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STATE OF THE UNION EDITION: OBAMA'S 1st EXEC. ACTION – The SOTU curse – Pascrell's guest: 'Bridgegate' mayor – FARM BILL HEADS TO FLOOR – Lew huddles w/ House Dems
By Scott Wong ( email@example.com or @scottwongDC)
STATE OF THE UNION: OBAMA UNVEILS FIRST EXECUTIVE ACTION – Peter Baker reports for the New York Times: "President Obama plans to sign an executive order requiring that janitors, construction workers and others working for federal contractors be paid at least $10.10 an hour, using his own power to enact a more limited version of a policy that he has yet to push through Congress. The order, which Mr. Obama will highlight in his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night, is meant to underscore an increasing willingness by the president to bypass Congress if lawmakers continue to resist his agenda, aides said. After a year in which most of his legislative priorities went nowhere, Mr. Obama is seeking ways to make progress without cooperation on Capitol Hill." http://nyti.ms/L5KBdC
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HOW FAR WILL OBAMA GO? – The president is already vowing to unilaterally raise the minimum wage for federal contractors. POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown breaks down what else he might say in tonight's address:
-- Executive actions: real or hype? The West Wing insists Obama is ready to use his unilateral authority to an extent that hasn't been seen in the past, perhaps on infrastructure, the minimum wage, climate change and education.
-- Play it safe on immigration: The guiding principle on immigration reform: Do no harm. … The last thing Obama will want to do is antagonize Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who is expected to release an outline of immigration principles to his caucus this week — a step that signals a level of seriousness that didn't seem possible only a few months ago. …
-- Washington's deficit gap: Obama gave prime real estate during his past State of the Union speeches to deficit reduction and entitlement reform. Don't expect the same treatment Tuesday. …
-- No hit-and-run on health care: Obama may actually dwell a little longer on Obamacare this year than he has in the past. The speech is coming at the right time for the White House. HealthCare.gov is largely fixed for consumers. The administration sacked CGI, the contractor that botched the website. Three million Americans have selected private health insurance plans, with millions more expected by the March 31 deadline. http://politi.co/1cp8s3c
MICHAEL STEEL, Speaker John Boehner's spokesman, emails a prebuttal to tonight's speech: "When it comes to tonight's State of the Union, the President faces a choice: if he doubles-down on his failed 'go it alone' strategy, he'll hit a brick wall of opposition. But if he is willing to engage with Congress, we can make real progress on creating jobs through trade, immigration reform, patent reform, infrastructure and a host of other areas. That's what the American people want." House Republicans are directing supporters tonight to SOTU.gop.gov, where viewers can watch an "enhanced" version of the SOTU including real-time fact-checking, watch the GOP response from House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and engage on Twitter with lawmakers who will be providing rapid video responses through Vine.
-- Apologies to Rep. McMorris Rodgers, whose name we spelled incorrectly yesterday. She tweeted out this sneak peak of where she'll deliver tonight's response: http://bit.ly/Mp17ak
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THE STATE OF THE UNION CURSE – Bobby Jindal's Kenneth the Page-like performance. Marco Rubio's awkward sip of water. John Aloysius Farrell, writing for POLITICO Magazine, recalled how things can go terribly wrong for those giving the SOTU response: "So take heed, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.). Never mind the belly flops of the last few years by various and sundry colleagues: You can deliver the Republican counterpunch to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday and survive—maybe even prosper. You need not be doomed to what CBS White House correspondent Major Garrett called in a Tweet 'the Sports Illustrated cover jinx of politics.' Being handed the microphone and the opportunity to offer a retort to the president is generally thought to be an honor wrapped up in an opportunity—a chance to put oneself on the national radar. But rather than propelling Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) or Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana to stardom, their ripostes to Obama's SOTU speeches bloodied none but themselves …
-- "At least Rubio and Jindal fared better than Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who spoke for the Tea Party in 2011, staring disconcertingly off-camera as she delivered a high school civics lesson. Other recent responders—Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, then the governor of Kansas, responding to President George W. Bush's last State of the Union in 2008, and Republican Bob McDonnell, then the governor of Virginia, taking on Obama in 2010—gave passable replies. But of course Sebelius, now famed for the botched HealthCare.gov rollout as health secretary, and McDonnell, just indicted in an unseemly scandal involving his wife, a campaign contributor, a Rolex and more, have both since run into political stormy weather …'" http://politi.co/1f6XBe8
TREASURY SECRETARY JACK LEW will huddle with House Democrats this morning at their pre-SOTU caucus meeting on the Hill.
MORE OF FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S SOTU GUESTS have been announced. They include General Motors CEO Mary Barra; Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear; Phoenix resident Cristian Avila , who with her two younger siblings were brought to the U.S. illegally when Avila was 9 years old; and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. The AP: http://politi.co/1mRtJE0
REP. BILL PASCRELL (D-N.J.) has invited the New Jersey mayor at the center of the Chris Christie "Bridgegate" scandal, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, as his SOTU guest. POLITICO's Elizabeth Titus: http://politi.co/1hIkm8r
POLITICO LIVE's SOTU 2014 coverage begins at 8:30 ET tonight with Mike Allen, Anna Palmer, John Harris, Manu Raju and more. WATCH President Obama's address and the Republican response, plus POLITICO post-game analysis, all on politico.com/live
-- ICYMI: POLITICO Pro's SOTU 2014 issue-by-issue roundtable preview: http://politi.co/1hGmn5a
JOIN POLITICO Wednesday morning for reactions to the President's State of the Union Address and a 2014 preview from the 113th Congress. Confirmed speakers include Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.); and Reps. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.); as well as Jennifer Palmieri, Assistant to the President and Director of Communications. Doors open at 8 a.m. Wednesday at The Capital Hilton; 1001 16th St. NW. This event is presented by Innovation Alliance. Register here: http://politi.co/1hrdH2t
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TODAY IN CONGRESS – The House meets at 10 a.m. with first votes expected between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. and last votes between 4:30 and 5:10 p.m. on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. The House will meet again at 8:35 p.m. for a Joint Session of Congress to hear the State of the Union address. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. and will continue work on the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which cleared a procedural hurdle on an 86-13 vote Monday. The Senate will recess today from 12:30 to 2:15 for weekly party caucus lunches. At 8:20 p.m., senators will gather on the floor to walk to the House for the State of the Union.
AROUND THE HILL – Speaker John Boehner and other GOP Leaders hold a post-meeting availability at 10 a.m. in the RNC Lobby. Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra and Vice Chairman Joe Crowley hold a post-caucus meeting availability at 10 a.m. in the HVC-210 alcove. Sen. Richard Blumenthal gives a speech calling on Congress to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, at 10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer holds pen and pad briefing at 11 a.m. in H-144. Rep. Mark Veasey meets with SOTU guest Jason Roberts on the Affordable Care Act, in Cannon 414.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Senate women colleagues hold a photo opp with Lilly Ledbetter on pay equity at 3:15 p.m. in S-128. Reps. Sandy Levin, Mark Pocan, Alan Lowenthal and Danny Davis hold a media availability with unemployed SOTU guests at 3:30 p.m. in Cannon 234. President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress at 9 p.m. on the House floor.
TRANSITIONS – SARAH FELDMAN has signed on as press secretary for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). She comes to McCaskill's office from Sen. Dianne Feinstein's press shop and replaces former McCaskill spox Drew Pusateri, who recently was named communications director for Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa). Braley is running for the Senate.
THE ROGERS REPORT: FARM BILL HEADS TO FLOOR – "House-Senate negotiators reached agreement and filed a new farm bill late Monday, a nearly 960-page measure that combines a landmark rewrite of commodity programs together with bipartisan reforms and savings from food stamps," David Rogers reports. "As fast as the papers were signed, the meat industry — spurned in the final deal making — was already organizing to try to kill the measure when it comes to the House floor Wednesday. But for a moment Monday night, the stage belonged to the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees, who have struggled through two Congresses to hold together the frayed, often fractured coalition of agriculture and nutrition interests behind any farm bill." http://politi.co/1f6AwIl
BOEHNER FINDS HIS HAPPY PLACE – John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman write for POLITICO: "For the first time in his speakership, John Boehner looks like he's actually enjoying himself. Just three months after reaching rock bottom during the 16-day government shutdown, the Ohio Republican seems like he's hitting his stride. Boehner is the most confident and carefree since he took over the speaker's gavel. His looseness was on display last week on NBC's 'Tonight Show' with Jay Leno. Boehner publicly acknowledged that it was his party that caused the disastrous shutdown, joked about foreign governments spying on the United States, compared himself to the Gestapo and even entertained talk about his perpetually tanned skin tone. Furthermore, Boehner has recently tackled his critics on the right and is increasingly happy to talk about his party's efforts to overhaul the immigration system — a touchy subject for many in the GOP." http://politi.co/1f6O7iU
POLITICO: "The tricky art of surviving scandal," By Alex Isenstadt: "If Rep. Trey Radel's resignation announcement on Monday taught us anything, it is this: There is no surefire playbook to surviving political scandal. Heartfelt apologies and pledges to mend one's ways are all fine and good — they've become as routine as budget crises in Congress — but they are no guarantee of keeping one's job. Each case is swayed by individual circumstances: the severity of the lie or coverup, time remaining in office and the reservoir of goodwill built up among voters — or lack thereof.
-- "Broadly speaking, the public is more forgiving of transgressions of the libido than they are of, say, taking bribes or doing hard drugs. But even that is not automatically a career killer (see Barry, Marion). Bill Clinton and David Vitter survived sex scandals, and Mark Sanford came back just a few years after his extramarital affair left his political career in tatters. Then there were John Ensign, Larry Craig and Anthony Weiner — pols whose careers were wrecked by sexual improprieties and who won't be re-entering public life anytime soon." http://politi.co/Mp7OsU
-- WHO'S RUNNING FOR RADEL'S SEAT? Roll Call's Abby Livingston writes: "The GOP primary will determine the next member from this district, where President Barack Obama won just 39 percent of the vote in 2012. Several Sunshine State Republicans have already lined up to run in the solidly GOP Fort Myers-based district, including state Rep. Paige Kreegel and businessman Curt Clawson. The pool of potential candidates includes former Rep. Connie Mack, state Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto, and Chauncey Goss, a former House Budget Committee aide and the son of a Republican congressman from that region." http://bit.ly/1mRwkh0
HILLARY: BENGHAZI WAS BIGGEST REGRET – "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remained vague on her 2016 ambitions Monday, but said her biggest regret while leading the department was the 2012 attacks in Benghazi," writes our own Lucy McCalmont … "'My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy, losing four Americans two diplomats and now it's public, so I can say two CIA operatives,' Clinton said. She added that Ambassador Chris Stevens, who also died during the attack, was 'one of our very best' and praised his service in Libya and across the Middle East." http://politi.co/LjvWwj
MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER – Greg Smith, an executive-in-residence and lecturer in financial institutions and markets at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Lubar School of Business, was first to correctly answer that the three native North Carolinians who went on to serve as Speaker of the House were: Nathaniel Macon (born in Warrenton), James Polk (born in Pineville), and Joseph Cannon (born in Guilford County).
TODAY'S TRIVIA – We hope President Obama isn't too long-winded tonight. Name the president who gave the shortest State of the Union speech by word count. And state exactly how many words it was. The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in the next day's Huddle. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Wayne Suarez Leaves Arturo Fuente
- August 21, 2012 |
- By David Savona
Longtime Fuente executive Wayne Suarez has left Arturo Fuente Cigars. Suarez, who started working with Fuente in January 1992, left on August 1 after more than 20 years with the company, one of the world's largest premium cigar makers.
Suarez said he had no immediate plans for the future. "I'm going to take some time off," Suarez said. "I'd like to thank the Fuente and Newman families for a great run."
In his role Suarez oversaw all Fuente sales in the United States, traveling the country and working with cigar retailers. He was headquartered in Tampa, Florida, at Fuente/Newman Premium Cigars Ltd.
"I'm heartbroken," said Fuente president Carlos Fuente Jr. "Wayne is my brother and he will always be my brother. I hate to see him leave, but I understand. I will always wish him the best."
When asked if he envisioned a return to the cigar industry at some point, Suarez said: "It's a great industry. I have a lot of great friends. Anything is possible."

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A boy was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 71 counts of felony vandalism that caused an estimated $30,800 in damage, sheriff's officials said.
Vista sheriff's deputies investigating prolific tagging in the city conducted a probation check on the juvenile in Oceanside and found several items relating to graffiti at his home.
He was arrested and later released into the custody of his parents.
His name and age were not made public because he is a juvenile.


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Party blowers are a dime a dozen, but they're not usually remembered as the cutest part of the party. But making your own gives you the freedom to choose the paper's color or pattern to coordinate with your party atmosphere.
This simple craft project was a Valentine's-themed guest post by Deb Averett (Dose of Happy) on Design Mom and they're a wonderful idea for a non-candy kid's Valentine. But bookmark the idea for any party or festive occasion you have coming up or just as a fun "crafternoon" project with your kid.
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I'd really like to see screenshots of that, I' sorry, but the description just sounds too funny …
You could try looking whether in the OS "services" the kind of "DLC DRM" service for Dragon Age is running …
Other than that I think a re-install mkigh be needed ? Make sure to backup your savegames etc. first …
Edit : Could be the graphics card being too hot, yes. You could try (if you know what you do) to open up the PC and clean it with a vacuum cleaner … Dust often hinders to ventilators to work effectively.
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Kai Ryssdal: It's Friday. It's been a busy news week. So why don't we do this: Forget about the regular news and spend a little time on the things that didn't make the headlines. Courtesy of Rico Gagliano, Brendan Newnam and the rest of the Marketplace staff.
Brendan Newnam: Rafael Cohen, intern for the Marketplace New York bureau, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend?
Rafael Cohen: So in Holland, some thieves waited till some inmates from a Dutch prison were let out on furlough and they went in and stole the TVs from their rooms.
Newnam: So wait, they stole TVs from a prison?
Cohen: Exactly, yeah. It's win-win, 'cause if they get caught, they get to watch the TVs anyway.
Newnam: Also, I think stealing TVs is legal, like everything else in Holland.
Cohen: Exactly.
Rico Gagliano: Rod Abid, senior producer of Marketplace Morning Report, what story are you going to be talking about this weekend?
Rod Abid: I'm talking about Spirit Airlines, that's the airline that last week announced that they're going to make you pay to bring your carry-on bags on.
Gagliano: Everybody's favorite airline, yes.
Abid: This week, they went about 12 steps further than that. They have new planes with these brand new seats that sit straight up, you cannot move them and they're calling them "pre-reclined seats."
Gagliano: That is amazing.
Abid: "Pre-reclined." What can you say about that? Pre-reclined!
Gagliano: It's like if you go to a car dealer and he's like, "No, the front of this car hasn't been crushed. It's pre-shrunk."
Newnam: Stacey Vanek-Smith, senior reporter at Marketplace, what's your story this week?
Stacey Vanek-Smith: Well, in my home state of Idaho, in the southeastern part of the state, the pelicans are eating a lot of fish. So they're trying to control the pelican population. So on this island where a lot of pelicans live, they've released badgers and skunks to eat the pelicans.
Newnam: So it's like these fish have recruited humans to use badgers and skunks to help them survive?
Vanek-Smith: Right.
Newnam: This is like an affront to Darwinism.
Vanek-Smith: And it would make a very complicated car decal.
Newnam: Or a really cute parade.
Ryssdal: You can catch more of what Brendan and Rico in their podcast. It's called "The Dinner Party Download."


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I'm not a high skill developer guy, I had problems installing Image Gallery in SS 2.4.0 cause it does not show the Image Gallery interface correctly. Reading the Image Gallery requirements i've notice that v2.3.0 was a requeriment, then i installed.
After install dataobject_manager r399 and rebuild DB, I proceed to create a new Image Gallery Page, but the CMS only shows an "error loading page" message. I supposed it's a module error and try with another version that i found on http://www.carlinowebdesign.com/dataobjectmanager/
All works fine at this point, i can create new albums, add images, captions etc. But when i check the published site, i just see a blank page with the load circle animation loop. It happens with any image/gallery/slideshow module that i try.
This is the link of my image gallery page on my site http://www.apanage.com.ve/new-imagegallerypage/
I don't know what else can i do...


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Skip to comments.Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans
Posted on 02/25/2012 3:11:53 PM PST by nuconvert
The trial of 16 Americans and 27 others opens Sunday at a Cairo courthouse in what critics say is a politically charged case linked to a government crackdown on nonprofit groups that has touched off the deepest crisis in U.S.-Egyptian relations in decades.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Maybe Obama will apologize...
Probably did already. But he could again.
And...WHY aren't they COUNTING THE DAYS of this travesty on the evening news (as it was in the days of the Carter administration)?
Really? Hillary said a few words, and then dropped it. Obama doesn't seem to have noticed it, but wants to increase aid to the Muslim Brotherhood. And the media have pretty much ignored it.
This is building up into a real crisis, all right. But who's minding the store?
I thought John McCain and other senators were headed over there to fix this...
No tears here. Let these little OWS turds get a reality suppository for a change.
Well, let's start counting the days here`.
I am pretty sure these idiots are the ones who went to the ME with Ayers and stirred up this "Arab Spring" under the tutalage, training, pay and support of Soros.
And that is why this isn't the news it should be.
I second that.
Any jack-wipe who wanders into a third world hell hole and begins mucking around with their politics (especially after a violent revolution) deserves everything they get.
Just like those hikers who wandered into Iran, so long to bad garbage.
Great idea!!!!!!!!!!!
...there is no dispute that the two groups and their staffs have broken the letter of Egyptian law. Both groups sought, but never received, licenses from the Egyptian government, and both are openly financed from abroad. They therefore violate two restrictions on civil groups left over from government of Hosni Mubarak...
Yeah, that came out shortly after this all broke
Thanx for the article
I thought McCain and Graham went over a week ago and were to bring the Americans home. What happeed??
Not much. They were given " assurance that they (Egyptians) are working very diligently to try to resolve the NGO issue"
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Photographer's Note
Hagia Sophia was built as a Greek Orthodox Basilica when construction began in 537 and served as a church until 1453. From 1453 until 1931 it was converted into a mosque. All references to the christian religion were removed or plastered over except one which was pointed out to us on our tour. In 1935 it began its life as a museum.
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NOTES: Leaver will make his first start of the season and the 16th of his career today; he pitched three scoreless innings against the Owls in 2007 when the two teams played at State Mutual Stadium, home of the Class A Rome Braves....The Bulldogs have a team batting average of .311, a team ERA of 3.97 and a team fielding percentage of .970....Junior shortstop Gordon Beckham is off to a torrid start, batting .517 with 13 home runs and 32 RBIs; in 11 games against ranked opponents, Beckham is batting .480 with six homers and 15 RBIs and in six SEC games he's batting .556 with four home runs and 13 RBIs....Kennesaw junior right-hander Justin Freeman was named Atlantic Sun Conference pitcher of the week on Monday....The Owls have one local player on their roster, redshirt sophomore Micah Sales from Madison County; in three appearances this season, Sales is 0-3 with a 3.50 ERA.
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Welcome to my personal website dedicated to the topic of sustainability. At this site you will find periodic blog postings about sustainability and links to resources generated through my work at Cal State East Bay which I'd like to share with the general public. All the views represented on this website are my own and should not be taken as the official view of my department, Geography and Environmental Studies, or my institution, Cal State East Bay. Since I am both content provider and web-master, any errors contained in this website are entirely my own!
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I'm actually asking you, before I waste my time making an entery, which won't be entered/posted.
K, thanks.
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By SUE CARLTON
Published December 29, 2007
Really, I hate to do this. I know we have serious issues to talk about for the coming new year - property taxes and political races and the precarious state of our world. I promise I will try not to write these words again. But right now I can't help it:
How 'bout that latest on Paris Hilton?
Wait, don't go! We're talking about the potential for some real-life celebrity justice here!
I admit my bias in this. The famous blond heirhead, as the tabloids like to call her, is everything I don't get about fake-celebrity worship.
Sure, most of us listen at least a little to gossip-dressed-as-news about famous people dating, marrying, procreating, adopting, cheating, divorcing, drugging, drinking, rehabbing, backsliding, getting arrested, going to jail, not going to jail.
But doesn't our interest make sense only when it's people we know because they're famous actors or politicians, because they scored amazing business or legal deals or changed the world, because they played really well at sports or wrote books, because they made movies somebody would actually want to see or performed songs someone could actually stand to hear? You know, someone who actually accomplished something before they went around getting into the aforementioned scandals du jour?
Because besides being blessed with big bucks, standing around perfecting her pretty smirk, wearing tiny designer dogs as accessories, providing a really bad example for little girls and appearing on TV, including that dreadful "reality" show that should have been called Snotty Rich Girls Traveling America to Mock People, can someone please tell me what Paris Hilton has actually done?
Okay, she has gotten stopped by the cops. And she has been sentenced to jail. And, like, she didn't really like it, you know, it was like so gross, and she got out kind of early, right? Until they made her go back, and man, the justice system can be so rude.
And now comes the news that Paris may have gotten dissed.
At least that's how the snarkier celebrity news outlets were playing it, as a slap at her and the dubious mark she has made on the Hilton name. More sober news stories report that her 80-year-old, gazillionaire grandpa (okay, really just billionaire) bequeathed 97 percent of his net worth to a charity foundation created by his father. That charity has traditionally given money to causes including helping the blind and the homeless, preventing substance abuse and working to get safe water for people in Mexico and Africa.
Which seems a huge, fitting and even a lovely act, one that is slightly more meaningful than funding oodles of Jimmy Choo pumps and Hermes Birkin bags. Now, if your heart is kinder toward Paris than my own, do not fret.
She and the other heirs will reportedly get to divvy up what's left, which should give her a least a couple mil, or your average low-end Lotto prize. Not gazillions, but not chump change, either. Plus, she's still got that psuedo-celebrity thing to cash in on.
But jeez, even Leona Helmsley's dog got $12-million. That's gotta smart. Or be a valuable lesson. Or not.
Still, it's probably best she's not destitute, forced to, you know, get a real job.
Though that would be a real reality show to watch.
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The Simprop Liftoff-XS is the next step in my ever-increasing 'need for speed' in electric R/C airplanes. My fastest previous model was the excellent Kwik-E by Gary Wright, which I overpowered with a Jeti brushless motor for some extra punch. The Liftoff-XS is a downsized version of the Simprop Liftoff and shows the distinctive lines of its larger brother. The airfoil is suitably thin to allow the Liftoff-XS to be considered as a proper hotliner if powered appropriately.
When Hobby Lobby announced that it was going to be carrying the Liftoff-XS, I was immediately interested in getting one of the first models available as I liked both the look of the model and its two-piece wing.
My kit came from Hobby Lobby with its usual high-quality packaging. Both wing halves came in a bubble-wrap wing bag with two separate compartments, a feature I'm planning to keep to protect the wing from damage when stored and transported. Hobby Lobby separately supplied all of the equipment needed to complete the airframe, including motor, ESC, servos, radio and accessories such as servo extensions, motor mount, etc; everything in their recommended set-up except the transmitter. (These items are not included in the regular kit but were provided so that this review would be complete using all of the manufacturer's recommended equipment.)
The Liftoff-XS's wing and stabilizer are sheeted foam and come precovered, with control surfaces installed and hinged. The wing's servo bays are precut and ready for servo installation. The wing covering on my Liftoff-XS was nicely done, even around the compound curves of the wingtips. There were a few spots that needed a pass of the iron to smooth areas where the covering had relaxed, but these were quickly and easily fixed.
The fuselage is gel-coated fiberglass, including the fixed rudder. A carbon fiber canopy and extensive graphics also are included. Finish of the carbon and fiberglass parts was also excellent, and the canopy on my plane fit perfectly.
I was excited to get started on the plane. The power system provided by Hobby Lobby included a Model Motors AXI 2820/10 outrunner brushless motor, Jeti 'Advance' ESC, an 8-cell CP-1700 mAh SCR Nicad battery pack and an Aeronaut 12.5/9" Folding propeller. There also were additional laser-cut plywood motor mounting plates in the kit's accessory pack.
Two HS-55 for the ailerons and one Hitec HS-85MG servo for the elevator were provided for control, along with several servo extensions and a Hitec Super-8 receiver. I was pleased to see a metal geared servo on the elevator of such a fast airplane. I expected the elevator servo to see some stress at high speeds. Since the Liftoff-XS has a two-servo wing, I chose to use my Hitec Eclipse-7 transmitter so I could use flaperon/spoileron functions during landings.
At the time of arrival of the Liftoff-XS, we had two feet of snow here in New Hampshire not ideal conditions. Anxious to get out as soon as possible, I did what I could by preparing the electronics first.
The AXI motor came with 3.5mm bullet terminals preconnected, but I had to solder the mating connectors to the ESC as well as adding Deans Ultra connectors to the battery and ESC. One thing I like to do is to add additional strain relief to the wiring attached to the Deans connectors. I do this by adding a layer of shrink wrap over the entire connector and wires. This prevents accidentally pulling a wire or shrink wrap off the wire when disconnecting the battery. Some of the better battery pack manufacturers do this, which I now replicate on my own packs and ESCs. Sometimes taking care of details allows you to spend more time at the flying field in the air and not on your tailgate making repairs.
I didnt need to use my building board to assemble the Aeronaut folding prop. The part fit is excellent, and I liked the way the locking nuts held on the folding blades, allowing me to adjust the tension on the pivot for free-folding movement without any extra slop. The carbon-filled blades needed sanding to remove mold lines and balance them on the yoke, but once this was done, the final product was well worth the time. To balance the blades on the yoke I tightened the locking nuts so the blades wouldn't fold. The yoke fit my prop balancer like a conventional prop. Once the prop was balanced, I loosened the locking nuts to allow the blades to fold easily and installed the yoke onto the spinner and collet. Total assembly time for the electronics and propeller was about an hour including taking photographs and notes for this review.
The instructions for the Liftoff-XS come in two parts: the original instructions from the manufacturer with diagrams, but with German text, and an English instruction sheet containing text only. There was plenty of information to keep me on track, although on some steps the translation was confusing reading. Since hotliners aren't beginners models, I'm sure others also will also be able to work their way through the assembly steps without much difficulty, but a complete English translation with images would've been nice to have.
The wings come completed and covered so all that needs to be done to it is to reinforce the aileron hinges with the provided hinge tape and to install the HS-55 servos. I prefer to remove the mounting lugs on my wing-mounted servos and cover them with shrink tubing so I can glue them in place, but still be able to remove them later by cutting the tubing. Since I was out of clear shrink tubing, I had to use the ugly orange tubing seen in the photo. Simprop includes some interesting adhesive strips in the kit to attach the servos, but I chose to stick with my method.
I've had trouble with servo extensions when I remove the connectors to run the extension through the wing, so I simply cut the extension, installed it in the wing, and soldered the wires back together. This prevents the connector's terminals from getting damaged, and I've yet to have a problem doing it this way.
I installed the supplied aileron control horns with epoxy to prevent damage to the aileron's foam core. The provided pushrod hardware is a single clevis and a threaded pushrod, which gets a Z-bend. Since the linkage was short, I used Sullivan 6-32 threaded rod and a second clevis to make the pushrod. This made a nice secure, slop-free, adjustable connection. Notice the fuel tubing used to secure each plastic clevis. This is another case of taking care of the details to prevent a possible failure later. On park-flyers, this step isn't always necessary, but on a fast plane like the Liftoff-XS, I consider it mandatory. I chose to tape on the servo covers instead of gluing them on, as the instructions indicated, in case I needed to remove them.
With the wing assembly completed, I installed the mounting hardware into the fuselage decking. First I reinforced the underside of the decking by gluing in the plywood reinforcement with epoxy. Once the epoxy had hardened I temporarily mounted the wing, marked the hole locations, drilled the holes and installed the provided T-nuts to accept the nylon wing bolts.
I mounted the wing onto the fuselage and began working on the carbon-fiber canopy. My cover fit perfectly as shipped. A piano retaining wire is used to secure the canopy in flight. This is a tried and true method used in a lot of sailplanes, and it works particularly well on the XS since the fuselage has a recessed groove for the canopy...Once I bent the wire so that it worked appropriately, I epoxied it to the canopy with five-minute epoxy using the provided plywood blocks for support. For the rear end of the clip, I used a small needle file to shape a 'V' groove into the underside of the lip in the fuselage. For the front side I drilled a simple hole into the fuselage.
Two items also shown well in the photos above are the cooling holes in the nose of the plane and the plywood front battery mount. The cooling holes come premolded in the nose of the plane as 1/8" indentations in the fiberglass molding. The holes are made by carefully cutting out these indentations. I did this with hand tools using an X-Acto knife for the initial cutting, followed by needle files and a sanding stick. More aggressive or skilled modelers could use a Dremel tool, but I wanted to be cautious to insure a nice looking hole. The parts for the front battery mount came precut so I assembled them and glued them into the fuselage with epoxy once I roughed up the inside of the fuselage with sandpaper and cleaned it with acetone to remove mold release agents.
The next step was the motor mount. This was the only part of the build where I needed to improvise to achieve a perfect result. Hobby Lobby provided some nice laser-cut motor mounts with the accessory package, and I used those to mark the front of the fuselage for the motor mount. The instructions call for gluing the provided plywood motor mount inside the fuselage with epoxy, after making sure the inside mold line is sanded smooth. With all of the tools available to me, I was unable to get anything into the nose of the plane to do this, so instead I mixed up some epoxy with micro-balloons and glued the plywood motor mount into the fuselage, allowing the micro-balloon-filled epoxy to fill any gaps between the mount and the nose of the plane. After this had set, I put some additional full-strength epoxy behind the mount to insure a strong joint.
Once the epoxy hardened, I drilled the motor mount and cooling holes and refined the mount using some round needle files. I used all four mounting screws on the motor to insure a secure mount. When I first mounted the prop onto the motor, I found that the aeronaut prop hub made the propeller stand away from the fuselage a good 1/4-inch, making the gap from the spinner to the fuselage unacceptably large for my tastes. To remedy this I enlarged the center hole in the motor mount to allow the hub to sit inside the fuselage 1/4-inch and used one of the laser-cut motor mounts provided by Hobby Lobby as a spacer inside the fuselage. With this slight modification, the fit of the spinner and folding propeller was perfect.
The rudder of the Liftoff-XS is integral to the fuselage and has a slot molded into it to accept the horizontal stabilizer. Before I attached the stabilizer, I mounted the control horn on the pre-attached elevator since it is much easier than after the stabilizer is mounted. I also used my Dremel tool to cut out the servo opening and pushrod exit on the rear of the fuselage. Once I test fitted the stabilizer and was sure it was aligned properly, I marked the covering and removed the portion at the glue joint. I used five-minute epoxy for the joint.
I used more orange shrink wrap on the elevator servo, and after several test fittings I was able to get the pushrod bent to a shape that moved the elevator without any binding. I marked the shrink wrap with permanent marker so when I epoxied it in I could locate it easily. The decal sheet contained a cover for the opening that shrunk nice and tight with a covering iron after it was applied.
The last part of the assembly is locating all of the equipment in the fuselage. I found it easiest to mount the receiver in the rear of the fuselage under the wing mount. I prefer to use short 6-inch extensions on my receiver for wing-mounted servos. Having them makes hooking up the wing servos much easier at the field. It's important to mark the extensions so you can tell which one is the right and left. I use white electrical tape on the right servo extensions.
In front of the receiver is the battery mount, which I added a Velcro 'seat belt' to insure a solid hold on the battery during high-G maneuvers and inverted flight. The Jeti Advance ESC has an arming switch which I mounted under the canopy on a small balsa block. The ESC is attached to the fuselage bottom with Velcro. I secured the power leads from the motor to the ESC against the side of the fuselage with fiberglass strapping tape to make sure that they didn't accidentally rub against the rotating can of the AXI motor. Finally I marked the CG range on the wing saddle so when I change batteries I can double-check that the plane is balanced.
The Liftoff-XS comes with a generous sheet of adhesive-backed decals to decorate your plane in full livery. Some of these markings are quite large so I used some window cleaner on the surface first and 'floated' the decals into position. Once I was happy with their location, I used a damp towel to squeegee most of the cleaner out from under the decals. After drying overnight they were fully dried. The main wing decal was applied in one piece, then cut afterward. This gave me a nice clean split with both halves perfectly aligned.
I found that with the equipment located where I installed it, I could easily adjust the CG throughout the full recommended range by simply moving the battery forward and backward on the Velcro. No additional nose or tail weight was necessary. I set my radio up to allow the ailerons to be used as flaperons on landing with 10% down elevator mixed to the flaps to prevent the nose from ballooning when the flaps were deployed. I also programmed the ailerons to have only 50% travel when below the wing, and 100% above to help reduce adverse yaw in aggressive turns. Finally I programmed in some mild exponential on both the ailerons and elevator to allow me to do gentle sailplane maneuvers while gliding while still having the ability to fly aggressive aerobatics while under power.
Much to my dismay, it took a good six weeks for the weather here in New Hampshire to improve to the point where I could attempt a maiden flight of the Liftoff-XS. Once the snow melted and the spring rains passed, I headed out to a large 100+ acre hayfield. I wanted plenty of room on the first flights with such a fast plane. My friend Robert Anderson accompanied me as photographer. Please forgive the graininess of some of the photos; photographing such a fast plane with a digital camera proved to be very difficult.
The climb out with the recommended AXI outrunner is very good. With just a couple seconds of level flight to allow the prop to get 'on step', the liftoff can climb out at well over 45 degrees, in fact very close to vertical. From full-speed level flight vertical climbs carry momentum at least 500 feet. Power-on level flight was much faster than my Kwik-E, which has been estimated to be at least 60 mph, so my estimate is that the Liftoff-XS is over 70 mph. Dive speeds are blisteringly fast, in fact the slick profile of the fuselage and wing actually make power-off dives with the prop folded faster than power-on dives.
The liftoff will do giant loops from level flight, and rolls can be nice and axial with some slight correction with the elevator while inverted, as seen on the video.
When slowing down for power-off approaches, the plane doesn't seem to favor either wingtip in a stall, but the altitude loss during a stall is abrupt. By applying the ailerons as flaps or flaperons, this is prevented and landing approaches are much less 'tricky'. I found it necessary to mix about 8% elevator with my flaps to have the plane maintain a level glide instead of ballooning. On one of my landings on this session I caught a wingtip on an uneven clump of hay and stripped one of the aileron servos. There was no other damage to the wing as it appears to be strong enough to take the occasional rough landing at speed. I'm sure this wouldn't have happened on a proper R/C landing strip, even a grass one, but it did on my farm field.
At home, I realized I didn't have a replacement HS-55, so I chose to replace both wing servos to insure that they remained matched. I used a pair of HS-81 servos as replacements. The HS-81 servos fit comfortably in the pre-cut servo bays and the plastic servo covers also fit the larger servos with ease. An additional benefit to the larger servos was that I was able to get more deflection when using the ailerons in flap mode.
Since replacing the wing servos, I've had several more flying sessions with the Liftoff-XS. A recent flying session yielded the video used in this article, which was taken by my wife, Lori. I've found the Liftoff-XS to fly predictably both under power and while gliding, but I also continue to find the high speed of the Liftoff-XS challenging.
The Liftoff-XS is a high-quality high-speed electric powered glider that well deserves its label as a 'hotliner'. It was an exceptional quality kit and easy to assemble. Both the airframe and the recommended equipment provided by Hobby Lobby perform as advertised and exceeded my expectations. This is a plane that will excite and challenge experienced pilots with a 'need for speed' and a flying area large enough to accommodate a very fast plane.Last edited by jbourke; Apr 26, 2004 at 10:23 PM..
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I'm just in the market for something along these lines. I was looking at either this or the bandit. Both have axi 2820/10 recommended. I did have one of these, but i sold it on. I do however have a hacker C40 12S awaiting a plane.
Could be possible, i've got 10x1700cp's or 10x1950 faups that should fit.
My 1700s are shown in the article photo, if your packs are that type (side by side) then the 1950s should fit fine. I've never seen a Bandit fly, but I can tell you this thing is FAAAAAST. Landing with flapperons isn't too bad, no tip stall, which I hear is
a bugger with the Bandit.
I think selling the simprop with an axi is doing this plane a disservice. Its a good motor for a beginning hotliner pilot but if you are going to really wring it out, put a stronger motor in it. I have one, and I am going to put either a hacker fai f5f 5l or a plettenburg 7 cell setup. (I may even cut flaps into the wing). I don't understand why hs55's were used for wings, VERY weak servos for a plane with these capabilities. Lastly, there are better cells than the cp1700.
I know this setup was done with HL materials in mind, but I don't think it will show the real potential of this setup until they use the latest components.
I'll be new to this hotliner game. Flown plenty of small fast brushless planes, and a few moulded gliders, but not merged the two.
Anyone think the C40 will be of any use? Recommended gear ratio and prop size for 10 cells?
Thx for the review. I've been there and done that and agree completely with you that despite the speed the LO likes, it has no bad tip stalling habits. I think however that a larger prop can be used - I prefer a 14x9.5 or 13x11. Amp draw would be around 45A with 8 CP1700s.
Also, I'm grateful that you swapped out the HS55 servos - that spells diseaster to me. I bet you haven't tried a roll after a 1000ft vertical dive yet? The aileron squeal can be deafening... I can imagine that amount of force the servos have to put up with...
Now for a Hacker B40-6L power setup to get a taste of F5B...
Hi Allan,
I'm keen to know why you chose to go with flapperons as opposed to spoilerons. Am I right in assuming the ailerons account for roughly the outer half of each panel?
Will be keen to hear how this plane handles a bit more abuse, especially given it's sold in Europe as a one piece wing. Please let us know through the thread as time goes by.
Thanks for the review, the kit looks very impressive in terms of it's completeness, have fun.
It's looking like i'll have to make do with either the C40 i've got, or buy an AXI 2820/10. Should climb well enough with either (i hope!)
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The wing joiner on my 2-piece wing is a 3/8" diameter steel rod, and the in-wing tubes are brass, so I don't think I'm going to have too many problems with the wing strength. I've done some agressive loops and pull-outs from screeming dives and so far no problems.
The HS-81 servos for me are a much better choice for the wings. Nice and strong.
I chose flaperons, because I've used them before, plus they seem to keep the wingtips from stalling so I get a nice predictable 'mush' on landing.
I'll try using a larger prop as suggested. I understand Sholingo's need for additional speed, but for now the AXI is still giving me plenty of adrenaline when flying. This plane is a HUGE step up in speed from my Kwik-E
I've been using the HS81's for a few years now. probably had about 16 of them altogether. I have had about 5 of them with potentiometers that have gone duff though, and one that just died a sudden death mid flight. Maybe i'm just unlucky - has anyone else had issues with them?
I'm certainly looking at a metal geared servo on the elevator at least. If you loose one aileron you can still land. Loose the elevator, and it's goodnight vienna!
Any recommendations?
On the flapperon / spoileron discussion, is spoilerons both up, and flapperons both down? Any reasoning behind one rather that the other?
Actually a 13x11 or 14x9.5 prop will not give a significant increase in speed - but it will give a much better climb in my experience.
I use the JR/Graupner DS368 on the elevator - sits perfectly in the cutout and is super precise. I used spoilerons (ailerons up) for landing with down elevator compensation. The spoilerons do not really slow the XS down very much but they prevent the speed demon from accelerating again when down elevator is applied to bring the plane down.
Also, the find the 2-piece wing (with that steel joiner and brass tubes) strong enough for any manoveur in the air.
Nice review, but I think the wing loading is wrong:
Wingspan: 62
Wing Area: 341 sq. in.
Weight: 40.7 oz as tested
Wing Loading: 8.4 oz/sq. ft
I calculate it as 17.2oz per square foot!
The figures must be mis-printed. Neil IS right. 40.7oz / 2.36ft2=17.2oz/ft. No wonder the Simprop XS is a screamer. 17.2oz should be fine though I guess. Are the figures mis-printed Allan?
Figures are correct, my math is wrong. 17.2 is correct. Still with the flaps deployed ti does slow down fairly well. In the air it's a screamer though. The best part is hearing the wind whistle over the wings in a death dive. Energy retention seems to be great at all speeds.
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