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The Case for Integrated HART Information
More Plants Are Benefiting from Continuously Knowing the Condition of their Field Devices
While the use case for off-line, on-demand HART connectivity is compelling, further leaps in plant productivity and reliability await users who pursue full-time, integrated HART connectivity among their field instruments and control and asset management systems.
With off-line HART, the emphasis is on bringing productivity and efficiency to routine and reactive maintenance tasks. But with full-time HART connectivity, users can begin to leverage the HART Protocol's diagnostic power to drive predictive methodologies that can both reduce maintenance costs and improve plant reliability. Integrated HART connectivity also allows instrument and host system manufacturers to implement new synergistic features and functionality not possible over a simple 4-20mA connection. And despite its many years of widespread, proven use, "many people are still unaware of what's possible with HART," notes Scott Saunders, chief operating officer for Moore-Industries International. "HART Communication is about more than just the handheld."
Robert Schosker, Pepperl+Fuchs' product manager for the company's HART interface products in the Americas, notes that all talk about the potential benefits of wireless technology these past several years -- and fieldbus before that -- has served to remind users of the value proposition HART has always offered. "The push toward wireless, fieldbus and other digital networks got people to think more about that extra information they could get back from their devices. For users who say 'I'm not ready for fieldbus, but we have all these HART devices around,' the move to [permanently
integrated HART connectivity] is still a step forward.
Further, the large installed base of HART-based field instruments in many process plants means that integrated HART connectivity need not be an overly ambitious, all-or-nothing proposition. A first step might be extracting and translating a handful of critical HART diagnostics into digital or analog I/O signals for alarming in an existing control system. In a stepwise fashion then, users can tackle as much HART connectivity as is practical with little risk and tremendous upside as they learn the benefits.
Alternatively, multiplexers provide a relatively straightforward way to pluck HART signals from existing analog I/O cards and wiring without disturbing the current control system installation. For example, a HART interface module can effectively extract the extra process variables gathered by today's increasingly powerful multi-variable transmitters, says Chris Costlow, Yokogawa business development manager for meters and instruments.
And if your plant is among the many out there with an aging control system that must soon be replaced, most modern control systems on the market today offer out-of-the-box HART connectivity at the I/O level that can be used directly in control system strategies or passed through to a complementary plant asset management system, offering a speedy return on a small incremental investment.
Ray Azizian, technical support engineer in Yokogawa's VigilantPlant Services group, notes that while handheld devices have their role, especially for use in hazardous areas, integrated connectivity offers significant visibility benefits. For example, with the company's Plant Resource Manager (PRM) plant asset management software, "you can look into assets and HART devices from the comfort of your desk or maintenance shop," he says.
Diagnostics Drive Reliability Gains
At the Dow Chemical Company's complex in Deer Park, Texas, HART-based diagnostics have helped slash plant trips attributable to instruments and control valves by 70% over the past three years, delivering "millions of dollars in savings," according to Dow's Shadrach Stephens, instrument reliability engineer, and Christopher Garcia, instrument/electrical technology leader.
In order to prioritize their efforts, Stephens and Garcia first analyzed sources of downtime and found that five reactors accounted for a full 48% of instrument- and valve-related outages. "We needed to identify the opportunity so we could justify the return on capital to our leadership. Where could we make the biggest bang for the buck?" Stephens says.
Their first priority was to deploy continuous monitoring via HART for the plant's most critical control valves, which also were the biggest contributors to downtime. The plant now uses HART connectivity to Emerson Process Management's AMS Suite software to help mitigate failures but also to push out preventive maintenance intervals, Stephens says. "We can proactively work with operations to resolve issues without incurring downtime."
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Soccer wins 3-0, clinches share of division crown
USF's men's soccer team clinched a share of the Big East's Red Division regular-season title on Wednesday night, earning a 3-0 victory against Cincinnati in the final home game of the regular season at Corbett Soccer Stadium.
The Bulls (12-2-2) won their seventh game in a row, getting two goals from junior Dom Dwyer, who now has a Big East high 16 goals in his first season with the Bulls. USF could have clinched the division title outright, but Rutgers edged St. John's; the Bulls can clinch with a win or tie in their regular-season finale Sunday at Rutgers.
USF has clinched an opening-round bye in the Big East tournament and will host a quarterfinal match on Saturday, Nov. 5, with the final two rounds held at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. The Bulls, ranked fifth in the latest NCAA RPI ratings, are in position to earn a top seed in the NCAA Tournament and potentially host multiple games there as well.

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Grounded cargo ship refloated
An 80-metre cargo ship stranded off the tip of Cape York in far north Queensland has been refloated.
The 'Trinity Bay' ship was carrying passengers and cargo when it ran aground at Seisia near Bamaga early yesterday morning.
The ship, owned by the Cairns-based company Sea Swift, was refloated on last night's high tide.
Maritime Safety Queensland general manager Patrick Quirk says it is investigating the incident.
"The owners have divers and surveyors flying up to Bamaga today and before she's allowed to leave and transit the reef, she'll have to undergo a full inspection," he said.
"There's no reported signs of damage or any pollution."
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Innovative Solutions & Support continues its aggressive certification schedule of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) equipment for a wide range of business and regional jet aircraft.
According to a schedule produced by Dave Marvin, ISS vice president of marketing and sales, the Malvern, Pa.-based company is scheduled to obtain supplemental type certificates for its RVSM air data display unit (ADDU) on as many as six business aircraft, including the Hawker 700, Sabre 60 and 65, Learjet 31 and King Air 200 and 350, by the end of the year.
"The RVSM ADDU is our primary product for the business jet market," said Marvin. "We already have system certification on various makes of Citations, JetStars and Lears, and look forward to providing this capability for other business aircraft in the very near future."
The race to certification is partially due to new RVSM requirements being implemented in the Western Atlantic route structures (WATRS) in November and in Europe in January. RVSM requirements reduce vertical separation between aircraft from 2,000 ft to 1,000 ft between certain flight levels, thereby increasing available flight routes within the affected vertical airspace.
RVSM rules established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) were implemented first over the North Atlantic in March 1997, and over the Pacific Ocean in February 2000. The U.S. is scheduled to implement RVSM between Flight Levels 290 and 410 in 2004.
In addition to working toward its rigorous certification schedule, ISS was selected by Industrie Aeronautiche Rinaldo Piaggio to retrofit the Italian company's P.180 Avanti business turboprop for RVSM. According to ISS, the installation of the ADDU, which inputs static pressure, displays barometer corrected altitude and outputs air data on an Arinc 429 databus, will be key to enabling the P.180 Avanti to meet RVSM requirements. Piaggio is scheduled to begin OEM and retrofit installations later this year.
The ISS RVSM product line consists of both individual components and partial and complete air-data systems, including digital air-data computers, which calculate various air-data parameters such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, angle of attack and other units derived from the measure of air pressure; integrated air-data computers and display units; altitude displays and alerters; and airspeed displays.
Founded in 1988 by current CEO Geoffrey Hedrick, ISS also produces flat-panel displays and engine and fuel displays.


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In a stunning political curling drama, Canada's Les Harrison, a former board member of the Canadian Curling Association who has been president of the World Curling Federation since 2006, was voted out of office today at the WCF Annual General Assembly held during the Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Scotland has once again returned to the president's chair, as former vice-president Kate Caithness becomes the first-ever female WCF president.
As TCN correspondent Rodger Schmidt noted yesterday, this marks a rare occasion in which a sitting president has been ousted by a sitting vice-president.
Board member "At Large" Patrick Huerlimann, the 1998 Olympic champion from Switzerland who heads the WCF's powerful Marketing and Communications Committee, moves into Caithness' former VP role.
Yet another American, Andy Anderson, becomes Director of Finance – the third in a row, in fact.
In addition, the much-ballyhooed rules changes speeding like a freight train toward the sport – such as the adopting of eight-end games and the removal of round-robin tiebreakers and extra-ends – failed to materialize, and all remains as it was.
The official WCF news release follows.
7 April 2010
The World Curling Federation has elected Kate Caithness from Scotland as president. Caithness, who has been serving as Vice-President since 2006, was elected to the post, gathering more votes than Les Harrison who was seeking re-election, at the annual general meeting of the Federation in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Kate Caithness becomes the first female president of the Olympic winter sport Federation of curling. She has been involved with curling since the early 1980s. From being President of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club Ladies Branch (1997-1998), she moved on to get involved with the World Curling Federation.
Since 2000 she has been the driving force behind the World Curling Federation's development of Wheelchair Curling and was instrumental in obtaining the admission of the sport into the Paralympic Winter Games programme in Turin in 2006.
Switzerland's Patrick Hürlimann was appointed Vice-President, taking the role that Caithness has vacated. Canadian, Les Harrison, steps down as president.
Executive Board:
President: Kate Caithness (Scotland)
Vice-President: Patrick Hürlimann (Switzerland)
Director of Finance: Andy Anderson (USA)
Members at Large:
Graham Prouse (Canada)
Young C. Kim (Korea)
Leif Öhman (Sweden)
Niels Larsen (Denmark)
Among the other decisions made at the annual general meeting held during the Capital One World Men's Curling Championship WCF Member Associations also voted to:
– Not reduce the game from 10 ends to 8 ends
– Maintain tiebreaker games to determine playoff teams
– Keep extra ends
– Reduce time outs to one 60 second coach interaction with the time clock running
– Allow electric wheelchairs at WCF wheelchair curling events
– Prohibit communications between the coach bench and anyone who is not sitting in that designated area.
– Move the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and World Senior Curling Championships from April to the month of November, starting from November 2012
These decisions will be reflected in the new WCF rule book which will be issued on the 1st of June 2010.
In other business, Slovenia was accepted as the 46th member association of the World Curling Federation.
A presentation of a silver salver was made to former European Curling Federation President Malcolm Richardson – winner of the 2010 Elmer Freytag Award.
The next WCF General Assembly will take place on Thursday 9th December 2010 in Champery Switzerland.
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I've been to Bethesda Tastee Diner twice recently, and both time, the food was way below even Tastee's standards. The earlier visit featured some of the worst service I've ever encountered, with fries delivered 10-minutes after the already late sandwiches, and an interminable wait for the carry-out order I placed when I first arrived, all from a server wearing a bluetooth device. On the second visit, the service was fine (Marisol), but the well-done home fries were inches from raw, and the cheese was unmelted in the grilled cheese sandwiches. Both times, the place was unusually empty.
I know it's only a diner, but I didn't expect such slipshod results.


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Synopsis: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Which is the greater evil? The evil that resides inside of man or the evil that lurks out past the shadows in the woods and inside the beasts that inhabit such a vast untamed forest? With modern society we don't have to turn far in order to see the evil that men do. Grab a TV remote and turn on the news, power on a laptop and load up a internet browser to CNN.com, check out a copy of The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune or USA Today. It is all around if given the chance it envelops us and yet its white noise that a vast majority decide to tune out and pay no mind to as we try to live our normal everyday lives. The fear that lurks beyond the shadows as the sun slips down below the horizon is far more elemental preying on the wide array of emotions our minds will go through whenever we're out in the middle of a serene wilderness. The unexpected sound of a branch snapping will send a surge of adrenaline through our bodies as we instinctively begin turning in circles desperately trying to locate the source of the sound. Now imagine in the course of taking four simple footsteps you're transported some 400 years back in time to a point where if you hold a certain set of beliefs you're cast out of society forced to make a go of it in unfamiliar territory that rests on the edge of an endless forest. It's a world where their form of contemporary medicines wouldn't be able to fight off simple illnesses and would ultimately be blamed on the work of the devil. If you're not familiar with how to properly cultivate the earth and in your brash arrogance plant vegetables that turn up rotten blame wouldn't be put on pure ignorance one simply had to point their finger at something as wicked as black magic instead. Wandering out into the serenity of the woods would greatly be frowned upon as you're risking life itself. The sudden snapping of a tree branch could simply be a deer a wolf or a bear or it could be something that engorges on the fears of the unknown and is sinister beyond imagination.
Good horror films embrace the story their telling whereas magnificent horror films will use atmosphere to toy with every human emotion. The atmosphere The Witch embraces hinges on primordial elements deciding early on that its going to use the plain fear of isolation to slowly unnerve viewers. A family has to readjust their lives as best as they can in an absolutely remorseless wilderness. A mere 10 minutes in the tension is quickly fractured when the family's newborn son mysteriously vanishes. The father is quick to blame the disappearance on wolves and the mother is bedridden with grief and depression breaking down into tears as she prays for the safe return of her child. After searching for a few days the father makes the heartbreaking decision that everyone should move on with their lives readjusting once more to whatever hardships may come their way. The forest around the homestead begins to feed off the tragedy and despair by punishing those who set foot in it. These were the moments where I found my pulse quickening to the point where my heart was ready to punch out of my chest. Subtle little instances where what could be viewed as a bit of misfortune returns with those who ventured out and like a single ember sets fire to an already fragile powder keg of raw emotion. Atmosphere comes in many shapes and forms and the way it crawls out of the shadows in The Witch is through the performances of four very talented young actors. Any respected thespian will tell you delivering a line of dialogue in the right inflection can be extremely difficult yet all four of these kids bravely carry the entire weight of the film on their shoulders. I knew almost immediately when I began making my selections for Schlocktoberfest 2K16 that The Witch would bookend the month and decided not to screen it right away preferring to wait and see where my emotions would lead. Thankfully I was not disappointed. This is bare bones horror at its finest. No lens flares or flashy explosions. No Hollywood hunks brought into the production to try and sell the film on the merits of being a box office smash. You want those qualities you know where to find them The Witch on the other hand is for those who like having a plot thread expanded out beyond set traditions and reminds us why we always gather together to tell these stories during this part of the year.
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I had an ar15 at one point. I loved the gun but it wasn't exactly the best quality. I liked how it was easy to field strip, I liked that it wasn't too heavy, it felt good with the shape when I held it and I liked that it was relatively compact.
But looking at something new I didn't know if it was still considered a "go to" rifle since I have been out of the rifle game for awhile.
I would like to have another ar15 really but I don't know what is a really good manufacturer.
Have any recommendations on who the top couple manufactures are for them? Like I said I don't mind paying for good quality and dependability.
Far as target shooting I did like 20 meters, and sometimes I would shoot it at 200-300 meters. Like I said this is for target shooting and something as a "incase things go crazy" defense weapon.
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QB Jimmy Fouse injured as Midlothian falls to Justin Northwest, 21-16
Moore's key catches help Northwest recover from four early interceptions
MIDLOTHIAN — Emmanuel Moore delivered touchdowns at critical junctures, sending Justin Northwest to a 21-16 victory over Midlothian in the final nondistrict game for both teams Friday night at MISD Multi-Purpose Stadium.
The junior wide receiver put unranked Northwest (3-0) in front with a 49-yard punt return midway through the second quarter, then he supplied the eventual winning score on a 28-yard pass from Jesse Drummer in the game's final four minutes.
"On that punt return, I just felt it," said Moore, who finished with eight catches for 131 yards. "We were down, and we needed a big play. The other touchdown, we needed to step on their throat."
Midlothian (2-1), ranked 18 on SportsDay's Class 5A area list, played without starting quarterback Jimmy Fouse for the final three quarters. Fouse was on the sideline wearing a walking boot. Midlothian coach Lee Wiginton said he was unsure of the degree of the injury.
"Injuries are part of the game, and we coach guys to be ready," Wiginton said. "Injuries are never an excuse."
Sophomore Zach Humphreys replaced Fouse and threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Nick Quintero with 3:15 remaining to pull the Panthers to within five points.
Midlothian got the ball back once more at its 37 with 2:01 remaining, but a string of penalties stalled the drive.
Despite throwing four interceptions in the first half, Drummer came back with some key passes late in the game. He finished with 233 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Sophomore safety Connor Malone intercepted Drummer on the game's fourth play and returned it 49 yards for a quick 7-0 lead.
E.J. Mohammad came up with two interceptions and linebacker Roman Brown had the other.
The Panthers widened their first-quarter lead to 10-0 on Cody Samek's 39-yard field goal midway in the first quarter.
Northwest cut the lead to 10-7 on Drummer's eighth touchdown pass of the season, a 7-yarder to Jordan Muldrow.


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Stark Co. partners with Forsgren for building services
Facing an increased workload like many western North Dakota counties, Stark County commissioners on Tuesday approved partnering with Forsgren Associates Inc. for the county's building inspection and permitting services.
Forsgren pitched itself to commissioners at their meeting two weeks earlier. Forsgren municipal services manager Clarence Kemp told commissioners at the time he was sensing frustration at the long turnaround time for building permit applications and similar delays.
Titled "chief building official," Forsgren will help the county with its building plan reviews and post-build inspections. It would also have the authority to stop, or "red tag," a construction project, which Kemp told commissioners Tuesday is an important power for the company to have.
Nonetheless, Commissioner Russ Hoff wanted to ensure the company wouldn't have any more authority than the commission does.
Not so, Kemp said.
"We work for you," he replied. "You are the boss."
Other western North Dakota counties and cities have similarly turned to privatizing parts or all of their engineering departments because of the rapid growth in infrastructure.
Kemp said at the Nov. 5 Commission meeting that the company is interested in a greater presence in Dickinson. At the least, the company would come to pick up permit applications twice weekly, he said.
The firm would bill the county a percentage of the fees charged to builders, according to a letter from Kemp to commissioners.
Forsgren already provides similar services for Dunn and McKenzie counties.
"It would certainly appear that we should move forward with this," Commissioner Ken Zander said Tuesday.
Zander referenced the delays in services, and "people having to jump through hoops to get some things done in a more timely fashion."
Since the county currently contracts building services through the city of Dickinson, it must give the city notice of its intention to cut ties. But City Administrator Shawn Kessel approved a shorter than normal notice period, Zander said.
The county's contract with the city will end Dec. 31, and Forsgren will take over effective New Year's Day.


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I'm always writing about discipline. The discipline to be organized. To be productive and get things done. The discipline to be a writer. The discipline to make the most of your time and your space. Even if you haven't seen me write about it before – trust me, I have. If you're my friend, you've heard me talk about it. You've heard me lament the lack of discipline people have and the dedication so many folks have to procrastination. I've groaned in almost physical pain over people proudly displaying their messy rooms on social media and bragging about how they thrive in chaos and love the clutter around them. I've bitched, whined moaned and complained about how being an organized person, a planner and forward thinker, a budgeter and a person aware of their own limitations makes you 'boring' and a 'stick in the mud.'
You'd be surprised how often I get that reaction. "Oh, Alan doesn't want to spend money on something fun again! Lame." Or "Dude, you can mess up your schedule/budget/plans/ignore things you need to get done just this once!"
There are a lot more, trust me. I've usually just sigh and apologize for being boring. Lame. Etc. And then move on with my life. Other people come to me, almost pleading, asking me for tips on how to be organized, keep track of things, get their space clean – and they love to tell me how every suggestion I have won't work, because they don't have time. Later, they brag to me about binge-watching an entire season of crappy TV in a single sitting over a weekend. Or tell me I'm messing with their 'system.' Or how my advice of 'at a certain point, there's nothing I can tell you except to just get up and do it." Start in a corner. A room. Fuck, just clean off one piece of furniture – get one bit of clear space and dedicate yourself to keeping it clear. Trust me, the ripple effect can work if you're motivated.
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Grant Hart's had a rough go recently. Upon returning home from a tour he describes as disastrous, his house caught fire and burned to the ground, and exactly one month later, his mother died.
"It's been kind of a rough time since then," Hart admits. "I had gotten home from a disastrous tour. I did not grow up using a computer, and the guy who was promoting the tour said, 'We've got to advertise by starting up a Facebook site, and we've got to expand your web presence.' In the meantime, things like the van to get to the shows and the actual details that are more important were fucked — but, oh, we have some web presence. He made sure we had an in-store for every city we were playing, and people would come to see the in-stores for free, but then the same number of people weren't showing up when there was a payout expected."
After the tour, due to a problem with his house's furnace and ninety-year-old wiring, Hart's house burned down. Hart and his cats survived unhurt, but it seemed the universe wasn't yet done with him yet. "A month to the day after the fire," Hart recalls, "my mother passes away for reasons that a rich man would sue for malpractice. It's just been one curious domino after another. One thing that's interesting is that in the meantime, I've been working on this adaptation of Paradise Lost, where I'm putting John Milton to pop music, sometimes quite literally and sometimes quite obliquely. It has almost brought me to the conclusion that I've made enemies with the very, very higher-ups.
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Grant Hart, with Popwreck and Bass Drum of Death, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street, $12-$15, 303-291-1007.
"Channeling too much Milton," he adds with a laugh. "Some systems are being reinstituted better than ever, but right now, I'm trying to save as much of the best parts of my old life as possible. I lost my lifelong guitar in the fire, and it's nice that — when all is said and done — that you find out you're the guy who worries more about finding a cat than the material things."
Before embarking on a solo career, Hart was a member of the critically acclaimed Hüsker Dü, a band that was one of the first — if not the first — of the underground bands of the '80s to sign to a major label. Serving as a pillar of what came to be called "alternative rock," Hüsker Dü has often been cited as an influence on countless artists that followed, including Nirvana.
Hüsker Dü was well on its way to becoming a household name before the pioneering rock band broke up in the spring of 1988. Having fused a seething energy with melodic hooks and thought-provoking lyrics, the Minneapolis trio caught its break in the early hardcore circuit of the late '70s and early '80s. In 1984, Hüsker Dü released its classic, epochal double album Zen Arcade, whose central concept articulated the fears, uncertainties and hopes of a generation reared at a time of cultural and political crisis — when the president himself glossed over the country's problems with insipid statements such as the pronouncement that it was "morning in America."
Playing its first show on March 30, 1979, less than a month after forming and right around the time of Hart's seventeenth birthday, Hüsker Dü was driven by two talented songwriters: Hart, who played drums, and guitarist Bob Mould. As a percussionist who also sang, Hart was a rare exception at the time.
"It had just not occurred to me that it was that difficult an activity," says Hart. "I'd seen a lot of bands with singing drummers. It was like any kind of rehearsal through which you acquire competence in something: The more you do it, the easier it gets, and the more complex what you're doing can be. Nobody had told me that it was difficult, so it was easy."
The unique visual style of Hüsker Dü's album covers reflected Hart's own aesthetic, as he also designed the act's album covers — a job that he has occasionally taken on for other musicians, as well. "I've done a few on the sly," Hart confides. "It was something I did because it was internal — the band doing its own work. There's plenty of people doing that work. It's nothing that I'm seeking any listing or credit from anymore. You gotta let some things be mysterious."
Before joining a rock band, Hart had been more interested in other forms of music, including film soundtracks. In a sense, his own songwriting has something of a cinematic quality, with its ability to conjure vivid imagery and its capacity for poetic storytelling.
"I like the stuff from the old Warner Bros. musicals and the stuff Busby Berkeley did the choreography for," Hart explains. "I don't know if I was attracted to the Broadway elements of those films, because they all take place on the stage, but I really loved those. I also loved the Herb Alpert Casino Royale soundtrack and the Burt Bacharach-composed stuff."
"It's funny," muses Hart, "but in my early twenties, I ended up kind of playing a game of catch-up with the music that my peers were listening to. What had happened was that I came into the punk thing because I had really gotten into Gene Vincent. I started hanging around the record store when I was fourteen, and Gene Vincent was pressed upon me. I liked the wildness that I ended up finding in a lot of rockabilly artists, but the stuff that Elvis almost had weaned out of his character — he was still rocking, but he wasn't the screaming hillbilly that Gene Vincent was. Gene Vincent was kind of the Saint Sebastian of rock and roll, the way he would expose his mangled leg — and wearing the leg brace on the outside of his leather pants, I thought, was an unbeatable look."
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After the breakup of Hüsker Dü, Hart didn't waste much time before recording solo material in addition to forming a new band, Nova Mob. Although Nova Mob broke up in the mid-'90s, the band's album The Last Days of Pompeii was recently reissued on vinyl. "The original story," Hart says about Pompeii, "is pretty much a blending of the last weeks of World War II and the last weeks of the culture in Pompeii, and how there was a similarity in the ticking time bomb that were both societies. One knew the end was coming, and one didn't. There was quite a bit that didn't make it to the recording stage, because it would have required a much larger release, so we stripped away a lot of the literal and left certain bases existing."
The song "Narcissus Narcissus," from 2009's Hot Wax, was Hart's attempt to combine "Ancient Greek mythology and American rockabilly," as he put it in a recent interview. And that style certainly defines that period of his career. "In 1951, for a white guy to spend so much time on his hair, as, say, a Little Richard," Hart points out, "displays quite a bit of narcissism that was an attractive thing then.
"That streak of defiance — it's hard to tell how long it lasted, if it did end," he says. "I guess things are more underground nowadays. The computer serves more to keep things quiet than to bring them to light. That's just the nature of the users, I guess."


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A CHRISTMAS gift and craft market is being held at Farnworth CE Primary School, Pit Lane, in Widnes, on Saturday, December 17, from 12 noon to 4pm.
More than 30 stalls will offer a selection of ideas for festive presents.
Head teacher Jackie Stilings said: "Last year, Christmas market proved to be such a huge success, we just knew it had to be an annual event.
"This year's it's bigger and better with a vast array of local traders selling premium and unique Christmas products. It's a great way to start the Christmas season without the hassle of city centre shopping and to support local businesses too."
Halton's Mayor and Mayoress, Clrs Tom and Angela McInerney will open the fair.


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Camera Collections: faaabii rediscovers analoguewritten by jillytanrad on 2014-02-16 #people
A web developer by profession and a skater and fingerboarder on the side, Fabian-or faaabii, as we know him in the community-divides most of his time between flipping tricks for websites and on boards of different sizes, and indulging in analogue photography. Bored by the crisp reality of digital, he stumbled upon Lomography around five years ago and has been addicted ever since. He now owns over two dozen analogue cameras, a dozen or so accessories, and more than a hundred rolls of film on hand. A round of applause please, for faaabii and his fantastic camera collection!5 23 Share Tweet
白鳥の飛来駅 -Swan Stationshared by hodachrome on 2013-11-26
From "filmsoup-swap" project with my favorite photographer fotobes. About this photo I shot first in Japan, and then he started shooting in UK. After finishing the roll he "cooked" the film. On completing the roll, he mixed together some boiled water with silica gel and washing detergent, and left it to cool a little. Then he went into his make-shift darkroom and pulled out the film from the canister. Next he flicked and dabbed the "soup" onto the exposed film. He waited for a few minutes and then rewound the film into the canister. Afterwards he went to the kitchen and dropped the film into just-boiled water, and after 5 minutes I transferred it into cold water for a minute. Then back in the darkroom he pulled the film out from the canister again and dried it with a hairdryer, and when done he rewound the film. The film was then developed at Asda, and scanned at The Vault in Brighton. We don't discuss what we have each taken photographs of, so the results are always a surprise. Check out fotobes's album from the same project. http://www.lomography.com/homes/fotobes/albums/1995715-lc-a-plus-film-soup-swap-with-hodachrome5 129
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they're now taking down the children's hospital ..shared by kleeblatt on 2014-02-07
the Diana glass lens has become one of my favourite tools .. really like it !4 97
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painting with light and the LC-Ashared by bloomchen on 2014-02-06
i really can't remember how i made these because i could not use a cable release with my old LC-A besided from the fact i didn't even had one back then.76
Double with Fendy Fazelishared by tsingtao on 2014-02-06
http://www.lomography.com/homes/fendyfazeli My facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TsingtaoClick4 107
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My second roll in the Smena 8M. I used some Fujifilm 200 that I made into redscale for this roll. However, it appears that for most of the shots I had my exposure off by too much and the results were grainy blobs instead of deep rich red scale goodness. I normally try to do 1-2 stops over, depending on the film. In this case, I was shooting for around 2 over but for whatever reason it looks like it just went haywire. Oh well.4 118
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Weeeeeeeshared by natalieerachel on 2012-02-06
Got to go on a catamaran on my weekend at the Big Island! I saw a whole bunch of whales (one swam right by the boat! But I missed it...), big manta rays, and swam with dolphins! Unfortunately, it wasn't quite bright enough for 200, so a whole bunch of my photos are a smidge blurry :(5 208
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her name is CINDY!shared by robotto_dawad on 2012-10-16
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Lunatic Highwayshared by hodachrome on 2012-10-11
After shooting a roll, take it into a dark room and open the film. Then sprinkle hot water filled with baking soda all around on the film, with flicking my fingers. Rewind it and put into a pan and pour water, and boiled it for about 5 minutes. Rinse and dry, and cross-deveop it. Done!4 137
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Some more summer shots from 2013. The Kodak Elite Chrome EB is not easy to handle, but I like this film.3 92
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The best place to live in the world... ;-)10 124
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秋の嵐山 -Kyoto in autumnshared by hodachrome on 2013-12-01 13 172
Macro magicshared by sudhashunmu on 2013-11-30
I was stunned with the result as i took it with a very simple macro lens which was lying in my camera cupboard for decades....thought to give a try but the result no words got hooked to this new fondness to macro photography took it with a diana lens on a nikon adaptor for F80 Truely a valuble piece was that macro lens do check that lens in many camera store u may get one and start macroing72
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I've been in bed the last 2 weeks because a medical condition that appeared from nowhere. Being in bed for so long makes you see things in a different way, you change your perspective and your priorities. You can get a bit depressed too (I won't deny it) but if you keep having dreams and ideas (and if you keep visiting your doctor!) everything becomes a little easier. So here you can see what's been in my mind this time, what kept depression away: SPRING IS HERE, so there are a lot of flowers in my garden; TAKING PICS, DEVELOP SOME ROLLS, MUSIC, MY SWEET CHIARA, who has been a huge support, THE IDEA OF GOING TO THE RIVER...2 81
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EBS(exposing both sides of the film) filmswap with a great photographer fotobes. He shot on normal side first, then reversed the film and I shot on redscale side. Check out the lomohome of fotobes. http://www.lomography.com/homes/fotobes/albums/1984555-lc-a-plus-ebs-filmswaps-with-hodachrome. Also, check out my article about this tipster [How to Take Symmetrical Images with Exposing Both Sides of the Film (EBS)]. http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2013/01/14/tipster-how-to-take-symmetrical-images-with-exposing-both-sides-of-the-film-ebs1 135
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Very First Aerochrome Infraredshared by moodification on 2012-09-09
I got my hands on some rolls of EIR Aerochrome film ... Wow! What an experience, these colors are really awesome! I was totally blown away when I finally got the negatives back! I shot the film at ISO 400 with an orange filter in the park of Castle Anholt near the Dutch Border.4 193
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check the greats lomohomes please =) http://www.lomography.com/homes/goonies http://www.lomography.com/homes/ironsymphony http://www.lomography.com/homes/flashstalker http://www.lomography.com/homes/azotolina6 149
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In 09, got yucky 1.5 cc/under eye of Restylane, 18 mos after single injection, my right undereye retained a walnut-sized silver lump, lifting dark veins/muscles when I'd smile. Even months after Hyaluronidase--R still comparatively darker/convex--my GP thought I was punched! Restylane's cust # was useless. What might interfere w/reabsorbtion? Why only 1 spot? More HYASE might cause hollows, so I thought I'd wait. What is max known persistence? Could Fraxel/Laser/Steroids/Massage/Creams help?
How Persistent is Restylane in Staying Around? Other than Hyaluronidase Could Fraxel, Steroids, Massage, etc. Help?
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Restylane typically lasts 6-8 months
I'm sorry about your situation and troubles. Restylane typically lasts 6-8 months, but this is only measured in the places it is FDA approved - NLF lines and now lips. Under eye injections of Restylane typically last longer as these areas don't move as much. While I understand you have had a treatment of hyaluronidase, sometimes 2-4 treatments are necessary for large lumps or bumps like the one you have described. I would suggest you visit your hyaluronidase injector again (hoping it's not the same one who did the original Restylane) and see if he or she thinks you need more. The other treatments and products you have listed will be of no help. They are not able to penetrate that deeply and do not have the ability to break up hyaluronic acid. Only hyaluronidase can help.
Hello, Hyaluronic acid fillers in the wrong place seem to persist for years!
Hyaluronidase injection by someone who knows what they are doing is the treatment of choice. The other options you mentioned including waiting are simply not going to get the job done. Injection with hyaluronidase will get rid of this in 30 seconds. Please do not wait any longer.
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You may have to inject Hyalurinidase multiple times in different planes to get all the Hyaluronic acid. You will be left with your old eyes before the injections plus about 2 years of aging.
There is no evidence that Hyalurinidase causes hollowness of the eyes.
Once all the fillers are gone, then if the hollowness bother you, consult a board certifed plastic surgeon (American Board of Plastic Surgery) for dicussing all the options available to you, and the risks of each, then you can make an inteligent decision.
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Ribble and Craven Decorative and Fine Arts Society has completed a church trail for All Hallows Church, Mitton.
It provides a set of simple questions that help children to get to know their local church and its history. Parents and teachers can use the carefully prepared answer sheet to widen their children's and their own knowledge.
All Hallows is a very attractive ancient church nestling on the banks of the River Hodder and not far from Stonyhurst College, with which it has unique historical associations through the Sherburne family. It lends itself well to a the project, as it has so many interesting historical features and a visit is recommended.
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The Hottest Gaming Boxes
Bill Machrone, former PC Magazine editor-in-chief, famously predicted that the PC you want to buy will always cost $5,000. Most of the gaming PCs we've recently reviewed meet or exceed that price point, which qualifies them for membership in the $5K club. While I have issues with the absolutism in "Machrone's Law," these top-of-the-line gaming PCs are attractive to the wealthy geek who wants blazing benchmark test numbers to boast about over craft-brewed beers with his friends.
Over the years, there's been a rivalry between AMD and Intel for the most powerful CPU. AMD was dominant in the early years of the new millennium with its Athlon FX CPUs. For 2008, the pendulum has swung the other way, and now Intel rules with its quad-core Core 2 Extreme CPUs. The Extreme moniker means that system builders are free to overclock the CPUs (make them run faster than stock systems, usually by tweaking settings on the motherboard). Thus we see systems like the Velocity Micro Raptor, whose combination of Peltier and liquid cooling makes it possible for a stock 3.0-GHz processor to be bumped up to an astounding 4.4 GHz. (Peltier, or thermoelectric, cooling works a bit better than a standard heat sink.)
Another rivalry that still rages on is between ATI (now owned by AMD) and nVidia for 3D graphics card supremacy. At the time of testing, we were lucky enough to get a couple of systems with ATI's new Radeon HD 4870 X2 (aka R700) cards to put up against nVidia's monster GeForce GTX 280 cards. Only one of these gaming systems, the Falcon FragBox QX9650, has a single graphics card. The others have two or even three graphics cards working together in dual and triple SLI (nVidia) and CrossFire (ATI) configurations. What's not readily apparent is that the single card in the FragBox is a dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2 card, so it's still in effect a dual-GPU system. All of these systems benefit from the extra horsepower of running multiple GPUs.
In fact, these gamers all came with the best and brightest technologies available (as they should when you spend this kind of money). We got systems with Blu-ray burners, systems with 4GB of speedy new DDR3 SDRAM, systems with 10,000-rpm SATA hard drives, and even one with a pair of solid-state hard drives (SSD). We also saw gaming-oriented keyboards and mice from Logitech, Razer, and Saitek.
While trendmasters say that PC gaming is going casual, with games like Diner Dash and Bejeweled capturing eyeballs, there's still a lot to be said for hard-core gaming rigs like these. They produce lifelike images, fluidly animated in real time for the most intense game play.
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Polywell Poly i790SLI3
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The Polywell Poly i790SLI3 is a solid choice for the high-end gamer who wants a system with brag-worthy benchmark test numbers.
Falcon Northwest FragBox Q9650
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The roaming gamer has reason to rejoice: The easy-to-carry Falcon FragBox is now available with the latest graphics, and its 3D performance is impressive.
Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition
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Velocity Micro's Raptor Signature Edition is the best gaming system we've seen. Its blazing, top-of-the-class performance, coupled with its middle-of-the-pack pricing, makes the Raptor a hands-down winner.
Alienware Area-51 ALX (Radeon 4870 X2 CrossFire)
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The Alienware Area-51 ALX is a speedy gaming system with a new pair of dual-CPU Radeon graphics cards. While it achieves (some) screaming performance numbers, a few shortcomings and the price tag will make you screamnot necessarily for joy.
Vigor Force Recon QXN
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The Vigor Force Recon QXN is a massive performance PC: imposing in stature, prodigious in performance, and quite pricey. It's crazy fast, but not quite fast enough to be the ultimate PC.
HP Blackbird 002 Exhilaration Edition
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The HP Blackbird Exhilaration Edition is more exasperating than exhilarating, as its performance lags that of similarly priced, better-equipped gaming systems.


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During the trip, council members will also travel to World War II museums and memorials on Oahu, Hawaii. From there, they will fly to Garden Grove sister city Anyang, South Korea for that city's 40th anniversary celebration. The council unanimously approved this week spending up to $27,000 for the trip.
Some in town are questioning using public funds for the trip.
Josh McIntosh, a resident and community activist, focused on the layover in Hawaii, calling the stop a taxpayer-funded "field trip."
"This is terrible," McIntosh said during the public comments portion of Tuesday night's City Council meeting. "This is not where our tax money should be going. It's not fair to our city budget to send you to Hawaii."
Up to four City Council members and five others could go. The fifth council member, Steve Jones, supports the trip but can't go because of family obligations. The mayor is planning to pick the tab for his air fare and his Hawaii lodgings.
The group will leave Sept. 27 and return Oct. 6. In South Korea, the delegation will be joined by two city staff members and a three-person performing arts group, including former Miss Garden Grove and Miss California Leah Cecil, a professional harpist.
Although Garden Grove will pay for the city leader's air fare, the city of Anyang will provide all lodging, ground transportation, food and interpreters for four days and three nights. Anyang officials invited the city delegation to attend the anniversary ceremonies.
During the two-day stop in Hawaii, the council will tour museums and World War II memorials to help generate ideas for a future Vietnam War Museum in Garden Grove. The delegation will also visit a Korean War museum in Korea. The city has hosted high-ranking administrative employees from Anyang, who work for Garden Grove for a year at the city of Anyang's expense.
The council is also expected to meet with various government officials and members of the Korean business community in an attempt to encourage investment back home.
Deputy City Manager Maria Stipe said that the city probably won't spend $27,000 on the trip.
"In all likelihood, that number will be significantly less," she said.
Councilman Chris Phan said he was reimbursed by the city for the $1,000 ticket he bought on Expedia, but paid for his fiancée's flight out of his own pocket. He said the trip is especially important to foster closer relationships with the international business community.
"We're such a global economy now, and with the U.S. being in the rut it is, the more personal contacts we have, the more chances we have to bring business opportunities to Garden Grove and Orange County," Phan said.
The trip's expenses were swiftly and unanimously approved. All out-of-state travel requires council approval.
Mayor Bruce Broadwater defended the Hawaii stop: "The plane only stops in Dutch Harbor (Alaska) or Hawaii. We chose Hawaii."


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As the news spread like wildfire, the actor's manager has informed to the media that the injury is a minor thing and Rana is absolutely fine.
'Bahubali' is a period drama which requires lot of high-octane action sequences. Both Prabhas and Rana got trained under the supervision of experts for few months for the war-field scenes in the movie. It is learnt that timing has gone wrong while performing a moment and the Macho hero ended up injuring himself.
Needless to day, Rana is one of the well-built actors we have in Tollywood and he could effortlessly overcome these kind of minor hurdles. It may be mentioned that the actor was seriously injured while shooting for Ram Gopal Varma's Bollywood film 'Department', but he was back on his feet within no time. Wish RD a speedy recovery!


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Sweet! i miss old Marvin.
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Sweet! i miss old Marvin.
looks like third round too!
Sweet! That's awesome. I was at the game where he was inducted into the Ring of Honor (that was honestly the highlight of the season) and the guy looked so genuinely pleased to be back in Indy. I remember using the restroom (where they have the radio playing) and Marvin was being interviewed by Lamey. Lamey asked Marvin if he had thought about the HOF and Marvin said he hadn't given it much thought and that simply being remembered as a Colt for life was good enough for him.
Marvin managed many marvelous moments.
Glad he got a Super Bowl championship to round out his career. It's a shame he didn't get a proper farewell season, but I always expected Marvin would be the type to just up and retire out of the blue rather than make a big deal out of it anyway. So even without the injury and contract issue there probably wouldn't have been a final farewell season for Marvin.
Didn't Marvin murder someone?
I'm glad he won that Super Bowl while he was still an elite player. 06 Marvin was still arguably the best receiver in the league. That 07 injury unfortunately ended his career a couple years too early.
That two point conversion catch against New England in the AFC Championship was just incredible.


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The Best Tie for Any Shirt
There's a quiet psychodrama behind the newest neckwear, which is narrower, brighter, and more interesting to the touch. Designer David Hart's theory: Young guys want to dress up without looking like their dads. "They want something different and hip," he says. "The rebel is now wearing a tie." And as ties change, so too do the rules for matching them with shirts. Feeling confident? Then it's time you learned how to make the formal look casual.
Express shirt, $60, express.com.
Tommy Hilfiger tie, $80, TH Fifth Avenue.
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Mix Patterns: The Subtle
Pairing a solid shirt with a solid tie is easy. Learn the art of mixing patterns, though, and you'll demonstrate sartorial mastery. One rule: The shirt and tie patterns should differ in scale. A shirt with large checks looks best with a tie that has either smaller checks or thin stripes. The reason: Patterns of similar size will compete with each other, Hart says. Giving each one its own platform tells people you're different. . .but that you still know how to dress.
The Subtle
This combo works because the tie has a larger pattern than the gingham shirt.
Tommy Hilfiger shirt, $65, Macy's.
David Hart & Co. tie, $115, davidhartnyc.com.
Mix Patterns: The Bold
The Bold
The colorful shirt pattern pairs well with the bolder stripes on the tie.
Michael Kors shirt, $125, (866) 709-5677.
Nautica tie, $55, nautica.com.
Combine Color: The Subtle
In pairing colors, you can match or you can complement. If you hew to the classic, make sure your tie picks up on a dominant color from your shirt; a predominantly green shirt needs a tie that contains a similar shade. If you're a more adventurous type, seek out complementary colors. For example: Yellow works well with blue, olive looks nice on red, and charcoal adds a natural shade of contrast to tan. "If you feel great in something, you're probably doing it right," says Hart.
The Subtle
Raw silk tweed ties make dress shirts appear less formal.
Hamilton Shirts shirt, $365, hamiltonshirts.com.
David Hart & Co. tie, $125, davidhartnyc.com.
The Tie Bar tie bar, $15, thetiebar.com.
Combine Color: The Bold
The Bold
The tie doesn't match the shirt, but it does complement it.
Billy Reid shirt, $175, billyreid.com.
The Tie Bar tie, $15, thetiebar.com.
The Skinny Tie Clip tie clip, $40, skinnytieclip.com.
Thinking of trying a bow tie? This is the trick to successfully pulling it off.
Think Texture: The Subtle
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Hello. I just wanted to start my log on my journey to rhinoplasty. I'm a 27 year old male seeking rhinoplasty. Basically, I've never been happy with my nose and I've finally decided to do something about it.
I've had 2 consultations so far over the past month. I've met with the following two surgeons: 1) Dr. Jonathan Pontell (Media, PA) 2) Dr. Eric Joseph (West Orange, NJ) I have a third consultation setup on 2/14/12 with Dr. Thomas Le in Baltimore, MD. If you're curious, please see my attached morphs below compliments of Dr. Pontell.


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Cape Town - An enraged crowd gathered at the Mitchells Plain Magistrate's Court on Friday morning to protest at the bail application of a man accused of killing of four Pakistani men in Rocklands.
Gunmen entered the premises of a home bakery in Rocklands on Tuesday night and opened fire on Muhammad Shafique, 42, Adnan Haider, 23, Ghulam Baqar, 23, and Shazad Ahmad, 39.
Two other men were wounded in the attack, one critically.
Outside courtroom 4, confusion reigned when a large group of friends and family were blocked by police from entering. They argued and banged on the door. They were told that they would be allowed to enter only once other cases scheduled for Friday morning had been heard. This subdued the crowd.
In the street outsidee court, several hundred Pakistanis and locals chanted for "justice" and the denial of bail for the accused.
Meanwhile, two men injured in Tuesday evening's attack remain in hospital, one of them still in a critical condition.
Abid Hussain, whose brother and cousin were killed, has not been able to secure a flight back from Pakistan, where he is visiting. Hussain, a businessman and owner of a company called Eastern Distributors which delivers bread, has lived in Mitchells Plain for 16 years. The Pakistani community believes that the killings were motivated by business rivalry.
But police have warned against speculation.
Hanif Loonat, chairman of the Western Cape Community Policing Forum said: "This case is receiving our full attention. It makes no difference whether the victims of crime are foreign nationals or South Africans. We call for calm, and for the community to trust that the truth will be revealed through the investigation and the processes of the court."
On Wednesday night, another Pakistani man was threatened at his home, allegedly by two men and a woman. Strandfontein police had not responded to the Cape Argus' queries about the arrests of the three at the time of publication.
"They broke his window with a spade and said to him: 'We will kill you, that is why we are here'. He hid with his family, and neighbours came out and scared the suspects off. Two of them were arrested by police," said Javed Iqbal.
Iqbal is the uncle of Shazad Ahmad, one of the men killed on Tuesday.
"I have not been able to tell my sister (Ahmad's mother) of her son's death. The pain will be too deep, and she has a bad heart. She hasn't seen her son for six years and I know that she was looking forward to him coming to visit later this year," he said.
The final arrangements for the bodies of the deceased to be repatriated to Pakistan are being made, said Iftikhar Butt, general secretary of the Pakistani Community Welfare Association of the Western Cape.
"We expect that their bodies will be flown out on Monday, by which time we will ensure that all of the next of kin are informed about the deaths. We wanted to shield them from all the stress and admin involved in the repatriation process."
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HP OpenVMS Systemsask the wizard
The Question is:
We have been experiencing an interesting system hang (at least I think so). We boot a system and it hangs after the DNS$ADVER process has been started. The last line displayed states that the EWA0: (Twisted-Pair) Ethernet Connection started. My team started to analyse the startup process to see where it actually hung. I got involved and found that by commenting out the Gosub Start_Adver in the DNS$STARTUP_CLERK.COM file it would not hang. We would then get the NCL "VMS EMA agent" and "error sending command" errors when the NCL @sys$manager:Net$dns_clerk_startup.ncl command was invoked. So I added some trace messages and found that if I commented out the enable dns clerk the system would not hang (but would crash a few seconds later!). I started a "manually" intensive approach for starting up and when I entered the enable dns clerk command syntax the system hung. I also found the following text in the DNS$AVDER_ERROR.LOG: "Calculated Cache Size - (774144) pages" "Warning - cache sizing discrepancy found:" I'm now at the extent of my limited OpenVMS knowledge. Rob Oldroyd
The Answer is :
Assuming you have the current DECnet-Plus ECO kit installed, please contact the Compaq Customer Support Center for assistance.


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Coolidge's Kirven medals at state
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Coolidge's Dianna Kirven picked up a second place medal in the Class 1A DII Girls 400 Meter Dash and a third place medal in the High Jump at the 2014 UIL State Track Championship held in Austin on Friday and Saturday.
Kirven got off to a great start Saturday afternoon in the 400 Meter Dash and kept some distance ahead of the competition until Clavert's Tiffany Williams, who was running a couple of lanes over on the inside, broke away to finish in first. Kirven battled to the end, finishing with a time of 58.94.
The Yellowjackets Delvin Smith also competed Saturday morning in the Triple Jump. Smith reached his best distance on his first attempt with a mark of 43-02 that ended up putting him in fourth place at the end of the competition.
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ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson and his wife walked the red carpet at the Long Island Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held on October 30, 2008 at the Garden City Hotel in Garden City, New York. Check out a photo at Newsday.com.The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHOF) is a 501(c)(3) museum and membership organization dedicated to the idea that Long Island's musical heritage is an important resource to be celebrated and preserved for future generations. The organization defines Long Island geographically as Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Hall of Fame sponsors the Long Island Sound Award (LISA), traveling educational exhibits, and a scholarship program. It is also creating a museum home in Port Jefferson where the story of the Island's musical heritage will be told. ANTHRAX will enter the studio on November 4 to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled "Worship Music", for a May 2009 release via Nuclear Blast Records (in Europe). The band will record 13 new original songs and at least four covers, including "Brain Of J" (PEARL JAM), "Big Eyes" (CHEAP TRICK), "New Noise" (THE REFUSED), and "Running Down A Dream" (TOM PETTY). Drummer Charlie Benante wrote in a recent online posting, "The new tunes are very strong. We have some old-school thrash and some stuff that is like 'We've Come For You All' meets 'Sound Of White Noise'. This record is not forced — it is a very organic and honest representation of where we are as a band and as writers. I hear many things nowadays that sound forced, I ain't digging that. There is a six-minute tune called 'Down Goes The Sun', I believe it is one of my favorite songs. The music itself is epic, it sends chills up my spine. 'Face with No Name', 'The Devil You Know', 'Earth On Hell' — all killer." Video footage of ANTHRAX performing a brand new song called "Fight 'Em Til You Can't" on May 28, 2008 at Double Door in Chicago, Illinois can be viewed below (clip filmed and uploaded by Thraxx a.k.a. Ted). The Chicago concert was the group's first with Dan Nelson, who officially joined ANTHRAX in December 2007 as the replacement for Joey Belladonna.
ANTHRAX Singer Attends LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME; Photo Available
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Getting Caught Up
After yesterday's nefarious activities, I had hoped to create a lengthy, comprehensive post for you this morning. The BLSBS has gotten in the way and, since things are moving so quickly, I figured I'd better just post what I have and worry about going into detail over the weekend.
Before we get started, thank you all for your patience in dealing with the nonsense of yesterday. The attacks continue today but Ron and Stephanie have battled through the night (seriously, I don't think that either of them slept) to get the site back up. Their efforts are greatly appreciated and, since their efforts aren't inexpensive, all of those who have donated to the "TFMR DoS Defense Fund" are greatly appreciated, as well. We don't know for certain who is behind these attacks but we have our suspicions. I, for one, would like to bring in the FBI and/or Interpol but, apparently they're a little busy. Maybe we can simply organize some type of TFMR Goon Squad to go have a "visit" with the perpetrator.
OK, first the BLSBS. All you really need to know can be found at ZeroHedge. (What else is new?) Go there to find the truth. Here is just one of the links:
Additionally, in the spirit of seeking the truth through the manipulation and the propaganda, you are really going to enjoy the next podcast. I recorded it yesterday and it is quite timely. It will be posted later this afternoon so please be sure to check back later or over the weekend.
Here are the only charts that matter. When reviewing them it is critical that you remember this:
I am diligently following the daily changes to open interest in the precious metals. In doing so, it has become quite clear that there is very little, regular trading left in the PMs. All we have are The Cartel and the EE alternately covering and adding shorts as well as some HFT WOPRs that swing back and forth depending upon which way the POSX is moving. This is a double-edged sword.
- This makes movements in the PMs even more easy to predict than usual.
- This also brings significantly greater volatility which can wipe you out fast if you're not careful.
Anyone attempting to trade (and I do not encourage it) must trade cautiously and use well-defined stops.
To that end, let's start with the POSX charts. It looks like The Pig has, in fact, found a short-term bottom this time. I thought it had double-bottomed at 79 earlier this week. Instead, it has formed a rounded bottom. Nevertheless, you can clearly see on the one-year daily chart that 79 functions well as a technical support level...at least for now. I still have a hunch, however, that Pigatha will soon head even lower, toward 78 and maybe even 77.
Next is gold. Unfortunately, the trend from last Wednesday's FOMC minutes is now broken. Oh well. It had to happen sometime. As you can clearly see, however, gold could fall quite a ways from here and still NOT violate its trend from 1/1/12. In the end, all is well. QE is going to infinity. BTFD.
Lastly, silver might actually be in a tradable position. Maybe. I still think that the real Battle Royale will be at 35-35.50. IF that's the case, then it may be possible to trade some March calls from 33.25-50 up to 35-35.50. Maybe. Again, trade at your own risk and be on guard for some nasty volatility, to the UPside and the downside.
OK, I'm going to stop there, cross my fingers and toes, and pray that when I hit "SAVE" that this post actually appears on "Main Street" and simply doesn't disappear into the ether. Thanks again to all who have donated in support of the Tech Team and security improvements. Be sure to check back later this afternoon or over the weekend for a great and timely podcast. Have a fun day!! TF
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@austrian, I think you need
I think you need to own gold. I can't say how much, that is for each to determine, but with a current stack of 5200 it seems like you should own a fair amount.
As to how you should get it, however, is great fun and presents you with a wonderful buying opportunity. I would not purchase any gold with that 100k. I would buy silver, and then look to trade for gold when the GSR falls in line to benefit you.
The more volatile metal is silver. The metals with the greatest % gains is silver. But you already know all that. Use those points to get you free oz and convert some to gold.
My 2 cents.
@Turd, capping there because
@Turd, capping there because that's such an important number or capping there because they want silver to be red for the week? Red for the week means the momentum is gone going into next week.
You be the judge.
Interesting Times
That's all I have to say.
Power to the People
Power to the Truth
Change yourself to change the world...
No need to focus on Eur/Usd or Currency Trades...
The new paradigm is commodities (gold & silver with higher betas ("risk")) against fiat/digital currency.
Stop focusing on what you cannot control and start focusing your energy on being productive.
Speak with negative thoughts and intention and watch negative things come into your life (even if they are delayed or disguised as "blessings" because of your own ego lying to your true inner self).
Speak with positivity and "pay it forward" mentality and link the world in interconnecting harmony...
Stand up for what you believe in, as long as it does not impose on others.
And to adults, stop focusing solely on your problems... the children that you created are stuck in this world of bullshit and are the ones holding the stress of the world on their shoulders. Always has been and always will be... Open your eyes...
Real eyes realize real lies...
Scott J
Nice to see you man!
Could prove to be very significant
On the back of growing interest by small investors in India, Indian Commodity Exchange, which started operations in late 2009, is to soon introduce micro volumes of gold and silver contracts of up to 1 kilo each. The Exchange is a screen based on-line derivatives exchange for commodities. At the end of last year, it had recorded one of its highest volumes in physical delivery of bullion (gold and silver) on its platform.
Buy gold or silver? @Austrian12874
Now, I have a question for my fellow turdites....there is a good possibility that I will receiving 100 thousand dollars at the end of this month. I already own 5200 ounces of silver..should I buy 100k worth of more silver considering that premiums have increased 10% or should I diversify and buy gold instead. Thanks.
Wow, you are doing great! I would put the money in gold.
The fundamentals for silver in terms of supply and demand are better than in gold, for reasons you no doubt know. So why buy gold?
Central banks are buying gold, not silver. They intend to be solvent when all is said and done. That means they will have to drive up the price of gold to ridiculous levels to cover all the funny money that doesn't vaporize when the system goes belly up or merely switches to a gold referenced system. This gives you a rapid increase in the value of your gold holdings and allows you to hold onto your silver for the long haul, because God's not making any more of it. Silver will be THE investment of the century. Gold for the quick win, silver for the long haul.
So why not buy just silver? What if gold ramps and they are able to sit on silver prices? How's that going to feel? On the other hand, what if they confiscate gold and you are all in gold? What if the world melts down and you need silver to trade, but gold is the one that has ramped in price?
Having both sounds like a cop out, but this is a trade with all your wealth so it pays to play it safe and have both. I'd buy the gold.
Wandering in the Wilderness
All day yesterday! I felt totally cut off from PM Civilization. I thought all was lost until I checked the old site. Just to confirm that the Great and All-Seeing Turd was still on the case eased the withdrawal pain.
Turd, you have created a unique base from which all PM investors, great and small, can venture out from into that vast internet sea of info with direct links etc provided by The Great Turd AND his loyal band of Turdites. (I do prefer Turdlings tho') It is the serious site that helps separate the 'wheat from the chaff' when it comes to understanding what is happening in today's monetary world.
Silver to $200+ by end of 2012
Assuming gold reaches $3500-$4500 by the end of 2011 (fair estimate given the fiat fiasco on hand all over the world), and silver catches momentum as "the poor man's gold," alongside the physical squeeze as silver is used in innovation not just as money, thus making it more precious than gold (in my opinion at least)...
Then it would be reasonable to say that silver could easily reach a 15-25:1 ratio to gold. This would give silver a range of [($233-$300) -- ($140-$180)] respectively. The current silver to gold ratio is approximately 51.6:1.... historically lower than normal and obviously manipulated. Look for a large move in the future when europe & the US both extend credit to banks and to governments, as that is their only plan (different forms of QE/easy monetary policy to create the "wealth effect" the public).
Nice to see you :-)
@Bay of Pigs, trading the LBMA is up over $20k since Dec1
My blog covers this system in greater detail.
I welcome any fellow Turdite who wants to make a little fiat to convert to physical.
Hello Turd & Turdites
Had a rough past 6 months, but what does not kill you only makes you stronger!
Looking forward to tackling the coming days with you again, but this time without the fear and negativity. We are all here together, and that is better than a lot of previous civilizations had. The power we have to discuss ideas and topics on the internet is truly evolutionary. Be proud to be living in these times and mold your "now" into a situation that will allow for you to tackle the future the best you can. Every little thing counts.
The big point is both silver and gold are great investments, but having both allows you to wait out unfavorable developments like confiscation or windfall profits taxes in one metal, and sell the other.
Nice to see Turdtown back up again!
Hey Turd & Admin folks
Nice to see things are returning to normal once more after yesterdays *glitch*
From yesterdays Torygraph
Getting ready for 6' snow and -12 temps here over the w/end .... brrrr
I have to say, are people who subscribe to analysts that dense or are they very forgiving. Or is it that there is a constant stream of worthy slobs to drop their hard earned money on what I call THE SUBSCRIPTION MILL?
Rick Ackerman just came out with a new article today titled "ANOTHER CAMOUFLAGE TRADE, THIS TIME IN SILVER...". In it he states the following:
Here's what we advised (and keep in mind that although the jargon is technical, it is geared to the many hundreds of subscribers who have taken the Hidden Pivot Course): "March Silver appears to be building thrust for a shot at 35.535, the 'D' target of the pattern shown in the thumbnail mini-inset. The 34.235 midpoint resistance that would need to be surpassed first is above Tuesday's spike high, so we'll need to make our move below that level, camouflage-style, if we're going to get aboard with a minimum of stress.
Now that Rick is telling his readers and subscribers that there is a JUICY TRADE to make money as silver goes to $35.53, I wonder if he is suffering from a month long bout with AMNESIA. On Dec 30, 2011, Rick provided us with his wonderful 10 PREDICTIONS FOR 2012.
Here is one of them:
* Gold will stage a powerful rally after bottoming at $1445 in January, but the buying spree will fall well short of $2000. Silver will fare relatively worse, falling to $18.35 before finding traction and recovering into the low $30s.
Yes, it is true, I did post this before in a prior comment. That being said, how in the living HADES does anyone make sense from these kind of calls. Rick tells the world that silver will go down to $18.35 on Dec 30, 2011 and just over a month later says there is a JUICY TRADE at $35.53. That's nearly a 100% difference of price in one fricken month.
This is exactly the reason I wrote the darn article THE COMING PARADIGM SHIFT IN SILVER. What a complete farce if you ask. The same thing occurred with CLIVE MAUND, who gave a bearish chart for silver on JAN 8, to go to $18.
Are MAUND and ACKERMAN getting the trading material from the same BAZOOKA JOE BUBBLE GUM WRAPPERS?
I don't mean to be a broken record, but at some point in time, these fellas are going to have to be confronted on these lousy calls. I left a nice comment on Ackerman's website just an hour ago. We will see what he says.
Unemployment report
This unemployment report that came out this morning is full of baloney! There is no WAY that unemployment has improved this last month or has been for the last few months.
I own a small business here in TX with a few employees and in 19 yrs that I have been in it, this is by far the WORSE sentiment about our economy I am getting from my customers. Every small business owner I talk with agree with this. I cater to mostly the low to middle income and many are unemployed. Where are these jobs coming from that our crooked gubmint says are being created? Most of these factory workers are laid off for good. We are not a manufacturing base anymore. Those who were in the construction business are also laid off. We are not producing homes like we used to. In fact we have a glut of homes for sale. Many businesses are laying off including mine. Basically, the point is these jobs are lost permanently. Just look at the direction of our Food Stamps #s.
Wall Street and major corporations that do business globally may be reaping in record profits but believe me, there is no trickling down effects here. Main Street is suffering. Yes, it has been tough the last few years but personally, I am doing very well, thanks to the surge in gold and silver. I have been buying physical for the last 3 ½ yrs and am enjoying every moment of it.
Thanks Master Turd and all that have contributed to this magnificent forum. I have learned lots for you all.
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.
Robert Ringer
I have no silver , I have no gold, (damn boat) but I do have an opinion. I would ease into gold and get a balanced PM stack . It just makes sense to have your bases covered.
BIG turn around DOJI
on the 2 hour chart
I just sold my Quad for $100.00 :)
Yep, I took the advice off this board and sold my Quad for two $50.00 Canadian coins, yep 2 oz of gold. We have a radio program that allows you to call in and advertise on the radio, so I advertised it for $4,500 or 2 AGEs some guy called and asked if I would take 2 gold maples. "Well Ok".
Seeing how I gave $2,000 for the quad I think I did good :) so for a short time gold fell to $1,000 an oz for me. for some reason I feel guilty, ....I think I will get over it.
Buying Silver and the FUBM
Not to confuse things acronymious, as it's always enjoyable to see a true FUBM in motion, but each time the EE caps it and creates that ugly waterfall I get the urge to log on to Apmex, order up a couple of tubes of silver maples and whisper FU BM.
Works for me, makes me feel better and increases the stack.
The FUBM works both ways.
Feed the Turd.
States consider alternative currencies of gold and silver
States consider alternative currencies of gold and silver
A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.
Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place.
"In the event of hyperinflation, depression, or other economic calamity related to the breakdown of the Federal Reserve System ... the State's governmental finances and private economy will be thrown into chaos," said North Carolina Republican Representative Glen Bradley in a currency bill he introduced last year.
Unlike individual communities, which are allowed to create their own currency -- as long as it is easily distinguishable from U.S. dollars -- the Constitution bans states from printing their own paper money or issuing their own currency. But it allows the states to make "gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."
To the state legislators who are proposing state-issued currencies, that means gold and silver are fair game, said Edwin Vieira, an alternative currency proponent and attorney specializing in Constitutional law. And since gold has grown exponentially more valuable, while the U.S. dollar continues to lose ground, the notion has become increasingly appealing to state lawmakers, he said.
If only this movement would catch on..... we might start on the path to turning this back into a Democratic Republic.....
Nothing New
Old news for some of us, but nice to see it making it's rounds in the MSM again:
**Edited to remove quote and link since Be Prepared beat me to it while I was creating the comment. The force is strong in that one.**
I don't understand the whole Facebook thing...... I don't have an account and can't see a reason to ever have an account. I know my family would prefer that I have one, but then I say "Just write me a letter..... that works too you know!"
Bobby D
New Highs on Low Volumes... octane vapors
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Abysmal volume today as we make new 2012 highs over 1339.75 .. looking for 1345 if 1340 trades with conviction and volume. 1335 support immediate .. 1330 perhaps keep in mind for sunday open. We have a few bond auctions next week which cause a few upside roadblocks..
Oil is rather muted but it did melt up into the 97 level with 97.50 being resistance. If 97.50 trades with conviction 98 could easily be in the cards.
Dollar saw a pop on the jobs number though has relented a bit... equities still not bothered by currency movements. <Link>