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Theme for this year's run to the SB. Who u like? Cam, Andy, Russell, Luck, Foles or Kaep? Maybe Rogers, Brees, Smith, Brady, Rivers or Manning? Gonna be fun! Some of young guns have defenses to go with them. Seattle, CN, Carolina. Others can lite it up like Denver, NO, Philly. NE can do both! SD, KC and Indy gonna grind. Gonna be fun fellas! GLTA!!!!
My annuity date is coming and my options are coming. Puzzling why my surrender value is more than the annuitization value. Usually you would think that your money stretched out over time will get you more and the tax bite will be less, but not in my case. Never go with TransAmerica. Those fucks! Can anyone explain?
Third season. Spectacular sets, costumes, acting. Mix of fantasy and history. Lots of violence and sex. The mottos of each Kingdom battling for the throne are chilling : Winter is coming - Kingdom of the north Winterfell. Valar Morghulis is the overall theme of the series. What is dead may never die - Kingdom of Iron Islands. Tremendous acting. Dragons, Dire wolves, white-walkers, Dragon mother, Red sorceress, beheadings, Night Watch at the northern wall.
Have just learned how to use iPad camera and take pics and someone told me how to send a photo via email. If someone could take the next step in helping me to send more than one pic because at this point I am only able to do one per email. This computer age is really far ahead of me sorry. Technology is moving so quickly with these iPhones and tablets and notebooks and lap tops and desktops. Enjoy using FaceTime with my friend. Never thought this possible back in the day.
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IBA Sukkur Test sample paper or test pattern or model paper for Primary School Teacher (PST), Junior School Teacher (JST) & High School Teacher (HST) Jobs in Education & Literacy Department Government of Sindh
The test which were taken by IBA Sukkur always consists two Parts:
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where General Part is about 40% and Subject Part is About 60%, where General Part and Subject Part is further divided as:
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- English: which consists (Synonyms part, Antonyms Part, Vocabulary, Error Finding)
- General Knowledge: which consists (Islamiat, Sports, Current Affairs etc)
- Math: which Consists of (Simple Business Math like percentage, ratio, loss and profit related questions)
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- Subject part consists purely on ur post related subject Question which covers almost all subjects.
So that's the whole pattern for the test which was taken by IBA Sukkur, So be prepared for tests and study these subjects, then you will surely surely be succeed. One thing More the Question Booklet is Separate while Answer sheet is separate to mark the Correct answer on answer sheet. You don't have permission to write any thing on Question Booklet and a blank sheet is provided for rough work if needed.
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Critics seem to be taking Farrah Fawcett's bare-breasted scene in Extremities more seriously than they are the movie. L.A. reviewer Deborah Kunk triggered a spirited debate when she suggested that the breasts were not Farrah originals. Rumors of a body double were vigorously denied by Fawcett's publicist. "Farrah is furious about the rumor," says Andrea Jaffe. "Everything in the film was Farrah with the exception of one fall during a fight scene." Scott Rosenfeld, an assistant to the producer, confirms that there was no stand-in. But there were hard feelings. "Farrah went through hell," says Rosenfeld. "Every day she was beaten up, physically and mentally. She became incredibly tough to deal with. After a while she was convinced the crew hated her." Farrah and co-star James Russo apparently survived 10 weeks off-Broadway in 1983 with Extremities, but not the seven-week movie. "I think the film caused a falling out," says Rosenfeld.
They spent what was to have been their wedding eve at the police station, but ex-NFL star Jim Brown, 50, and Debra Clark, 22, say they still plan to marry. Last Aug. 25 the battered bride-to-be had Brown arrested after he allegedly beat her with his fists. Clark, who had a black eye and bruises, told police that Brown attacked her because he thought she was flirting with other men. Two days later Clark withdrew the charges. "We were back together the same day it happened," says Brown. "It was definitely overdramatized. If a telephone call goes to the police station and they arrive, naturally the media's going to get into it. Basically, we had a lovers' quarrel, and everything is fine now. We haven't set a date yet but it will probably be early next year."
Diane Keaton will star in United Artists' Baby Boom, playing a career woman who suddenly must raise a relative's baby....
At last, a movie that may explain the rise of MTV: Remote Control, due out early next year, features Matt Dillon's brother, Kevin, Meg Tilly's sister, Jennifer, and former soaper Deborah (All My Children) Goodrich as teens who discover that alien life forms are sending videocassettes to earth and taking over our minds.
Hollywood activist Ed Asner has walked away with the role of the season—Santa Claus in Disney's A Christmas Star. Asner will play a convict who escapes from prison in a Santa suit, is sheltered by some children and eventually—no surprise here—learns the meaning of Christmas. Will Asner politicize Saint Nick? "Come on," he says with a beefy grin. "You're looking at Santa Claus here."
Poor Boy George. He's been busted, bedraggled in the press and now belittled by the American Comedy Network, a parody group out of Bridgeport, Conn. The group has concocted a radio spot, which is getting national play, about a fictitious new record called Hooked on George. A phony announcer urges listeners to pick up the "detoxifying" new album, which is "shooting up the charts." A voice continues: "You always knew his music was junky....
Now he is too." The bogus Boy George sings I'll Shoot Up for Ya, then segues into Do You Really Want to Bust Me? The record winds up with a takeoff of Boy's 1984 single, The War Song: "Smack is stupid/ And drugs are stupid/ I am stupid/ 'Cause I'm an addict."
Two daytime soap stars won't be needing any additional exposure. Karen (Capitol) Kelly and Ken (Days of Our Lives) Jezek were sunning themselves on Malibu Beach when a police officer found Jezek's string bikini too revealing and Kelly's language unappealing. After Jezek was cited for public nudity, Kelly told the officer what she thought of the summons. Those choice words resulted in a ticket for profanity. "Ken's buns were showing," says Kelly's agent, Allen Goldstein. "It's legal for a woman, but not a man." Tune in Sept. 23 when the two get their day in court.
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USAGE REPORT: My First 24-hours With the Nokia N900
The web has been chock full of coverage of the new Nokia N900, ranging from Out-Of-The-Box videos and feature-by-feature reviews to narrowly focused usage reports.
So I thought to record my first 24 hours with the device, including impressions, configuration experience, usage tips, and whatever else emerged. This was written down in real time, and includes direct links to download/install a ton of 'first time' apps (so you might want to view this in your N900 if you've got one). Enjoy!
In Da' Howz: Nokia N900 Finally arrives!, originally uploaded by digittante.
UNPACKING: December 2 11:00am
I collect the box from the lobby of the building, open it on the spot, and am impressed immediately with it's light weight and inky blackness. Back at my desk, I inventory the contents of the box: basic, utilitarian packaging, a variety of cables, and a manual. I attempt to open the N900's back-cover. There's no release button, and you have to dislodge the back-cover from the body with more force than I'm comfortable applying to a new (and very expensive) device. Once installed, I resist the temptation to dive in (work first!), and instead simply plug in the AC Adaptor and let the battery charge. The Indicator Light blinks yellow while charging.
FIRST BOOT: December 2 4:00pm
The Indicator Light turns solid green around the same time I finish work. I remove the T-Mobile SIM and MicroSD chips from my T-Mobile Dash, attempt again to open the back-cover (very tricky, but getting easier). Once open, it's a cinch to install the chips and close it back up again. I push the On/Off button and wait to be amazed. I sure was:
- The N900 boots to the familiar 'handholding' boot image, seems to detect and connect to the T-Mobile Network automatically, and even displays a '3G' indicator! No network configuration or setup required at all. Take that Windows Mobile 6.5 Connection Wizard.
- I activate the browser, pick Facebook from the pre-loaded bookmarks list, and attempt to enter my account credentials. It takes a few tries on the slide-out QWERTY. I've used hardware-QWERTY phones exclusively for years, and this one feels solid. But every device has a different set of tactile and user-experience characteristics to get used to. How much distance and distinction between buttons, how much up/down travel on each button, button placement, button function, and the pairing of alpha-numeric with special characters on each button, etc. I'm sure by the end of 24-hours, I'll have the hang of the N900's hardware keyboard. It feels good, matte, and responsive.
- Facebook itself, like Google Reader, and other web pages I loaded, were all quick and responsive. I'd never experienced T-Mobile's 3G before (the Dash is a 2.5G device), and the speed seems plenty fast.
- I open the media player which shows the albums, songs, pictures, and videos on my MicroSD chip immiediately. No lengthy "scanning library" delay experience like Windows Mobile. My content is simply there. I play a song, watch a video of my daughter, listen to a pre-loaded track from Nokia, and then flipp over to a German-language Internet Radio Station.
- I load Ovi Maps and determine my current location easily
- I open the Sharing app and configure my Flickr account easily
- I switch back to Google Reader while listening to the Internet Radio Station, then activate the Application Manager and begin installing apps. The device remains responsive and the streaming audio never skips during this short test.
INSTALLING APPS: December 2 5:30pm
You can download applications compatible with Maemo5 by pointing the device's browser to the talk.maemo.org site. You can also use the built-in Application Manager front-end, whic by default shows a short list of approved-by-Nokia apps from the default repositoriess. I installed the following (links will download .install files):
- AdBlockPlus - great for surfing on a 3.5 inch mobile device: removes ads!
- Amazon Widget - thought this would show me info specific to my account, but didn't. I'll likely un-install it as a result
- Conversations Inbox Widget
- DocumentsToGo Viewer Edition - untested by me
- eCoach - pocket fitness tracker w/ heart-rate monitor connetivity, not yet tested by me
- Evernote - multi-platform note-taking app; not yet tested by me
- ForecaWeather
- FM Radio - tested, works but requires original headset shipped with device (i.e. usin my BOSE headsets wouldn't work)
- Friend Status IM Status Aggregator - works easily enough, but will be really useful once plug-ins for other IM protocols are installed (see "NEXT STEPS")
- gPodder Podcast Client
- Hermes - Pulls contact information from Twitter & Facebook into the PIM database, but requires that you already have people entered in it
- MaStory - WordPress Blogging Client ported/updated from Diablo; not yet tried
- Mauku - Twitter client which works ok, but could benefit from multi-account support
- MilkyWay Wallpaper
- Petrovich (file sharing app)
- Qik - mobile video streaming app which I've tested and seems to work reasonably well
- ZouTube
TESTING MESSAGING: December 2 9:30pm
I then configured accounts for Sykpe, Hermes (using Twitter and Facebook credentials), Mauku, and Jabber. All worked well. The Phone even displayed my Skype contacts in the Contact list. For any contact I selected, the Phone app displayed a dialog box offering to call them via my mobile network or via Skype. I also configured 3 IMAP4 accounts and was able to download, read, and send email easily using the updated version of the Modest email client. When viewing the top-most screen in Modest, it would be nice if the app listed the number of unread/read emails in each account. Instead, you have to click into each account to see that information. There's also no multi-select (that I could find) to delete a range of emails at once. So I found myself click-and-holding messages one at a time in order to get the Delete menu option to appear.
The integrated IM/SMS application works very nicely. I receive updates from several Twitter users via SMS messaging, and those arrived with a quiet chime, a floating notification screen, and a blinking blue Indicator Light. Combining IM and SMS into the same app was a great idea.
TESTING PIM SYNCING: December 2 10:30pm
I explored the following two PIM-sync scenarios:
- Direct device-to-device syncing via Outlook and the Nokia PC Suite software: The software installed and ran just fine on my Lenovo T43p laptop running Windows7. Pairing the N900 with my laptop via Bluetooth took several tries, and required an updated driver from the Bluetooth component manufactureer. But once it was setup, I could sync Calendar, Contacts, and Notes between both devices using either the Nokia PC Suite software or Windows7's built in Sync feature. I was also able to sync via the N900's sync/charging USB cable. One detail I noticed however, is that when creating a new appointment in the N900's built-in calendar I couldn't find an option to invite others to it (a basic feature in Outlook/Exchange). I was able to sync 1200+ contacts to the device in about 15 minutes, and 200+ appointments in another 10 minutes.
- Over-The-Air syncing via Nuevasync to my Google Calendar/Contacts: As a long time Windows Mobile user without my own Exchange Server, I've relied steadily on Nuevasync, a free service that provides synchronizing of Calendar/Contacts info via Exchange ActiveSync to your Google account. I configured my N900 to NuevaSync's service but couldn't get it working past the initial connection stage before it threw an error. NuevaSync appears to be seeking testers with N900's in order to fix this. I've registered my interest in helping them out, and others might wish to do so in order to speed progress towards a workable solution. Also, I have to give a shout-out to OggSync's product, which is how I automate syncing of my Outlook data to Google in the first place.
REAL WORLD USAGE: December 3 7:00am to 1:00pm
Today started pretty busily. I had an early school-run, for which I relied on the fantastic OneBusAway service using the N900's text messaging to find out when my bus downtown would arrive. I was then on a 2-hour walking tour looking at office space, for which I used the N900 to take pictures and check email. The tagging/sharing features with the camera work wonderfully, and are a lot of fun. Also, I love that you only have to slide open the camera shutter to activate. There was also a 1-hour conference call in a noisy coffee shop, for which I used the wired headset while reviewing a PDF document on the phone. Call quality was very good, I could hear the other participants loud and clear, and found the wired microphone very sensitive (i.e. the coffee shop owner sitting nearby remarked that he never heard my voice over the din of other customers). I also discovered that you can set the phone orientation to portrait or landscape, and you turn on a setting so that the phone app activates simply by turning the device to the portait position.
On the bus back to my office, I Twittered a bit, read the news via the browser, and then turned off 3G to conserve battery power. By 1:00pm, the battery was down to 20% or so, and I plugged it in to re-charge. That's about 6 hours of steady usage without any Bluetooth, Wifi, or GPS. The screen brigthness is set to half-power and the screen-off timer is set to 1 minute. I imagine battery power might improve by (1) turning down screen brightness a tinch, and (2) awaiting the promised firmware update (fingers crossed).
NEXT STEPS: December 3 and beyond:
- Install RootSh for root access to the device (yeah, I got this far without it!)
- Enabling Extras Development library and see what other apps are ready to try out
- Enable the Extra Testing Repository - contains pre-release, not-fully-tested software. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- Install Telepathy plug-ins for MSN, YAHOO!, and AIM IM protocols
- Replace PC Suite-based synchronisation with some Exchange 2007-based solution
- Try out Fring for multi-protocol IM, when it's available
That's it for now. If you've got one of these devices, or have questions, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
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In Da' Howz: Nokia N900 Finally arrives!
In Da' Howz: Nokia N900 Finally arrives!, originally uploaded by digittante.
After 4 attempts at ordering over 3 months from Nokia, Amazon, and Dell, I finally managed to get an N900 delivered today.
It's been charging since lunch time, and now that my work day is almost done, I'm getting ready to turn it on and explore its Maemo5 goodness.
Yay! Turn up the music and open the windows, it's time to play!
FIRST! I Bought a Nokia N900; Arrives this month!
The awesome Nokia N900 just hit the Nokia USA online store less than an hour ago. This 3G phone follow-up to the popular N770 and N810 Internet Tablets was scooped last month (by Engadget) passing FCC certification in the US with T-Mobile compatible 3G frequencies. Check the encyclopeidic PDAdb.net for specs, but in short: Same processor as the iPhone 3GS, 3.5mm headphone jack, 32Gigs of storage, but an open Maemo OS and lots more. Excitement in the Maemo community is palatable.
According the online-chat representative, I am the first in the US to buy it! Nokia threw in a Nokia BH-703 Bluetooth Headset and free 3-day shipping with the device. FTW: delivery by the end of September! I followed this up with a very honest, friendly chat with a TMobile Tier3 support rep who expressed interest in the phone himself, and offered to help test its connectivity to T-Mobile 3G network when it arrives. "We're here for you 24X7, so give us a call when you get the phone." Thanks, T-Mo!
READING for May 19, 2010
- N900 Gets Wine, Windows Users are Awed!
Soon it may start raining Windows applications on the N900! Yeah, the dearth of good apps/games on the platform has convinced a certain Damion Yates to get the Wine running on his N900. Windows applications and Wine! What's the connection? Well, for the uninitiated, Wine is a program which brings Windows libraries to Linux and is widely a part of many a Linux distros doing the rounds on the desktop platform. Coming the mobile platform, where our Maemo and N900 stretch their wings, unfortunately Wine is not compatible wit ARM processors, which is at the core of our N900 hardware. Thanks to Damion though, who figured out a way around this limitation by using QEMU emulator. The project is still in its stages of infacy and the full tutorial is not out yet. Till then, lust on this video showing Notepad running on Wine, via a stastically compiled ARM QEMU binary, which you can catch after the break.
As can be seen in the above videos, Damion has managed to get the physical keyboard as well as the mouse pointer working on this project. While we wish Damion to get the nitty-gritty of the project figured out, enterprising hackers can get their hands dirty and get their doubts clarified by Damion himself at this MaemoTalk discussion.
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- The seven reasons why you should buy Nokia's N900 « The Prodigal Guide
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Meryl Streep, Jean Dujardin, Octavia Spencer, and Christopher Plummer, the 2012 Academy Award winners in the acting categories, will be presenters on the 2013 Oscar show, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have announced. Streep, Dujardin, Spencer, and Plummer are not in the running this year. (Image: Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer, Meryl Streep, Jean Dujardin backstage at the Oscar 2012 ceremony.)
With 17 Academy Award nominations spanning more than three decades, Meryl Streep is the record-setter in the acting categories. Streep has won three Oscars: Best Supporting Actress for Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), in which she plays Dustin Hoffman's ex-wife fighting for custody of their child (Justin Henry); Best Actress for Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice (1982), as an emotionally unstable Nazi concentration camp survivor befriended by Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol; and once again Best Actress for Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady (2011), as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Among Meryl Streep's Oscar nominations are those for Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa, Hector Babenco's Ironweed, Clint Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County (1995), and David Frankel's The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
First-time nominee Jean Dujardin, the first Frenchman to win an Academy Award and the first male winner since Emil Jannings (The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh) back in early 1929 to receive a Best Actor Oscar for a (nearly 100 percent) non-speaking role, was singled out for Michel Hazanavicius' Best Picture winner The Artist. In the film, Jean Dujardin plays a silent movie actor in the skids.
First-time nominee Octavia Spencer received her Best Supporting Actress Oscar statuette for Tate Taylor's socially conscious ensemble comedy-drama The Help, featuring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Best Supporting Actress nominee Jessica Chastain, among others. Veteran Christopher Plummer, who had been previously nominated for Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, took home the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance as Ewan McGregor's gay father in Mike Mills' Beginners.
2013 Oscar nominees in the acting categories
- Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour; Naomi Watts, The Impossible.
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln; Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables; Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook; Joaquin Phoenix, The Master; Denzel Washington, Flight.
- Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook; Sally Field, Lincoln; Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables.
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; Alan Arkin, Argo; Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln; Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained.
The 2013 Oscar ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in the Los Angeles. Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane will host the proceedings. Previously announced Oscar 2013 presenters and/or performers include Barbra Streisand, Adele, Norah Jones, Mark Wahlberg, and Ted's teddy bear Ted.
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I looked at that one...but went with other as it was cheaper...guess I didn't really think it through. Although will also not work if the battery gets disconnected, it will work if you lose Tx -Rx contact..which is better.
Just ordered some...thx
Nice recovery Idle. I like how you are resigned to losing it in the paddock again. lol
I probably need something similar. I recently put my 1100mm f6f into a massive gumtree at about 140kph, man what a boom. I took about 30 mins to find it, peering up into the branches.
Mine Skyfun arrived today from the Aussie warehouse. Ordered about 11pm Tues night. Had it at 10 am today. Hobby King, you're allllllright.(in Australia that is, Intl is diabolically slow but cheap as). Anyway super stoked!
Now for the build. I am going with plenty of uhu por I think, and will epoxy in a carbon spar, put on mg14s through the top of the wings, and replace the elevons with balsa ones. Hell I may even glass it after a couple of runs and fit a 2500 watt beast.
The fit on my canopy leaves a lot to be desired. It is sitting up about 3 or 4 mm and rough moulding remnants everywhere, whinge whine.
All good, the local skyartec rep was flogging them off for $195au, albeit with a rx, dodgy tx and tiny lipo, and I paid 70 for the hk version.
Wanted a kit but was too impatient and forked over the extra readies for the junky electronics.
Cheers lads. Avagoodweekend
Don't know why I it didn't occur to me to mount the servo's through the top Found this vid with shows rudders as well...and a monster 12x10 prop. Definitely going to do that - rudders that is.
But right now still have to fly this baby...LOL
I have thought about adding rudders but have not seen any flight vids or read any feedback on them.
It will be interesting to see how they go.
Mounting servos on top is not hard and there is nothing stopping you still doing it .
Just cut the original servo holes all the way through the wing and mount the plastic servo holder from the top.
The only problem is if you glued the control horns in place.
Edit. You talked me into it Decided to go ahead and do the rudders .
Weather is not looking good here so will test fly later in the week.
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Thanks RCGroups!
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread ahead of today's maiden flight. Mods and specs borrowed mostly from this thread - thank you!
Goal was to minimize the extent of mods to where the issues lay yet make a very robust plane. The setup pulls around 820 watts with a 6x4 prop.
Unfortunately unlimited vertical at a ridiculous speed can only last for a couple of seconds!
Key mods were:
- Carbon fibre sheet (1mm) for motor platform top and bottom.
- 2.5mm CF rods for wing support
- 6mm CF strip (x2) along each side of inside edge of cockpit
- Control surfaces - replaced ill fitting tape with CA hinge, new tape, 1mm CF rod and new horns.
- A few strips of reinforced tape.
The CF plate worked very well. It is light weight and simple to fit as it kept the existing mount as is. The only exception was replacing the small little GF plate (underneath) from the kit with the much larger bottom CF plate (used same screws with new washers).
I used low temp hot glue to fix the wings and fins. One strip of tape along the seam, over the CF wing spar and near the leading edge. The effectiveness is quite remarkable considering how simple and light. I am not sure that CA would have achieved the same for this application?
Turnigy 2836 (3700kv) with standard motor mount
6x4E TGS propeller
90-100 HK SS Esc
Hitec 82MG servos with new connectors and 2mm carbon rods.
Further changes required:
1. Replace Nano 3s battery with much higher C rating.
2. New servos and CF rod setup working very well but stll not happy with rigidity of control surfaces.
3. Protection for servos on landing. Existing covers are too small.
4. Velcro strap for battery - Existing velcro not up to hard landings
5 Heat in cockpit is not bad but can be improved
What I did for the battery was glue a block of foam in the front of the fuselage. It acts like an airbag for the battery and also raises the rx above the height of the battery so the rx does not get smashed if the battery goes forward.
For the canopy I glued a piece of 5mm CF tube in the front of the fuse and a piece of 3mm locator rod into the canopy also I have a rubber band on the inside connected to a plaastic hook in the front of the fuse and a bit of CF rod in the canopy as well as 4 magets to hold the back down.
The canopy has never moved in flight yet but I will give it a proper test when I have my first flights with a 4S pack .
I also drilled a couple of 6mm air intake holes in the front , one each side of the nose.
The back of the canopy has been trimmed down a fair bit to allow room for the 80A esc and it also allows good airflow for cooling
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Hi Wizard,
Nice idea with the CF rod to hold nose of cockpit in place...will implement. I currently use a 15cm strip of reinforced tape front and back - works very well for an afternoon but then tossed - clumsy but effective.
Given my prowess at telephone pole digging, IMO the best place for the battery is to stay put. Any pressure on the front battery edge leads to it folding and splitting - even from a simple hard landing. I have gone with two turnigy velcro straps through the belly. They have been pulled up tight, hot glued and taped to mimize the imperfection on the exterior belly. I dont think any additional re-enforcing is required as its wrapped over the top of the existing tape on the belly. The only way it will move is if the front of the plane decides to visit the rear!
She's flying...just turning down the rates did it.
@mgbolts.....Let me know how the rudders turn out - and what servos you are going to use.
Things I learnt:
1) there is a power delay between throttle (on TX) and motor winding up - don't launch (hand throw) till you feel the plane pulling out of your hand - DUH.
2) Standard batteries (like my 20C) can't deliver ampage !!! My DX8 telemetry warning goes off - voltage too low every time I try above 1/2 throttle for more that 5 seconds. Gotta get some nano-tech 65C or something.
I'm using a Turnigy 2836 -2350kv on with a 6x4 prop.
United States, GA, Newnan
Joined Aug 2010
1,201 Posts
So fellas, will my Stryker Q motor work on the Skyfun??
I got this sweet 1kw setup looking for a good home...!!
Rudders are a good addition. They aren't that effective with yaw control but they do allow for some crazy flat spins and are awesome as speed brakes to slow this beast down.
United States, GA, Newnan
Joined Aug 2010
1,201 Posts
***SkyFun vs RadJet 800***
SkyFun vs RadJet 800
Opinions, anybody??
One thing I can see for sure is that the Radjet is almost always out of stock...but seems like the Skyfun never is....should that be telling me something???
United States, GA, Newnan
Joined Aug 2010
1,201 Posts
Here's my motor:
1015W constant on 4S/1800/40C, 80A esc, 7x5 APC.
Just howling for a good home!!
United States, TN, Memphis
Joined Jun 2011
1,194 Posts
My honest opinion is...
Build a Stryker C from parts. I think your motor will work with the customcnc mount.
I've had 2 SkyFuns and they are great but the Stryker is just a fine flyer and tough as nails.
I just think it's better suited to a 1 kilowatt powerplant.
You'll probably need balsa elevons with all of these models.
Folks are having fun with the HobbyKing Flyjet X-83 too.
I haven't built mine yet.
It does have a quirk with the motor mount. You'll see if you get into the thread.
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3 Words to Improve Pressure Performance (and 3 to Avoid)
One of the most fascinating areas of science is the study of pressure performance. It's fascinating partly because we've all been on both sides. We've all succeeded, and we've all choked. (Well, except for Derek Jeter.)
The question is, why? Our instincts say the answer lies in our character — with our innate cool, our grace under fire. But is that true?
A Harvard professor named Alison Wood Brooks recently gave us new insight into this mystery. She didn't study the Super Bowl or the stock market — instead she performed an experiment using perhaps the most terrifying pressure known to humanity:
Ambush-style karaoke.
It went like this: Brooks brought a group of volunteers together, then surprised them by informing them that they would be soloing the first verse of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." A short time before they performed, subjects were told to repeat one of three phrases out loud.
1) I am calm
2) I am anxious
3) I am excited
Then Brooks used voice-recognition sofware to measure the quality of their vocal performance — pitch, volume, and rhythm. The results:
- "I am calm" performers scored 53%
- "I am anxious" performers scored 69%
- "I am excited" performers scored 81%
Here's why: the mantras functioned as psychological framing devices. The "I am calm" group performed poorly because the words denied the reality of the situation. Their words claimed they weren't nervous, even while every cell of their body was vibrating with nerves. The disparity created tension, so their performance suffered.
The "I am anxious" group told the truth, but it wasn't a useful truth. The negativity hurt their performance — though it's important to point out that they didn't do as poorly as the "I am calm" people.
People who said "I am excited" performed better because the frame was both useful and accurate enough. They acknowledged the heightened emotion of the situation and funneled it in a positive direction. It wasn't the truth, exactly, but it was aligned with the truth, and thus proved useful in dampening nerves and enabling better performance.
"When your heart is already racing, you can use that high arousal in a positive way by being energetic, enthusiastic, and passionate," Brooks says. "People's intuition is to try and calm down. You are better off running with your high arousal and channeling it in a positive direction." (You can find out more about her study here.)
For us, I think the lessons are useful.
- 1) Mantras are useful
- 2) Don't BS yourself. Embrace the excitement.
- 3) When in doubt, be positive (duh, but still)
Anybody got any other pressure-coping methods they'd like to share? Please feel free.
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Meet the Social-Media Future of Talent Development
Some of you might remember Karen X. Cheng, the Bay-Area resident whose "Dance in a Year" videos went viral a few months back. (Backstory: Cheng, an amateur dancer, posted daily videos of her 365-day transformation from rank beginner to dance goddess.)
Here's some news: Cheng seems to have started another viral phenomenon through a new social-media website. It's called GiveIt100, and it's based on a simple idea: you practice something for 100 days and share video each day.
I highly recommend checking out the site's project page — just roll over a video and it starts playing. You can see people learning Russian, doing pullups, unicycling, drawing, painting, programming, juggling, playing guitar, you name it. You can see the clumsy early attempts smoothing out into fluency and speed. You see the disbelieving smiles.
Of these inspiring stories, perhaps the most inspiring is Cynthia, who suffers from MS and who is using GiveIt100 to share her daily progress toward learning to walk again. (Tip: keep Kleenex handy.)
I could see this site being useful for students, teachers, coaches, and athletes of all ages; either posting their own sessions or learning through the experiences of others. I could imagine it being used as a source of coaches and mentors. Or as simply a source of daily motivation (after all, who needs a pep talk about daily discipline when you can see and feel the proof?).
I have a hunch GiveIt100 may be a glimpse of the future of talent development, because it uses the power of social media to support good habits, provide useful models, and help people coach themselves and each other. And also because this approach is aligned with the fact that when it comes to developing talent, it's not so much about who you are — it's about what you do.
Have any of you guys tried it yet, or know anybody who has? What do you think?
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Good Ideas: The Character Coach
One of the nice/strange things about my job is that it strongly resembles being a parachute jumper. You drop out of the sky into interesting places, where you meet people, explore, and look for patterns.
In the past two weeks, I've had in-depth conversations about performance with two professional sports teams, two schools (one inner city, one private), one special-forces unit, and one huge multinational business.
Here's the weird part: in a profound way, they've all been the same conversation.
They're all obsessed with that elusive, magical quality we call character. Grit. Resilience. Reliability. Ownership. Because, as the work of Paul Tough, Angela Duckworth, and others have shown, character supports performance the same way a concrete foundation supports a house.
So it's with a sense of karmic happiness that I bumped into this remarkable story about a high-school football team in Ohio that was struggling with precisely the same issues, and which found a straightforward solution that's worth sharing.
Actually "struggling" is putting it kindly. Until a few years ago, Bedford High's team was terrible. The team was in shambles. No discipline. No identity. How bad was it? The coach, Sean Williams, says that when a Bedford player scored, his teammates on the sidelines would yell and complain because they should have been the ones who scored.
Then, two years ago, Coach Williams made an innovative move that surprised everyone.
He brought in a character coach.
Like many useful innovations, this one feels completely revolutionary and forehead-slappingly obvious at the same time. The thinking goes something like: we have a strength coach and an offensive-line coach – so why in the world shouldn't we have a coach to focus on the most important element of all?
So Bedford did. Two times a week, led by a 31-year-old entrepreneur/coach named Keith Tousley, the team started gathering in sessions that were part motivational seminar, part group therapy. From the article:
On Monday, to accompany his talk, Tousley gave players a worksheet titled "How we WILL BEAT Kent Roosevelt." Every player sat quietly and filled in blanks as he spoke. The worksheet had nothing to do with X's and O's. Among the sentences players completed were:
"Find ____ in what you are doing."
Answer: Joy.
"Stay _____ ."
Answer: Humble.
"Compete for something ____ than yourself."
Answer: Greater.
One of the benefits of this approach stems from the fact that character is contagious. A Bedford player named Tyvis Powell was one of the first to get on board with the new program, and now, according to Williams, "all these guys are mini-Tyvises." Another benefit is that improvements in character tend to cascade into every other area of the team and individual success — classroom, family, and beyond.
So, did the experiment work? Let's just say this year's team is 9-1, and playing tonight in the state playoffs.
The real question is, is this a model that could be adopted in schools, businesses, teams? What are the challenges/opportunities involved with establishing "character" as a distinct quality to be improved? What do you think?
UPDATE: Bedford won 21-14, advancing to the state semifinal.
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Meet Resilient Mouse, Your New Superhero
The determination is awesome.
But what really matters is stopping, thinking, and changing strategy.
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3 Lessons of the YouTube SuperLearners
Meet Amira Willighagen. She's 9 years old, from Holland, and she sings really, really well.
The best part? Amira has never had a single lesson. Raised in a musical family (dad's an organist; mom plays flute, brother violin), she learned by watching YouTube videos of great opera singers.
Here's the interesting thing: when you start to look around, it turns out that there are more than a few Amiras out there. Like these kids. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one. And this one.
In fact, they're everywhere. Kids on skateboards are doing tricks that no one has ever done. Skinny teenage violinists and pianists are playing concertos that were previously considered playable only by world-class masters. There's no way to precisely measure it, but indications are clear: we seem to be experiencing an epidemic of prodigies.
The question is, why? Is it better teachers? More nurturing parents? More global competition? More motivated learners?
My answer: all of the above. But one factor might be bigger than all of them: YouTube.
Because YouTube is perfectly aligned with the way the human brain was designed to acquire skill. Namely:
- 1) You stare at someone doing something amazing
- 2) You love it so much that you can't stop thinking about it
- 3) You try it, reaching for a target
- 4) You compare your result to the target
- 5) You reach again. And again. And again. (Repeat.)
We instinctively think of being self taught as a drawback — but as Amira and the other prodigies show, it's actually an advantage. With YouTube, she has opportunity to stare at what she loves. To study top-quality talent, to model her technique on proven methods. To listen deeply. To reach for a target, over and over — her brain getting faster and more accurate with each reach. And above all, to have ownership over the process.
Quick thought experiment: imagine if, instead of spending enraptured hours singing along to YouTube videos, Amira was informed by her parents that she would be driven to weekly lessons, where she would practice scales and do vocal exercises with some teacher she'd never met. Can you feel the buzzkill?
Not all of us can be prodigies. But there are a few takeaways from their learning process that can apply to everyone.
- 1) Staring at great performers is underrated. You could argue that it's the most important thing a learner can do. Why not give learners regular opportunity to stare/mimic the best in the world? Why not mix age groups, so that younger kids get the chance to watch better performers?
- 2) Coaches are overrated in the early days. Those days are the time when someone's identity gets connected to the skill — where they learn to derive real personal pleasure from executing the skill. That's the time for parents to take a step back, be supportive, and refrain from getting overinvolved.
- 3) Ownership is everything. Because at bottom, developing a talent isn't about parents or coaching or school — it's about creating and sustaining the love that fuels the hard, fulfilling work of getting better.
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The Single Greatest Letter Ever Sent to Sports Parents, Revisited
A while back, I wrote about an absolutely tremendous letter which a Little League baseball coach and former major leaguer named Mike Matheny sent to the parents of his players. Since Matheny is now coaching the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, I thought I'd observe the occasion by reposting a few key passages of what's become known as the Matheny Manifesto. (For more, I recommend you check out the whole thing here.)
Dear [Parent],
I always said that the only team that I would coach would be a team of orphans, and now here we are. The reason for me saying this is that I have found the biggest problem with youth sports has been the parents. I think that it is best to nip this in the bud right off the bat. I think the concept that I am asking all of you to grab is that this experience is ALL about the boys. If there is anything about it that includes you, we need to make a change of plans. My main goals are as follows:
(1) to teach these young men how to play the game of baseball the right way,
(2) to be a positive impact on them as young men, and
(3) do all of this with class.
We may not win every game, but we will be the classiest coaches, players, and parents in every game we play. The boys are going to play with a respect for their teammates, opposition, and the umpires no matter what.
Once again, this is ALL about the boys. I believe that a little league parent feels that they must participate with loud cheering and "Come on, let's go, you can do it", which just adds more pressure to the kids. I will be putting plenty of pressure on these boys to play the game the right way with class, and respect, and they will put too much pressure on themselves and each other already. You as parents need to be the silent, constant, source of support.
I am a firm believer that this game is more mental than physical, and the mental may be more difficult, but can be taught and can be learned by a 10 and 11 year old. If it sounds like I am going to be demanding of these boys, you are exactly right. I am definitely demanding their attention, and the other thing that I am going to require is effort. Their attitude, their concentration, and their effort are the things that they can control. If they give me these things every time they show up, they will have a great experience.
I need all of you to know that we are most likely going to lose many games this year. The main reason is that we need to find out how we measure up with the local talent pool. The only way to do this is to play against some of the best teams. I am convinced that if the boys put their work in at home, and give me their best effort, that we will be able to play with just about any team.
Isn't that great? And is it any coincidence that Matheny has gone on to succeed at the highest level?
I think it goes to underline a simple truth: great coaches are first and foremost great communicators. They're not like heroic ship captains, always knowing where to steer. They're more like radio stations, adept at sending the right signal at the right time to enable people to steer themselves.
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Introducing the Skill-ometer
About a mile from where I live, there's a soccer field. If you were to pass by, you would see elementary-school teams practicing in the traditional way. Coaches set out orange cones, and kids form lines and wait their turn to participate in various drills.
If you saw them, you might think: Seems like a lot of kids are just standing around.
A few blocks away stands a high school. If you were to pass by, you would see a math class. The class operates in the traditional way: students sit silently in their seats as the teacher gives her lecture.
If you saw them, you might think: Seems like a lot of students are zoning out.
You might think those thoughts. But you wouldn't have a way to objectively measure the effectiveness of their learning. You wouldn't have a yardstick.
And you should.
If science has taught us anything over the past few years, it's that all learning spaces are not created equal. High-quality methods of practice are efficient, because they are aligned with the ways our brains actually improve. Ineffective methods are inefficient, because they are aligned with tradition, or emotion, or the teacher's ego, or what looks good.
There are an infinite number of ways to screw up a learning session. But high-quality practice sessions share a few basic characteristics. Which means that it should be possible to create a simple metric to measure practice effectiveness. And since that yardstick doesn't seem to exist, I thought I'd take a crack at creating one.
Please say hello to the Skill-ometer, an attempt at measuring practice effectiveness by measuring seven key elements.
Here's how it works: Score your practice session by responding to each of the following statements on a scale of 1-5: 1=strongly disagree; 2= disagree; 3=neutral; 4=agree; 5= strongly agree
- Intensity: We gave 100 percent effort and attention.
- Engagement: We were emotionally immersed in the tasks we took on. We knew what we had to do, and it felt like a game.
- Practicality: We practiced exactly the skill that we'll be using later, in the same way that we'll be using it in "game situations"
- Repetitions: We embraced the value of repetitions, especially for the most challenging skills
- Clarity: We understood the day's goal, and where it fit in the larger picture
- Reachfulness: We were pushed to spend time on the edge of our abilities, struggling and reaching just past our current competence
- Fun: It was hard, but not miserable. There were moments of laughter and surprise.
Scoring: (Out of a maximum 35)
- 30-35: You are in the elite zone, hanging out with Peyton Manning and Yo-Yo Ma. Keep doing what you're doing.
- 25-30: This is a B-plus. You are highly effective, with a few things to work on.
- 15-25: This is closer to a B-minus. You do a few things well, but have some clear weak spots that need addressing.
- 5-15: You need to rethink your approach and design. Start by finding those in your field who score higher and study them.
Now, this is just a rough first attempt, but it's interesting that most of these elements are about design and communication — areas that are 1) controlled by the coach; 2) can be planned for in advance.
I think it underlines the fact that the most effective learning sessions don't depend on what happens in the classroom or on the field, but rather on what happens in the days and hours before, when the teacher or coach is thinking, planning, and communicating.
So here's my question: what other factors do you think should be included in this metric? What other characteristics mark your most effective learning sessions? I'd love to hear your suggestions and ideas.
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How to Spark Motivation (Step 1: Shut Your Mouth)
We intuitively think that motivation originates from deep inside us — from the heart, as the old saying goes.
But in fact, as the psychologist Carol Dweck and others have shown, this idea is mostly wrong. Motivation is largely social; fueled by our interactions with the people around us. In other words, motivation is less about what's in your heart, and more about how you connect with your social circle.
Check out this passage from a new soccer book called Stillness and Speed, which tells a story about a promising but unproven younger player named Robin Van Persie and a veteran star named Dennis Bergkamp. It begins with Van Persie recalling an afternoon on Arsenal's training ground.
Van Persie had finished earlier and was sitting in a Jacuzzi which happened to be by a window. Out on the field he noticed Dennis doing a complicated exercise involving shooting, and receiving and giving passes at speed. Robin decided to get out of the bath as soon as Dennis made a mistake.
"It was a 45-minute session and there wasn't one pass Dennis gave that wasn't perfect," [Van Persie said.] "He did everything 100 percent, to the max, shooting as hard as possible, controlling, playing, direct passing… That was so beautiful! To me it was plainly art. My hands got all wrinkled in the bath but I just stayed there. I sat and watched and I waited, looking or one single mistake. Bu the mistake never came. And that was the answer for me.
"Watching that training session answered so many questions I had. I can pass the ball well, too. I'm a good football player as well. But this man did it so well and with such drive. He had such total focus. I found myself thinking, 'OK, wait a minute, I can play football well enough but I've still got an enormous step to take to get to that level.'
And that's when I realized, if I want to become really good, then I have to be able to do that, too. From that moment on I started doing every exercise with total commitment. With every simple passing or kicking practice, I did everything at 100 percent, just so I wouldn't make mistakes. And when I made a mistake I was angry. Because I wanted to be like Bergkamp."
Van Persie, of course, went on to become a huge star. It's a familiar pattern. You start out thinking we're pretty good. Then you have the thrilling, slightly frightening experience of seeing somebody who's on the next level. Then, using that person as a north star, you start taking steps that direction.
From that moment on I started doing every exercise with total commitment… I wanted to be like Bergkamp.
Those moments are powerful because they're fundamentally unpredictable. They can't be scripted by a coach, or inspired by mere words. They're more like social lightning bolts, high-voltage connections between people that happen when you least expect them.
That said, I think it's possible to engineer these moments by paying attention to the design of our learning spaces. Because while these lightning bolts may be uncontrollable, the odds of them happening are increased if you follow certain rules. For example:
- 1) Design for openness. Don't separate the stars from the rest of the group; instead, provide space for lots of mixing of various skill levels, whether it's in the office, the classroom, or the locker room.
- 2) Build in free time. In our hyper-busy world, we tend to be allergic to unstructured time. Yet these moments — when someone sits idly by a window and stares in rapture at a brilliant performer — are exactly when this sort of connection happens. So let it.
- 3) Be quiet. So many coaches, parents and teachers feel like they need to be talking in order to motivate their learners. But it's exactly the opposite. Words shatter the spell.
Can you imagine Van Persie's reaction if a coach would have come over and started giving him an inspiring speech about how he should be more like the veteran star?
Uh, thanks coach — but I really gotta go.
And Van Persie would have been absolutely right. Because it's not about the coach, the teacher, or the parent. It's about creating a learning space that's aligned with the way motivation really works.
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A 2-Minute Video That Might Change the Way Your Kid Thinks
Question: why do so many kids quit organized sports?
Have you checked out the numbers? No fewer than 70 percent of American kids will quit organized sports by age 13. According to my slightly-less-formal survey of parents, figures for music and dance are in the same ballpark, if not higher.
Some of this quitting is fine and good — after all, kids should try a lot of different stuff. However, I think most of us would agree that the current numbers are unhealthy, especially in sports, which (at least in the U.S.) is increasingly dominated by a travel-team culture that focuses on elite performers and ignores everyone else.
While there's no shortage of blameworthy factors, it might be more useful to focus on the kids — specifically, on the reason most kids quit.
Here's the thing: most kids quit because, at that moment, it feels like the logical thing to do. They take a hard look at themselves, and they measure themselves against the elite competition, and they figure (wrongly) that they have zero shot at long-term success.
So the real question isn't about changing the entire screwed-up culture of youth talent development. Rather, it's more about changing the way kids look at themselves. About shifting their perspective to one that's more accurate.
With that in mind, check out this two-minute video that uses some classic Wallace and Gromit-style claymation to send a powerful message: developing your talent is far less about possessing magical genes and far more about motivation and hard work.
What I especially love about this video is the straightforwardness. It doesn't sell kids any of the sugary Disney "just believe in yourself and you'll succeed" syrup. It doesn't overload them with scientific talk. It simply lays out the facts. Find something that you love and that suits you. Everyone develops at different rates. Hard work is the path forward.
My question: Why isn't this video shown at the start of every youth sports season, at the start of every school year? I could imagine similar videos for music and dance — not to mention for math and writing.
And I wonder: does anyone know of any other similar videos and/or learning materials that would be good to share around?
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Four Lessons from the Future of Talent Development
One of the parts of this job that I like best is hearing about talent-development startups. You know, those crazy, smart, ambitious folks who are quietly reinventing the way we learn.
Together, they're part of a larger trend away from the traditional one-size-fits-all factory model of learning, and toward what you might call an organic-farm model: simpler, individualized, targeted programs that are more aligned with the way talents actually develop.
Here are two I especially like.
1) Bitmaker Labs in Toronto, founded in 2012, teaches software coding in the same way that the Navy SEALs teach marksmanship — as an intensive, immersive, no-holds-barred boot camp. They transform students (many with no previous technical experience) into proficient coders in the space of three months. And it works: 90 percent of Bitmaker grads have been hired by tech firms.
Bitmaker does it, in part, by reverse-engineering the educational process. Rather than taking the theory-based academic approach, founder Matt Gray and his partners asked 50 software companies what skills really mattered. Bitmaker built its curriculum around that feedback: an 80-hour prep course followed by nine weeks of project-based learning at Bitmaker's headquarters — which, naturally, is open 24-7, the better to replicate the intensely immersive startup environment.
Here's what one 18-year-old Bitmaker student wrote in his blog:
"The education system was designed during the Industrial Revolution to prepare students to become workers by, for example, having them follow instructions and do repetitive tasks. This resonates with my experience in college and I didn't want to spend a big chunk of my life doing things that weren't meaningful to me. I didn't want to learn so I could get a diploma or a job, but so I could be empowered to affect the world in the way I want to."
2) Joy of the People, a Minnesota youth soccer program that aims to reinvent how kids learn the game. (It's named after the famous Brazilian player Garrincha, who was so exciting that Brazilians called him Allegria do Povo — Joy of the People).
JOTP founder Ted Koerten has a simple idea: to provide American kids with the chance to learn soccer exactly as Brazilians learn it: having lots of fun in small spaces. So he got rid of elite teams and elite travel and instead built a kid magnet: a series of small inflatable soccer fields — smaller space, smaller goals, with barriers to produce more continuous play. Younger kids are focused almost entirely on fun; older kids on more deliberate practice.
As Koerten told me in an email:
The old models tend to structure youth soccer (and all youth sports) heavy on the deliberate practice…. The dark side of the idea that players are made is that now mad scientists are all trying to make them. But our model is kid centered and understands that kids need to be kids in order to complete the hard work of adults.
Koerten is full of ideas: for instance, he has the kids play with balls that vary in size from tiny to large, and employs a tennis-ball machine to increase touches. He's interested in cross-pollinating with newly invented sports like Puckelball. And it's working: he's drawing 600 kids a week.
Which brings us to the deeper question: what lessons do these organic, free-range models provide? How can they help us improve and innovate our own talent-development spaces? Here are four:
- Focus on creating rich, people-centric ecosystems. They are based on the principle that the best learning happens when humans are in intense collaboration.
- Put fun first. These aren't solemn, self-important places — rather, they're looser, more user-driven. Emotion is not some background factor, but a vital part of the process.
- Design for lots of mixing. People aren't segregated into levels and classes; rather, they're mixed together in a style that might be described as Montessori-like, which provides a rich environment for relationships and mentoring.
- Focus far less on lectures/theory, and more on doing stuff. Knowledge isn't transferred from the top down so much as it is grown from the bottom up, through challenge, smart design, and lots of intense reps.
Do you know of any new, surprising, and/or innovative talent-development programs? I'd love to hear about them.


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The recent decade-long-plus highs in technology stocks have left out some old standbys that need to tweak and reinvent their business plan. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has dropped from highs near $50 in 2011 to trade at the lowest levels since 2004.
The three-month trading channel shown on the chart below between $17 and $20 looks attractive for a price breakout from the base action. A rally above the resistance top projects a $3 move, the width of the channel, to $23. Only a weekly close below $17 would negate the technical basing pattern.
The initial upside objective of $23 is 30% above the current stock price, but there is a way you could potentially double your money with a stock substitution strategy.
One major advantage of using long options rather than buying shares is putting up much less to control 100 shares -- that's the power of leverage. But with all of the potential strike and expiration combinations, choosing an option can be a daunting task.
Simply put, you want to buy a high-probability option that has enough time to be right, so there are two rules traders should follow:
1. Choose an option with 70%-plus probability.
Delta is a measurement of how well an option follows the movement in the underlying security. It is important to buy options that pay off from a modest price move in the stock or ETF rather than those that only make money on the infrequent price explosion.
Any trade has a 50/50 chance of success. Buying in-the-money options increases that probability. Delta also approximates the odds that the option will be in the money at expiration. In-the-money options are more expensive, but they're worth it, as your chances of success are mathematically superior to buying cheap, out-of-the-money options that rarely pay off.
For example, with HPQ trading around $17.75 at the time of this writing, an in-the-money $13 strike call currently has $4.75 in real or intrinsic value. The remainder of any premium is the time value of the option.
2. Buy more time until expiration than you may need -- at least three to six months -- for the trade to develop.
Time is an investor's greatest asset when you have completely limited the exposure risks. Traders often do not buy enough time for the trade to achieve profitable results. Nothing is more frustrating than being right about a move only after the option has expired.
I recommend the HPQ Jan 2014 13 Calls at $5.75 or less.
This option strike gives you the right to buy more than $3 below the lowest point for the year with absolutely limited risk.
A close below $17 in the stock on a weekly basis or the loss of half of the option premium would trigger an exit. If you don't use a stop, the maximum loss is still limited to the $575 or less paid per option contract. The upside, on the other hand, is unlimited. And the April 2013 option has a year and four months for the desired move to develop.
This trade breaks even at $18.75 ($13 strike plus $5.75 option premium). That is just $1 above HPQ's current price. If shares hit my conservative initial price target of $23, the option should double.
Action to Take --> Buy HPQ Jan 2014 13 Calls at $5.75 or less. Set stop-loss at $2.87. Set price target at $11.50 for a potential 100% by January 2014 expiration.
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1938 R45 Yankee Doodle Gum Co. "Dopey's Dominoes" Gum Display Box with 86 Unopened Packs
Starting Bid - $1,000, Sold For - $4,406
Display box of Dopey Bubble Gum, issued by the Yankee Doodle Gum Company of Chicago, Illinois, containing eighty-six unopened packs of Dopey Bubble Bum, "The Longest One-Cent Piece of Bubble Gum in the World," plus window display. The box originally housed 100 pieces of gum. The impressive back-panel display features an illustration of Dopey (from Disney's classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) along with text informing customers that each pack of gum contains a "Dopey's Dominoes" card and also stating that the wrappers could be redeemed for one of four premiums: Mickey Mouse magazines, a famous singing lariat, a live Snow White turtle, or invisible ink. Additional information regarding the premiums is printed on the back of each colorful wrapper. Included with the box is a rare, perhaps never-before-seen store-window display (11.75 x 9.5 inches, printed on thin paper stock) that is similar in design to the back panel, but also includes illustrations of three of the offered premiums (the turtle is not pictured). Christopher Benjamin, author of the definitive work The Sport Americana Price Guide to the Non-Sports Cards 1930-1960, has cataloged Dopey's Dominoes with the reference number R45. However, Benjamin does not assign the set a year. This example bears a vintage blue-pencil notation on the cover that reads "Rec'd 8/13/38." Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered on February 4, 1938, and Dopey's Dominos, of course, was very soon after designed and marketed by the Yankee Doodle Gum Company to capitalize on the film's great popularity at the time. The display box (12.5 x 10 x 1.5 ) has imperfections (including a missing side flap on the cover and other tears) but still has tremendous display value. Despite the flaws, the back panel, which is visually the most important piece of the counter-display box, has only a small edge tear and is otherwise in Excellent to Mint condition. It is extremely rare to find complete or near-complete boxes of any 1930s products in original unopened form. All of the unopened packages of gum remain in essentially perfect condition, exactly as when issued in 1938. The window display has a few minor border tears and light creases and is in Very Good condition. Reserve $1,000. Estimate (open). SOLD FOR $4,406
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HIGHER taxes for mining and pricing and excise controls over "strategic minerals" are two measures the African National Congress (ANC) conference is poised to endorse as part of the party's new economic policy.
The ANC economic transformation commission had on Wednesday prepared a draft resolution for debate by the conference plenary. However, the plenary was delayed due to a storm with the resolution only due to be debated and adopted by delegates late last night.
Although it is described by the ANC in a carefully crafted compromise as a policy of "strategic nationalisation", the momentum for nationalisation in the form of state ownership of companies, which has been vociferously pursued by the youth league and some trade unions for the past two years, was virtually absent from the conference. A senior ANC leader said the "nationalisation debate was dead".
The draft resolution is very similar to that adopted by the ANC at its policy conference in June. On mining taxes it says that "the state must capture an equitable share of mineral resource rents and deploy them in the interests of long-term economic growth, development and transformation".
Although it has been mooted in an ANC research document that this should take the form of a "supertax" on windfall profits, the formulation leaves the precise nature of the tax open for further refinement.
Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Monday that the government would not be reckless in changing the tax regime and would consult with the mining industry.
The Treasury is known to oppose the supertax option by the state, as it fails to take into account the volatile nature of commodity prices among other variables.
The conference was also set to adopt a policy enabling the state to designate certain minerals as "strategic" to advance development and industrialisation.
The list of minerals is not spelled out, although on previous occasions coal and iron-ore have been mentioned as being in line for strategic designation.
Trade and industry director-general Lionel October said on Wednesday that the ANC was aware the term "strategic nationalisation" was regarded with suspicion by the markets and the commission had suggested that this be better defined.
"The idea really is to be able to use our mineral wealth to promote industrialisation and manufacturing. It is not about state ownership," he said.
Other participants in the commission said the term "strategic nationalisation" was a carefully crafted compromise reached at the June policy conference and could not easily be changed.
However, final wording was not available on Wednesday.
Other areas of focus of the draft resolution include a strong endorsement of the National Development Plan, drawn up by the National Planning Commission. Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said yesterday that the plan had received "a very warm reception" from delegates.
No changes to macroeconomic policy are on the cards. Again, the voices proposing radical changes — although present — were a small minority.


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Continuing its theme of reinventing summery cocktails for the winter season, Bacardi Oakheart has taken yet another classic from the sun kissed beaches and turned it into a contemporary winter classic with the invention of the Crimbo Colada.
That's right, if you're a Pina Colada fan, you might very well enjoy this new winter variant which is great for cocktail parties or to wind down after a Sunday dinner.
By replacing coconut with Amaretto, the Crimbo Colada is not only a bit boozier (certainly appropriate for the time of year) it retains its nutty overtones, opting for a more complementary flavour to the spicy Bacardi Oakheart, which infuses with the fresh pineapple for a brilliantly balanced flavour with an unexpected mixture of charms.
Here is what you need to make your own:
37.5mls Oak Heart
50mls Pineapple J
12.5mls Amaretto
Put all ingredients into a shaker, add ice, shake hard and strain into a flute.
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The 1977 Bat out of Hell album hasn't taken off yet, and Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) still lacks recognition. Starved for a compliment—but otherwise well-fed, it appears—the Meaty One (played by W. Earl Brown) gladly receives a favorable review from his little girl. "I like it," she says of his music. "It's loud."
Director Jim McBride (maker of Jerry Lee Lewis's screen biography, Great Balls of Fire!) pumps up the volume through most of this TV movie, as Meat Loaf fights with his alcoholic father, wails over his mother's coffin, tours with the stage musical Hair, performs the "explosive Wagnerian anthems" composed for him by Jim Steinman (Zachary Throne) and nearly loses himself in booze, lawsuits and depression. To Hell and Back, based on Meat Loaf's 1999 memoir, offers sufficient evidence that raging emotions give rise to roaring rock. But the protagonist has an oversize insecurity that makes watching his life story feel more than a little like a stint in purgatory.
Bottom Line: Too long in the oven
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Show of the week
High temperatures make for lower TV expectations. Just give us something new and a little different.
This half-hour comedy series (premiering July 23) clearly derives inspiration from MAD magazine's "Spy vs. Spy" feature, but it's original enough to be a summer bright spot. Ex-CIA agent Kennedy Smith (Linden Ashby) tries to lead a quiet life as a suburban family man and salesman for the House of Dreams auto dealership. Then his old nemesis, the dastardly Kreigman (Damian Young), moves in next door for the express purpose of continuing their "eternal dance of death." Young is weirdly funny as the self-described "evil supergenius" who'll do anything—take a car on a dangerous test drive, use his "supervixen" wife (Tara Rosling) as sexual bait—to provoke Smith into battle. It seems doubtful that Kreigman can maintain the vital element of surprise for very long, but keep an eye on him for at least a couple of episodes.
Bottom Line: Spy on these guys
TNT (Sun., July 23, 8 p.m. ET)
It is now 2008, and the Supreme Court has established an "inalienable right to death." A single dad (Eric Roberts) can't afford a vaccine for his critically ill son, so he strikes a $300,000 bargain with a sinister health-care corporation: "You're buyin' my body; you give me a year, then you carve me up for parts." But the boy is pronounced dead before the ink is dry on the contract, and Roberts—after throwing down the dirty money—goes on the lam to save his own life.
Semi-serious sci-fi with something to say about medical ethics? No, simply a pulp thriller that will hold your interest with increasingly over-the-top action. The hero hooks up with an attractive bounty hunter (Sarah Wynter), and they foil the evil designs of the corporation's unscrupulous leader (Chris Sarandon) and his snide enforcer (Cary Elwes). Roberts and Elwes wind up duking it out in an elevator shaft, jumping from car to car and dedicating their punches ("This is for Alex!"—pow!). As for Sarandon's character, his name is Dr. Stofeles. The first name's not Mephi, but this devil is certainly going to hell.
Bottom Line: It moves, if nothing else
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This average new drama runs on two creative tracks—a little X-Files, a little Touched by an Angel—so there's no reason why it shouldn't air on two networks. On July 24, Mysterious Ways starts what NBC calls a "multi-episode preview"; on Aug. 22, it premieres on the family-oriented PAX network, in which NBC has a financial stake.
"Declan Dunn—I investigate miraculous phenomena." That's how the main character (portrayed by Adrian Pasdar) introduces himself. Actually, Declan is an anthropology professor, but straight jobs are such a bore. In the pilot he forms a partnership of sorts with psychiatrist Peggy Fowler (Rae Dawn Chong), who will play Ms. Skeptical to Declan's Mr. Mystical. Though he seems nosy, rude and presumptuous, Declan has Peggy pretty well charmed by the end of the first episode, which finds them probing the case of a boy who miraculously—or not—escaped drowning in an icy lake. In what may be a bad sign, the opener yanks on our heartstrings when a gentle tug would do.
Bottom Line: Not all that phenomenal
>Sunday, July 23 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE CONTINUING STORY PBS (9 p.m. ET) The last part of the trilogy finds the heroine swept up in World War I. Concludes July 30 at 9 p.m.
Monday, July 24 DOUBLE PLATINUM ABC (8 p.m. ET) Still-supreme Diana Ross mothers Brandy in this 1999 TV movie.
Tuesday, July 25 THEY NEST USA (8 p.m. ET) Sorry, too late to fumigate. Killer bugs attack a picturesque Maine island in this TV movie.
Wednesday, July 26 LAW & ORDER NBC (10 p.m. ET) McCoy goes after a gun manufacturer in this well-aimed repeat.
Thursday, July 27 'N SYNC LIVE FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HBO (9 p.m. ET) The boy band comes to New York City with no strings attached.
Friday, July 28 JAG CBS (9 p.m. ET) This rerun's a Navy nightmare as Mac goes undercover in a witches' coven.
Saturday, July 29 NICK OF TIME ABC (8 p.m. ET)
Johnny Depp is forced to turn assassin in a 1995 thriller that plays out in real time—if you zap those pesky commercials.
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Three years after becoming the world's most famous lesbian, Ellen DeGeneres wants to be synonymous again with another L-word: laughter. "I needed to express myself again because my sexuality had overshadowed so much of my life," says DeGeneres, 42, of her eight-week stand-up tour, her first in six years. "I'm not trying to make you forget [about my being a lesbian], but I want my audience to come see me because I'm going to do a comedy show. It's not a rally." As she quips in her act, "Maybe I'll become the Artist Formerly Known as the Lesbian."
The 36-city tour is a warm-up for her upcoming HBO special, Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning, airing July 23. "It's a grueling schedule," says DeGeneres, although she and girlfriend Anne Heche, 31 (who is filming a tour documentary that may eventually air on HBO), are traveling in style. "It's not like the Partridge Family bus," says DeGeneres, who next stars in a new midseason variety show for CBS. "It's a nice bus." Too bad about the views: "We thought we were going to see the country. It turns out we're driving at night while we're sleeping!"
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The New Jersey Energy Coalition strongly supports a proposed Assembly bill (A3222) that strengthens reporting regulations at scrap metal businesses located in New Jersey. The bill requires scrap metal businesses to maintain records of all transactions and send copies to law enforcement authorities.
This legislation is in response to the rapid growth of scrap metal theft in the state. This epidemic directly impacts energy reliability and stability for customers. Following the recent storms, scrappers took to the streets to strip downed wires and other necessary electric infrastructure components. This affected the ability for utilities to restore power. Replacement costs affect all of us.
The New Jersey Energy Coalition is an advocate for maintaining a suitable transmission and distribution infrastructure. The theft of metal from our power network is detrimental to the energy users and must be addressed. Dependable infrastructure is a key component of an energy future that produces affordable, clean and reliable American electricity to meet New Jersey's growing energy needs.
The bill's sponsors — Assemblyman Angel Fuentes (D-Camden), Assemblyman Gilbert Wilson (D-Camden), Assemblywoman Celeste Riley (D-Salem), Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic) and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Passaic) — should be commended for their efforts to protect the stability of our state's energy system.
Bob Marshall, executive director, New Jersey Energy Coalition