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Hi Nick:
Who was the individual that told you how to take advantage of Mountain mode?
Wayne Gerdes
The Chevy Volt has been out for a several months now, and it's been reviewed nearly to death—with the vast majority of those reviews being positive. We've even reviewed it in many different ways here on PluginCars.com.
Yes I've driven it quite a bit already myself, but recently I had the opportunity to use it as if it was my personal vehicle for an extended period of time. It was the first time I was able to drive it for more than a few hours or a couple hundred miles at a time. Over the course of five days I drove it on a daily basis to haul my family around, run errands, and even transport a couple of folding tables and six folding chairs back from one of those big box stores. I also took it on a 300+ mile road trip over the Cascade Mountains from where I live in central Washington to Seattle and back.
While the car was certainly everything many other reviewers have raved about (including myself)—quiet, fun to drive, and comfortable—the part of that time that I learned the most was when I drove over the mountains. For one, it was the only time I ever used gas the whole time I had the car. But more importantly, I discovered a very useful driving strategy for long hauls with the Volt that may have been covered elsewhere, but I haven't seen it and it seemed important to bring up.
For those that don't know, the Volt has three driving modes to choose from: Normal, Sport, and Mountain. Normal and Sport are pretty self-explanatory, so likely the vast majority of people will just plop it into one of those modes and leave it there based on their driving preferences. But that mysterious Mountain Mode is probably being left alone more than it should. In fact, some very prominent Volt proponents have even gone so far as to say they hardly find a reason to use it at all.
But in my experience, Mountain Mode is extremely useful even for long drives without mountains.
At its root, Mountain Mode is meant to force the Volt to switch from 100% battery-powered mode to charge-sustaining mode (where the engine is burning gas to generate electricity, and sometimes even powering the wheels directly—basically acting as a hybrid) long before the battery is fully drained. GM engineers have said this is to preserve battery power to help get the car up steep slopes with an assist from the electric motors—hence the name "Mountain Mode." In contrast, in both Normal and Sport modes, the car will use up every last drop of stored battery power it can before switching to charge-sustaining mode.
So how is Mountain Mode useful for driving long distances even if there are no mountains? The Volt has a higher fuel economy when driving at highway speeds in charge-sustaining mode than when driving in the city in the same mode. The EPA officially gave the Volt a 35 city/40 highway mpg rating without using stored battery power, but in my experience that charge-sustaining fuel economy on the highway was closer to 43 mpg (yes, that's calculated without any grid-filled battery input). Given that when you get to your destination, there will likely be several miles of driving at city speeds, it makes sense to be able to do that in 100% electric mode if possible, instead of using fuel at the lower fuel economy. Unfortunately, if you drive in Normal mode, by the time you get to your destination you will have used all of those stored electrons to push the car along the highway at high speeds.
Unlike charge sustaining mode, the 100% battery-powered mode is much more efficient at lower speeds in the city. Using electrons to push the car along with all that wind resistance at higher speeds just doesn't make much sense. Some plug-in hybrids, such as the BYD F3DM, allow the driver to switch back and forth between all-electric and hybrid modes at will—and Volvo has made it a core feature of its upcoming V60 plug-in hybrid. Unfortunately, the Volt doesn't have a button that forces it to switch between battery-powered driving and charge-sustaining hybrid driving, but Mountain Mode can act as a proxy.
First, estimate how much low speed driving you'll do at your destination—we're talking rough ball-park. Assume the Volt has about 30 miles of all-electric driving range at low speeds. Once you use up the battery charge to the point where you have only a few more miles left in the battery than you'll need to drive as an all-electric car at your destination, switch the Volt from Normal Mode to Mountain Mode. Within a few miles the car will switch over to charge sustaining mode, leaving your battery loaded with electrons. When you get to your destination, simply switch it back to Normal Mode and the car will return to all-electric driving.
When I left for Seattle on my long trip, I kept the car in electric mode until I used up about half of my battery—approximately 15 miles—which got me out of the city and about 10 miles down the highway. At that point I switched to Mountain Mode and within three miles my Volt test car switched over to charge-sustaining hybrid mode. I soon entered the mountains and the car did use some battery power to get me over both passes, but for the most part it was regenerating far more than it used on the way down the hill (another strategy here is to put the Volt in in "L" instead of "D," which provides a lot more aggressive regenerative braking). On the downhills I hardly used the car's physical brakes at all.
When I reached Seattle, I had actually regenerated enough energy to add about five more miles to my in-city driving range, for a total of 17 miles of all-electric city driving. It felt great to be driving in the city on electrons, saving fuel from being burned when it's least efficient and not emitting any pollution at ground level where it can do the most harm.
For me this was a chance discovery when I accidentally flipped it into Mountain Mode at the right time and realized very quickly how useful it could be. If I owned a Volt I'd be using this feature a lot more than it's typically given credit. Hopefully the strategy will help you out too. Give it a try and let me know what your results are—or perhaps you've been doing this all along?
· Wayne (not verified) · 7 years ago
Hi Nick:
Who was the individual that told you how to take advantage of Mountain mode?
Wayne Gerdes
· DeeCee (not verified) · 7 years ago
In response to how much gas it took to generate 17 mi of battery, Nick said he'd switched to Mountain Mode at about 15 miles remaining battery so actually gained 2+ miles in the L position going downhill (as I understand itl. I drive a Volt and have used this strategy myself as I have a steep grade to climb from town to home. If I use Normal Mode, the battery power very quickly is depleted.
· EVNow · 7 years ago
In EU, Volt will have a switch to turn the EV mode on and off (atleast that was reported a while back). Not sure why they didn't give that here.
· Colin Summers (not verified) · 7 years ago
The reason for the switch in Europe and not in the USA was (at the factory) explained as a restriction from the EPA. They didn't want people to be able to just drive around in gas mode.
The Normal mode doesn't use all of the charge in the batteries, it just pretends to. The ICE by itself won't give you normal driving performance at freeway speeds without some battery boost, so the computer hides some battery from you. When you pass on the highway, even when the range on battery is zero, there is drive-power provided by the electric motor.
Someone needs to hack the Volt so interested drivers can see what is really going on and so that they can kick on the ICE when they want it.
· Adarondax (not verified) · 7 years ago
I believe Mountain Mode builds a charge in the battery by running the engine, sometimes at high revs. This is how it's described on page 9-27 of the Volt Owners Manual:
"Press the DRIVE MODE button to select Mountain Mode. If steep hill driving is expected, it is recommended to select Mountain Mode at least 20 minutes before driving on steep grades. This will allow the vehicle time to build a sufficient battery charge reserve. The engine may run when Mountain Mode is selected. If Mountain Mode is entered before four bars of battery charge, the engine will
run at a higher speed to build battery charge reserve. If Mountain Mode is entered above four bars of battery charge reserve, the
estimated electric range will adjust accordingly."
That means that Mountain Mode isn't just maintaining the battery's state-of-charge, it is burning more gasoline to add to the charge. That is the basis for my question.
· Charged Up (not verified) · 7 years ago
This is a good tip. I would concur with the Volt being more efficient at highway speed. I am seeing between 43 and 48 mpg at highway speeds of 45-60.
So the essential gist is, use the mountain mode at highway speed and save normal mode for city driving, if you know you don't have sufficient charge to go all electric.
· Chris C. (not verified) · 7 years ago
Hi, I'm one of the first Volt owners. Last year we immediately pounced on Mountain Mode as a useful tool for controlling the car's behavior, as you described. However I don't do it for the efficiency -- I do it because city driving is far more FUN in electric mode. So I put it into mountain mode in the middle of a long drive, and when I reach the end of the highway portion of the trip it still has some battery energy in it. Gas mode is less annoying when you're just cruising down the highway, so it makes more sense to run in that mode then. Of course the Ampera will have this explicit capability (protect charge for the end of the drive) so that you can enter a city's congested zone under electric power.
I find this most useful when I'm going to an event where I will be showing off the car. By using mountain mode I can arrive with some battery power and thus be able to demo the car in pure electric mode. Doing demos / test drives in gas mode is frankly no fun at all.
Thanks for devoting an article to this!
· Rooster (not verified) · 7 years ago
If you intend to use this technique again in the future, I recommend you put the Volt in Mountain Mode before you leave your home. You'll run on the battery until you reach the MM charge depletion point -- that will ensure you maximize your battery use. Otherwise, you could miss judge, and drain the battery below the MM charge depletion point if you change modes on the fly. When the engine turns on to run the generator, it will have to burn addition fuel to recharge the battery back up to the charge depletion point, and thus lower you MPG.
· EVNow · 7 years ago
@Colin "The reason for the switch in Europe and not in the USA was (at the factory) explained as a restriction from the EPA. They didn't want people to be able to just drive around in gas mode."
Hmmm ... EPA should revisit that.
· R.Patrick (not verified) · 7 years ago
You've essentially used the Mountain Mode (and the mountains themselves), the L setting, and the electric/generator brakes to do an end-run around the restriction that the engine can't be used to charge the batteries.
Seems obvious, but only now, after you've pointed it out.
Again, Nice!
· NeilBlanchard · 7 years ago
So, the so-called Mountain Mode is essentially a forced series /serial hybrid mode? I think the reason it is better in this mode on the highway is that since it isn't actually charging the battery, the engine is running in an efficient range, and all the power is used to drive the wheels.
It's a strange thing that GM decided to do: they could have used the engine to charge the battery, and then shut it off until the charge is used, and then run the engine again -- this would let the engine run at it's best RPM all the time. But they did not do this -- the reason is they didn't want you to end the drive with much charge in the battery; so you would always then charge it with the plug.
The downside is that the engine RPM vary with the demand of the electric motor to move the car, and/or to move the car with the engine. Which kind of defeats the main advantage of a series /serial hybrid, I think.
The FVT eVaro is a "true" series / serial hybrid, and it is far more efficient than the Volt. It goes ~125 miles on 21kWh pack, then runs the 1100cc 20kW gen set for about 1 hour, which can charge the pack while driving at highway speeds, and then the gen set shuts off, and you drive for another 125 miles, then the gen set comes on for another hour or so. It only burns 2.2 US gallons and has a total range of ~425-500 miles.
· regman · 7 years ago
I hate to beat a dead horse and I know this is going to result in a string of replies but L gear in the Volt will not increase regenerative efficiency. When Nick states "I hardly used the car's physical brakes at all" he implies that stepping on the brake pedal applies the friction brakes. Like all major EV and HEV vehicles, the Volt is equipped with a Coordinated Regenerative Braking system which will always apply regenerative braking before friction brakes, even if the brake pedal is applied. Any strategy in putting the vehicle in "L" on the volt is purely driving comfort associated with more one pedal driving. Hopefully Brad's upcoming article on regenerative braking will clear this up once and for all.
· Jeff N (not verified) · 7 years ago
I mentioned using Mountain Mode like this about 3 months ago in a comment on Ron Gremban's article here on this site.
See: http://www.plugincars.com/my-bittersweet-chevy-volt-moment-106861.html
As for the FVT eVaro, the reason it gets such excellent efficiency is most likely due to it's low weight and extremely aerodynamic shape. It's not at all clear to me that the added efficiency of optimizing the generator engine RPMs can significantly overcome the added inefficiencies of electrical conversions and battery charge/discharge. Doing this will also age the battery faster. I personally suspect that the serial/parallel split eCVT strategy used in the Prius and Volt is the best overall choice when driving in hybrid "charge sustaining" mode at steady highway speeds.
If anyone knows of a good technical study of the generator->battery->motor versus eCVT efficiency tradeoffs please post the URL!
· Michael · 7 years ago
Great article, Nick. I have been interested in Mountain Mode for some time.
@NeilBlanchard, The Volt engineers found that they got better highway mileage by switching the system to parallel hybrid mode, than continuing to use the serial hybrid mode, because the system would lose efficiency by converting mechanical energy into electricity, and then back to mechanical energy.
· Eric (not verified) · 7 years ago
I don't know if I agree that the results will be anything appreciable to use this strategy, if we assume goal is to reduce gasoline usage. To maximize gasoline savings, you want to use every last electron you can that came from the wall.
If you use mountain mode to preserve your charge until the city, 40% of your charge is preserved. Assuming, as your article did, a full range of 30 miles, that would leave roughly 12 additional all-electric miles in your car than you'd have if you ran in Normal mode.
Assuming 32MPG city, if you used those 12 miles on gas in the city instead of mountain mode, you would have burned 0.375 gallons of gas. If you use that on the highway instead (by use of mountain mode), that same 0.375 gallons gets you 16 miles... A savings of 4 miles.
So, if you arrive at your final destination with any more than 4 miles of battery range remaining, you really haven't "saved" any gasoline to speak of. The point here is that your estimate of when to switch back to Normal mode would have to be awfully precise, regardless of trip length.
In general I think the Volt is designed to maximize efficiency in its Normal mode, and the Mountain mode sacrifices efficiency for power when conditions necessitate.
I would still argue that driving a Volt in Normal mode except when needed for steep grades yields maximum efficiency.
· Eric (not verified) · 7 years ago
I guess I will add one more point to my previous comment, and that is that this strategy can yield a small amount of efficiency gain, but requires two caveats:
1) Mountain mode is engaged right from the start of the trip, so there's no chance of the motor trying to generate electricity to actively dump in the battery (less efficient).
2) Normal mode is engaged sufficiently in advance of the end of the trip so that all of the remaining EV range is used prior to the final destination... Even if this means the generator comes on again for a couple miles before the end of the trip.
Maximum efficiency savings of 0.375 gallons (not a whole lot, but in a normal 60 mile commute per day or something like that I suppose it can add up) is attained only when you arrive at your destination just as you run out of all electric range. Any generator running after, or any EV miles remaining upon arrival, cuts into that 0.375 gallons of saivngs. Having EV miles remaining at the end is probably the worst, as not using just a little EV range will quickly wipe out any gas savings you may have been able to attain.
· regman · 7 years ago
Nick, I understood that "What [you] meant by using "physical" was the act of pushing on the pedals", as I know that you are well aware of the previous regen controls discussions in plugincars.com. I was merely clarifying this point to other readers that may be new to this forum. I am somewhat a stickler for words in that "physical brakes" to me refers to the actual friction brakes (the disk/drum brakes) and not the brake pedal. Also, by including this "strategy" in your article, it implied to me ( and other potentially new/not verified comments by DeeCee and R.Patrick) that the use of L gear improves efficiency in mountains.
· Felix Kramer · 7 years ago
Excellent story and great comments! This will all be of even greater utility as U.S. cities follow European leads in creating "no-internal-combustion zones" in downtown areas.
I will chime in with a story about the original reason to use Mountain Mode. On my family's sixth winter trip from Silicon Valley to Lake Tahoe since getting our Volt in December, I unaccountably forgot to engage MM before leaving. (Of course, on the basis of these exchanges, there's a slight benefit to driving a few local miles before flipping the switch as you get on the highway, but that's one more thing to remember as you start a long trip.)
About 10 miles before reaching Donner Pass, we paid the price: on the driver-side display, under the MPH number, we saw a small blue triangle with an exclamation point and a yellow message, "Propulsion Power is Reduced." I flipped to MM. As we continued to climb, our top speed drifted down to about 55 MPH. Then we reached a plateau area and were able to resume a higher speed while the engine worked to give the battery its MM margin. We then made it to the summit at 65+MPH. On this 225-mile journey that includes 8,000 feet of elevation, with three passengers and luggage, we averaged 35MPG, equivalent to the other trips (as described at http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1132.html ).
· Ron Gremban · 7 years ago
Hi, everyone. I echo Felix' appreciation. I'll weigh in on a few points:
1. Regen braking is indeed applied first whether via L mode or via the brake pedal. Besides that, the Volt has a spectacular undocumented feature that all hybrids as well as EVs should have, but the upcoming Ford Focus EV is the first to actually announce: the ball that floats downward upon heavy braking is actually (verified through my Volt adviser) an indicator of how much friction braking is being applied. If you manage to keep the ball from moving, you are driving without friction braking and seriously maximizing your fuel economy, whether in EV or charge-sustaining mode. (By the way, I believe the upward float of that same ball is much less important, as EVs generally do not lose much efficiency during acceleration.)
2. I believe the reason the Volt has poorer charge-sustaining mileage than e.g. the Prius is not because of serial hybrid inefficiencies but because the Volt's engine has not yet been nearly as carefully tuned for economy. The Volt is, after all, a first-generation PHEV/EREV, while the Prius is now in its third generation (fourth, if you count the Japanese-only precursor to the '01). The Prius engine is an Atkins-Miller cycle (much lower pumping losses than the standard Otto cycle), has an offset crankshaft for reduced power stroke friction and a Dewar bottle to keep coolant hot for three days, and much more that GM hasn't yet had time to optimize. Such a difference in engine efficiency, as well as further-optimizable hybrid control algorithms, would be good reasons that the Volt's city mileage is lower than its highway mileage despite it being (among other things) a very strong hybrid. So, as good as the Volt is already, GM clearly has plenty of room for continued optimization.
Several years ago I did some calculations of possible serial vs. parallel hybrid efficiencies. My conclusion was that when all the loses and potentials for efficiency improvements are added up, the two architectures' efficiencies are similar enough that the winner can easily depend as much on each vehicle's quality of engineering as on the choice of architecture.
3. I believe GM decided to have the ICE's speed and output roughly follow the road load -- as with an ordinary hybrid -- for two reasons: First, it minimizes the average power and energy throughput that the battery is asked to deliver. With no Li-ion propulsion battery field experience to build on, this is one of many steps GM took to maximize battery life. As they get field experience, they will likely find they can work the battery of future models harder without significant warranty losses. Second, as with driving an ordinary hybrid, it is enjoyable to the driver to have the engine stop when the car stops, only starting again a while after getting launched, and satisfying to have the engine power low and relatively unintrusive except when lots of power is needed. In contrast, a constant-speed engine could be quite annoying.
4. Though not previously part of this conversation, Felix (in his LEAF as well as Volt) and I have both discovered since I wrote my "bittersweet" article (http://www.plugincars.com/my-bittersweet-chevy-volt-moment-106861.html) that low ambient temperatures and especially rain significantly negatively impact fuel economy of electrically-driven vehicles. I now regularly get 36+ miles per charge or around 40 mpg in both city and 70-mph highway driving. It seems these vehicles are far more sensitive to environmental conditions than is noticeable to gas vehicle drivers. (By the way, after another two months to the day, I had to visit a gas station a second time! It's getting to be a bad habit.)
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
Ron and Felix,
Thanks for weighing in with your real-world experience in the Volt.
I've also seen that mechanically or electrically linking the ICE and the EV drivetrains should be about the same efficiency. Of course, in a company with a lot of excellent transmission designers such as GM (with little future in an electrified world), It is pretty likely we can guess why they chose a mechanical linkage.
I, personally, would prefer that GM provide the option of a constant speed engine by selecting some sort of "economy" mode. This would allow them to find out, in the real world, whether people would prefer a little harshness to more frequent stops to pay "The Man". By denying the option, clearly, we'll only find out what the NVH (Noise Vibration & Harshness) engineers who also have minimal career prospects in an electrified world.
Have you all noticed how the design decisions in the Volt seem to favor the workforce they have in place?
· regman · 7 years ago
Regarding the gauges, each manufacturer has played around with various ways of displaying efficiency. I personally do not like the bouncing ball on the Volt an my preference is the Escape HEV gauge. Unfortunately it is only available on the 2010 model year and later and only if you get the NAV screen. You can view a description on the Escape gauge by opening the second printing (page 75) of the NAV supplement at http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/SPubs/default.asp?TYPE=OWNERGUIDE....
Maybe Brad can include a description of all the braking gauges that each manufacturer is using as an addition to his upcoming Regen Brake article.
As far as the power sustained modes of the various vehicles, there are specific reasons why the Volt is less efficient. In general, series hybrid system will always be less efficient in this mode because the mechanical energy of the engine has to be converted to electricity and then back from electricity to mechanical. Each of the energy conversions is 5-15% inefficient, providing a round trip energy efficiency probably 75-90%. In addition, the most efficient engine operating point can not always be achieved because generator efficiency/speed/load curves do not line up with the engine efficiency/speed/load curves. Since the engine is directly driving the generator, you are always compromising the efficiency of one or both the engine or the generator. In contrast, the Toyota (and Ford) system can send the mechanical energy of the engine directly to the wheel (eliminating the energy conversion losses) while simultaneously using the generator to optimize the engine efficiency/speed/load point and absorbing (charge sustaining) any engine power not being directed to the wheel.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
You said that: "the Toyota (and Ford) system can send the mechanical energy of the engine directly to the wheel (eliminating the energy conversion losses)"
The engine doesn't go directly to the wheel. It passes through a gearbox.
Gears aren't 100% efficient either. You can tell that if you've ever touched the transmission on a car that has been driving fast - you'll find it is pretty hot from wasted energy.
The Prius-style planetary gears are pretty efficient but still not perfect.
The same shunting of additional electricity to the battery can be accomplished by a traditional (electrical) series hybrid. Railroad trains have been doing it for over 75 years.
· Ron Gremban · 7 years ago
Re. series/parallel efficiencies -- since you're talking specifics:
a) Yes, a series hybrid always has the dual conversion losses. However, Li-ion batteries are over 90% efficient except at very high rates, and motors and electronics are often operating in a 90-95% combined efficiency range nowadays; so the dual conversion losses are probably in the 30% range, approaching 20% in future vehicles. Of course, the Volt's partial direct drive bypass -- a synergistic byproduct of its re-purposed dual-hybrid transaxle -- reduces those losses at highway speeds.
b) It turns out that the Toyota/Ford power split transmission is not too efficient either, due to the power often being transferred between MG1 and MG2 for eCVT torque conversion. I have seen estimates of 30% losses during some phases of driving. The whole point of GM/BMW/Chrysler's dual-mode hybrid system -- using a second planetary gear system and some clutches -- is to reduce those losses.
c) There are inherent inefficiencies involved in designing an engine to work over a wide range of speed and torque, and (especially) to respond quickly to rapid changes in driver-requested power. Strong hybridization mitigates this some, thereby allowing for more efficient engine designs that are also operated in their most efficient regions more of the time. Toyota claims 38% peak efficiency for the Prius engine -- and average tank-to-wheels efficiency falls around 30%, with regen energy recovery accounting for some of that. In comparison, an ordinary engine's peak efficiency is more like 25-30%, with an average tank-to-wheels of more like 15%, even nowadays. In contrast, an engine built to a single high-efficiency operating point could reach 45% efficiency, both peak and average -- with a generator perfectly sized and tuned to it -- which could make a series hybrid efficiency-competitive despite its dual-conversion losses. Both the Volt's engine modus operandi and its clutch arrangement put the Volt's efficiency regime in the middle between that of a strong power split hybrid and that of a pure series hybrid. I believe it is less efficient (in each mode) than a Prius merely because of its infancy.
Note: In praising the Volt's indication of the onset and intensity of friction braking, I was not praising the ball display so much as the fact that that data -- critical for efficient driving -- is, for the first time I've seen, displayed for the driver in realtime. Now GM needs to TELL its customers that what they are seeing (when the ball goes downward) is the actual waste of energy.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
@Ron Gremban,
The electricity needn't go through the battery during Charge Sustaining cruise with the traditional series hybrid. This would be exactly like train engines do it today and is a lot more efficient than always going through the battery. Any excess power from the engine+generator can go into the battery. This means that the cruise losses can be less than 20%.
· regman · 7 years ago
ex-EV1 Driver, I never said there were not losses through the gearbox. I was merely pointing out the differences in the systems and why, in charge sustain mode, the Toyota/Ford system is more efficient. Gearbox losses will be similar in both but the Volt has the added losses of the double energy conversions.
Ron, I agree that the losses are in the 30% to 20% range which is similar to my statement that the efficiencies are in the 75-90%. And yes, at highway speeds, the Volt is not a pure series hybrid and can gain some of the efficiencies back.
My comparison and comments were specifically on charge sustain mode of the Toyota/Ford system vs. the Volt/series hybrid. As it turns out, there are no hybrid systems that are perfect. Most systems have operating scenarios that they shine in or that they are not ideal. For example, both of these systems lack in high speed torque capability, making these systems fall short in towing. The dual mode and crank-ISG type systems do not have towing issues but are more complicated (more moving parts that can break) are more expensive and have higher gear box/transmission losses. The Toyota/Ford systems are not as ideal for Plug-Ins because they require engine starting (to prevent generator overspeed) at relatively low speeds (compared to the Volt). Going into detail on what system is better in this or that driving scenario/mode is a much bigger topic but all have their advantages and disadvantages and each manufacturer must weigh these advantages and disadvantages for their specifica implementation.
As far as the Volt's ball, it may be the first that you have seen but I think the Ford Escape gauge is better gauge in that it not only gives you information on where you are braking but provides the threshold of where friction braking is applied, in real time.
Also, ex-EV1 driver is correct in that, by definition, charge sustain mode means that the energyis not going into the battery but rather from the engine, to the generator to the motor, to the wheels.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
From my perspective, the Volt is the same as the Ford/Toyota with a few extra Rube-Goldbert 'enhancements' in the form of some brakes and clutches on some of the shafts feeding the planetary gear system.
It is not a traditional series-hybrid as was originally planned and announced.
· regman · 7 years ago
Ex-EV1 driver,
Although they have a lot of similarities (single planetary gear, engine, motor, generator), how they are all connected together result in significantly different operating characteristics. Think of it as carbon. Connect carbon together one way and you get graphite, another you get a diamond. You may think a diamond is superior but tell that to a Boy Sscout that is trying to improve the friction losses on the wheels on his pinewood derby car.
The Volt system has some advantages that the Toyota/Ford systems don't have but at a cost ($ and complexity). It also has a few disadvantages. But as I stated before, there is no perfect system for all vehicles and driving modes. If I had to summarize it, I would say the Volt wins as a Plug-In (especially at > city speeds), but looses once the engine has to come on either to sustain battery charge (lower efficiency) or to sustain power to the wheels (as evident in the need to have a mountain mode). The Volt also looses on complexity and cost.
· GreenWin (not verified) · 7 years ago
Great article Nick, and excellent comments. Clearly the Volt is making a positive impression on these early adopters and reviewers. We like to read these comments as proof the volt concept works and works well. It is further testimony to the excellent engineering job done by GM's Volt technical team.
In my brief drive of the Chevy Volt I was astonished at how quiet and vibration-less is was in CS mode. While the ICE cycled on and off - I could only tell by watching the data display. The machine itself never gave me a clue as to when it was charging or depleting. Nice.
· ex-EV1 driver · 7 years ago
You sound like a GM person or a shill for them with your parroting of the non-issue that they seem to focus a lot on. Are you?
· sue jones (not verified) · 7 years ago
I love my volt! 117mpg so far driving like a bat-out-of-hell if I'm going less than 40 miles that day.
One question i have is about whether it might be MORE EFFICIENT to drive in LOW GEAR! Normally one wouldn't expect that... but the Volt's "low gear" is actually a mode where electrical regen is increased, or so it seems. In fact, it feels almost as extreme regen as a Tesla (although nothing like the emergency stop you get out of max-regen braking on an AC Propulsion car.)
That is pretty cool because you can one-pedal drive most of the time, slowing down almost enough just by releasing the accelerator.
On the twisty mountain roads around here I can totally one-pedal drive in Low which is
very wonderfully relaxing! It always supplies the right amount of braking to keep the car from accelerating downhill.
I also believe that max regeneration is SAFER, because in an emergency or even normal driving, you start braking at least 1/4sec faster, at the point you release the accelerator and haven't yet reached the brake pedal.
So am I increasing my mileage by regenerating more? Decreasing it by driving more responsively (slowing down when I don't need to)? Or decreasing it by having Low implemented in some silly way I dare not contemplate, like using friction brakes or (gag) ICE engine braking? (I doubt it but crazier things have happened, and GM probably did not anticipate that I would chose to drive in Low most of the time!)
· Anonymous (not verified) · 7 years ago
The best way to explain the L mode is regen braking is moved from the brake pedal to the gas pedal. While in L, pressing the brake pedal uses the friction brakes only since max regen is already being used with your foot off of the gas pedal. I also only use L as there is then a clear delineation of what is regen and what is friction braking. In D I would have to look at the efficiency ball to notice when I have maxed out regen and it transitions to friction. As for the rear-end danger factor of using L, only night or bad weather would be an inappropriate time to use it since max regen is pretty powerful (more than downshifting in auto or manual cars) and not having brake lights come on could be a mistake. It would have been nice if the brake lights could come based on deacceleration rates and not brake pedal movement.
· Martin H. (not verified) · 6 years ago
Miles on gas reading is misleading for town driving as it includes distance when the gas generator is off (i.e. during regen. breaking and using the charge generated by the regen.). So in reality, you are getting even fewer miles on the gas in town than it says since it all falls under the "miles on gas". Wish any time the gas generator was off, the Volt would record that as electric miles.
I haven't figured out how much gas it takes to create a charge (in mountain mode) to use in town and compare that to the 37 mpg I got strictly on gas in town, but I don't suspect it will be any better. But again, the 37 mpg is inflated due to the distance travelled during regen. and the charge generated by the regen.
· Volted · 4 years ago
Nick... THANK YOU for writing this post!!!
I left Las Vegas this morning to return home to the Los Angeles area. I've had my 2014 Volt since February, and my only other "long" road trip was to Del Mar. So before my trip to Las Vegas, I had averaged 172 mpg since I got my Volt!
I was at the Bellagio and there wasn't a charging unit on the property, so I started my drive home without a charge. On the first uphill mountain grade, "Propulsion Power is Reduced" showed up on my dashboard. So, I Googled to find out exactly what what meant... and I (luckily) found your article.
I changed the mode to Mountain as soon as I understood what you wrote. By the time I got to Hesperia, which is about 70 miles from home and where I got more gas, I had averaged a paltry 30.3 mpg in Normal mode. (I had driven between 60 and 75 mph.) 30.3 mpg??? I was pretty discouraged, and I was hoping things would change after the reset based on your new-found advice.
My results after driving the last stretch in Mountain Mode?
1) As I left the gas station, I had 15 mile range on my battery (when it had been exhausted four days ago when I arrived in Las Vegas).
2) I used 1.0 gallons for the 68 miles that I drove from Hesperia to my house, because I changed the mode to Normal when I was 15 miles from home. (Admittedly, Interstate 15 to the 210 freeway is almost all downhill, but I still had another 35-40 miles to drive on level highway roads.
What a huge difference. Any future long road trips I take, I'll be driving in Mountain mode. Around town, I'll keep it in Normal. I hope every Volt owner understands your advice. Thanks, again!
David aka Volted
· henryfarkas · 3 years ago
I read Nick's post above about using Mountain Mode more often. I thought, "Maybe mountain mode would give better gas mileage than you get when the battery is at the bottom of its charge cycle. I don't own a Volt. I'm thinking of getting one for my next car, but right now, I'm still in my nine year old Prius with 175,000 miles on its clock, and still getting around fifty miles to the gallon so getting a new car isn't urgent.
I took a test drive in a Volt at my local Chevy dealer, and I put it in mountain mode for the seven mile test drive, half of which was on a local road with traffic signals, and half of which was on a limited access Interstate highway. I set the trip odometer to zero at the beginning of the test drive. At the end, my miles per gallon showed 30, a big disappointment


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Here's a portion of Cagle announcement as posted at the Political Insider:
I have experienced pain in my back and neck for years, but during this past legislative session, the pain worsened. At times my arm was numb and the pain spread. Therefore, as part of preparing to run, I visited my physician. That doctor's appointment significantly changed the way my life will look for the next several months.
I've been diagnosed with some serious nerve and bone problems and a degenerative spinal condition. The issue could be hereditary or it could be the result of an old injury, but the unfortunate reality is that it requires immediate surgical treatment.
The good news is that my odds of making a full recovery without long term nerve or muscle damage are high. Left untreated, the lasting affects could be severe. However, fully focusing on treatment and healing without long term problems will severely restrict my ability to campaign for much of this year.
I feel a deep obligation to Georgia's future, while I also have a strong sense of duty to my family. I want to serve the citizens of our state, but I also need to stay healthy so I can provide for my wife and three sons, the oldest one of whom just began his college education.
Georgia needs a strong Governor, but Nita and my boys also need a dad who can provide for them well into the future.
The only way I can balance both obligations is to make the difficult decision to end our campaign for Governor and seek re-election to the office of Lt. Governor.
It would be wrong to tell the thousands of Georgians who want to support a gubernatorial campaign that I am in the race when I simply cannot give it my full attention for most of this year.
I expect to make a full recovery by next year's legislative session and intend to campaign vigorously for re-election at the appropriate time. As of Monday, my schedule will be adjusted accordingly to make time to address my medical needs.


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|Goats Head Soup
|Studio album by The Rolling Stones
|31 August 1973
|25 November – 21 December 1972 and 23 May – 20 June 1973, Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica, except "Hide Your Love", recorded at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Summer 1973
|Rock 'n' roll, blues rock, funk rock
|Rolling Stones
|Jimmy Miller
|The Rolling Stones chronology
|Singles from Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is the 11th British and 13th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in August 1973. Like its predecessor, Exile on Main St., the band composed and recorded it outside of the United Kingdom due to tax issues. Goats Head Soup was recorded in Jamaica and the Netherlands. The album contained 10 tracks, all written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, including lead single "Angie", which went to No. 1 as a single in the United States and top 5 in the UK. Goats Head Soup received positive reviews and achieved number one chart positions in the UK, US, and several other world markets. The album was remastered and released in 1994 and again in 2009 by Virgin Records and Universal Music respectively.
In November 1972 the band relocated to Kingston, Jamaica's Dynamic Sound Studios. Keith Richards said in year 2002: "Jamaica was one of the few places that would let us all in! By that time about the only country that I was allowed to exist in was Switzerland, which was damn boring for me, at least for the first year, because I didn't like to ski... Nine countries kicked me out, thank you very much, so it was a matter of how to keep this thing together..."[1]
Of the recording process, Marshall Chess, the president of Rolling Stones Records at the time, said in 2002, "We used to book studios for a month, 24 hours a day, so that the band could keep the same set-up and develop their songs in their free-form way, starting with a few lyrics and rhythms, jamming and rehearsing while we fixed the sound. It amazed me, as an old-time record guy, that the Stones might not have played together for six or eight months, but within an hour of jamming, the synergy that is their strength would come into play and they would lock it together as one..."[1]
Jagger said of their approach to recording at the time, "Songwriting and playing is a mood. Like the last album we did (Exile on Main St.) was basically recorded in short concentrated periods. Two weeks here, two weeks there – then another two weeks. And, similarly, all the writing was concentrated so that you get the feel of one particular period of time. Three months later it's all very different and we won't be writing the same kind of material as Goats Head Soup."[2]
On the sessions and influence of the island, Richards said, "The album itself didn't take that long, but we recorded an awful lot of tracks. There were not only Jamaicans involved, but also percussion players who came from places like Guyana, a travelling pool of guys who worked in the studios. It was interesting to be playing in this totally different atmosphere. Mikey Chung, the engineer at Dynamic, for example, was a Chinese man — you realise how much Jamaica is a multi-ethnic environment."[1]
The first track recorded at Dynamic was "Winter", which Mick Taylor said started with "just Mick (Jagger) strumming on a guitar in the studio, and everything falling together from there."[2]
The album's lead single, called "Angie", was an unpopular choice as lead single with Atlantic Records which, according to Chess, "wanted another 'Brown Sugar' rather than a ballad."[1] Although the song was rumoured to be about David Bowie's first wife Angela,[3][4][5][6] both Jagger and Richards have consistently denied this.[6] In 1993, Richards, in the liner notes to the compilation album Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones, said that the title was inspired by his baby daughter, Dandelion Angela.[7] However, in his 2010 memoir Life, Richards denied this, saying that he had chosen the name for the song before he knew the sex of his expected baby: "I just went, 'Angie, Angie.' It was not about any particular person; it was a name, like 'ohhh, Diana.' I didn't know Angela was going to be called Angela when I wrote 'Angie'. In those days you didn't know what sex the thing was going to be until it popped out. In fact, Anita named her Dandelion. She was only given the added name Angela because she was born in a Catholic hospital where they insisted that a 'proper' name be added."[8] According to NME, the lyrics written by Jagger were inspired by Jagger's breakup with Marianne Faithfull.[4]
This was the last Rolling Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, who'd worked with the band since 1968's Beggars Banquet sessions. Unfortunately, Miller had developed a debilitating drug habit during the course of his years spent with the Stones.
Aside from the official band members, other musicians appearing on Goats Head Soup include keyboard players Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, and Ian Stewart.
Recording was completed in January 1973 in Los Angeles and May 1973 at London's Olympic Sound Studios. The song "Silver Train" was a leftover from 1970s recordings at Olympic Sound, and "Hide Your Love" was recorded during rehearsals at De Doelen in Rotterdam. Goats Head Soup was also the band's first album without any cover songs since Their Satanic Majesties Request in 1967.
Release and aftermath[edit]
At the time of release, Jagger said, "I really feel close to this album, and I really put all I had into it... I guess it comes across that I'm more into songs. It wasn't as vague as the last album which kind of went on so long that I didn't like some of the things. There's more thought to this one. It was recorded all over the place over about two or three months. The tracks are much more varied than the last one. I didn't want it to be just a bunch of rock songs."[citation needed]
Preceded by "Angie" as the lead single, which sailed to number one in the United States and became a worldwide hit, Goats Head Soup was released in late August 1973 and also shot to the top of charts worldwide. The Rolling Stones' autumn 1973 European Tour followed soon after, in which four slots in the set list were given to the new material: "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)", "Star Star", "Dancing with Mr D", and "Angie" – although apart from a few earlier performances of "Silver Train" and "100 Years Ago" nothing else from Goats Head Soup has ever been played live by the Stones.[9] (The popular bootleg recording Brussels Affair would result from this tour.)
Album art[edit]
The album cover was designed by Ray Lawrence and photographed by David Bailey, a friend of Jagger's who had worked with The Rolling Stones since 1964. The portrait of Jagger on the front cover was approximately life size in the original 12-inch LP format. Jagger was reluctant to be shot enveloped by a pink chiffon veil, which Bailey said was meant to look like "Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen". The album's gatefold has all the band members wrapped around a similar fabric.[10] [11].
Critical reaction[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|Robert Christgau
|The Great Rock Discography
|The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Critical reaction to the album was varied at the time. Bud Scoppa called the album "one of the year's richest musical experiences"[2][19] in Rolling Stone, while Lester Bangs derided the effort in Creem, saying, "There is a sadness about the Stones now, because they amount to such an enormous 'So what?' The sadness comes when you measure not just one album, but the whole sense they're putting across now against what they once meant..."[2]
Goats Head Soup is now generally considered to have marked the end of the Stones' "golden age", with Stephen Thomas Erlewine saying, "Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup... This is where the Stones' image began to eclipse their accomplishments, as Mick ascended to jet-setting celebrity and Keith slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on Goats Head Soup, at times in the same song."[20] Goats Head Soup has endured as a popular seller, it has gone triple platinum in the United States and went on to sell close to 6.5 million copies worldwide.[21]
The sessions for Goats Head Soup were abundant with outtakes. Two of these — "Tops" and "Waiting on a Friend" — would surface on Tattoo You in 1981, and feature Mick Taylor on guitar; "Through the Lonely Nights" became the B-side to the "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" single and was released on CD for the first time on the 2005 compilation Rarities 1971–2003. It is a soft rock ballad that features Richards on wah wah/leslie speaker filtered guitar with Mick Taylor playing a brief solo. In addition, Short and Curlies was started at the Goats Head Soup sessions and ended up appearing on the It's Only Rock 'n' Roll lp.
In 1994 Goats Head Soup was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2009 by Universal Music. The 1994 remaster was initially released in a Collector's Edition CD, which replicated in miniature many elements of the original gatefold album packaging. The first pressing of the 2009 remaster contains a censored version of "Star Star" that was on the original US vinyl release, but not on the 1994 Virgin CD; later pressings contain the uncensored version.
The album was reissued once more in 2011 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese-only SHM-SACD version, which includes the uncensored version of "Star Star" with a previously unreleased fadeout.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
|Side one
|"Dancing with Mr. D"
|"100 Years Ago"
|"Coming Down Again"
|"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
|Side two
|"Silver Train"
|"Hide Your Love"
|"Can You Hear the Music"
|"Star Star"
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 3), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), electric guitar (6, 8), harmonica (6), piano (7)
- Keith Richards – electric guitar & backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), bass guitar (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (5), lead vocals (3)
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar (5, 8-10)
- Charlie Watts – drums (all tracks)
- Mick Taylor – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-10), backing vocals (4, 6), bass guitar (1, 3), acoustic guitar (5)
Additional personnel
- Nicky Hopkins – piano (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Billy Preston – clavinet (2, 4), piano (4)
- Ian Stewart – piano (6, 10)
- Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone (3, 4, 7, 10)
- Jim Horn – alto saxophone (3, 4), flute (9)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet (4)
- Jim Price – horn arrangement (4)
- Nicky Harrison – string arrangement (5, 8)
- Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah – percussion (1, 9)
- Pascal (Nicholas Pascal Raicevic) – percussion (1, 9)
- Jimmy Miller – percussion (9)
- Chief engineer and Mixer – Andy Johns.
- Assistant engineers – Carlton Lee, Howard Kilgour and Doug Bennett.
- Photography and sleeve design by David Bailey.
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
- ^ a b c d Loewenstein, Dora; Philip Dodd (2003). According to the Rolling Stones. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-4060-3.
- ^ a b c d "Goats Head Soup". timeisonourside.com. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
- ^ Schragis, Steven (August 1987). "Love Was a Many-Splendored Thing". Spy. New York City: Thomas L. Phillips, Jr. p. 20. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
Jagger, it was rumored, had earlier written 'Angie' (Goats Head Soup, 1973) for David Bowie's wife, Angela.
- ^ a b "Revealed - The Stories Behind The Rolling Stones' Classic Songs: 'Angie'". NME. London. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Rumored to be inspired by Angie Bowie, it was actually inspired by Marianne Faithful after her relationship with Jagger collapsed.
- ^ Brown, Adam Tod (26 June 2008). "6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think". Cracked.com. Demand Media. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b McPherson, Ian. "Track Talk: Angie". timeisonourside.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Richards, Keith; Sandall, Robert (1993). Interview, Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (Liner notes). Hollywood, California: Virgin Records. 72438-64682-2-2.
"The basic melody and the title were mine...I'd recently had my daughter born, her was Angela, and the name was starting to ring around the house. But I'm into writing about my babies. Angie just fitted. I mean, you couldn't sing 'Maureen'...
- ^ Richards, Keith; Fox, James (2010). Life. New York City: Back Bay. p. 323. ISBN 978-0316034418.
- ^ Live debuts of each Rolling Stones song
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- ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2013.Note: user must select 'The Rolling Stones' from drop-down.
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- ^ "American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Head Soup". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH


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Trainer Trent Busuttin is confident that stable star Tavago is primed for a competitive racing return after pleasing in a 1000m hit-out at Cranbourne on Monday morning.
Busuttin confirmed Tavago in the field for the featured Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, but was forced to scratch the four-year-old after he pulled a tooth on Friday afternoon.
Confident the horse has complete overcome his minor ailment, Busttin was thrilled with the effort mustered by the Tavistock gelding at Cranbourne on Monday morning and revealed that while likely to accept a position into the Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) this weekend, underlined the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) on Saturday week as his likely launch-pad.
"Ben Melham gave him a squeeze at the top of the straight and he came up underneath him nicely and did what was asked of him," Busuttin told Racing Victoria.
"We may have been a bit over cautious (missing the Memsie Stakes) but it's the start of a long campaign and he was sulking a bit after having the tooth out on Friday but he's come through it good and it's not an issue.
"We'll probably accept (into the Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes) at the Valley on Saturday but more than likely stick to the original plan of running him in the Makybe Diva.
"We'll just see how he pulls up this week and give him another bit of work on Thursday and go from there.
"He'll only have the two runs going into the Caulfield Cup, the Underwood might be a bit unorthodox but he's a horse that doesn't need a lot of racing and third up into a mile-and-a-half he'll be fine."
Debuting to race for second in an Avondale minor over 1400m in October last year, Tavago progressed to a classy win in the Fairview Motors Maiden (1600m) before claiming a maiden black type win in the Group 3 Wellington Stakes (1600m).
Trialling well in the lead-up to his 2016 return, Tavago ran third in the Listed Karaka 3.y.o Mile (1600m) first-up, but failed to produce anything or beat a single runner home in the Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) on February 6th.
Luckless when sixth in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on March 5th, Tavago arrived in Australia for an impressive a dominant win in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) on April 2nd.
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Canadian TV Watchdog Unveils 'Stop the CBC Smackdown' YouTube Videos
The spoof spots feature a U.S. TV wrestling promoter buying Canada's public broadcaster and placing beefy wrestlers and bikini-clad bimbos in its newsrooms to drive up ratings.
TORONTO - A Canadian TV watchdog group has launched spoof commercials that portray an American TV wrestling promoter buying the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and stuffing its newscasts with brawny wrestlers as anchors and ring girls as weather presenters.
That's the grim privatization scenario TV viewers here are being asked to ponder after the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, representing around domestic 50,000 TV viewers, unveiled two satirical videos directed by Mitchell Gabourie.
"Canadians are going to love this. I mean, let's be honest. They're very unique in that they're like Americans, except for the Quebeckians, who are more like the Puerto Ricans," Fury, played by comic David Huband, says of his intended newsroom overhaul.
The online YouTube campaign, dubbed Stop the CBC Smackdown, parodies Canadian fears about the country's culturally-sensitive TV networks being owned and operated by American media giants.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has used humor before to hammer home messaging about Canadian culture, including four earlier commercial spots that featured a Hollywood director, played again Huband and directed by Gabourie, making hokey films about classic Canuck icons like Rocket Richard, John A. Macdonald and Bobby Orr.
The latest Smackdown videos also follow persistent speculation that a cost-conscious federal government may privatize all or some of the CBC to help balance the books in Ottawa.
The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting wants the federal government to maintain its current $1.1 billion annual Parliamentary appropriation to the CBC's English and French language radio and TV networks.
That's unlikely, as CBC brass now face a likely 10 percent cut to the federal subsidy and the end to another $60 million supplemental grant.
That scenario portends deep job and programming cuts at the public broadcaster.
"A ten percent cut to the CBC's budget, as the Conservatives are contemplating, would have devastating consequences that would be visible and of great concern to the vast majority of Canadians," Ian Morrison, a spokesman for the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, said.
The CBC watchdog group also unveiled Angus Reid polling results that indicate only 17 percent of Canadians favor a reduction in funding for the public broadcaster by Ottawa.


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French midfielder Diarra left the Emirates Stadium earlier this month to join Portsmouth after becoming frustrated at a perceived lack of first-team opportunities with the Gunners, despite only joining from Chelsea in August.
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Today is 12/21/12 and there has been much talk that this is the end of the world, I don't buy it for a second. And here is why:
1) Marks the end of the "long Count" Mayan calendar, which lasted just under 8000 years. This is no reason to think that the world will end... we reach the end of our calendar each and every year, and it doesn't seem to bother us.
2) This one is the real killer.... the Mayan calendar is based on a 365 day year, similar to the calendar we use, however it does not take into account leap years; Which started in 1 B.C. if you do the math, you end up with a difference of 488 days, or 1 year and 123 days. This means that the world should have ended August 20th of last year. and yet we are still here.
3) There is some confusion among experts as to when the Mayan Calendar day ended, some say at Sunrise, others at Sunset. and sometimes this would vary by city. The Experts suggest that our 23rd or 24th is more accurate.
In My, Admittedly less than Humble Opinion, there is far more to worry about than the end of the world... If it ends I doubt very much we will care, because it will be over. If It Doesn't, Tomorrow we will still be here Making Great Games! Besides, We Whovians know that the Universe ended on June 26th 2010.
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The Celtics plan to hold their first draft workout June 1 at their practice facility in Waltham. Celtics president Danny Ainge said Wisconsin's Jon Leuer, Richmond's Justin Harper, Virginia Commonwealth's Jamie Skeen, and Butler's Matt Howard — all power forwards — will be among the players invited.
"The list will probably grow as we get closer to that workout,'' Ainge said.
Ainge returned to Boston this week after going to the predraft combine in Chicago, where more than 50 prospects worked out in front of executives and scouts from around the league.
There were noticeable absences, including the draft's top prospect, Duke guard Kyrie Irving, and Ainge said it was hard to say who stood out because of the way the weekend is set up.
"It's not really a format where players stand out,'' Ainge said. "They're not playing basketball. They're just running. It's more for interviews and doing physicals and doing some of the physical testing more so than it is watching guys play real basketball.''
The Celtics staff is spread out, with some on the road for workouts and some at home evaluating film.
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The challenge will be finding a player who can fit in quickly, with the Celtics trying to surround Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett with youth and athleticism.
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Last year, the Celtics took Avery Bradley with the 19th pick and Luke Harangody with the 52d pick. Ainge has said that if Bradley had waited until this year to declare for the draft, he would have been a top-five pick. Asked if that was a reflection on Bradley's talent or the quality of this draft, Ainge said it was a compliment to Bradley.
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hey, i go every year from ireland to france on the over night ferry from roslare to cherbourg and drive down the west coast.One of the best campsites ive stayed at was one not far from la rochelle, called Bonne anse plage and its pretty close to some really good surfing spots .
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I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I have a good handle on controlling my numbers during the day. In fact, my three month average, according to my meter is 113 mg/dl [6.3 mmol/L]. However, I wake up high, between 128 mg/dl [7.1 mmol/L] and 144 mg/dl [8.0 mmol/L]. I have tried a late night snack of different types, including the diabetic bars out there and no luck. I have tried moderate exercise one hour after eating dinner, which does bring my number down to around 95 mg/dl [5.3 mmol/L], before a bedtime snack, but still wake up in the high 130s (mg/dl) [around 7.6 mmol/L}. There were two days in a row that I did the above and woke up at 112 mg/dl [6.2 mmol/L] and then 114 mg/dl [6.3 mmol/L], which was great, but I can't duplicate the results.
I have two thoughts. One is that you don't mention whether you are taking any medicine for your diabetes. Metformin (Glucophage) helps lower fasting blood sugars. If you are not already taking it, you can ask your health care provider whether or not you may be a candidate. The other thought is that I do not understand why you are eating a bedtime snack. Are you taking insulin and your bedtime sugar is on the low side? Otherwise, you probably don't need that snack and it may be contributing to your high morning blood sugar.
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What If My Partner and I Have Opposite Taste in TV? Your Pressing Questions, Answered
A list of shows for you and your TV companions to agree to try.
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Welcome back to Stay Tuned, Vulture's TV advice column. Each Wednesday, Margaret Lyons answers your questions about your various TV triumphs and woes. Need help? Have a theory? Want a recommendation? Submit a question! You can email firstname.lastname@example.com, leave a comment, or tweet @margeincharge with the hashtag #staytuned.
My husband likes darker dramas (Sons of Anarchy, The Wire, The Walking Dead), whereas I would be happy to only watch lighter dramas or comedies (Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project, Orange Is the New Black). What can we watch together that we'll both like? Previous good matches have been Parenthood, Alias, and Orphan Black. —Claire
My girlfriend likes fantasy things like Harry Potter, Supernatural, and Once Upon a Time. I like darker shows: The Wire, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under. Is there something in between? —Alan
What should yo do when you live with someone who has opposite TV taste to you? The only show we've ever agreed on is You're the Worst. —AD
My job has a lot of perks, and one among them is that it's pretty rare for me not to get my way when it comes to TV selection. "It's for work!" I say, which is never really a lie, because I write about all kinds of show all the time. A sheepish "what are you gonna do, the world is tough" shrug helps. Try telling your partner or whoever you're watching TV with that it's "for work." Maybe you're a doctor, and one of your patients compared their symptoms to a character on the show, and you have to watch it to understand what he or she is trying to describe? Maybe you are a teacher, and your students are using lingo from the show, so you need to be up to date on the terminology? Maybe you are a transpondster, and everyone's talking about this show in the break room and you feel left out? People are very understanding when something is "for work."
Lying is bad, though, so let's take another tactic. (For work! My job is being ethical!) Maybe pick something that's not really either of your expected genres, so it's less a compromise and more a totally new option. If you can't decide between a dark drama and a light comedy, pick a robust documentary series. Instead of looking for something somewhere between fantasy and prestige drama, go for comedies. And if you never agree, why are you trying to watch TV together? I'd never expect other people to listen to the same music as I do, so why would I assume they'd watch the same TV? Fight the fights that need fighting, as Lewis says in The American President.
Pick shows that defy obvious genre rigidity. Netflix's BoJack Horseman might seem like an adult cartoon comedy (à la Archer, say), but it's much darker and more introspective than that. Nurse Jackie competes at the Emmys as a comedy, but I don't know that I've ever actually laughed at any episodes — even though it's a show I love. Shameless is in that same boat of covering "serious" topics but in light-ish ways. Louie is one of the most depressing shows I think I've ever seen. The previously mentioned You're the Worst is I guess technically a rom-com, but it's so cynical that I'm more likely to lump it in with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Any given 30 for 30 documentary is surprisingly riveting, even for those of us who don't care much about sports.
It also might help to think about what you're trying to get out of the show and working backwards from there. "I just want something escapist!" might mean fantasy, but couldn't that also mean Deadliest Catch, assuming you yourself are not likely to be on an Alaskan crab boat any time soon? "I like stories about serious human crises" might make you think of Breaking Bad, but why couldn't you also enjoy Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Tabatha's Salon Takeover, Tabatha Takes Over, or my new obsession The Profit, which are all basically the same show? All the people on those shows are at least as sad as Walter White, but there's a redemption tale, too! (And yet many of these businesses fail anyway, so it's not always a happy ending. Life!) "I want something that cheers me up" could mean perky, feel-good comedies, but the banter on Sherlock makes me feel happy, too. Be willing to think outside the genre you think you want.
In the interest of being clip-and-save-level helpful, here are some Stay Tuned Certified current shows to try. The agreement is that you will both approach it with an open mind and give the show one full episode; if after that you don't like it, okay. It's the no-thank-you portion of trying a show. Please note that this is not a list of every good show, but rather, this is a list of good shows that might appeal to people who think they won't like them.
• American Ninja Warrior: It's just so gripping! People are extraordinary!
• The Americans: Appeals to fans of dark/broody/action drama, but also fans of domestic/family stories.
• Bob's Burgers: It's not like other Fox cartoons of the last 15 years. Honestly, I'm consistently stunned that this show is on network TV, so tender and specific are its characters. Cartoon fans, family-set fans, '80s-reference fans, but also anyone looking for a outside-the-standard teen-girl character.
• Broad City: Unless you are super prude, it's hard to imagine someone who won't like at least some episodes of this show.
• Drunk History: Smarter than you think.
• Game of Thrones: Many, many people who are not otherwise fantasy fans really dig it. Worth a shot!
• Hannibal: Sort of a procedural, more of psychodrama, with both catch-a-murderer week-to-week storytelling and an aesthetic befitting a show with ten times the budget.
• Jane the Virgin: I cannot get over how great this show is, but in addition to being a good and functional soap itself, Jane's also a meta-soap, poking fun at the genre and using its tropes to wink at the audience.
• Justified: Yeah, it's a crime show, but it's also often hilarious. Funny characters can still experience serious situations! It can be pretty violent, but it's nowhere near as bleak and scary as Sons of Anarchy.
• Madam Secretary: Honestly, this show is not good. But it is too casual to be a heavy drama and too self-serious to be a fun comedy, and in the Sunday-night waiting-for-the-good-shows zone, it might get the job done if there's nothing on the DVR.
• Manhattan: Again, serious subject matter (the Manhattan Project), but the show itself isn't bleak or heavy, really.
• Orange Is the New Black: Absolutely in the sweet spot between comedy and drama. Also just a fantastic show.
• Orphan Black: Not just for sci-fi people!
• The Returned: Can appeal to fans of sad shows, but also Francophiles, sci-fi people, and people who like excellent sibling casting.
• Sleepy Hollow: Anyone who likes supernatural shows is probably already watching, but the show's comedic sensibilities make it way more fun than its genre brethren. It's also genuinely spooky.
• Top Chef: If you fast-forward the parts where everyone rags on each other, Top Chef is a masterpiece. Sadly, there's a lot of ragging and complaining and swagger-contests, etc., but with a remote in your hand, you are the show's editor! Wheee. Don't let "I don't like reality shows" dissuade you; the demonstration of skill makes up for the artificiality of the genre.
One last thing to think about: How much do you dislike your partner/roommate's preferred shows, and what is it you dislike about them? What do you think it would take for you to say, "I don't care, I'll watch whatever you want to watch"? I am personally maxed out on shows about rape and torture, but drama-wise, I could certainly sit through a few episodes of Reign or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. I find the racism of 2 Broke Girls to be actively harmful, but there's nothing wrong with The Goldbergs — it's just not my taste. But if someone I cared about really wanted to watch it, sure, why not?
Don't be judgmental about what they pick, and don't seek "revenge" by picking something you like that you know they'll hate. Don't keep score, and don't save up these relationship coins to cash in on something big — "Remember all those times we watched House Hunters International? Well, that means I don't have to go to your mom's third wedding." Ugh. Unfair. (Again, this only goes for shows that are not doing active harm.) When you have been the beneficiary of these sorts of small gestures, reciprocate and do so earnestly. Maybe you'll like The League or The Chair or The Roosevelts. And if you didn't, well, didn't it make you feel good to show your person how much their comfort matters to you?
Compare how much do you not want to watch Whose Line Is It Anyway with how much your viewing companion does. Do they really, really want to? Then take this opportunity to learn to be more patient. Let their joy bring you joy. Give them this as a small gift. Did they have a hard day? Don't they deserve a Modern Family if they did? Did she kill the giant bug you were afraid of? Then maybe an episode of Castle is not a valuable point of contention. Has he been under a lot of stress? Then an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is not going to kill you. I get that we all have different desires, but if you're going to share a TV, let that be a symbol of how much of yourself you're willing to share, too. If you find all your partner's taste abhorrent, and you're a person to whom taste matters a great deal, maybe this person is not a good match for you. But if they just want to watch The Voice, suck it up and watch The Voice. Save the grand gestures for car commercials and fake-seeming viral videos. Small moments of agreement are the real way to show someone you love them.
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Influence of multi-source and multi-temporal remotely sensed and ancillary data on the accuracy of random forest classification of wetlands in northern Minnesota
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AbstractWetland mapping at the landscape scale using remotely sensed data requires both affordable data and an efficient accurate classification method. Random forest classification offers several advantages over traditional land cover classification techniques, including a bootstrapping technique to generate robust estimations of outliers in the training data, as well as the capability of measuring classification confidence. Though the random forest classifier can generate complex decision trees with a multitude of input data and still not run a high risk of over fitting, there is a great need to reduce computational and operational costs by including only key input data sets without sacrificing a significant level of accuracy. Our main questions for this study site in Northern Minnesota were: (1) how does classification accuracy and confidence of mapping wetlands compare using different remote sensing platforms and sets of input data; (2) what are the key input variables for accurate differentiation of upland, water, and wetlands, including wetland type; and (3) which datasets and seasonal imagery yield the best accuracy for wetland classification. Our results show the key input variables include terrain (elevation and curvature) and soils descriptors (hydric), along with an assortment of remotely sensed data collected in the spring (satellite visible, near infrared, and thermal bands; satellite normalized vegetation index and Tasseled Cap greenness and wetness; and horizontal-horizontal (HH) and horizontal-vertical (HV) polarization using L-band satellite radar). We undertook this exploratory analysis to inform decisions by natural resource managers charged with monitoring wetland ecosystems and to aid in designing a system for consistent operational mapping of wetlands across landscapes similar to those found in Northern Minnesota.
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