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Lancer 72 from Klarich Custom Kits
Am ready to give up! Started the wing determined to get it right because no use continuing if it is not. Well, it is not right, although have not started gluing in earnest yet! Have joined the main spars and glued a dihedral brace to them. I simply can't figure out the various shim requirements, etc. I would rather write off the investment at this stage than put out more money for wood, an engine, etc. Has anyone out there built a Lancer 72 from a Klarich short kit. My friend Chad has build a heavily modified one from a Bob Holman short kit. If you have, I may want your autographed picture - well done. I am not new to building, having built about 25 planes from kits but this is my first Old Timer. I have even framed up kits for friends who have asked me to, knowing that I would do a reasonable job. Plus, I was mentored by a master builder who unfortunately passed away a few years ago. I could really use his expertise now. Can old timers be that hard to build? Have a beautiful Spitfire and Waco, both great flyers from Pica kits, to my credit plus several Extras, etc., etc. Looking for some help. . . Cheers
I think most all of the older Klarich kits were hand cut using sheet metal templates. You did not get a full kit in the box at purchase time.
I think he has the business up for sale now too.
Bruce and Coos - yesterday I was looking at two options: a) burn the kit, or b) give it away with me paying any postage, if necessary. . after talking to a friend, I decided a more prudent course would be advisable and posted the above asking for assistance. Also, it was decided that I should simply take a break. . . therefore, I have re-kitted my kit and put all materials away. . . the only rebuilding done was the joining of the two main spars (per the plans) and reinforcing them with a dihedral brace (my own invention). . . I will have my flying planes (6 of them) to put away for the winter in a few weeks plus have just purchased an A.R.F. for next season. So my plan is to put it together, read any responses to my request for assistance and then take another look at my Lancer kit. My friend Chad has offered to give me a hand when I start it next (which could be in about a month) Hopefully, I will be in a better frame of mind by then. Will keep you posted re. any progress and thank you for responding. . . Cheers
GW, oldtimers are a different world when it comes to construction. If you've cut your teeth on modern kits you're probably a little short on some of the skills you need to do things the old way. Can you imagine, KIDS used to build those things!
You mentioned that you had a mentor who passed...I'd recommend looking around for a new one. It's surprising how simple some things are once somebody actually shows you how it goes. Any time you get a chance to look at an oldtimer, look it over carefully, and if the builder is there don't be afraid to ask him questions. Most oldtimer builders love to talk building, want to see the craft continue and have a lot of personal building tricks to share.
Go ahead, step back from the project for a while, but don't give up!
Chad, Take heart. The Lancer is a unique Old Timer. Has the look of a thirties pylon racer. I consider it an advanced design and would recommend a simpler OT model for the first time builder such as: Dallaire, Bombshell, LAnzo RC-1
All cabin designs with simpler fuselages...
Klarich kits are hand sanded over forms patterned from the original John Pond Plans Service prints As such there may be errors in the original plans. Harry does not build a proofing model of his plans but only uses the JP plans. He is looking for a buyer but so far is still in business. http://www.klarichkits.com/
the John Pond Paln inventory is now owned by AMA. See a listing at: http://www.modelaircraft.org/plans.aspx.
I built a Lancer 72 from a Holman kit and modified it for RC electric power. Also made a detachable flying stab - ala sailplane construction. The wing was built with two halfs and a seperate center section. All this so it could be shipped on an airline in a glof bag case from Wallmart. It worked. A friend made a fiberglass cowl for it.
Alsa on its first contest flight the wing failed and it was seriously damaged. Failure was caused by my use of a carbon fiber joiner tube. It was hollow and after talking with a retired engineer found that it did not have the strenght required. I rebuilt the plane and replaced the joiner rod with good old fashioned music wire.
The plane came out heavy - wing was 14 oz by itself - and it flew at maybe 12 oz/ft2 wingloading. But it did fly nicely and thermaled bettered than I expected. However it usually wont beat a Lanzo Bomber in competition.
Alas again - last summer I was up and out in a high thermal and lost sight of it in the haze. Hours later we discovered it in an adjacent pasture with almost exactly the same damage as was incurred during the first crash. I will rebuild it someday but with a lighter wing.
Thanks for the comments Flyer, William and SRoselle (plus pictures) - I really appreciate your input and am now more determined NOT to give up. However, am definitely taking a break. Met with a modelling friend this afternoon and he gave me some good thoughts - the project appears to be not impossible but will be more difficult than I first thought. Again, the proper shimming of the wing ribs will be the key to success. SRoselle - too bad about the crashes but your finished product looks great and I like the colour scheme - well done. Will do my best to keep the wing strong and light. Thanks Flyer - two heads are definitely better than one and fortunately I have no ego problems of my own to worry about. Kids put these things together? Thanks again - will keep you posted. . . Cheers
Here I think is a typical example of a good design and a fun build turned into a frustrating, hair pulling, cursing, night mare, puzzle box crapper from poor thought out plans and/or improper fitting parts.
Lets all hope nobody purchases the Klarich kit/plan line and it fades into history where it belongs to leave only the remaining ones for garage sale fodder and scrap box strips to be used on other more well thought out company's planes .
On the other hand I cannot say enough about Bob Holman`s plans and partial laser kits which was a very enjoyable build from me on my Lancer 72.
Stick with plans and kits which have had years of satisfied customers in their resume and shy away from ones who promise to laser cut you anything from any plan with no past builds to refer you to.
And to say that a old timer is a harder build requiring special long ago forgotten magical modeling skills gets a big chuckle out of me. Johns Spitfire he built with its elliptical wing and compound curved fuselage with many servos and scale details puts any old timer build to shame, even a lumber yard like a Valkyrie. Not to mention his Waco build with a big round stringered fuselage, two wings and complicated accurate strut alignment with dual ailerons. The problem is not the builders skills, but the sad parts and instructions/plans he had to start with
My Lancer was a breeze to build compared to my modern Cap aerobatic machine with its continuous taper wing which required jigging, multiple servo`s and control surfaces to construct, hinge, cover and connect. Not to mention various other modern biplane builds.
Lets face it, old timers build and fly like trainers. Thats why I am building another. It doesn`t get any easier to build and fly than a old timer for pure relaxation, as long as you start with quality plans and parts in the first place. The rest is down hill, right to the silk and dope.
A picture says a thousand words.
Last edited by Chad H; Oct 04, 2008 at 10:09 PM.
I have to respectfully disagree with you, Chad.
Modern kits, especially those from the last ten years, are much better engineered and produced than the old ones. As Steve noted, the Klarich kits are cut from the original plans which aren't always acurate. For example, the wingtip parts for a Playboy don't fit right because the left and right tips are different shapes on the original plan! Part of the skills involved in building the old ones is figuring out how to get three dimensional airplane out of those parts and plans. The original instructions left lots to be desired, too.
It's not my intention to demean GW's building skills, I'm just pointing out that a modern kit builder doesn't need to learn a lot of techniques that were taken for granted in the old days. How many times to you need to build a fuselage from 3/16" square balsa anymore? How many newer guys have had to learn to make good joints in that kind of material? How many undercambered wings do you see in modern sport planes? How many good modern builders even know how to strip plank?
Not mysterious, arcane techniques, just different ones.
Compared to a modern trainer, old timers are fragile and complicated.
As for old timers flying like trainers, well, some of them do, depending on what you're using them for. If you've ever flown a SAM Champs-quality C Glow Bomber or Playboy I think you'll agree that, at least in the climb phase there's nothing trainer-like about them!
By the way, nice Lancer. Very different from Steve's (which I've seen close up...it's even more impressive in person) but still very appealing!
Flyer 1950 - Thanks for the rebuttal to the dissing of Klarich Kits.
You have me at a disadvantage. Are you a NorCal flyer?
Chad H - I noted your post last month about your 'Orange Crush' Powerhouse. Excellent job on that - I can almost taste the citrus in that photo. If that's your farm in the background, you are surely a rich man!
Thousands of surburbia dwelling modelers such as myself are green with envy,
and the pic of it flying overhead in the evening light strikes me as a true 'Spirit of SAM' moment!
Say more about your excellent Lancer. What engine? What covering/paint? and how does it fly?
Steve R
PS - Here is a pic of the Lancer of NorCal flyer Bob English. Believe he used a Super Cyke for power
Steve, our paths have crossed in Muncie at the last couple of SAM Champs. Two years ago you very kindly took a picture of my wife and me with our A Glow Bomber and the second place plaque we won then....thanks!
My real-life name is Scott McNickle. I've been building for something like 53 years and enjoying SAM contests for the last four. You're one of the "names" I've been in awe of since my first trip to Muncie, lol!
Good to hear the positive reports of the Holman plans and laser short kits for the Lancer- it's been on my list.
Anyone with experience with both the Cumulus and the Lancer? I just love the racer styling on both, not sure if there's considerable difference in flying/building. I'd think they'd fly similar if sized and powered the same.
Yip, I have them both. A cumulus at 83 inches with Saito 65 FS for duration and Lancer 45 at 60 inch for Texaco with OS20FS.
Both perform very well in competition.
The Lancer is a better model though. It has more tail moment and tail plane area making it nicer to fly. Cumulus has a reputation for being a bit vague directionally and inclined to tuck at speed. Mine doesn't show either of these tendancies though.
If you build a lancer then base it on the 45 or 49 plan. Both are cleaner than the 72 and have a Clark Y section instead of that aweful RAF32.
Have a look at the performance of both sections in something like Profilli and you will see what I mean.
At the end of the day build the one that looks the best to you. they are all great models. Just don't build another Bl%$dy Bomber!
Here are some Lancers, the red one is a scaled up Lancer 45. It was flown with several engines, most often with a ST 40. It was flown with an Ohlsson 60 for Texaco.
The white one is a scaled up Lancer 72 powered with an OS 90 four stroke.
The last two are Lancers 72, original size powered with Ohlsson 60s, the red trimmed one is somewhere in Australia (I gave it to Colin Borthwick)
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All the hype regarding Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) deal with China Mobile seems to have vanished now. The company had earlier announced that it had an upcoming deal with China Mobile where China's largest carrier would sell subsidized iPhones. However, the company recently said that it was still in talks with company which has given rise to the feeling among the people that the deal is uncertain. The market hasn't reacted positively to this news. The common feeling is that this would affect Apple adversely. However, I think this deal being undone would prove to be blessing in disguise for Apple. Let me cite the reasons for saying so:
Absence of leverage in China:
Apple simply doesn't have the leverage in China that it has in the US. In spite of the fact that it has a hell of a lot of customers all around the world it would be wrong to say that it same advantage in all the markets that it has in the US. In fact, for that matter, I'd say that Apple would be better off if they don't go for the deal. The reason is that the Chinese government does not favor those products that are produced outside the nation's boundaries. Samsung, the South Korean giant, though, has a pretty strong presence in China. This can be owed to the tech giant's brilliant marketing skills. This apart, even Lenovo and ZTE has a pretty huge market share in China. Xiaomi, widely regarded as the Apple of China has the maximum market share in China. The iPhone bug hasn't bitten the Chinese yet. This is pretty evident from the fact that the people in China view iPhones as a nice product but not a 'must have'. So those investors that view Apple from a US-centric perspective are missing the global picture. All in all, it wouldn't be wrong to say that though Apple has a considerate market share in China it is nowhere close to being a leader there.
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Does anybody have any recommendations for a wi-fi card for a GX620 SFF? The computer has the following card slots: one PCI-e x1 and one PCI-e x16. I can find full size PCI and mini PCI-e cards, but not the ones to fit my computer! I'm surprised I'm having such a difficult time.
I prefer a card that would work well with my wireless router, which is a Netgear Rangemax WPN824. Netgear made (a few years back) a WPN311 wireless adapter which is a full size PCI card. They also have/had a WPN111 USB wireless adapter, which I'll purchase if I can't find a suitable PCI-e adapter.
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The Northern Exumas
The entire Exumas chain are an archipelago of 365 cays and islands, beginning just 35 miles southeast of Nassau. The cays are basically limestone in origin. Nowhere in the Bahamas is any rock other than limestone found. The cays themselves are very flat and low lying with few hills over 100 feet high. The external limestone on the cays is worn razor sharp by the action of wind and waves and the cays themselves are honeycombed with caves and cave holes. The cays are covered with various cacti, scrub brush, flowers and trees. Even though this is a harsh environment, the climate is one of the best in the world. The air temperature remains between 50 and 90 degrees.... the isles of perpetual June.
On Saturday, January 8, we departed from Nassau and headed to Allan's cay. We had an uneventful trip from Nassau to Allan's Cay. Nice weather, winds on the nose, so no sailing. The obstacle on this trip was the realization that we had coral heads to look for during our travels! Isolated coral heads can be found almost anywhere in the Exumas, but our route from Nassau to Allan's Cay required us to cross the dreaded Yellow Bank, an area where the depths suddenly go from 20 feet to 12 to 14 feet. The bottom is sprinkled with dark coral heads and small patch reefs. A few of the coral heads only have 3 or 4 feet of water over them. This was our first experience with "eyeball navigation". Fortunately, the sun was shining overhead, and we could easily see the coral heads and steer around them. See the dark spot in the water? Yep, that's a coral head! At first, it was kinda scary... thinking that you might run over one and damage your boat. But, the more we saw, the easier they were to see, and we just went around them. Gotta pay attention, though. Fortunately, the islands of the Bahamas are close together and you don't travel at night.
Eyeball navigation requires that you learn to read the water... learning the relationship between the water color and the depth. When you look down in the crystal clear water, every feature on the bottom is visible. Reefs, heads, rocks and wrecks stand out distinctly in good visibility and are very easy to steer around... once you learn how to read the water. The crystal-clear tropical Atlantic pours over the deep cuts between the cays and there are constantly shifting sandbars. So, the color is always changing. A little saying helps sailors remember about water color....."blue, blue, go on through; green, green, it might get lean; brown, brown, you'll run aground; white, white, you better go back." Blue water is usually 40 or more feet in depth. Green water is the hardest to read. It can range from 3 feet to 40 feet. It can take a while to learn to read green water. The lighter the green, the shallower the water. Water that shifts from green to white is showing you the sand on the bottom and there is little water in that area. Brown signifies a rocky bar or reef with little water in that area. The waters will usually tell you what lies underneath, but it is up to you to decipher the message. How did we learn?? We have a small, hand-held depth sounder that we use when we travel around by dinghy. We would play a little game.. "how deep do you think this is?". We would guess, then LA would put the depth sounder in. Pretty soon, we got pretty good at reading the water. Look at the photo below... you see it all. Dark blue, faint green, a dark brown coral head (center of photo), and some white sand closer to shore (the brown in the front of the photo is sea grass on the shore). See, with a little practice, it's not too hard. The key is to GO SLOW.
Allan's Cay
Allan's Cay is our first stop in the Northern Exumas. (Note: I have seen Allan's Cay spelled Allan's and Allen's... according to which chart and which reference you look at!) The water is spectacular. It really feels like we are cruising the Bahamas now! The anchorage already has ten boats anchored when we arrive, so anchoring is a tight fit! But, as my Daddy used to say, we just "got in there amongst them". Stacy and Rene came over from Pipe muh Bligh and we had drinks to celebrate our arrival in the Exumas, cooked shish-ka-bobs and enjoyed the evening.
The next morning, we dinghied over to Leaf cay. Leaf cay is an uninhabited island and the main attraction here is a large population of rock iguanas. Tourist boats come from Nassau to have lunch and feed the iguanas. However, they all have their cameras out as they arrive and the first attraction they see is you on your boat. They love to take pictures of YOU in your natural habitat.... I think everyone thinks you are sitting on the back of your boat drinking island drinks with little umbrellas in them. And, luckily, sometimes you are!
Iguanas of the Exumas Islands
The iguanas on Exumas Islands are some of the rarest iguanas in the Caribbean. They are among the world's most endangered lizards and are found nowhere else. In pre-Columbian times, the rock iguana was far more numerous than today and inhabited almost every major Bahamian island and cay. The Cyclura cychulura species iguanas are found only in a few cays in the northern and central Exumas. The few iguanas that are left are now protected by Bahamian and international law.
As soon as you land on shore, iguanas start crawling out of the bush. They are herbivorous, eating leaves and fruit. This is important because they help disperse seeds, which helps maintain local plant communities. The rock iguanas are a dark, dirty color with shades of red around the head and upper body. The legs are dark and the skin has a criss-cross pattern to it and the eyes are a deep red. They have a serrated ridge of skin along the spine that is used to bleed off excess heat. They can live to be 80 years old, weigh up to 24 pounds, and breed every one to three years. They deposit up to 10 eggs in sand nests in June and July, and the hatchlings emerge from the nests after 90 days. Their most remarkable feature is their third eye. Known as the pineal eye, it is located under a triangle of clear skin just behind the meridian of the other two eyes. It is a well developed organ with a lens and retina. The function is little understood, though some scientists suspect it is involved with the detection of day length, necessary for the reproductive cycle of the lizard.
After checking out the iguanas, we hopped in our dinghies and explored S.W. Allan's cay. It is a very small island with a lone palm tree. We hiked across the island and took a few photos.
We stayed two nights at Allan's cay. On Monday, January 10, we traveled 4.5 nm (nautical miles) over to Highbourne Cay, which took less than one hour. This is one of the pleasures of traveling in the Exumas. The islands are very close together and you can hop over to the next island in an hour or two. We anchored off the west side of the island.
(Photo credit: Rene Foree)
That night, we dinghied over to Pipe muh Bligh, had margaritas, and Stacy fixed the most unbelievable chicken enchiladas. We were in heaven!!
On Tuesday, we visited the island. Highbourne Cay is the most northerly inhabited island in the Exumas Chain. Three miles long, the island is privately owned and has a marina with 16 slips in a naturally sheltered harbour. They have a fuel dock, water, electricity, and wireless internet for their marina customers only. They have a small ship's store, but fortunately, we didn't need anything but ice. A dozen eggs cost $6.50! We met a couple in the marina from Vermont, Andrea and Jim, that were there on a beautiful Hinckley Power 55 motor-yacht. We were impressed... it only took them an hour to get there from Nassau!! The owners of Highbourne restrict the cay's paths and beaches to guests of the marina, so we hopped back in our dinghies and toured the island from the water.
We dinghied all the way around the island and took some photos of the stromatolites on the east side of the island. Stromatolites date back more than 3.5 billion years and are the world's oldest-known macro fossils. (The earth is estimated to be 4 billion years old). Stromatolites reefs are created by tiny hair-like bacteria, called blue-green algae. Being plants, they require sunlight for photosynthesis. As they grow, they trap sediment and cement it together into tightly packed layers of limestone and appear as mounds under water. The stromatolites that are found in the Exumas are estimated to be about 2000 years old.
The manager's house for the marina sits on a hill on the north end of the island 102 feet above sea level, one of the highest points in the Exumas.
After touring the island, we got the itch to move on, so we went back to our boats, got ready in 30 minutes flat, and headed south. Twelve miles and two hours later, we were safely anchored at Norman's Cay.
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The Toronto mayoralty was dealt yet another blow on Thursday with the release of a video that showed Rob Ford in an erratic, incoherent rant, threatening to "kill that f—ing guy" and "rip his f—ing throat out."
The context of the 77-second long clip, released by the Toronto Star, is not known, but it shows Mayor Ford clearly under the influence of some kind of substance, pacing and gesticulating wildly in a dining room with hardwood floors and a chandelier.
It surfaced shortly after a conservative councillor called on the provincial government to intervene to remove the mayor, and federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, a long-time Ford family friend, became emotional when asked by reporters about the mayor's admission that he smoked crack cocaine while in a drunken stupor.
Just before the dinner hour, Mr. Ford's mother and sister took the unprecedented step of sitting down with a television interviewer to address the crisis that has rocked the city. Diane and Kathy Ford said Mayor Ford needs to lose weight, get a breathalyzer to start his car and see a counsellor, but he doesn't need to go to rehab and he doesn't need to resign. "My heart breaks for my son," Diane Ford said on CP24.
Diane Ford said her son's biggest problem wasn't substance abuse.
"He's got a problem … he's got a huge weight problem," She said. She then went on to say how his whole outlook would change if he lost a little bit of weight.
The mayor, who said after his crack admission he had nothing left to hide, himself seemed at a loss for words following this latest damaging revelation.
"I was very, very inebriated, and um," he said outside his office, moments after the video's release. "I…I it's just, ah, all I can say is again, again I've made mistakes. All I can do is reassure the people that, ah, I don't know what to say."
He provided no explanation for what he was talking about in the video, and ignored questions about why he will not step aside.
"I just wanted to come out and tell you that I saw a video. It's extremely embarrassing, the whole world's gonna see it. You know what, I don't have a problem with that, and I don't know what to say… when you're in that state… I hope none of you have ever or will ever be in that state."
The Toronto Sun initially put up a shorter clip of the video, saying someone was looking to sell a longer version. The Star said it purchased the video for $5,000 and that it was secretly filmed on a cellphone.
The context of the mayor's rant is unknown as is the person he is speaking about. He appears to be in a living room, with several people off-camera.
When asked for context the mayor only responded that he was "extremely, extremely inebriated."
He mentions he is angry at a person who has called the Ford brothers "liars, thieves."
The political crisis surrounding the mayor has seemingly reached its boiling point, after one of his top allies called for the province to remove him from office.
Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly said he did not know the context of the video but hoped the mayor was speaking "metaphorically."
"I want to understand myself what the heck is going on," he said.
Kelly also said it is widely accepted that the mayor is in denial about his personal problems.
Denzil Minnan-Wong said he plans to amend a motion that is calling on the mayor to take a leave of absence, so that it would also petition the province to intervene in the crisis around the mayoralty.
"Extraordinary measures are needed in extraordinary times," he said.
Minnan-Wong and Councillor Peter Milczyn are calling on Mayor Ford to apologize for "misleading" Torontonians about a video which apparently depicts him smoking crack cocaine.
Ford admitted earlier this week that he has smoked crack cocaine after months of denials. He also acknowledged that there is a video of him that is "ugly."
He has long denied that any such video exists.
Hours after admitting to his drug use and his drinking problem Tuesday, Ford vowed to stay on as mayor and run again in 2014.
His brother, Councillor Doug Ford, had gone on a rampage against Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair earlier this week, calling for the chief to step down after he said he had seen the Ford video and was "disappointed."
Counc. Ford has not spoken with the media since his brother's admission. The mayor had said he hid his problems from his brother.
National Post with files from Josh Visser, Robin Grant and Peter Kuitenbrouwer
While the scandal around Mayor Rob Ford has grown, the one family member who has most consistently come to his defence in public is Doug Ford. Yesterday it was the turn of his mother and sister. In a sitdown interview with Stephen Ledrew on CP24, Rob Ford's sister Kathy and mother Diane addressed a range of issues surrounding the mayor, from his troubles with alcohol to his 5-step recovery plan to his toxic relationship with the press. Here is an edited and shortened transcript of what they had to say. Kathy Ford, on addiction "Robbie is not a drug addict. I know, because I'm a former addict …" Diane Ford, on her son's mistakes "It's not acceptable behavior. He is the mayor of the city. But he knows that better than anyone. To err is human, but to forgive is divine. And we all err. But here there is no forgiveness. I haven't heard anything. Yes, his followers and he has a very hard core, which is wonderful — followers and supporters — and I think a lot of them are still out there and they do forgive, but forgiveness isn't in the eyes of the media right now. Diane Ford, on overlooked successes "All the good that he has done. That's all been overlooked. It's never been mentioned at all and it's just so hurtful to the family and so hurtful to me as a mother and I guess there's a lot of mothers out there who feel the same way. We've all had children, we've all had problems in our family and unfortunately Rob is the mayor, but you know, he is not without fault. And the pressure that has been put onto him since day one, since he was elected, it's not fair. It's not right. He's not only hurting, he's hurt himself — we all know that — but there's nothing that he can't recover from. He will recover. I know he will." Kathy Ford, on the future "He won't resign and I don't want him to." Diane Ford, on his admissions "He did what he did. He made a mistake, he's admitted to the mistake — not a nice one — but he's done it. But he's been to work every single day. People want to say 'Oh my goodness, he's ignoring council or he's ignoring his job at city hall.' He isn't. He's not. Every single weekend, he was at every parade. I'd say c'mon when are you coming over for dinner, 'oh I can't, I can't mom'. He's so busy. Kathy Ford, on whether her brother is a drug addict "No. Absolutely not. He couldn't function if he was. He couldn't accomplish the things he has." Kathy Ford, on whether he has an alcohol problem "Well some people say you're an alcoholic if you binge drink once every three months and you just drink [until you're] out of your mind or whatever. Other people say if you have one every night before dinner you're an alcoholic. It depends what you want to consider an alcoholic. … And Robbie does not drink every night and he does not drink one. When Robbie drinks I think he just goes full tilt." Kathy Ford on Doug Ford "I feel so sorry for Doug. He has backed Robbie, I mean, immensely…. Doug needs time to chill out and just cool down because he's hot. And I don't blame him, I really don't, but when it all comes down to the bottom line he will be there for Rob. Because these mistakes aren't everyday mistakes." Diane Ford, on last week's family meeting "He talked, we listened. I talked, they listened. We all had our say. And it was a real outpouring of feelings. There was nothing put on. There were no lies. It was just how we all felt about each other. What my expectations are for my family. We all walked away with a very good feeling. We walked away with a very good understanding of what I expect of Rob, how Rob feels, which I'm not going to share. I didn't say 'shape up or ship out,' but I did say 'Rob, you've got to maybe smarten up a little bit, get back online, I know you can do it. I know you are doing it.' Diane Ford, on her son's problem "He's got a weight problem. He's got a huge weight problem. And he knows that. And I think that's the first problem he has to attack because this will change your whole demeanour. You have to change. You have to show the public that you've changed. Maybe you haven't changed in your heart or inside, but you have to change. He said 'I definitely want to change,' and by changing you have to change your whole demeanour. And everything else will fall into place because you aren't all the things that you're being accused of. But you have to show the public that and you have to show yourself that. Show your strength. I know it's difficult. He eats on the run. He's frustrated. He's attacked all the time. It's terrible. Diane Ford, on being stalked "That incident outside his house when his children can't even go out to school, they can't go and play on their front lawn. The media have cars, they've got cars at my house, they've got cars at his place, they've got cars up at our family business. This is affecting our whole life. And we can't go out. We can't go across the road. They're stalking us across the road when I do my shopping. This is not right. So I said to Rob, 'you've caused all this.' And he knows he has and he's so terribly, terribly sorry. He feels dreadful. He really feels dreadful." Diane Ford, on the five steps "He feels very ashamed of what he's done to the family. So I said OK here's what you do… Five steps: Get yourself a driver. Then after that you do something about your weight…. an alcohol detector in the car. And that will prove you can't drive your car if you're drinking so you're just not going to do that. [Improve the company he's keeping] absolutely, absolutely. See a counselor. Do get help. You could just go to a psychologist and just get help. They will help you through any problem that you've got." Diane Ford, on why taking a break won't work "Rob has an active mind. Rob has an active body. He's got to be moving. He's got to be thinking. He's got to be productive. And that doesn't cut it; people don't understand, 'Take a break, take a break, you've got to step down, you've got to go get help, you've got to do this, you've got to do that.' That's not Rob. If he was really, really in dire straits and he needed help, I'd be the first one, I'd put him in my car and I would be taking him, as would all of us. No. He isn't there." Diane Ford, on carrying on "This has been a very rude awakening [for] the whole family and for Rob… I think he is strong enough to carry on, if he follows those guidelines… I think he will do it. He's got to do it. I can't do it for him. His brother can't do it. None of us can. But we can stand in support of him while he's trying to. And he will. I'm convinced that he will do it and carry on. On tomorrow "Who can say what's going to happen tomorrow? I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. We're all individuals. We all have our ups and our downs… We say things. Things just come out that you really don't mean, in maybe a fit of anger or fit of whatever. We all react. We're humans. We're humans. He's human. Maybe he's been a little too human."


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trivago is looking for several talents for our Düsseldorf or Palma offices with experience working in IT Support, on a user help desk or in networking who can take a hands-on approach in assisting our staff with all their IT-related issues in person. We need people who both love technology and who prefer helping people deal with their issues face-to-face instead of remotely. If you can ensure that our users stay satisfied, we'd like to hear from you.
What you'll do:
- As part of our internal user help desk team, install, maintain and update workstations for our users and be their first point of contact for all IT-related issues or queries.
- Troubleshoot IT malfunctions on a daily basis to ensure that everyone stays on track, tackling problems directly rather than providing support with an FAQ sheet.
- Assist in taking care of our internal user help desk, ensuring that all requests are acknowledged and responded to.
- Document your work on our internal knowledge base so that our entire team can benefit.
What you'll need:
- To be a master of Windows 10.
- The ability to set up and operate Microsoft Office 365 in your sleep.
- A complete understanding of all aspects of computer networking.
- Experience in setting up and operating various devices. You must also be confident troubleshooting issues on notebooks, tablets, PCs and mobile devices.
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- An organized and structured work style and has the ability to keep a cool head under pressure.
- Fluency in English (our company language).
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Staying closer to home seems like a priority for 2015 offensive lineman Bar Milo so his upcoming trip to Cal could play a big role as his early recruitment continues.
So far, Cal, Miami and Washington have offered the 6-foot-6, 305-pound recruit from West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade and he's expected to be in Berkeley within two weeks.
"Coach (Zach) Yenser and I from Cal have decided I'm going to come up in two weeks," Milo said. "I'm going to drive up there and see practice, look around and they're going to give me a whole tour of the place.
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"Being that it's in California, that's already a plus. I want to be able to be close to my parents. They really want me to be close. They really want me to go to USC or UCLA for the same reason but I've heard great things about the facilities at Cal and I just want to see how practice works."
Neither USC nor UCLA has offered yet but Milo has heard only positive comments from both coaching staffs.
He hopes as his junior season gets underway that an offer could be coming from the Bruins and Trojans. After working out at Oregon this summer, the Ducks also seem highly interested and Milo said he's waiting patiently to see if that offer comes, too.
"UCLA has been saying for a long time that they will offer," Milo said. "I haven't gotten it yet so I'm just waiting.
"Coach (Ed) Orgeron from USC was talking to my head coach saying how I impressed him and how I'd be a great addition but it will take time for there to be serious recruiting. Coach (Steve) Greatwood from Oregon is really impressed with me. I think I did pretty well during the one-on-ones at camp."
Milo has a connection at Washington with former teammate Taylor Hindy being there and he was seriously considering a trip to Seattle this summer but it won't work out. Still, the Huskies are very much in his recruitment as things move forward.
"I was also going to make my way up to Washington but I already booked a flight to Oregon for camp," Milo said.
"I can't be spending all my parents' money on flights. I was planning to go up to Washington. Taylor Hindy was a senior my freshman year and he showed me the ropes. He told me to come up and he wanted to show me around. Unfortunately I can't make my way up there."


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A Novella of the DeChance Chronicles
Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. He is also a very private man, and he is in love. When he invites his partner and lover, Amethyst, for a quiet dinner, she has no idea of his true intention. Donovan has planned a sharing - a vision that will give her the keys to his early life - the origins of his power - and a lot more than she bargained for.
The story leads to the town of Rookwood in 1842, an old wagon, a traveling charalatan, a cat, a horse, and a boy named Bones. It leads through the history of other stories, and back to Donovan's home, giving Amethyst, and fans of Donovan DeChance, a glimpse into the man, and his magic. Join young Donovan as he fights to keep his soul, save a town, and learn the roots of his teacher and guardian - and meet his familiar, Cleo.
Magic, mayhem, and books - always the books. Welcome to the world of Donovan DeChance.
This is the first novella in the DeChance Chronicles. Also in this series are the novels Heart of a Dragon and Vintage Soul, both available as eBooks and unabridged audiobooks from Crossroad Press. The town of Rookwood, and the incident Donovan mentions happening there, can be discovered in the novel Hallowed Ground by David Niall Wilson and International best-selling author Steven Savile.
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GONAIVES, Haiti -- They mob aid convoys, break into homes to steal food and shoot anyone who gets in their way. Street gangsters have put aid workers squarely in their sights and are subjecting weary storm survivors to life-threatening delays in getting food and water.
The failure of Haiti's U.S.-backed government to disarm gangs, including the Cannibal Army that started the revolution that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has created a climate of insecurity that jeopardizes lives after the calamity visited on Gonaives by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
"Things are very bad here. People are insecure, and we have to fight for everything," said Rony Coq, 30, a member of a gang called the Bottle Army because its members fling bottles at enemies.
Coq's gang operates in Cassolet, a maze of concrete slum homes that was mired in up to five feet of mud Tuesday -- 10 days after Jeanne.
Nearby, a human vertebra stuck out of a pile of sludge topped by a tire, one of the unclaimed flood victims that residents buried because so many were rotting before officials ordered mass burials.
Officials say more than 1,500 people died in the storm and some 900 are missing, many of whom are presumed among dead. Most of the victims were in Gonaives, Haiti's third-largest city, where four-fifths of the 250,000 residents were left homeless.
The security chief for the U.N. stabilization mission in Haiti, John Harrison of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, visited Cassolet on Tuesday to scout for a safe place to distribute food.
Earlier, only about 40 people lined up for food at an aid center in another neighborhood where U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil had to shoot into the air Monday to control hundreds of people who rioted when they were prevented from looting the food.
"It's very difficult to get food. We come every day ... People are getting very frustrated," said Manette Jean, 31, one of the few people to show up Tuesday.
She said a piece of metal stuck in her foot when she was shoved and nearly trampled during a previous visit to a food distribution center, but that she had to come so she can feed her five children.
Harrison had hoped to use Gonaives' port, but his group found the dock in the hands of armed men. "There's a big problem with gangs," he told The Associated Press. "I think things could get worse."
That was bad news for the World Food Program, which was chartering a ship to bring food to Gonaives.
Jouthe Joseph of the humanitarian group CARE said Tuesday that about 10 tons of food had been lost to looters in Gonaives, out of 175 tons sent in by international aid groups over the past week, which allowed them to feed about 98,000 people.
Joseph's figures did not include local aid trucks that have been looted nor a government convoy held up by armed men at the entrance to the city.
That flashpoint for looters was being secured Tuesday by Uruguayan peacekeepers. Interior Minister Herard Abraham said the Uruguayans needed time to settle in but would improve the situation within a few days. "Security will improve," he promised.
The United Nations sent 150 more peacekeepers to Gonaives over the weekend to reinforce some 600 soldiers already in the city as part of the stabilization force brought to Haiti after Aristide's ouster.
Brazilian Gen. Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, commander of the U.N. force, said Monday that he has only 3,000 of the 6,700 soldiers he needs and could use more help from Haitian police.
Harrison, the Canadian, also complained about the police. "There is no security right now. There are no patrols. There are no functioning police. We're on our own," he said.
But Haiti's force, which has only about 3,000 officers in a country of 8 million people, remains demoralized and poorly equipped since rebels chased them from their stations, killing dozens, in the February uprising that forced Aristide to leave the country.
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PEONIES and ponies will be on offer at an open gardens event in Thorncombe next month.
An assortment of gardens, including the allotments, will be opened to visitors on Sunday, July 20, from 2-5pm.
The event is in aid of Chard and District Riding for Disabled (RDA) and Thorncombe swimming pool.
Visitors will also be able to meet Norbert, one of the special ponies RDA uses.
Tickets are £5 and are available from Thorncombe village hall. Maps will be provided.
Other attractions include cream teas, home-made cakes and cider from the West Milton Cider Company, and a plant stall at the village hall.
The gardens do not have wheelchair access and organisers ask visitors not to take dogs into the gardens. For more information call 01297-678234.