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Issue Type: New Feature Created: 2007-02-20T14:30:04.000+0000 Last Updated: 2007-07-05T14:43:50.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 0.9.0 (17/Mar/07)
Reporter: Gavin (gavin) Assignee: Thomas Weidner (thomas) Tags: - Zend_Date
Related issues: - ZF-961
When I say "new Zend_Date()" with no parameters, I would like to have some way of instructing the ZF to give me a new Zend_Date object using time() + the offset from Zend_TimeSync. Thus, if someone gives me some code using Zend_Date, I have a way to make the existing code use the correct, "true" time for now.
Currently: $server = new Zend_TimeSync('ntp://serveraddress', 'alias'); $date = $server->getDate(); // pretend NTP server returned a time of 00:01 $date->isToday(); // fails if the actual server's time is 23:56 and the true time is 00:01
Proposed Change: $date->isToday() does not fail for the use case and situation above. For example, the protected _getTime() could be integrated in some way with Zend_TimeSync.
There are more situations like this, where Zend_Date relies on time(), which could be wrong.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2007-02-20T15:37:19.000+0000
I see some problems...
If we natively add Zend_Timesync with Zend_Date probably all users will use it because it returns the "exact" time which seems always to be better than the servers time in users view.
This way out Zend_Framework would spread all timeservers which could lead to massive negative image due to timeserver missuse.
Second: NTP and SNTP only define the time and the offset to actual time. We are not receiving day or date with the NTP packet.
Third: Implementing a "time-setter" function within Zend_Date could lead to missuse. A user could for example have the idea to add some "own" values to the existing date for example three hours because he has GMT+3
I'm not sure if we should implement such an problematic function.
The standard useage for Timesync is having an exact timestamp for database actions or other things which have to be very exact. The question is also if we should combine Timesync so close to Date and make it easy for the user to missuse it.
Having a returned Timesync Date is like having an own date defined. You have to use the proper functions which are not related to time()... there are only 3 functions which are related to time(). And all 3 can be used with Timesync but not the way you mentioned.
isToday() : $date->compareDate(Zend_Date::now());
is what you probably wanted to do. With this in mind it is not necessary to combine this two classes more as they are actualy.
Posted by Gavin (gavin) on 2007-02-20T16:14:09.000+0000
I am only proposing that we make it possible for ZF developers to solve the use case problem described above. I am not proposing that all uses of Zend_Date should be coupled to Zend_TimeSync and require Zend_TimeSync to first obtain a correct, accurate timestamp.
No day or date is needed from the NTP packet.. www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-s-def.htm" rel="nofollow">NTP uses UTC as reference time If we know the true time is "00:01", but the server's time is "23:56" we can calculate an offset and "fix" the server's time when using the function isToday() and thus solve the problem in the use case above.
I have not proposed a implementation of how to "set" the "now" time in Zend_Date, but only provided a use case which fails when the server's local time is wrong. Since we have Zend_TimeSync, there are multiple possible ways to solve the problem shown by this use case.
isToday() fails and produces the wrong answer in the situation above. If we provide no solution and a ZF developer is given some code written using the ZF, then the developer will have to debug and rewrite the code, instead of having a simple way to make existing uses of isToday() work on a sever with incorrect local, actual time.
If you strongly believe this use case should fail and give the wrong answer when the server's local time is not accurate, then I won't object if you close this issue. When the server's local time is wrong, there are other use cases that produce results developers do not expect, because many functions in Zend_Date and Zend_DateObject rely on either time() or _getTime().
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2007-02-20T17:10:19.000+0000
I have to think a little more about this... I will give response tomorrow
Posted by Gavin (gavin) on 2007-02-20T17:47:46.000+0000
Would a unit test for Zend_DateTest.php be helpful?

function testIsTodayWithTimeSync()
$server = new Zend_TimeSync('ntp://serveraddress', 'alias');
$date1 = $server->getDate();
// need to use the proxy class to simulate time() returning wrong value
$date2 = new Zend_Date_TestHelper($date1);
// now simulate the server having an incorrect actual, local time:
$date2->_setTime($date->getTimestamp() - 86400); // has side-effect
// both Zend_Date objects have the same date/time/timestamp
$this->assertSame($date1->getTimestamp(), $date2->getTimestamp());
$this->assertTrue($date2->isToday()); // fails, but shouldn't because $date2 is today
I don't want to commit the code above, because the ideas in my email (leading to this Jira issue) for Zend_TimeSync were ideas and not absolute requirements but just brainstorming possible improvements for the i18n components. We could instead just document all the ways and places Zend_Date will fail when using Zend_Date objects created using Zend_TimeSync. I would need your help finding and documenting these places, since there are many other things I must also work on now.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2007-02-21T06:35:22.000+0000
I have a simpler solution in mind which I already know how to implement.
But anyway... a unit test would be nice.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2007-02-22T14:15:03.000+0000
Ok... I added the new feature.
Zend_TimeSync can now propose an offset to Zend_Date which will be used internally in all functions which make use of the time() function in Zend_Date.
The only thing which I need help with is a proper unit test... ( without changing the API :-) )
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2007-02-23T03:36:30.000+0000
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"Easter" Egg for Easter Sunday 2011
A pair of peregrines nesting on the Hawk and Owl Trust's new platform on Norwich Cathedral celebrated Easter with their first egg on Easter Sunday. View the webcam here.
The female peregrine laid the beautiful russet coloured 'Easter' egg on this morning whilst the congregation celebrated Easter Sunday in the cathedral below.
Everyone from the Hawk and Owl Trust and Norwich Cathedral is delighted with the success that came only nine weeks after the nesting platform was installed high up on the Cathedral spire.
The egg is a wonderful surprise because the female peregrine is very young and still in her juvenile plumage so it was by no means certain that she would be old enough to breed this year. The platform, installed by the Hawk and Owl Trust in February, is obviously to their liking and now that she has laid one egg there is the possibility of up to three more.
"The eggs are usually laid two or three days apart so we are watching with bated breath to see what happens next" said Nigel Middleton, Hawk and Owl Trust Conservation Officer for the Eastern Region "The female will do most of the incubating whilst the male catches food for her. Once all the eggs are laid, incubation should take about four weeks, so we will be hoping for chicks at the beginning of June."
Follow the unfolding events on the platform via webcam on the Hawk and Owl Trust and Cathedral websites. Visitors are also welcome to the Cathedral where the Hawk and Owl Trust is running a watchpoint on Bank Holiday Monday 25th April from 10am until 2.30pm.
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These magnificent birds, the largest falcon resident in the UK, are making a comeback after the effects of organochlorine pesticide poisoning in the 1960s. There are now thought to be 1500 pairs in the UK and although their natural habitat is cliff ledges, over the last decade several have started to breed on human structures in our cities.
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Twelve-time nominee (and six-time Grammy winner) Taylor Swift will co-host the nominations with perennial emcee LL Cool J, who handled hosting duties with Nicki Minaj last year (and actually worked the event with Swift way back in 2008). The duo will announce the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards during the concert, which CBS is set to broadcast live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
This marks the fifth year for the event, dubbed 'Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! -- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night,' and the first time it's been held in Nashville. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Jonathan Toews gets 2 assists, Chicago Blackhawks cool off Los Angeles Kings with 3-1 winNHL.com @NHLdotcom
CHICAGO - Jonathan Toews set up two of Chicago's three first-period goals, and the Blackhawks cooled off the Los Angeles Kings with a 3-1 victory Sunday night in a rematch of last season's Western Conference finals.
Rookie Antti Raanta made 21 saves to help Chicago bounce back from a 7-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday night. Marian Hossa had a short-handed score that snapped Los Angeles' NHL-record streak of 18 games without allowing a first-period goal.
Kris Versteeg and Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago. Alec Martinez scored for Los Angeles.
The Kings (22-8-4) had won six in a row and were hoping to complete a perfect four-game trip in the same building where their Stanley Cup title defence ended in June. But the matchup of the NHL's best offensive team and the league's stingiest defence went to the high-scoring Blackhawks, who have won four of five and lead the NHL with 53 points.
Ben Scrivens had 37 saves for Los Angeles in his first start since Dec. 2, keeping the Kings in the game with a handful of nice stops after the sluggish first period. Scrivens and Martin Jones have done a terrific job in goal since Jonathan Quick was shelved by a groin injury last month.
The defending NHL champion Blackhawks (24-7-5) also were without their top goaltender, Corey Crawford. The 29-year-old Crawford is out with a lower-body injury, and it's unclear when he might return.
Raanta has started every game since Crawford went down on Dec. 8. He made his best stop against Los Angeles in the second, sticking his right skate out to turn away Anze Kopitar on a prime opportunity.
Martinez scored his second goal at 16:06 of the third, and the Kings then had a power-play opportunity when Andrew Shaw was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct. But the Blackhawks managed to kill it off.
Chicago defeated Los Angeles in five games in the playoffs last summer, and went on to win the title for the second time in four seasons. The series against the Kings culminated with a hat trick for Patrick Kane in the deciding game, including the decisive score in the second overtime off a pass from Toews.
Toews picked up right where he left off in the first game of his season between two of the NHL's best teams.
First, he won a battle for the puck with Los Angeles defenceman Jake Muzzin behind the Kings' net, and then threw it in front for Hossa's 14th goal at 5:45 of the first. After Versteeg scored on a 2-on-1 break, Toews made a great cross-ice pass to Sharp for a power-play goal that made it 3-0 with 29 seconds left in the period.
Kane picked up his 26th assist on Versteeg's sixth goal. Kane has at least one point in each of his last nine games and 21 of 22 overall.
NOTES: It was Bryan Bickell bobblehead night, but the big forward remained out with a lower-body injury. Coach Joel Quenneville said Bickell probably will accompany the team to Nashville for Tuesday's game against the Predators, but it's more likely he returns on Friday against Vancouver. "He did well today," Quenneville said, "so he's close." ... Kings D Willie Mitchell was scratched due to an illness. He played in each of Los Angeles' first 33 games of the season. ... Quenneville said goaltender Jason LaBarbera "could be in the mix" with the Blackhawks soon. LaBarbera was acquired in a trade with Edmonton on Saturday and assigned to Rockford in the AHL. ... Defenceman Michael Kostka, forward Jeremy Morin and Crawford were scratched for the Blackhawks. ... In addition to Mitchell, Fs Matt Frattin and Linden Vey were scratched for Los Angeles.
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ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers want the state to start cracking down on phony 911 calls.
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Phil Jagielka believes England boss Roy Hodgson faces a tough decision over whether to stick with Jagielka's Everton team-mate Leighton Baines or bring back Ashley Cole at left-back for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Poland.
Jagielka has hailed Baines as the in-form player in the Barclays Premier League this season and he again impressed during Friday's 5-0 win over minnows San Marino at Wembley. Cole was rested for that match because of his ongoing ankle problem and he is only two caps away from reaching 100 senior appearances for his country.
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He has started three of the four internationals since Euro 2012 and is in competition with former Everton team-mate Joleon Lescott and Gary Cahill, but Jagielka does expect Lescott, one of England's best performers during the summer in Poland and Ukraine, to return to the side in Warsaw.
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#5 St. Cloud State Huskies Skate to 5-3 Victory Over Nebraska Omaha
OMAHA - The #5 ranked St. Cloud State Huskies picked up a much needed win on the road with a 5-3 victory over the Nebraska Omaha Mavericks on Friday night.
Kalle Kossila led off the scoring for SCSU with his ninth goal of the season. Omaha would strike back in the second with a goal from Josh Archibald to make it 1-1.
The Huskies and Mavericks would go back and forth through the second and third period. Joey Benik scored two goals for the Huskies in the second in his first game back from injury. Dominic Zombo and Zahn Raubenheimer both scored for the Mavericks to make it a 3-3 tie in the third.
Senior defenseman Kevin Gravel would score the game winning goal for St. Cloud State at 16:38 in the third. Brooks Bertsch would add an empty net insurance goal for the 5-3 victory.
Omaha outshot St. Cloud 34-30 in the action. Goalie Ryan Faragher made 31 saves for the Husky win.
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The hospital that serves downtown Vancouver will be a crucial resource when the big earthquake comes — if it doesn't fall down. "In terms of geological time, we're overdue," says Bonnie Maples, an architect and director of capital assets for Providence Health Care, which runs St. Paul's. "It is a matter of when, not if. It's like a time bomb waiting to go off but we don't know what it's set for.
"This is the place that people are going to go to in an earthquake. Our emergency plan has to have steps to it. The first step is you have to survive."
Providence hired a seismic-engineering firm to create a model predicting what would happen to St. Paul's Hospital in the event of a magnitude-7 quake with an epicentre 15 kilometres away.
"What it shows is that the building will wiggle like mad and practically tear itself apart," Maples says. "We just pray we get the new building up before it happens."
Last week, Premier Christy Clark announced upgrades to St. Paul's, including a new building. But details and a business plan won't be ready for release until 2014, and no upgrade funding was attached to Clark's announcement.
"No one can predict when, or if, an earthquake will occur and what exact impact an earthquake will have on buildings and services," said health ministry spokeswoman Michelle Stewart. "The majority of in-patient beds at St Paul's are not located in buildings in need of seismic upgrading."
It will take five years to finish upgrades once final approval is received, Maples says. "We have to do something," Maples says, "and the question is, how long can we wait to do it?"
The original building of St. Paul's, in the hospital's central section, was completed in 1913 with little concern for seismic activity. That building houses the emergency department and "has virtually no lateral resistance," Maples says.
The north and south wings, built in the '30s, would meet 10 to 20 per cent of today's standards of seismic resistance, Maples says. Made of early reinforced concrete, the structures are "very brittle," she says. Interior walls are covered in clay tiles. "They will shatter in an earthquake and be very dangerous," Maples says.
Throughout St. Paul's, there is a "significant possibility of at least partial collapse," she says.
The worst-case scenario of a heavily damaged St. Paul's cut off from the outside by collapsing bridges into downtown Vancouver could occur, she says, noting that California's 1989 magnitude-7 Loma Prieta quake caused a viaduct, double-decker highway and a bridge to collapse. Should damage force closure of St. Paul's emergency department, patients would be moved into prearranged locations, including schools. Hospital staff would bring all movable equipment to the patients.
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The planned upgrade to the building that houses emergency will be expensive, complicated and difficult, Maples says. "It's very messy, dirty work. You can't just do it in little bits and pieces while doctors are treating patients."
Upgrading would go far beyond bolting down generators and putting in flexible joints in high-pressure steam joints. "Base isolation" is planned, with the whole building lifted off the foundation and shock-dampers installed between the building and foundation.
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City of Steam is a browser-based game. But it doesn't match traditional notions of a browser-based game. It's a fully 3D game, with pretty decent graphics, and is very responsive. Mechanist Games is focusing on making as easy to jump in and play as possible, with very fast loading times. It's actually quite an impressive technical feat, in my opinion.
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Somehow, even though it is a 3D over-the-shoulder perspective, I got a very "Diablo II" vibe. I'm not sure entirely why that is so, it may just be how the UI is laid out, and the fact that there's lots of barrels and crates to break. But that's probably a good sign.
In keeping with the extremely accessible theme, City of Steam is going to be a F2P game.
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The Miami Dolphins are in danger of losing Mike Pouncey for longer than expected.
Armando Salguero of The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that the Pro Bowl center's surgically repaired hip could cause Pouncey to miss four months instead of the previously presumed three-month recovery coming out of his June procedure.
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Roni Johnson has a wonderful blog called "INK STAINS". Check it out HERE! She features tons of inspiration and ideas about altered art projects, card sketches, layouts and more! She is truly one talented individual!! I'll warn you first...you will want to look at her blog ALL DAY:) so don't even think about getting anything else done today! hee hee
Roni was kind enough to let us feature her tutorial on Grungepaper Calla Lilies today. Please enjoy....and prepare to get inky!
A bit about the flower....
2. On a soft surface, use a stylus to emboss a line about 1/8" in from the edge around the entire upper section of the flower. This will help create the roll in later steps.
3. Paint the flower white on both sides.
4. Dry brush yellow paint near what will be the center of the flower on one side.
7. Make a knot in the end of a piece of floral wire.
8. Place the flower petal on your work surface. Apply a 1/4" strip of glue near the center of the flower. Lay the knotted floral wire in the glue and tuck the stamen into the knot/glue. Let dry.
9. Once the glue has dried, fold the left petal towards the center, add a bead of glue along the back edge as shown...
10. Fold the right side petal over the left and secure using a cloths pin until the glue has dried.
I hope this "made" your day! Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers...
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Often it's not big things that can really make your day, like being proposed to, getting a new job that will allow you to maybe actually tell your shitty bastard boss to Fuck Off on your last day, finding out you haven't got that life-threatening disease you thought you had, or waking up thinking it's Monday and then remembering that it's Saturday.
Sometimes, it's the little things. Finding in your drawer a spare weirdly-shaped battery for that clock whose second hand has been twitching backwards and forwards for two months, for example. Or going to the shops to buy a microwave and finding that it fits exactly in the space you need it to, despite having forgotten to take any measurements. Or getting in the car to find that someone else has filled it up with petrol.
Or finding something to do with the clattery collection of vegetables that have been staring at you accusingly for the last week.
We are inundated with vegetables at the moment because my husband has become obsessed with the Saturday farmer's market at Parliament Hill. We used to go together and he would skulk about behind me saying "What about a cabbage? What about some tomatoes? What about some mussels?" all of which I'd say no to, because all I wanted to do was buy a chicken, get a sausage sandwich from the sausage sandwich van and go home. (Sometimes I see people at the market pretend to come and do their weekly shop, but actually all they've really come for is a sausage sandwich.)
Now I send my husband off on Saturday mornings by himself and he loves it. With no limits on his enthusiasm or spending he goes perfectly nuts and buys everything. He once took Kitty and came back with her slung over his shoulder like a sack of carrots because the buggy was full to brim with haunches of venison, racks of lamb and eighteen different kinds of vegetables.
It's all very marvellous, but the vegetables don't half sit about looking glum after a week or two. My inclination is to throw the whole lot in the compost, put it down to bad judgment and swear never to buy kohlrabi again, but my husband decided that this was the wrong attitude, and instead turned the whole lot into a stew using a leg of mutton he had purchased from someone at the market. We're not eating lamb anymore. We've decided that it stinks the house out. And lambs are cute. Although I know that's pathetic.
Anyway so here we go, an entirely original recipe, by Giles. This is excellent, although it takes 4 hours to cook.
Mutton in Port
Pre-heat your oven to 130C
1 leg of mutton. Purchasable, probably, at your local farmer's market or at a nearby butcher. Not sure if Waitrose does it
2 onions, chopped
2 bulbs garlic, chopped
4 sticks of celery, chopped
1 kohlrabi, or turnip, or celeriac or swede or any other root vegetable giving you the eye from the corner of your veg box
3 small carrots, left whole
1/2 a bottle of the cheapest port you can find. Real piss. You can sub red wine
1 mugful of stock, packet is fine
oil for sauteeing, salt, pepper
As many herbs as you can lay your hands on: bay, parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, oregano (not mint) tied up together with string. Any combination of these, or none at all, is fine.
1 In a large casserole brown the mutton all over thoroughly, for about 20 minutes, over a medium flame, in some veg oil. Sunflower or groundnut will do. Please not olive oil because it will burn and taste horrible. Set to one side on a plate
2 In the same casserole sweat over a low flame the onions and celery for about ten minutes. Sprinkle over a good pinch of salt to stop the onions from burning. Towards the end of the cooking time, add the garlic and the herbs so they, too, don't burn and taste bitter.
3 Pour in your half bottle of pissy plonk and mug of stock. Cook off the alcohol but don't worry about reducing it right down. About 2 minutes fast simmering ought to do the trick. Then add in the mutton, carrots and any other root veg. Cook in your oven with a lid on for 4 hours.
4 When it's done, remove the whole vegetables and the joint and strain the cooking water of the herbs, onions, garlic and celery. Then leave the cooking liquid to settle for half an hour and skim off the good 1/2 inch of fat that will appear. If you're making this to eat the next day (which is a good idea, because it's superb re-heated) leave the cooking liquid in the fridge overnight and scoop out the fat even more easily.
We ate this with a lot of buttery macaroni, which sounds like a weird thing to have with it but it worked very well.


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First strike is doing strange things. Encountered this in the Rogue Gold challenge. Killed me too.
Unless wall crushers make you slowed I had nothing on me to slow me down; bloody sigil and toll heart plus a few glyphs.
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That looks normal to me, assuming you took the knockback boon. Knockback damage comes after your normal attack so only your total attack damage counts for the first strike.
Bloggorus wrote:Im confused. So having knockback at all removes first strike? If it only adds damage after you strike, i should still have gotten that first hit in to kill the monster.
The knockback damage would never have hit.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Pinch me
I am still in the habit of checking my Blackberry every 20 seconds for emails, even though the reason I needed to do so - my job with a local, regional magazine - no longer exists. Still, blog comments are forwarded to me as emails, and I will freely admit to pretty much freebasing my emotional highs off every compliment that y'all leave here. You're like my own personal brand of heroin.
So, I think I was carrying groceries into the house when I checked for mail, and there was a message on the new gmail account I have set up for just the blog. It was from the Program Director of a local quilt guild, who had read my work in Quilter's Home, found the blog, and wanted to know what my fees were for lectures/presentations and whether I might be available in the next year.
After I picked my jaw up off the floor, slowed my heartbeat to reasonable levels, and changed my underwear, I immediately called my husband, who of course did not answer, forcing me to leave a long and slightly hysterical message.
Now, doing lectures/presentations (I think for what I do, they should be called "routines") has always been a part of The Big Plan, a plan which includes publishing a book in the next two years. But I always assumed that hitting the road wouldn't happen without the book, and the book won't happen until I have more published work under my belt. As odd as I am about certain social situations, I actually love public speaking, and think that I would be really good at taking this show on the road, so to speak.
But never in a million, bajillion years did I think that someone would jump the gun on me and ask me to speak NOW.
I had no idea what to say, and, honestly, no idea what sort of presentation she was expecting I might be prepared to do, so I immediately contacted Jake Finch, one of my editors at Quilter's Home. She has tons of experience in this arena, being a lecturer/teacher herself, and so I knew she would give me good advice. About two minutes after the email went through, I got a message back: I'm calling you in 5 minutes.
Jake seemed very excited and at the same time not the least bit surprised that someone would want me to do this. She told me I need to have several presentations for a guild to choose from, at least 3, and that there must be a visual element to it. I can't just stand up there and say funny stuff for an hour (oh, and that's another thing - AN HOUR?). And even though some people do slide shows, she said having tangible items, even if they aren't all quilts, was vital, and that there should be at least 20 things. TWENTY. I don't think I've even made twenty things yet, and the next three things on my slate are going to be given away. She also had a lot of good advice about contracts and payment and mileage, and that I should absolutely NOT censor myself except for maybe not saying "fuck" so much. Or, like, at all.
I think Jake truly thought I should come up with three presentation possibilities immediately and go ahead and book my date with the guild for 2011 so I'd have time to prepare, but I just couldn't do that. Even given a year to get ready, it just seemed dishonest to go, "My fee is $300, plus mileage. I require 3 bottles of San Pellegrino mineral water, chilled to EXACTLY 38.6 degrees, placed by the podium on a stool that has been carved from the bones of Moroccan camel herders AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PAINTED WHITE AND NO RED M&MS!"
So I wrote the nice lady back, and said that I was floored and flattered by her request, but could not book a date until I was more prepared. I also asked if they would care to be my guinea pig audience for my first presentation, free of charge.
So, now that I've gotten some advice from an expert lecturer, I need some advice from an expert audience: you. Would you be interested in some sort of Bitchy Stitcher-style presentation at your quilt guild? Do you think such a presentation has to be accompanied by several quilts and or other items? What do you think makes a good lecture? What do you hate about lectures that you think I should never, ever do? Keep in mind that I have absolutely nothing to teach anyone about quilting. Okay, I could teach someone who has never touched a sewing machine a lot about quilting, but guilds aren't full of neophytes. Anything I would do would be about humor and fun, and would not be instructive (unless you want to learn how to come up with really creative obscenities). Would you want to listen to someone for an hour who wasn't teaching you anything?
As always, I am indebted to you all for your help and support.
43 comments:
- Nancy said...
OMG...HOW EXCITING... I would book you in a nano-second...
ok. real life..
I don't mind listening to a lecture without props. BUT...I do have an idea? Can I email you privately?
- May 12, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Yes, yes, yes! If you are including instructions on creative new obscenities, I'l bring the red-free M&Ms!
- May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Nancy said...
OH OH..I forgot.
I linked to you on my blog this am.
- May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Leah Day said...
Hey Meg,
I totally understand your current "deer in the headlights" state. I went through it myself back in Jan.
Isn't it wonderful the power these little bloggie things have?
As for what the average quilter wants from a lecture:
- Don't freak out about having a million things to show.
I recently attended a lecture where over 200 quilts were shown and it was painfully boring.
Since you're just starting out, bring only 10 quilts and yes, bring your messed up, ugly beginner ones. Those will be the funniest and the easiest to tell stories about.
- Be entertaining. Of course this can't be hard for you since your fucking hilarious without trying.
Tell stories that always get quilters, or women, laughing and no one will care that they're not learning anything. They're being entertained and that's what counts.
Feel free to email me if you need to!
Let's go quilt,
Leah Day
- May 12, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Diana said...
Very cool indeed! Not sure what this lady is looking for from you. Perhaps you should ASK her what they expect. In the mean time, make some things! If I am at guild and there is a speaker, I expect to see some quilts. Yes, we all enjoy lots of funny stories but there should be some "show and tell" with it. My opinion only, of course. Good luck!
- May 12, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- annettesquilts said...
Too bad you fixed your inside out panel skirt. That could have been one of the twenty items.
- May 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Anne said...
I think you should revisit your quilting dictionary and expand that out to 30-45 minutes. Bring examples (I say 'bring' like you're coming to visit me!) of how to do all things, uh, differently. You've got good stuff, don't panic.
I know a guild you can practice on.... :)
- May 12, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Andrea R said...
I'm just commenting so you get your fix. ;)
Go for the speaking engagement. Even if you just stand up there & ramble, it'd be awesome.
- May 12, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Kat said...
I say you do a reenactment of your performance art. Build a bridge as a prop.
Seriously, my favorite talks are ones who give me perspective...as in, I'm not the only one who massively screws up projects for stupid stupid reasons. I'm also a big fan of the ones that remind me how cool it is to be a chick, even if the chick next to me smells a little like old lady. Or a lot like old lady. Mistakes and humanity bring about a sense of solidarity, especially when they're funny...I have faith that you could bring the world together with your humor if you wanted to. :-) Well ok, maybe not those assholes in the middle east, but they just don't laugh. Or quilt. Maybe that's the issue.
I digress.
Do the talk. You'll rock it. You'll be the world's first stand up quiltermedian. Or quiltermedienne if you're proper.
- May 12, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- crowefan0517 said...
How awesome! You should definitely do this. I wouldn't worry so much about tangible objects. Maybe just a quilt or two. Do you have a worst quilt ever? That could start off some laughs. But really, I enjoy your blog so much that I know I would be thrilled to just listen to you ramble for an hour. Everyone needs some laughter in their lives:) I went to a lecture/show once that had two women that sung funny quilting songs. Didn't learn a thing, but laughed so hard & it's a lecture I won't forget.
-debby, chester ny
- May 12, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- kheli said...
This is AWESOME! Almost makes up for the job where they wouldn't send your paycheck.
You will be phenomenal! One thing about quilters, (you already know this) we love to laugh and have a good time and we are so supportive of each other! Congrats, you deserve it!
- May 12, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- HRH Gigi said...
I agree with Kat - you will rock. And the world needs more quiltermediennes. I'm picturing big things here. I can't wait to see you in Long Beach or Paducah or some such place.
- May 12, 2010 at 11:04 AM
we are into FUN in my guild. a couple projects and lots of fun would be great. where do you live?????
JoAn in northern indiana
- May 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Megan said...
For those that are wondering - I live in Maryland.
- May 12, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- soggybottomflats said...
Oh wow Megan, what an opportunity for you to shine.
I used to belong to a guild but not anymore. I get tired of looking at masterpieces and would love a little humor. If I were going to listen to another guild lecture, I would rather see examples of why you shouldn't use $1.00 a yard fabric. Or how about the worst experience you have ever had visiting a quilt shop?
You are innately hilarious, you could talk about your favorite quilt tools and have the ladies rolling.
I think I would even buy a video of you in your sewing room, glass of wine in one hand and the iron in another...
Good luck, hope to see you soon in a guild near me, Elaine
- May 12, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Sherri said...
You will do an awesome job, you are very funny, I know that some of the "older" ladies may not approve of your language, which by the way is exactly how I talk at times :), but maybe there aren't any "older"ladies there, and if they are you can let them know ahead of time that they need to bring earplugs!!! Hey, that is a good idea, you could take them and have them for sale!! LOL!! Don't forget to take your T-shirts to sell!!!
- May 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- The Calico Cat said...
Which "local" guild. (I am going to a local show - on Riva road in the capital in June...) That is a bit for for me to join - but I'd contemplate visiting it for a "non-preachy" talk...
(I'd actually prefer not to hear about color theory, etc.)
- May 12, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Peggi said...
This is a great idea! You will be a breath of fresh air, believe me.
My first thought is you could incorporate a lot of your "tutorials" into your lecture, ESPECIALLY the Quilt Backing tutorial, which had me in tears for a few hours and STILL makes me howl. (a "spherical" quilt - lmao!)
- May 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Wendy_MT said...
TOTALLY COOL!! Good for you!! If I lived anywhere near the state of Maryland, I would want to attend your presentation in a flash. However, since I live in Montana, right now the internet is as close as I can get to your humorous intellect :)
Listening to you talk about your everyday experience with editors, writers and "personalities" would be a kick. Through in some of your attempts at fitting in your quilting into the mix would be cool.
Can't wait to see what you come up with ... it'll be awesome!
- May 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Cherie said...
My favorite programs are the ones that make me laugh so you fit the bill :) I wholeheartedly agree with Jake about having tangible things. In your case, if you'd kept your daughter's skirt with the piece showing wrong side out, it would be a perfect item. Perhaps one of your topics could be centered around quilting tools. I'm not in your league when it comes to humor but I can imagine a riff on the shear number of quilting implements could be hilarious in your hands.....and the bonus is the implements can double as the visuals! How about another presentation about fabrics and what were they thinking? You could have a collection of ugly, unusual or just plain glitzy fabrics and discuss not-so-perfect uses. (Oh, my word for verification is "glited" sounds like it should be a real word)
- May 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- P. said...
Well, that is just the coolest thing ever! I wish I lived closer so I could come see you!
- May 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM
At first I was saddened to hear that you would no longer be connected to Quilter's Home mag. But then your next news item cheered me up.
I've never been to a quilt lecture, but if in person, you're like your blog, you will WOW them. Good luck and I wish you well. Hopefully in the future I'll get to see one of your lectures.
- May 12, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- Megan said...
No, no, no! I am still with Quilter's Home! I had a job as assistant editor of a local magazine, but that ended a couple months ago - that's what I was referring to!!!
- May 12, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- sfaber9999 said...
You go girl!!
And when you have your own national TV show I can tell everyone I was reading your blog from waaaay back!!
- May 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Kathy said...
YES, YES, YES, I would love to listen to you for an hour or more. As for having something tangible, you can take things, like if you talking about the dictionary, have funny posters to illustrate with....just do it! I'm so excited for you I just about peed my pants! you go girl!
Oh and how in the hell did you get "trouser" as a word verification! LOL
- May 12, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Beth said...
Wouldn't be fun to troll thrift stores for horrible home made items and use *those* in your talk?!?
- May 12, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Sew Here We Are said...
Well, well, well...I can say I knew you when, read you when you blogged..whatever! WHOOHOOOO!! Congrats Megan :-) I don't belong to a guild, but would risk being arrested to crash one you were presenting at. A book you say...can't wait. You are a breath of fresh funny, and everyone needs to get a wiff. Were it me I would like a lot of humor and a little bit show and tell. Just go back over your past blogs all the material you need is there. Your style of writing and humor had me at hello and have had me coming back!! Go for it!!
- May 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Get them to paint all the M&Ms white!
- May 12, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Gene Black said...
I think you need some props. I would listen without them, but I know people are different and some would want something to see. (Hey, quilting is a visual art)
I agree about showing the "bad ones" too. (well maybe only one, and only if YOU can feel comfortable doing it)
I know that OHMYFREAKINGOD feeling. I was contacted for something that I can't talk about yet. ARRRRGH I so wanna shout it! However, My first answer was "are you kidding? ME?" or something like that. I felt totally unprepared and lacking the time to do it. Guess what? I got it in ahead of schedule. YOU can do this. I think doing the first one free - as a learning experience - is fine. Just be sure that you have it understood that it is a once in a lifetime. Crap, now I am writing a book to you. LOL.
Go for it Sweetheart. If you fall, you can always get back up and do it again (and maybe NOT fall so hard the next time....heck you might even fly!)
- May 12, 2010 at 9:32 PM
- Arlene said...
Go for it, and know that 99.9% of your audience were not invited to speak. We will be there to hear what you have to say, to see what you have to show, and to go forth and create. So what if you aren't making the latest technique easy for the masses to conquer? Maybe you're making us laugh at the thousands of dollars we spend buying fabs on spec so that we can save ourselves driving a half an hour when we need a neutral. Go for it! Quilters love quilters. You will be among friends! : )
- May 12, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Deborah says:
Wow! Exciting!
Seems like everyone has already given such great advice. Go for it and just be yourself.
And remember, a bottle of wine and a glass count as props!
- May 12, 2010 at 11:36 PM
- juanita said...
Wow! You'll be great! You could start with an expanded Quilter's Glossary, maybe bring some show and tell of what not to do(like the skirt) and finish with some of your hilarious quilting stories liberally sprinkled with obscenities (all the while wearing your quilting logo T-shirt of course). Better get started on that book because your audience will be eager to purchase a copy.
- May 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Hi. I think you should include some of the projects that went wayward - being a novice with a lot of ideas that are bigger than my talent, I love to see how something was planned, went wrong and then how to fix it. I like instruction and projects that can be adapted to the less skilled and explanations that makes sense of ridged instruction. Like quilting for dummies...well, maybe that is not for everyone - better check with your hosts first... With your gift for descriptive and flowery language, you will have no problem being entertaining and informative. This is such good news! Thank you for letting us be a part of it.
- May 13, 2010 at 1:08 AM
Thanks for clearing up the Quilter's Home deal. I was even thinking of cancelling my subscription if you weren't going to be there.
- May 13, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- CatQuilter said...
Loads of good ideas already listed for you. Can't really add to them. I am chuckling over just the thought of how some of the prissy butts in my guild would react to you!
Things that have tuned me out - quilt after quilt after quilt of perfection, photographs of sheep in Ireland and quilt Nazis.
I think whatever presentation you compose is sure to be different and lively. Can't wait for my guild to book you!
- May 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Wendy Coyne said...
Definately samples, but they don't have to be finished and they don't have to be great works of art. Loads of gossip, and move around. No slide show, so many of us fall asleep through those, even if they are interesting.
Can I have your reject red m&m's :)
- May 13, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Lori said...
Oh how wonderful!! Lots of visual items. Even your mistakes--everyone makes them and you would have lots of company! Things you made "before" and how your taste has changed. Your favorite colors/styles. What is the easiest/hardest for you to do. Oh, I love to hear people speak!
- May 13, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Sarcastic Quilter said...
Okay, I'm giving something away here because while my "big plan" includes me speaking at some point YEARS (and I mean YEARS) down the road, I think you could pull this off just as well.
While speaking of the accomplishments, I think it would be FANTASTIC to show some of the fuck-ups! Seriously, who ever shows the expanding/shrinking 1/4" seam or the bumps in the star block that would not flatten no matter how many times you beat it or forced the needle over it trying to quilt it flat?
Congratulations on your offer. I think you would be a wonderful speaker and I have no doubt you'd enjoy it immensely. Good for you!
ps - remember I said that please. One day, when I'm fulfilling my big plan and need a speaker for my humble weekend retreat, I'll be calling you. -wink-
seriously, congratulations. A well-deserved offer!
- May 13, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Brenda said...
It's all about the entertainment factor for me! I love any kind of quilting humor.
- May 13, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Hi Megan
I wish you lived in Australia so I could come to your talk!!! If you are ever down this way I would book you in a heartbeat. And you could even drop the f bomb...we're pretty laid back down under....lol
I think your blog rocks. I read it out to my husband just to see him snort coffee out of his nose. VBG
- May 14, 2010 at 1:12 AM
- Carrie said...
If you're even half as funny in person as you are here, you'll be great.
Having some experience with doing this sort of thing, the advice you've already gotten is dead-on perfect. If you can make people laugh, then they're going to enjoy your presentation even if you were talking about picking lint off your sweatpants. I agree that talking about your mistakes and your quilting disasters is as important as showing off your masterpiece quilt ~ probably more so since it makes you human, approachable and oh yeah, just like everybody in your audience. Well, except for the "Miss Perfects" in the group ~ and yes, every Guild has one or more of them.
Don't worry about not having a bazillion quilts/whatevers to show. A dozen quilts with good stories behind them are better than 100 out-of-this-world quilts that don't have a history to them. If you can poke fun at yourself ~ and clearly you can do that to hilarious effect ~ then I think they're going to love you.
Go for it! Jump in! What's the worst thing that can happen? Worst case scenario, you learn something and you get better the next time. But there's a reason this woman contacted you, she knows that you're what her group is looking for. If they wanted serious, humorless, and self-absorbed, they would invite… someone else.
I look forward to your book too ~ will you get busy with that already?
- May 15, 2010 at 12:47 AM
i would go listen to you lecture, why do you think you have so many followers??? you are funny, props would prob. be needed, but not too many. most people already know how to quilt, they are there to be entertained. i think you could do that splendly, or however you spell that word!!
- May 18, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- kanishk said...
I linked to you on my blog this am.
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All-new car-based version of midsize SUV.
The 2011 Kia Sorento is an all-new crossover utility vehicle, completely redesigned from the ground up with a totally new structure. The 2011 Sorento is much more like a car than before. While the previous-generation Sorento was built on a rugged but clunky body-on-frame truck chassis, the 2011 Sorento uses tight, lightweight, rattle-free unibody construction.
During our test drive, we found the all-new 2011 Sorento quiet, its rigid new structure providing an impressive feeling of sturdiness. The new suspension is nicely tuned to muffle rough pavement. On smooth curves when driving a bit more aggressively, it feels decently agile and easy to control with perfect steering feel.
Larger in every way than prior models, the 2011 Sorento can be ordered as a three-row crossover seating seven. The new Sorento also has 15-percent greater cargo volume than its predecessor. One walk around this stylish new Sorento makes clear that it means to compete toe to toe with the premier midsize crossovers, Chevrolet Equinox, Toyota Highlander, Ford Edge, and Honda Pilot.
The exterior styling of the Kia Sorento is crisp, freshly contemporary. And looking over its uniformly accurate body-panel gaps confirms that Kia is paying close attention to the industry's ever-higher build-quality standards.
Most models come with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. It delivers adequate performance and adequate fuel economy, achieving an EPA-estimated 21/27 mpg City/Highway for Sorento 4WD with 6-speed automatic. The top-line V6 delivers spirited performance, putting the Sorento at or near the front of its class.
While not intended as an off-road vehicle, a four-wheel-drive Sorento with its 7.2-inch ground clearance would be happy to head out over open desert with no thought of turning back. Furthermore, if you live in vertical country, hill start-assist control and downhill brake control, standard across the Sorento line, will make life easier.
Inside is a roomy cabin with a rich inventory of occupant-convenience technologies, including voice-actuated navigation. Its interior uses quality materials throughout. Attractive design themes, handsome interior color schemes and available leather upholstery declare that this is a quality family vehicle.
For back-seat riders, Sorento offers separate front and rear air conditioning controls and an available rear DVD player with an overhead screen and headphones. To keep the front-row proprietors amused, the well appointed Sorento features an AM/FM/satellite/CD/MP3 (or add available high-power 10-speaker Infinity audio), Bluetooth connectivity, USB audio input jacks, steering wheel-mounted audio controls and either an available rearview mirror with backup display or a full-on rearview backup camera.
All in all, the 2011 Kia Sorento is a fully equipped contemporary family crossover. It will compete with the best mid-size crossovers from Japan and Detroit, and give you the goods at a somewhat lighter price than the rest.
The 2011 Kia Sorento comes in four variants: Sorento, LX, and EX come with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. Sorento comes standard with a 6-speed manual transmission, LX and EX come with 6-speed automatic. Sorento EX V6 is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine and 6-speed automatic.
Sorento ($19,995) comes standard with cloth upholstery, air conditioning, AM/FM/CD/MP3/Sirius Satellite radio, auxiliary and USB audio input jacks, Bluetooth connectivity, tilt and telescope steering wheel, steering wheel-mounted audio controls, trip computer, 17-inch alloy wheels.
Sorento LX ($22,395) and LX 4WD ($24,095) add body-color heated outside mirrors with turn signal indicators, auto-up and down driver window, illuminated vanity mirror, second-row armrest with cupholder. Convenience Package for LX ($1000) includes roof rails, rear parking sensor, rearview mirror with backup display, heated front seats, fog lamps.
Sorento EX ($24,595) and EX 4WD ($26,296) upgrade with automatic dual-zone climate control with ionized air purification, fabric/leatherette seats, eight-way power driver seat with lumbar controls, fog lights, automatic headlights, rear spoiler, leather-wrapped steering wheel, push-button start, 18-inch alloy wheels. Premium Package for EX ($1500) includes roof rails, leather seats, heated front seats, rearview backup camera. Limited Package for EX models ($2000) includes navigation system with real-time traffic, Infinity 10-speaker audio, 18-inch chrome wheels, interior mood illumination, and high-style leather trim.
Sorento EX V6 ($27,195) and EX V6 4WD ($28,895) come with rear air conditioning. Premium Package for EX V6 ($2700) includes roof rails, leather seats, heated front seats, rearview backup camera, panoramic sunroof. DVD Entertainment System Package ($1000) for EX V6 (requires sunroof delete) includes DVD entertainment with overhead screen and headphones.
Third-Row Seating Package ($700) includes 50/50 split-folding third-row seats.
Safety features include the mandated dual front airbags plus side-curtain airbags for head protection and front-seat side-impact airbags for torso protection. Active safety features include anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control, electronic brake-force distribution, hill start-assist control, downhill brake control. Optional safety features include rearview camera, four-wheel drive.
As has been true of most recent designs from Kia, the 2011 Sorento's styling is modern, sleek, clean as a whistle. It has a forward-lunging stance, the result of a low and compact nose, followed by long, dynamically rising lines to rearward. And Kia has been particularly successful at executing the current high-grille look (dictated by body-integral front bumpers) without causing the nose to seem high and awkward.
The grille is flanked on both sides by sly-looking upper complexes for headlights and turn signals. Lower complexes contain foglights and are finished in matte-black to match the grille mesh.
To maximize interior volume, particularly in the third-row seats, the Sorento roofline makes only a slight taper downwards at the rear. Similarly, the rear passenger doors extend back over the wheel housing to optimize access to third-row seats.
The Sorento's shape is more than just a pretty face; it slips through the air at highway speed with minimal wind noise. And this package has another advantage.
Getting into the 2011 Sorento the first time, you know you're not in Kansas anymore. This interior is just too nice to be a Kia, you think. But in no time, you accept its pleasing, tasteful look, and you appreciate why Kia had a 4-percent rise in sales during 2009, while the rest of the industry was plummeting 27 percent.
Kia's focus is on value, a winning theme in hard economic times. And sure enough, there is gray simulated-wood trim, not the real thing, in the driver's compartment. But to deliver good value, Kia goes for simple but handsome fixtures. The controls and switchgear are of high quality, with good tactile feel. Dash surfaces are an attractive textured black, and the instruments are well laid out and self-explanatory.
Our test car had the deluxe navigation system with rear backup camera. This lacked some of the more sophisticated onscreen visual aids for backing while turning, as found on some premium crossovers. And the vanity mirrors in the sun visors were lit, but only after you turn them on with a button. Similar units in some other vehicles light automatically upon being opened.
We found the driver's seat, with eight-way power adjustment and lumbar support, to be excellent, firm, supportive, confidence-inspiring. The right front seat, however, is adjusted manually.
The second-row bench seat was comfortable, though even with the front seat well forward, second-row legroom was so-so. But then, this is not a large SUV and Kia has achieved no spatial miracles. On the other hand, the company says a 6-foot, 7-inch NBA player can drive the Sorento in full comfort.
The third-row seats are a bit of a compromise, as they are in any but the most grandiose three-row vehicles. Tilt-folding the second-row seats forward to access the rear involves a bit of calisthenics, as the seats are fairly heavy. Once the unlucky, last-row galley slaves are in place and the second-row seats slam down and lock, the latches are hard to release and fold forward from the rear row. Headroom in the far rear is minimal, as well. But this space should be adequate for most kids.
Our car's Infinity deluxe audio system was superb. The climate control worked flawlessly, offering strong volume when requested. And the rear roof-mounted DVD screen, which pops down behind the two front bucket seats, should provide plenty of amusement for those with nothing to do. Finally, with all seats folded down, maximum cargo volume is 72.5 cubic feet, a massive improvement over the previous model.
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We're used to Kias being small, cheap and cheerful, and this SUV is certainly cheerful, in a roomy, upscale way. The new unibody construction isolates engine vibration well. Moving away from the curb onto choppy pavement, the structure again proves its worth, having excellent sound damping and an impressive feeling of sturdiness.
The MacPherson-strut front suspension and multi-link rear suspension are nicely tuned to muffle and damp pavement irregularities the vehicle is passing over. On smooth curves when driving a bit more aggressively, this crossover feels decently agile and easy to control. Much of this is thanks to Kia's firm, spot-on steering effort. Steering is power-assisted but requires the driver to make forthright moves to left or right, there's no light-headed wandering or numbness of any kind. This no-nonsense steering feel will prove invaluable when making an emergency accident-avoidance maneuver. First-class.
We drove models with the I4 engine and V6. The four-cylinder was entirely adequate, though not exciting. The V6, on the other hand, was crisp and energetic. A V6 Sorento is no performance car, but it's probably the quickest in its class. These Kias are not going to be doing a lot of drag racing, of course; on the other hand, ample acceleration can be very handy escaping a threatening traffic situation.
The 4WD models use full-time all-wheel drive, which makes them excellent all-weather alternatives.
The four-wheel disc brakes of the Sorento brought it to a firm halt from highway speed with good controllability. We found the nose dives down under heavy braking, but the vehicle was stable in panic braking, and on dry pavement the anti-lock brakes worked appropriately.
Fuel efficiency was a bit of a disappointment. The Sorento certainly doesn't squander fuel. The Sorento 2WD gets an EPA-estimated 20/27 mpg City/Highway with manual transmission, 21/27 mpg for the 4WD automatic. Sorento V6 4WD gets 19/25 mpg, 20/26 mpg for V6 2WD. By comparison, the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox is rated 22/32 mpg. The Sorento offers better performance, however.
The 2011 Kia Sorento is more than simply a new model for Kia Motors. While still efficient and affordable, the hallmarks of Kia products, this attractive crossover offers surprising levels of luxury, versatility and sophistication, representing a strong move upscale.
Ted West filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of the Kia Sorento near Newport Beach, California.
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Kia Sorento ($19,995); LX ($22,395), LX 4WD ($24,095); EX ($24,595), EX 4WD ($26,295); EX V6 ($27,195), EX V6 4WD ($28,895).
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Kia Sorento EX V6 4WD ($28,895).The Sorento is Kia's entry into the cross-over utility vehicle (CUV) segment. Completely redesigned for 2011, the Sorento now features unibody construction and a more streamlined and modern appearance. The Sorento is available in front-wheel drive (FWD) or four-wheel drive (4x4) in five or seven-seat configurations. A 175-hp 2.4-liter four-cylinder or a 276-hp 3.5-liter V6 are the two available engine choices. Base FWD models use a six-speed manual transmission, while all others use a six-speed automatic transmission. All-speed traction control, stability-control, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, overhead curtain airbags, anti-whiplash head restraints and ignition disable are just a few of the standard safety features offered. 18-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone automatic climate control, satellite radio, steering wheel audio controls, heated front seats, navigation system and a rearview camera are all available. The Sorento has been completely redesigned for 2011.
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