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Billy would set a sheet of paper in the middle of the floor and write out lyrics on the hoof.” “The three of us would bash around till we got tired, sometimes by five pm, others we’d go on to midnight. “We knew the direction we were going in so weren’t flying blind,” Beard says. According to the drummer, for the next several weeks Gibbons and Hill would arrive at his home for one pm and they would then go down in his basement studio to drill the raw materials into shape. It was to there at the start of ’82 that Manning shipped a portable recording studio.įrom there, the action moved to Beard’s new house on the outskirts of Houston. Certainly, work started at Gibbons’s house on South Padre Island, a fingertip of land jutting into the ocean from off the Texan Gulf Coast. In the respective tales of Gibbons, Hill and Beard, Eliminator was forged during months of close-knit jam sessions, the band bolt-holed first in Texas and then at their preferred studio in Memphis. And if on the surface it appeared an entirely cohesive musical statement, there lurks a more convoluted, contentious truth behind the story of its making which continues to keep secrets and ferment bad blood. “But then if we didn’t play those songs we’d likely get strung up by our heels,” Frank Beard notes sanguinely. Yet it has endured to such an extent that, 33 years on, it supplied more than a third of the tracks on Live Greatest Hits From Around The World, the band’s then live album. Eliminator was such a significant departure that it incited blues purists to accuse the band of an act of near-heresy. In total, it sounded the work of an altogether new band, but then again timeless. The eventual first fruit of their labours was Eliminator, which became by far ZZ Top’s most successful and also controversial album. So I came up with some ideas we could implement to make a very different album.” The market had changed quite a bit from blues-based rock’n roll. I started going to clubs and studying beats. He started to analyse why ZZ didn’t get played in dance clubs, and concluded that they were not up to the required rhythmic capabilities. He’s extremely philosophical, a deep thinker and musically very aware. “And not only musically, but also as a human being, if there is such a definition. “To me Billy is a true genius,” offers Terry Manning, who engineered ZZ’s records from Tres Hombres to 1990’s Recycler. Gibbons’s elders by a half a decade and more, the Stones had just then recast themselves as fresh, vibrant, even sonic explorers, as his own band had got stuck in a rut of their own making. Hauling their unloved album around Europe later that same year, Gibbons happened into a club late one night and was struck by the spectacle of a throng of people dancing to the Rolling Stones’ elastic-limbed funk-a-thon Emotional Rescue. That was a very primitive version of what we went on to do.”Įl Loco, though, proved to be too jarring for ZZ’s heartland audience and sold less than half as much as its predecessor. “Very early on, I walked into the studio one time and found Billy on the floor, pumping the pedals of an organ with his hands, just shadowing a bass part of mine. “But we’d always done that kind of thing,” insists Hill, the cadence of his Texan drawl a beat quicker that Gibbons’s mellifluous burr. I was just pushing buttons and found something that sounded kind of trashy.” “The intrigue of these new-found contraptions was by then just starting to catch on, but we didn’t have a teacher or guide, we didn’t even have an instruction manual. “Without question there’s some crazy, interesting-sounding stuff on that record,” Gibbons says today, from his perch on ZZ’s tour bus as it winds its way around the European festival circuit. Tres hombres hit the road to worldwide success My energy level had increased dramatically! It was so easy I didn’t even feel like I was depriving myself of anything. It took a couple of weeks to learn to eat when hungry and to stop obsessing over food logging, and I lost 6.5 pounds by January 22. It is amazing how when I set my mind to NO SUGAR, I was able to just quit, cold. January 12, I flipped the switch and removed everything containing sugar from my food intake. A new, awesome friend saw it and sent me a private message about Paleo, and the rest is history. If they would count the 30 extra pounds I am carrying around, I could just add a 5 pound pack and enter the heavy division of the marathon. I mulled this over and finally posted something silly on Facebook about the Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon. Trapped in a low fat, high carbohydrate cycle, I gained all the weight I had lost back on a Mediterraneanesque diet, a couple of pounds at a time. I was desperately trying to keep my energy level up. The more I trained for ultra marathons, the more crap I ate. I was 30 pounds overweight, and yes, I did just walk 100 miles, but it took me 45 hours of a 48 hour race. I was ready to give up on my goal of walking 100 miles in a 24 hour period because I had let my food addictions take over yet again and was back up to 170. I never knew I had a competitive bone in my body… now I was racing regularly and have even won a few walking competitions.įast forward to January 2, 2011, driving home from Phoenix after completing 100 miles in this third attempt at the distance. I changed my diet and lost 70 pounds in about 9 months and found racewalking. So I looked for an eating plan I could live with. I started walking, a little bit every day. I went to the doctor and he told me if I kept doing this yo-yoing with my weight, I was going to kill myself. My back was such a mess I could hardly get out of bed in the morning. When I realized what had happened, I was all the way up to 215 pounds. I have always been a carbohydrate and sugar junkie, and after I stopped drinking alcohol to excess… sugary foods were the next logical step. I don’t care to think about the number of times I lost 50+ pounds only to regain it again and again. I have struggled with weight loss my whole life. Such amazing transformations! Transformation #1 Read about 7 people who lost weight and regained health on a delicious #Paleo diet. With that said, here are seven incredible Paleo Transformations that will blow your mind. There were so many amazing transformations and it was very difficult to choose which ones to publish. First, I want to thank the many people who submitted their Paleo weight loss stories for this article. But my favorite is a less known one: Rapture’s Henri Villberg. When it comes to death/doom metal growlers, cases could be made for both Novembers Doom’s Paul Kuhr and Swallow the Sun’s Mikko Kotamäki. The performance proved him a solid death metal growlers, but more than anything it showed the world how absolute insane his high screams are. It was very interesting to hear his one-off performance in Bloodbath in comparison to the mostly melodeath stuff he’s done with Hypocrisy. He’s able to go very low, yet his high screams are some of the best in the business. Peter Tägtgren’s biggest pro-argument is no doubt his massive range when it comes to pitch. Just like Alexander Högbom on number 19, Mike delivers both brutal low growls and high screams equally well.ġ5. Monstrosity’s “Spiritual Apocalypse” is one of those death metal albums I would bring to a deserted island, and Mike Hrubovcak’s vocal performance is a big part of it. He sounds gruesome as fuck on the old Grave records, and I really enjoy his performance in 2000’s tongue-in-cheek project Torture Division too. When it comes to classic Swedish death metal, few singers do it better than Jörgen Sandström. Jörgen Sandström (ex-Grave, ex-Torture Division, The Project Hate MCMXCIX) He’s got an absolute massive tone that’s a perfect for Hate’s über-intense music. And Adam’s vocals are a big part of that velocity. Hate is a non-stop menace high-velocity band that I really enjoy when I’m in the mood for it. One of Alexander’s big selling points is that his high screams are just as on point as his brutal growls. Right now, he’s providing kickass growls for melodic death/doomsters October Tide and old school death metal band Demonical. If you’re looking for a Swedish growler from the new school, Alexander Högbom is probably the best choice. Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Demonical) I also like what he did with the underrated band Divine Empire. And this guy has one of the best classic American-style death metal growls for sure. Unlike most classic Malevolent albums, that one actually features bass player Jason Blaczowicz on vocals. Malevolent Creation’s “Eternal” album was one of the first death metal albums I enjoyed. Jason Blaczowicz (ex-Malevolent Creation, ex-Divine Empire) If you enjoy it, check out all our music on Bandcamp or Spotify, or follow the latest news by liking us on Facebook.Ģ0. I’ll just smack in our song “Portal Tomb” from the 2020 album “Sermon of Apathy” below so you can take a look. We’re a mix between Swedish and American death metal bands that fits fans of both styles equally. Quality of music participated on over timeĪnd of course, level of aggression and how visceral the vocal delivery is.īefore we start counting down death metal vocalists, here’s a nice little piece of self-promotion: if you like old school death metal you should check out my band Desolator.Level of influence on other singers (including myself).Some criteria for listing the 20 best death metal vocalists are: Just like my recent list of the 100 best death metal bands, this is bound to raise some eyebrows, and I’m OK with that. Hence, this is a highly subjective piece. On one hand I’m a fan of many different styles and eras, on the other hand it’s very hard to compare charismatic legends to savvy modern growlers. Listing the 20 best death metal vocalists is not an easy deal. Precise measurements ensured that each tube lined up perfectly to meet in the middle. At the tunnel’s deepest point, it is 93.4 feet underwater.Ĭonstruction started simultaneously on both sides of the river. Once completed, the two tubes that run its length - for vehicles running in opposite directions - would span over 8,500 feet. 36-year-old Harvard-educated Clifford Milburn Holland was made chief engineer of what was then called the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel project. The Holland Tunnel was constructed between 19 with an official opening in 1927, and upon completion it became the largest vehicular underwater tunnel in the Americas. After that very difficult winter, the effort to build what we now call the Holland Tunnel became a priority. There were serious coal and food shortages on the east side of the Hudson as the majority of the goods that kept NYC going were usually shipped in via the Jersey City waterfront. For weeks, boat traffic between New Jersey and New York City was impossible. In January of 1918, due to record cold temperatures, the portion of the Hudson River surrounding New York City froze. Read on to learn all about the history of the Holland Tunnel. Though when driving needs do arise, the Holland Tunnel is right here to get us where we need to be. A trip through the Holland Tunnel requires paying the toll, difficult parking on the other side, heavy traffic with no right turns on red, pedestrians everywhere, traffic weaving bikes… it’s certainly a hassle. For example, Journal Square, with a double-decker parking garage, access to the PATH and bus system, and easy access to the Pulaski Skyway via the Tonnelle Avenue or Routes 1 and 9 to get to I-78 or the Garden State Parkway are possibly the best options for those from farther than the immediate New Jersey-New York border.Taking the PATH train or hopping a ferry are arguably the easiest forms of transportation that Hudson County residents can use to get into NYC for a workday commute or a weekend visit. Another way to get into the city for drivers is to park close to a PATH or NJ Transit station and take mass transit the rest of the way. However, both of these options experience delays during the overnight hours due to construction and maintenance, in addition to the extra volume due to the closure of the Holland Tunnel. The George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel will remain open for drivers. The NJ Transit bus system will continue running but will experience some issues from the tunnel closures. Pedestrian passengers can still use NJ Transit trains and PATH trains as usual. However, there is a possibility that variances in the project could impact the scheduled resumption of normal operations.ĭespite the closures, many other ways exist to cross the Hudson River. This will continue until the end of 2025. The tunnel will, however, remain open on Saturday nights. Friday night into Saturday morning, the closure period will be 11:59 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, the tunnel will be closed from 11 p.m. The tunnel will be closed for six nights per week. About 84% of the funding comes from federal aid and grants like the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery, a $4.2 billion grant given to New York to recover from the impacts of Sandy. The Holland Tunnel Sandy Repairs and Resiliency Improvements project, currently planned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the governing body of the Holland Tunnel, will encompass structural, electric, and other systems and cost upwards of $364 million. The initial temporary repairs made the tunnel functional, yet it was always evident that major renovations would be required. Saltwater, sewage, and debris caused severe structural damage to the tunnel’s infrastructure. During the storm, nearly 30 million gallons of water from the rain and storm surges flooded the Holland Tunnel. The state of New York reports about $19 billion of damages occurred. For the following 48 hours, the region was battered by severe wind, rain, and flooding. Hurricane Sandy struck the New York City area on October 29, 2012. When Hurricane Sandy hit, temporary repairs were made, but the tunnel never received long-term restorations. Because the storm was so long ago, it was surprising when it was announced that on February 5, for two years, the Holland Tunnel is to be closed six nights a week to conduct repairs and renovations to fix the damage done by the storm and update the existing infrastructure as well. Hurricane Sandy is a distant memory for most students here at Stevens. Price: 5 simultaneous connections for $13 per month, $60 for six months or $100 for a year (current discount: 3 months free).Network: 3,000-plus servers in 160 locations across 94 countries.Latest tests: No leaks detected, 2% speed loss in spring 2022 tests.Here's How to Set it Up in Under 10 Minutes Read more: You Need to Be Using a VPN on Your Phone. CNET regularly tests and evaluates new VPN apps - so be sure to check back here as new contenders emerge. 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With virtual reality developing at the rate its is, Bailenson hopes people will soon be able to use it to tele-commute to work meetings they'd rather not attend in person. they're the only ones getting your eye contact." You can actually be doing very strange things, for example looking someone in the eye but looking two people in the eye at once and each of them feel like. You never have gestures that are inappropriate because you can have algorithmic filters that solve that. with avatars you're always the way you want to look. "You can actually make VR better than face-to-face," Bailenson says. "You can make it hyper-personal or more social than you can have in the real world and there's a lot of ways to think about that. I've been building these for years and we've always theorized about how it can be ready for face to face and I just had a really neat moment."īailenson, a cognitive psychologist, says he hopes virtual reality will transform the way people interact socially and do business. And I got to walk up to someone and literally shake their hand," Bailenson says. "A light bulb went off. I was doing hand gestures, I was literally walking around a space. "I was walking around and my body was moving. now the hardware is actually around to allow us to have these neat social interactions inside."īailenson recently used virtual reality to attend a business meeting in San Francisco. "They're getting cheaper and more comfortable," Bailenson says. "I think we're at the point where the helmets are good, but more importantly we're at the point where there's energy and. In just the last two years the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University in Stanford, California, has gone from using a $40,000 headset to using one that costs only $300. Virtual reality technology has made gigantic strides in recent years. It takes what is typically seen as something that's unemotional and distant and makes it feel like somebody is right there with you." We call this social presence - you see their emotions, you see their gestures and it feels just like you're in the room with them. What VR does is it takes all the gadgets away, it takes all of the multitasking away and you actually feel like you're with someone. "People love this technology," Bailenson says. "They love to interact with digital versions of others. Apple, The New York Times and others are all investing in virtual reality and considering how it may change the way we interact socially and digitally. Zuckerberg is not the only innovator interested in the possibilities of virtual reality. And he got to experience the future of social interaction online." "When Mark came to the lab, we give him lots of simulations where we put on the helmet and he walked around scenes and he visited other places," Bailenson says. "But most importantly he got to see what we call avatars, which are representations of other people inside the virtual world with you. Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab was there to guide the social media tech leader through the very latest developments in immersive virtual reality. A couple years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg paid a visit to a virtual reality lab in Silicon Valley. Then just use git difftool or git mergetool to your hearts content. So remove other stuff like difftool.path and all that. If p4merge is in this list then you just need to add the path where p4merge.exe resides to your %PATH% (on Windows I recommend Rapid Environment Editor for this).Īfter this is done you just need the following config to be in your. It'll list the available tools Git can use (because they've found them in your %PATH%) and the tools it could use (if they were installed). You can tell if this is the case or not by running git difftool -tool-help. Not sure if helps, but recent versions of Git support P4Merge (I use git version 2.17.0. When type of conflict is removed file conflict, git difftool command opens p4merge. I tried Smooth Git P4merge but it does not work for me also I tried to do as described in External Merge and Diff Tools but I did not understand that. But when I use git difftool command in git bash, I expect p4merge but I see internal implementation of diff in git bash. =C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exeĭ=C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe Git config -global "C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe"Īnd these lines are from git config: merge.tool=p4merge Git config -global "C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe" I follow this article and this one to setup and config p4merge: git config -global merge.tool p4merge I want to use p4merge as Git diff/merge tool. After opening the link, find the download area named P4V and chooseMacintosh-Mac OS X for x8664, click the open Accept and.I use windows 7. I'll give it a look :) I don't mind paying for good software, but when the license locks it down from using on my other computers/vms it's a bit of a pain. Helix Visual Merge Tool (P4Merge) is a three-way merging and side-by-side file comparison tool. Beyond Compare version 2 users should replace BComp.exe with BC2.exe and change the path to Beyond Compare 2's install folder. #INSTALLING P4MERGE ON LINUX UPDATE#Īlso like to refer users to an open-source one(sorting out a guide for one of my projects that needs diffing of a third party file for update contributions). Use it to visualize your merges, obtain comprehensive file history, and compare a broad range of image files. Linux users should prefix command line switches with '-' instead of '/'. 64-bit Windows users of 32-bit BC (older than version 4.1) should replace 'C:\Program Files' with 'C:\Program Files (x86)'. Is KDiff referring to KDiff3? Just evaluated that and it seemed to flop over whitespace conflicts, line endings had a drop down to set for the file which is good. It had an ignore whitespace setting but the merge tool seemed to disregard that, noticed configuration for regex, that might work? Interface felt cluttered/heavy and colours(default at least) not too good on the eye. The install part of the script uses Ubuntus package manager. Kompare touts itself as a successor to KDiff(again not sure if referring to originally or KDiff3), it was sort of nicer but felt clunky using with some poor UX :\ Download git-p4-2.8. Install p4merge and then set it as your merge tool for git by running the following two. To install p4merge and set it as git 's difftool YouMail perhaps offers the best iOS and Android app to get a second phone number for free. Making Cheaper Calls to Any Mobile or Landline numberĬharges will depend on the basis of the destination you are calling. Each subsequent number will cost $2.99 per month. 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