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This series of parties, thrown by Shawn from Hipster Overkill, are quickly becoming a staple of the EDM scene in our nations capital. The first three iterations of Face-Off popped off hard from what I am told, matching great local DJs with nationally touring talent and keeping cups filled and booties shaking.
For the fourth installment things get even crazier! And now you and a friend can go for free, just email the funniest picture you can find to email@example.com
Here are the offerings:
Play me/Brotown/Simplify
Heavy Artillery Recordings/DC
ENCRYPTION vs RESONANCE
Dritbox Radio/3D/EXBC Radio
The DystRucXion Dancers Getting Down with..
-6000+ Sf. of Space!
-30,000 watts of MONSTER sound!
-Intelligent Lighting
-Free Glow Shit (while supplies last)
-Fire Blowing Flair Bartenders
-$3 PBR 16oz Tall Boys
-$6 Jamerson's
No seriously they are turning the deck into a giant foam pit. So come get dirty, because we all know thats what the foam is for.
Unless you live under a rock, or in some sort of cult compound, I am sure that you know by now that Starscape has officially sold out online. You can still scoop tickets from one of the ticket outlets including Karmic Connection in Baltimore, Turnstyle in Richmond. But you really need to hurry because they are going quick.
For those of you who are going we will now begin the process of getting you a little more familiar with the sounds you will be shaking to on June 4th.
Download some little nectar nuggets.
Infected Mushroom
This spotlight was written by Baltimore's own Israeli Psy-Trance DJ/expert Elemental. Be sure to check him out on the Fort Stage if you are fortunate enough to have VIP tickets.
Infected Mushroom has succeeded in blending the the intense sounds of Psy-Trance and the hard hits of Rock, forming one of the most explosive Electronic groups in history. Originally consisting of the duo Erez Eisen ( I.Zen) and Amit Duvdevani (also known as Duvdev) in the city of Hafia in Northern Israel. Early on in their career they mainly focused on Goa Psy-Trance and ambient Psy-Trance with their albums The Gathering(1999), Classical Mushroom(2000) and BP Empire(2001). Infected has always been known for their ever changing sound which is exemplified in the 2 disk album Converting Vegetarians (in my opinion their best album ever). You could begin to feel a new element being Incorporated to Infected's sounds. After the release of I am the Supervisor(2004), Vicious Delicious(2007) emerged. This album truly showed the new sound Infected Mushroom was going for. They brought in guitarist Thomas Cunningham, in 2004, (whose family lives in Baltimore BOH!BOH!) and Brazilian percussionist Rogério Jardim for their live performances. That year Infected hit number 9 on DJ Mag's Top 100 list, which was the highest psytrance has ever been placed. For over a decade Infected Mushroom have been a major influence in the world of Psy-Trance, their latest album was released in 2009, entitled The Legend of The Black Shwarma. Infected always brings unmatched energy and uplifting sounds so be prepared to sent to the stars. The main stage is never going to recover from this trip!
Hey Guys,
I wasn't able to make it out to the Shpongle show, because I was too broke to drive, so I had my friend Dan write up a little review of the show. Dan is an old friend of mine and actually the person who showed me Shpongle in the first place. He produces dance music under the name Debaser (Soundcloud) and is also a guitarist in the Frederick based jam band The Human Condition. What follows is a very detailed report on the show that is a true joy to read.
Many Thanks To Dan!!
THE SHPONGLETRON EXPERIENCE: A Modern Psychedelic Lightshow at it's Finest
ANTICIPATION builds as the local freaks assemble into the newly blue-painted 9:30 club. An amalgamation of sounds such as Shpongle draws out a diverse crowd; EDM kids, psy-nuts, deadheads, the newly-turned-on college bros, and many others who sparked interested in the group due to its widely-disseminated hype across the interwebz. General pre-journey excitement and mischief is in the air as the opener mans his battle station.
Weapon of Choice—Ableton Live. Random Rab is a newcomer in the downtempo psychedelic style that began emerging out of late 90's trip hop and in-bred with oddities like psytrance and "jamtronica". Rab's tunes can best be described as more stripped-down, organic versions of say, what Alex B (Pnuma Trio) used to play, pre-Pretty Lights signing. The signifying difference being the organic, psychedelic tinge to the tracks not unlike what can be found towards the end of some Chemical Brothers albums. This positive vibe cleanses the space as the revelers begin to loosen up, head-bobs giving way to full on knee dips. It should be noted that Rab had his own screen for visuals set up behind him, in front of the soon-to-be animate Shpongletron. The visuals ranged from the natural and sublime, to tediously programmed CGI (very tasteful CGI at that) sepia toned fractals growing and evolving into sometimes, a larger figure such as a tree or a face (that one specifically blew me away). Rab's set builds to an intense trippy, but soulful climax with all the ambience of an early Aphex Twin release. Eventually most of the floor is digging Rab, the majority of the crowd dancing as if he were the main act. Cheers erupt through the club as he finishes his set, Rab seemed to enjoy it very much, especially since he had the attention of such a generally open minded party crowd. Much of the "Shponglers" find their way outside for a last cigarette and breath of fresh may air before the trip really begins.
SIMON POSFORD rises up to his booth in the Shpongletron as the crowd explodes with cheering and the house lights are dimmed; ready for liftoff. Deep timestretched vocal samples and swirling synth resonances blast through the PA (generously turned up for the headliner). This all meant one thing to me—DMT (Divine Moments Of Truth). An almost cacophonous mix of detuned, modulating synth pads and arpeggios are introduced to the mix creating a sort of psychedelic thunder warning of the storm approaching. I should note at this point the Shpongletron itself. Rewind almost a year to 2010's Burning Man Festival. A GIGANTIC state of the art projection rig was unveiled the size of two school buses stacked on each other; the DJ booth is a relief in the middle, with projection screen behind the selectors themselves. This rig was also present at March's Ultra Music Festival, blowing minds for audiences during such prolific acts as Sasha and Digweed (I believe they actually toured with this rig for a bit). The sophistication of the visuals parallels this technologic generation's 3D revolution. Since the rig is wrapped on three-dimensional scaffold, ones perspective of the visuals changes depending on your position due to the rig's depth. This gives the viewer an effect akin to wearing 3D glasses. But I digress, the SHPONGLETRON is based on this technology. Three large wings ascending in size, flank the rig. The bottom consists of two boxes to each side, with a strange cubic, mirrored chamber in the middle lined with LED lights slowly morphing in color. The coolest part about this component is that unless you're standing dead center, your perspective gives the lines of LEDs a slight Fibbonacci spiral. Adorning the whole structure smack in the middle is the classic Shpongle six-eyed medusa head, hand carved from what appeared to be plaster of paris. Back to the performance, the psychedelic thunder diffuses into the air and the percussion accompanied shamanic chant of Divine Moments of Truth emerges through the fog and the crowd explodes in excitement in recognition of one of the groups most notable tracks.
TWISTING and turning through unexplored improvised sections of the track, Simon remixes on the fly: looping and drenching channels in effects, all while individually mixing each part of the song in on his gigantic 32-channel stage mixer. A master of this technique, Posford has been performing this way since the early nineties as seminal psy-trance act Hallucinogen. Such a pro at his craft, he allegedly has performed this way under the influence of LSD many times. The experiences shows—the crowds heads already becoming wrapped in a journey of the mind not stopping any time soon. Not quite yet in full ecstatic dance, most eyes are absolutely fixed on the Shpongletron. The visuals are similar to the ones mentioned for Rab's set, but this time they are EXPLODING with color and velocity. The screens blur as the bass hits, Wrapping the screens sometimes is a trim that is filled with a smooth spectrum of all color moving as a band around the tron. Fractals, mandalas, and molecules (from my brief experience as a biochem major, appeared to be the drug N,N-DMT) shifting, spinning, and undulating through the screens, projected by what appeared to be a multi-thousand dollar projector the size of a small piano in the back. Most notable to me was the Shpongle face: due to the projections and play of light and shadow, the bank white plaster face was transformed into a gesturing, flipping character who stuck out his tongue, rolled eyes and slowly developed a bigger smile as the set progressed. It was obvious that Simon wanted to grab your mind by the ego and shred it to pieces in ecstatic bliss. From DMT on, Posford plays much of "Nothing Lasts…but Nothing is Lost" (In my opinion, his best work).
THE DANCEFLOOR IS ALIVE with dancers and ragers alike. Everyone working it out to the complex sounds from the speakers, yet still reminiscent of some strain of tribal trance music from time lost. The vibe begins to take on a sort of psychedelic mardi gras: with freaks adorned with colorful masks, beads, and feathers in hats (including Posford himself). The energy reaches its first climax at an intense, mind-melting breakdown, and the light artist turns it on. The most intense laser I personally have ever seen splits into ten or so separate beams as thick as a handrail glowing deep colors in full spectrum. The audience loves it; they become even more excited and now the whole thing is full swing and everyone is getting shpongled. A few more trippy numbers are mixed in and the tribal drums of Levitation Nation appear in the mix and the crowd goes wild. This track, my personal favorite, is dancey enough that I have surprisingly been known to mix it into my sets during a trippy, tribal tangent. As the party vocals come in (in Spanish? In Shponglish?) the entire room chants along to it and the dancing reaches maximum velocity as the set climaxes. Post-Levitation, the vibe of the music changes to a harder beat, somewhere between tribal house and trance. Obvious to me, much of this matierial is newer/unreleased (I'm way more familiar with the more "psybient" trippy stuff). The crowd continues to rage through most of these tracks, although I lose interest slightly. Simon mixes part of his songs live, doing a remix on the fly, as he did with DMT. Much of these tracks were DJed in from what I could tell, as you DO need a bounce track when you run out of channels to use in your continuous mix. The last couple of tracks were definitely pieced together off the cuff, and weren't recognizable to me…possible new Shpongle?
Posford closes the set, and he announces to the crowd as the music dies down that he's had a great time and thanks everyone. He even cracks a joke about how Osama Bin Laden may or may not have been killed, a bold move considering how apolitical most people in the crowd seemed, but assuring that "there are no tyrants in Shpongleland!". Regardless, he seemed like he had a blast, and "since no one else is playing" he played one more, another one that sounded new to me.
IN A WORLD OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION one can forget that its really about the journey, not the destination. As seen with the "Shpongletron" most became fixed on the stage itself but in the end the focus (or lack there of) all became on dancing and just vibin' out. A stage show, or lightshow, can be a crutch or a tool, depending on how its used. In Shpongle's case, it became a catalyst for the short-lived psychedelic communion through music and dancing, or at least as much as it can be in a rock concert format.
I didn't know I would be writing this, or else I would have written a set list down, but some of the best tracks were (in no particular order, may be some errors, shpongle songs certainly blend together!):
Divine Moments of Truth
Botanical Dimensions
Outer Shpongolia
Periscopes of Consciousness
Schmaltz Herring
Nothing Lasts…
Shnitzled in the Negev
…But Nothing is Lost
Stamen of the Shamen
Connoisseur of Hallucinations
The Nebbish Route
Falling Awake
Levitation Nation
The Dorset Perception
Walking Backwards through the Cosmic Mirror
All in all I would give the show a 7/10. 20$ ticket (+) 10$ service charge (–). Excellent stage production, cutting edge visuals/lasers etc. Tim Walther of Walther Productions (the folks who put on All Good Festival and bring many jam bands to the area) were responsible for this show and usually at his shows the bass frequencies are extremely prominent in the PA. As soon as Shpongle took the stage it was very obvious the system had been tuned specifically for this gig. Security was very thorough, but honestly 9:30 stopped being a "party" venue a long time ago. Simon seemed to have a GREAT time and so did Random Rab. Now if someone would bring out Shpongle live with Raja Ram, the singers, strings, drums and the whole nine yards, I woudn't care what the service charge would be!
–Dan Gellerman
What could possibly be better than repeatedly smashing your face against a wall? Well, of course having your face smashed against a sub woofer by an experienced smasher of faces. I speak, you undoubtedly guessed, of Smash Gordon the savior of our ever loving universe.
It is with pride in my heart and grime in my ears that I present to you "Smash Your Fucking Face: Volume 3" and it does indeed smash. Jam packed with only the hardest, most bass filled and filthiest of electronic music mixed one after another in a relentless attack that leaves you wondering which song is which and searching for a clean pair of panties. This mix is a continuation of the destruction started with "Smash Your Fucking Face: Volume Two" and "This Is Not For Tour Computer Speakers: Vol 1" and it kicks it up a notch, like Emeril wielding a chainsaw after too many shots of makers mark. I personally love how much drum and bass there is on this mix but you can be sure that there is a little something for everyone on this mix.
As mythical and awesome as the title for this post sounds I assure you that the show was much more than a simple headline could possibly convey, this night was truly epic sauce from start to finish. I arrived early to see an expectedly empty club and a few people on the rooftop, so I settled in with a drink and got myself ready for the night ahead. Lock Danan was holding down the roof for the first two hours, playing to the few people who showed up early as they stood around smoking cigarettes in the open air. Meanwhile downstairs Uncle Jesse rocked a regretably empty floor in the ballroom, shame on you kids for not showing up early enough to watch these two masters at work.
As the clock struck 10 people were steadily flowing through the door and the excitement was mounting. As 2Rip took the stage downstairs you could see Wolfgang's stage setup looming behind him covered in black drapes and the crowd was buzzing with what it was all about, shame on them for not checking out the production videos ahead of time. Although he started with a nearly deserted floor soon 2Rip was commanding a half full room and eventually the Ballroom started to really fill out.
This is exactly the kind of thing I love to see at a show. This girl is clearly having the time of her life. Someone get this girl in touch with me, I want to give her prizes and party with her!
As I, PartyChu!, took over the decks the rooftop was becoming quite populated, everyone soaking in the cool breeze and fresh air. My set was great, I had such a good time with you guys and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and as much as it seemed like you did. I even got an extra half an hour to play when DJ Who forgot one of his Serato control CD's (Thanks again!!) and I cannot wait to rage out with you guys again. Who's set was exemplary and I was sad to see the floor clear considerably for him, come on people I know it isn't filthy but its soooo good! Who has an impeccable taste in music and his mixing is just about as close to flawless as I can imagine, which I guess happens when you have been spinning since the days of the wax cylinder (Just kidding Chip!) You guys have another chance to catch this Baltimore legend and all around badman at Bassdrop Volume 2 Featuring Afrojack, so get your tickets and bring those mother fuckin' dance shoes.
As hard as it proved pulling myself away from the pure house magic on the roof I absolutely could not miss Harvard Bass, who I only found out was playing this show the day of. When I got back down to the Ballroom I was surprised to see a full floor, remember I had left it deserted somewhere in Uncle Jesse's set, and oh boy was he killing it. I have been a big fan of Harvard Bass' productions for a long time now and it was great to finally see him. His sound is distinct and yet totally accessible, but mostly that shit just makes you want to dance your ass off.
Here are a couple delicious Harvard Bass treats for your ears!
He hardly needs a caption under his picture…
Finally it was time for the main event, Wolfgang Mother Fuckin' Gartner!! He walked onstage and walked up into the Medusa and it was on like Donkey Kong. I have seen Wolfgang a whole bunch of times and I would venture to say that this is in the running as one of the best shows to date, although that might have something to do with the enormous, trippy stage he was playing on. The Medusa was unlike anything I had seen before, it is reminiscent of the Daft Punk pyramid and Deasmau5′ cube (which of course is reminiscent of the pyramid) except Medusa is set apart by its 3D factor. The way it has three layers of screens creates an amazing visual effect and it looks totally different depending on your angle of sight.
Wolfgangs music wasn't too bad either. And by that I mean he totally annihilated. Perhaps it was the energy of being on his own tour or playing night after night in the same crazy stage set up that got him in the groove but boy was he on point. Every mix was smooth like butter and the whole set flowed beautifully. He played a lot of the songs I wanted to hear but he stayed away from the most overplayed bits of his catalogue. Overall this was a night to remember as basically smashing from start to finish.
Here are some bits of Wolfgang wonderfulness! (Not all of them played on this particular night.)
P.S. Video from the night coming soon!
This is the first part in a series of introduction to artists coming out on Basstarded Recordings, the label headed by master of disaster Gangsta Fun. These are names that I can all but guarantee will be blowing up soon, and you heard it here first.
Our first artist is Gnome (Facebook, Soundcloud) a very young producer from across the pond who will "eat your ears," you've been warned! Here are some of the tracks he has dropped for free up to this date.
Chase & Status – Time feat. Delilah (Gnome Remix)
Gnome's new EP, entitled "Skankout", comes out this Monday May 2nd on Beatport and believe me it outstrips his previous work by a good amount and is absolutely murderous. Here is a little preview of the madness.
Finally I have for you a short interview I did with the man himself, check it out!
When I was a toddler I played my mini electronic keyboard all the time, I think i was 2 – 3 years of age. Classical music soon became a passion of mine. I didn't like most of the music that was in the charts (commercial music) and it always made me question myself. Why do i have such strong passion for music when i hardly like anything I hear? Then I herd my sister, 'Debbie Turner' play a happy hardcore CD. This blew my mind. It made me realize there was more music out there than just the shit music on the radio and classical music. Frantically searching the internet I came across DnB and later on Dubstep, it seemed I had met my destiny.
2. Who really influenced your sound?
My first influence was Hype but in the Dubstep world, I got to big up Stenchman. His live radio show was the first real filthy Dubstep I herd. Next is Genetix. We both used to work at Torbay Hotel and we would swap tunes and chat step all day! The rest go without saying, Cookie Monsta, Funtcase, Excision, Flux Pavillion, Datsik etc.
3. What was your first party/club experience?
I was 17 and because of my baby face, it was the first time I managed to get into a club. My sister was there as a dancer and my old friend randomly was there too. Kind of a mixed genre night with hardcore, hardstyle and drum and bass. I was diggin' the drum and bass. Such a messy night!
4. Top 5 favorite producers
Cookie Monsta, Funtcase, Flux Pavillion, Excision and Doctor P (because of the Tetris remix!)
5. Something on your ipod we wouldn't expect?
Bach Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
6. What is it like to have Lou (G-Fun) as a record exec?
A pain in my rectum…. Ha Ha! Nah just kiddin! He is awesome because he pushes and pushes me to make better tunes. Some of the work I have done wouldn't of been as heavy without him. He is also a great guy and a great m8
Dropping my tune Pure Torture for the first time, was nuts! The floor filled up in seconds! Also that night when the club closed, my mate tried to pay for a subway with his driver's license what a mess head haha!
I meant to put this up here yesterday but other things came up. This video was shot in the actual studio where Flux Pavillion and Doctor P work, true story.
Who here wouldn't volunteer for these Bass Cannon experiments?
I got a good number of emails for the tickets to tonight's Face Off 3 but there was a clear winner. I have to give it to Derek Cousemaker because even though I didn't ask anything of you in your submission he sent me this awesomely winning photograph of a small child face planting in a sack race. Honestly I think anyone would have given the tickets to him for this:
Thanks to everyone who participated, better luck next time.
It is a beautiful spring day and all seems right with the world. I figured I would give you guys three different versions of a beautiful tune to help you relax as you soak up all this tranquility and wonder.
I am sure you have all heard the wildly popular "Breathe" by Telepopmusic. The song was launched into the pop music stratosphere when Mitsubishi used it in one of their advertising campaigns and it has been all over the place since. I have three delicious remixes of this chilled out track to get your brain feeling all tingly and melted.
The first is a dubstep remix by Mimosa. This is by far the chillest of the three mixes, hearkening back to a day when dubstep was about feeling like you were floating not getting smashed into the ground.
Next up is the Tokimonsta remix, another dubstep take on this track but totally different from the Mimosa version. It is also very chill but much more danceable and really has a much more hip hop feel than the above. You can catch this girl and her wonderful dub at Starscape this year.
Tokimonsta – Breathe On My Contacts
Lastly we have a liquid funk version by local Baltimore DnB producer C-Level. I would have to say that this is my favorite version out of the three, but I do have a soft spot for liquid funk. This mix is upbeat while still remaining chilled out and spacey. It has a very repetitive nature about it and will be sure to put you into a near meditative state.
Telepopmusik – Breathe (C-Level Remix)
Have fun today kids but don't space out too hard!
I have free tickets children!!!
I know this is the sort of thing that we would normally do on Free Shit Fridays but I don't know why you are questioning me, I am trying to give away free stuff here. A pair of free tickets for the third installment of the Face-Off parties in DC to be precise. This party is hosted by MAXIMUS JONX aka MCSL, of HipsterOverkill.com and the FRINGE parties fame and these are gearing up to be one of the major parties in local DC dance music. Shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com for your chance to catch the next Face Off for free!
Now I will give you a taste of what this party has to offer.
HavocNdeed is a producer/DJ duo from Las Vegas and they make hard, hard bass music. Here are two of their most recent tracks, alas they are only clips but it should give you an idea of what these two are capable of.
Helicopter Showdown is a quickly ascending presence in the dubstep world. His tracks have been insed by SLUGGO, Downlink, Bassnectar, Vaski, Mark Instinct, PANTyRAID, Ajapai and more, their Debut EP "The Wrestler" [Ultragore] made Beatport's Dubstep Top 100 Chart with the title single in the Top 10 for 3 weeks. You can also catch them at Dub Nation Firepower Edition!
I really don't have much to say today. So I will just give you tuneage to enjoy this weekend with special attention to great spring music, so get outside and blast some tunes while you play frisbee or whatever the kids are doing these days.
Fresh Moombahton from madman Dillon Francis:
High Rankin deliciousness. The title really says everything.
Netsky's remix of "Everyday" by Rusko. This is going to be the next "Hold On" plus its a great song for driving with the windows down.
Rusko- Everyday (Netsky Remix)
A couple of new remixes from Felix Cartal. "Look Ma!" has a nice chopped up, disco feel to it and "Beyond God To Elvis" is just filthy house madness.
Valerna – Look Ma! (Felix Cartal Edit)
From Monument To Masses – Beyond God To Elvis (Felix Cartal Remix)
The French boy wonder, here is some freshness from Gesffelstein (Thanks to Vacay Vitamins!). Both of these tracks are the absolute dopeness.
Some hot shit from Doorly. I was literally just rockin' this while I drove around doing errands, officially rush hour traffic approved.
Doorly – Shadow Play (Feat. Little Boots & Peter Hook)
I was for sure excited when I found out about our new "Bassdrop" series and I was even more excited when I found out the inaugural party would be headlined by the always on point Jack Beats. But even with all that excitement I could not have anticipated that it would be so fucking amazing.
It just blows me away how good Jack beats is at making music. They don't have the largest library of tunes, but fuck me if every single song they drop isn't 100% amazing. Even my friend who pretty much exclusively plays, listens to and produces drum and bass was totally psyched on the show and got down hard. I think it just has everything to do with the fact that these two make just about the most delicious noises in electronic music.
I arrived with only a few minutes remaining in Breakage's set. The first person I ran into immediately blurted out "Oh my god dude, Breakage is killing it!!!" I told him that I had just arrived and he seemed genuinely upset for me. As I navigated the crowd I was pleased to see that Bassdrop was exactly the type of party that I had hoped it would turn out to be, totally filled with people but not too packed. Everyone was dancing and really into the music. This show seriously had one of the better vibes I have experienced in my career of party going.
Jack Beats came on and the onslaught of just about every song I could have hoped for them to play. Although the beginning of their set started out a little bit slow, really quick cuts and lacking a bit in flow, it wasn't long before the two of them were in perfect sync and blasting our ears with a perfectly crafted dance set. I was amazed by how smoothly they two of them could play on two decks each, I even caught a glimpse of their screen and saw that they were pretty much playing no less than three tracks at any one time. I would have been impressed if one person played a set as tight as the one the two of them played, its like they are connected at the brain or something.
Highlights from the show include when they dropped "Drop The Pressure", which I could happily never hear again after they played it. I nearly lost my shit when they played Herve's "Together" which uses the chorus from Primal Scream's "Come Together", which is off the album Screamadelica and if you haven't heard that you need to do so immediately. I was also psyched to hear them play "Out Of Body" and "Revolution" which are their two latest original tracks. But I would have to say that the best part of the night was when they played their remix of John B's "All Night" into the Skream remix, a mix that I had literally played no more than two hours earlier at my show, so I was pretty pleased with that. Although obviously they pulled off the mix much more smoothly and dropped it way harder than I did.
Looking back this was truly one of the best shows I have ever been to. Jack beats absolutely blew my mind with their set, it was nearly perfect on every level, and the vibe in Bourbon was perfect. Don't miss Bassdrop Volume two as we bring in the dutch master Afrojack to tear you a new one!
Here are a bunch of the tunes that JB played. It is all zipped up so its easy to download. ENJOY!!!
Today I have for you some fresh new UK Drumstep for you From Leko and the rest of the Tharsis Records team. The duo responsible for this EP, entitled Changes, calls themselves B-Tek and they know how to crank out some filth. The title track destroys and is being played by the likes of Reid Speed. I don't have much more info on B-Tek but I got a sneak peak of their upcoming EP and I will have more on them and that as the release approaches.
Moving on to the second day of Ultra madness!!!
Awesomely, I opened day two by running into the Vacay boys in line to get in. I could not have been more happy to run into these guys and get a chance to vacay with them. We quickly made our way to catch the end of Fake Blood's set on the live stage. We only caught the last little bit and it was still rather sunny and hot so I didn't really get into Fake Blood's set, which is a shame since I was really looking forward to it. After Fake Blood came the always raging Steve Aoki playing to an increasingly enormous crowd. It was everything I have come to expect from Steve, champagne spray, lots of yelling, climbing stuff and general mayhem. It really amazes me how crazy everyone goes for him but I guess it is simply because he is going ten times crazier than anyone in the audience. The highlight of the set for me was definitely hearing turbulence on a giant system. It was just as good as I imagined it would be.
Next we headed over to the Tower Of Ultra to catch some of Skrillex's set. Once again it was packed tighter than a can of sardines and it was impossible to get into the actual tent, and as I mentioned yesterday the sound outside the tent was total garbage. I really tried to get closer to the stage but it was nearly impossible and I soon gave up. Other than the sound problems Sonny sounded good, although somebody should really tell him about sequence matching its the only thing he is missing.
Next it was off to watch Dada Life in the UMF Brasil tent. Before I talk about Dada let me tell you that they had jungle gyms in this tent and it was just about the coolest thing ever. There was even a huge twisting ladder arcing over the stage leading to a little platform for dancing, although there wasn't anyone climbing it at the time I was there, and I don't think they were letting random people climb it. Anyway back to the music, Dada Life fucking killed it just like I knew they would with their dirty dirty sound (Way better than Tiesto, lol). The coolest thing was when 4-5 people got up on the catwalk behind the stage and took out laser pointers to make a custom laser show for Dada, and then people in the crowd pulled out their laser pointers and joined in. It wasn't as mind bending as Deadmau5's light show but it was a lot cooler since it was a group effort.
We departed the jungle gym funland of UMF Brasil to book it back to the Live Stage for a solid dose of Beardyman. It was even more amazing to watch him craft music out of only his voice and one keyboard in person than it is just listening to it. I honestly would have watched him for hours but unfortunately his set came to an abrupt end just after he got into drum and bass. But my sorrow at the end of his set was quickly wiped away by the arrival of everyones favorite canadian electro duo. I speak of course of Mstrkrft.
It has been a few years since I have seen the boys from the great white north, since Rothbury 2009 to be exact, and they have grown a bit since then. They blasted, seriously, one of the best sets I have seen in a long time kicking the filth up a notch. I sat upon the hill and watched as the entire area in front of the stage was filled with people and the people raged it out….hard. Sometimes being in a position to see the entire crowd is the craziest way to watch a show, you can really see the impact that the DJ's have on the crowd en masse a perspective that is much different than being in the thick of it. Mstrkrft played a bunch of stuff I didn't recognize (new tracks?) and stayed away from pretty much all of their old material so the set was fresh and hot. I cannot say enough, GO SEE MSTRKRFT THIS SUMMER!!!!!
And now it was finally the ultimate Ultra moment, for me at least, it was Chemical Brothers time! I have honestly been waiting to see The Chemical Brothers for the better part of a decade and I was absolutely giddy to see the boys break it down. I was nearly salivating as they came onstage and lowered their crazy light string tube (pictured above) and prepared to start melting brains. They opened up with Galvanize off of Push the button and the light up tube started going. As the song built up a few of the lights flickered on and as it dropped the huge LED map screen behind them lit up with the first of a series of song specific visuals.
At the end of the day the Chemical Brothers' show was much much cooler than that of everyones favorite deceased rodent. It was much more nuanced, building up as the show went on adding more and more of the screens and lights and lasers as the music progressed. Every single song had its own visual that was linked up to the song which not only linked the set together very well but it is much more visually intriguing than random mouse people dancing around. To make a desperately boring minute by minute account of an entire Chemical brother show quick and easy I will say that it was perfect from start to finish. The sound was amazing and the visuals/lighting was amazing. The only thing I was disappointed in was the fact that they only played the hits from "Dig Your Own Hole" and "Push The Button" (closing with "Block Rockin' Beats"). To be honest I really wanted to hear that old stuff, it is why I love them and I was a little sad that they didn't play a bit more of it. Either way it was one of the top five shows I have ever been to, and if you have a chance to see The Chemical Brothers DO IT!!!
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Sources revealed that the 54-year-old music mogul is mad about her but may wait until after she gives birth to their baby boy, Us Magazine reported.
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A university student has launched a campaign for the goods and services tax (GST) to be removed from tampons, calling it a "bloody disgrace" that the female necessity attracts the impost when items such as condoms, lubricant, incontinence pads and sunscreen do not.
Sophie Liley, women's officer at the University of Western Australia, says it is "fundamentally sexist" that tampons are labelled "luxury items", making them liable for GST.
"Tampons aren't a luxury – they're a necessity," she says.
"Half the population of Australia – approximately 10 million women – will pay tax on these products for the greater part of their lifetime, costing us about $1000 for buying an essential health product."
Liley is attempting to build momentum behind her campaign by starting a petition through change.org for the "tampon tax" to be abolished. That site gained notoriety last September in the wake of broadcaster Alan Jones's remarks about Julia Gillard's father, when a petition calling for advertisers to boycott Jones's radio program garnered more than 100,000 signatories.
However Liley's campaign will run into long-running resistance from both sides of politics to making any changes to the GST, although Coalition leader Tony Abbott has not ruled out acceding to West Australian demands for GST revenue to be divided between the states on a per capita basis.
However Liley says she may resort to naming and pressuring those who previously argued against levying GST on tampons.
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Cut a 45-degree angle on one end of the trim and hold it so the short end of the angle overhangs halfway, or 3/8 in., onto the jamb. Then mark the other end flush with the inside of the jamb. That'll give you a 3/16-in. reveal.
Hold the trim 3/16 in. away from the jamb at both ends and along the base of the trim. Nail the trim to the jamb with 1-in. brads spaced about every 6 in. Nail the thick part of the trim to the framing with 2-in. brads.
Cut a 45-degree miter on one end of the trim board. Adjust the miter as needed for a perfect fit. Then scribe the cut length 3/16 in. past the bottom of the jamb. Nail the trim onto the jamb first and then to the framing, as you did with the top piece.
Glue and pin together the miter from both directions with 1-in. brads. Wipe the glue squeeze-out with a damp rag right away.
Repeat all the same steps on the other side of the window, fitting first the top miter, and then marking and cutting the bottom one. Nail the trim into place.
Cut an overly long piece of trim and cut a miter on one end. Overlap the far end to check the fit. Mark and recut the miter as needed for a perfect fit.
Cut a test miter on the other end and check the fit. Adjust the miter as necessary until you're satisfied with the joint.
With the saw still set for the previous miter, flip the trim over and scribe the length for the end that has that miter. Transfer the mark to the front side and make the cut.
If the drywall projects more than 1/8 in., crush in the drywall with a hammer. Just be sure the crushed area will be covered by trim. In this situation, your miters won't be 45 degrees. You may need to go as low as 44 degrees to get a tight miter.
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Kotoko legend says indecisiveness is club's bane
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Asante Kotoko legend Reverend Osei Kofi has attributed the club's downward spiral to indecisiveness.
The club have begun navel-gazing after picking one point from the available 21.
Some fans claims the team's dip in form is spiritual but Osei Kofi disagrees.
"The truth of the matter is that some players are certainly not fit to play for a big club like Kotoko because they lack the temperament,'' Rev Kofi said.â€That is why a coach will come in and bring some players from his former club and then decide to get rid of others who have been playing for the club. "
"When I was part of the management team last year, we took the side from the 9th position to occupy the second position at the end of the league.
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Flying from Paris to NYC and arriving at The Four Seasons is something that used to be a mere dream, and yet as women entrepreneurs, we have the opportunity everyday to manifest our dreams and make them a reality.
Tips for Manifesting Anything You Desire:
1. Get crystal clear on what you want to achieve and how you want to make a difference in people's lives. Do you know that statistically only 1 in 100 people know what they want? I wasn't shocked when I heard this considering how few people on the planet seem happy, empowered, or living out their dreams--let's not fall into this category!
2. Get really good at visualizing your desires and intending for them to become your reality. As women, we're quite supportive of "other people" being able to do what we want: publish a book, land a TV gig, attract the right man, drop the 10 lbs., etc. But when it comes time for YOU to receive your dream, do you tend to clam up, play small, feel inferior, or say "one day" it'll happen? Visualize with great detail, YOU receiving all that you desire.
3. Get yourself into an environment that is of a high frequency. Your physical environment greatly impacts the way you create. It's important that you love where you are, whether at home, in your car or your hotel suite--surround yourself with beauty, with luxury, and with a high vibration that supports the best in you.
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Numenta Is Imitating Your Brain
Through his development of the Palm (PALM) Pilot and Treo smartphone, Jeff Hawkins helped change the way people access information computers. Now he may have come up with a way to alter how we comb through that data.
Hawkins' software startup Numenta is trying to replicate the thinking patterns of the human brain in an effort to recognize subtle patterns in immense streams of data. Researchers, of course, say such tools could lead to advances in data-rich fields from drug discovery to law enforcement.
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But perhaps the first industry to benefit from Numenta will be computing itself. In an interview in early July, Hawkins points to one of his company's research projects, an engagement with EDSA, a San Diego-based company that monitors and fine-tunes electricity usage in a host of industries, including data centers. These centers, the heart of data-gobbling companies like Google (GOOG), consume enormous quantities of energy. A U.S. government study predicts that power consumption at data centers, which reached $4.5 billion in 2006, could hit twice that figure by 2011—and far higher if energy prices continue to rise.
These massive brains of the world need ever brainier software to make better use of their power consumption. That's where Numenta comes in. Numenta's software, which is in research trials with partners like EDSA, is based on the brain's neocortex. That's gray matter associated with the higher levels of thinking. The software is designed to pick up the "deeper structures" in the patterns of electrical flows in data centers. In other words, instead of focusing on simple input and output of voltage, it might study the electrical path of each query into a data center.
The way Hawkins describes it, the Numenta system establishes a hierarchy of information. At its lowest level, it feeds on streams of data coming in from sensors. It recognizes patterns in those streams, just as we do when we grapple with the sounds and images that pour into our brains, which we learn to recognize as language or faces. The equivalent to sensory input in the data center would be a crazy quilt of electrical signals streaming among thousands of computers, many of them often working on the same jobs at the same time.
Numenta's system looks for the patterns, Hawkins says, "over space and time." It might see, for example, tiny surges in electrical demand associated with certain types of jobs or communications between specific machines. This analysis is what EDSA Chief Executive Mark Ascolese calls "advanced education."
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This, Ascolese hopes, will help EDSA create more sophisticated mathematical models of data center operations, adding more details about the tiniest patterns. EDSA's tools first optimize the flow of electricity in the model and then benchmark it against the live operation. This involves reading the flow "several million times per second, to detect even the slightest deviation and assess downstream implications."
The better companies can analyze their data, the more efficiently they can run energy-hogging data centers. Competing Web giants are out to stockpile as much of the world's information as possible in their data centers. This includes not just Web pages, but also video, maps, blog posts, music—in short, the digital universe. Storing these petabytes of data requires electricity. And plowing through these mountains to find and serve up Web pages or music eats up more of it.
No wonder companies are building data centers near the cut-rate hydropowered electricity in the Pacific Northwest. Microsoft (MSFT) has even been looking into building data centers in Siberia, where fuel is cheap and air conditioning—a major expense—is a nonissue nine months of the year. According to Yahoo's (YHOO) tech research chief, Prahbakar Raghavan, the race between Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and IBM (IBM) hinges in part on which company can "turn electricity most efficiently into computing power." What's more, according to EDSA, an hour of downtime at a data center can cost as much as $6 million.
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Numenta is hardly alone in the market for analyzing data patterns. Vast sectors of the economy, from scientific research to marketing, are focused on finding meaningful trends in rivers of data. This is the heart of Google's business. It's crucial to the digital hunt for terrorists at the National Security Agency. Medical researchers are burrowing through patterns of genetic and health data in their hunt to conquer diseases and create new drugs. Since the basic pattern-finding challenges are similar, a breakthrough in any one of these areas could spread quickly into other industries. This means that startups like Numenta face rivals in many industries. At the same time, though, a breakthrough could open wide opportunities.
One direct rival is at IBM. Stream technology, a major initiative at IBM Research, uses supercomputers to analyze the flows of real-time data. Early customers are banks and brokerages, which are looking for patterns in financial transactions. Some might highlight inefficiencies. Others could signal changing market dynamics, giving them a chance to gird for, say, a commodity crash or a dollar movement before it occurs.
Numenta also has company in its attempts to mimic the brain. Robert Hecht-Nielsen, a pioneer in neural networking and now a vice-president for research at Fair Isaac (FIC), has designed a computing platform based upon his understanding of the neurons in the brain. He's harnessing this into an electronic butler called "Chancellor," which he says will soon be able to understand voice commands and carry out shopping and home management tasks.
If these projects take off, the market for advanced pattern recognition may be boundless. Hawkins says a horse trainer recently approached him about feeding sensors from horse's hooves into the Numenta software. Shifting patterns of the horse's weight distribution and muscle use, he says, could signal a leg injury before the animal starts to limp. That may sound like a small niche, but if using the software on hooves can prove it works, trainers could be a crucial market.


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Cornelius Frederick (Fred) Hecht
Cornelius Frederick (Fred) Hecht of Malletts Bay, VT, passed from this life into the gentle loving arms of his Lord and Savior on September 24, 2013.
Fred was preceded in death by his father, Cornelius Tanis Hecht; his mother, Anna Ruth Marquette Hecht, of Mexico City, Mexico; and his brother Col. Robert Craig Hecht, of Sierra Vista, AZ. Fred leaves his devoted and loving wife, Karen Sue Edwards-Hecht, formerly of Roswell; son, Frederick Anthony Hecht, his fiancée Becky Peters; grandson Tyler Hecht; and extended family: Amanda, Chelsea and Cole Haley, all of Fairfax, VT; a daughter, Pamela Sue Hecht; [auth] granddaughter Karen-Marie Tanis Peterson, her husband Ryan and great-grandsons, Nathaniel Ryan and Elisha Tanis, of Fort Worth, TX.
Fred was born in Allentown, PA, on January 12, 1939. Fred's family moved to Mexico City, Mexico, in 1946, and often took trips to New York City to visit family, attend Broadway musicals and Yankee ballgames.
At age 14, Fred and his mother took a steamer from the Yucatan Peninsula to New York City to attend a French pastry school. While living in Mexico, Fred became a member of the Boy Scouts of America and as an Eagle Scout, he attended the 1955 Jamboree in San Diego, CA. Fred's love of fishing came from the many family vacations spent deep sea fishing in Acapulco and Zihuatanejo.
In Fred's junior year of high school, he returned to the states and enrolled at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM, where he excelled both academically and in rank. While at NMMI, Fred belonged to the German Club, the First Sergeant's Club and the Officer's Club.
Fred's career began outside New York City as an engineer with Inter-Chemical Corp and he attended night classes at Fairleigh Dickinson University before joining IBM Essex Junction, VT, as an engineer. Fred traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Germany and France. After 30 years with IBM, Fred retired.
The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to Dr. Laura McCray, who cared for Fred with such loving care over the past few years. Our gratitude is also extended to Jan Watt, Hospice chaplin and Brent Devenney, pastor of Daybreak Community Church for their spiritual support and guidance. Notice of a celebration of Fred's life will be announced at a later date when the entire family will be able to be present.
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This is a discussion on Burned clutch on my 2002 used. (owned for less than 2k miles) within the General Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Accidents. forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; Originally Posted by SD_GR The stalling would explain why the throw out bearing is noisy. Stalling kills them, among other ...
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while they're down there, get them to inspect the gears if they will, and also give them some incentive to put better pads and rotors on
Fender + WRX > Fender + VW...
Couldn't I get parts through SPT that they'd support/not be that concerned with? I was considering the idea of upgrading that stuff when it burned out anyway, and now would be a prime time to do just that.
Since I was having issues with the clutch from the start it seems, would a performance clutch really be a good idea? I want to, but I'm wondering if I'll see a real benifit, or if the change is a good idea in general either way.
"You got a HOOD SCOOP?!" -Francis (A co-worker, on seeing my 02 WRX for the first time)
exedy's stage 1 clutch is nice grips better than stock but is not a monster to drive daily.. I feal your pain within week of getting my car the clutch died.. (genius me bought the car as is no warranty) if you have the dealer put it make absolutely sure they either rplace or resurface the flywheel.. and replace the throwout bearing... because 2 days after I picked my car up from the clutch job the tranny went out... which I am half sure is because the throw out bearing ws bad... and they said when they put the new tranny in that " ohh the throwout bearing needed to be replaced" man i nearly ripped off the service guys head when he said that... but yeah my exedy stage 1 was like 600 and 300for labor... because I threw a royal fit.
here is a decent place to shop for clutches or check the vendor area they have even better deals usually
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And how receptive are dealerships for installing aftermarket parts? They wont pitch a fit if I bring in an aftermarket clutch? Or, equally as important, if they were willing to eat the cost of a stock clutch I doubt they'd take that $450(?) and put it towards my aftermarket one? Just seems to me like something odd to expect/ask them to do.
Does subaru deal with aftermarket stuff directly? Could I make the dealership order the piece, or would I need to bring in the kit myself? This is the first vehicle I've had that I really gave a damn about, so I'm kinda new to this whole thing.
"You got a HOOD SCOOP?!" -Francis (A co-worker, on seeing my 02 WRX for the first time)
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On the SPT site under the descriptions for all their performance clutches it goes into a schpeal about "as-is" and voiding warranty. They also mention off-road use only. If I throw in a performance clutch are federal agents going to jump out of helicopters and arrest me?
Seriously though, are the SPT clutches not advisable for regular driving?
"You got a HOOD SCOOP?!" -Francis (A co-worker, on seeing my 02 WRX for the first time)
that just covers subaru's butt meaning they werent tested on the highway so if you blow up your car going 140 on a road, it isnt their fault (which it wouldnt be anyways, and this clutch is made more for that, but its just a coverage issue.)
Fender + WRX > Fender + VW...
Okay, so in all they should be cool with installing it then? I just hate the song and dance they give you. When I went to the dealership for an oil change and asked for synthetic the guy looked at me like I was crazy.
"why do you want synthetic?"
"I've heard it's better for the engine."
"Not really, it only helps with extreme temperature changes."
"Yeah, I mean, I guess it might help if you were like, racing or something. You're not racing are you?"
"No, not yet, I wanna get more comfortable with the transmission first."
I figure there's no need to worry about warranty issues anyway. In 1500 miles I'm off warranty and they wont cover a thing as it is.
It's just kinda funny having a Borla CBE sitting on my kitchen floor for almost a week, and still my first mod might be a performance clutch.
"You got a HOOD SCOOP?!" -Francis (A co-worker, on seeing my 02 WRX for the first time)
I have heard alot of good thing said about the oem clutch. For a 2002 I would be conserned about the tranny as well and if you plan on puting more power to the ground then your tranny might snap with an upgraded clutch.
I feel your pain.
My tranny aint up to the stage 2 I don't think.
Your still in a good place to take that car a shove it right back up the dealers ass. Don't let him give you any ish because your a kid. The combined knowlage of this forum out weighs whatever knowlage that dealer has about the car. He is going to tell you what ever it is he thinks you need to hear to save his own ass. DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER


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As promised, the meeting in the morning did happen. I got up before 7:30 when Albert came downstairs and it was as if I just rolled over, opened my eyes and started chanting. Other men came in around 7:45 to join us. Soon it was a room of 10 men chanting early in the morning. The men in the Berkeley area get together every Saturday to do this. Talk about consistant practice.
We did chant for an hour and a half and it felt great to. There are times when I chant that it feels like it drags on but when you are "in rhythm" or better put, adopt the attitude of focusing on transforming your life, nothing stops you. It makes you so much more apt to this attitude when everything that surrounds you is unfamiliar, or rather you're in a different setting. I was definitely in a different setting, but it didn't feel all too unfamiliar
After the meeting, I had a chance to talk to Albert about culture. He had lived in Norway for a few years for school and experienced it's people and culture while practicing with SGI members there. We shared how people can be very different in different places but at heart, people are people. If your heart is determined to make a life connection with another individual, you can make that happen no matter the surface differences. The heart is what matters. Thank you, Albert.
I heard from Akira the night before that there would be an SGI young men's bowling activity in the afternoon today. Let's do it. I left Albert's place for the SGI East Bay Community Center to meet up with these guys.
I got to the community center and there were several guys chanting as we waited for others to join us. Once we got everyone together, we did our evening recitation of the sutra (gongyo) together and then some announcements were made for opportunities to go to the Florida Nature and Culture Center for upcoming conferences
The bowling alley was in walking distance from the community center and we had a big group of almost 20 guys ranging from around 14 to 30. We claimed 3 lanes and went at it. This is where the crunch happened with the money. I had four dollars of cash on me. Finally got to the point where I had to start borrowing money because I didn't realize but I had 2 dollars in my account. It doesn't really work out well at the ATM machine when you ask for 20s when you have only 2 dollars. I had asked my mother for a loan and she hadn't gotten around to it. So I'm bowling with guys on someone else's money and I would feel like a jerk to not be able to pay someone back especially when I'm just a passerby. I trade texts with my mom and she happened to be able to make a transfer happen from her phone (which she tried for the first time) and minutes later, when I tried at the ATM, it spat out the money that I needed. Phew, I needed that 4 dollars to get over the Bay Bridge tonight.
I got a chance to approach Brandon and talk to him
After the storm, I was left in the dust, not even eclipsing the 100 mark in bowling. I should chant more.
After the bowling, I had a chance to attend one last meeting in Berkeley. After a run to Chipotle and catching up on some of my writing, I went to the meeting. I was surprised to see that many of the young men that I saw at bowling came out to the discussion meeting for the Berkeley Marina District
The meeting left me encourage but I had to remind myself of the reality. Again with no plan of action after the meeting, I was forced to think on the spot of plans. My plan B of where I could stay that night was to find a hostel in San Francisco to stay at for a night. Fortunately, I got in contact with my friend Lisa Noon who just finished school in Santa Cruz, CA and was going to be there for a bit before she left for the Student Division Conference at FNCC this upcoming weekend. She said I could stay over Sunday night. That still left tonight free. I went to the hostel in Fort Mason in San Fran. Bad news, I guess good fortune can't follow me everywhere because the hostel was full when I got there at 11pm-ish.
Hmm, what do I do?? Well, I guess I could drive towards Santa Cruz and sleep in my car and meet up with Lisa sometime the next afternoon/evening. Only option right? I drove some, found a park and ride and reclined the driver side seat. Good night.
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Debbie (BushBrigade) is my W2W buddy
As you know, her hubby GW was gone on her birthday. Now I know that she has a great time anyway, but I just thought of a way to make it more special!!! I think this could be fun!
What do you think GW would have said to her if he could have either called her or been there on her birthday????
My turn:
"Hey my Bubble Wrap Beauty! I miss you so much and all the special moments we share together like popping those bubbles, sharing M&M's (ok, so I have to wrestle you for those, but hey, that's fun too!) and those long talks we have about our future when I am the 2nd GW Bush as president and you are first lady! We'll call in all you FV buddies to redecorate the White House and make some sense of this financial mess our country is in. I know that between you and your ladies, you could straighten this country right out! Save some of green M&M's for me!!!! Love you my Queen!!! You'll always be 27 to me!"
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Deb - you're such a silly goose! Thoughtful as all get-out, but silly!! Thanks for the thought!!01-12-2004, 03:41 PM #3
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GW: Debbie, I know its your birthday and that you would like to spend it with your friends at the village but if I give you enough M&M's do you think I can get on there and try to get my....I mean your Snake high Score back from Kathryn? That will be my birthday present to you. (Along with the M&M's of course.)
DEB: Of course honey you can give me M&M's, but let Kat keep the score. She is the most wonderful person in the world and she deserves to have it all to herself. Besides, you can play it all the time on your cell phone and not take away from my time at the village.01-12-2004, 11:01 PM #5
My turn. muhhahahahahahaha
I am not good at this at all. bear with me.
GW: Happy Birthday My M&M munchin, Bubble Wrap goddess. What say you throw on yer pretty jacket with the pretty buckles, (notice i didn't mention the rest of the set ) pop in the Muppets take Manhattan or Finding Nemo (just keep swimmin), and I'll be home soon.01-13-2004, 08:15 AM #6
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GW: Hi sweety. How are things at home? How's the kids? What it was your birthday, when? Today Oh honey I am so sorry I wasn't there. Please take $1000 out of the account and go buy you a wonderful present from me. I worship the ground you walk on. I think you are ... Sorry honey gotta go the fellas are having a burping contest and I don't want to miss out.
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Jul 29, 2012 at 6:44 pm #1292439
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Trying to estimate total gear weight for Philmont. What would you all estimate is the average weight each person carries per day of food?Jul 29, 2012 at 10:01 pm #1898486
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Averages about two pounds per person per day. Eat the heavy stuff first.
Most treks have added food pickups so that you'll rarely have more than three days of food to pick up at a time.Jul 30, 2012 at 8:04 am #1898539
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Our crew usually had about 2.5 pounds of food per day and another 2.5 pounds of crew gear…Jul 30, 2012 at 11:46 am #1898600
Tony FischerMember
Thanks guys, so it sounds like I should expect to carry up to 7.5 lbs of food (2.5 lbs x 3 days).
Working on the troop with lightening the group gear. Some of it is pretty heavy and I think we could lighten up but as you all know changing the way its always been done is sometimes hard!
So far I have my personal gear down to 17 lbs. Going to try to make it to 15 but going with a solo tent doesn't help (I'll miss my hammock!)
So far I see myself with a max weight of:
Personal Gear 17.0
Troop Gear 2.5
Food 7.5
Water (3L) 6.6
Total (MAX) 33.6
Last time I was there I am sure I was at least 50 lbs so that is some progress. Not sure I can get too much lighter than this without spending a lot of money for just a couple of lbs.Jul 30, 2012 at 4:32 pm #1898649
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You'll know your trek a few months before hitting the trail, but if you're doing worst-case planning, include 5 days of food. As mentioned, MOST of the your food pickups are set three or less days apart, but there are a few treks that include a one 4-day pickup and a couple that even go to five days for one pickup. Of the three crews I've got on the trail now, two of them have one 4-day pickup, none have 5 days.Jul 30, 2012 at 5:10 pm #1898662
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I dumped my solo tent at 3 lbs for a z-packs solo plus hexamid tent and ground sheet at 17 ozs and never regretted it for a moment this summer at Philmont. daveJul 31, 2012 at 9:13 am #1898788
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Just my two cents and perspectives but I entered a bunch of our lessons learned on gear, itineraries, food, etc. on this site dated July 10 under "PHILMONT LESSONS"… Hope this helps your crew…
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Be sure to look closely at your Trek. We stepped off on Trek 20 with 5 days of food at about a Kilo per person per day (2.25lbs). That pushed my pack to 32lbs – my planning weight was 28lbs (3 days @ 2lbs/day)
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i'm just looking for some pros and cons of me lowering my car before i actually do it. let me know if your for it or against it! thanks!
i'm just looking for some pros and cons of me lowering my car before i actually do it. let me know if your for it or against it! thanks!
That's not low enough!
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Did you really just ask a question like that on Vortex???
Lower it.
I guess it really depends on what you want to accomplish...
PERSONALLY, 1.8" is not enough. Get coils
Tomas Sport Tuning + Bag Riders = BAGS & BBS RS
If you're not breaking oil pans and scraping the subframe Vortex will never think you're low enough. I think 1.8" is perfect, I'm down 1.5" and 1.4" on H&R Sport springs and I'd like to go just a bit lower.
If you drive on dusty roads and have winter where you live, coils do require regular maintenance. The threads will need to be re-greased every time you drive on a reasonably dusty road and after every winter season to maintain perfect function.
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If it sounds like sarcasm, it probably is.
mine is lowered 1.6" front and 1.4" rear currently, been that way since March. I'm on a set of B&G S2 lowering springs and to be honest i only got them because i stumbled on barely used set for an amazing price and i couldn't stand the massive wheel gap from factory. I bought the springs with plans to replace them with coils shortly and will be doing just that... as soon as winter is over.
That being said the drop on these springs looks great compared to stock and are comfortable. Drove from Chicago to Georgia and back (1,500ish miles) only stopping for gas, and to pee and was comfortable the entire way. if you have no plans on goin' any lower in the future... i can see you being happy with a drop of 1.8".
here's two shots of mine with the springs, ecs spacers [12.5mm front and 20mm rear] on Stock 17" Classix on 225/45/17 tires
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not low enough
It's always the least brightest bulb in the box that I wanna screw
cheaper than coilovers
only problem with springs is that ur stuck with the drop you get, but id say its worth it just because of the price difference. do what makes you happy though man
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another problem with just springs might be blown struts. I dont know much just read a lot that struts tend to go out quicker with springs.... how much quicker? me dont know
It's always the least brightest bulb in the box that I wanna screw
Fk Streetlines which are adjustable coils.
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So would you say no to neuspeed springs? They drop around 1.6? If I remember correctly.Originally Posted by illuder83;75070290
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It's always the least brightest bulb in the box that I wanna screw
get coilovers.
Too low!
But really, coilovers.
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Not low enough 3 inches is the perfect drop
Shave all the things!
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Friday, April 22, 2005
Carnegie Mellon University Physicist Curtis Meyer Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University physicist Curtis Meyer has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for his contributions to and his leadership in the experimental study of the light quark spectrum and the role of gluonic excitations. Election as a fellow is limited to one half of one percent of the APS membership each year.
Meyer, a professor of physics at the Mellon College of Science (MCS), specializes in medium energy physics. In his early research at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory in Geneva), he played a key role in discovering several hybrid mesons. These subatomic entities combine forcecontaining particles called gluons with other particles called quarks.
Meyer is currently designing part of an instrument for GlueX, a large-scale Carnegie Mellon-led project in nuclear physics that in fall 2004 received a green light to move forward from the Department of Energy. GlueX is part of a major upgrade of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va.
The GlueX experiment will spearhead new physics that allows scientists to address one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics—the mechanism that "confines" quarks inside protons and neutrons. In recent years, supercomputer models have indicated that gluons create fields called "fluxtubes," and these flux-tubes may be responsible for confining quarks inside protons. By exciting these flux-tubes with high-energy beams of photons, the GlueX researchers hope to generate new families of particles that will lead to a better understanding of how quarks are bound to one another.
Meyer is an author or co-author of more than 130 refereed articles. He has organized many conferences and workshops, in addition to serving on several national advisory committees. A founding member of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics, Meyer served as the chair of the program committee for several years. He also was a board member of the Jefferson Lab User's group and has served on advisory and editorial boards related to the Jefferson Lab 12 GeV upgrade.
By: Lauren Ward