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When Microsoft MSFT 0.8361501512186443% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD56.68 0.47 0.8361501512186443% /Date(1469826000318-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 28904547 AFTER HOURS USD56.69 0.01 0.017642907551164433% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1654171 P/E Ratio 27.648780487804878 Market Cap 442557442382.812 Dividend Yield 2.5405786873676783% Rev. per Employee 742939 More quote details and news » introduces its long-awaited Windows 8 operating system Friday, it will be the first Windows rollout to face real competition since, well, forever. Today, smartphones and tablets do almost all of the day-to-day tasks a PC does -- including sending e-mail, surfing the Web, and editing photos -- and do some of them better. Already, tech investors, long accustomed to a lift from Windows, are primed for disappointment.
At the same time, big data -- massive data centers that can marshall tremendous computing power -- is upending the traditional network, pushing information-processing into the palm of your hand. And it's happening faster than almost anybody expected, as last week's spooky earnings surprises at Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) and chip makers Intel INTC 0.25884383088869717% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD34.86 0.09 0.25884383088869717% /Date(1469826000193-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16636764 AFTER HOURS USD34.8 -0.06 -0.1721170395869191% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1534472 P/E Ratio 16.840579710144926 Market Cap 164608922882.08 Dividend Yield 2.9833620195065977% Rev. per Employee 527624 More quote details and news » (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices AMD 0.5865102639296188% Advanced Micro Devices Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD6.86 0.04 0.5865102639296188% /Date(1469826000478-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22376336 AFTER HOURS USD6.85 -0.01 -0.1457725947521866% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 204202 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 5457527872.33173 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 426154 More quote details and news » (AMD) made clear.
So who are the winners and losers in a post-PC world? Apple AAPL -0.12459267778416715% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD104.21 -0.13 -0.12459267778416715% /Date(1469826000272-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26765342 AFTER HOURS USD104.25 0.04 0.03838403224258708% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 968346 P/E Ratio 12.174065420560748 Market Cap 561529626663.413 Dividend Yield 2.1878898378274636% Rev. per Employee 1990500 More quote details and news » (AAPL), Google (GOOG), and Samsung Electronics (005930.Korea) certainly stand to gain, and EMC EMC -0.2117148906139732% EMC Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD28.28 -0.06 -0.2117148906139732% /Date(1469826022481-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9933087 AFTER HOURS USD28.278 -0.002 -0.007072135785007072% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 545072 P/E Ratio 26.429906542056074 Market Cap 55277983881.2258 Dividend Yield 1.6265912305516266% Rev. per Employee 341208 More quote details and news » (EMC) will be a winner in the big-data world. Obvious losers include PC makers Hewlett-Packard HPQ 0.5021520803443329% HP Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD14.01 0.07 0.5021520803443329% /Date(1469826152702-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15547188 AFTER HOURS USD14.1 0.09 0.6423982869379015% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 211891 P/E Ratio 7.412698412698413 Market Cap 23965605241.3804 Dividend Yield 3.5403283369022125% Rev. per Employee 259770 More quote details and news » (HPQ) and Dell (DELL). Intel and Microsoft, which straddle both the PC and post-PC worlds, are tougher calls. Their high dividends and cheap valuations make them hard for investors to rule out. (See related story: "Rumors of the PC's Death Are Not At All Exaggerated", March 12, 2016.)
On-demand computing, which is to say, the cloud, will benefit Amazon.com AMZN 0.8237998432122879% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD758.81 6.2 0.8237998432122879% /Date(1469826000284-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6662071 AFTER HOURS USD758.06 -0.75 -0.09883897154755472% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 114979 P/E Ratio 188.75870646766168 Market Cap 359732094672.976 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 522691 More quote details and news » (AMZN), and Salesforce.com CRM -0.6437507591400462% Salesforce.com Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD81.8 -0.53 -0.6437507591400462% /Date(1469826183237-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2937696 AFTER HOURS USD81.95 0.15 0.18337408312958436% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 58593 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 55419502067.5659 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 372245 More quote details and news » (CRM). And arms merchants to cloud providers, like storage giant EMC EMC -0.2117148906139732% EMC Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD28.28 -0.06 -0.2117148906139732% /Date(1469826022481-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9933087 AFTER HOURS USD28.278 -0.002 -0.007072135785007072% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 545072 P/E Ratio 26.429906542056074 Market Cap 55277983881.2258 Dividend Yield 1.6265912305516266% Rev. per Employee 341208 More quote details and news » (EMC), also will prosper.
There are new challengers, as well. Workday WDAY 0.3008785654110001% Workday Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD83.34 0.25 0.3008785654110001% /Date(1469826222820-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1743722 AFTER HOURS USD83.338 -0.002 -0.0023998080153587713% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10422 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 16417979278.5645 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 241675 More quote details and news » (WDAY), Splunk SPLK 0.6761107533805538% Splunk Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD62.54 0.42 0.6761107533805538% /Date(1469826000263-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1671909 AFTER HOURS USD62.63 0.09 0.1439078989446754% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20496 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 8310315627.02637 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 347010 More quote details and news » (SPLK), and Qlick Technologies QLIK 0.43232457598935814% Qlik Technologies Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD30.2 0.13 0.43232457598935814% /Date(1469826000335-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3227446 AFTER HOURS USD30.194 -0.006 -0.019867549668874173% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17422 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2866402916.65192 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 264959 More quote details and news » (QLIK), recent IPOs all, bear watching by investors. Promising startups that have not yet hit the public stage, such as equipment vendor Ruckus Wireless, also could be game-changers down the road.
SEPARATING GOOD INVESTMENT IDEAS from bad, however, isn't as easy as picking winners in the marketplace. Companies such as Salesforce and web-hosting outfit Rackspace Holding RAX 0.8609556607834696% Rackspace Hosting Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD23.43 0.2 0.8609556607834696% /Date(1469826273594-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 888470 AFTER HOURS USD23.428 -0.002 -0.008536064874093044% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22374 P/E Ratio 21.897196261682243 Market Cap 2944166911.13525 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 329488 More quote details and news » (RAX) may be essential to this sea-change, but their valuations are scarily high. Salesforce, at about $149, fetches 99 times fiscal 2013 earnings estimates, while Rackspace, which operates massive data centers for cloud services, trades at 86 times. Are their opportunities really that much greater than those at Apple, which fetches 11 times estimates, or at Microsoft, which trades at 10 times?
Probably not, argues Barron's Roundtable member Fred Hickey, publisher of the High-Tech Strategist. "Companies like Rackspace and Salesforce are classic story stocks," he says, "and it is very dangerous to own such stocks when everything they might produce in the way of earnings and cash flow is already priced in." Also in that boat, he argues, is Amazon.com, which stands to prosper if its Kindle Fire can elbow its way into the tablet computer market. But at 104 times earnings, that's a big if.
The table "Who Wins, Who Loses" sifts through both opportunities and valuation, to find the best bets for investors. Google's earnings flub last week notwithstanding, that company is still on our list of likely winners, which are few and far between.
IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR Microsoft. Smartphones were still relatively primitive when Windows 7 was introduced in 2009, and tablet computers didn't even exist. Now, as the charts "Game On!" illustrate, they threaten the PC hegemony. Neither Microsoft, HP, nor Dell is a force in smartphones or tablets.
"It is becoming a mainstream idea that your PC is not the center of everything," says Kevin Landis of Firsthand Funds, who has owned Microsoft, off and on, for years -- and is nervous every time he does.
That said, Microsoft is putting its vast resources behind its Windows 8 operating system for phones and tablets. And at 12 a.m. Friday, it will begin selling a tablet computer of its own, known as the Surface, setting up a midnight madness event. So we'll know soon how the excitement stacks up against iPhone and iPad madness.
On Thursday, Microsoft reported flat year-over-year revenue, led by a 9% drop in the division that contains Windows. The numbers included pre-sales for Windows 8. Excluding them, sales in the Windows unit dropped by a third. At nine times next year's expected profits, Microsoft shares are very inexpensive, considering the strengths of the company's other businesses, including server software, databases, and collaboration. But unless Microsoft can show that Surface and all the other Win 8 devices will turn the tide for that part of the division, its stock will continue to suffer. Microsoft closed the week at $28.64 and yields 3.2%. (For more on last week's earnings mishaps at Microsoft, Google, and AMD, see Tech Trader.)
THE INEXORABLE SHIFT AWAY from PCs is causing havoc for manufacturers. This year, worldwide sales of personal computers are projected to drop about 2%, to 357 million units, according to IDC's David Daoud. In dollars, they will fall 5% to 6%. More telling: Smartphone sales are expected to surge 42% this year, to $294 billion, topping PC sales for the first time. And sales of tablets are expected to rocket 65%, to $59 billion.
To Dan Niles of Alpha One Capital Partners, this sounds very familiar. He worked in the 1980s at minicomputer titan Digital Equipment Corp., whose founder, Ken Olsen, famously said there was no reason anyone would want a computer in his home. DEC was later acquired by Compaq Computer and vanished without a trace.
Smartphones and tablets are similarly underestimated now, Niles asserts. For that reason, he's inclined to avoid Intel and Microsoft. "Go ahead, gamble they can make the leap to this new world," he says. "I don't want that bet."
As the PC market fades, Intel is trying to maintain its lead in server chips, while becoming a force in phones and tablets. Last week, it reported that PC growth had slowed last quarter and this quarter to half its usual seasonal rate, disappointing investors waiting for spiffy new "ultrabook" laptops to make a splash. At the same time, CEO Paul Otellini said Intel's new Atom chip would be in 20 tablets this quarter, including the Surface.
The problem is that Intel has more to lose from the PC decline than to gain from selling cheaper chips for tablets and smartphones. The company's shares, which closed the week at $21.27, trade at nine times next year's estimates and pay a rich 4% dividend. While Intel may never be a growth company again, it probably won't hurt investors who own it.
Apple, trading at 9.1 times this year's projected profits, after backing out $117 billion in cash and investments, is priced quite reasonably, given its expected 24% growth in revenue this year. Even as one of the world's dominant phone makers, it has just 7% of the mobile-phone market, according to Gartner, giving it ample room to grow.
Samsung, the dominant global phone producer, shows no sign of stopping its gains at the expense of smaller companies. Its stock is also undemanding, at 7.5 times next year's earnings' estimate. The Korean-listed shares traded Friday at 1.302 million won, about $1,200; its unsponsored American depositary receipts are thinly traded.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POST-PC world is the cloud. On route 101 in Silicon Valley, Wal-Mart has posted signs reading "WALMART DATA," offering jobs to engineers in its San Bruno labs. That's a sign of just how mainstream it's become for companies to sift through enormous amounts of information.
Wal-Mart's quest, and others like it, are changing the very nature of data, says Paul Saffo, a tech pundit who runs Discern Analytics, a big-data outfit in Silicon Valley.
Big data ultimately will redefine the database. To track customer information and behavior in real time, and to respond to it instantaneously, companies are turning increasingly to databases that put information in the random-access memory chips of a computer, rather than on the disk drive, as has been done traditionally. Database-giant Oracle ORCL -0.3641660597232338% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD41.04 -0.15 -0.3641660597232338% /Date(1469826206521-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12527321 AFTER HOURS USD41.01 -0.03 -0.07309941520467836% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 703527 P/E Ratio 19.82608695652174 Market Cap 169196842172.91 Dividend Yield 1.4619883040935673% Rev. per Employee 272404 More quote details and news » (ORCL) is fending off new competition from SAP (SAP), which sells just such an "in-memory" database. And start-ups also are targeting the database market. Among them: MemSQL, a Silicon Valley company started by former Facebook engineers.
For the moment, Oracle's traditional databases are benefiting from the surge, but that could change by this time next year.
Google is a player par excellence in big data. Sales of smartphones using the Android OS don't make the company any money upfront—it doesn't charge for use of the system -- but ultimately, all the activity on those phones is sending back to Google real-time data from the world that makes its searches more valuable to advertisers.
Google CEO Larry Page said on last week's call that the company was on pace to generate $8 billion a year from mobile devices. And some day, Google's self-driving car will bring the company real-time readings of traffic conditions -- another way to feed Google's rapacious appetite for big data.
And what of Facebook FB -0.848% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD123.94 -1.06 -0.848% /Date(1469826000325-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34623376 AFTER HOURS USD123.56 -0.38 -0.3065999677263192% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 435427 P/E Ratio 59.58653846153846 Market Cap 354506136207.313 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1746120 More quote details and news » (FB), which, like Google, is building its own computers from scratch to redesign the data center? Facebook defenders take a typical Silicon Valley attitude, trusting it will try a number of ways to monetize the increasing use of mobile technology and eventually hit on a solution. Firsthand's Landis, who's owned the stock since before its IPO and confesses that he's sitting on a loss, says, "Even if they hit one out of 10 products right, that's enough."
Maybe so. But all of that experimentation could cause the company to step up spending next year, says Loomis Sayles tech analyst Tony Ursillo, who also co-manages the Saratoga Advantage Trust Technology and Communications Portfolio. And that could shock the Street, which is projecting roughly flat operating margins for the company.
Amazon.com is one of the most striking players in the post-PC world. Its Kindle Fire, starting at $159, is a truncated tablet -- little more than a means for users to feed at the Amazon trough. Two weeks ago, CEO Jeff Bezos told the BBC that the company breaks even on the hardware, preferring to "make money when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices."
Amazon has overcome many doubters over the years, but with a triple-digit P/E ratio, there's still a lot of doubt to overcome.
Salesforce.com is another cloud company with a heart-stopping valuation, trading at 40 times trailing cash flow. Salesforce has new competition, in the form of Workday, which went public Oct. 12 and popped nearly 70% out of the gate. While Salesforce's software for managing customer relations is important, Workday's focus on human resources—benefits and payroll administration -- is perceived as far more critical to companies.
Hickey predicts that Workday could lure away some Salesforce investors, calling it "the real deal" in cloud computing. But Workday is projected to lose money through fiscal 2015.
EMC is a less expensive way to play the cloud, says Ben Reitzes of Barclays Capital. "EMC's focus is on the hybrid cloud," he says. It has products that help enterprises shift parts of their data-processing into the cloud, reaping greater efficiencies, while maintaining full control of their critical data.
Another company to watch is Ruckus Wireless, which makes equipment that helps carriers offload cellular traffic onto public Wi-Fi hotspots. That is important because the faster connections of the latest smartphones and tablets will cause a surge in bandwidth usage, taxing the precious spectrum. Craig Mathias with Farpoint Group calls CEO Selina Lo "one of the smartest people I know" and a skilled entrepreneur. Ruckus recently filed documents for an initial stock offering.
AS THIS FATEFUL YEAR for the personal computer grinds on, some investors probably will bottom-fish for stocks. One that might be worth a look is Seagate Technology STX -1.7484662576687116% Seagate Technology PLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD32.03 -0.57 -1.7484662576687116% /Date(1469826000225-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6211387 AFTER HOURS USD32.1 0.07 0.21854511395566656% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 204611 P/E Ratio 31.401960784313726 Market Cap 9560442437.15331 Dividend Yield 7.867624102403997% Rev. per Employee 218395 More quote details and news » (STX), which trades at four times next year's earnings, less than one times sales, and pays a 4.6% dividend. Seagate has a chance to shift from the PC world to the post-PC world, by selling devices for the cloud and tablets. Unlike HP, which has a similarly cheap valuation, Seagate has a strategy for this and the means to implement it.
A factor that's important for all technology stocks is what happens after November's elections. Any progress on tax policy could unleash massive amounts of cash held by tech companies overseas. That, says Paul Wick, portfolio manager of Columbia Seligman Communications & Information fund, could lead to increased share buybacks and higher dividends. It could also encourage mergers and acquisitions, putting some beaten-down names in play.
But unless that happens, expect PC names to struggle as they adjust to a world in which smartphones and tablets are increasingly seen by consumers as capable of providing most, if not all, of the computing power they need.
In short, the traditional economic engine of the personal computer has broken down, and it's unlikely to get back in gear.
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- Publisher: Big Daddy's Creations
- Release Date: Jan 16, 2012
- Summary: The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around theThe year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around the building site, a city is slowly rising up…The players embody master builders. By building the King's castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King's favour. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins the game.* Pass & Play mode for playing on one device with your friends* multiple AI players, every with a different strategy* asynchronous multiplayer with push notifications* challenging gameplay* amazing hand drawn artworkCaylus received multiple awards:* 2011 Juego del Año Tico Nominee* 2006 International Gamers Award winner* 2006 Deutscher Spiele Preis winner* 2006 Nederlandse Spellenprijs winner* 2006 Spiel des Jahres winner, Special Award for Complex Game* 2006 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek winner, Game of the Year' and Best Gamer's Game* 2006 Hra roku (Czech Game of the Year) nominee* 2005 Tric Trac d'or (France), Game of the Year, Winner* 2005 Meeples' Choice Award winner… Expand
- Developer: Big Daddy's Creations
- Genre(s): Miscellaneous
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Positive: 4 out of 7
Mixed: 2 out of 7
Negative: 1 out of 7
Jan 21, 2012While I may hate using the word so soon, Caylus really is a classic, and it's wonderful to see it brought to life digitally to expose it to a whole new audience.
Jan 18, 2012For pure entertainment dollar by dollar, I'll take Caylus over most board games in the App Store. It's an obscenely good game, which makes its flaws all the more frustrating.
Jan 30, 2012Requiring balanced gameplay, a little foresight, and a dose of luck, Caylus provides strategy fans with another solid title.
Feb 9, 2012Caylus is the transposition of a famous Board Game, but the result, like Carcassonne, is very good. It's not a "standard" videogame so, the purchase, could interest just the fans.
Feb 10, 2012Anyone with an interest in leisurely-paced board games who isn't afraid of very in-depth instructions will most likely enjoy it, but those used to simple pick-up-and-play titles might feel like they've bitten off more than they can chew.
Jan 23, 2012While it's unlikely to ensnare new players due to its plodding pace and labyrinthine rules, Caylus is a faithful adaptation of an award-winning boardgame that fans will adore.
Feb 6, 2012What it all comes down to is this question: Is Caylus a good candidate for porting to the iPhone? Given the length of games, given the poor multiplayer support, given that the elegance of the boardgame is lost entirely, I suspect the answer might be "no". Which is a real shame after Big Daddy Creations so successfully ported Neuroshima Hex to the iPhone.


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Motors, Shaft and Prop info needed
Although I used to build model airplanes back when I was about 13 or so, I am brand new to boat modeling. I have been meaning to do this forever, just never got to it.
I am scratch building a 1:12 scale model of a pilot boat and I am now planking the hull. I have enough woodworking experience and I have learned so much from reading your forum that so far I have not run into any major snags.
Where I do need some help is in the motor / driveshaft / prop department.
The boat is about 47 inches long, has twin props/rudders.
I figured that if I get two counter-rotating props, one left-handed, and one right-handed I could pretty much eliminate any torque working on the boat and have it going straight without having to compensate with the rudders. (I assume that is the way the real thing works)
I decided to use a two-motor set-up, using conventional brush-motors and an ESC.
Here are my questions:
1. Is my reasoning regarding the torque elimination more or less correct?
2. Are there any major drawbacks to using the twin-counter-rotating prop setup?
3. Should I put the motors in parallel or series, assuming I am using one ESC to drive both? Other than making sure I get the right voltage motors matching my batteries I can't think of a good reason why one should be better than the other. Anyone have experience with this?
4. I know this is probably hard to answer given the information I provided, but Ill give it a go:
a. For this size boat, what kind of motor would you suggest (type and power)?
b. What kind of props would I use (size, number of blades, etc)? How do I make sure I get one left-handed prop and a matching right-handed?
c. Where can I get the recommended motor and props?
d. Where do I get shafts? I assume I'll also need one shaft with right-handed thread and one with left-handed thread.
5. What kind of servo do I use for the rudders? Given this size boat, do I need any "Hi Torque" servos or will a regular one do?
6. I live near Little Rock, AR. Does anyone know fairly local sources or should I get everything mail ordered?
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4a Mabuchi 550/Pitman
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Here's a PT Boat thread that has some pictures of my PT Boat - see post #3. The pictures may help with your set up.
All of question #4 - look at MACK Products, under "Running Hardware & Power Packages" check the set for the Dumas Dauntless, which is about the same size as your boat.
#4D - The shafts have a right hand thread, the props usually have a matching right hand thread. SOme props require the use of a drive dog and two nuts. The drive dog is installed on the saft, then the prop, then two nuts. Dumas and Octura props have a notch on the forward side of the prop hub for the drive dog. Better scale props, like those made by Prop Shop, Rivabo. et al, are usually threaded and have a set or grub screw. Thread the set screw out, so it doesn't distort or damage the thread on the prop shaft. I usually remove the set screw while I locate the where to file a flat on the prop shaft. Screw the prop on to the prop shaft all the way, you now have two options. #1 (my preferred method) With the set screw complete;y removed, imsert the end of a fine point marker into the set screw hole. This should leave a mark on the prop shaft. #2 - Tighten the set screw all the way down, until it makes contact with the threads on the shaft. It will leave a mark or burr on the shaft. Remove the prop from the shaft and file a flat spot where the shaft is marked. When you re-install the prop on the shaft, the set screw will engage the flat spot and hold the prop on. A little bit of lock tite helps too.
#5. You can use a singkle standard servo to control both rudders. My favorite method is shown in the pictures of my PT Boat. Mount the servo so the servo horn center is as close to the boats center line as possible. I prefer to use a two arm servo horn. With the servo centered, mount the servo horn so it is perpendicular to the boat centerline. Two equal length control rods connect the servo horn to the rudder arms. The servo works in a push-pull fashion with this set up. The rudder arms must be equal length as well.
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Thanks Bob and Martin for the very useful information.
Bob, I have a few more questions:
1. What kind of motors did you use on your PT boat?
2. How many volts do you run them on?
3. You mentioned Hobby Town as a possible source. If you have purchased from them, what's been your experience with regards to price, selection and availability?
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1. MACK Products #3150's. I actually bought the MACK power kit for the Lindberg PT109.
2. 7.2V 3000 mAh NiMh gives me 30 minutes of running at full speed. 1 battery powers both motors thru a single esc.
3. My experience with HobbyTown has been good in CT, MI, FL, OH, & IN. Because each HobbyTown is an independent franchise, selection and pricing varies from store to store - even if they are in the same general metro area. The prices at the local HobbyTown are pretty good. They can special order items, and special orders are generally received in a week - depends on the suppliers availability. The HobbyTown closest to me, in Mentor, has a lot of trains, plastic models, r/c cars & r/c planes, and some boats and boat stuff. The next closest HobbyTown is about thirty miles away in Strongsville, on the west side of Cleveland. I haven't been to the Strongsville HobbyTown at all. How ever, my opinion of HobbyTown USA may be slightly biased, since I've been working at the Mentor store since I retired from the USCG in Sept 2004.
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I think I found suitable motors for my project. They're MABUCHI RS-550PF's that do 9000 RPM at no load on 6V (two in series on a 12 V power supply using an ESC).
I'm thinking about using Raboesch 156-05 and 156-06 props. These are 3-blade 40 mm props with a 41 mm pitch.
I did some rough calculations and it looks like full out I'd be running the motors at about 5000 - 6000 RPM under load.
Do I need to gear the motors down or does this sound about right?
In addition, are there any formulas available to estimate the surface area needed for the rudders or do I just scale those down like the rest of the boat? (I'm worried that if I just scale the rudders down I won't get enough "turn" out of them)
A general rule of thumb is that the prop diameter shouldn't be greater than the motor can diameter. The RS-550PF has a can diameter of 37.3 mm; your props are 40mm. You should be okay, as the prop and motor diameters are within 10% of each other. You may need to gear the motors, if the motors get too hot to touch after a full speed run.
Generally, scale size rudders work fine. Some people will make their rudders 10-15% over scale size to increase the rudder bite. Usually slightly oversize rudders are found on models of long narrow ships, generally with a single screw - like freighters, destroyers, & WWII fleet subs.
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Tania, I'm afraid you've put your question in the wrong forum. You'll be stay in the COUNTRY of Andorra in the Pyrenees, but this is the forum of the TOWN of Andorra, inland Spain (where now it's eventually lenty of snow, but no skiing resorts there!! :)
Andorra is a little country, but it has more than sky slopes. Look at www.andorra.ad and www.andorra.com for tourist info.
Visiting the old small villages and medieval churches can be a pleasant activity. IMO Barcelona is too far away for a daytrip but of course it can be done. La Seu d'Urgell, just crossing the Spanish border, has some points of interest indeed. There are buses as well to Toulouse in France (2 hours each way, again no sure if it's worth the effort), but Foix is closer and maybe the buses stop here.
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John and Ben are wonderful hosts and very pleasant people! Chatting with them was highly enjoyable. They supported us wherever needed. On the other side we had our nice, well equipped, very calm, clean, seperate accomodation. And Kensington is a nice district and it's easy to go by train to CBD. It couldn't have been better.
Thanks again, John and Ben, for the great time! Heiko and I'm looking forward to seeing you again - next year in Greece or somewhere else. :-)
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Ben & John take care of you with breakfast and anything you need
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John and Ben are really wonderful hosts. They offered informations about the city and neighbourhood, nice chats, and really good breakfast which gave us a boost to a new day. There is a train station and a tram station in the near and another train station a bit farther. Transportation early in the morning and late in the evening is no problem. The garden room has its own bathroom and separate door. We enjoyed the time in Melbourne hosted by John and Ben.
Ben & John were wonderful hosts. Eager to please and help in any way possible. The accommodation was very clean and well maintained and had everything we needed. Would highly recommend.
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John and Ben were great hosts, very welcoming and friendly. We loved the chats and general feeling of not just being customers. The room was very comfortable, with its own independent access. Breakfast was healthy and copious. Air con was a definite plus by 40° weather! The back yard was very pleasant, too. Kensington is a quiet neighborhood but conveniently close to the city. A very pleasant stay,
We recently had an enjoyable four day stay at Garden Studio 54. Ben and John met us and showed us around, including a quick run down on the local area, public transport etc. The studio is modern, clean & well appointed, with our own secure "front door" to a leafy back lane. Breakfast items and tea/coffee were available and topped up each day and it was tidied and serviced each day. The studio is in a very quiet area so no problem with traffic or noisy neighbours. We explored local centres on foot (several good cafes in Kensington and multicultural restaurants in Newmarket). Went by tram to the city and to North Melbourne. The train station is very close by and was a quick way to get into town. We could talk to Ben & John when we needed to, but otherwise it was quite private. Good value and happy to recommend to others. Cecily & Roy
We so enjoyed our visit at the Garden Studio. From the welcome to the daily service, we were well catered for. I would recommend this place to others. Only a short distance to cafes and train, it was ideal for us. Thanks John and Ben for a great stay.
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Education is an important component of reducing poverty, promoting peace, and empowering individuals to participate in democratic institutions. Since 2003, primary school enrollment has increased more than 50 percent in Kenya. In recognition of USAID's 50th anniversary working in partnership with Kenya, this video provides an overview of USAID's education programs and particularly focuses on efforts to reach vulnerable, marginalized children.
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President Obama's 2014 Budget Proposal and Proposed Food Aid Reform
This week President Obama released his 2014 Budget Proposal, which introduced major reform in the delivery of food assistance. The Washington Post reports the White House has proposed "the first major change in three decades to the way the United States supplies food aid to impoverished nations, significantly scaling back the program that buys commodities from US farmers and ships them to the needy overseas." Under a budget proposal released Wednesday, "nearly half of $1.4 billion in requested funds for the aid could instead be spent to purchase local bulk food in countries in need or to distribute individual vouchers for local purchases." USAID administrator Rajiv Shah said in an interview, "We've made a strong commitment to provide more flexibility," noting that "local purchase of food allows for a response time nearly 14 weeks faster" than shipping from the US, and also is "30 percent cheaper for certain types of commodities." Shah added, "We recognize that any transition has to be done in a careful, thoughtful manner," but argued that over the long term "spending money to build and modernize agricultural systems in current food-recipient countries 'is ultimately what creates tens of thousands more jobs here in our country.'"
Oxfam's Paul O'Brien welcomed the proposals, telling the Wall Street Journal: "The Obama administration has taken an important step towards long overdue reforms to bring food aid into the 21st century…This president's proposal will get food to more hungry people faster, cheaper and more efficiently. Congress should pass them expeditiously."
Read more about the Proposal in these publications: The Hill, NPR, Washington Post and Huffington Post.
USAID Announces Initiative to Promote LGBT Rights Abroad
The four-year public-private partnership between USAID and Olivia Cruises, UCLA's Williams Institute, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency "will work with local LGBT groups to provide leadership training, research and other help, lending the imprimatur of the U.S. government to people who in many countries are outcast and vulnerable, " The San Francisco Chronicle reports. "This partnership leverages the financial resources and skills of each partner to further inclusive development and increase respect for the human rights of LGBT people around the world," noted Claire Lucas, senior advisor of the USAID Office of Innovation and Development Alliances. "It can be a real game-changer in the advancement of LGBT human rights."
Facilitating Economic Growth through Infrastructure and Trade
Sub-Saharan Africa is now home to 11 of the world's 20 fastest growing economies. Economic growth in the entire region is expected to be strong – between five and six percent – in the next few years, and it will be led by the private sector; foreign direct investment now dwarfs foreign aid in Africa.
Yet, a recent World Bank report noted that regional trade barriers are cost African countries billions of dollars in potential revenue every year. Trade among African countries makes up only 10 percent of the region's total trade volume. In East Africa, it costs 50 percent more to move freight one kilometer than it does in the United States or Europe, and in landlocked countries transport costs can be as high as 75 percent of the value of the goods they are trying to export.
On March 29, I participated in an economic growth roundtable with the Presidents of Malawi, Senegal, and Sierra Leone and the Prime Minister of Cape Verde to discuss these challenges and to examine ways to strengthen trade and investment, enhance regional integration, and improve the four countries' business environments.
The four African leaders called attention to a major impediment to trade and investment in Africa: poor infrastructure, which inhibits both regional and global trade. That is why USAID is working with governments to assess and prioritize critical infrastructure needs. For example, in South Sudan, USAID helped build a 192-kilometer-long Juba-Nimule Road, the largest infrastructure project ever built in South Sudan, and the young nation's first paved highway. The road has reduced travel time between Nimule and Juba from eight hours to less than three, linking Juba with Uganda and providing the shortest, most efficient route to the Port of Mombasa in Kenya. The road has generated economic activities along the route, and created employment and training opportunities for South Sudanese communities, thereby enhancing stability.
Meeting with the four leaders allowed me to reaffirm USAID's commitment to work with both the governments and private sector in all four countries to improve export readiness, and reduce the time and cost to trade. In Cape Verde, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, USAID has helped establish Resource Centers to assist local businesses take advantage of the provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which offers duty free entry for 6,400 products from qualifying African countries into the United States.
We are also supporting three regional Trade Hubs designed to help sub-Saharan African governments and businesses reduce the time and cost of trade, harmonize trade and regulatory requirements, and work directly with African firms to identify export opportunities. In Malawi, our Southern Africa Trade Hub has helped to streamline customs procedures and develop a national single window system, which allows traders to submit all required data into a single electronic system accessible to all border agencies. Systems like this one significantly reduce the time and cost of moving goods across borders and increase customs revenue.
We have also helped Malawi and Sierra Leone develop export strategies and stand ready to support strategy implementation and the crafting of similar strategies in Senegal and Cape Verde. When developed and implemented in consultation with the private sector, the strategies serve as an invaluable tool to facilitate trade and improve economic growth.
By working to reduce barriers to trade in African markets, USAID supports sustained growth in the region and improves bilateral trade and investment opportunities for both African and U.S. firms.
Learning Law Through Practice
On April 8, lawyers from USAID's Office of General Counsel led a roundtable dialogue with two Iraqi and two Palestinian teams that participated in the annual Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which took place in Washington, DC, from March 31 to April 6. The competition was an opportunity for the four teams to highlight their litigation skills that are being developed through programs supported by USAID.
The Jessup competition brings together students from 550 law schools that represent more than 80 countries and simulates a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. This year's participants addressed the factual and legal consequences of climate change on statehood, migration and sovereign lending. Teaching methodology has historically been lecture based in both Iraqi and Palestinian universities so the practical experience that students gain from the Jessup competition process, including competing against other teams and receiving feedback from distinguished judges, is extremely valuable.
The two Iraqi teams from Baghdad and Anbar Universities earned the right to represent Iraq after competing against over 100 law students and professors from 17 Iraqi universities. All of the teams were trained on courtroom etiquette and advocacy skills by USAID's Access to Justice program in Iraq prior to their participation. The program promotes a practical approach to improving both legal services for vulnerable groups and the knowledge and skills of those who assist them.
The two Palestinian teams, from Bir Zeit and An Najah Universities, came in first and second in the Palestinian Jessup qualifying round. Palestinian partner universities received training as part of USAID's Palestinian Justice Enhancement Project, which is designed to strengthen public confidence and respect for justice sector institutions and the rule of law in the West Bank.
The teams received guidance from competition judges, established new friendships with law students from around the world, and learned more about the United States while gaining important courtroom experience. The Bir Zeit team had the honor of being elected by fellow competitors to receive the Spirit of Jessup Award for the team that "best exemplifies the Jessup spirit of comradeship, academic excellence, competitiveness, and appreciation of fellow competitors."
Both the Iraqi and Palestinian students told the USAID lawyers that when they get home, they plan to gain practical experience in providing legal assistance through legal clinics supported by USAID in their law schools.
Palestinian competitor Obaida observed, "Jessup taught me to see international law from other perspectives. I now can argue and fully express myself before expert judges and I will bring back with me knowledge, success and memories."
The students also toured the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and met with one of the court's legal advisers.
"Competing in Jessup has helped to increase our experience and build our confidence as young lawyers," remarked Baghdad competitor Ahmad. "We are so excited to represent our country and learn about the legal system in America."
A New Era: Reflections on USAID's First Public Consultation of a Draft Policy
Last month USAID distributed for public comment a new policy in draft form for the first time. Its Bureau of Policy, Planning & Learning's Office of Policy solicited input on a draft of the Sustainable Service Delivery in an Increasingly Urbanized World (PDF). USAID aimed to improve the draft and sharpen our institutional focus. We shared it online to USAID's Twitter followers and Impact e-newsletter subscribers and received more than 100 comments.
The Urban Services policy is a product of more than a year of extensive internal discussion and research, and last month's public input – inspired by the Obama Administration's Open Government Partnership commitment – is expected to draw attention to USAID's attempt to help communities and countries provide pro-poor services in the midst of unprecedented urban growth.
What kind of growth are we talking about? By 2030, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities and more than 1.2 million square kilometers will have been converted into urban areas about the size of South Africa.
As we begin to analyze the results of the public outreach, I offer the following as a sample of early findings from our outreach (in percentages):
- Roughly half of respondents affirmed that economic growth and trade (25) or democracy, human rights and governance (22) were program areas most likely to be affected – negatively or positively – by urban growth. About a fifth of respondents thought the program areas most likely to be affected were environment and global climate change (19) and water and sanitation (19). The effects on global health (8), agriculture and food security (3), and other programs (6) were also noted;
- Respondents stated that USAID should pursue sustainable urban service delivery to increase USAID staff's understanding and skills to deal with urban issues (29), increase the use of partnerships, particularly with the private sector and the donor community (29), and incorporate urban assessments into USAID Mission annual strategies and assessments (26). A smaller number affirmed that it was important to provide tools for Missions to design urban-focused programming (14).
In their submissions, many commenters applauded the Agency for recognizing and responding to the development challenges of urbanization. Several applauded the draft for addressing "the needs of marginalized groups, including women and persons with disabilities" and "highlighting of the role of governance as a prior condition for other service improvements." Others noted a comparative advantage in the Agency's local capacity building and its ability to "more easily work with [and] directly impact sub-national entities than most other donors."
Some zeroed in on specific areas. For example a number of respondents recommended a focus on land rights and "more attention to the built environment – shelter, settlement and housing." Others said USAID's could heighten its role in supporting improved city management, "strengthening participative democracy at local level," and supporting the "direct participation by the urban poor in the planning and implementation of service improvements."
In terms of staffing, one commenter recommended a call for "strengthening the Agency with a cadre of Urban Development Officers."
The impressive number responses suggests that the Urban Services policy is timely and an acceptance that development must adapt proactively to urban growth sustainably. Just as important, it showed that transparency has a role in development policy – before, after and during the time we implement our programs.
Building A More Tolerant, Inclusive World
USAID is showing extraordinary leadership by establishing the LGBT Global Development Partnership to address serious issues of inequality and discrimination faced by LGBT individuals around the world. Both in the quality of USAID's work and the way it is doing business, it has recognized that we cannot achieve our development goals unless we first learn to solve problems creatively, partner with our private sector allies, and address how equal treatment can empower individuals to be more effective and impactful members of society.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the bold step just a few years ago to assert that "gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights," and this initiative builds upon her leadership as well as the incredible leadership of President Barack Obama, who addressed the nations of the world at the UN and said, "No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere."
America's leadership in the world on the issue of LGBT equality is no coincidence. Equality and equal protection of the law are deeply embedded in the idea of America and the foundation of our democracy. We were, after all, a country that was founded on this radical idea – or at least radical at the time – that people have inalienable rights not because of the generosity of a monarch or a sovereign ruler, but as a result of the natural affairs of human existence and a recognition that every person has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
America's real power in the world is the overwhelming might of these founding principles, and it is important to understand our responsibility to countless LGBT individuals all over the world who face violence, institutional discrimination, criminalization of their status, and violations of basic human rights. The challenges that USAID addresses – global health, access to food and water, education, and economic growth – cannot be fully met unless we are honoring basic human rights, especially the basic responsibility of keeping LGBT individuals safe. This partnership will do just that.
We must urgently make certain all LGBT individuals around the world are safe from violence and physical harm. In 2011, I introduced and successfully worked to pass an amendment out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would have empowered the Secretary of State to discourage foreign governments from sanctioning acts of violence against individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. I will continue to work with my colleagues to strengthen the collaboration between federal agencies and Congressional leaders in order to apply pressure to governing bodies that oppress LGBT communities abroad.
And I know that we can continue to make progress on these issues because LGBT voices are stronger than ever in Congress. I am one of six co-chairs of the LGBT Equality Caucus in the House, and our membership grows every day.
While our work to enact legal prohibitions against discrimination and violence continues, ultimately our progress must not only be reflected in the executive orders of our President, or even in the laws adopted by Congress, but in the words and actions of ordinary citizens in cities and towns all across America and the world who are seeing members of the LGBT community marry, serve their country openly and honestly, raise families, hold office, and distinguish themselves as business and academic leaders.
Seeing the power of these examples will, in the end, help advance the cause of equality all over the world.
Separating Children from Armed Groups in the DRC
On March 23, 245 combatants from the militia group Kata Katanga marched into Lubumbashi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After entering the UN Peacekeeping base there, the combatants, including 40 minors, reportedly surrendered and were disarmed. With support from USAID, UNICEF and its local partner Reconfort responded to the situation within hours, verifying and separating these 40 children from the surrendered group. UNICEF successfully negotiated to allow the children to be turned over for care in the transit center, rather than be handed over to government officials along with the Kata Katanga adult combatants.
These children, all boys between the ages of 10 and 17 who UNICEF and Reconfort were able to literally "separate" from the armed group, were placed in a transit center in Lubumbashi, which Reconfort was able to open, stock, and staff within a single day as a result of USAID's ongoing work to improve the local organization's capacity. In the transit center, these 40 boys are getting shelter, protection, medical care, psychosocial support, and opportunities for recreational and educational activities. Over the next few months, the youth will be reintegrated into their families and communities and enrolled in school or vocational training programs.
Since 2011, USAID's child protection work with UNICEF has separated over 1,100 children from armed groups in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, and Katanga provinces, provided separated children with temporary care in transit centers or foster families, supported their reintegration into their communities, and helped an additional 5,000 conflict-affected children to enroll in school or obtain vocational skills training. In addition, USAID has strengthened the capacity of 15 local organizations, like Reconfort, that are assisting children associated with armed groups, and we have created or strengthened over 70 community committees to promote child rights at the grassroots level and prevent child recruitment into armed groups. USAID has recently signed an agreement to continue UNICEF's child protection project, bringing the total project amount to $5 million. This new agreement will give the project more geographic flexibility and build more capacity among local organizations to ensure rapid response to unexpected events like this one.
2014 Budget Affirms Commitment to End Extreme Poverty and Strengthen Reforms
Earlier this year, in his State of the Union address, President Obama made a commitment to ending extreme poverty in the next two decades. Today, with the release of the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14), we are reminded of our role in fulfilling this commitment. As an agency, we're fortunate to have this as our mission: to work on behalf of the American people to eradicate poverty and its most devastating corollaries, widespread hunger and preventable child death.
To seize this moment, USAID is fundamentally changing the way we work: harnessing innovation, science and technology; leveraging our resources to build partnerships that have an even greater impact; and focusing like never before on delivering and measuring results. To deliver these results, we are implementing an ambitious set of reforms called USAID Forward that have touched every aspect of our work.
While real progress has been made, we're clear-eyed about the challenges ahead. Under the President's budget, USAID will continue to strengthen our reform efforts. Our budget fact sheet outlines some of the critical programs that are funded under this budget – and details an important new reform initiative to modernize how the United States delivers food aid.
The President's food aid reform proposal envisions a more efficient, effective, and timely program that will reach 4 million more hungry people each year. Today, Administrator Shah will share his vision on the future of food assistance at an event hosted by CSIS. To learn more about food aid reform, please visit our food aid reform page: www.usaid.gov/foodaidreform
Alongside diplomacy and defense, our development work will continue to play a critical role in America's economic and national security. With just over one percent of the federal budget, the State Department and USAID budget moves us closer to ending extreme poverty, advances U.S. national security, protects Americans at home and abroad, opens markets overseas, creates American jobs, forges global partnerships and delivers real results for the American people.
For additional resources on the President's FY14 budget and USAID's work, please visit our website.
Photo of the Week: Pumping Water to Urban Nigeria
Three young boys look to be having some fun while they use a public standpipe in Bauchi town, Nigeria. This is one of the sites where town residents retrieve water since few have water taps at their homes. In December 2011, USAID's Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa project signed an agreement with town officials to help them expand and improve services to residents. Demand for water in urban areas like Bauchi exceeds 200,000 cubic meters per day—nearly four times the volume the town's water utility is currently able to pump to its customers. Photo is from Emily Mutai, SUWASA.
Read the recently released FrontLines issue to learn how USAID is working to provide safe water to the millions who live without this vital resource, and how unique approaches to wipe out neglected tropical diseases are faring.
USAID Rallies During Final 1,000 Days of Millennium Development Goals
On April 5, USAID joined UN Foundation's Momentum 1000 and millions around the globe in a digital rally to mark the 1,000 day milestone until the 2015 target date to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A promise made to free people from extreme poverty and extend hope and opportunity to the millions living in developing regions. 189 nations are striving together to meet the MDGs. The digital rally encouraged partners around the globe to continue their commitment to end extreme poverty and build a better world for all.
In commemoration of the April 5 milestone, USAID hosted a Twitter chat with Policy Director Steve Feldstein, who discussed USAID efforts to meet President Obama's to end extreme poverty within the next two decades.
In addition, USAID participated in a Google Hangout, hosted by US News and GAIN, to discuss progress made on global food security and nutrition as well as overall efforts to create a more nourished, food secure world.
Lastly, USAID Global Health hosted a Twitter chat with global health advisor Kamiar Khajavi on USAID's work with meeting MDG #4, which is to reduce child mortality.
For a snapshot of the digital conversation, take a look at our Storify feed.
How is USAID working towards achieving all 8 MDGs?
Develop a global partnership for development.
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A quick peek at what's going on these day on our Talking Plants Flickr group. The conversation went like this:
jesse.sexton: Cool shot, is this some variety of post processing or did you use radial blur or even a lens baby? Either way, very pretty.
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