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Mark Jansen – Epica
Interview by Miriam C.Although we haven't still have had the chance to give a thorough listen to this fantastic (at least we presume so) album, we asked Epica's Mark Jansen to introduce us this brand new opus called "The Quantum Enigma" in his own words. We're sure of one thing: TQE will be the breakout album for Epica. Discover something more about this new work in the following Q &R! Would you mind telling us something more about how "The Quantum Enigma" was devoloped? When you have started to draft out the first ideas for this album?
The first ideas emerged 2 years ago when we started writing songs for the album. When we had enough songs we sat together with producer Joost van den Broek and selected the best songs. Still a quite big amount of songs (18). After the selection we did rehearse those songs and jammed a bit in order to make them better. We worked very hard on the final details with the whole band and Joost, this effort resulted in improved compositions. We also worked on the sound of the bass, guitars and drums. We have tested several amps and tried out multiple combinations in order to find the best possible sound. Continue reading »
Interview : Marco Heubaum & Manuela Kraller – Xandria
Interview by Ary G.& Anna Fortini
On the occasion of the two new italian dates that see Xandria as the opener act for the new Epica tour, Femme Metal had the pleasure to have a great chat with Manuela and Marco in Milan, that kindly talked about the new record, "Neverworld's End", about the influence they've taken from Nightwish, the life on the road with the colleagues Epica and Stream of Passion and a possible of a new music direction.
Ok. We are here with Xandria, with Marco and Manu. Welcome to Femme Metal.net!
Marco: Hello!
Manuela: Hello!
How are you doing guys?
Marco: Oh great!
Manuela: I'm fine, grazie!
So, yesterday you've been in Rome for the very first time. How was to visit a city that you've never seen before?
Manuela: Well, actually we didn't visit the city, but I could tell you about the concert: it was really amazing! The people were really great and we really had fun on stage, so it was great to be there, really…
Marco: The location was about 40 km far from the city center of Rome, so unfortunately we had no chance to see all the famous things in Rome…
What about the weather?
Marco: April weather! Ehehe! Rain, shine, rain, shine…
What could you tell about the lyrics, instead? Today you are here in Milan again, after having been here for Out of the Dark Fest. How is going? How do you feel like coming here again in Italy, for the second time this year?
Manuela: I like it very much because concerts in Italy have always been great, also for me in the past I've been here with Haggard already, so I know we can expect a big concert.
This tour is the first one that doesn't see Nils unfortunately, because he had been injured after some dates you had with Epica and now you have a replacement, that is Fabio D'Amore from Serenity. What did cause this choice and how have you decided to take Fabio in your crew?
Marco: We have joined Out of the Dark Fest with Serenity, the main band with Fabio, it was one of the five bands we have been on tour, we were in the same tour bus, we were friends, so he was the first one we thought of when we were searching for a replacement.
Manuela: He is a very good bass player and he has a great personality, we like him very much. Nils is recovering, but he will be with us as soon as possible…
We want to wish Nils a good recovery, we wish him to get well soon!
Marco & Manuela: Oh, thank you
So, as I said, you'll be in Milan tonight. So, will we expect some surprises tonight from you guys?
Marco: We'll play the songs from our new album, some songs because we have only 35 minutes, as we're the opening act, but it's the first time we'll play some of the new songs of the album for this tour, it's a great thing for us because we're also fond of the new material, all the years we've been really looking forward to play that stuff, because we knew that it would have been working, it would be great fun to play live, as we've seen in these last 2 days it's really the case and so I think it will be great tonight.
This tour sees you with Epica and Stream of Passion. It started a week ago or so, but I discovered that some dates were already sold out, so what's the feeling of discovering that "your dates" are sold out?
Marco & Manuela: Ehehe!
Marco: Of course, it's Epica sold out shows, but we are amazed of possibility to get new fans, we hope to get new fans on this tour
Last month you've released "Neverworld's End", after five years of silence. How've been the feedbacks so far from the media and the fans? Are you happy about the result?
Manuela: Well, until now it has been really positive and we got very good reactions and responses to the album. Of course there is someone that says "We want Lisa back!", but it's always like that when singer is changed, but most of the people accepted me as the singer now, so I'm really happy about this…
I see that daily you receive lots of compliments on your Facebook profile and Facebook page, so are you happy to be so accepted in the band from all the foreign and European fans of course?
Manuela: Yes, of course I am! I am really thankful for it. It puts me a big smile on my face when I see all the comments on Facebook, this gives me strength to go on, I know that I am on the right path, that we are on the right path with what we do, so it's very nice to have such good fans!
Marco: It's the best choice we could ever do with Manuela, really…
Manuela: Oh, thanks you
Marco: I think all those five years of silence you've mentioned it was all good worth, we followed ourselves again for the future, a new musical path, we wanted to do more heavy, more symphonic, more bombastic. The new album is the more ambitious we've ever done and we also have the best singer we could ever find for this album, I think it's the strongest incarnation of Xandria.
Yeah, I agree
Marco: We really feel like that. We feel like being reborn, it's a really good feeling!
What about you? Are you happy about what you wrote in this album? Because I know that you write and wrote most of the lyrics for Xandria, so what about this result?
Marco: Yeah! It really turned all the way I wanted from the beginning, I wanted this symphonic, this more epic style for the very beginning, when we were thinking about the album, we wanted to be like that from the very beginning.
Now Xandria is more metal-oriented than before. In the last album called "Salomé", if I'm right, it was more gothic-oriented, it was less metal than this one. This is more symphonic. What do you feel like writing some new stuff? Do you feel yourselves more mature in this new record?
Marco:Yeah, definitely! As a songwriter, I've been able to do things that I've never been able to do before, and I've always been fan of more complex, more heavy stuff, because also the new songs are a bit more sophisticated and complex and this was a challenge for me as a songwriter, I always need new challenges, something that pushes me forward.
Where do you get the inspiration when you write something for Xandria?
Marco: It comes every day from somewhere While driving the car from my home to the studio, where we recorded the vocals in Munich with Manuela… or on long travels or even here on tour and that comes the inspiration…
So you're definitely happy of having written this new record, that fans really appreciate for what I've seen but my attention was catched up by a song called "A Thousand Letters". What can you tell us about this song?
Manuela: For me it's a very personal song, because I wrote the lyrics for it. The lyrics are about my grandparents, it's inspired by what my grandfather and my grandmother told about the War and about their love. I've read a diary of my grandfather and it touches me very deeply and after their death, it was easily for me to overcome this sadness about their death and I wanted to write something for them and about their love. It's about their love and the 2nd World War and it has a positive end, because they meet again after the end of the war. In reality, it was the same so… It made me very happy that this song has finally made it on the album.
Concerning "Neverworld's End", I've read some reviews on the web and I've seen that so many reviewers told that you are a "clone" of old Nightwish. How do you react to this statement?
Marco: Well, I think that they think this album reminds something of the old Nightwish but I really don't like the word "cloneW because most of the people see that it's not about doing the same stuff again, but understanding what they did and appreciate it, taking it as an "influence" and making your own stuff with that.
Was you inspired maybe by from old Nightwish era somehow?
Marco: Honestly, I am a real fan of Nightwish, yeah… that's right! I love all their material, even the last two albums! Yeah.
What do you think about "Imaginaerum"? Random question…
Marco: It's different from what I expected! When they told all the people that it would have been a real soundtrack thing, I expected more soundtrack and not so much rock songs, it was a bit surprising for me but I like it
Usually when you get some criticism, from the media or fans, even if they are positive or negative, how do you react? Do you feel yourselves offended or do you think "Ok, it's a constructive sentence, it's a constructive critique, so I have to accept it"?
Manuela: Well, I try to take the good things out of the comments, I separate the critique, I mean I take the rights ones and I put away the bad ones, what I mean is: there are some comments that are sometimes very mean. I don't care about those! I just try to take the good things
Marco: You have to push them away, sometimes it's just a matter of tastes, you know! If someone say "Oh it's too much bombastic!", it's more cheesy, sometimes for some people, I just say "OK, this is not the music you like, it's ok for us". We can't include everything that comes from somewhere, because it would be something that doesn't please everyone. We want to make music we feel, it's all from our heart, it the people like it, it's ok, if the people don't like it, it's ok also!
Manuela: Yeah! Everybody has different tastes! That's okay
When a band changes her own vocalist, every single fan always dares to compare the single member, the female singer and so on. So has it never happened to hear maybe some fans saying "We want Lisa back" or "We want Kerstin" back or some evil things like that?
Manuela: Yes, of course, but that's okay for me, because you know, we have very different voices and some like Lisa's voice better, some like mine better, so it's ok. I was prepared for that, because of the things I saw going on in Nightwish, for what concerned Anette and Tarja and so on and so I've thought "ok, it might be some people say that", but it really didn't touch me, I just focus on people that really like me and love me and appreciate me.
As you said, you're on tour with Epica and Stream of Passion. Have you had the chance to get in touch with the girls or the boys?
Manuela: Well, of course we had the chance to get in touch a lot with Stream of Passion because they are in the same bus with us, so it's really great, they're really great guys and a great girl and we had lots of fun together…
What about Epica?
Manuela: Well, not so much but we still have some talks here and there and had fun of course.
Marco: We're just not in the same bus, so we always meet occasionally. We have different date schedules on the show dates, so sometimes we meet and they are great people too!
What do you think of Simone Simons as a vocalist or as a person?
Manuela: I think she's a very, very great vocalist, I adore her voice very much, and well she is a very beautiful person.
Marco: And she knows how to handle a metal audience, it's really cool.
What about Marcela?
Manuela: She is a really ground to Earth person! I love her personality a lot, she's a very interesting person! I like her very much!
Okay. Tonight you will play here at Alcatraz venue and I assume you'll play also some old songs. What could we expect?
Marco: We will play "Ravenheart", eheheh. You know, we have only 6 songs, we're the opening act so it's a short time for us to play . We really want to present our new album to the people, because it's the new Xandria! We want to leave the past behind because of course it still belongs to us, there are still some songs we like to play, but the time is very short on stage on this tour. We chose just one of the old song and the rest is new, in order to know the new Xandria.
Ok. This question is for Manuela only. I've seen some videos on Youtube from Marcela practicing some famous opera by Puccini and some other famous composer. The same did once Simone Simons from Epica so what about you? Will we ever hear you singing and playing something from any famous composer?
Manuela: Perhaps. I don't know yet. I focus now on my metal things but next I'm going into a Celtic project, so I don't know what to expect now, but this is going on. Perhaps you will hear some classical stuff in the future, but nothing is planned yet.
Ok. Thank you for the interview. Would you like to say something to our readers and your fans of course?
Marco: Thanks for your support, Femme Metal! It's really great. Thanks to all of your visitors for supporting us and coming for the show, it would be great to meet you in our shows.
Manuela: Thank you very much for accepting the new album so much and for accepting me, as the new singer. I'm very happy about the new response, so thank you for your support!
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Review Gig : Epica @ Alcatraz, Milan, Italy 27/10/2009
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Gig Review by Marcy Bell
It's clear: Epica and Italy are entwined. The concert at the Alcatraz in Milan on the 27th October was a huge success for Simone Simons and her fellows. Stage B was almost full, there were more fans and friends than in the previous tour. As in 2008 Epica were supported by the Finnish Amberian Dawn and in this new tour also by the brand-new German band: Sons of Seasons lead by Oliver Palotai. The Dutch band presented live some songs of the new album "Design Your Universe" but most of the show was made with hits from the past such as "Black Infinity", "Cry for the Moon", "The Phantom Agony" and "Consign to Oblivion". The gig started with the new "Resign To Surrender" and then it went into the old mood with "Sensorium", hands up with Simone and the whole band with the beginning of "Quietus" and then the Oriental style of "Fools of Damnation". It was time for "Design Your Universe" and the first single "Unleashed", the beat of Ariën on drums started very loud running through "Martyrs of the Free World". Epica's classic "Obsessive Devotion" led the central part of the show, as it's always a pleasure listen live this song with Mark on growl and Simone running back and forth the stage in a seven minutes Epica-old-style-vibes. "Tides of Time" showed all the deep and sweet part of Epica with Simone solo in all her vocal talent and Coen on piano: a moment that gave you shivers on your spine. The band went again on stage with the last three songs: "Black Infinity", "Mother of Light" and the techno-version of "Phantom Agony". The latter was an enjoyable surprise for the crowd that started dancing with color lights as in a dance floor. Good point for Epica indeed. The encore was with "Cry for the Moon", "Sancta Terra" and the final "Consign to Oblivion". The show was good, the crowd really enjoyed it and finally we can say that Epica are improving themselves live in every tour.
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Review Gig : Epica & Kingfisher Sky @ Paradiso (DYU Release Party), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 10/10/2009
Gig Review & Photos by Erwin van Dijk
Epica has released their new album and this evening is more or less the release party. And because Epica is sponsored by Jägermeister the first 200 visitors will get an Epic USB stick full of exclusive, rare and previously unreleased Epica stuff. Also, the band will play the entire "Design Your Universe" album at this gig. Like Kamelot and Megadeth last year the venue was indeed sold out and this resulted once again in a queue from the doors of the Paradiso to the Leidseplein (Leiden Square) The last time for me at the Paradiso was for CHIC and Jello Biafra. Jello Biafra is the legendary singer of the Dead Kennedys and CHIC is a funk/disco/rock band from the seventies. Two cool bands but the opposite of Epica so to say. This was the second time for Epica at the Paradiso. The first time was supposed to be released on DVD but all we got was a book: "The Road to Paradiso". This was years ago and the band has grown since then. Kingfisher Sky is a nice band who had the honour to be the opener tonight. Every band in Holland will sell thesouls to the devil to do a Paradiso gig so this was for Kingfisher Sky the opportunity of a life time. The Paradiso might be one of the most prestigious venues in the Netherlands, it does not have the biggest stage and with seven band members and your own drum kit and keyboards next to all the gear Epica uses the stage was very cramped. But Kingfisher Sky managed to squeeze six songs in the little time they had. Kingfisher Sky had barely 30 minutes. To save the Polar bears there was no light on stage – good for environment but not for us. But there were no budget cuts concerning the use of smoke machines and this gave the gig a mysterious feeling which suited the music. Kingfisher did a good gig but personally I would not be in their shoes this night. Epica is way out of their league and even a band like Within Temptation should be worried right now with this new incarnation of Epica. In short, Kingfisher Sky is an 'art house movie' while Epica is popcorn entertainment for the masses.
Maaike, who plays the cello said about this gig: "Supporting Epica in a Sold Out Paradiso really was one of the best things happening in 2009, we had a blast and in our opinion it was over far too soon. Thanks Epica and Epica Fans". From the first notes it was clear that this gig would contain the usual ingredients: smoke pillars, firework, flamethrowers, etc – enough to start World War III Visually it was a very entertaining show to see but, more important, the songs from Epica's latest album are strong enough to keep their own against all that visual violence. Not many bands dare to play their entire album live (and if they do, like Iron Maiden, there is a lot of critic and / or negative response) but Epica got away with it. And Medusa, who the true Epica fans will remember from the 2008 autumn gigs, says : "We had a great time, it was very crowded and hot, but of course we added some heath as well :)". Medusa would also show up at Metal Female Voices Fest, together with Floor Jansen. Like Jello Biafra a month earlier Mark did a crowd surf but while Jello did the full round from stage to bar and back again Mark vanished somewhere midway into the crowd. And the Jägermeister girls also had a small appearance on stage with an air pressure cannon designed to shoot t shirts into the audience. Funny enough a lot of those shirts ended up on stage again. Poor marksmanship I guess. A word about the album: Like the latest Leaves'Eyes I would say it is a save buy for the fans. It has all the ingredients for an Epica album and the fresh blood from the God Dethroned boys makes it more metal. Epica did not reinvent themselves with this album. They took the best parts of their music and improved them even more. And, if I am really honest, this gig was better than the one at Metal Female Voices Fest.
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Interview : Mark Jansen – Epica (2009)
Interview by Erwin Van Dijk
An interview with Mark Jansen from Epica. The band Epica does not really need an introduction. 2009 was a busy year for the band. Epica did a festival tour this summer and released a live album,"The Classical Conspiracy – Live in Miskolc, Hungary". Even better is the news that Epica will also release a new studio album in October. This interview is with Mark Jansen, the mastermind behind Epica.
Did you always wanted to become a guitar player and singer?
No, I wanted to become a cyclist and I also have a master degree in psychology but none of these made it to a profession. When I was 15 years old I went to a show of the Dutch death metal band Gorefest and from that moment on I knew I wanted to be on the stage as well. By then I didn't have the intention to become a singer. I started playing guitar and that was fun enough but when the male singer of my previous band After Forever left I started singing as well.
And did you have any other bands before After Forever?
No, After Forever was my very first band and Epica my 2nd. I never played in any other band.
How do you see yourself, as a guitar player that can do some grunts or as a singer who also can play the guitar?
As a guitar player that does some grunts as well. But above all I see myself as a composer who plays the guitar (… and do some grunts as well haha).
And did you follow any singing/grunt lessons?
No, it was more or less trial and error, grunts should not hurt your throat but everybody who tries to grunt for the first time won't feel comfortable doing it, you just need to find the right way and there you go
What kind of guitars and amplifiers do you use?
We just signed an artist deal with V-empire guitar amps, it's a Polish company and they make damn good amps. We were using Mesa Boogies before and they were good as well but when you have the possibility to sign a deal and get all these great amps for free you just have to grasp that chance with both hands
To what kind of music do you listen yourself and what are your favorite bands?
I often listen to bands which I liked when I was a teenager: Dream Theater, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses etc, it brings back nice memories. A band that I discovered 5 years ago and listen to a lot is Opeth. Besides that I also like to listen to film scores and classical music.
Is it difficult to combine Epica with your personal life?
It's a challenge and I need challenges in my life. My girlfriend lives in the US, so you can imagine it's not easy to combine, but nothing is impossible. At the moment we are 1 year and 8 months together and we see each other quite a lot in spite of the distance. Besides making music, we also manage the band ourselves, we don't want to throw money in the pocket of a lousy manager. The disadvantage is that there's a lot of extra work. But I still manage to have some free time and during this free time I like to enjoy the beauty of nature, sport and watch football
What are your favorite Epica songs?
It's hard to choose as I like many of them. But if I'm forced to make a selection with a shotgun pointed on my forehead I would say: "Cry for the Moon" ("The Phantom Agony" – 2003); "Consign to Oblivion" ("Consign to Oblivion" – 2005); "Fools of Damnation" ("The Divine Conspiracy" – 2007); "Kingdom of Heaven" ("Design Your Universe" – 2009)
I think that the trouble with Transmission Records was without doubt a negative experience for Epica. But what are the highlights so far?
There are many highlights, to name a few: – Lowlands and Pinkpop, playing these great festivals in the Netherlands were highlights; Wacken Open Air (2009) Germany, for me a dream come true to finally play the biggest metal festival of Europe; – "The Classical Conspiracy" and the show itself with orchestra and choir, the biggest highlight so far; Signing with Nuclear Blast, the record company I always wanted to be on since I started playing guitar; Being the first metal band from abroad to play in Tunisia, people were crying of joy, I will never forget that.
And do you have any updates about the Transmission Records situation?
Yes, the label owner signed a deal with Nuclear Blast to re-release the old albums and the previously unreleased "Live in Paradiso DVD".
Epica has two new band members now, both from God Dethroned. The God Dethroned music is very different from the style Epica has. Will the new blood in the band have much influence on the new songs? This is because I've noticed at live gigs (like Wâldrock) Epica has far more energy on stage.
You're right, since these two guys joined us we are a way more energetic band, not only music wise but also the stage performance has become more energetic. The guys have also an influence on the songs as everybody in the band influences the songs so some differences are due to them. But I like it this way, new blood means also the chance to integrate new elements (like solo's) and we did
Where do you get the inspiration for the music and lyrics?
Inspiration is a fantastic thing, you don't know where it comes from and what causes it, it's a mystery
What is the idea behind the name of the album?
"Design Your Universe" basically refers to the capacity to take control over your own life and create your universe. Many people don't live their dreams as they think it's unrealistic and out of reach. I am one of the many prooves that you can succeed, don't fear the unknown and take risks
And can you tell us something about the songs on "Design Your Universe"?
We went quite deep into the details this time. We want to make improvements on every album and as "The Divine Conspiracy" got great critics by press and fans we had to come up with something better this time and that's quite a job! haha. So we worked our asses off to try to make an even better album. My favorite song is "Kingdom of Heaven" a very long song but we managed to keep it interesting, long songs can easily get boring but I think we finally found the perfect ingredients for the longest song of Epica 'till now.
Three songs on "Design Your Universe" are a part of the "A New Age Dawns" saga. This saga has now six chapters. What is the relation between the "Design" chapters and the "Oblivion" chapters?
The relation is that we need to make a change, we lost contact with nature, each other and the earth. We need to get rid to some of our addictions which will destroy us in the end. Like our addiction to earn more money than our neighbour, money is the "antichrist" of our civilization..
You have also recorded a song with Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica. How was it to work together with him?
Great, we toured with Sonata in Europe and asked him one of these days if he would be interested to record a song with us. Fortunately he was and with his very unique voice he lifts the "White Waters" song to a next level.
There are plans to record DVD at the Metal Female Voices Fest in October. What can we expect?
We will record DVD material, so whatever turns out great will reach a future DVD but if we're not satisfied nothing will happen. The facts are that we are gonna do a big show there, probably the biggest we have ever done. So probably you'll find at least some of this footage on a future DVD together with other concerts. MFVF made advertisements with the message that we will record a DVD there but we don't want to disappoint our fans as long as we're not sure.
Besides the upcoming tour, what else can we expect from Epica in the future?
We don't look to much ahead of us, so I don't know but until the summer of 2010 the whole schedule is fixed already so for like 1 year we know already what to do haha.
And the last question, is there anything the reader should know that I have not asked?
Erwin, you covered it all Thanks a lot!
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It has a pre wax cleaner, wax, and detail spray, all black, in the box.
I used the black box on my B7 Passat. Stuff works pretty damn well and seems to last a good long time. Highly recommend it for black cars.
It has a pre wax cleaner, wax, and detail spray, all black, in the box.
Hmm my car isn't exactly black.. Almost but not quite has purple metallics through it but I don't think that should matter
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Drove it in the Woodward Dream Cruise. Surprisingly, got quite a few positive comments on the car despite the rare, beautiful, and/or insanely powerful cars that were there.
If you've never been, I suggest you go next year. You can't call yourself a car guy until you've been to Woodward.
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Took it out of the garage for a few pics, then back in the garage were it sits 90% of the year.
Oh yea, added Euro rad support, Borbets, and falken track tires this weekend
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Replaced broken crack pipe.
Left hood latch unhooked like an idiot and spent 2 hours getting the hood open...
Now I need to order a crank sensor...
Race it, Break it, Fix it, Repeat.
Autocrossed with the Porsche club. I think I had the lowest HP car in attendance and managed a time of 76 seconds. Would have gotten 74 if I didn't understeer into a cone. The track-prepped Porsche's, BMW's and Miatas were hitting low 60's, down to 54 seconds.
Not bad, considering that 2 MK4's (VR and 1.8T) were in the high 60's to low 70's on sticky tires and good suspension setups.
76 seconds slammed on racelands with a stock 2.0 and all-seasons? I'll take that.
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Put some miles on the motor after a complete re-ring.
"OP sounds like a MKIV guy"
drove it to drop my boy to the aiport.
major tire rubbage.
Dropped the tranny got the broken bolt out only to realize that the throw out bearring was cooked and also that my rear main seal is leaking. smh now on to ordering new parts... yeahbuddy
got some gas...
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I detail and do paint correction. Check it out!
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Raised the racelands in the front, installed a cup kit in the back.
The to do list just keeps getting longer the more I check off. Weird, innit?
-window regulator + motor
-e brake cables
Lesser priority is:
-order cx racing coils
-reupholster headliner (****ing monsoon)
-patch rust on quarter panel
-new fender and hood
Hopefully most of that will be crossed off before H20.
didnt do anything to it yesterday
but i did get some goodies for it
After only driving 13 miles in the past almost two weeks, I finally had to run an errand that involved using the Interstate. Rev limiter in 2nd and 3rd twice. Really wish I had a VR.
We need a series like this state-side. I'm in if there is one, or will be one. VW Cup 2014/5, anyone?
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Cracked my brand-new LIP trying to get out of father-in-laws crazy driveway. PISSED!!!
She keeps tellin me you should sell that POS everyday. And then I consider the alternative. A quiet, boring, lil eco box. And then when im on the on ramp to the highway I punch it and wind out 3rd gear and hear that intake and the exhaust together in perfect harmony as it rips a humongous hole in the ozone layer and causes the spontaneous explosions of tree huggers faces . I my VR6!!!
Polished up another Hex cap for the RS im rebuilding. Take like 6 hours each, but totally worth it. Only 2 left to do...
Started the swap today will be steering wheel and the rest of the red lit shiz
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Took off the schrick intake for a compression test. Turned out ok. I broke a couple plug wires.... grrr. But they are old anyways... also found out the PO uses bosche platinum plugs... gay.
Water pump.is leaking out the weap hole. Pretty bad so I'm replacing that today and tomorrow.might be spark plugs and wires.
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Race it, Break it, Fix it, Repeat.
got grass clippings on it
suprised they made it all the way to to work without being blown off the door/rocker
bought a rear bumper....sanded down the scratches and got it ready to paint
Got the driver's side windows down! This is an accomplishment as the battery cables were missing when it was given to me and the engine is currently pulled.
Man, that alarm system is ANNOYING when then engine and battery are both missing...
received some parts from idparts.com and hoping to get the last few parts needed for the tdi this week. next week starts the real fun will be well worth it in the end
got lots more parts for the garage queen...also bought gaets vr6 swap for my buddies golf gl...i keep starting new projects instead of finishing my own
Geld und Macht bringt korruption!!!
Von allen je gebauten volkswagens,steht man Kopf über den rest,den mk3 golf VR6
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thought about finishing my interior but then the bar happened maybe tomorrow ill get something done
Do work son!
Race it, Break it, Fix it, Repeat.
moved one to clean up the cabrio.
installed turbosmart manual contoller on the vrt, loving 15lbs
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Drove it, after 1 week out of the city.
Washed it.
Cleaned the engine and engine bay
Cleaned the interior and applied leather treatment.
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made and installed a custom shift knob
first one to do it, dont bite!
Race it, Break it, Fix it, Repeat.
Picked up a new window regulator + motor, fender, and hood.
Between work and class though I really don't have much time to get anything done. Trying to get the window fixed and alignment set so I can get it back on the road asap.


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Life in England: William Holmes was a soldier. He returned to England in 1641 to serve in the Civil War, and returned to New England with the rank of Major. He also had property in Antigua.
Life in New England: As Lieutenant William Holmes, he escorted Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, John Winthrop, and his party on their return north from Plymouth. On March 2 1635/6, and again on March 1, 1636/7, he was employed by the colony to teach the use of arms. On June 7, 1637, he was elected as the leader of company of men sent to fight the Pequots. By 1639, he had removed to Duxbury and in 1641, had returned to England to fight in the Civil War. By 1645, he had returned to New England, by his own account very poor. Depositions concerning his estate indicate that he was living in a tavern in Boston, with financial support from his kinsman, Job Hawkins, by the time of his death.
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The best tablets still to come in 2011, from the Sony Tablet S to the Huawei MediaPad
2011 has been a massive year for tablets, helped along by the debut of Apple's iPad 2. However despite the year fast approaching its end, there is still plenty of tablets to come in 2011: the most anticipated are Sony's late-arriving Tablet S and Tablet P duo, and Samsung's eagerly awaited Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.7.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is without a doubt the best Android tablet on the market. It's thinner and lighter than Apple's iPad 2, despite having a larger screen, and offers most of the functions and features of its competitors. The lack of external storage is a pain, as is the fact there is no HDMI-out connection, but the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a superb piece of industrial design and so far, the only real credible alternative to the iPad.
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I really don't understand why your beating up Android honeycomb as a "work in progress" when anyone with knowledge of the major mobile Os's know IT IS NOT A WORK IN PROGRESS. The operating system is stable and uses the market that is used on all other operating systems.
Could you please explain how Honeycomb is a "work in progress"?????
how can you say Android 3.0 honeycomb is a "work in progress" then say that the HTC Flyer is not as attractive because it does not feature Android 3.0?? also I would like to point out after a hands on with the Flyer, it really does not need 3.0, HTC did a very good job with polishing up 2.4 for tablet use.
Just bought 3 Samsung Tab 10.1's. I had the IPAD 2 and am happier with the Samsungs. The Samsung Galaxy S mobile is also incredible. Used to be gardcore IPAD but Droids got me hooked
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Even today, thirty years after the legal battles to save the endangered snail darter, the little fish that blocked completion of a TVA dam is still invoked as an icon of leftist extremism and governmental foolishness. In this eye-opening book, the lawyer who with his students fought and won the Supreme Court case—known officially as Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill—tells the hidden story behind one of the nation's most significant environmental law battles. The realities of the darter's case, Plater asserts, have been consistently mischaracterized in politics and the media. This book offers a detailed account of the six-year crusade against a pork-barrel project that made no economic sense and was flawed from the start. In reality TVA's project was designed for recreation and real estate development. And at the heart of the little group fighting the project in the courts and Congress were family farmers trying to save their homes and farms, most of which were to be resold in a corporate land development scheme. Plater's gripping tale of citizens navigating the tangled corridors of national power stimulates important questions about our nation's governance, and at last sets the snail darter's record straight.
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US town tells Street View to push off
Google has removed a private Minnesota community from its Street View feature after the town politely asked the search monolith to keep its roving spycars to itself. North Oaks, north east of Minneapolis, boasts a "unique situation", the Minnesota Star Tribune reports, in that its roads are owned by the residents and it " …
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How long before the first divorce happens due to a spouse seeing the other on this app/prog with another person.
Clearly it is!
quote: Mayor Thomas Watson explained: "It's not the hoity-toity folks trying to figure out how to keep the world away. They really didn't have any authorization to go on private property."
Oh the irony!
"Delete on Request"
....so that'll be "opt-out" then......
No Trespassing?
Well, presumably Google can at least prove the "There were no signs" bit from the photo collection...
It also helps to have money...
Take a look at "Billionaires' Row" (the place where obama belittled Americans behind closed doors...) in San Francisco. There are a lot of gaps in the street views that just can't be explained other than "money talks."
Mr & Mrs Boring?
Well, maybe
EU privacy concerns will only come into play if Google actually put StreetView data up for European areas. As of this moment, London and Oxford don't even have a Streetview button.
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That E-W CR96 street is clearly available (from the other carrigeway):
Perhaps it was the northern Pleasant lake road that was removed:
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Clearly Signed no Trespassing:
City Streets not public domain?
I have a different take here.
Usually city streets are considered public domain.
Often private communities have private roads, but that's usually limited to local housing communities, and the communities in this case are resonsible for all upkeep of the roads, with no city/state money/involvement, and then it becomes something the City Council would not have any jurisdiction over. Basically, it becomes a shared driveway.
From the way the article was written, it makes it sound as if all the city streets are private. I don't see how this is workable. If this is managed by the city, and they are involved with planning/managing/collecting fees/scheduling maintenance or patrolling the roads, then these monies become "taxes" and the roads are now public.
If that's the case that all the roads are private, could anyone entering the city without an invitation be charged with trespassing? Sure fire way to deal with any problem element, I guess, but I'm not sure it would hold up in court if a real challenge was put to it.
Glad the town doesn't think it's "hoity-toity".
Paris, 'cause she knows what it's like to have private photos on the 'net.
@No Trespassing?
North Oaks does have notices posted at all the entrance points to the area indicating private property, private roads, no tresspassing, no soliciting, etc. And they do enforce their right to restrict access to the area by ticketing people cutting through the area (popular alternate route due to construction in the area), and people soliciting door to door.
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Why should people have to access Google repeatedly in order to ensure that their private information is, in fact, private? Opt-out models suck.
I realize the UK is used to having cameras on every street corner and having their every move watched (one of the many reasons I left) but other countries, who take privacy somewhat more seriously, aren't at that stage and possibly will never be.
What google is doing is really cool from a tech perspective, but it does raise some very serious issues with privacy. At the very least, Google should have made more effort to remove people from its pictures. There are many good reasons for people to not want their pictures published in a public location, from abusive ex's to witness protection programs to none-of-anyone-elses-business "I was here".
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As a frequent visitor yet outsider of North Oaks, This isn't surprising. I will back the mayor in saying most of the people are not "hoity toity". Some yes, most naught. They have a long record of running a tight ship. They are private roads in that the housing association, not the city, owns the land and paved the roads to begin with. IMO, who cares. There is nothing in north oaks besides houses anyway, all shopping centers on on the edge, and most of those are annexed land to nieghboring cities. So the only reason you would be there, is if you lived there, or were visiting some friends.
What's the point?
I never understood why anyone would even think this Google Street View was even vaguely interesting. It makes absolutely no sense to me. It's nifty tech, no doubt about that, but about as useful as .jpgs to Helen Keller.
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Take a look at "Billionaires' Row" (the place where obama belittled Americans behind closed doors...) in San Francisco. There are a lot of gaps in the street views that just can't be explained other than "money talks."
They get the pics from traffic cam. There are plenty of areas in San Jose that have gaps. These are not in the rich section..
"City Streets not public domain?" - Here's how it works
The property lines for each lot do not stop at the street, they extend right to the center of the street. I don't know how they manage snow plowing and garbage removal.
RE: What's the point?
Well one point could be directions. Direction websites have been around for a long time but it makes it all that easier if there is a photo of the alley that you need to turn down, or a picture of the building.
Extend this to GPS and rather than having just the normal 3D view you have a photo realistic view.
Then, you want to buy a house in the neighbourhood. You can visit it virtually first.
There are plenty of applications for it and every time you use it Google can show you some ads for businesses also in the area.
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"There are plenty of applications for it and every time you use it Google can show you some ads for businesses also in the area."
Ooooo goody more Ads!!! :(
@lamfanboy What's the point?
One of the things that is interesting about Google is that it provides this for free. It takes us closer to the enhanced reality where a locational cross-reference can trigger relevant searches or events. User uploaded comments and content, traditional queries into the Google indexes, and immersive photoreality can combine very quickly to be much more than the sum of the parts. It may seem ho-hum now, but combine all this with a compass in a handheld device, and suddenly you have something very interesting...X-Ray vision from the other side of a wall or building anyone? What about a pair of goggles with directional location sensing? Think about this for military or emergency services. Hell, think about gaming using the real world as a map! Virtual tourism. All this is static, but it is not a quantum leap in technology to provide more real time immersion if the feeds were fast enough.
For more on this sort of thing, look at where Photosynth and Sea Dragon are. I think the way I found this was originally an article here on El Reg. You are looking for the TIM podcast. Visit the Microsoft website for an online demo.
Expect a less page oriented future in other words, and more immersive applications of this technology.
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Excellent work, thanks Ozan - and of course thanks for your support today. Resource manager is excellent however one thing I'd like to see/add to a "feature request" would the ability to make block bookings.
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Ah sorry - I meant as in the same period each week cycle. Better still if only certain users can do it (i.e. helpdesk editing technicians) but that could also be acheived using the advanced booking time bit. It probably wouldn't take much to alter the way things are done but would make my NM's life a lot easier!
Hi Is this a free helpdesk or a paid for service? If its free how do you get a login? If not free how much is it?
v2.4 is mainly going to be a security release which is going to do away with the current "User Roles" system in favour of a more granular bespoke approach. This will allow NM's the ability to define thier own roles and apply what permissons (Read, Add, Update, Delete, Reporting, Etc...) they see fit for that role and then apply that to a user. This will allow the software to further follow inline with current practices and policies used by individual sites.
This will fit in perfectly with what you are asking for the resource manager and permissions.
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When you make a booking hit the timetabled check box.
Be carefull though as this will repeat the booking for the entire academic year. At the moment there is no way to do a repeat booking for a fixed timeframe, this has been added as a feature request on our online tracker for v2.4
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Ah, gotcha, cheers!
Couple of quick things, how to delete bookings in Resource Maanger and something I've raised on the support system but also with resource manager the alternative lines the links refer in the wrong order to the periods they are in...
If you mean how do you delete timetabled bookings at the moment you can't.
That and some other issues that have been found are being looked at.
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About that lemoncello
One of the hazards of contributing to a shared blog, is that one forgets to post. So in this case, while I said in my last post that we would re-visit the lemoncello in mid-May, here it is September. Time flies.
The lemoncello is a huge success, we've been enjoying it on the hot summer afternoons that are plentiful in Davis. And here's how I got from pith to pleasure . . . .
The first steps in the lemoncello process were documented in this early Spring post. The recipe calls for 6 weeks of steeping the lemon zest in the alcohol in a cool, dark place; preferably, in a place where it won't be disturbed. I had placed mine in a place so cool, dark, and undisturbed it took me 45 minutes to find it.
But that resolved, I moved to the next step - filtering.
You can see that the zest from all of those lemons has settled to the bottom of the bottle. Lemoncello aficionados recommend a 2-step filtering process. The first step is to get most of the zest out using a fine sieve.
Look at all of this zest!
Quite a bit of solid material is left in the liquid after this process.
To remove these last solids, the liquid is filtered through a paper coffee filter. (Lemoncello purists, like coffee purists, would object to the use of a paper filter, saying it imparts a paper flavor.)
The next step is to add the cooled simple syrup. The basic simple syrup recipe calls for equal parts of sugar and water, but for lemoncello less sugar is used. For one 750ml bottle of base alcohol, you need 2-1/2 cups of water and 1-3/4 cups sugar. Add the sugar to the water in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Let the mixture cool completely to room temperature before adding to the lemoncello base.
Decant the mixture, and put in a cool, dark place for another 45 days. The addition of the simple syrup increases the volume, so you can't fit your mixture into the original bottle.
This mixture was moved into two tall glass bottles and set aside until early July.
You can put the finished lemoncello in the freezer or in the refrigerator. Enjoy it alone or in a cocktail on a hot summer afternoon when you need a little something refreshing!
If you want to make your own lemoncello, an excellent resource is the blog LemoncelloQuest.
Lemons are the zucchini of winter - take 2
It's early spring, and that means one thing: I am once again drowning in lemons. This year with our tree well established, we had a bumper crop. Even as an espalier, our tree produces more lemons than we can use. And as anyone with a lemon tree knows - it's almost impossible to give away lemons. Lemons are the zucchini of winter.
With a pantry full of marmalade, a batch of salted lemons preserving, and all of the copper gleaming, I was looking for a new way to use my harvest. A neighbor told me she distributed all of her lemons by having a lemoncello making contest with her friends. Lemoncello, the Italian lemon liqueur, is gaining popularity outside of Italy. It uses a lot of lemons and is easy to make.
The basic recipe for lemoncello is the same. Lemon zest, alcohol, simple syrup, and time. While recipes vary little, proportion and procedures are highly guarded secrets of the cognosenti.
Purists insist on using a base of grain alcohol; it imparts no flavor of its own to the lemoncello letting the lemons shine through. Where grain alcohol is unavailable, a high quality vodka can stand in. I chose a hand crafted corn based vodka, distilled 6 times, because corn seemed the closest to grain alcohol and it had a relatively high proof.
For my first try, I am halving the basic recipe. The first step was to zest the lemons. A lot of lemons.
A microplane is a must-have tool as you want pure zest with no pith.
Add the liquor to the lemon zest. Put it a cool, dark place. Wait. 45 days.
See you mid-May for the next step.
P.S. After the original mixing of the lemon zest and the vodka, and on an apéritif roll, we decided to make vin de pêche using the recipe from Chez Panisse Fruit. The large glass jar photographed above was re-purposed for the vin de pêche, and the vodka and the zest were moved into the empty vodka bottle. This is probably a better solution as there is less air surface in the container.
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In the late 1800s, University of California researchers discovered how to remove salts from the soils of the Central Valley, turning it into one of the most productive agricultural regions.
UC researchers continue to play a key role in agriculture today, keeping California the nation's leading agricultural state, from dairies in Tulare to nut farms in Newberry Springs.
A new brochure highlights the breadth of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' impact. UC guidelines have helped farmers boost broccoli production. UC scientists have developed sweet-tasting citrus and strawberries to meet consumer demands. UC certifies more than 95 percent of wine grapevines grown in the state, providing a reliable supply of high-quality vines for California's multibillion-dollar wine industry. Whether it's managing invasive pests, promoting nutrition or sustaining small farmers, ANR serves California's communities with a focus on advising, educating and searching for solutions.
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Genetic engineering for roots — not fruits
Even though U.S. consumers routinely buy and eat genetically engineered corn and soy in processed foods — most are unaware of the fact because the GE ingredients are not labeled.
When consumers are asked in surveys whether they would buy genetically engineered (GE) produce such as fruit, most say they would not buy GE produce unless there were a direct benefit to them, such as greater nutritional value.
Yet with continuing invasions and spread of exotic insects and diseases for which there is no known control, the potential importance of trees or vines with some form of genetically engineered resistance is on the rise. In California, such diseases include Pierce's disease in grapes, crown gall disease in walnuts, and the invasive citrus greening (huanglongbing or HLB) in citrus.
"These are potentially devastating diseases to California growers, who produce 70 percent of the fresh fruit and nuts for the entire United States," notes Victor Haroldsen, scientific analyst at Morrison and Foerster, in the current California Agriculture. "They are also a mainstay of the California economy. Fruit and nut tree crops accounted for one-third of the state's total cash farm receipts, or $13.2 billion in 2010."
Now, however, Haroldsen reports that there may be a way to satisfy both consumers and growers — called "transgrafting."
"In transgrafting the genetically engineered rootstock can potentially confer the whole plant with resistance to disease. Yet the rootstock does not transfer the modified genes to the fruits or nuts produced," said Haroldsen.
Although over 10 years old, transgrafting technology is just now nearing commercialization, partly due to the long generation times of most trees and vines. Two such transgrafting applications are: a crown gall-resistant walnut rootstock, and a grape rootstock that confers moderate resistance to Pierce's disease.
"The key advantage of transgrafting is that the plant's vascular system can selectively transport across graft junctions the proteins, hormones, metabolites and vitamins from the roots without changing the heritable genes or DNA sequence in the fruit or nut." says Haroldsen.
In recent research at UC Davis, Haroldsen (a former graduate student) and his colleagues confirmed that modified DNA and full-length RNA from the rootstock does not cross the "graft union" into the scion, in the walnut and grape applications, or in a tomato model of these two systems.
"These current GE applications address root or xylem pests and diseases, but future applications will likely target traits aimed at consumer needs such as increased nutritional value or improved flavor," said Haroldsen. "If perceived risks to personal health and the environment could be reduced, genetic engineering could benefit not only growers but Californians around the state," he adds.
Los Angeles and the "Orange Empire"
An interesting book called "Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden" by Douglas Cazaux Sackman tells the story of how oranges went from being an occasional treat to a mainstream part of the American diet. In fact, Los Angeles was once the center of the "Orange Empire" which developed into a massive industry in California.
Oranges were brought by the Spanish as they settled the missions, and the first sizable grove in Alta California was planted at the San Gabriel Mission, near Los Angeles, around 1804. Oranges were grown on a very limited scale until a frontiersman and entrepreneur named William Wolfskill decided to try growing oranges commercially, using seedlings from the Mission. His initial two-acre orchard was planted in 1841 in what is now downtown Los Angeles. During the Gold Rush, he was able to ship his citrus crop north to miners who were willing to pay a premium to protect themselves from scurvy.
The citrus industry in Southern California grew slowly at first, then really took off in the 1870s due to two innovations. First, a family in Riverside obtained two trees of an orange variety from Brazil. The fruit from these trees was larger, sweeter and easier to peel. This variety, which came to be known as the Washington Navel, created a surge of interest in growing oranges. In the same decade, the transcontinental railroad system connected to Los Angeles, and the very first railcar load of oranges, from the Wolfskill orchard, was shipped east in 1877. In the late 1880s, with the advent of refrigerated rail shipping, the growing citrus industry got another boost. Many new growers entered the citrus farming business, and numerous towns along the foothills of the Los Angeles basin were formed as the industry grew up in those areas.
"Centered on the Los Angeles basin, a vast citrus landscape was coming into being," said Sackman (p.42). "In 1870, only 30,000 orange trees were growing in the state. Twenty years later, 1.1 million trees were producing fruit." By 1893, local citrus growers had organized themselves into the Southern California Fruit Growers Exchange, which later became known as Sunkist. Sunkist was instrumental in driving the demand for oranges, promoting oranges and orange juice as health aids, with national advertising campaigns beginning in 1907. Sunkist advertisements, along with colorful orange crate labels, helped to brand Los Angeles and Southern California as a new Eden, the land of sunshine and good health. This image helped to drive migration from to Southern California for many years.
Commercial citrus production in Los Angeles County began to decline after World War II, as orchards were rapidly sacrificed to the growing, sprawling suburbs of the Los Angeles basin. As recently as 1970, there were still more than 50,000 acres of citrus in the county; but today, most orange trees in Los Angeles are in backyards rather than in groves.
The citrus industry, still critical to California's agricultural economy, has long since moved to other counties and other parts of the state. While there is no longer an "Orange Empire" here in Los Angeles, oranges are still a treat, especially if grown in our own backyards. As I prepare for the holidays, I know that today, an orange in a stocking might not be as special as it once was. But to pluck an orange off a tree, on a 75 degree day in December, still makes Los Angeles seem like Eden to a former Midwesterner like me.


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