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James Harden, the Thunder guard, NBAs reigning Sixth Man of the Year (though he started Tuesday night) and Olympic gold medalist, wanted no part of the question. After being bombarded since the beginning of training camp about his own looming deadline for a long-term contract extension, he understandably didnt feel right commenting about former Pac-10 (now the Pac-12) rival Taj Gibsons similar situation.
He works hard, said Harden, answering generically. Hes a great player on a great team. Hes done a great job these last couple of years.
In the home locker room at the United Center, Gibson was much more forthcoming about his fellow upper-echelon reserve and fourth-year pro, even dropping his guard about his own situation.
Ive known James since he was 14 years old, since he was in California playing AAU, so to see both of us in this situation now, its great. If you look at it, you have an opportunity to better yourself, better your family for a long time to come, Gibson told CSNChicago.com. But youve just got to be patient. I talked to him at the USA Basketball trials in Las Vegas, where Harden played with Olympic team and Gibson was a member of the Select team and hes not really thinking about it too much.
When youre in this situation, a lot of people are more focused on it than you. You just have to let it slide off your shoulders. Joakim Noah was talking about to me about it a couple of days ago, but I always just shrug it off. I really dont even think about it, he continued. When you think about it, it kind of takes you away from the basketball aspect of it. But you really cant do anything about it, except worry about what you can take care of and thats the court work. Your agent and the GM has to worry about that.
Serge Ibaka, Hardens teammate and like Gibson, one of the top young defensive power forwards in the NBA, got his extension during the offseason, a major reason the Thunder still havent come to terms with Harden. When asked about his Bulls counterpart, the native of the Congo (via Spain), spoke freely about his admiration for Gibson.
Hes tough, man. He brings some energy, he can rebound, he runs the floor, he can shoot the ball, he plays defense. You dont have a lot of big guys that come off the bench and do the kind of stuff he does, said Ibaka. A player like Taj, any team would take him and I just wish him good luck. I know he will keep working to get better and better.
Tuesday wasnt one of Gibsons better preseason outings, but even in a game where his impact wasnt shown in the box score, just willing to be physical mattered in a game like the Bulls win over the short-handed Thunder. Ibaka and Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins were embroiled in a hoops battle royale with Bulls starting big men Noah and Carlos Boozer, in particular, all night long.
They played well. Theyre good players and yeah, theyre competitive, said Noah. It had a regular-season feel to it and I felt like we played pretty hard. It just feels good to get that competitive feeling back.
I think its just more about us, more than anything right now. Its just more about coming out with the right mindset. I think we did that today, which was pretty good and we competed. We competed hard we got better as a group. Weve just got to keep fighting, get better this last week of the preseason and get ready for the home opener, he added, before cryptically commenting on Perkins, his nemesis in the epic Bulls-Celtics 2009 first-round playoff series. Its been going on a long time. Its been going on a long time.
Countered Ibaka: Its basketball. Thats why I love it. Me and Perk, we love itthose two guys Boozer and Noah, theyre really tough.
Added Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau: You have to win a lot of different ways, so we have to be able to play physical and win, and not allow that to take away from what were trying to get accomplished out there. So, I think we can play that way. Theyre tough. Ive coached Perkins. I know how good he is defensively. Hasheem Thabeet, I thought, was very good for them. Ibaka was great. Theyve got a tough frontline.
Like Gibson, backup center Nazr Mohammed has had better days during the Bulls exhibition campaign. However, that doesnt mean he wasnt missed by his old team, as Thunder players and coaches showed the veteran, now playing for his hometown squad, plenty of love after the contest.
Nazr, first of all, hes a professional, a good guy. Hes the kind of guy, if you have him on the team, youll be happy. He works hard, hes a good example and I think hell a lot on this team the Bulls, especially coming off the bench, said Ibaka. He helped me become a better professional. Every time I did something, a mistake or whatever, hed help me.
Chimed in Brooks: He was a big part of our success. That guys a true professional. He works every day. Ive been around players, they work when the light is on, but hes always working, always putting in extra time in the weight room, in the cardio room, on the practice floor. Hes somebody that you want your young players to be around and he can still play. He had some good games for us. He didnt play much in the playoffs, but he was a big part of our success the last two years. Just his work ethic, the professionalism and his ability to rebound, and play defense and make a shot.


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BMI has become the first British airline to allow passengers to use mobile phones on their aircraft. But the airline has stopped short of allowing passengers to make phone calls while in the air.
BMI will only allow passengers to use mobile phones to text or to access the internet. The price of texts or internet access will be set by the customer's mobile operator and will be in line with their roaming charges.
Six-month trial
The BMI service will be provided by in-flight mobile technology company OnAir and will be trialled for six months on flights between Heathrow and Moscow with a view to rolling it out to other routes later in the year.
Ofcom allows mobiles
Using mobile phones on aircraft was given the green light earlier this year by Ofcom, the telecommunications watchdog. A number of airlines expressed interest in seeking approval by the regulator including Ryanair and Air France. Ryanair had hoped to allow the use of mobiles on board their aircraft from last summer but they are still awaiting regulatory approval.
Onboard mobile connection
The onboard service will work by connecting a passenger's mobile to an onboard base station. Both of these must be switched off during take-off and landing to ensure they do not interfere with mobile networks on the ground. Once the aircraft reaches 9,480ft (3000m) the system may be switched on by cabin crew.
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Well, how does it work?
You visit site, the server checks your DNT flag before sending a cookie...and then what?
I'm guess the server records GameBoyRMH visited site xyz.com, but no cookie was set. And whenever you visit one of those 800 sites, they know it's you, because they have to check for your DNT flag.
So you've preserved the 100-or-so bytes the cookie would take on your drive, but how is that not tracking?
It seems to me a real DNT track system would be client-side only, and the setting would instruct the browser to accept and instantly (or after the session) delete the cookie, without giving any indication of the activity to the server.
To start with, they should rather strip all the unnecessary, incredibly detailed version information [eff.org] off the default user-agent string. Relying on the "goodwill" of ad companies is just absurd.
Oh and, as soon as this Do-Not-Track header becomes a default setting it will be ignored anyway...
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What sets Western economies apart, Hernando de Soto argued in The Mystery of Capital , is not sheer physical stuff. One can have a lot of stuff without having capital. What makes it productive as capital are two "non-economic" factors.
The first is imagination: "Capital, like energy, is a dormant value. Bringing it to life requires us to go beyond looking at our assets as they are to thinking actively about them as they could be" (43).
The second is symbolism, representation of stuff in ways that the mind can easily grasp: Converting stuff into productive capital "requires a process for fixing an asset's economic potential into a form that may be used to initiate additional economic production" (43). Because Western economics fix the potential of assets, disperse information in a single accessible system, hold people accountable, make assets fungible, facilitate networking, and protect transactions, the physical wealth of Westerners does more than supply immediate needs: "Westerners' houses no longer merely keep the rain and cold out . . . . these houses can now lead a parallel life, doing economic things they could not have done before" 62). This is because the houses are "endowed with a representational existence." Capital is only tangible if "the property system can record its economic aspects on paper and anchor them, to a specific location and owner" (62-63).
Imagination and representation: Who knew that Western prosperity depends on a poetic turn of mind?


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When do you count your first day of period?. The first day you see a little blood/spotting? or when its a little heavier?
The first day of actual flow. Spotting is pre-period (and post-period).
The reason for this is because many women spot at other times in their cycles besides around their period (particularly on or near ovulation). If those women were counting each little bit of blood that came out as a "period", they'd be having "periods" every other week or so. Which is obviously not the case.
Your period is when the corpus luteum "dies" and you experience a sudden drop in Progesterone, which causes the lining of your uterus to shed. This will be an actual flow. Spotting may occur before this happens, but your period does not start until there is actual bright-red flow.
Quoting Anonymous:
thats what i thought.
i usually spot for 2 days before i get a heavy flow. ive just heard so many different things on when you should start counting.


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President Obama gave a speech yesterday, on a plan to cut oil imports. While at first, it may sound like this is a boon for sustainability, a deeper reading yields a tall tale for renewable energy. The Obama plan cuts oil imports, but not cut oil.
The Obama Administration suggests a reduction in oil imports, "in 2008, America imported 11 million barrels of oil a day. By 2025 – a little over a decade from now – we will have cut that by one-third." But the question is, how does the Obama Administration propose this goal be met?
The Administration wants to expand domestic oil and gas development and production. Regardless if this is done in a safe and responsible manner, it is still an expansion of fossil fuels.
Two crucial points spout out of this rig. The first point is the proposal to identify underdeveloped resources. Of all the onshore leased acres, 57 percent were inactive. Of all the offshore leased acres, 70 were inactive. This implies that these oil and gas leases need to be activated. From a renewable energy point of view, is this desirable?
The other point is developing incentives to speed up the development and production process of more oil. The White House points to the State of Texas as a model for graduated royalty rate structures. Again, from a renewable energy point of view, isn't apt to speed this process up?
Clean energy, was also a key phrase used by the administration: "To move capital off of the sidelines and into the clean energy economy – creating jobs in the process – we need to give businesses and entrepreneurs a clear signal that there will be a market for clean energy innovation.
Clean energy is a green washing term. Don't get me wrong, clean energy is a great thing. And we need more of it. But the term diverges the discussion to still using fossil fuels, just more cleanly. Fossil fuels are a scarce resource. The discussion needs to move towards the direction of renewable energy, where there is a virtually infinite supply of energy waiting to be harnessed.
A clean energy market still means a market for oil and fossil fuels.
This plan to tap more domestic oil makes me wonder, would sustainability folks be a bit more vigilant if McCain were proposing the same exact plan? Or would they be just as accepting. On the flip side, do the "drill, baby, drill" folks reject the plan for clean energy and domestic oil drilling because it is coming from Obama? What do you think of Obama himself promoting "drill, baby, drill?"


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WWE News: Elimination Chamber DVD Synopsis, Wrestlemania 29 Chair Up For Pre-Sale
– WWE and K-Mart have announced that you can pre-order a Wrestlemania 29 chair through K-Mart now. The chair featured Brock Lesnar, John Cena and The Rock. It can be found here and is being sold for $129.99.
– Here is the official synopsis for the WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 DVD, which will be released on March 19: "With Wrestlemania 29 on the horizon the last stop on the road to the biggest show of the year is the callous coliseum known as the Elimination Chamber. With the WrestleMania line up taking shape the WWE and World Heavyweight Champions face the most daunting challenge in any championship reign – outlasting five other competitors in a barbaric steel chamber for the right to carry the title into the show of shows for a chance at immortality. In one of the most unpredictable matches of the year two Superstars start in the middle of the ring and four pods open at random during the course of the match adding another Superstar to the fray. Who will have the iron will to emerge victorious? Plus several other rivalries begin."
Credit: Wrestlezone
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My inbox surprises the hell out of me sometimes.
Ladies and gents, Isabel Marant is coming to an H&M near you. As the press release stated: the collection will be available and online in 250 stores worldwide on November 14th, 2013, and will feature clothing and accessories for women and teenagers, as well as Isabel Marant's first-ever collection for men. That latter kink likely means an entirely new, different crop of holy-shit-I-have-to-have-you's for those of the pre-exisiting brand partisans, no?
All of a sudden her subversive attempt to take the eponymous label back to its roots and appeal only to its most authentic customer with her last fall collection (see: the deluge of dark knits) makes phenomenal sense. I can only wonder what Spring might look like and hypothesize that we might never want to see another ethnic floral print again.
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|March 15, 2009, 05:56 PM
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Problems with Cynergy?
I've had problems with my new Cynergy since I first used it in January and want to know if anyone else has had my experience.
First time I used it, it failed to reset and file on multiple occasions. I sent it back to Browning, which made "minor" repairs, refit the forearm and sent it back to me. It still continues to do the same thing, although not as badly. Worse yet, the gun locked up on me with live ammunition loaded. I couldn't open the gun to remove the load, nor could I fire it, which left me in a very untenable situation. I finally did get the round off, but the gun breaks open only with extreme difficulty, sometimes not opening at all.
Am I alone in this experience?
|March 15, 2009, 11:32 PM
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Location: Mid Missouri
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I would give Browning over at Arnold Missouri a call and tell them what your gun is doing. Normally, and I have my doubts that this is the case, shooting lite loads will keep you gun from reseting. With the issue of not being able to break the gun open, it sounds like a firing pin issue. Again I would call the good folks over at Arnold, I believe their number is on the Browning web site, and see if they have an idea of what is going on with your Cynergy.
If your gun will not open, find a same place that you can drop it on its recoil pad sharply while pointing safely up in the air. This will sometimes dislodge a firing pin that is still protruding into the primer indentation. If this works then you have a firing pin problem.
|March 16, 2009, 08:47 AM
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Everyone has a bad day but this doesn't sound like the Browning I know. I am sorry to hear of your issues. Good luck and keep us apprised of the resolution. I think many Browning fans that whatch this board will be interested in what happens.
|March 16, 2009, 12:09 PM
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I don't have much to add - other that this is the first I've heard of any issues with the Cynergy models. I would certainly talk to Browning - or to a good gunsmith. But some questions ....
Did you buy the gun new ?
If yes, how many shells do you have thru it at this point ?
If used, do you know how many shells were fired thru it ?
What kind of ammo are you using ?
Are you using factory ammo or reloads ?
Have you tried a different brand of factory ammo ?
Does any of this change the issues you're having ?
|March 16, 2009, 12:22 PM
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I wonder if, when you sent it back to Browning, their smith didn't try to extend the firing pin a little to get it to always fire.
If it's new, call Browning; if used, a good smith should be able to work on it.
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The new presenter from the Great British Bake Off, Prue Leith, has urged shoppers to back British farming.
The move comes as the National Farmers Union publish a new supermarket guide, which shows the public that eight major retailers are backing British baking by sourcing most of their core ingredients from domestic producers.
Tesco, Sainsbury's Asda, Morrisons, Co-op, Waitrose, Lidl and Marks and Spencer are all supporting British Baking by giving shoppers the choice of home-grown flour, butter and eggs to use in their baked goods.
Asda, Marks and Spencer and Morrisons are also going further by showing total commitment to back British sugar beet growers by souring Silver Spoon granulated, caster and icing sugar in their stores.
A survey has shown that baking is more popular than ever, with 19 per cent of people saying they now bake at least once a week and nearly half baking more than they did five years ago.
Meurig Raymond, NFU president, said: "It is fantastic to see more retailers than ever backing British farming and supporting our farmers produce on the shelves.
"British food is produced to some of the highest standards in the world and deserves to be widely available.
"We know that shoppers want to buy more British produce and the aim of our supermarket guide is to give them the information they need to do that.
"I'm sure the public will be delighted to know that retailers are giving them the opportunity to buy more British products by getting behind the nation's farmers.
"The overall message is to buy British and the NFU's supermarket guides aim to help provide that information.
"I encourage everyone to look out for the Red Tractor logo to ensure their food is produced to the highest standards and welfare, and can be traced back to a British farm."
Prue Leith, long-time supporter of the NFU's Back British Farming campaign and new presenter of the Great British Bake Off, said: "UK butter, flour and eggs are all easily available and choosing them really helps our fantastic farmers. So let's make the effort to buy British."
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Jul 31, 2001 - 11:10 pm
I everyone. I could really use some help right now. I have been so down the last few days. I just finished my 4th treatment of A/C and am now supposed to start 12 weekly treatments of taxol and 52 weekly treatments of herceptin. I don't know if I want to continue my chemo. I am just so tired and want to be done. I hate feeling sick and tired all of the time and just want to be with my kids and be able to do things with them like I used to. I'm just so upset with all of this and want to be done and have my life back to normal again. Please help me. Any advice you could give me would be so greatly appreciated! Thank you all sooooo much! Carrie
Aug 01, 2001 - 7:57 am
you've come this far. wouldn't it be awful if all you've gone through up to now was for nothing because you didn't finish? there will be more times you'll feel like quitting before the end of your treatment, but just keep reminding yourself that it will be over by this time next year and you'll be giving your children the best possible gift-having you around for a long time to come. hang in there, and be a survivor. when it's all over, you get to be a member of a very elite club, those of us who went the distance. it's not easy, but nothing worth having in this life usually is. but it IS worth all the sickness and the tiredness and the downtime. my thoughts and prayers are with you and your kids!
Aug 01, 2001 - 11:09 am
Hello Carrie, There is no other answer but FINISH you treatment !!!! You must give yourself every chance to erase this beast from your life. None of us knows whether this chemo will work but it is the only treatment offered and even a few more years with our loved ones is better than none. I think you will find that you will feel much better while taking the Taxol and Herceptin. People in my treatment center who were taking Herceptin experienced no side effects. The Taxol will give you about 4 days of aches but after that I felt much like myself and could go and do anything I needed to do. I felt sick the whole time I was on the A/C and I also experienced some anxiety and depression. If you feel like crying, cry, but do not stop your treatment. We all want to go back to where we were before the cancer, but our life changes. There is much to be grateful for, even with cancer. Try to find those things you love and enjoy and focus on them with all your strength. sending you love, Nancy
Aug 01, 2001 - 9:59 pm
Hey Carrie. DON'T DARE QUIT NOW!!!!!!! The best is yet to come. The Taxol is very different from the A/C. You wont feel sick and will only have joint pain for a couple of days or so. The herceptin has no side effects. I was defasted when I found out that I had to do all the herceptin and I just finished on July 5th (52 treatments). I was so sad to be done. I began to like going and having the treatments. Do you have a port? That has been a life-saver for me. I actually looked forward to going in for treatments after I got off of the Taxol and was just going in for herceptin. I met lots of new friends. I know how you're feeling but I promise it gets so much easier and you will realize that the herceptin treatments are a blessing! Hang in there!!
Aug 02, 2001 - 8:43 pm
May God bless you,
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Aug 03, 2001 - 11:08 am
Hello Elizabeth,
You have been through a lot and still so positive and supportive of others. I wish you continued success in your treatment.
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Aug 03, 2001 - 3:32 pm
Welcome Elizabeth! This is a wonderful group of people. You can get all the support you need. It's a place to ask questions, laugh, cry whatever it takes to get through this nightmare. We're all at different stages of recovery and treatment. Read our bios. if you haven't already. Feel free to e-mail me at any time.Good luck! HUGS!! Cathy
Aug 03, 2001 - 4:34 pm
Hi Elizabeth,
Aug 05, 2001 - 3:27 pm
Carrie I really understand how you feel I have just had one treatment and already am feeling like you do . The only thing I can say is that we need to fight and fight hard to be with our children and continue to know that others care and support us. THis is a long fight and certainly not one we signed up for but we have to try to be positive. Remember we all care about you and our prayers are with you.
Aug 06, 2001 - 12:07 am
This is a very difficult question, to finish or stop now, it is an individual question that only you can answer for yourself. you know how badly you are feeling and how much more you can take.
My first cancer was 21/2 yrs ago and though not so long ago I didn'thave the opportunity to do the A/C then taxol, much reseach is very positive about that combination-- so much so that it is VERY common and seems to be working. I had taxotere after my recurrance to lymph nodes and it was not horrible -- nothing like A/C, I have not had herceptin but had not heard any ill reports about doing it--especiallyif you have a port . My port came with my recurrance and has been a life saver in terms of comfort for me, there is virtually no upkeep and with EMLA creme the insertion of needles is painless--can't beat that...!!!
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Album Rating: 2.5This album is stupendously simple and easily describable.
freeway is awesome; other guy is lame asnd totally ruins this.
have you heard freeways mixtape "freelapse"
Album Rating: 2.5Yea, I agree. Freeway > Beanie Sigel
But I think it's not their fault.
And no I haven't. I'm not extensively familiar with either of their works.
What's your rating for "Freelapse"?
Good review. Have a pos.
Album Rating: 2.5Thanks dude. Have you heard the album?
freelapse id [put as a 3.5/5. its basically freeway spitting over eminem beats. most of the beats were taken from encore and the eminem show though
Album Rating: 2.5hmmmm.
so long as they arent relapse beats though. amirite?
no relapse beats. some relapse beats were good. dre doesnt try hard to make good beats anymore. he just throws some dumb funk line down over keyboards and violin esque stuff
Album Rating: 2.5
dre doesnt try hard to make good beats anymore. he just throws some dumb funk line down over keyboards and violin
esque stuff
dre says hes working on other projects. he said somethin like january 2011. detox better hav sick beats and no t.i. appearance. then i'll be happ. The chinese domecracy of rap
Album Rating: 2.5Lololol. Dre cant be trusted when it comes to his detox announcements.
Lololol. Dre cant be trusted when it comes to his detox announcements.
Album Rating: 2.5At this point, I really don't want Detox to come out.
yeah i know; its been worked on since 2004 and no one cares
did ya check out the freelapse thing
Album Rating: 2.5naw dude. i have a long to do list. (e.g. yet to listen to Deltron 3030)
deltron 3030 you havent listened to? fr shame
go to hqhiphop.net
lots of albums to download there
Album Rating: 2.5Listening to Deltron 3030 right now.
epic stuff huh.del is sick rapper with a goold flow
Album Rating: 2.5People were telling me that if I liked Binary Star, I'd love Deltron 3030. It's pretty great so far. But Deltron 3030 is conceptual, and Binary Star isn't.
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- The World Bank Group (WBG) is a founding member of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) established in 2002 as the Education for All Fast Track Initiative.
- The partnership was created to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 (achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women) as well as the Education For All goals agreed in Dakar in 2000.
- The WBG supports the partnership in general, as a Board Member, host of the GPE Secretariat, trustee and supervising entity for the vast majority of GPE grants.
WBG and GPE Collaboration
- The WBG's Education Strategy 2020 is well-aligned with GPE's strategy, including the importance of investing in early childhood education with a focus on learning for all children by ensuring sound education systems are in place.
- Early reading and numeracy skills are a particular focus of GPE. The WBG has significantly increased its support to early childhood development in the past decade and is helping countries set up sustainable early grade reading assessment systems.
- The WBG works with GPE and other partners in addressing the needs of the poorest and most disadvantaged children, particularly girls, ethnolinguistic minorities, children with disabilities, and children in fragile and conflict-affected states.
WBG Education Financing for the Poorest Countries
- The WBG is the largest external financier of education in developing countries, from pre-primary and primary education all the way to higher education. Since the Millennium Development Goals were launched in 2000, the WBG has invested over US$35 billion in education.
- Over the past decade, the WBG has provided US$10 billion in International Development Association (IDA) financing for basic education in the poorest nations. This includes US$3.7 billion to GPE countries, of which one-third has been linked to GPE grants.
- Over the past three years, the WBG has provided record high support to basic education through IDA, our fund for the poorest, for a total of over US$4 billion, and remains firmly committed to accelerating our progress towards Learning for All.
WBG as Supervising Entity for GPE Grants
- The WBG plays a key role supervising activities funded by GPE grants. This includes signing grant agreements with developing country partners, transferring the funds and monitoring the government's implementation of education programs.
- Since 2004, the WBG has helped prepare and supervise 88 GPE grants in 43 countries for a total of US$3.1 billion. This represents about 80% of all GPE grants.
- At the end of 2013, the WBG supervised GPE projects in 36 countries totaling US$1.7 billion, in addition to US$554 million in IDA co-financing and US$812 million in parallel financing, including trust funds from other donors.
Innovation in Education
- The WBG has helped introduce a number of new and innovative education initiatives to GPE countries, including:
- Results-based programs where project disbursement is linked to specific indicators, such as improvement in basic literacy and numeracy in primary schools in Uganda, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon, and Pakistan.
- Community-run school canteens to improve school attendance in Benin and Madagascar.
- Donkey carts to transport young students living more than 3 kilometers away from school in Gambia.
- Cash transfer programs for Koranic schools achieving proficiency in literacy and numeracy in Gambia and Senegal.
- Improving quality of learning and teaching through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Ethiopia and Gambia.
Working together, support from GPE and the WBG has improved education outcomes around the globe. Some results:
- Ethiopia: Increased the percentage of qualified teachers with diploma or degree from 4% to 30% (grades 1-4) and 53% to 91% (grades 5-8) between 2007-2012.
- Nepal: The net enrollment rate for basic education increased from 73% to 98.5% between 2008-2013. Similarly, the completion rate for basic education has reached 99.8%. Nepal has also achieved gender parity in net enrollment for basic and secondary education.
- Moldova: Increased access to quality early childhood education from 66% in 2004 to 77% in 2011, while the number of kindergartens increased from five-fold.
- Sierra Leone: In a post-conflict study, increased the number of primary schools by 38% and the number of junior secondary and secondary schools by almost 300% between 2002-2012.


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Celebrity Style: Lauren Conrad Today is a good day to be Lauren Conrad. Not only is she being featured on Celebrity Style, she's also kicking off Pop's PopSugar 100 announcement! Now that you've read our exclusive interview with the reality star, let's dissect her look. On her way to LA's Smashbox Studios, Lauren wore an adorable McQ V-neck gingham dress — already approved by you — and T-strap sandals.
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Child No More : It was a life begun in terror. Two months after her birth, Xaviera Hollander and her mother were confined in a women's prison camp during the WWII Japanese occupation of Indonesia; her father, a doctor, was imprisoned nearby. By some miracle, the small family survived; yet the horrors of their treatment - and the precious nature of their bond - were imprinted forever on her psyche. From her childhood forward, Hollander traces her life, and sexuality, as it was shaped by the example of her parents: her father, a dapper and witty Jewish psychologist and intellectual, her mother, the gorgeous daughter of conventional German parents. With characteristic frankness, Hollander revisits how her parents' tempestuous marriage shaped the course of her own life.
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Album Rating: 4.0no he didnt
Album Rating: 4.0do you actually have a personality or are you just a stereotypical sputnik rap listener on one single
I heard from a realiable source's account that when his little brother died, he said fuck school.
Album Rating: 3.0
I like hip hop where they actually have lyrical flow and talent. sorry I don't prefer flavor of the week rap garbage. waka sucks. gucci sucks, soulja boy sucks. oj da juiceman sucks. why would I waste my time with this when I can listen to good 90's hip hop.
gucci sucks
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Album Rating: 4.0did bulldog say that cuz that meme is so fucking stupid
anyway i am now listening to this, it is fucking awesome
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Album Rating: 4.0i mean if youve listened to any single waka flocka flame song you know what to expect
illmitch can you shoutbox me a link to a dl for this porfavor
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Album Rating: 4.0i knew that'd get you out of hiding
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Album Rating: 1.5this is so awful
Album Rating: 2.0If Hard In Da Paint is the best song on this mixtape then I think it's safe to say this is 1 territory
Album Rating: 4.0hard in da paint is one of the top 5 rap songs of 2010
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I particularly enjoy the gradolabs.com website. I've always admired Joe Grado and his innovations; now, John Grado (who I've had the privilege of dining with on numerous occasions) has been passed the torch and continues the fine tradition of Grado craftsmanship and quality. The website is informational, well laid-out, and fun to browse.
Is there an audio manufacturer's website you particularly like? Why?
Researching audio products not only involves listening, but these days can include a bit of web work. Is there an audio manufacturer's website you particularly like? Why?
When recently deciding on a new MC cartridge, I found the Ortofon website to be very helpful. It had a full list of products, and plenty of information on each. The usefulness of websites of local distributors and dealers should also not be underestimated.
ConradJohnson.com is a great website. It seems like it was truly designed to accomodate accessors. Very easy to find current and classic components and tech support. Still has access link to Tower records! The site actually resembles an audio component. Pretty neat!
The Bryston website publishes newletters throughout the year that are informative and educational. I'd say they are usually fun to read except for those occasions when I get to the end of the page and realize I don't know what I've just read.
McIntosh has done a good job of providing information that a consumer can use. Cardas does a decent job but could provide cross-sections of each cable. Ayre could show pictures of the black option on thier equipment. Everyone could stand a little improvement at the end of the day.
www.quad-musik.debecause of the great (classic) products shown and the love with which they are (re)built and serviced.


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This property ID Residential - Condo location is New Hampshire BARTLETT - 20 ELLIS RIDGE ROAD UNI street.
This property was listed in our db from 12/01/11. The lastest update was on Mon 19 Dec, 2011.
Common Property Information:
- Real Estate Type: Residential - Condo
- Price: 79,000
- Updated in: 12/19/11
Status: Sold or Removed
Added: 2011-12-01 Updated: 2011-12-19
General Property Description
Listing was placed on www.nextgreathome.com from 12/01/2011 15:13:18.
According to our info from MLS database the home price is $79,000, but you can check more exact info from your realtor or from property owner.
Listing Placement
This building is positioned in BARTLETT city, NH. Addr.: 20 ELLIS RIDGE ROAD UNI, BARTLETT, NH 03812
Complete details about estate geographic location you can get on Google Map and Street view on the bottom of this page.
We have no images assigned to this listing. To get extra pics you can call to listing owner.
Asset Historical Logs
The Residential - Condo listing was updated in 12/19/2011.
Detailed info regarding Bartlett, NH 03812 area:
Median Age of population is 40.0 years. The population count in this area is about 848. Average Households count is 1,275. the white population is about 835, the black population in 03812 about 1, Asian Population is about 1, the hispanics is about 7, Hawaiian Population count is about 0, the Indian Population count is about 1, Other Population count is about 8. Average Houses in this area is 98,000. Average Income per Household is $40,556.
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You play with a ball and your foot and have to use as few kicks as possible. There are 18 holes with a lenght from 11 to 150 meters.
It takes about 2 hours for 4-5 Persons to play the football golf course.
Its a new, different and funny way to be together with friends, family and colleagues.
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This is the Varnish high-performance HTTP accelerator.
Documentation and additional information about Varnish is available on
Technical questions about Varnish and this release should be addressed
to <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
Questions about commercial support and services related to Varnish
should be addressed to <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
WWW: http://www.varnish-cache.org/
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: varnish2
PKGNAME: varnish
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 11
2013-10-01 archivers/ruby-bz2: Does not work with Ruby 1.9
2013-10-01 sysutils/puppet26: End of Life from april 2013. Upgrade to 2.7 or
2013-10-01 www/varnish2: No update since january 2011. Upgrade to Varnish 3.
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Mark it deprecated: Varnish 2 is de facto EOL, no update since january
Eradicate USE_GNOME=pkgconfig from www
While here:
- Trim headers
- Convert USE_GMAKE to USES=gmake
Update PCRE to 8.32
Introduces the UTF-32 library pcre32
Bump PORTREVISION in dependent ports
Remove useless metadata from ports I created.
Remove BROKEN message for unsupported OS versions
PR: ports/168284
Submitted by: crees
Approved by: maintainer timeout (anders, 5w)
Bump pcre library dependency due to 8.30 update
In the rc.d scripts, change assignments to rcvar to use the
literal name_enable wherever possible, and ${name}_enable
when it's not, to prepare for the demise of set_rcvar().
In cases where I had to hand-edit unusual instances also
modify formatting slightly to be more uniform (and in
some cases, correct). This includes adding some $FreeBSD$
tags, and most importantly moving rcvar= to right after
name= so it's clear that one is derived from the other.
Set CONFLICTS, does conflict with Varnish 3.
Set LATEST_LINK.
Forced commit to indicate repo-copy has been performed.
Repo-copied by: marcus
PR: ports/160041
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Natural Factors, Energy Formula, With Pharma GABA & Sensoril, 90 Veggie Caps (Discontinued Item)
- You earn loyalty credit for every order you place at iHerb!
- Loyalty credit is equal to 5% of the value of your order after discounts and credits applied, excluding shipping charges.
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- Your loyalty credits are valid for up to 90 days from the date of your last purchase.
Natural Factors, Energy Formula, With Pharma GABA & Sensoril, 90 Veggie Caps (Discontinued Item)
Shipping Weight:?0.24 lbsSwitch to Metric units
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All Natural Factors products are manufactured in accordance with the Government of Canada's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), among the highest standards in the world.
Suggested Use
2 capsules per day or as directed by a health professional.
Other Ingredients
Rice powder, vegetarian capsule (modified cellulose, purified water, silica), magnesium stearate (vegetable grade), silica.
Contains no artificial preservatives, colors or sweeteners; no dairy, soy or wheat.
Keep out of reach of children.
Caution: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Do not use if seal is broken. For freshness, store in a cool, dry place.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 2 Capsules
|Servings Per Container: 45
|Amount Per Serving
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|Thiamin (as thiamin hydrochloride)
|10 mg
|1.5 mg
|10 mg
|Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine hydrochloride)
|5 mg
|Folate (folic acid)
|800 mcg
|Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin)
|800 mcg
|Sunphenon Green Tea (Camellia sinensis), powdered extract (leaf)
|500 mg
|Providing Caffeine
|100 mg
|Guarana (Paullinia cupana), powdered extract (seed)
|60 mg
|Providing Caffeine
|13 mg
|Sensoril Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), powdered extract (root/leaf)
|125 mg
|Providing Withanolides
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Things continue to heat up at Dallas Skyline High School as the list of offered 2008 prospects has gone from three to five over the last few weeks.
Skyline coach Derick Roberson says that the trio of Keanon Cooper, Alfred Dupree, and Spencer Reeves continue to watch their offer count soar. Roberson mentioned that Cooper and Dupree are at the 20 offer mark while Reeves has at least 17 offers to date.
Skyline defensive coordinator Jason Todd says that all three bring a lot to the defense.
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"Dupree has great athletic ability and has a nose for the ball," Todd said. "He's raw and young, but he has tremendous upside. He hasn't even touched his true talent yet.
"Reeves is the heart and soul of the defense. He gets everybody going. He's a three-year starter for us and he's just gotten better every year. He's physically an intimidating presence for us."
Safety Cooper has also impressed the coaches at Skyline and numerous schools at the next level as well.
"He can do it all," Todd said. "We can line him up at linebacker, defensive end, safety or cornerback. He's the one that's going to make the big play. He's also the fastest player on our team."
Two other prospects have emerged. Athlete Troy Stoudermire will most likely be lining up at the quarterback spot and has picked up a scholarship offer from Kansas State. North Texas and SMU could be next.
It's another defensive player though that has the coaches at Skyline excited as well – safety prospect DaJon McKnight.
"Well he's about 6-foot-3, 180 pounds as a cornerback with long arms and tremendous upside," Todd said. "The first time I saw him at that height get down in his stance it was impressive. He could be the best cornerback I've coached and I've coached five D-I guys.
"I think he might project as a safety at the college level, but he adds that extra factor that's going to put us over the top this year."
McKnight is on the board with his first scholarship offer from Minnesota. Schools such as Louisiana Tech are also showing interest.


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7-Zip is an archive manager that can view and create a wide variety of formats. The program includes folder favorites, optional two-pane view, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability, and more. Individual archives can be created with high speed or high compression settings, update options (including update, add/replace, synchronize), split volumes, and more. Archives can be secured with standard zip or more secure AES encryption.
Although the official archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format, the program also supports the creation of multiple formats including ZIP, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, and WIM. It will extract a long list of other formats, among them RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, RPM, VHD, VMDK, etc.
7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com, auto-detecting 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.
|System Requirements:
|WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
|Writes settings to:
|Application folder
|Stealth: ?
|Unicode support:
Program: Freeware/Open Source
Launcher: GPL
7z format: LGPL
|How to extract:
|Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe.
|Similar/alternative apps:
|Peazip, BandiZip
|What's new?
|Latest comments
billon on 2017-01-24 01:58
Special on 2017-01-24 02:20
Normally you would need to know the password to access a passworded 7z archive or to even look inside one, but by using the 7z file manager you can still add stuff into a passworded archive by just dragging & dropping stuff onto it, for example a blank .txt file, that is the first part, then with the use of a simple Hex editor (HxD) you can break the password "lock" if you know what to look for. What I'm saying is, use 7-Zip for your compression needs, but for encrypting sensitive stuff you plan on uploading onto the web, look elsewhere.
demon.devin on 2017-09-14 12:17See all 34›
Here's my 7-Zip Portable made with my modified version of the PA.c Launcher:
FileOptimizer is a broad format file compression tool used to reduce file size without changing the quality, known as "lossless." This is done via wide variety of optimization and recompression tools and techniques. Original files are sent to the recycle bin for restoration in the event the uncompressed version is preferred. A long list of supported formats include audio/video (MP3, OGG, M4A), image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), office formats (DOCX, XLSX, ODT, PDF) and system files (DLL, EXE).
Supports drag-and-drop of files into the window or onto the program icon. Note that by default the program removes metadata for many file types. This information reduces overall file size and protects privacy but is important to some users (e.g. photographers) and file search tools.
A 64-bit version is available within the folder, the author reports the program is functional in WINE, and can be used on the command line.
|System Requirements:
|Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
|Writes settings to:
|Application folder
|Stealth: ?
|Unicode support:
|How to extract:
Download the self-extracting 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileOptimizer32.exe or FileOptimizer64.exe (for 64-bit OS).
Optionally, to save space:
|Similar/alternative apps:
|ArcThemALL!, PngOptimizer, RIOT
|What's new?
|Latest comments
Midas on 2017-11-19 19:08
I've been meaning to make a similar observation for a while... also the forum topic (accessible via the "double balloon dialog" button next to it) is more adequate for keeping record of related stuff.
nikkho on 2017-11-20 18:36
Sorry guys. Will not post changelog here anymore.
Special on 2017-11-21 15:55See all 35›
Looks like version 11.40 phones home on every startup now, regardless of settings, probably trying to fetch some ads, well I'm not giving it a firewall rule so I'll be sticking with version 11.31 for the time being.
PeaZip is a feature-rich file archiver with broad support for 100+ archive types. The file manager interface includes a hash tool, file wipe, file associations, themes, estimated compression level, system benchmark, image crop/rename and much more. Note that tools setup through the task scheduler are not portable.
Formats supported include most mainstream archive formats, including 7ZIP, ACE (read), BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, MSI (extr.), RAR (extr.), TAR, UPX, ZIP, as well as it's own PEA format.
Cross platform (Linux/BSD) and a 64-bit version is available. Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.
|System Requirements:
|Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
|Writes settings to:
|Application folder
|Stealth: ?
|Unicode support:
|How to extract:
|Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe.
|Similar/alternative apps:
|What's new?
|Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2014-11-16 17:37
Download link (http://www.peazip.org/peazip-portable.html) raises a 404 "not found" error. Link instead just to http://www.peazip.org/ or to http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html.
webfork on 2014-11-16 18:56
AndTheWolf: Joby updated, thanks for the note
Happy.Camper2 on 2014-12-24 02:22See all 30›
My experience with PeaZip is to go to:
PeaExtractor is a easy, minimalistic tool for unpacking almost any compressed file format. Features a search tool, progress bar, and drag-and-drop functionality. The program can unpack over 150 formats including encrypted or multi-volume archives (usually a series like .000, .001 or .r01, .z01...) as well as standard formats like 7z, rar, tar, zip, zipx, bzip2, cab, iso, etc.
The program aims to function as a simple, accessible alternative to file manager-like interfaces used by WinRar, WinZip, and 7-Zip. Cross-platform (Linux, BSD) and developed by the author of PeaZip.
NOTE: Open ACE files with additional steps. The download also includes pea.exe, containing other tools including checksums, secure delete, file lists, and more.
|System Requirements:
|WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
|Writes settings to:
|Application folder
|Stealth: ?
|Unicode support:
|How to extract:
|Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peaextractor.exe.
|Similar/alternative apps:
|Universal Extractor
|What's new?
|Latest comments
webfork on 2015-05-21 23:06Add comment 1›
There are a lot of great ways to compress files and folders quickly and easily, but most people are only familiar with ZIP. PeaExtractor's broad support means that it frees us up to send the latest and best compression formats without wondering if the recipient will have difficulty opening it.
Universal Extractor allows you to extract files from a wide variety of archive files, including ZIP, ARJ, LZH, as well as MSI and EXE files created using various installer packages (such as Nullsoft, Wise, Inno Setup, etc). Useful for testing apps for portability because you can extract files directly from installer packages without having to go through the installation process. Note that the original developer no longer updates the program so some manual updates may be required.
Alternatively, an unofficial version with the latest-and-greatest internals is available (on Lupo's PenSuite site).
Commercial use note: license restrictions are present on included files UHARC02.EXE and UHARC04.EXE, but can be deleted without dramatic impact on the software. See website for more information.
|System Requirements:
|Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
|Writes settings to:
|Application folder
|Stealth: ?
|No. Included libraries may write to the registry.
|Unicode support:
|Main program: GPL, Included libraries: various, see note about commercial use
|How to extract:
|Similar/alternative apps:
|Universal Extractor 2
|What's new?
Added support for environmental variables (eg., specify %temp% for debug dir)
Added support for XZ compressed files and txz/tlz archives via 7-Zip
Added support for Windows Installer merge modules (.msm) via MsiX
Added support for NBH files via NBHextract
Added translations for Armenian, Czeck, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Swedish
Changed 7-Zip unpacking behavior;
now attempts brute force extraction only after External PEiD scan;
change due to aggressive .exe resource extraction in new versions
Changed Windows installer support (.msi, .msp) to use MsiX instead of msi2xml
Changed LZMA support to use 7-Zip for extraction
Changed FEAD support to use PEiD rather than TrID for detection
Changed following formats to call 7z by name (also see 7-Zip debug comment):
bz2, chm, gz, tar, Z
this is mostly for code cleanup; functionality should be the same
Fixed InstallShield 5.x regression in 1.6 preventing successful extraction
Fixed bug in extraction of non-TAR LZW compressed files
Fixed bug that prevented picking files after toggling history option
Fixed bug in display of history combo boxes when no items listed
Fixed cosmetic bug in Visual C++ SFX status dialog
Fixed cosmetic bug in status dialogs due to extra padding by AutoIt
Removed lzma helper binary
Removed msi2xml helper binary and MSXML download link on MSI selection page
Removed Windows NT 4.0 support from installer
Removed debug output for 7-Zip, arj, hlp;
buffers output, preventing proper user feedback and input prompts
Updated success/fail detection to check output directory timestamp;
can detect cases where files are overwritten, which old method missed;
will still consider failed if user chooses not to overwrite files,
or if all files are written to a subdirectory of the output directory
Updated RPM and DEB support to extract interim CPIO and TAR files
Updated FEAD support to workaround read-only permission issue
Updated Zip support to log unzip output and permit minor reported unzip errors
Updated PEiD detection of Microsoft SFX cab files for more reliable extraction
Updated some UniExtract window sizes for better internationalization support
Updated translations for Italian, Korean, Russian
Updated 7-Zip to 9.13 beta
Updated AutoIt to 188.8.131.52 and replaced deprecated _ArrayCreate UDF
Updated InfoZip unzip to 6.0.0
Updated Inno Setup to 5.3.9
Updated innounp to 0.31 (supports Inno Setup 5.3.9)
Updated InstallExplorer WCX to 0.9.2
Updated MSI WCX to 1.2.1
Updated PEiD to 0.95
Updated UnRAR to 3.93
|Latest comments
Numanoid on 2014-08-29 11:57
It's a bit OTT calling this an universal extractor, as many EXE files I try to extract with it, leads to error messages that the so-scalled universal extractor can't extract them.
Numanoid on 2014-11-01 14:32
This programme is in fact pretty much useless, there hasn't been one exe I have tried to extract over the last couple of months, where the so-called Universal Extractor has failed me :-(
billon on 2014-11-01 15:05See all 90›
@so-called Numanoid - http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4719


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Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx Brushless CP Flybarless Helicopter
Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx Brushless CP Flybarless Helicopter
The V922 is my first micro CP, which I did my first flipped to inverted hover. Since then, I enjoy flips, rolls, and loops with it. Then came along the FBL80. It has a great deal of power for such a tiny body. Basic 3D moves could be performed easily as the bird is tolerant to poor collective management. While reviewing the FBL80, the news of the brushless Wasp Nano CP came to light. Something tells me the new brushless micro would give me the "3D fun" I'm looking for. I must get one, asap, at any cost.
I managed to ask my friend in China to pre-order one set of the Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx RTF. As it involved quite a lot of time and effort to send the package to me asap, I paid a significant amount of money on top of the cost of the product. But it was worth it.
I hope this review can provide on the following information:
1. Comparison with the V922 / FBL100 and FBL80 (I'd love to compare it with the brushed Wasp Nano CP but I've never gotten my hands on one)
2. Wasp Nano CPx Flight Characteristics
As the pre-order set comes with the Aluminum carrying case instead of the "colored box", I'm not worried about any damage to the helicopter. I made a video of me unboxing the heli. The video was dark because it was shot very late at night.
Spotlight on the Wasp Nano CPx
The first thing that got my attention was the canopy.
The green canopy of its brushed cousin is slick, but with a red/blue color scheme, the CPx looks stunning!
I took a peep at its back and was pretty amazed how much stuff is crammed underneath the canopy.
The 12A brushless ESC was tied to the receiver board with a black rubber band. While it looks a little too simple for me, it does get the job done.
The power upgrade requires enhancements from the brushed version. It comes with a metal shaft with a metal collar, a 67T main gear. The landing gear feels rigid, a stark contrast with the flimsy landing gear of the V922. Like the brushed Nano, the tail boom is a 3mm carbon fiber square tube. Comparing how the V922 & FBL80 tail booms flexes, I'm amazed that adding just 1 more millimeter of carbon fiber significantly increases the rigidity of the tail boom.
Flipping over to the right side shows the heart of heli. The brushless 11,000kv motor may seem a little big seating between the receiver board and the servo, but if you compare it beside the white battery connector, you'll realize just how small the motor is.
There is hardly any space between the motor and the servo. I removed the sticker after the photo shoot, hoping provide more clearance for the motor especially when the heli crashes nose-first.
Beneath the ESC lies a bunch of wires. The new receiver board comes with a socket for the ESC.
I like the batteries because they are the same batteries I use on my micro quads, unlike the V922 or FBL80. That means I have at least 6 batteries for my CPx! That translates to quite a lot of flight time at the field, yeah!
While the Nanotech 35C (for Solo Pro 100) is slightly longer, it fits the battery tray. The plastic bump on the battery holds the battery firmly in place. The center of gravity is not affected by the long battery. If you're looking for intense 3D action, perhaps you should get these 35C batteries.
CPx vs V922 vs FBL80
I (still) don't have a weighing scale but I'm very sure that the brushless bird is heavier than the V922. The increased weight is not only contributed by the brushless motor, but the "strengthened plastic" used throughout the helicopter.
I guess I'm too used to my V922 as I find the Wasp Nano CPx a little low. But that's a compliment - it reminds me of a sports car!
The length of the CPx is shorter than the V922. Having flown the V922, the shorter tail of the CPx got me worried about its tail authority. But a quick flight immediately alleviated the concern.
The tail motor protected by layer of translucent tape seems to be 7mm, the same size as the tail motor of the V922. The tail rotor blade of the CPx is longer and narrower. I wonder if that is a better design.
The tail fin is small and fragile. It had a few crashes on the grass field, but the impact was enough to break the tail fin.
Build Quality / Durability
The Wasp Nano CPx is very well made. Most of the moving parts are tightly secured such that there are no unwanted movement. The canopy grommets are very well designed, unlike the V922 and FBL80.
For some reason, the canopy grommets appear to be in the wrong place. I have to stretch the canopy and bend the carbon fiber pins to fit the canopy. The ESC, receiver, and battery are all in the right places. The simplest solution to fix this minor issue is to punch 2 new holes 5 to 6 mm after the existing holes.
At this point, I shall highlight the first major problem I have with the helicopter. The plastic parts are rigid but not durable. Other than the fragile tail fin, the landing skid is rather fragile too. Yes, it looks beefy, and it feels extremely sturdy. But a crash over the grass was enough to break the landing skid. There are 4 support beam holding the two parallel bars. I broke each support beam at each crash. That was not the worst - when I extracted the mangled landing skid from the frame, I discovered one of the rods that plug into the sockets of the frame, had broke and stuck in the socket. Argh! It was painful to remove the brushless motor, ESC, and receiver board, to make space for a screw to drill through the "filled" socket.
The landing gear of the V922 and FBL80 are made of soft plastic. Upon impact, the energy is slowly absorbed by the soft plastic, as it bends and flexes. For the case of the Nano CPx, if the energy is sufficiently low, then nothing bends and nothing breaks. But when there is a big impact, the plastic just snaps.
The tiny carbon fiber pins are held by tiny holders. The holders are part of the anti-rotation bracket. It should not be a surprise that the holders break in a bad side impact crash. I tried CA + baking soda, but the entire assembly is so small that I couldn't apply sufficient CA to stiffen the holder to the anti rotation bracket. I gave up and flew the heli with only one side of the canopy secured to the frame.
Nasa 701 Transmitter
The transmitter feels "ok". I could have been designed to look more professional and less plasticky. I would say the transmitter feels just as good (or bad) as the V922 non programmable transmitter.
The Nasa 701 is a programmable transmitter, that allows adding expo to reduce the sensitivity of the stick center. This feature is missing in HiSKY X-6S, which is a big turn off for some.
I have two issues with the transmitter. First, throttle hold is on the left, and idle-up is on the right. That is no good for my muscle memory! I don't want to mix up throttle hold with idle-up, that may cause me to crash my other birds.
I opened up the transmitter to swap the switches around. To my disappointment, the wires of the two switches are too short to allow the switches to swap positions, and the throttle hold and idle-up sockets are at each corner of the transmitter board. I couldn't throttle hold in time, resulting in more crashes, and breaking more plastic parts. So my second major problem with the CPx is I couldn't swap the throttle hold around.
The LCD on the 701 is a just basic LCD. I'm not sure if it could be considered "low resolution", but certainly the X-6S has a much higher resolution than the 701. That said, the LCD "works" and gets the job done.
I noticed two plastic switches at the sides of the transmitter. I don't know what they do to the CPx, but I'd want to be able to toggle between high and low rates. Low rate (AIL, ELE: 50%) for hovering and gentle circuits, high rate (AIL, ELE: 75%) for 3D.
They did something right with the start up check. Unlike WLtoys and HiSKY - who felt that throttle hold must be deactivated at power up (huh?!) - Skyartec decided that the right thing to do is to have the throttle hold enabled when the transmitter powers up. Good job!
My settings for the Wasp Nano CPx are below:
- Aileron and Elevator: rate 75%; expo -20%
- Rudder: rate 60%; expo -18%
- Pitch curve: default
- Throttle curve: Normal 0-40-65-85-96; Idle-Up 100-93-85-93-100
- Tail gyro gain: default, 55%
Flight Experience
Throttle response is smooth and quick. I love the sound of the 11,000kv motor, sweet! After lift off, the heli is able to hover with little corrections. However, as compared to the V922, the CPx with non-bulleted rotor blades appear to require more corrections to maintain a stationary hover.
The CPx flies nicely in circuits. However, I find the V922 and FBL80 to handle circuits better. The two helis make me feel "more connected" to them, and when flying fast circuits, they seem to "stay on course" more than the CPx. I suspect that is the trait of bulleted blades. Perhaps fitting them on my CPx will enable it to fly the way I wanted.
The heli is in red LED mode and I did not alter the pot on the receiver board. The cyclic gyro gain feels a little too strong for my taste. During high-speed figure 8s, I have the feeling that the gyro is working against my cyclic inputs.
Occasionally, the tail wags in a stationary hover. It occurs in both normal mode and idle-up modes.
Only when switching to idle-up, the heli shows you its worth. The heli is quick and responsive. It does not feel like flying the V922 or FBL80. It seems to fly much faster than the other two helis. Pitch pumps are prompt with minimal tail blow out.
The fun truly begins when I flipped the CPx. Oh boy, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the loud fluttering of sound of the main rotor blades as they changed pitch. That put a wide smile on my face. Flips are way easier on the CPx. It's harder (not impossible) to bog the motor. It gives me a great deal of confidence knowing how tolerant it is to my poor collective management. That allowed me to focus on the stick movements instead of worrying what happens if it goes wrong. Successful consecutive flips complete with fluttering "music" were awesome!
The CPx seems to be a great bird in the sky,
The Wasp Nano CPx is an excellent brushless micro helicopter for intermediate to advanced pilots. The high power, low durability combination makes this bird unsuitable for beginners. On the other hand, 3D pilots will find joy tossing the bird all over the field, fluttering along the way. Even while the heli has has been released, there is already a myriad of upgrade parts including colored blades and CNC parts, to add another dimension of fun to the CPx. And if the rumors are true, we may be seeing a RF module (like HiSKY HT8) in the near future. The ability to use a pro-grade transmitter like the 9X would make the bird even more appealing to the experienced pilots.
Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx RTF (colored box, not aluminum box):
- http://www.banggood.com/Skyartec-WAS...F-p-73471.html
- http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/RC-Helic...duct_info.html
- http://www.rc711.com/shop/24g-skyart...bo-p-7733.html
Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx BNF (no transmitter):
- http://www.banggood.com/Skyartec-WAS...F-p-73535.html
- http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/RC-Helic...duct_info.html
- http://www.rc711.com/shop/24g-skyart...bo-p-7733.html
+ Heaps of power for fast circuits or intense 3D action!
+ Tolerant to poor collective management
+ Awesome appearance
- Fragile plastic parts that may not withstand hard crashes
Last edited by FyreSG; Jun 29, 2013 at 12:05 AM. Reason: Removed "tail blow out issue"
First flight
3D demonstration by Skyartec
3D demonstration by ridge_racer
Last edited by FyreSG; May 26, 2013 at 02:31 AM.
DFC CNC Metal Head Upgrade
The CNC head + blade grip is actually based on the Direct Flight Control (DFC) design, which should improve the precision and agility of the helicopter. Installation is a little confusing because there wasn't any documentation available from the package. I couldn't find any guides on the Internet. After some trial and error, I installed the CNC upgrade!
But the 3 linkage rods (servo to swashplate) are too short for the CNC upgrade. If I did not increase the length, full collective gives 0 degrees of pitch. I also did some trial and error to lengthen the 3 linkage rods so that there is equal full positive and full negative pitch at Idle-Up.
The metal upgrades feel rigid and tough. I believe that makes it more durable to crashes. But the crash impact would have to be absorbed by the other parts, such as the feathering shaft or the swashplate.
As my WNCPX suffers from unexplainable bouts of TBO, I could not try fast circuits, flips or rolls, to see if the CNC upgrade parts improve flight performance.
But one thing is for sure - it looks stunning on the WNCPX!
Photo gallery (full resolution): http://www.flickr.com/photos/fyresg/...7634255599435/
Last edited by FyreSG; Jun 22, 2013 at 02:26 AM. Reason: Added CNC metal upgrade
Good Job on the review
Great Job on the review - we noticed that you listed Bangood, a Chinese based seller, as the dealer - for USA sales with experienced, expert service and support we would appreciate you listing us as an alternative dealer for USA Buyers
Time Travel or Travel Time?
Last edited by Parkflying; May 25, 2013 at 11:51 PM.
I received a Walkera tail boom. It's 2mm, but also has a shiny coating. You'll be surprise at how that additional coating made the 2mm square boom feel so much more rigid than the non coated booms.
BTW, the v922 brushless is really tolerant of poor collective management too. I think I mentioned this before in the v922 thread after going brushless. You definitely attested to that in your review of the Wasp Nano CPX.
On that note, I wonder if we need to rethink using the term Nano CPX. Prior to the Wasp, it refers to the Blade product. Can get confusing in discussions I suppose.
Thanks for the review.
But yes to the stuff you said as well.
thanks for feedback
Last edited by Parkflying; May 26, 2013 at 02:30 AM.
Thanks again for your kind comment
I would personally guarantee that the purchase of any Skyartec helicopter from an overseas vendor will not fly as well as one which has been personally set up, tested and flown by Max prior to shipping.
It's been my pleasure and privilege to review three Skyartec helicopters for this site. I'm not talking about someone reviewing a model on his personal blog, but official reviews for RCGroups.com.
I have a Wasp X3, a Wasp X3V and a brushed Nano, all reviewed here.
It's not the display errors in Firefox (of which there are plenty in the ads), it's the actual formatting. Big red, blue, black, possibly even yellow text. Large and small fonts. Center justified text. Pages that scroll forever and ever and ever. All text menus at the left and right, and hard to find categories/specifics at a glance.
If people say it's a good company, and endorse it, I might look at it again. But my first impression was that it was not up to snuff, and possibly sketchy. Thus my post. I'm eager to get my hands on one of these, and reading all I can. If there's a US supplier, that's even quicker. But I too went searching for the site/links at first when they weren't posted, and the amateurish site left me fearing a scam, since I've not heard if it.
I mean we KNOW Banggood can be sketchy, and even their site looks better. So one can imagine why I'd be weary.
More importantly, I'm dying to hear more about these helicopters, regardless of where people get them.
It's a mouthful typing "Skyartec Wasp Nano CPx". I tried to shorten it to "CPx" but that's gonna confuse the Blade and Esky pilots. But hey, that's a lowercase "x"! Would that have helped? How about "WNCPx"?
I'm happy that you appreciate this review.
I'm trying to improve my reviews, so anyone, please drop me a message to share the areas that I can improve on. If you spot grammar mistakes, do guide me along as english is not my native language.
I embedded WNCPx videos to post #2: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...52&postcount=2
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hi-this again was taken near east linton,east lothian.scotland. its called HAILES CASTLE!! enjoy!
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serp2000 (46526) 2012-01-22 8:46
Hi, Dale,
Very picturesque ruins of the castles. The evening sunlights make this composition more contrasting.
snunney (113721) 2012-01-22 8:48
Hello Dale,
A pleasant composition of these castle ruins. The warm ambient light brings out the textures in the old stones to good effect and creates a particular mood. Agreeable colours and good sharpness.
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Hello Dale
you captured this magnificent ruin in such a beautiful light. It brings an air of mystery to the composition but more importantly brings out the texturing and colours so perfectly. A real delight for the eyes. Well done!
Hope you have a good week - regards Brian.
Cretense (68703) 2012-01-23 9:54
Hello Dale!
Beautiful place, beautiful ruins, it must have been a very imposing castle once! Great POV, framing and composition, beautiful warm light and colors!
dkmurphys (69815) 2012-01-23 10:27
Hi Dale,
Very picturesque ruins. Beautiful colors and a good mood atmosphere in that sunny day.
Well catch, enjoy the evening.
mauro61 (52889) 2012-01-26 11:50
ciao Dale,
mi piace la luce su questi verdi ruderi con la scena ben inquadrata e un bel cielo azzurro a fare da sfondo.
Saturazione perfetta che rende brillante l'immagine,
No_One (4) 2012-11-18 9:33
Hi Dale,
Really nice capture of these ruins. One of my favourite subjects, and indeed the reason I got interested in photography, was the castles of Ireland, so its always a pleasure to see images like this from around the world. The are positioned perfectly in the frame, with beautiful colours in the grass and sky. Thanks for sharing!
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Turned-Away Small Businesses Sought Out CUs
As small business owners looked to their bankers for relief, some got the cold shoulder to requests for lines of credit increases and loan modifications. Tightened lending standards were the result of financial institutions wanting to minimize risk and keep losses low.
Meanwhile, small businesses went on a search for alternatives to fill in the financing and refinancing gaps. Credit unions were soon reporting they were receiving inquiries from firms that may have never thought to seek out cooperatives in the past.
"In the past two years, commercial banks have curbed small business lending. Such actions have hindered local growth and slowed the economic recovery," wrote Jeff Nolan in a Nov. 29 article on the Callahan & Associates website. "Because these businesses operate in the local community at the grassroots level, they are an attractive target for credit unions."
Nolan said small businesses use a number of services that are the bread and butter for many credit unions, such as checking accounts and credit cards. Payroll processing and direct deposit services are also popular within the small business sector.
Credit Union Times profiled a number of small businesses that shared stories of how credit unions were able to come to their aid after being turned away by banks. The Bagel Factory in Texas was turned down by several banks before the $4 billion Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union came to the rescue. The credit union in Live Oak, Texas, provided an SBA Express loan so that the bagel shop could expand. Northwest Structural Moving in Scappoose, Ore., received financing from the $160 million St. Helens Community Federal Credit Union to purchase specialized equipment to move large structures such as dam gates.
Lending executives at credit unions expanded their small business relationship at record numbers this year. More of the same is expected in 2011 with a few shifts in the winds underway. The October 2010 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices compiled through the Federal Reserve Board revealed that banks are starting to ease their lending standards to businesses.
Most of the respondents that eased standards or terms on commercial and industrial loans cited a more favorable or less uncertain economic outlook and increased competition from other banks and nonbank lenders as important reasons for doing so. Of the relatively small number of banks that tightened standards or terms, most cited as important reasons for the change a reduced tolerance for risk, a less favorable or more uncertain economic outlook or increased concerns about the effects of legislative changes, supervisory actions or changes in accounting standards. Some also cited a deterioration in their current or expected liquidity or capital positions as an important reason.
The October survey indicated that, on net, banks eased standards and terms over the previous three months on some categories of loans to households and businesses. Both large and other domestic banks reported having eased some standards and terms. Large banks were primarily responsible for the easing reported in July. However, substantial fractions of banks reported in response to a set of special questions that standards for many categories of loans would not return to their longer-run averages for the foreseeable future.
"When small businesses lack adequate financing, credit unions have an opportunity to fill in the gap. Building a relationship with a small business is beneficial not only to the business but also to the credit union," Nolan wrote. "It's a way to serve new members and generate new revenue streams."


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Harrington breathes sigh of relief as he avoids dreaded Tiger pairing
WHEW! Padraig Harrington was prominent among those breathing a hefty sigh of relief yesterday as American Matt Kuchar and Korea's KJ Choi drew the short straw at the Masters.
Kuchar and Choi will play in the eye of the storm with Tiger Woods tomorrow and on Friday when the four-time Masters champion plays his first competitive rounds in nearly five months.
There's logic behind this draw; Choi (39) claimed one of his seven US PGA Tour titles at the inaugural AT&T Championship in 2007, the tournament hosted by Woods at Congressional.
"I'm very happy to play with Tiger," said Choi yesterday. Choi, whose best finish at the Masters was third behind Phil Mickelson in 2004, is more experienced than Kuchar, though the 31-year-old Atlanta native performed well amid the hullabaloo of his first round at the Masters with Woods in 1998.
As reigning US Amateur champion, he played with Woods the year after Tiger's first Major win at Augusta. Woods will go out at 6.42 Irish time tomorrow and at 3.35 on Friday.
Harrington plays with British Open champion Stewart Cink and South Africa's talented Masters rookie Charl Schwartzel (25) at 6.20 tomorrow and 3.13 on Friday, two groups ahead of Tiger.
"It's never easy being paired with Tiger in the opening two rounds at a tournament," said Harrington.
"Guys may beat him on Thursday and Friday but sometimes they don't have as good a weekend because of all the energy they've used up."
Rory McIlory tees it up with Colombia's Camilo Villegas and Kenny Perry of the US tomorrow at 5.36 and at 2.18 on Friday, while Graeme McDowell goes out at 1.34 tomorrow and at 4.41 on Friday with American David Toms and John Senden of Australia.
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Irish Independent