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NOTE: I have attempted to include events/missions from the game and explain the speed at which my character got promoted into this story (an attempt to explain how you could get from Ensign to Vice Admiral in a matter of months).
The fist smacked into Lukes face far harder than he was expecting, sending his head snapping back and then slumping forward again. Thoughts rushed through his head, garbled voices around him. He was starting to lose consciousness.
Ill ask you again Vice Admiral, said the Orion in front of him, the security codes for Earths defence systems.
Oh come on Ahara! Youve somehow made General and you cant even be more creative about your interrogation questions!
Another blow to the back of his head sent Lukes mind reeling off...
Smoke filled the bridge. Luke ran forward phaser in hand, but it was too late. The Captain and the entire command crew were dead. The Borg had made sure of that before the crew had retaken the ship.
Orders sir?
Luke turned to face the Bolian crewman who had arrived with him from the USS Khitomer.
Sir! Youre the ranking officer on this ship! Orders!
Luke turned to face the command chair in the centre of the bridge. It suddenly looked very big and imposing, especially for an Ensign with barely five months experience outside of the Academy.
Ensign! Receiving multiple distress signals!
Luke sat in the chair. The USS Apollo was his now, and he would be sure to bring her and what remained of her crew home. That was his duty and he knew that more than anything.
Mister Albar, take us into transporter range of the USS Kelvin. Lets see if we can help those survivors. Then, well move to the Vega Colony and show the Borg were not out of this fight yet!
Yes sir!
Luke was jarred back into consciousness by his head being roughly pulled back. He strained again at his bonds. Was that a give in the manacle around his left arm? He strained again.
Vice Admiral, the command codes please...
Go to hell!
The USS Apollo had taken its last beating a Vega. Now a Lieutenant, Luke was ordered to bring her back to ESD for a complete refit after just a few patrol missions. Admiral Quinn met him at the transporter room, a PADD in hand.
Congratulations Lieutenant Commander. Youve proven yourself in command, and as a result I feel it necessary to reassign you and your crew.
Lieutenant Commander sir? asked Luke, his surprise on clear display.
That is correct. Come with me Ill give you a full briefing in my office
Then Luke commanded the USS Helena, an Excalibur class cruiser. The whole crew from the USS Apollo was transferred and the ship ran beautifully. State of the art weapons, shields and sensors the likes of which had never been seen on the old Miranda class ship. An assignment to the front lines against the Klingons meant that the Helena soon saw combat, and she performed remarkably. And then that fateful day when she chased BVat to save Miral Paris and ended up back in the time of Jame T. Kirk. The Guardian of Forever helped them return once the timeline was restored, but the Department of Temporal affairs wasnt convinced. The whole ship was impounded, and Luke and his crew were lucky to return to active duty within a matter of days. Then there was Lukes promotion to Commander, apparently saving the entire Federation carried some weight with Starfleet Command...
I grow tired of this Vice Admiral!
Im still not talking!
If you wont tell me the command codes, General Ahara turned to a soothing, almost seductive voice that came naturally to Orion females, then tell me what you were doing on that planet!
Oh of course, Luke was laughing now, and while Im at it Ill tell you the battle plans Starfleet has for this sector, the command codes for my ship, oh and what I had for breakfast!
That earned Luke a backhand around the face that drew blood...
From Ensign to Commander in a matter of months. That was almost unheard of within Starfleet, but circumstances had helped Luke and his crew. Now the USS Concorde was engaging the Romulans over Rator along with the Federation fleet to prevent the Romulans from using sub-space weapons. The Concorde was a good ship, and Luke had finally started getting used to it after two months in command.
Sir! The Scimitar class is coming around on the Pecos again! If they take another hit that will be in for them!
Helm, defensive pattern Theta Two. Move us into position over the Pecos. All weapons fire at will!
The Concorde shot through space, phasers blazing and moved to position itself between the advancing Romulan battleship and the stricken Galaxy class.
Incoming fire!
Hold position!
The ship rocked , consoles exploded all around the bridge and smoke started pouring into the room.
Direct impact. Forward power couplings are down!
Shields at 25%! We cant take another hit like that!
Divert auxiliary power to....
The whole ship shuddered. The lights flickered on and off as various alarms started blazing together.
Report! shouted Luke as he pulled himself back into the command chair, blood streaming from a nasty cut on his forehead.
Lower starboard nacelle has been blown clean off sir! Were venting drive plasma!
Engineering reports coolant leaks! Theyre attempting to shut down!
Shields have failed! Weapon systems are offline!
The ship rocked violently again. This time the lights went off for good, leaving the eerie red glow of the emergency lighting.
Main power is offline! Engineering reports they cannot shut off the coolant leaks! Warp core breach imminent!
How long?
Five minutes sir!
Luke knew that wasnt long enough to evacuate the entire ship.
Sir the Pecos is hailing! Lieutenant Commander Mitchell has taken command, and says they have transporters back online. They are preparing to beam us aboard!
Helm. Set auto-pilot to ram that Scimitar!
The ship lurched forward. The Romulan battleship grew rapidly in the viewscreen, weapons blazing. Each blast caused the Concorde to lurch violently. A blue glow filled his vision, and next thing he knew Luke was standing on the bridge of the Pecos, next to his command crew, covered in blood and black dirt and watching as the Concorde hit the Scimitar at full speed. The Romulan ship noticed the danger too late, and the explosion filled the viewscreen with a brilliant white light.
Luke dragged himself back to consciousness and forced himself to concentrate. The room was small a square, dimly lit as was the custom within Klingon ship interiors. A low table was on one side of the room and there sat Lukes combadge, anti-proton pistol and utility vest with various pieces of equipment in pockets and pouches. Standing next to that table was General Ahara. A tall, slender Orion female with silky black hair and wearing a mix of the usual revealing clothing preferred by Orion women and sleek ceremonial armour appropriate to her rank. Luke had met her before on the battlefield many times and once they had even been forced to work together against the Breen. Next to her stood a human male, muscular and wearing the Klingon sash of a commander.
Let me deal with him General. Ill report when I break him.
You should have talked to me Vice Admiral smiled the Orion as she walked out the room.
Luke heard the movement of feet that sounded like two guards saluting as the General left. Two guards, he had to remember that, but now he had more pressing concerns.
So....Commander is it? An Orion General in command of this ship with a human first officer! Times have changed within the Empire...
The man moved so quickly Luke hardly had time to brace himself as the punch landed squarely on his jaw...
The time Luke spent commanding the USS Pecos was a time he would never forget. He was promoted to Captain for his bravery at the Battle of Rator and given command of the ship he had saved when the previous commanding officer had died of his wounds in sick bay. The crew of the Pecos werent very happy about this to say the least, many of them disapproved of a Captain who was much younger and had served less time than a majority of the crew, and to make matters worse in their eyes he had brought his own crew on board as simple replacements to the lost members of the Pecos.
Rumours also spread of Lukes record. The USS Apollo damaged and forced to under-go extensive refits and repairs, the USS Helena confiscated by the secretive Department of Temporal Affairs, USS Concorde destroyed and now many wondered what would become of the Pecos. On the way to Deep Space 9 for assignment in Cardassian space multiple fights broke out between the split crew over their new commanding officer. It took all of Lukes limited resolve to see it through and not request reassignment.
Over time the atmosphere on the Pecos became less hostile. Divisions between the old and new crew lessened, and eventually after four months that seemed an eternity the ship started to feel like it was working as a unit. Then the Terran Empire attacked the Federation. The Pecos, despite being nearly 40 years old was right on the front line. What followed was a whirlwind of events: the exposing of an Undine agent intent on destroying Deep Space 9, preventing the Terran Empire for diverting the Bajoran Wormhole, a meeting with the Bajoran Prophets, crossing over into the Terran Empire universe to close the rift between there and the Federations universe and the discovery of a New Link. It had been hardly a year since Vega and Luke once again found himself recalled to Earth, for promotion and reassignment. Rumours circulated that he was given special treatment by command, but the crew of the Pecos stuck true to their story on their commanding officer: he made his own luck and was exactly the sort of person that Starfleet needed with Admiral pips on his uniform.
Luke looked blearily at the man in front of him. He felt himself losing consciousness more and more often and looking back on his past commands. He knew the moment he couldnt wake up the Klingons would kill him. Then the whole room shook. Alarms blasted throughout the Klingon ship. The human commander looked up and then ran out of the room, shouting a command to the guards that Luke couldnt quite hear. That didnt matter, since the manacle on his left arm was indeed loose. Luke strained against the bond, putting every last bit of energy he had into breaking it. A click and the left restraint opened slightly, but not enough to be seen by the guards. Luke groaned out loud, and slumped in his chair. He hoped it wasnt too over dramatic. The room shook violently again. He heard movement behind him and saw two guards appear, one on either side, through his half closed eyes. An Orion male to the left and a Klingon to the right. Luke took a deep breath and then moved.


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Downy Mildew on Melons?
Now my melon patch is getting some sort of blight or mildew. It starts at the base of the plant, leaves turn yellow and die, and the rest of the vine follows. I have lost a full vine or two already and see it on a lot of the leaves.
Here is the link that makes me think it is downy mildew. My dead watermelon leaves look just like the ones here:
Another downy mildew link:
What I don't understand is that everything seems to have it, even the weeds. The drought we are having makes the weeds die off from the base upwards. I took a pic of a leaf from some pigweed and it looks just like the leaves from my muskmelon. Fungal disease is supposed to be spread by cool, wet weather. But we are having the opposite.
Does drought cause fungal disease, too? The leaves that wilt from lack of water and heat are what seem to get the mildew.
I sprayed Daconil tonight. I read to spray fungicide every five days. I can rotate copper and sulphur with the Daconil.
Are you sure it's not just drought and lack of nitrogen? The weeds and melons won't get the same disease. I'd say apply more water and nitrogen.
Last year in our awful drought my melons got a bad case of powdery mildew, entirely different disease.
Your lack of fruit set could also be related to lack of water. I water mine with about 2 inches every 5-7 days. When they start wilting midday, they need a deep watering. A little every day probably isn't as good.
I think you said they wilt every day. That's probably too dry. After a good deep watering they shouldn't wilt mid day even at 105F.
Maybe it is powdery mildew.
I water them every day and sometimes let the water run for hours. It gets at least one hour a day minimum. The ground is soft under the plastic and when I pull a weed from it, the soil seems to be nice and moist. The muskmelons wilt from the heat even while the water is on.
The pigweed might have a nitrogen deficiency, but I would think that had something to do with drying out from the heat being the real cause of it, rather than a deficiency in the soil.
From what I am reading, one of the types of powdery mildew actually prefers hot and dry conditions and hates to get wet. This year would be the perfect conditions, since it never rains.
"P. xanthii prefers dry conditions, with relative humidity of 50 percent to 90 percent for spore production. Although relative humidity doesn�t often reach those levels consistently in the desert, dense foliage and irrigation may create microclimates that favor powdery mildew development. However, presence of water on the plant surface may wash off and/or inhibit the germination of the fungal spores. P. xanthii grows on the outside of leaves, first appearing as a small white growth, eventually becoming a layer of white fluffy mycelium and spores on the upper or lower side of leaves. P. xanthii does not grow systemically (able to spread through the inside of the entire plant), instead this fungus prefers to produce mycelium on the outer surface, and penetrate the leaves with specialized feeding cells called haustoria. The fungus will then produce spores in the absence of free water; spore production gives the leaves the characteristic powdery appearance. The spores are spread to new infection sites by wind. After the fungus has extracted nutrients, the plant cells die, causing the leaves to become brown and papery. Fruit produced by the plant may accumulate less sugar, have reduced yield, and shortened production times."
Not many things like water every day. That can cause the roots to rot which causes loss of leaves. Don't water your melons more than once every 3 days. If you can't extend the interval that long at least you are wetting too small an area around each plant.
Some of the young pumpkin plants are already completely dead. I sprayed daconil on them tonight. I walked over to our other gardens, and those plants have it, too. I saw it on our zucchini squash. I don't ever remember having problems like this. I'm only 36, but my grandparents are 80 and feel the same way. It has to be the weather.

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Idest participated in the OICE Sustainability Workshop held in Rome at the Confidustria headquarters on February 19, 2015. The event opened with OICE president Patrizia Lotti asserting, "This initiative we've organized demonstrates the importance of this engineering sector, in which the Association has supported and promoted since the 80's […], years have passed but there is one thing that hasn't changed: the environmental focus of every project and the fundamental role engineering firms play in the integration of specialized competences." The workshop hosted several major multinational firms who presented their take on the sustainability market not only in Italy, but globally as well. Over 200 registered participants joined Idest in discovering new ideas and forming new potential synergies aimed toward strengthening our positions in this fast-growing sustainability market. The workshop valorized what firms believed to be important for all Italian firms interested in the sustainability market to consider in order to succeed: internationalization, speed and flexibility, and collaboration. And since Idest embodies and strives to reinforce these qualities, this was music to our ears.


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rain after roundup application
lazygardener(z8 OR ,Bverton)June 23, 2007
How long it should be rain free after round up concentrate application ?
davidandkasie(Z8 MS)
once it is completely dry, it starts having an effect on the plant. rain too soon will limit this effect and may require a second dose. i always try to spray at least an hour before hand, more if at all possible. heck, i have sprayed in a misting rain before and killed everything i intended to kill.


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Leaders of the mainline denominations, as their aging members die off and are not replaced, have decided to speed up the timetable to invisibility. They are coming out in favor of gun control. Meanwhile, evangelical church members are overwhelmingly in favor of Second Amendment liberties. A liberal writing in The Atlantic blames this on education. […]Continue reading →


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The open-source electronics prototyping platform Arduino uses C++ for programming. However, the used files have the extension *.ino instead of the more common *.cpp. When opening such file with Geany, I have to set the syntax highlighting manually to C++. Therefore a small suggestion: could you add the *.ino extension to the file data/filetype_extensions.conf ? Line number 11 would then look like:
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You don't need to wait for us to do it.
You can do this for yourself, menu->tools->configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf
Peter Scholtens
Thanks for the advice.
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Government run amuck. More bureaucrats just what we need.
If it was port it would be a puzzle: NIST is already in Maryland, but so is NSA and DISA, and the new DHS compound is only a mile from the MD state line, so the employees will likely come from MD also.
Enough already. Already WAY too many cyber commands, CERTs, Response Centers, 'Centers of Excellence', ad infinitum. Somebody at a level above all the internecine turf battles needs to map out a structure, and Congress and POTUS need to direct that all this duplicated effort be eliminated, and all the duplicated shops need to be de-funded. It's all the same store, folks- long past time to start acting like it.
I'm certain it has nothing to do with more pork going back to her state. *snicker* Seriously, this is probably one of the few good ideas to come out of the Congress in the last couple years.
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Greenwich Thames Path cyclists told to make way for driverless cars
Greenwich Council is quietly doing some very good things on cycling – like boosting cycle lanes, and experimenting with new on-street parking facilities.
But it's still capable of doing some very dumb things – such as closing a cycle lane on the Greenwich Peninsula so it can be used for trials of driverless cars.
The council won a bid last year to test out the technology, getting an £8 million grant to carry out the tests.
In December, the council's weekly newspaper Greenwich Time claimed the trials would not take place on public roads.
But a stretch of dedicated cycle path next to the Thames Cable Car has been commandeered for the tests, with riders told to share an adjacent footpath with pedestrians.
There was no consultation about the decision, instead there's just a tiny notice on a lamp post and cycle markings scrubbed out and replaced with the word "SHUTTLE".
The notice cites "danger to the public" for the decision. But if the trial's organisers think they can avoid danger by closing off a length of cycle path, they've chosen the wrong place.
I cycle along this stretch regularly, and most days there are pedestrians wandering into the cycle track – often glued to tablets with headphones plugged in.
In fact, when I first saw the closure yesterday, there was a small child crawling over the "SHUTTLE" marking. Returning home in the evening rush hour, there were plenty of people wandering down the cycle path.
The trials appear to have begun yesterday, with tourism agency Visit Greenwich posting a video today.
Nobody walking in the path this time, but sooner or later somebody's going to get a shock when they look up from their phone. As driverless technology evolves, it's going to have the potential to clash with other road users – four-wheeled, two-wheeled, or two-footed.
Greenwich's decision to prioritise driverless cars over cyclists and pedestrians without consultation, while on a parochial level is pretty much typical of the way it does things, isn't a good omen for the future.
In the meantime, if you're walking along the Thames Path any time soon, keep an eye – and ear – out for a little driverless car…
Update, 17 February: The path has now reopened. So what was all that about, and was it really worth burning off road markings, putting on new ones, burning them off again and reinstating old markings? A weird episode.
Greenwich Peninsula social cleansing: Council loses battle to keep developer document secret
Residents on Greenwich Peninsula have won an 18-month battle to force Greenwich Council to release a document that influenced its decision to scrap all 'affordable' housing on a key development there.
A tribunal has told the council it should release "viability assessments" which prompted it to cut a requirement for developer Knight Dragon to include affordable housing on Peninsula Quays, on the west side of the peninsula facing Canary Wharf, in exchange for building more on the east side.
Greenwich said its decision – backed by seven councillors, including current leader Denise Hyland – was taken after an independent assessment showed the scheme wouldn't be viable if Knight Dragon had to build social housing, and that it needed to be approved quickly so Knight Dragon could get £50m in grants.
The plans include a private school, "high-end private residential" units at Drawdock Road, and a four/five star hotel at Ordnance Crescent.
But all affordable properties will now be pushed to the south, towards City Peninsula and Greenwich Millennium Village, rather than being spread evenly across the peninsula, which had been council policy since 2004.
To make up for this effective social cleansing of Peninsula Quays, new developments to the far south of the Dome – around where the City Peninsula tower now sits – will see levels of affordable housing shoot up to between 54% and 58%, mostly for social rent rather than shared ownership.
Residents of City Peninsula and Greenwich Millennium Village asked Greenwich Council to release the viability assessment under the Environmental Information Regulations – similar to the Freedom of Information Act.
But Greenwich refused, and appealed against an Information Commissioner decision that it should release the assessment.
Greenwich's appeal meant the case ended up at a tribunal, which sat over three days last October and November. The council hired an external lawyer, Christopher Knight from 11 KBW, at a cost quoted in October at £2,200.
The council could appeal and take the case to a further tribunal – at further cost – but it may face an uphill battle considering the comprehensive nature of the judgment against it. You can read the full judgment here.
Key passages include:
First, the number of affordable homes to be provided on this enormous development, as well as their location, is an important local issue on which reasonable views are held strongly on both sides.
Second, this is a case where a company, robust enough to take on the development of a huge site over a period of 20 years… immediately asks to be relieved of a planning obligation freely negotiated by its predecessor. It justifies this change on the basis of a downturn in house prices it knew about at the time of purchase, using a valuation model that looks at current values only and does not allow for change in the many factors that may affect a valuation over time. It seems to us that in those circumstances the public interest in openness about the figures is very strong.
One argument against disclosure of the redacted information was that those receiving it would be unlikely to understand it. In our experience this is never a useful objection to disclosure under FOIA or EIR. It is increasingly open to question whether the public should be expected to accept the "expert view" without opportunity to see the supporting factual evidence.
Indeed, the final paragraph of the judgment is one that should ring alarm bells as to how Greenwich's planning system works.
It points out that the eight-strong planning board – which included three cabinet members and was chaired by the Labour group's chief whip – that approved the decision to cut affordable housing at Peninsula Quays had no more information than the general public.
Effectively, they were taking the decision on trust, and hadn't been shown the viability assessment in question. Should they have asked for more details?
"It is not for us to say what depth of information Councillors should have expected or asked for, although we note that at least one Councillor would have preferred more detail about the appraisal," the judgment says. That councillor, who is not named, was Hayley Fletcher, who voted against the proposal and later left the council citing problems with bullying in the ruling Labour group.
The tribunal's decision comes as Knight Dragon consults on plans to increase housing on the peninsula from 10,000 to 15,000 – with big question marks over whether anyone will actually be able to afford the new properties. (Labour candidate Matt Pennycook and The Guardian's Dave Hill have written about this.)
More broadly speaking, it's also a significant decision in terms of councils' relationships with developers as they struggle to cope with the demands of an overheated and little-regulated property market.
Last year, Southwark Council was told to release parts of a similar viability assessment for redeveloping the Heygate Estate near Elephant & Castle. The Greenwich decision may now give confidence to others who want to find out more about the relationship between their local councils and developers.
The members of the planning board who supported the decision: Denise Hyland (Labour, then cabinet member for regeneration, now council leader); Ray Walker (Labour, then chief whip, remains planning chair); Steve Offord (then cabinet member for housing), Sajid Jawaid (then cabinet member for community services, no longer a councillor), Clive Mardner (Labour), Geoff Brighty (Conservative), Dermot Poston (Conservative, no longer a councillor).
Hayley Fletcher (Labour, no longer a councillor) voted against, then-leader Chris Roberts (Labour, no longer a councillor) was absent.
Emirates Air Line cable car now has NO regular commuters
853 exclusive: It had just four regular commuters last year – now the Emirates Air Line cable car appears to have NO regular users at all between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, according to figures issued by Transport for London.
No Oyster card holders used the £60m crossing more than five times during one week in October, which would trigger a regular users' discount.
In the equivalent week last year, four people qualified for the commuters' discount, while 16 used it regularly enough to get cut-price tickets in the same week in 2012.
Last year's figures, published at Snipe, were widely covered in London's media, with an LBC radio reporter even travelling to Greenwich to track down the four commuters. But now, it appears there are no commuters to speak of.
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Total Emirates Air Line journeys, starting at north and south terminals, 12-18 October 2014. Source: TfL
For the third year running, I used the Freedom of Information Act to get the figures from TfL, asking for hourly usage figures between Sunday 12th and Saturday 18th October.
Mayor Boris Johnson has called the link, which he opened in 2012, a "howling success" and insists it is a vital tool for regenerating the area. But critics have pilloried the cable car, which charges premium fares and does not accept travelcards, as a vanity project.
But while the cable car has clearly failed to attract regular customers – and ticket sales remain well down on its first year of operation – its overall usage figures are slightly up on last year, suggesting it has achieved some level of success with tourists and occasional travellers. 25,271 journeys were made during the week, compared with 23,029 the previous year and 42,463 in 2012.
Since last October, Transport for London has instigated a number of promotions to try to boost tourist usage of the cable car, including giving an audio commentary on routes; opening a promotional booth at North Greenwich station; and spending £1,200 on an electronic ad board at the station's gateline. This month, the Greenwich Peninsula terminal has been turned into a "magical Christmas experience" as part of a tie-in with The Snowman and The Snowdog film.
One scheme, which offers discounted tickets to Newham and Greenwich borough residents, accounted for 106 ticket sales across the week, while 5,292 "full experience" tickets – offering a souvenir guide and admission to the neighbouring Emirates Aviation Experience – were sold.
28 multi-journey passes – a ticket valid for a year which offers 10 trips at a discount – were sold during the week, compared with 18 last year. (See update at foot of story for more on these, as regular travellers could be using these and not Oyster.) 354 children travelled for £1 each with a schools' scheme, with 47 adults accompanying them for free – down slightly on on 2013's figures.
Two parties booked private cabins for themselves, at a cost of £88.
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Emirates Air Line passengers, hour by hour, between Sunday 12 and Saturday 18 October. Source: TfL.
See equivalent data for Tube journeys from North Greenwich to nearby DLR stations.
Closer analysis of the figures over three years show that already-weak weekday usage of the Emirates Air Line is down slightly on 2013. But passenger numbers continue to show relatively high numbers in the evening – suggesting the cable car could benefit from opening later than 8pm.
Saturday figures are slightly up on 2013…
…but the real growth has come on Sundays.
With figures in the Labour and Conservative parties now starting to talk about who will succeed Boris Johnson in the 2016 mayoral election, the future of the cable car – arguably the most visible legacy to the capital so far from Johnson's two terms at City Hall – is likely to come under the spotlight.
The cable car cost £60m to build, with Emirates paying £36 million in annual instalments for naming rights. A further £8m came from EU funds, with the rest coming from London's rail services budget.
Green and Liberal Democrat politicians have called for the cable car to be incorporated into the Travelcard scheme to boost its standing as a public transport link – but City Hall currently seems content with operating it as a tourist attraction with premium fares.
Since the opening of the cable car, TfL cash has also gone into other tourist-focused projects. The Garden Bridge between the South Bank and Victoria Embankment is likely to be given the go-ahead from the mayor this week along with £30m of TfL cash.
Also this week, TfL has changed the way its cycle hire scheme charges users, cutting the cost of lengthy hires taken by tourists while doubling charges for some shorter rides.
Wednesday 7.40am update: Thanks to Rob, who tweeted me to say he was commuting on the cable car that week – using the paper multi-journey tickets rather than Oyster, which is says is fiddly to use for regular commuters as it involves obtaining a refund after travelling a certain number of times.
28 of these paper tickets, which are valid for a year, were sold between 12-18 October. So it's entirely possible there are a handful of people using these tickets rather than Oyster – again, making TfL's claim that this is a public transport link rather shaky. However, their usage is impossible to track.
Thanks to Clare Griffiths for putting together the graphs in this story.
Media using this story, please credit Darryl Chamberlain or 853blog.com – thank you.
Greenwich's Peninsula Square wakes up as golf balls set to fly
It's been a long-running moan on this site – the sad waste of space between North Greenwich station and the Dome. Well, it's being wasted no more.
Joining Meantime Brewing's temporary Beer Box (due for a three-year stay) is a full-time bar/restaurant, Greenwich Kitchen, that's billing itself as a "New York-style coffee shop". It's even open for breakfast, should you fancy a bacon sarnie on the way into work. There's another unit being fitted out behind it too – we'll have to wait and see what that turns out to be.
Next door is the Now Gallery and the new, plush marketing suite for Greenwich Peninsula owner Knight Dragon containing a champagne bar on the roof – which would explain the three bouncers who seem to be on permanent duty outside the building.
Of course, Knight Dragon has twigged that you're not going to shift luxury pads if the surrounding area's as empty and miserable as it has been for the past seven years. It's a shame that it's all come too late for the summer – but finally Peninsula Square looks like becoming a decent spot for delaying your journey home. Hooray.
In addition to all this action on the square, the old power station coaling jetty's been taken over by immersive theatre company Shunt, whose show The Boy Who Climed Out Of His Face has another week left to run. It's been poorly-promoted locally, but you can also pop onto The Jetty Greenwich for a drink in its bar. £4.50 for a pint of Tuborg in a plastic cup ain't great, but it's a lovely space and one with potential. Again, it's all about making the place a but more lively than it was under the previous developers.
It doesn't end there, though – there are plans to build a golf driving range at Delta Wharf, which long-suffering readers will remember was once due to be turned into an urban beach. There's more about the Greenwich Peninsula golf range plan here, and on Greenwich's planning website, reference 14/2161F. Again, this would be temporary, in place for 10 years before Knight Dragon gets around to developing the site.
Meanwhile, the actual business of selling property has begun, with queues of potential buyers outside the new marketing suite on Saturday. Of course, the property developers' best friend, Greenwich Council, has chipped in this week with a handy plug in its propaganda weekly, Greenwich Time:
What Greenwich Time isn't telling you is what "affordable" actually means, or that the phase after that – where the golf course is set to occupy for now – won't contain any "affordable" housing at all…
10.30am update: See also today's Evening Standard on the housing issue.
Beer Box: Greenwich's Peninsula Square finally springs into life
Seven years after the O2 opened, finally, finally, the miserable open space outside, Peninsula Square, has started to look like the "new leisure destination for Londoners and tourists alike" promised back then.
New York band We Are Scientists opened up Meantime Brewery's Beer Box with a blistering free live show last night. It looks like the Beer Box, on empty land above the Jubilee Line tunnels, is only around for a little while – it was only erected over the last 10 days – but hopefully the shot of life it's brought to this long-wasted space will last for a while longer.
Fingers crossed, it'll stay and there'll be more live events here. Keep the bar, sort out the big screen showing inane promos, and perhaps Peninsula Square will be something Greenwich can be proud of, instead of an embarrassment that's walked through as quickly as possible.
Greenwich's Peninsula Square welcomes the World Cup
A year ago, I wrote how Peninsula Square, the open space between North Greenwich station and the Dome, planned as "a buzzing, exciting place to visit", had become a sorely disappointing spot – simply nothing more than a glorified holding pen for O2 Arena customers.
Twelve months on, and here was the scene as the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup got under way in Brazil. Directly below, people were passing through North Greenwich to watch the opening ceremony and the first match on screens large and small. But on a balmy June evening, all the big screen in Peninsula Square could muster were the same old crappy promos for the O2 Arena. What a waste.
Even the unfortunate Frank Dekker (remember him?) managed better on Olympics opening night with his ill-fated Peninsula Festival big screen. Oh well. In the meantime, Woolwich's big screen might just be the place to head to (particularly for Iran v Nigeria on Monday and Ghana v Germany on Saturday 21st.)
PS. There won't be any football there, but one open space in Greenwich is open for the community this weekend – the riverside garden at Ballast Quay, by the Cutty Sark pub.
Will Charlton's pitch problems flush out ground move?
There's a new owner at Charlton Athletic – but the scale of the rebuilding job facing Belgian businessman Roland Duchâtelet became apparent yesterday when the team's match against Barnsley was postponed less than two hours before kick-off due to ongoing problems with The Valley pitch.
But Charlton fans should be vigilant that the current problems with the pitch aren't used as a pretext to move the club out of its historic home.
Last year, it was reported that the club was in talks with Greenwich Council about moving out of The Valley for a new stadium, to be built at Morden Wharf on the west side of Greenwich Peninsula, on land currently owned by developer Cathedral Homes. The club's old site would become social housing, under this scheme.
What's been unclear, though is where the impetus for the scheme has come from – whether it came from within the club, or from outside.
But what is known is that Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts was a frequent visitor at matches under the ownership of Michael Slater and Tony Jimenez, where he could be seen enjoying hospitality in the directors' box.
Slater and Jimenez took over at Charlton at the end of 2010. They installed Chris Powell as manager, and secured the funds to secure promotion back to the Championship in 2012. But after that the funds dried up.
The pitch problems at The Valley are a symptom of that trouble. The club admits part of the drainage system has collapsed, and this can't be rectified until the end of the season. No significant work has taken place on the pitch for years – and the end result of that neglect was Saturday's fiasco.
Now Slater and Jimenez are on their way out, to be replaced by Roland Duchâtelet, owner of Belgian sides Standard Liege and Sint-Truidense, one-time East German giants FC Carl-Zeiss Jena and Spanish second division team AD Alcorcón. Quite a collection of clubs. He also fronts a small liberal political party in Belgium.
Duchâtelet has installed aide Katrien Meire onto Charlton's board, but before they could get their feet under the table, a little charm offensive was launched from Greenwich Council.
"Royal Borough welcomes new Charlton Athletic owners," trilled a press release on 3 January, adding ominously: "The borough will work with the new owners to further strengthen the Club."
Oddly, Chris Roberts seems to be in a very small band of people who believes that Michael Slater and Tony Jimenez helped Charlton "progress".
Councillor Chris Roberts, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: "The Council would like to welcome the new owners of Charlton Athletic Football Club to the Borough. At the same time, we would also like to place on record our thanks to the previous owners for the progress made by the Club during their tenure in which they secured promotion to the Championship."
It's a very, very odd statement – yes, Slater and Jimenez helped Charlton return to its natural level in the Championship. But the club haemorrhaged senior staff under their regime, and by all accounts was facing serious financial problems before its sale. Hopefully yesterday's events will encourage football journalists to investigate their record a little more thoroughly.
So what exactly was Roberts thanking Slater and Jimenez for? For being receptive to a proposal to move ground, perhaps? We don't know, but previous chairman Richard Murray (who returns to his role under Duchâtelet) didn't get that kind of herogram when he sold up, despite all his achievements.
Neither did the council make any noise when it declared The Valley an asset of community value last November, which would put a six-month block on any sale. Why was that?
If Roberts is putting pressure on Charlton to move, then he's now got to start again with Roland Duchâtelet and Katrien Meire. Will they be receptive? Nobody knows, but Duchâtelet did refer to The Valley as "a cherished stadium" in a statement to fans last week.
Greenwich Council has denied any formal discussions have taken place over a move. An answer to a Freedom of Information Act request made last year would only say:
"Occasional discussions have taken place between representatives of the Council and CAFC going back over many years. These discussions have included reference to the Club's aspiration to stay in, or return to the Premiership, and as a result have included reference to the size and capacity of the existing stands and constraints on expansion posed by the physical limitations of the existing site. The discussions have been informal and conversational in nature, and have not been of a substantive nature."
It's very easy to make an educated guess that Greenwich Council is encouraging Charlton to move under the pretext that the ground is knackered. It then gets a high-profile occupant for a stadium on the peninsula, while social housing which would otherwise have been built up there gets shunted into Charlton. It's a conspiracy theory, but with the lack of anything on the record, it's one which makes sense.
Typically, not even those connected with Greenwich Labour know quite what Roberts' intentions are towards Charlton. Even those who support the club seem hazy on the plans.
But a conversation I had with one yesterday worried me. "If there's a continuing sense The Valley is awful, it makes the argument to move easier," I was told.
Yet there is nothing wrong with The Valley. The pitch hasn't been maintained properly, but that's a management failure, not a failure of location. Indeed, The Valley was known as one of the best pitches in the country a decade ago. And it can be that way again.
If there's an argument for moving, it surrounds the The Valley's limited room for expansion. But with The Valley not even two-thirds full at present – and Greenwich Council having previously backed past expansion plans – that isn't an issue.
Fixing the pitch should be relatively cheap. But perhaps the embarrassment of the postponement, and the way it was mishandled by the club might prompt Duchâtelet to show his hand on the long-term future of Charlton Athletic.
It's 24 years since Charlton fans formed the Valley Party to fight Greenwich Council on the issue of the club playing at its traditional home. Nearly a quarter of a century on, it may well be time for a new generation to become just as vigilant and proactive towards the council's intentions for Floyd Road.


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So I live in a smaller County, not the smallest, but smaller, in Oregon. All the nearby counties have your typical courthouses with metal detectors and everyone has to pass through, even court employees. Then they wand ya, while 3 or 4 others stand by, apparently "just in case".
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Stupid app still doesn't work.
Okay I'll describe it instead. A single metal detector, unattended and an employee entrance, literally 3 feet to the left, door propped open. Lol
What's the point? I could've walked in with all kinds of guns and never been caught. Couldn't believe it. Absolutely hilarious!!!
Was actually really disappointed, had worn all of my holsters at once, empty, including knife sheaths, and was really looking forward to making my statement, silently... taking each one off and print it through a conveyor xray (which they also didn't have).
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Very welcoming and friendly owners. Nothing is too much trouble. Nice, comfortable stay.
- March 2014
- Venere Guest
- United Kingdom
We came for a hen weekend the staff went out of there way to help us, carried our bags also told us the cheapest taxi to get really nice and friendly hosts would definitely stay again
- February 2014
- Venere Guest
- Couple
- United Kingdom
Lovely people, the room was warm and clean, everything there for a seaside break. If we come to Blackpool again, we will seek to stay again
- October 2013
- Venere Guest
- Couple
- United Kingdom
This property needs updating, pictures on line are missleading Double bedroom is much to small, with a bathroom door that Was broken on arrival, with no mention of being repaired. Although advertised as having a licenced bar,alchol is not sold On the premisses due to religion of owner,this is not an accurate account in the description of details,we will not be going back again.
- May 2013
- Venere Guest
- Couple
- United Kingdom
was nice place but was no one around at first, and couldnt find anyone, but once they arrived all was fine... bedsheets had some stains but apart from that it was good... just somewhere to lay your head anyway!
- September 2012
- Venere Guest
- Family with young children
- United Kingdom
Bed was comfortable. We paid for a family room. The room was not a family room, the fold-up bed on the floor was ok, but duvet was torn & dirty & had no cover. Very courteos staff and fantastic value for money regardless of the shortfalls. It is CLEAN.
- April 2014
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Fortuna House Hotel reviews by TripAdvisor
Room Details
Fortuna House Hotel has 11 guest rooms. Rooms open onto balconies. Guests can unwind at the end of a long day and enjoy televisions with satellite channels. Corporate travelers will benefit from free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as complimentary newspapers, safes and phones during their Blackpool visit.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with hair dryers. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs. Additional comforts include air conditioning.
Irons/ironing boards can be provided on request.
Accommodation Services
- Air conditioning
- Telephone
- Mini fridge
- Extra beds
- Baby cots/cribs available
- Coffee and tea maker
- Ironing facilities on request
- Hairdryer in each room
- Safe
- Satellite TV
- Wireless Internet access
- Terrace/Balcony
Distances from Fortuna House HotelSouth Pier - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Grosvenor G Casino Blackpool - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Sandcastle Waterpark - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Pleasure Beach Arena - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Paris Casino - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Bloomfield Road - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Blackpool Pleasure Beach - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Silcock's Fun Palace - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Higgitt's Las Vegas Amusements - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Blackpool Central Pier - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Madame Tussauds Waxworks - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Happy Dayz Amusement Centre - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Dinosaur World - 1.7 km / 1 mi
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The preferred airport for Fortuna House Hotel is Manchester (MAN) - 70.6 km / 43.9 mi.
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... have been that it was a larger town. The information I'd been given about his headstone was accurate, and we located his burial site easily. This cemetery had been the community cemetery well before the war, with family tombs covered in names and memorials. In a separate section, crosses marked the graves of French soldiers and the occasional German one.
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Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
8 of 9 portraits of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, circa 1820
9 in. x 6 1/2 in. (228 mm x 165 mm) plate size; 16 7/8 in. x 12 in. (430 mm x 306 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1966
Reference Collection
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- Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (1739-1767), Son of 4th Duke of Bedford; father of 5th Duke of Bedford. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
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- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 1413 portraits, Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
- Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), Mezzotint engraver and painter. Artist associated with 627 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
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- NPG D4352: Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (impression from same plate as)
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General Admission - $65, Youth $30Tampa Bay Area Seminole Boosters:As many of you are aware, Coach Jimbo Fisher and his staff will be hosting hundreds of Seminoles in Tallahassee on Wednesday, February 3rd (National Signing Day for high school football recruits).Coach Fisher will introduce his staff and discuss the 2010 signing class.This event will be broadcasted LIVE to us here in Tampa Bay !Please join us on Wednesday, February 3rd, for the Tampa Bay FSU Football Recruiting War Party!This is a FREE event and is sponsored by SunTrust and Seminole Boosters, Inc. It will be held at The Venue ( 2675 Ulmerton Road / Clearwater , FL 33762 / www.thevenueclub.com). Check-in will start at 5:30PM. The live broadcast will last from 7:00PM to 8:30PM during which you will hear about the next generation of Seminoles directly from their position coaches. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served, and there will be a full liquor cash bar on hand as well.You are more than encouraged to bring any guests!*** PLEASE be sure to RSVP to Eric Carr at ericdcarr@... ***
Christian Green's FSU visit goes "very well"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/recruiting/os-recruiting-christian-green-fsu-visit,0,4913391.story
Father says Christian Green's trip to Florida State "answered questions"http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100131/FSU04/1310328/1002/SPORTS/Florida-State-recruit-Joyner-eager-to-escape
Florida State recruit Joyner eager to escapehttp://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=550ae58090384500a3fc0528d087f419&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=550ae58090384500a3fc0528d087f419&plckPostId=Blog%3a550ae58090384500a3fc0528d087f419Post%3a2b61449e-84e4-4880-a2ea-8553bdda08b2&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
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++Shaw back from FSU official__________________________________________FSU BASKETBALL:
Jordan DeMercy leaves FSU men's basketball teamhttp://www.wctv.tv/sports/headlines/83212137.html
FLORIDA STATE'S JORDAN DEMERCY DECIDES TO LEAVE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMhttp://blogs.tampabay.com/seminoles/2010/01/florida-state-mens-basketball-player-jordan-demercy-inexplicably-leaves-team-school.html
Florida State men's basketball player Jordan DeMercy inexplicably leaves team, schoolhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sports/college/noleblog/~3/9FLab5QnfDA/florida-state-junior-forward-jordan-demercy-has-left-the-team.html
Florida State junior forward Jordan DeMercy has left the teamhttp://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=92332a7d745f46bfb8be31d4e5e20bcc&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=92332a7d745f46bfb8be31d4e5e20bcc&plckPostId=Blog%3a92332a7d745f46bfb8be31d4e5e20bccPost%3a4ba4117a-6794-46d0-8bdb-195c77c07f2b&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
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Seminoles Look For Split
Florida State will look to get back on the winning track Monday night when it takes on No. 12/13 North Carolina at 7 p.m. in Carmichael Arena.http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100201/FSU07/2010324/1002/SPORTS/Noles-look-for-rebound-at-UNC
'Noles look for rebound at UNC
The Florida State women's basketball team can only hope its important two-game road trip ends better than it started.__________________________________________FSU BASEBALL:
There was much speculation about whether or not Taiwan Easterling and Jacobbi McDaniel would play baseball this season.http://sectionb.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=31
1-29-10 Practice__________________________________________FSU SOCCER/TRACK/GOLF/VOLLEYBALL:
`Noles Make History By Punching Ticket To ITA National Indoors With Triumph Over Ohio State.
This will be FSU's first appearance at the championships.http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100201/FSU10/2010323/1002/SPORTS
'Noles punch ticket to tennis championships with win over Ohio St.___________________________________________'NOLES IN THE PROS:
Skyforce win
Alexander Johnson had a double-double with 23 points with 11 rebounds___________________________________________OTHER FSU NEWS:
Our Opinion: Welcome to FSU
New president starts big learning curve___________________________________________
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|Jan 08, 2013, 08:35 PM
I'll tell you what, $319 for a tricycle retract for a 30lb plane including the struts and wheels is not bad at all...
|Jan 08, 2013, 08:57 PM
Oh yeah! Specially with the wierd geometry...
|Jan 08, 2013, 09:03 PM
See? Now you made me raise the F7F higher on my list of "to finish building..."
|Jan 08, 2013, 09:06 PM
Ha ha ha.... The only thing stopping me is my delivery is late...
|Jan 15, 2013, 11:01 AM
My Tigercat arrived and the only issue was the cheap Chinese masking tape holding the fuse parts ha lost its tack and allowed the nose door to slide around scratching the finish a bit, easy to fix. However, there was a ding in the fuse which looked like a hard hit that cracked through the glass skin finish and exposed the inner glass coat.
I contacted TBM and they were on it right away, amazing service! The scratches are easy to fix with some spit but the ding will take some work & here is my effort so far..
It took about three hours and some supplies from my LHS.
I got some light fiberglass cloth, 30 minute epoxy and paint. The big issue was the paint, I had to get Tamiya sea blue and Model Master gun metal but neither is a good match. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Looking at the outside of the fuse you can see the stress cracks radiating from the hole so I suspect it got hit hard right at that point some time during its life. I glass & epoxied the inside and used epoxy to fill the missing shell on the outside. Once he epoxy hardened it is sanded away to leave only epoxy in the crack area.
If you look at the pictures you can see the cracks and the poor colour match (kind of a green hue). Let me know if you guys have a better colour match.
|Jan 15, 2013, 12:26 PM
If you have any small parts with those colors take them to Home Depot or Lowes paint dept. and ask them to match them for you. It will cost you about $8.00 for both samples.
|Jan 15, 2013, 12:40 PM
I have tried that in the past but never got a close enough match to be happy. Maybe this matte finish might be closer.....
|Jan 26, 2013, 02:55 PM
Guys, those of you who have finished one of these - what sort of build time have you guys put into these? Is there a lot of engineering left to do?
|Jan 29, 2013, 01:36 PM
Motor mount standoff dimension?
|Jan 30, 2013, 01:57 AM
It was, but I don't remember by how much...
|Feb 14, 2013, 09:59 AM
I just ordered a shiny version and will be at my place next week. I am using this as a stepping stone to my other project I have on the boards, a Don Smith B24, 146" wingspan scratch built. It uses four DLE20 engines and all of the same servos. I will be continuing the break in of the four engines on this place while practicing and perfecting multi engine flying in preparation for the bomber maiden, probably sometime next year. This will be a very nice plane to do the testing, I really like the looks of it. Unfortunately it will take the front seat on building and move the bomber aside for a little while but I expect the assembly of this one to only take a week or two. Thanks for the thread here and all the information provided.
|Mar 14, 2013, 09:01 AM
Any progress? Mine is still in the queue. All the parts are here but I have to get the other builds completed first. No room for multiple builds.
|Mar 14, 2013, 10:46 PM
Neah... Started on a seagull T-6AM texan II and still working on the L39 for now. I believe I can get those two will fly this year.
|Jun 04, 2013, 10:01 AM
I have been steadily assembling my Tigercat and there are some serious issues with the fit..
The nacelles are an issue, the main tube was not aligned either in the main wing or the nacelles whichever it was, the nacelles would not sit flat against the inner main wing so there was lots of sanding and cursing and swearing.
I will have to paint the nacelles after I fill the joint and sand it smooth..
The horizontal stabs are the same issue, they don't sit flat against the fuse & needed severe attention... Moe filling & sanding & painting..
The M3 * 50mm screws used in the control horn assemblies are missing. I had to go get a whole set of extra strong horns, more hassles..
I am still undecided about the batteries, I am using 4 5 cell, 4000s 2 in series then those in parallel to make a 10 cell 8000 pack. Figuring out the CG and battery placement will be the next trick..
To their credit, the guys at TroyBuilt have been trying their best to help with solutions..
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Rajesh Gangwar from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh began his fast 10 days ago on a road near a make-shift memorial of the victim.
Babu Singh, from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, is on day five of his fast and are only relying on a liquid diet for over a week.
Speaking to media persons, Gangwar today said that the government must take steps to ensure that the verdict in such cases is delivered at the earliest.