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Use this guide to replace your hard drive cable. A new hard drive cable also provides a new IR sensor.
Remove the following 10 screws securing the lower case to the MacBook Pro 13" Unibody:
Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
It looks like you need a Phillips #000 screwdriver for the 10 bottom screws. I tried the #00 and it's too big. Good thing I bought a 23 piece precision screwdriver set or else I would have been screwed.
The 10 screws that hold tha bottom case take a #00 Phillips driver, if yours doesnt fit it's probably because it's cheaply made & not precise enough. The only thing that I needed a #000 driver for was the keyboard screws. They're so small they look like specks of dirt or sand. I stripped out 4 of them & now will need to grind the heads off with a Dremel/rotary tool. The other thing that sucks is iFixit doesn't have a tutorial for keyboard replacement!
A true Phillips head screw's slots are rounded at their inner corners, to allow the screwdriver to "cam out" (pop out) of the screw head before you apply too much torque and strip the threads in the part that you're torqueing the screw into. However, the screws used in the Macbook don't have those rounded inner corners, so they're not Phillips. Instead, they may be a Japanese standard known as JIS B 1012, or a Frearson (also known as a Reed & Prince), but that's a less common design. Maybe technically these non-Phillips screws should be used with a screwdriver that was specifically designed for them, but they can be properly removed and reinstalled using a truly precision-made Phillips #00 (some people find a #000 sometimes works even better) whose tip comes to a sharp point--not the lousy fake "precision" screwdrivers that are sold in too many places. See my next comment for more.
Many screwdriver manufacturers get away with marketing fake "precision" screwdrivers because, in the words of the Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sc...: "Most heads come in a range of sizes, typically distinguished by a number, such as "Phillips #00" or "Torx T5." These sizes do not necessarily describe a particular dimension of the drive shape, but are often arbitrary designations in the same sense as a "Size 8" dress."
In other words, the quality of many "precision" screwdrivers is poor. In my experience, one of the biggest problems with many fake "precision" Phillips screwdrivers is that the four blades at the tip are often too wide, and their width may even vary on the same screwdriver (they're not supposed to). So just because a screwdriver is marketed as a "precision screwdriver", it may not be, and many that are labeled as #00, or even #000, will not work for a Macbook's screws. See my next comment for still more.
One of the best manufacturers of precision screwdrivers is Wiha (http://www.wihatools.com/tech-tools/prec... cost more, but they're worth it. Or buy screwdrivers from iFixit, who seem to be selling JIS screwdrivers.
Another article with some good info on screw and screwdriver types:
Also keep in mind that some screws are tougher to remove and reinstall because they have a thread-locking compound on them, which is usually blue.
Phillips #00 is the correct screwdriver for the lower case. Maybe the one you have is worn or badly made.
Compare the short screws carefully before reinstalling them. The shouldered screws go in the holes on the front edge.
thanks twisk, I wish i would have read your tip before I finished putting the bottom of my laptop back together. I managed to get all screws in somehow, but one was in fact too-tight.
BTW, big big thanks to the Author: Andrew Bookholt. Just used this guide and my trackpad now works again.
xitxit2 -
Before I started removing any screws I took a piece of paper and drew the bottom of the laptop and put a piece of double-sided tape in the spot where each screw goes. That way when I took out the screws, I could put them on the tape so I knew exactly which screw went in which spot. I did the same thing for dismantling the inside on another sheet of paper, then a third sheet for the screen after getting the front glass off.
I use a similar technique: I print out the iFixit manual for the job, and Scotch-tape down the screws/brackets/cables I remove at each step next to the component descriptions. That way, when I'm reassembling, the bits are taped right next to the photo of where they came from.
adlerpe -
That's exactly what I do for all my repairs! It's the best way to keep track of all of the parts ' original location and to make sure that you don't miss any parts during reassembly.
Great idea and one I use often
Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing it here.
The colours you used for these circles are indistinguishable for colour-blind people. Please consider using something like the palette suggested by visibone: http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
Squares, Circles, Triangles (you get the idea) would work as well to distinguish the different screws.
I'd use a Phillips #000 screwdriver also. The #00 can work, but if the screws are in really tight, it doesn't get far enough down into the screws to get purchase, so it will start to strip (and I agree that the screws are pretty soft). On mine, the screws for the fan were really tight, started to strip with #00, needed a #000 and quite a bit of pressure to get them to move.
The Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" does support 16 GB RAM, but it is very picky about the type of RAM. OWC sells a 16 GB kit (2x 8 GB). I think it's got to be 1066 (aka 1067) MHz RAM. A lot of 8 GB modules on the market now are faster than 1066 MHz, and reports I've read say people start getting kernel panics if they use the wrong RAM.
Some info here:
"1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM"
"*Originally, both the official and actual maximum RAM was 8 GB. However, as confirmed by site sponsor OWC, if running OS X 10.7.5 or higher, updated with the latest EFI, and equipped with proper specification memory modules, this model can support up to 16 GB of RAM."
Our Mid 2010 already had "the latest EFI" (i.e. Boot ROM version in System Profiler), so the reference to updating it may not be relevant.
Winston -
I used a 00 that fit but the screws were very tight so I used a tiny paintbrush with some wd40 on it and put it around the edges of the screws. Worked like a charm
I had the same problem. The #00 screwdriver worked for some of the screws but some others were too tight and I had to use a #000. Maybe it was because the cover had slightly bent because the battery inside had basically doubled its width, but I still found that the #000 was a much better fit for these screws. Even the ones that came out with the #00 came out much easier with the #000. I would suggest updating this guide to suggest using a #000.
If you are running OS X 10.11.2 or newer, battery provided by iFixIt will not work. I've already tried 2 batteries from iFixIt and neither worked. iFixIt needs to come clean on this unfortunate situation. I've already put 8 hours into this futile effort when it should have taken me 45 minutes.
What was your solution? I'm using 10.11.3 OS X. I may need a battery replacement very soon too.
John Doe -
The 10 screws that hold that bottom case take a #00 Phillips driver, if yours doesn't fit it's probably because it's cheaply made & not precise enough.
I purchased the IFixIt 54 bit Driver Kit and their Phillips #00 are NOT the appropriate size for the bottom screws on this MacBook Pro. This manual needs to have the tools changed to Phillips #000 Screwdriver. Until then I shall not click the "Give the author +30 points" button. Apart from that, the rest of the manual is very good. It would also be an idea to make a comment about making sure the battery connector is in the correct position when plugging the battery back in. One poster commented that their battery will not charge anymore. My guess is a pin(s) was/were bent due to the connection not being in the vertical orientation when being pressed back together. :-)
THANK YOU for writing and generously supplying this guide for our use. It is much appreciated. +30 point coming when the Phillips #000 size is changed or added.
j'ai remarqué que le 4 vis philips courtes sur le bord avant ont une courte entretoise
celles des cotés n'en ont pas et sont courtes
la dernière sur le bord qui comporte les 3 longues, est un poil plus longue
si l'on ne fait pas attention, les vis des cotés ne peuvent pas se visser à fond et dépassent un peu
parfait pour le reste ! Merci
I am pretty sure that one of the tools listed as needed has changed from when I looked it up last week and placed the order, and is a mistake. Here is a screen shot of the first step to replacing the fan on my Mac unibody. Doesn't a 3mm Phillips call for a #1 PH screwdriver? Is the mistake in the size of the screw or the screwdriver designation? And I am sure the last time I looked it did not say I needed to remove 13.5 mm Phillips screws. Maybe I can figure it out, but I once ruined a laptop by dropping a back screw from the screwdriver into the innards. I never found it - until it rattled around and ruined the computer! Should I guess? What does everyone think?
Slightly lift the lower case and push it toward the rear of the computer to free the mounting tabs.
In the introduction you should link fixers to this excellent doc: https://www.ifixit.com/Misc/HD_Software_...
It is really critical, super easy, and free(!) to clone your existing drive onto the new one you will install. I ran into one error, but SuperDuper! support replied immediately on how to fix it...Thanks ifixit and SuperDuper! (I ponied up the $28 for the software anyway, I was so impressed!)
Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the battery connector up out of its socket on the logic board.
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why is step 3 necessary?
Removes the possibility of any current flow. This is especially important if you are trying to mitigate the damage to the circuitry due to a spill on a keyboard.
$@$@. Don't use an non-isolated screwdriver for this. I just shorted-out my battery :(
You are absolutely right, never use a screwdriver on the logic board or any connector! Delicate use of fingernails or a credit card will get you through most situations if you lack a spudger.
How do you get that battery connector back on? Do you just press it in back in place after you're done?
yes. I usually plug it in before I screw it down so I can lift the battery a bit and have enough slack to be able to go straight down on the connector, otherwise it comes in on a bit of an angle, which can't be good (though not necessarily bad).
Would it not be advisable to drain the battery completely before attempting to repair, if you want to be sure you don't get a spark when removing the battery connector?
Disconnecting the battery connector is not that different from simply unplugging a battery from an older model MacBook with a removable battery. You're not trying to protect yourself from a "spark", but the internal circuitry when taking the MacBook apart.
I neglected step 3 and now my computer won't turn on. Could I have shorted out my logic board?
I had the same problem , my macbook doesn't switch on working
A very easy and fast update indeed! Using this guide and the tools indicated on top I replaced the two RAM cards (2GB each) with two 8GB RAM cards from OWC for a total of 16GB RAM in my MBP Middle 2010 Core 2 Duo (Officially not supported according to Apple).
Make sure you select RAM with these specs: 16GB DDR3 PC8500 1066MHz Kit (8GBx2)
Apps open much faster and I can run a virtual machine at a decent speed.
Removing the battery is not required, but in some instances can make installing ram much easier. If you plan on upgrading from 4GB (2X 2GB) to 8GB (2X 4GB) Removing the battery would be better. There are two levels of ram. If you are replacing both levels, then remove the battery. If you are just replacing the top, dont bother. Removing the battery for very long or even at all (depending on the CMOS battery age and health) could possibly reset settings, the clock, saved wifi passwords, and more.
This step almost finished me, and I did extensive damage to the battery plug. Fortunately, I later replaced the battery, and the replacement came with a new plug! :) Newbies need to know - 1. The battery plug is like a thin lip on a thicker lip, so you need to pry BETWEEN 2 thin lips to get it off, else you are trying to yank out the socket. 2. Mine was initially VERY tight, and trying to get it out broke the plastic on all sides of plug, even though I was as careful as possible. Luckily, this didn't hurt functionality and I later replaced the battery. AFTER disconnecting once, it was never so tight again,
Guys I just used my index finger nail. It's the most useful nail to let grow a little bit for this type of procedure. Came off pretty easy when using both my right hand index and left hand index together to lift the plug up out. Found some plastic folded it and place it right over the socket so the plug would go back in and now the plug holds the plastic in place so I can focus on the main work.
Remove two Phillips screws securing the hard drive bracket to the upper case.
Remove the hard drive cable by pulling its connector straight away from the hard drive.
You can stop here if you only need to replace the hard drive, right?
Only if you don't want a hard drive in your MacBook Pro. ;P
*Step 7: REMOVE HDD
*Step 8: REPLACE HDD
Key steps if you need to save or access data. That is, unless you use an external HDD. Then yes, you can stop at step 7.
Straight-forward and easy to follow.
No problems except minor ones from not reading all the text...easily fixed by reading :-)
Used Carbon Copy Clone rather than Super Duper to clone drive.
I did this exactly with a 7200 RPM WD Scorpio that I had been using in my MacBook 13" Unibody (before Apple discontinued that). I get a nasty crash on boot, even with the OS X 10.6 Install DVD. I mean BSOD-equivalent crash. The MacBook Pro is brand new. Anybody know why this happens?
I fixed it. I don't know which of the following did it. 1) I ran all software updates to the OS using the MacBook before transferring the drive again into the MBP, and 2) when I installed the drive I disconnected the battery – perhaps this reset the SMC. While booting, I held Option and it recognized the new HD right away. From then on, it booted fine.
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I did this exactly with a 7200 RPM WD Scorpio that I had been using in my MacBook 13" Unibody (before Apple discontinued that). I get a nasty crash on boot, even with the OS X 10.6 Install DVD. I mean BSOD-equivalent crash. The MacBook Pro is brand new. Anybody know why this happens?
This could be from the Apple firmware update for 7200 RPM Drives. They released an update because these were causing vibration that people were complaining about. Maybe it wouldn't function without update?
I guess it's probably my fault that I broke the SATA cable during this step (unless the cable was somehow already weakened), but for anyone reading this, be extra careful. My connector was fitted really tightly, and when it finally came out it ripped the cable, which is pretty expensive in its own right (although you can get a cheaper deal on eBay).
Had no issue since installation of a 7200RPM WD Scorpio 750GB drive and had no issues with vibration. I did notice back when I got this MacBook Pro though, the pre-installed Apple branded drive was only performing at half of the 3Gbps potential (1.5)
I could see letting Apple get away with that on a consumer level machine but for the premium price, I expect performance.
Needless to say even running the same HDD on my same MBP, I've had not a single problem with the HDD upgrade. Best money spent on it along with additional RAM.
Everywhere I see recommendations for a torx t6 driver yet many warn me I need a tr6 security driver. ???? Are ALL macs including the mid 2010 using the tamper resistant screws? I am going blind trying to see the pin in the middle!
Remove the following four screws securing the hard drive and IR sensor cable to the upper case:
Two 1.5 mm Phillips screws.
Two 9.5 mm Phillips screws.
Taking the two little screws from the cable was easy... putting them back was another story LOL. It really would have been helpful to have a magnetic precision screwdriver so the teeeeeeny little screws would stick to it... because trying to get them back into the hole, when the new cable is still kinda bouncy and not bent to those sharp right angles... I actually launched one of them about 3 feet away when my finger slipped and the cable popped up with the screw in the hole (but not yet tightened). Luckily I found it, and eventually got them screwed back in!
is there anywhere i could buy another set of the screws that hold down the hdd cable? i think mine is broken and i could get it out of it's socket, any information about the screw specs is very appreciated, thanks
Lift the hard drive/IR sensor cable assembly out of the upper case.
I bought the cable from ifixit and did have to peel off the IR receiver, which was surprisingly challenging. I'd never come across the ribbon cable clamp connection before and so didn't know how to open it, or how much of the new cable needed to go in. I'd also suggest marking the location of the cable that attaches to case bottom, before you pull it off. A few pencil marks would work. (That's probably a step 8 add)
I had the same challenge with the ribbon cable clamp. There is a tiny orange ribbon, visible in the lower left corner of the photo for step 10, above, that needs to be connected to the new part using a tiny clamp, also visible right there in step 10. To open it, you flip up part of the clamp that is opposite the ribbon. That will release the ribbon, and enable you to slide the ribbon into the new clamp, which then you can adhere to the bracket. Hope that's helpful for future fixers.
Thank you, Bryony! Very helpful clarification on how to open the clamp. All set now.
Lucas -
Thanks. You comment should be added to the guide along with a close up photo.
Thanks to Bryony I easily fastened the small orange connector. For future fixers: I photographed the little clamp while opened: http://imgur.com/a/1cYyx. Use the edge of a credit card or a plectrum to open it.
Pete -
Thanks for posting these tips. Made detaching and then attaching little orange cable possible for me.
It would REALLY be helpful if there were some instructions with close-up photos to guide you through the process of removing AND re-attaching the IR sensor component to a new drive cable. This is not intuitive and the part is very small and fragile. Forcing things the wrong way will quickly result in breaking parts. Bryony's comments were very helpful (Thank YOU!). Any way to get these steps added to the guide?
Does anyone have pictures of how to reinsert the IR orange cable? Or a link to a site that does..stuck at that part
Success. I agree that this is the trickiest part of the job, and is the least documented.
Getting orange ribbon cable off is relatively easy, but reseating it onto the new cable was an <OMG, I am going to break this> moment.
My approach was to slide the side of a credit card underneath and use that as an in situ support. I was then able to exert some lateral force to reseat the orange cable connector into the connector on the black plastic terminal piece of the new cable.
NB: I did unpeel the sticky back of the black piece before reconnecting cables.
Advice: at the end, stick the length of the cable to the case following the original path; make sure it is flush with the other side of the case on the short vertical drop. Any slack in the cable length will foul the replacement of the back IR sensor assembly.
Good Luck!
(PS: got my cable cheaply from eBay, but I note that the date stamped on the cable is 2009, so if it was a faulty batch from that period, maybe I have a problem in store for the future...?)
Pic 1,2 : the new 2012 cable does not fit on the old 2009 Mac.
Pic 3 : the 2009 cable on the 2009 Mac.
Pic 4, 5 : both cables 2012 821-1480-A (new but does not fit), 2009 821-0814-1 (defective, to be replaced).
Pic 6 : the clamp closed.
Pic 7 : the clamp opened with orange ribbon still in.
Pic 8, 9 : orange ribbon out.
I could open the clamp with nail.
I could unscrew with PH00.
Some crews hard as mentioned.
Sorry for the bad pictures, I did not set my camera at max resolution.
Presbytes have good lenses !
From which direction do I flip up the IR sensor ribbon cable clamp?
For future readers..... Just came across this post which explain with good photos about how to flip up the IR sensor ribbon cable clamp.
To connect the orange ribbon for the IR sensor you have to have to lift the little handle on the back part 90 dregrees up of the black plastic terminal piece. So now its open.
After you did this its totally easy to insert the orange ribbon flat cable. After that close the little handle again - thats all!
Thank you Jpat70 for your tip on the orange sensor cable. Made the install super easy!
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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This is a useful guide as usual, but I think ifixit might slitly change it, and give a little picture to show how to remove the bracket from the cable :)
This is exactly what I wanted to see and they didn't have it :( but it worked out okay in the end!
Pretty straight forward guide - follow other user's directions for replacing the IR receiver (if you didn't purchase a new one). Fairly easy as well.
Only complication I had was with extremely tight screws, which with screwdriver heads with tighter fits becomes a non-problem immediately.
Didn't realize this was such a prevailing problem as the issues with my HDD were fairly obscure/didn't follow some of the general problems that other users online were encountering.
I had an SSD installed but it stopped working after a few months and I got the flashing question mark folder. It was very odd as the disk drive still worked, and the SSD did externally. Heard it could be the SATA as SSDs are more sensitive to damaged cables, so replaced it on the off chance and it worked! Definitely recommend trying this first if you have had the same problem
Wow, this worked so GOOD! ...and those derps at the local Apple retailer told me to "let the computer go, and take a look at the new ones we have here!"
Did troubleshooting with ifixit, ordered part from ifixit and followed step-by-step guide provided by ifixit! You guys rule!
Many thanks from Sweden!
This worked like a charm. My mid 2010 MacBook Pro is back. Although it was temping to claim my Mac as dead and buy the latest baddest MacBook, I had to try a $50 fix. It worked. I saved over $1200 now. I want to see how long my 2010 Mac lasts now. Thanks ifixit.com.
This went very smoothly. I had already tried replacing the hard drive, so there were only a few new steps for me. Glad I didn't have to take apart the bracket and light in the last step. Time machine is chugging away as I speak, and my 2010 is not on the scrap heap just yet.
This is the second time this cable has failed in this machine (Apple fixed it once for free). Seeing the FIVE right-angle bends the cable makes to get from the disk to the motherboard connector makes it clear why this part fails. Being able to buy this cable from iFixit and follow the step-by-step guide is GREAT--since Apple refuses to touch machines after they are five years old.
One hint for reassembly: first pin the cable down with the four screws, then attach the motherboard connection, then use something to temporarily hold the disk connector/cable out of the way, then pre-place the sensor/light cable against the case so you know where you want it to go, then cheat the paper glue cover off of the sensor/light cable as you smooth it against the case. Then the disk connector goes onto the disk, the disk seats easily, and then the retaining bracket is trivial.
Removing the sensor/light/disk-seat from the case was a little fiddly. It feels "stuck" because the cable is GLUED to the case!
Hello everyone! I did the same thing replaced it with a new cable but still the same blinking questions and now no commands are working to boot on safe mode or recovery mode! I also tried reset the PRAM smc etc....it just stays on the blinking question mark n shuts down by itself after a few minutes! Much help and support would be appreciated.....
It would be possible to install the same cable but without the bracket?
Best buy told my coworker's daughter that the motherboard needed to be replaced... unseating/reseating the HD cable connection to the motherboard worked for a short time then it would go bad. Replacing the cable seems to have solved the problem. Not sure why this says 30 min to 1 hr and moderate complexity - this is easy and takes 10 min.
I did this twice. Worked both times on separate Macs. It fixed the flashing file question mark.
The part arrived pretty fast. Replacing the old cable did the trick. Can't believe this is an Apple design, as this cable is easily broken. Thanks to ifixit my son has my old 2010 macbook pro. Good machine to start on for a 6 year old…
I changed the cable but im still getting the blinking folder… What should I do know?
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Je ne comprends pas comment récupérer la fixation du disque dur et le témoin lumineux, Merci à qui me renverra vers une explication plus détaillée
I do not understand how to recover the fixation of the hard disk and the indicator light, thanks to who will send me to a more detailed explanation
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The nation's spiritual leader, Tadodaho Sid Hill, told the newspaper that he found it incomprehensible that they used a man viewed as a hero "to identify a man like Osama Bin Laden."
Hill told the Post-Standard he expected more from Obama, but that "nobody seems to be able to see our side."
The White House referred questions on the matter to the U.S. Defense Department, which said no disrespect was meant to Native Americans.
The department wouldn't elaborate on the use of "Geronimo," but said code names typically are chosen randomly so that those working on a mission can communicate without divulging any information to adversaries.
'Inappropriate uses' of 'icons'
Loretta Tuell, staff director and chief counsel for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, said Tuesday it was inappropriate to link Geronimo, whom she called "one of the greatest Native American heroes," with one of the most hated enemies of the United States.
"These inappropriate uses of Native American icons and cultures are prevalent throughout our society, and the impacts to Native and non-Native children are devastating," Tuell said.
Tuell is a member of the Nez Perce tribe and grew on the tribe's reservation in Idaho. The Senate Indian Affairs panel had previously scheduled a hearing for Thursday on racial stereotypes of native people. Tuell said the use of Geronimo in the bin Laden raid will be discussed.
Steven Newcomb, a columnist for the weekly newspaper Indian Country Today, criticized what he called a disrespectful use of a name revered by many Native Americans.
"Apparently, having an African-American president in the White House is not enough to overturn the more than 200-year American tradition of treating and thinking of Indians as enemies of the United States," Newcomb wrote.
"It's another attempt to label Native Americans as terrorists," said Paula Antoine of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.
Jefferson Keel, president of National Congress of American Indians, the largest organization representing American Indians and Alaska Natives, said, "Osama bin Laden was a shared enemy."
Keel said that since 2001, 77 American Indians and Alaskan Natives have died defending the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq. More than 400 have been wounded.
Geronimo was born in 1829 in what would later become the state of New Mexico. Aside from leading resistance efforts for his people, he was also known as a spiritual leader.
After the families of Geronimo and other Apache warriors were captured and sent to Florida, he and 35 warriors surrendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles near the Arizona-New Mexico border in 1886.
Geronimo eventually was sent to Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where he died of pneumonia in 1909 after nearly 23 years of captivity. He was buried in the Fort Sill Apache prisoner of war cemetery.


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Labour's flagship jobs guarantee would be in place throughout the next Parliament, paid for by a bank bonus tax and a squeeze on high-earners' pension pots, the party said.
The pledge to include a five-year help package for the long-term unemployed in the 2015 general election manifesto comes less than a month after it said it was only being promised for one year.
Under the scheme, under-25s on Jobseeker's Allowance for more than a year - two years for others - would have to take a taxpayer-subsidised job for six months or risk losing benefits.
Firms and voluntary sector groups would provide 25 hours' employment a week over six months at the national minimum wage - with the Government paying the wages and employers' National Insurance.
Another £500 per employee would be supplied towards training - which would be compulsory for participants - and administration costs.
Labour said only firms that could show they were not using the scheme to replace existing workers or reduce their hours would qualify for funding.
Last month the party confirmed reports that funding - also including the proceeds of restricting pension tax relief for high earners - was only in place for 2015/16.
Now it says the scheme - estimated on present claimant levels to cost £1.9 billion in its first year and £900 million a year thereafter - is affordable right through to 2020.
A "cautious estimate" put the revenue from a fresh raid on annual City payouts at between £1.5 billion and £2 billion - with £900 million to £1.3 billion a year brought in by the pension switch, it said.
That will see the rate of pension tax relief afforded those earning £150,000 a year or more cut to the same 20% level applied to basic rate taxpayers.
Even on the lower estimate of revenues the changes to pensions tax relief will cover the costs of the Compulsory Jobs Guarantee after the first year, the party said.
That did not account for the resultant reductions in benefit payments and the ability to shut down other schemes reducing the costs, it added.
The Opposition also sought to stem Tory accusations of unfunded policies by insisting the scheme would be the only thing paid for by a tax on bank bonuses.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has faced regular taunts from Conservative MPs for promising to use the bank bonus tax proceeds many times over for different spending pledges.
He said social housing and the regional growth fund would both benefit when he first announced the party's intention to target the financial sector excesses in 2011.
But a spokesman said priorities since changed and the jobs guarantee was now "the only policy which will be funded by the bank bonus tax and the proposed changes to pension tax relief".
Mr Balls said: "It's shocking that the number of young people stuck on the dole for more than a year has doubled under David Cameron.
"For tens of thousands of young people who cannot find work this is no recovery at all.
"We've got to put this right. So if Labour wins the next election we will get young people and the long-term unemployed off benefits and into work."
He said evidence of a return to soaring annual bonuses for bankers shows "i t's fair to pay for our jobs plan with a repeat of Labour's tax on bank bonuses".
"We need a recovery for the many, not just a few at the top.
"As a country we simply cannot afford to be wasting the talents of thousands of young people and leaving them stuck on the dole for years on end. It's bad for them, it's bad for our economy and it's bad for taxpayers who have to pay the bill."
Jobs minister Esther McVey said more than 60,000 young people had taken up work experience through a Jobcentre Plus placement in the last year.
Surveys suggested 40% who did so went on to get a job, she said, pointing to i ndependent statistics showing the number of young people in work rose by almost 50,000 in the last three months.
"All young people should hold onto their dreams of what they want to become - but the way to get there is having opportunities to get your foot in the door so you can then work your way up.
"Young people tell me they need work experience to get a job, but they need a job to get work experience - and as part of the Government's long-term economic plan we're helping them do just that."
The Conservatives said Treasury estimates put the cost of the jobs guarantee at £2.6 billion every year and suggested the bonus tax and pensions squeeze would not raise any money.
The Labour chancellor who first imposed the tax, Alistair Darling, said at the time it was a "one off" measure as City chiefs would quickly find ways to evade it, the Tories said.
And it said analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies showed Government measures had " actually already raised this money and probably slightly more from the same group of people".
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid said: "Labour's sums don't add up. They are proposing yet more unfunded spending, meaning more borrowing and more taxes to pay for it.
"And Labour's bank tax is a short-term political gimmick that they want to spend ten times over.
"It's the same old Labour. Ed Miliband has no economic plan. Labour would put the recovery at risk, put jobs at risk and hardworking people would pay the price with a less secure future."


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In the age of austerity that surrounds us today, government worry about wasting money on ventures which swallow vast sums of cash. Often we look back when things seems more straight forward, where everything was built without the problems that modern projects seem to encounter. But was that really the case?
During the First World War the conflict in the air was changing fast and Britain was having real problems. There was a requirement to teach pilots and aircrew the art of aerial gunnery. Colonel Sefton Branker convinced the government to establish a gunnery school, based on a site in France. What was required was an inland body of water with steep hills surrounding it for target ranges. Loch Doon in East Ayrshire was selected for the new school.
The location was remote, lying on the border of East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. Construction started in September 1916 with a railway being built to supply the material. The level of Loch Doon had to be raised by 6ft to provide a suitable area for seaplanes to land and take off and to provide hydro power to the site. 15000 construction workers and 500 servicemen had to be transported and accommodated as well as the illegal use of 1300 German PoWs. They all required buildings, power, heating, water, food, entertainment and of course toilets with requirement for sewage works.
On the east side of the loch, a flat area of boggy ground was chosen as the airfield. A seaplane hangar was built to the north of the main airfield site.
Target ranges were to be built on the remote west site of the loch with piers and jetties constructed, before the ranges could even built. But this massive project started to go wrong, very wrong indeed.
At the airfield, the hangars and associated buildings were built whilst attempting to drain the bog. But after 56 miles of drainage pipes and tonnes of soil, the bog refused to be drained.
The airfield was abandoned after 6 months work, the hangars dismantled and a new airfield built almost 8km to the north by Dalmellington. The problems mounted up; the site was too remote, the new airfield too far away, the weather and topography limited the amount of flying time. Additional work was required at the new airfield to divert the River Doon in a new channel lined by tiles, to allow the level of Bogton Loch to be reduced. With improvements to aircraft, the techniques to be taught at Loch Doon were no longer valued. Finally, the need for the railway to be extended to Loch Doon by means of a tunnel was the straw that broke the camel's back. The government called a halt to any more work and as quickly as it came it was dismantled and abandoned. The costs were never revealed in total but between £350,000 and £3 million was spent, which is between £16 million to £137 million at today's prices.
Much of the site was lost when the Loch was raised some 10m in a 1936 hydro scheme. But recent aerial images taken when the water was extremely low, down to 1916 levels, revealed much of the site. In particular the hangars for the airfield and for the seaplane have been revealed. Detailed examination of these images have allowed us to record the true scale of this site and identify key parts of the site which have been submerged for decades. The Commission in partnership with Historic Scotland have recorded this site in more detail as part of The First World War Audit Project to record the surviving remains of the great war.
This massive construction project was a complete and utter failure, ill-conceived and over budget. What it does leave us with is the physical remains of a very ambitious scheme and a unique perspective of the remains of an extensive complex of sites for civilians, military personnel and prisoners of war.
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A friend called me one evening several weeks ago. 'Did you see the study where they found that organic foods aren't any healthier than non-organic?' she asked.
'Seriously?' I replied. 'I just saw it on the news. I thought you'd be interested.'
I was interested. I wanted to find out how this could possibly true. More truthfully, I wanted to find holes in the study. And when I got behind the headlines, I found that the report is not a reason for me to give up organic foods in favor of those conventionally grown or raised.
First of all, the study (done at Stanford University) was a study of studies in which they evaluated 5,000 articles and more than 200 studies.
Second, none of the studies reviewed covered a period of more than two years. Is a two-year span enough to see better nutrition result in better health? I don't know, but it doesn't seem likely. It seems hardly enough time to know if there are health benefits or -- more importantly -- to ascertain whether there are risks to health from consuming conventionally grown/raised foods. What do years of eating synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides do to the human body?
I think you have to look at the big picture. And from what I understand of the study I don't think they even looked at the small picture closely enough. What studies were selected for review? There are European studies that have shown that organically grown produce contains higher quantities of nutrients that conventionally grown. These were apparently not included.
For instance, four years ago I wrote about a study from Newcastle University in England that found that food grown organically -- particularly fruits, vegetables and milk -- are more nutritious than those produced by conventional methods.
For me, the really big picture is the health of the environment, which ultimately impacts our physical health. Food is not grown in a vacuum and then neatly deposited on grocery store shelves. Behind conventionally grown foods are a host of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. They not only get into the food, but also into the air and the water.
A recent case in point is the toxic blue-green algae growing rampant in many lakes throughout the country. The alarming story made the evening news this past week. We're not talking a little algae. We're talking about a dense, thick, pea-soupy mess covering huge areas. Some of the 'blooms' -- like that on Lake Erie -- are large enough to be easily seen in satellite photos.
Not all algae produce toxins, but those that do pose a serious health risk (not to mention a really bad odor that severely impacted the summer boating and fishing industry). Dogs who have swum in contaminated waters have died. Humans have become seriously ill and in some cases have sustained permanent neurological damage.
The past summer's excessive heat was a contributing factor to the excessive algal growth, but the main culprit is fertilizer run-off from farms. The algae thrive on this excess 'food.'
No connection between organic foods and better health? To me, a better question to ask is why are we still debating whether organic or conventional is healthier?
And what of the study's own admission that organic food does lower exposure to pesticides and resistance to antibiotics? Another positive for eating organic: tThe study found that organic milk and chicken have higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids, which are associated with better health.
If you're interested in learning more about the power of organic farming, I highly recommend Maria Rodale's book, 'Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe.'
-- Pam Baxter is an avid organic vegetable gardener who lives in Kimberton. She is newsletter editor of the Green Valleys Association. Direct e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, or send mail to P.O. Box 80, Kimberton, PA 19442.


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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - how is your mother??? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in how is your mother??? Goto page 1, 2 Next Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message garroyovJoined: 30 Jan 2007Posts: 13Location: Costa Rica Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: how is your mother??? FOR MY IS VERY IMPORTANT MY MOM, I LOVE HER SO MUCH, SHE IS VERY BRAVE AND SHE SHOWS ME THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS AND NECESSARY FOR MY LIFE... HOW IS YOUR MOTHER?? Back to top magieJoined: 02 Feb 2007Posts: 3Location: Costa Rica Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: my mom Hi!! I am a girl from Costa Rica I don't live with my mom, but she is so nice, she likes to dance and she does it so well. She likes to cook and she always takes care my family. She is a good friend. Back to top marvinJoined: 23 Feb 2007Posts: 19Location: Costa Rica Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: My mom!!!!!! For me my mother is the more important in all the world. She teach me to life and to know that the life is hard but don´t is impossible to achieve our goals... Back to top aimkhJoined: 27 Feb 2007Posts: 1 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:03 am Post subject: My opinion my mother is the important in the life. I can't give her any think.I love her . Regards, Back to top black seaJoined: 20 Oct 2006Posts: 56Location: Dubai Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: I love my mother sooo much ^ ____ ^ She is my life Back to top emily76921Joined: 05 Mar 2007Posts: 4 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: My Mother My mother is a forty-eight-year-old woman and she is a companion, who works in a hospital. Since she was a junior high school student, she has had to help chores and take good care of her sibling. Although it was a very tough period, she didnt give up studying. Besides, she used her leisure time to read large numbers of books and do as many exercises as possible. Therefore, she could answer precisely and got high grades in the entrance exam. Now, she often reminds me of her persistence and teaches me the manners of studying. I really feel an immense gratitude to her. In addition, she is a good counselor, too. Whenever I encountered difficulties, she was the best adviser and gave me probable tips all the time. And then I could walk out of the bad mood quickly. For me, she is not only a great mother but also a good friend. Back to top R.TJoined: 10 Nov 2008Posts: 3 Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: my mom I think that me & my mom have a really good relationship. My mom has always been my goal & would always be. She's smart, caring, good @ cooking,& takes much good care for our family. Me & my mother are like best friends. I tell my mother everything. She always gives me great advices & I love talking to her. I've always wanted to be like my mom. My mom is a teacher @ a high school, & my dream is to be a teacher too. I had that dream ever since I was in elementary. I think that moms are very important. I don't know what I would do without her. I don't live with my mom now but I go to my parents place almost everyday. I do talk to my dad but not as much as my mom. Me & my mom would talk for hours & would never run out of things to talk about. Back to top YkriJoined: 17 Nov 2008Posts: 4 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:23 am Post subject: for me, my mother is the most reliable and estimable person in my life. i dont think there is nobody who think about me as much as she does. however, she passed away a year ago. i was 19 years old. it was very sudden. it sounds like im old enough but i was not old enough to live without her. after i lost her, i realized how much she was needed for me and loved me. and i wondered if i could give love to her as well as she did to me or not, becaus i didnt really like saying 'thank you' or 'sorry'. i was too shy to say these things. but now, i feel like i should have said these things when she was alive. i cannot do anything coz she is not here anymore. so, if you read this, i want u to say 'thank you' or 'i love you' to ur mother so that you will not regret because your mom is only one in the world Back to top Jenniferdu521Joined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 72 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject: I was deeply moved by Ykri's poster. meanwhile, I feel so lucky that I can live with my mother now, though I have married. For Ykri's suggestion. I think I will say thank you and I love you to my mother this evenning. I believe Mom is always the person most love you in the world. Back to top jerlinhuangJoined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 10 Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: I want to say"Thank you! "&"I love you!" to my mother.I think that my mother is the best mother in the world. Although I don't live with my mother, she take care my daughter. You know,taking care a small baby is too hardy assignment. However,she never complain with to me.But now,I really so ashamed.I'm not a good mother. Back to top Snake777Joined: 05 Nov 2005Posts: 301Location: Ho CHi Minh , Viet Nam Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: I love my mom and also my dad ! We are not rich , but we live happily together. My mom is a good listener.When I feel down, she is always there to help me move on! My mom seems the only best friend that I have. She is also the best cook ever:) !!!! BTW, Mother's day is on this Sunday. Any plans to celebrate that day for your mothers? I really want to give her a big hug and say : ''THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME, AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ,MOM!!!" Well.... To be honest, I have not ever done it before. I don't hug people, and I don't say the corny words =/ Yeah I'm a boring person . I guess, I'd better do it since I'm still lucky to have her around =] Back to top F9750021Joined: 18 May 2009Posts: 8 Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:53 am Post subject: I think my mother is very nice. When I was in the bad mood, she will encourage and give me advice to solve the problem. When I am happy, I always like to share with her. Sometimes, She just like my friends. She is a good mother. Ha-ha!! Back to top F9750008Joined: 17 May 2009Posts: 8Location: Taiwan Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:19 am Post subject: My mother is important to me. No matter what happened difficult or sad thing,she always support me evry moment. I feel I am so happy that I can be her son. I love her so much. I hope I can repay my mom in someday. Back to top ex547896321Joined: 18 May 2009Posts: 8 Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:30 am Post subject: Well...I come form Taiwan. I have two mother.For some reason,I hate them.But I have grandmother.She taught everything and give me love.I thought she is my real mother. Back to top Jenniferdu521Joined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 72 Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:33 am Post subject: ex547896321 wrote: Well...For some reason,I hate them.But I have grandmother.She taught everything and give me love.I thought she is my real mother. Hi ex547896321,I feel sorry to hear what you said, in my opinion, do not hate anybody, even she is not kind with you. hate will do nothing good for you. so don't hate, be happy! 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In the 2013 Sunday School classes, adults will study the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. Below are some of the great resources provided by the Church to help in your individual study.
Online Scriptures. If you haven't experienced scriptures.lds.org, you need to. You can read the text or listen to the audio scriptures. You can even enlarge the text size to make it easier to read. You can click on footnotes and references to jump directly to the referenced scripture. It also has personalized study tools that let you take notes, highlight verses, and save personal notes. Those notes are then available to you whether you read the scriptures online or on a mobile device. (See mobile.lds.org.)
Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price is available in audio format on CD. Or you can listen to the audio online at scriptures.lds.org. When in a chapter online, just click Listen in the right margin.
Printed scriptures are available for purchase in a variety of covers, colors, and sizes.
Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine manuals are available online for the teacher as well as the Class Member Study Guide. They are also available in printed format.
Doctrine and Covenants Visual Resource DVDs: This set of four DVDs has over 300 visual resources, including videos, art, charts, quotes, and study activities. The set contains 5 movies, including Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration (the 2005 version shown in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building), Legacy, The Mountain of the Lord, Treasure in Heaven: The John Tanner Story, and Only a Stonecutter. The set also includes Doctrine and Covenants Stories (see above). It is for use in the home and in Church classroom. The set of four DVDs is available for $4.50 or it is also available online.
Presidents of the Church DVD. This set of DVDs contains a documentary, a testimony, and a photo gallery for each President of the Church from Joseph Smith to Gordon B. Hinckley.
Illustrated scriptures stories (books). These popular books with colorfully illustrated scripture stories are available in printed format and also online in PDF format (Doctrine and Covenants Stories, Book of Mormon Stories, Old Testament Stories, and New Testament Stories. You may want to consider getting the printed books or the DVD (see below) as Christmas gifts for children.
Illustrated scriptures stories (videos). Media-enriched video versions of the illustrated scriptures books are available on LDS.org at scripturestories.lds.org or on DVD.
Scripture Stories radio series. This Scripture Stories weekly radio series is designed to inspire children to come to know and love stories from the scriptures. Each episode features children sharing their insights and favorite experiences from the scriptures, along with music and readings of the best stories from the scriptures.
Seminary Doctrine and Covenants Student Study Guide. Available to download, read online, or purchase.
Institute manuals. Various manual available to download, read online, or purchase.
Joseph Smith Papers. Read original documents and historical background on the Joseph Smith Papers website.
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Continuing my BN Revisiting.
You won't find a review that said Mark did a poor job as Eddie/Dirk.
He was definately robbed of an Oscar/Golden Globe. But that's just a different topic. Let's focus on his work.
As in most character study type films, the character transforms. In this case, from naive young man with no direction to cocky porn star to washed up/drugged out and finally as someone who has learned a bit. Instead of 2 or three steps, we get a gradual process. It just flowed.
Another part is how Mark interacts with the other characters. It's one thing that he always brings to his films, you see the tendrils of a connection between his co-stars. In this picture you see it much stronger than a few of his other films.
From Jack, Amber, Rollergirl, and the rest of the cast, you get pulled into the affection and later the anger the others have for Eddie/Dirk.
If I had to the choice of picking one scene that was his best, it actually is fairly early in the film. It is the scene where Eddie and his mom are fighting just before he decides to join Horner. The frustrations and loathing in that family was just powerful stuff.
I also liked the Amber/Eddie sex scene one. But it was more Julianne Moore's scene than Mark's I think.
Agree/disagree? Other thoughts?
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I agree with Lianne.
I felt strong chemisty of each characters in the film.
Eddie and his mom's fighting scene are very impressive.
His mother's refracted love to her son. Why?
Why she is hard on her son?
What would make her cruel mother?
Because she exactly knows her son's GIFT?
Her loving son changed her as a result?
And she changed her husband who does not have presence at all?
It's tragedy,the love between families became more complicated and fatal.
That's why Eddie feel comfortable with Amber, affectionate mother and Jack, like tolerant father.JohnC and Rollergirl are like his brother and sister.
Another impressive scene is where Dirk ,Jhon.C and Todd are in the Rahad(sp?)'s house. They are in very dangerous situation, but Dirk is making hollow expression,it's like in the absent-mindedness state. I thougt then,Mark is the best actor I've ever seen.
I just noticed the topic I posted before here has deleted. My post(goof and proof) must be bad.I may used unsuitabale pics here.
I am sorry.
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I agree Lianne he was definitely robbed of an oscar? and who won the oscar that year anyway?????....
another scene Mark played well was where he just had to sit and listen to Burt Reynolds character tell him about the business...Mark demonstrates that 'young naive teenager' very well with very little being said by his character....knowing full well Mark W is a long way from being 'naive'...
there are many more scenes I could list...including the last scene where he is having the conversation with to the mirror psyching him self up for another BIG scene...
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I need to rent this one again. I just remember thinking how much of a stretch this role was for him and how many different emotions and stages he went through. The critics did love him - its a bummer he didn't get any formal recognition through the awards.
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I don't think Mark's character, Dirk Diggler/Eddie completed his transformation from "naive teenager to one who has learned a bit." I believe in the end he is still concieded and hasn't learned anything.
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I agree with Lianne, I was very impressed by this film and think Mark did a great job, this whole film was about his transformation and realisation of who he is, he learnt most of his lessons the hard way but he accepted his destiny. Mark really worked his character and developed alot of feeling and depth through Dirk.
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I agree Ediie & mum fighting is very realistic.Brilliant bit of acting there by both.I thought the expressions on Mark's face when they were in the house trying to sell the drugs was good as well.
So sad at the end when he went back & asked can you help me please?
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I agree with you I think that Mark is amazing in this movie.
This is a little critic that a italian journalist send to me about Mark character in Boogie Nights
Mark is really good, his character is very difficult,he succeeds to being fascinating and ingenuous in the same time, he is truly impressive!
I really don't understand why he don't have recive any prize for this character
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he did an excellent job in this movie, coutos (sp) to him
Micha xoxox
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Is it Kudos, like the chocolate covered granola bar?
***DROOL*** He is such a little hottie
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I've heard this movie is loosely based on John Holmes (70s porn star). I think Mark was perfect for the role, I couldn't even see anyone else doing it.
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Serena Williams starts new tennis season with straight sets win
She beats Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-1 in first round of Brisbane International.
15-time grand slam champion has had foot surgery
Sister Venus stars as United States beat South Africa in Hopman Cup
Serena Williams shrugged off injury concerns to win her first match of the new WTA season in convincing fashion in Brisbane Sunday.
The 15-time grand slam champion pulled out of an exhibition tournament in Thailand last week but showed she had fully recovered from a recent foot surgery with a 6-2 6-1 win over fellow American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-1.
"My foot didn't hurt today," a Williams told the official Brisbane International website.
"I was a little nervous, but I was completely fine."
Williams finished 2012 in ominous form, winning Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the season-ending WTA Championship, as well as taking double Olympic gold in London.
Read: Serena and Sharapova fight injuries ahead of new season
It was a return to her very best after an 18-month layoff through injury and illness, but she is only third in the world rankings due to previous inactivity and results.
The two women above, top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Sharapova, have both received first round byes for the tournament on the Gold Coast, which also hosts an ATP Tour event.
In other action Sunday, former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova made an impressive start with a 6-3 6-4 win over Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro.
Poland's Urszula Radwanska beat Tamira Paszek of Austria 2-6 6-0 6-2, while home hope Jarmila Gajdosova shocked world number 16 Roberta Vinci of Italy 4-6 6-1 6-3 to set up a clash with second seed Sharapova.
Meanwhile, the elder sister of Serena Williams, seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams, played a key role in a 2-1 win for the United States over South Africa in Perth.
Williams, who has battled injuries and illness, came from a set down to beat Chanelle Scheepers 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the opening rubber.
Kevin Anderson beat John Isner in straight sets to draw the South Africans level before the concluding mixed doubles.
Williams and Isner combined to Anderson and Scheepers 6-3 6-2 to secure victory in the mixed team event.
In the other match on the second day of competition, Spain beat France 2-1.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga put France ahead as he beat Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3, but Anabel Medina Garrigues leveled it for Spain with a 6-3 6-2 win over Mathilde Johansson.
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I'm back at home again; my return to work was a little premature methinks, I knew I should've been resting up, I fucking told you.
Yesterday was of course dreadful. I spent much of it in limbo between my desk and the bog, if you were to have averaged out my day it would've been a single image of me looking pensive either going to, or returning from, the chod bin.
By late morning I have to say I was feeling better so at lunch I concluded that I was pretty much cured, I ate a sandwich which was free from diary and enjoyed a small packet of Walkers salt and vinegar Square crisps, which are delicious, low in fat and great as a mid morning snack or pre teatime treat.
The afternoon was okay too, actually, yes, I think I was all right –I even regretted cancelling meeting a friend in town but felt it wise to not push my luck. 'I'll just have a quiet one' I pondered, chewing the cap of a Bic biro as I did so. The day passed slowly and uneventfully, for April Fools Day it was a fucking shit dull load of toss if you ask me. Frank had suggested we meet up for a quick pint, I wasn't sure if this was a good idea but like the hero you know and love, I succame, all over my tits.
It was a very pleasant evening, the first time I've been down the local in daylight for a while, it even felt a bit odd sat in there with sunshine streaming through the window, proper alcoholism stuff. Ace. Frank and I caught up and I impressed him with toilet-based tales of daring-do, we only had a couple pints as I didn't want to push my luck and I toddled home after spending an hour catching up passing fucking satan is lord Tesco to pick up some vegetables.
I ate last night as normal, as if well, I'd picked up a slab of fresh smoked fish from the market in Whitstable and I ate half of it in a tortilla wrap with salad and tomato, it was rather good, I watched The Road to Perdition, it was rather like the slab of fresh smoked fish from the market in Whitstable which I'd eaten half of in that tortilla wrap with salad and tomato I mentioned back there.
I awoke in the middle of the fucking night with cramps and then this morning I was once again blasting my arsehole into smithereens with something resembling marmalade and curdled milk, really think about that too, awful isn't it…
You may be thinking, ah ha, the fish was to blame, or perhaps the beer, but you'd be bang wrong, it was simply the bug (didn't Tina Turner do that?). I should've rested up yesterday instead of cavorting round the office. I've just heard from Myfwt, she's at work complaining of a stomach upset and is feeling nauseous, oh dear, here we go again.
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This year we're adding a twist: We want your suggestions for our offbeat gift guides, and we'll be asking for them, topic by topic, over the course of this week. The final gift guide will contain both our ideas and some of yours, too.
First up: Gifts for the Truly Paranoid. Like the weird uncle who's in a militia "just in case," or the cousin who takes the same self-defense class over and over and over again. Or maybe your sister is a full-on doomsday prepper with a luxury fallout shelter in her backyard. We're talking about people who think they're always in some sort of danger, or worse, that The Day After Tomorrow might really be a documentary.
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Facebook is testing a new comments format on brand and subscriber pages by placing the most engaging comments up higher on posts, the company confirmed on Monday.
"We are testing a new format for comments on Page posts," Facebook said in a statement to Mashable. "As part of this test, the most engaging comments appear higher up. You will also be able to reply to individual comments as well as the original post."'
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Some life circumstances are not meant to be understood; the call is just to keep moving forward one step at a time. That's called faith.
My name is Terri. I wrote this on my Facebook page a few days before my neck was broken in August 2013. When I woke up from my fall, I tried to move and immediately knew that I was paralyzed. My body was tingling all over. I had no movement or feeling from just below my shoulders down.
I was living by myself at the time so I laid on the kitchen floor for almost 2 days. I heard my phone ringing but I couldn't answer it. I was in and out of consciousness. When I was awake, I spent time praying and reciting Scriptures. Please don't think I'm some spiritual giant. I was terrified and that is all I knew to do.
My neck was broken at the C3/C4 level. At that level, it's a miracle I'm not on a ventilator. I am completely paralyzed from the shoulders down. Unlike some quadriplegics, I am unable to use my arms or my hands. I am grateful for what I do have: a wheelchair I can drive with head motions, a laptop with voice recognition software, and many friends and church family to help me navigate through this complex life.
This blog is about my journey as a quadriplegic. If you disagree with my beliefs, that's okay with me. This is my truth. It's my story. It's my spiritual race to run. And this race has been marked out for me by God, and it has a great reward. For that reason, I can praise God.


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Huggies App Sends You a Tweet When Your Baby Pees
Since the first disposable diapers hit the market until now, parents haven't needed an electronic device to tell them when their baby has wet himself. Huggies Brazil is attempting to address this perceived need with TweetPee, a fictional plastic device that attaches to a diaper and then tweets when your young one has urinated.
As this video (in Portugese — no English version appears to exist) shows, TweetPee connects to an iPhone app that alerts you when the device's sensor picks up increased humidity. A U.S. rep for Huggies owner Kimberly-Clark says that the video shows a concept and that the device is not available to consumers. The app is, though, and is designed to let parents get a sense of how often their child urinates.
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Go back to school with Deborah Madison
Until she leaves Sante Fe to travel to Davidson College. Yes, that would be Davidson, just north of Charlotte, where Madison will do two events next week. For very low prices. Seriously, this is a major opportunity for local-food fans.
On Thursday, Nov. 8, Madison will host a squash tasting at 11 a.m. in the Lilly Family Gallery of the Chambers Building at Davidson. There will be seven or eight squash dishes to taste and instructions on how to cook them. There's no charge to attend. Just show up and learn about squash.
On Friday, Madison will coordinate lunch in the dining hall at Davidson, featuring braised chicken with dried fruit and shallots, savory goat cheese tart, greens with Moroccan spices, and "soups for the soul." Cost for that is $10.25 each, and it's basically lunch in the college dining hall with students -- and a great chef.
Color me Greens, with envy. Welcome, Deborah. And lucky Davidson.
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The Shake-Ups are part of today's IPO lineup at The Abbey. Photo from the band's website.
International Pop Overthrow had plenty to offer on the second day of its latest visit to Chicago. Tireless IPO founder David Bash was on hand to introduce each act at The Abbey, and the eight-band lineup was rock solid from start to finish. One of things that's particularly enjoyable about IPO is its communal ambience, as musicians from the various bands hang out together and offer mutual support, while fans who might have come to see one particular act, discover several others. I'm hoping to offer a more detailed account here of some of this weekend's IPO showcases within the next few days.
IPO continues with two showcases today; one in the afternoon at The Abbey, and one later tonight at The Spot. I would recommend attending both. See the IPO website for the full schedules.


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It was always bound to happen. The iPhone family was always destined to expand. It couldn't be a one-product-per-year family forever. Is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) preparing to launch a low-cost iPhone like The Wall Street Journal suggests?
Keep in mind this isn't the first time that WSJ has reported such talk, as it ran a similar article nearly two years ago in February 2011. In fairness, both reports likely have legs to them and Apple has undoubtedly been prototyping and testing cheaper iPhones for years. The real question is whether or not it would pull the trigger and release such a device to the masses.
What to expect when you're expecting a low-cost iPhone
One way of making the iPhone cheaper could entail using a polycarbonate shell. While some may see that as threatening the premium brand image that Apple enjoys with the iPhone, it's not as if people aren't used to buying plastic flagship smartphones from other manufacturers.
In fact, nearly all of Samsung's phones are housed in cheap plastic, and that hasn't hurt Galaxy S3 sales much. Samsung is even casually known as the "King of Plastic" among Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android loyalists. In a brief departure from the South Korean conglomerate's plastic practices, Samsung's new ATIV S running Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone features an aluminum casing.
Besides, the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS were both made out of polycarbonate, and those models sold just fine.
Apple could also put older parts in the device to lower the cost. The older A4 or A5 chips would fit the bill quite nicely. The company's also taken to using older 5-megapixel image sensors from OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) in other products. That was the same backside-illuminated sensor originally found in the iPhone 4 in 2010, but is now found in the iPad. Maybe OmniVision could get an iPhone seat back, even if it's not the flagship.
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The WSJ makes it sound as if an expanded iPhone family is now only possible because of Tim Cook, saying that Steve Jobs "prioritiz[ed] profits over scale and offered a relatively small number of products mostly targeted at the high end." That's only partially true. Apple's always been known for its focus on product depth, but at the same time look at what happened to the iPod as it matured: it expanded.
This chart starts with the launch of the original iPod and ends right before the iPhone and iPod Touch were launched. As the iPod became increasingly important to the overall business, Apple introduced new models: the Mini, Shuffle, and Nano.
More importantly, these offspring were moves downmarket to target lower price points. This was all under Jobs' tenure, so clearly expanding an important product family isn't unique to Cook. The iPhone has been a once-per-year affair for six generations, longer than other families, but now is the perfect time to multiply. Apple just did this exact thing with the iPad Mini, and now the iPad family has two distinct devices for different market segments.
In doing so, Apple will also address one of its biggest risks: its concentrated product portfolio. A major risk with the one-model strategy has been if the device flops, it would be catastrophic to Apple's business. With a multimodel strategy, hopefully there will be something for everyone.
54 models and counting
Like any stock investor, diversifying reduces risk. Also like in stocks, the marginal benefit of diversification is very large initially but decreases as the number of positions increases. For example, going from a one-stock portfolio to a two-stock portfolio brings major diversification benefits in risk reduction, but going from a 30-stock portfolio to a 31-stock portfolio doesn't reduce risk by nearly as much.
Don't ever expect Apple to offer 54 different models, like Samsung currently does between its Android and Windows Phone offerings, but it's very likely Apple could eventually transition to a three- to five-product family with the iPhone. I expect Apple to move both downmarket and upmarket with a lower-cost iPhone as well as a larger iPhone, in addition to the standard model.
Are we there yet?
Tim Cook has talked before about pricing umbrellas, saying Apple doesn't want to leave much room for competitors to invade from below. Moving to a lower-cost iPhone plays perfectly into those comments and would do wonders for Apple abroad. The company is already dominating the domestic market, but emerging markets (and even some developed ones) are tough to crack without carrier subsidies.
Naturally, some will fret over cannibalization, which is a bit curious since Apple itself doesn't worry about the idea. Instead, it focuses on offering products that people will line up to pay premiums for relative to competing gadgets, and trusts that the bottom line will take care of itself. So far, it has.