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After the complete disaster that was Guilty Crown last year, Production IG had to make up for something. They did so with Psycho Pass, that really was one hell of a ride. As for their other 2-cour Noitamina-series this half year, Robotics;Notes… it's a bit more difficult. And don't get me wrong: this is in no way as bad as Guilty Crown. It's much better, but also very difficult to judge. This series is really ambitious… it just doesn't work.
I actually liked Robotics;Notes in its first half. It had this ambition, yet at the same time it spent a lot of time fleshing out its characters and focusing on believability. It might sound weird to see this from a series that has a large robot on its promotional material, but that's the point: one of the subplots in this series offers a bit of a deconstruction of Giant Robot building as it takes a look some of the issues of teenagers piloting these things that most other series tend to ignore.
Then there is a subplot about solar storms, a subplot about miniature robot fighting, a subplot about an evil conspiracy, and that list goes on and on. This is what I mean by the ambition: in the first half this show balances all of these subplots together that at first sight don't seem to have anything to do with each other. This build-up for me was the best part of this series, and it's always a question of what this show will focus on next… in its first half.
And then its second half comes, and it's supposed to weave all of these subplots together… and it kinda fails. A lot. In many ways. There are some things that you'd think are related to each other, which actually totally aren't, and the ones that are related to each other are brought together in such a shoehorned way that it breaks all suspense of disbelief that it has previously built up.
The show basically tries to run through a checklist of all stories that it needs to wrap up, without any care of making them flow into each other. Because of this entire subplots are conveniently forgotten until they are relevant again without much reason. But granted, the stories that it try to tell have some good concepts and ideas behind them. the character-development also works well enough and it has still enough to make it worth watching. And then the finale comes. I have no idea what happened, but things totally go wrong. All of the build-up just gets thrown out of the window and the show turns into a cheesy mess of plot devices. Talk about a let-down.
So yeah, solid show. Bad ending. That makes it really hard for me to recommend this series, because this series doesn't just have a bad ending, it's got a bad ending that invalidates much of the earlier build-up. Watch this if you want a different take on Super Robots. But then again, there are enough shows that also do that.
One-Sentence Review: Robotics;Notes is a very ambitious series that juggles around all sorts of stuff, which works well in terms of build-up, but not in terms of pay-off.
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This Guana Eco Tour is a guided 3 hour tour by kayak or stand up paddleboard through the Guana State Park. Your guide will provide you with a short paddle instruction on land before you launch and begin to explore one of the most unique coastal environments in North Florida. The Guana Reserve is one of 28 National Estuarine Research Reserves in the country and Ponte Vedra Beach sits on the north end of the 74,000 coastal acres it covers. Guana is home to hundreds of bird, fish, and plant species.
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Duration: 3 Hours (about 2.5 Hrs on the water)
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Rate: $60/ person, $50/ children under 12
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The Tao of Pooh
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."
— A. A. Milne in The House at Pooh Corner
The Tao of Pooh is a guidebook to happiness.
Benjamin Hoff's philosophical spin on the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories walks us through Milne's Hundred Acre Wood from a Taoist perspective.
He inserts himself into Pooh's world, imbuing the instructive narrative with playful fictional interactions between Milne's characters and himself, almost as if recounting a timeless bedtime story. The chapters are set against the scenic backdrop of Pooh's idyllic adventures, and as with many parables of yore, they channel universal truths and observations about people and life and the world around us.
In his illustrations of Taoist ideals hidden within the pages of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, Hoff shares with the reader lessons from which anyone can discover value.
Taoism is just as Pooh just is.
The essence of Taoism is the Uncarved Block or P'u. It's a principle that emphasizes that things in their original simplicity contain their own natural power, and that balance should be respected.
Those of the Uncarved Block, once freed from elements that get in the way (e.g., arrogance and complexity), discover a simple, mysterious truth: life is fun.
In a way, Pooh is the Uncarved Block. Why? It just is.
Listen to and know yourself.
Everything has its own place and function. Too many people don't recognize this, and so they put up with the wrong job or the wrong relationship. They accept the status quo, having never tried to discover what makes them unique.
Conversely, some people refuse to accept their own limitations to their own detriment. It doesn't mean we stop changing and improving; it just means we recognize what's there.
The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
Stop and smell the roses.
As Hoff points out, "A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good."
We always seem to have to be going somewhere. More money, better job, bigger house. Anywhere but where we are. We spend our lives chasing after what's next, what's after, and somehow it's always farther along than where we are.
Likewise, the problem with our perverse obsession for saving time is that you can't save time. You can only spend it. Most people have no time at all, because they're too busy wasting it by trying to save it. And by trying to save every bit of it, they end up wasting the whole thing.
Henry David Thoreau writes in Walden:
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches to-day to save nine tomorrow.
For the inquisitive or the philosophically inclined, Laozi's classic text Tao Te Ching serves as a better primer to Taoism and higher enlightenment. But for those of us who too often find ourselves at the mercy of the gales of daily routines or tossed about in the waves of life's demands, The Tao of Pooh hands us a compass to find our bearings, reorient our perspectives, and learn the Way.
Like the colorful stories of the Bear from which it draws inspiration, The Tao of Pooh is a book about life. If anything, walk away with this:
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.
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In this tremulous age when a widely perceived "safe" investment can collapse in just a few screen blips, or a long-term laggard can suddenly break out, divvying up your assets has never required more thought. "You may choose the right asset class, but if you're in the wrong part of the church, you're going to miss the sermon," says David Darst, chief investment strategist at Morgan Stanley.
Darst's churchly analogy rather elegantly sums up the intense search for divine wisdom going on inside every one of the private banks, brokerage firms and family offices in our 2012 asset-allocation survey.
This year Penta surveyed 40 of the largest wealth-management firms to find how they are invested to produce the best risk-adjusted returns for high-net-worth investors with a moderate appetite for risk. All the firms approached provided us with snapshots of their current asset-allocation models (shown in the table here), which in practice are adjusted to suit clients' needs and asset levels.
With a shaky global economy and market volatility, the expected backdrop right through 2012, most of the nation's top wealth managers are putting more money to work in dividend-paying stocks, high-yield bonds, master-limited partnerships and emerging-market debt—anything, in short, that is fairly sturdy and pays income.
This is a more defensive stance than was recommended this time last year, when the average stock allocation was 49%. Today it's been cut to 45%. Conversely, average fixed-income exposure has increased to 34% from 30%, while cash holdings have jumped to 4.3% from 1.6%.
A defensive crouch was almost universal in the second half of 2011, as the European debt crises went code red, inflation-rattled emerging nations slammed on the breaks and a double-dip recession in the U.S. seemed like a sure thing. Mackin Pulsifer, chief investment officer at Fiduciary Trust, discloses his firm's cash position was between 15% and 20% at the height of the anxiety, before he eased off in the last quarter of 2011 and again began buying high-yield investments.
He's not alone. On this issue, the entire congregation is bellowing from the same hymnal, if not always on-key. Income investments are not only likely to stabilize portfolios as economic and political uncertainties play out in 2012, but they also make sense from a total-return standpoint.
Atlantic Trust's basket of income strategies is, for example, producing a yield north of 5%. Stack that return up against a U.S. stock market that could possibly only deliver 5% this year, but with much higher risk. The succinct way Kevin Bannon, chief investment strategist at Highmount Capital, explains it: "It's nice to get paid to wait it out."
Trouble is, if all players are lusting after income-producing securities, prices will inevitably shoot up. Just two months ago, the dividend yield on the S&P 500 was 2.1%, while the yield on 10-year Treasuries was 1.8%. Huge demand for dividend-paying stocks has since narrowed that spread to a neck-and-neck 2% yield for both instruments. "The biggest challenge then, and now, has been building risk controls in portfolios without paying an arm and a leg," says Gordon Fowler, chief executive officer of Glenmede.
But let's back up a moment. Before choosing individual plays for 2012, asset pickers must first make calls on the state of the world economy. Most are figuring the U.S. will produce GDP growth of between 2% to 2.5% this year, coupled with continued stock-market volatility. Overseas, they're betting on a recession in Europe, while looking for signs that the EU-debt crisis is spreading.
A slowdown in emerging-market economies, particularly China, is expected to continue as the up-and-comers vacillate between anemic global growth and the risks of inflation building up within their respective borders. In short, not a lot of good news.
But that's the consensus from a lofty perch. When it comes to actually picking a pew, wealth managers soon reveal their doctrinal differences. The proportion of total assets invested in equities, for example, varies from GenSpring's 18% to T. Rowe Price's 63%.
Most managers—such as JPMorgan Chase, City National Bank, Key Bank, T. Rowe Price, Bank of NY Mellon, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Constellation Wealth and Morgan Stanley—have hacked back their European stock exposure and are maintaining bigger-than-usual positions in U.S. dividend-paying companies with global reach.
Again, the problem here is that some dividend-rich sectors, such as utilities, energy master-limited partnerships and consumer staples that were among the top performers last year, are fast becoming uptown pricey. Traditionally boring utilities, for example, usually have low price-to-earnings ratios relative to the broad market, but the sector's current price-to-earnings ratio of 13.8 is within striking distance of the S&P 500's 14.2 ratio.
Investors this year might find their best opportunities in technology and energy. Tim Leach, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, notes that technology is "55% of its historical average valuation." Those bargain-basement Silicon Valley stocks look even flashier when you consider that cash-rich U.S. companies are likely to spend on technologies making the firms more efficient. Similarly, U.S. energy stocks, currently 68% of their historic valuation, will get a rush when emerging economies again fire up their furnaces. That's why Leach has raised his strategic weighting in U.S. equities from 28% to 32%.
Paul Chew, head of investments at Brown Advisory, says that with the improving U.S. economy, it's wise to build up holdings in some solid small-cap names. "As the economy stabilizes, you'll see mergers and acquisitions increase, and when there is a high rate of mergers and acquisitions, smaller companies tend to outperform large ones," he says.
The calls overseas are harder to make. By valuations, European stocks are now among the most attractive in the world, "but you're not paid well enough to double down by holding both the currency and the stock," says Seth Masters, chief investment officer at Alliance Bernstein.
That's why half of the 40 wealth managers surveyed cut their exposure to developed economies overseas by 20%, compared with this time last year. Some major players—Brown Advisory, Highmount, Harris Private Bank, Morgan Stanley, Constellation Partners, Atlantic Trust and Northern Trust—have scaled back by 50% or more.
Stock pickers sitting on the other side of the nave are, in contrast, seeing opportunities in Europe, particularly in Germany and France. "A lot of these stocks have been tarnished with a broad brush. You can buy some very good companies at about eight times earnings, with dividends of 5%," says Marc Stern, Bessemer Trust's chief investment officer. "If it's got strong management, a good balance sheet and good competitive position, we're interested."
Others buying European value stocks: Alliance Bernstein, William Blair, SunTrust, Glenmede and Barclays Wealth Management. The risk that the euro itself might blow up is hedged via the currency-forward market. "The euro is facing an existential threat: It's likely it will survive, but it could fall apart or partially unravel," Alliance Bernstein's Masters says. "If that happened, someone who had not hedged would experience a loss on currency and, without a shadow of a doubt, a decline in the value of the stock."
Emerging-market equities posted a 20% decline last year. Such economies are dependent on the buying power of the developed world, which is why most wealth firms reduced their emerging-market holdings in mid-2011. But understand that any scaled-back exposure is purely temporary. Emerging-market companies generally have strong balance sheets, good earnings potential and as good or better margins as their developed-market peers.
On the fixed-income side, emerging-market debt is yielding about 6% and is the new must-have. PNC, GenSpring, BNY Mellon, Atlantic Trust, and Constellation Wealth built up positions in emerging-market debt in the fourth quarter of 2011, from little, if any, exposure earlier in the year.
Why the sudden appetite? Wealth managers have come around to the view that emerging-market governments are in better fiscal shape than those of developed nations: Their economies have stronger growth prospects, and they are often backed by large foreign-currency reserves. "The quality of the debt has changed so much. About 60% of emerging-market debt is now investment grade," says Derek Young, president of global-asset allocation at Fidelity Investments.
That's a pretty stunning development. In the early 1990s, 90% of emerging-market debt was viewed as the junk pile of sovereign bond issues. Furthermore, many asset managers today like the local-currency exposure that comes with the emerging-market debt, believing such currencies will out-samba the dollar over time.
In fixed-income back in the U.S., asset-allocation chiefs are nearly all in agreement: High-yield U.S. bonds, currently yielding 7.5%, are the sweet spot. The market is pricing in more doom and gloom than is warranted, says Archan Basu, JPMorgan's global head of portfolio construction. "Current spread levels imply default rates of 7%, versus the historical 4%, and the 1.5% to 2% we anticipate," he says.
With cash on corporate balance sheets slightly over 8% of assets, twice as much as usual, junk yields should narrow relative to Treasuries while the U.S. economic recovery continues. Neeti Bhalla, Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management's head of tactical asset allocation, is figuring on a 6% return on the S&P 500 for 2012, with 15% volatility. In contrast, she's expecting a 10% to 12% return with about 10% volatility among high-yield U.S. bonds.
Wealth managers largely are—no surprise here—underweight Treasuries and core bonds in general; neither pay well enough on a risk-reward basis. Munis were bought heavily at the end of 2011 and still are finding appeal over taxable counterparts. Not so for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), which have been reduced to near nothing in portfolios, the natural fallout as inflation fears have retreated.
We added columns to our table this year, so it's clear which alternative investments are sucking in money. Going forward, we are asking the wealth managers to keep us informed throughout the year of any changes in their calls.
Commodities are currently negative to neutral, relative to their long-term strategic allocation. It's logical: Slow growth globally translates to reduced demand and prices for the raw materials of industrial production. Mysterious gold is, in contrast, mapping its own course. "Last year, the Dow Jones Commodity Index was down 13%, but gold was up 10.1%," says Bob Browne, chief investment officer of Northern Trust. "We still think there's more upside than downside in gold in 2012."
REIT valuations were driven up to unattractive levels last year, but allocations are remaining steady because wealth managers picking through the real-estate rubble are still finding opportunities here and there. Apartment complexes are the big draw. On the West Coast and in the Northeast they "have done unbelievably well, and it will be the same story this year," claims Sam Katzman, chief investment officer at Constellation Wealth Advisors.
There's been only minor dabbling in hedge-fund and private-equity exposures, mostly because the investments are so illiquid. But some new capital has been pulled into hedge-fund strategies likely to do well in today's highly correlated and volatile markets. A favorite: macro hedge funds, whose managers can benefit from directional and global bets across economies, markets and currencies. "They're best positioned to maneuver in a nimble fashion through volatile markets," says JPMorgan's Basu.
Lastly, managers are maintaining cash at more than twice their usual levels. Morgan Stanley is possibly the most bearish of wealth managers, preparing for markets to come in at negative single digits in the U.S. this year, which is why the bank is holding the most greenbacks. "We have 14% in cash and cash-like investments," Darst says.
But most of the others claim their large cash hoard isn't because they are bearish, but because they want to be able to pounce on deals as they arise in this year's expected market turbulence. As Fifth Third Bank's regional portfolio director told us, "If we've learned nothing else lately, it's that things can change very quickly."
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text: Fluids: Fluid needs increase as women age. The reason: Kidneys become less efficient at removing toxins. "Drinking more fluids helps kidneys do their job," Schwartz says. "Unfortunately, thirst signals often become impaired with age, so people are less likely to drink enough water and other fluids." Rather than fret about how many glasses to drink, Frechman says, check the color of your urine. "It should be clear or very pale colored. If it becomes darker, you need more fluid."


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By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states that "microenterpise is uniquely designed to empower women…" The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls the oppression of women worldwide the "human rights cause of our time" and encourages people who want to get involved to (among other things) lend to a woman entrepreneur on Kiva.
These are weighty observations from important people. But how do these bold statements translate in a region of the world historically disparaged for the role of women in its society?
The second microfinance institution (MFI) of my fellowship, FATEN, is well positioned to help me answer these questions. When FATEN began in 1994, it lent exclusively to women and although it has since expanded to include male borrowers, 92% of its client base remains female.
In the past week I've visited two success stories, but even still, the two female borrowers demonstrate the nuanced relationship between microfinance and women in Palestine
If you didn't know better, Kawthar seems like a woman that deserves our pity. Adorned with a headscarf and working in Deheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, she speaks about her husband (a daily worker in Israel) being away for weeks or months at a time working an unsteady and often dangerous job.
But look deeper and that first impression is wiped away as soon as Kawthar talks about herself and her business. She may work in a refugee camp, but she doesn't live there. In fact, Kawthar moved her clothing store from her house to Deheisha because she recognized a fantastic opportunity: a large market for her products and regular foot traffic around the store. When I met her, she had just recognized her next opportunity: a health and beauty store she had recently opened in Bethlehem city. That business is where her real passion is and she's hoping to hire an employee at the clothing store so she can spend more time nurturing the new project.
When I asked her about her role in the household since receiving loans from FATEN (this was her fourth), she pointed to the fact that 90% of their family's income now came from her. She also said that the lack of her husband's regular presence in the home meant that she was now the "husband and wife for the family" and everyone knew it.
Kawthar's story reminded me of a new study by the Palestinian Women's Research & Development Center, UNESCO and the Ministry of Women's Affairs that interviewed over 300 women including 139 women-run businesses as well as employees at MFIs and various women and community groups. The purpose of this first-of-its-kind study was to assess the qualitative impact of microcredit on Palestinian women. Among its findings, 55.4% of the businesses surveyed became the primary source of income, the loans were said to contribute to the economic empowerment of women, improve the woman's ability to participate in household decision making and contribute towards reducing gender based violence (although not in Gaza, where microloans were found to have the opposite effect).
If Kawthar is the model Palestinian female borrower and an individual that most embodies Hillary Clinton and Nicholas Kristof's vision of microfinance's impact on women, Thaera, the second female borrower I visited, would be a much tougher sell.
Thaera and Kawthar have much in common—they are both repeat FATEN borrowers and both of their husbands are daily workers in Israel. Thaera's husband Ahmed, though, has not had a permit to work in Israel since the Second Intifada in 2000 and the last time he tried to enter Israel to work, he was arrested for ten months. Ahmed is the sole breadwinner for the family and when he was arrested, Thaera realized that she had to take action.
This is usually the point in the story where you might hear how Thaera started her own business (or expanded an existing small-scale project) and turned her husband's misfortunes into an inspiring opportunity. But instead, when Thaera went to FATEN for a start-up business loan, it wasn't for her business, it was for her husband's. Thaera knew that her family's livelihood depended on her husband having a steady income so she took out a loan in her name and gave it to him to start a small auto shop. So when the family's economic prospects improved as a result of the loan (which they did), who was responsible for the transformation?
Although 92% of FATEN's loans go to women, it would be misleading to think that that statistic speaks to the prevalence of women-owned businesses in Palestine. There is no data on how this 92% breaks down, but Thaera's case is not an isolated incident. At the same time, there are still many "Kawthar"s to be found. Additionally, family loans where the husband and wife work together in the business, are also common.
Why then are all of these loans in women's names? Operations Manager Fawz Abu-Hijleh says that FATEN prefers to give the loan in Thaera's name instead of her husband's because the social pressure for her to repay the loan is stronger. From a legal perspective, FATEN is also much likelier to recoup the loan if there are severe repayment problems because the woman's family wouldn't allow her name to be defamed.
As I mentioned in my last post, when you dive into the details, it's bound to get complicated, even inconvenient.
But there's one similarity that makes me challenge whether Kawthar, the enterprising shopkeeper, should be any more of a model of "women empowerment through microfinance" than Thaera, the stay-at-home mother with the foresight to walk into the FATEN office when the family was in trouble. When Thaera was in her home in Qalqilyah talking about the effect her FATEN loans have had on her family, I couldn't help but notice the seemingly permanent smile on her face. It was indistinguishable from Kawthar's.
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Hello, my name is Kevin Waite, I am working on a complex project for a stroke patient. One part/phase of this project is to add a 2nd TV flat screen to their environment. Very low cost is a driving factor. The patient has a MAGNAVOX 27MDTR20/17 combo TV/DVD/VCR -- and it does not have video/audio outputs -- this sucks -- because solving this -- conventionally would mean adding a cable turner DVD recorder -- and that leaves out the VCR -- this would greatly increase complexity of the IR computer controlled efforts for MomPC.
Creating (hacking) an audio outputs is trival -- because I can tap the speaker left or right or both or tap the headphone jack..... Audio output is not my concern. . .
The video ouput is. How does one test for a video signal?
The main Tuner / VCR board found inside is a:
BTD850F01012 x4 Triple Main PCB -- the VCR box is found
above this board. I have found this board for sale as:
VHS PLAYER ASSY BTD850F01012 X4 from MAGNAVOX 27MDTR20/17
Part Type: VHS PLAYER ASSY
This board is connected to the DVD player board (or at least this 2nd "DVD" board is found under the DVD player box, see (b) below. (I have photos I can post.) These two boards are bridged (wire connected) via two 19 wired connectors labeled CN2804 CN2803
I can describe in great detail the various connections between the 4 primary circuit boards found within this 27MDTR20.
a) BTD850F01012 x4 Triple Main PCB w/ VCR drive box above
b) BTD930F01031-A DVD / power board with DVD drive box above
c) high voltage TV tube board mounted vert. on the left upper part of the
TV (looking at TV from the backside)
d) small circuit board attached to the business end of the TV tubes cathode.
This TV allows the user to select between AUX, TV, DVD, VCR -- if a DVD is started or if a tape in the VCR is started -- then the scope of TV output jumps automatically to the corresponding play beginning device either DVD or VCR.
Bottom line -- if I could find the TV signal in composite / or / s-video / or / componet form -- at any pathway within the inside of this TV -- that would allow me to hack and get my desired Video output.
There are 8 wire ribbon cables connecting these boards, and there is
a 5 wire ribbon cable going from board (a) to the business end of the cathode of the TV tube. There is a logical flow of 8 wire ribbon connectors -- I mean -- it appears that there are both DVD and VCR 8 wire ribbon connectorst going up to the vert. mounted circuit board that includes the high voltage circuits for the picture tube.
Please send me any help you know about to carry out or understand if this is impossible or not. These 8 wire ribbon cables are most likely carrying the video and possibly audio signals -- does anyone have spec sheet for these or any of these boards? If these are carying a video signal what type of video signal would it be?
Thank you in advance.
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Significant progress!
Found a scope on Ebay from someone very nearby. Today I took readings from many logical locations on the Magnavox combo TVs motherboard and came up with the following details:
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Before I start connecting other video equipment to jumper J1298 if anyone out there knows about the following measured voltage increases.
J1298 (a) appears to be a composite video signal but it also appears to be 2 times greater voltage than the input composite found on Ext. V-IN J1297. J1298 (a) carries the selected signal of DVD/VCR and TV.
The RED J1831 (and it shows more trace activity was more red is shown) (same for Green and for Blue) these signals are about 6 times greater than the input composite found on Ext. V-IN J1297. Test points RED GREEN BLUE test points carry the selected signal of DVD/VCR and TV.
Any input or guidance is greatly appreciated.
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The main Tuner / VCR board found inside is a:
BTD850F01012 x4 Triple Main PCB -- the VCR box is found
above this board. I have found this board for sale as:
VHS PLAYER ASSY BTD850F01012 X4 from MAGNAVOX 27MDTR20/17
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I am not a video expert so I can't really help in that department. You could look into using a voltage divider circuit to get the signal to the right level then use an old TV (look for a tube TV that most people are just throwing in the garbage) and see if you get something that is usable.
Is this project a single use project or is it something that you are thinking would be used for lots of people out there. I don't want to sound negative and discourage your progress but would this effort not tie your technology very close to an old piece of equipment.
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Post subject: MomPC: add video and audio outputs to Combo VCR/DCD/TV
Hi Alan, thanks for the info/feedback -- do you have an example of a voltage divider circuit -- one that can handle the frequencies of NTSC video -- links?
Yes -- this hack -- of this combo TV is a one-off -- not the major part of what is MomPC -- MomPC is described here:
My mom will be the first user of MomPC -- and I am enhancing her post stroke room/world/environment in all ways possible -- her combo TV not having outputs really bugged me and I pondered that maybe inside the video out was just not added -- but the signal was to be found on the main TV circuit board. This proved not to be exactly the case, but finding the composite NTSC signal post the selecting of input (VCR/DVD/TV) post me very close to making this hack good.
Thanks again.
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Have a look at this page for more details on how a voltage divider works
For example you would be able to cut the voltage in half by using two equal sized resistors.
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How to Get Rid of Your Dog's Tear Stains
Tear stains show up as brown, gunky stuff that runs from your dog's eye down the muzzle. Although they're unsightly, they're natural for some breeds. You have a variety of methods to choose from to clean up your dog's fur and face.
Poodle eye, as tear stains are called, is common among Poodles, but that doesn't mean other dogs don't have them. Dogs with dark fur hide the stains better and some dogs just get rid of the gunk better. Dogs prone to tear stains usually are white or have light-colored coats and usually are single-coated with long hair, or have protruding eyes. (Tear stains can also indicate a problem so ask your vet whether they need professional attention.)
You can get rid of tear stains using three different methods — or a combination:
Wipe them off: Mix a solution of ten-percent hydrogen peroxide with water or a special stain-removal product for dogs. Gently swab the solution over the tear stain, being very careful not to get any of the solution in your dog's eyes. Then rinse the fur with clean water to get rid of any residue.
Clip them off: Work very carefully with guarded clippers, or try plucking the stained fur.
Never use scissors around your dog's eyes or face for any reason. And try clippers only if your dog is extremely tolerant of them; otherwise, using the clippers can spell disaster.
Cover them up: Hiding the stains is safer but less permanent than wiping or clipping, but if you're showing your dog, you may have to opt for one of these techniques:
Cornstarch: Rub this on the stains — don't get it in her eyes! — only in a pinch, because it can whiten or lighten the stained area.
Face cream/powder: Dampen the area and then use a small bit of cream or mousse to apply the powder. (Make sure none gets in the eyes!) Then you can gently brush out the area. Some of the powder will stick, thus making your dog's face more appealing.
Technically, a show dog is never supposed to have chalk or powder left over. The truth is that some stays in, but the handler must get most of it out so that it doesn't appear that the chalk is still there.


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Chapter 7: Wilikin Village
|Story Goals
Isle of the Wilikins[edit]
This area will boost the power of Magic Skylanders.
Not far from the start of this chapter is a Treasure Chest. Walk forward and to the left to find it.
To the right of the Treasure Chest is something called a switcher. Press the action button to enter Wilikin World.
Before going forward, go all the way back to the start. A Winged Sapphire will be back here.
Continue forward into town. New monsters called Mace Major will come out from the North East – they're nothing special. All they do is attack straight on with their maces. Defeat them all to bring up a blue bounce pad to the North West. Before going to the pad, visit the houses in town. Make sure to talk to all Wilikins if you want to unlock the Talker in a Strange Land achievement / trophy.
Carlton's House[edit]
The house on the bottom right is Carlton's House. There's nothing of interest here.
Hamilton Landing[edit]
The mid-right house in Hamilton Landing. Again, nothing of interest here.
Helena's Home[edit]
The top right house is Helena's Home. A lock puzzle is located in the back. The solution is: right, right, right, right, left, right, left, left, left, right, right, right, left, left, left, right, right, right, left, right, right, right, left. A Treasure Chest is located in the back.
Stephanie's House[edit]
The house to the North is Stephanie's House. Nothing of interest is here.
Rutherford's Game Room[edit]
The house on the top left is Rutherford's Game Room. Rutherford is in the back. Talk to him and play a game of Skystones with him. If you win, you'll get the key in the back of the room, along with a stone.
Doll Day-Care[edit]
The house to the mid-left is the Day-Care. There's nothing of interest here.
The Abandoned House[edit]
The house to the lower left is the Abandoned House. There won't be a purple arrow leading to the entrance, but you can still walk inside.
Catherine's Home[edit]
The house to the far North West is Catherine's Home. Use the blue bounce pad to reach it. Talk to Catherine to play a game of Skystones.
Outside the house is the second key to the locked door in the North East. To get it, use the Switcher to turn the brick wall to wood, then smash it down. Don't forget to switch everything back on to talk to everyone.
Use the two keys on the locked door to the North East. Near the door is an Elementally Locked area.
The Mud Flats[edit]
The Mud Flats is an Elementally Locked area. Use Earth Skylanders to progress.
It's an extremely simple area. Just smash the rocks to get the Hat in the back. This particular hat is a Toy Soldier Hat. It increases Critical hit by five and Speed by two.
The stuffed animals in the back are actually loot. Pick them up to earn currency.
Next, use the switcher nearby to switch everything off again. This will allow you to smash down the brick wall nearby. After breaking down the walls, use the switcher again to bring the bridge to life.
Planer Plateau[edit]
The area across the bridge will boost the power of Life Skylanders.
To the far right is a Story Scroll entitled, "Sky Pirates." On the way to the story scroll, you'll pass a switcher. Use the switcher now to turn off everything, making the brick wall turn to wood. Smash the wall and roll the bomb on the other side to blast the two steel doors nearby.
The door on the side of the hill will lead to a cave. Make sure to switch everything on again to talk to all people.
The Wing Caves[edit]
This cave is very unusual. If you have the world switched on, red circular things will flow on the ground. Don't touch them or they'll damage you. If you have the world switched off, blue circular things will flow on the ground that heal you.
Other than talking to the person here when the world is switched on, there's nothing you can do from this entrance.
Planer Plateau (Continued)[edit]
Exit out of the cave and blow up the door to the left with the giant bomb. The path will lead to Chompies and a Chompy Pod. Defeat them all to open up the gate in the back. Before going through the gate, use a Giant Skylander to pick up a boulder. A hole is located underneath it which leads down to The Wing Caves.
The Wing Caves (Continued)[edit]
This part of the Wing Caves will have loot and a Treasure Chest. Use the blue bounce pad to the bottom right to reach the left side of the cave, where a Luck-O-Tron Wheel is located. This wheel is another Lucky Wheel of Wealth.
Exit out of the cave and go through the opened gate at the top of Planer Plateau.
The Cliffside Path[edit]
The opened gate from Planner Plateau will lead to an elevator (or lift for European readers). At the bottom of the elevator are boxes that will lift up and down. Walk slowly below each set of boxes so you don't get smashed. If you do, you'll go back to the start of the group of boxes and lose a bit of health. On the other side of the first three sets of boxes is a Treasure Chest.
The next sets of boxes will be just a tiny bit trickier. Wait longer to see the pattern they move in. Use the small caves for cover if need be.
On the other side of the boxes is a new enemy called the Grenade General. They will throw grenades from long range along side the enemies from earlier. They shouldn't be too troublesome if you attack quickly.
Further ahead are more boxes that move up and down. It'd be best to use a fast Skylander to rush through all the boxes when they raise. If not, you'll have to time the steps just right.
At the end of the path is a small ramp behind the boxes. Go up the ramp and walk up on top of the boxes like a bridge. Walk across the bridge to the left to reach the start of the elevated level.
Take this path to the right until you reach a few boulders. Use a Giant Skylander to remove these boulders and continue on to Legendary Treasure.
Next, push a set of stone boulders to the right until they fall in place, creating a bridge.
Further ahead are more boxes. Just like last time, use a fast Skyklander to rush through them when they raise together.
The path ends at a switcher and cave entrance. Enter with the switch on first.
Roc's Elbow[edit]
Inside is a girl who will tell you about the red and blue objects, just like the last cave. After talking with the girl, go back out and switch the world off. Switching everything off will turn the objects blue, which will heal instead of hurt you. Exit out the other side.
The Perilous Coil[edit]
To the North of this area is a short path to a soul gem. In order to reach it, you must use a Giant Skylander to perform a Feat of Strength.
Logger's Ascent[edit]
To enter this area, use a Giant Skylander to perform a feat of strength. At the end of the path is a Soul Gem for Pop Fizz. It will unlock the power Shake It!
With that in hand, return to the Perilous Coil
The Perilous Coil (Continued)[edit]
This area will boost the power of Undead Skylanders.
Push the giant bomb down the coiling path. The bomb will instantly kill all monsters along the path, so you shouldn't have to worry about them. Roll the bomb until it hits the door, blowing it open. If the world is still turned off, use the switcher nearby to turn it on.
Lower Facadeville[edit]
Left of the village is one of the three keys needed to open the locked door on the right. There are three houses here. From left to right, they are The Wood Shop, Kate's Keyroom, and Evie's Puzzle Place.
The Wood Shop[edit]
Auric is located here. If you like, buy some items from him.
|Luck-O-Tron Bulb
|Rocker Hair
|Eye Hat
|Bag O'Boom Skystone
|Invincibility Power Up
|Lock Puzzle Key
|Skystone Cheat
|Fairy Dust
Kate's Keyroom[edit]
The second key is located in this house, along with a girl.
Collecting the second key will bring out a few waves of monsters. There will be Mace Majors, Grenade Generals, Bark Demons, Enfuego Chompies, and Chompy Pods. Defeat them all to bring up a bounce pad under the third key.
Before getting it, switch the power back on and explore the third house.
Evie's Puzzle Place[edit]
A Lock Puzzle is in the back of this place. The solution is: right, right, right, left, right, left, left, left, left, right, right, left, right, right, right, right, left, left, right, right, right, right, right. Behind the door is a Hat. This particular hat is the Fishing Hat. It increases Armor and Elemental Power by five.
Exit out of the house and grab the key. Use all keys on the locked door. On the other side is the last villager. The achievement / trophy should come up here if you've talked to all Wilikins in this chapter.
The Green Room[edit]
This area is where the Giant Chompy is. He will try several attacks:
- The first attack is an egg drop. The Giant Chompy will drop eggs that create little Chompies.
- The next attack will blow you back, then suck you towards him. If you get close enough from the sucking wind, he'll bite you. This is always done after dropping eggs in an attempt to eat the little Chompies to restore health. The green Chompies will restore health, but the red ones damage him. When he does this, try to get as far back as possible so you aren't bitten, and allow him to eat all the red Chompies.
- The last attack is a basic jump attack.
Deal enough damage to the Giant Chompy and he'll turn into the Chompy Mage. The Chompy Mage will send out waves of red and blue magical spheres. Remember, the blue spheres heal you, the red spheres do damage.
After a few waves of the magical sphere, the girl from earlier will give you a handheld switcher. Press the action button to switch the magical spheres with the rest of the world. Move left and right while switching the world on and off. Survive the waves and he'll switch back to a Giant Chompy.
The Giant Chompy will do the same attacks, but now you have the switcher with you. Switch the green Chompies to red Chompies to hurt the Giant Chompy when he eats them. Make sure there are a lot of red Chompies available for him to eat. The more he eats, the more damage he takes. Defeat the Giant Chompy to end the chapter.
The Dread-Yacht[edit]
A new mini-game will open up below deck. Use the red door to go down and use a gunner. Shoot 20 flying sheep to earn 20 gems.
Auric's shop will have a new Skystone for 500.
Don't forget to raid Auric's vault again. The last elemental lock will be put in place.
Video Walkthrough[edit]
Video courtesy of Hector Madrigal
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Well we are all finally back on board and running as normal – if you can ever really say what normal is!
We have finally managed to renovate, paint, re carpet and unpack all our belongings into our new house and also clean and return the keys for the rental house we used to live in in Austins Ferry – 'used to live in' how great that sounds to our ears! Especially since now we only have one house to worry about!
We are excited that we managed to get everything under control before the 1st of December. For this is when we start our Christmas craft, cooking and celebrations. Tomorrow we start the tradition of decorating the house for Christmas, cooking Christmas foods, making Christmas crafts, sending Christmas cards and the list goes on and on and on!
So from now on in, we should be able to blog again on a regular basis! which will be so much fun.
I promise to come back soon and add in posts detailing our adventures renovating, painting etc our new home – along with some interesting pictures!


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Special & Focus
One of the coolest aspects of this game is the special meter, which you'll see in the upper-left corner of your screen. This meter builds up as you perform various tricks. The more complicated the trick, the faster it will build up. Once it's full, it'll start glowing, at which point you'll be able to pull off special moves which you'll unlock as you finish certain missions. You'll also be able to go into Focus Mode, which is basically a slowed-down, bullet time feature which will make it easier for you to pull off crazy-difficult tricks and combos that seemingly last for days. Note, however, that your special meter will run down as you stay in Focus Mode, and you'll have to keep pulling off tricks in order to keep the meter full.
Building Up Stats
There are 10 different skill categories that you'll need to build up by gaining Stat Points. In order to build these up in Story Mode, you will need to complete various sponsor challenges that can be found on near the entrances of the Skate Shops in every different area. Once you accept these challenges, you'll have to complete them before the end of the day as measured by the in-game clock. These challenges range from scoring a certain number of points on one combo to performing a specific trick for a specific length of time. Try to wait until early in the morning to start these challenges, so that you'll have a good amount of time to complete them all.
One of the new features in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the ability to ditch your board, hop on a BMX and tear up the city two-wheel style. The controls are fairly similar to those used when on the skateboard, so you should have no problem adjusting. You'll have to use the BMX to complete a few missions in Story Mode, but the real fun is to meet up with Rick Thorne who's stationed in different spots in every area. He'll teach you how to pull off some rad bike moves and even give you some money for completing them in a certain amount of time. You can find the BMX in each level by heading towards the white bike marker on the map screen and you can find Mr. Thorne by heading towards the blue bike marker.
Gettin' Paid
In order to buy stuff like clothes, tattoos and gear, you'll have to earn some money. You'll also need money to complete certain missions in Story Mode. You can earn it by doing 3 things in each area: tagging, bike tricks, and impressing the Random Dude. Tagging opportunities can be found by seeking out Muton whose position is indicated by the yellow spray can on the map screen. He'll pay you to help him tag certain spots around town. These gigs are usually very easy to complete and are the easiest ways of making money in any city. Note, however, that you'll only be able to help him out 5 or 6 times in each different area. Bike tricks opportunities can be found by talking to Rick Thorne, as mentioned above. With these, you'll usually just have to pull off a certain bike-specific trick a few times. You can find the Random Dude in each map by heading towards the green dollar sign marker on the map screen. He'll ask you to perform a series of tricks that he'll call out in a certain amount of time. If you don't have your stats up in the category of trick that he's calling out, these can be a little difficult. So get them stats up!
Buses are available in each area to help you get from area to area quickly. They're indicated on your map with a white logo that looks strangely bus-like. If you're in the Skate Ranch area, you can travel by using the truck near the entrance.
The Freaks Freak Out At Night
Another sweet feature of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the Freakout Meter. This will pop up when you attempt to land a trick on your face instead of your board. Quickly tap the grind button to build up the meter and if you fill it up enough, you'll earn a few bonus points that will be applied to your next combo.
Now March!
You have the ability to hop off your board and run around town at any time, if you happen to be in the mood. This feature can actually be crucial when you need to come to a full stop in order to line up a trick or look around the screen. You can also hop off your board in the middle of a combo, run around for a little while, then hop back on your board and complete the combo.
Easy Combos
There are a few tricks you can pull off that make it easy to string together a massively long combo that will give you points in the 100,000 range. Lip tricks, rail stalls and the Natas Spin all require you to stay still and keep from losing your balance. If you can stay balanced and perform a long string of doubletap tricks while staying stationary, you'll be able to increase up your multiplier very rapidly. Going into Focus Mode while in the midst of these tricks will make it so easy to stay balanced, that you could go grab a sandwich, come back and still be pulling off the trick.
Create A Trick
The Create A Trick feature allows you totally customize a special trick that you can then use anytime you want in the game. You can edit everything from the duration of the trick to what type of grab you pull off while performing the trick to how much you'll rotate while doing the trick. You can find inspiration points in each area that will allow you to edit tricks by heading towards the yellow light bulb icon on the map.
Create A Graphic
The Create a Graphic feature lets you whip up your own personal graffiti tag that you can spray anywhere you please in the Story Mode areas. Choose from dozens upon dozens of different tags and graphics, layer them on top of each other any way you want and change the color to your heart's content. Note: you'll have to help Muton tag up the different parts of town in order to unlock each area's specific set of graphics.
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Apple to Tap a Hungry Debt Market
Demand Likely to be Strong from Investors Eager to Get Cash Off the Sidelines
Call it the iBond.
Apple's announcement Tuesday that it plans to borrow for the first time could be as well received as its smartphone launches. Investors are desperate to take cash off the sidelines, even on high-quality securities that will yield relatively little.
Despite its huge cash stockpile, Apple plans to issue debt to help fund dividend...


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Suzie Jacokes
Suzie has been an actor/improvisor since 2000. After getting her B.F.A. in Theatre from Wayne State University, Suzie went on to become a Mainstage Actor at Second City Detroit. Since Go Comedy opened its doors, Suzie has helped write and performed in numerous shows there, including Miracle On Nine Mile Street, Ferndale 248, and Fifty States of Gray, just to name a few. Suzie is a life long Ferndale resident, where she lives with her husband Pete and daughter Lillian.


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OSHKOSH — The winners have been announced for the 16th Annual EAA AirVenture Cup cross-country air race. The fastest aircraft of the day was a Turbine Legend, flown by Marty Abbott who came in at a time of 1:17:55 and an average speed of 354.30 mph.
The race started at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, departing from Mount Vernon, Ill., with two turn points before ending in Waupaca, Wis., for a total mileage of 460 nm.
According to organizers, 48 aircraft raced in the event, which included experimental and certified aircraft categories. Two of the aircraft, both Glasair I TDs, where flown by Steve and Bruce Hammer, who have been competing against each other in the race since 1998. Bruce beat his bother this year by just under six minutes.
In the Formula FX Red class, father/daughter duo, Rich and Heather Lamb, came in second, this being their 5th year racing together in a Long EZ.
This year also marked a milestone for the race when two young gentlemen who previously raced with their fathers in years past, Jay Behl and Colin Hogan, entered the race with their own aircraft competing against their fathers, Lee Behl and Bernie Hogan.
Race Results
- 1st Place: Race 104, Marty Abbott Turbine Legend 354.30mph 1:17:55
- 2nd Place: Race 007, Rene Dugas Turbine Legend 307.36mph 1:29:49
- 1st Place: Race 5, Lee Behel GP-5 324.90mph 1:24:58
- 1st Place: Race 30, Harry Hinkley SX-300 314.54mph 1:27:46
- 2nd Place: Race 10, Keith Phillips SX-300 286.07mph 1:36:30
- 3rd Place: Race 21, Alan Crawford Lancair Legacy 277.96mph 1:39:19
Sport FX
- 1st Place: Race 39, John Angerson F-1 Rocket 220.11mph 2:05:25
Sea Sport
- 1st Place: Race 80, Keith Walljasper Seawind 3000 166.7mph 2:45:36
Formula RG Blue
- 1st Place: Race 38, Mark Quinn Lancair 360 242.55mph 1:53:49
- 2nd Place: Race 13, James & Sandy Redmon, Berkut 239.32mph 1:55:21
- 3rd Place: Race 777, Craig Schulze Lancair 360 239.01mph 1:55:30
Formula RG Red
- 1st Place: Race 324, Robert James Lancair 320 216.91mph 2:07:16
Formula FX Blue
- 1st Place: Race 91, Bruce Hammer Glasair I TD 258.20mph 1:46:55
- 2nd Place: Race 111, Klaus Savier & Jenny Tackabury, Long EZ 253.92mph 1:48:43
- 3rd Place: Race 73, Steve Hammer Glasair I TD 242.97mph 1:53:37
Formula FX Red
- 1st Place: Race 46, Jeff Malia Cozy Mk III 221.64mph 2:04:33
- 2nd Place: Race 93, Rich & Heather Lamb, Long EZ 210.62mph 2:11:04
- 3rd Place: Race 14, Neil Newton Glasair II TD 206.86mph 2:13:27
RV Blue
- 1st Place: Race 27, Jon Ross RV-8 217.74mph 2:06:47
- 2nd Place: Race 411, Jeff Barnes RV-6 215.56mph 2:08:04
- 3rd Place: Race 12, Alan Carroll RV-8 209.98mph 2:11:28
RV Red
- 1st Place: Race 49, Tony Crawford RV-4 197.49mph 2:19:47
- 1st Place: Race 22, Sam Hoskins Quickie Q-200 205.48mph 2:14:21
- 2nd Place: Race 98, John Keich & Amanda Lance, Midget Mustang, 171.94mph, 2:40:33
- 3rd Place: Race 3, Jerry Peck Long EZ 169.45mph 2:42:55
- 1st Place: Race 19, Carri Hoagland Taylorcraft BC-12 84.20mph 5:27:51
- 1st Place: Race 193, Bob & AnnElise Bennett, Beech S35 212.54mph 2:09:53
- 2nd Place: Race 101, Henry Punzi Mooney M20J 201.82mph 2:16:47
- 3rd Place: Race 64, Colin Hogan & Robby Browder, PA-24-400, 187.01mph, 2:27:37
- 1st Place: Race 332, Steve Applebaum, Diamond DA-20 146.38mph 3:08:35
Heavy Metal
- 1st Place: Race 85, Craig Payne CJ-6 187.56mph 2:27:11
The EAA AirVenture Cup Race was founded in 1997 in the spirit of recreating the old Bendix Trophy Race and is dedicated to aviation advocacy and preserving the rich heritage of cross-country air racing. The race is held annually in advance of EAA AirVenture. For more information: AirventureCupRace.com.
Pictured Above: Race 91, Bruce Hammer, taking off in his Glasair I TD from Mount Vernon Airport on Sunday morning. He won 1st Place in the Formula FX Blue division. Photo courtesy of Geoff Sobering.


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Most of the time, when a fighter loses in his first shot at a world title, his biggest concern is getting another chance to reach the promised land. It turned out Daniel Jacobs had more important things to worry about.
Jacobs was stopped in the fifth round by Dmitry Pirog in a battle for a vacant middleweight title July 2010 in Las Vegas. Jacobs set out to slowly get himself back in line, so he stopped a couple of fighters with losing records – Jesse Orta and Robert Kliewer – inside the distance. Then, boom, Jacobs was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer and all bets were off. At least for the time being.
Jacobs eventually went into remission, but not before the scare of his life that included paralysis in his legs and the dreaded radiation treatments. And don't look now, he is getting another opportunity to win a world championship. It comes tonight when he takes on Jarrod Fletcher of Australia for a vacant middleweight belt at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (on Showtime). The fight will be on the undercard of the Danny Garcia-Rod Salka junior welterweight fight.
Jacobs, who is 5-0 with five knockouts since resuming his career after beating the cancer, is over the moon about having another title shot. That it will come in his hometown, and will be in the same venue in which he made his emotional return with a first-round knockout of Josh Luteran in October 2012, is almost more than Jacobs and his family can take.
There will be no hiding of that feeling, either.
"Absolutely not," said Jacobs, who was out of the ring for 19 months because of the cancer. "I think about it all the time. I envision myself with my hand being raised and, of course, your vision is the announcer saying, 'And the new …' I get emotional just thinking about it.
"So for me that night and for my family, that will be a night to remember if we have our hand raised in victory. And it will be historical. I never would have dreamed of this opportunity to have in the fight for the championship in my backyard. This is truly an honor."
Jacobs, 27, learned a lot during his ordeal, and in a roundabout way he indicated he is benefitting from it in the ring.
"Well, I think I'm a lot wiser in how I train and how I conduct my training camp," he said. "And the fact that I had to alter my diet for the cancer allowed me to have a healthier body and healthier lifestyle to be able to maintain a good training camp and maintain a good body to be able to perform at an elite level.
"At that time. I wouldn't say I took it for granted. But I don't think I had the best training for that particular fight (with Pirog). I'm a lot wiser, I'm a lot stronger."
As is his psyche.
"My mental state is at an all-time high, especially going through what I've gone through," he said.
Fletcher, whose moniker is "Left Jab," figures to do a lot of that. Word is he's the type of fighter against whom it could be difficult to look good. Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) isn't worried.
"I just have to be a superhero that night," he said. "I've trained and through my training we gave it our all and we always put it in the back of my mind that I have to be a superhero and that I have to perform at an elite level."
Besides, Jacobs said, he believe it's his destiny to win this fight.
"Absolutely," he said. "I'm a believer of that 100 percent. We have our own plans and we have our own goals set up for us, but it don't roll out the way we see. But we just have to stick through it. And I do feel like everything that I've been through, God is molding me to be all that I could be, possibly August 9, and that's a world champion."
Garcia defends match
It was only 15 months ago – in May 2013 – that Salka fought one Osnel Charles, who had a record of 9-5-1. Yet, here he is taking on a unified champion like Garcia? It doesn't matter that Garcia's two titles are not on the line. This seems like a less-than-stellar main event.
Garcia was asked point-blank why he is fighting someone like Salka, who is 19-3 with only three knockouts.
"You know, at the end of the day I don't pick my opponents," he said. "My manager, Al Haymon, does. And I never go against him. He picked the (Amir) Khan fight, he picked the (Lucas) Matthysse fight, he picked the Zab Judah fight, he picked the (Mauricio) Herrera fight, he picked all my fights. I never question him about his decisions."
This is one time when Garcia should have questioned Haymon because there is nothing good being said about this matchup. You have perhaps the best 140-pound fighter in the world – Garcia – taking on a journeyman who couldn't knock a hold in the wind with a hammer.
Of course, Salka is talking like he actually has a chance to win. He was asked what it would do for his career if he goes the distance with someone like Garcia and gives a good account of himself.
"I don't care what that would do," said Salka, 31, of Bunola, Pa. "I don't have any other expectations other than coming in there and winning the fight. Having any other thoughts about that only distracts from the goal and the goal is to ignore that and win the fight."
Garcia, 26, is from Philadelphia. He's 28-0 with 16 knockouts.
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Another featured bout underneath Garcia-Salka will be Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KOs) of Washington D.C. defending his junior welterweight title against Edgar Santana (29-4, 20 KOs) of Puerto Rico. It, too, will be televised by Showtime. … Also tonight, NBC Sports Network will televise a card from Bethlehem, Pa. that will showcase Vyacheslav Glazkov (17-01, 11 KOs) Ukraine going against Derric Rossy (29-8, 14 KOs) of Medford, N.Y. in the main event. … Locally, Top Rank Inc. will stage a club card at the Glendale Civic Auditorium. That main event will pit Jose Felix (26-1-1, 21 KOs) of Mexico taking on countryman Alejandro Rodriguez (21-1, 12 KOs) in the lightweight main event (on UniMas). … Showtime will do another tripleheader on Aug. 16, and it will be led by the welterweight title fight between champion Shawn Porter (24-0-1, 15 KOs) of Akron, Ohio and Kell Brook (32-0, 22 KOs) of England at StubHub Center. … Wondering what everyone thinks of the job done by referee Vic Drakulich in this past Saturday's fight between Brandon Rios and Diego Gabriel Chaves.
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When Governor Schwarzenegger goes to sleep at night, the number 19 must haunt him. Nineteen as in the $19 billion needed to close the state's budget deficit. In his dreams he must be running around turning over every rock in the state to find money to get the job done. With every overturned stone he finds no money. Only more stones. Then there's the pitbull that's constantly on his heels. The pitbull -- the state legislature constantly keeping him in check.
On Tuesday the governor suggested eliminating CalWorks. That's the state's welfare program that also includes daycare for many thousands of low-income kids. Do that, and county governments would have to foot the welfare bill to the tune of $1 billion. Remember that pitbull? Well it has a keeper of sorts. That would be the Legislature's chief budget analyst. While the governor cites a savings of $1.6 billion, the analyst points out that it would cost the state $3.7 billion in matching federal funds. Damn that pitbull! He's really good at math.
Does California really want to be known as the only state not to offer welfare programs for its citizens that need it most? Is it time to consider tax increases? Something the governor has steadfastly refused to consider? He'd better dream up something by June 1st. That's the beginning of the new fiscal year and he's quickly running out of rocks.


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I gather that the following two identities about $\xi(3)$ hold via some notion of zeta-function regularized integrals.
$\xi(3) = \frac{(2\pi)^3}{3}\int _0 ^\infty d\lambda \frac{\sqrt{\lambda} }{1 + e^{2 \pi \sqrt{\lambda} } } = - \frac{4 \pi^3 }{3} \int _0^\infty d\lambda \sqrt{\lambda}\text{ } tanh (\pi \sqrt{\lambda}) $
This comes up in the context of Quantum Field Theory but I haven't been able to locate any QFT resource either which proves these.
I would like to know the proof of the above.
I would like to know if there is any generalization of these to $\xi(n)$
I am hoping that there is generalization of the second identity to cases like $\int _0 ^\infty \sqrt{\lambda + \frac{1}{4}} tanh (\pi \sqrt{\lambda})$


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Article published by the Asia Society on April 15th, 2013.
With important elections pending in key Asian countries and in the wake of a number of highly publicized acts of violence against women in the Asia-Pacific region, Asia Society convened its 4th Annual Women Leaders of New Asia (WLNA) summit. Over 35 distinguished delegates from 14 different countries across the region and disciplines gathered to identify critical issues affecting women and to develop an action plan to address these concerns in a collaborative manner.
Over the course of two days' of deliberations, the participants repeatedly underscored why it is imperative to invest more in efforts to change social attitudes and mindsets and how they might go about doing so. Other key components identified that would be crucial in this endeavour include providing opportunities for proper trainings and mentorships; advocating for the private sector to incorporate gender issues into their strategic planning; sharing their success stories; preventing career pipeline leakages; and exchanging best practices from across the region. Astrid Tuminez, Regional Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Southeast Asia, and author of last year's WLNA report Rising to the Top? A Report on Women's Leadership in Asia will also be releasing a follow-up later this year on the role of men in mentoring and empowering women.
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As President Emerita of Asia Society and Special Advisor for Global Affairs at Columbia University, Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, said, "It's not just about women having a seat at the table – it's changing the shape of the table." Delegates agreed to take forward a number of concrete activities towards this, including setting up a regional chapter of WLNA in Pakistan to take forward the women's agenda there, starting a mentorship programme for women across ages and regions (in collaboration with the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative), and rolling out a campaign that leverages the extensive corporate, government and social sector networks of the delegates to shape mindsets for gender parity.
The summit was launched with a public program featuring: Dr. Desai; Governor of Rajasthan, Margaret Alva; Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security, Melanne Verveer;,Bangladesh Minister of Women and Children Affairs, Shirin Chaudhary; and Singapore Member of Parliament, Penny Low, who suggested that we need to develop a global shapers community that cuts across regions, disciplines and ages, to keep women linked and working towards a progressing path. Further, she said that we need to find the "killer app" to implement inclusive policy.
While the participants felt that the moment is ripe for pushing the agenda for women's empowerment and gender equity, they were mindful that changes will come in increments. They also acknowledged that change will only be possible when the policy changes go hand in hand with changes in social attitudes. Vishakha Desai said that "There is a mismatch between policy and social norms – to change an attitude takes not only courage but generations. It is easier to change infrastructure than mindset or culture. It is a work in progress, we have to be relentless."
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Behind The Veil Part 5: Comcast Metrics For All Employees As Simple As ABC, Always Be Closing
from the anybody-but-comcast dept
In the ongoing fallout Comcast is facing due to the high-pressure sales tactics of their non-sales employees, the company has consistently indicated that these employees are not behaving in a manner consistent with the company's wishes. The common thread in most of these stories consists of customer service duties being handled by customer retention reps as often as not and complaints or attempts to cancel service being met with sales pitches instead of service. Comcast has specifically indicated that these examples are outside of the way they train employees to conduct their business.
Comcast, as it turns out, is completely full of shit. The latest reveal via past and current Comcast employees spilling their guts to The Verge is all about employee metrics. And it seems that Comcast sees everyone as part of the sales team.
Guidelines for repair reps, which show how a trouble call can be segued into a sales call, are part of S4, Comcast's "universal call flow." S4 is an evaluative measurement to ensure that all agents "give every customer a great call experience every time." It stands for: start, solve, sell, summarize. Part S3, or "sell," includes four parts: "transition to relevant offer," "present offer," "overcome objections," and "proactively close sale."That's not even a retention rep being trained in that document; it's a repair tech. Because, hey, the thing I most want when Comcast's service is failing is the person fixing it to sell me more of that failing service. This is the kind of pressure tactics that lead repair calls down the dark path to an angry customer who likely subsequently finds out that Comcast has a monopoly on service in their area. Where are my free-market conservative friends on this stuff? This is supposed to be in your wheelhouse!
It doesn't get any better for customer service reps.
Similarly, a scorecard for customer service reps in the Pennsylvania area shows that sales are explicitly worth 18 percent of an agent's performance. Sales are measured again in the general customer service "Pinnacle" metric, which is worth 27 percent. An excerpt from the Pinnacle guidelines says "Sales/Conversion" is one of eight categories measured in an employee's interaction with a customer.A fifth of a customer service reps performance is judged on their salesmanship. Let that sink in for a moment and then remind yourself of this fact the next time you call for a complaint or help with your service. That person you're speaking to is being judged on whether they can sell you on something when they're supposed to be helping you.
You can see the full dump of the metrics documents here, but don't eat much before you go looking. You may not be able to keep your meal down.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Family Memoirs: The Moments We Never Forget
Certain memories are tremendously powerful and often contribute universally to the memory of a nation. These are the memories that when we think back, we know exactly where we were and what we were doing at that exact moment.
I have two such memories (maybe I'll think of more later?)
John Lennon's Death
When John Lennon died perhaps it didn't impact the world quite as much as when John F. Kennedy died but it was one of those unforgettable moments in my life. I remember exactly what I was doing clear as if it were happening right now. I was in 7th grade and I was the first one downstairs reading the newspaper. Lennon's death was the headline in the paper. My older brother, who worshiped John Lennon, strolled downstairs and I told him the news. At first he didn't believe me. Then I remember watching his shocked look as he sat down and it sunk in. That evening we watched on tv as hundreds of people left flowers outside the Dakota building.
This event of course impacted not just the United States but also the world. I don't think I will ever forget this day. It was so surreal. I was nine months pregnant with my second child at the time. I remember the powerful emotions I felt when watching the news programs. I made a conscious choice that day not to watch the tv coverage. I felt the emotions were too strong and the grief could impact my unborn baby. So I chose to acknowledge it but not get trapped into watching endless coverage of the event.
An interesting part of Barbara's post discussed the "memory" of people who witnessed events live and those who learned about them later. Both groups can have strong emotions about an event but only one group actually witnessed it.
Thanks Barbara for the great food for thought.
I would be interested to hear what some of the momentous events in your life were that you will never forget.
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Both Kennedy assassinations. Richard Nixon's resignation. The Challenger explosion. And 9/11. Oh, 9/11. My office windows face lower Manhattan from across the river in New Jersey. People from my office watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center. And we all watched as Ground Zero smoldered and smoked for weeks... and weeks... and weeks...ReplyDelete
I can remember both the Challenger and the Columbia space shuttle disasters vividly along with the attempted assassination of Reagan though not as vividly since I was still fairly young.ReplyDelete
9/11 though still remains the strongest mostly because I was two weeks into being newly unemployed and had lots of time on my hands. I watched the news all day and for much of the next couple weeks. With all the uncertainty from that, it was a long time before I found employment again.
I was in 9th grade when John Lennon died. It wasn't as emotional for me as for others who were bigger fans of his, but I do remember it was a big deal for many members of my school community.ReplyDelete
I do remember the attempted assassination of President Reagan, as I was watching a soap opera at the time and it was interrupted for the news. And I was in college at the time of the Challenger space shuttle disaster when many of us happened to be watching it live on TV and couldn't believe what we were seeing.
And of course, I will never forget the morning of 9/11/01. My boys were in 2nd grade and Kindergarten. I had the younger one home for the morning (he had afternoon Kindergarten). When a friend I had called on the phone told me what happened, I hung up and turned on the TV for about a minute. As soon as I realized what was happening, I turned it off, as I didn't want to watch it with an impressionable five year old in the house with me. We went to our local library later, and the radio was on in the library (probably the only time ever).
On 9/10/01 I'd just learned I was pregnant with my second child. Needless to say, there was a lot of "what kind of world will this one be born into?" in the days and weeks which followed....ReplyDelete
Oh, and I also learned about Lennon's death from the newspaper -- at 4:30 in the morning, as I started rolling stacks for my paper route!ReplyDelete
You have mentioned three of my four big "I remember where I was when..." moments. I was just a child when JFK was killed, and we heard the news on the radio. The memory of that day is still strong. When John Lennon was killed, I was playing tennis. Someone on the sidelines had a radio and told us what had happened. I didn't hear about 9/11 until a few hours later, when I was driving to work. A fourth event that I remember vividly was the death of Princess Diana. I had just come home from a social cricket match when I saw that news on TV.ReplyDelete
When I asked my father this question, he said, "I remember the moment we got the telegram saying that my brother Jim had been killed in the war."
I forgot about the Challenger Explosion and Princess Diana's death. I can remember exactly what I was doing at those moment's too. I remember President Reagan being shot but that is a bit fuzzier. No idea what I was doing at the time.ReplyDelete
I guess JFK's death was my first "memory moment". I was in 7th grade and I can still remember our principal's crying voice over the loud speaker telling us what happened. 9/11 was really rough, my husband had just died a couple of weeks before so my emotions were a mess already. I was at work when the wife of one of the guys called to say what had happend after the first plane hit. My youngest son was going to the police academy at the time and they sent them home. He came to my work and was ready to send me off to another of my son's to have me away from the east coast. I just remember trying to contact all of my children to make sure where they were and could not get my truck driver son that was supposed to be going though NY that day. His girlfriend (now wife) finally called me and said he had gotten hold of her and he was fine.ReplyDelete
I was in the 9th. grade when John Lennon was shot. I remember sitting on my parents bed and watching the evening news like it was yesterday. My mom told me about Kennedy and how people huddled around radios at work and cried. My dad knows exactly where he was when he heard when Buddy Holly died.ReplyDelete
I clearly remember the Lockerbie bombing (1988), the Dunblane School Massacre (1996) and of course 9/11. All so shocking that I can remember where I was, who I was with and what I was doing.ReplyDelete


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"Rap is the new rock n' roll," Kanye West said in a new, typically cocky interview. "We the new rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rockstar on the planet."
Well, sort of.
The bombast went down in an interview with BBC Radio 1. While West does indeed believe he's the best rockstar out there, he's still frustrated by the fact that his self-proclaimed "big brother" Jay-Z is more successful than he is.
"Jay Z is more realized than me," West whined. "More of his dreams and aspirations have come true. You don't realize I am so frustrated," he fumed. "Like, I've got so much I want to give. … And I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it."
Of course, West may be frustrated, but that doesn't mean he's not cocky. "I know how to make perfect, but that's not what I'm here to do," he sniped. "I'm here to crack the pavement and make new grounds sonically … and culturally."
Still, Yeezus Christ has one person he worships slightly more than himself. "I would not be Kanye West if it wasn't for Michael Jackson," he said. "I was able to ascend to massive heights," he said. "And I've got to a point that Michael Jackson did not break down. I have reached the glass ceiling, as a creative person, as a celebrity and I've been at it for 10 years."
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Batkid captures hearts of Obama, politicos
Holy warm and fuzzy, Batman! The political world has caught the Batkid bug.
Miles Scott, a 5-year-old in remission from leukemia, got his wish and San Francisco was transformed into Gotham City for Friday in honor of the child's love of Batman.
President Obama, Vice President Biden, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a host of members of Congress got into the spirit and added their good wishes to the #batkid trend on Twitter.
Obama's tweet included an adorable photo of Miles as Batkid, giving chase to bad guys like the Penguin and the Riddler. "Way to go Miles, way to save Gotham," Obama said in a video to Batkid, posted on Vine.
A 5-year-old boy dressed up as a superhero Friday and joined Batman for a day of crime fighting in San Francisco. The child has leukemia, and he got to live out his fantasy due to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (Nov. 15) AP
Pelosi, who represents San Francisco in Congress, saluted Miles for his "remarkable valor" and "intrepid spirit."
"You have reminded us all what it is to believe in the power of dreams," Pelosi said in a statement that included the Batman logo beaming in the sky above the Golden Gate Bridge. "Thank you for saving the people of our city, stirring the hearts of a nation, and sharing your heroism with the world."
The Make-a-Wish Foundation tapped 7,000 people to help turn Miles into a mini version of the Caped Crusader. Batkid spent the day hot on the trail of bad guys and saving "Gotham" on the Bay, right by the side of Batman.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a huge Batman fan, declared the newly crowned Batkid was "as formidable a Batman" as he's ever seen. And Leahy should know: He's had cameos in the Batman movies.
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Did you know that May 5-11 is Drinking Water Week? A week to celebrate WATER! May 5 kicks off this year's Drinking Water Week with an invitation to "Protect the Source." "The American Water Works Association and the water community across North America will celebrate Drinking Water Week by recognizing the vital role drinking water plays in our daily lives, and how we can take personal responsibility in caring for our tap water and protecting it at its source. "When we get to know our local drinking water sources, we come to understand that it is our duty as consumers and community stewards to protect and preserve them," said AWWA Chief Executive Officer David LaFrance. "Drinking Water Week provides a great opportunity to learn the various ways in which we can each protect our source water so it's available for future generations." AWWA


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Yamaha powers up at ICAST
By Craig Lamb
You normally don't associate an outboard motor manufacturer with the world's largest trade show devoted to fishing tackle. The show is the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST. This year's show is coming up soon, July 11-14.
ICAST is held in Orlando at the massive Orange County Convention Center. Inside, the aisles are lined with the latest in tackle, from rods and reels to line and lures.
ICAST is also an ideal setting for companies supporting recreational fishing to cross-promote their brands. Yamaha Outboards is a key player in such an effort. Promoting brand awareness is the reason why the company will be well represented at the show.
Outside the convention center, the 15,000 attendees will see boats on display powered by Yamaha. Elsewhere, you will find evidence of the strong ties that Yamaha Outboards has a saltwater conservation program.
That is the CCA Florida STAR presented by Yamaha, a summer-long tournament giving anglers the chance to win $500,000 in prizes, including three Yamaha-powered boats by Carolina Skiff. Marine biologists use catch information submitted by anglers to improve habitat, fish populations and make fishing better.
Yamaha's presence inside the show is driven by the presence of Yamaha pros like Randal Tharp, the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup champion.
Tharp and his peers wear the blue and white Yamaha brand logo on tournament jerseys during competition and at promotional events like ICAST. They make non-stop appearances in booths, attend sales and marketing meetings, new product debuts at press events, and otherwise promote their sponsors.
"The fishing industry trade comes together once each year, and that happens at ICAST," said Tharp," said Tharp, whose FLW career winnings exceed $1 million.
"Brands like Yamaha and my other sponsors, such as Rapala, create great marketing and branding programs when they work together in a sales-driven environment like ICAST."
Yamaha partners with Yeti and Costa in co-branding campaigns. Those leverage brand presence with key markets and demographics segments important to sales and marketing.
Another natural fit is the ICAST Cup, a bass tournament held during the show on nearby Lake Kissimmee. The event pairs professional anglers, including Yamaha pros, with media representatives and other industry professionals. The tournament supports the Keep America Fishing campaign.
ICAST, along with the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show and the new Marine Accessories Pavilion, encompasses 650,000 gross square feet in the West Building of the convention center. Each year, 14,000 industry representatives attend the show.
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