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Everything you need for your stay in Paris is right here, tucked away in this cosy studio apartment! With its modern design and clever use of space, this could only be Paris - a fact which is confirmed the second you step outside the door and find yourself in the desirable Le Marais, right in the centre of town!
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Please note : non smoking, pets are not allowed, no parties please
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SAN ANTONIO {AP} Defense attorneys introduced a suicide note as evidence in the capital murder trial of a 20-year-old man accused in an ambush that resulted in three police officers' deaths.
Jeremiah Engleton's widow read the note before jurors Wednesday.
"I can't deal with all that is happening, has happened and is going to happen," Engleton wrote in the note to his wife.
Though Kenneth Vodochod-sky was not at the scene of the crime, he is accused of helping his friend plan the ambush. Prosecutors say he shares responsibility in the October 1999 shootings and deserves the death penalty.
Authorities have said Engleton, who had been arrested the night before on a domestic violence charge, lured the officers to his trailer with a bogus 911 call and then shot and killed them one by one as they got out of their cars.
Atascosa County sheriff's deputy Thomas Monse Jr. was shot at least 10 times, according to testimony. Fellow deputy Mark Stephenson was shot 11 times, and Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Terry Miller was shot twice.
Two other officers were wounded.
An autopsy indicated that Engleton shot himself in the head and then was shot six times below the neck.
The defense is expected to wrap up its case Thursday, and Vodochodsky's fate may be in the hands of the jury by Friday.
If convicted, Vodochodsky would face life in prison or death by lethal injection.
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This section of Scorpions in a Bottle concludes chapter 5 on the establishment of the C.N.A.
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In the months immediately following Saratoga-Albany, Burgoyne worked diligently to strengthen the fragile lifeline connecting his army to the main British base at New York. He was aided by the Continental Army's leadership reshuffle, which ensured that he faced no concerted opposition from the Americans. By the time of the armistice in June 1778, Burgoyne's position in Albany was secure, and he was free to send units to occupy the remaining rebel positions, such as Fort Stanwix, and to move his own headquarters to New York.
The reassignment of Clinton to Norfolk and Howe to Boston left Burgoyne in control of the four Middle Colonies. Unlike his two colleagues, he had no ongoing rebel insurrection to deal with. [1] Burgoyne's most intractable problem was the Royal Governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, who shared Lord Dunmore's vindictiveness towards the former rebels. Like Clinton, Burgoyne was eventually forced to use his own authority to replace the obstinate royal governor with a more moderate man to keep him from provoking a renewed uprising.
In addition to administering the most loyalist section of the Thirteen Colonies, Burgoyne also had a talent for gaining popular approval that stood him in good stead. Most notably, Burgoyne, a widower, enjoyed a highly-public romance with Mrs. Abigail Conrad, the widow of a soldier in the Continental Army who had died at Valley Forge. Burgoyne's marriage to Mrs. Conrad in February 1780 was the social event of the season, and did much to win over former rebels in the Middle Colonies. Burgoyne also wrote and produced two new plays while in New York, both on American themes. The first told the story of the Indian princess Pocahontas, and the second that of Peter Stuyvesant, the tyrannical, peg-legged governor of Dutch New York in the seventeenth century.
In November, word came of Burgoyne's elevation to the peerage, followed shortly by news of the passage of the Britannic Design, and of Burgoyne's appointment as Viceroy of the C.N.A. Burgoyne's satisfaction at his appointment was tempered by the news that he would be expected to move from New York City to the rough frontier town of Pittsborough.
Over the course of the next year, the Thirteen Colonies saw the return of Dickinson, Dorchester, Connolly, and the others from London, and preparations were made for the establishment of the C.N.A. Dickinson took up residence in New York, and Connolly in Norfolk, in anticipation of their appointments as governors-general of the Northern and Southern Confederations. The summer of 1781 saw the Duke of Albany and his family make a triumphant tour across the former battlefields of the Rebellion from New York to Philadelphia. He gave speeches at Princeton, Trenton, Germantown, and Brandywine, in which he praised the valor of those who fought on both sides, and spoke of the colonial rights enshrined in the Design as a victory for the colonial cause.
In the fall, Albany led his family along the long, rugged trail that Braddock had blazed 25 years before to the forks of the Ohio. In Pittsborough, Albany was hosted by Alexander McKee, a prominent Loyalist, while plans were drawn up for a permanent residence called Government House where the Viceroy would reside and oversee periodic meetings of the Grand Council.
In the spring, Albany sailed down the Ohio to Kaskaskia, to meet with Pierre Concordé, a prominent local landowner who would serve as the first Governor-General of Indiana. From there, he took ship down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and from there sailed to Norfolk to meet with Connolly, and with Theodorick Bland, who would remain the Royal Governor of Virginia under the Design. [2] Albany returned to Pittsborough in early June, accompanied by a force of Virginia militia sent by Bland to discourage any attempt by Marion's raiders to attack the party. He spent the remainder of the month overseeing preparations for the upcoming ceremony of investiture.
At noon on July 2, 1782, Albany was formally sworn in as Viceroy of the Confederation of North America. Lord Cornwallis, who had been appointed Lt. Viceroy, was sworn in at his headquarters in Boston the same day. Similar ceremonies were held for Dickinson in New York, Connolly in Norfolk, Dorchester in Quebec City, Concordé in Kaskaskia, and Francis Legge in York Factory. In the latter two instances, the ceremony also celebrated the renaming of the new confederation capitals to, respectively, Fort Radisson and North City. [3]
The new Viceroy of the C.N.A. divided his time between overseeing the construction of Government House in Pittsborough and traveling to the capitals of the provinces and confederations of the new colonial union. Albany found that the most troublesome of his new duties was mediating between Connolly and Bland.
Connolly was determined to assert the prerogatives of his new office as governor-general, and Bland was equally determined to minimize those prerogatives. Bland was able to prevail by arranging to have himself appointed to represent Virginia in the Southern Confederation Council, and by encouraging his fellow royal governors to do likewise, which they did. Faced with a council made up of his fellow royal appointees, each with his own patrons and supporters in Parliament, Connolly found that he could do little except bluster and complain, which he did copiously.
Dickinson, by contrast, was able to rely on his popularity among his fellow Northerners to ensure smooth relations with the delegates appointed by the N.C.'s provincial governments. In particular, the former rebel general George Clinton owed his own rehabilitation and advancement to the office of Royal Governor of New York to Dickinson's influence, and he remained a strong supporter of the new governor-general. Dickinson received less support from Galloway in Pennsylvania, who was generally unhappy with the changes that had been made to his Plan of Proposed Union, and was particularly unhappy that Dickinson had been chosen over him to serve as Governor-General of the Northern Confederation. [4]
The Indiana Council was chosen by that conferderation's landowners, most of whom, like Concordé, were Frenchmen who had settled there before the Seven Years' War. Indiana's isolation meant that they had little to do with the eastern confederations, though the arrival of a steady stream of settlers from the British lands foretold that the confederation's future would bring it closer to the rest of the colonial union. The Quebec Council, likewise, was drawn from French landowners of longstanding. Despite this, Lord Dorchester's long tenure as governor, going back to the 1760s, ensured that he and the Quebecois were able to work well together. Manitoba remained what it had been before the Design, a fief of the Hudson's Bay Company inhabited mostly by fur traders. Legge spent most of his time in Quebec City, visiting North City for only a month or so during the capital's brief summer to attend his own investiture ceremony. [5]
By the late summer of 1783, Albany had succeeded in establishing the Britannic Design as a working system of government for Britain's North American colonies. The first meeting of the Grand Council was scheduled to take place on September 28, and Albany was deeply involved in preparations for the event when he contracted a cold on September 3. With the upcoming meeting so close, Albany ignored his doctor's suggestion of bed rest, and continued his work. This worsened his condition, and within a week Albany had come down with pneumonia. The Viceroy was bled several times, in line with the medical practice of the day, which of course served to weaken him further, until he finally succumbed on September 20, 1783. [6]
1. In addition to Marion's insurrection in the Virginia and Carolina backcountry, the Allen Brothers in the Green Mountain district of New Hampshire refused to lay down their arms after the June armistice. Repeated efforts to put down the Green Mountain insurrection were frustrated by the rugged terrain and local antipathy to British rule.
2. There is a popular legend that Albany met with Nathanael Greene as the latter was preparing to make the final leg of the journey to Jefferson. Unfortunately, the historical record shows that Greene's party had already departed from Louisiana by the time Albany arrived. Bennet. The First Group, pp. 317-18.
3. Fort Radisson was named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a co-founder of the Hudson's Bay Company. North City was of course named after the Prime Minister.
4. Bronson Michellet. Dickinson and Galloway: From Friendship to Rivalry, 1774-1804 (New York, 2003), pp. 379-86.
5. Legge fell ill in the spring of 1783 and died at Quebec City on 15 May. The office of Governor-General of Manitoba remained unfilled for five years until the Jenckinson Ministry appointed Samuel Hearne at the suggestion of the H.B.C. Paul McIlwain. Manitoba: A History (Port Superior, 1995), pp. 27-30.
6. Philip Williamson. Albany: The First Viceroy (New York, 1988), pp. 351-55. Albany's widow, Lady Abigail Burgoyne, chose to remain in Pittsborough after his death, raising their two sons in the country of their birth. She never remarried.


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Iraq's former prime minister says the United States is ignoring an "emerging dictatorship" in his country, telling The Washington Times that Iran is "swallowing" Iraq and dictating its strategic policies.
Ayad Allawi, who served as prime minister from 2004 to 2005, accused Iran of meddling in Iraqi politics to the point that Tehran "is becoming the dominant feature of Iraq," and claimed that some U.S. officials "concede secretly" that "Iran won, got the best advantage of what happened in Iraq."
Mr. Allawi made the comments amid political and civil upheaval in the wake of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in December. At least 52 Iraqis were killed Tuesday in bomb attacks across the country, and Iraq's vice president is eluding arrest on terrorist charges that are widely seen as politically motivated.
Meanwhile, al Qaeda attacks like those Tuesday have raised questions about Iraq's internal security as Baghdad prepares to host a long-delayed Arab League summit Tuesday that is expected to address the threat of a civil war in Syria and messy transitions in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
"To be honest, people speak about Arab Spring," Mr. Allawi said. "What spring is this?
"Spring is associated with green, renewal of life. We are having blood pouring everywhere in the region and destruction and dismemberment of countries, and chaos is happening."
Broken deal
Mr. Allawi headed the Sunni-dominated Iraqiya bloc in Iraq's 2010 elections. The bloc won two more seats than Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law alliance, but Mr. al-Maliki was able to form a government under a 2011 power-sharing deal.
That deal, which gave several ministries to Iraqiya, was supposed to have given Mr. Allawi control of a new strategic policy council, but the former premier declined the post when Mr. al-Maliki refused to cede it much authority despite what he called U.S. guarantees.
"The policymakers promised to support this, but ultimately and unfortunately, none of this has happened, and the United States forgot about this power-sharing completely," Mr. Allawi said. "I think the United States deliberately is taking Iraq out of the screen because there is a gross failure in Iraq."
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: "We strongly disagree with [Mr. Allawi's] characterization of our relationship with the government of Iraq and the role we have played to keep the Iraqi political process on track."
Ms. Nuland said the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad continues to work as a "broker" in Iraq's political realm and the U.S. remains committed to helping create a "unified, peaceful and democratic Iraq."
The day after U.S. troops left Iraq, judicial authorities there issued an arrest warrant for another Iraqiya leader, Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, on charges that he ran anti-Shiite death squads during the bloodletting that followed the U.S.-led 2003 invasion. Mr. al-Hashemi, who denies the charges, has taken refuge in the Kurdish-controlled north.
Mr. Allawi said he is consulting with other power players, including radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, about next steps.
He suggested three ways out of the political crisis: early elections, "full-blown partnership" or replacement of Mr. al-Maliki with another premier from the ruling National Alliance. If none of this occurs, he said, he would encourage countrywide "peaceful demonstrations" against the government.
'Iran won'
Mr. al-Maliki's Shiite-led government has long been accused of tilting toward its powerful neighbor, Iran - the object of Western sanctions over its secretive nuclear program, which Iranian officials deny is geared for making a weapon.
Mr. Allawi assailed Iran's meddling in Iraqi politics, saying the Islamic republic has begun "swallowing Iraq and is becoming the dominant feature of Iraq." He said some American officials "concede secretly" that "Iran won, got the best advantage of what happened in Iraq."
He also said a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities should be "abolished as an idea" because it would cause regional instability. But he added that Iran's regime "needs to either change its behavior completely, significantly, radically, or the regime needs to be changed."
Mr. Allawi said he hopes dialogue with Iran could persuade its leaders to take a new course.
"If they don't, then it is important to support the opposition inside Iran - to support them politically, to support them with their media, to support them in any possible way, to give them acknowledgment, to give them political assurances, to give them political support in international forums," he said.
He said that approach would mirror the one he recommended to U.S. policymakers in the run-up to the Iraq War.
"Unfortunately, there were policymakers who were saying that the solution is removal of Saddam [Hussein] by force and immediately pushing a button and creating democracy in the country," Mr. Allawi said. "And we have seen now, it's the 10th year, and we don't have democracy. In fact, we have an emerging dictatorship."
Mr. Allawi demurred when asked whether he would head Iraqiya in the next elections, tentatively slated for 2014. "I don't know; it depends," he said. "Maybe I'll be arrested by the government or killed or assassinated."
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Lois E. Linder, 83
Lois Elaine Quinnell Linder passed peacefully Feb. 3, 2009 at 83.
Lois will be dearly missed by her three children, Flavis, Cheryl and Steven, his wife Sue; granddaughters, Kari and Stephanie; grandsons, Scott, Ryan and Johnathan and her loving sister, Marlys Fossum.
Lois began life on June 26, 1925 in the birthing room of her family farm just miles outside Northfield. Lois and her seven brothers and two sisters worked the farm while attending a one-room schoolhouse.
Lois married Forrest "Bud" Linder on Dec. 7, the day of Pearl Harbor. Ordered to active duty, they served in San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento, during this time she had two of her children. After the war they settled in Bloomington, having her third child and starting Linder Construction Co.
Divorced in 1958 and being the sole support of three children, she was forced to find a new profession; her previous banking connections didn't believe a woman could be a contractor. Risking everything, she opened an employment agency at 512 Nicollet Mall, her business thrived for 25 years.
Retiring from business in 1983, she continued her other passions: reading, gourmet cooking, golf and boating. At 78 she suffered a stroke and returned to her beloved Northfield, living at Three Links Care Center.
Lois was a joy, an inspiration, her humor notorious, a kind friend and mother, always ready to help and teach.
There will be a remembrance at her gravesite where she will join her family at Highview Christiania on Saturday, March 21 at noon, followed by a gathering to celebrate of her life from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Archer Hotel in Northfield, Lower Level.
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School's rugby season is kicking off, and inside Friday's Irish Independent includes a bumper Schools Rugby magazine.
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We live in an increasingly verbose society. If we're not vocalising out every thought to whoever happens to be in front of us, we're tweeting, texting or WhatsApp-ing it to someone. I'm as bad as the next person. In any working day rarely a moment goes by when I don't have something to say for myself (I'm sure you pity my work colleagues immensely now). It's how I explain myself, it's how I make a first impression on people, and it's how I express who I am and who I want to be. Basically, I find it really hard to keep my mouth shut.
So, because comfort zones are for wimps and sensible people, I decided to go to Shhh Dating – a speed dating event where participants are invited to remain entirely silent for the duration of the two hour event (you have a break in the middle, where you're allowed to talk if you really have to, but it's sort of frowned upon). In a way I'm looking forward to it – I'm aware that this is potentially the only opportunity I'll ever have to be even slightly enigmatic and mysterious in a dating scenario, which will make a nice change of pace.
The evening was set up by Adam Taffler, after he read an article about how little people made eye contact these days. "I read how eye contact is decreasing and how people are losing the skills that help them to form bonds," he explains to me. "I wanted to put on a night that would be playful, fun and encourage eye contact. Plus the deepest connections I have had with my partners have been in our moments without words. I wanted to champion that. I set Shhh up about a year ago and it has been buzzing ever since."
But does it work? Well, it does seem to. One year in, Adam has his first Shhh Dating engagement, which isn't bad going, all things considered, and although he does tell everyone in the room to manage their expectations if they're hoping to find true love at the end of the night (cue: several hilariously deflated faces) he later admits to me that he's seen some pretty strange things: "I have seen people communicate and fall in love through animal noises, people spontaneously tangoing. One couple got out of their seats and left together after 30 seconds of staring into each others' eyes." Crikey – what have I let myself in for?
Games? Seriously?
The evening starts with an hour of warm up games – encouraging flirtation and interaction with the opposite sex – but no talking. I've dragged my flatmate along with me under the proviso that there would be no 'enforced' fun. So the minute Adam mentions warm-up activities, she looked at me murderously. Fortunately we aren't allowed to talk, so I get off lightly, all things considered.
Rebecca Holman enjoying 'enforced fun' on the silent speed dating night
Adam starts off by getting us to walk around the room catching the eye of different people. After we'd done that for a few minutes, we had to jump in the air upon catching someone's eye. And then finally we had to make a chicken noise (!) each time we caught someone's eye. It was ridiculous in the extreme, but when everyone else is willing to throw themselves into it and look stupid, you quickly realise that the only person who's going to look actually ridiculous is the miserable cow in the corner, refusing to join in.
Next, we play a few different, equally as excruciating games, designed to get us bonding with each other. With no opportunity to speak, there is no opportunity for posturing or acting cool – you just have to throw yourself into it and hope for the best.
Finally, the cringe levels increase exponentially, as we stand in a big circle and massage the person in front of ours' shoulders. And just as I'm starting to feel like I'm on a middle management training course in Luton, we stop for a break before the dating element of the evening kicks off.
90 seconds only
The second half is mercifully straightforward, in that each of the women sits down at an individual table, while the men work their way round the room in order, spending 90 seconds with each of us. Everyone was wearing a sticker with his or her number on it, and after each encounter you mark the corresponding number on your scorecard with a tick and a cross – easy.
Anyway, 90 seconds may not sound like a long time to spend on date, but when you're not allowed to talk, those seconds feel like weeks. A few couples seemed content to gaze into each others eyes, and a few even looked genuinely moved by the experience (although I suspect this has less to do with a great cosmic connection and more to do with the fact that if you stare at anyone hard enough for 90 seconds they start to look like a serial killer – trust me, I've tried).
A few couples started mirroring each other's hand movements like an insane two-headed mime act. I'm not sure if it was a way of passing the time, a way of glossing over the embarrassment of the situation, or a genuine desire to do some interpretative dance. If they could have spoken, I'd have asked them. It struck me, as I watched everyone, how some people are really willing to put themselves out there, and risk looking stupid in an effort to find love (I'm not one of them). And despite my sneering cynicism (nothing personal, that's just my default setting), there was something quite touching about it.
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And me? It turns out I'm not very good at connecting with people on a non-verbal level, so after a few non-starter attempts at staring at people in the eyes of the full 90 seconds (SERIAL KILLER!), I started challenging my partners to an arm wrestle – which admittedly went down better with some than others. I got up and danced with a couple of my partners, and played noughts and crosses with a few more – anything was better than another minute-and-a-half of staring.
I didn't feel instant fireworks with anyone, but I think I could tell which guys I'd get on with – it's amazing what you can spot when you're forced to glean all your information about someone from their body language. So I dutifully made my ticks and crosses, and handed my card in at the end of the night. You then get an email a couple of days later with the names and email address of your matches on – then it's over to you.
In the end, I had three matches, one of whom emailed me. It was slightly tarnished by the fact that he'd sent my flatmate an identical email 30 seconds beforehand, so I won't be getting in touch.
But you know what? Silent dating was a bit of a revelation. I was expecting to hate it, but I was quickly forced to relax and enjoy it for what it was. There was no opportunity to try and create a persona for yourself, or even really impress anyone with a sparkling anecdote or a quick comeback – and if I'm, honest, it was quite a relief. I'm not sure if I'll ever be the enigmatic and mysterious one on a date (or in life) ever again, but I'm going to give it a good go.
Would you ever go silent dating, or is it your idea of hell? Share your thoughts with @rebecca_hol and @telewonderwomen


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Unless he pleads guilty first, veteran actor Robert Conrad will stand trial on two felony drunken driving charges in Calaveras County Superior Court.
Judge David DeVore, visiting from Alpine County, made the decision yesterday after ordering the absent Conrad into court for the preliminary hearing, waiting for an hour for him to show and then hearing prosecution testimony against him.
DeVore ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hold Conrad over for trial on charges he was drunk on March 31, when he was in a vehicle accident that injured him and a Forest Meadows man.
Conrad, who has homes in Murphys and Bear Valley, faces one charge of drunken driving and causing injury and another alleging that his blood-alcohol level was above the state's .08 limit when the accident occurred.
Conrad wasn't in the San Andreas courtroom yesterday when his hearing started about 2:15 p.m.
His attorney, Timothy Pemberton of Markleeville, had filed a motion late last week to postpone the hearing until late February almost 11 months after the accident. He argued that Conrad is still in severe pain from several surgeries he has undergone since March, and takes up to 40 pills each day.
The accident left Conrad partially paralyzed on his right side, although he has recovered much of his movement through therapy.
But last month, a visiting Modesto judge gave Conrad permission to leave the state for personal and business reasons, under the stipulation that he be present for yesterday's hearing.
Conrad took advantage of the decision to take part in a CBS 50th anniversary television show in New York City on Nov. 2.
With that in mind and because yesterday's court date had been set for months DeVore denied Pemberton's motion and demanded that Conrad appear.
An hour later, Conrad arrived at the courthouse with his 18-year-old daughter, Camille.
"Fortunately when (Pemberton) called, I was at home and had just got finished with my therapy," Conrad said.


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Hi all,
Hopefully no one is using the stock servos, push rods and clevises.
Stock control horn is o.k.
Use (2) 2-56 sized rods and clevises.
Hi Guys,
New Video here:
Fast Stryker - Fast Stryker JustGoFly 550TH Motor - Land at your Feet Video
Motor in the video is a JustGoFly 550TH Pusher
Some mods - Our 3.17mm aluminum L Brackets - very strong - it will not bend without alot of force, aligned exactly on the thrust line 90 degrees - not facing down.
At the speeds in the video - my stryker is being torn apart - lots of stress marks and the tape is just not enough to keep the plane from warping. The wooden elevons are good - but balsa is not strong enough - unless you wrap with covering. Strong hinges, and rods.
I like GWS Park HPX Servos which I use in my TwinJet and are 58 oz/in torque - way overkill. But I have never broken a gear and I hate replacing servos due to gear breaks. I don't know if these will fit the stryker, but I will be trying them on my current (next) build. In the video I'm using 30 oz' inch HD1900's. I have found that the cheap HD1900's are strong, and fast but they don't snap to center as quickly as some other servos. I've also found more faulty HD1900's than I would expect in the lot that I have purchased. The S1123's are good, but I am concerned over their 21 oz/in torque. I've not crashed with them, I may focus on the S1123 in my very fast setup since they have always proven to work very well. You do NOT need speedy servos or digital servos. I tried digital servos and they just piss me off when the gears break. They are very precise but metal gear are required and honestly I have not noticed the precision so the cost is wasted on these very expensive digital servos.
When the nose breaks - use a FLEXIBLE glue. I use GOOP or Welders. Some of the other glues break and my Stryker nose looks like the older Spock's face. <Tell me you don't know what I mean >
I am GLASSING the newest Stryker which is #3 for me. All three still work, but one wing is twisted - you'll have to see subsequent "Fly between the trees" videos to understand why that one is twisted. Me an another guys challenge each other and when he flys between two trees, I have to do it faster, lower and inverted
The second one runs fine as you can see on the video but needs more strength for higher speed. The third will be glassed. If you glass the whole stryker you will add to much weight and make the plane very tail heavy. Glass under the plane, around the complete nose, back to where the lead edge of the wing ends. Glass a strip around the whole tail, where the elevons plug into the foam. And use THICK glass ( I used 5 oz glass) to glass around the motor mount. I use 1.5 oz for the plane, but 3/4 or 1 oz is fine too. I like ALOT of strength used selectively. I use 30 minute epoxy and 50% alcohol added to water it down. This makes it take alot longer to dry, but makes the epoxy more flexible and alot stronger.
Re-enforce the motor mount:
This motor will rip the whole motor mount area off the plane if you do not re-enforce the motor mount. You can also use BALSA to replace the foam - done by a buddy when we learned about the foam being ripped off due to the torque, and you can use a strip of metal roof flashing - above and a small one below the plane.
You need no angle on the motor on this fast plane - mount it on the thrust line - not like the stock mount which mounts high and points down. I can fly six inchs above the ground and slam the throttle and she will remain rock solid level.
I use the very very front the the hand hold area - actually just outside the front of the area to balance the plane. This means I dig out the front compartment to push the battery all the way forward. I always glue the nose on the plane. It will break eventually - so what, glue it and go fly again.
I have done no re-enforcement of the upright stabilizers. I have been very happy with them, normally I would put a CF strip on each side of them, but be careful adding tail weight.
I use 2-56 rods and a Z bender for one side and dubro connector for the other. Clevis's are fine to use as well. Use a little fuel tube over the clevis to lock it closed. I hate plastic clevis's and have broken a few. I prefer the metal ones.
Enjoy - the Stryker is a GREAT PLANE ! We're loving it and I find more guys enjoy this as their second plane as an aileron trainer. Usually I'll set them up with the JustGoFly 500T which is infinite vertical and about 80 mph, and show them how to pull back that left stick until they are ready for speed. I don't think the guys I fly with realize how unique a crew of flyers we have. We'll have six 80+ mph Strykers all chasing each other around the sky while we laugh like crazy.
I hope this helps,
Last edited by JustGoFly; May 28, 2009 at 11:12 PM.
I disagree with the digi servo comment above but otherwise good info!
Weight of Glassing is subjective based on the method and type of glass being layed.
Digis are always better then analog no matter what. Also carbonate gears can support greater loads then nylon, mg tend to get sloppy very fast.
Last edited by gotboostedvr6; Jun 10, 2009 at 04:16 PM.
The digital 32 oz/in are stripping about once a week. I do think Digital servos give you more torque for the weight, but I tend to need bigger servos and the problem is that I need more than the 30 oz/in that the digis give me. I was hoping to have higher torque in the smaller case - but digis are not getting me there. I guess I have the wrong ones.
I'm still forming an opinion on the digital ones. I just hate spending $30 on a servo that I toss in a drawer a week later when the gears break. I will try some carbonate gear digitals and hopefully change my opinion. Thanks for the info !
Fiberglass is mandatory for my style of flying. I have shredded two Strykers and a TwinJet without hitting anything. The coolest was the TJ ripping one wing the length of the fuselage and the plane stopping in mid air nose up - shooting the 3S2P battery packs from the front of the plane, then it spinning in for a flat landing. It looked like I fired a couple of missiles.
More when I know it,
haha thats awesome
I'll pm you some digis i get direct from the manufacture in china 30pcs order min
Hi guys... havent posted on here before so firstly id like to say hi to all
I usually fly 3d helicopters but recently purchased an F27C stryker for a bit of fun. I ran the setup (30A eflite ESC and stock motor using various 1800 - 2200 3S packs Flightpower/revolectrix/Emax 20 - 25c) for about 8 flights before one of the servos decided to pack in. I then changed out the servos for a pair of Hitec HS5245 MG digital servos so i could be done with it once and for all. I also added a UBEC and disabled the stock Eflite 30A BEC. These are the only things ive changed so far. Now i dont know if its just me but it definately seems slower recently. I have only got about 14 flights on her from new. Could i have burned out the motor already?
Also i have got a medusa 28-40-2500 afterburner motor which ive found from an abandonded heli project. If i were to fit this motor to the current setup what should i expect? Would it be okay with the stock 30A ESC seeing im not drawing from it for the servos/RX? If not what would be the best size ESC to use without breaking the bank? What would the recommended prop be for good all round speed/performance? Sorry for all the questions lol
Last edited by Made2Fade; Jul 05, 2009 at 11:34 AM.
My Stryker is not fast enough Help!!!
I'm running a Turnigy 28-35 2700kv motor, Turnigy 40amp esc, 4.5x5.5 apc prop and 3s 2200 lipo. My stryker might be a tad faster than the stock setup. I am wanting speed around 100mph. I don't want to do a bunch of reinforcing, I want to run it on just the foam body with stock spars and elevons. I think I can achieve this keeping speed around 100mph. I am looking for a motor, prop, battey setup that will do the job. If possible cheap, like hobbycity cheap. I will pay up to $50 for a motor if it is worth it. Does anybody have any ideas?? Keeping away from scorpion, e-flite, mega... An off brand that will do the job, preferably.
Please help!
Try the new Torq motors sold by gotboostedvr6.
Send him a PM.
It'll be a perfect match for what you are asking for.
I can help you out with the speed on a budget.. Sent you a pm
But for starters you will need to add a carbon spar across the motor mount at a minimum for 100 mph. The stock servos and elevons also will eventually fail at that speed.
I can get you to 100 mph on 4s for about $136, 3s $126 This is NOT using crappy hobbycity motors. Also this 100 mph will be a flat and level speed.. expect 125 mph+ in dives. The motor you would receive is a 6 pole 100 gram inrunner that is currently not available in the US.
I also have a 6s setup that would take 2, 2200 3s packs but would push you over 120 mph. If you have 2200 3s packs that may be a less costly option.
haha gryph beat me to the punch like usual. Looks like we posted at the same time too..
how about a 120mph stryker?
I have 2200ma 4c batteries (25C) a big fat 60a speed controler. Currently running a 4x4.4 apc on a kontronic Fun 400-28. I draw about 28 amps on the ground. Fuse is fully fiberglassed, painted and re-inforced with carbon. What changs can I make to take it to the next level?
Glad to see more chatter here. I was just thinking this week, "Does anyone else still fly their Strykers?"
I'm having tons of fun with mine. I had it up for 20 minutes with only 7 minutes of throttle today with a few WOT high speed passes and mixed aerobatics. It glides so nice and smooth and yet will turn and burn. I'm still running 3-cell 2200 25C packs so it slows down nicely when landing.
Hey! I proved that you can trim trees with foam if it's going fast enough!
Damage: busted wingtip, broke nose off, and dent in LE.
Minor damage really, but a good dent in the leading edge. Has anyone had good luck boiling the foam like we can do w/multiplex elapor?
hey skunk,
I was just floating around with my stryker tonight and thought I would check in...
I trimmed a tree yesterday with my t-28 but got super lucky and came out of it with no damage. I made the mistake of flying when my dx-7 battery was a little too low I guess. The signal wasn't strong enough to get to the plane when it got just over a bunch of trees. It just quit responding and started gliding down. I heard a click and saw a branch move slightly then the power turned back on and my plane came up from behind the tree. LUCKY!!!
SO, I have been thinking about buying a FunJet and can't decide what motor to put in it so I thought about pulling the Stryker motor out and trying it with the FJ... I had a motor from graysonhobby that I bought for a thrust vectoring f-22 (didn't work out) so I thought I would stick it in the Stryker tonight and the results were amazing! I didn't think that little outrunner would be able to perform up to stock stryker standards but I think it might even be a little faster. It is much lighter too so the Struker really performed well.
So, now I am not sure what to do but I might move things around a bit... I will never get rid of my Stryker though. It is so easy to fly and so much fun to float around for awhile before ripping holes in the sky.
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Rockies' Monfort Hopes New Rooftop Party Deck Draws Younger Demo To Coors Field
The Rockies' new-look upper deck in right field at Coors Field, which "cost in the neighborhood" of $10M, is something the team "hopes will help them compete with the neighborhood" near the ballpark, according to Nick Groke of the DENVER POST. Rockies Owner Dick Monfort said, "Looking out our door (at lower downtown) and seeing all those rooftops filled with young adults, and with the demographics in Colorado and who comes to games, (we thought) let's take a chance on this." The Rockies "took about five months to lop off the little-used top portion of the right-field stands and build up a two-level, standing-room only bar area." Monfort said of Marlins Park, whre the Rockies opened on Monday, "In Miami on Monday night, the concourses were packed. People bought a ticket and then they were just hanging out. We wanted to make an area that was better than that" with views of the game. The Rockies are "quick to point out that the money used to build the party deck came from a capital construction fund and from a pool of funds" belonging to the team and the Denver Metropolitan Stadium District that came from Aramark and Regional Transportation District. Monfort said that that money "does not affect what the team spends on player payroll and on-field competition." Anybody "with a ticket can climb to the roof area," but the Rockies also will "sell $14 general admission tickets on most nights that will get you to any standing room-only area at Coors Field, including the Rooftop" (DENVER POST, 4/3).
SPRING CLEANING: MLB.com's Owen Perkins wrote, "Odd as it may seem to think of the Rockies' home ballpark as a relic among the games great cathedrals, Coors Field is actually the third-oldest National League ballpark behind Dodger Stadium (1962) and Wrigley Field (1914)." Two days after the '13 season ended, the club "began a six-month project to ensure Coors Field looks just as fresh for its 20th season as it did in its inaugural season" in '95. Monfort said, "Every 20 years, you've got to freshen the place up." He added of neighboring taverns, "Baseball draws a lot of fans, but they're missing out on a whole group." Monfort has "tried to bring the best ideas he's seen on the road home to Coors Field, borrowing from the likes" of the Orioles, Red Sox, Mariners and Nationals. The result is the "biggest fan deck in sports, a 38,000-square-foot area decked out with comfortable couches and chairs, a fire pit, drink railings, a CHUBurger restaurant and the Tavern Ballpark, complete with a 5,280-inch bar that has 52 taps serving 20 varities of mostly local beers." Monfort said, "I think it'll pizzazz the place up. ... People say it's not 'baseball tradition.' But a lot of people come to our games who aren't really interested in baseball." Monfort pointed out "other new-and-improved features around Coors Field that should add to the fan experience," including Rio on the Rocks, which has "replaced the old Carmina Loft on the mezzanine level in center field." In addition, "10,000 new seats have replaced some of the 20-year-old seats" (MLB.com, 4/2).
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Jaguars Create Five New Luxury Seating Options In Effort To Increase Local Revenue
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Group Concludes Bradley Center Remodel Too Costly, Would Not Address Major Needs
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce has tentatively concluded that revamping BMO Harris Bradley Center at a cost of up to $300M would be "prohibitively expensive and fail to deliver a solution to Milwaukee's long-term arena needs," according to Rich Kirchen of the MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL. The subcommittee is "preparing a recommendation on whether to build a new arena downtown" for the Bucks. While MMAC leaders "generally support building a new arena ... they also wanted to explore the possibility of a major remodeling at the existing 26-year-old BMO Harris Bradley Center." The MMAC subcommittee has "not made a final recommendation to nix the concept of remodeling the existing arena." However, President Tim Sheehy said that he "expects that will be the panel's conclusion." The high cost of remodeling the arena "results from, among other things, the need to reconfigure the lower seating bowl and the balcony." The facility was "designed for hockey and the sight lines for basketball are poor in many sections." Sheehy said, "You would have to take out all the concrete and re-do the seating bowl." Bradley Center Sports & Entertainment Corp. BOD Chair Marc Marotta said that the arena also would "need to be expanded" from 550,000-square feet to about 750,000-square feet to "meet the current size requirements of NBA arenas" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/2).
MARK MY WORDS: In Milwaukee, Don Walker noted Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio "raised eyebrows on Monday when he apparently said he wouldn't rule out providing financial support to build a new arena in Milwaukee." While Attanasio did "not say how much he might be willing to provide, his potential interest would provide a shot in the arm to efforts to get an arena built." Attanasio's apparent interest in providing financial support "also leads to speculation he may be interested in investing in the Bucks." Potential investors in pro sports franchises are "routinely asked to sign confidentiality agreements," which could "explain Attanasio's reluctance to say anything further about his possible interest in investing in a new arena or the Bucks, or both" (JSONLINE.com, 4/1).


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Noel and Liam Gallagher, siblings from world famous legendary rock band Oasis, have admitted that recording sessions while collaborating with the Tweenies have been 'tough'. The proposed new single, 'Stop The Tweenie Clock', has been in production hell for the past few months.
Liam initially claimed he was 'mad fer it', while elder brother Noel claimed the song would be 'f**kin rockin' and 'the best thing I've ever wrote'. Mylo would provide duel guitar solos with Noel, while Jake was supposed to duet with Liam for the lead vocals. Bella and Fizz would provide backing vocals.
Sources close to The Spoof have revealed that recording sessions haven't been without its difficulties. Apparently, Liam battered Jake over the head with a baseball bat after he couldn't sing the word 'shine' in the style of Liam's.
"Its fookin sheeeeeeeine, not shine you fookin muppet," said the angry rocker, "Jake is real sheeeeeeeite."
Meanwhile, Noel claimed Mylo should 'fook off and die' after an altercation over who would get the last custard cream.
"Its not all about fookin custard creams, man. He was fookin sniffing a line of charlie on the mixing desks, the c*nt," shouted Noel, "Those tarts Bella and Fizz need to buck up their ideas. If they don't clean up their fookin act, then I'm hiring the Teletubbies. If they don't lay off that coke, then we've got another couple of Amy Winehouses on our fookin hands. And as for that big red dog of theirs, it can be put down for all I care".
Rumours continue to circulate as to whether recording sessions, for what can only be described as a bizzare partnership, will continue. Its not the only time Oasis and The Tweenies have crossed paths.
Last year, the Gallaghers were infuriated when the TV stars made a cover version of 'Champagne Supernova', with the video being a lavish psychedelic affair. Liam was also seen sticking the V's at the Tweenies at last years Brit Awards.
Just recently, the Tweenies were seen mocking Oasis on their TV show, in which they sang 'Roll With It' while wearing shades and styling a new mop top hair cut. When asked what they were doing, the Tweenies replied they were being a 'Beatles tribute band', much to the disgust of the Oasis brothers.
The Tweenies now plan to work with slit eyed weirdo Thom Yorke, where they have been giving him singing lessons for the past few months. Meanwhile, Oasis forthcoming album will be released in August, entitled '(What's The Story) In Balamory'.


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Letters to the EditorMarch 5, 1997
Marilyn Manson 'advisory' sheltered
I would like to thank those gutless wonders who posted the Marilyn Manson 'advisory' in Collins Residence Hall (and I'm sure among other dormitories). Whoever you are, you have your facts a bit skewed; Marilyn Manson, though not one of my favorite bands, has a purpose. Does anyone out there remember Alice Cooper of the 1970s punk rock era?
He was out to put on a show, the same as Marilyn Manson; he brought out the not-so-lovely side of life that most students at Baylor have never lived in their sheltered lives.
If you don't have faith in your own values, then it is no wonder these same people can't stand to listen to his music.
God created us (yes, this includes Marilyn Manson) and our thoughts and would not have done so if he hadn't wanted us to use our mental faculties. I am a Lutheran Christian, for those of you who might think I agree with Manson's religious values, and although I don't agree with his thoughts, I believe his willingness to express them should be as free as D.C. Talk. Those who have their own opinions are welcome to share them, though they apparently not as freely here at Baylor than in the rest of the United States where the freedom of religion, as I recall, is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.
I think it's regrettable that the closed-minded attitudes of people around campus will continue to close their eyes to the harshness of reality. Maybe he just needs help; to quote from a song from his newest album 'Pray your life is just a dream, I'm so tangled in my sins I cannot escape.' How many of you squirmy worms would put forth your Christian right hand and help him out of his hole?
Tracy Jamison
English '99
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They call him Ragman.
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Once a humble pawn-shop owner in Gotham City, Rory Regan is now a costumed superhero. Clothed in the mystical patchwork "suit of souls", he patrols the rooftops, protecting his city from miscreants. His crusade has seen him encounter fellow crimebusters Batman and Green Lantern. He is also the world's leading Jewish superhero.
There have been other comic-book characters with Jewish backgrounds. Shadowcat of the X-Men has Jewish origins, and one of their major opponents, Magneto, first realised he could control metal while imprisoned in a concentration camp as a child. But right now, Ragman stands alone.
Last month, DC comics published a special "one-shot" issue, which explores Ragman's Jewish origins. The move has opened the door for other heroes like him - heroes with the potential to weave their Jewish experience into contemporary comic-book stories.
Ragman was first created in 1976 by artist Joe Kubert and writer Bob Kanigher, and slipped into obscurity in the '90s. Kubert now runs a school of graphic art in New Jersey and has not worked on the character for some time. Although both he and Kanigher came from Jewish backgrounds (Kanigher died in 2002), he says that they did not set out to create a Jewish character - indeed, in his initial incarnation, Ragman seemed more Irish than anything else, as his alter ego name of Rory Regan suggests.
"Ragman does have a Jewish background, I admit," Kubert says, "but the motivation was more to create a different kind of superhero. Kanigher came from a similar background to mine. I grew up in the late '20s, early '30s, in Brooklyn, and it was not unusual to have older men, Jews who had just come from Europe, go round with push-carts or a horse and wagon and collect old clothes. These were people who eked out a living any way they could. Frankly, I don't know what they did with those of clothes, but they collected them and made a couple of dollars."
Kubert says that in making Ragman Jewish, he and Kanigher simply wanted to ensure the character was believable, and would stand out from the rest of the superhero crowd.
"We felt it was fitting that giving him that kind of background made him more credible and made him a little bit different from all the other superheroes. I don't think Superman was Jewish! But I refuse to cloak myself as someone who was breaking boundaries by making a Jewish hero - that was not my true motivation," he says.
Nevertheless, it was a courageous move, especially given how conservative the comic-book industry was in the '70s. Religion was, if not taboo, then something comic-book writers tended not to feel able to bring into their stories.
"The position changed when comics started to be seen as more than just disposable children's entertainment," says Christos Gage, a writer who has previously worked on titles like The Authority and Avatar. It was he, along with artist Stephen Segovia, who put together the recent Ragman special issue for DC Comics.
"As the artform started to be taken more seriously and the creators wanted to begin tackling more weighty issues, religion became more acceptable," he says. "Now when a character is created, religion, and ethnicity, are more likely to be included as part of their background. At one time, these would have been seen as touchy subjects."
Religion is becoming more widely accepted within comic-book universes, so much so that the arrival of an Islamic superhero team, published by Tashkeel Comics under the title The 99, has just been announced. Other titles, like the Korean comic, Priest, and Garth Ennis's ground-breaking Preacher series, have drawn upon Christianity for their inspiration.
And although Ragman might not have been created primarily as a Jewish character, he has certainly embraced his origins. Gage and Segovia's one-shot, called Suit Of Souls, is a "retcon" or "retroactive continuity", a narrative which alters the histories of its subjects.
The book explains Ragman's origins in the Jewish community of 16th-century Prague and features a retelling of the legend of the Golem.
Gage is confident that the character will have a future beyond Suit of Souls, and understands why he is currently the only Jewish superhero on the block.
"I think the reason that there aren't more of them is the same reason that there aren't more Episcopalian or Baptist superheroes. Comic-book character have tended to be very non-specific in their religion, and I think it used to be done so that the characters would have the widest possible appeal. But it's become more acceptable to give comic-book characters more specific and varied backgrounds, and we thought it would be interesting to explore that."
He adds: "There's always a market for good comics. The Muslim world has a huge population, and I think The 99 is being aimed at people who are currently under-served. Now that I think about it, in Suicide Squad back in the late '80s, there was a group of superpowered agents of the Israeli government. It's all in the execution - good comics are good comics."
Kubert agrees, saying that above all, the goal is to create comic books that tell a compelling story. He says that he has always been given the freedom by his publishers to go in whichever direction he wanted to, as long he was able to create something new and different.
"We have found that, as both writers and artists, the more credible and believable the character is, the chances are that the reader will be able to identify with that character and want to see more.
"Aside from anything regarding the quality of the characters we're creating, we are attempting to sell the stuff."
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Paul Goldberger Is Hot
Right now over at the Nasher, they're wrapping up UTA's David Dillon Symposium. I didn't get to attend as much of the two-day affair as I'd like to have, but this afternoon's "Criticism Today" talk was time well spent. During a break in the action, a few of us stepped outside and into the garden so that the visiting dignitaries could see with their own eyes the glare coming off Museum Tower. Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer-winning architecture critic who just left The New Yorker to join Vanity Fair, was mightily impressed by the tower's power to reflect heat and light. Looking up at it through his dark sunglasses, he said, "That looks like Sauron's Dark Tower in Mordor, from Lord of the Rings."
Actually, that's a lie. Goldberger didn't say that. That's what our creative director, Todd Johnson, said when we were working on cover lines for our story about Museum Tower. But if Goldberger were as big a sci-fi dork as our creative director, he could have said that.


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Cosplayer Faraday > Costume of Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite)
- Most Recent Photo
- 01-08-2014
- Series
- Bioshock Infinite
- Character
- Elizabeth
- Special Variation:
- Lady Comstock outfit
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
- Costume worn at:
- Comic-Con / San Diego Comic Con International 2013
- FanimeCon 2013
- WonderCon 2013
This Costume has been retired
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Sweetheart corset was purchased from Three Muses online, and altered to better fit me and trims were added (hoping to replace it with a correct style later as the bones in it are starting to poke out). The skirt is an altered circle skirt pattern, with the hemline slightly asymmetrical. Honestly to actually have the side gathered and still make the dress look smooth makes no sense in the real world.
Accessories includes thimble on the right pinky finger (a piece of Fun Foam is stuffed in there so it doesn't fall off my finger), and a cameo purchased from Etsy.
- Personal Thoughts:
- Costume was made originally in April 2012, a year before the game release, so it's not as accurate as the final in-game design. I made it in anticipation of the October release (y'know, before the game was pushed back again). I already loved the first two installments of the franchise and just couldn't contain my excitement for this game or this character. A lot of interviews with Ken Levine talked about Elizabeth's giant, expressive eyes and I knew this was a character for me.
I have since remade this costume THREE TIMES. And want to do another (new corset + fuller white under skirt). Current photos listed are from a photo shoot with OscarC Photography in San Francisco.
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- New Look
- Wig Name
- Ashley 850
- Styling Time
- 1 hr
- Wig Quality Rating
- 3 / 5.00
- Styling Notes
- hacked off most of the length when I decided to replace my Little Sister wig.
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I was doing a presentation on Sat, and I guess my power cord wasn't plugged in all the way, so I was on battery power. Died halfway thru the presentation in front of 1000 people, and went in hiberation. Bad!!I use the laptop for audio so they don't see the screen.I want a small flashing box on my screen every time I'm on battery power so this never happens again. Anyone seen such a tiny program?
Ideally I'd like to be able to resize the screen size just a bit. Sometime just one line high is enough to just see the status.Maybe right click for a selection of sizes? (command line parameter would be ok)Can it (maybe by command line switch switch) default to top right?Can we change poll rate?
Do you offer ahk source?
This is very handy, any chance of a censored version of the About text? I'm sure someone would take offence! Cheers
Can't you change the wording? It's inappropriate / childish / not corporate-compliant.What the fuck is not clear in "DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO"? If you do not like the license terms, just relicense the work under another license.
This program is catware/donationware. If you find it useful in any way, pay for this program by spending one hour petting one or several cats. A donation to the author would be nice, but is not required.
pay for this program by spending one hour petting one or several cats.
the program appears behind the taskbar, can it be made to appear above the taskbar? my desktop has an LBC dock on top and the taskbar at the bottom. (see attachment in previous post)
This version is very nice!Thanks.How are you saving the choice of where the window goes?Registry?
Uploaded fixed version. Thanks for the report.
Quotepay for this program by spending one hour petting one or several cats.
scancodeCan you provide the option to have the warning appear:1. only on battery, or2. only on AC, or3. both
Quote from: mouser on October 26, 2009, 05:16 PMQuotepay for this program by spending one hour petting one or several cats. I'm allergic to cats. Now I can't use this software.
don't currently have a laptop running windows, so this was done blindly...http://dl.dropbox.co...yStatus%201.1.2b.exePlease report back with your results.
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