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ability power blitzcrank: ok hi every1 im going to write about for what i am going with blitz and i rlly need some answers. OK lets start summoner LVL 30 TIER 3 runes FULL RUNEPAGE Masteries: 9 0 21 summoner spells CLEANS & FLASH(u wont die tiwth this and overdrive) ok so im going to play blitzcrank on AP items should be 1.st Doran's Ring [+10AP on lvl 1,120HP and some MP regen. NICE one to start with] 2.nd sorcerer's shoes[+20magic pen and some movement speed which u rlly need] 3.rd Abyssal Scepter[MUST HAVE.. with ulti.. monster kill..] then more ap Zhonya'S ring and so on runes: 14,85 AP 3*4,95(quintessence) 12,24 AP LVL 6(0,17*6)*12(Glyph) [this means that on lvl 1 i get 0,17AP on lvl its 6*17 and ill have all 12 glyphs its 12,24AP] 7,2 AP LVL 6(0,1*6)*12(seal) 11,4 M.Pen. 0,95*12(Mark) so what do i get: i should get +34,29 AP from runes next 0,6AP pet Champion LVL from masteries its 3,6AP on LVL 6 +11,4 M.Pen. and my spells penetrate 15% of target magic resistace form masteries +3% movement speed from masteries +9% cooldown reduction from masteries +1MP per second from masteries +1G per 10 seconds from masteries +3,75% experiences from masteries +4% HP and MP regen from masteries +5% MP from masteries +20 magic penetration from Sorcere's Shoes +57 magic resistance from Abyssal Scepter and -20 magic resistance to nearby champions from Abyssal Scepter (and few other things) what does it mean? with these magic pene and reduction i shuld reduce hero with 50magic resistence to 0 that means i should hit him champions with Ulti and Rocker Grab for full DMG I'll have better cooldowns and nice regen and better movement speed on lvl six i'll have 37,89 AP from runes next 10AP from Dorans ring its 47,89AP on lvl six and 20 magic pen. from shoes +120hp from Ring and nice regen for HP and MP OK so NOW what do you think??!
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I've been having a lot of fun with AP blitz recently. I go the standard 9 0 21 masteries as well with caster runes (magic pen marks, mana regen seals, ap glyphs, quints for movespeed but thats just bc im a sucker for movespeed and put of getting boots for the longest time). I find mejals and a lich bane gives me all the ap i ever really need. After that i just get standard tank type items based on the situation: frozen heart for lots of phys dps, abyssal for lots of magic, maybe a guardian angel if im getting focused (which i should be ). And of course more ap if i never find myself lacking in defense. With ap blitz your mana shield passive matters a lot more so consider that with your item choices. With 2000+ mana after you've run into the middle of their team, blown all your cd's and lich bane charges, and gotten focused down to 20% life you have another 1000 life for 10 seconds to continue the pain or make your escape with flash. Plus, soul stealer charges make ppl focus you more, and as a tank that just means win. Despite playing ap i still kind of go with a support role. Usually start with a dorans shield, then mejals, sheen, boots or lichbane in whichever order then tank stuff. edit: on summoner spells you have a lot flexibility but I'm a fan of flash and teleport. I premade with an anivia a lot and its so satisfying to teleport to save her egg.
rlly thx for your comment but ive got to say that ive played 5games today and my build was ring shoes abyssal and zhonia and my score was 1.st game 3:1:1 DEFEAT 2.nd game 12:1:11 WIN 3.rd game 7:5:9 DEFEAT(but i was AFK for long time so this one doesnt count ) 4.th game 13:2:11 WIN 5.th game 17:0:15 WIN even when im focused i always have flash or cleanse or overdrive ready and i escape from almost everything and almost everytime my 1st death is before i reach lvl 6.


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The Emory and Bremen researchers discovered a biochemical pattern they believe may be a signal to the epigenetic machinery that a particular gene should be imprinted. In the regions of the genome where genes are imprinted, called differentially methylated regions, they found a repeat pattern (periodicity) of 8 to 10 base pairs between two CG dinucleotides. The periodicity is consistent with the structural information from the enzyme responsible for the methylation. The enzyme structure was solved by use of X-ray crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory.
"We believe that this repeating pattern of 8 to 10 base pairs between CGs provides a signal for where the differential methylation should take place," says senior author Xiaodong Cheng, PhD, Emory professor of biochemistry and a Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar. "So far only about 20 regions of differential methylation have been identified in the mouse genome, and we wanted to find out how those regions compared to the rest of the genome."
"Now we can use this new information to find out if any other areas with such 8 to 10 base pair repeats are also differentially methylated. We want to discover how many regions of differential methylation exist and whether or not this imprinting has any impact on disease development."
Scientists already have learned that cancer genes contain "islands" of CG concentrations that are abnormally methylated. Dr. Cheng and his colleagues will focus on these CG islands, trying to discover whether they contain the same repeating pattern as the differentially methylated regions.
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This question has been crossing my mind a lot recently, when looking at where I was in my LoL tenure. For a bit of reference, I am about halfway through level 29, looking forward to hitting 30. I have started purchasing runes for at least the generic rune pages, and I've come to own 48 champions, some with RP, some with IP. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, I have yet to play a champion that made me say 'yes, this is the character I always want to play.' I've done well with some, poorly with others, but never did I have that moment where one of the champions stood up (so to speak) to become my main champion. This has made me curious about others' experiences with discovering their mains. To the community, I ask: When did you discover your main champion? How did you know it was the champion you wanted as your main? EDIT: Wrong part of the forum, sorry about that.
Its fine I still like answering this question . The love of my life whose name starts with a K and ends with ennen came around level 25. I was watching a stream and there was this guy using lightning rush on the minions then using the W to get the 6 minions in 1 go. I was instantly hooked. I proceeded to look for guides and happened to pass upon Ego Ignaxio's guide before it gained its well-deserved popularity, it wasn't even featured yet with barely 100 likes. I read the whole thing and I continually played till I saved 6.300 ip for him. When I first played him it was euphoric, it felt so cohesive, like everything kinda clicked and the kit just really complimented my playstyle somehow. To this day I have 2 Kennen skins and about 500 games played in total
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If you have tons of chars, it's a bit hard to find a main indeed. I found out I would like to play as Fiddlesticks after being beaten so badly by one. Then I bought Fid and I became the harasser. I'm a beast with Fid in Dominion.
I can choose mine, but my first love with another woman was Sivir i love when i alone take down two turrets and an inhibiter before the enemy team blinks. Then i found out how awesome Lulu and poppy was i now play them alot to!
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Lee Sin became my main when I saw the champion spotlight for him..I said to myself "Hey I think I'd like to play as a ranged,melee,tanky dps,assassisn,mage,tank,support,jungler that excells at everything."
yah ive been playing since the beginning and my main has changed from one champ to the next almost on a weekly basis. Trundle, veigar, vlad, and jax come to mind but i have mained almost every champ i own at some point (which is about 60 i think) had good and bad games with all of them but morde. I just suck with him
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I was just browsing through the store looking at champs and i saw olaf. I was like this gut is a total bad***
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JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a backlash after reports surfaced that his office was charged an extra $139,000 for a bed on a recent five-hour flight to London.
The uproar comes as Israel faces a new austerity budget, tax hikes and just two months after the Netanyahu residence's $2,700 annual ice cream bill came to light.
Israel's Channel Ten broke the news that Netanyahu, accompanied by his unpopular wife Sara, flew to London for Margaret Thatcher's funeral on a specially outfitted El Al plane that cost the tax payers an extra 500,000 shekels, or $139,000, more than a standard plane for that distance would cost.
El Al reportedly automatically won the bid to fly the prime minister because it's the only national carrier that has big enough planes for a sleeping cabin with a double bed. While sleeping quarters are standard for long-haul flights, the flight to London is just five hours which usually means business class seating for the prime minister and his entourage.
Netanyahu's office initially justified the decision by saying the prime minister had just come off a long day of events for Israel's Independence Day and had a busy day in London the next day.
"The flight was booked for midnight after a day full of events, and afterwards the prime minister was to represent the State of Israel at a number of official international events, including a meeting with the prime ministers of Canada and Britain," his office said in a statement. "It is acceptable for the prime minister of Israel to be able to rest at night between two packed days as those."
Critics immediately compared Netanyahu to 90 year-old President Shimon Peres who recently flew 11 hours to Seoul in business class. A photo also circulated on Twitter of former Prime Minister Menachim Begin sleeping in a rather uncomfortable-looking position across two plane seats.
"Honey, how did you sleep?" read the air bubble above Netanyahu in a photo of the couple going around on Facebook. "Like half a million shekels," his wife Sara responds.
"A cabin like that won't be ordered on the [upcoming] flight to Russia," a Netanyahu spokesman later told the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, while source close to Netanyhau added, "this can be done at a much lower cost, and so it shall be."
The news came as Israel's government is expected to approve an austerity budget cutting $840 million that will see income taxes raised 1.5 percent and family allowances cut. It also follows another mini-scandal in February which saw Netanyahu blasted for the $2,700 annual budget for ice cream in his official residence (Netanyahu is known to have an affinity for pistachio).
"It is unbelievable that not a single person in the prime minister's inner circle saw how reprehensible this was," wrote columnist Sima Kadmon in Yedioth Ahronoth. "Could the people in that ivory tower be as out of touch with the public as that? Or perhaps they're afraid of telling the royal couple what they think?"


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Because diagnostic data is built on top of a standard Transport Protocol (ISO 15765-2), you can use this knowledge to see which diagnostic service a particular vehicle supports and which parameters or sub-functions it may support.
Step 1. Finding Nodes' Diagnostic IDs.
We must first have all of the nodes enumerated with Physical IDs and their respective response IDs (Note: sometimes there may be an ID that is a Functional ID. That means more than one node will respond to request sent on this ID). To do this I usually send the Tester Present Request (Service 0x3E) to each CAN BUS ID. If you are working with a 29bit system this may be daunting simply because of how many possible IDs there are; you may have to find a shortcut instead of request each ID. However on 11bit systems this is quite easy.
Start by sending tester present to ARB ID 0x001. This message would typically look like this:
0x001 01 3E 00 00 00 00 00 00 OR 0x001 02 3E 01 00 00 00 00 00. Try them both and see which works. Next simply increment your arbitration ID by one: 0x001, 0x002, 0x003, … 0x7FF. You will know that a node has diagnostics on it because you will see a response from the node after you send your request. You would typically see this: 0x7E8 01 7E 00 00 00 00 00 00. The 0x7E is the positive response to your 0x3E request (tester present). Write down (or log) the request ID AND the response ID and save them for later. Essentially the request ID is how you query the controller and the response ID is data you will get back from that specific controller. Keep in mind that you may get some CAN BUS errors. This is to be expected, but should not cause concern. You may also have some strange affects on the car such as a windshield wiper move or blinker kick in. This is because you are sending data on the bus that is interpreted by other controllers and you may have inadvertently activated another command. Cool, huh?
Step 2. Finding Supported Services.
This can be a bit tricky only because some services may require a certain message length (i.e. you may have to have 0x04 in the first data byte in order to get a positive response from the controller), but this is usually not the case. In order to do this you must remember that the service ID for a diagnostic command is found in the second byte (ARBID, B1, B2, B3, etc). So your first request might look like this: 0x7E0 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00, where byte 2 contains the service. In this case we are not sending any protocol data. Diagnostic services are broken into ranges. This is because the request IDs and positive response IDs don't over-lap, and since we are not interested sending the responses, we can remove the positive response IDs from the services we will request. Service request IDs are as follows: 0x01-0x3E, 0x80-0xBE. (0x3F is reserved, 0x7F is for negative responses and 0x40-0x7E and 0xC0-0xFE are reserved for positive responses coming back from the ECU).
Now that we know what our range is, we can simply send a request and based on its response we will know if this is a service that is supported. We send 0x7E0 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 and we get back 0x7E8 03 7F 01 12 00 00 00 00. The response is a negative response because there is a 0x7F in the second data byte. This tells us that there was a problem with our request, but does NOT mean that the service is not supported. We have to look at byte 4 to see why our request failed. In this case we got a 0x12 Negative Response Code (NRC). 0x12 means Sub-Function not supported (please see list below for other NRCs). So it's telling that the service IS support but the sub-function (which we didn't send one in this case) is not supported. In fact we can ignore all NRCs except 0x11 and 0x78. NRC 0x11 means that the Service is Not Supported. This gives us a definitive NO that we cannot use this service on this controller. NRC 0x78 doesn't tell us anything, yet. In fact it means Response Pending. It may response later with another NRC or with a positive response. Other than a NRC 0x11, a simple No-Response will tell you that the controller does not support your service. Simply waiting around 100 milliseconds (ms) will be sufficient proof that the particular service is not supported on your controller.
Step 3. Finding Parameters.
This is the most dynamic of steps. It requires some understanding of the service that you are working with. For example, you may be using a service that has a sub-function or a service that has a parameter and this parameter may be 1 byte, two bytes, three, etc. So you will have to prepare yourself for a lot of negative responses (I hope you don't fear rejection).
So here is what we do now, send our request but increment the bytes,
0x7E0 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00,
0x7E0 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00,
0x7E0 02 01 02 00 00 00 00 00, etc..
If you are getting positive responses back from the controller, then you have won. However if the controller is sending back negative responses then you'll have to adapt. For instance you may get a NRC 0x22, this means "Conditions Not Correct, Sequence Error". This NRC is particularly vague. It typically means that you must send a Start Diagnostic command first or that the key must be in the ignition, or that Venus and Mars must be in alignments. So you will just have to work with what you have. But if you get a NRC 0x12, you will know right away that this sub-function or this parameter ID is not supported by this controller and you can move on to the next one.
As you can see the trick is to automate this process. To write each message and handle each repsonse can be difficult.
NRC | Long Name |
$11 | Service Not Supported |
$12 | Sub Function Not Supported - Invalid Format |
$22 | Conditions Not Correct Or Request Sequence Error |
$31 | Request Out Of Range |
$35 | Invalid Key |
$36 | Exceed Number Of Attempts |
$37 | Required Time Delay Not Expired |
$78 | Request Correctly Received-Response Pending |
On most late-model cars, there are hundreds of messages with thousands of parameters being transferred between controllers, this leads to the idea that EVERYTHING is being able to be controlled by CAN BUS messages. This simply is not the case. If a controller doesn't need to send internal data to another controller then it won't. Simple as that.
So why am I writing this? Because the biggest waste of time in reverse-engineering the CAN BUS is looking for a command or a parameter that simply isn't there. You need to have the notion that everything is not available and sometimes you won't find it no matter how much you look.
So how do you determine how long to spend on looking for a parameter or command? Well the answer, I think, depends on the importance of getting the parameter. I take the example of trying to find Engine Speed on a CAN BUS. Engine Speed is nearly universally available on today's CAN BUS vehicles. It is usually simple to find and scale, so not much time is wasted, but in contrast, Outside Air Temp may not be collected by a module on a car or may not be broadcast by the controller that collects the data. In the first instance where it is not collected there are ways to find this out before hand. You can look at publicly available wiring diagrams that show (or rather do not show) that there is no Outside Air Temp sensor on any controller. This will save you time and frustration.
In the case of commands sent over CAN BUS (i.e. Unlock from a key fob). These can be tested by capturing all of the messages while you pressed the unlock button, then play those messages back to the network one or two times to see if the doors unlock. Why does this work? If the message was sent over the CAN BUS then by playing all of the messages back on the bus you should have the same result as when you pressed the button such as any parking light flashing, horn honking, etc. If you do then you know the message is broadcast over the CAN BUS, if not then you can assume that it is most likely not available. If it is not available, simply move on. You can try the process again one or two more times, but you probably did it right the first time.
So good luck and as always let me know what you're working on, I'm always interested to help.
For those of you who like to leave there car keys in the ignition while the driver door is open or who don't where a seat belt, you've heard the Chime and have probably cursed it many, many times. Well I can help you defeat it or embrace it.
First you need to gear up. You will need to connect to the GM Single Wire CAN bus. This is on PIN 1 of the DLC (OBD II port). SW CAN runs at 33,333 bps (standard rate). So once you hooked up your device (see earlier posts for info on these), you should be able to communicate with the vehicle over SW CAN.
So now you just need to know the message, but first a crash course in GMLAN 29 bit ID.
The 29 bit ID is broken into three pieces. The Priority, Parameter ID, and Source Address. The priority is the first 3 bits of the ID. Priority allows for more important messages to get greater access to the network in the case of high network congestion. This leaves 26 bits reaming of the 29 bits. These are divided evenly amongst the Parameter ID and the Source Address (i.e. 13 bits each).
The Parameter ID is essentially the ID for what will be sent in the data portion of the frame. The Source Address is the node that sent the message. So messages from the address 040 all come from the same node. Cool huh!?
So let's get to CHIME already…
Chime has a parameter ID of 0x0F. This means that if you want to send Chime you must put 0x0F starting at the 26th most signifigant bit. For example 0x1001E060 would be a chime command (0xF) with priority 4 (0 is highest priority) and send from node 0x60. Its easier to explain when we see this in binary. 0x0F is #b0:0000 0000:1111. So we put the whole ID together by taking the priority then parameter ID then source address. This will give us #b1:0000 0000:0001 1110:0000 0110:0000 (where the parameter ID is in bold).
Ok now that we've finished with the ID, let's look at the data. The data portion is what is defining all of the characteristics of the Chime. In other words will this be a long chime or a short one, a click sound or a ding sound, a one-time sound or multiple times? There are 5 bytes that define all of these characteristics. So you will see that you can do a lot.
The first four bits of the first byte (the most signifigant nible) defines the speaker that this sound will come out of. For the front left speaker it is the most signifigant bit (or bit 7 of the byte). Next is the passenger (bit 6), then the rear driver side (bit 5), then rear passenger side (bit 4). So if you wanted to make the sound in only the driver speaker then you would send 0x8X in the first byte (where X is irrelivent).
The second nibble of the first byte describes the type of sound it will be. Either a beep or a click. Experiment to find out what these are.
The second byte describes the intonation of the chime. So you can adjust this on your own as well.
The third byte is the amound of repetitions you would like the sound to make. So if you want the chime to happen three times. This should be set to 3.
The fourth byte describes the duty of the chime. Experiment with this on your own.
Last byte is unknown currently. But if you know send me an email, I'll update this entry.
So if you would like to send chimes to your car, here you go. If you want to cancel a chime, it should be good enough to have your software wait for a chime command and simply send one of its own with a really fast chime and a 0% duty cycle. That should end the last chime command.
Good luck and as always click on the contact link above if you have questions!
Good news you can. Well sort of. The VIN stored in controllers is writable (well maybe). But in some cases its difficult and some impossible. So I am hear to give you some tips to make life a little easier.
First find out if the controller stores the VIN. This can usually be done on OBD II controllers by sending a CAN message formatted like this:
This will get the first part of the VIN if it is on the controller. So a typical response might look like this:
You could send a Flow Control Message (7E0 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00) to get the remainder of the data bytes but our goal is only to see if this controller stores the VIN. If we get a negative response (7E8 03 7F 02 12) then we know it does not and we and thus we cannot change something that isn't there.
So now we know the controller supports VIN, this is where things get OEM specific. So in the interest of brevity I will give an example of setting VIN on a GM CAN BUS vehicle (GMLAN).
GM employs the GMLAN diagnostic protocol for enhanced diagnostics. So you may want to do some reading of the GMW 3110 spec (downloadable from IHS). So we know how to read the VIN, but how do you write it. The VIN is stored in the controller as a Data Identifier (DID). Service 3B is used to write DIDs. However as VIN is considered a protected DID, you will need to "unlock" the controller using Security access first. But of course you don't have the security access algorithm do you? I didn't think so. So we must use a Brute Force technique to guess the correct Key to unlock the controller.
To brute force the Key you must send a Seed request to the controller (7E0 02 27 01 00 00 00 00). This request must be done first before you send a key. On GM the Seed is static, it doesn't change each time that it is requested. So this means we must increment the Key one at a time until the controller responds back with a positive response (7E0 01 67). So let's get cracking.
First send the Seed Request then send a Key (7E0 04 27 02 00 01; where 00 01 is the two byte key). Most likely the first key you choose will not be the correct key for the seed. So you will see a negative response from the controller indicating that we have an incorrect key (7E8 03 7F 27 35). This will mean we must try again. But we know we have the wrong key so add 1 to the previous Key (00 01 + 1 = 00 02). So send the seed request and another Key request. Now we might get another negative response with saying wrong key, but we might get a message stating that we have exceed the number of attempts (7E8 03 7F 27 36). This would indicate that we cannot send any more seed or key request until we have reset the power on the controller. So manually or automatically, reset the power on the controller. Now we can try again. Send a seed request, but this time check for a negative response from the request (7E8 03 7F 27 37). This means that the required time delay has not passed. Keep sending the seed once or twice a second until the error goes away. This delay is an internal timer that acts as a security method for brute forces the key. There is no simple way around it, so we must endure it. When we get a positive response, then we send the key (7E0 03 27 02 00 02).
That's it, we just loop through this until we get a positive response from the controller after a key request.
Please not that in the worst case this could take up to 9 days! So you need to be a bit patient. But once you have the Key it will work for this controller every time. Unfortunately just this controller.
But now you have been able to successfully unlock the controller and you can now use Service 3B to write the VIN. So make three messages that look like this:
-- Wait here for flow Control frame (7E8 30 00 00) --
The 31's are The VIN digits 1-17, the 90 is the VIN DID (On GM controllers) the 3B is the service, the 013 is the length of the data in hexadecimal, and the 1, 21, and 22 are the ISO 15765 Diagnostic Layers.
If the VIN is written successfully then you should get a positive response:
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
So you found a CAN BUS to reverse engineer, but you don't know it's buad rate. There are a couple to find it out.
One. Go one-by-one through a possible list. CAN BUS baud rates tend to be of only certain baud rates. I am not positive, but this most likely has to do with the common crystal speeds used in microprocessors. The slower the crystal, the slower the bus speed. So baud rates tend to be one of the following: 33,333 bps, 50 Kbps, 83,333 bps, 100 Kbps, 125 Kbps, 250 Kbps, 500 Kbps (Most common), 800 Kpbs, and 1,000 Kbps. The last two being the least common as they suffer from reduce network length issues. You will not find a baud rate that exceeds 1,000 Kbps as this violates the CAN BUS specification.
If I do not know the baud rate of the network that I wish to connect to, I will typically go through this list and hope one works. In some cases you may effectively decapitate the network by having the wrong baud rate set in your tool. So make sure you are not switching baud rates while the vehicle is in motion! This could cause undesired effects.
Two. Use an osciliscope or logic analyzer. The foolproof way of measuring any serial data network such as CAN BUS is to use tool that can measure the one bit time. Baud rate is simply the inverse of one bit time. So if you can measure this, you simply take 1/(one bit time) in seconds and you have your baud rate.
The best location to find a single bit on CAN BUS is to look at the last transition. This is typically the ACK bit (acknowledge). This is where receiving nodes send back a single bit to say that they properly received the frame. This is always a bit by itself as the bit to the left is recessive as well as the bit to the right whereas it is dominate. So it will stand out and you should have little trouble finding it. So look to that last transition and mesure from on transition to the next and you should get something like 0.000002 seconds. In this case you will simply take 1/0.000002 and you will get 500,000. Thus the baud rate will be 500,000 Kbps. Done!
So you want to get data from the vehicle? Good news, its there you just have to know how get it.
You have a couple of options: Buy the data or Reverse the Data from an Existing Scantool.
So you want to buy the data, here's how that works. You have to be a member of Equipment and Tools Institute (ETI). An ETI membership will allow you to get access to most OEMs (Honda, Toyota, Ford). In some cases you have to get an extra license with the OEM (GM and Chrysler). An ETI tool membership will set you back around $5,000 plus $2,500 to get the data. You are required to use the data in a commercially available tool within one year of joining. And of course you cannot sell the data.
ETI data is not a slam dunk. You'll have to organize the data yourself. Sometimes it in Excel files sometimes its in PDF's and sometimes Access Databases. So you'll have to massage the data to fit your application.
The other method is to get the data from a scantool that already has the data. To do this you will need to connect your scantool to a device such as a neoVI or ValueCAN and Vehicle Spy software. These devices will allow you to simulate the vehicle's network. By connecting the scantool to these devices you can send a properly formatted diagnostic response to the scantools request. This will allow you to change the data portion of the message. By changing this data you can derive parameter identifier, the data position and scaling.
For example, if you want to find Enhanced ID for Engine Speed you would setup the scantool to request Engine Speed, it will send a message with Engine Speed parameter ID (0x000D) and by changing the data in the response message from 0x00000000 to 0xff000000 to 0x00ff00000 to 0x0000ff00 to 0x000000ff you will find that the Engine Speed is located in the first and second bytes of the response message. Now you can set the response data to 0x0001 and you will find the scaling for the message will equal the signal value (0.25).
You can do this for each of the parameters you are looking for. Once set up, you'll find that it will take about 30 seconds per parameter.
Again if you need help, just let send me some me some questions under the contact section listed above.


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'Dirty Dancing' may be more than two decades old, but it's still got a hold on us.
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In this video, a senior citizen cuts a rug with some blistering salsa moves that are sure to be the talk of her retirement community. Is this the cutest dance you've ever seen?
Tired of a boss who puts quantity over quality, this woman decided to finally express herself...by quitting via dance video.
Hines Ward interview Audra Lewis who wears her majorette uniform under her football uniform, serves as the team's kicker for two quarters, takes off her pads, joins the dance team on the field for the halftime sho and then puts it back on for the second half.
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This twerking video is sooo hot. But not for the reasons you might think.
When we were like 8 or 9 years old, we liked playing with action figures and occasionally eating dirt. Some kids are a bit more talented.
Josh found a good beat that we couldn't pass up. This is RAW video of Dale and I trying to do "The Robot."
This is Harry. He could possibly be the best break-dancing cat in Western New York. Not sure if he got in to the cat nip...but he has got some pretty sweet moves.
Do you watch Dancing With The Stars? It is my wife's favorite TV show. While it is not really my cup of tea, I will reluctantly admit that I have watched a bit of this season's shows. Maybe because I am of a Brooke Burke fan (it's ok, my wife knows)
'Dancing with the Stars' season 15 is just around the corner, and we realize you all want to know if Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte will be fulfilling his wish of appearing on the celebrity reality show. Well, the quick answer to that is, not this year. But with the official casting announcement for the upcoming season announced Monday morning on 'Good Morning America,' there will definitely be some familiar faces in the mix.
Awww shoot....it's a good old fashioned dance battle! You choose whose side you're on....Walmart v.s. Target. Here we go!!!! ( Me, personally, I'm embarassed for the poor Walmart employees. I don't know if I could ever have that much spirit for my workplace!!...Sorry guys!!)
One of the downsides to YouTube is that it provides a steady stream of stark evidence that you are not a very good dancer.
The latest set of humbling dance moves comes from what we believe to be two brothers, one big and one small.
As you can see, the smaller of the duo can match any move the bigger fellow throws at him - and then some. I'm just happy to see them getting along! Read on to see their amazing moves.


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- Cartoon Characters: Larry 3000, Officer Buck Tuddrussel, Otto Osworth, Ivan.
- Voice Actors: Mark Hamill, Rob Paulsen, Pamela Segall.
- Directed By Dave Wasson, Larry Leichliter.
- Produced By Dave Wasson, Gwynn Adik.
- Written By Carlos Ramos, Dave Wasson, Michael Karnow.
- Music: Michael Tavera, Time Biskup.
- First Aired on November 02, 2001.
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Runners Up or Honorable Mentions of 2010
These are games that I considered for my top 10 of 2010 list but didn't quite make the cut. Or in one case a game I didn't actually play but recognized the quality.
These are games that I considered for my top 10 of 2010 list but didn't quite make the cut. Or in one case a game I didn't actually play but recognized the quality.
My first time dipping my toes back into a racing game in years. I really had a blast with this but after a while I just stopped playing it. Not that I stopped enjoying it, I just never put it back in my 360. However, it rekindled my desire for racing and for that I thank Blur.
I couldn't include this simply because I haven't played very much of it. I was late to the party with Mario Galaxy and ended up playing 1 and 2 back to back. Two was very much the same game which is by no means a knock on the game but I wasn't quite ready for more just yet. Then I never went back. I should get back to it soon I think, I do need a plumber.
I played the hell out of this for a weekend. Then sort of poked at it for another few days. Then never touched it again. I personally preferred the slow/methodical pace of older Splinter Cell games though I appreciated what this had to offer. For the most part I could play this in an old school manner but still had the option to 'go loud' when I felt like it (without Lambert in my ear telling me the mission was over). Some great multiplayer stuff too, but not enough to stay in rotation.
Roaming around the world was top notch. Few games provide me the experience this game offered. With the mechanics in place I could get literally anywhere I wanted and do it in style. However the actual game part of it was repetitive and often pretty boring.
Completely un-ironic pick here. Yes, this game is terrible. However, it has a certain charm to it. Of course, I'm the guy that actually kind of likes the smell of skunk (so long as it isn't on me). The game is crazy. Simply crazy. There is honestly no part of this game that completely makes sense and for that I do love it.
Great style that went a long way for me. Sure it wasn't much more than a button mashy side scrolling beat 'em up. But damn it if it wasn't fun as hell.
Far from perfect but had some interesting mechanics that I enjoyed messing around with. I would like to see what a second game in this franchise could do. Also, due to a promotion with this game I got Prototype for free, so that was cool.
I loved Crackdown. Simply adored it and still play it about once a month or so. At this point it is just a game to jump in and screw around for a bit when I've got a few extra minutes to kill. And that was exactly the problem. Crackdown 2 is Crackdown. There are some new elements but there is very little reason for me to put in Crackdown 2 when I could play Crackdown directly from my hard drive (I have the physical game but through a series of unfortunate events I ended up getting the games on demand version too... which turned out okay in the end anyway).
I wanted to love this game. I wanted it to be on my top 10 games of 2010. I sure played a lot of it and even called in sick to work to play it (which I haven't done since GTA Vice City came out). However, I can't quite get this onto my top 10. I didn't have any particular problems with the game it just didn't grab hold of me nearly as well as the first Dead Rising did.
Not enough game here to get it into my top 10. This isn't a length versus cost issue or anything, it just had little to no re-playability for me. I experienced what it had to offer and then after that it was just a way to kill some zombies. I still had Dead Rising for that if I wanted it and that would provide more variety. However, this was a great primer for Dead Rising 2.
I totally missed the God of War boat by years. I didn't play any of them until this was nearly released. I picked up the God of War collection and played through 1 and 2 very quickly and then shortly after played 3. Even after playing 3 of these games in quick succession I still really enjoyed this game. However, it just wasn't quite enough to sneak into the top 10.
I have only played the demo of this but from that alone and what footage I have seen I feel like this is a really solid title. It is the only Kinect game other than Dance Central that I have any desire to play at all. However, not having actually played it I couldn't consider it.


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September 4, 2014Thanks, Germany
March 23, 2013Joe and I just got back from Germany, where we went to the Echo Awards (the German Grammys), and did a bunch of press for our upcoming Facebook video game, called RECHARGE. Good to see our friends and team out there, and great to hang with the awesome Til Schweiger, who has been a great supporter of LP.
I tried a little German on stage, which was fun. I don't actually speak German, but people tell me that, for those who speak English, German is one of the "easier" languages to learn because there are a lot of similarities in sentence structure, etc. I'm not so sure about that…I had to practice the hell out of that speech in order to make it sound anything like German.
For those interested in our upcoming game, it's called RECHARGE. It's still in development, and we're making improvements all the time. But we hope to have it ready by the middle of the year, maybe late summer. It all depends on how the testing goes, and how long it takes to handle all the challenges and changes presented in testing. A big thank you to everyone who is testing the game and telling us what's good, what's bad, and what's not working.
In other news, how dope is that new Schoolboy Q song?
Big Sounds, featuring Walrus by @KillSonik
January 7, 2013Joe, Dave, and I were hanging out today at Joe's house. Joe said earlier this week, a song from the mid-90s came on the radio–a song that he remembered as being very energetic and heavy. But as he listened to it, he realized to really wasn't that big-sounding by today's standards.
I / we talked about how today, the easy-access to great sounding music software, when coupled with the University of YouTube, allows musicians of all levels to get big, amazing sounds.
It made me think of this KillSonik track that just came out. I feel like nothing sounded this big and nasty ten years ago…
M. Shinoda Best Songs of 2012
December 26, 2012There was so much good music this year! Lots of exciting stuff from indie and major label artists, from "throwback-analogue-made-new" songs to "how-the-hell-did-they-make-that-sound?!?" songs. There were a bunch of great tracks that came directly from artists, and weren't available in the major music libraries (special mention to A$AP Rocky's "1 Train").
Most of the songs on this year's list come from albums that are also great, so if you like a song and haven't heard the whole album, I recommend checking it out.
If you want to check me out on Spotify and follow my playlists throughout the year, I'm at m_shinoda. Also, shout out to the fans on Spotify who sent me Top 40 tracks, with messages like "Mike, have you heard this? You should check it out!" Way to keep me in the loop, guys.
Anyway, here at the 12 best songs of the year:
NOTE: I added a song, because it's awesome! 13!
EDIT: I think I accidentally deleted this playlist. Oh well. I'm here on Spotify, and I have lots of other playlists for you to listen to: m_shinoda
Kendrick Lamar, SKisM, More Good Art At Lazarides
October 30, 2012Here's a quick little barrage of stuff I've been into lately. First, a shout out to everyone affected by hurricane Sandy–Music for Relief is partnering with International Medical Corps to support mobile medical units in Haiti and Save the Children to support Child Friendly Spaces in the U.S. Donate here.
Moving on; I wasn't going to blog about any of the following things individually, but as they added up, I thought I'd share them with you, in case you missed some or all of them.
Thanks to my buddy Tal for sending me this link. A great clip for all the experts and haters on the internet. Video / song by SKisM.
Kendrick Lamar's "good kid m.A.A.d city" album just came out, and I've got it on repeat. With that said, this track was just made and released (not on the album), reportedly as a celebration that the album has been selling well and getting great reviews. Shout out to Kendrick and team.
Lastly (while you're listening to that) check out these images from the new show coming up at Lazarides. I know I just blogged about their last show, but this new show is the kind of star-studded affair that makes me mad I'm not going to be in London to see it. JR, Conor Harrington, Micallef, Kelsey Brookes, and Banksy, among others:
Fort Minor Fans: The Album You Thought You'd Never Hear.
September 27, 2012I first met STYLES OF BEYOND (S.O.B.) in the late '90s, rapping at parties and with friends in the San Fernando Valley, north of L.A. Years later, I featured them on my Fort Minor album, on songs like Remember The Name and Believe Me.
After we wrapped up the touring for FM, the guys were signed to Linkin Park's imprint Machine Shop Records. Above all, I believed in these guys, and I loved the music they made. Shortly thereafter, we began putting the finishing touches on an amazing album, Reseda Beach. Aside from the music they self-produced, we had tracks from J. Dilla and Scoop Deville, and even a super random cameo appearance by Michael Buble (which didn't make album, but was an amazing experiment).
It was a very exciting time–I always felt like the album they put together showcased exactly what set this group apart from other rap collectives: their knack for setting a tone and vibe, their unique sense of humor, and their classic-sounding style.
As I mentioned HERE a while back, we had every intention of releasing the S.O.B. album on our imprint label, but we ran into roadblocks. When things got impossible, Styles Of Beyond split up, and decided to pursue separate interests. It was a terrible time, especially for them, but also for me–we had all put so much work and hope into this project, and it seemed that it might all go straight down the toilet.
But recently, thanks to persistent interest from fans, Ryu, Tak, Cheapshot, Skully, and some mutual friends decided to put out the album that we all put so much work into.
I've always been a big fan of this album, and I'm glad you're all going to be able to hear it. Here's one of my favorite tracks off the record, The Pirate Song:
So please support the guys, check this out, and spread the word. They've got a bundle that comes with a t-shirt, and another bundle that comes with a second CD (including many of the other tracks we recorded while making the album, featuring Bishop Lamont, Scoop Deville, Apathy, Celph Titled, and some guy named Mike Shinoda).
Get the album HERE
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July 2, 2012Joey BadA$$ X Styles Of Beyond
February 27, 2012New track: Joey BadA$$, 2012:
The sample. I believe I was in the studio when they cut vocals to this song, in Skully's garage in the valley: Styles Of Beyond, 1998.
Shout out to Broke Mogul for the heads up on this track…
Raid Score vs. Soundtrack
February 15, 2012The Raid is coming to theaters soon. Almost all of the music is instrumental–doing anything with vocals seemed to take away from the movie. I think it ended up being 50+ minutes of score.
But at the end of the film, I found room for two songs with vocals. I didn't want to do sing or rap. I decided to call on some friends.
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Linkin Park Radio is now Updated!
January 7, 2012LP radio has been updated with some new music and words.
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I wonder how someone can say that awarding the death sentence to Ajmal Kasab, who killed innocent people mercilessly, is unjustified ("Is noose the only answer?", Open Page, May 23). Those who are against capital punishment should put themselves in the shoes of the family members of the victims. The law should not give in to pressure groups trying to impose their views against the death penalty. An eye for an eye will not make the whole world blind. It will deter the person from taking one more eye.
N.A. Mansoor Ali,
The death sentence is not a deterrent but justice. If you take somebody's life wilfully, without concern for the affected person and his or her family, you lose your right to life. Of course, if there is even a sliver of mitigating circumstance, the accused should receive a lesser punishment. If a person kills another person in self-defence, he should be freed because he exercised his right to life. I would urge writers to put themselves in the place of the affected persons before expressing their views on paper.
C.R. Ragavan,
Hanging Kasab will certainly not deter other terrorists. But will sparing him help to close down the terror factories in Pakistan? How is it possible to apply the traditional abolitionist arguments in respect of 26/11 where the issue is not about an individual but an undeclared war on the sovereignty of our nation? Should a willing participant in mass murder be spared because the masterminds have not been caught?
V.N. Mukundarajan
We, as a country, have a long history of tolerance and compassion and there is no reason why we should not take pride in continuing the tradition. In fact, the long list of mercy petitions pending with the President for years shows that, by and large, we do not endorse the principle of "an eye for an eye." It is time our legislators reached a consensus on the subject and did away with the barbaric and archaic death sentence.
G.N. Misra,
Dehra Dun
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Gary's high-risk status brings full-time state school presence
By Carole Carlson email@example.com/302-0949 August 14, 2014 7:46AM
Updated: September 18, 2014 6:15AM
GARY — An Indiana Department of Instruction staffer now is embedded full-time in the Gary Community School Corp. as a result of the district's "high risk" designation.
Daniel Bundridge, a former regional outreach coordinator for the IDOE's Outreach Division of School Improvement, introduced himself to the school board Tuesday.
Bundridge said he's now state director of school improvement for the state.
He said he's been assigned to Gary as the DOE's chief liaison to oversee federally funded programs and increase accountability.
Because of his former position as outreach coordinator, Bundridge said he's already spent many hours working with Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt and her staff.
Earlier this year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz designated Gary as a "high risk" district because of nagging financial issues and poor academic scores.
The state now is managing all of the district's federal funding and is leading a teacher training program aimed at improving classroom performance.
Pruitt and Ritz held a press conference in March and Pruitt insisted the designation did not amount to a state takeover. Ritz said she's focused on helping the district to turn itself around.
The district posted the lowest ISTEP Plus scores in the state in results released last week. It just closed five schools in an effort to escape a $27.3 budget deficit. Some vendors and utility bills have gone unpaid, but school officials said Tuesday the closings and job cuts will keep the district afloat.
A release Wednesday from Ritz's office said Bundridge's full-time status "will improve collaboration between the Department and Gary while also focusing on the turnaround principles of effective leadership, school climate and culture, and effective instruction."
Two years ago, the state placed another full-time staff member in the district to assist it in reaching federal compliance levels in special education.
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The 2014 Winter Olympics will be the first time ever that women's ski jumping will be a sport. Previously, women were only allowed to test the courses for the men. The International Olympic Committee has long said women were excluded from competition because the category does not have enough elite female competitors, a charge actual women ski jumpers disputed. So it is with great "Ugh"-ing and eyerolling that I point out the actual fucked-up, sexist, medically inaccurate belief that was (not officially, but still) holding women back: ski jumping is bad for the uterus. Keep reading »
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I bought a roaster chicken on Thursday. just seen I have the other half in the refrigerator I wanna make chicken pot pie for tommorrows dinner. Is this safe to eat it has been on the bone since Thursday! Sorry to ask a silly question but with this storm the kids had sooooo many teens over I had to buy pizza and improvise. I did make Gnocchi Chicken soup but I have a 1/2 large chicken left breast wing thigh I hate to feed it to the pets .can I stilluse it? |
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If your refrigerator is consistently below 40F, and if where you bought the chicken from has always maintained a sanitary condition and handled the chicken properly, I don't see why it should not be OK to eat the leftover chicken. dcarch |
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Assuming your power has been on the entire time, I would absolutely use it. |
Me, too. |
- Posted by eileenlaunonen (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 13:24
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I would have smelled it first. Chicken that smells off is obvious. ~Ann |
I agree, if your refrigerator works well and you've kept it refrigerated, I'd eat it. As Ann T mentioned, chicken that smells "off" should not be consumed, of course. I find that the "rotisserie" type chickens in local stores are so heavily salted and seasoned that I can't detect the smell until they are quite a lot "off", though. Annie |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 16:14
If it doesn't smell or look bad and if you are essentially cooking it again in the pie, you should be fine. |
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J.M. Weston x Maison Kitsuné – The New Yorker
J.M. Weston accompanies Maison Kitsuné to New York and creates "THE NEW YORKER" !
Ever since their first collaboration a few years ago, Michel Perry and Masaya Kuroki have known that they share the same vision of style : elegance with a touch of nonchalance.
The artistic director of J.M. Weston decided to support Maison Kitsuné's debut in New York by designing a specific loafer. Michel Perry and Masaya Kuroki worked on the French shoemaker's emblematic model, the Loafer 180.
This version of the major classic makes use of materials by combining smooth, almost glazed calfskin and grainy black calfskin whose sheen recalls the caviar-like grain of shagreen. All the finishings (sole edge, welt wheel stitch separating on heel, inner lining) were also stained black, to emphasize the dinner suit inspiration of this loafer.
While J.M. Weston traditionally mounts its loafers using Goodyear stitching, this design uses Blake stitching for a more flexible, relaxed shoe which is particularly appreciated by Masaya Kuroki.
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Ok heres the deal.... At a steady rpm 2000-4000 rpm , any gear my truck with hesitate for a second or two. No loss in rpm's. No check engine light. I have replaced the plugs and wires, fuel filter, cleaned the MAF, new egr valve. No vaccum leaks. Added STP fuel injector cleaner as well as Chevron Techron fuel system cleaner. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I am dumb founded. Thanks
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Name: Mutant Pop Records
Lifespan: 1995-2008
Web Site: http://www.mutantpop.com/
Notable Releases/Bands: Cletus, The Connie Dungs, Egghead, The Grrrl Scouts, The Peabodys, Sicko
Started in 1995 By Tim Davenport Mutant Pop was a one man show, they put out a ton of good stuff. Taking a couple hiatus in its time Mutant Pop finally called it quits in 2008. Today the site exists as a distro for other material and their stuff they already have out but it's still a good bet for finding quality music.
Weekly Label Profile: Mutant Pop Records
April 30, 2010
Label Profile Cletus, Egghead, Mutant Pop Records, pop punk, poppunk, punk, Sicko, The Connie Dungs, The Grrrl Scouts, The Peabodys Leave a comment
REVIEW: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 remake)
April 30, 2010
Horror, Movies/Shows, Reviews A Nightmare on Elm Street, flick, Freddy Krueger, Friday the 13th, halloween, horror, Jackie Earle Haley, Jason, Joy Division, Kyle Gallner, Michael Bay, Michael Myers, movie, review, Reviews, robert england Leave a comment
Over the past few years they've done remakes for the big horror franchises – Halloween, Friday the 13th and now A Nightmare on Elm Street. Personally I hated the Halloween remake, but thought the Friday the 13th one was fair. But now we've got another shit log to throw on the fire.
I guess I'll start with the most obvious (but surprisingly not the biggest) problem. Freddy Krueger is Robert England. With Jason or Michael Myers you can throw anybody in that suit, but not Freddy. Nothing against Jackie Earle Haley, I think he's a great actor but it didn't work. The voice was off, in fact it was really bad. The make up affects made him look like a burnt snake or rat.
My next gripe is very trivial but Kyle Gallner, one of the stars, I've seen him in other things, he's been alright. But this entire movie he just looked like a depressed little bitch, and I hated his face for it (The Joy Division shirt didn't help).
Next is the CGI, CGI is the worst thing to happen to the movie industry since remakes and Uwe Boll. I HATE CGI! Unless it's done in a very small amount, it really sticks out like a sore thumb, and rarely looks good. There was a lot of CGI blood in this movie, bothered me but wasn't the biggest injustice. The worst part was they tried the classic 'Freddy in the bedroom wall' scene. In the original that shit is pretty creepy, here thanks to the 'aid' of CGI is just looks mega lame and stupid.
The plot also had some things I didn't like, I'm not going to get too involved here because I like to keep these short but you're telling me that all those kids go to school together and get molested by some dude and none of them remember? Not a one? And the biggest thing, instead of Freddy Kruger being a child murderer, he was a kid toucher. I won't argue about which is worse and all that, both are horrible, but it just makes more sense if he's going to be killing these kids today for that to be what he had started his career doing. Plus the child molester thing was just..blah, retarded in my personal opinion.
Lastly a big part of the reason A Nightmare on Elm Street is my favorite horror film series of all time is because of Freddy Krueger. He doesn't just hunt down and kill people like Jason, he has fun with it. Freddy is a class An asshole, a real jerk with some stupid jokes and fun. It's unique, it's great, and there was none of that in this movie. I believe there were about two attempts at a lame joke here but they didn't come across well at all.
Fucking goddamnit Hollywood, stop fucking up my movies. And Michael Bay, get the fuck out of the horror movie remake business.
REVIEW: Vacation Bible School/The God Damn Doo Wop Band: Covered
April 28, 2010
Music, Pop Punk, Punk, Reviews, Rock, Soul+R&B doo wop, music, pop punk, poppunk, punk, records, review, Reviews, The God Damn Doo Wop Band, Traffic Street Records, Vacation Bible School Leave a comment
Traffic Street Records brings us another great split. This time from Vacation Bible School and The God Damn Doo Wop Band. Two bands that sound pretty different but fit pretty well together. The ONLY thing I don't like about this record is the layout. I hate when a split record alternates bands, drives me nuts. But that's only a minor complaint. I imagine this is because both bands cover one of the other's song and both have one original song. This is my introduction to both bands so I apologize in advance for not having a comparison point for the covers.
'The Swarming' Great song here, my favorite song by Vacation Bible School on the record, catchy as fuck, kind of a 'classic' pop punk sound.
'Menage a Prom' Such a classic doo wop sound, as it says in the band name. Don't let you're girl see you dancing with another.
'You'll Always Be My Girl' This one has a slightly different tempo than their previous song, and a totally great song, it's already stuck in my head. It's got some Whoa oh's, and it's about not giving up the girl. A recipe for an excellent song.
'Leaving Town' The slowest song on the record, also my favorite song.
1. Vacation Bible School – The Swarming
2. The God Damn Doo Wop Band – Menage a Prom
3. Vacation Bible School – You'll Always Be My Girl (Vacation Bible School cover)
4. The God Damn Doo Wop Band – Leaving Town (The God Damn Doo Wop Band cover)
Weekly Band Profile: Hot Water Music
April 28, 2010
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Name: Hot Water Music
From: Gainesville, Florida, USA
Web Site: http://www.hotwatermusic.com/
Lifespan: 1993-Current
Genre: Rock, Punk
Best Release: No Division
Finding the Rhythms
Forever and Counting
Fuel for the Hate Game
Live at the Hardback
No Division
Never Ender
A Flight and a Crash
The New What Next
Till the Wheels Fall Off
Push For Coin – demo tape 1995
Eating the Filler
Moonpies for Misfits
Boy Out of Brandenton
Hot Water Music/Tomorrow
Hot Water Music/Clairmel
Hot water Music/Screaming Fat Rat
Hot Water Music/Six Going on Seven
Hot Water Music/Rydell Scene Police 1998
Hot Water Music/Leatherface
Hot Water Music vs Discount
Hot Water Music/Alkaline Trio
Hot Water Music/Casket Lottery
Hot Water Music/Muff Potter
One of the bands that made it ok to have some rock in your punk rock. Taking their name from the title of a Charles Bukowski book and their sound from no one but Hot Water Music they continue to be a solid band. They've had a couple breakups over the years but have more or less stayed a solid lineup. Sporting dual raspy vocals as their signature, a Hot Water Music song is instantly recognizable. As is a Hot Water Music album cover, with artwork like no other. The band released a few albums on Epitaph that were more polished than people were use to and are not generally well received, although there is still a lot of great material on them. They've kind of slowed down over the years but they keep it going, still put on an amazing live show, if you can catch them playing do yourself a favor and go.
REVIEW: The Transgressions/The Side Project: Stop Wasting My Time
April 27, 2010
Music, Pop Punk, Punk, Reviews music, pop punk, poppunk, punk, records, review, Reviews, The Side Project, The Transgressions, Traffic Street Records Leave a comment
Traffic Street Records put out this one which was my most anticipated 7″ of the year, it finally came out and it did not disappoint. Two great bands, two different sounds, one fucking great record. First three songs come from The Transgressions, a band so good I always listen to them on repeat. Short fast songs, out of this world vocals, drugs, drinking, what more could you want in a band? The other three songs on this come from The Side Project. The Side Project had a really fun 7″ 'Get a New Brain' come out back in February, it was really good but this is the best stuff from the band yet, they just took things to a whole new level.
'Drunk and Depressed' From the title you might guess what this one's about, we've all been there. Second best song on this side.
'Kidney Stones' You fall apart if you take enough drugs, and it sucks. I normally lie to my doctor too. Best song on the record. I haven't had this record long but I've probably already listened to this song close to 200 times.
'Living Hell' Another great Transgressions song. Other women don't really matter when you've got your brain suck on one.
'20/200′ Sometimes life sucks, you do what you gotta do to crawl through it. Fortunately this song doesn't suck at all, it's pretty great actually.
'Gotta Kill It' This might be the best song about ending it I've ever heard, if you don't pay attention to the lyrics it sounds pretty upbeat, the dark shit in this sneaks up on you.
'Giving Up on Love' Getting fucked up to get through the shitty times, again we've all been there. Best Side Project song, ever.
The Transgressions
1. Drunk and Depressed
2. Kidney Stones
3. Living Hell
The Side Project
4. 20/200
5. Gotta Kill It
6. Giving Up on Love
REVIEW: The Quarantines: Robot Girl
April 26, 2010
Music, Pop Punk, Reviews Beatnik Termites, girls, music, pop punk, poppunk, punk, records, review, Reviews, robots, the quarantines Leave a comment
The Quarantines are a great pop punk band that are on a brilliant track. Including one member of the Beatnik Termites most of their songs involve Robots, or girls, or aliens, or a combination of all in some way. I like this band, a lot, but I also like robots and aliens, and girls a lot so I may be bias here. We get four songs here all four are excellent, I hope this band comes out with an album soon. They seem like they can't be stopped when it comes to pumping out great pop songs about things I love.
'Robot Army' Quick, poppy, catchy, about a Robot Army, amazing.
'Robot Girl' A slower pop tune, about a robot girl, a love song about the robot girl. This is the best song I've heard in a long fucking time. There need to be more songs about robots.
'What Have I Done' Another great song, we've even got a little bit of dual male/female vocals, another thing I'm a fan of.
'Outer Space' Another number with dual vocals, this one about meeting an alien girl.
1. Robot Army
2. Robot Girl
3. What Have I Done
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… to the official website of Sharon Leahy & Rick Good
Original Creations & Living Traditions
The creative team of Leahy & Good began making art in the mid-1980s and has proven through the course of the past thirty years to be prolific, eclectic, inspiring and entertaining.
Represented here is our work as individuals, as a duo, and in ensembles like ShoeFly, Good & Young and The Elements. Also included is content which can no longer be found on the former Rhythm in Shoes website at www.rhythminshoes.org.
We are delighted to announce that that Sharon's first film, Carry it on… has been selected for screening at the 2014 San Francisco Dance Film Festival, November 6-9 at the Brava Theater Center in the Mission District.
The link above will take you to the Carry it On… page at the Festival site where you can buy tickets for the Sunday showing and watch trailers for both the film and the entire Festival.
Carry it on… was also an official selection at the 2014 International Screen Dance Festival on July 12th.
Presented in Durham, NC by the American Dance Festival (ADF), this honor came on the heels of the 2014 Dance on Camera Festival co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association.
That festival took place January 31st – February 4th at Lincoln Center in New York City and, according to several of the cast members from the film who were in attendance, it was very well received.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has further included Carry it on… in their touring roster for the year and, just recently, it was included in the 13th Annual Dance on Camera Festival at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
Now available on DVD!
See our MERCHANDISE Page for details.
See the trailer on our LeahyGood YouTube channel and, for more information, go to our CARRY IT ON FILM page.
We have also just finished post-production work on the Carry it on… Live! DVD. This dance extravaganza took place at the Wheatland Music Festival's 40th Anniversary Celebration last September and featured over seventy performers, including the finest percussive dancers in the country.
A limited number of collector's copies are now available just in time for the 41st annual festival this September. Carry it on… Live! will also soon be available for digital downloading. More about that later.
See the COLLABORATIONS page for a description of the entire project.
Rick will be playing two Ohio dates in November with long time friends, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. The New York duo is best known for their contribution to Ken Burns' Public Television series about the Civil War. Their upcoming appearances in Ohio—both Civil War related concerts—will take place Thursday, November 13, at Miami University's Parrish Auditorium in Hamilton, and Friday, November 14, at Grand Army of the Republic Hall, in Peninsula. For more information, check the Jay & Molly website.
Sharon, Sandy, Michael and Rick – photo by David Sherman
Our latest musical endeavor has us teamed-up with our longtime friends, Michael & Sandy Bashaw. We have been playing music together in the privacy of our own homes for the better part of a year and it's been, as we still say, a gas.
We've gotten back to the basics, calling ourselves The Elements and we're just starting to take our music out for evening shows. Our most recent public appearance was at Spinoza's Restaurant in Dayton. A fine group of shiny, happy people showed up to enjoy good food, drink and, of course, the music.
We first ventured out at the Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) in downtown Dayton back in May.
That evening's entertainment was part of Dayton's regular First Friday events and included the final screening of Carry it On…, our eighteen minute, Dance for Camera film that had been showing at DVAC since April 22nd.
The Elements next appearance will be at Natalie's in Worthington, Ohio on the 6th of December. See our CALENDAR page for more information.
The photo at the top of this page comes from the music video of Where There is Love, one of Michael and Sandy's many fine songs with their band Puzzle of Light. The video is part of the Playing for Change movement and was made in Dayton, by Dayton artists.
KNUCK 'N' FUTZ at the World Buskers Festival in New Zealand
Nate Cooper, the irrepressible funny-man, dancer and all around master of mischievous hi-jinx, returned in January to Christchurch, New Zealand for his third appearance at the annual World Buskers Festival. This time, with Sharon directing and Rick performing with Nate, the ten day Festival, which features street performers from around the world, showcased the New Vaudeville team of E. Meritus Futzbudget and Mr. Knucklehead, better known as, Knuck 'n' Futz.
See a video montage of Knuck 'n' Futz at the 21st Annual World Buskers Festival in Christchurch.
Bravo, Mr. Knucklehead, Bravo! (click to enlarge)
Most recently, Knuck 'n' Futz made several encore performances at Burlington Vermont's Festival of Fools, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Rick's long-awaited collection of banjo music, representing over forty years of playing, is now available for order on our MERCHANDISE page. Rick Good – The Human Banjo Player is also available at CD Baby for credit card purchase and digital download. With seventeen tracks of traditional and original music played in both the clawhammer and finger-styles on several different kinds of banjos, lovers of the five-string banjo are in for a real sonic treat.
Rick is a wonderful writer of songs and tunes… and boy, can he play the banjo! His love for the old sources shines throughout… there's not a clunker in all 17 of the songs and tunes… he has put forth some very cool arrangements and ideas in this fine CD.
Alice Gerrard – Old Time Herald – Volume 13, Number 5
If you like banjo in any form, you will love this disc. It is a masterpiece performed by a master musician.
Dan Levenson = Banjo Newsletter Volume 40, Number 12
Watch and hear video clips of Sharon's and Rick's work from the vast and varied repertoire of Rhythm in Shoes, now accessible and ever expanding on the LeahyGood YouTube channel, as well as this site's VIDEO page.
Website banner photo by Nate Cooper


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Dr. Max Hale graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1994. He works in Birmingham, AL and 1 other location and specializes in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Hale is affiliated with Trinity Medical Center, Saint Vincents Hospital Birmingham and Brookwood Medical Center. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 21 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine
Graduation Date: 1994
Hospital Affiliations: Trinity Medical Center, Saint Vincents Hospital Birmingham, Brookwood Medical Center
Specialties: Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
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Beyonce named Woman of the Year by Billboard
Associated Press Beyonce claimed Billboard magazine's prestigious Woman of The Year Award at a gala brunch in New York on Friday. The annual event recognizes the year's top 30 women in the music business, and publication editorial director Bill Werde insists picking Beyonce this year was an easy choice. He says, "Beyonce is a multi-platinum […]
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Hayden Panettiere wanted lesbian storyline in Heroes
Associated Press Actress Hayden Panettiere was the one who suggested her Heroes character should be involved in a lesbian romance on the hit show this season. The Canadian star, who plays cheerleader Claire Bennett in the sci-fi series, will fall for her college roommate, Madeleine Zima, in an upcoming plotline and she reveals it was […]
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Lady Gaga to hit the road without Kanye
Associated Press Lady Gaga is refusing to allow her scrapped joint tour with Kanye West to prevent her from touring — the pop star has announced a solo jaunt. The controversial duo was set to perform on the same bill for the Fame Kills tour in November, but promoters at Live Nation revealed on Thursday […]
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Illinois man arrested in ESPN reporter nude video case
Getty Images Erin Andrews was videotaped through a peephole while undressed. LOS ANGELES — The FBI says they've arrested a Chicago-area man who is accused of taking surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in a hotel room. The bureau says in a statement that 48-year-old Michael Barrett of Westmont, Ill., was arrested at […]
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TMZ reports Mathew Knowles hit with paternity suit
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Kirstie Alley blasts tabloids "fat" report
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Chris Rock refuses to joke about Kanye West
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Autopsy: Michael Jackson was generally healthy
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's arms were covered with punctures, his face and neck were scarred and he had tattooed eyebrows and lips, but he wasn't the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids, according to his autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. In fact, the Los Angeles County coroner's report shows Jackson […]
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