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2009 Cadillac DTS ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Improved safety for big luxury sedan.
The Cadillac DTS is a full-size luxury car with full-size American power and a warm, spacious interior. It's big, powerful and luxurious.
Its V8 engine develops 275 horsepower, and a higher-output version is available that delivers 292 horsepower. Though its styling is restrained, the DTS is loaded with technology. Yet you don't have to study the owner's manual to make the DTS do its job. This is a rational luxury car, easy to operate in addition to being large and luxurious. We like that.
The DTS offers impeccable road manners, with crisp handling and good grip that inspires composure and driving enjoyment on winding roads. It handles surprisingly well given its size. It takes turns with poise and dignity, making it an enjoyable steed when the road goes curvy. The DTS is front-wheel drive.
The current DTS was launched as a 2006 model, sporting fresh body lines, a redesigned interior, upgraded running gear, and suspension refinements. It replaced the 57-year-old DeVille nameplate.
Changes for 2009 are minor. There are three new colors. The outside rear-view mirrors have new turn-signal LEDs and clearer Side Blind Zone Alert icons, there is a new 17-inch, nine-spoke alloy wheel with a ChromeTech finish (optional), the disc brake rotors have a treatment that inhibits rust so they look better, and there are a few other additions and detail improvements.
The Cadillac DTS is available with six-passenger or five-passenger seating. It comes in several models, all powered by Cadillac's 4.6-liter Northstar V8, which produces 275 horsepower, or 292 horsepower with certain option packages. A four-speed automatic transmission is standard.
The DTS ($45,855) comes standard with leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, eight-way power front bucket seats with four-way adjustable power lumbar support, eight-speaker AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with RDS and integrated antenna, XM Satellite Radio with three-month trial, Magnasteer power steering, cruise control, power windows, power programmable door locks with Pass-Key III Plus security, illuminated visor mirrors, remote starter, driver information center, auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass, rear seat pass-through, OnStar with one-year Directions & Connections service, automatic headlamps with wiper activation, fog lights, solar-control glass, self-leveling suspension, and P235/55R17 all-season tires on machined aluminum wheels.
The 6-Passenger Luxury Package ($3,000) adds park assist, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear outboard seats, heated power-adjustable mirrors with turn-signal indicators and driver's side auto-dimming, leather wrapped and heated steering wheel, and tilt steering column.
The 5-Passenger Luxury Package ($3,500) includes all the content of the 6-Passenger package, plus tri-zone automatic climate control and a universal remote transmitter.
The Premium Luxury Package ($5,230) includes the two previous packages, plus an upgraded stereo with a six-disc in-dash CD changer and eight Bose speakers, cargo net, IntelliBeam headlights, front four-way massaging power lumbar, power tilt/telescoping steering column with memory settings, trunk mat, rear illuminated vanity mirrors, genuine Dark Burled Walnut wood trim and 17-inch chromed aluminum wheels.
The Performance Package ($8,000) includes all but a few of the previous features, plus the higher-tuned 292-hp V8, performance algorithm shifting, Magnetic Ride Control, and P245/50 H-rated tires on 18-inch chromed aluminum wheels.
The Platinum option ($4,795) is available only with the Premium Luxury or Performance Collections, and adds a power sunroof, DVD navigation, and other conveniences and trim enhancements.
Options include adaptive cruise control ($1,695), DVD-based navigation ($1,945), a power tilt/slide sunroof ($1,200), Lane Departure Warning, and 17-inch chromed wheels ($825).
Safety features that come standard on all models include six air bags, including a dual-depth front-passenger air bag. Anti-lock brakes and Brake Assist, StabiliTrak electronic stability control with all-speed traction control come standard. Child-safe rear door locks and a tire pressure monitor come standard. Lane Departure Warning and Side Blind Zone Alert are available on select models.
The Cadillac DTS is a big car. Its overall length of 207.6 inches makes it five inches longer than the Escalade full-size SUV, and nearly a foot longer than the STS, Cadillac's next-largest sedan. DTS is almost four inches longer than a BMW 7 Series and 2.6 inches longer than the latest long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. It's also wide, more than two inches wider than an STS.
Despite its size, however, the clean forms of the DTS give it a European look, though in a distinctively American idiom. With its vertical headlights and tail lights and its egg-crate grille, the DTS has acquired the design heritage of the Cadillac family and adapted it to 21st-century reality. It acknowledges tradition, yet remains fresh and modern. The nose is particularly expressive, with jewel-like xenon headlights framing an expansive chrome grille adorned with a center-mounted wreath-and-crest badge.
Chrome trim accents the body-color door moldings, and a narrow LED high-mounted stop light runs nearly the entire width of the deck lid's crisply edged rear contour. The fenders provide a purposeful stance, and the profile is slightly wedge-shaped. Seventeen-inch machined aluminum wheels come standard, 18-inch wheels are available, and those wheels can be ordered chromed. The overall look is brought together by Cadillac's characteristic spline line, which rises from the top of the front fender, runs along with lower edge of the side windows and then flows over the rear fender.
The Platinum option is distinguished visually by 18-inch chrome wheels, chrome grille, chrome inserts on the exterior door handles, and a Platinum badge.
Cadillac boasts that the DTS has some of the tightest production tolerances in the world, and it certainly looks the part of a well-honed luxury machine. The panels fit well, the paint is glossy and blemish free, and overall the DTS wears its bulk well, like a fine-tailored suit. The quality of GM cars has been improving, and Cadillac scores well in quality surveys.
The DTS cabin is roomy and luxurious. The interior was completely revised for 2006, and only detail changes have been made since then.
Leather and wood abound, along with chrome accents, creating a handsome, upmarket environment. Low-gloss surfaces, with a three-dimensional grain, were chosen for the upper instrument panel and upper doors in order to reduce glare and absorb sunlight.
The base leather is called Nuance. A more supple, semi-aniline Tuscany hide is included in the Platinum option. The Nuance interior benefits from fitment of a material crafted from a vinyl/silk blend for seatbacks and armrests. Claimed to be as durable as vinyl, it has the look and feel of leather.
The trim used on base models is Dark Babinga wood, while Premium and Performance levels get Dark Burled Walnut. Found on the shifter head, center console, around the center stack and across the upper section of the instrument panel, the wood trim creates a flowing theme throughout the entire interior.
Door handles, selected knobs and switches, shifter column surround, and rings that wrap the four analog gauges are chrome, which works with the wood to create an upscale feel. Instruments use white-on-black LED readouts for speedometer, tachometer, fuel and temperature gauges.
On five-passenger models, the center console between the bucket seats houses the shifter and storage bins. On six-passenger models, the shifter is mounted on the steering column to accommodate the front bench seat, which has an integrated center armrest that transforms from a back cushion into a console with two levels of storage.
The cabin has a spacious feel and good sightlines for driver visibility. Facing the driver is an attractive four-spoke wood-and-leather steering wheel with a finely etched wreath-and-crest center badge. The 6-Passenger and 5-Passenger Luxury Collection version include a heated steering wheel on a tilting column; Premium Luxury and Performance add a telescoping function.
The center stack design is attractive and the controls are easy to see and use. A Dark Argent finish surrounds the radio and HVAC control heads, which are set flush into the console for a well-integrated look. Nestled between air outlets, high up in the center stack, is an analog clock, in keeping with other high-end automobiles whose clocks measure time in the traditional way, which we like.
The rear seat is large enough for a couple of six-foot-plus males with a few extra pounds of girth; and fitting a smaller fifth passenger in between them is no problem. The seatbacks are nicely raked for long-range comfort. Seat heaters are available for the outboard positions.
Comfort is, of course, a primary component of luxury, and we drove both Luxury Premium and Performance editions of the DTS to get the full dose. We especially liked the tri-zone climate control, and the cooling for the front seats. However, the heat and cooling controls are set high up and forward in the door panels, making it hard to see if they've been turned on. It's one of the few ergonomic miscues in the DTS; otherwise, there are no difficult or hidden controls or complicated electronic interfaces to mar the luxury experience. Worthy of praise is the ease of using the sophisticated audio system. Our ears were treated by the Bose audio system, which features eight speakers and centerpoint signal processing for multi-channel surround sound.
The Platinum option offers hand-cut-and-sewn leather on the instrument panel top pad, console and door trim. French seams highlight the door panel inserts. Wood trim is light Ash with a decorative inlay, which lends a more bright and airy feeling than the Dark Walnut Burl. The steering wheel is leather-wrapped as well, and accented with the same light Ash bordered by chrome rings. The headliner and sun visors are synthetic suede. LEDs provide ambient lighting in the footwells, and even the floor mats and trunk mats are made from a more deluxe material. A sunroof is standard, and a headrest-mounted rear DVD audio/video system is available.
The available DVD navigation system comes with voice recognition and a 6.5-inch color screen; you can even watch movies on the screen when the car is in Park. Last year its maps were expanded to include Korea and Taiwan, two of Cadillac's overseas markets for the DTS. Language choices offered by the driver information center include Arabic.
Driving Impression
Smooth and powerful, the Cadillac DTS glides over miles and miles of open road in supreme comfort. Maybe that's expected, but the DTS also handles surprisingly well for such a big car, making it a satisfying drive when it's time to turn the steering wheel.
The DTS has a worthy powertrain in the form of its smooth-running Northstar V8 and robust Hydra-Matic four-speed automatic transmission. Under full throttle, both versions of the 4.6-liter engine emit a mellow bellow that says V8 but not in a flashy way. The electronically-controlled throttle is responsive, yet delivers a smooth, measured rise of power rather than a soul-stirring burst.
Two states of tune are available, though we don't see dramatic differences between them. The 275-horsepower version boasts 295 pound-feet of torque, while the 292-horsepower Performance engine offers 288 pound-feet of torque; the Performance-tuned engine gives up some torque for increased horsepower and the base engine actually supplies better off-the-line acceleration. Likewise, the Performance chassis comes with bigger wheels and tires and Magnetic Ride Control, a continuously variable real-time damping system; but spring and stabilizer rates are identical to those on the other versions. In short, both engines deliver excellent performance, but the Performance version is slightly sportier.
All DTS models come with GM's superb StabiliTrak electronic stability control, which limits understeer and oversteer by automatically applying the brakes to individual wheels. All models come with Magnasteer, a magnetic variable-assist rack and pinion steering gear that reduces noise and column shake.
These features, along with its rigid chassis, give the DTS able handling and a smooth ride. The variable-rate steering helps the big car turn into the corners with good response, and carving a line through curves is accomplished with little body roll. The steering feels a little light while cruising down a straight road, but it stiffens up nicely when feedback is needed during a turn. A bit of chassis hop over freeway expansion joints is virtually unavoidable, but the Magnetic Ride Control does a good job of muting the effect. Otherwise, at speed on smooth pavement, only a bit of wind noise around the A-pillar and occasional tire thunk suggests the car is covering a lot of ground quickly.
Frigid days and scorchers are handled well by the DTS. We like the standard Adaptive Remote Start, a factory-installed convenience for cold, wintry mornings, when the ability to get the engine and interior defrosted and heated (including the front seats) before starting out is appreciated. Those who live where it gets hot will find the system useful to crank up the A/C before climbing in on those 115-degree afternoons. Owners in the frigid north will also appreciate the heated windshield wiper fluid.
The Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system engages above 35 mph. A green light indicates that the system is turned on and working. Should the driver cross a detected lane marking without signaling, the light flashes amber while an alarm beeps three times. The system is designed to alert the driver in order to take appropriate action to move the vehicle back into the correct lane. To avoid nuisance alerts, the system is designed to not provide an alert if the turn signal is on or if the driver makes a sharp maneuver. Thankfully, the driver can also switch it off, in which case the light goes out entirely. The system uses a camera located between the inside rearview mirror and the windshield to detect lane markings on the road and alert the driver when the vehicle inadvertently strays from the correct lane.
The Side Blind Zone Alert system uses radar to sweep an 11-foot zone on either side of the vehicle; in other words, about one lane over. The zone starts at each side mirror and reaches back about 16 feet. With the system engaged, an amber symbol lights up in the outside mirror whenever another vehicle enters this blind zone. The system uses radar sensors behind the rear fascia that signal an audible and visual alert if objects are detected where it might be difficult for the driver to see them. Cadillac cautions that the system is not designed to detect vehicles outside of the side blind zone that may be rapidly approaching, or pedestrians, bicyclists or animals. It's designed to ignore infrastructure such as fire hydrants or parked cars. In addition, the system displays do not come on while the vehicle is approaching or passing other vehicles.
Adaptive cruise control is a radar-based system that automatically slows the car when it's catching up to a slower-moving vehicle in the same lane, then speeds up again when the offending vehicle moves over or speeds up.
The high-intensity discharge projector-beam headlamps are augmented by IntelliBeam, which automatically switches from high beam to low beam and back again depending on oncoming traffic. In the past, it hasn't always been easy to discern when the high beams are on in a Cadillac, so this is a welcome features. Good nighttime vision is vital to safety.
The Cadillac DTS offers luxury and comfort in a full-size package. It comes loaded with safety features, with the option of the latest safety technology to warn the driver of hidden hazards. The DTS delivers strong acceleration performance and handles quite well for a car of its size. It's a lot of car for 50 grand.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Greg Brown filed this report from Southern California.
Model Lineup
Model lineup Cadillac DTS ($41,770).
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Detroit, Michigan.
Options As Tested
Performance Collection version ($54,230) has 292-hp engine; performance algorithm shifting; Magnetic Ride Control; 18-inch wheels and H-rated tires; memory for seats and outside mirrors; ultrasonic parking assist; heated outboard seats front and rear, with cooling for driver and front-seat passenger; heated leather-wrapped steering wheel; heated windshield washer fluid; heated outside mirrors with integrated turn signal indicators; universal home remote; six-disc in-dash CD changer; eight-speaker Bose audio system; tri-zone climate control; four-way adjustable lumbar with massage for the front bucket seats; power tilt and telescoping steering column; wood accents on steering wheel; adjustable rear-seat headrests; power folding outside mirrors; IntelliBeam automatic headlamps; Rainsense wipers; cargo net; dark burl walnut interior trim.
Model Tested
Cadillac DTS ($46,280).The Cadillac DTS is a full-size luxury sedan that combines classic styling, impeccable road manners and a spacious interior, all contributing to its reputation as a comfortable long distance cruiser. The front-wheel drive DTS is powered by GM's Northstar 4.6-liter V8 engine, available in both 275-hp and 292-hp versions and mated to a four-speed automatic transmission. It can be configured to seat up to six people, with premium amenities that include luxurious leather upholstery, automatic climate control, satellite radio and OnStar; new for 2009, Bluetooth wireless connectivity is now standard. A Platinum Edition is also offered, with unique chrome wheels and grille, power sunroof, upgraded leather trim elements and exclusive wood accents. Standard safety equipment includes Stabilitrak electronic stability control with traction control, anti-lock disc brakes with brake assist, tire pressure monitoring and front, side, and side-curtain airbags; Lane Departure Warning and Side Blind Zone Alert systems are available. For 2009, the Cadillac DTS carries over with minimal changes.
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3 towns weigh possible tax hikes
As the municipal budget planning season kicks into gear, officials in Dracut, Westford, and Winchester are weighing potential ballot measures to raise taxes.
In Dracut, the School Committee is considering seeking a Proposition 2½ override to fund an anticipated gap between its proposed fiscal 2014 school budget — which calls for a $1.4 million increase — and what the town offers.
In Westford, officials have discussed seeking an override — a permanent property tax increase — to avoid a projected fiscal 2014 deficit resulting largely from added school costs. A larger override to avoid shortfalls over a three-year period also is being considered.
And in Winchester, a $200,000 to $400,000 override to fund technology needs has been proposed, and selectmen also are considering seeking one or more debt exclusions – temporary tax increases – to fund $1 million to $2 million in capital projects.
Westford's town manager, Jodi Ross, said that after she drafted a preliminary fiscal 2014 budget last fall, the school district asked for an additional $975,000 because of an unexpected rise in special education costs, and to fund several new positions. Later, that request was adjusted to $703,000.
Ross said she has revised her budget — which already had provided for a $1.2 million increase in spending — to give the schools an additional $450,000, while the town's Finance Committee has proposed raising that figure to $555,000.
She said the town could meet the school system's request and avoid an override for next year by tapping its capital account. But without an override this year, Ross projects the town will face a $2 million deficit next year that would need to be covered either by a tax increase or job cuts.
Ross said various override scenarios have been discussed, but the most recent one calls for a $3.6 million tax increase that would cover the anticipated deficit for the next three fiscal years.
Kelly Ross, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said no decision has been made, but he does not expect to ask voters to approve an override this year.
"I have not heard anyone expressing enthusiasm for an override this year on the Board of Selectmen or the Finance Committee,'' said Ross, who is not related to the town manager.
"The School Committee has a request for more than the town manager has currently budgeted, but even they have not gone too deeply into how that should happen.''
He said officials are reluctant to seek a tax increase when the economic recovery is not complete and "there are still some people hurting and out of work.''
"If we were to decide this week to go for it, there would just be a month before Town Meeting'' when the override-contingent budget would be discussed, he added. "That's not a lot of time to try to explain it to people.''
Kelly Ross said that if an override is not taken up this year, the town next year will "have to make a decision about the merits of covering services versus an override'' to preserve the jobs that would otherwise have to be cut.
Westford has achieved significant savings over the last few years, including through negotiating contracts in which unions agreed to no raises for two years and to changes in the design of the town's health plan, Jodi Ross said.
"But you run out of places to do that after a while,'' she said.
Kathy Auth, director of school finance, said that about $465,000 of the added spending requested by the school district was to fund an increase in tuition costs for special education students placed out of the district.
The remainder is to add 10.3 full-time positions to meet the educational needs of the existing school population.
The Dracut School Committee is weighing the idea of pairing an override request with a proposal to rescind the town's adoption of the Community Preservation Act, which would eliminate the 2 percent property-tax surcharge residents pay to support local affordable housing, open space, historic preservation, and recreation projects.
"We laid off 54 employees last year and are in the process of closing one of our elementary schools,'' committee vice chairman Matthew Sheehan said, referring to the Parker Avenue Elementary School. "We think everything needs to be on the table as we go into the next budget season.
"This increase is something we absolutely need,'' Sheehan said, noting that the committee's proposed budget would restore four of the positions cut last year but otherwise maintain services at existing levels.
Winchester selectmen are discussing several possible voter requests for tax increases, according to Town Manager Richard C. Howard.
Selectman James A. Johnson has proposed the $200,000 to $400,000 override to fund technology needs. Johnson's plan involves creating a stabilization account for technology and funding it with the override revenues.
The town secured special legislation about a decade ago to create two special stabilization funds, one for building upgrades and one for equipment purchases, including technology, but Howard said both funds are currently depleted.
"I think it's a pretty creative idea in terms of trying to carve out technology as its own entity,'' he said, noting that when capital funding decisions are made, "technology often times gets bumped down the ladder.''
Winchester selectmen also are considering seeking one or more Proposition 2½ debt exclusions — temporary tax increases for the years it takes to pay off loans – to fund $1 million to $2 million in various small-scale capital projects.

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The room held 212 years of marriage.
And there were only three couples.
That's a lot of good times and bad, sickness and health.
But these dynamic duos, who have each passed the 70th anniversary mark, know how to keep it for better.
Art Sather kept his hand on wife Verdie's knee for the entire interview. Even after almost 71 years, he still can't keep his hands off her.
Imogene Rumppe smeared lipstick on husband Archie from kissing him so much. The photographer told them to kiss for a photo but, really, they didn't have to keep doing it. They'd obviously had plenty of practice in their seven decades of marriage.
As for Stan and Maryon Green, well, they are the grand champions of matrimony. They marked 72 years of wedded bliss on Sept. 26.
And there's only one thing she'd like to change about her hubby.
"I wished he'd eat faster," Maryon said. She chews slower so they finish at the same time.
As for him, yeah, there's something he'd like to change about her, too.
"I'd change her sight," Stan said.
She has lost most of her vision.
It turns out there's no one secret or magic potion to staying married that long. All it takes are a few basic ingredients: resilience, faith, kindness, humor, love. No doubt good genes help.
The trio is among four married couples residing at South Pointe in Everett, a retirement community of about 45 people. The fourth couple recently celebrated their 60th anniversary.
If it's something in the water, we all want what they're drinking.
Stan and Maryon Green
They met at a skating rink in Seattle.
"She was bashful and quiet," Stan said. "I was ogling all the girls. I didn't really hit on her in that sense. What I saw was a girl who was being a little bit harassed by rink rats — that's what we called them then. I took off and went directly over there and skated with her. And it was a start."
He asked for her phone number. She gave him the wrong one.
"She didn't mean to," he said.
No matter. They met at the rink again. And kept meeting.
What did she like about him?
"He was clean-cut," she said. "He liked to do things. No matter what it was."
They married on Sept. 26, 1941. When he went off to war, they were apart only physically.
"She wrote a bundle of letters," he said. "As did I."
They still have all the letters.
For medical reasons, the couple recently moved from an independent cottage on the South Pointe campus to separate assisted-living rooms in the main building. If she's not in his room, he's in hers. At their heels is their dog, Maggie, an 8-year-old Yorkie mix.
The years have been good to them, but 90-plus years apiece of living takes a toll.
"I'm losing some of this," Stan said, pointing to his forehead and a mind that served him well during his career as an insurance adjustor. "She's my encyclopedia."
He's her eyesight, especially when it comes to serious business, like rummy.
"Let's say a heart is called for and she throws down a diamond," he said. "I let it go until I lose the game. Then I accuse her of cheating."
Art and Verdie Sather
"I met her in Hollywood and married her in Moscow," Art said.
No matter that the church was Hollywood Temple in Seattle and that the Moscow was in Idaho. It makes for a good story.
It was by chance that they hooked up. They were at the temple on that fateful day to meet other people.
"I went to the church for the single reason to meet this guy," Verdie said. "Art was there to see this girl. Otherwise he wouldn't have been in that church, either."
Verdie came in and sat in front of him and his buddy. He had a hard time concentrating on the sermon.
"My friend and I were sitting behind her. I poked him and said, 'Hey, nice stuff,'" Art said.
Did Verdie feel the same about him?
"I prayed," she said. "I spent a lot of time praying that he was the one."
They married on Christmas Eve in 1942.
He was a minister and she taught Bible school.
"She did her thing in the church and I did mine. And we just flowed together," he said.
They still flow.
"If there are any disagreements, we ask for forgiveness. Then we don't care about it anymore. What God forgives we try to forgive in each other. If we need it. And we need it quite frequently."
Archie and Imogene Rumppe
Imogene calls their marriage "an incredible journey."
"We were both from Wisconsin, but we met in Kansas," Imogene said.
They were at a religious function.
"What got my attention was when she sang," Archie said.
She liked him back, but kept her feelings in check. After all, he was an older man.
"He was a first-year theology student," she said. "I was only 16. My mother said I had plenty of time."
They met again, back in Wisconsin, when she was teaching at a Christian school.
This time, her mom was the instigator. She lured Archie to the house with baked goods.
"My mother said, 'I just made apple pie and freshly baked bread. Wouldn't you like to come home with us tonight?' "
The married on Dec. 22, 1942, and began their journey in the ministry.
"At one church they called him Pastor and called me Mrs. Preacher," Imogene said.
"She always makes me look good. Better than I am," Archie said. "I can say on behalf of pulpit and pew that if it wasn't for her I wouldn't be here."
He almost wasn't here to smooch for the photo.
"He had a brain tumor," Imogene said. "We almost lost him. I think when you almost lose someone, when you've faced heartache, it does something to the whole family. It drew us together like nothing else."
Their favorite thing to do: "Going out to eat with the kids. To Arnies on the waterfront," Imogene said.
"What she said is good enough for me," Art said.


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Heavy, rough and hard – how the things we touch affect our judgments and decisions
When you pick up an object, you might think that you are manipulating it, but in a sense, it is also manipulating you. Through a series of six psychological experiments, Joshua Ackerman from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that the properties that we feel through touch – texture, hardness, weight – can all influence the way we think.
Weight is linked to importance, so that people carrying heavy objects deem interview candidates as more serious and social problems as more pressing. Texture is linked to difficulty and harshness. Touching rough sandpaper makes social interactions seem more adversarial, while smooth wood makes them seem friendlier. Finally, hardness is associated with rigidity and stability. When sitting on a hard chair, negotiators take tougher stances but if they sit on a soft one instead, they become more flexible.
These influences are not trivial – they can sway how people react in important ways, including how much money they part with, how cooperative they are with strangers, or how they judge an interview candidate.
First off, in two experiments reminiscent of another study I've written about, Ackerman showed that holding a light or heavy clipboard can affect a person's decision-making. In a study of 54 volunteers, those who clutched the heavier board rated a job candidate more highly based on their resume, and thought that they displayed a more serious interest in the job. They even rated their own assessments as being more important! However, the boards didn't affect the recruits' judgments on areas unrelated to importance, such as the candidate's ability to get along with others.
In a second test with 43 volunteers, those who held the heavier boards were more likely to call for government funds to be spent on serious social matters like setting air pollution standards, over more trivial affairs like public toilet regulations. Again, the mere feeling of weight appears to influence the importance we give to matters.
In the next experiments, Ackerman asked recruits to complete a puzzle with pieces that were either smooth and varnished, or covered in rough sandpaper. 64 volunteers were then asked to read a transcript of an ambiguous social interaction. Those who touched the rough pieces found the liaison to be harsher and more adversarial than those who touched the smooth pieces, but no less familiar.
This also affected the decisions they made. After completing the puzzle, Ackerman asked 42 people to play an Ultimatum game, where they had to decide how many lottery tickets to give to a (fake) partner, out of a total of ten. The catch is that if the partner refuses the offer, all the tickets are confiscated. Wary of this, players who touched the rough pieces (and were primed for harsh and difficult dealings) offered more tickets outright than those who touched the smooth pieces.
Ackerman also looked at the influence of an object's hardness. He asked 49 volunteers to touch either a hard block of word or a soft blanket, under the pretence of examining objects to be used in a magic act. Afterwards, when they read an interaction between a boss and an employee, those who felt the wood thought the employee was stricter and more rigid than those who touched the blanket (but no less positive). It doesn't have to be the hands that do the touching either – when he repeated the same task with 86 volunteers who sat in either a hard, wooden chair or a soft, cushioned one, he found the same results. "We primed participants by the seat of their pants," he writes.
The chair experiment also gave Ackerman the opportunity to test the effect of hardness on decision-making. He asked his recruits to place two offers on a $16,500 car, the second following a straight refusal of the first by the dealer. While the volunteers offered the same average amount at first, those who sat on the softer seats offered far more on their second go than on their first. That's consistent with the idea that hardness has connotations of rigidity and stability. People who feel hard sensations are less likely to shift in their decisions. Harder chairs made for harder hearts.
In all six experiments, the effects were very specific. People deemed conversations to be stricter after touching a hard object, but not more positive. Heavy boards make interview candidates seem more serious but not more sociable. As Ackerman says, "These findings emphasize the power of that unique adaptation, the hand, to manipulate the mind as well as the environment." And the last study with the chair suggests that even our buttocks have some sway over our minds.
According to Ackerman, these effects happen because our understanding of abstract concepts is deeply rooted in physical experiences. Touch is the first of our senses to develop. In the earliest days of our lives, our ability to feel things like texture and temperature provides a tangible framework that we can use to understand more nebulous notions like importance or personal warmth. Eventually, the two become tied together, so that touching objects can activate the concepts that they are associated with.
This idea is known as "embodied cognition" and the metaphors and idioms in our languages provide hints about such associations. The link between weight and importance comes through in phrases such as "heavy matters" and the "gravity of the situation". We show the link between texture and harshness when we describe a "rough day" or "coarse language". And the link between hardness and stability or rigidity becomes clear when we describe someone as "hard-hearted" or "being a rock".
Al l of the effects that Ackerman demonstrated were small but statistically significant. They're sizeable enough to have serious implications for our day-to-day lives. The way we interact with our peers, our chances of getting a job, and maybe even our voting choices could all be influenced, quite literally, by whatever's at hand. As Ackerman writes, "Perhaps the use of such "tactile tactics" will represent the next advance in social influence and communication."
Reference: Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1189993
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More on embodied cognition:
- Social exclusion literally feels cold
- Warm hands, warm heart – how physical and emotional warmth are linked
- The Lady Macbeth effect – how physical cleanliness affects moral cleanliness
- Clean thoughts can soften moral judgments
- Holding heavy objects makes us see things as more important
- Clean smells promote generosity and fair play; dark rooms and sunglasses promote deceit and selfishness
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Perhaps that's why our PM spent a billion plus on the G8/G20 meetings–he needed to make sure their chairs were cushiony.
Very thought provoking. These conclusions would undermine the tactic used by some negotiators when hosting a meeting: directing their "opponent" to the least comfortable chair to supposedly undermine the opponent's confidence. Perhaps it would be best to see that they have the cushiest perch instead, to soften them up.
I am puzzled by one point though: in paragraph 10, "People deemed conversations to be stricter after touching a hard object, but not more positive. " I'm unclear just what is meant by a conversation being "strict." I tried to look up the article, but they want $$$. Perhaps my chair is too hard….
Hello Ellen,
I came across your post and as I am one of the co-author's on the paper, it seemed only fair to offer you some clarification. With each type of touch we studied (hard/soft, rough/smooth, heavy/light) we did two types of studies: a Behavioral and a Perceptual.
The behavioral studies involve study subjects interacting and making choices for themselves based on the interactions.
The perceptual studies on the other hand, involve the subject forming an impression of someone else in a passive role. In other words, they observe other people interacting and are not directly involved. This could be in the form of a live interaction, a video or even a transcript.
The particular study you asked about was a perceptual task and involved and interaction between an employee and their boss. The study subjects were asked to form an impression and then evaluate the employee's personality across an impression scale that included a list of trait terms (e.g. permissive, open-minded, trusting…… using 1-7 ("not at all" to "very") scales.
What we hope to find was that people who participated in the study who touched the wood block (hard to manipulate) would answer the questions in such a way that labeled the employee as being strict (e.g. labeling the employee as non-permissive, close-minded…) whereas the people who interacted with the soft (e.g. malleable) cloth would do the opposite. This was what we found.
Hope this helps. Please ask for further clarification if you still have questions.
Christopher Nocera
Sitting on a soft chair right now, but still having a hard time swallowing this.
Mr. Nocera's response above clearly illustrates the problem with the study: they found exactly what they wanted to find.
With no cultural control group it's impossible to tell whether the results reported are cultural artifacts or not. Were all these people educated? Do they spend most of their time,like so many educated people ,herding abstractions,or did you test some people who do physical work and are aware of thinking with their whole bodies? Carpenters can't let the weight of a tool effect the accuracy of measurement. Test some musicians who use highly developed proprioception to be extremely accurate with the motions of controlling their instruments without being thrown by the emotional content of the moment,but rather than ignoring it give it expression . Test some advanced practicioners of martial arts that secifically address these areas, like Aikido ,Tai Chi and Kung Fu and see what they register. Treating physical perception as if it affects thought ,while reflecting a familiar cultural bias ,seems delusory. Science generally doesn't recognize a mechanism for mind body seperation so how could movement and touch not effect thought. Nerve endings are part of the brain and perception is part of thought.


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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Scott Burdick's slide presentation "The Banishment of Beauty"
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- Jake said...
I was just talking about this with a friend yesterday, and how there's sort of this growing underground backlash against modern art.
I'd like to say the jig is up for the modernists, but I think they're too far ensconced within the protection of the elite.
- Pix said...
I watched the first bit and I have to say I don't agree with his 'what you see is what you get' conviction. Just because something is pretty, it's not a better art. Cute girl in good light? Seriously? Sure, it's a better thing to hang on a wall, but to me personally ART is something that inspires inner turmoil. Doesn't have to be filosophical or political or anything... Just... Something that moves you a little bit into a direction you did not anticipate.. and find yourself naked before it. Intuitively. Humbled and inspired and energized at the same time.
- Maryam said...
For a couple of years i have been to some British art auctions in middle east as a visitor,and surprisingly i found out its not about art nor creativity nor beauty nor movement, or at least it did not move me at all. Since I know some of those establishment painters you mentioned! after seeing this video i remember the famous Chinese story of the king and invisible dress makers, there was no dress, but i was afraid to be taken as an ignorant.
the point is not to paint a beautiful girl,but it is to inspire, even if it is with a beautiful girl painting, other than that a screwdriver is an abstract shape if Picasso made it you would call it art. just my opinion. there is a bubble and it is to burst.
- Emerson said...
That was definitely a good watch, and a lot of my personal view was addressed in that video.
My friends and I always joked around saying we should just give up learning traditional art and take a huge canvas and paint it blue. or better yet, not paint it at all and just hang it up.
Speaking of beautiful things, have you checked out the John Pence gallery? Works in that gallery never fail to inspire me.
Thanks for sharing, Shelly! :D It's a really good find.
- Jordan Patchak said...
This video has put into words what I have been struggling with about modern art for so long.
Thanks for sharing this video Shelly and thank you so much Scott for creating this documentary.
I'm a little bit angered by this video. Classicism is fine and I would never want to dismiss a painter like Sargent but by the same token you really can't dismiss more intellectual approaches to painting like cubism and abstracts just because you think all paintings should be one type.
One style is a closer literal translation of reality while the other is a more "imagined".
They require 2 different skill sets to be honest.
The modernists had a more intellectual approach(deconstruction is totally intellectual)...a more "designed" approach... very much like comparing Hollywood films to New Wave films.
It's apples and oranges and honestly both are cool and both are valid forms of expression.
This guy also seems to ignore Picasso's early work and how he started as a classicist.It wasn't until Cezanne and Georges Braque that he switched to cubism.Cezanne was a post-impressionist so I guess we'll have to dismiss the impressionists too?Since they were the segue into modernism.
You'd also have to dismiss all mid century architecture and design..Eames and George Nelson, etc...
That's dismissing some of the absolute BEST design in history.
I personally find Picasso's pen and ink drawings to be some of his boldest and most inspired work.Totally beautiful.
So it's very subjective.
I also don't really see how simply classicism= beauty....if that's what Burdick is implying.
What a closed minded limited view of the possibilities of creativity.


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The most dominant Modified racer in Heartland Park Topeka dirt track history is making a bold prediction about the 2014 season, but not the type of prediction you might expect from a driver who has won three straight Modified titles and holds the HPT record for single-season Modified wins.
Even though he has won back-to-back features and sits sixth in points despite missing one of the first four race nights, Darron Fuqua said that winning a fourth straight track championship is not a possibility in '14.
"That's not going to happen this year, I can guarantee you," Fuqua said. "We're going to miss too many weeks and it's not a thought in my mind to even try and win the points or race for points."
The Mayetta racer still plans to race at Heartland Park most Saturday nights, but he also wants to test his skills at other area tracks and in other series.
"I'm going to race here whenever we're not racing somewhere else," Fuqua said. "It's just too close and it makes sense financially to race here on Saturday's, but we might go to (Central Missouri Speedway) every once in a while — it pays $1,000 to win there — and if the (United States Modified Touring Series) is close we'll try to run with those guys."
Actually, this year's game plan isn't much different than Fuqua has had over the past few seasons.
"I never have really raced for points, I just race to try to win and usually at the end of the year (a high points finish) just comes out that way," he said. "I'm just consistent I guess and usually I'm up front if I don't win, so it usually works out that way.
Fuqua especially enjoys racing when he gets on a roll. That was the case in 2011 when he won 11 times at HPT to break NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer's record for single-season feature wins.
"I like to try and see how many you can win in a row, especially if you get hot and you get three or four or five in a row," said Fuqua, who also won two track titles at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta. "That's always our goal, to try to win."
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Your right about the AM wind in winter...
It was sweet this morning too.
You beat that AM concept quite nicely yesterday PM Charlie!
Good call pipedragon, sorry you were not able to join him.
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How many times have yu been able to kite in the last week. Sounds like it's the regular season or something over there?
whats up ollie
dude i know your fat, tan,and shore from all the high wind you been getting
ya ive been getting some
not the same sessions i was feeling so jacked up about rideing with you
or L.M.G ,but friday with n.b.g. wascool he was throwing air kiteloops allover and landing them now! nice to watch
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Do you have a nagging pain that just won't go away? Find out how to shake your injury once and for all!
Does your knee throb every time you hit the road for run? Do you feel a pull in your back each time you lift your daughter up into her crib? Do you experience shin pain every day at soccer practice? These are just many examples of chronic overuse injuries that can develop over time.
The athletic training team at ATI Physical Therapy sees more than their fair share of overuse injuries when treating athletes. They're joining us today to reveal how overuse injuries occur and how you can fix them.
What they are: Chronic, or overuse, injuries occur as a result of repetitive trauma to the tendons, joints, and bones.
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New dashcam video has been released from a St. Patrick's Day police shootout in Solon that ended with a suspect dead.
The two police officers involved have been cleared of any wrongdoing during the traffic stop that took a deadly turn.
Police trainers use recent incidents and every scenario they can think of to prepare officers.
Solon police said Monday night that the training they have developed as recently as four years ago may have saved one officer's life.
On the night of St. Patrick's Day, Solon Police Officer Steven Davis pulled over Kevin Bailey for a traffic violation.
Officer Davis reported smelling marijuana in the car and called for backup. As both officers approached the car, Bailey rolls up his window and starts his car.
A short chase ended when Bailey blew out a dire. Davis's cruiser blocked Bailey's door, but then Bailey opens fire on police.
Davis, a member of the SWAT team, returned fire through the windshield, killing Bailey with shots to his head and shoulder.
It's why police spend long hours training specifically for traffic stops, which are responsible for more than half of all on-duty officer deaths, according to one study.
Last March, James Gilkerson opened fire on Middlefield Police with an AK-47.
Officers returned fire, killing him.
Four years ago, the Solon Police Department began training for shooting at a suspect and through a windshield. Police use recent incidents and try to imagine every scenario to prepare for when the routine traffic stop becomes anything but.
The Ohio Attorney General's Investigation revealed Bailey sent text messages to his mother hours before the shooting, distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend, and expected to die that day.
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As I'm riding to work today, while sitting at red light in downtown Seattle - this woman to left of me standing on the sidewalk, waiting to cross the street - sees me in my full Euro Geek regalia and yells out "When does the Tour de France start?"
As the light changes, I yell back "July 3rd, Saturday". And with that, she punches the air and yells out "Rock on !!"
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At The TJX Companies, Inc., our mission is to exceed the expectations of our customers, every day. We strive to deliver exceptional value in an atmosphere that's friendly and fun. To accomplish this, we depend on our Associates to provide a courteous, helpful and enjoyable shopping experience for all customers. In return, we've created a workplace that values honesty, mutual respect, teamwork, and high standards – where every person has the chance to excel.
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The Maternal and Child health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) administers a broad range of programs services to pregnant women, mothers, infants, children and their families — and children with special health care needs. The largest of the programs, the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, includes State Formula Block Grants, Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS), and Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) projects. Other vital missions include Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Traumatic Brain Injury, Healthy Start, Sickle Cell Service Demonstrations, Family to Family Health Information Centers, Emergency Medical Services for Children, and autism.
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By Kelli B. Grant
After learning about your typical commute, newly launched app Grokr might send you a push notification warning you of traffic. Or, upon seeing on Facebook that you're a Lakers fan, the app could send reminders about tonight's game and even a play-by-play if you're not in the right location to watch.
Intelligent mobile search engines like Grokr have become a hot development area, says Jack Vonder Heide, president of consulting firm Technology Briefing Centers. Because there's limited screen space, search has to be more predictive than on a computer, he says. The apps take into account your location as well as your anticipated needs.
The apps get to know you better over time, based on browsing history, places you've gone, things you've done and other data. Grokr, for instance, looks at more than 50 data sources, including social networking profiles, a spokesman says. "It tries to understand what you do, what you want," he says. Currently, search is limited to a few categories, including traffic, weather and entertainment, but Grokr plans to expand quickly.
The big risk for consumers is information overload — push notifications get annoying, fast, even if the information is relevant, says Vonder Heide. It's also a lot of personal information for an app to have. Grokr users get the bulk of their search results opening the app, rather than via push, says a spokesman. There are no ads, and users can remove themselves from the system entirely, making Grokr "forget" everything it knows.
Senior consumer reporter and "Deal of Day" columnist Kelli B. Grant travels to Las Vegas to find the best, the worst, and the most hyped gadgets at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Join her as she roams the exhibit floor for three days, with dispatches here and on Twitter @kelligrant.


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Gwyneth Paltrow Is Cutting Back Her Career To Keep Her Family Together!
Even superstar actresses know when to say "enough is enough!" Gwyn is totally rearranging her priorities.
Gwyneth Paltrow, 37, may be slightly out of touch with the common woman (she apparently gives her kids Apple, 6, and Moses, 4, vegetarian sushi for lunch) but she does have one philosophy that a lot of women can respect: She's making the conscious decision to put her family before her career. "I have these two beautiful kids and I just want to be home with them," she tells the UK's Daily Mail. "My kids are my priority. … I could throw myself into my career and then I'd probably lose my marriage."
That's a surprisingly healthy attitude for Gwyn to adopt — especially when you consider that she and rocker hubby Chris Martin are almost never photographed together. They're both so busy!
As it turns out, Gwyn is applying her traditional values to every aspect of her home life:
"I'm the person who organises everyone's schedule," she says. "I feel like that's a woman's job anyway — it's like you take care of your guy, you take care of your kids, you take care of the house, so I didn't think it was very far from my life in a lot of ways."


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(RNN) – Disney picked a good year to release Frozen.
The whole country has turned into an ice-covered wasteland of despair, and Chicago is now an even bigger one than usual. That inspired WGN's Dan Ponce to go stand out in the frostbitten abyss that is his hometown and belt out the recent Oscar-winning standard Let It Go.
The song and snow outtakes are great, but taunting Mother Nature is probably not the best idea. Neither is eating dirty ice. Taking pointless shots at New York, however, is always welcome.
You know those prank lottery tickets you can buy to make people think they've won a lot of money? Those aren't funny. They're just mean. But turning a fake lottery ticket into a real one is a great idea, especially when it's for someone who really needs it.
It's not easy to pull off, but if you buy a lottery ticket that loses and can convince the owner of a convenience store to act like it's real when a homeless guy brings it in, you can get 11 million hits on YouTube in five days.
You might even be lucky enough to have the homeless man offer you some of the money, but don't take it. Just let him cry on your shoulder.
You kids these days with your fancy touch pad thing-a-ma-whats and text-o-matics don't know how good you have it.
Back in my day when we dialed a number, we had to actually dial the number. And you had to make sure you had a sound coming from the phone before you dialed. We didn't have buttons. We had to play Wheel of Fortune just to get somebody on the phone. If they didn't answer, you had to wait and call them back, and every phone call meant walking 50 miles uphill in the snow.
The further away you were from the person you were calling, the more you had to pay to call them. If you had cheap relatives like the guy in the yellow shirt, you never talked to them.
The only text messages we had were sent by pigeons, and if it flew over Texas, your message wasn't going to make it. Harrumph. Stupid kids.
Hey Jude, don't be afraid. It's only Brian Williams.
The news is scary, what with Russia invading nearby countries and planes disappearing without explanation. But it's important to remember that Brian Williams is only the messenger. You don't need to be afraid of him.
The minute you let him under your skin, then you begin to make it better. Naaaaa naaaaa naaaaa na na na naaaaa.
What's the deal with cats? You don't have to look hard to find videos online of cats tormenting dogs. They steal their beds, block the stairs and just sit around looking creepy while the poor, helpless dogs are powerless to break their evil curse.
But one dog has risen to the challenge and stood up for all dogkind against the evil reign of terror by the feline overlords. It took an old dog who was fed up with the catriarchy to break the animal kingdom's most oppressive glass ceiling, and his efforts should be commended.
Of course, once the cute little hungry kitten in this video grows up and loses his cuteness to the evil lurking deep inside him, he'll likely reclaim the throne. Revel in this dog's superiority while you still can.
A high-speed camera can turn a hawk's attack on a water balloon into performance art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kuslKHQNE
Whatever this dog is trying to get out of this tree, it must be worth it. Unless a neighboring cat cast an endless jumping spell on him, in which case it's sad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0RYZf6mdA&feature=youtu.be&html5=1
When you're the world's strongest man you're going to be big, and you're going to have to travel a lot. Those two things don't go well together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA7VXl3q5HA
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UCSB's five-match homestand ended on a sour note, as the Gauchos were defeated by the USC Trojans by a score of 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-22) on Friday night.
UCSB has now lost six straight, and ended their homestand with an 0-5 record.
Overall, the Gauchos now sit at 5-15, and are 3-13 in MPSF play.
The Trojans, winners of 10 straight, are now 15-4, 12-4. The win was the 100th career win for USC Head Coach Bill Ferguson.
UCSB received solid play from freshman opposite Matt Marsh, who entered the match in the second game and ended up with 11 kills to lead all players.
Marsh had eight kills in the second set, which accounted for over half of UCSB's 14 points.
Junior outside hitter Miles Evans followed up Marsh's effort with a seven kill performance over two games.
As a team, the Gauchos were able to pick up three service aces after being shut out from the service on line on Wednesday against Pepperdine.
USC was led by Tony Ciarelli, who with 10 kills was the only Trojan to finish with double-digit kills. However, four Trojans finished with eight or more, displaying the depth of their attack.
UCSB will take off next week for final exams before hitting the road to take on UC Irvine and UC San Diego on Mar. 30 and 31, respectively.
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Authorities have identified three men killed when their small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport.
Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman DeAnna Garcia said Saturday that the crash killed Steven Waller of Deerfield Beach, Wallis Watson of Boca Raton and Kevin Watson of Pompano Beach. Waller was the pilot.
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Authorities said the twin-engine Piper Cheyenne propeller plane began experiencing engine trouble and tried to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The crash Friday afternoon set about a dozen vehicles ablaze, but no one on the ground was hurt.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ — Chelsio Communications, Inc., a leading provider of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters and ASIC solutions, today announced that its complete family of 10GbE Unified Wire iWARP adapters supports Intel(R) MPI v3.1.
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"Greatest final ever."
I don't think I have ever heard that description used for matches that have happened in my lifetime. Some have been memorable, like Hingis combusting at Roland Garros against Graf, or suffering heat-induced hysteria against J-Cap Down Under; or Sampras barfing on the court (and winning!) against Corretja at the U.S. Open. But not until Nadal vs. Federer have I experienced such a significant and well-played match in 12 years of following tennis.
[I didn't get to see the last two sets live. I was driving to Vegas to see Bette Midler play at Caesar's Palace!]
And the stars aligned last Sunday, giving our under-appreciated sport (at least in the U.S.) a chance to show the world why we obsess.
So — why this match?
1) Roger's run had to end. The World No. 1 was vulnerable more than ever, following his shaky 2007 (multiple losses to David Nalbandian and Guillermo Canas) with an unbelievable 2008 that saw him lose to Nole in Australia and go without a title until Estoril. The media sensed blood and fed the insecurity. Federer pushed back, reminding the press that "his time" comes on the faster surfaces at Wimbledon and throughout the North American hardcourts. It somehow didn't click in my mind that he was speaking the truth.
2) The French Open final. We didn't think that Nadal would win his fourth French Open title so quickly — and with a bagel in the third set! If anything, it indicated that Roger's level of play lagged against Rafa's.
2) God bless the rain. At least on the west coast, the bad weather played a part in Rafa-mania. If it wasn't for this, the match would have been over by 9am. on a Sunday. when we're all still asleep. The fact the eight-hour coverage stretched into the late morning (and the afternoon for the East Coast) guaranteed that more people would be watching. And it worked.
3) The media-friendly Rafael Nadal. We here at TSF aren't really into the Mallorcan. Too muscle-y, too much hair, an unconventional fashion sense. People go gaga over him, though, and he knows how to work it: he's blogged for the ATP website multiple times and even reprised his role as columnist for The Times at Wimbledon. A tennis player writing about Wimbledon — shouldn't that have been Roger's deal?
Here are the media stats for the match and its aftermath: Sports Illustrated put Rafa and Roger on the cover this week (Jon Wertheim described the match as "a four-hour, 48-minute infomercial for everything right and virtuous about tennis"). NBC's numbers were up 44% from last year, and this match was the highest featuring non-Americans since the 91 final between Stich and Becker. The official tournament website drew 11.7 unique visitors over the fortnight, which is 3 million more people than in 2007. They viewed nearly 300 million pages in 46 million visits spending an average of 70 minutes per visit. Tennis.com had 1.5 million unique visits during the tournament, a 57% increase in daily uniques over last year. On the day of the final, they had 105% audience increase from last year.
This is a very important time in tennis. We have the world's attention. TMZ.com is blogging about Nadal. We're on the cover of SI. Before this week we only made the news for match-fixing or getting booted from the tour for alleged cocaine use. Our mainstream ambassadors were either retired greats (Borg, McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi) or ones who I begrudgingly embraced (the title-less Anna Kournikova). Now we have a compelling sport with a player who wins Grand Slams (on multiple surfaces), can make the women and men swoon, and has excellent media appeal.
But while we are all about toasting Nadal, let's not forget to thank Roger Federer for getting us there.
He brought press to tennis with his amazing talent and his glamorous life. In New York, he created a synergy with the fashion industry by getting Anna Wintour to ditch a fashion show for the U.S. Open. He sat front row at the Valentino show, and has Gavin and Gwen sit in his box on a regular basis.
Roger also brought buzz through his relationship with Tiger Woods. We watched from afar as they transformed their insular careers into a fraternity of athletic elite. What do you think they texted each other?
The focus shifted from celebrating a potential GOAT to turning him into the scapegoat for our sport. As the win-loss percentage hugged ever-so-close to the high 90s, we wanted to see more scalps. We cheered him on to greatness but secretly expected him to fall. The story is more compelling that way.
I really hope that this does good things for our sport. Tape up those knees, Rafa. And ease up on that tourney schedule of yours. We want you to have the long career that you deserve.
And Roger, we haven't forgotten about you yet. You'll break Sampras' record and have your place in the Hall of Fame. You'll rack up a few more titles and stay around for a few more years. Think of it this way: it must have been lonely at the top. Now, you have company.
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BRADENTON, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2014) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club defeated D.C. United 1-0 Wednesday morning in a preseason friendly at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
In the 75th minute, Victor Pineda found Benji Joya on the left flank. The U.S. Youth International settled the ball and with a curving, right-footed shot, bent the ball just out of Willis' reach for the only goal of the match.
Using the final game of the Bradenton training camp to further evaluate talent, Fire Head Coach Frank Yallop employed a total of 21 players in the match. The Fire have not conceded a goal in four preseason games.
The Men in Red return to Chicago Wednesday evening to regroup before closing out preseason from Feb. 15 – March 2 in Tucson, Ariz., as part of the Desert Diamond Cup where they will face fellow MLS sides Colorado Rapids and New England Revolution, and USL PDL side FC Tucson.
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Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer (Marco Franco* 61'), Bakary Soumare (Patrick Ianni 61'), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Austin Berry 61'), Gonzalo Segares (Parker Walsh^ 61'); Patrick Nyarko (Yazid Atouba 61'), Jeff Larentowicz © (Harry Shipp 61'), Alex (Benji Joya 61'), Dilly Duka (Victor Pineda 61'); Chris Rolfe (Quincy Amarikwa 61'), Juan Luis Anangono (Grant Ward^ 61')
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As far back as I can remember I had an urge to explore strange new places and wander off into the unknown. My grandfather had homesteaded 5 acres of desert land back in the 1950s (this doesn't make me old), way back when it was considered the middle of nowhere. Travel to this same area today takes about an hour and a half, but back then it was about a three- to four-hour journey, considering the 55-mph speed limit and conservative elderly gentleman taking his time. The long drive was well worth it to a young kid who just couldn't get enough; the memories and experiences I had out there are numerous and priceless.
I don't think as many kids these days experience the great outdoors as the kids of 30 or 40 years ago. All children should have the opportunity to experience some form of outdoor adventure at least a few times a year. The same goes for adults: Leaving the daily grind behind can be quite refreshing and relieve a hell of a lot of stress. My personal observations tell me I don't see as many people camping as much as I used to see. I think there are many reasons for this, not the least of which are a tough economy and high fuel prices.
I have received numerous e-mails from potential outdoor enthusiasts wanting to know which vehicle would best suit theirs and their family's travel needs. To complicate this question, those who write me often throw in the mix that they are a one- or two-car family. Until recently, it was difficult to advise these families on a vehicle that would best fit their needs.
Today, there are a few sport utility vehicles out there, such as the '07 Jeep Wrangler JK, that are perfect for family adventure. The new four-door Jeep JK has only been out for a few months now and we are finding that it is a great vehicle for a small one- or two-car family or a guy in need of a very capable vehicle (Rubicon) with a lot of interior space. Personally, I like the new Jeep. It's roomy, the back seats are easily accessible (great for families with young children), and it has a removable three-piece top. Every vehicle has its pros and cons, but in most cases it comes down to personal preference and/or brand loyalty.
We are excited to introduce to you 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility magazine's new '07 Jeep JK. Just to make our acquisition of the Jeep even more exciting, we flew to Detroit, picked up the Wrangler from Chrysler, and then drove it 2,482 miles back home. You can read about the trip on page 32.
Without a doubt, this vehicle opens the door to families who have always wanted a Jeep. It is not only functional as an everyday driver; the Rubicon version of the JK is extremely capable off-highway.
We are hoping this vehicle and others like it bring more families to the trail and get them more in tune with the Great Outdoors. This in turn (it's a long shot, but we hope) may get more people involved in land rights issues and help us fight against the closure of our public lands. If you think about it, trails not only lead from point A to point B, they provide meaningful, long-lasting, and exciting experiences for us all.Happy Trails.


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This autumn I did like the rest of the kiteworld; escape to northern Brazil to hit the lagoons for the first time! Had three super cool months over there with good friends! This is my video of me playing around in Brazil, enjoy!
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Most of my movie is filmed in the amazing laggon in Uruau in the first month of my 3 months there! A little bit in Tabuba lagoon Cumbuco and some lifestyle etc in Ilha Do Guajiru!
This is the last movie I will make with my sponsors Xenonboards and Westsurfing.no! After GIN left the market last year I have now got a new kite sponsor and also a clothing sponsor, which I will make official later in february!
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"Behind the shortwave moving into the Pacific northwest on Saturday a
northerly gradient will develop and generate north winds and warmer
temperatures for Sunday. The concern will be for the increased fire
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