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Tune Up Your PC
Fast startup times and speedy operations are among the greatest joys of working and playing on a brand-new PC. After all, we all want our PCs to run at peak capacity, regardless of whether we have a budget laptop or a polygon-pushing gaming desktop. Inevitably, however, that out-of-the-box performance fades away. Eventually, every PC will slow down, either gradually or suddenly. That's when tune-up utilities prove their worth.
All computers eventually lose that day-one luster, becoming lethargic, unresponsive, and, at worst, unreliable. The operating system gets gunked up as apps are added and incompletely deleted, leaving behind drivers and all sorts of other system detritus. Their hard drives fill up with forgotten files we've abandoned in folders whose existence we've forgotten. Programs build up enormous caches behind the scenes that we don't even know about. Eventually, our full hard drives choke the OS as it tries to run. Outdated drivers cease to work correctly. Toolbars and other nasty plug-ins can precipitously slow our browsers to a crawl. It doesn't matter how diligent you are, or what sort of productivity software you use to get the most out of your time if end up sitting around and waiting for your computer to catch up to you.
When our machines become so impaired through use and neglect that we can no longer use Microsoft Word or play PC games with the same speed and efficiency to which we have become accustomed, we often ponder buying new computers. But that's a drastic solution, and one that's frequently unnecessary. Instead, you can get often that fresh-out-the-box performance for tens of dollars—instead hundreds or even thousands—thanks to a relatively inexpensive tool: the PC tune-up utility.
What Is a Tune-Up Utility?
A PC tune-up utility is an application that digs deep into your computer and fixes trouble areas. It performs several functions, including defragmenting your PC's hard drive, repairing the incredibly problematic Windows Registry, and freeing up disk space by deleting useless and duplicate files. Some tune-up utilities perform just those basic functions, while more elaborate ones add numerous features that improve your computer in interesting ways.
For example, Iolo System Mechanic—a PCMag Editors' Choice for paid tune-up suites—cleaned our gunked-up test bed with its real-time system monitoring and Commonly Redundant or Unnecessary Decelerators and Destabilizers (CRUDD) Remover. SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus troubleshoots your computer's start up process, helping you to remove apps that don't really need to be there that are slowing down your boot time.
Sounds pretty good, right? It is! And, thankfully, you won't spend a small fortune to begin the PC clean up process. The subscription-based services can be had for roughly $20 to $50 per year. There are even a handful of free tune-up utilities that typically contain less features than their premium counterparts.
Starting prices for tune-up utilities typically grant one license per purchase, which means you're allowed to install the software on one PC. That's fine if you own a single computer, but in the age of multi-computer households, the license costs can put a dent in your wallet. To be fair, many companies offer multi-license packages, but they can prove pricey, too. That's why you should look for a paid tune-up utility with no installation limitations, such as Comodo PC Tuneup or AVG TuneUp. Both let you clean as many computers as you'd like.
The other common features found in tune-up utilities include file shredders (for thoroughly deleting hard drive data), scheduling (for setting specific times to run tune-up sessions), and automatic backup (to safeguard your system data from file and system mishaps).
Extra Tune-Up Features
The previously mentioned features are par for the tune-up utility course, but a few of the category's top tools contain standout components that aren't commonplace in the space—at least not yet. AVG TuneUp, for example, offers multi-platform protection with a suite that includes Android, Mac, and Windows tools. SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner has Instant Alerts, tools that leverage community recommendations to notify you that unwanted software, such as a toolbar that came packaged with an application, tries to insert itself into the boot process. And KromTech PC Keeper Live has the unique Find & Fix option, which is an inbox where Microsoft-certified specialists leave improvement notes after you've run the utility.
In addition, many of the utilities automatically fetch new drivers so that your hardware runs at peak performance. If just want that sole feature, check out the Editors' Choice award-winning IObit Driver Booster Pro. It's easy to use, and it's a very useful way to keep your drivers up to date.
How We Test Tune-Up Utilities
We test tune-up utilities with a very specific, repeatable process. We run the Geekbench system performance tool and measure boot times on a junked-up testbed before and after running a tune-up utility to compare the computer's potency. We run each test three times and average the results.
Each tune-up utility we've tested improved a PC's performance in some fashion. Typically, the operating system feels snappier, and the computer boots up far quicker than it did before we ran the software.
What's Not Here
Keen eyes will note the absence of Piriform's CCleaner. Since we published our February 2017 review, CCleaner, in both its standard and cloud-based versions, has been revealed to contain malware. The apps have been patched, and the server that contained the malware was shut down, and Piriform has released a guaranteed-clean update, version 5.34. Since the source of the malware hasn't been identified, however, another attack is conceivable.
We don't recommend that you use CCleaner until the problem has been located and eliminated. If you do choose to stick with CCleaner, we advise that you immediately update to 5.34, and turn off automatic updates until this situation is resolved. We have removed the rating from our CCleaner review until we're confident that the situation has been resolved and we've had time to retest the software.
Our Recommendations
This tune-up utility collection includes not only the utilities mentioned above, but several other programs, too. It doesn't highlight every single system-enhancing tool on the market—these are the best tune-up utilities, after all. You can trust that they'll help your PC run in orderly fashion.
Click the links below to read full reviews of these PC tune-up tools. If you an experience you'd like to share with one of the tune-up utilities we've reviewed or if you have one you like better than the ones we've reviewed here, let us know in the comments.
Best Tune-Up Utilities Featured in This Roundup:
Iolo System Mechanic Review
Pros: Excllent performance-enhancing tools. Windows 10-specific privacy tool. Excellent explanation of PC problems. Unlimited installs. Useful desktop widget.
Cons: Included NetBooster grants marginal Internet-connection performance boost.
Bottom Line: An excellent tune-up utility, Iolo System Mechanic has all the tools you need to get your PC performing like new again.Read Review
Symantec Norton Utilities Review
Pros: Improves system performance. Real-time system monitoring. Windows XP support. File recovery and shredding capabilities. No subscription fee.
Cons: License limitations. Lacks Windows 10-specific features. No community-based features.
Bottom Line: Norton Utilities bundles several useful tools that make a lethargic PC run with new pep, but license limitations limit its appeal for households with multiple PCs.Read Review
SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus Review
Pros: Easy to use. Effective system cleaning. Community-based features. Windows 10-specific data protection.
Cons: License limitations. Can only uninstall unwanted apps one at a time.
Bottom Line: Now boasting the incredibly helpful Instant Alerts feature, SlimCleaner Plus continues to be one of the best PC tune-up utilities on the market. That said, license limitations keep it from becoming our top pick.Read Review
Anvisoft Cloud System Booster Review
Pros: Many features and customization options. One-click tune-up capabilities.
Cons: License limitations. Only yielded minor boot-time improvement in testing.
Bottom Line: Cloud System Booster is an effective tune-up utility, but license limitations may keep it from being a favorite in multi-PC homes.Read Review
AVG TuneUp Review
Pros: Improves a PC's boot lime and overall feel. Deletes junk files. No license limitations. Deep system scan and repair. Real-time system monitoring.
Cons: Potentially confusing app branding.
Bottom Line: The overhauled AVG TuneUp keeps your Windows PCs in tip-top shape, and now offers unlimited licenses. It's a top choice among tune-up utilities.Read Review
Ashampoo WinOptimizer Review
Pros: Improves system performance. Windows 10 privacy protection. Offers file encryption, HDD benchmarkng, and backup. Feature-packed 10-day free trial.
Cons: Lacks a health widget. No community-based features.
Bottom Line: Tune-up utility Ashampoo WinOptimizer has a potent, performance-improving feature set that can get your PC running like new again.Read Review
IObit Advanced SystemCare Pro Review
Pros: Improves computer performance. Useful Performance Monitor widget. Health Monitor provides at-a-glance system information. Low cost.
Cons: Installation limitations. A few features are separate downloads and upsells. Lacks across-the-board community-based recommendations.
Bottom Line: IObit Advanced SystemCare Pro does a good job of rejuvenating sluggish PCs, but it has a few issues that keep it from being our top pick for tune-up utilities.Read Review
Comodo PC Tuneup Review
Pros: Improves system performance. One-click clean-up. No installation restrictions.
Cons: Active Clean feature is only available in Comodo System Utilities Pro, which you can't purchase at this time. Restore features not as deep as competing apps.
Bottom Line: Comodo PC Tuneup is an effective system-enhancing utility. It may not offer as many enhancements as the best in the space, but its lack of installation restrictions is a big point in its favor.Read Review
Kromtech PCKeeper Live Review
Pros: Multiple price points. Advice from Microsoft-certified computer specialists. Anti-theft technology.
Cons: Find & Fix tips are only available for seven days. License limitations. Some competing products offer superior performance.
Bottom Line: Kromtech PCKeeper Live's human specialists and unique price plans make this tune-up utility worthy of consideration, but rival applications offer better PC improvement.Read Review
Glary Utilities Pro Review
Pros: Good system-performance improvement. Simple, easy-to-use interface. Lets you manage which programs launch when a PC boots. Built-in secure-deletion tool. Privacy-protecting features. Integrated driver updater.
Cons: License limitations. Lacks in-depth software descriptions.
Bottom Line: Boasting an entire suite of PC-enhancing tools, Glary Utilities Pro gives heavily used PCs a shot of new life. A few competitors offer better all-around system improvements, but Glarysoft's tune-up app gets the job done.Read Review


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Went out to a 550bhp/shp ship genset with management problems last week.
MIL light came on on control panel.
FCR system and 5 fault codes stored.
Erased codes and ran up the plant.
No FC reappeared so allowed engine to run for 6 hours, nothing reappeared FC wise so left the ship.
Next day MIL light came on again.
Went back to the job.
FCR system, nothing stored.
Started oscilloscoping system, all sensors and actuators and associating wiring etc and feedback situations, no faults found.
Thinking in great depth about the problem I noted that this exhaust system was fitted with a Catylistic Converter System with both an upstream and downstream O2 ( Lamda sensor ) whose downstream sensor was on top limits but not enough to trigger the necessary FC. Incidentally this is a four wire installation.
Different from a two or three one.
Scoping the sensor and observing the scope pattern against our library stored ideal readings for this engine model no etc I noticed pattern display differences on the voltage side throught the temp. ranges.
Removing the sensor with difficulty ( a lot of them grow/ weld themselves in there, don't rip the insert out ) and measuring the correct resistance it revealed it was well within limits again throught the temp. ranges.
So we know that the only item near to the manufactures listed limits on the engine is the downstream O2 sensor which clearly when scoped displays an " up on the mark " situation when running under load but when removed from the engine and tested for different temperatures for different resistances appears to be within limits.
What you going to do?
How are you going to handle this re the owners?
If you replace the O2 sensor and it doesn't cure the problem this could be your Xmas present to the owners as if you don't handle this situation correctly it's possibly down to you with accusations/thoughts of incorrect diagnosis flying around.
Just to add to the problem remember that this is an intermittent fault and that by disturbing something else you can put off the reoccurance of this defect and it might run on for several days before the MIL light reappears.
In other words we do not want a ( as we call it ) " since you situation " to occur.
So the fault would appear to lie in the downstream O2 sensor but when removed a series of static bench tests says it's ok.
So is it down to the sensor or what? Would you renew the sensor or not?
What you gonna tell the owners?
How are you going to handle it?
What you gonna do?

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Late last night as I was about to go to bed, my lips opened and my heart chimed to the tune of a poem/song sung/written by an unknown author which I learned long ago. "My life is but a weaving" has many versions to it but the one that I'm most familiar with was taught to us by our young teacher who was also a good soloist.
Twenty-six years of my life has flowed into the tomb of time since then but the message of the poem remains as fresh as the day I first heard it. We may have lost hope in the middle of our life stories, but we don't know the endings yet. It will all make sense on the other side.
My life is but a weaving
Between the Lord and me
I do not choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oftimes he weaveth sorrow
And I in foolish pride
Forget he sees the upper
And I the underside.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
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BayAreaPWGFan wrote:Bosh was the most overrated promo guy ever in PWG.
Muttering some racial slurs at random audience members does not make you a good promo.
I don't know about that, I mean the point of a promo is to sell yourself over and get reactions to who you are playing. I think since he sold himself so well, he did just that. I've watched a lot of his promos and he was great to watch.
But nothing beats Steen after all the promos I've seen of him. He has so many different styles to hit you with just on the mic or on camera.


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That is Free Exercise Clause, not the Establishment Clause.
What does the Establishment Clause mean, rand?
Science does not include religion. Period.
Thought is not banned.
How would one ban thought if one were inclined to do so? Install a really big fMRI in the classroom, point it at one student at a time, analyze their thoughts and banish those who were thinking of a god?
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Maybe you don't realize your posts on employee's not doing their jobs has nothing to do with my original comments on the free exercise clause? It appears that is the case.
Suffice to say, teachers not doing their jobs is not related to the Constitutional claims I have made.
Is it your belief they are?
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The establishment clause has the same purpose, to protect religion and religious speech. The idea is if we had an official religion, such as secularism, then religion could become threatened by the state.
Your position is that religious thought and theory must be restricted when it comes to science and so you advocate not allowing the free exercise of religion. That Orwellian approach has turned the 1st amendment on it's head to do exactly what the 1st amendment was written to prevent.
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The Establishment Clause has been interpreted to mean that the state can't do anything that "aid(s) or prefer(s)" any religion:
A school -- and by any reasonable interpretation, a teacher at that school -- cannot proselytize. In any way, shape, or form.
Secularism: A neutral attitude, especially of the State, local government and public services, in matters relating to religion.
Secularism: The promotion of secular policies like the separation of church and state.
Secularism: A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
Secularism: Secularism generally refers to an ideology that promotes the secular (as opposed to the religious) particularly within the public sphere.
Secularism ≠ religion.
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Put your thinking cap on.....what was the purpose in restricting an official religion?
Could it be that establishing an official religion would restrict the free exercise of other religions?
Nah, just couldn't be.
As far as Jefferson's term "separation of Church and State", it doesn't state separation of God or religious thought from the State. The Baptists, Jefferson and the meaning of the idea of the time was not what you are suggesting. In fact, the term originates with the Anabaptists and is not meant to suggest the State not acknowledge God or the Creator, merely that the State cannot enforce religious law.
Nice try though.
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* sigh *
Molbiogirl said that creationism couldn't be taught in schools.
You replied that this conflicted with the free exercise clause.
I pointed out that the free exercise clause would not, in fact, protect someone who taught creationism in a public school.
If you are willing to concede this point, then apparently there is no conflict between mobiogirl's assertion and the free exercise clause. But if you still think that there is one, perhaps you could share it with us?
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Her comment is that it is unConstitutional to teach creationism in schools, and my comment is that this turns the 1st amendment on it's head, restricting the free exercise of religion.
Your point about employer/employee relations isn't what we were discussing. I don't know how much clearer I can make it.
A mental exercise.....Think of a situation where the school board mandates creationism be taught so the teacher isn't teaching his or her private, personal religious beliefs......now, think of your posts arguing about teachers teaching their personal beliefs...
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Then the same remarks would of course apply, except that in this case about the school board rather than the teacher. It is not a "free exercise of religion" for school boards to spend public money on promoting their favored religious beliefs, any more than it is freedom of speech for them to spend it on promoting their favored political beliefs, or an exercise of their Second Amendment rights to spend it on buying up a private arsenal.
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Seems like you are still missing the point. The issue isn't employer/employee relations. If a school district exclusively teaches a doctrine specific to a single religion, you could have a point. Imo, it's still not a violation as the school district isn't "Congress" but that's a separate legal issue.
However, teaching a general religious tenet or teaching a specific religious tenet alongside other beliefs is not, imo, seeking to establish a national religion.
What secularists have done is taken the 1st amendment, designed to promote religion, religious freedom and protect it into something hostile towards religion and restricting it.
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Seems to me that I have explained why a school board mandating the teaching of their religious views isn't protected by the free excercise clause.
See post #10.
And if seeking to establish a national religion was the only thing that the First Amendment prohibetted, you'd have a point.
Wrong. The First Amendment in no way restricts religion, and cannot possibly be interpreted as doing so, as every secularist and indeed anyone who doesn't live in Opposite World will tell you. What it restricts is the government.
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Your explanation is wrong because you assume they would be promoting their religious beliefs when in reality, they could be doing the exact opposite, for example, and want to give a minority view perspective a fair hearing.
And for the record, you are for the restriction of religion and using the government to do so if you are for restricting scientific theories in the classroom based on their religious affiliation or religious flavor. That's just a fact whether you want to admit it or not.
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Just as free exercise of religion does not permit a Christian schoolboard to mandate Christian prayers, it would also not give them the right to mandate Muslim prayers.
Restricting the government from meddling in religion does not restrict religion. It restricts the government.
I am not for restricting scientific theories in the classroom. I am in favor of keeping creationist rubbish out of the classroom, because it's rubbish.
The teaching of scientific theories, by the way, is also not covered by the free exercise clause. For reasons that I trust are obvious.
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So since the Bible states that Pi=3, Christian students shouldn't have to learn circular geometry?
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Yeah, now look down at entry five:
It's so amusing when people wantently ignore something.
Even better would be to look in a science dictionary. Here's a definition from an online medical dictionary that explains the whole problem quite well.
In science, an explanation for some phenomenon which is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning. In popular use, a theory is often assumed to imply mere speculation, but in science, something is not called a theory until it has been confirmed over the course of many independent experiments. Theories are more certain than hypotheses, but less certain than laws.
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Pomona City Council members adopted a resolution Monday to appropriate $24,000 from the city's general fund reserves for the Pomona Chamber of Commerce.
The council also authorized using $1,267 from the current fiscal year's general fund to pay for the city's membership in the Chamber through March 2014.
Funds for the city's membership in the organization were included in the city's 2012-2013 fiscal year budget.
Resident M. Joyce Bakersmith told Council members the city should not give the Chamber of Commerce financial assistance when the city has limited funds and needs to provide funding for the Pomona Public Library.
Councilwoman Paula Lantz said she would support the proposal but said it was the last time she would do so.
"Our budget has to have different priorities," she said.
Of the $24,000 about $9,000 will go toward the chamber's rent and $15,000 is for event sponsorships, a city staff report said.
City personnel are working with Chamber officials to plan for a future without or with limited city financial assistance, the staff report said.
City representatives are also working with Chamber representatives to possibly move the Chamber operations from its current offices within the Mission Promenade and into a city facility where they could pay lower costs, the staff report said. Rent is the chamber's biggest expense.


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In 1911 the world saw the birth of Chevrolet through the Chevrolet Motor Company, another effort from William C. Durant –founder of General Motors- by increasing the range of pioneering automotive vehicles. That same year, the first Chevrolet vehicle was created in the city of Detroit. The first Chevrolet design was conceived by Louis Joseph Chevrolet, who until that time was known as a race car driver. Since then his name and creation marked the auto industry forever.
The oldest known Chevrolet model is the 1912 Classic Six. This legendary vehicle was purchased by the Mutual Association Industry, located in the state of Michigan. Afterwards it was donated to the Alfred P. Sloan Panorama of Transportation, which was located in the College and Cultural Center, Flint.
At the end of the year 1913, Louis Chevrolet separated from Billy Durant, granting the rights to continue producing cars with his name. He then moved to Indiana, where he and his younger brothers, Arthur and Gaston, became legends in the traditional Indianapolis 500. The picture shows one of the first models in 1913 that brought with it the legendary "bowtie" logo, designed by Durant.
Before the popular "bowtie emblem", Louis Joseph Chevrolet used his signature as the emblem in his first models. Just a couple of years later, William C. Durant designed the brand logo, similar to the current one, inspired in a wallpaper which he saw in a Paris Hotel; however, his wife declared after that he had taken it from a Sunday paper.
"Our company policy is to build an excellent engine and sell it at a reasonable price", this statement by Billy Durant were shown in the Chevrolet public ad in 1915 where the image of the Light Six Series L appeared in its last year of production.
The Chevrolet Four Ninety was known as "The product of experience" in 1916. It was the best equipped model of the time. This was the only model of that period that had a cone clutch and three gears. Four Ninety was a vehicle that offered for the first time "package options", like electric ignition and lights.
The most outstanding model by Chevrolet in 1917 was the D Series. Billed. This was a popular one thanks to the slogan: "A newer and greater Chevrolet" and for having a v8 engine, the most advanced of the time, with 55HP, 10 more than any other 6 cylinder vehicle.
In 1918, the, Chevrolet 490 Touring was an extremely popular model, furthermore in that year there were modifications that increased public acceptance. Although, the open model depended from gravity for the fuel supply to the carburetor, the closed model was more advanced at this point due to the vacuum fed fuel tank.
The authentic four door sedan was produced by Chevrolet. It belonged to the FB Series and came to its peak point in 1919 when it replaced the two door model. There was more production if this vehicle than its top competitors, while still cheaper than its competitors. The popularity of the four door sedan also came from its ability to seat five.
At the start of the '20's, with guaranteed success, William C. Durant took a risk, which it came to be a great success, to immortalize his name and the brands': the creation of United Motors. The Durant Building was, by request of the businessman, the larger office complex in the world. Even today his surname initial, "D", is visible in the corners of the structure. With 15 floors, the enormous construction is known today as the General Motors Building.
Saturday Evening Post, one the most important American magazines of the time, in 1921 published the first Chevrolet ad showing the 490 Tuning model, which held the price of U$S 820; and afterwards it was reduced to U$S 525.
"Perfect for the businessman", announced the Chevrolet Utility Coupé ad in 1922. The successful campaign assured that selling that classy model any seller would be in the best conditions to close the deal. Priced at $ 680, at the time, seemed little at the wonders that this model promised.
In 1923 the engineering mastermind, Charles Kettering, introduced the Copper Cooled system in a Chevrolet. That years' model used the same body as the Water-Cooled series, but weighting 215 kilograms less. Chevrolet Copper Cooled model was easily distinguished from other cars for its horizontal grids that replaced the honeycomb radiator.
The new 1924 Chevrolet slogan was "Quality at a low cost". Although it was simple, that phrase held a privileged place in Chevrolet promotion for many years. The ad showed a four door sedan with a price only comparable to its excellent quality, which is how the slogan "The cheapest high quality car in the world" began.
In 1925 the 100.000th Chevrolet was assembled in the Janesville, Wisconsin plant. That car, which made car history, was an R Series with a 1-ton chassis. That model used the same engine, clutch, transmission and lights that the K Series used.
While most auto companies were focusing on presenting modest economic cars, Chevrolet was advertising in a number of Country Life magazines in 1926, a two door Coach model became the sales leader among models of its kind. Chevrolet's advertising tried to reach a more exclusive public by the advertisements that were published in the most popular magazines of the time. "The perfect partner to the best car by virtue of its elegant appearance, advanced design and construction quality".
Chevrolet Coach was still the most popular model in 1927, selling more than the sedan and coupe models. The open vehicles ceased to interest buyers from that time, hence Chevrolet presented a closed model producing 239.566 units. In comparison, the best-selling Touring achieved the modest number of 53,000 units sold. Once again Chevrolet exceeded all expectations.
The 1928 sedan weighed 2,535 kg, 160 kg more than the previous one. This dramatic difference of weight was due to the engine alone, this year using larger valves, aluminum pistons and improved carburetor. Together these changes resulted in 35 horsepower, compared with 26 in the previous model, and were reason enough to offset the increased weight.
"Fun under sun" Chevrolets Coach Convertible ad in 1929, which appeared on June 8th in The Literary Digest magazine when Chevrolet reached another record: 600.000 units sold in less than 5 months. However, the sun was about to hide due to the crisis in October. It would be many years before Chevrolet would have the sales of that time again.
In 1930 Chevrolet produced 7 million vehicles. Its new slogan was "More comfortable, faster, better". At first sight the models from that decade didn't change much from the previous years, although after a more exhaustive inspection a many differences were noticed, like an electronic fuel gauge in the dashboard and the size of the tires reduced by an inch.
In 1931, Chevrolet models belonged to the AE Independence Series. With 228,316 units produced, the Coach was twice more popular than the Special Sedan. A significant modification to the engine, relating to the bigger and more attractive models that Chevrolet presented, made Chevrolet again the number 1 company in the market. As a curious fact, in that time the bodywork structure was still made with wood.
In 1932 Chevrolet released, together with the slogan "The great American value", 21 improvements in its models as an example of its quality and superiority. Most of these points were undeniable, among them the outstanding 6 cylinder engine with 60HP and the possibility of reaching 65/70 mph.
The Silent Synchro-Mesh transmission was introduce in 1932 and eliminated the annoying sound of the shift points by the use of the clutch, these made the gears turn before being activated. Another exclusive feature from Chevrolet was the Starterator system which combined the automatic ignition with the accelerator pedal. The picture shows a 3-Windows Master Series Coupe- the only version that came out of this model, and included all these elements.
"Now you choose the model" was the Chevrolet advertising campaign in 1934, showing 14 vehicles from the Master Deluxe Series, promising a comfortable driving experience and assuring that after 5 miles nobody would be as satisfied with a different cheaper car. The advertising described the advantages of the front Knee Action independent suspension. In that time the grade of driving and stability improve significantly.
Chevrolet adopted the General Motors Turret Top bodywork in 1935, with a metallic roof. The Standard and Master series continued this year, unlike the Roadstar that went out of production, despite being an economic model. The Master series chassis was 113 inches and its lines were more fluid and round than the previous.
The 1936 5 passenger coupe was modified and a trunk was added to the bodywork. The new model was named the Town Sedan. The novelty of this year was the mechanical hydraulic brakes. As for the engine, the displacement was 206.8 cubic inches (3.4 liters) and 80HP. For the first time the bodywork was fully made of metal, which was a great improvement.
In 1937 Chevrolet launched the ad "The complete car, completely new", with an advanced style and many modern features marking a new stage in its history. Gathering the most important advancements of its time in it vehicles, especially in the aspects of safety and comfort: the independent Knee Action front suspension, secured windows, impact resistant steering, the Super Safe and the hydraulic brakes were an example.
The most important characteristic in the Chevrolet models in 1938 was its new grille. Using more horizontal bars than vertical, designed by Frank Hershey, who also worked on the 1934 Pontiac. Hershey also became famous for designing the two passenger Thunderbirds. In the image we can see the new grille on the master DeLuxe business Coupe, which 36,108 units were sold.
In 1939 the Chevrolet Capot significantly changed the bumper and grille, inspired by some of the characteristics of the Cadillac. This vehicle belonged to the Master Deluxe series. Also in that year the first Station Wagon was released by Chevrolet. It was the most expensive model in its class, the bodywork was made of wood: birch panels and ash structured.
In 1940 the Chevrolet number 25 thousand was made. William S. "Big Bill" Knudsen, General Motors president at the time, was took charge in giving a speech about that record and for the occasion presented the Master DeLuxe Town Sedan model.
The five passenger Special DeLuxe Coupe was, without a doubt, the most acclaimed model of 1941, this peculiar vehicle was known on some occasions as the Club Coupe. It was characterized by it long, symmetrical design. In 1941 Chevrolet also started selling several interior accessories for the car and metallic applications for the bumpers.
The Chevrolet short-term advertising campaign in 1942 showed photos in black and white and the phrase "The best Chevrolet of all time", and also the questions, "Why pay more?" and "Why accept less?". This advertising appeared January 10th, 1942 and was one of the last before the production was suspended just a month after due WWII.
The tremendous capacity of the Chevrolet factories became of great importance during the war effort for the USA during WWII. Immediately after war was declared, all plants started producing war artefacts.
In contrast to the dark tone of Chevrolet advertising during the war, in 1946 they returned to the custom of bright colors, natural landscapes and even a more friendly and enthusiastic language. In the image a poster in Collier's is shown, an example of the magnificent combination of modern photography and art, illustrated by Fred Ludekins. The ad emphasized: "A big car quality at low car cost."
After the war, the public started to demand the Chevrolet models that production had ceased when the company was helping make war supplies. Which is why the company began presenting low-end models, mechanically, were very similar and whose style differences were minimal.
Although production in 1948 was slightly less than in 1947 the Fleetmaster Cabriolet was a quite striking car, in fact, it was chosen to be the pace car that year in Indianapolis 500. That model represented a great deal of sales that year.
The 1949 Chevrolet model was proclaimed to be the "Perfect car for the family". It was one of the first automobile campaigns directed exclusively to the feminine public and as well as published in the Better Homes and Better Gardens magazine. The ad described the Chevrolet cars as vehicles that are easy to use and comfortable to drive. The series of images used for the campaign was created by the artist John Holmgren.
Visually, only very few differences could be seen between the 1950 models and the previous year. However, productions and sales reached new records during 1950.
Immortalized on the Dinah Shore show, the slogan "See the USA in your Chevrolet" appeared for the first time in the first printed edition of Holiday magazine in 1951. The ads showed Chevrolet models in different places around the world. In the image we can see a four door Styline De Luxe sedan next to the Mississippi river.
1592's most popular model was the Chevrolet Bel Air, a car completely different from the ones previously released. That year being described as "more beautiful than ever". It was considered by many as a work of art and Chevrolet claimed its price was "low" compared to all the features it had.
Chevrolet made history again in 1953 when, only five months after its Dream Car exhibition in that year's Motorama, presented the newest family member: the enigmatic Corvette, an instant classic. This idea came from General Motor's designer Harley Earl, a race car enthusiastic and Jaguar admirer who wanted to develop a similar car for Chevrolet: the Corvette.
The absence of the De Luxe Two Ten Series in 1954 contributed to the Bel Air sedan's popularity. Although its style was very similar to the Bel Air Hard Top, its price was more accessible. It was the second most popular Bel Air and Chevrolet's fourth most sold model of its lines.
"A new engine for a new generation". In 1995, the powerful V8 engine was launched. The creator said "I've worked my entire life on the V8, I live and breathe engines.". This engine had 265 cubic inches and 162 horsepower. A jewel of the time.
1956 brought with it the second generation of the Corvette: a model with a totally redesigned exterior, more aggressive, with distinctive headlights that were projected forward and a single toothed grille. Of course, it also had a more powerful V8 engine with 210 horsepower. A sports version was launched with a V8 engine: 225 horsepower and two 4-valve carburetors. The impact was such that Corvette reached 3,500 sold units.
In 1957, offering a 236 horsepower vehicle was a tall order for Chevrolet. The ad at that time promised a horsepower per inch thanks to Fuel Injection. A vehicle that met these standards was the convertible Polo Venetian Red: it reached 6,339 units sold.
Chevrolet Impala's ad first appeared in 1958 on General Motor's 50th anniversary. This stunning vehicle appeared in most of Chevrolet's ads of that year. Particularly one showing a close-up of a convertible Impala and as well as a Corvette from behind. This picture was illustrated by Austin Briggs.
Impala's success was such that in 1959 it was publicized in independent lines with two and four-door bodywork, coupé or convertible. The 1958-desgin changed as well: as you can see in the picture, there is a clear difference between the 1958 and 1959 models.
In 1960, the 4-door Corvair 700 Series became extremely popular. It was equipped with a refrigerated air 6-cyllinder engine and 140 inches of displacement that developed 80 horsepower or 95 in more complete versions. This was a highly luxurious model with a design that stood out. There was a total of 139,208 vehicles of this model.
In 1961, Corvette's rear end was redesigned incorporating four lights and the grille was replaced with a chromed one. This was a surprise for some, because this year it also reached its production level: 10939 units.
The 60s had just begun and Chevrolet already had a large variety of models, four of them were the most popular ones in General Motor's range. In 1962, the most popular model was the Chevrolet Nova II Sport Coupe; one of the new Senior Compact was sold most. The Chevrolet Nova was announced in the Saturday Evening Post and was Ford and Chrysler's direct competition in compact vehicles.
The 1963 Corvette was a huge success since day one. With 21,513 units sold and it represented a third of Chevrolet's annual income. At that time, convertibles were more popular than coupés. For 237 dollars extra, Corvette offered the option of adding removable roof and lights for the first time used since 1942. Afterwards, they were suppressed.
Chevrolet El Camino was a hybrid that became very popular during the 60s thanks to its unique design, a mix between car and truck. El Camino had already been seeing high numbers at the end of the 50s although production had ceased for three years, the 1963 model had a great acceptance due to its renovated seats and rear dashboards similar to the ones the SS model had.
Chevrolet models' appearance drastically changed in 1965: the bodywork became longer, with softer lines, curved windows, body fenders, and pronounced dashboards. The Impala shown in the picture has an entirely new front end and the grille design has enlarged rectangles.
By 1966, Chevrolet Impala was a celebrity due to its TV appearances in American shows such as "The Man from U.N.C.L.E". It became a movie star when it became one of James Bond's official cars, although it seemed impossible for the super agent to go unnoticed with a Chevrolet Impala.
Camaro's ad in 1967 consisting of showing all 5 members of the Chevrolet family with its newest member at front: the Camaro Sport. During only its first year, a total of 220,917 unit of an American classic were produced, an impressive figure for the time.
Corvette fans appreciated the new design of the 1968 model: a brand-new red convertible. The picture shows the designer in charge of such feat: Bill Mitchell, who was also in charge of the controversial concept car the Mako Shark II. The 1968 redesign is what gave Corvette its radical look.
In 1969 Chevrolet's latest air refrigeration model rolled off the assembly line. That year, 6,000 2-door models were produced such as the Chevrolet 500, Monza and the convertible Monza.
The second generation of the Camaro was presented on February, 26th 1970, only three years after the first generation and remained on the market for 11 years, until 1981. Camaro left its old image behind along with its convertible bodywork.
Although Chevrolet spent most of its budget on promoting the Caprice and Monte Carlo, the new subcompact Vega (the smallest Chevrolet until that time) appeared in the most popular magazines in 1971 accompanied by a slogan that said "A small car that grows with you".
In 1972, with 24,000 unidades produced, the Chevelle Malibu Sport Sedan became very popular it is second generation. There was a standard version of this vehicle with a V8 engine and 130 horsepower and a SS version as well. However, this version never reached the first generation's ales.
The new Chevelle premiered a new look in 1973 when Chevrolet was trying to boost medium-size car sales, especially on 4-door sedans. The initiative had great results and Chevelle Laguna became the vehicle that set the bar for the future of Chevrolet.
The 1974 Camaro Z-28 included a standard V8 engine, a heavy duty radiator, double exhaust, black grille, and a sport suspension with shocks, white wall tires and rear spoilers. All these elements gave the car a better performance, priced at just 572 dollars.
1975 was an excellent year for the Corvette line: the sales went from 1,000 to 58,465 units. It was also the last year Corvette was offered as a convertible model due to safety measures adopted by the American Automotive Industry. An impact absorption system was added to both front and rear bumpers.
The subcompact Chevrolet Chevette was the smallest car that offered a air filtration system. It became America's star car due to its fresh design and affordable price. The bodywork was modified and replaced with a more modern one and it got some retouches in the distribution belts and in the ignition which made the vehicle faster, lighter and even more efficient.
Caprice Classic became the Chevrolet banner in 1977. It was one of the most successful vehicle campaigns in history thanks to its redesign which also redefined the complete and compact vehicle concept. The ad simply said "The new Chevrolet". This model provided great profits to the company.
Featuring scenes of people enjoying picnics and parties, TV commercials were used as a part of Chevrolet's campaign in 1978 that said: "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet". This meant Chevrolet was a national pride. The Malibu Classic ad featured in the image has the slogan: "A fresh slice of apple pie".
The Chevrolet Monza's exterior had not suffered any modifications until 1978. However, in 1979 this model was enhanced with a newer and more powerful 2.5-liter engine, four cylinders and better protection against corrosion.
Malibu Coupe kept the look that made it so popular until 1980. It appearance was completely different from the also successful Monte Carlo, yet they both shared the same engineering.
At the beginning of the 80s, Chevrolet engineers worked on ways of saving fuel. In order to do so, they reduced the resistance in the front disc brake in full size models of the time.
Other changes introduced at that time were the 4-speed manual transmission and the 3-speed automatic transmission and for the first time in Chevrolet history used front wheel drive.
In 1982 the third generation Corvette was created with a Cross-Fire Injection system. For the first time since 1954, all Corvettes had automatic transmissions and also featured the first 200-horsepower V8 engine. During the decade, the sports design suffered some profound changes, leaving the plain shapes aside in order to hold a more muscled and voluptuous shape.
Although it kept the style, in 198, the 1983 Monte Carlo had the most important sales records on the market. The only change it suffered was the grille redesign, which gave the model a bolder look.
The 1984 Monte Carlo SS Mexican version had bucket seats, standard transmission, aluminum wheels and a wooden Italian designed Bertini steering wheel. It did not have the standard spoiler either. It had a combination of electric locks and manual windows. The American or Canadian versions were available in blue or white, and had the graphics and lines of the SS.
Chevrolet Sprint was first exhibited in California in 1985. This model stood out on the market because of its A/C, AM/FM radio, stereo and cassette. The exterior and its sports design caught everyone's eyes.
This picture shows an ad that appeared in 1986 Paradise magazine and shows a Caprice Classic at the top of the Castle Rock in Utah. It was a nostalgic allusion to a Chevrolet TV commercial that showed the famous Convertible Impala at the same landscape. The ad read "Today is Chevrolet".
Corvette's coupé and convertible models underwent profound changes in 1987. Chevrolet was still in the search of reducing the engine friction in order to create a better performance. This change finally happened in 1987, which also helped increasing Corvette's horsepower to 240.
50 identical Corvettes were manufactured in honor to the Corvette Challenge, a race sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America. It gathered America's 50 to race car drivers to compete with the special Corvette edition.
The 1989 Chevrolet Pick Up sets and important part in the brand's history. This C/K series' fourth generation not only meant work transportation but also set a new lifestyle. This status change gave the pick-up a sports package. By the time that this model was released, the fourth generation of the C/K series not meant only work transportation, but also adapted to a person's lifestyle. Because of this a sports package was offered.
Chevrolet began the 90s with the "Now and Forever" motto. Their vehicles were prepared for any kind of situation, including adventures. This led to a renewed Chevrolet Cheyenne Hunter, México's sports pick-up truck. Its steel wheels, distinctive molding, double-headlight and powerful grille proved that Chevrolet Hunter was the image of a Chevrolet that was ready for anything and everything.
The basic Vitara makes its first appearance; a model that is still being assembled today
Rodeo and Esteem models are launched.
Chevrolet reaches a historical record of 52% in market presence.
The Chevrolet Ecuador assembly plant celebrates it 30th anniversary.
GM-OBB begins with the "Competitive Management Model" (MGC) together with the Andean Fomentation Corporation (CAF) and the Total Quality Ecuadorian Corporation (CECT) for all local auto parts suppliers in order to improve Chevrolet vehicles' quality.
GM-OBB assembles the 400,000th unit.
Chevrolet implements the Designated Driver Social Responsibility Program with the purpose of reducing the amount of accidents caused by intoxicated drivers.
GM-OBB reaches its maximum daily production of 222 units.
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A few months back, Christian Bale was attached to star as a mountain climber in Everest, Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur's follow-up to the Denzel Washington/Mark Whalberg crime caper 2 Guns, but apparently Bale has moved onto greener, more sea-level pastures, while Kormakur has rounded up a stunning group of A-listers. Deadline reports the Working Title production is in talks with Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke to star in the non-bombastic disaster film. Is anyone else just the least bit tickled by how much alliteration this cast has going on?
Kormakur is assembling the cast himself, proving his dedication to the project, and Universal Pictures and Emmett/Furla Films are currently in discussions to co-finance the film. One has to wonder how big of a budget a film like this will call for.
Everest, unlike the Doug Liman project, will thankfully not just be an origin story about the first people to climb the world's tallest peaks of Mount Everest, as inspiring a story as that may be. Kormakur's film will instead focus on the deadliest year in the mountain's history, when a huge snow storm hit the mountain, leaving eight climbers dead. (15 people actually died over the season, but the film centers on only one expedition.) The disaster was the focus of the popular nonfiction book Into Thin Air, written by Jon Krakauer, who had first-hand knowledge of the tragedy, as he was on site writing about it for a magazine. Krakauer and his work were criticized post-publication, and it's perhaps because of this that the film will be based on several written sources beyond Into Thin Air, as well as interviews with some of the survivors.
Unfortunately, there's no word on what roles these actors would be taking, but I guess there would be some spoilers involved if they did. I also wonder if Krakauer will be a character within the film, given his involvement with the climb.
This is a cast that is in no danger of going unseen in the next year or two. Brolin will exact harsh vengeance in Spike Lee's Oldboy remake in October. Gyllenhaal will play a cop searching for missing girls in the crime thriller Prisoners. Hawkes teams up with Will Forte for one big score in Daniel Schechter's untitled Elmore Leonard adaptation. Clarke will star as Tom Lincoln in A.J. Edwards "young Abraham Lincoln" drama The Green Blade Rises. To be sure, these are just the projects these actors have coming up next.
They're all currently filming other projects, and Kormakur is aiming to begin production in November, which makes me think some heavy planning will need to be done to secure all these actors within that timeframe. Assuming they aren't filming the whole thing on location at the mountain itself, it could definitely happen.


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Pretty stoked to say I just moved into a place at 47th and Judah, right next to the ocean. Will be commuting downtown for uni, then hopefully getting on the water lots in the afternoon, either kiting or surfing.
Any other kiters living nearby? It is always good to have somebody to go out there with. I've been kiting for 7-8 years so I won't be holding you back.
Been reading a bit about beach etiquette at OB on the forum, where to launch etc., anything else I should know before going out there?
Looking forward to meeting other kiters in the area, and potentially carpooling to other spots when they're better than OB.


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I'm tired of our defense playing zone in passing situations and hoping the defensive line can force mistakes. We have a secondary capable of taking over games if we run press-man and blitz the ever-loving shit out of the offense. This philosophy isn't working and it's taking away a huge personnel advantage.
Carroll has no kill instinct on the road. If we get a lead we will run on 70% of the plays regardless of the outcome. Today we were moving the ball in the air, but as the game wound down Carroll decided it was better to get 1 yard a carry than let Wilson make things happen.
At home it's flea flickers, reverse passes and all-out blitzes. On the road it's pansy-ass football.


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On a small LaHave Island, just north of Round Island.
The LaHave Islands are located at the mouth of the LaHave River Estuary, off the shore of Lunenburg County, on the South-West coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The group of islands consists of George I., Bush I., Bear I., Jenkins I., Bell I., Hirtle I., East Spectacle I., Moshers I., Tumblin I., Wolfe I., LaHave I., Cabbage I., Middle I., Round I., Outer I., and the largest of all, the Cape LaHave Island, besides numerous smaller islands.
This area is a true Seakayaker's paradise.
The name LaHave in settlements and the river estuary are named after Cap de la Hève, near Le Havre, France.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.


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Re: You still have no room to talk, Scott.
Posted by Cassie on 1/13/06
~_~ You wish. Have five more kids and see what kind of chaos ensues (with 5
goldfish, a turtle, two dogs, a pair of canaries, a rabbit, a cat and a partridge
in a pair tree)
On 1/13/06, Scott wrote:
> On 1/13/06, Cassima wrote:
>> Dude... Now you are the one acting like a sped.
>> You went from debating about birds into telling us how to raise kids. Why
> don't
>> you write a combined book on raising birds AND children, publish it and allow
>> US to decide for ourselves? Once you have 5 kids, that is the point of no
>> return, man. You NEED the gates and closed doors because you cannot be at
> every
>> child's side all at once. We are talking about "Motherhood", unless there is a
>> new breed of woman out ther I don't know about.
>> I'll take one of them, too, as well as a Super Bird. I'll need a back-up.
>> You have no right to judge anyone because YOU did not do it. Congradulations.
>> How amny "accidents" or "OOPIES!" did you have in your house? Apparently you
>> don't live in a 5-bedroom quadlevel, with 4 bathrooms, 2 different back doors
>> and a swimming pool in the back yard. A small child is easily lost in a home
>> like that, so the gates are needed if you are upstairs, just in case one of
> the
>> other kids "forgets" they should be watching the baby while mom gives a bath
> to
>> another or two (even in the same room) and the baby goes tumbling down the
>> stairs.
>> That's right... You only have three. You don't seem to have that kind of a
>> problem, so your "Stop cageing your kids" solution does not apply.
>> Get a degree, publish a book, then we'll talk about our inability to raise
>> kids, K? Until then, you have nothing to say.
>> Plus... Throw a bird into the mix, and then you have a grand ol' time trying
> to
>> keep track of everyone. The Macaw came in handy though. "I see TIFFINY!!! Mom,
>> TIFFINY!" "I see KEVIN! Momma! KEVIN'S here!" She can name all of us, and she
>> tended to follow me and my twin around alot "Momma! Come get CASSIE!", "Momma,
>> TREA's in here!" (My sister's name is Thelese, but she has a hard time
>> pronouncing the "th" sound)or "TWINS-TWINS-TWINS-TWINS! Double trouble my way!"
>> There were times all eight of use got into trouble. We would play hide-and-
> seek
>> with her, so when we all got in trouble at the same time, that little snitch
>> knew our hiding places. "I FOUND YOU! My turn!" She was the most wonderful -
>> ahem- "toy" of us. She loved to play baby, and we would put a bonnet on her
> and
>> push her in a stroller. Mom even let us feed her baby food with one of those
>> rubber-covered spoons and sit her in the high-chair. That bird loved every
>> moment of it. I miss her so much.
>> And she ALWAYS has been clipped.
>> On 1/13/06, Scott wrote:
>>> On 1/12/06, Cassima wrote:
>>>> Look man... I am the third fo eight kids. Yes, you do need to shut off
>>>> parts of the house. They can go UP stairs, the going DOWN is how they get
>>>> hurt. And the kitchen, and the bathroom, and the laundry room, and the back
>>>> door was locked and the screen in the front was locked...
>>>> Need I go on?
>>>> On 1/12/06, Alison wrote:
>>>>> On 1/12/06, Scott wrote:
>>>>>> So let me get this straight, if you had a child, would you completely
>>>>>> shut them off from the parts of your house that may potentially be a
>>>>>> danger to them?
>>>>> ____________________________________________________
>>>>> ABSOLUTELY! And I do have a child. If you had children you would know
>>>>> that they learn to walk, long before they have the capacity to understand
>>>>> danger. I had gates keeping my child safe from injury in the two most
>>>>> dangerous rooms in ANY home. The Kitchen and the Bathroom. -Alison-
>>> _________________________________________________________________________
>>> No please stop caging your kids and crippling your birds. I am one of 4 kids
>>> and have 3 of my own and a "gate" has never been in our home(s). There is nmo
>>> need as long as you educate your children and know what you are doing before
>>> you have them. Same goes for clipping wings. I have read several child
>>> development books and I use most of them to train my birds as well. (Since
>>> that is what my degree is in) -Scott-
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Dude your self...... you guys started all of this and you are just sad because I
> am truths in what I have sad and you realize that. -Scott-


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About TLMI should probably start by saying I didn't really get much out of the first things I read about TLM (might be either that I didn't really read it through, or that it is too abstract a concept to understand without seeing some examples of). TLM stands for Transaction Level Modelling, and Wikipedia defines it as "a high-level approach to modeling digital systems where details of communication among modules are separated from the details of the implementation of functional units or of the communication architecture". The definition is rather vague which is part of made me confused about this, but actually this loose definition is what makes it powerful and interesting.
Let's take an example to get a more solid grip on it: main memory connected to a processor, no caches, no complicated memory hierarchies. A Von Neumann type processor has a rather simple expectation from the main memory it's connected to: it wants to be able to write to the memory at a given address, and similarly read from the memory at a given address. If you wanted to create a model for a memory that satisfies these requirements, you could do it in many ways on many levels. You could, for example, write a piece of C code that fills in/reads out elements of an array with read/write function calls, or a slightly more complicated version with some kind of wait() function to emulate the delays occurring while accessing the memory. Or you could write a VHDL/Verilog description at the RTL (register transfer level). Or go down a level to build this memory transistor by transistor. Alternatively, the processor and the memory may be communication through some kind of bus instead of having a direct connection, and this connection itself can be subject to different levels of modelling.
All of these levels of modelling have their advantages/disadvantages, serving some kind of specific purpose. There is, however, one thing that does not change: the interface to the memory is essentially the same in all these levels of modelling, whereas the gory (or not so gory) details of the actual implementation change according to model. This is essentially what TLM dictates: define the interface, what kind of data is passed back and forth. It's quite alike the object oriented programming concept of interfaces in this respect.
There's of course more than TLM than this, the OSCI (Open SystemC Initiative) has standardized the approach and offer a set of well-defined building blocks for constructing TLM interfaces. It may sound scary, but especially TLM 1.0 is quite simple to understand: it defines interfaces for either uni- or bi-directional communication for any given data type (via C++ templating), either blocking or unblocking.
If that muddled things down instead of clearing them up, the next bit should help more: a real TLM example, from ArchC!
The ArchC TLM portArchC normally offers a pretty complete package for playing around with processors, but there's a great deal of flexibility possible when you want to start customizing parts of that package, and this is where TLM comes into play. Starting from ArchC 2.0 (or something close to that :)) a TLM interface is offered for connecting "memory" to ArchC-generated cores. This is how:
ac_tlm_port DM:16M; // declare a TLM port that can address 16M
ac_regbank RB:32;
ac_reg npc;
ac_reg hi, lo;
ac_tlm_intr_port inta;
ac_wordsize 32;
ARCH_CTOR(mips1) {
Easy! So once we have the TLM port, what do we do with it? What does the ArchC TLM interface look like? On the "internal" side (=the side which the processor core itself talks to) the functions inheritsed from ac_inout_if is used, just like regular memory. But it's the "external" side that concerns us: what does the TLM port do to "talk" to the outside world? It's derived from sc_port
typedef tlm_transport_if
Now that's a SystemC TLM interface: the template uses ac_tlm_req for sending out requests to the external world and ac_tlm_rsp for getting responses from the external world. Those types are:
/// ArchC TLM request packet.
struct ac_tlm_req {
ac_tlm_req_type type; // READ, WRITE, LOCK, UNLOCK...
int dev_id;
uint32_t addr;
uint32_t data;
/// ArchC TLM response packet.
struct ac_tlm_rsp {
ac_tlm_rsp_status status; // ERROR, SUCCESS
ac_tlm_req_type req_type; // same as in request
uint32_t data;
And that's it! That's what ArchC uses when it wants to do something with a piece of external memory. The TLM base interface itself (tlm_transport_if) needs a function called transport that carries the request and returns the response:
ac_tlm_rsp transport(const ac_tlm_req & req);
Having seen these, it shouldn't be difficult to model a simple memory that can be connected to the ArchC TLM port:
class ArchCTLMMemory : public ac_tlm_transport_if {
ArchCTLMMemory(uint32_t size_bytes) {memory = new char[size_bytes];};
~ArchCTLMMemory() {delete memory;};
ac_tlm_rsp transport(const ac_tlm_req & req)
ac_tlm_rsp response;
response.status = SUCCESS;
response.req_type = req.type;
if(req.type == READ)
response.data = *((uint32_t *) memory[req.addr]);
else if(req.type == WRITE)
*((uint32_t *) memory[req.addr]) = req.data;
return response;
uint8_t *memory;
While it's by no means a complete example, it should be enough to illustrate the simplicity of making an ArchC-interfaceable memory element. And the real power is of course the TLM interface dictates nothing about the memory implementation - you're free to include delays, assertions, stat counters, or routing this memory request to some other component (which is the case for the tile-based system I'm building).


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I know. It's messed up. :I To all of you who do not understand the reference in the last panel, I do not reccomend looking it up.
Can I marry you? Please? With a cherry on top?
not enough mike being punched
I seen that bear before,whats his name?
Oh, I love that bear because he doesn't love me. :'D
Omg, pedobear in action
Pedobear? Run Mike, RUUUN!!!
Okay, I'll admit I slightly lol'd at pedobear.
PauloxSandy is so OTP.
Taeshi confirmed it.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 23, 2013) – Below are a list of athletic events taking place for the week of Jan. 22-27.
Men's Basketball (5-14, 3-3 A-Sun)
This week: The ETSU men's basketball team welcomes the Atlantic Sun teams hailing from the city of Jacksonville, Fla., to the MSHA Athletics Center. The week starts off Thursday against third-place Jacksonville (10-10, 5-2 A-Sun) with tip scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, the Bucs play the back end of an ETSU basketball doubleheader, facing off with North Florida (8-12, 3-4 A-Sun) at 4 p.m.
Live stats for both men's basketball games this week will be available through Stat Broadcast on ETSUBucs.com. Free live audio can be heard through the athletics website as well, or by tuning in to 640-WXSM on your AM radio. Free live video and play-by-play commentary can be found on ASun.TV.
Last week: The Buccaneers went south of the Tennessee border to the neighboring state of Georgia for two league matches against Mercer and Kennesaw State.
Game one of the series was Thursday, as ETSU surrendered 39 points in each half to Mercer to fall by a score of 78-59. Senior Jarvis Jones (Memphis, Tenn.) had a team-high 12 points, but was the only Buccaneer to reach double-figures on the night. On the other side, Mercer had four players reach double-figures, headed by Travis Smith's game-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting. The free throw line ultimately did ETSU in, with the Bucs shooting just 5-of-17 (29.4 percent) for the game.
ETSU turned things around on Saturday, leveling its conference record back to .500 with a 10-point victory, 70-60, over Kennesaw State. Shot efficiency was the key to victory, as ETSU shot 59.1 percent in the first half and 68.8 percent in the second half to wind up at a 63.2-percent margin for the game. Redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville, Tenn.) led the scoring, totaling 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including three makes on all three of his 3-point attempts. Jones and junior transfer Kinard Gasden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) also ended the day in double-figure scoring, as Jones scored 15 points with the help of four made 3-pointers, while Gilliard dropped 14 on the Owls on 6-of-8 from the floor.
Women's Basketball (4-10, 2-5 A-Sun)
This week: The Lady Bucs play just once during the week, opening Saturday's ETSU basketball doubleheader at 1:30 p.m., against UNF (8-10, 4-3 A-Sun) inside the MSHA Athletics Center.
Live stats for the front end of Saturday's doubleheader will be available through Stat Broadcast on ETSUBucs.com. Free live audio can be heard through the athletics website as well, or by tuning in to 640-WXSM on your AM radio. Free live video and play-by-play commentary can be found on ASun.TV.
Last week: ETSU's women's basketball team played three games in the last eight days, dropping a home contest to Stetson before going on the road and splitting meetings with Kennesaw State and Mercer.
The trio of games started Monday of last week, as Stetson made the trek to Johnson City and walked away victorious, 71-55. Two Hatters scored over 20 points, led by Shanasa Sanders with a game-high 22 to go along with five rebounds and four assists. Jama Sharp had 21 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals. For the Lady Bucs, local-product Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) led the offense, totaling a season-high 15 points on 4-of-7 from long range. ETSU struggled as a whole offensively, shooting just 21-of-55 (38.2 percent) on the evening.
The road trip to Georgia began Saturday, with ETSU earning its lone win on the week, 61-59, over Kennesaw State. The Lady Bucs trailed by 13 with 11:32 to play, but began a comeback fueled by a pair of juniors in Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) and Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) who each totaled 18 points – a season-high mark for Randall. ETSU took the lead at 56-55 with two minutes to play, and held it the rest of the way for the victory.
ETSU looked to make it two in a row on Martin Luther King Day, but came up short against Mercer, 79-64. Mitchell had another good game, putting up a team-high 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, but no other Lady Buc managed double-figures in any statistical category. Like Stetson did to ETSU the previous Monday, Mercer had two players score over 20 points, headed by Kendra Grant's 24 to go along with Precious Bridges' 23. Alicia Williams ended the game in double figures for the Bears, netting 13 points. ETSU hung in for the majority of the contest, but Mercer closed out on a 22-12 run to run away with the 15-point victory.
Men's Tennis (1-1)
This week: The ETSU men's tennis team will be one of 60 teams to participate in the 2013 ITA Kickoff Weekend, heading to the home of Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, along with Miami (FL) and UL-Lafayette. No. 72 ETSU starts play on Saturday, getting another chance at No. 4 Ohio State, who the Bucs lost to in the first round of both last year's and 2011's NCAA Tournaments. Depending on the result of that match, ETSU will take on either No. 64 Miami or No. 71 Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday.
Last week: ETSU began dual play in Winston-Salem, N.C., but was swept by Wake Forest, 7-0. The Bucs lost their doubles matches at No. 1 and No. 3 before being able to close out the set they were leading at No. 2, and were subsequently taken down in straight sets by the Demon Deacons in each singles match. The following day, the Bucs traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., for a neutral-site meeting with Oklahoma State, taking down the Cowboys for their first win of the year, 4-2. ETSU was unable to take the doubles point, but victories from Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay), Roger Ordeig (Gurb, Spain) and Ricardo Pabon (Bogota, Columbia) lifted the Buccaneers to victory.
Women's Tennis (0-0)
This week: Idle
Last week: The ETSU women's tennis team traveled Winston-Salem as well, taking part in the three-day Wake Forest Winter Classic. The four teams in the field were ETSU, Wake Forest, Radford and Elon, each taking on the other throughout the three-day tournament in both singles and doubles.
The Buccaneers went to work on Saturday taking out the Demon Deacons in two-of-three doubles matches before winning four-of-seven singles matches against Elon. Juniors Sofia Espana (Mexico City, Mexico) and Salma Dahbi (Marrakech, Morocco) each had perfect days, pairing together in doubles to win 8-1 against Wake, while winning their singles matches at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.
The following day, ETSU proved its wins against the ACC foe were no fluke, sweeping the Demon Deacons in singles, 6-0, and winning four of the matches in straight sets. Earlier in the day, the Bucs were perfect against Radford in doubles, dropping just five games in the three combined sets to win by scores of 8-0, 8-2 and 8-3.
Play concluded on Monday, and the wins kept coming with ETSU taking five-of-six singles matches from Radford. The only downside of the entire three days of festivities was dropping two-of-three doubles contests to Elon.
Men's and Women's Track & Field
This week: Idle
Last week: The ETSU men's and women's track & field teams hosted the 35th annual Niswonger Invitational/KYA High School Invitational at the MSHA Athletics Center Friday and Saturday, earning victories in four events while seeing multiple student-athletes wind up with personal bests and top five's throughout the two days.
Over 60 collegiate men's and women's teams and over 800 student-athletes competed in the meet, as well as 2012 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 4x400m relay, Manteo Mitchell, who ran in the men's 60m and 200m dash over the weekend. Mitchell also held an autograph session for fans on day two on the third-floor concourse.
Of the ETSU highlights, the event victories started on opening day with senior Kelly Monteleone (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earning the first of her career. Monteleone competed in the triple jump, making the final and leaping 12.22m to take gold. Sophomore Filip Jalovy (Modrice, Czech Republic) took the other Friday victory, edging Atlanta Track Club's Zaven O'Bryant by .02 of a second in the men's 800m, clocking a winning time of 1:54.66.
Day two of the Niswonger Invitational consisted of two Buccaneer wins as well, beginning with junior Tyler Stepp (Dandridge, Tenn.) in the men's high jump. Stepp cleared a height of 2.08m on his first attempt and watched on as competitors from A-Sun schools Lipscomb and Kennesaw State could not do the same on any of their three tries. Stepp then had the bar raised to 2.11m to try and break the ETSU indoor high jump record, but was unsuccessful at the feat. The other victory on the day belonged to Jalovy, who took his second event of the meet by beating fellow Buc Angus Baldwin (Tumbi Umbi, Australia) down the home stretch in the men's mile. Jalovy clocked in a 4:14.98, while Baldwin came across at 4:15.29 to take second.
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Israel is being advised to take legal, and possibly even military action in response to Lebanon's issuing of an offshore energy exploration license that encroaches on Israel's territorial waters.
Early last month, Lebanon issued licenses in five blocks of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). One of those licenses expanded the territory into Israel's EEZ, with Lebanon announcing that the area had a high potential for natural gas discovery.
Globes reports that international law experts are telling Israel that it must respond - either in court or through military force - or risk losing some of its maritime territory.
The areas in question are indeed rich in natural gas, Israel have already discovered massive offshore deposits. Those finds previously led Lebanese officials, including those from Hezbollah, to claim that Israel was stealing Lebanon's natural resources.
However, Israeli officials pointed out that they have never issued a license or made maritime territorial claims that encroached on areas previously claimed by Lebanon or any other nation.
The need to respond to Lebanon's new encroachment is serious. Israel's new natural gas finds are a major boost to its economy and satisfies much of its energy needs. It is a resource Israel simply cannot afford to lose, nor can Israel allow Lebanon to set a precedent that could later be followed by Egypt and others.
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A recent national survey by the Pew Research Center produced some interesting findings regarding public opinion on free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization.
Some 44 percent of the respondents said they feel the agreements are good for the country; 35 percent believe the pacts have hurt the U.S.
But they were almost equally divided on whether the agreements have been good or bad for their own financial situation: 36 percent felt they have been hurt, 35 percent that they have been helped.
More telling, though, were responses to other questions:
44 percent say the agreements have resulted in lower wages for Americans, while only 11 percent say they have brought higher wages.
48 percent say the agreements have cost American jobs, 12 percent that they have created jobs. Interestingly, both Republicans and Democrats strongly agreed that the agreements have had a negative impact on jobs (42 percent Republicans, 51 percent Democrats) and wages (42 percent Republicans, 48 percent Democrats).
34 percent say the agreements have slowed U.S. economic growth, 28 percent that they have spurred growth.
One of the selling points for free trade agreements is that they bring lower prices to consumers. But in the Pew survey, only 32 percent said they feel the agreements have brought lower prices; 30 percent said they think prices are higher; and 23 percent said they believe there is no difference.
As things crank up in earnest for the 2008 presidential election, the Bush administration has just pushed through a free trade agreement with Peru, and continues to talk up others, including one with New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, and Brunei, and others with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia.
Voters, meanwhile, are pressuring the candidates to outline their position on trade.
The movement to low wage countries of more than 3 million U.S. jobs — including hundreds of thousands in the textile industry — the ongoing safety issues with food, toys, and other imported products; the escalating U.S. trade deficit; and general disgust with the World Trade Organization and it's anti-U.S. cotton rulings, have left a sour taste with many Americans.
Most of the Democrat candidates and at least one Republican have said, if elected, they will take a tougher stance on trade agreement provisions. In several cases, that would include a re-examination of the biggie North American Free Trade Agreement — Sen. John Edwards terms it "a disaster;" Sen. Barack Obama has said a review of NAFTA would be one of the first things he would do as president; and Sen. Hillary Clinton has said she would seek "to correct its shortcomings."
All three have said they will change the Trade Promotion Authority, or "fast track," which allows the president to approve trade deals that Congress must then either vote up or down, but can't revise.
President Bush's TPA expired June 30, 2007, and Congress has not renewed it. The leading Democrat candidates say they would replace fast track with a more workable process that includes labor/human rights/environmental provisions and/or strengthen Congress' role in trade agreements.


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I think about this a lot. A changing lifestyle results in changing wallet needs.
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You can create MySQL accounts two ways:
By using account-management statements intended for creating accounts and establishing their privileges, such as
CREATE USERand
GRANT. These statements cause the server to make appropriate modifications to the underlying grant tables.
By manipulating the MySQL grant tables directly with statements such as
UPDATE, or
The preferred method is to use account-management statements because they are more concise and less error-prone than manipulating the grant tables directly. All such statements are described in Section 13.7.1, "Account Management Statements". Direct grant table modification is discouraged, and is not described here. The server is free to ignore rows that become malformed as a result of such modifications.
Another option for creating accounts is to use the GUI tool
MySQL Workbench. Also, several third-party programs offer capabilities
for MySQL account administration.
phpMyAdmin is
one such program.
The following examples show how to use the
mysql client program to set up new accounts.
These examples assume that privileges have been set up according
to the defaults described in Section 2.10.4, "Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts".
This means that to make changes, you must connect to the MySQL
server as the MySQL
root user, which has the
CREATE USER privilege.
First, use the mysql program to connect to the
server as the MySQL
root user:
shell> mysql --user=root mysql
If you have assigned a password to the
account, you must also supply a
--password or
-p option.
After connecting to the server as
root, you can
add new accounts. The following example uses
CREATE USER and
GRANT statements to set up four
mysql> CREATE USER 'finley'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'finley'@'localhost'
mysql> CREATE USER 'finley'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'finley'@'%'
mysql> CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT RELOAD,PROCESS ON *.* TO 'admin'@'localhost';
mysql> CREATE USER 'dummy'@'localhost';
The accounts created by those statements have the following properties:
Two accounts have a user name of
finley. Both are superuser accounts with full privileges to do anything. The
'finley'@'localhost'account can be used only when connecting from the local host. The
'finley'@'%'account uses the
'%'wildcard for the host part, so it can be used to connect from any host.
'finley'@'localhost'account is necessary if there is an anonymous-user account for
localhost. Without the
'finley'@'localhost'account, that anonymous-user account takes precedence when
finleyconnects from the local host and
finleyis treated as an anonymous user. The reason for this is that the anonymous-user account has a more specific
Hostcolumn value than the
'finley'@'%'account and thus comes earlier in the
usertable sort order. (
usertable sorting is discussed in Section 6.2.4, "Access Control, Stage 1: Connection Verification".)
'admin'@'localhost'account can be used only by
adminto connect from the local host. It is granted the
PROCESSadministrative privileges. These privileges enable the
adminuser to execute the mysqladmin reload, mysqladmin refresh, and mysqladmin flush-
xxxcommands, as well as mysqladmin processlist . No privileges are granted for accessing any databases. You could add such privileges using
'dummy'@'localhost'account has no password (which is insecure and not recommended). This account can be used only to connect from the local host. No privileges are granted. It is assumed that you will grant specific privileges to the account using
To see the privileges for an account, use
mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'admin'@'localhost';
| Grants for admin@localhost |
| GRANT RELOAD, PROCESS ON *.* TO 'admin'@'localhost' |
The next examples create three accounts and grant them access to
specific databases. Each of them has a user name of
custom and password of
mysql> CREATE USER 'custom'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP
-> ON bankaccount.*
-> TO 'custom'@'localhost';
mysql> CREATE USER 'custom'@'host47.example.com' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP
-> ON expenses.*
-> TO 'custom'@'host47.example.com';
mysql> CREATE USER 'custom'@'%.example.com' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP
-> ON customer.*
-> TO 'custom'@'%.example.com';
The three accounts can be used as follows:
The first account can access the
bankaccountdatabase, but only from the local host.
The second account can access the
expensesdatabase, but only from the host
The third account can access the
customerdatabase, from any host in the
example.comdomain. This account has access from all machines in the domain due to use of the
%wildcard character in the host part of the account name.


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Fiery Footage: Man Plunges Into Crater of Volcano
It takes an exceptionally brave man to plunge down into the crater of a volcano. And you have to wonder a little about his sanity if he does so just to grab some cool footage and a better view of a lake filled with swirling molten lava.
It seems Geoff Mackley, a daredevil filmmaker from New Zealand who loves a hard challenge, did just that recently. Geoff, along with his small team, completed a grueling journey, which last nearly two months, to the edge of the Ambrym Volcano on the tiny Pacific island nation of the Republic of Vanuatu.
Mackley's goal was to drop down into Ambrym volcano, and get extremely close to the Ambrym lava lake -- closer than any human being has ever managed before.
This incredible feat was anything but a walk in the park. In addition to a fairly treacherous climb, Geoff and his crew had to deal with scorching temperatures that often exceeded 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. If that weren't bad enough, the filmmaker had to clunk about, climb, and try not to fall while wearing a bulky heatproof proximity suit, as well as a special breathing device.
Without the extra heavy-duty protection, Mackley would have only been able to stand next to the lava lake for a few seconds. Otherwise he would have been cooked. After donning his special gear, he was able to spend 40 minutes next to the mass of bubbling molten rock.
Mackley, along with team member Bradley Ambrose, climbed down 400 meters (1,312 feet) of rock and stood next to one of the planet's most amazing sights. The pictures they brought back are reminiscent of various descriptions of the pits of hell.
Adventurers as audacious as these guys have definitely earned the right to boast that they're the most hardcore explorers, and filmmakers around.


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Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian
- Elpidius of Cappadocia
- Elpidius the Abbot
- Elpidius the Hermit
- Elpidio…
Abbot in Asia Minor. Hermit in a cave on Mount Luca, Cappadocia for over twenty years. His reputation for holiness attracted many disciples.
- 4th century of natural causes
- relics enshrined in the town of Cluana (modern Sant'Elpidio a Mare), Ancona, Italy in the 7th century
- the relics are believed to have saved the town from a Lombard siege when Elpidius appeared in the sky asking the inhabitants to defend the village
- man with a vine leaf in winter which recalls a story of him planting a twig in bare ground in winter – and the resulting vine grew so fast and full and that it covered the whole church beside it
- "Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian". CatholicSaints.Info. 2 September 2017. Web. 25 March 2019. <>