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Get Shot!: Interview with Martin Sorrondeguy
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Martin Sorrondeguy on the phone from his family's home in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Martin politely agreed to let me interview him for Cvlt Nation and greeted me warmly over the phone as I interrupted some of his time from making chimichurri with his mom.
For many within the punk/hardcore community, Martin needs little introduction as his involvement in the scene has left a tremendous impact. Martin's most visible involvement in punk has come through fronting hardcore bands like Los Crudos and Limp Wrist and through forming DIY record label Lengua Armada Discos; which throughout the years has served as a powerful venue for supporting and exposing Latino punk/hardcore bands.
Aside from his involvement with Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, N.N., Needles, and Lengua Armada, Martin has stayed active within the punk community through regularly contributing to Maximum Rocknroll, creating documentary films like Mas Alla de los Gritos: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary, and authoring a new book on punk/hardcore.
During our conversation, Martin and I talked about various topics, including: his upcoming book called Get Shot (pre-order the book here), what it was like playing in Latin America, a brief family history, the upcoming Los Crudos vinyl discography, and even his involvement in the early hip-hop scene as a B-Boy.
With that said, I was very happy to interview Martin. Now read the interview and let one of punk's smartest and most creative minds impart some knowledge on you!
Can you talk a little bit about the book you've been working on and the upcoming Los Crudos vinyl discography that is coming out soon?
Martin: So the Los Crudos discography will be a double LP released by Maximum Rocknroll, which for those who don't know, is one of the longest running underground punk zines in the world. So they're actually going to release the discography and it will compile all of the studio works that we did and place them on two records. That should be coming out within the next six months and it's something that we've been talking about and working on for a while.
As far as the book project, there is a label called Make A Mess that approached me about re-releasing a photo book that I did that came out in Japan a couple of years ago. That book was really difficult to get here in the U.S. because it just didn't have the distribution and was primarily sold overseas. Well they wanted to re-issue it but I didn't want to release the same book basically because I didn't want to step on the toes of the people that put it out. So I suggested doing an entire new book of photographs I had in my collection and they really liked the idea and we put together this photography book. The book is called Get Shot: A Visual Diary, 1985-2012 and it basically focuses on punk from live shows to portraits of people, and places that I've been to when we were on tour. So it kind of looks at everything. It's like a visual diary that covers a lot of stuff. That will be coming out in the next four to five weeks. I'm actually going to be traveling a good chunk of this year in promotion of the book. We'll be having exhibits and selling the book, so I'll be moving around with it as well.
You just have everything in the book. That comment was made by somebody that wanted to say it's about time there is a book about punk and it's not just all-white figures and it's really representative of the diversity that truly exists in this global punk world. I feel good about that, I think that's great because for me punk was never just a "this type of person thing" or "that type of person thing"— punk really is about everybody. I think since the book displays that, it really is more aligned to what my vision of punk is. I'm glad that this book can support that idea.
Will there be any unreleased tracks or demos in the Los Crudos discography?
Martin: Well we had put a lot of that on the CD discography so there wasn't really much of that for the vinyl discography for Maximum Rocknroll. I think the primary purpose with doing the discography was that everything has been out of print on vinyl for quite some time and there still seems to be a demand and people want to get it on vinyl. So that was the reason for doing the discography with Maximum Rocknroll. We actually wanted to do it as a way to help out Maximum Rocknroll because they've been going through tough times. For me, doing it on their label was pretty important because I've always felt that they've played a very important role in supporting underground DIY punk and hardcore music. So it made sense to do it on that label.
For sure, that sounds like a great plan to help support MRR. Someone mentioned before that there are probably more photos of people of color in the punk scene in your upcoming book than any other book has previously shown. So what does it mean to you to be able to be a part of documenting people of color's involvement in the punk/hardcore scene?
Martin: Well for me, as a punk and as an artist, it's just the way it turned out to be. When you're documenting what you come into contact with or with what or who's around you, I guess that's what always is reflected in the body of work. So I ended up with just everybody. You have pictures of trips that I took to Japan. So that meant a lot of Japanese/Asian presence in the book. Of course, you have the Latino/Chicano presence just from touring Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, and all the Chicanos that are living here in the states. You also have a ton of white kids too though. You just have everything in the book. That comment was made by somebody that wanted to say it's about time there is a book about punk and it's not just all-white figures and it's really representative of the diversity that truly exists in this global punk world. I feel good about that, I think that's great because for me punk was never just a "this type of person thing" or "that type of person thing"— punk really is about everybody. I think since the book displays that, it really is more aligned to what my vision of punk is. I'm glad that this book can support that idea.
Cool. I think that message goes along with what you did in Mas Alla De Los Gritos as well since it does a great job of showing the Latino contribution to the punk movement. I'm a big fan of that documentary and I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about it. When did you begin working on Mas Alla de Los Gritos? Also, why did you start that project and what impact do you think it has had on the punk scene since it's been released? Especially since it's been pretty accessible through YouTube now.
Martin: It originally began as a photography project and I wanted it to focus mainly on the Latino/Chicano punk scene through still images. Well this project was a part of my college studies and it turned out pretty funny because one of the comments that was made as a critique was that one professor said: "You know I like the photos but, you know, it's just so quiet." And that was a comment that was made about the photographs, that there was no noise associated with them. You see these faces in the photographs but there is nothing coming out of them. Well I thought that comment really impacted my decision about where I was going to take the project next. I thought that this professor was absolutely right. It was too quiet so I went out and bought a video camera and I started video taping all of the shows and interviewing people. When Los Crudos went on their last tour, I took the camera on the road and I was able to go around and document more and more. I also had previous footage from Los Crudos' tour from South America. So all of that came together and I ended up with about 80 or 90 hours of footage and I worked on editing to put the project together. It took about a good year and a half or so and I ended up with about a 30-minute documentary and that was released in either 1998 or 1999.
As far as the impact that it's had on the punk community as a whole… well I don't know. You know the video sort of took a life of it's own. Copies got out all over the place and people bootlegged it and it eventually got to YouTube. I think that's all great. People come up to me all the time and they tell me about the video all of the time. Someone actually came up to me and said "Hey I saw your video being shown in the Czech Republic at some show," and I was like "Wow, well I wonder how that happened but that's cool." I mean the reaction has been extremely positive so I was excited for that.
It seems like Los Crudos, probably much more than any other Latino punk/hardcore, has had a much wider audience than any other Latino punk band during the 1990s and even up until now. It seems like a lot of other bands like KONTRAATTAQUE and Huasipungo never really got to that point of visibility that Los Crudos did. Why do you think that Los Crudos was different in this regard? And I say this because I'm sure most people in the punk/hardcore scene would generally recognize Los Crudos over a lot of the other Latino punk bands from that era.
Martin: I think one really important thing that needs to be looked as it that Kontraattaque never toured. Well when it comes to punk bands, a lot of the bands that started to tour became the bands that most people started to talk about. And I saw that with a lot of other bands. I remember when Spitboy did their first tour, all of a sudden people had shirts, patches, and everyone was all of a sudden talking about Spitboy. Now I think Huasipungo did one U.S. tour and they did like small trips but Los Crudos were traveling a lot. Los Crudos did at least three U.S. tours and then we would do other things like drive out to New York or do a string of shows on the east coast. We also did two different tours of Mexico. We went to Japan and South America. And all of that not just generated a lot of interest but also a lot of visibility. You know, I think that's what happened. We would just travel a lot. Well now with bands like Tragatelo, Arma Contra Arma, and Kontraattaque; which are bands that me or friends of mine or Los Crudos members were involved in, many people don't know them because we really never played anywhere or tour to the extent that Los Crudos did. Even with N.N., people don't really know who N.N. are because we haven't toured. Very few people know of that band.
How did Los Crudos find the time and the resources to tour so much?
Martin: Well when it came to resources, it was minimal. We really practiced the DIY ideology. We first created a decent local following that when we would play we could sell shirts and make shirts and it came to the point where we became self-sufficient as a band. We weren't living off of it but when we had to do something like a U.S. tour, we would put aside money to buy more shirts and keep money funneling into the band to help us tour. No one in Los Crudos came from money. No one had money. We didn't have mom and dad helping us out or pitching in money. We also had friends, like in Japan, a friend of ours put up some of the money to help us get there. Without that kind of help, we wouldn't have been able to do it. If we had to do an out of country tour, we became good at cutting expenses by doing a good month or two of touring in the U.S. to help make a little bit of money to be able to do the European or Japan tour. That's sort of what Limp Wrist does now too. We play a bunch of shows here before we leave anywhere because it will help cut a huge chunk of the expenses.
Like I remember with Sin Orden, when I first met those kids and got them their first show I told them "Let's make some shirts." And they were kind of like "What?!" Well it was simple, we got a piece of contact paper and put it on a silk screen and made their first twenty or thirty shirts very easily. Just to try and generate them a little bit of money to possibly do something as simple like a recording or something along those lines. So that DIY mentality was what we practiced. For us, being self-sufficient was crucial. It was also really important to us to pass on that type of DIY idea to a band like Sin Orden was really important to us.
What was it like when Los Crudos went into Latin America? What were some of the most memorable moments and experiences from being there?
Martin: Well the response was overwhelmingly positive. People were very excited that we were coming out. I think that there was kind of this type of confusion or even mystery behind us. People in Latin America were like "Who is this band from Chicago? Really? The U.S.?" I remember a friend from Argentina told me that he gave someone a tape of ours to someone and it blew his mind that we were from the United States. Like he couldn't believe it. I think that sort of piqued a lot of people's interest in Latin America. By the time we ended up going to South America, we had already existed as a band for like 5 or 6 years. People knew of us and they had our music by that point. The response was really awesome.
The first time we went to Mexico, we were met with a lot of positive reactions. Sometimes there were a lot of people that didn't know what we were about. I guess sometimes people thought we were some sort of band that was just trying to make some money. But we went there without that type of attitude. I remember once this kid came up to me and started talking shit saying we flew over there and I was like "Dude, we just drove here from Chicago. We didn't fly anywhere." He seemed confused and just walked off. So I guess some people at times thought we were some sort of rock n' roll band but that wasn't us. We weren't there to make money or anything like that. We were doing it the DIY way and traveling as inexpensive as possible. But overall the response was amazing. It was great.
Before I got into punk, I was involved in this really early B-Boy scene. And that sort of helped to ground me and be okay with who I was since there were all these kids of color that were into this really early hip-hop scene. That was a really good thing and then punk pushed it even further as it was more politicized.
What was your most memorable show in Latin America?
Oh, wow, I don't know, that's a tough one. There were so many cool shows. I remember we played outside in Mexico like in the middle of a busy street. There was a patch of grass on this median between two streets. There was this police traffic watchtower there and we played there. All these punks showed up with a generator and people brought the pieces of drums. Someone brought like a tom and a snare, and someone else brought cymbals. Every band played on the same kit the entire night. They were stealing the electricity from the city. People were like dropping their sweaters and jackets on the ground because people were getting shocked while we were playing. It was like the rawest and most punk show I've ever played in my life. It was amazing. It really was phenomenal.
I think another memorable show would be in Mexico that we played where there was this massive pit. I have a whole video of the beginning to the end of that show. Basically the show was a benefit for this radical anarchist library in Mexico City but a lot of people didn't want to pay so about 600 people ran through the door and basically came in for free (laughs). It was kind of crazy. I have it all on video, they were like smashing and throwing rocks and bottles and cars got smashed up outside. It was kind of crazy. There were a lot of amazing shows. We played in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and a lot of other places.
So you grew up in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago. How did your family end up in Pilsen and what was it like growing up there and being into punk?
Martin: My relationship with Pilsen is really weird. When we first got here there weren't many Latinos living in this part of Pilsen. It was a pre-dominantly Italian and Polish area. We went to a school where there were maybe two other families that were Latino. It was weird. As the years went on, the neighborhood started to change. At my school, they didn't like us to speak Spanish. They didn't want us to speak Spanish. So when they had new kids come in, they had me do this really weird and twisted thing where they would have me translate to the kids and tell them that they shouldn't speak Spanish anymore. That they had to speak English. And it really sucked to be utilized in that way. There was this underlying message that we had to assimilate into this different culture and that we had to surrender who we were. So I really had a lot of battling going on as a young kid growing up in this neighborhood. Battles with identity and all of that.
Before I got into punk, I was involved in this really early B-Boy scene. And that sort of helped to ground me and be okay with who I was since there were all these kids of color that were into this really early hip-hop scene. That was a really good thing and then punk pushed it even further as it was more politicized. Before punk I was rejecting a lot of things because the "old" neighborhood was making me reject a lot of things. I had to come to terms with who I was, who we were, where we were from, and how things played out when you were from somewhere that was different. So punk helped me really reclaim who I was. That's a big part of what Los Crudos was about. It was a reclamation and saying I don't care about what other people think. Like if people were bothered that we spoke Spanish and that they "didn't get it," well that was alright. You don't have to get it because we get it.
So my relationship with Pilsen is weird, I guess. I come back to the neighborhood and the neighborhood is a very different place now. There's a lot of history here and a lot of weird shit going on too. It's been heavily gentrified in the recent years and that's kind of something that's happening in big cities all over the place. I have a sort of love-hate relationship with the area for so many different reasons.
How did your family end up in Pilsen, if you don't mind me asking?
Martin: Not at all. You know there was a program in the late-1960s. They basically opened the U.S. and Australian borders to Uruguayan workers. My dad was offered the opportunity to come to the U.S. or go to Australia to work. Well my dad knew some old buddies from the barrio that came to the U.S., specifically Chicago, so my dad decided to come here. So he went and he'd send money to get the rest of the family when he could. So my dad came over first and that's what happened. A lot of Uruguayans were going to New York but my dad, because of his buddy, ended up in Chicago.
So how old were you when you actually came to the states and what do you remember about life in Uruguay?
Martin: You know, I was so young; I was about two years old so I can't really tell you anything about Uruguay because I can't remember anything. My only recollections of Uruguay really come from here in the United States through hearing about how life was in Uruguay through my family. 1984 was the first time my family started going back. That was right at the end of the dictatorship. For years and years we didn't dare go back. It wasn't until that time in 1984 that it was the first return for us and it wasn't until 1990 that I went and I stayed for 6 months. That was when I really got to experience life in Uruguay first-hand. It was a phenomenal trip, you know? As far as the history, it was just a dark period for the country because so many Uruguayans had left and couldn't go back. It wasn't until there were political changes and the dictatorship ended that people started to return.
What were those six months like when you finally returned to Uruguay?
Martin: I mean there are so many aspects of it. It was the first time that I was around a whole country of people that spoke like we did, with our accent, and that was huge for me because we sort of felt really isolated. Most of my friends in the neighborhood were Mexican or Puerto Rican or something and they had different accents. It's not like we had a neighborhood of Uruguayans here, you know? It was the first time where people sounded like me and that was crazy. Then there were other things, there was a lot of history there, it was meeting people, and meeting people who grew up with my parents and meeting cousins that I had never known. It was a heavy experience, I came into something that was so much a part of me even though I was so far away from it, you know what I mean? So it was kind of like reconnecting a lot of things. It was a personal familial thing, a cultural thing, a language thing, and a political thing. You know, my aunts would say: "Martin, we know you like to go out and talk to people but be careful what you talk about. Things have changed but things haven't changed that much." You know, kind of warning me. It was a very big and important trip for me. I came back and based a lot of Los Crudos songs based on all that kind of stuff that I had experienced in Uruguay. So I kind of joined that experience with my experience of being from Chicago and having this sort of Americanized perspective of a Latino Americano in the U.S. and as an immigrant.
When we came back to Pilsen a few months back and we went to a show, some kid was like "Who is that? Your bodyguard?" and I was like "No, man. That's my man." And he was like "What?!" And I said "That's my boyfriend. That's my man. That's how we roll." The kid was kind of in shock. And his friends were like going "Dude, shut up!" But that's just the way it is.
Earlier you mentioned your struggle with identity and reclaiming it. What do you identify as? Latino, punk, gay, Uruguayan?
Martin: [laughs] That is a very good question! I don't like putting one thing over the other, you know? I am who I am and there are so many categories. I think we have this human goal where we want to figure everything out and everything has to be laid out for us. I think that's complicated. Oh, man. It's like, what is it that you want to put yourself out there as to people and market yourself as? On the other hand, what do people see first? I don't know what people think of me when they look at me. I can start throwing stuff out there but I don't know, it is so complicated. I am so many things. I like that things aren't so easy to figure out. I like when things get really twisted. There is something really powerful in that, you know? When I walk with my partner and I go into a punk show and he's with me and people are like "Who in the hell is this?" For example, when we came back to Pilsen a few months back and we went to a show, some kid was like "Who is that? Your bodyguard?" and I was like "No, man. That's my man." And he was like "What?!" And I said "That's my boyfriend. That's my man. That's how we roll." The kid was kind of in shock. And his friends were like going "Dude, shut up!" But that's just the way it is. I like the fact that stuff like that fucks with people because everyone wants to compartmentalize everybody and I like fucking breaking all that stuff. I like tripping people out. I think the important thing is if you're a good person or if you're a shitty person though. That's what really is important.
Okay, so I don't want to take too much more of your time so I will start wrapping this up. What are you listening to right now and who are some of your favorite bands at the moment, punk and non-punk bands alike?
Martin: Well I do work at MRR, so I have my top ten every month. There's really good stuff that's always coming out. As far as old stuff goes, my mom loves tango music, so I love tango music and grew up listening to lots of it, Tita Merelo. Olga del Grossi, Julio Sosa, some Astor Piazzolla I love so much music Chavela Vargas, as for recent punk stuff D.H.K. Wiccans, Creem, Neon Piss, Brain Killer, Stripmines, Criminal Code, Violent End, Ropes, Yadokai, Crazy Spirit, Speed Kills, Criaturas, Ilegal, Sadicos, Bukkake Boys, Brown Sugar, Sudor, Orden Mundial, Nemisis, Destino Final and tons more.
Is there anyone from the punk world that you feel haven't been adequately recognized that you want to mention or give some props to?
Martin: The thing is that there really are so many people because it's such a large scene with so many people. The thing that is kind of unfortunate, and this is just how things are and it is kind of sad, is that the majority of the people that get recognized in punk comes through the musical aspect. So people only talk about people in bands most of the time, right? But the reality is that there isn't enough representation of the people who are the real glue of it all. So you're talking about people who do fan zines, people who just go to shows that aren't really in bands but that they might make flyers or do zines. People that just kind of support and go to shows all the time. There are tons of people like that. Even when I did Mas Alla de Los Gritos, there are people that I interviewed that weren't in bands or people who were just participants in the scene aside from bands. I think with a lot of documentaries coming out and all of these movies, the focus is always on people who are in bands. I think that's a huge error and it's not an accurate representation of what it's all about because there are so many people involved. Like even the people who just do distros or something, all of that is important. There are all kinds of cool projects that are being done that really look at all of the people.
Okay, any new projects/shows coming up with Limp Wrist, Needles, N.N., or any other bands coming up?
Martin: Okay so Needles is working on a new record. We're going to be doing a record with Iron Lung. We're not sure yet, it may be a 12". Both Limp Wrist and Needles may do a tour of Australia this January. Limp Wrist may play a couple of shows before we leave, most likely on the east coast but I'm not sure yet. We may go out that way. N.N. has been on hold for a while and I'm not sure what may happen with that band for a while. That's about it.


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yomomma you lft out the other group of spade rapper crappers N.W.O,N_ggers R_uined America,and the most famous pack T.N.B with there hit song "If ITS FREE I'Z GOTZ TO GET MINEZ" There featured on the record label C00n Town Records.Bwwwwwwa (;-)-
#17030 Jul 24, 2013
Did I also leave out that nwa ice cube parents are Both professors at USC and nwa was able to enter into most of the homes of little white kids and at that time they all wanted to live in Compton. Despite with of all your rage you are still just a rat in cage
#17031 Jul 24, 2013
Right when you think you've encountered the dumbest l\ligger chimps on the planet, along comes sheboon l\ligger chimp Black mama and her baboon boy critter son Fecal Fairy Spade(FFS).
Saint Louis, MO
#17034 Jul 24, 2013
Did I fail to mention your one dumb tire swinging chimp and your favorite song is "NO SLEEP IN COMPTON" That song makes you go ape.Bwwwwwwa 7734/2013 (:-)-
#17035 Jul 24, 2013
Fat black mama new rapper name be l\liggaCrittaSheboonLitta an she be makin 500 trillion calories a year eatin dat KFC an Burger Kang, ya na wat i be sayin.
#17036 Jul 24, 2013
What did those ice cube professors teach at USC, Negro history where George washington Carver invented peanut butter and cotton gin ?
#17037 Jul 24, 2013
I beg to differ I am the jungle VIP queen Louie and my son is mobley.
One day all the apes will unite
oh ho ble do I wanna be like you whoo walk like you talk like you
#17038 Jul 24, 2013
I want your momma and sister out of my house. I had to put her clothes outside and her one pair of panties but all the cats kept tearing the bap apart to get to them, I tried bleach nothing worked so I just burn them mainly the crouch part. Also you gonna have to pick her 300 feet away because accross the street you know a elementry we don't want you to break parole. I got a lead on a white baby cute but it's a girl. I know app said boys boys boys age new born to 17
#17039 Jul 24, 2013
My headliner is DJ alter boy bent over only got my hand fir a date tweezer to dig my 2 in cheesy c .. K out in my trailer with my carver and mayo sand yeah yeah where's all my bit... Hs at with black men say whoa./.
Saint Louis, MO
#17041 Jul 24, 2013
Let's not forget uncle Ben KFEcal critter wetsuit black ball Jones (alias) KFART just another stain in society.Bwwwwwa
Saint Louis, MO
#17043 Jul 24, 2013
Wow KFART you have some anger issues if you don't calm down I'm going to report you to the zookeeper,eat a banana that might help you with you're issues.(;-)-LOL
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My husband, Jack, is a diabetic who likes to round out a meal with this lovely sauce. The ingredients in this sugar-free treat give it a natural sweetness.—Carol Bricker, Tempe, Arizona
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- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 3/4 cup thawed apple juice concentrate
- 1 pear, peeled and cubed
- 1/2 cup raisins
- In a saucepan, bring cranberries and concentrate to a boil. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Add pear and raisins; cook and stir until berries pop and pear is tender, about 5-7 minutes. Pour into a serving bowl; chill overnight. Yield: 2 cups.
Originally published as Cranberry Pear Chutney in Taste of Home October/November 1996, p44
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"Every year I reach for this recipe which accompanies turkey, ham or pork for the holidays. Excellent without sugar!"
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"I make this every year for Thanksgiving. My family, kids and all, love it. It is tangy and just sweet enough, and very easy to make."


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Entry-Level DSLR Cameras
How to Choose an Entry-Level DSLR Camera
The top performers in our review are the Nikon D5500, the Gold Award winner; the Nikon D5300, the Silver Award winner; and the Nikon D3300, the Bronze Award winner. Here's more on choosing a camera to meet your needs, along with detail on how we arrived at our ranking of 10 entry-level DSLRs.
DSLR cameras have long represented the utmost in speed, image quality and performance in photography. Thanks to a reflex mirror, large sensors and robust physical controls, they are the ultimate tool for professional and enthusiast photographers. While professional DSLRs are too costly for most, entry-level DSLRs put this excellent image quality and performance in the hands of more budget conscious photographers.
In addition to being less expensive than their professional counterparts, entry-level DSLRs are also somewhat simplified. This makes them much more accessible to beginning photographers, and they are also suitable for some casual users who have no interest in learning the intricacies of a professional camera. Despite their simplification, they still offer much more precise control than typical point and shoot, compact or even bridge cameras. For this reason, you'll have much more freedom to experiment and learn as you continue to grow as a photographer.
As you begin your search for an entry-level camera that meets your needs, there are many factors to consider. Aside from cost, image quality is the most important aspect that you'll want to consider. Your camera may have all of the coolest features, but if you are unsatisfied with the resulting images, it is essentially useless.
While features like an articulating rear display, Wi-Fi or GPS can be useful, they also increase the cost of your camera without having a direct effect on your images. These should be treated as add-ons that, while they can improve you shooting experience, should never be prioritized over quality. Instead, consider your budget and buy the camera that offers the best image quality for your price range. You may take a hit on features, but you'll have better images. And better images are the real reason that you're purchasing a DSLR.
In our articles concerning specific entry-level DSLRs, we discuss the image quality, features and design of various models to help you decide on the camera that meets your needs best. Each of these DSLR cameras has been thoroughly evaluated and scored based on the aspects that matter most. Read on for more information on the attributes we look for and the methods we use to evaluate them.
Entry-Level DSLR Cameras: What We Evaluated, What We Found
Image Quality: Colors, Detail and Low-Light Performance
Image quality among entry-level DSLRs is mainly influenced by two things: lens quality and sensor performance. In order to make our reviews of DSLRs as fair as possible, we evaluated the potential image quality of each model based on the performance of its sensor alone. Our metrics on sensor performance come from independent sensor testing available at DxOMark.com.
For many years, resolution was considered by most consumers as a good indicator of a camera's image quality. In the early days of digital photography, when high-resolution sensors were yet to be seen, this may have been helpful. But today, cameras almost always offer more resolution than a typical user takes advantage of, and so, it has only a minor role in image quality evaluations.
For this reason, we instead focus on attributes like color depth, dynamic range and low-light performance. Measured in bits, Evs and ISO sensitivity respectively, these attributes allows us to gauge a camera's ability to accurately reproduce colors, to capture details in highlights and shadows and to minimize noise when shooting in low light. Although shooting performance, features and design are also important, these sensor qualities determine the potential quality of your photographs.
The entry-level DSLRs that we reviewed average about 23.6 Evs for color depth, with the Nikon D3200 leading the pack at an impressive 24.8 Evs. For dynamic range, which represents a camera's ability to capture details in highlights and shadows, the cameras averaged 12.9 Evs, which is 0.9 points above DxOMark's threshold for excellent dynamic range. This time, another Nikon camera, the D5500, took first with 14 Evs. The D5500 also had the best low-light performance on our lineup, besting the category average of 1110 ISO, with a score of 1438 ISO.
Many cameras also have an anti-aliasing filter placed in front of the sensor in order to reduce the risk or moiré in your photos. Moiré is a strange-looking patterning effect caused by a sensor's inability to reproduce intricate repeating details and can show up in clothing, buildings and more. Unfortunately, this filter also reduces the sharpness of your sensor and limits the details that it can record. As cameras become more equipped to handle moiré without the filter, some entry-level DSLRs have begun leave it out altogether, opting instead for increased sharpness.
Video quality is another important attribute to consider when looking at entry-level DSLRs. Aside from the sensor qualities that we've already discussed; maximum resolution and framerate have the greatest impact on your images. Resolution is essentially the size of your videos and influences the size of displays on which you can clearly view them. Frame rate determines how smoothly your videos play back, especially when slowed down. Think of it like a flipbook – the more pages you have, the smoother the animation.
Performance: Capturing Moments With Precision
Beyond image quality, performance plays the next largest role the in the way your images turn out. Your camera may have the specifications to deliver accurate colors and sharp details, but without the ability to focus accurately or shoot quickly, these benefits are useless.
Performance deals with features like battery life, continuous shooting, auto-focus and more, and allows you to determine how well your camera will operate in typical use. Although it has the least impact on your images, battery-life is perhaps the most important. It is, after all, the one element of your camera upon which everything else depends.
Using a standard developed by CIPA – the Camera and Imaging Products Association – manufacturer's measure battery life in shots per charge. The average for the products that we reviewed was 522 shots per charge, though there was a wide variation among them. The worst battery life on our lineup belongs to the Canon Rebel SL1 with 340 shots per charge, and the best belongs to the Nikon D5500 with 820 shots per charge.
Continuous shooting enables you to hold down the shutter during an action sequence and capture multiple frames more quickly than you could otherwise. Using this technique, you can capture the subtle moments that you'd normally miss if it were up to your timing alone. Obviously, the more frames you can capture during a sequence, the more likely you are to get the shot you were trying for. On average, the cameras we tested provided about 5 frames per second, only varying one frame in either direction.
Auto-focus points are a huge part of how your camera focuses. Each of these points corresponds to a specific location on the frame and is equipped to determine when an image is in focus. The more sensors you have, the more adept your camera is at providing an accurate focus, regardless of your subject's location in the frame.
Shutter speed range and maximum ISO are two ways of controlling the amount of light you'll have in your photographs. With a faster shutter speed, you can use wider apertures without over exposing your images. Higher maximum ISOs allow you to capture brighter images in low light.
Features & Design: Convenience, Size and Ease of Use
Entry-Level DSLRs vary very little in design – they all have basic adjustment dials, roughly 3.2-inch screens and sizable grips. For this reason, the actual image quality and performance of each camera is all the more important. However, there are a few axillary features that may make the difference when all else remains equal.
One such feature is an articulating display. While is seems like a subtle difference, a display that can be tilted up or down can prove very useful in many circumstances. Rather than getting on the floor to frame a low shot, you can simply move the camera low and tilt the screen towards you, and rather than guessing when shooting over a crowd, you can angle the screen down so you can see the subjects and get accurate framing.
Another helpful display-related feature is a touchscreen. Touchscreens provide a way for beginners to learn settings adjustment, focus on subjects and explore the menus. Although you can do these things using the camera's physical buttons and dials, the touchscreen simply makes things much more intuitive.
Built-in Wi-Fi is probably the next most popular feature among entry-level DSLR users, although it has as of yet to make a widespread appearance. Wi-Fi allows you to do a few things, the most important of which is using your phone or tablet to remotely adjust settings or frame and capture images. You can also transfer images over Wi-Fi for quick editing or sharing.
GPS allows you to tag your photos with geographical information for later use. This information lets you see exactly where you took your photos. This way, you'll never forget the location of a particular landmark or subject. It also makes it possible to filter your photos by location, which can make it easier to find a specific shot in your catalog.
Lastly, it is a good idea to consider the size and weight of each of the cameras on our lineup. If you're looking for the lightest and smallest option, you may want to consider cameras like the Canon Rebel SL1 because it's the most compact DSLR on our lineup. Just be aware, smaller cameras typically make compromises for their size, particularly when it comes to battery life.
Top Ten Reviews seeks, whenever possible, to evaluate all products and services in hands-on tests that simulate as closely as possible the experiences of a typical consumer. We obtained the units in our comparison on loan from their respective companies. The manufacturers had no input or influence over our test methodology, nor was the methodology provided to any of them in more detail than is available through reading our reviews. Results of our evaluations were not provided to the companies in advance of publication.
Entry-Level DSLR Cameras: Our Verdict and Recommendations
The best entry-level DSLRs combine excellent image quality and performance with smart designs and features. Although it's a little more expensive than its competitors, the Nikon D5500 is simply the best entry-level DSLR in every way. Its image quality is unrivaled, its performance excellent, and with built-in Wi-Fi and an articulating touchscreen display, it's the most feature-rich DSLR in our review. For this reason, it gets our Top Ten Reviews Gold Award.
The runner-up, the Nikon D5300 lags only a little behind. Its image quality scores are barely lower, it has a shorter battery life and its display isn't a touchscreen. Other than that, the D5300 is essentially a slightly heavier, slightly cheaper version of the D5500. Considering the performance of that camera, that's quite a compliment and makes the D5300 worthy of our Top Ten Reviews Silver Award.
Our Top Ten Reviews Bronze Award belongs to yet another Nikon DSLR – the D3300. The D3300 is a considerably more purist option than the Nikon models detailed above. Rather than offering articulating screens, built-in Wi-Fi or GPS, it supplies photographers with excellent image quality and battery life as well as solid performance. For budget conscious purist, this is the way to go. However, if you'd prefer an articulating screen over extended battery life, reach for the D5200.


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There hasn't been much speculation beyond Kearns as to who could be brought in to fill the right handed outfield. The other day Anthony DiComo of MLB.com speculated that along with Kearns the Mets could look at Jeff Baker.
Scott Hairston tops the list, though he has also drawn interest from various contenders. Should the Mets whiff on Hairston, Austin Kearns or Jeff Baker could come into the picture. source MLB.com
I haven't heard Baker's name before and it could just be Dicomo's speculation but he would fit the type of player the Mets seem to like. The 31 y/o right hander has major league experience at 1B/2B/3B and both corner outfield position. He's a lifetime .266 hitter with a .316 OBP and a slg of .428.


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Horrible Hotel Alex room in ZermattAuthor: Dylann (More Trip Reviews by Dylann)
Date of Trip: October 2008
Horrible Hotel Alex room in Zermatt
We stayed three nights at the Hotel Alex in Zermatt, Switzerland, from October 01/08 to October 04/08, as part of the Globus Switzerland at Leisure Tour LZ0926.
Some couples in our tour were assigned luxurious accommodation including the top floor penthouse with full kitchen, dining and living room. Other couples were assigned one small, dark room with no toiletries and no space for their luggage. All of us had paid the same amount of money yet the accommodations assigned by Hotel Alex staff ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous.
For example, in our assigned room #219: - only one (1) drinking glass in the entire room. We asked the front desk for more. A staff member brought up one (1) additional glass. We borrowed two more from the bar; - no light in the hallway outside our room (the bulb had burned out and had not been replaced). We told front desk staff. The bulb was replaced on day three; - the on/off knobs were missing from the floor lamp; - the upper left corner of the coat rack mirror was cracked; - no soap, lotion or shampoo in the bathroom, only three plastic packets of liquid shower cleanser; - the soft foam twin bed mattresses had no support from underneath and needed boards added. Again, we called front desk staff. Two plywood boards were inserted under the foam on day two; - no fire escape instructions on the inside of the door and, in fact, room #219 was not even marked on the fire evacuation maps posted in some of the other rooms.
None of the photos of rooms at the Hotel Alex as shown on their website are indicative of the decrepit condition of room #219. While rooms may be "individually designed", they are not "superior". Rooms do not contain comparable amenities. We paid good money for a bad room and were told no room changes could be made during our stay.
Our stay in Zermatt was a negative experience when we returned each night to a dingy, hostel-type room at the Hotel Alex while others, who had paid the same amount of money, enjoyed much better accommodations at the same hotel. Hotel staff are in complete denial. There are never any problems at their hotel. When in Zermatt stay someplace else.
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While in Hawaii, we tried a couple of different places. These restaurants lured us in with promises of delicious fresh seafood and "authentic" Hawaii ambiance. Unfortunately, many of them failed to deliver. One, however, far exceeded our expectations. Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar was by far the best dining experience of the trip. Sansei offers a "sample menu" for two, but this could easily have fed three (or even four light eaters). We sampled eight different dishes, though the portions were definitely not "sample" sized. Every thing from the mango crab salad roll to the calamari with kochujang vinaigrette left us anxiously waiting for the next dish. The sample menu for two was a little pricey ($80 for two people) but it was well worth it considering both the quality and quantity of food. Sansei has locations in Maui and Oahu as well, but I've only eaten at the Big Island location. If you're ever in the area, definitely check it out!
About halfway through the meal I realized I was so captivated by the food that I forgot to take pictures. Here are a few of the last four dishes we had (there were eight total).
Panko crusted ahi sashimi roll with spinach and arugula and soy wasabi butter sauce (there were eight pieces total but I didn't think about photos until the last one was left!):
Asian shrimp cake with Chinese noodles and ginger lime chili butter:
Seared butterfish (soaked in sweet miso for three days - this was my favorite!):
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The Frimley Aquatic Centre needs major repairs which may cost more than the $500,000 initially set aside for its upgrade two years ago by owner the Hastings District Council.
The centre's buildings are on the limit of being declared "earthquake prone" and need to be seismically strengthened to at least 67 per cent of the new building standards.
The pools' condition is poor and repairs, re-plastering and painting are needed. The sanitary fixtures and fittings also need to be upgraded, while the pools' filtration rates should be brought up to national standards.
The centre's pool heating system was disconnected a number of years ago and there are questions about whether it should be restarted for some of the pools.
The critical points were omitted by the original scope of work earmarked for the centre's upgrade but were raised by a new report handed to the council's works and services committee.
The report from the council's community-facilities manager, Craig Thew, said work on Frimley had been scheduled to start this winter but would now be delayed until the scope of work was confirmed.
It was possible the work would be completed in winter 2014.
The council set aside $5.7 million to upgrade four of its six aquatic centres, including Waterworld in Flaxmere, Havelock North Village Pool, Clive War Memorial Pool and Frimley.
It had finished work on Havelock North last year and Waterworld this month. A total of $2.8 million was left for upgrades on the pools at Frimley and Clive. Another $220,240 was allowed for Windsor Park pool to be removed in 2015/16, although the council may consider allowing neighbouring Karamu High School to continue using it.
Mr Thew said the scope of work needed to upgrade Frimley would be reported to the council after the final design and tender for the Clive pool was completed.
Councillor Rod Heaps, who is on the Clive Memorial Swimming Pool Trust, said the council still wanted to pursue its plan to have one governance group manage all of its public pools.
"The idea is still on the table but hasn't come to fruition yet. We have been working with all of the trusts with all of the pools, they have never been happy about the idea but there are benefits for all with an overall governance model," he said.
The concept included a season pass and concession card valid for use at all public swimming pools in Hastings. There would be a united marketing plan for the pools and their programmes, with fees and charges consistent across the network of aquatic centres.


text: WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. solar-module manufacturer and a Mexican company are both benefiting from the support of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). In a recently approved transaction, Ex-Im Bank will guarantee a $780,000, 10-year loan to be made by UPS Capital Business Credit to finance the export of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules from Suniva Inc. in Norcross, Ga. , to a rooftop solar-power project of Grupo Metal Intra S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GMI). GMI is a leader in Mexico's prefabricated-building industry. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO ) The transaction is being made possible by utilizing medium-term buyer financing that is available to support smaller-scale renewable-energy projects in Mexico and in most other countries. "With this authorization, Ex-Im Bank is continuing its strong support for Suniva's high-efficiency exports that are sustaining high-quality jobs in Georgia," said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg. "Our financing also benefits GMI, which will reap clean-energy savings for years to come. We hope to support many more such projects in Mexico and around the world." Another GMI company, Intragreen Tecnologia Sustenable, S.A.P.I. de C.V., will integrate the solar project and act as the provider of local services, including the project's installation and connection to the grid. Ex- Im Bank's medium-term guarantee will also support approximately $130,000 of related local costs. The 500-kilowatt roof-top solar power project will be placed on the roof of GMI's main production plant in the city of Queretaro. The project will be one of the largest rooftop solar-energy facilities in Mexico. Since 2007, Suniva has used Ex-Im Bank's buyer financing and working capital guarantees to support its exports to global markets that include Europe, India, Mexico and other countries in Latin America. Ex-Im's financing has helped to sustain 190 jobs at Suniva's manufacturing facility in Norcross, Ga. "Suniva is very proud to partner with a leading and visionary organization like GMI/Intragreen in Mexico," said Suniva Chairman and CEO John Baumstark. "It is most fitting that the first major export and installation of our modules in Mexico is utilizing a guarantee from the U.S. Export-Import Bank with which we have a longstanding and valuable relationship." "GMI has a long history of innovation and leadership in construction technology. Through our Intragreen subsidiary, we are continuing that tradition in renewable energy. We are grateful that Suniva, UPS Capital and Ex-Im Bank have joined us as a vital part of that vision," said Oscar Peralta Navarrete, chairman of the board of GMI. Suniva's technology was selected due to its high-efficiency rate of more than 16 percent at the module level that produces more power on limited surface areas. Suniva is also providing racking and inverters. The solar project is expected to generate 50 percent of GMI's electricity needs and reduce GMI's overall energy costs by at least 15 percent annually. GMI estimates that the energy savings will repay the investment in the solar panels in about seven years, while reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 677 tons per year.


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The Young And The Clueless
As many of you know, I live and work in two different places so I commute weekly to work and on the weekends I'm here at the house doing the things I need to do. While it isn't easy, by any stretch of the imagination, God has us going through a period that He knows we can suffer through due to a strong marriage based on His love and our faith.
This past Friday I was on my way home and I got within a few miles of the IL/MO state line when the computer in my truck informed me that I needed to look at my charging system. Three minutes later the truck went dark and I pulled off the highway and on to a side road in the middle of East St Louis; not the place to be after dark, mind you.
As I am a person who believes that everything that happens to and around me is by design, I left it to God to take care of me. As the truck came to a rest in a turnaround area of this small highway, a set of flashing red, blue and amber lights lit the whole area and a tow truck pulled up in front of me. The younger gentleman asked what the problem was and I told him I was pretty sure my alternator (a 130 amp upgraded alternator=not cheap) had just given up the ghost on me.
We spoke for a few minutes and while he was already on another call he assured me he would return and tow my truck to the location of my choosing. Since the dealership I bought it at also has my warranty and takes care of our vehicles had already told me to have it towed to their shop that is what we had set up.
As promised, the driver returned about a half hour later and started to do what he does and hooked me up to his rollback truck. Since the battery was dead, he told me that he would have to drag my truck up onto the flatbed. It had been raining and the temp was already below freezing and the ground beneath my truck was predominantly ice so I figured, why not, you cannot really damage a vehicle too much by pulling it across the ice and onto a slick metal bed, so, that's what he did.
Anyone here ever been anywhere near a professional tow truck driver before? If you have, then you already have in mind what I had in mind at that point but decided to yield to the expert.
When we got to the shop they had already closed up for the day and they have a key drop so that wasn't an issue. My wife had already arrived there and was waiting so I had him let me out while he maneuvered his truck to drop mine off. As I was sitting in the Jeep talking to my wife I looked over and saw my truck up in the air sitting on the flatbed with the wheels off the back end.
I walked...well, almost ran, to the driver to see what was going on and he said that since the battery was dead and we couldn't get the transmission into neutral that this was how he had to get my truck off the bed. "Don't you carry a portable jump starter in your truck where we could have gotten enough power to the brake switch to release the shifter?!?"
His reply was priceless; "Oh."
Long story shortened, as I headed home via the highway I noticed a wicked vibration in the whole truck! I immediately called the tow company and they said to bring it on by and they would look at it for me but, no promises. At that I told the gentleman on the phone that if I drove out there it would be on the highway and with a bent shaft I would risk further damage to the yokes, U-joints and even the output shaft of the transmission or the yoke on the differential. He told me that was my choice and that was the end of that conversation.
I then called my insurance company (15 minutes saved me 15% or more...) and they took care of the whole thing under my comprehensive coverage and hit the tow company's insurance company up for the bill already! Last I heard it was going to be about $560 for a new drive shaft (incl. labor) balanced to my truck and another $100 for the towing from the house back to the shop and they are also charging them for my rental (brand new Chevy Z71) at $40/day! And that would be the end of that conversation! :punk:
Mind you, this is not an indictment of all young people...just some who drive tow trucks.
For the record, for my truck, the brake-shift interlock override button is under the console trim plate, a 30 second job to access! Had I known what was going on I could have offered suggestions to prevent this whole fiasco!
Any idiot can drive a tow truck, but you actually have to be semi-intelligent and have some common sense to do it well. All service jobs are like that, from my experience. Pretty much any moron can do them with basic training, but those who excel typically have higher reasoning and problem solving skills. It might sound harsh, but it's the truth.
From where I stand that doesn't sound harsh at all, just sounds like reality!
Anybody in the service industry that has smarts, is not in the service end of the service industry too long. They move on and that is where the rookie arrives to save (ruin) the day.
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The approach of mahayana, or the great path of the bodhisattva, is one of not taking time off or looking for relief. You are not looking for a way to take a break, or to comfort yourself by running away from the challenge. You just stay put; you are on the spot. You stay with the pain or the discomfort, and you continue to carry on with exertion and the vision and joyousness of wakefulness.
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Nearly 75 percent of students in Texas finished high school in 2010.
That's a double-digit increase from ten years ago when only about 63 percent of students got their high school diploma.
Sterling Lloyd is a senior research associate at the Editorial Projects in Education. The research center in Maryland produced the report.
"There's reason to be encouraged that the efforts of community leaders and educators to improve graduation rates are starting to bear fruit."
Lloyd says one effort in Texas that's unusual is school districts can serve students up to the age of 26. In other parts of the country, the cut off age is around 21 years old.
He says another encouraging trend in Texas involves Hispanic students.
"The fact that Hispanic graduation rates in the state are now comparable to rates for white students reflects substantial gains for Hispanics in recent years."
The graduation rate for white students in Texas in 2010 was 74 percent. It was 73 percent for Hispanic students.
"Given that there are so many Hispanic students in Texas, we could think that Texas is driving some of the national improvements."
Even with that good news, Texas has a lot of room to improve.
The report shows only 61 percent of black students in Texas graduated high school in 2010.
And Texas has about 200,000 people between the ages 16 and 21 who are not in school and don't have a high school diploma.


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I'm a very sensitive person and I've never felt such a vibration .Nope I don't have a cure If it we're me I'd do a road trip to Old Fort NC .
Hey guys im new to the forums, picked up my vette about a week ago 2010 1lt 6 spd, and ran into a small issue thats been bugging me...
The car when I first got it after 60mph i would feel a slight shimmy/vibration in the steering wheel when driving, the car would still go straight but the vibration would bother me..I brought it to a local dealer where they balanced 3 out of 4 tires- still felt it- brought it back to the dealer where i bought it 200 miles away, where they road force balanced it- and to be honest I couldnt feel much of a difference, they told me its the way the cars are, i even test drove another vette and it felt the same as well..i only have 800 miles on this car now
My main question is are c6s meant to feel everything in the road after a certain mph? is the steering wheel going to give me that slight shimmy/vibration in correlation with the roads all the time? thanks for your responses!
I'm a very sensitive person and I've never felt such a vibration .Nope I don't have a cure If it we're me I'd do a road trip to Old Fort NC .
I don't think that is correct!! I have test driven several C6s (don't tell my C5 that I'm driving other Vettes!!). All put 1 of them were fine -- no shake at any speed. I did drive a 2007 that had a steering wheel shake at 50mph. That car had been repoed and I thought something may have been messed up during the recorvey of the car.
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this is insane- i feel kind of lost that the daeler is saying there is nothing wrong. what i might have to do is video tape it, put it up on a forum, show feedback on it, or bring it to an entirely different dealership
Don't worry too much about it. I had a '09 Z51 Roadster and it had a small vibration around 80-110mph....it slowly corrected itself where it was smooth at about 4500 miles. (Bought new) You'll probably find it's different on changing road surfaces as well. Find a smooth surface highway and put some miles on it and you might find it smooths out a lil later....
hey orange, of coruse on different roadways it feels different, but that constant small vibration is there, if i grab on the steering wheel hard , you dont see or feel anything - i dont know if its the eagle f1 runflats that do it? why would they smooth out later? seems odd but thats what the guy who sold me the car said as well-but he said about 50 miles later...
Just weird that it would do dead on at around 60mph and up
Not normal... My '06 Z51 is smooth at ALL speeds, even at 160mph (w/o the wife).
argh- oz are you from Long Island at all?
30 miles north of Syracuse, NY
Just my 2 cents...
I would have the dealer you purchased from pick it up from you on flat bed or enclosed trailer (my dealer will do this for me even just for an oil change).
Have them keep it until they fix it. If they can't fix it, replace it.
You say it's a "small" vibration? They have rotated the tires? Sounds like to me they have the same problem as the Pirelli's I had on my Yukon....would not stay true/round at certain temps. No matter how many times they were balanced when put back on the vehicle and the outside temp from 75 up they would vibrate. Finally the dealer took them off and put Goodrich's back on it. The Pirelli's were comped to me because my Yukon only had 21k at the time and the orginal tires were not wearing correctly (after doing all prudent maint) and it was during time Ford having problems with SUV roll-overs. The Pirelli's would get "flat spots" on them after sitting more than twenty four hours and when temp was what stated above, not matter what ya did they would vibrate. When temps cool/cold outside they would 'even out' after a few miles and be very smooth. Come to find out it was a new chemical process they were using for high mileage tires and they all did this I learned after having read Consumer Reports. But, the tires were free repl. to begin with.
Give the car back to them and tell them to fix the vibration or they can keep the car. Go to where you bought the car if possible. Leave it with them if you can.
My '09 Vette did have a vibration at speed stated but it cleared up after they had a lil bit of wear, that's why I said to put some miles on it. If it bothering you so much then take it back and tell them fix or keep. I bet they fix. Sorry for your problems. Most new cars are smooth. Vettes are no exception.
meant to say "balanced" tires above
Hey, yea its a bit of a vibration, and yea im crazy with these vibrations.. if i leave the steering wheel alone, itll shake and vibrate on the highway. I called the dealer again and I told him im pretty much done with this car and I want no parts of it. Its really driving me nuts and Im thinking i shouldve spent the extra money for a GS instead. When i brought the car to the dealer last weekend and road forc@e balanced them, they said it was perfect. The service manager even went on a ride with me and said thats how the car is. So if the service manager says theres nothing wrong and I still feel it, what could i do?
The service manager cannot redefine the word 'smooth'. If it's vibrating take it to them and leave it there if possible. Buying the GS could have been the same issue. That is not your issue. Hold the line and make them do right. If they continue tell them your going to invoke the lemon law. Maybe ask one the real knowledgeable guys on here.
Hib, you see this? (he's the technical writer and might know what to do.)
Seems as though this is a simple problem causing a big headache. Try to stay happy w/your Vette. It's the jerks that don't do right the first time causing your problem.
Funny you mention the lemon law..i told them about it and looking at the invoice from the second time the car got balanced....it said took car to 85mph with no vibration, when in fact they road force balanced them and he said there was a tire that was off...the front right tire..same tire that the local tire shop showed me it was "hopping"on the balancer.
I've had 2 C6s, and neither had a front end shimmy. It's the tires - if they aren't out of balance, they're out of round.


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A recent decision by the BBC to censor the classic television comedy Fawlty Towers has attracted headlines throughout the Western World.
There are no dud episodes of John Cleese's masterful sitcom, but The Germans is particularly beloved. By having Basil Fawlty suffer a blow to the head, Cleese gets his alter ego to behave in an even more manic and extreme manner than usual, revisiting the goose-stepping Hitler parody of his Monty Python days.
The episode is in part a study of post-war, post-colonial British middle-class attitudes, with Fawlty's knee-jerk reaction to some German guests - equating them with the Nazis of the 1930s and 1940s - a trait consistent with the racism of one of the hotel's permanent residents, a caricature of an elderly British officer.
When the Major carefully distinguishes between West Indians and Indians, employing the appropriate racial epithets from his colonial-era prime, it is a moment of hilarity.
It is the Major's big scene that the BBC has elected to excise from The Germans.
Determining that there can be no contextual justification for use of the words "nigger" and "wog", the BBC has in its infinite wisdom branded the show itself - and by inference writers John Cleese and Connie Booth - racist.
It is a matter of some mystery as to why Cleese has agreed to the changes. A more appropriate response would have been to take legal action, first for defamation of character and then for cultural desecration.
Make no mistake about it, Fawlty Towers is a work of art, by critical consensus the finest situation comedy in the history of the medium. Cleese and Booth laboured on their screenplays for months at a time, crafting every line and nuance. To cut anything from the shows is akin to removing a few notes from a Beethoven symphony or doodling on the Mona Lisa.
Only Philistines and imbeciles attempt to improve on perfection.
Such as there is a logic to the cuts, it would seem to be one of equating the prejudices of individual characters with those of their creators and the show in total.
Because Basil and the Major exhibit racist tendencies Fawlty Towers is itself racist.
The premise betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about how fiction operates. If we applied it to, say, Schindler's List, we would conclude that Steven Spielberg is an anti-Semitic apologist for the Holocaust.
If we used it to assess the message of Psycho, we would find Alfred Hitchcock an advocate for crossing-dressing matricide and the cutting up of guilty blondes in the shower.
In concentrating on one or two lines of dialogue, while ignoring the presence of positive black and German characters in the episode, the BBC has exhibited a wilful ignorance of Cleese's actual thematic agenda.
The fact that Fawlty and his Colonel Blimp-like guest are being lampooned, that the audience is encouraged to laugh at their archaic attitudes, has been ignored.
Many 1970s viewers had sympathy with the Major's world view and confused contemporary Germans with their warmongering forebears. A few viewers in the 21st century will likewise be prone to such thinking and misread the show.
It would be drawing a long bow to suggest that Cleese is responsible for this. He is not creating such ideas. He is exposing them. Better the prejudice that speaks its name, than the lies and half truths of fiction that hides behind euphemism.
To take the "nigger" out of Fawlty Towers is tantamount to removing the word from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a suggestion made at one time by the politically correct lunatic fringe. Do these fools really think that by denying the facts of colonialism and slavery they are doing their children a favour?
If these mollycoddled youngsters are to be kept from the genius of Cleese or Twain in full expression, there is little doubt they will become familiar with the offending words elsewhere and most likely in contexts that are less edifying or humanistic. Perhaps they will hear talk of niggers and homeboys slapping up their bitches in a rap song.
Maybe they will inadvertently sing along with colour-tinged chants at a football match. It's a society full of intolerance, one that needs popular art to face the issues, not deny their existence. When artists dare to rise to the challenge they need to be cherished, not air-brushed out of cultural history.
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She did it! Jordan had her first day of Kindergarten and we all lived to tell the tale. Okay – that's probably over stating it, but I had hoped the first day of school would go well. Jordan and her teacher worked together to help her classmates understand her limb difference.
So here's how it went…. Let's start back with the day before the first day of school. We have a family tradition that I started when Cameron was heading into Kindergarten. We go to a nearby indoor play area and take photo booth pictures together. This year was Jordan's chance to take the pictures for the first time.
We played, we went out to dinner for a special meal and we had to have our favorite local ice cream before the night was done. We were exhausted, happy and very excited about the new school year.
So, I decided to interview Jordan about what she thought about Kindergarten:
There's a lot of dancing in Miss Jordan's world these days.
Fast forward to the morning and both kids woke up ready to go! I got to start work a little late so I could walk to school with the kids and take their official back to school pictures:
Dropping Jordan off to school was harder for me than I expected. I was feeling solid, proud and ready to send her on her way. We walked her to her hallway spot and there were all kinds of little kids doing double takes when they saw Jordan's princess helper arm. She didn't seem to notice but to me, I felt a little overwhelmed for her. That's when I felt a little teary. Jordan was looking shy but not scared. And when Randy and I left her, she was totally okay.
I picked the kids after school and had to take them to work since I had to attend a speaking engagement. So before I left, I caught this post-Kindergarten interview:
She's a dancer I tell you.
I got an email from Jordan's teacher letting me know that at the beginning of the day, none of the kids noticed Jordan's difference until after she took her helper arm off. There were so many questions that the teacher read Jordan's book to the class and let her pass around her arms and hands. Jordan told me she thought it was fun.
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GK: Our show is in Santa Barbara today because our sound effects man Fred Newman is busy in Hollywood, doing the sounds for a World War I movie called "Aces High" and here's a little clip from it here---- (GUNFIRE. EXPLOSIONS OF ARTILLERY. (FN: HOLD FIRE!!!! HOLD FIRE!!!) CHICKEN WALKS ACROSS SCENE, CLUCKING. MESSERSCHMIDT DIVES ON STRAFING RUN, MACHINE GUNS BLAZING, AND TANK BLOWS UP. FN FRENCH. CHICKEN.) A clip from "Aces High," the movie that Fred Newman is doing the sound for in Hollywood. Fred is in demand for motion pictures because recorded sounds don't sound real. Here's a real creaking door recorded digitally (DEEP GROAN) and here's Fred doing the sound effect himself (CREAKING DOOR). You see the difference. Here's an actual bullelephant in heat (GRUNT) and here's Fred doing an elephant in heat. (SHRILL ELEPHANT CRY). And so if they're making a racing movie (RACING CAR REVS UP, SCREECHES AROUND CORNER, FADES), or a cops and robbers movie (CHOPPER APPROACH), Fred is there to do the sound. Outer space (SFX) or volcanoes (SFX) or a maritime adventure (BOAT HORN). They call for Fred. Because the secret of movie-making is sound. You see a deserted alley, shadowy, littered with glass (A FEW FOOTSTEPS, HESITANT), and the hero is walking along, gun in hand, slowly,trying to see what might be back in those dark doorways, around that corner, and one little sound is what makes the audience sit up straight. (CONDOR) . Anything involving animals, they call for Fred. Movie animals can be very temperamental…
GK: …You don't want to spend hours waiting and the stars sitting in their trailers and a thousand extras standing around and you're paying three hundred grand per day in overhead and meanwhile a cat wrangler is trying to coax a cat into meowing (FN: C'mon, c'mon. C'mon Snowball. Do it for daddy. Do it. Come on. You can do it, baby. You can do it. C'mon, baby. Meow......meow----- (CAT HISS) ---- why go through that when Fred can meow better than a cat? (MEOW) Fred can bark better than most dogs. There's a new re-make of Lassie being filmed now. Here's the scene with real Lassie barking (FN KID CALLING: LASSIE. LASSIE!) ( LOW BARK). Now, here's Fred doing the bark for Lassie. ((FN KID CALLING: LASSIE. LASSIE!) (BARK, FOLLOWED BY WHISTLED THEME) Brings a tear to your eye. He can do bison. Here's your average bison (GRUNTING) ---- and see how much more bisonlike Fred is---- (SFX), same with cougars (SFX), caribou (SFX), wapiti (SFX), elands (SFX). And surf. You try to mike surf, you're just going to get wind. Fred does beautiful surf. (SURF, GULLS) FN: I don't like the word "sound effect" ---- it suggests that there's something phony going on. I call them "soundscapes" ---- I want to get to the soul of the animal. I don't want it to be just "a guy doing an elk". I want it to be more like "the elk speaking who is within all of us---the inner elk" (ELK)
----- GK: Fred was so good with animal sounds that ---- I don't know if I should say this or not ----- but Fred won the hearts of a number of actresses simply by coming onto them as an animal. (FRED DISCOMFORT) For example, Sandra Bullock. Fred won her heart by whinnying.
SS: It was beautiful. He held me in his arms and whinnied and I just went all to pieces. It was so real. So powerful. I found that I needed it in some way I couldn't explain. In the end, of course, whinnying could not take the place of conversation, and yet---- He made me all shivery inside. No other man could make me feel primeval the way he could. He whinnied and I came running and then one day, he did a male elephant in heat. (SFX) And I shot him. With a howitzer. (SFX) I missed him, thank goodness. But it was the end of our relationship.
FN: I had been using sound effects to attract women and once I realized how manipulative that was ----- (LOON) ----- I stopped. I do not do loon calls anymore. I'm trying not to do them. Sometimes I can't help myself. I know that every time I do a loon call, women stand up in their seats ----- women move toward the stage, drawn by an irresistible force-----
GK: Fred, don't. Please. Not now.
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GK: Just one.FN: One loon. One lonely loon. (LOON)
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Blue's Room is an American children's television series airing on Nickelodeon (as part of the Nick Jr. block). It is a spin-off of Blue's Clues.
Blue the dog invites viewers into her brand-new room, inhabited by puppet characters that walk, talk, sing and dance.
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We couldn't be assed to walk far so we phoned the nearest hotel in the Rough Guide, the Dormy Inn. Unfortunately this hotel was 5000 yen a night, 2000 more than we had needed to spend so far. At least this place had no curfew.
We were in need of some internet access so headed off to locate one from a map obtained from the plaza. It was nearby our hotel and we spent a good couple of hours catching up. Free soft drinks as well, which was nice.
At about 1:30 we boarded the train to Himeji. It was the bloody Kodoma train again and took 2 hours to get there. We were starting to panic on the train as the castle was closing at 4pm!
On arriving at Himeji we had to power walk our way 1.5km up hill all the way to the castle and arrived with about 15 minutes to go before closing. The castle itself was pretty impressive from the outside and with all the defensive positions you can see why no one ever managed to storm the castle.
Inside was rather empty. 6 floors of relatively nothing but everyone really goes there for the view from the top. However getting to the 6th floor was a mission in itself!
Once inside the castle you are required to remove your shoes and proceed wearing slippers. They all seemed to be about the same size, about a 3, and had to basically shuffle around. We then had to climb 6 flights of near vertical stairs with tiny headroom and this all in 30C+ heat. Everyone was knackered!
We left just before 5pm when we were told to leave. Felt sorry for the people standing around outside looking bemused at why they couldn't be let in, secretly laughing on the inside.
As we were walking back to the station there was a mass gathering that I guessed was related to tomorrows election. Loads of people waving flags and some guys shouting empowered speeches to the mass crowd, they seemed to enjoy it. I heard money being mentioned, probably empty promises like in the UK.
Got the Hikari train back to Hiroshima and had to endure the smoking carriage of death for about an hour. Either way it beat getting the slow Kodoma train again!
Went to check out our new hotel in Hiroshima, pretty much the same as the last one, just more money and a better central location. Also had BBC World which was a bonus.
Went to an Irish pub from the bible. Was pretty good and served decent food at reasonable prices, Jamesons chicken was very nice. Only went there on the off chance of seeing the footie but they showed the German league instead so we headed back to the Internet cafe for a good few hours to make some phone calls and catch up on this diary.


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Discussion in 'GM Powertrain' started by pdunn77, Feb 28, 2008.
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I have sent Hypertech an email to find out since I have a 2008 and it only shows the V8's.
I received a reply from Hypertech , they are working on getting a programmer for the 4.3 but no ETA yet.
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