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IMR Environmental Equipment, Inc. is one of the leading manufacturers worldwide for portable flue-gas analyzers and stationary flue-gas analyzers using electro-chemical and NDIR technology. Furthermore, the product range includes leak detectors (HC, refrigerant), thermometers, manometers and anemometers. IMR has almost 30 years of experience designing, manufacturing and ...
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Gooch Thermal Systems, Inc. is the largest American manufacturer of spiral heat exchangers. We custom-design spiral heat exchangers that are cost-effective, energy saving solutions to difficult heat transfer problems. The spiral heat exchanger is ideal for applications that often foul or plug traditional heat exchangers like the shell & tube or plate heat exchanger. We ...
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Thomas Products designs and manufactures hundreds of standard flow and level switches, as well as water flow gages, liquid level gauges, flow gages, water level controls, liquid level controls and flow controls. We can also custom design and manufacture variations of almost all of our parts for specific applications such as high temperature & unique mounting solutions. We ...
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How to Fix a Dryer when It Stops Drying Your Clothes
At some point in your dryer's use, it will seem to stop or not fully dry clothes. This is an article which explains what to do when this occurs.
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1First, take a few minutes and see what is happening. Start the dryer and let it run for a few minutes and see if it gets hot inside the drum. If you feel inside and it is warm then you have some blockage in the venting. Your vent has lint and debris that reduces the air flow.
2Be sure and disconnect the dryer from the electrical outlet prior to carrying out the following steps.
3Clean the lint from the exhaust vent after you remove the vent hose. Check for obstructions in the vent hose and remove any lint or debris. It should be noted too that if the vent hose is being crushed in the back this could be your problem. You want a clear path with few turns towards the vent exit.
4Check the outside venting. It is not uncommon to find bird nests or wasps nest in this area. You want to check for any impediment in the outside vent system. Typically what you find is lint that has built up inside the vent housing and restricts the flow of air.
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Feminist advocates differ on the best way to protect female sex workers. A number of European countries and Canada have passed – or are considering – new laws.
Horror over the Greek crisis is fueling left-of-center British euroskepticism – for decades largely the preserve of Conservatives. A referendum on the EU has been promised for next year.
Public support for allowing migrants from Calais to enter is very low.
Ireland's reputation as a devoutly Catholic and conservative country is being defied by the prospect of becoming the first nation to approve gay marriage by referendum. But it's not as odd as one might think.
With neither the Conservatives nor Labour likely to win a majority in the May 7 elections, a coalition is almost certainly in the cards – and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party a possible partner.
Simon Anholt says we should measure a country's success through its engagement with the world, and has set up an index to that end. His No. 1? Ireland.
The longstanding dominance of Ireland's two main parties is under pressure amid ongoing economic woes. New party Renua has formed on the right, while interest has surged in parties on the left.
Tens of thousands of Dubliners took to the streets yesterday to express anger over the proposed water tax. It's just the latest in a string of austerity moves that have put voters on edge.
Ian Paisley in the EU parliament once shouted at Pope John Paul II, 'I denounce you as the anti-Christ.' But he later toned down his hatred for Catholics, even working with former members of the IRA. He died today.
Irish republican leader Gerry Adams was arrested Wednesday in connection with a 1972 murder. Could it harm the peace process in Northern Ireland, sixteen years after a pact was signed?
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By Michelle Edelbaum [2], July 9, 2010 - 12:17pm
Steak dinners are a special treat in my house. In fact, my husband and I don't usually buy steak to make at home because it can be expensive. So I save my steak splurges for restaurant meals.
But last week I was craving steak and trying to justify the cost as I stood in front of the meat case at the supermarket when I realized how silly my thinking is. I could make 5 steak dinners at home for the price I would pay for one meal in a restaurant.
Related Link: 30-minute dinner recipes that serve 4 for $3 or less per serving. [7]
These five steak recipes come in at less than $3 per serving—I can serve 4 people for less than $12. I'd definitely pay more than that if I were eating out—even at a chain steakhouse restaurant. And they're healthier than what I'd get out too—these entrees all clock in at less than 400 calories per serving. Now I can splurge and save—that's a real treat.
Grilled Steak with Pepper Relish: [8] This recipe uses extra lean sirloin to keep it healthy. Toss colorful bell peppers in a balsamic-herb vinaigrette and grill them in a foil packet at the same time as the steak. Serve with corn on the cob. (Under $2.50 per serving)
Steak & Potato Salad with Horseradish Dressing: [9] The classic combination of steak and potatoes gets a summer makeover with the addition of fresh grilled corn and green beans. Reserve some of the tangy horseradish dressing if you like and toss it with lettuce as a bed for the steak salad. Serve with a glass of cold pilsner. (Under $3 per serving)
Grilled Beef Tenderloin & Escarole: [10] The tangy tomato vinaigrette and lightly grilled escarole is irresistible with juicy beef tenderloin. This simple, 30-minute dinner is great served with a grilled baguette. (Under $2.50 per serving)
Cube Steak with Mushroom Sherry Sauce: [11] This satisfying supper comes together in just 20 minutes! Cube steak, which cooks quickly and is inexpensive, is pounded to make it tender. Pre-sliced mushrooms can save even more time on prep. (Under $2.50 per serving)
What meals do you splurge on at a restaurant but not at home? Tell us what you think below.
TAGS: Michelle Edelbaum [2], Food Blog [12], Budget meals [13], Dinner [14]
Michelle is the digital director for EatingWell. She puts her background in journalism to work online at EatingWell.com to help deliver daily inspiration for eating healthy.
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[23] http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/health_blog/healthiest_best_tasting_frozen_pizza
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[25] http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/food_blog/crazy_healthy_casserole_zucchini_quinoa_lasagna
[26] http://www.eatingwell.com/node/276334?section=comments#tabs
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It's so cute!
I think this would be even better if the dark lines dragged along with the rest of the cloth.
I love the wigglyness
ghostie! :3
The animation of the bottom is really nice And I also like the shading
Hehe. What? I don't understand the last sentence?
The fluttering animation is kind of all sorts of awesome. There seem to be a few stray white pixels you might want to go back in and delete. And if you ever feel froggy, seeing this ghost float back to the left to make it a smooth transition would be pretty cool. That said, I am loving how you did the flutter.
Heehee. Thanks. Yeah the white pixels weren't intentional. It's some kid of glitch that always happens to me. I didn't make it go back to the start cus I wanted it to disappear. I don't know if you can see it, but it sort of flashes/fades back to the beginning. But I'll take your advice and change it. I'll also try to fix the glitch
Oh, don't feel like you have to change it! It was merely a suggestion. If you do change it, it might make it too big for your plz account. It was more of a thought if you do something similar in the future. Nothing wrong with a fade.
Nice job! I love how the ghostly tail wiggles when the ghost stops.
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Only smell gas when engine is running or right after shutoff. Pulled vacuum hose thinking it was fuel pressure regulator but couldn't detect gas. Doesn't happen every day. No hard start or drivability problems. No leaks detected on the floor but the gas smell seems stronger at the engine.
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Component/s: Feedback, HTML and CSS
Testing Instructions:
To test it the feedback module must be activated
To test it the feedback module must be activated Purge the moodle cache and the browser cache too. Ensure you are using the 'clean' theme. Create a new feedback instance. Within the feedback activity, create items of each multiple choice question type. The items should now displayed in the right way.
- Purge the moodle cache and the browser cache too.
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The forms in in the Feedback activity display oddly due to clashes between Bootstrap's CSS for form items and the current HTML/CSS.
A short-term fix would (probably) be to set the label tags in this area to display: inline-block, rather than the Bootstrap default of display: block as this has been a common issue in other areas.
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I found the last step kind of ambigious. I am not sure what the 'right way' is, and what page I am supposed to be looking at but it did seem to render fine from what I could tell. I attached screenshots to confirm, if they do not look right please let me know.
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Madison, Wisconsin is full of great breweries. One of the best and most interesting in my view is Vintage Brewing Company. Brewer Scott Manning has been in the business of brewing for 15 years. Much of that time has been spent at production breweries or corporate brewpub chains. He loves the freedom and creativity that he can exercise at Vintage. In his own words he feels like "a 4 year old running around naked." He takes a "don't get used to it" approach to the beers he crafts for the pub. He always wants people to try something new, so there are only a couple of beers in the line-up that are almost always on tap. He's been winning awards for his creations, including a silver medal at the 2011 GABF and silver and bronze medals at the 2012 World Beer Cup.
I am more than a little obsessed with Sahti, a little-known, ancient beer style from Finland. Manning brews two of them at Vintage; Summer Sahti and Joulupukki Winter Sahti. These beers lean heavily on rye and juniper for their unique flavor. Manning even ferments his winter version in the traditional way, using baking yeast instead of a cultured brewer's yeast strain.
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Lance Goode, who has a lengthy criminal history and is suing the New London police, was arraigned Thursday in connection with the Aug. 29, 2013, shooting death of Jesus "Gee" Pinero.
Goode, 45, of 98 Williams St. is charged with first-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with a witness, crimes that could land him in prison for up to 15 years if he is convicted. New London police said they arrested him following a motor vehicle stop on Garfield Avenue.
Goode has a pending civil rights lawsuit against city police claiming a former city police officer planted drugs on him during one arrest and that he was brutalized and bitten by a police dog during another. His wife, Lillian, whose minivan was seized during the homicide investigation, was in court Thursday and said her husband would be fighting the new charges.
At the arraignment, Goode stood before Judge Kevin P. McMahon, who has told Goode more than once that it might be a good idea if he moves out of the area. McMahon set Goode's bond at $50,000 cash and transferred the case to the Part A court where major crimes are tried. Goode's next court date is May 20. His wife said he would be unable to post bond.
Pinero, 29, died of multiple gunshot wounds after being shot near Connecticut Avenue and Prest Street. Earlier this week, city police retrieved his alleged killer, 28-year-old Keith Ramel Delvalle, from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City and brought him back to Connecticut to face charges of murder, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, unlawful discharge of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm and commission of a Class A felony with a firearm.
Arrest warrant affidavits containing details of the case have been sealed by the court. Goode told The Day in September 2013 that he had been questioned by the police in connection with the case and that detectives seized his wife's Town & Country minivan after telling him a "person of interest" had been in the car. He said a man he knows was one of many people wanted for questioning by the police. Goode said he has nothing to do with the shooting.
Goode has prior convictions for possession of narcotics, sale of narcotics, assault and failure to appear in court, according to Bail Commissioner Timothy Gilman. He has a pending reckless driving case stemming from September 2013, when police said he fled from detectives when they tried to stop him on Ocean Avenue to question him about the Pinero homicide.
Delvalle, the accused shooter who was arraigned earlier this week, was presented in the major crimes court Thursday for the first time. Judge Hillary B. Strackbein raised his bond from $49,900 cash to $175,000 cash, appointed attorney John E. Franckling to represent him and continued the case to May 15. State's Attorney Michael L. Regan is prosecuting.
Another man arrested in connection with the Pinero homicide, Lance J. Brown of Uncasville, posted $200,000 bond on April 26 after being held since December. Police said they identified him through DNA on a Glock pistol, one of two guns that were found at the scene. They allege Brown was returning fire at Delvalle. He is charged with criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree reckless endangerment and illegal discharge of a firearm. Brown is due back in court May 15.
There was no DNA evidence linking the other gun — a .25-caliber pistol found on the ground nearby — to Delvalle, according to court testimony.
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listed building grade II
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Built circa 1600, partly rebuilt in the 17th century.
Closed in 1930 as part of a scheme to reduce the number of alcohol licenses.
Also listed in Long Green.
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quick question: is 'metallic finish' the same as a 'flake finish'?
thanks in advance...
quick question: is 'metallic finish' the same as a 'flake finish'?
thanks in advance...
nope. one has a sheen to it, the other looks like it got doused in glitter.
fantastic. thank you as always!
Not all glossy paints are metallic. Metallics and flakes have reflective material inside the paint. The difference is in the size of this material. Metallics have lots of tiny pieces (dots), Flake has fewer but larger pieces. You can apply metallics in as few coats as a non-metallic, which is one reason you see metallics on lots of cars, but not flake.
Metal flake is the sh*t
The real question is does one match your chrome bag and anodized deep Vs more than the other?
Broken until next season
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yo, my man knows FACTS.
and you everybody knows ziggy stardust matched his paint job to his rims and then rocked matching boots. quit getting all jealous.


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|#105 - he ran a quite a few socialist policies, and i do agree canada… [+] (1 new reply)
|02/18/2013 on Getting tired of your shit
#110 - kingnarnode (02/18/2013) [-]
Well I agree with you there, if you're going in terms of comparison between america and canada
|#100 - uhhhh...i suggest you go look at the rates of people who or on…
|02/18/2013 on Getting tired of your shit
|#96 - Canada's got a bit more than that and it works for us. [+] (4 new replies)
|02/18/2013 on Getting tired of your shit
#106 - sovereignsunkown (02/18/2013) [-]
socialized medicine, better EI, better used welfare system, more funding in education and other "social" programs... stuff like that.
#126 - awesomenessdefined (02/18/2013) [-]
Obamacare is nowhere near as great as our socialized medicine.
Besides, literally every other country is more socialist than the US.
|#52 - because socialism totally didn't work in Canada, Iceland, Finl… [+] (13 new replies)
|02/18/2013 on Getting tired of your shit
#193 - anon (02/18/2013) [-]
Yes, friend. Socialism has worked out great for these nations that all have less than a tenth of the population of the US. Not that I don't appreciate the Socialist model, but it can't really support a massive population, especially when the way that it would be executed would still be in favor of the people who suck up unemployment benefits. The problem with Socialism here is that people already only strive to succeed with a minimal amount of effort, and giving them more for an equally small amount of effort would only hurt the people that work incredibly hard to succeed. In the end, it removes the ability for people to exceed or fail.
Not saying that bigheads should receive massive subsidies as they do, but when the population has fallen for entirely extrinsic motivations, it's impossible to encourage people to really strive for anything greater than the norm if all they're going to receive in the end is what you would receive for doing the norm.
I share beliefs for both sides, but socialism only sounds good when you've already got the short end of the stick. Reward people by merit.
#102 - kingnarnode (02/18/2013) [-]
woah woah woah hold the fuck up, paul martin was not a socialist, hell the liberal party barely scratches the surface of the left wing in comparison to those scandinavian countries . Canada is more centrist than anything, and even the NDP aren't that far on the left wing.
#105 - sovereignsunkown (02/18/2013) [-]
he ran a quite a few socialist policies, and i do agree canada isn't near what scandinavia is, but in comparison to america, i'd say it's fair game to call canada a "scoialist" country, along with a lot of it's leadership
#110 - kingnarnode (02/18/2013) [-]
Well I agree with you there, if you're going in terms of comparison between america and canada
#96 - sovereignsunkown (02/18/2013) [-]
Canada's got a bit more than that and it works for us.
#106 - sovereignsunkown (02/18/2013) [-]
socialized medicine, better EI, better used welfare system, more funding in education and other "social" programs... stuff like that.
#126 - awesomenessdefined (02/18/2013) [-]
Obamacare is nowhere near as great as our socialized medicine.
Besides, literally every other country is more socialist than the US.
#55 - hudspud (02/18/2013) [-]
Because America should be run like those countries. We are exactly the same, all full of hardworking citizens who won't abuse the system.
Just because it works in countries with about 1/3 of the US's population doesn't mean it will work here. Look at all the lazy, good-for-nothings this country is full of and ask yourself "do I want to pay extra taxes for them?"
#100 - sovereignsunkown (02/18/2013) [-]
uhhhh...i suggest you go look at the rates of people who or on social security and welfare. only about 3.5% of recipients could ACTUALLY be considered abusers. it's a common myth that republicans seem to enjoy perpetuating that people on social security don't want to work.
#60 - AreyouSerious (02/18/2013) [-]
I mean it's true that some people will not work and just collect welfare but there's plenty of people who can't work because they had blue collar jobs that went overseas or they couldn't afford to go to college so they can't train in a more secure field.
|#180 - that's not what i'm trying to say. the human brain "h…
|02/16/2013 on I think he has a point.
|#44 - yeah, beethoven is amazing. although, i'm more partial to … [+] (1 new reply)
|02/15/2013 on I think he has a point.
|#26 - There's been multiple documentaries made on the subject. C…
|02/15/2013 on I think he has a point.
|#11 - generally, people who get high scores on tests like that tend … [+] (25 new replies)
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#144 - dayasalion (02/16/2013) [-]
>implying their isn't hip hop songs with complex lyrics, metaphors, and wordplay
#180 - sovereignsunkown (02/16/2013) [-]
that's not what i'm trying to say.
the human brain "hears" music 4 notes ahead of what your ear hears, your brain likes to "predict" what's coming. more highly capable brains can predict more possible outcomes, and this allows them to find constant, unpredictable changes appealing, because their brain is capable of "predicting" enough permutations of notes beyond the major scale (which our brains are naturally attuned to) to "predict" that outcome, among others. it's specifically the note structure, not any lyrical value
#147 - dayasalion (02/16/2013) [-]
>implying i'm not buzzed right now.
#129 - kingpongthedon (02/16/2013) [-]
Interestingly enough, after accounting for socioeconomic differences, this isn't the case at all. When adjusted, there's little evidence to support any relation between complex music and learning ability. There just isn't any reason for the auditory sensory parts of your brain to strengthen the math and language areas. However, there is a very strong correlation between rap/hip-hop and language skills, due to the lyrical orientation of the genre. I must stress this again though; this is only the case after adjusting for differences in socioeconomic levels.
#119 - ericzxvc (02/16/2013) [-]
But you also have to be clear on whether you mean classical music in general or rather the classical era of music, the classical era of music was <100 years and included composers like Mozart, Beethoven, and Handel. Because the classical era was very simplistic in design, preferring grand homophonic symphonies and was relatively non-complex rather than the more complex forms as favoured in the romantic and early 20th century.
#87 - anon (02/16/2013) [-]
I don't think this is true. But, that's mainly because that was exactly the answer I wanted to hear.
#77 - anon (02/16/2013) [-]
This is bullshit, it's just sovereignsunkown's way of acting like preference of music makes you smarter, & just because lil wayne sucks doesn't mean that genre sucks, there's a lot of rap out there that DOESN'T suck, & music doesn't even come close to defining your fucking intelligence
#85 - meganinja (02/16/2013) [-]
You're incorrect in the respects that nobody said people who like rap music scored low, just people who like lil Wayne. Also while preference in music is highly unlikely to change your scores on a test (unless the music motivates you to do shit on the test somehow), I could see where preference in music could be an indicator of how well somebody could do on an SAT. Not saying I trust this fact, but I can see where it's coming from.
#67 - awesomenessdefined (02/16/2013) [-]
I hate all music and I'm in the top 5% of grades in my year
#38 - maxismahname (02/15/2013) [-]
I like dubstep, and rock and metal, but i also kind of like rap sometimes. I get high scores on tests.
#66 - pokemonstheshiz (02/16/2013) [-]
#44 - sovereignsunkown (02/15/2013) [-]
yeah, beethoven is amazing.
although, i'm more partial to vivaldi.
i've also got a huge thing for neoclassical guitar players, like muenzner, becker, malmsteen and suicmez. those guys are all really damn awesome
#25 - didactus (02/15/2013) [-]
Interesting, since I like lots of electronic music, and some progressive metal, while my friend is the opposite, lots of metal and a little electronic. I'm not saying we are geniuses but we are above average in each of our favorite fields, His being math and physics, mine being Chemistry and Biology.
#17 - anon (02/15/2013) [-]
not really, because you just believed something a total stranger told you on the internet. give me a source and i'll believe that
#26 - sovereignsunkown (02/15/2013) [-]
There's been multiple documentaries made on the subject.
CBC had a really good one where they spent a lot of time interviewing Sting, although the main focus was on what made certain musicians "sucessful"
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|02/15/2013 on 2nd amendment
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#81 - snickerstheif (02/14/2013) [-]
Well a total ban isn't going door to door and collecting firearms. Instead it makes the sale and manufacture of them illegal, which therefore means that the people who already own said rifles will not have their rifles taken away instead after the person dies that rifle will be destroyed. They are getting rid of firearms in a generation.
#116 - sovereignsunkown (02/15/2013) [-]
i'm aware of this.
plus, i don't really see what's wrong with owning a hunting rifle if you also own like, $2000+ of hunting equipment and multiple hunting licenses. i mean, it's pretty obvious you're not buying them to kill people at that point.
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#41 - infamoustrapper (02/04/2013) [-]
protest the hero as well
#54 - anon (02/04/2013) [-]
stop downthumbing this motherfucker, protest the hero is a fucking amazing band
#185 - infamoustrapper (02/05/2013) [-]
what?? why dont people like protest the hero?
|#101 - it could be fire psychic or something...hopefully. [+] (1 new reply)
|02/04/2013 on GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!
#106 - johnnybtrollin (02/04/2013) [-]
on a second thought.
i could be like the last generation's spoilers, you know, they used different colors on the starters to confuse people.
maybe this one is froakie's evo but they modified it to look more like fennekin, because it kinda looks like it, paint it blue and replace all the hair with bubbles...
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#3 - sovereignsunkown (04/05/2013) [-]
yeah, MH3U is by far the most popular game in the series so far, and i'm happy about that, but when you compare it's north american success to it's success in japan...it's almost pathetic.
there is an entire section of universal studios theme park in japan dedicated to the series, no fucking joke
#4 - imrandybutternubs (04/06/2013) [-]
IKR I tell my friends about it at school and they have no idea what it is while on a wiki it said its one of the most popular games in Japan!
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Ah, thank you my good sir. These make a lot more sense now.
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#159 - sovereignsunkown (01/24/2013) [-]
you're right. one's essentially the cheap, dumbed-down knock off of the other, but there's enough similarities that it's still fair to compare them.
the faceless are even the same genre as as i lay dying, and there's a HUGE gap in skill there
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|01/23/2013 on Justin Burn
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#105 - dovakiinsteve (01/23/2013) [-]
They're not that bad...
Guy is a fucking beast though.
#111 - sovereignsunkown (01/23/2013) [-]
not really. i consider him pretty below average, especially compared to other musicians in heavy music.
have you heard Ron Jarzombek (Blotted Science), Christian Muenzner (Obscura, Necrophagist, Spawn of Possession), Muhammed Suicmez (Necrophagist), Scott Carstairs (Fallujah) or Mike Keene (The Faceless)?
all of them make Tim look like a 13 year old who just bought his first guitar
#159 - sovereignsunkown (01/24/2013) [-]
you're right. one's essentially the cheap, dumbed-down knock off of the other, but there's enough similarities that it's still fair to compare them.
the faceless are even the same genre as as i lay dying, and there's a HUGE gap in skill there
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Wow, he was one of those guys you sort of expected to be around forever. He had some great roles - the Misfits, Good Bad & Ugly, the Magnificent Seven...Mr. Freeze () He was also apparently a nice, charming guy.
"That's very interesting...but silly."
Eli Wallach was in a lot of good movies. Never a mega star, but definitely a solid career and someone who will be missed.
RIP Eli, and may you go with the the good, and not the bad or the ugly.
"And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be,
In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."
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Very sad to hear this, I love the Good The Bad & The Ugly and he was great in it
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text: Harry Cockburn 2016-05-27T01:11:56-04:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/index.php?author=harry-cockburn Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Harry Cockburn Good old fashioned elbow grease. The Call of the Pub Crawl: Trepidation and Intemperance in East London tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2015:/theblog//3.6448068 2015-01-10T09:38:16-05:00 2015-03-12T05:59:01-04:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ The air was freezing, but I was wrapped up warm - too warm in fact. This was because I had earlier managed to lock myself out of my house after going for a frosty morning walk. So as I strode between the grimy pools of East End sick, I got hotter and hotter, and was now stuck wearing walking boots, a thick shirt clotted with sweat, and a big woollen coat. This was what I was wearing as I greeted my friends in a bar, and was not ideal attire for the evening's unusual assignment - a luxury pub crawl. Nonetheless, in the dark, I considered the mud-slathered walking boots might not be especially noticeable. And if I kept my coat on, I thought, no one will notice the stench coming from my rank shirt. Nothing can induce an adrenaline-hit like the realisation you are on a night out as a surreptitious stinking vagrant. The only real solution was to stop caring and drink. Perhaps, I mused, on a truly decadent pub crawl a sweaty shirt can become part of the narrative - a bit-part in an overarching story of heroic struggle. In the throes of a wild drinking evening, you become the hero of your own depraved drama. Shirts are trifling details. A human in the grip of a fully realised pub crawl is on an expedition into the dark unknown. You plunge headfirst through the crashing waves of people and alcohol like a frenzied Captain Ahab clinging onto the rigging of a storm-stricken whaler. But instead of brandishing a harpoon and bellowing "thar she blows", or "flukes ahoy", into the howling wind, you're wielding pints and casting an angry eye at the ugly mass of people who are all on a similar voyage. "Are you Harry?" A voice broke through the hubbub inside the bar. I confirmed I was. "We were expecting you earlier." "Yeah, well it's actually pretty difficult to get five different people to synchronise their drinking speed and get them to leave one place and navigate them successfully to another," I said. "No probs, no probs. Let's get you a drink!" "Thar she blows". The speaker was a representative from the beer company Heineken. You see this luxury pub crawl was not an ordinary one. Oh no. In fact, I had an easy job convincing a group of friends to join me on this full-mooned Saturday night, as I was being taken on a highly unusual bacchanalian excursion. The idea is that you go to a bar, and after having a drink or two, a Heineken branded taxi whisks you away to a bar in another part of the city. Then the same thing happens again and you end up in another bar, then again. And at the end of the evening they return you to a bar near the first one. You don't pay for the cab, you're given VIP treatment and you get to discover new parts of the city. Amazing. It was all part of Heineken's Open Your City campaign, (which has unfortunately ended now) and I was a very willing participant. Our first cab driver was a hysterical chap whose name, he told us, was Peter Allen. "I've never been in a taxi and not known where we're going," said John, one of our party. "Well I do it everyday so don't worry," Peter Allen replied as we drove off into the night. What a joker. After a surprisingly lengthy ride, and much speculation as to where we were going: (Are we going to George Orwell's old house? Are we going to Wetherspoons in Angel? Are we going to Claridges?) We were ejected at Camden Lock and escorted up the stairs to a bar with a broad terrace. Much Heineken was responsibly quaffed, and then another taxi whisked us off to the next den of iniquity where further unadulterated hedonism was responsibly pursued. There is something simple and exquisite about taking a payment-free taxi journey through London in winter. A genuine sense of privilege, luck and delight struck home. By 12pm we were back in the grot-festooned alleyways of Shoreditch and I headed for the last Tube. Of course, I forgot that I was locked out of my house, and upon reaching it I rang the buzzers of everyone who lived in the building until some poor soul granted me access. Then I had a deeply relaxing sleep on the landing until my girlfriend arrived home later and let me into our flat.]]> Film Junkies Rejoice, Underground Film Club Can Make You a Star Too tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.6129644 2014-11-09T16:02:39-05:00 2015-01-09T05:59:02-05:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ I locked up my bike and stepped inside an enormous entrance tunnel. Neon lighting emitted a low-level glow, and at the distant end, a projector threw shimmering images at the wall. The vaults beneath Waterloo station are impressive. A labyrinth of dimly-lit Victorian brickwork soundtracked by the low-frequency rumble of trains above. It was used for offices until relatively recently, but the five vast vaults are now a dedicated arts space. The same group that brought the celebrated Rooftop Film Club to London has rebranded as Underground Film Club and made the venue their home for the next four weeks. The space has been transformed into an underground cinema complete with a bar, a pie shop, a popcorn dispensary and the organisers have obtained a huge bank of tiered seating - apparently on loan from the graffiti artist Banksy. Thanks Banksy. Thanksy. At the bar I met my friend John, a journalist and out-and-out film junkie. He was excited. "I'm going to have an Aperol Spritz," John said. "What the hell is that?" "It's a Prosecco cocktail. I think." "I'll have one too." A PR person for the event was at the bar. "Do you have cameras?" she asked us. Neither of us did. She had brought a GoPro for some reason. The barman who'd spoken earlier spotted the little camera. "Look at this." He said in an Italian accent. "I was wearing a GoPro when I did this." He turned to reveal a severe curved scar looping across the back of his head. "I crashed my bicycle coming down a mountain. I smashed my face. They took the bone from here," he waved at the scar, "and put it here," pointing at an unblemished cheek. "But it was a great film." "It's a good story." I said. "I'm a cyclist too. But mostly in London." "It's too dangerous in London," he replied, shaking his head. After a couple more drinks - a mojito and a beer, the pie stall began to become a very important part of the scenery. I opted for a lentil and spinach pie. It came with an unexpected helping of delicious mash and gravy. John had a meat pie. The event was sponsored by Bulmers' Live Colourful campaign. I don't drink cider. But the Bulmers people had made some sort of instant photo-booth that took four pictures of you, and then performed, in the words of the rep, an "Andy-Warholisation" upon it. I stood in front of it, and then out of a little hatch plopped a picture of me, rendered in four different colours. That was unexpected. But we were really here for the cinema. The film, which I'd seen before, was Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. I'd liked it first time round, and was prepared to like it again. We went to our seats with a couple of beers in hand. Above us, the trains rumbled. But the trains were not going to disturb the film, as every person on their way into the cinema was handed a pair of wireless headphones. They had a volume dial, and worked perfectly. I even kept them on when I went to the lavatory, and only at quite some distance was there any interruption. Anderson's quirky caper was an excellent match for the unusual venue. I suspect most people had already seen the film and were here purely for the cinema itself. I found that second time round, the film was even better. This was heightened no-doubt by the impression the venue had made on me. I felt less the passive consumer - and more of an active adventurer: 'Here I am, underneath Waterloo train station, drinking cocktails and watching a quirky film. I'm the sort of person films get made about.' It's a simple idea, and it works well. When I spoke about it afterwards it certainly wasn't the film I was excited about. The experience is perhaps so good that it will directly impact any assessment of the film shown. For the film junkie this is pure manna - a dependable drug. After the film finished, the bar remained open for another hour or so. We had one more drink, then left, back down the neon tunnel out into the drizzle. I thought about the barman's skull, and decided to take the train home.]]> Reading Hemingway on Kilimanjaro tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.3789698 2013-08-21T12:23:33-04:00 2013-10-21T05:12:02-04:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ We were there to climb to the top. My girlfriend and I had circumnavigated Lake Victoria over two months, bringing us closer and closer to Africa's highest mountain. Its magnetism proved irresistible and we signed up for a six-day trek with a local company, joining seven other climbers. The first of the five nights we spent on the mountain was at around 2,800 meters and it was already much cooler. We bundled into our dining tent -- carried up the mountain by one of our group's 24 Tanzanian porters -- and sat down to a three-course dinner, cooked by our own mountaineering chef. After dinner, one of our group mentioned that they'd never read "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and had meant to bring a copy. I said that I had the story with me and offered to pass it round to anybody who was interested in reading it. However, the suggestion was raised that instead of sharing it round, I should read the story aloud to everyone. I had just finished a stint teaching English at a primary school in southeastern Uganda, and had entertained the children by reading stories to them, so I felt that I was in practice, and agreed to read. Hemingway visited Africa twice. The first time in 1933, going on safari, hunting big game and collecting the material that would become "The Green Hills of Africa," "The Short Happy life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Hemingway considered the trip a success, and there are photographs of him posing with animals he shot, including lions, buffalo and rhinos. Hemingway's second trip, in 1952, was a disaster. A flight over Murchison Falls in western Uganda ended in catastrophe when the aeroplane he and his wife were travelling in crashed. The next day as they sought medical assistance for burns and cracked ribs, another plane they were in exploded on take-off. Hemingway's wife escaped through a window, while Hemingway was forced to head-butt his way out of the door of the plane. He suffered a fractured skull, severe burns, a dislocated shoulder, two cracked discs and a ruptured liver and kidneys. The events precipitated the physical and eventually mental decline towards the end of his life. "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" was written soon after Hemingway's first visit to Africa and concerns the death of a writer, named Harry, on safari in Tanzania with his wife. A cut on his leg has turned gangrenous and as he grows weaker, he is bemoaning the squandering of his talent as a writer and the poor choices he made in his life. He rains invective over his long-suffering wife who remains at his side in the safari tents as they wait hopelessly for rescue, and eventually succumbs, dreaming of flying to the summit of Kilimanjaro. For three nights in a row, after dinner and our nightly blood-oxygen level tests, I read aloud for about 15-20 minutes, while we huddled in the dining tent, wearing warm hats and drinking hot chocolate. Each day we gained considerable altitude and one by one the members of our group were forced to deal with the effects of the rarefied air and the accompanying altitude sickness. But by the evening, after supper, everyone maintained that they were keen to hear me read the story. Despite the mountain's proximity to the equator, the peak, at 5,896m above sea level, remains snow-capped all year round and summit temperatures regularly fall below -20 degrees Celsius. We reached the summit at 7 a.m. after an exhausting scramble up the scree slopes at night. As dawn arrived, the sun cracked an orange light over a perfect sea of white cloud blanketing Africa some 3000 meters below. Even though we endured temperatures below minus 10, and even though my girlfriend described the final climb as "near constant hell," reaching the top was staggering. The hardship of the climb, combined with relief and the astonishing beauty of the snow-capped peak made it a profound moment. As the sun rose higher, towers of ice and vast frozen lakes became visible and from the top we could see down into the black crater of the dormant volcano. As Hemingway's protagonist perishes, and he takes his final flight to the top of the mountain, it comes into view "as wide as the world, great, high and unbelievably white in the sun". Unlike the end of Hemingway's book, however, we had to climb all the way back down again.]]> Why I Regret Giving Up Drinking for January tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.2569824 2013-01-28T19:11:54-05:00 2013-03-30T05:12:01-04:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ I arrived on my own, watched the TGV shimmer away in the evening heat and crossed the station car park to a small bar opposite. I had a glass of beer and waited for the car to take me to where I was staying. When I arrived at the wall builders' camp, I introduced myself to everyone, sat down between two friendly faces and pulled out a bottle of wine from my bag. There was a man from Togo, a German boy, two Korean girls, the two men from Mexico and a Columbian girl. All of them declined a drink. I drank the bottle over the course of the evening, finding the process only slightly less pleasurable done without like-minded companions. Nevertheless, I decided to join in with the mindless sobriety and embark upon the two weeks of wall building entirely without alcohol. By the end of the trip I felt a vigorous satisfaction, partly through the qualitative accomplishment of shifting tonnes of sandstone, but also in part to an exacting fortnight's asceticism. Since then I've occasionally experimented with abstinence as a tool for level-headed self assessment. However, London is a place where drinking is deeply necessary. Business in the fermented streets of the city is conducted through a thin veil of functional alcoholism, and for many, a drink is as valuable as a promise. Stopping drinking for a month in the capital, while also working as a full time journalist could easily lay bare the vanity and futility of keeping one's nose so close to the grindstone (or so I suspected). So the decision was not without the risk of existential crisis. It turned out my fears were unfounded. I've not had any alcohol for 28 days now, and what I've learned as I drift towards the endpoint convinces me that there is no good reason to stop drinking for a month if you don't actually need to. While abstemiousness or sobriety can lend you advantages in a few situations, there are times when you must be drunk, if only to remain polite to your friends without becoming horrendously bored by their frivolous jabber. Over the past four weeks I have offended and disappointed people through ordering ginger beer at the bar. Two friends' birthdays have come and gone in January, and while I entered into the parties wholeheartedly, the sense of brotherhood that mutual inebriation engenders simply couldn't flourish and I ended up sloping off early. I have hung my head in shame in front of bar staff in the few pubs I've bothered visiting during the last four weeks - some of which were in south Wales and struggling to make ends meet. No landlord is pleased at the arrival of a teetotal young man. Young men are those creatures most perfectly adapted to devoting hopelessly enormous amounts of money to the bar. But the pub owner knows that's just not going to happen when the target market is sipping up elderflower cordial through a curly straw. I've also missed my glorious hangovers. Hangovers are an entirely denigrated element of the drinking process - people are always trying to cure them. I revel in mine - writhing in that sublime suffering which Kingsley Amis describes as a "unique route to self-knowledge and self-realisation". I'm at my most creative the day after a sodden evening. It's a time when new thoughts spring up like freshly irrigated shoots and almost anything can seem possible to achieve, especially in the kitchen. I've lost the Friday Feeling and I can't wait to get it back. The thrill of leaving the office on Friday is because the weekend is when you can do what you want. When you actually can't do what you want, there's far less to celebrate. And drinking is all about celebrating. However, the worst part of the whole tale is that I've hardly learned anything interesting or new from my month off. Investigating temperance in a foreign country during a period of intense labour was exciting. Failing to have a beer on the weekend is just pointless. In a few days time I'll be back to normal, and I mean that extremely positively. I have never before chosen to be so unnecessarily bored in all my adult life, and for that I can only apologise to myself.]]> Why Cycling to Work Should Be Your Number One New Year's Resolution tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.2397222 2013-01-04T19:00:00-05:00 2013-03-06T05:12:01-05:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ Some cyclists are more active in promoting participation than others, and over the years I have made a considerable effort in persuading the people around me to cycle to work. I'm motivated by improving people's recognition of how easy and how rewarding cycling is, by the fact that another cyclist on the road is better for the environment, and by adding to the political weight behind improving facilities for all cyclists. What I consistently find is that it takes a nudge, or a few nudges from different sources to get people to take the plunge, but once they've commuted by bike for the first time, they suddenly realise what all the fuss is about. Potential cyclists always ask the same questions, which have easy answers. Nine times out of 10, there is a perception that cycling is an especially dangerous pursuit. There is a huge amount of statistical information available to indicate that cycling is not a one-way ticket to intensive care, though there's no doubt that the city streets can appear intimidating to new cyclists. However, once you're used to the hazards of a busy road, all it takes to remain safe is to wear a helmet, be visible and remain alert. Nobody is trying to kill you. After safety, people begin to get very hung-up about the weather. In Britain the argument is that it's either sweat-drenchingly hot, or unpleasantly wet and cold. I've commuted in London and Brighton over the past five years, and other than a rare blanket of snow, it's always been possible to commute, even in the worst conditions, and to still be absolutely comfortable within a couple of minutes of arriving. The effects of bad weather can be entirely eliminated through straightforward preparation and a few choice purchases. Even for my very short commute of less than four miles, I wear cycling gear and wash and change at work. This means giving myself an extra 10 minutes in the morning, and taking a shirt, socks and pants in a small rucksack (trousers and shoes stay at work), but it means that when I eventually sit at my desk, I've had 20 minutes exercise and am alert and fresh. Finally, people are put off cycling by the cost of buying a bike, and the chance that they'll have it stolen. If you have never cycled before, then now is the time to look for a second hand bike. Ebay and Gumtree are awash with unwanted Christmas presents at this time of year and there are spectacular bargains to be found. Measure your height and inside leg and then do an internet search for a rough sizing guide. For more serious road cyclists, this website offers a particularly good sizing guide. Many workplaces now offer secure areas to park bikes, but even if you don't have this luxury, a decent lock and a sensible parking place will significantly reduce the chance of theft. Bicycle insurance is inexpensive and should the worst happen, it will cover the cost of replacement. Once these initial worries been dispensed with, there is a huge amount to love about cycling to work. This week's news that rail fares have risen by 4.3%, and by over 50% in the last decade are just one indicator that cycling can save you vast amounts in transport costs. From where I live in Hackney to work in central London, I'm saving hundreds of pounds a year in transport costs, and over twenty minutes of journey time each way. In addition, I'm adding to the number of cyclists on the road and reducing carbon emissions, keeping a base level of physical activity in my day-to-day life, and most importantly of all, I'm not crammed into a tube or a steaming bus at rush-hour. Of course, not every distance is cyclable, but the vast majority of journeys are, and they will be considerably faster by bike. If you work in London, then you have to live quite far out to gain time by using public transport over cycling. So while Britain is entering its traditional period of detox after the festive excesses, commuters ought to be re-assessing the all-round gains that can be made by taking to two wheels and celebrating rather than loathing their journey to work.]]> Stephen Fry and Co. on the Life, Loves and Hates of Christopher Hitchens tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2011:/theblog//3.1085689 2011-11-10T06:22:55-05:00 2014-01-23T18:58:21-05:00 Harry Cockburn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-cockburn/ It was a terrific piece of writing, hilariously written, and convinced me to purchase books by both authors. After that I was hooked, and have subsequently devoured a considerable proportion of their output; a magnificent melange of comedy, politics, atheism, sex and bacchanalian celebration. So last night's blockbuster event organised by Intelligence Squared at the Royal Festival Hall was always going to be good. Originally billed as a conversation between Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry, pneumonia prevented the famed journalist from appearing. Insisting that the show must go on, Fry was joined onstage by Richard Dawkins, where the pair co-ordinated a wildly entertaining voyage through the life and work of Christopher Hitchens. Employing a gigantic TV screen with a satellite link across the Atlantic, a love-in of massive proportions ensued. Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie both made on-screen appearances, as did poet James Fenton, but before Fry was able to reach these eminent figures, a last-minute addition to the line-up gave the audience a grainy webcam view of actor Sean Penn at home in Los Angeles, smoking and looking as though he'd just crawled out of bed. "Congratulations on smoking by the way," Fry laughed during their discussion of Hitchens' critique of Henry Kissinger. "I think the audience would be less shocked if you got your penis out." Unfortunately, shortly after that, the webcam died, and Fry was momentarily left floundering: "I haven't slept for three days," he joked. "I wake up screaming, 'God damn you Google!'" Richard Dawkins' presence seemed somewhat staid after this fun, but the atmosphere quickly adapted to a slightly more serious discussion that centred on our reluctance within society to cause offence. "I don't see any reason to tip-toe around if offence is deserved," Dawkins said. Satirist Christopher Buckley then appeared on the screen and took the evening back into the realm of anecdote, and had the audience rocking in their chairs with a story of how Barbara Streisand once "caught fire" at one of Hitchens' weekly drinking sessions in Washington. James Fenton recited a poem of his called The Skip that Hitchens had requested, and Salman Rushdie elucidated some of their clique's notorious word games such as 'Hysterical Sex', in which you take the name of a famous book or film and substitute the word 'love', for the phrase above, thereby achieving titles such as 'Hysterical Sex in the Time of Cholera', or (one of my own), 'From Russia with Hysterical Sex.' It was, however, Martin Amis who provided the evening's most entertaining moments. Going through old photographs with Stephen Fry, he was fantastically funny, noting a baguette stowed away in Hitchens' top pocket while in Paris, and remarking upon his abundant sprouting chest-hair in another that showed him smoking a cigarette while holding a brace of pheasants on the Rothschild estate. Hitchens' absence was sad, although during the course of the evening Fry received two messages sent by the author Ian McEwan who was watching the event live with Hitchens in Washington, and this went some way towards convincing the audience that they were somehow in the presence of the individual in question.]]>