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I am going to maintain this thread for the current,new and potential AIOS owners, I am aasoror from Canadian RFD, Patriot PBO forums, PBO wiki, Pivos forums and AIOS wiki.
I know there is already an existing thread for the AIOS, but it was more of a question thread than a product discussion (not to mention that I needed access to the OP to be able to maintain the thread properly).
So here we go,
If people feel happy paying $80 for WDTV Live+, just check what you are missing here: BR ISO support with MENUs (non Java menus only), web browser support HTML5, HD-Audio downmix and pass-through, internal 3.5" HDD support, Gigabit, LCD screen, USB 3.0
Product Features
The AIOS HD Media Center is a robust networked media center supports Full-1080p HD media playback featuring a superior multi-format video and audio codec including AVI, MKV, TS, TP, MOV, AVI, MPEG, WMV, RMVB, FLV, XVID, DIVX, and most popular formats.
With a full range of video & audio outputs, the AIOS HD Media Center can connect to your TV or your receivers to enjoy crisp 1080p videos and surreal surround sound supporting DTS Digital Surround 5.1, Dolby?Digital AC3 5.1, Dolby?Digital plus 7.1, Dolby? TrueHD 7.1, AAC 7.1.
Support upto 4TB internal HDD with hot-plug drive system, built in SDHC/ MMC/MS Pro flash card reader and the latest USB 3.0 controller, the AIOS HD Media Center supports content playback from network storage, attached USB storage, flash storage, digital cameras, digital camcorder and etc.
Intuitive user interface allows user check hardware status such as network connectivity, wifi signal, hard drive capacity and other functions. Newly introduced file browser supports functions such as movie wall, video thumbnails, photo slides, music players, and various customized playlist and photo album functions.
Based on latest Gigabit network technology and optional 802.11n, AIOS HD Media Center can let you easily access the premium functions such as PC-Less P2P downloads, your favorite apps such as Google Talk messenger, Youtube, Picasa, Flickr, Shoutcast, Video Pod Cast, and hundreds of internet video & audio contents. The best yet, we¡¯ve throw in the latest HTML5 web browser into the mix which can allow you surf the web at your heart¡¯s content.
Technical Details
Gigabit Network Ready
DTS, Dolby True HD, 5.1/ 7.1 surround
SATA HDD ready, Optional 802.11n wifi
Built in HTML 5 Web Broswer
The following N-adapters are compatible with the AIOS:
- PTGNANUSB Pivos
- AWLL6075 Airlink101
- AWLL5077 Airlink101
- Patriot PCBOWAU2-N
- DLINK DWA-130 HW version E1
- Rokland's
- Zonet ZEW2546
- dealextreme branded (2R1T)
- dealextreme branded (1R1T)
- monoprice branded
- meritline branded
- TEW-648UB (Rev 1.0)
- TEW-649UB (Rev 1.0)
- Asus USB-N10
- Belkin F5D8053 (v. 5000/6000)
The following wireless Realtek chipsets are compatible with the AIOS (11N8709, RTL8187 and RTL8191SU)
My amazon review (please take the time to rate/comment)
Nicely double backed, high end looking design with flashing logos thrown on every side of the box.
How much would a 3' HDMI cable add to the cost of this box ? around the same price of any of the included cables
Manual is exceptionally well written for this class of devices.
There is a quick installation guide too, which *interestingly* claims a USB webcam support !! :-0 :facepalm:
The device:
Nice metal casing, not flashy and would easily fit within a typical home theater setup.
LCD screen ? such a disappointingly tiny display especially with such an empty front (which contains nothing beside the power button). You could easily fit a 2/3 lines display on the front of this player.
The box is considerably big (due to the supported 3.5" HDD), see below how it compares to a PBO and a standard slime external drive.
Remote control:
This is most thing I hate about this box. Not only isn't unjustifiably big, but also the button placement makes absolutely no sense, compare with the PBO to envy the PBO owners
And whats with the unused buttons ?! the manual said the 4 buttons are for the DTV model. Why they heck should a remote for a device has buttons for some yet to be release device, especially that the remote is not a universal one.
I wont elaborate that much into this, there has already been one firmware released beside the one that is shipped with the box. There is also a new firmware that is promised tomorrow. So I will just highlight two main points and keep the full review for the new firmware.
1. BR-ISO (50GB) works beautifully over GB network (resides on a modest DNS-321), no stutter, pauses, smooth as silk and full menu support too.
2. (Didn't test bitstreaming) But DTS-MA does work from the ISO, but doesn't work on MKV (though the display button shows DTS-5.1 for both files). This must be a bug, as the firmware setting menu has an option for DTS-HD (7.1/5.1 core).
3. Logitech wifi mouse worked without a problem.
To put it in a nutshell (IMHO) for those who already own a PBO, here is where the AIOS shines:
- If you have many ripped BRs (direct copy), the PBO will only play the longest track unless you go and individually select the streams. This is a worthy upgrade.
- If you have an HDD that you want to load, you can now load "over the network" in reasonable rates. This is a worthy upgrade.
- If you think the GUI 2.0 on the ACRBO is cool but too laggy for your taste, GUI 2.0 is very smooth on the AIOS. This is a worthy upgrade.
- If you are stuck with SD (composite) on your EDTV with the PBO, the AIOS has component port for your EDTV (480p). This is a worthy upgrade.
- If you want to watch YT-XL or have interest in logging to facebook from your big screen TV.
- If you are like me an early PBO adopter and hate your inability to bitstream HD-Audio, AIOS can bitstream HD-Audio without a problem. This is a worthy upgrade.
- If you are sick of PM support (or lack of) for the PBO, pivos is a new player with a single product to sell, so currently that's their bread and butter, so its not unreasonable to expect some serious development (on the firmware side).
To sum up, the AIOS is one step up the PBO in every single direction, but whether it would make a difference for you depends on your current usage.
For those who don't own a PBO and are willing to pay $89.99 for WDTV Live+, better think twice
p.s. I hate the remote, they must have paid someone to purposely mess it up, there is no way you can do so many placement mistakes in any single remote control (beside tossing a coin for button functionality assignment).
Thats all for now, more to come after the update.
Update 11/3:
- Hacking unleashed, google for the AIOS WIKI.
- Pivos released multiple firmwares since release each dealing with "some" of the reported problems, while not yet quite there but they are certainly on the right grades.
Update 11/25:
- Semiofficial firmwares dealing with several bugs (adds metafeeds and nzbget).
- DTS-MA in MKV still doesn't work (apparently Realtek was notified and they are still waiting for a fix from them).
- Java (BD 2.0) menus not supported (and wont be), remember to switch BD menus to "simple" from setup if the disc have Java menus else the longest track will be picked up and played.
- Community managed to provide a replacement skin (yay).
- Arabic and Hebrew srt subs not working, they are working on a fix, but meanwhile one can use txt2vob to convert the srt subs to idx/sub files compatible with the AIOS.
Update 1/7:
- Latest semiofficial firmware (R15) adds movie jukebox (check uploaded pictures).
- Official firmware has working poster/coverart view mode as well a new NFS server scanner.
- Arabic and Hebrew srt subs are now supported.
- Pivos released bootcode update (B18) to fix scrambled bootup splash screen, this is very beneficial as we can now monitor firmware updates of HDMI.
- Price went down to $88 (in Canada) including wifi N adapter during the boxing week, customer base is certainly getting wider with these deep discount sales.
Update 2/1:
- it was reported on AVS that HD bit streaming (DD TrueHD and DTS-HD MA) works now on both in ISO and MKV containers (base firmware 220.127.116.11)
Update 2/25:
- new firmware release 18.104.22.168 which fixes that playon UPnP server bug, this is important for those who want to stream netflix, hulu or amazon vod to the AIOS.
Update 3/24:
- if you haven't checked already semiofficial R18 is already out, be sure to check the extended internet streaming feeds (literally hundreds of new channels, access to Justin.tv among many other additions).
Update 5/14:
- R19 is out, with updated IMS contents and more bugfixes and features.
Update: 5/31: (Remote control)
The original disastrous remote (check the pictures) is now updated, the one getting shipped with the AIOS now has glow-in-the-dark buttons, better button placement and extra unassigned buttons are now removed.
Update 7/8:
- R20 is out, with updated IMS contents, new jukebox and a web enabled remote control.
Update 8/29:
- R21 is out, too many updates to list here, most notably, improved network performance, reworked home menu and advanced cover view mode.
Update 3/31 (2013):
- R22.1 is out, music jukeboxes, more customization for home screen, downloadable themes and updatable internet media services.
Update 6/13 (2013):
- R22.2 is out, fixes youtube
1) Download the latest firmware file
2) Unzip and copy "INSTALL.IMG" file to the ROOT directory of a USB pen drive e.g. P:\\install.img (assuming P is the drive letter for pen drive).
3) Do not turn on the Media Center
4) Connect the pen drive to the AIOS HD Media Center.
5) Set the REAR power switch to the OFF position and then Press the front Power Button for 5 seconds.
6) Turn ON the rear power switch while continue holding down the front Power Button for 5 more seconds.
7) Release the front power button.
8) Your TV MAY immediately turn black during the process. Please make sure DO NOT power off the AIOS HD Media Center and DO NOT REMOVE the pen drive.
*Note: to view the update process if your TV turns black, connect the composite cable should display the process.
9) Firmware update should take about 2-3 minutes and the Media Center should reboot after the process is finished.
- Official AIOS support forums
- Official AIOS product page
- AIOS wiki
- Semiofficial firmwares
- How to: Bookmark Network Folder
- Movie Jukebox for the AIOS
- Simple Movie wall and Share Bookmarks
- How to create a custom AIOS skin
- How to: Installing Midnight Commander (mc) on AIOS
But I'm very happy with my AIOS and for the price it beats the mede8er. Do you have a dummy how to set up the jukebox?
I kinda sort of tried it, and for some reason or another my network shares got lost.
However, I just learn how to get them back by using my IP address with the mede8er. Its weird since the mede8er and the AIOS are pretty similar on set up.
I hooked it from one of the ports of the new one to the main input port of the old one and the WDTV Live I was trying to hook back up would not detect the network even when I manually entered what it needed. I had already disabled DCHP so it should have acted like a switch, then finally I just hooked the new one to a random regular port on the old one and then it auto detected and now works fine over the network.
Anyways I think the mede8ter and this guy use the same chip so everything should be pretty similar including issues.
First you need to scrap the movies and create the proper sheets (check "Simple Movie wall and Share Bookmarks").
If your movies are over the network then you need to map them first (check "How to: Bookmark Network Folder").
Finally you create the jukebox (check "Movie Jukebox for the AIOS").
All mentioned threads are linked in the 3rd post above.
AIOS is compatible with both SMB and NFS shares.
Thanks for your reply letting me know the order. I wasn't really sure what order I was supposed to follow. I will give it a try right now.
I'm getting more and more interested in this player and would like to order it. At $89 it's worth the experiment because the feature list is impressive vs. the WD Live players I have now. I rip my BD to .m2ts and gusgus confirmed in another thread that it bitstreams both DTS-HD and TrueHD. I also read from you that it has no problem streaming full bitrate 1080p over the network from NAS and that it is a DLNA player. That covers all my BluRay bases.
Let me ask you about DVD.iso. I use DVD for TV series and rip all my disks as full-disk DVD.iso. The WD Live will play these with full DVD menu support -- it plays the .iso as if I put the disk in a DVD player. I use the menus to select the episodes I want to watch.
So, the last question that will get me to pull the trigger -- does this play full-disk DVD.iso rips with full menu support?
- kelson h
The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten . . . life is too short to drink bad wine
I googled it and I found out something about installing Telnet client. So, I installed it, and try to use the code that was on the pivosforum, but it didn't work.
I'm really trying to make this work, because if I make it work, then I can return the Mede8er, and get another AIOS and save $130.00 bucks.
DVD ISO are fully supported with menus (even on the earlier 1073 boxes).
If you are on a windows machine then open a command prompt and type "telnet IP_of_AIOS" you can get the AIOS IP from the setup -> info screens.
when prompted for a username use "root", when asked for a password just press enter.
If telnet isn't installed on your windows machine double check the windows add/remove component (for post winXP) there should be a telnet module there.
For further discussion regarding the jukebox setup please keep posting on the jukebox thread on the official forums, I will follow up there.
DVD ISO are fully supported with menus (even on the earlier 1073 boxes).
If you are on a windows machine then open a command prompt and type "telnet IP_of_AIOS" you can get the AIOS IP from the setup -> info screens.
when prompted for a username use "root", when asked for a password just press enter.
If telnet isn't installed on your windows machine double check the windows add/remove component (for post winXP) there should be a telnet module there.
For further discussion regarding the jukebox setup please keep posting on the jukebox thread on the official forums, I will follow up there.
Thanks aasoror. Ill try it when I get home in the morning. Im at work . Another quick question is there a way to make the remote be more responsive/faster. At times I push a button and it doesn't respond and when I push the button again it moves over too far.
Some have reported this though I haven't experienced it on any of my 3 boxes, the only lag that I sometime experience is through the apps section when the box is initially buffering or trying to retrieve contents.
Might be remote related because those using a harmony has not reported issues as well.
No problem
I looked to set this up on my Harmony.
I selected device = Computer/Media Center PC. That was the first one I found that listed Pivos as the Manufacturer and that gave AIOS as the example.
Is that pretty much the selection one should use to set this up or is there a better selection sequence.
- kelson h
The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten . . . life is too short to drink bad wine
I looked to set this up on my Harmony.
I selected device = Computer/Media Center PC. That was the first one I found that listed Pivos as the Manufacturer and that gave AIOS as the example.
Is that pretty much the selection one should use to set this up or is there a better selection sequence.
Yup thats the right way to do it.
NCIX is has the AIOS this week for $99 shipped.
I just checked the US NCIX does have the same deal as well ($100 including free ground shipping).
NCIX now also has a official USA web site for those of us on this side of the border. I have ordered things from the Canadian site before and other then taking a bit longer then usual it was a great price at the time and they worked with me on the timing issue so a great place to deal with either way.
A couple of my friends are interested on the AIOS due to price purposes and jukebox, but they are waiting for me to finish setting up the jukebox, which I've got no idea when that's going to happen since I can't complete my network shares via telnet
I got so upset with it that I flashed it back with the XtrAIOS UI lol.
I am thinking of getitng one but like the idea of controlling it by a browser instead of ir.
I think the neotv550 can be controlled with a browser.
XtrAIOS firmware has a web remote. I haven't used it in a while, GusGus748s can you confirm ?
I'm interested in this player but have read about hdd compatibility issues. If I take a hdd out of the pc and plug it in the aios, it won't work because the aios can only work with hdd partitioned/formatted to its own way.
Am I mistaken about this? If not, will this be corrected in a future firmware? The hdd I'm using is a WD 3TB hdd partitioned in gparted with GUID partition table (GPT) and a single 3TB NTFS partition.
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Etude House's Code B range is quite a sultry collection based on a spy theme. I have tried their lipsticks before, nail pen and highlighter. This gel liner comes in 3 shades, Strong Black, Secret Black (a softer shade of black) and Strong Brown. I bought 01 Strong Black cos I don't piss about.
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I guess this is a 'cream' liner but it's kind of like a gel too – I don't see a huge distinction between the two, although in my experience, the gel liners, like Bobbi Brown have a better texture and last longer than the 'creams' (like Shiseido's liner) which dries up pretty fast.
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Once it dries, it's sort of a semi matte finish. I don't like glossy finish liners so this is good for me:
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SALT LAKE CITY — A clearly frustrated Gov. Gary Herbert was joined by other top Utah officials Friday, taking the head of the national Bureau of Land Management to task over a new order directing how "wild lands" designations are made.
"The question is how many times are you going to inventory (public lands). When is enough enough?" Herbert asked Bob Abbey, who was in Utah to meet with members of governor's Balanced Resources Council.
Herbert said he was dismayed and caught off guard in December when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the directive for state BLM offices to begin a reassessment of public lands within its purview — specifically to see if they qualify as "wild" and thus meriting protections.
"We were kind of caught blind on this. We have tried to be open and transparent and I think that ought to be the principle," Herbert said, adding that "if we somehow have to do it in the shadows then it is probably not the right thing to do."
Herbert's remarks drew loud applause, whistles and cheers, as did those of Lt. Gov. Greg Bell who said Salazar's order "flips the whole process on its head."
Critics say the federal order conflicts with a 2003 settlement agreement between the Interior Department and then-Gov. Mike Leavitt over such designations and undercuts the authority of Congress.
Resource Management Plans approved in 2008 are now being called into question, Bell stressed, and such ambiguity will give rise to new lawsuits over how the land is managed.
Abbey said the re-inventory of the lands would determine if those original management plans were crafted appropriately or if revisions need to be made.
"This action was not taken in the shadows," Abbey said, pointing out that such authority has been exercised under previous administrations.
Hundreds of people showed up at the Senate Building to hear Abbey and either express their concern over Salazar's actions or their delight. Dueling stickers underscored the polarization that can come with how public lands are managed, with supporters of Salazar's decision wearing yellow "Thank You" stickers and detractors sporting red labels that urged, "Stop the land grab."
The room was so packed the "overflow" crowd was directed to another meeting area to listen in. State highway patrol officers kept vigil in case tempers got out of hand.
While Abbey handled the questioning with diplomacy and reasoned answers, he was literally "tripped up," during his entrance into the meeting, falling as he made his way around the council seating.
"I don't normally make an entrance like I did today," he said, asking the cameraman to be sure to share footage with his colleagues back in DC.
Ironically, the Governor's Council on Balanced Resources – which stresses collaboration and cooperation — titled a bit after one member, Pat Shea, stormed out of the room. Shea, who held Abbey's post under the Clinton Administration, grabbed his belongings and walked out of the packed room after former U.S. Congressman Jim Hansen was allowed to speak by the council chairman.
Shea had objected to the request, saying the event should stick to the protocol of allowing only council members and the governor and lieutenant governor to speak.
Hansen, who served 22 years on the House Natural Resources Committee and was its chairman, had his own blunt assessment to make.
He predicted in no uncertain terms that the order would be litigated endlessly because it creates "fake" wilderness.
A primary concern voiced at the meeting is that the order will undercut any land use planning efforts — and compromises — that have been on the drafting table addressing wilderness issues in a county-by-county approach.
Kathleen Clarke, a former head of the Utah BLM, said such centralized efforts that resulted in the Washington County Lands bill passed by Congress are jeopardized by an order that will turn Utah's economy "flat on its face."
"There is no certainty and we will see industry flee this state," she said.
Countering those dire predictions were the voices of those on the other side of the proverbial land management fence, most notably the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance which praised Salazar's action.
In a press conference preceding Abbey's meeting with the council, the environmental advocacy group said Salazar's order gives needed protections to millions of acres of wilderness-quality land in the West and rightly corrects the "No More Wilderness Policy" brokered in the 2003 settlement.
"As a result of the 2003 Utah agreement, well-known western icons were at risk from oil and gas drilling and rampant off-road vehicle abuse," including Utah's redrock canyons.
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The Monaco diode-pumped industrial femtosecond laser provides up to 80 µJ/pulse at 750 kHz to enable current and future throughput requirements in the materials processing and microelectronics space.
The Monaco's diode-pumped MOPA architecture is designed for high-uptime in 24/7 applications. The design also offers energy and repetition rate agility required to cover a wide range of applications such mobile device manufacturing, glass cutting, OLED display processing, wafer cutting, and chip-level packaging, just to name a few.
For more information on femtosecond laser trends, specifications, and applications, take a look at the Industrial femtosecond lasers and materials processing article.
The Monaco laser provides an 80 μJ/pulse at 750 kHz to enable current and future throughput requirements in the materials processing and microelectronics space.
Homogeneous materials such as glass and metals, as well as complex, layered-structure processing for the FPD and mobile markets are readily addressed.
The Monaco is housed in a single box that integrates all optical elements and control electronics. This small footprint accommodates easy integration into laser-based production tools.
The standard pulsewidth of the Monaco is <350 fs. This pulsewidth is user-adjustable to >10 ps.
Reliability from the Monolithic Design: The laser head is machined from a single block of stress-relieved aluminum. This monolithic structure ensures an optical alignment that is maintained during the life of the laser. This head encases all of the optical, electrical, and control elements. There are no umbilicals, no outmoded wiring harnesses between power supply boards, nor remotely located pump diodes – all of which could create potential failure points in the system.test
SoloBoard™: Contains all optical elements including pump diodes. No fiber coupling in the umbilical eliminates possible failure points. Additionally, all interfaces to the laser are through the SoloBoard electronics board located in the Monaco head.
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Better Mounting for Stability: A three-point kinematic mount is the standard mounting interface on the Monaco. The technique is dramatically superior over common flat-plate mounting schemes. The laser is thermally isolated from the rest of the laser tool, thus ensuring stable operation within a broad thermal cycle range inside a laser tool (10°C to 30°C). Additionally, warm-up time (<15 min from standby; <45 min from cold start) is minimized in the Monaco due to this thermal isolation. Lastly, laser placement repeatability is maximized with the three-point mount. This means minimal downstream beam-train alignment is required when swapping lasers.
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What's the next corn market mover? I am not sure, there are a lot of possibilities to choose from, but the market will stay volatile, and one or more of them will not match today's expectations.
For example, European debt crisis, South American weather, 2012 corn planted acreage, El Niño, La Niña, oil prices, etc…. And given the tight U.S. and world corn supplies, it does not take much change in expectations, or change from expectations to reality/final numbers, to have justified large price changes.
On Jan. 12, 2012 the USDA released the 2011 Annual Crop Report, the Dec. 1, 2011 Quarterly Stocks Report, and updated Supply/Demand Reports.
And the market took the reports overall as quite negative, March corn futures dropped the limit 40 cents the day of the report, and 12 cents the next day. It was not so much that the updated numbers were different from prior USDA estimates, as that they were different than the market expectations.
U.S. 2011 corn production was 12,358 million bushels, 48 million more bushels than the November projection. Acres harvested were increased 100,000 acres, and the yield was increased one half bushel per acre to 147.2 bushels per acre.
In some ways the final corn production number was really close to the November USDA projection, but it was 93 million bushels more than the trade "expected".
The bigger market negative was the Dec. 1 stocks report showing stocks on hand Dec. 1 being 251 million bushels higher than the trade expected. Of course 93 million bushels of that was due to the trade expecting a smaller crop, but even the remaining 158 million bushel difference is large.
The problem for me was that the stocks report indicated feed use/disappearance in the first quarter of the 2011-12 corn marketing year was down significantly from 2010, this does not match up with livestock numbers and slaughter weights this past fall relative to the previous fall. However, there were no changes in the USDA annual feed use projection for all of 2011-12.
Made only one change
The USDA only made one change in the 2011-12 corn use projections; the export projection was raised 50 million bushels. The reason for the projected increase in U.S. 2011-12 corn exports was the fact that the projected Argentina corn crop was lowered by 120 million bushels due to dry weather.
Given the 48 million bushels production increase and the 50 million bushel projected export increase, projected ending stocks remained basically the same and the stocks-to-use ratio remained a very tight 6.7 percent.
A couple of notes about the world coarse grain situation; world 2011-12 coarse grain production is projected to be a record despite the reduction in the Argentina crops.
However, projected world corn ending stocks remain at very tight levels. World wheat stocks are at more than adequate levels, so wheat is basically being priced as a feed grain. This also may limit/slow upside corn price moves.
So what do I do with my remaining 2011 corn and expected 2012 corn considering all the price risk?
I would argue you go at this in several ways. From your financial balance sheet and projected cash flow statements, determine how much risk you can/are willing to take.
Second, determine the downside price risk. To do this check out the probability price forecasts on my webpage, https://www.msu.edu/~hilker/. As you can see, there is also considerable upside price potential, so you have tradeoffs. From this information consider making both some upside and downside price targets.
But also consider setting the targets in the context of the market, where there is often likely upside and downside resistance areas.
For example, with March corn futures, without some major negative fundamental news, see above, it can happen, there will likely be a good deal of resistance for the market to go below its previous low, in the $5.80 range, but if it does, not much resistance for a while below that.
And on the upside, the resistance is in the $6.60 range.
So do you need/want some protection if the market breaks below $5.80? Should you consider pricing some corn, especially if you have a lot left, if March futures move back close to $6.60?


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Sentinel Node Biopsy: Who is a Candidate?
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I was diagnosed with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ), which the pathology report called grade II/III. Am I a candidate for sentinel node biopsy?
Kevin R. Fox, MD, Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Anyone with an invasive breast cancer, of any size, is theoretically a candidate for sentinel lymph node exam. This is not true for inflammatory cancers, locally advanced cancers, or patients with large palpable lymph nodes. DCIS is not an invasive cancer and so these cases do not typically have sentinel node biopsies.
One other consideration for sentinel lymph node biopsy is the presence of a surgical team that is experienced in the procedure. If there is not an experienced team at the medical center, patients who are candidates should be referred to a center that is experienced in sentinel node biopsy in order to ensure optimal results.


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Vector Marketing is interviewing for entry level sales positions to be filled immediately. Great starting base pay. Flexible schedules – work around classes and other commitments. No experience is needed, all training and tools are provided.
We are currently filling seasonal, part time, and full time positions. Basic responsibilities include meeting with customers one on one, explaining our American made CUTCO products, and writing up any orders. Most of our sales representatives start with no experience, just need to be comfortable working with people.
- Excellent training – our company that has been around for over 35 years has been training people to do well before they get started, even if they don't have any sales experience.
- Great starting base pay – not based on sales or results, incentives available based on performance.
- Flexible work – interview now, start after finals. Schedule around classes and other obligations. Talk to the manager about your ideal schedule.
- Resume experience – build up communication and sales skills that look great on any high school graduate's resume.
- Opportunity for Advancement – opportunities to move into career sales positions, even becoming a manger (starting at the entry level position).
- Enjoys working with people
- At least 18 or a high school graduate
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- Able to interview within the next 7 to 10 days (students can start after finals)
Who can do well here:
This entry level sales position is a good fit for people who are looking to make some extra income in the upcoming year. Great for a student looking for work on their holiday break or part time around classes. It doesn't matter if you have a Bachelor's Degree, an Associate's Degree, or no degree at all - we can train you to do well with us.
People who do well with us have experience in just about every field you can imagine – cashier at Aldi, administrative assistant at a local law firm, server at a food restaurant like Buffalo Wild Wings, worked fast food at Wendys or McDonalds, worked retail at Target, was a barista at Starbucks, worked in an Amazon warehouse, or a receptionist at a doctor's office.
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I have looked everywhere but were the answers are to the "basic test 1", all you see on the "Source" is a bunch of adds, And your official way of trying to tech it is by saying to go to: http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/ when all it shows is how to read it and write it very basically, Not how to find 3 words in an mountain of adds HTML's.
I just found the pass by posting it in this topic post and scrolling through it again,
You are supposed to teach us. Not tell us to look at a site that shows how to read it then give us a blank page and expect us to know what to do.
Since I have read over a few of the forums I know how to look for it, (you expect us to know everything after directing us to a site that shows very basic writing and reading functions.)
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I thought learning how to do this would be fun and interactive. All you do is direct us to the site:http://www.w3schools.com
which only tells how to read and write basic things. You're sites files are not ordered or organized in any fashion.
There are not interesting videos were someone talks you through the steps, there's just mountains of words that are useless because you get lot in all of them so it becomes boring, YOU obviously don't know how to teach squat to people who are trying to learn something new.
I expect this post/thread to be: edited, removed, showcased, modified, deleted, misinterpreted, or ignored. with-in the next 2-3 days.
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If you want the walls higher, stack the corner stakes on top of each other. Now fill the box you've just created with soil and you have an instant raised bed.
The brackets adjust to any angle between 60° and 180° to make a variety of shapes. A very simple way to make a raised bed. Made of fade-resistant ABS plastic.


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There's always some type of housework that needs to be done but it is rare that I feel like doing it. Today was not an exception. John helped me pull everything out from under the bed and rearrange things so that we could have room to store 3 of the 5 outdoor chair pads. Since there was a bit of dust under there and maybe a cobweb or two I also cleaned under there and as long as the duster was out I did my corners and fan blades. Exciting reading, no? Well my life hasn't been all that exciting lately.
I decided that was enough housework for one day and started playing with my sidebar. That led to picking a new template and everything got screwed up! So I picked this one and everything magically reappeared. (I had backed up my code just in case.) That gave me the confidence to start rearranging things and adding some new links. I think that pictures look better on the darker background. I also rearranged my home page.
Hopefully I'll be inspired to write something more exciting in a day or two.
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Cleaning Up
Ramblings by Charley "Apple" Grabowski at 5:09 PM
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Nice template! I have the same one, but I altered mine quite a bit!ReplyDelete
Love your flickr pics!
You sound like me. I'd rather tidy things up (play?:) on the computer than do housework. I haven't attempted to change my template in any way yet. I'm still debating whether or not to try Beta Blogger. Perhaps when things slow down in the winter (after Christmas!).ReplyDelete
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UMaine signs up new athletic director
ORONO, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine has tapped an official from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to serve as athletic director for the Black Bears.
Karlton Creech, who begins Feb. 10, was one of three finalists invited to interview on campus by the search committee. He's currently the senior associate director of athletics at UNC Chapel Hill, where he has served in a variety of capacities including overseeing an $88 million football stadium expansion.
UMaine President Paul Ferguson said Thursday that Creech's experience in fundraising and management will move the Black Bears "to new levels of excellence and community engagement."
Seth Woodcock has been serving as interim athletic director since Steve Abbott left the post to return to his previous job as chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.


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Step 3 - Design Development Plans
Portland Public Works Permit Process
STEP 3 – Design Development and Review of Plans
During the Design Development step, you and your development team prepare detailed plans for your public works improvements. These engineering plans include details about your development site, landscaping and structural features, street lighting and traffic signals, street profiles, stormwater and drainage improvements, and final sewer design. Before approving your design development plans, the City requires that you meet with public works permitting staff to review and refine your final project design based on your approved concept plan.
The City collects a fixed fee when you request this design development meeting. The amount of the fee is set by the City at the end of Step 2 when the City approves your concept plans.
At the successful end of design development, the city will sign off on your design development plans.
CAUTION: Make sure that the forms and design development plans that you file are complete and accurately reflect previously-reviewed development objectives and design concepts. The City will charge you additional fees if you need to request additional meetings to complete this step in the permitting process.
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Ask a Cicerone: What's Your Least Favorite Style of Beer?
Beer tips from the experts.
Editor's Note: Ask a what? A Certified Cicerone® is a beer expert who has passed a particular certification exam administered by the Craft Beer Institute. You can think of them as beer sommeliers: these folks have demonstrated significant beer knowledge and tasting skill, plus professional skills in beer sales and service.
Beer professionals are quick to tell you what brews they're excited about, whether it's a wild-fermented sour or a great local saison. But what about the beers that don't float their boats? Are there styles that just don't appeal? We asked 9 cicerones to tell us about their least-favorite beer style and the stylistic trends they wish would go away. Here's what they had to say.
What about you? What beer style just isn't your thing? Tell us what it is and why in the comments below.
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Atlanta civil rights museum focuses on stories, not memorials
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, under construction in Atlanta, will spotlight civil rights history and current human rights issues. USA TODAY
ATLANTA — When the National Center for Civil and Human Rights opens downtown in June, it's going to face some high expectations.
First, the 43,000-square-foot museum has set for itself the daunting task of taking transformative events that occurred four to six decades ago and making them real and relevant to Millennials and their children.
Then, it aims to put the American civil rights movement in a global human rights context and help visitors understand how struggles that played out in places such as Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham have modern echoes in countries around world.
And the $75 million structure that took eight years to build is expected to help transform a part of downtown that was considered a wasteland before the 1996 Olympic Games into a glittering tourist magnet.
Finally, it's supposed to give Atlanta, at long last, its own civil rights museum. The city was pivotal in the movement: It's the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. and home to many of his top associates and to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. But Atlanta has watched as cities such as Birmingham, Ala., Memphis and even Cincinnati and Greensboro, N.C., opened civil rights- or slavery-themed museums.
Center CEO Doug Shipman says Atlanta's museum will deliver because it won't be like those or any other civil rights museums. "They are memorials," he says. "This is not a memorial. This is about what the legacy means and taking it into the future. It's a different approach, and it's something that hasn't been done before."
To emphasize the importance of story, they did not hire a museum type to design the place but turned to George C. Wolfe, a playwright and director who has won two Tony Awards — in 1993 for directing the play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and in 1996 for directing the musical Bring in 'da Noise,Bring in 'da Funk.
"My whole ambition is to empower people to feel like they're in charge of their own journey," Wolfe, the creative director, says on a walk-through of the museum's three galleries. "Overall, the civil rights movement is a story about individuals who stood up, who were young and had no reason to be brave. But they were brave. They were people who felt empowered to change the world, and they did change the world.
"That's what I want people to feel when they come here."
Numerous interactive approaches are used throughout.
One is an exhibit about the student sit-in movement, when mostly African-American college students tried to desegregate lunch counters in the South by sitting at them until they were served or, much more frequently, arrested. Students were cursed at, spat on, slapped and punched by whites who didn't want them to be served; they were trained not to react to any of it.
In the exhibit, visitors will sit on stools with their hands on a replica lunch counter while wearing headphones. They will hear abuse heaped on them and the people sitting near them and will actually feel their stools jostled by angry counter-protesters. They'll be timed on how long they can ignore their tormentors; a stopwatch in front of them will stop when they take their hands off the counter.
"It shows the self-discipline and control that was required," Wolfe says. "If only we could re-create the smell of hamburgers cooking."
There are no smells, but visual images, sound, light and physical space are all used to tell the story, says exhibit designer David Rockwell. "This is communal storytelling," he says. "It's designed to encourage participation as a kind of communal activity …. Whatever you think, you're not going to be emotionally disengaged."
Wolfe, who also has directed films including the HBO movie Lackawanna Blues and 2008's Nights in Rodanthe, has worked his Hollywood connections: Narrators for the exhibits include such actors as Jeffrey Wright, who plays Beetee in the movie series The Hunger Games and Dr. Valentin Narcisse in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and Phylicia Rashad, perhaps best known as Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show. The museum will feature a rotating exhibit of photographer Platon's portraits of world human rights leaders.
The civil rights gallery is connected to the human rights gallery, which lets visitors stand face to face with life-size images of such human rights supervillains as Adolph Hitler, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Ugandan strongman Idi Amin. In a Who Like Me room, they can stand in front of a full-length mirror and recite a few personal biographical details; that generates a life-size image of a real person who's being oppressed somewhere in the world because of those very traits.
A centerpiece of the museum, in a smaller gallery on the first floor, is a collection of King's personal papers — handwritten sermons and speeches, a telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson, letters, his report cards, his college essay books. A group of Atlanta investors purchased the papers from the King family for $32 million in 2006 in a deal brokered by then-Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, who chairs the museum's board. Through an agreement with Morehouse College, which owns the papers, and the King estate, a rotating display of about 75 items will be on display at the center.
It opens to the public June 23. Admission will cost $15 for adults, with discounts for children, seniors and veterans.
The museum is just north of Centennial Olympic Park, in an area that includes the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca Cola and the site of the College Football Hall of Fame,scheduled to open in the fall.
"Atlanta was always known as a convention town, but we were never really known as a tourist town or a town with a lot of things to do," says A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress, which works to strengthen the economic vitality of downtown. "But we're becoming more of a things-to-do city and not just a convention town. The museum is going to be a big part of that."


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Heightened reliability and safety concerns have resulted in new maintenance programs and techniques
Every year, additional pressures are placed on operation and maintenance managers to provide a higher level of power system safety and reliability at lower costs. The greatest difficulty for many of these managers is to design, customize, and optimize a comprehensive preventive maintenance (PM) program. Taking a management systems approach first, rather than task specific approach, will provide a strong foundation upon which the elements of a good PM program can be built.
In this article, we'll discuss a broad range of PM programs. We'll also review the various elements of a PM program as well as benefits and common problems.
Preventive maintenance
The vast majority of our industrial facilities have been operating for extended periods, in many cases in a reactive and corrective maintenance mode. The few that have graduated from breakdown maintenance to preventive maintenance have done so for three primary reasons: To prevent failure; to detect the onset of failure; and to discover a hidden failure.
Four task categories, by one name or another, are universally employed in constructing a PM program.
* Time-directed (TD), aimed directly at failure prevention or retardation.
* Condition-directed (CD), aimed at detecting the onset of failure or symptoms.
* Failure-finding (FF), aimed at discovering a hidden failure.
* Run-to-failure (RTF), a deliberate decision to run to failure because the other choices are not possible or the economics are less favorable.
There's still a widespread myth in the maintenance community that all failures can be prevented. This feeling often motivates the use of overhaul tasks without questioning or understanding the fundamentals of the failure mechanism involved. Additionally, maintenance intervals and task performance are generally based on the greatest hodgepodge of ad hoc data and reasoning of why it is done this way! Here, the basic concept of reliability engineering is usually omitted from maintenance program development.
Renewed interest
In recent years heightened concern for plant reliability and safety coupled with the availability and quality of standards have impacted the evolution of new maintenance programs and techniques. Enhancements to traditional maintenance programs include predictive maintenance, trending analysis, and condition monitoring.
The ANSI/NFPA 70B Standard, Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance, addresses why a PM program pays dividends. Additionally, NFPA 70B recommends the typical frequency intervals for electrical PM tasks (a valuable base line for the development of a new PM program).
In recent years, insurance companies have also taken a much closer look at the costs associated with electrical failures. The casualty loss analysis shown in Table 1 is part of a risk management program to reduce the number of insurance claims and illustrates the significant cost due to inadequate maintenance.
A Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company study on transformer reliability involved several hundred transformer failures, as shown in Table 2, in a recent five year period. Only liquid filled transformers larger than 100kVA (excluding arc furnaces or rectifier transformers) were analyzed. The median age at time of failure from all causes was 6.4 years. From the identified causes of failures, the study concluded two key recommendations.
* Periodically check lightning/surge arrestors and ground resistance to minimize the effects of abnormal voltage.
* Maintenance has to bear the blame for not discovering incipient troubles. The time and expense involved in periodic preventive maintenance is well justified.
Common Maintenance Problems
The industry wide maintenance history of the past three decades shows a trend of common problems associated with maintenance practices.
Insufficient proactive maintenance. Here, the vast majority of plant maintenance staff operate in a reactive mode and, in some instances, the plant management has a deliberate philosophy of corrective maintenance. This approach can also lead to a breakdown-centered maintenance activity.
Frequent problem repetition. When operating in a reactive mode, little time is spent identifying and analyzing repetitive failure problems. This lack of root cause analysis makes the repair and restoration a temporary measure at best.
Erroneous maintenance work. In corrective and preventive maintenance activities, errors will occur. Recent studies have shown that human error is the cause of more than 50% of plant forced outages, and that some form of human error might be occurring in some locations in one of every two maintenance tasks performed.
Sound maintenance practices not institutionalized. The industry has a great deal of knowledge and experience on how equipment should be maintained. Individual plants, however, are usually informed only on a small percentage of this collective knowledge. Additionally, the infrequent commitment to a formalized set of standards, procedures, and training will worsen the effectiveness of the maintenance program.
Unnecessary and conservative PM. Historical evidence strongly suggests that some of our current PM activities are, in fact, not right. In some cases, PM tasks are totally unnecessary because they have little relationship with keeping the plant operative. It's not uncommon to examine a plant [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 1 OMITTED] PM program and find that 5% to 10% of the existing tasks could be eliminated. In many cases, the PM may be right, but the frequency is too conservative. This seems to be especially true of major overhaul tasks, where many observations suggest that 50% or more of the PM overhaul actions are performed prematurely.
Poorly defined rationale for PM action. The absence of information on PM task origin or any documentation to clearly trace the basis for plant PM task is generally standard operating procedure. The Federal Aviation Administration for aircraft maintenance and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for nuclear plant maintenance have recognized the need for a more formalized documentation process.
Maintenance program lacks traceability and visibility. In many cases, there's a lack of a definitive maintenance management information system. Even worse, the performance of root cause analysis on equipment failure and recording the basis of PM actions are often nonexistent. These deficiencies point toward the benefits of base line comparison (bench marking) and computerized PM software programs.
Blind acceptance of OEM input. Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) recommendations are generally conservative and not necessarily applicable to the plant's general profile. The broad range of equipment applications (e.g. cyclic versus steady state, very humid versus dry ambient conditions) will generally impact the frequency of PM tasks rather than the type. Additionally, a certain level of conservatism may be introduced to protect the manufacturer in the area of equipment warranty.
PM variability between like or similar units. Large corporations having multiple plant locations often have different operation and maintenance characteristics at each plant. At the plant level of organization, there appears to be a strong feeling of "I am not like them," "We know what's best for us," and "They don't know what they're doing." These attitudes are driving the lack of commonality and consistency. Obvious cost savings could be achieved through standardized procedures, training, spare parts inventories, etc.
PM Program Development
When developing or upgrading an existing PM program, we need to determine first what we would really like to do in the program and second, take the necessary steps to build that ideal program into the infrastructure. This approach, as shown in Fig. 1, prevents the restrictive alternatives of "second best" choices in the early stage of program development. The next phase is to integrate the program into the existing infrastructure to the maximum extent possible (integrate ideal program into the real world).
PM Program Elements
The previous discussion is a simplistic view of how a PM program is developed. Let's review the management and technical disciplines required to implement the ideal PM program and PM task packaging.
A PM program can be created or upgraded through several key technologies and program management systems. Each must be interactive and complementary. Fig. 2 is an expansion of the "What Task" and "When Done" of an ideal PM program shown in Fig. 1.
There is a multitude of supporting technologies available today. Although a detailed description of these technologies is beyond our scope here, some of the major groupings are as follows.
Failure analysis technology. When a failure occurs, a significant learning opportunity is presented to us. To take advantage of this, it's important to conduct a comprehensive program for failure reporting, root cause analysis, and corrective action feedback. An added benefit is that a good failure analysis program is also a vital element in retaining or increasing the Mean-Time-Between-Failure (MTBF) portion of an availability improvement program.
Incipient failure detection. Behind the ability to utilize condition-directed (CD) tasks aimed at detecting the onset of a failure or failure symptom, an entire diagnostic technology is constantly evolving. This area is generally called Predictive Maintenance Technology and involves technological tools such as thermal imaging, acoustic leak detection, non-intrusive flow measurements, etc. Other terminology including condition monitoring, monitoring and diagnostics, and performance monitoring are all intended to describe the measurement of parameters in a non-intrusive manner in conjunction with trending these results over time.
Information management. The complexity of systems and the availability of computers have developed a powerful synergism often referred to as a Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS). These systems automate the collection, storage, and processing of vital data to obtain the optimum operating efficiency, safety, and reliability of a system.
In some cases, elements of this MMIS include advanced software technologies such as "expert systems," fuzzy logic, and "smart systems" through a neural network. Fig. 3 shows an example of a modular MMIS program. A typical MMIS will incorporate many of the following features:
* On-line for immediate access.
* Database driven.
* User-friendly.
* Capacity to hold master files (equipment, inventory).
* Store at least one year of history.
* Automatically schedule PMs by calendar and/or usage.
* Allow flexible planning and scheduling periods.
* Permit work order status reporting.
* Forecast trades/craft requirements.
* Produce maintenance history reports with costs.
* Track spare parts and automatically flag reorders.
* Generate purchase requisitions and track purchase orders.
* Transfer data to/from mainframes.
* Provide a multi-user capability.
* Modular to allow phased implementation.
* Predictive maintenance.
* Corrective maintenance requests and orders.
* Bar coding for data capture.
* Performance trend analysis.
* Failure analysis records.
* Condition-directed task measurement and criteria, alerts.
* Skill requirements vs. skill availability.
PM task packaging. There are three major elements to task packaging.
* Task Specification. The task specification is the formal document by which we assure that a complete technical definition and direction is provided to the implementing maintenance organization.
* Procedure. This document will guide the field execution of a PM task. The procedure must be very detailed on how the PM task is to be precisely achieved. These procedures also expand frequently to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Methods of Procedures (MOP). The risk inherent to PM activities can be controlled and greatly reduced by assuring the development of technically sound and complete task specifications and procedures.
* Logistics. Logistics involves a variety of administrative and production support activities. These are also commonly referred to as Maintenance Planning. Typical considerations include spare parts, training, accessories, test equipment, schedule, drawings, etc. It's evident that logistics play a key role with task specification and procedures.
Logical approach to maintenance (a three-phase approach). Not all PM programs require a high level of management system sophistication. A simple, straight forward "logical" approach to PM utilizes three implementation phases.
* Phase 1: Info. Review and Update.
Inventory existing data (i.e. spare parts, records, fault/coordination study, etc.).
Update/check all data (i.e. record system loading, infrared scan, evaluate Standard Operating Procedure, etc.).
Prove the emergency/standby feeders (i.e. confirm loads connected to emergency generator, etc.).
Prove the single line diagram for the non-emergency load (i.e. systematically shut down power while checking the downstream loads, etc.).
Evaluate the system needs (i.e. verify available fault currents against device capacity, etc.).
* Phase 2: Maintenance Implementation.
Establish division of responsibility (i.e. facility personnel, testing company, etc.).
Establish priority areas (i.e. from infrared survey known trouble areas, etc.).
Ensure emergency/standby systems (i.e. load test generator, test transfer switch).
Establish an overall maintenance plan/schedule (i.e. develop a time line, temporary power needs, backfeeds, etc.).
Perform maintenance (i.e. document as found conditions, take pictures, perform tests, repair minor defects, compare/evaluate test results, etc.).
* Phase 3: Selective Repair and Modification.
Determine repair needs from maintenance reports.
Determine parties to make repairs.
Determine power outage requirement for repairs.
Order parts required for repair.
Schedule outage when parts come in.
Make repairs.
Update records.
This three phase maintenance approach can be easily adapted from a commercial high-rise building to a health care facility. In addition, it fosters a disciplined methodology that will reduce the possibility of "last minute surprises."
Specification of maintenance testing
Electrical maintenance testing is performed in house for routine tasks. More complex tasks generally performed in yearly or longer intervals are often subcontracted to a testing agency. A specification statement such as "circuit breakers shall be thoroughly inspected and tested" is so vague that a well-intentioned maintenance testing program involving primary injection and contact resistance testing is reduced to a secondary injection test and, even worse, to a "button-pushing" walk through.
The surest way to obtain the desired maintenance test is to be very specific when writing the specifications. NETA has developed a specification procedure for electrical maintenance testing of power equipment and systems (NETAMTS 1993). This document will allow you to replace vague phrases, like "Check the circuit breaker for proper operation" (which means to some people that opening and closing the breaker a few times is sufficient), with specification sections like the following.
2. Circuit Breakers: Low-Voltage, Power
1. Visual and Mechanical Inspection
1. Verify that all maintenance devices are available for servicing and operating the breaker.
2. Inspect for physical damage. Clean and lubricate as required.
3. Inspect anchorage, alignment, and grounding. Inspect arc chutes. Inspect moving and stationary contacts for condition, wear, and alignment.
4. Verify that primary and secondary contact wipe and other dimensions vital to satisfactory operation of the breaker are correct.
5. Perform all mechanical operator and contact alignment tests on both the breaker and its operating mechanism.
6. Check tightness of bolted bus connections by calibrated torque- wrench method. Refer to manufacturer's instructions for proper torque levels. In lieu of torquing perform thermographic survey.
7. Check cell fit and element alignment.
8. Check racking mechanism.
9. Lubricate all moving current carrying parts.
2. Electrical Tests
1. Perform a contact resistance test.
2. Perform an insulation-resistance test at 1000 volts DC from pole to pole and from each pole-to-ground with breaker closed and across open contacts of each phase.
3. Perform an insulation-resistance test at 1000 volts DC on all control wiring. Do not perform the test on wiring connected to solid state components.
4. Make adjustments for final settings in accordance with the coordination study.
5. Determine minimum pickup current by primary current injection.
6. Determine longtime delay by primary current injection.
7. Determine short-time pickup and delay by primary current injection.
8. Determine ground-fault pickup and delay by primary current injection.
9. Determine instantaneous pickup value by primary current injection.
10. Verify the calibration of all functions of the trip unit by means of secondary injection.
11. Activate auxiliary protective devices, such as ground-fault or undervoltage relays, to insure operation of shunt trip devices. Check the operation of electrically-operated breakers in their cubicles.
12. Verify correct operation of any auxiliary features such as trip and pickup indicators, zone interlocking, electrical close and trip operation, trip-free, and antipump function.
13. Check charging mechanism.
3. Test Values
1. Bolt-torque levels shall be as specified by manufacturer.
2. Compare microhm or millivolt drop values to adjacent poles and similar breakers. Investigate deviations of more than fifty percent (50%).
3. Insulation resistance shall not be less than 100 megohms. Investigate values less than 100 megohms.
4. Trip characteristics of breakers when adjusted to setting sheet parameters shall fall within manufacturer's published time-current tolerance band.
Categories of equipment to be tested
Electrical power equipment are broken down into major categories. These categories are used to make specific references to the maintenance testing requirements. The following are suggested categories.
* Power transformers.
* Distribution transformers ([greater than or equal to] 75kVA).
* LV circuit breakers ([greater than or equal to]100A).
* LV switches ([greater than or equal to] 100A).
* MV circuit breakers.
* MV switches.
* Metal enclosed switchgear.
* Switchboards.
* Ground fault protective systems.
* Protective relays and associated instrument transformers.
* Meters and associated instrument transformers.
* MV cables.
* Bus ducts.
* Grounding systems.
* Motor control centers.
* Automatic transfer switches.
* Emergency/standby systems.
* Motors.
* Others (specify)
Determination to witness tests versus certified test reports
Since maintenance testing is often performed by a testing agency, you will sometimes elect to witness the field tests being performed. This approach will assure you that field tests are performed in accordance with the maintenance testing specification.
Additionally, in the event that some equipment does not successfully pass the test and discrepancies, it's valuable to have you witness the problem first hand. This will help in coordinating remedial repairs and assigning responsibilities.
A cost effective approach to the more complex maintenance testing activities is to involve your in-house maintenance personnel in the project. Their familiarity with equipment and layout will assure a smooth project. Simple tasks such as torquing, cleaning, and racking of devices can be performed by these people. This team approach to the maintenance program provides a great on-the-job training opportunity and increases the sense of ownership and accountability in the safety and reliability of the electrical power system.
The testing agency will provide a certified test report detailing the equipment tested, procedures, results, recommendations, and data sheets. This document should reflect the entire maintenance testing project. Then, the data may be input into a MMIS program as part of the testing agency's maintenance management service, unless you have the in-house capability. Also, you may supplement the field inspection and testing by witnessing a random sample of each category of equipment being tested.
The determination will be based on the following priorities:
* Criticality of the equipment. Critical and high reliability equipment may justify the test witnessing of the entire line-up.
* Availability of inspection personnel. This limitation will dictate how much to rely on the certified test report.
* Need for verification of equipment performance. Much of today's electrical equipment have performance standards that result in an additional price premium. Efficiency (e.g., motors/drives) and power availability (e.g., generators/UPS) are some examples. This type of equipment may also justify test witnessing.
System function test
A system function test is performed upon completion of the equipment field maintenance test. It's intent test is to prove the proper interaction of all sensing processing and action devices. Witnessing the system function test is probably the most encompassing and crucial activity of the entire testing project.
Qualification of testing agency
The term "testing agency" generally implies a testing contractor, testing laboratory, or a third party. There are five major considerations to qualify the testing agency, each of which are critical to a meaningful testing program.
* Agency qualification. The testing agency should be a corporately independent testing organization that can function as an unbiased testing authority, professionally independent of manufacturers, suppliers, and installers of equipment of the systems evaluated. The testing agency should have been engaged in such practices for a minimum of five years; it should submit proof of this qualification when requested.
* Personnel qualifications. The testing agency should utilize only full-time test technicians and engineers who are regularly employed by the firm for testing services. Electrically unskilled employees should not be permitted to perform testing or assistance of any kind. Electricians and/or linemen may assist, but not perform testing and inspection services.
* Test equipment and calibration requirements. The test equipment should reflect a new generation/technology of test equipment. This requirement assures that the owner's "state-of-the-art equipment will be tested by state-of-the-art test equipment." It testing agency should have a calibration program with accuracy directly traceable in an unbroken chain to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dated calibration labels should be visible on all test equipment.
* Safety requirements. The tests should be performed with apparatus de-energized except where otherwise specifically required. The testing agency should have a designated safety representative on the project. As a minimum, the safety standards should include applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, such as 1910.269, 1910.332 through 1910.335, and NFPA 70E, Electrical Safety Requirements For Employee Workplaces.
* Report preparation capabilities. The final report should include a summary of the project: a description of the equipment tested; a description of the test conducted; the test results; conclusions and recommendations; an appendix, including appropriate test forms; identification of the test equipment used; and a signature of the responsible testing agency representative.
Requirement for inspection and testing
You should obtain several vital pieces of information prior to the beginning of the field testing program to assure a smooth coordination of the testing effort. The following is a partial checklist.
* Copy of the latest drawings. The single line diagram is the most valuable tool to the testing agency.
* Vendor data. Include manuals, spare parts list, and equipment accessories, including extension handles, relay test plugs, racking mechanisms, etc.
* Factory inspection and test reports.
* Copy of contracts/supplements.
* Blank copies of test/inspection forms.
* Copy of short circuit and protective device coordination study.
Types of equipment testing
There are five basic types of testing: dielectric, stimulation and response, signature, special tests, and a system function test. Each of these has one common goal: to identify abnormalities or weaknesses such that remedial action can be taken prior to equipment operation. In addition, maintenance testing establishes a base line for future maintenance test comparison. This base line data will become very important in the future when performing trending and predictive maintenance analysis.
Dielectric. Dielectric testing usually requires the equipment to be isolated from potential and consists of the following.
* Insulation resistance (IR) tests.
* Polarization index tests.
* Dielectric absorption tests.
* Hypotential tests (AC/DC).
* Double insulation power factor tests.
* Slot discharge tests.
* Surge impedance tests.
* Impulse tests.
Stimulation and response. Stimulation and response testing may or may not require de-energizing equipment, depending upon the test to be performed. Examples include the following.
* Primary injection tests for CT's and breakers.
* Secondary injection tests for relays and breakers.
* Ratio burden and saturation tests for CTs and PTs.
* Transformer turns ratio and winding resistance tests.
* Breaker time travel analysis.
* Contact resistance tests or ductor tests.
Signature. Signature or real-time tests must be conducted with the system under normal load and voltage conditions. These tests include the following.
* Vibration analysis.
* Thermographic inspection.
* Ultrasonic inspection.
* Transient/harmonic signatures.
* Acoustic emission tests.
* Optical time domain reflectometry.
Special tests. These special tests are non-electrical tests that provide quantitative data for analysis. These tests include the following.
* Insulating fluid tests (surface tension, acidity, power factor, color, etc.).
* Dissolved gas analysis.
* Wear metal analysis.
* Heat rise test.
* Torquing.
System function test. This final test follows component and equipment testing using the various techniques listed above. This test proves the interaction of sensing and action devices that must "communicate" to make the overall system result occur. The testing agency should develop and propose the test parameters. These would include considerations such as interlock safety devices for fail safe functions, alarms and indicating devices, initiation of sensing devices, and evaluation of overall system performance.
EC&M ArtiFax Articles:
"Hipot Tests Assure Power Cable Reliability" Jan. 1993. "Nine Ideas to Improve Your Electrical Maintenance" June 1994. "How Can Frequency of Preventive Maintenance Be Extended?" July 1994 $14.95 for a set of articles. Order No. 2200. To order by fax dial 800-234-5709. (Have a credit card and your fax number ready when you call.)
ANSI/NFPA 70B, Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance. NFPA 70E, Electrical Safety Requirement for Employee Workplaces. For ordering information, call 800-344-3555. NETAMTS-1993, Maintenance Testing Specification for Electrical Power Distribution Equipment and Systems. For more information, call 303-697-8441.
Jean-Pierre Wolff is Vice President, Electro-Test, Inc., Pleasanton, Cal., a NETA (interNational Electrical Testing Assoc.) member.


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A crossbow is a bow with a rifle-like stock that shoots bolts or short arrows. Safe use of a crossbow requires following the safety rules for both firearms and bows.
- Like conventional bows, the crossbow is limited to short-range shooting. For most crossbows, 30-40 yards is the maximum range.
- Always unload your crossbow by firing it safely into a target or into the ground.
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- Keep your fingers below the flight groove.
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1. Don't curse at students. Obviously.
2. Don't get angry, especially when hitting a student. We are supposed to be calm, even when defending ourselves. So why be angry in class? It makes no sense.
3. Don't belittle students, put them down, embarass them. A person will remember an insult forever.
4. Don't overly criticize students. Try to find something positive to say. Correcting is good. Being overly negative is not. Correct one thing and praise two.
5. Teach by example, not by edict. The sensei is the example for the dojo.
6. Don't just stand there shouting commands. Train youself. You should train harder than the students. Don't be a kuchi bushi.
7. Don't speak negatively of other instructors, styles, or art. It only makes you look bad and lowers the class.
8. Don't forget that the newest and youngest students have the most potential. It is up to you to help them to realize that potential.
9. Don't forget that you were once a student too.
10. Don't tell students one thing and do another. Don't tell them to be humble and then dwell on rank, titles and awards.
11. Don't forget who taught you, who taught them, who taught them and so on. We would not be here if not for a long line of teachers.
12. Don't forget to always feel a sense of honor and responsibiity when teaching. My friend and senior Art Ishii often discuss the way that the Judo Sensei we remember growing up were pillars of the community. We might not be pillars (Ishii Sensei is), but at least we should be upright.
13. Don't flirt with students. Training should be free from inappropriate behavior. Students trust you. Do not abuse that trust. When I was young, my sensei often advised me not to date my students. I have seen some marriages ruined by this.
14. Don't come to class drunk or when high on drugs. Do not become drunk at any Karate functions. Some sages become fools when drunk -- and that is how students will remember them.
15. Don't brutalize students, particularly younger ones. If you break a student's spirit, they will never learn Karate. Brutal instructors are often insecure.
16. Don't slack off. If you don't try hard, neither will the students.
17. Don't forget that the highest instructor is still a student. If you are not still learning, how can you teach?
18. Don't expect students to do things that you would not do (unless you have a physical limitation). Like Kyan Chotoku used to say, "if he does it three times, I will do it seven times!"
19. Don't forget to also study the history and traditions of the art of Karate. In that way, you will find many things in common with other styles and systems. A person who knows little only sees differences.
20. Dont' forget that the "secret" of Karate is practice. No matter how poorly a student may perform the techniques and kata or Karate, he will improve with practice. You can't cook a one hour cake in five minutes.
21. Don't copy bad examples. If you teacher did something wrong, that does not mean that you have to. Copy his good traits and avoid any bad ones.
22. Don't forget that some of the youngsters in your class might be smarter than you! Some might be geniuses! Some might go on to be much better at Karate than you. If so, then you have done a great job as a Sensei.
23. Don't teach religion in class -- unless you are qualified to do so and the students have agreed to also learn religion from you. Respect each student's right to his own beliefs.
24. Don't forget that the basics are the most important part of Karate.
25. Don't teach so many kata that the students become good at none.
26. Don't forget that students should learn how to use each movement of a kata -- and ultimately how to counter them too.
27. Don't forget that the most important thing is character. What good is Karate skill with poor character?
28. Don't forget that you are responsible for your students. You must know their character. Don't teach dangerous techniques to students you do not know. Who knows that they will do with them?
29. Don't adjust your student's feet with your feet. Get down and make the adjustment with your hands.
30. Don't be distracted. During class, think only of your class and students. Leave the outside world in your slippers (outside).
31. Don't call yourself "sensei." You are called "sensei" by others.
32. Don't come to class late (unless there is a good reason). The sensei is usually the first to arrive and the last to leave.
33. Don't forget to take part in cleaning the dojo. A person who is too good to clean the dojo, is not too good.
34. Don't forget to enjoy Karate. Don't teach Karate as a way to make students miserable. If you enjoy Karate, your students will enjoy it too. They will catch your fire.
35. Don't think of your senior students as potential competitors. How can you teach them if you think this way? What are you going to do, have them sign noncompetition agreements?
36. Don't neglect your family. Imagine losing them because you pay too much attention to Karate. Now do not let that happen!
37. If Karate is something you do part time or as a hobby, don't neglect your work. Imagine losing your job or livelihood. Now do not let that happen either! I remember a gradute student telling me that he was failing at school because of the demands of his Karate dojo.
38. Don't forget that one day you will become old, your strength will decline, and you will not be able to compete with young men any more -- unless you learn to use "whole body" dynamics.
39. Don't get mad at me for making this list. If you have been around for a while, you've probably seen many of these "don'ts" and perhaps some that were even much worse!
Charles C. Goodin
39 Things Instructors Should Not Do
1. Don't curse at students. Obviously.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, January 11, 2007


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