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Georgia Bulldogs basketball looking to maintain success
David ChingGeorgia wasn't expected to maintain its success from the 2010-11 season with its personnel losses. But the Bulldogs hope this season's 15-17 mark is a minor blip on the radar.
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Georgia Bulldogs slow to build confidence
David ChingIn a rebuilding season full of disappointments, coach Mark Fox wants to make sure his players find some confidence and the right frame of mind to respond well to adversity -- and a 1-7 SEC record.
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Dustin Ware's leadership key for Georgia Bulldogs
David ChingSenior guard Dustin Ware thinks Georgia's tough non-conference slate prepared a youth-laden roster for the rigors of Southeastern Conference play.
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Georgia Bulldogs absorb fallout of losing NBA-caliber players
David ChingGeorgia basketball coach Mark Fox acknowledges that his program was ill-prepared to absorb the blow from losing its two best players.
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Georgia Bulldogs working hard to improve perimeter play
David ChingFor Georgia's guards, the upside to a rebuilding post game is they have more opportunities to score from the perimeter. The downside is the Bulldogs' shooters have not been particularly accurate with those extra chances.
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Georgia Bulldogs fight through growing pains of youthful frontcou...
David ChingCoach Mark Fox is still searching for consistency from his young frontcourt while bigger opponents try to exploit Georgia's inexperience .
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PDF Knitting Pattern for Hat Gloves and Socks
These two tone outdoor essentials use British Sheep Breeds Wool with a vibrant contrast colour yarn. The socks are designed with the textured pattern above the top of the boot with smooth stocking stitch lower down for comfort. The hat has a striking cross stitch detail and the gloves keep your hands warm but fingers free for doing up those laces. All three items are knitted in the round on double pointed needles.
Available to purchase as an electronic pdf download sent to your email from the following websites.
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6mm (US 10) x5 Double pointed knitting needles (dpn's)
6.5 mm (US 10.5) x 5 dpn's
x2 50g balls King Cole Merino Blend in Claret (main Colour) other yarn suggestions are Debbie Bliss Rialto Chunky x3 50g balls
x2 100g balls Rowan British Sheep Breeds in Suffolk Steel Grey #954 (contrast colour).
5mm Crochet hook (for the decorative chain stitch cord on the hat)
Blunt tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Hat - circumference approx. 57cm 23 inches, 21cm from crown to edge
Fingerless gloves – length 21 cm
Socks – fit women's UK shoe size 5 to 7 (men's UK shoe sizes 7-10)
Approximately 18 stitches, 26 rows over 10cm (stocking stitch with 5mm needles)
Skills required
Cast on / cast off
Knit stitch
Purl stitch
Yarn over needle
Short rows
Knit two together
Make stitches
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Israeli Visual Arts: Where East Meets West
Visual arts in Israel predate the country's independence yet play a defining role in the country's identity as a nation.
At the outset, Bezalel's artistic orientation, which aimed at creating an "original Jewish art" by fusing European techniques with Middle Eastern influences, resulted in paintings of biblical scenes depicting romanticized perceptions of the past linked to utopian visions of the future, with images drawn from the ancient Jewish Eastern communities as well as from the local Bedouin. Artists of this period include Shmuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908), Ephraim Lilien (1874-1925), and Abel Pann (1883-1963).
'Hebrew' vs. 'Jewish' Art
The first major art exhibition (1921), held at David's Citadel in Jerusalem's Old City, was dominated by painters from Bezalel. Soon afterward, however, Bezalel's anachronistic, national-oriental narrative style was challenged both by young rebels within the Bezalel establishment and newly-arrived artists, who began searching for an idiom appropriate to what they termed "Hebrew'"--as opposed to "Jewish"--art.
In an attempt to define their new cultural identity and express their view of the country as a source of national renewal, they depicted the daily reality of the Middle Eastern environment, with emphasis on the bright light and glowing colors of the landscape, and stressed exotic subject matter, such as the simple Arab lifestyle through a predominantly primitive technique, as seen in the works of painters including Israel Paldi, Tziona Tagger, Pinhas Litvinovsky, Nahum Gutman, and Reuven Rubin. By the middle of the decade, most of the leading artists were established in the new, dynamic city of Tel Aviv (est. 1909), which has remained the center of the country's artistic activity.
The art of the 1930s was strongly influenced by early 20th century Western innovations, the most powerful of which was the expressionism emanating from the ateliers of Paris. Works of painters such as Moshe Castel, Menachem Shemi, and Arie Aroch tended to portray an emotionally charged, often mystical reality through their use of distortion and, although themes still dealt with local landscapes and images, the narrative components of 10 years earlier gradually disappeared and the oriental-Muslim world vanished entirely.
German expressionism was introduced in the middle of the decade with the arrival of immigrant artists fleeing the terror of rising Nazism. Joining German-born artists Anna Ticho and Leopold Krakauer, who had come to Jerusalem some 20 years earlier, this group--which included Hermann Struck, Mordechai Ardon and Jakob Steinhardt--devoted itself largely to subjective interpretations of the landscape of Jerusalem and the surrounding hills. These artists made a significant contribution to the development of local art, notably through the leadership given to the Bezalel Academy of Art by its directors, Ardon and Steinhardt, under whose guidance a new generation of artists grew to maturity.
The Impact of the Holocaust
The break with Paris during World War II and the trauma of the Holocaust caused several artists, including Moshe Castel, Yitzhak Danziger, and Aharon Kahana, to adopt the emerging "Canaanite" ideology, which sought to identify with the original inhabitants of the land and create a "new Hebrew people" by reviving ancient myths and pagan motifs.
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Jonathan Ross And Russell Brand Should Be Allowed To Stay. And Both Given A Raise
October 29, 2008
(By Thomas Matthew.) I think that Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, the so-called great comedians, should be allowed to continue presenting their shows on BBC-2 Radio, even after their disgusting prank with calling an old man and leaving offensive messages on his answering machine during a show. And they should be both given a raise. Ross should get another couple of million added to his contract and Brand should be propelled into the top earners league on the BBC by getting a raise of a 1000 per cent. No, 2000 per cent.Why am I saying this? Because these two punks represent what the BBC stands for: vulgarity, obscenity, bad sense of humour, arrogance and total disregard for public opinion. That is why they should be allowed to continue with their nasty routines so that more licence payers would finally realise what sort of company the BBC really is and what sort of people run it.
What would be the point of sacking Ross and Brand if many other deeply unpleasant people would still remain in the BBC, both on the screen, on the radio and in executive offices? It would actually be more sensible to get even more revolting characters to present shows on BBC TV channels and radio stations, who would sink to new depths of depravity. That way even the most tolerant of viewers and listeners would rebel and demand that the Corporation is denied its licence to milk people and produce crap. Because for many years that's exactly what was happening: the BBC was given a huge budget that was squandered on bad programmes and left-wing propaganda. All in the name of informing and educating the public.
What absolute rubbish! The BBC has stopped informing and educating public ages ago. Even the news coverage has become so blatantly biased that it is sometimes deeply embarrassing to watch the news bulletins. Just take a look at the way the BBC covers the US election campaign. It often seems that BBC correspondents are financed by the Barack Obama election campaign, because they say things that are simply untrue. It will come back to haunt the BBC as more and more people would switch to other TV channels. But at the moment the corporation's news department in its bias towards Obama seems to resemble an addict, who is prepared to do anything to get his fix: lie, cheat, steal and lie even more.
Even some of the TV networks in America, that have been saying for weeks that Obama had a big lead over John McCain, have now toned down their comments and are saying that the race is not over yet. But not the BBC, that supposedly impartial, publicly financed corporation. It just bangs on and on that Obama is far in the lead and would win on November 4 with a huge majority.
The BBC has already blighted itself with its support for the Labour party throughout the past decade and it has actually accepted this year that it was biased towards the Left in its contents. Just think about it: a publicly funded corporation admitting that it was left-wing? And no one was sacked, no one resigned, no one was even reprimanded.
Imagine what would have happened if the BBC would have announced that it was biased towards the Right? There would have been an uproar the size of the moon. Heads would have rolled, ministers would have resigned, the government might have even fallen.
Nothing of the sort, of course, happened after the admission about left-wing bias came. That was acceptable. That was no big deal.
So as I have said already, what would be the point of sacking Ross and Brand when the whole BBC system would still remain rotten? It would even be misleading, because it would supposedly show that the corporation is actually cleansing itself of some of the disgusting people that inhabit it.
No, let Ross and Brand stay on. And let them be rewarded, and let them host even more shows. Because TV viewers and radio listeners have no one else to blame but themselves. They should have rebelled a long time ago and demanded that a really independent governing body was set up to monitor the contents of BBC programmes and takes disciplinary action against employees, who were seen as politically biased. Biased towards any ideology, be it Left or Right.
I say privatise the BBC. As soon as possible. Most of its TV channels and radio stations would be wiped out within a year or two and commercial stations would have a better chance of surviving. Because the people who run the BBC and many people who work in it have no idea of how to make entertaining programmes. They actually have no idea of how to make any programmes at all. They just have their political agendas and play them out – over and over again.
But until the BBC is privatised let Ross and Brand rule the airwaves on it. The worse it gets now, the better it would be in the long run.


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The Vampires of Daylight: Driving a stake through the heart of the health insurance corporations is the people's history of the health care crisis and the single-payer movement to make health care a human right in the United States.
In the film, we interview patients, people on the street, and grassroots activists from Health Care Now!, the National Nurses United, and Physicians for a National Health Program.
We show the demonstrations and sit-ins at insurance company offices around the country in 2009.
The film is an unapologetic attack on President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The legislation gives $447 billion to the private health insurance corporations – the Vampires of Daylight – the cause of the health care crisis that kills 84,000 people every year.
The ACA is racist and excludes the undocumented from coverage.
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Hometown: Arlington, TX
Birthdate: 1/27/1979
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Originally from Portland, Oregon, Shannon earned a full-ride scholarship to Portland State University playing softball. As a college freshman, she was a first team all-American center fielder. She had a .411 batting average as a freshman, with 15 outfield assists, utilizing her strong arm to gun down runners at the plate. As a 15-year old, she was among the final 160 women competing for a spot on the 1996 Team USA Softball Team. Shannon was recognized at the Oregon Hayward Awards in 2007 as a finalist for "Professional Woman Athlete of the Year."
When's she's not bowling, Shannon enjoys volleyball, golf and running. Her most proud bowling achievement used to be when she shot 299 on TV in the 2007 Women's US Open; however, that was trumped when she and her Team USA teammates traveled to Hong Kong to bowl the 2011 World Women's Championships and brought home the Team Gold. A pretty big achievement considering it hadn't been done by Team USA in 24 years.


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Nutrients A Vegetarian Should Worry About
by Toby Amidor in Healthy Tips, October 17, 2011The term "vegetarian" can pretty broad and can mean different things to different people. We'll walk through the basic types and fill you in on which nutrients those with a meat-free diet need to pay special attention to.
Vegetarian Basics
There are different types of vegetarians depending on what someone chooses to include in their diet. But all vegetarians include plant foods from the following categories:
- Grains such as rice, wheat, oats, and millet
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Legumes which include beans, peas, lentils
- Nuts
- Seeds like sesame and sunflower
Different Types
In addition to the basic food groups listed above, certain vegetarians may decide to include other foods in their diet. Here are the 3 basic types:
- Lacto-vegetarians include milk and dairy products.
- Ovo-vegetarians include eggs.
- Pesco-vegetarians include fish and seafood.
These categories aren't exclusive and can overlap with one another. For example, if someone includes both dairy and eggs they're considered a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Any combination is possible and the names can kind of get crazy!
If someone only includes the plant foods listed above (and no dairy, seafood or eggs), they're considered a vegan (sometimes referred to as a "complete vegetarian") — but more on them in the upcoming weeks.
Nutrients of Concern
Many folks worry that vegetarians are unable to eat a balanced diet and meet their nutritional needs. That's not necessarily the case. There are certain nutrients that are of special concern, but if you know which foods to eat, then you're in good shape. Here are some nutrients that need special attention.
- Calcium: If a vegetarian doesn't include milk and dairy products in their diet, then they must be sure to get their calcium for alternate sources or think about taking a supplement (especially women who are at risk for osteoporosis). Dark leafy greens, fortified juices, almonds, fortified milk alternatives and sardines with soft bones are all sources of the mineral.
- Vitamin D: This vitamin isn't found in many foods and that's why it's fortified in milk. It makes sense to add it to milk since it works with calcium to keep bones healthy. Other food sources of vitamin D include fish liver oils and egg yolks, both of which aren't on every vegetarian's list of allowable foods. Luckily, you can also get your daily dose of vitamin D from exposure to sunlight. Supplements are sometimes prescribed by doctors if they feel the person may isn't getting enough.
- Iron: Although iron-deficiency anemia is the most common deficiencies in the U.S. (actually in the world), vegetarians don't have a higher incidence of iron-deficiency as compared to the rest of the population. Vegetarians who do eat eggs and fish have a better source of iron, but iron can also be found in plant foods like fortified oatmeal, tofu, spinach, and beans.
- Zinc: This mineral is found in large amounts in foods like shellfish (like oysters), meat and poultry. Vegetarians who don't eat shellfish should be sure to take in enough plant sources including beans, peas, lentils, whole grains, nuts and fortified cereals.
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To highlight enhanced graphics on its Galaxy Tab S, the Korean electronics giant partners with content providers on a digital magazine feature called Papergarden.
iPhone app deGeo removes geotags to help protect your privacy when sharing photos.
We embed in the field and go behind the scenes of Google's augmented reality game, Ingress. Is walking through the streets of hundreds of countries the future of gaming?
The software giant's cybercrime fighting unit has opened its third Asian satellite center in Singapore, to keep an eye on malware that will target Southeast Asia's emerging status as a financial hub.
Despite the recommendations of the IT pricing inquiry, Australia is supporting a proposal to prohibit the circumvention of "technological measures" such as geo-blocking.
The ride-sharing service says the data, compiled in a way that protects driver and rider privacy, can be used to reduce congestion, expand transportation options and even identify potholes.
Dell's value laptop line has been spruced up with plenty of premium options.
Australia's Museum of Old and New Art is renowned for its unique design, eccentric founder and provocative art. But at the centre of it all, MONA's greatest achievement has been in the technological realm.
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Livestock producers and hay growers may see a better forage crop insurance option come out of the Agriculture Act of 2014 - better known as the farm bill.
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the 2014 farm bill, the Senate should follow suite "to provide producers the certainty they need as they make planting decisions for the coming year," according to the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance.
"We're very pleased the House has acted to pass the 2014 Farm Bill compromise," says NAFA President Beth Nelson.
"Most importantly, we're very happy the legislation provides planting flexibility for producers while still maintaining an adequate safety net. With alfalfa's distinction as one of the only major crops in the U.S. which is not considered a program crop, it was extremely important to NAFA that potential support payments provided by the bill's Price Loss and Ag Risk Coverage were decoupled from current year plantings."
Within the bill, USDA is directed to research and develop new insurance products for underserved commodities such as alfalfa, an objective NAFA has urged for some time, Nelson says.
"We're hoping for swift passage of the Farm Bill in the Senate," she adds. "It's time to move forward and enjoy the certainty this bill will provide for the next five years."
The Senate is expected to vote on the bill as soon as today, Jan. 31.
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For retail, we have the FD130. This terminal does it all, dial, ethernet, wifi, EMV, and NFC. It works with Apple Pay as well. We have a demo unit in our showroom and can personally confirm it will process Apple Pay payments.
For mobile and wireless needs, the FD410 is an EMV enabled wireless option. The 410 does not have NFC or Apple Pay capabilities, but otherwise is a solid wireless terminal, that should fit the majority of mobile businesses.
These terminals are both proprietary and can only be used when processing with First Data or on first data platforms.
Not all processing platforms have the ability to support apple pay at this time, but most are actively working on it.
Contact us for more information on accepting apple pay mobile payments.
]]>Update 11-2013 – Added transparency option. Just omit the bgcolor from the url and the background of the logos will be transparent. This allows the logo to match any background color they are placed on without trying to match up HEX colors.
Update 05-2013 – Added Bitcoin and Google Wallet.
Update 03-2013 – Added Skrill, Verified by Visa, and Mastercard Secure Code logos.
Update 08-2011 – Added ebillme and 2checkout.com logos.
We've just completed a simple credit card logo generator and have included an API for web designers to use as well.
The API supports different logos for card issuers, paypal, google checkout and a few other. A developer can use the API to specify the size, background color and the order of the logos that they need on their website.
Here's a quick tutorial and a few examples of how to use the API.
The actual image url should look like (these are all generated through this exact API):
The image HTML will look like:
<img src="https://www.merchantequip.com/image/?bgcolor=FFFFFF&logos=v|m|a|d&height=32″ />
The logo above will display as:
Here's the same logo using the larger image sizes:
Here's all of the currently available logos:
While this tool is free to use we greatly appreciate a backlink or credit if you are using images that are hosted through the API. These images are all served securely over SSL, so they may be used on secure/SSL websites and ecommerce sites without errors.
If you have no idea of what an API is or just need logos for your website, please use the credit card logo generator and ignore this post.
Thanks again.
]]>Having to find a replacement terminal, Verifone has recently introduced the VX675 which we expect to become Verifone's most popular wireless terminal. It comes in at a great price, is EMV ready, and is more appealing than Verifone's other wireless terminals. We've also been very pleased with 2 other terminals we've recently been introduced to, the Pax S90 and the Dejavoo V9. Both are very well designed wireless terminals with a ton of features such as EMV and options such as prepaid data plans. Both are offered in GPRS and CDMA versions which is important as some areas, rural especially, do not have sufficient access to one or the other network.
Although iPhone and Android processing is the current trend, we still think that full featured wireless terminals have a number of benefits in reliability, security, and function over cell phone based solutions. Many merchant's sales volume or operational procedures quickly outgrow cell phone based solutions and wireless terminals have been time tested to work for a variety of mobile merchants. We anticipate these terminals to be the standard in stand-alone wireless units for the foreseeable future.
]]>While it's not entirely clear if this is due to EMV or PCI changes to credit card terminals, or some other manufacturing or logistical issue, but all current Hypercom / Equinox and most Verifone terminals will be discontinued after April of 2014. By our information this includes Verifone VX510, VX510LE, and VX570 terminals, and includes all current Equinox terminals, the 4205, 4210, and 4220.
After April of 2014 the only of these terminals available will be existing stock or refurbished terminals.
Equinox has the Apollo line of terminals that is set to replace the Optimum 4210 and 4220 series which includes a traditional all in one terminal, and a dual merchant / customer facing setup. As of right now, Apollo terminals are not well supported at most processors so there may be a delay, possibly significant, before these terminals are available with most processors.
Verifone has the VX520 line which is already overpassing VX510 and VX570 terminals. The VX520 comes in several versions including EMV and even a contactless NFC version.
As of right now, we recommend the VX520 with EMV, as many merchants will want to be able to adopt the new EMV standards for processing when they are finally rolled out.
Dejavoo, Ingenico, FirstData also have terminals that appear to be unaffected by the changes.
Existing users of these discontinued terminals should have several years before they need to think about upgrading. As of now, this is strictly a supply issue and shouldn't affect current operation.
]]>Buying a used terminal has always been a bit of a gamble since it's unclear how the terminal was treated and how much life it possibly has in it. Even so many times the price is good enough to take a chance with it.
However, we are increasingly seeing problems with used terminals on ebay and craigslist that prevent them from being used at all by the purchaser. Many, if not most, merchant account providers have free terminal programs for their retail merchants. What merchants may not know is that they do not actually own the terminal that they're given to use and they're supposed to return the terminal to their provider if they switch processors or cancel their account.
What's happening is that many of these terminals are not being returned and instead being sold on ebay or craigslist or other marketplaces. These terminals are usually locked at a hardware level so that they cannot be used with another provider, and the processor will not unlock a terminal that they were supposed to get back as they technically still own it. This is to protect the processor from losing a $200 – $500 terminal every time they lend one out. But, as a purchaser there is virtually no way of knowing if a terminal is locked until your own provider tries to program it. By that time you may not be able to get a refund or even find the seller if it is on craigslist. As far as ebay goes, if they seller states it's a working terminal, it doesn't actually have to be usable with your processor, and it is very difficult to win a dispute through paypal's dispute resolution system in this case.
Unless you are 100% certain that a particular terminal is not locked with any provider, we strongly recommend only buying equipment that is new or manufacturer refurbished and is not proprietary to any particular company. This will save money and a huge amount of wasted time if you accidentally purchase a locked terminal.
]]>These fraudulent marketing forms might seem benign but can have disastrous consequences for businesses that fall for them. Many times a business is subject to termination fees and even being sent to collection because they end up switching companies and their old account was never closed. But, more importantly they are now trusting the money and possibly the very existence of their business with a company that flat out committed fraud to obtain their business.
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]]>While this isn't an extraordinarily large fee, many merchants only accept a few PIN debit transactions per month or even per year. PIN debit network fees are going to be a major headache for small merchants who may not even know they are setup to accept them. This is one of those unintended consequences of the debit regulation, which has no effect on the super corporations that lobbied so hard for it, but may have a much larger effect on small merchants.
]]>What this basically means is that Square is not operating within money transfer regulations by Illinois's interpretation of Square's practices. Much of this is directly focused on anti money laundering regulations. It is extremely easy to setup an account with Square and there are numerous reports and even instructions on how to use Square for illicit businesses, it's not surprising that this has come to a head.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out and if other states take the same interpretation of Square's business practices.
I know that the traditional processing industry has been less than thrilled at how Square is allowed to conduct business and solicit customers. Much of this may be a natural reaction to a fierce competitor. However the reality is also the observation of Square's apparent rejection of the rigorous standards that are required by existing credit card processors. While regulations are often a burden and a barrier to progress, many of these standards are in place to prevent fraud and combat money laundering. To be blunt, Square came across as completely ignoring many of standards just to reduce their own barrier in getting a customers processing account setup.
]]>You may have recently received notice from your credit card processor of your TIN or corporate name mismatching, or simply a notice to verify your processor has the correct TIN/EIN number and corporate name on file for your business. Do not ignore these notices!
It is extremely important to make sure this information is up to date and is correct with your processor. Incorrect TIN information can result in your processor being forced to hold the money being processed through your merchant account. American Express is a separate entity and you need to make sure that your TIN information is correct with American Express separately from your merchant account.
To update this information, you will be required to provide your credit card processor or American Express with an accurate W9 form. Completing this form properly is critical to preventing a TIN mismatch. This form must be filled out with the exact information you used to register your TIN with the IRS which is also the same information required when filing your taxes. A single misplaced letter or punctuation, the incorrect type of business, or an incorrect TIN will cause a mismatch. The IRS doesn't have an adequate system for your processor to verify this information, or lookup the correct information, so it is up to you to make sure it is accurate. If you don't know the TIN or the exact name you established your TIN under, you can contact the IRS to get the correct information.
Make sure this information is correct with your processor and with American Express to avoid having your money held.


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Jonathan Zittrain: In The Classroom
Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law and the Kennedy School of Government and Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
About the Teacher
Jonathan Zittrain is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School, and a professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He co-founded the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Zittrain's research includes digital property, privacy, and speech, and the roles played by private intermediaries in Internet architecture. He has a strong interest in creative, useful, and unobtrusive ways to deploy technology in the classroom. He serves on the boards of directors of the Internet Society and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Jonathan Zittrain's classes aren't typical lectures, but rather dynamic spaces in which students engage actively in collective problem-solving processes. His work as a teacher is profoundly interdisciplinary, as he invites students from Harvard's Law School, the Kennedy School of Government, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to work together to think about issues that traverse their various disciplines.


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Alice Wang's humorous design for a Grass Scanner proposes a triple-sampled composite return, which may then be matched against reference colors on "Parktone" swabs.
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Are you a young person interested in global issues? Do you have solutions for the present-day global challenges and moreover, a clear vision of how to make a world a better place to live? Then Conversations for a Better World is right for you! So let's talk!;)
I'm taking into my hands the publication "Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe and Balkan countries" by ASTRA-Youth – a network of young people, working in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights. The publication presents very interesting facts on the situation of youth in the Central / Eastern Europe and the Balkans in the field of sexual health and reproductive health and rights. It covers sex education, STIs and HIV/AIDS, abortion, contraception and youth-friendly services in totally 10 countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Macedonia, Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Let's go through it.
Young people in the region remain a very vulnerable group. The most important issues arising from the report are lack of reliable and science-based sexual education; impact of religion; access to youth-friendly services; and lack of adequate state policies. In the present and coming blog posts I'll touch upon them one by one. Thus, today we'll talk about lack of reliable and science-based sexual education at educational institutions.
According to the study, in none of these countries young people receive reliable and science-based sexual education at schools or higher education institutions. For example, it is estimated that throughout the course of their primary and secondary school, a young Croatian receives less than 4 hours of sex education per a school year. Great gaps within the sex education programme exist. For example, in Macedonia despite of the fact that the use of condoms is recognised as an important way for protection against STIs, there is no particular part of the textbooks dedicated to the correct use of condoms, and there are no descriptions or illustrations where all the steps of proper condom usage would be described. Up to 87% of vocational school students in Ukraine stated that sex education lessons are important for them, but less than 50% consider such lessons interesting.
It has been long recognized prevention is much better and much more cost-effective than cure. One of the root causes of such challenges as HIV/AIDS/STIs and abortions is undoubtedly low level of awareness. Thus, the Azerbaijan Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Survey 2009 shows that about four fifths of all the interviewed Azerbaijani respondents are aware of STIs and HIV/AIDS. However, more than half of all the interviewed young people (825 out of total 1210) were not aware of any STI's symptoms. All these prove comprehensive sexual education is the best tool for prevention of such challenges. If you still disagree with me then let's go more into statistical data.
For every 2 people who get HIV/AIDS treatment, 5 others get infected. At this rate, spending for HIV will raise from $13 billion now to between $19 and $35 billion in just 20 years' time (Source: Results for Development Institute. Cost and Choices, financing the long term fight against AIDS, 2010). Globally, the estimated cost of preventing an infection is US $3,923, whereas the estimated cost of lifetime treatment is US $ 4,707. This gives a net saving of US $ 784 for each infection averted (Source: Stover and others, 2006).
For as long as treatment for HIV-AIDS is for life and based on the current costs of HIV treatment, there is no doubt that HIV prevention programmes and services are essential to stop the epidemics in the medium term.
Halving new infections in eastern and southern Africa by 2015 would avert 2.3 million new HIV infections and save US$ 12.5 billion in treatment costs (UNAIDS, Mobilizing prevention as a movement for universal access, December 2009).
Peer education programs have been shown to be highly effective in reducing transmission from and to Sex Workers (SWs). A 1991 analysis carried out among 1,000 SWs in Nairobi found that a program of STD control and condom promotion was able to prevent between 8,000 and 10,000 new cases of HIV infection per year (Moses S, Plummer FA, Ngugi EN, Nagelkerke NJ, Anzala AO, Ndinya-Achola JO. Controlling HIV in Africa: effectiveness and cost of an intervention in a high-frequency STD transmitter core group. AIDS. 1991). Given the modest cost of the program, each averted HIV infection costs between US$8 and US$12, demonstrating extremely high cost-effectiveness. Interventions of this type are competitive with the most cost-effective HIV and non-HIV public health interventions (Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Prevention in Developing Countries, 2002).
Now you decide what is better- prevention or cure?
I really appreciate you for the efforts you did, well i have no much idea about the other countries while if i am talking about Pakistan, the youth do not know about the precaution and prevention about HCV/HIV/STI and Aids till A-level, the age on a young student in A-level is normally 18 years, while we should know about all this in the year of 13 or 14, its because the education about above topics is not included in the education.
thanks for providing your feedback, Bashir! totally agree with you! We hear talks about gender violence, STIs, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse,etc. from governmental and international organisations all the time but I guess everyone should understand the prevention of such present-day challenges lies in education at high schools and other educational institutions as its the schools and universities where an outlook and views on life of everyone are formed.
I really find the statistics about Ukraine young people, majority of which think that it is important to get sexual health education, but at the same time half of them find it not interesting.
It pushed me into thoughts about my own country. I do believe that one day we will have comprehensive SRHR education integrated into school curricula. But I see potential challenges that teachers and teenagers might face: how you educate is important.
It will take some time to create interactive and interesting for young people materials, books, lesson plans. Teachers need to be thoroughly trained and prepared, as well as to be confident and believe in what they are doing.
Also, I though, that the earlier sexual education starts at school the better it is for teenagers to absorb accurate information, before they learn myths and misleading info from the inaccurate resources.
I like your blog, Aysel. Thanks for sharing.
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**I really find interesting to know the statistics about Ukraine young people, majority of which think that it is important to get sexual health education, but at the same time half of them find it not interesting
Good Article !!! There's no doubt that Prevention is better than cure. However, we should also equally keep in mind that "Treatment as a part of Prevention" in context of HIV and AIDS while investing towards the epidemic.
When we are talking about early prevention education , we also tend to miss the part of honest and fact based drug education. The already existed curriculum or way of teaching in academic institution only offers that "DRUGS ARE BAD" " SAY NO TO DRUGS" which is not working. Evidence shows that countries Like Ukraine shows that young people have started injecting drugs at the age of 12 years old.Now, you can imagine ??
Prevention effort will work effectively with a meaningful engagement of Key Affected Population such as People living with HIV, SWs , People who use drugs, MSM , TG at all level.
We "youth" should come out of the Traditional Prevention approach and bring the new perspectives on the table.
I was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. I graduated from Azerbaijan University of Languages with major in English Philology and did an MBA degree at Azerbaijan State Economic University with major in Management. I've had a number of experiences and worked for both local and foreign companies and international organizations such as Norwegian Microcredit Organisation (HR Officer); The British Council (Programmes Officer) and Azerbaijan University of Languages (Media Specialist). At present I work for UNDP Solid Waste Management Project in the capacity of Project Assistant. Simultaneously, I'm the Founder and Focal Point in Charge of Y-PEER Azerbaijan where I'm dealing with identifying main strategies and policies of the network and overall coordination of its activities. Apart from my native language, I'm fluent in English and Russian. Among my achievements are victory in an e-quiz, held by the British Council together with Oxford Reference Online; victory in the Writing Contest, held by the British Council; and victory in the best project proposal competition, run by World Federation of UN Associations–Youth (WFUNA-Youth) & UN Association- UK as the result of which I was awarded with a trip to Oxford, UK to participate in WFUNA Project Management Training & Oxford University Model UN.


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Cantor space, named after Georg Cantor, is a famous space. Cantor studied it primarily as a subspace of the real line, but it is also important as a space in its own right.
Recall that a binary digit is either or ; the set (or discrete space) of binary digits is the Boolean domain .
A point in Cantor space is an infinite sequence of binary digits. Accordingly, Cantor space may be denoted , since its set of points is a function set.
An open in Cantor space is a collection of finite sequences of binary digits (that is a subset of the free monoid ) such that: * If and is an extension of (that is with possibly additional digits added to the end), then ; * If and (where is the immediate extension of by the digit ), then .
A point belongs to an open if, for some in , is an extension of .
Traditionally, Cantor space is understood as a topological space. We start with the points, as defined above, then specify which sets of points are open. Although there are other ways to state which sets are open, we may define a set to be open if it is the set of points that belong to some open as defined above.
A newer approach is to understand Cantor space as a locale. Then we start with the opens and define an order relation on them to define a frame. In this case, the order relation is the obvious one, that if as subsets of . Then the points come for free, and correspond precisely to the points as defined above.
In classical mathematics, these two approaches are equivalent; a point is determined by its opens, and an open is determined by its points. The theorem that a point is determined by its opens (so that Cantor space, as a topological space, is sober) is valid internal to any pretopos with an exponentiable natural numbers object; as such, it applies even in predicative and constructive mathematics. However, the theorem that an open is determined by its points (so that Cantor space, as a locale, is topological) is equivalent to the fan theorem; it is true in some pretoposes and accepted by some schools of constructivism but false in other pretoposes and rejected, or even refuted, by other constructivists.
When the fan theorem is not valid, the localic approach is probably better; it allows more of the useful properties of Cantor space to hold.
Cantor space is usually conceived of as a subspace of the real line. Pointwise, it is easy to define the embedding from into ; we map the infinite sequence to the real number
One then checks that this function is in fact an embedding.
From the localic perspective, a continuous map is given by a homomorphism of frames in the opposite direction. Given an open in (as a binary relation on rational numbers, as described at locale of real numbers), this is mapped to the open in Cantor space such that if and only if
One then checks that this is an embedding.
I should check this some day; for the moment, I am taking it on faith. —Toby
In either case, the idea is: * A point of Cantor space corresponds to a number written in base with infinitely many digits, using only the digits and ; while * An open corresponds to a union of intervals, each of which is given by approximating a number in base to a finite number of digits, using only the digits and .
One sometimes speaks of the Cantor set to stress that one is considering Cantor space as a subspace of the real line.
Cantor space, especially in its guise as a subspace of the real line, is quite famous; see Wikipedia. Here are some headline properties:
Cantor space is a compact Hausdorff space. (For the topological space, this statement is again equivalent to the fan theorem; for the locale, it holds regardless.)
Cantor space is totally disconnected.
Every compact metric space is (as a topological space) a quotient space of Cantor space.
As a subspace of , the Cantor set is perfect and uncountable but of Lebesgue measure zero.
The Cantor set is a precisely self-similar fractal? with Hausdorff dimension .


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FC Edmonton will head into the club's final match of their 2014 July preseason on Sunday, July 6 against the Seattle Sounders at the StarFire Sports Complex (3pm PT KO).
The Eddies have scored seven goals so far this preseason, five came in a 5-1 victory over a Kamloops All-Star team last Sunday in Kamloops, and two against Victoria Highlanders FC in a 2-0 win on Wednesday.
Seattle Sounders take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday night so the team playing against the Eddies on Sunday will most likely feature those not playing the full 90 min in Vancouver.
"It's a good way to start that's for sure," said FCE head coach Colin Miller. "We've looked dangerous and taken our chances and at the same time we've limited the opposition. Now, against Seattle, we go to another level. We'll try out a few new systems because we're now starting to really shape up for our home opener against Ottawa next weekend."
FC Edmonton have spent the last week preparing for the 2014 North American Soccer League (NASL) Fall Season which is all set to kick off on July 13 against Ottawa Fury FC (4pm KO). Fans can get their tickets for as low as $10 in the YMCA Family Fun Zone. Tickets are available at all participating Edmonton YMCA locations. All other tickets are available online (www.fcedmonton.com) or by calling 780.700.2600.


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(KMOV) – St. Clair County is working out the details of a new employee policy that would require all employees to submit to random drug testing.
State Attorney Brendan Kelly met with members of the county council at a closed door session to go over the potential legal issues and challenges that could come with this new policy.
The ACLU told News 4 that subjecting every county employee to random drug testing goes too far and is an invasion of privacy.
This new policy could take affect just months after the drug overdose death of Circuit judge Joe Crist and the federal indictment of former judge Michael Cook on drug and weapons charges which both were a blow to the county's creditability.
"I think for many people who are here in the county and employees of the county it is very important to them that they have the trust of the public," Lee Griffith of Metro East Citizens for Social Progress said.
Currently some county employees are already drug tested but the new county policy would cover all county workers.
Many citizens support the idea. "Good government calls for everybody to be clear and free of any kind of drug usage."
The ACLU agrees that some employees need to be tested because of the nature of their work could put the safety of the public at risk but they say there's no need to test all the workers.
"Those kinds of workers or employees should not be subjected to these kinds of degrading and humiliating test, it simply isn't warranted."
Kelly said he is working to make sure this policy stands up in court if challenged.


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'Good Taliban' leader threatens suicide attacks against electric company
A so-called "good Taliban" leader in North Waziristan threatened to carry out suicide attacks against two officials from Pakistan's Tribal Electric Supply Company if the utility does not turn the power back on in the tribal agency. The report, from The News, is republished in full below:
A senior Taliban commander and administrator of a religious seminary in North Waziristan, Maulana Abdul Khaliq Haqqani, on Monday threatened to send suicide bombers to eliminate two officials of the Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) if they did not restore power supply to Waziristan within 48 hours.The Taliban leader issued a strong-worded statement to media against the Tesco officials and also warned tribal journalists of dire consequences if his statement did not appear in their respective papers.
Maulana Abdul Khaliq Haqqani, the administrator of Gulshan-e-Ilm Madrassa in Miramshah, directed his fighters to kidnap the two officials, Tesco regional chief Pervaiz Khan and Executive Engineer Jamshed Ali Khan, and bring them to North Waziristan where they would be given exemplary punishment for their failure to ensure power supply to Waziristan.
He directed the Taliban of Darra Adamkhel and Mohmand Agency, led by Commander Tariq Afridi and Maulvi Omar Khalid, respectively, to kidnap the two senior Tesco officials.
Taliban operating in Darra Adamkhel and Mohmand Agency are known for their brutality and ruthlessness among their fellow tribal militants.
Haqqani said he would then send his suicide bombers to eliminate them if they did not restore power supply to the tribal region.
He said he had obtained complete details and addresses of the two officials and his fighters would soon target them there.
I would give cash rewards to my fighters if they kill Pervaiz Khan and Jamshed Ali Khan in front of their house and I will claim responsibility for their killings, the Taliban commander said in the statement that he personally delivered to reporters here, with a warning of serious consequences if his statement was not given space in the newspapers.
Maulana Abdul Khaliq Haqqani is a deputy of overall North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar. He is known to provide support for the Haqqani Network and other Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. [See LWJ report, Pakistani Army rejects North Waziristan operation, for a list of senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders operating in the tribal agency].
Abdul Khaliq Haqqani also appeared in a US diplomatic cable dated March 10, 2006. The cable mentions fighting in North Waziristan (note that despite the claims made by the Pakistani military of easily handling the Taliban, the military sued for peace shortly afterward and allowed the Taliban to establish their state within a state in the tribal agency):
Several Pakistani press reports dating back to September and November 2005 tie Maulvi Abdul Khaliq Haqqani and Maulana Saddiq Noor to known anti-coaltion militants Abdullah Masood [Mehsud], Zakeem Khan, former Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son, Siraj Haqqani. Abdul Khaliq heads the Darul Uloom Fareeda Gulshan-e Ilm madrassa in Miram Shah, the target of a March 7 raid.
To better understand the company that the Haqqanis keep (Siraj and Jalaluddin's histories are well known), here is a refresher on Abdullah Mehsud, who was killed in 2007:
Abdullah Mehsud, born Noor Alam, was a member of the Mehsud clan in South Waziristan, and was a clansman of Baitullah Mehsud, the most powerful commander in the tribal agency [note, this was written in 2007, Baitullah later founded the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan]. Abdullah fought against the U.S. and the Northern Alliance during the opening days of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and surrendered to U.S. forces in Kunduz in December 2001. He spent 25 months in custody at Guantanamo Bay, and was later released to the Pakistani government. Abdullah then returned to South Waziristan, where he rebuilt his Taliban cadre and reinitiated attacks against Coalition forces in Afghanistan and the Pakistani government in the Northwest Frontier Province and beyond. Abdullah was believed to have commanded 5,000 Taliban foot soldiers.The Pakistani government signed "peace deals" with the Taliban in South Waziristan in 2005 and 2006, but Abdullah continued to consolidate his power in the region. In the spring of 2007, Abdullah was implicated by Interior Minister Sherpao as being behind the flood of suicide attacks across the country. One of the suicide attacks targeted Sherpao in his home district of Charsadda in the Northwest Frontier Province. The Pakistani government had a warrant out for his arrest but failed to execute it until today.
READER COMMENTS: "'Good Taliban' leader threatens suicide attacks against electric company"
Posted by mike at October 5, 2011 10:59 AM ET:
The Talibs need their computer porn. I'm sure they could afford to buy some solar panels with all that opium money. Problem solved.
Posted by Environmentally Unfriendly at October 5, 2011 12:45 PM ET:
How nice. Demand and threaten, then sit back and watch your "rightful" income being received.
This is clearly how Pakistan works. Make threats, lie, deceive and play pretend ALL the time with your supposed friends/allies. Then watch the aid and money flow in.
I wonder if Pakistan is still serious about going after those militant groups threatening China; or perhaps we should wonder which militant group Pakistan will instruct to move to another location AWAY from the Chinese border.
Because the Chinese, I dont think, are going to give a yin or a yang about Pakistani BS if China is attacked continually on its borders by Pakistani-based militants.
And neither should Afghanistan.
Posted by don owen at October 5, 2011 1:00 PM ET:
Why aren't Predators taking out this guy's power grid on a regular basis. They want the 7th or 8th century--give it to them. Take the pressure off the two power execs.
Posted by My2Cents at October 5, 2011 1:50 PM ET:
Any idea why the Tesco power is down?
Could be that everyone is too afraid to work there.
Posted by dana devoe at October 5, 2011 3:56 PM ET:
perfidy,being armed upon a battlefield or in a war zone while dressed in civilian garb is punishable by summary execution as per Geneva convention. Why are these people still breathing? If we have them in a war zone armed and not part of a legitimate army they should be shot outright. Then we wouldnt have this Mehsud running around right now.
Posted by CC at October 5, 2011 4:45 PM ET:
Pakistan doesnt understand that this is WHY no one wants to invest in their country. They blame all of their economic woes on the U.S War on Terror without realizing that no one would be investing in them, with or without it. Pakistan simply cannot protect firms' investments because they have little control over the state.
There seems to be a deluded belief among Pakistanis that once the U.S pulls out, everything will be fine and dandy and firms will start investing in their country again. They really couldn't be any more wrong. No one will offer foreign direct investment (FDI) until there is security. Simply "waiting it out" is not a long-term solution to the issue. They have to take control of the state or their economy will continue to falter.
Posted by Dave at October 6, 2011 5:34 PM ET:
The Times reports on 9/6/11 that line losses at Peshawar and the Tribal Electric Supply Company (TESCO) averaged 35.2 percent. Line losses in its Shabqadar Khyber and Bannu regions averaged 52.6 and 60.8 percent, respectively. Officials attribute the losses to theft and partly to inefficiency of distribution system.
The Express Tribune reported on 1/10/11 that six employees of the Tribal Electric Supply Company (TESCO) had been kidnapped from Sardar Ghari area of Tehsil Bara in Khyber Agency. The Line Superintendent, two Lineworkers, and three Asst Lineworkers were attempting to disconnect power for nonpayment of electric bills.
The Taliban are onto something here.
Posted by Soccer at October 7, 2011 5:04 PM ET:
What are they on to, Dave? Are they trying to be the "energy enforcers" of the entire region? I think the electric company has every right to cut the power lines of customers who don't pay their bills. That's the way the world works.


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In the field of positive youth development programs, "empowerment" is used interchangeably with youth activism, leadership, civic participation and self-efficacy. However, few studies have captured what empowerment means to young people in diverse contexts. This article explores how youth define and experience empowerment in youth-led organizations characterized by social justice goals: high school Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs). Through focus group interviews, fifteen youth leaders of GSAs from different regions of California explain what they think empowerment means and how they became empowered through their involvement with the GSA. Youth describe three inter-related dimensions of empowerment: personal empowerment, relational empowerment, and strategic empowerment through having and using knowledge. When these three dimensions are experienced in combination, GSA leaders have the potential for individual and collective empowerment as agents of social change at school. By understanding these youth's perspectives on the meanings of empowerment, this article clarifies the conceptual arena for future studies of socially marginalized youth and of positive youth development.
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- Title
- Youth Empowerment and High School Gay-Straight Alliances
- Journal
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume 38, Issue 7 , pp 891-903
- Cover Date
- 2009-08-01
- 10.1007/s10964-008-9382-8
- Print ISSN
- 0047-2891
- Online ISSN
- 1573-6601
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Empowerment
- Gay-straight alliance
- School club
- LGBT youth
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Stephen T. Russell (1)
- Anna Muraco (2)
- Aarti Subramaniam (3)
- Carolyn Laub (4)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences, McClelland Park, University of Arizona, 650 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0078, USA
- 2. LMU Sociology Department, Loyola Marymount University, One LMU Drive, Suite 4314, Los Angeles, CA, 90045-2659, USA
- 3. 4-H Center for Youth Development, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, 3325 Hart Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- 4. Gay-Straight Alliance Network, 1550 Bryant St, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA


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Another video
Just found this one. Yes they're beginning to trickle in. This 9104 video is longer but the camera is not always on the heli. Also there is much hovering in a much more confined area rather than the previous video which demos it in FFF over a large area.
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Apr 18, 2011, 08:09 AM | |
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My comment was based on the copter going sideways past the camera at top chat, and not "flying the nose".
Good call, hard to say. IF Double Horse makes the "upgrade to fourth channel" kit for under $40 retail, these could be HUGE, as many would buy them, crash em, and then spend that $40. In that light, this copter is Great Marketing. Even minus any easy path to four channel, this design could very well get smaller, and replace our baby coaxials completely: the gyro that controls the tail is cheaper than a coaxial mast and extra set of blades, and servos are now dirt-cheap. |
Apr 18, 2011, 09:34 AM | ||
It seems to me that the pilot in that video simply "threw" that thing into that turn! Too much rudder, too soon, at nearly full throttle! I've done it with my Blade 120SR, back in the day when I was first learning to fly it. And today, I can't say I know how to fly the thing, but that's a topic for another discussion.
But yea, a RTF, 4 channel single rotor version of the S107 that sells for say, 1/3 of the price of a RTF Blade mSR, is something I would jump on in a "New York minute". I say to Syma/Double Horse, BRING IT! Ed Quote:
Apr 18, 2011, 09:35 AM | |
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The metal-sandwich'd Double Horse 9104 rotor Head assembly. The buckle links are substantial, and the small diameter swash makes the servo's inputs a little less aggressive getting to the flybar. Also notice the "wrong" angle on the servo link, likely another intentional effort to tame the copter's overall response. In the short hops I gave it, there was a lot of "give" in the F/R control, it did not feel twitchy. + MORE PICS going up HERE |
Apr 19, 2011, 11:11 AM | |
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The main PCB on the copter has what looks like a missing FET and a servo connector, and the Tx has an un-used contact set. It appears that only a few components MAY be needed to get another channel going. The Tx throw for the un-used axis is locked out with a small widget. Hot melt glue to hold the pots in factory setting was "not forgotten" Notice the PCB says "SH-9100T-01" |
Apr 19, 2011, 11:22 AM | |
It's clear that the original intention was to have this as a 4 channel heli.
What perplexes me is the apparent late decision to make it a 3 channel. Was it to keep costs down? Did it not fly well with the 4th channel enabled? Did they have a change of heart and want to target a different market? Did someone at the factory simply forget to install the extra servo? |
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