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Chinese chainsaw won't start

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By fisher191

Hello All,

Ok, so you will be thinking that the title is no surprise.

But my father-in-law has asked me to look at his XYGC450 chainsaw. It is a couple of years old but with virtually no use. It was always hard to start but now won’t go at all.

ZHEJIANG HEXAR POWER INDUSTRY CO.?LTD.

It seems to have good compression. I remove the plug and it looks like new inside the engine. I connected the plug and let it sit on the cylinder fins while I cranked it over and saw a spark. I put a small amount of fuel down the plug hole and reinstalled the plug. I would usually expect to get a kick if I did this with any other engine – but absolutely nothing with this one.

Are there any other tricks I can try to help narrow down the problem before I dismantle it and it becomes yet another ‘project’ sitting in a box in the corner of my garage?

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Pixelworks® and ACCESS Collaborate on Officeviewer to Enable Content Viewing and Presentations witho

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Pixelworks ® and ACCESS Collaborate on Officeviewer to Enable Content Viewing and Presentations without a PC

Officeviewer enables projection capability without a PC using USB host

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pixelworks, Inc. (NAS: PXLW) , a pioneer in innovative video and display processing technology, and ACCESS CO., LTD, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today announced the companies are collaborating on Officeviewer to bring projection capability without a PC to a full range of projectors — from traditional mainstream projectors to small LED or laser-based portable and pocket projectors. Officeviewer offers users the convenience of using a portable USB thumb drive to view content and make presentations when a PC isn’t available or convenient.

As part of this collaboration, ACCESS ported its NetFront™ Document Viewer to Pixelworks’ existing platform of digital projector solutions. Officeviewer leverages USB host functionality in Pixelworks’ connected display processors, such as the Topaz platform family, to effectively eliminate the need for a PC to make presentations. The Officeviewer software solution is now available for integration by customers of new and existing Pixelworks SoC projector platforms, including the Company’s latest generation Topaz family of display processors.

“ACCESS and Pixelworks, respective leaders in software and projectors, have successfully collaborated to bring this innovative solution to market and improve the user experience for our customers,” said Graham Loveridge, Sr. Vice President of Marketing at Pixelworks. “This projection capability will be available for a range of platforms, including the Topaz SoC family, and will ultimately be designed into nearly every leading projector brand. As such, we expect giving a presentation or viewing content without a PC to eventually become mainstream.”

“Similar to the growing trend of projection capability without a PC, viewing or sharing documents and content across connected devices has become a standard expectation for consumers in a connected world,” said Kiyoyasu Oishi, Senior Executive Officer, Global Business Unit, ACCESS CO., LTD. “By combining these projection and document viewing technologies, consumers will no longer need to use a PC to present and share documents, making it simpler and more efficient to work and collaborate.”

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ACCESS Joins Readium Foundation, Open Source Consortium for Digital Publishing

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ACCESS Joins Readium Foundation, Open Source Consortium for Digital Publishing

Accelerating Commercial Adoption of EPUB 3

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, today announced it joined the Readium Foundation, a consortium of companies committed to establishing electronic publishing standards which incorporates the Readium Project for EPUB® 3 applications. Overseen by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the initial Readium Project had been an open source initiative dedicated to accelerating adoption of EPUB® 3. A member since the project was launched in February 2012, ACCESS has contributed to EPUB® 3 development and standards formulation. Moving forward, ACCESS intends to support all efforts toward the commercial application of Readium as an EPUB 3 reference viewer.

Readium.org open source initiative today announces its evolution into a formal consortium of member companies fostering a community of open source projects, including a new Readium™ SDK project developing a commercial-grade rendering engine for EPUB® 3, optimized for native applications.

The Readium Foundation maintains licenses of Readium and develop and popularize the Readium SDK viewer platform and Readium Web EPUB viewer operating on browsers and plug-ins. ACCESS has contributed to Readium development by supplying its NetFrontTM BookReader EPUB Edition engine, developed in-house, to the Readium Project. As part of the Readium Foundation, ACCESS plans to enhance and redistribute Readium SDK technology.

NetFront™ BookReader EPUB Edition, which supports EPUB 3, is capable of faithfully reproducing a wide range of complex content specific to Japanese text, such as vertical text, readings alongside Kanji characters, and Japanese line breaks. By employing the industry-standard rendering engine WebKit, consumers will be able to enjoy next-generation HTML5 rich media content as well.

“ACCESS has contributed substantially to the development of Japanese writing expressions and multi-linguistic functions of UI for Readium. I believe ACCESS will continue to play a key role for the Readium Foundation,” said Bill McCoy, IDPF Executive Director.

“ACCESS is working vigorously to develop cutting-edge, open source-based software solutions combined with our proprietary technologies, to provide readers around the world with a comfortable, user-friendly e-book reading environment as quickly as possible. Building on our extensive experience with multiplatform e-book solutions, we will continue making every possible contribution to the widespread adoption of Readium,” says Kunihiro Ishiguro, Senior Executive Officer and CTO of ACCESS.

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Market Minute: CBS Seeks Stake in TV Guide Network

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Stocks appear headed for strong gains this morning. All three major averages ended slightly lower last week, but an apparent resolution of the banking crisis in Cyprus has set the table for gains today. The S&P 500 is within nine points of its all-time high.

A bidding war for Dell (DELL) has broken out. The company confirms that investor Carl Icahn and Blackstone Group have submitted separate letters of intent to make buyout bids. That would counter the effort by a group led by CEO Michael Dell to take the company private for $24 billion dollars. But if Mr. Dell falls short, he could lose control of the company he founded nearly 30 years ago. According to Bloomberg, the computer maker has said that the offers by Icahn and Blackstone may be preferable, meaning Michael Dell could be compelled “to sweeten his bid”.

CBS (CBS) is reportedly near a deal to buy half of the TV Guide Network. That would give CBS its first entertainment channel on cable. The network offers movies, TV show reruns, and infomercials, and is available in 80 million homes.

Twenty million dollars: That’s pocket change for a company like Apple (AAPL), but the company’s acquisition of WifiSLAM could help Apple overcome the snafu it faced last year after dumping Google’s (GOOG) mapping system in favor of its own flawed program.

A number of online reports say Microsoft (MSFT) is testing an updated version of its Windows 8 software. The changes are said to be largely cosmetic, but they’re aimed at overcoming complaints that Windows 8 is too confusing.

Limited Brands (LTD) has been an obsolete name for the apparel retailer for several years — ever since it sold a majority interest in its Express and Limited store brands back in 2007. The company’s main brands are now Victoria’s Secret, Pink, Henri Bendel, and La Senza Bath & Body Works. The new name is L Brands, at least temporarily. Its ticker symbol remains LTD.

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Arrow Approves Funding Plans From LOGX Capital

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Arrow Approves Funding Plans From LOGX Capital

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Board of Directors has approved a funding package presented by the LOGX Capital Group, LTD of Hong Kong to fully implement it’s business plan to develop sustainable plantations as well as to build two ethanol plants in Indonesia. LOGX Capital Group, LTD is the lead equity investor utilizing international funding programs for large scale infrastructure projects in developing countries. The proposed package is sufficient to completely develop all plantation operations, the ethanol plants (with capacity of one million liters per day each) and to meet all the Company’s current and future obligations of this program. The Company anticipates completion of the financing within 30-45 days subject to completion of all multi-party agreements.

About Arrow Resources Development, Inc.

Arrow Resources Development, Inc. develops and coordinates corporate operations, finance, sales and marketing activities along with the administration of the corporate citizenship programs for natural resource development companies in the Asian market. Its initial relationship with Arrow Pacific Resources Group Limited (BVI Company) is for the development of large scale plantation/farming operations and Ethanol plants in Indonesia and the Pacific Basin. Arrow’s agreements entitle the Company to 10% of all gross revenue generated by all their partners’ plantation/farming including any and all sales of natural resources and derivative products. For more information about the company, please visit their website at www.arrowrd.com.

Safe Harbor: Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such statements about the Company’s future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, technology efficacy and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the Safe Harbors created thereby. The Company is a development stage firm that continues to be dependent upon outside capital to sustain its existence. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from expected results.

Arrow Resources Development, Inc.
Peter Frugone, 212-247-4447
Investor Relations
info@arrowrd.com

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Argo Group CEO to Present Today at the NYSSA 2013 Insurance Conference

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Argo Group CEO to Present Today at the NYSSA 2013 Insurance Conference

HAMILTON, Bermuda–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII), an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, announced that CEO Mark E. Watson III will be presenting today at the 17th Annual Insurance Conference sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), being held March 18-19, 2013, at NYSSA‘s headquarters located at 1540 Broadway in New York City.

Mr. Watson’s presentation at the conference starts today at 11:20 a.m. EDT and can be accessed via real-time audio webcast on the company’s investor relations website, which can be found by visiting www.argolimited.com and clicking on “Investors” and “Events and Webcasts.” Shortly after the live presentation, a webcast replay can be accessed under “Past Events” from the same Web page noted above.

ABOUT ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII) is an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market. Argo Group offers a full line of products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims handling needs of businesses in four primary segments: Excess & Surplus Lines, Commercial Specialty, International Specialty and Syndicate 1200. Argo Group‘s insurance subsidiaries are A. M. Best-rated ‘A’ (Excellent) (third highest rating out of 16 rating classifications) with a stable outlook, and Argo’s U.S. insurance subsidiaries are Standard and Poor’s-rated ‘A-‘ (Strong) with a stable outlook. More information on Argo Group and its subsidiaries is available at www.argolimited.com.

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
George Luecke, 212-607-8802
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Tower Group Announces Closing of Merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Limi

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CORRECTING and REPLACING Tower Group Announces Closing of Merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Limited and Trading of Tower Group International, Ltd. Common Shares on March 14, 2013

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– First graph, fifth sentence of release has been replaced and now reads: It is expected that the opening price of Tower Ltd. common shares, which will have a new CUSIP number of G8988C105, will be based on the closing price of Tower Group, Inc. on March 13, 2013, adjusted to account for the 1.1330 exchange ratio.

The corrected release reads:

TOWER GROUP ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF MERGER WITH CANOPIUS HOLDINGS BERMUDA LIMITED AND TRADING OF TOWER GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LTD. COMMON SHARES ON MARCH 14, 2013

Tower Group, Inc. (NAS: TWGP) announced the closing of its merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Limited (Canopius Bermuda), which will become effective later today following the close of trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ). Upon closing of the merger, Tower will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopius Bermuda, which will change its name effective at the closing to Tower Group International, Ltd. (Tower Ltd.). Under the terms of the merger agreement, Tower stockholders will receive 1.1330 common shares of Tower Ltd. for each outstanding share of Tower common stock held. Tower Ltd. common shares will be listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “TWGP,” which is the same trading symbol as is currently used by Tower, and are expected to begin trading at the market opening on March 14, 2013. It is expected that the opening price of Tower Ltd. common shares, which will have a new CUSIP number of G8988C105, will be based on the closing price of Tower Group, Inc. on March 13, 2013, adjusted to account for the 1.1330 exchange ratio.

Michael H. Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “After working diligently on the merger with Canopius Bermuda for more than one year, we are very pleased with the successful completion of this transformative and strategically important transaction. We expect this merger to be immediately accretive and to eventually allow us to achieve our long-term ROE target of 13 to 15%. From a strategic standpoint, we believe this merger will position Tower to build a profitable, diversified international specialty business that has the potential to create substantial long-term value for our stockholders. As a result of the merger, we will create an efficient Bermuda-domiciled holding company structure that will combine Tower’s businesses with certain of Canopius’s reinsurance …read more
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Sacre-Coeur Minerals Selects Tetra Tech, RDi, and Met-Solve for Feasibility and Associated Studies f

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Sacre-Coeur Minerals Selects Tetra Tech, RDi, and Met-Solve for Feasibility and Associated Studies for Million Mountain Zone 1 Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the selection of Tetra Tech to lead its NI 43-101 compliant feasibility study for development of the Company’s Million Mountain Zone 1 resource located in the Mazaruni Mining District No. 3 of Guyana, South America. In addition, the Company has engaged Resource Development Inc. (“RDi”) and Met-Solve Laboratories Inc. (“Met-Solve”), two highly qualified metallurgical labs, to assist with metallurgical scoping and trade-off studies as well as final flow sheet development and process modelling.

Owing to the very positive results of the Company’s detailed internal scoping and economic analysis, the Company has elected to move directly to a formal feasibility study being performed by these pre-eminent consulting groups on the company’s behalf. In order to expedite delivery, the entire process of scoping and trade-off studies, feasibility study and report, and final design for construction have been integrated into a seamless process utilizing the same team. Delivery of the NI 43-101 compliant feasibility study is targeted for summer of 2013, followed immediately by a final development decision (pending positive study results as expected), completion of development financing, and commencement of construction. Commissioning of the mine and plant for production is targeted for 3Q 2014.

The Million Mountain Zone 1 deposit hosts approximately 500,000 tr oz Au as currently tested, including NI 43-101 compliant “measured” resources of 12.12 million tonnes grading 1.0g/t Au, and “indicated” resources of 2.18 million tonnes grading 0.9g/t Au. Since completion of the NI 43-101 resource calculation and report by Pincock, Allen & Holt (Runge Pincock Minarco), the Company has completed 40 additional drill holes on the perimeter of the resource body which have encountered gold mineralization, and are expected to be additive to the resource. The resource will be formally updated to NI 43-101 standards to include these additional holes as a part of the feasibility study and the updated resource body will be utilized for detailed mine planning.

Feasibility of exploitation of the deposit will be broken into two phases. The first, which is the subject of the current work, will be limited to that portion of the deposit which is saprolitized (chemically weathered to clay-like consistency). Mining and processing requirements for this regime are considerably different from those of un-weathered rock in that drilling and blasting is not required to excavate saprolite, and crushing and grinding requirements for the heavily weathered material are substantially less intensive. Feasibility analysis of mining and processing the un-weathered portion of the …read more
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Hopes Dimming for Solar Shares

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Following today’s dismal report from Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), the entire solar sector is experiencing a sell-off. The only question investors need to ask themselves is whether or not this turn of events was a surprise.

Until the first of the year, Trina and most of the other solar makers were trailing along at anywhere from down 10% to down 75% from year-ago levels. Then, as if by magic, solar stocks turned higher, and short interest declined. As of last night’s closing, SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) shares had more than doubled since January 2nd. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LTD) was up about 24%, Yingli Green Energy Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) is up more than 20%, and First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was up about 6%. Only Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) had not kept pace; even Trina was up about 3% on the year.

At last count, about 30% of First Solar‘s shares are held short, as are nearly 17% of SunPower’s shares. SunPower’s shares have gained the most since earlier this month, when research firm GTM Research predicted U.S. solar installation is on a steady growth path and another report indicated that new methods of financing would also help bolster solar sales.

But this sector is volatile, one might even say whimsical. Whether it’s short covering, or new investors searching for a bottom, or long-time investors who have decided to hold on until they recover at least some of their losses, solar stocks continue to trade heavily. More heavily in fact, than in those bygone days when First Solar peaked above $300 a share, nearly 10 times where it trades today.

No one can possibly think those days are coming back, ever. Right?

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Think twice about how you define income — your taxes depend on it

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Imagine you’ve purchased a group Long Term Disability Income (LTD) plan for you and your employees. Who becomes disabled? You do. The plan pays a standard percentage of income, however when you file the claim you are shocked to discover the monthly benefit you’ll receive is much less than what you expected (and you don’t need a shock, considering you’re disabled). The reason for the surprise reduction in income is that your company is an S Corporation (S Corp), and this particular insurance company measures income by your W-2 wages, ignoring your K-1 income. Had you asked for income to be defined, you might have decided to purchase your LTD from a company that does include K-1 income in its definition. …read more
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