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SR U-class, No.1638
Class: U
Wheels: 2-6-0
Built: 1931
Numbers carried: A638, 1638, 31638
Last major overhaul completed: February 2006
Withdrawn from service: 4 July 2015
Owned by the Bluebell Railway, on long-term loan to the Maunsell Society
Web Page
One of two U-class locomotives on the Bluebell Railway, both coming via Barry scrapyard, this one was privately purchased and donated to the Bluebell. It has been placed on long-term loan to the Maunsell Locomotive Society, who also own 1618, and was their main restoration project for over a decade. Having lost its tender whilst at Barry, a new one has been built, starting from the remains of a snowplough which in turn had been created using a Schools class locomotive tender as its base. The loco steamed for the first time in preservation in February 2006.
It was always expected that the locomotive would need major work after about 7 years of use, and indeed over the winter of 2012/13 a partial boiler-lift and some re-staying was undertaken, followed by further copper-welding on the firebox later in 2013. It was not expected to remain in service for the whole of the remaining period of its "10-year" ticket, and after a very good nine-and-a-half years bearing the brunt of our front-line services, with several relatively minor faults and a hydraulic boiler test required if repairs were carried out, it was decided, rather than committing workshop time and money to gain a few months extra on its boiler certificate, that it was sensible to use those resources in expediting the overhaul of 'Camelot'.
LBSCR Stroudley Terrier, No.55 "Stepney"
Class: A1X
Wheels: 0-6-0T
Built: 1875
Numbers carried: 55, 655, B655, 2655, 32655
Last major overhaul completed: May 2010
Last operational: 29 March 2014
Current status: On static display, awaiting major overhaul
Owned by the Bluebell Railway
Web page - Photos of 2010 overhaul.
Stroudley's famous Terriers survived for decades after more modern designs had been scrapped, working on lightly laid Branch lines. Here these diminutive engines were often the only engines light enough to cross some particular bridge. In later years "Stepney" was particularly associated with the Hayling Island branch, until sold to the Bluebell Railway in May 1960 as our first locomotive.
Repainted into Stroudley's famous "Improved Engine Green" gamboge livery (as seen on the right), it has been a favourite of many children, and some of those children are now introducing their own children to "Stepney the Bluebell Engine". In spite of its fame, "Stepney" has spent considerable periods out of traffic in its fifty years on the Bluebell, but its popularity always causes it to bounce back to the top of the railway's priorities.
In the first few months of 2010 the minimum boiler work to get the loco back into steam for our 50th anniversary celebrations was done, and Stepney remained available for limited service until its main steam pipe failed in early 2014. It was repainted into the black (lined with red) livery it carried 55 years ago in the Bluebell Railway's first season, but on withdrawal from service has been repainted again into its traditional Stroudley Golden Ochre. At its next major overhaul it will require new cylinders, the castings for which are already to hand, significant work on the frames and major boiler work.
GWR Earl/Dukedog No.9017, "Earl of Berkeley"
Class: Earl (later 90XX)
Wheels: 4-4-0
Rebuilt: 1938
Numbers carried: 3217, 9017
Last major overhaul completed: 2003
Last operational: June 2011
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Web page
Nicknamed "Dukedogs" since they were an amalgamation a Bulldog and a Duke, the parts of this loco are thus actually older than the "building" date suggests. The 1938 rebuild of 3217 used the frames from "Bulldog" No.3425 (built 1906) and boiler and cab from "Duke" class No.3282 (originally named "Chepstow Castle" and built in 1899).
A few of the class carried the names of Earls, but 3217 did not receive its allocated name until preservation days. At the time the Earls in question indicated to the GWR that, if their names were to be used, they would prefer their names on something a little more prestigious, and so they were transferred to new Castle class locomotives.
This class of locos was widely used on the Cambrian lines. At the time this loco was saved for preservation the Bluebell was the only line where it could run, and it has been in Sussex ever since, apart from a few years spent at the Great Western Society, at Didcot.
The engine was re-painted in BR black in April 2009, as seen in Derek Hayward's photo on the right. It came out of service in early June 2011 with a number of boiler and mechanical faults.
LBSCR Stroudley Terrier, No.672 "Fenchurch"
Class: A1
Wheels: 0-6-0T
Built: 1872
Numbers carried: 72, B636, 2636, 32636
Last major overhaul completed: 2001
Last operational: 23 January 2011
Owner: Bluebell Railway
This web page has details of its last overhaul during which it was converted back to represent its original A1 rather than A1X form, seeing it return to service in February 2001, giving 10 years pretty reliable service.
Stroudley's famous Terriers survived for decades after more modern designs had been scrapped, working on lightly laid Branch lines. Fenchurch was sold to the Newhaven Harbour Company, being light enough to cross a bridge within the docks. It came back into Southern Railway ownership, and continued for many years to work at Newhaven. It came to the Bluebell in 1964, having been for a number of years a celebrity as the oldest locomotive working on British Railways.
SER Stirling 0-6-0 No.65
Class: O1
Wheels: 0-6-0
Built: 1896; Rebuilt 1908
Numbers carried: 65, A65, 1065, 31065
Last major overhaul completed: 1999
Last operational: 7 July 2009
Web page
Photo © Jon Horrocks
Built at Ashford as an "O" class locomotive, it received a rebuild to class "O1" in 1908, and ran on until finally withdrawn in 1961. In 1963 it was obtained by Mr Lewis-Evans and kept at Ashford Steam Centre until its closure. Thereafter its location was something of a mystery until it was brought to the Bluebell Railway for overhaul, and was returned to steam for the centenary of the amalgamation of the SER and the LCDR in August 1999.
0-6-0s were the commonest locomotives in this country, and the Bluebell now hosts a sequence of three unique survivors of this type, demonstrating their development through the first half of the 20th century, from the O1 through the SECR C-class to Maunsell's Q-class built by the Southern Railway.
At the end of ten year's service it now awaits a further overhaul (which will be fairly straightforward) before it will again be seen in steam, but is available for viewing on static display at Sheffield Park.
SR Bulleid Light Pacific, "Blackmoor Vale"
Class: West Country
Wheels: 4-6-2
Built: 1946
Numbers and names carried: 21C123, "Blackmoor Vale", 34023, "Blackmore Vale"
Last major overhaul completed: 2000
Last operational: 25 May 2008
Current status: Static display, awaiting boiler-work
Owner: The Bulleid Society
Web Page
Bulleid's Light Pacifics were revolutionary in many respects, and brought a great enhancement of available power to lightly laid West Country lines which hitherto had been unable to accept the more modern Southern Railway express locos. Many Bulleid Pacifics are preserved thanks to Barry scrapyard, but "Blackmoor Vale" came to the Bluebell via initial preservation at Longmoor, having been one of the last Bulleid Pacifics running on BR. Unlike many of its classmates, it was not rebuilt, retaining Bulleid's "Air-smoothed" casing and oil-bath-enclosed valve gear. The changes to the loco's name are explained elsewhere.
Having operated for a decade following restoration in 1976, the locomotive returned to steam for a second time, following a comprehensive overhaul, being recommissioned on 19th August 2000.
BR Standard, No.75027
Class: 4MT
Wheels: 4-6-0
Built: 1954
Last major overhaul completed: 1997
Last Operational: end of February 2007
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Static display (at Horsted Keynes) awaiting overhaul
Web page.
The Standard 4 tender engines were designed as a modern branch-line engine, capable of hauling both freight and passenger services on the country's secondary routes. Some, with larger tenders, were allocated to the Southern Region; however No.75027 is a "foreigner", although it did work over the Somerset and Dorset when allocated to the WR.
On its withdrawal from service it was one of the very last steam locos operating on British Railways. It was bought from BR by Charlie Pyne, one of our members, and donated by him to the railway. The locomotive appeared to be far larger than was necessary on the Bluebell of the late 1960s, but it soon proved its worth though as we entered the seventies. A relatively modern loco, capable of hauling heavier trains up our 1-in-75 gradients, it was very much appreciated. It remains to this day the ideal locomotive for many of our trains, powerful yet economical, attractive and easy to prepare and maintain.
LSWR Adams dock tank, No.96 "Normandy"
Class: B4
Wheels: 0-4-0T
Built: 1893
Numbers carried: 96, E96, 96, 30096
Last major overhaul completed: 1996
Last Operational: 6 July 2006
Current status: Static display awaiting overhaul
Owned by B4 Loco Group, part of The Bulleid Society
Web Page.
A deceptively powerful shunting locomotive, it spent most of its working days at Southampton Docks. After disposal by BR it was used, again at Southampton, shunting a private wharf, from where it was purchased by members of the Bulleid Society who later moved their stock to the Bluebell.
Remaining out of use for many years, only after it received an overhaul was it realised just how useful an engine it was. "Normandy" has been called "the reason we don't need a diesel", and has put in sterling service on our works trains for the construction of the northwards extension. When its ten-year boiler certificate expired in 1995 it was given a very rapid overhaul to put it straight back into service.
It has been used most weeks for our Monday and Thursday shunts, the only regular steam shunting turn in the country. It is not suited to high speed, and was only rarely to be found on passenger trains.
With the end of its boiler certificate on 6 July 2006, we must now wait and see whether the steam-shunt mantle passes to this loco or the North London Tank, and to cover the interim until one of these locos is overhauled, D3023 has been hired.
North London Railway Goods Tank
Class: 75
Wheels: 0-6-0T
Built: 1880
Numbers carried: NLR: 76, 116, LNWR: 2650, LMS: 7505, 27505, BR: 58850
Last major overhaul: 1984
Last operational: 1993
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Static display (at Horsted Keynes) awaiting overhaul
Web Page
This powerful goods locomotive was built for shunting in the docks served by the North London Railway, and for the goods traffic emanating from the docks, and carried on the NLR's 14-mile main line, probably frequently venturing out onto other companies lines with exchange traffic. The NLR subsequently became part of the LNWR and, at the grouping in 1923, the LMS. Several locos from this class became celebrities thanks to their use on the LMS's very steeply graded Cromford and High Peak line in Derbyshire.
When this, the last one of the class, was withdrawn from traffic in 1960 it was kept at Derby until coming to the Bluebell in 1962. Used by contractors for the demolition of the line from East Grinstead to Ardingly, it has since been used in the rebuilding of the same line, on the Bluebell's northwards extension. Requiring very major boiler work before it can again be steamed, in the interim it was placed on loan to other locations, and so both relieve space at Sheffield Park and act as an ambassador for the Bluebell in foreign parts, but has now returned. It is hoped to be able to commence its overhaul in the near future.
BR Standard, No.92240
Class: 9F
Wheels: 2-10-0
Built: 1958
Last major overhaul: 1990
Last operational: November 2002
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Static display awaiting overhaul
Web page
The renowned 9Fs were the final steam design of British Railways, and a total of 251 of this most successful heavy-freight design were built. 92240 was one of the last steam locomotives constructed at Crewe. In the rush to abolish steam they were scrapped decades before their originally planned withdrawal dates. 92240 was also the very first of the ex-Barry scrapyard 9Fs to be restored to traffic, and we also built a replacement body for the tender in our own workshops, something rather more common now than it was then.
A few years after its initial return to traffic a number of boiler stays were found to need replacement, and the opportunity was taken to re-certificate the boiler for a new ten-year period at that time. In spite of its size and power, it is an economical locomotive to run, and is much better suited to our 25mph speed limit than an express locomotive. It was withdrawn from service before the end of its boiler certificate due to the deteriorating condition of its tubes, with work also likely to be required on the firebox and front tubeplate.
LSWR Adams Radial Tank No.488
Class: 415
Wheels: 4-4-2T
Built: 1885
Numbers carried: 488, 0488, EKR 5, 3488, 30583
Last major overhaul: 1985
Last operational: 1990
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Static display, awaiting major boiler work.
Designed for the LSWR's inner suburban network, these locomotives were displaced by electrification, and the entire class were scrapped by 1927 with the exception of two which were retained to operate the Lyme Regis branch, where sharp curvature made the use of anything other than this class of loco impossible. Many other classes were tried, but they either couldn't cope with the heavy loaded holiday trains, or were too inflexible for the many curves. This particular loco though had been sold to the military during the first World War, and in 1919 was sold on to the privately run East Kent Railway. In 1946 it was bought by the Southern and overhauled to provide relief for the other two Lyme Regis engines, and the three operated the branch until 1960.
No.488 was chosen by the Bluebell since, out of the three, it was closest to original condition at the time of withdrawal, having an original Adams boiler. Following several spells in traffic over the next 30 years on the Bluebell it is the boiler which is now preventing this fine Victorian engine from steaming. It will probably require a complete new boiler barrel before it can work again.
SR Maunsell U-class, No.1618
Class: U
Wheels: 2-6-0
Built: 1928 at Brighton
Numbers carried: A618, 1618, 31618
Arrived at Bluebell: 17 May 1977
Last major overhaul: 1987
Last operational: 1994
Current status: Static display awaiting overhaul
Owner: Maunsell Locomotive Society
Web Page
The Sevenoaks accident of 1927 resulted in the rebuilding of the K-Class tank locomotives, known as the Rivers, as U-class tender engines, in which form they were much more successful, being very useful mixed traffic locomotives. 1618 was part of a batch which were to have been built as Rivers but the order was changed, and they came out as U-Class locos. On withdrawal from Guildford in 1964 it went to Barry Scrapyard in South Wales, and was the second of the many locomotives to leave the yard for preservation.
Restored to working order, it steamed initially at the Kent & East Sussex Railway. However it was too heavy to be used on that line and so its owners relocated it to the Bluebell in 1977, and it has subsequently had two spells of activity. The U-class is an ideal locomotive for the size of trains we run on the Bluebell, and its sister locomotive, No.1638, has been restored to working order, again by the Maunsell Locomotive Society, entering service for the first time in 42 years in 2006.
Because this locomotive's tender was loaned to the Mid Hants Railway for a year, for use with another U-class which was painted in BR lined black livery, No.1618 was repainted in the same scheme, since its existing paint was getting rather tired, and so this is how it is currently displayed.
SR "USA" class Dock Tank No.WD 1959 (BR 30064)
Class: USA
Wheels: 0-6-0T
Built: 1943, Vulcan Iron Works (No.4432)
Entered SR service: 1946
Numbers carried: USATC: 1959, SR: 64, BR: S64, 30064
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Static display, awaiting overhaul.
Built to the designs of the US Army for wartime shunting requirements, it was sold off as surplus to the SR who required replacements for the B4s which were used to shunt Southampton Docks. Modified for British usage these were very successful, and following the introduction of diesel shunters at Southampton most found use elsewhere in departmental service or as loco-shed shunters.
30064 ended its days as Eastleigh Works shunter, and on withdrawal in 1967 was sold to the Southern Loco Preservation Co. Ltd, and after several years in Hampshire came to the Bluebell along with the other SLP Co. stock, which is now owned by the Bluebell. Following a number of years in use on the Bluebell, it now awaits major boiler work. In 2003 it was repainted into wartime livery as WD 1959.
BR Standard Tank No.80064 Class: 4MT
Designer: R.A. Riddles
Wheels: 2-6-4T
Built: 1953
Last overhaul: 1981
Current status: Static display, awaiting overhaul.
Owner: 80064 Locomotive Fund
The last in a long line of large tank locomotives to have been built at Brighton Works, the Standard 4 tanks were closely associated with the last years of the Bluebell Line under British Railways. This locomotive worked initially from Watford, and then from 1959 on the Southern Region, before transfer to the Western Region along with the lines it worked. It was one of over 200 locos sent to Barry scrapyard that were subsequently rescued for preservation, in this case by a group based on the Dart Valley Railway where it was restored to working order in 1981. In 1984 its owners decided to transfer it to the Bluebell, and it worked out the remainder of its boiler certificate in fine style in Sussex. Since then it has been back to Devon and has now returned again to the Bluebell.
BR Standard Tank No.80100
Class: 4MT
Designer: R.A. Riddles
Wheels: 2-6-4T
Built: 1955 at Brighton Works
Arrived on Bluebell Railway: October 1978
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Current status: Ex-Barry Scrapyard condition, stored under tarpaulin (at Horsted Keynes).
One of three Standard 4 Tanks on the Bluebell, this particular locomotive was not a Southern based engine in its BR days, working from Tilbury and later Shrewsbury until withdrawn for scrapping. As with the others it survived at Barry scrapyard long enough to be saved for preservation, arriving at the Bluebell in 1978.
It is retained because it is the only one of the three to belong to the railway, and the strong links between the class and the line, but relegated to a long-term restoration objective, thanks to the presence on the line of restored 80064 and 80151.
Contractor's Locomotive "Sharpthorn"
Wheels: 0-6-0ST
Built: 1877 by Manning Wardle.
Maker's class: "K"
Maker's Number: 641
Last operational: 1958
Current status: Static Exhibit at Horsted Keynes.
Owner: Bluebell Railway
Web Page
This typical Victorian contractors' loco is instantly recognisable as a Manning Wardle product. What makes this one special was that it was owned by Joseph Firbank, the contractor who built the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway, of which the Bluebell is a part. Delivered to West Hoathly (just north of our tunnel) it was employed throughout the construction of the line, taking its name (albeit mis-spelt) from the neighbouring village of Sharpthorne. From 1888 until 1982 it was the property of Samuel Williams and used on their coal dock in Dagenham until withdrawn from service in 1958. It was subsequently placed on loan to Bressingham Steam Museum, and moved to the Bluebell in 1981 for the line's centenary celebrations in 1982, during which it took part in a locomotive cavalcade at Horsted Keynes.
The above photograph shows it during this event. Since then it has remained on the Bluebell, having been purchased by the Bluebell from the receivers after Samuel Williams went out of business. Being considerably smaller than "Baxter", it is not a large enough locomotive to haul passengers (although the Selsey Tramway used one of this class for their trains of 3 4-wheelers, albeit without the steep gradients of the Bluebell line). As such can be given no priority in our works schedule for overhaul. However a volunteer group on the railway have it in mind as a project for the future, several other locomotives having higher priority for their efforts as well! In the mean-time it remains on static display, now at Horsted Keynes.
Note: Boiler Certificates. Steam locomotive boilers are certificated by the Insurance Company's inspector for up to a ten-year term. At the end of this period, the locos must usually be taken out of service for a boiler overhaul including a complete re-tube, and it is also usual at this time to undertake a full mechanical overhaul. Therefore at any one time we are only able to maintain a proportion of our fleet in working order, and the others must wait their turn in the queue for workshop attention. Even if we had the facilities to maintain a greater number of engines in working order, the costs of this could not be afforded by our income, and so we maintain sufficient engines in working order at any one time for our requirements, given also that some of our working fleet may require workshop attention in addition to their routine boiler washouts and regular mechanical and boiler checks.
The locomotives listed on this page are generally accessible to the visitor in our loco shed at Sheffield Park, although a few may, at times, be stored away from areas with public access.
- Operational Locos
- Locos under overhaul
- Locos on static display
- Bluebell Locos on loan elsewhere
- Locos formerly based on the Bluebell
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Wilmington Police Release Further Information on Officer Shot in Southbridge
Posted on 02/04/2013 11:01 pm
- 1200 block of Peach Street, Wilmington, Delaware
Date of Occurrence:
- Sunday, February 3, 2013, approximately 3:50 p.m.
- Patrolman Justin Wilkers, 34 (see attached photo)
Ronald Boyce, 21, of Wilmington (see attached photo)
- Resisting arrest
Jared Wiggins, 20, of Wilmington (see attached photo)
- Disregarding a Police Signal
- Providing False Statement
- Resisting arrest
- Third suspect
This evening detectives took a suspect into custody believed to have been an occupant of the white Chevrolet Equinox listed in the shooting of Officer Wilkers. The investigation is ongoing. Updates will follow.
At a press conference today the Wilmington Department of Police and the Mayor's Office provided an update on yesterday's police involved shooting.
On February 3, 2013 at approximately 3:50 p.m., Officer Justin Wilkers and his partner were on patrol in the area of C and South Buttonwood Streets when they observed a white Chevrolet Equinox with an equipment violation. At A and Townsend Streets the officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop. The vehicle fled leading officers on a vehicle pursuit through Southbridge ending in the 1200 block of Peach Street. The vehicle stopped and several suspects fled on foot from the vehicle. As one of the suspects exited the vehicle he drew a handgun and fired at Officer Wilkers who was attempting to exit his police vehicle. The bullet struck Officer Wilkers in the left jaw area. The bullet caused significant damage and lodged in the lower part of the officers skull.
The suspect then fled on foot. Other officers pursued the suspects, capturing two of them. Officers then returned to the police car and found Officer Wilkers suffering from his gunshot wound. Officers placed Officer Wilkers in a patrol car and drove him to Wilmington Hospital where he was stabilized. He was then transferred via ambulance to Christiana Hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition. Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday.
Two suspects, Jared Wiggins, 20, and Ronald Boyce, 21, are currently in custody. The driver of the vehicle, Jared Wiggins, has been charged with failing to obey a police signal, resisting arrest, and providing a false statement. Ronald Boyce has been charged with resisting arrest. A third suspect, whose information is being withheld for investigative purposes, is actively being sought, although no warrants are yet on file. Investigators are currently evaluation evidence to determine which suspect or suspects shot the officer.
The Wilmington Department of Police is aggressively investigating this incident and is cooperating with the Attorney General's Office and federal agencies. The Wilmington Department of police would also like to thank Troopers and Officers from Delaware State Police and New Castle County Police who responded into the city yesterday to provide mutual aid.
Officer Justin Wilkers is a three-year veteran of the police department and has a wife and two young children. Chief Christine R. Dunning and the Wilmington Department of Police are grateful for the outpouring of support from the community and other agencies, and ask that you continue to keep the officer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Anyone with information about this investigation can call:
- Wilmington Police Confidential Tip Line at (302) 576-3990.
- Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 (1-800-847-3333) or online at www.tipsubmit.com

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Another Algo Gone Wild
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My favs. Fortran may have learned some tricks from Major Kusanagi.
Fortran, the breasted, hairy blue skinned angel.
Whut? No no the programming language.
People younger than me don't know fortran. I only know it because I learned it is the universal engineering programming language.
I knew Fortran...it is the basis of most of the engineering mircales that have occured since 1970. Other languages are like the guy in class next to you that shouts the answer you muttered. Fortran was the shit. It had double precision! Bitchez!
I know fortran. I was making a reference to link in a comment posted on ZH by someone, forgot who, where the link had an article about fortran, envisioned as a blue skinned, hairy, big titted, female.. I think she had wings too. Or maybe I'm just smoking. The article, real or imagined by me, was amusing.
So i take it this a reverse Mortimer and Duke moment.. " Turn the machines back off "
I thought these charts were "reverse-credibility" readings from Ben Bs speech yesterday.
Whew! For a while I thought system was actually rigged. It's good to know that all's well on Wall Street. I'll sleep soundly tonight. <sarcasm>
Rorschach test has 90% seeing Bernanke's quivering lip on the charts.
12k is the Maginot Line.
First Chart is better than Salvador Dalí paints¡
Still waiting for SUKY to swallow it and PENI to go large.
CNTY "sore" 100% after algo gone wild. Free pics of the "donkey show" leaked by TD.
This market begs for a joke...
Joe Saluzzi made comment on Bloomberg today about price and reality. He said the price shown to all of us does not correlate to the real price due to black pools and HFT manipulation. He said the price your shown and pay may be off by many percentage points. Another words, what you see may not be real at all.
In reality, the HFTs and Hedge Funds, (including GS and JPM) have broken our markets. It will not change unless they are stopped.
Embarrassing and pathetic, what a joke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTsFOqSaub8
Manhattan galleries will soon be offering these charts as 8 foot by 10 foot artwork, printed on glass, for the miserly sum of $9,000.
Irony of the whole thing: It´s a casino company.
Which trades were NOT cancelled? If we can ID the owners,,, this could be interesting.
What's wrong with this short term trading strategy?
1. Buy any dip in the Dow of 150+, using a martingale style where you add on more for every 25 pt drop, stopping out at -300. Could use DIA directly or options. Sell on any 100 pt gain. Short any 150+ pt gain, using the inverse criteria.
2. Same with oil (USO) on any drop of 2.5%+, stopping out at 4.5%. Sell when it gets to flat.
3. Put on a compression trade with USO/SPY any time there is a 1%+ divergence. Seems like oil and the ES correlate pretty tight. Obviously Tyler has multiple threads along these lines.
4. Use any and all profits to buy silver and gold.
It's so obvious the markets are rigged. The thread earlier in the week about the Japanese PPT and the "1% rule" raised my eyebrows. It's not surprising, but it's so easily manipulated if you can simply spot the pattern. It seems like any time the Dow drops 150+ early on, it is at least 50 points higher later on in the day. Markets seem to ramp at specific times, roughly 11am and 3pm. Years down the road we probably will find out there has been some sort of stupid "rule" the PPT has followed to keep the markets propped. If I was smarter I would write software to analyze all the charts to determine any patterns. I would sort all days where the Dow is down 100+ at any point, then have it analyzed for specific patterns. Maybe use some geometry or some shit to figure it out. Anyone?
would'nt be that hard to code in tradestation. there are scanners that test this sort of thing to understand if the code would be a valuable investment of time.
Price activity is not quite that rational, so the shorts can kill you on margin calls or result in losses when stopped out.
You can simulate something similar by using "long-only" plays, handling the short side with inverse ETFs, though.
Couldn't you just buy puts or calls on DIA or USO?
I don't trade on margin, seems like a sucker game to me. Better off buying way out of the money options or trading weekly options if you want to gamb00l.
Oh, sure, same idea.
I wasn't giving it much thought, just mentioned 'cause you'd actually posted "short any +150 gain."
"Short" in the vague "bet on the drop" sense is fine, only literal shorting could be a concern, I guess.
yup, nice to see someone besides myself observe the pattern. I have tride to engage people on the site to discuss trading without success. It makes me really mad, that you see the same pattern over and over for about two years, and people don't talk about it. I use diffent languarge, but I have noticed the recurring patterns. It's the algo's not the people, because peole trade in a different manner. Nice to see someone who gets it. I trade long short, indexes. very hard to do at this time with multiple securities. I may bail and trade on UCO, USO. good volatility. easy to read patterns. I thnk this will max my returns while we delcare a market direction. right now the market is being run for the benefit of hft firms. this isn't a place for human traders. I stand corrected, it is, but one security, and very fast on your feet with lots of capitial to buy in and out. ONly works if every low trading costs, or big money. because I am attemping to do too many indexes right now, I make some, and I loose some. Overall plus, but the speed, and such is too much for me, so I shall simplify and do one/ two securty until trend estalished.
I will say that in the HFT world every new low
ow is greated by a bounce. this is how they drop the market without really increasing vix. see long drop Jan to march 2009 (?) peak of crisis. so you need good clear chanels, and it will stay there for a long time. easy to make money, but you have to actually program your trades in advance. I find this gives me my biggest returns. If I trade the chart, wihout looking at anything else. Hard to do because it defie logic, bit that;s what the computers are doing, so you have to be like a computer.
"On June 21'st the stock CNTY ratcheted violently in three cycles within a six minute period, taking the price (in the first and second cycle) to over 100% of it's price just minutes prior. Within fifteen minutes the price had returned to it's previous trading level."
These guys can't spell the word "its", no wonder they can't run a proper market without banana republic methods.
s/run a/comment on/
s/out banana republic methods/well good bestest grammar.
Hey Tyler,
Check the AH print on GSK. Brilliant!
The headline to go with the trade?
"Glaxo to pay 37 states $41 million over faulty drugs"
Today is the day of days.....time to short the hell out of this collapsing ponzi scheme. Today's fake rally was all HFT scam. Greeks have not agreed to anything, and even if they do, they are still bankrupt.
People better start paying attention to the US debt default coming, and no jobs, housing in the tank, job losses increasing again, and Benny is out of ammo. He even admitted it in his little speech yesterday. This ponzi is going to fall very quickly.
Back in 2008, it was coined as "the invisible hand propping the market".
Structual filters. Remember. Today was a work of art. Hari Seldon would be on it. Later, it has been said that Hari Seldon left this life as lived it, for he died with the future he created unfolding all around him.
I was talking to an agent from the FBI Cyber Crime unit a couple of weeks ago. He was talking about how they were going after the hackers after the IMF and Federal Reserve. Mostly script kiddies. I told him I didn't really care about them as they didn't affect me but what did care about and is cybercrime was the quote stuffing from these places that walk the price of stocks up and down and steal from honest investors. I told him they didn't even seem to try and hide it anymore.
He hung his head and said they know but their leadership is appointed and they had to go after what their leadership sets as priorities. He then went on to mumble about jurisdictions. I really let the air out of his balloon. If you want to know what the police go after, check out www.cybercrime.gov mostly counterfeit goods and of course protecting the banks, check http://www.cybercrime.gov/sergeySent.pdf
This guy stole the source code to the Squid's proprietary trading algorithm. They took him off a plane. They don't go after businesses.
I tried to place the bid/ask or put diagrams over the halted and not halted trades because I thought to see a pattern. It didn't work but I saw an algo that was not very sofisticated putting in aks on a horizontal line while bids where peaking the same time.
While the bids were peaking, the puts were taking the next horizontal position under it. It looks like free market but free market does not give you a window of at last 6 minutes, it has to last days, weeks and sometimes months.
I tried to put the charts on eachother but failedn (because of inadequate software). It was about the market charts, the puts and the calls.
This is only possible when you at least have 2 HFT-programs corrospending and what is more important (because there must be sellers/buyers):
Losses been taken by off-shore-not-liable-small-banks-that-go-bankrupt-by-taking-losses-and-sure-or-not-sure-to-be bailed-out-and-what-does-it-matter
Algo's are going to be the last stand of the bankers and as simple as it is, hit the switch
profits are for the known
somehow i can't see this series pulling down nearly as much as Girls Gone Wild.
call it a hunch.
So initial cancellations started at BATS (BATS and BATY) which means they were probably the ones that started things.
Then some at CINC (Cincinatti).
Then NQEX (Nasdaq).
Then NQSC (Nadaq capital markets - small cap).
Then NYSE ARCA (Pacific).
Then EDGX Exchange (Direct Edge).
Then back to NQEX with some NTRF (NYSE Trade Reporting Facility), BOST (Boston Stock/Options Exchange), PHIL (Philidelphia Stock Exchange), and CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) thrown in on the tail end.
Looks and sounds like a war between exchanges; between desks and their systems. On top of that, they are making money off of the violent ratcheting, the volatility, and perhaps finding how to make competitors lose money (e.g. - amplitude, oscillation rates, and milliseconds required).
Let's guess, perhaps, a fist fight between BATS and Direct Edge?
Here is a snippet on BATS:
"On May 13, 2011, BATS Global Markets announced it would launch an Initial Public Offering.[9] [10] The company had been privately held and majority owned by brokers and big banks including Getco, Wedbush, Lime, Citi, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan"
Source: http://www.marketswiki.com/mwiki/BATS_Trading
Here is a snippet on Direct Edge:
"Direct Edge is a Jersey City, NJ-based stock exchange operating two separate platforms, EDGA Exchange and EDGX Exchange. Since March 2009, Direct Edge has had a market share in the range of 9%-12% of U.S. equities trading volume, regularly trades 1 billion to 2 billion shares per day. Direct Edge jockeys with BATS Trading to be the third largest stock market in the United States, behind the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Edge
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Local taxi drivers offer tourists a ride to see a donkey show in the red light district.[3] The shows are difficult to verify and may be urban legends, but anecdotal accounts are frequent.[4
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Which way do you mean, Tyler?
I have had trades today and the last couple of days that went through although the security hadn"t traded in that range during the time period. and I am trading major indexes, not individual stocks. Of course Bernake is silent about Hft, as he is with any thing that would be of benefit to the real economy and market. I do no t understnd why hft exists. Yes I get the real reason, but on an intellectual logic basis it should not exist. the chairman silent, silent on didd frank, silent on derivatives regulation, etc. What the fuck is this guys job. Instead he spends the majority of his time attempting to convince us that inflation is what he says. That leads to great trust. Hi I am the Bernank, instead of using my weight to back reform, I will lie to your face and tell you there is no inflation when it is like an uncontrolled wildfire. The man is a pathological liar and sociopath. I voted for Obama, but I have come to the conclusion he is the same, because t take a pathological liar and sociopath to support another.
I urge you to say your paryers to god tonight and ask him that all cnetral bankers be swallowed up by the earth and that their first born children shall suffer. We need anoter Moses, Jesus, etc, to deliver the people from the clutches of the central bankers. When God delivered the people from the tyranny fo the bankers he called it sunday and mandated that as a celebration and in honor of his name people would spend the day in thoughtfull contemplation and rest. Proverbs (99:11)
a celebration and in honor of his name people would spend the day in thoughtfull contemplation and rest. Proverbs (99:11)...
I didn't find a 99th chapter in Proverbs, but the one proverb that keeps pounding though my mind after reading B7's description of Greece's method of doing business is Prov. 20:14:
v14 "It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer—
then goes off and boasts about the purchase.
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This was no algo... I have it on good authority that it was in fact a whale at one of Century's craps pits losing a bundle, winning it back, losing it again, winning it back, and walking away about even. Stock just reflecting the role of the dice. They did comp him dinner. He has a baccarat table reserved for tomorrow morning, so watch this stock gyrate tomorrow.
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I'm not a programmer at all, but I wonder if I could talk enough bullshit to get one of these gigs.
Another example of what happens when there are no organic limit orders sitting patiently on the books waiting to provide proper liquidity. Nope, they've all been scared away by these synthetic shenanegans. This isn't a market anymore, it's a video game.
I'm hoping that the trades that weren't busted netted to zero hence no need to bust them, but the cynic in me suspects otherwise and the favored players walked away with a gain.


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The company has found a suitable site north of Shanghai and is now awaiting final approval by the Chinese government. It intends to produce either the Freelander or the new Evoque models there.
The news that JLR is to open its first manufacturing plant outside the UK is hardly unexpected - as regular MT'ers will know, JLR is doing rather well at the moment. Its cars - Range Rovers and the new Evoque in particular - are selling like hot cakes in the developing economies of Asia and South America. And there's an all-new big daddy Range Rover on the cards too, demand for which is also expected to be high.
But it will be seen by some industry watchers here as possibly the thin end of the wedge, the first sign that the future for the company - whose Britishness is a key piece of its brand identity - does not lie in an entirely UK manufactured product.
The commercial logic is to go where the markets are is strong, however, and JLR CEO Ralf Speth was keen to point out the firm's commitment to the UK. 'We are increasing production' he said, 'not to reduce it in the UK, but using the UK base to grow around the world.' It's also true that the firm has invested very heavily in its existing three UK factories. But this news could signal that any further expansion of manufacturing in this country by JLR is unlikely.
The firm already assembles Freelanders in Pune, India, using parts shipped from the UK, and the original Land Rover Defender is screwed together in several locations around the world, including Kenya. But the Chinese factory - a joint venture with Chery Automobile - will be the first true manufacturing plant outside the UK, using Chinese parts.
Last year JLR sold 314,000 vehicles, 29% more than in the previous 12 months. JLR had also intended to open a similar factory on Brazil, but has shelved the idea due to regulatory and tax hurdles there.
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Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to open a new factory in China, one of its fastest growing export markets. What will this mean for the UK?
The company has found a suitable site north of Shanghai and is now awaiting final approval by the Chinese government. It intends to produce either the Freelander or the new Evoque models there.
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There seems to be an ongoing pattern of ridiculous rules with Bravo's "Real Housewives" series, specifically for "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" (RHOBH) and "Real Housewives of Atlanta" (RHOA).
1. Men are never to engage in women's conversations even if it's to defend their own wives.
2. Women can only be friends if all of their friends match like socks.
Rule #1 Debunked: The first rule is too moronic to bother explaining, but it would be interesting to find out how many women would find it sexist if men told them not to get into any discussions with men about men. Never mind equal rights or the women's movement or being treated as a human being. Never mind that a man has a right to speak just like any woman does. And never mind that RHOBH's Yolanda Foster was upset about Kenn Todd calling her "stupid" but brushed off her own name-dropping husband David Foster for calling the entire cast of women "clowns." Her response? "Don't take it seriously." And never mind that even Ken Todd said Joyce Giraud's husband Michael Ohoven should stay out of women's arguments only to jump right into the melee of women to defend his own wife Lisa Vanderpump a couple of episodes later. There were too many hypocritical moments with this rule to be convinced that the cast believed this one themselves.
Check out "Bravo's RHOA NeNe Leakes stunts often but other cast members are successful"
Rule #2 Debunked: The second strange rule that has crept up with both RHOBH's Brandi Glanville and RHOA's NeNe Leakes is this territorial demand that their friends should never befriend their own enemies. In Brandi's case, she doesn't want Lisa Vanderpump to have anything to do with a five-year employee of Lisa's named Scheana Marie. Brandi finds it perfectly justifiable to not want Lisa around Scheana and for the entire room to be cleared of all of Brandi's enemies. Brandi doesn't seem to understand that she does not own the world and other people have a right to walk around in it, nor does she seem to get that Lisa's husband's name is Ken, not Eddie Cibrian. What happened between Eddie and Brandi is between the two of them, and an outside worker who Lisa knew before Brandi was even on the show shouldn't be scooted away so Brandi can pout. If everyone had the luxury of not having to be around people they don't like, businesses would never be run and everyone would stay at home in hiding. But at least Brandi had a serious issue -- infidelity.
NeNe Leakes, however, showed her true colors on Sun., April 13, Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" by stating that since her now frenemy Marlo Hampton didn't tell her she was filming scenes with cast member Kenya Moore, she would no longer film with her. Now the housewives don't just want people to scurry out of the room like roaches, but they must keep track of their friends' schedules, too.
NeNe also dropped the bomb that she and cast member Cynthia Bailey are no longer friends after Cynthia felt some kind of way about NeNe saying Cynthia's husband Peter Thomas was "acting like a bitch." Gasp! Who would ever think a wife would get mad at someone she thought was a friend feeling like it's okay to call her husband a "bitch" right in front of her? NeNe clearly forgot to make Cynthia add "insulting husbands gets a free pass" in their friendship contract.
But NeNe took it to a whole new low by insinuating that Cynthia should no longer be on the show. Even RHOBH hasn't gone that far with trying to get cast members removed because they're no longer friends. They just go to the tabloids or purchase tabloids and sit them by their suitcases instead. Then play dumb.
True friendship is not a business or gang affiliation. It makes sense to demand that people not be friends if they could possibly endanger your lives. When 50 Cent didn't want The Game to be friends with people he didn't like, it made sense. It was territorial but mildly reasonable. This was a man walking around with a bulletproof vest on because he thought he was really going to die. If your friends are buddied up with someone who wants you dead that's a problem.
But none of these women are in any danger. And there's no point in trying to force someone to not be friends or film with other cast members and guests because you don't like them. In elementary school and high school, that clique mentality could be appeased as naivete. As an adult, it's childish and laughable.
Housewife or no housewife, unless you know for sure that your mutual friend is dogging you out with the enemy and smiling in your face, there's no reason to be concerned. Let them be friends. Let you two be friends. And trust that it's possible for three fully grown women to be able to be in the same room without acting like dogs near trees.
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1. Tell your friend that nothing about your personal or professional life should be discussed with the enemy.
2. Tell your friend that you would appreciate it if conflicts between you two were never brought up with the enemy. Although friends tend to air their grievances, small arguments will quickly escalate when friends talk to enemies who can make the situation worse.
3. Don't assume that your friend must never invite your enemy anywhere. For birthdays, anniversaries, holiday parties, business events, baby showers and housewarming parties, people have the right to invite everyone who is significant to them. It's unreasonable to dictate someone else's guest list.
4. Don't avoid showing up to big events because the enemy is there. If necessary, bring your own date, boyfriend, husband or another friend to make the situation less awkward. Unless this is a very small get-together, you and the enemy can just ignore each other.
5. Put your foot down with your friend about any interventions. Some friends are so determined to be peacemakers that they'll often try to bring enemies together. If you're not willing to give the enemy a second chance, that's perfectly your right. But make that plain with the friend. Otherwise you two may butt heads.
6. Don't constantly insult the enemy to your friend. You don't like her. She gets it. There's no point in constantly bringing it up. It puts the friend in an uncomfortable position if she regards you both as loyal friends. It may be difficult, especially if your friend always talks about hangouts with the enemy. If asking your friend to stop talking to you about the enemy at all takes care of the gossiping issue, do that.
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Bio-Matrix Scientific Group is entering the facility validation process arena. Working with company's chief scientific advisor, Geoffrey O'Neill, Ph.D., Bio-Matrix will develop its facility validation protocols. These protocols form an integral part of Bio-Matrix' Quality System that will comprise its overall Good Manufacturing and Good Tissue Practices (cGMP/cGTP), according to Dr. O'Neill.
"The management of Bio-Matrix has already developed the essential elements of its Quality System, including areas such as its quality policy, management responsibility, and quality assessments," he says. "The validation process will specifically address procedures to ensure that all equipment and processes provide a quality product and that personnel are trained accordingly. Standard procedures will be developed for medical device production as well as for cellular processing and storage."
"The installation, operational, and performance qualification (IQ/OQ) of equipment, systems, facilities, and processes for cryogenics, processing, labs, and medical devices are an essential part of the validation process," adds David Koos, chairman of the company. "Equipment must be installed, operated, and maintained within design specifications, while processes must be shown to be reliable, all of which to assure the consistent quality and integrity of the product."
According to the company's COO, Brian Pockett, key staff must provide a basic and thorough understanding in preparing, executing, and reviewing protocols. "Management has the responsibility for approving and implements these protocols within the framework of its overall quality system," notes Pockett.
Once protocols are completed, all Quality Systems documentation will be warehoused in the company's Regulatory Affairs Department within the facility.
Bio-Matrix' new 15,000-sq-ft facility is located in the San Diego biotechnology corridor and will house Bio-Matrix's secure Cryogenic Stem Cell Bank, 3 Research laboratories, aseptic cellular/tissue class 10,000/100 processing laboratory, hematology, microbiology, and flow cytometry laboratories.
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The federal government commits substantial budgetary resources to support housing and mortgage markets through a combination of spending programs and tax provisions. During the crisis of the past two years, the commitment expandedto about $300 billion in 2009from the placement into conservatorship in September 2008 of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the creation of new housing programs. Today CBO released a brief describing, in broad terms, the array of federal activities that support housing and the recent expansion of particular programs.
As shown in the figure below, most of the federal governments spending for housing supports homeownership. In fiscal year 2009, the federal government devoted almost four times the amount of budgetary resources to supporting homeownership (about $230 billion) as it devoted to improving rental affordability ($60 billion).
Federal Spending for Housing, 2009
(In Billions of Dollars)
The government supports homeownership by subsidizing the costs of owning a home (reducing down payments, mortgage insurance costs, and tax liability) and increasing the availability of mortgage loans. Until recently, the bulk of federal support for homeownership took the form of tax expenditures (that is, subsidies conveyed through reductions in taxes), which make it less expensive to own a home by reducing taxes for homeowners and investors.
As a result of recent actions to address the crisis, the government now provides roughly equivalent amounts of support for homeownership through tax expenditures and spending programs. About 80 percent of the federal support for renters is provided by spending programs; the remainder is provided through tax expenditures. The federal government also shapes the housing and mortgage markets through regulationas provided, for example, in the Truth in Lending Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
This brief categorizes 28 federal housing activities by type of support (homeownership or rental), mechanism (spending or taxation), and budgetary cost in 2009. The largest single budgetary cost is associated with the tax deduction for mortgage interest, which resulted in an estimated revenue loss of $80 billion in 2009. On the spending side, in 2009 the Treasury Department initiated the Making Home Affordable program, which provides incentive payments to mortgage servicers and homeowners to facilitate the process of refinancing or modifying loans so that homeowners can move into lower-cost or fixed rate mortgages. The Treasury has committed up to $50 billion to that program, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to spend up to $25 billion---though only a very small portion of the $75 billion was spent in 2009.
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I am suer that this subject has been discussed many times. For anyone who is not tired of sharing answers... Now that I am actually in one place, above ground; for whenever I was wondering if there is a simple answer of whether it is better to leave our instruments (guitars and/or banjos etc. ) on stands without cases or with. I am more concerned with those that may not get played as frenquently as those that we play everyday.
Moisture, Dryness, Vulnerability, Geographical Region...tornado, flood, wind, extreme cold, extreme heat...beyond air-conditiioning and heat; I know are always concerns; as well as just forgettign to take them out for a walk once in a while.
So if one of y'all have a moment, I'd appreciate a new thought or rehash an old one, or a referral to something already here.
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Even when I was a maximum amounts of guitars each and every one stayed on Stands and I would check them over the winter with hydration and an even tempature through out the homes we have owned ( maiximum was 23 ) at any given time and now that we have downsized our home ( and my collection since I retired from playing ) they stay out so they always get played
When I bought a house where I could have a room for my guitars, I thought it would be cool to mount some slatboard and have them hanging up for all to see. After a few months, I went back to keeping them in cases. It just wasn't worth the risk of something stupid happening like tripping over a cable and causing some damage. Also it cuts down on the dust and UV rays. I made case stands out of the plastic 5 shelf units sold at Home Depot. Two of them can make 5 stands. You cut the front and center out of the second shelf, leaving the sides and back. Each one can hold upright four acoustic cases or six electric. With these stands along the wall, and a label on each case, I can quickly find the one I want. Good Luck
Adriaan, I keep my instruments in their cases. They are just safer there. I check the sponge in the humidifier weekly and recharge it if necessary and it takes about 5 minutes of my time. Just enough time for my tea to cool,,,
3 guitars, 1- 5 string, 1 mandolin
1 fiddle (poor thing - no humidifier as the case is too small)
Well, you have clearly defined the issue - easy access vs protection. My personal solution is to keep my performing instruments (i.e. the ones I use onstage) out on a stand and collectible instruments in their cases. This does mean that the collectible instruments don't get played as much, which is a shame, but they do stay in better condition. And I always have something around that is easy to grab and play.
Not that I have a great deal of experience or anything but I do have an eight year old grandson that tears ( for those not in the know tears is running at light speed) around the house, so my travel guitar stays in it's case as protected as it csan be and my practice guitar is in a stand.
And yes it has been hit once or twice.
I keep mine in a case when I'm not playing it, on a stand (a good and sturdy one!) when I'm using it. Acoustics are especially fragile to damage if bumped or dropped or banged against something, more so than solid-body electrics. I've always added the price of a good, hardshell case to any guitar purchase as part of the whole deal. Some people like gig bags but, I've learned from experience that they're not a good idea, especially for a cherished or valuable instrument - they just don't provide enough protection from damage.
I keep all of my guitars in their hard cases... all the time, unless I am playing them. I keep them humidified with Oasis soundhole humidifiers. They're safer and better off this way, in my opinion. It is not hassle for me to get them out of their cases to play them. Good luck! JrK
Wall hangers is the only way to go.
I keep mine out on the stands within easy reach at all times. Every evening I rotate between them over and over again until my fingers get tired and my eyes start to droop. I have a hygrometer on the table next to them and I watch the humidity level carefully. Below 40% and I put the soundhole humidifiers in before I leave the room. If it should ever drop to an alarming degree, I would turn to the cases for protection, but so far, getting below 40% is a rare issue. I'm lucky in that respect! BTW, I highly recommend Kyser soundhole humidifiers because you can actually play the guitar (albiet muffled a bit) with the device in place. Great for after hours strumming when the others are trying to sleep!
I always keep my guitars in a case unless I am playing them. I do not use guitar stands, having seen too many terrible accidents involving them tipping over, including once on stage, resulting in a neck break.
I have several guitars that reside in gig bags, but most of mine have hard cases.
When the weather gets quite cold or too warm and the humidity is under 45% , then it's time to take extra care of your guitar when you take her outdoors.
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Other than that - I keep mine in their cases (if too cold - like now over here in the Netherlands - 15 to 20 degrees Cel.) and put a humidifier in there with them (www.planetwaves.com) - keep an eye on my 'babes' and treat them with love and care. Away from heater, out of the sun, etc....
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One of the things that EA Sports UFC has been falsely accused of by some reviews, is that it is "arcadey." This most definitely isn't true with single player when you're playing against the superb AI ("hard" difficulty setting is the sweet spot), but online could be a different animal.
Before writing this article I clicked around YouTube to watch other people's online matches just to get an idea of how most people play, and just about every video I saw looked arcadey. It wast mostly due to how the players fought. There's a lot of wasted movement and too many haymakers being thrown.
The player I fought was like that, and I utilized real-life tactics as much as I could, and was surprised to see that it actually worked. What was even cooler was that the little things I picked up from playing against the CPU, such as the timing of the counters and managing distance, could be applied to the multiplayer setting as well.
Many games with multiplayer have a huge disconnect with its single player component, where the strategies that worked fine against the AI were completely useless against a human opponent. This still may end up being the case with EA Sports UFC as I play more (I've had only three unranked matches, all of which I won) online, but at least from the get-go I didn't have the rude awakening I had in past UFC Undisputed and Fight Night games.
In this video I played as Daniel Cormier against a higher-rated Anderson Silva at light heavyweight. In the early goings my opponent managed to trap me in a Muay Thai clinch and tried to spam the tactic. He found early success but I was able to adjust and began to methodically pick him apart with well-placed counters and varied tactics.
At the end of the video you'll see the final stats which should give you a better idea of what went down during the fight. What about you? How has your online experience been with EA Sports UFC?


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IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Assistant City Engineer
DIRECTION OF OTHERS: Engineering Technicians and Aides
EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: A Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited school required, or a Bachelors Degree in a related field supplemented with two years of experience in municipal engineering, and knowledge of computer aided drafting and mapping.
NATURE OF WORK: Performs technical and complex work in surveying, designing municipal projects, examination or inspection of municipal construction projects.
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VI. Performs all other job-related activities as necessary.
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B. Responds to citizen inquiries regarding construction projects.
C. Maintains good relations with contractors working on City projects.
I. Must posses a valid Minnesota driver's license.
II. Certifications for State of Minnesota State Aid projects may be required as departmental needs dictate.
I. Employee must be capable of operating miscellaneous tools and equipment relative to this position which shall include but may not be limited to: Standard surveying equipment, motor vehicles, communication equipment, computers, copiers, fax machines, measuring devices, and calculators.
I. Hours may vary dependent upon construction schedule. Late fall to early spring will typically be Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This is an exempt position and does not accrue overtime.
II. Both an office environment and outdoor construction job site activities, and survey work, which includes wide variation in temperature from winter work in sub-zero Fahrenheit to summer temperatures occasionally in excess of 100° F. There is exposure to the natural elements - dust, insects, weather, and conditions that could be hazardous or dangerous relative to construction sites.
In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act the following represents the Physical and Environmental Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, talk or hear, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to seventy-five (75) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.


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As modern medicine advances, more and more information becomes available regarding how diseases are inherited, and parents are given different choices to make about the health of their child even before he/she is born. In some cases, a prenatal diagnosis can be made by testing fetal cells, amniotic fluid, or amniotic membranes to detect fetal abnormalities in the womb. Prenatal counseling gives parents the information they need to make informed choices. Listed in the directory below, you will find some additional information regarding prenatal counseling.
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Let $f:[0,1] \to \mathbb R$ be bounded and $$ f_\odot :[0,1] \to \mathbb R: x \mapsto \sup \{f(y) : y \in [x,1] \} $$ This is well defined since $f$ is bouned.
Claim: If $f$ is continuous then $f_\odot$, too.
I begun as follows: Let $x_0 \in [0,1]$ and $\epsilon > 0$. First: Find $y_0 \in [x_0,1]$ s.t. $f_\odot(x_0) - \epsilon < f(y_0) \leq f_\odot(x_0)$. Then using continuity of $f$ I get a $\delta > 0$ s.t. $\forall a \in (y_0-\delta,y_0+\delta) : f(y_0) - \epsilon < f(a) < f(y_0) + \epsilon$ and thus also $|f(a)-f_\odot(x_0)|<2\epsilon$ for $a \in (y_0-\delta,y_0+\delta)$. Now I get suck. I think that this $\delta$ also works for $f_\odot$ somehow but can't figure it out.


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The Importance of Mobile Hiring
I posted an article on Linkedin Pulse about the future of mobile hiring and its importance. You can check it out here, feel free to share and like it.
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I recently spoke to a startup founder about their business. In doing so, I put them in a box by categorizing their product. Even though it may seem like they're competing with other companies in a space. They see what they're doing differently and have a much broader mission, which drives them and are making steps toward.
This isn't possible if you're Airbnb for X, rather than trying to change X industry.
You often need to start small and focus on a niche to get into a market. I've realized that every company should have a mission. An idea of why they're doing what they're doing. Otherwise how do you define the good times and how do you get through the bad times.
A mission is different to a vague values statement or a dream-like scenario (what if we IPO'd with our chrome extension).
Facebook succeeded early on by going after the college market. If they didn't have an inkling that
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"If you say there are certain values which are more important than financial values, you're culturally encouraged to feel a bit immature," he suggests. "It has become so ingrained into our way of thinking that the only measure of value is cost."
"And yet," Scott interjects, "if you measured somebody's personal wealth in a eulogy at a funeral, if you said, 'This person had £75,000 in the bank, they had the iPhone 5s', everybody would be absolutely disgusted. They would say 'that's not the person'."
People spend their working lives looking for the next pay increase or promotion, in environments that they aren't happy in.
Usually for moral reasons but sometimes to be seen by those around them to be following a traditional path. Yet when they die, this will be forgotten and just the impact they made will remain.
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It's interesting that Spotify is promoting merchandise in the artist experience.
Sadly when you press buy it just takes you to an external URL, I imagine this will be moved into the Spotify application in time. It's interesting to note that they promote the Vinyl but not the CD. This probably fits Spotify's demographic and their interests aptly.
In time I see them selling tickets and using their data to shape what products to sell, concerts to promote and eventually run.
Apparently this feature was added in January (commission free) but it's most likely still rolling out across artists.
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New Yorker Anil Dash wrote a piece for SF Tech Workers last night informing them of what he thought they could do to improve their reputation. I do agree with Anil that more could be done but I will also note that tech being in San Francisco has been a boom for the local economy. SF's unemployment rate is 5.3% vs 8.7% the average in California.
I mostly disagree with the protesters sentiment that feel tech workers are invading their communities, considering many of those protestors pushed families out long before this recent boom. As prices have been rising for years. Affordable housing is definitely a big problem for everyone.
Anil asks for startups to share their "on-site benefits" with the local community (daycare, healthcare, food). I'm not sure what these companies are but not many startups in SF have healthcare onsite, maybe bigger companies would have a doctor but that size of
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There was some interesting data in Peter Thiel's interview in the WSJ in December that I just wanted to share along with my experience thus far. Of course these opinions are purely my own.
When I meet Thiel Fellowship skeptics I sometimes find they can be ill-informed in one of two ways, they stopped researching the fellowship after the initial announcement and have just missed many of the stories. The other is that they don't know the breadth of the work completed as the information just isn't out there yet and some fellows haven't shared their successes, continued work or soft landings. That's up to them, as they may have no reason to right now. None of that is the fault of the observer of course but I know that this is going to improve over time.
Skepticism is important but I don't doubt the fellowship based on my experience so far because of my incredible peers, the community
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I've been thinking recently about how ridiculous the idea of a music library is in the streaming age. Especially considering that the majority of music that is consumed today is disposable and has a short life-cycle, will anyone be listening to Blurred Lines in 5 years? No. That doesn't devalue the song, it holds purely entertainment rather than artistic value.
I've never had a stable music library. I've long lost my original iTunes account (I probably dislike all of the music contained anyway) and used to delete tracks that I got bored with. My libraries have always been what's most relevant to me right now. Which can get boring quickly but as does a single rarely-changing library.
Sometimes I want to hop back to the songs I was bored with a few years ago or find something new. My Spotify account has had over 100,000 streams in the last year. Earlier I landed on Spotify's default
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Why do we get so excited/annoyed by the idea of something? A seed can internally manifest into a tree before you've considered the reality. Your mind will always fight to make reality fit with your perception of something. Negative or Positive.
Like when "Project Glass" was released people assured us that it'd improve, that it was just an alpha and would dramatically change. Although this could still be the case, these people have no idea how it'll progress or what is being developed but they are so in love with the perception that they've created since they first saw the Glass conceptualisation video that they are sure it will eventually happen. You see this trend with places, stocks and people. Every decision is clearer and moment is better in retrospect.
Honestly, I'm diluting my line of thinking with the technology simile. This post isn't intended to be career or technology
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Ev told Jack he had to "chill out" with the deluge of media he was doing. "It's bad for the company," Ev said. "It's sending the wrong message." Biz sat between them, watching like a spectator at a tennis match.
"But I invented Twitter," Jack said.
"No, you didn't invent Twitter," Ev replied. "I didn't invent Twitter either. Neither did Biz. People don't invent things on the Internet. They simply expand on an idea that already exists."
Hatching Twitter is a wonderful, thrilling book. Not from a business perspective, not like the Social Network where it lays out Mark's battle building his empire. This is the completely honest tale of the naveity and blindsightedness in the early days of Twitter, you start to realise like every other startup they had no idea what they were doing and early on nothing worked. Everyone was CEO at some point and everyone was fired or quit at another.
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The little furball napping on your sofa could have a second life. And it's a much more violent than you may think.
A surprising new study by Nature Communications says that cats in the United States could be killing 24 billion small birds and mammals every year.
That would make cats the greatest human related killer of small birds and small mammals. They kill more small animals than poison, hunting or collisions with cars or buildings.
But you can help keep these adorable killing machines from wreaking havoc on local wildlife. Experts say the best thing to do is keep them inside.
Another option is to put a collar with a bell or motion activated sound-making device on the cat. This will allow the birds and small animals that would otherwise become prey to have some advanced warning and get away.


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UK agrees to TV Shack extradition
UK Government bends to the US
THE STUDENT that created the TV Shack web site can be extradited to the US.
The Home Office agreed to the extradition request after giving the case some thought. What thought we cannot say, but perhaps highest on its list was the question, "What will the US say if we don't?"
"On 9 March after the careful consideration of all relevant materials the home secretary signed an order for Richard O'Dwyer's extradition to the US," said the Home Office in response to a request for confirmation today.
O'Dwyer's case mirrors that of Gary McKinnon, and while he remains in his 10 year limbo his mother has sympathised with O'Dwyer's mum.
#TheresaMay agrees to #Extradite #RichardODwyerSo upset for Julia @jrodwyer & #RichardO#FreeGary #ChrisTappin— Janis Sharp (@JanisSharp) March 13, 2012
She said in a tweeted message to The INQUIRER that the decision meant that "no one is safe", adding that this is a civil issue and that allowing the extradition to go ahead exposes O'Dwyer to criminal charges and as long as 20 years in prison.
Loz Kaye, leader of the UK Pirate Party, also expressed his disappointment with the decision. "Deeply shocked at the news that #Richard O'Dwyer's extradition has been approved. This govt should be ashamed," he said on Twitter.
"UK individuals and businesses should not be worried about being extradited to foreign countries for innovating, especially when their actions are not illegal in the UK," he added in a statement.
"The correct decision will mean that the judiciary and Home Secretary can use their time to deal with serious criminals and Richard can remain in the UK and get on with his life without harassment or fear."
The hacktivist group Anonymous has also reacted to the news. "What the f*ck -> TVShack creator's US extradition approved #Anonymous Something must be done", it said in a tweet from the @Anon_central account, one of the most popular with over 100,000 followers.
Twenty thousand people have signed a petition against the extradition, but as we have seen before our spineless Government has a bad habit of acquiescing to US extradition requests. µ
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