.Y. Jets), QB Andy Dalton won the weekly on offense (Week 6 at Buffalo) and Dalton won the monthly offensive award for October.
Last season, the Bengals established a franchise record with seven weekly or monthly AFC awards.
The last Bengal to win Special Teams Player of the Week was CB Adam Jones, in his role as punt returner in Week 2 of 2012 vs. Cleveland.


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Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Services : Conditions & Procedures
Nephrotic Syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome is a set of signs or symptoms that may point to kidney problems. The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs found in the lower back. Each is about the size of a fist. They clean the blood by filtering out excess water and salt and waste products from food. Healthy kidneys keep protein in the blood, which helps the blood soak up water from tissues. But kidneys with damaged filters may leak protein into the urine. As a result, not enough protein is left in the blood to soak up the water. The water then moves from the blood into body tissues and causes swelling.
Both children and adults can have nephrotic syndrome. The causes of and treatments for nephrotic syndrome in children are sometimes different from the causes and treatments in adults. Childhood nephrotic syndrome can occur at any age but is most common between the ages of 1½ and 5 years. It seems to affect boys more often than girls.
A child with nephrotic syndrome has these signs:
- high levels of protein in the urine, a condition called proteinuria
- low levels of protein in the blood
- swelling resulting from buildup of salt and water
- less frequent urination
- weight gain from excess water
Nephrotic syndrome is not itself a disease. But it can be the first sign of a condition affecting the kidney such as:
- Minimal Change Disease
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
- Congenital Nephropathy
- Diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS)
How is childhood nephrotic syndrome diagnosed?
To diagnose childhood nephrotic syndrome, the doctor may ask for a urine sample to check for protein. The doctor will dip a strip of chemically treated paper into the urine sample. Too much protein in the urine will make the paper change color. Or the doctor may ask for a 24-hour collection of urine for a more precise measurement of the protein and other substances in the urine.
The doctor may take a blood sample to see how well the kidneys are removing wastes. Healthy kidneys remove creatinine and urea nitrogen from the blood. If the blood contains high levels of these waste products, some kidney damage may have already occurred. But most children with nephrotic syndrome do not have permanent kidney damage.
In some cases, the doctor may want to examine a small piece of kidney tissue with a microscope to see if something specific is causing the syndrome. The procedure of collecting a small tissue sample from the kidney is called a biopsy, and it is usually performed with a long needle passed through the skin. The child will be awake during the procedure and receive calming drugs and a local painkiller at the site of the needle entry. A child who is prone to bleeding problems may require open surgery for the biopsy. General anesthesia will be used if surgery is required. For any biopsy procedure, the child will stay overnight in the hospital to rest and allow the health care team to address quickly any problems that might occur.
What conditions are associated with childhood nephrotic syndrome?
Minimal Change Disease
The condition most commonly associated with childhood nephrotic syndrome is minimal change disease. Doctors do not know what causes it. The condition is called minimal change disease because children with this form of the nephrotic syndrome have normal or nearly normal appearing kidney biopsies. If a child is diagnosed with minimal change disease, the doctor will probably prescribe prednisone, which belongs to a class of drugs called corticosteroids. Prednisone stops the movement of protein from the blood into the urine, but it does have side effects that the doctor will explain. Following the doctor's directions exactly is essential to protect the child's health. The doctor may also prescribe another type of drug called a diuretic, which reduces the swelling by helping the child urinate more frequently.
When protein is no longer present in the urine, the doctor will begin to reduce the dosage of prednisone. This process takes several weeks. Some children never get sick again, but most experience a relapse, developing swelling and protein in the urine again, usually following a viral illness. However, as long as the child continues to respond to prednisone and the urine becomes protein free, the child has an excellent long-term outlook without kidney damage.
Children who relapse frequently, or who seem to be dependent on prednisone or have side effects from it, may be given a second type of drug called a cytotoxic agent. The agents most frequently used are cyclophosphamide and chlorambucil. After reducing protein in the urine with prednisone, the doctor may prescribe the cyclophosphamide or chlorambucil for 8 to 12 weeks. Alternatively, cyclosporine, a drug also used in transplant patients, may be given. Treatment with cyclosporine frequently continues over an extended period.
In recent years, doctors have explored the use of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) instead of cytotoxic agents for children who relapse frequently. MMF is an immunosuppressant used to treat autoimmune diseases and to keep the body from rejecting a transplanted organ. MMF has not been tested for treating minimal change disease in large clinical trials, but doctors report promising results with small numbers of patients. MMF has milder side effects than cytotoxic agents, but taking immunosuppressants can raise the risk of infection and other diseases. The good news is that most children outgrow minimal change disease by their late teens with no permanent damage to their kidneys.
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
In about 20 percent of children with nephrotic syndrome, a kidney biopsy reveals scarring or deposits in the glomeruli. The two most common diseases that damage these tiny blood-filtering units are FSGS and MPGN. Because prednisone is less effective in treating these diseases than it is in treating minimal change disease, the doctor may use additional therapies, including cytotoxic agents. Recent experience with another class of drugs called ACE inhibitors, usually used to treat high blood pressure, indicates these drugs can help decrease the amount of protein leaking into the urine and keep the kidneys from being damaged in children with FSGS or MPGN.
Congenital Nephropathy
Rarely, a child may be born with congenital nephropathy, a condition that causes nephrotic syndrome. The most common form of this condition is congenital nephropathy of the Finnish type (CNF), inherited as an autosomal recessive trait—meaning the gene for CNF must be inherited from both parents.
Another condition that causes nephrotic syndrome in the first months of life is diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS). The pattern of inheritance for DMS is not as clearly understood as the pattern for CNF, although the condition does appear to be genetic.
Since medicines have little effect on congenital nephropathy, transplantation is usually required by the second or third year of life, when the child has grown enough to receive a kidney. To keep the child healthy, the doctor may recommend infusions of the protein albumin to make up for the protein lost in urine and prescribe a diuretic to help eliminate the extra fluid that causes swelling. The child's immune system may be weakened, so antibiotics should be given at the first sign of infection.
Congenital nephropathy can disturb thyroid activity, so the child may need the substitute hormone thyroxine to promote growth and help bones mature. Some children with congenital nephropathy have excessive blood clotting, or thrombosis, which must be treated with a blood thinner like warfarin.
A child with congenital nephropathy may need tube feedings to ensure proper nutrition. In some cases, the diseased kidneys may need to be removed to eliminate proteinuria. Dialysis will then be required to replace kidney function until the child's body is big enough to receive a transplanted kidney. Peritoneal dialysis is preferable to hemodialysis for young children.


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Here is the code that controls that (i think)What i whanted is simple, click on the link, and the site remains the same and the option to save appears, whitout having other window open or go to a blank page..echo " $link_name
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If anyone could help..
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Learn how to make Windows Vista automatically shutdown at a certain time.
Electro Geeza asked: "Right now, I am actually looking for some instructions on how to automatically shutdown the computer by using only the built-in components of Windows Vista, without any additional "shutdown computer" applications (oh boy, there are thousands or even billions of those). I am thinking about using Task scheduler in Windows to set up a computer shutdown command in some way. Any other ideas?"
I'm 100% with you Electro Geeza. I try to always use built-in functions in Windows to do a task before I use "other" software. Using little applications to perform tasks opens the door to bugs and crashes. Most of the times there are built in functions to perform most tasks. Most people just don't know about or how to use them.
How-to Shutdown Windows Vista at a Specified Time
I'm going to use the shutdown command included in Windows Vista to shutdown the computer and the task scheduler to shut it down at a specific time.
- Open Task Scheduler by going to Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then open Task Scheduler.
- Click Create basic task on the right side of the Task Scheduler.
- Give the task a name and then click Next.
- Select when you want to shutdown the computer and then click Next. The next screen will differ depending on when you want the computer to shutdown. In this example I want the computer to shutdown every Monday – Friday at 6pm.
- Next, choose the rest of the details about when you want to shutdown the computer and then click Next.
- Choose to Start a program and then click Next.
- Type shutdown under Program/script and type –s –f –t 0 in the Add arguments box and then click Next.
Learn more about the shutdown command.
- Click Finish on the next screen to save this scheduled task.
Still need help? Ask your computer question now.
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thanx for help but…
every time i tried to access the task scheduler windows says "you may not have permitions to access this item !!:(
i'll be very pleased if you help me :)
This is very easy to overcome.
As you open
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools
to reveal the "Task Scheduler" program link, right click it with your mouse and from the sub-menu that pops up, click "Run as administrator".
That should fix it!
wow-o u guys r smart….i got alot to learn!!!
i tried this but at the time it is supposed to shutdown it didn't. i tried following each step that is said but nothing happened. can somebody help me please. thank you
How do u stop it and find it?
when i open the task scheduler, a message box pops up and says "the task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.mcupdate" but it still lets me run the program. what does that mean?
I would like to schedule the same task, but only to sleep or hibernate my PC, could someone please help me with this?
Try –h –f –t 0 as the arguments in step 7 of this guide. It works in Windows 7.
u need to download jetaudio ,,,there is option called as alaram…set it as ur desired time and enjoy,,it works fine for me
Hi I want my computer to shut off automatically at 10:30 PM every night , but before i set this up, will this work even if my laptop has it's lid down and is sleeping or hibernating?
If your computer is hibernating it has already shut down.
If it's sleeping you can set the scheduled task to wake the computer and run the command by checking off that option in the Conditions tab of the shutdown task you created.
Example: After you've created the shutdown task, edit the task by opening Task Scheduler, find and open the shutdown task you've created, select the Conditions tab in the shutdown task, and then check off Wake the computer to run this task.
Just wanted to say thanks! I've been looking for this for a while.
How do i disable/remove this Basic Task after it has been created?
Open the task scheduler, click on Task Scheduler Library, find the task in the center column, right-click it, and choose to delete it.
Well I tried this and set up two testers to confirm it worked neither worked, so naturally during the next test I copied everything word for word not sure what's going on O.o
Is this the ONLY way to shutdown the computer like this? Is there possibly another way to run a batch file every 5 minutes or so and perform certain actions (excluding using downloaded programs)?
welll herez da best, easiest to perform mini- method which takes you out of all this trouble of task scheduling!!! Lets say you want to shut down pc at 11 am. Just go to run and enter this command:
at 11:00 shutdown -s
similarly for shutting down at 8:54 pm, you gotta write:
at 20:54 shutdown -s
nd here you go! :)
It doesn't work
This is a very useful tip. Thanks. I am also glad that more and more programs can be set to shut down when Defrag of a hard drive is done like in Auslogic Disk Defrag.
I wonder if I can make a visual basic program with a alarm clock function which can be made to shutdown a PC at a specific time with a timer function.
thank alots
Hello, this question can only been possibly answer by Brent Trahan but off course anyone is invited to have a look and discussed, is it possible to set the computer to shut down, sleep or hibernated, with the optionto be after a program have been downloaded, it sounds complicated, I have been thinking it may need a add-on if it can be manually, I think that would be very useful………….Imagine you want to download something big that make take a night but you dont want to spend all the time cheking if it has already been download to dont waste more your battery, internet connection,so also reduce risk to be connected directely on intenet increasing posibilidades of an attack( going to extrem) but basically for the already mentioned above. THANKS A LOT
I've also been looking for an answer to this, and I think some big files come with an option to shut down the computer once you've installed/downloaded it but the majority don't so I second your question… help?
this works just fine on my laptop. thanks :)
thanx 4 da gr8 info…
Hello there, I followed closely your steps but my comp couldn't shutdown as scheduled (shutdown every Mon-Sat at 7.30am). Instead I got this pop-up error message: "An error has occurred for Task reminders – Owner. Error Message: The specified account name is not valid." Please help me, thank you!
Hello there if i want to shut my pc at 8am then what code should i write…..could you help me with that
ya,, simply go to RUN and type following command and then enter
at 08:00 shutdown -s
will the above command be stored to perform the task daily
how do i do this to make my computer power back on everday at a cetain time?
let me rephrase i want to schedule the task scheduler to have my computer shut off and turn on everyday at cetain times. i have already schedlued the shut down now how do i do the start up
Hmmm, I think this is possible, but I don't know how to get it to turn back on.
You'd need to set the BIOS for Wake on LAN and boot your PC via a network scheduler.
Scheduling to boot a PC is a lot more involved than shutting one down.
The only other way would be to have it in sleep mode only and not shutdown or hibernating. Then just schedule a wake task (eg. open notepad.exe) and ignore sleep state.
this works fine on my laptop ! thanks :)
No problem justph.
Does not work for my laptop- Dell studio 15, windows vista.
I have an additional task that warns me 5 minutes before hand that my computer is going to shut down. I understand that there is a way to force quit all applications running at the moment, but is there a way to force minimize all the applications so that I can be warned and have time to save my work before my machine shuts down? Thanks.
This is great guys, so useful :)
Is there a way that I can get it to issue a warning, about 10 mins before, something like
"Attention: computer will shut down in 10 minutes"
so that I can save/ quickly finish what I'm doing?
Help much appreciated :)
It should be the same procedure, except that under action instead of running a program, choose display a message instead and put down what you want to display.
If I set up this task to shut down every night at 10:30, for instance, is it possible to cancel the shutdown on some days if I need to work longer? Can I get it to give me a warning it is going to shut down in 10 minutes with the option to cancel if I need to keep working on random occasions?
Hmmm ,, Thank u that really helped
How to deactivate…
And how to check if it worked
ThanQ you <3
My computer requires that I pick a task from a list of programs. HELP. what do i pick
I want to shutdown my windows 7 with any way I want, with detailes time and date paramenters, and ALSO to protect the shutdown program from other users with password to prevent them to cancel it, or delete it, part or the whole folder where program is.
isn't it supposed to be /s /f /t 0 for windows vista
Hi…I want to shut down my system after a particular task is finished automatically…I mean suppose a download of a movie is going on..then after the movie gets downloaded the system has to shut off automatically…How can we do this..??
HI all
Need some help
i want to shutdown automatically my laptop aftr usage of 2 hours without any intimation
then it should not start like before 2 to 3 hours..
Is there any kind of progm or scripts are available
please share.
HI all
Need some help !!!
i want to shutdown automatically my laptop aftr usage of 2 hours without any intimation
then it should not start like before 2 to 3 hours..
Is there any kind of progm or scripts are available
please share.
Hello Friends
Can u Help me How i can Delete it From the Task Scheduler Or Stop This Service
Just right click the task in the task scheduler list and choose 'delete' or just highlight it and click the delete button.
Do you know of a way to, instead of shutting down, have the task activate the screen saver? Just to get my attention, heh.
Is there a way to make my computer lock after a certain period of inactivity and repeat when ever my computer is inactive for that time… lets say 10 minutes.