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What is iCloud Drive and How Does It Work?
By Jamie Pham | September 23, 2014 | 9:00am
Apple released their brand new iOS 8 last Wednesday and with it, came iCloud Drive. So what is it?
It's Apple's "Dropbox-killer" where you store documents and other files in Apple's iCloud system. Apple has had iCloud since 2011, but has only now truly given users functional access to file management across platforms from the cloud. iCloud Drive connects and syncs all of your Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iMac, and Macbook) together to make sure all files are up to date. It will also let your share photos, calendars, locations, and more with your family and friends.
One example of how iCloud Drive might work in practice is starting a Keynote document on your Macbook and then editing it on the train ride to work on your iPad. Each app you sync with iCloud Drive will get it's own folder on your Mac. You don't have to copy or import anything as long as the file is saved within the folder. You just open the app on your iOS device and load the file from within that app.
Once you've updated to iOS 8, upgrading your iCloud account to iCloud Drive can be found right in the settings of your iDevice. Head over to your settings and tap on iCloud to open your cloud storage settings. It should then give you the option to upgrade to iCloud Drive, which can then later be toggled on or off. In this same menu you can also choose what kind of storage you want to purchase. Users will get 5GB storage for free but if you want to upgrade for more storage, the options are as follows:
$0.99/month for 20 GB of space
$3.99/month for 200 GB
$9.99 for 500 GB
$19.99 for 1 TB
There is only one problem though. Mac users must wait until OS X Yosemite is released later this fall to take full advantage of it (unless you are part of the Beta program). However, Apple released a version of iCloud for Windows, which includes iCloud Drive support so that you PC users with an iPhone can try it out now.
Apple fans will no doubt love how their files will be automatically synced between all their Apple toys, but heavy Dropbox or Google Drive users may need a bit more convincing (especially considering all the recent iCloud breaches).
Furthermore, a large amount of businesses depend quite heavily on cloud services such Dropbox and Google Drive to transfer/sync files between employees, so much that any new service will really require some benefits. Can the seamless compatibility between iDevices and Macs be enough to win over enough users? We'll have to wait at least until Mac OS X Yosemite comes out, but it's nice to see Apple finally making a serious move against its competitors.
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Q: Creating simple .htaccess URL rewrites I'm having difficulty with simple re-writes in .htaccess on a hosted Apache server.
All the tutorials that I have read use regular expressions to make complex URLs more user-friendly, particularly dynamically-created URLs.
An example:
RewriteRule ^product/([^/.]+)/?$ product.php?id=$1 [L]
would change
www.yoursite.com/product.php?id=123
to
www.yoursite.com/product/123
However, that's not as user-friendly as I would like. In a site which uses dynamic URLs, I would like to change
/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=97
to
http://www.example.com/product-name-a
So, I tried:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule   /index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=97   http://www.example.com/product-name-a
RewriteRule   /index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=98   http://www.example.com/product-name-b
RewriteRule   /index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=99   http://www.example.com/product-name-c

No errors are generated, but it doesn't work.
Is this possible to do? If so, is my syntax bad? If it's not possible, can anyone suggest ways of rewriting (not redirecting) individual URLs?
I'm aware that not using regular expressions means much more manual work. I am prepared for that. The data for this will come from a text file, which I will create. I'm not asking about DB access or anything relating to the origin of the data.
I do not believe that this is a duplicate question as:

*

*Other questions relate to rewriting or redirecting part content, not
the complete URL.

*Other questions ultimately relate to regular expressions, as the
requests are for manipulations, not replacements.

Thanks.

A:
Is this possible to do? If so, is my syntax bad?

Problem that you are trying to match query string in RewriteRule which is incorrect since RewriteRule is used to match ONLY Request URI.
Change your rule to this to make it work:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+index\.php\?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=97 [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /product-name-a? [R=302,L]

RewriteRule ^product-name-a/?$ /index\.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=97 [L,QSA]

Here RewriteCond is using THE_REQUEST variable that represents original request received by Apache from your browser.
Reference: Apache mod_rewrite Introduction

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Film Review: Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Color
Palme d'Or winner, Blue is the Warmest Color, the new film from French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche (best known for 2007's Cesar Award winning The Secret of the Grain), is the story of two women, one a high school student who is just burgeoning into her sexuality, leaving behind the expectant ideas of what she is to be and whom she is to love, the other an older, more worldly art school student for whom our heroine falls madly and deeply in love. Full of brazen yet unflinching honesty, the film is a whirlwind of controversy in the film world, as actors and directors grumble publicly at each other, and the dreaded NC-17 rating has been slapped upon it like the mark of some sort of backwards thinking Cain (one need only be twelve to see the film in its home country of France). The other thing the film is, is one of the best damn motion pictures of the year.
A three hour French lesbian drama, where one of the characters is underage, and where the director and actresses are publicly battling over supposed mistreatment on set, and all saddled with that aforementioned NC-17 rating here in the states (in France, you only need be twelve to buy a ticket), is not going to be the film that brings 'em into the multiplexes of middle America. Well, damn good thing too, I say. This film is too good for the likes of such people anyway. And let's face it, most of conservative middle class America would probably walk out sometime during the ten minute, unsimulated and uncompromising sex scene in the middle of the film. Leave those moviegoers to the franchise makers and luke warm rom coms of modern day Hollywood. Leave those people to the oh so drab so-called indie fare that pretends to be cutting edge material running around the less and less discerning arthouse of the day. Leave the truly daring art films to those of us who know how to enjoy such things. Basically, what I am saying is, let those who can, enjoy one of the best films of the past year, maybe even several years, maybe even decade. Let us enjoy, Blue is the Warmest Color.
What is the story anyway? Glad you asked. Loosely based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Julie Maroh (I say loosely since even though the basic storyline of the film follows the novel, there are several major differences - one quite major indeed) Kechiche's film is about the love story between a high school girl just now struggling with her sexuality, and what is expected of her in today's society, and the slightly older art school woman with whom she falls immediately and madly and deeply in love. Being French, the film never delves very deep into what Hollywood would perceive as a necessary melodrama, instead opting for a fluid storyline that never finds the need to explain itself all too much. With that style, the film allows the two actresses the freedom to pull off two of the finest, subtly provocative performances of recent years. These two actresses are the mostly unknown Adele Exarchopoulos (Oscar talk, albeit of the dark horse variety, is starting to buzz about) as Adele (the character's name was changed from the much better Clementine of the novel), the young sexually awakening protagonist of the love story, and the somewhat better known Lea Seydoux (Farewell My Queen, Inglourious Basterds) as Emma, Adele's blue-haired objet de amour (and yes, blue is a colour that runs through the movie like a sweetly overpowering palette). Both give stunning, naturalistic performances, that compliment the smooth, realistic direction of Kechiche.
Yet, the controversy surrounding the film, from the blatant sexuality to word of laughter during Academy screenings to the director badmouthing the film and his actresses, not to mention the dreaded mark of Cain, ie the NC-17 rating, even with its pedigree of a Cannes victory last May, certainly makes the film a tough sell in US multiplexes (even many arthouses are fearful of booking the film) but it is just as certainly a film that should be seen by those who love honest, sometimes brutally so, storytelling, and bravura filmmaking that hearkens toward the cinema of the Dardenne Brothers (much of Blue reminded this critic of the Dardenne's Rosetta). It's a real shame that many in this country will not see this film, but as I said before, such people probably do not deserve to see such a film full of stark and unblinking beauty as Blue is the Warmest Colour. I'm just glad I wasn't one of those undeserving masses, for this is a film that will most certainly be a major player in my yearly best of list. If you are lucky, it may very well be in yours as well.
This review can also be read over at my film site, The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World.
Posted by Kevyn Knox at 11:41 AM
Labels: Film Reviews, Movies
"Leave the truly daring art films to those of us who know how to enjoy such things."
What a bunch of smug crap!
Kevyn Knox December 9, 2013 at 1:43 PM
I've been called worse, but at least I don't hide behind anonymous comments.
Ya are a smug bastard, but then so am I. so what the fuck do I care. Ha!
Those working class New Wave directors you purport to worship would punt you out of the room for suggesting that these films are too rich to be grasped by the piddling brains of "averagers". I can't tell if you're writing, or embroidering sonnets into a silk pillow for Marie Antoinette's ass.
"Leave the daring art films to me, madame!"
Yours, Zorro.
Kevyn Knox December 19, 2013 at 7:32 AM
Those New Wavers were idealists...and it was a different world back then. Sadly culture seems more dead these days amd most could not appreciate such things in today's modern rocko world.
But, since I am talking to someone too cowardly to give their real name, why should I even bother with any reasonable kind of argument?
Troll away Mr. Z. Troll away.
"I can't tell if you're writing, or embroidering sonnets into a silk pillow for Marie Antoinette's ass." I like dat, man. He do do dat.
But really, he is kinda right. Today's audiences pretty much suck the big one -- if ya know what I mean. The majority of peeps today ain't never seen no foreign film at all, 'cept maybe Hero or Crouching Tiger. They just aren't interested. Buncha phuckin' Philistines!!
But yeah, Knox does like to put on airs - always has. So keep 'im in check. But really, stop your trollin' around like all these other insectoid internet vermin. Back your words with a face. Don't be such a fuckin' coward.
There, I had my say - now let's move the fuck on peeps!

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Q: What does running "builtin" do? Simple question, really...
Builtin?
What happens when you run: builtin?
The return type from echo $? is 0.
Which means that the command has most likely run successfully.
So, what does running builtin accomplish?

A: This is useful when you wish to reimplement a shell builtin
as a shell function, but need to execute the builtin within the function.
$ type echo
echo is a shell builtin

$ function echo(){ builtin echo "'$1'"; }

$ echo hi
'hi'

help builtin

builtin: builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]
      Execute shell builtins.
Execute SHELL-BUILTIN with arguments ARGs without performing command
lookup.  This is useful when you wish to reimplement a shell builtin
as a shell function, but need to execute the builtin within the function.

Exit Status:
Returns the exit status of SHELL-BUILTIN, or false if SHELL-BUILTIN is
not a shell builtin.

A: From help -m builtin:

NAME
    builtin - Execute shell builtins.

SYNOPSIS
    builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]

DESCRIPTION
    Execute shell builtins.

    Execute SHELL-BUILTIN with arguments ARGs without performing command
    lookup.  This is useful when you wish to reimplement a shell builtin
    as a shell function, but need to execute the builtin within the function.

Example usage:
cd (){
    builtin cd "$@"
    pwd
}

This cd's, then prints the new working directory (like in IPython). If you forget the builtin part, it will keep calling itself in an infinite loop.


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'57 Chevy EV Conversion! Project X Gets Chevrolet Performance Prototype eCrate System
The most famous '57 Chevy on the planet changes once again as it shows how to meld EV technology with classic iron.
Steven RuppWriter
To go forward we first have to go back, way back, to 1965. Back then magazines ruled the roost, and Popular Hot Rodding decided the best way to serve their readers was to pick up a cheap long-term project car to try out various engines and speed parts. A mere $250 netted them a rather run-down and basic 1957 210 Chevy that was eventually named Project X. We know they planned for this to be a long-term project, but I doubt they ever thought it would still be a project car 56 years later. X has had just about everything you can imagine from Chevrolet stuffed between its yellow fenders, but it's 2021 and time to take a rather large leap—to electrification.
Why Do an EV Conversion on a Classic Car?
Yeah, we know some of you will hate it, just like they did when the car first tried EFI or was changed after being in Hollywood Knights, but that means you're missing the point of Project X. The '57 Chevy has always existed to change and try out new things, and there's nothing newer than going electric.
More Project X Episodes: EPISODE 2, EPISODE 3
Last year Chevrolet introduced its eCrate program as a way to give hot rodders options. Is Chevrolet Performance moving away from internal combustion engines? Nope. Heck, Chevy just released a 1,000-hp ZZ632 big-block crate engine. What Chevy is saying is that it wants to show hot rodders what's possible for their favorite classic hot rod. It's all about options, and for this dance with bleeding-edge EV tech, our 1957 Project X is leading the way once more.
You see, that's what makes Project X so unique. It was never designed to be finished, just to keep changing with the times. As GM's Al Oppenheiser told us: "Remember, most classic cars were inline-sixes and low-output V-8s. Someone, at some point, put a small-block in 'dad's car' and made it theirs. Now the younger generation has a way to keep 'grandpa's' V-8 generational by making it an EV. It's a way to keep the classic car culture alive for the new generations of car people. "
Related: The Untold History of Project X
Back in the mid-2000s GM did a complete rebuild of the car, and at that point everyone thought X was done. Former GMer and current President at Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Jamie Meyer is remembered as saying, "No one will ever outdo what we've done with Project X, but who knows, someday maybe someone will do something like put an electric motor in it." You see, even at that point people knew Project X would keep changing along with the evolving hot-rodding industry. After all, the other option would be for it to stop and get retired, put out to pasture, if you will, and that would be a shame. Project X has shown generations of hot rodders numerous possibilities of how they can build their own cars, and we see no reason why that tradition should end. We joke that in another 20 years, X will be flying around with a Mr. Fusion fused to the trunklid.
Where to Have an EV Conversion Done?
Now, an EV conversion on a classic Chevy isn't like building an RC car. It's also something that hasn't been done very often and a task that requires a certain specific skill set. To make this even more challenging, the '57 Chevy had to be done for the 2021 SEMA Show in Vegas, an event that was just five weeks away. To tackle this Herculean task, X was shipped to Vic Cagnazzi Racing in Mooresville, North Carolina. Cagnazzi had just started a new branch of his racing business called E-Crate Solutions, and GM felt he had the manpower, skill, and equipment to pull off this transformation in just over a month.
A few years back X had a makeover by the guys at Hot Rod Garage. The all-aluminum 425-hp 427-cubic-inch big-block was yanked and replaced with a Roots-blown B15 Chevrolet Performance LSX crate engine and given more of a pro-street look.
Related: How EV Motors Work, Tech Differences, and More
The car had been sitting in the corner of a warehouse, and when it showed up, it was a bit of a mess and would barely idle. Project X has changed so much over the years that about the only part of the car we can guarantee is original would be the rear license plate it has always run. (Who swiped the front plate, and whose wall is it hanging on?) Well, true to form, it was time for X to change once more, this time with a proof-of-concept propulsion system to demonstrate what the next generation of eCrate Connect & Cruise may offer.
Before the team at Cagnazzi could get started figuring out the new parts, it had to strip off the old stuff, which started, appropriately, at the gas tank.
Eventually the team worked its way forward to the blown LS engine.
For the most part these are the parts removed for the EV conversion, but we also ditched Project X's Strange rear in favor of a quick-change unit. Why? Well, we'll get to that in a bit.
With all the parts out of the way, Michael Lyons, Cagnazzi's chief of engineering, fired up the Gom Optical Measuring Techniques ATOS Core blue-light 3-D scanner. If you see little white "eyeball" stickers on the car, that's for the scanner. Cagnazzi has its own CNC machining facility, and by having the entire car 3-D scanned, it would be able to quickly churn out one-off rapid prototyped parts for the project. If you want one of these scanners for your garage, you'll need to save up around a quarter of a million bucks.
The result is one of the most detailed 3-D scans of a '57 Chevy ever. The team then went on to scan all the parts so it could "virtually" build the car, decide what parts would go where, and figure out what changes would have to be made to X to make the new parts fit. Being able to virtually build the car saved time, and with our abbreviated five-week build schedule, we needed every minute we could beg, borrow, or steal.
Where to Put the Batteries in Project X?
The biggest challenge was packaging in the 400-volt lithium-ion battery packs. There's four of these prototype super-secret batteries powering X, and together they weigh in right around 700 pounds, but weight over the rear axle isn't really a bad thing. Oh, 400 volts DC is no joke and will kill you dead, and it will hurt the whole time you're dying. Given this shocking fact (sorry, couldn't resist), safety was the No. 1 rule in the shop.
Thanks to the 3-D scan of the car, the team came up with a battery plan. Back when GM rebuilt X, it narrowed the frame rails; to fit the batteries, they needed to be put back in the original locations while allowing X to keep its massive rear tires.
So new frame rails were added, starting right behind the rear tire well. The Cagnazzi team also made a support to handle the two upper batteries. All of this was designed in CAD, the parts CNC cut out and then welded up. Again, the time spent 3-D scanning the car really saved valuable time during the build. The batteries provide 400V with 30 kWh of energy. High Voltage thermal management and charging systems are carried over from the eCrate Connect & Cruise Kit, which is already developed and planned for release—a great demonstration of versatility of the eCrate package.
We can't show you the proof-of-concept prototype batteries, but this gives you an idea of the layout. The two lower batteries sit laterally in the recessed trunk floor, the two upper batteries were mounted longitudinally on the support we showed you earlier, and they were all held in place by custom CNC-machined hold-downs designed by Cagnazzi. The batteries run in series and into a control box mounted in the trunk on the driver side. The overall pack is a 2p96s setup: two cells in parallel and 96 of these pairs in series.
From the bottom you would never know there's no gas tank in X, and 700 pounds along with the instant torque of the electric motor should make doing wheelies pretty easy. We'll find out after the 2021 SEMA Show when we get to the testing stage.
Does an EV Conversion Require a Transmission?
The Strange Dana 60 was ditched in favor of this sweet quick-change piece from Diversified Machine. Elite Tube and Fab supplied the tubes and brackets. Why? Well, for this first go-around, Project X will be direct drive, which means the electric motor will hook directly to the rear with no transmission in between.
So to change X from a cruiser to a hard-launching drag car, we just pop the cover and swap out the G-Force quick-change gearset. There's a 0.571 gearset for cruising (overall ratio of 2.36) and a 1.75 gearset for max off-the-line performance (overall ratio of 7.22). The whole process of swapping gears takes just a few minutes.
The direct-drive layout makes for a really long driveshaft, so for safety we went with a two-piece driveshaft like many modern cars and trucks have. There's a crossmember right around where the trans crossmember would be, which supports a bearing where the rear driveshaft mates to the shorter forward driveshaft. No exhaust meant we had tons of room under the Chevy.
One really cool thing the Cagnazzi team did was figure out how to put the system's charging port in the tailfin where the old gasoline fill neck was located. The system has an onboard 7.2-kW charging system along with a 1.5-kW DC-to-AC inverter.
Again, using the 3-D scans, the team was able to design the new motor mounts for the Chevrolet AC motor.
Mounting an electric motor isn't much different than mounting a gasoline engine. In fact, because you don't need to factor in a large oil pan or headers, it's a lot easier.
Chevrolet sent us over this mockup case so the team could work on all the brackets, wiring, plumbing, and the rest while the actual permanent-magnet three-phase AC motor was being geared at GM. Look close, and you can spy the sweet billet engine mounts that were whittled out of aluminum on Cagnazzi's CNC machines. The drive unit GM provided is derived from an upcoming GM production EV consisting of GM's next-generation high-efficiency three-phase AC motor with an integrated traction power inverter.
Let's be honest, the new electric motor is pretty tiny in the '57 Chevy's voluminous engine bay. To fill it up a bit, the team decided to stack some of the parts above the actual electric motor. These all have to do with the engine's power management systems and do things like convert the 400V power to 12V so it can charge the normal Delco battery that will in turn run the 12V accessories. All that power makes heat, so many of these components are liquid cooled.
Just like every car being built for SEMA, Project X needed a lot of wiring done, and all from scratch. Aside from the team that Chevrolet sent to the shop to help, Modern Racing sent over a couple of technicians to help sort the miles of wire. Oh, to make things more challenging, supply chain issues meant they could only get white for most of the wires. To help keep track of everything, every wire was labeled at each end with a tiny number. Good times.
While Modern was working on the wiring at the front, the Chevrolet team was working on the wires in the trunk, which controlled not only the batteries but also the car's ECU. This whole deal was a "first," and given its prototype status a lot of on-the-fly engineering was done to get all the systems communicating and playing nice together.
With an EV, there's no drive belt to run accessories. Even if there was, the electric motor stops when the car stops. This means everything that typically runs off a drive belt needs to be electrified, like this AC compressor. The upside is that because there's no drive belt, the accessories can be mounted wherever it makes the most sense. Here the AC compressor is mocked up while the Cagnazzi CNC department made the brackets. Pro-tip: Any cable with orange loom is high voltage and needs to be shown the proper respect.
Even modern internal combustion cars have electric power steering these days, so the solution was easy for Chevrolet to address. A Bosch electric PS pump was mounted low and just in front of the motor.
On an internal combustion engine, the hot water from the engine is used by the climate control system to warm the cabin. With an EV this won't work, so for cabin heat there's a small, electrically powered unit to provide hot water for the heater core.
Do They Make eCrate Systems for EV Conversions?
The permanent-magnet three-phase AC motor finally showed up to the shop, so the team got busy installing it in place of the mock-up unit they had been using. Obviously, this weighs quite a bit less than the engine we removed. In fact, due to the rear-mounted batteries, the weight of the car remained about the same but is biased to the rear, perfect for dragstrip launches. GM modded the motor, changing it from a transaxle setup to one with longitudinal mechanical power so it can drive the back wheels like a traditional gas engine. The goal with this new kit is for hot rodders to be able to do the conversion while keeping the "engine in the front driving the rear wheels" arrangement of classic muscle cars. The internal gear ratio was changed from 11.6:1 to 4.5:1. Also, this next-gen eCrate Connect and Cruise prototype features an internal DC-to-AC inverter. Estimated power is 340 hp, which might not sound like a lot to hot rodders, but given the near-instant torque output (325 lb-ft), it's quite a rush when the throttle is mashed.
This isn't the electric motor in your RC car. In addition to cooling, it also needs an oil pump to keep it properly lubricated.
Just like an internal combustion engine, an EV needs a proper cooling system with no fewer than three separate radiators to cool down the various systems, including the batteries, which are also liquid cooled. There's also a system to warm the batteries if outside temps drop too far. Add it all up, and the EV has a more complicated cooling system than most internal combustion vehicles. To hold the coolers and the AC condenser, Cagnazzi fabricated this core support using flush-mount rivets.
Three Derale Performance radiators, one front and two rear and each with their own high-CFM fans, were mounted to the fabbed core support. If you look below the radiators, you'll see two of the many pumps that send coolant to the various systems.
Anyone that works with high-voltage DC power will tell you it demands respect. Special care was taken with any high-voltage lines that had to pass through metal bulkheads.
The old inner fenders had cutouts for the headers, so the Cagnazzi team fabricated new inners to clean up the engine bay. Unlike the old panels, these were designed so the main sections could be removed without having to pull the hood or fenders.
As we explained earlier, there's a typical 12V Delco battery in the engine bay that runs all the 12V accessories. Above its closeout panel, the team installed a mechanical cutoff switch. In the trunk there's also a master disconnect switch so the 400V batteries can be safely isolated during any needed service.
Chevrolet made these sweet rear quarter panel emblems for Project X, with the 400 representing the system's voltage while the traditional V part now references voltage instead of the V arrangement of pistons. The emblems showed up unpainted from GM, so the team next-day-air shipped them to Todd Berry in Alabama, who painted them and had them shipped back to us the next day.
The interior of Project X stayed almost identical to how it was when we started, with three notable changes. See that big red button on the dash? Well, that's the "Oh expletive!" cutoff switch in case something goes sideways.
Classic Instruments worked over the gauges to be appropriate for an EV. The fuel gauge was replaced with a battery charge gauge, the volt gauge now reads lower voltage, the rpm on the tach was raised, and there are two water temp gauges for the various EV cooling systems.
Does an EV Conversion Still Require a Shifter?
Even though Project X's electric powertrain is direct drive, it still needs a system for putting it in park, drive, and reverse. The solution was to re-engineer the shifter control panel out of a C8 Corvette to control the process. This took more than a little work to make happen, but the GM engineers and Cagnazzi team were able to make it work.
Less than 28 hours until Project X needed to be loaded up and heading west to Vegas, the team pulled an all-nighter (a SEMA build tradition for many shops). Most items on the to-do list were small things like tidying up wiring, checking coolant line connections, and doing paint touch up.
With the inner panels in place, the new EV motor and control boxes look pretty good. You can see the X closeout panel the team made to block off the hood's old air intake for the throttle body. There's a lot going on here, but we think it looks well laid out. It will certainly get attention when the hood is popped at an event.
With the hood closed, you would never know we touched the car.
Project X still has its iconic style and classic lines, but with a modern EV powertrain it's ready for the 21st century and beyond. So is Project X done? That would be a hard no. It will never be done, and there are already plans in motion to increase X's range and power output, with talk about twin motors and other performance tech that's right now on the drawing board. After all, so long as there's new hot-rodding parts to be tested out, Project X will be there to try it.
Project X '57 Chevy EV Conversion: Concept Features
All-electric next-generation Connect & Cruise eCrate Propulsion System Concept—Electric Drive Unit derived from upcoming GM production EV with next-generation motor
Integrated DC-to-AC inverter
Estimated power 340/255 (hp/kW)
Estimated torque 325/440 (lb-ft/Nm)
Modified gear ratio 11.6 to 4.5
Open differential converted to spool
Potential for PTO off front of drive unit
Longitudinal driveline
Proof-of-concept lithium-ion performance battery system with 400 volts and 30 kWh of usable energy (located in trunk)
High Power Lithium Ion pouch cells arranged in 2P96S fashion.
Integrated cell heating and cooling system with battery management system
Onboard 7.2 kW charging system
Onboard 1.6 kW DC-to-DC inverter
Quick-change rearend: 4.125 ring & pinion with 0.571 or 1.75 gearset resulting in overall ratio of 2.36 or 7.22
Wilwood brakes w/ ABS system
Rack-and-pinion steering with electric power steering pump
Iconic yellow exterior
Custom billet specialties 15-inch wheels
Custom interior with Corvette C8 push-button shifter
Build Team at Cagnazzi E-Crate Solutions
Victor Cagnazzi
Michael Lyons
Parker Grove
Todd Berrier
Adam Badgett
Fred Badgett
Gene Dehart
Build Team from Chevrolet
Prashant Ahire: Project Management
Russ O'Blenes: Director, Performance & Racing
A.J. Hamley: eCrate Electrification Engineer - Controls lead
Adam Maloney: eCrate Electrification Engineer - Electrical Systems lead
Steve Yocum: Design Lead
Mike Ernest
Steve Richie
Sean Sheehan
Cole Leether
Performance and Racing Propulsion Lab
Pontiac PPO (Janellen Preston and team)
GM Production Electrification Team


Montréal is an exciting and vibrant city that is steeped in history. It is also a food-lovers dream location. The cultural and culinary tradition of Montréal tells a rich and delicious story. The idea of taking a food tour of your own city may not have crossed your mind, but whether you are new to the city or a born and bred local, a Montréal food tour can give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of what is all around you. The Vertica Resident Services blog team wants to share some Montréal Food Tours worth drooling over!
Montreal's Secret Food Tour takes you on a culinary journey of the hip, happening and historic Mile End area. The tour begins at L'Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile End (Church of Baby Jesus at Mile End) and heads over to Boulangerie Guillaume for warm Montréal-style Alsatian tarts. Be sure to pick up some other fresh baked treats to take home. From there, you'll take the short journey to Little Italy for authentic Gnocchi and tomato sauce, then head right next door to Fairmount Bagel. Next up, is two Montréal classics in one -- Smoked Meat Poutine! Top off your tour with a sweet fruit crepe before heading to a local brewpub to chat over a platter of charcuterie. Come hungry!
Flavours and Aromas of Old Montréal is 2.5-hour walking tour that takes you on a tasty trip through one of the most stunningly beautiful areas of your city. You'll learn about the history of the local cuisine, not only from the French, but how the native peoples influenced food and how Expo 67 expanded the exotic menu in Montréal. This tour is sure to fill your belly as well as quench your thirst for knowledge.
Plateau & 'The Main' Food Tour takes you on a journey through the famous Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood. This area has a unique melange of classic and cutting edge edge cuisine and culture. You will make 5 delicious food stops, including a stop at the world-famous Schwartz's Deli for the quintessential Montréal Smoked Meat Sandwich. You'll also take in some of the cool street art murals and visit a rooftop garden that overlooks the area.
The Vertica blog team hopes that these food tours help to enhance the flavour of your city and give you a rich taste for the culture and cuisine that is all around you. For information on Vertica Rental Properties in Montréal, please visit our website.


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Marvel's Doctor Strange will be dominating the box office this weekend.
But if you're not in the mood for superheroes, there are two smaller, yet highly rewarding films on offer. One is the Palme d'Or winner, I, Daniel Blake. The other stars Jeff Bridges, and is called Hell or High Water.
Stone the crows if this isn't a career-best performance from Captain Kirk himself, Chris Pine.
Pine and Ben Foster are brothers on a mission in Hell or High Water, and while we know that mission involves robbing banks in Texas, the real story is on a deliciously slow reveal.
Chasing our unlikely anti-heroes is Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton, played by Oscar-winner and all-around legend Jeff Bridges, and his partner, Alberto.
Soon due to retire, Marcus and long-suffering partner Alberto will chase these good ole boys down if it's the last thing they do.
So yes, this is a modern-day Western, a heist story of filial love, but unexpectedly pulsing with a deep social conscience. How brilliant.
Could I please just watch Jeff Bridges all day? I could literally just sit back and listen to him read the phonebook. He is outstanding here, in a film full to the brim with superior performances, simple, succulent, temperate dialogue and assured, purposeful storytelling.
I can still feel the dry Texan dirt in my eyes. What a wonderful film.
Four-and-a-half stars.
Hell or High Water:: Director: David Mackenzie :: Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon, Kevin Rankin:: Rating: R16 - Violence & offensive language:: Running Time: 102 minutes:: Release Date: In cinemas now


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50 Shades of Gray star Jamie Dornan celebrates 40th birthday at the rodeo
by techlowdown · 7 May 2022
50 Shades of Gray star Jamie Dornan celebrates 40th birthday at the rodeo. The actor saddled a mechanical bull on his birthday and had fun with his friends.
Last Sunday, May 1, Golden Globes nominee Jamie Dornan turned 40 years old. The actor invited close friends to the rodeo and threw a cowboy-style party in honor of the significant date. Apparently, the official photo report from the holiday is not yet ready. Still, Dornan has already shared a funny video with subscribers in which he, dressed in Western-style in jeans, a brown suede jacket, and a hat, rides a mechanical bull for eight seconds, after which he falls on a harness. Trampoline.
This year has been a huge success for the performer, earning his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Belfast, director/writer Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical period drama set in Northern Ireland during the Civil War. Unfortunately, Dornan's professional success was overshadowed by the tragic death of his father, Jim, from COVID-19 last March. As a result, Jim Dornan never had time to see "Belfast" with his son's participation on the big screens.
I've worked with some pretty cool people in my career, and it's often been the really big modern talent that everyone is talking about. But my father never heard of these people. So I talked about Belfast like this: "You know, Judi Dench plays my mother, and Ciarán Hinds plays my father. It's cool, you know?", – says the actor.
Recall that the last time Jamie Dornan was seen at the 33rd Producers Guild Awards was on March 19. The occasion was carried out at The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The actor rarely appears in public, so each of his appearances attracts the attention of the press.
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ETRO, 43 Old Bond Street, is the refurbishment of a retail unit designed to the highest specification in London's most exclusive shopping district.
This Grade-II listed project is the London flagship store of the Italian fashion house, and has transformed the property from its previous use as an historically significant art gallery into a vibrant clothing store.
The basement, which was predominately used for storage due to the low ceiling, has been lowered by 600mm to allow significant added retail space covering approximately 350m2. The ground and first floors have retained their original features, whilst the general fabric has been restored and rejuvenated.


This 16-Year-Old With Leukemia Fulfilled A Bucket List Item By Tasering Someone!
Bucket lists. We all have them and we're all adding to and subtracting from them constantly. For one teenager, she has to start working on checking things off earlier than most people.
16-year-old Alyssa Elkines was diagnosed with Leukemia many years ago and was in remission. Recently, the cancer came back and now doctors have given her just four months to live. Tragic, right? Elkines said that she is going to try to start crossing things off her bucket list. Her list contains the typical things like a trip to Disney World, Cedar Point and New York. She also wants a micro pig and a tattoo!
Recently, the Newark Police Department helped check off one of Alyssa's bucket list items. She wanted to taser someone, and they made it happen! Sheriff Doug Bline offered to ride the lightning and said that it only really hurt for a second, but it was worth it in order to help a girl fulfill a dream she had. Well done, Sheriff Bline!
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Building a One-Stop System for Food Data
For more than 125 years, the USDA National Nutrient Database has provided data on the composition of foods commonly consumed by Americans. Today, ARS maintains the database. (Peggy Greb, K9093-1)
The USDA Branded Food Products Database, launched in 2016, contains nutrient information for commercially processed foods based on data from product labels. (Scott Bauer, K7225-2)
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is creating a new food data system called USDA FooDS, which will incorporate all USDA foods and nutrient composition databases under one umbrella.
For more than 125 years, the USDA National Nutrient Database has provided data on the composition of foods commonly consumed by Americans. Today, the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), part of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), maintains the database.
"Historically, our mission has been to generate an authoritative high-quality database, primarily focusing on analytical data for foods that are consumed in the United States," says NDL research leader Pamela Pehrsson. "Part of that mission recognizes food and nutrients that are of public health importance as well as emerging foods and nutrients."
In the early 20th century, ARS chemist
Wilbur O. Atwater determined a standard
way to measure calories in food.
(Photo by USDA, D2967-2)
The first food composition tables, published by American pioneer chemist Wilbur Olin Atwater in 1892, contained 178 food items. Over the years, USDA noted the ongoing need to update data as food, agricultural, and manufacturing practices changed to reflect consumer preferences for low-cost, nutritious, and more palatable foods. In 2016, a new database, the USDA Branded Food Products Database, was launched, which increased the number of food items in USDA food composition databases from 8,700 to 228,000 within a year.
These databases, along with other databases managed by other BHNRC laboratories, generate a need for a "one-stop shopping" approach to meet emerging demands of diverse users. "The idea is to eventually have one common search to look up everything," Pehrsson says. "For example, you'll be able to find all the information that BHNRC has on the composition of broccoli and, as the data system evolves, links to websites at other USDA and federal agencies that provide additional related information."
The goal of USDA FooDS is to integrate all food composition data managed by BHNRC. This includes analytical data developed under the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program, historical data from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR), data from the USDA Branded Food Products Database, and expanded basic chemical research data on food composition. Two other key components of USDA FooDS are the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, which was developed to provide nutrient content of foods and beverages reported in What We Eat In America, the dietary intake component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; and the Food Patterns Equivalents Database. These databases have been the foundation for nutrition guidance initiatives like the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and for development of daily reference intake values by the National Academy of Sciences. (See "A Definitive Way To Profile Our Nutrients."). More basic analytical chemistry research data from BHNRC's Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory will also be included in USDA FooDS.
In addition, USDA FooDS will contain data on emerging bioactive components such as flavonoids and isoflavones, plant-derived compounds that are potentially associated with decreased risk of cancer and cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. "Connections to other websites that may provide additional related information are planned," Pehrsson says. "We are striving for USDA FooDS to be integrated, automated, and much more valuable to the user."
BHNRC, located in Beltsville, Maryland, is partnering with the University of Maryland in designing, developing, testing, installing, and configuring USDA FooDS, which will be accessible through the National Agricultural Library.
Users of BHNRC's data include health professionals, nutrition policymakers, researchers, the food industry, and consumers, says NDL senior nutritionist David Haytowitz. The data allows dietitians to provide specific dietary guidance to clients, researchers to better link dietary intakes to disease outcomes, and policymakers to develop guidance which promotes public health. The data is also used by many commercial database developers in the United States as well as by other countries to supplement their databases.
Between October 2016 and November 2017, the website (including SR and the USDA Branded Food Products Database) had generated more than 22 million page views by 1.6 million users.
To build the database of the future and meet the needs of users, NDL's program for analyzing data is changing. "We're emphasizing the building blocks of the food supply—key ingredients in the food—and how a variety of factors impact the variability in the nutrient content of foods," Pehrsson says.
BHNRC researchers are working on data storage, including archiving of older data under USDA FooDS, which will allow users to compare data on specific food items over time, Pehrsson says. It would be almost impossible for a single entity to maintain an analytical program that fully captures the wide variety and growing number of foods available in the market.
Because commercially processed and prepared foods comprise about one-half of what Americans consume, and is the fastest growing sector of the food supply, a new database was needed, Pehrsson says. To fill this need, the USDA Branded Food Products Database was launched in 2016.
This database contains nutrient information for commercially processed foods based on data from product labels. The database is the result of a public-private partnership that includes, in addition to ARS, the International Life Sciences Institute-North America, Label Insight, GS1, 1WorldSync, and the University of Maryland's Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The partners voluntarily share their data for incorporation into the USDA Branded Food Products Database.
"A big advantage is that it covers a wide number of commercial foods that people are eating and that we were unable to adequately cover in our analytical program," Pehrsson says. "Now, consumers can go directly to this database, look up commercial foods, and find the data of interest."
This database makes it easier to find nutrients contained in manufactured or brand-name foods sold in supermarkets throughout the United States, she adds. Items can be searched by brand name, manufacturer, or ingredient, allowing users to target the foods they consume and compare assorted brands of a specific food item.
"The Branded Food Products Database also features nutrient information by portion size—weight and measure of the food—which is useful to consumers, and on a 100-gram basis, which is useful to researchers," Haytowitz says. "We will be able to track ingredients in foods over a period of time," Pehrsson adds. Food companies provide updated information, and the older information will be available for comparison.
The biggest challenge with this database is keeping up with a growing, vibrant food supply, Haytowitz says. Beyond maintenance, it requires expansion, improvement, and functionality. When something in the data submitted to the Branded Food Products Database appears inconsistent, companies are notified and given an opportunity to revise their submissions as needed.
USDA FooDS will be integrated, automated, and contain more detailed and comprehensive data and related information on food—making it a more powerful tool for researchers and consumers, Pehrsson says.—By Sandra Avant, ARS Office of Communications.
ARS manages USDA food and nutrient databases.
Databases provide information on more than 230,000 food items.
A new food data system is being developed that will integrate these databases into USDA FooDS.
Scientific Contacts
David Haytowitz
Pamela Pehrsson
Nutrient Data Laboratory
Research Project: USDA National Nutrient Databank for Food Composition
Research Project: Food Composition Research and Database Expansion
National Program: Human Nutrition


Children enjoy a day out in the sun at Cape May Point State Park as part of Family Fun Days.
Family Fun Days provide kids with hands-on activities like pirate hat-making, along with performers and kid-friendly entertainment. Adults are not left out — they may browse among the crafts vendors, all at the base of the 1859 lighthouse. Climb the 199 steps to the top and enjoy the best view of the Jersey Cape.
Family Fun Days, Wednesdays, through Aug. 22 from 9 am to 2 pm. Admission is free to activities on the grounds and there is a separate admission to climb the lighthouse: $8 for adults and $5 for children (ages 3–12).
Cape May Lighthouse [Cape May Point State Park, Cape May, N.J., (800) 275–4278; www.capemaymac.org]. For information on restaurants, accommodations, and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884-5508 or visit www.capemaychamber.com or www.capemaylodging.com.


Bohol Holidays Travel & Tours Inc.
The first travel and tour agency in the province of Bohol – established in April 1991. Named after the island itself Bohol Travel and Tours Inc., was created with a vision to involve itself in developing domestic tourism in Bohol, and through the key services it offers, promote and sustain the same. In 2012, as a result of significant growth and expansion, we re-incorporated the company as BHT Bohol Holidays Travel and Tours, Inc..We are committed to excel in service and to maintain our reputation for competence and reliability. Our staff are proficient, highly trained and well inspired to provide our clients with the highest standard of service. Starting with a modest office catering mainly to inbound travelers, we have nurtured a good working relationship with the local residents long enough to earn their trust. Today, half of our clientele are Boholanos who are approaching us for their travel requirements outside of the country. Undoubtedly, after 23 years, we have indeed come a long way.


Louvre House was formed in 2002 with the idea to bring Opening Closing Roof Systems into the 21st Century. Based in South Australia as a manufacturing company with its own new opening closing roof systems with best product and service in mind, Louvre House's operation grew quickly through a distribution network Australia wide and now employs many people with over 25 years experience in this industry. Today, Louvre House still supplies that same distribution network whilst adding two large privately owned retail operations and high quality distributors.


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