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Kate King, guest blogger travelled over 2500km to fulfill her dream…
In early Dec 2014, I was lucky enough to achieve two goals on my bucket list:
- Visit and explore the Daintree; and
- Spot a wild cassowary!
After two weeks of searching I was starting to believe that I would not see one of these endangered, ancient birds. I saw all the signs indicating their presence, I saw Casso poop, I saw the fruits they ate, I even tried one of the fruits they eat but not even a fleeting glimpse…On our last day we decided on a last-ditch attempt (and sacrificing snorkelling the GBR-another bucket list wish) to spot one of the approx 1000 birds left.
We rose early and headed for Jindalba National Park where there had been recent sightings. We ditched the boardwalk and took the 3km walking track. Literally tip-toing and sneaking through the forest desperately hoping that every noise we heard would be a cassowary…then ¾ into the walk (stalk) when I was starting to feel despair, there it was…a magnificent sub-adult…my world could end and I would be happy!!
We would have been satisfied with just that glimpse but we were treated to approx 40mins of watching/spying on this bird preen, forage, eat, bathe and just do it's thing … magic. When we finally returned to our accommodation, we were looking at the footage we had captured only to have a cassowary appear from the forest! We then saw that cassowary another two times!!
As we had travelled from near Newcastle NSW and as a long-time supporter and advocator of Rainforest Rescue, it was just brilliant to see all the Rainforest Rescue signs and to see where my donations were going.
Driving down and around Buchanen Road (Cow Bay) was both awesome and heart-wrenching. A magical area of high conservation value but with the amount of 'for sale' and 'sold' signs around, it was easy to imagine the area being obliterated by property development, hence realising just how important RR's 'buy-back' scheme really is.
It was re-assuring to see RR signs for the Baralba Corridor and also other local properties that were purchased by RR where plant regeneration was clearly in action. Without RR, so many properties and the endangered and endemic fauna and flora within them would already be gone … for good.
Congratulations Rainforest Rescue/Save the Cassowary and to anyone and everyone that contributes to RR- keep up the great work; donate, advocate, sponsor, volunteer and campaign! Lets make 2015 a great year for the worlds' oldest rainforest and all of its inhabitants.


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Go Sydney.
Go Sydney.
Luckily, tanks don't have inflatable tyres.
The tanks still dotted around Bangkok after last week's military putsch against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are proving a major attraction for Thais and foreign tourists who want their picture taken with the soldiers.
But the army appears determined that the carnival atmosphere following the country's first coup in 15 years does not detract from the serious business of power. Yesterday, it banned go-go dancers from flaunting themselves near tanks and troops.
Thailand is a beautiful country with thousands of years of history, a unique culture, amazing food and wildlife, and some of the most stunning natural landscapes in the world. This message sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Gender equality could spell the end of female sports in Canada:
As two Winnipeg sisters find out Tuesday if they've made the boys' hockey team at their high school, their recent human-rights victory has spurred boys to try out for girls' sports teams.
"We have to see as a board what we want to do. Our big concern is how this whole thing could affect female participation in sport," he said.
"If we get four guys or five guys going out for the [girls'] basketball team, there's four or five females that won't make the team — and I dare say a bunch of other ones aren't going to compete — and we could end up with some female teams being made up of mostly men.
"We worked very, very hard to promote and build up female participation in sports," Glimcher added.
"Everything that our organization has done … is based gender-equal. And if we all of a sudden get an influx of males participating, it could affect female participation and that would be a travesty."
Yes, but the boys who might miss out on the hockey team in favour of girls can presumably go and get fucked? Where are all the people concerned about the boys who would obviously miss out on a spot in the boys gymnastics or diving teams?
Foxtel is showing a repeat of Heaven's Burning, a little known pre-Gladiator Russell Crowe film which has everything you could ever want in a film:
1. Russell Crowe being a bad motherfucker.
2. Stupid Cops.
3. Crazy Japanese motorbike killers.
4. Even crazier Muslim bank robbers.
And last but definitely not least, a healthy dose of miscegenation featuring Russell and Japanese Actress Youki Koduh.
In honour of this little-known Australian gem, here's a short list of my favourite movies featuring white/asian couples:
Snow Falling On Cedars (Youki Kodoh again, this time with Ethan Hawke. She gets around, even by Japanese standards).
Kinamand – A divorced plumber deals with doldrums by making friends with the owner of the Chinese restaurant across the street. A proposition is made for the plumber to marry the Chinese guy's little sister so she can get a Danish visa. Said sister turns out to be Vivian Wu. How lucky.
Stuck On You – Farrelly brothers comedy again takes the piss out of disabled people and manages to match Matt Damon up with a hot Chinese girl along the way.
Butterfly Man – required viewing for anyone thinking about visiting Thailand, even if it's only so you realise there are better looking girls there than the ones you can find in Nana Plaza.
Bend It Like Beckham – A promising movie about a hot Sikh girl sadly spoiled by endless scenes featuring soccer. Oh well.
And a special honourable mention goes to The Sleeping Dictionary. Probably the sexiest of them all, but it doesn't make the list mostly because Jessica Alba is not actually asian at all (she's mexican), but I think we can all agree to forgive her. The movie gets an honourable mention because when you see her norks in the movie, she's using a Japanese body double. And Lo and Behold, that scene is right here. Enjoy.

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The YouTube Go, which was launched back in September, 2016 at Google for India event is now officially available in India. The beta version of YouTube Go is now available for download on the Google Play Store.
Google says that the YouTube Go is designed for spotty Internet connections, and gives you more control over data usage, by providing choice and transparency into the amount of data spent on streaming or saving videos. It also allows you to quickly share the videos with friends nearby.
YouTube Go features includes:
- A home built for you: YouTube Go home screen features trending and popular videos in your area, so that you can find and discover videos that you and your community care about.
- Preview videos before you save or watch: On YouTube Go we'll show you a preview of the video when you tap on a thumbnail, giving you a better sense of what the video is about before you decide if you want to watch it.
- Choose your resolution when saving or streaming videos: You can choose to save a video for offline viewing later or stream it now. And we also allow you to choose the amount of data you'd like to spend on that video.
- Share videos with friends nearby: Share videos with friends and family nearby without using any data. You can send and receive videos instantly and offline with others using the YouTube Go app.
Users in India can download the YouTube Go beta from the Google Play Store starting today. Google also plans to hold several events in Udaipur over the upcoming weeks to talk more about this new YouTube Application.
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Ford Ecosport | 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line 5dr
Ford Ecosport Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£2,264.22 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£1,886.85 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- 'Quickclear' heated windscreen/heated washer jets
- Power front and rear windows with global opening/closing
- Rain sensing front wipers
- Rear wiper
- Electronic Stability Programme with hill launch assist
- Pre collision assist system
- Traction control
- Front/rear floor mats
- Luggage compartment carpet
- Sports suspension
- Cruise control with Intelligent speed assist
- Rear parking sensors and rear view camera
- Traffic sign recognition
- Easy fuel capless refuelling system
- Ford pass connect embedded modem
- SYNC 3 nav system with DAB radio, 8" screen, voice control, emergency assistance, Apple car play/Android auto, 2x USB, Ford pass connect
- Trip computer
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
- 7 speakers
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Agate black contrast roof and door mirrors
- Black roof rails
- Body colour door handles
- Body coloured bumpers
- Front door threshold plates with ST-Line logo
- Large rear spoiler
- Solid paint
- ST-Line body styling kit
- ST-Line front grille
- Automatic headlights
- Front fog lights
- Headlamps with LED day running lights
- Headlight levelling control
- EATC - Electronic Auto Temperature control
- 12V socket in front and rear
- Centre console with sliding front armrest
- Cooled glovebox
- Driver's side glovebox
- Folding grab handles
- Illuminated glovebox
- Overhead console with sunglasses holder
- Partial leather upholstery
- Reach rake adjustable steering column
- Sensico trimmed steering wheel, handbrake and gearshift gaiter with red stitching
- Stainless steel sports pedals
- Storage drawers under front seats
- Tie down hooks
- Variable boot floor
- 7 shade adjustable ambient lighting
- Courtesy lights with map reading light
- Illuminated luggage compartment
- 3x3 point rear seatbelts
- Autonomous emergency braking
- Child locks on rear doors
- Curtain airbags
- Driver airbag
- Drivers knee airbag
- Front passenger airbag deactivation
- Front side airbags
- MyKey system
- Passenger airbag
- Seatbelt reminder for driver and front passenger
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 60/40 split rear seats
- Driver seat height/lumbar adjust
- Front head restraints
- Front seat back map pockets
- Isofix system on outer rear seats
- Rake adjustable rear seats
- Rear headrests
- Immobiliser
- Remote central locking
- Thatcham 1 volume sensing alarm
- Driver/passenger sunvisors and lidded vanity mirrors
- Low rolling resistance tyres
- 17" 5 spoke Dark Tarnish alloy wheels
- Tyre inflation kit
Technical Options
- HC+NOx: N
- Noise Level dB(A): 69
- NOx: 0.044
- Particles: N
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 71.9
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 3
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: TURBO DIRECT INJECTION
- Gears: 6 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 12
- Stroke: 82
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 53.3
- EC Extra Urban: 60.1
- EC Urban: 45.6
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Max: 7.7
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Min: 6
- WLTP - MPG - Comb: 5.7
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Max: 7.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 6
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 6
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 6
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: EcoBoost 140
- Coin Series: ST-Line
- Ghost model for valuation purposes: 150000
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 1
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: N
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: N
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 140
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 1.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Service Interval Mileage: 120
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 24
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: N
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 10.2
- Engine Power KW: 103
- Engine Power RPM: 6000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 133
- Engine Torque MKG: 18.4
- Engine Torque NM: 180
- Engine Torque RPM: 4100
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 115
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 205/50 R17
- Tyre Size Rear: 205/50 R17
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: 5 SPOKE
- Wheel Type: 17" ALLOY
- Height: 1653
- Height (including roof rails): 1713
- Length: 4096
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.6
- Wheelbase: 2519
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1765
- Width (including mirrors): 2057
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 356
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 52
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 1730
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 1238
- Max. Roof Load: 40
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 900
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 750
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1205
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 525
Ford Ecosport BOOSTED (70/100)
Ford's improved EcoSport moves a little further upmarket in the small Crossover segment, especially in potent 140bhp EcoBoost petrol range-topping form. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at what's on offer.
Ten Second Review
In its first few years on sale, there wasn't really a version of Ford's EcoSport Crossover that you could genuinely call desirable. Here though, is a version with much more of the 'want one' factor, the 1.0 EcoBoost 140PS derivative in the much improved rejuvenated version of this model range. This variant comes with more power and equipment than you might expect from an EcoSport, but at a price that might see you preferring that larger Ford Kuga Crossover model on the other side of the showroom.
Little by little, Ford is honing its EcoSport small Crossover model into a pretty reasonable contender in its class. In 2015, tweaks to the suspension improved the ride, plus this design got greater refinement, a smarter cabin and the option to do without the rear-mounted spare wheel. In 2016, a pokier 140PS 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine was added in at the top of the range and it's that variant we look at in more detail here as part of the substantially updated improved EcoSport line-up announced in the Autumn of 2017. Like its other range stablemates, this model offers chunky looks that deliver up a bit of Amazonian attitude, even if in truth, this car is more CBeebies than SAS in its take on hostile streetlife. Let's check it out.
Driving Experience
We've yet to try this revised EcoSport model but the initial signs are good. You don't go an awful lot faster in this 140PS EcoSport variantl than you would in its 125PS counterpart - but then that's not really the point of a car like this. Rest to 62mph in this range-topper takes 11.8s, which makes this variant about a second quicker than its stablemate. Top speed is 115mph, 3mph more than the 125PS derivative. Torque - pulling power - is rated at 210Nm, 40Nm more than the lesser variant. The on the road dynamics of this model have improved since the original launch thanks to suspension retuning with revised rear twist beam suspension and more carefully considered spring and damper rates for chassis optimisation, plus a 10mm reduction in ride height and optimised Electronic Stability Control and power steering systems. Crossovers of this kind need to drive as much like the superminis they're based on as possible. From here on, the signs are that this one will. There's no 4x4 option (that's restricted to the 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel variant), but you do get a great raised driving position and a comprehensive package of driver assistance technologies, including Electronic Stability Program and Hill Launch Assist.
Design and Build
If you know your EcoSport models, then you'll recognise this 140PS variant by its shiny black 17-inch alloys and the black contrast finish used on its roof and mirrors. The EcoSport's styling has been brought more into line with the look of Ford's larger SUVs, the Kuga and the Edge. A more sculpted bonnet with a central bulge delivers a cleaner front-end appearance and the front-end design is now dominated by a smarter trapezoidal grille design and distinctive angular headlights that incorporate LED daytime running lights. Angular fog light housings complete a front three quarter profile that was apparently inspired by the straps of a rucksack and was designed to reflect an adventurous character. The EcoSport's rear bumper and tail light designs have also been revised to deliver a cleaner, more sculpted appearance. Customers can continue to choose a boot-mounted spare wheel option. Inside, there are easier to use controls and soft-touch materials, plus a new centre console featuring fewer buttons. New seats designs improve long distance comfort and there's an optional adjustable interior lighting system that can be set to one of seven colours. Smart stowage solutions include a new height adjustable boot floor that can be raised to provide concealed storage, or lowered to increase luggage capacity to 334 litres. That new centre console features a built-in folding, sliding passenger armrest with a storage compartment ideal for tablet computers or snacks. That side-hinged tailgate still accesses a load space that Ford reckons is big enough to swallow a 560-litre washing machine - once the 60/40 split rear seats are folded, that is.
Market and Model
The 1.0-litre EcoBoost 140PS EcoSport model costs around £18,000 and comes only in top-spec trim. That makes this flagship variant priced uncomfortably closely to an entry-level version of Ford's larger Kuga Crossover model. Still, at least top spec 'ST-Line' trim gets you plenty of kit. That means things like sports suspension, 17-inch polished black alloy wheels, a high-end Sony-branded DAB stereo system, a painted black contrast finish for the roof and the mirror housings and rear privacy glass. Equipment levels have been improved and now include Ford's sophisticated 'SYNC 3' communications and entertainment system, which is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone-mirroring systems. The 'SYNC 3' set-up is supported by a floating colour touchscreen, which comes in an 8-inch size in this variant. Optional technology includes cruise control with an adjustable speed limiter that helps drivers keep within speed limits. And a rear view camera that makes parking more efficient and safer. You can also have automatic headlights, rain-sensing wipers, a heated steering wheel, Electronic Automatic Temperature Control, an upgraded 4.2-inch digital instrument cluster and power-foldable mirrors. Safety technology includes an optional Blind Spot Information System that can alert the driver to vehicles approaching alongside. And standard Roll Stability Control that adjusts engine torque and braking to help drivers maintain control. Improved occupant protection now includes driver and passenger front airbags, a driver knee airbag, new side airbags and new curtain airbags. Plus the 'Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance' system directly connects the vehicle occupants to local emergency services operators after an accident in the correct language for the region, using information from the vehicle's on-board GPS unit and mobile network to pinpoint the accident location.
Cost of Ownership
Economy and emissions aren't too far off those of the vehicle this car is based upon, the Fiesta. There's been some small controversy around the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine not making anything like its claimed fuel economy figures in real world conditions, but that can be said of many small capacity turbocharged petrol engines. It's just a quirk of the NEDC fuel testing program. This 140PS variant claims to manage 52.3mpg on the combined cycle and 125g/km of CO2 - which is exactly the same as the returns you'd get from the lesser 125PS version of this engine. Obviously, you'd to better by opting for the 1.5 EcoBlue diesel; mated up to Intelligent All Wheel Drive, this delivers 52.3mpg on the combined cycle and 119g/km of CO2.
The market for buyers who'll be prepared to spend not much less than around £20,000 on a Ford EcoSport will be relatively small but even for this amount of cash, this flagship variant looks reasonable value if you look at how much more you'll pay in this segment for rivals like Mazda's CX-3 and Honda's HR-V. The performance benefits of the uprated 140PS EcoBoost engine are quite difficult to detect, but they don't impact on efficiency and you do get extra equipment and a more exclusive look at part of the deal. Ultimately, this could well be the most desirable EcoSport variant yet made. How much that will mean to you is another question.
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Amazing new wsj review...
Amazing new wsj review...
These reviews all SUCK! (sarcasm)
Every time I read one I want my car NOW and I want one I can't afford. By the time I get the call to order I am going to find it hard not to get the Performance version. How in the world am I going to explain that to my wife?
"Sudre i have the same problem...HAAAAAAA, how much can i sell my left hand ?
"The MSM made me do it!" ??
"Since I can't have a trophy wife, I might as well have a trophy car!" ??
"There might as well be one area of my life where I'm sexy and high-performance." ??
"Since I can't take it with me, I want it all NOW!" ??
It's more good press, which I suppose is good, but for those of us that visit these forums, a review like this adds little value. I think most of us are now anxiously awaiting "real" reviews.
In fact, this WSJ article is a bit over the top. It's feels kind of like a commercial or at least, a fanboy's ravings. Comparing it to a Lambo is a bit much, and then there's lines like this: "The Model S is the most impressive feat of American industrial engineering since [someone sent a rocket into space and docked with a space station]"
Statements like that may or may not arguably true, but Dan Neil isn't really making a case, he's just gushing, wish honestly, seems inappropriate. Maybe he thinks this will get him a "review" car for free down the line.
wish honestly >> which honestly
not really sure how I managed that one
The wsj reviewer's frequent reference to addictive drugs suggests he's not likely to be a mere "tester" for long. Dropped a hint he'd need (he wants) at least 3 months to fully validate the S's claims.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT article! I couldn't have said it better myself.....
Yet he just had to mention that he thought it might burst into flames?
I didn't take that to mean that he had a specific concern about it being electric. I think he was just saying that it was great after is first 10 minute drive, but that he can't judge the lasting quality and that there's no ownership history to rely. Replace "could burst into flames" with "could fall apart after a month" etc. I don't think he was trying to make a dig at electric cars;
To be honest though, I did think that he was basically trying to add a caveat to make his review seem a bit more objective.
I don't disagree that the reporter has obviously been moved by his experence, and is comming off a bit 'fanboy' by it, however, I don't think he intended the article for those of us who already know more about this car than the dealers do.
With that said, I agree with his response, as I felt the same way with my test-drive last week in Hathorne, and thus far I have yet to read a review where the driver wasn't moved by what was happening when he (or she) hit the throttle.
I agree the Model S is no Lamborghini, however 1.5 seconds isn't a whole hell of a lot faster for a vehical that cost three times as much to buy, likely fifty times more to maintain, and 5000 times more to run, nevermind, like the reporter said, alerts the everyone within a half-mile radius when doing it.
The very fact that any electric car with five doors, and seat seven, can go from 0-60 less than 1.5 seconds faster than most powerful exotics, is an amazing feat of engineering genius!
Tikiman distilled the essence. The reviewer was effusive because he was genuinely moved.
Given the author, this is a very significant milestone for Tesla.
Dan Neil is no lightweight. He's a Pulizter prize-winning, very gifted writer, and arguably the most honest auto critic alive.
His criticism can be brutal when it's deserved. (Just Google his recent WSJ review of the Prius C)
When he drove this car for this first time, he had a "Jesus, the dream is now real" moment.
He gushed because TM earned it. Neil is a skilled jounalist with a keen sense of history. You don't want to be remembered as the guy who didn't get it when the transformative auto industry moment just occurred.
A truly brilliant editor knows when to let his audience see him humbled by the gravity of an event. That's when everyone understands that this news is important. (Check out some classic video of Edward R. Murrow for examples).
All of us jaded TM EV enthusiasts might pause to drink up just how cool what's happening right now really is.
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+ 1 Mark
It didn't go well at my house: I am now "officially" in a mid-life crisis according to my wife...but I got the performance!
It didn't go well at my house: I am now "officially" in a mid-life crisis according to my wife...but I got the performance!
And I agree completely with Mark K. Reviews like this will change minds.
Great review. I drove the Model S, and could not have expressed my feelings any better.
There are always the "do nothings" who still believe the world is flat. You just have to leave them behind in their state of constancy. Big wheel keeps on turning – If you don't go towards the horizon, you will never see what's around the corner.If anyone feels the Model S is too expensive to run and maintained; and that it requires special brain power to remember to charge the battery, then they should stay with their favorite ICE cars and leave the pioneers to explore.
They should however not forget to fuel their cars, change oils, replace battery, tune ignition, keep out of HOV lanes, etc ......
As for the risk of malignancy to the nether regions, I was pleased to learn when I asked the question a year ago at an alpha event, that the driver and passengers are not exposed to higher than "average" levels of EMF. Details were not provided but it was reassuring to know that occupant EMF exposure levels had been considered.
For those unfamiliar with the effects of EMF on biological systems, it has been shown that electromagnetic fields can, not surprisingly, exert an electromotive force within cells resulting in protein displacement and ion channel disruption. I'm not aware of any conclusive peer-reviewed evidence showing increased risk for disease or cancer with EMF exposure, but perturbation of the cellular microenvironment is undisputed. Until the results of further studies evaluating EMF safety are in, it's comforting to know I don't need to worry about it with this car.
Robert22: By bringing up something that in your own words "i don't need to worry about with this car", your intent is to do what? Scare people back into an ICE? Convince them to unplug their TV, toaster, and washer and dryer? I don't get it. What's your point?
I think you're in more danger of harm from going 135mph in your brand new Performance S, than any amount of EMF radiated from the vehicle.
My understanding is that you get more EMF radiation from the electrical circuits in your home then you ever would from any car. This topic comes up quite a bit in the Prius forums and those who have actually measured EMF in the Prius and other cars say there is more EMF in a conventional car because there is no particular care taken to reduce EMF. Toyota and other manufacturers have realized that there is a group which is concerned about the levels so they have taken steps to minimize it. I suspect measurements of the Model S will show the same thing although I haven't heard one way or the other.
I'd worry about the exhaust from diesel engines, which have been proven to be carcinogenic, long before I would worry about EMF.
Toyota and other manufacturers of cars with large batteries --drat the lack of editing.
My point is that I'd be uncomfortable with my butt 12 inches from a ? high EMF source for prolonged periods of time until more long term EMF exposure data is in. The fact that Tesla has either shielded or found a way to reduce that level to background through its engineering makes me much more comfortable. I don't sit on my toaster or other home appliances for hours at a time which is why they are of reduced concern to me.
I'm still a little puzzled by your bizarre response. I'm certainly not trying to scare anyone away from an EV. If anything, I was pleased to see that this issue had been considered by Tesla. The rep mentioned that this was not a trivial issue for the engineers, and that it was a frequent question and concern of those viewing the car.
Although you're probably correct, it might be worth reserving your expert opinion on the overall safety of vehicular EMF emission until we have more data. Would the lack of definitive information prevent me from buying the car? Definitely not.
After reading the WSJ review ………….. I just had a cargasm !!!!
+1 Mark K
@Robert22, your butt is about 8 feet from the EMF source when you sit onto drivers seat. Batteries don't do squat to EMF. Even sitting right on top of the rear axle your ear-button you use to avoid EMF from your cell phone probably causes bigger EMF than it does (distance squared).
Anyway, it's very low energy field. Just like powerlines. One second onto summer Sun causes more cell changes than year under those. Literally.
Mark2131, I don't believe Robert22 was bringing up the EMF issue to "scare people back into an ICE" as your tone implied. He was reassuringly responding to this comment in the article:
The thing could burst into flames or be found to cause cancer of the nether regions
-- Although you're probably correct, it might be worth reserving your expert opinion on the overall safety of vehicular EMF emission until we have more data.
EMF radiation has been common for over 100 years without a problem. How much more data do we need?
Some of the worst writing I have seen in the Journal in years, and yes, he throws in completely overblown caveats, but glad he liked the car. As for making him a tester, I am starting to understand why Consumer's Reports insists on buying its cars. Here's hoping CR has a low reservation number.
As CR has either missed the point or got it wrong on almost everything they've ever reviewed that I pretend to know a bit about, I'm not very hopeful they will do Tesla any justice. While they might not be as blatantly bad as Jalopnik, they aren't a whole lot better. The best grade you can give them is "E" for effort.
Where I live, the distracted driver behind me in traffic is THE most dangerous thing I have to contend with in all aspects of my life. Tesla could add a small nuclear generator in the Model S, and expose me to rads, and the driver behind or beside me on any given day wold still be FAR more dangerous to my life!
All the reviews I've read so far have focused mainly on the drive experience, which by any measure is truly amazing. We all get that.
I'm waiting for a review from someone who gets to spend a little more time with the car without a Tesla minder extolling its virtues. How well did their personal stuff stay put in the "opportunity space" when they took that curved freeway on-ramp at 60MPH? What did they think of the leg and headroom in the backseat of a non-pano, and the non-adjustable backseat headrest? How easy was it to parallel park using the backup camera, side mirrors and the restricted field of view out the hatchback window? Any difficulties charging from a public Level 2 charger using the J1772 adapter and Tesla software? Any changes to the handling of the car with a fully loaded frunk? Not trying to be critical here, just would like to see a review that goes beyond "it's a hoot to drive".
I hear in the TMC forum that they are about to deliver the first non-founder car. Once a few of those start being delivered we'll get those kind of reviews and comments.
rd2 - I test drove in LA. I did sit in the back seat of a non-pano and my impression was both leg and headroom were inadequate for someone 6'0" or taller. But that's just my impression. I would like to hear from an experienced automotive press reviewer who knows a lot more about premium cars than I do. Maybe that's normal in a car of this design. Hopefully no one will make their purchase decision based solely on a press review, but I do value an objective evaluation from a professional as a starting point of reference. Sometimes they point things out I would have never thought of.
I couldn't comment on back seat room, but getting in and out of the driver's seat impressed me in that I wasn't aware of how easy or difficult it is to do.
It's a struggle for me every time I get out of my car.
Reviews can have two principal utilities:
1. A detailed catalog of known strengths and weaknesses
2. An overall impression of the driving experience relative to the alternatives
The first saves the time and effort to do your own detailed look. It's faster to read than to visit a showroom.
The second shares the wisdom of the cognoscenti.
For details as to personal tastes or needs, there's nothing as good as looking for yourself. I'd never trust a review to buy a car without my own take. The diversity of our personal tastes is, after all, what makes us individuals, and no one can truly be our proxy. A catalog of others findings helps mostly as a checklist of subtle points that we might miss.
To me, the best way to learn about subtleties is to scan user forums where there's a lot of unvarnished raw data. Through sheer statistical scale, all defects and virtues are ultimately exposed. "Crowd-sourced reviews" are the real deal, and much more on point than CR or any other publication. For that, you'll have to wait a year.
But the main reason I read car critic reviews is to learn what smart people think after they've looked at the whole field of offerings. That seems to me be a unique benefit of the words of an expert.
Dan Neil has lived and breathed cars his whole life, and driven many more cars than I ever care to. He is a professional journalist in the very best sense.
The wisdom of that perspective is something I value because it tends to compress the time to form a conclusion about how this car ranks relative to the competition.
Neil did not endeavor to do an exhaustive review of detailed features in his one hour run with the car. But this does not diminish the gravity of what he wrote.
He focused on the experience of driving. And for that, all that he has ever learned in his whole career came into play.
His impression was unmistakable. This car sets a new standard, and its arrival is important.
That a man whose life is cars thinks so ... says TM did their job well.
This really is a new chapter in the history of the car.
I'm waiting for a review from someone who gets to spend a little more time with the car without a Tesla minder extolling its virtues. (stevenmaifert)
Here's Jalopnik's take on Dan Neil's article, and they ask similar questions:
"It's Too Bad Elon Musk Wouldn't Even Give Dan Neil A Full Tesla Model S Test Drive"
I think you know Jalopnik's MO, they like to bash Elon.
Here is Dan Neil's response on their blog. The last paragraph makes the point -
"To Jalopnik:
Matt has asked me to comment on his post and, while I try to avoid journalistic navel gazing, the Tesla Model S is an important car with an extraordinary story to tell. Here goes:
Matt's prolonged throat-clearing means to school us on the virtues of the adversarial press in the field of automobiles. I'll stand on my record, thank you, Congressman.
As for the length of my test drive, bear in mind it came only a couple of days after the infamous bet payoff. Setting aside logistics, it would have looked suspiciously like quid pro quo if I were granted an extended test drive of several days, say, while other outlets got an hour or so at best. I took my place in line and did not ask for special favors.
Before leaving this topic: I have to tell you, the underlying notion that I somehow enjoy carte blanche with carmakers is hilarious. Trust me, I get said no to a lot, and they only say "no" because it would be impolite to say, "fuck off."
Many of your valuable questions regarding the Model S's performance are longitudinal in nature, e.g., "How does the screen work long term?" I don't know. That's something that, most likely, can only be answered with the experience of owners in the coming months and years. How long will the charge last at top speed? Or with seven people on board? Ay! If only you had combined these two questions, i.e., How long will the charge last at top speed with seven people aboard? You could have submitted it for the dumbest question in the history of the EV skepticism.
How do the child jump seats work? Really? I learned long ago that taking a preschooler on business trips can be awkward.
In any event, would you prefer that, absent these answers, the WSJ doesn't write anything about the Model S? Or would you prefer writing only something dripping with easy and unearned cynicism? As you have formulated your standards here, I don't see a third option.
You asked me to amplify on my doubts. My doubts and my certainties about the Model S were adjudicated in the process of writing my column. All writing is choice. But I'm happy to run some counter-narrative past you:
The Model S I drove was terribly quick between 70 mph and 120 mph. This thing goes upstairs like a bat out of hell, and I wondering, while fizzing in my own endorphins, if I was being played. The development engineer along for my ride said that, at Musk's insistence, the power software had very recently been revised to improve mid-range acceleration. Oh? It occurred to me that Musk might be attempting to pander to car enthusiasts/early test drivers at the strict expense of efficiency. Such acceleration could easily soften a lesser man's critical faculties, and I am certainly a lesser man. My exact thought was: boobs=box office.
Musk's battery-pack solution is brilliant. At the outset I could not imagine how a liquid-cooled battery pack could be a stressed member and be also quickly service-able, if not exactly swappable. The Model S's rigid aluminum battery pack (100mm thick, or 112mm with the protective skis) is attached to the bottom of the car with 37 through-bolts and connectors, 16 on the side sills plus 12 in the cross-members, plus two at the front subframe, plus four at front subframe cross-member, plus two for shear plates to rear subframe, plus one for the aero shield.
So fastened to the underside of the car, the battery pack greatly increases the vehicle's torsional rigidity and bending moment. Musk claims best-in-world metrics for chassis stiffness and rigidity. The liquid coolant attachments are similar to racing's dry brakes for fuel.
Now, what's interesting to me is that in calculations of a structure's torsional rigidity and bending moment, vector forces depend on load, which is directly related to mass. The Model S's three battery packs (40, 60, 85 kWh) should by rights have three different masses. The 85 kWh pack accounts for 30 percent of total vehicle mass, but I don't have the differential on the other two packs.
Obviously, three packs of increasing mass complicate force and load calculations, to say nothing of suspension tuning. This suggests to me three possibilities: First, the Model S chassis – the body in white, sans battery pack – exhibits world-beating chassis stiffness without any battery at all, and when they bolt up a battery it just gets stiffer. Over-engineered, in other words.
Second (and therefore), the cars with the smaller (lighter) battery packs net out to be stiffer and more rigid because of lower mass-related loads.
Third – and this is the more interesting thought – that in the interests of harmonizing the engineering, all three battery packs weigh the same, which would mean the use of ballast in the less-energetic packs. I would be personally delighted to learn that the spaceship-building, mass-optimizing mo-fo Elon Musk is adding dumb ugly mass to his underside of his amazing car.
(By the way, this degree of specificity, which seems entirely appropriate for Jalopnik's got-it-bad, hyper-nerd audience, would utterly kill a story in a general-interest newspaper. Often my greatest challenge is to take very technical detail and translate it for a mass audience, many of who wouldn't know counter-steering from cross-dressing.)
The tradeoff in the Model S's pack design is obvious: The exposed underbelly pack is vulnerable to environmental conditions and to puncture/rupture. The pack looks amazingly well built, to be sure, but I would like more assurance that this piece of high-voltage equipment isn't going to shit the bed and catch fire if and when some dope high-centers the car on a parking lot curb (happens all the time).
How am I "prepared for disappointment"? There is absolutely no evidence that a mass market for EV's will emerge. I think it will. I hope so. God knows it ought to. But wise public policy seems to be rather out of fashion these days. So, fingers crossed.
The Model S powertrain is in some ways simpler than that of an internal-combustion automobile, but in other ways, it's very much on the edge of available technology. You know what's the biggest line item in the vehicle development process? Testing and validation. I have confidence that Musk and company have done good work here, but testing/validation is, in my experience, a cubic-dollars equation. I too am intensely curious to see how these cars behave in the field. All companies brag about their rigorous testing methodology. In my experience you can just shut the recorder off when they start in on that song and dance.
As others have noted, Tesla's competitive advantage in the premium EV segment seems pretty perishable. Their space is about to be invaded by some monstrously big and capable car companies. When BMW and Audi come after your customers, look out.
In closing, I don't want to seem aggrieved. I know I'm the establishment and it is your duty, as bloggy gadfly, to call me out. As the great Jamie Kitman once said to me, "Do you remember when we were the young punks?" Indeed I do. Besides, anytime I'm mentioned on Jalopnik, my online numbers soar, so thank you.
But I wouldn't want the usual enthusiast flyspecking to blind us to the moment. The Model S represents something very big and very important. I cannot shake the feeling of a corner turned. As an American, as a car-lover, and as a parent, it makes me happy. As a critic, I'm prepared for disappointment, yes, but I'm also willing to be amazed.
-- Dan Neil"
Well, like with everything, time will tell and sooner rather then later, the car will be out there and the critics can have their day / weeks / months with the car to put all speculation to rest. In the mean time, don't burst my bubble prematurely! :D
-EMF radiation has been common for over 100 years without a problem. How much more data do we need?
Unfortunately, quite a bit more. 100 years ago we weren't bombarded 24/7 with cell phone (and for those living or working in metropolitan areas, multiple co-located microwave towers and airport radar, among others) EMF. Proximity to source appears relevant. There is no doubt that cellular function can and is being altered. It usually takes more time to demonstrate a deleterious effect if present. I don't wish to turn this thread into a referendum on the potential health effects of EMF exposure, but I'm confident you will be reading more about this in the future as the results of a number of studies become available. Up until a few years ago we never asked about the number of CT scans a person had previously received. Now we do. It turns out something once thought inconsequential, isn't. Cumulative dose seems to matter quite a bit in biology. They post SAR (specific absorbed radiation) values for all cell phones sold in the U.S. At some point they will likely do the same for EV's whether proven medically relevant or not. Circling back to my original post, I'm pleased Tesla was forward-thinking enough to realize that should EMF become a concern in the future, the car was designed to limit exposure to background levels (as was told to me by the rep).
For those who choose to believe I represent the lunatic fringe, feel free to sleep with your cell phones turned on and pressed tightly against your heads all night and we'll reconvene in a decade.
And for the gentleman that feels I'm trying to scare people back into an ICE, let me be absolutely clear:
Buy the car. I know I will.
Robert22: There is no doubt that cellular function can and is being altered.
Yes, there is doubt.
Cumulative dose seems to matter quite a bit in biology.
When biology becomes a hard science, then we can talk. I'm quite aware of how medical studies are done, and they're not even close to scientifically done. (E.g., if you get 92% correlation in physics, it means you don't yet know what you're talking about. In Medicine, it's called a proof.) XRays have been shown to cause damage. I don't know of anyone who disputes that. I'm waiting for good data on the rest. Imagine everyone rewiring their homes when they find out about fields and negative (or positive?) health effects.
Correlations don't equal cause and effect.
I don't wish to turn this thread into a referendum on the potential health effects of EMF exposure
Then don't take popular, unproven fears and post them here. I, for one, would like to see some real data on effects, and all my reading has turned up nothing of any value - at least to my eye.
If Tesla took EM into account when designing, it couldn't do them any harm, and might satisfy some people who test fields on the assumption that they're bad for you. That's good PR design.
Back on the topic of this WSJ review thread:
To me, the end of Dan Neil's response captures the essence, and is an amazingly explicit validation of why we believed he wrote that review.
"I wouldn't want the usual enthusiast flyspecking to blind us to the moment."
"The Model S represents something very big and very important. I cannot shake the feeling of a corner turned. As an American, as a car-lover, and as a parent, it makes me happy. As a critic, I'm prepared for disappointment, yes, but I'm also willing to be amazed. -- Dan Neil"
I've never read a more reverent review from this critic, and I believe there is a reason for that. TM has in fact made a significant achievement.
To a journalist with Dan Neil's chops, when you've got a ringside seat to history in the making, you don't yawn it off.
Time will indeed tell. Time is kind to truth, and physics never lies.
EMF is electo-magnetic field. It is a function of frequency (reversal of sign) of waves. A DC battery has very low or no frequency. The motor has a very low (relative to most emissions) frequency (RPM ranges, a few kHz at most). And it's shielded with a solid metal casing, an excellent block for RF radiation.
EMF exposure from headphone and earbud connecting wires is vastly more intense; the wire is a broadcasting antenna, and it's right beside the body/head.
You're hinting at the hormesis hypothesis. +1. Dosage is everything. The optimum is rarely zero.
typoz: electro-magnetic ... DC battery's output has ...
They post SAR (specific absorbed radiation) values for all cell phones sold in the U.S. At some point they will likely do the same for EV's whether proven medically relevant or not.
Just FYI, sparks from gasoline ICE engine cause far bigger pulsed EMF than electric motor of an EV. For some reason that's no-ones concern, I wonder why. Low energy magnetic field is no health risk, you would need to have around million times higher magnetic field before your cells even notice anything. Shake your head one time and inertia of the fluids inside your cells just caused thousand times more damage than BEV motor ever could. Put your head in summer Sun for a second and ultraviolet rays from Sun just caused real damage. This fearmongering over EMF in BEV is pure and unadulterated bullshit.
Person who claims to have some symptoms has hypochondria. Fear with placebo-effect can cause real symptoms over non-existing threat.
Volker- I think you know Jalopnik's MO, they like to bash Elon. (Mark K)
Yes I know, and I ignore them for the most part. However, I sometimes find it refreshing to give the "devil's advocates" some floor. Especially in moments like this, when everybody else is just foaming over with enthusiasm. That doesn't mean I agree with everything they say.
Thank you for posting Dan's reply. Given this response, the Jalopnik article was well worth it -- without that article, some of those questions would not have been answered by Dan in this kind of clarity. :-)
@Brian: Re: hormesis hypothesis
I'd never heard of it, but thanks, it helps make my point and that by Timo. There's enough unknowns and BS on this to go around. Perhaps one day we'll know something about real mechanisms of action, if any, instead of correlations of fears or falsified studies or whatever else people are doing.
If I were designing a low frequency, aluminum encased huge battery that was nearby human buyers, some of whom had outsized fears of electricity and waves, I'd probably point out that virtually all the EM was tamped down in the design. No need to point out that the design was done that way for other reasons. If it works to your advantage, no reason to keep it a secret.
Out this morning: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1077557_2012-tesla-model-s-tests-1-h...
Looks like Tesla's careful management of expectations is starting to wear a little thin in some press circles.
greencarreports is ford-sponsored almost fake green site. You can't trust them much like you can't trust Top Gear. Their method of false information is a bit more subtle, they insert it in a mixt of truth. Half-truths and things they leave out rather that what they say are what makes me hate that site. I bet they give quite bad review to Model S once they get a chance to do it.


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Here's an image of me on the party, although I must say I'm slightly embarassed by it. My haircut was way overdue and I hadn't have a shave for quite some time. Also, that's a terrible shirt and I think there's a stain.


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Woman dies days after crash in Columbia County
FHP: Leslie Brenning, 38, drove wrong way on I-10
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman from Jacksonville died five days after being involved in a wrong-way crash in Columbia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Leslie Kathleen Brenning, 38, was critically hurt in a crash on May 10th. She was traveling westbound in the eastbound inside lane of I-10 around 2 a.m., according to the FHP report. She collided with another vehicle.
Brenning was transported to UF Health Gainesville with critical injuries. She died on May 15th.
The driver of the other vehicle, Talia Lampley, 28, and her three passengers were taken to Lake Shore Hospital in Lake City with minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation, according to the FHP report.
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When I signed up for the Route 66 Marathon back in March I had no idea what type of training plan I would be interested in tackling. For my first marathon I used a Jeff Galloway runDisney plan (since I did it as part of the Goofy Challenge) and for my second, I used the Run Less, Run Faster plan. I felt that the Galloway plan really did prepare me to simply finish my first 26.2, and the RLRF plan helped me to feel stronger and a little bit more comfortable for my second. But for my third I really wanted to get a lot faster, and wanted the race to become less about finishing and more about conquering. I looked at all the usual marathon plans provided by Hidgeon, Coach Jenny, Galloway's non-runDisney plans, and looked at a more advanced RLRF plan. They would get the job done but none of them made me excited to train.
Then I received Runner's World's July 2016 issue and noticed they were advertising a 16-week marathon training plan, and immediately turned to that page.
"A plan for the modern marathoner" – designed for someone who runs 20 miles over 4 days of running. It incoporates aspects of training recommended by McMillan, Coach Jenny, Bart Yasso and a few others and sounded PERFECT. Enough mileage and work to feel strong for race day, but not enough to cause burn out or feel like I lost my whole life to training.
The plan is structured as follows:
- 4 runs per week, 16 weeks total
- 2 easy runs per week, that start around 4 miles each and peak at 6.
- 1 hill/speed workout per week, that I adjusted to fit my schedule (I'll talk about this more in a bit)
- 1 long run that starts at 8 miles, builds by 2 miles per week (and cuts back every 4 weeks), and includes 2 16-milers, 1 18-miler and 2 20-milers. The week before the race is a 10-miler.
- Weekly mileage starts at 20 miles, and goes to 30+ miles per week starting in week 6. From there it continues to build, and peaks at 40 miles per week at week 13, before tapering.
My thoughts:
- Overall, I loved this plan and enjoyed it.
- It 10000% improved my marathon performance, helping me to cut at least an hour from my last marathon time and finish in under 6 hours.
- I did not feel burnt out until around week 12 & 13, the last two peak weeks of the plan. I was ready to be done, but the mileage was high. I am very thankful I had friends to run with during this time. Looking back, it is understandable that my body felt tired and ready to taper – I was running the highest weekly mileage I had ever run.
- I enjoyed that this plan was "only" 4 runs per week – for me, that seems to be the sweet spot that prevents me from getting injured and is enough to build fitness.
- For the first half of the plan I stuck with the speedwork and hill work. After that, I traded in speedwork for tempo runs where I ran with some faster runners. This worked well for me, but meant I didn't follow the plan to a T.
- I incoporated races whenever it made sense:
- Week 6 I ran the Harrisburg Half Marathon in place of a planned 14-miler.
- Week 13 I ran the Niagara Falls International Half Marathon with a 7 mile run beforehad to cover my second 20 miler. I managed to PR the half marathon so this strategy seemed to work for me. It also made that last 20 miler feel much less daunting.
- Week 14 I ran the D&L Heritage Half Marathon in place of a planned 14-miler. Again, I PRed, so this really worked well for me and gave me confidence going into the marathon.
- I traveled a LOT during training – I only ran maybe one long run on an actual weekend! This plan offered enough flexibility for me to move things around and still fit everything in.
- For the most part, I continued core work, BodyPump and occasional spinning classes through training. I was able to fit them in when I could, and made sure I'd always have one complete rest day a week. This is something my body is used to so it worked fine. Though, if push came to shove I always priortized the planned run over cross training. In the end, I only missed 2 planned runs throughout the entire training plan. The flexibility this plan offered really helped with my consistency.
So there ya have it! Overall, I loved this plan and would absolutely use it again and recommend it to any "average" runner who runs 4xs a week, around 15-20 miles a week before starting!


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ANR-DFG Cooperation 2015
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Heyyyy guys! I hope your week is going amazing so far. Who can believe it's Thursday already? I think I say that every time I write a blog post, haha!
Alright, who doesn't love a great pair of trendy jeans?! And who else is in jeans 99.5% of the time?! I swear I could write about jeans ALL day if I had to. Every single style from skinnies, to flare, to distressed and embroidered…. which just happen to all be in this blog post! When I started my blog last year, one of my first posts was about flared jeans coming back in style. Thank God they still are and I hope and pray they will stay…forever. I've noticed a couple of other trends recently that include high waisted "mom" jeans (the kind our mom's use to wear in the 80's and 90's with no stretch to them) and embroidered denim. I personally can't really wear either of these styles (except these, which are currently one of my faves) but they sure look cute on the girls I see wearing them! Regardless, a girl can't have too many pairs of jeans right? Here are my top 5 fave jeans that are trending right now:
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Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity or personal development book.
The premise of this book is quite intriguing to me, a person who spends much of his time engaged in creative work. The Path of Least Resistance argues that creativity functions best when you put as little resistance against it as you can. In other words, if you take away obstacles and open as many creative channels as you can, you'll maximize your creative potential.
I understand this premise deeply – it's why I often write in the middle of the night with nothing on but some light instrumental music while my children and my wife are in bed. I'm not worried about work or any deadlines and I can just open the floodgates – that's when the ideas happen. I think it also explains why many people come up with great ideas in the shower – the opportunity to use a shower to slow down, enjoy the warm water and cleanliness, and let some stress pass out of us opens up the creative channels.
Robert Fritz's idea is certainly intriguing, but how is it useful? The Path of Least Resistance is basically a guide for creative people on how to minimize creative obstacles and open creative channels in our everyday life, which is invaluable if you buy into the central idea that this is a big key for creative thought (which I do). Admittedly, there is a bit of what I like to describe as "New Age language" in this book – words that don't relate to concrete action – but there's also a lot of compelling thought and action within these covers.
Digging Into The Path of Least Resistance
Chapter 1: The Path of Least Resistance
Fritz opens the book by identifying the three basic underlying principles of the book. First, you go through life taking the path of least resistance. In other words, we spend our lives trying to find the path to our goals that involves the smallest number of obstacles. Second, the underlying structure of your life determines the path of least resistance. This includes your predispositions, ethics, and thought patterns, as well as external pieces like your job, your personal life, and so on. Third, you can change the underlying structures of your life. You can change jobs. You can seek out therapy. You can rearrange your living room. The trick is to find the structures in your life that can create a path with less resistance than the one you're following right now. I think that's a pretty sensible philosophy for life, actually.
Chapter 2: The Reactive-Responsive Orientation
Most people go through life merely going with the flow of the events around them, reacting (negatively) or responding (positively) to these events. Rather than looking for things that can be changed, their path of least resistance involves just floating along until an external event forces them to change paths. They either react by fighting it or they respond by trying to solve the problem, and when it's fixed, they go back to drifting. Some people execute preemptive strikes against potential problems they see coming, but it's still just a way to get back to the act of drifting. The problem is that it's hard to be truly creative when you're constantly having to leap out of your flow to react or respond to things – think about sitting at your desk and trying to think about something when the phone rings. Usually, your creative flow is shot while you deal with the phone call – and that's a bad thing for people who work creatively.
Chapter 3: Creating Is No Problem – Problem Solving Is Not Creating
Here, Fritz distinguishes between problem solving and creating, a distinction I hadn't really thought about. Problem solving is merely an extension of the reactive-responsive orientation in the last chapter – a problem comes along, you bring your mind to bear on solving it, and the problem is reduced or goes away. Creating, on the other hand, is the process of bringing something new into the world. I like to think of it in terms of writing – the core germ of the idea just seems to appear out of nowhere, but once I've captured it, the art of honing it is sometimes much like problem solving. Yet the two processes are so completely different as to be like night and day.
Chapter 4: Creating
The creative process itself is very hard to write about in tangible terms, and most written accounts usually come off as sounding nonsensical. Fritz tries very hard here to avoid falling into that trap and only partially succeeds. He tries to break it down into pieces, which works on some levels but doesn't work on others. I think he's right, though, on some key aspects: practice the fundamental skills needed, know what other people are doing, throw things against the wall to see what works, develop the themes that do work, and use the more finished pieces to seed other creative pieces. That's basically how I work in developing ideas and concepts – I read a lot of personal finance material and what other bloggers are writing, I write a lot to keep the skills flowing, and when I have an idea, I gradually flesh it out and it often bears seeds for other, later ideas.
Chapter 5: The Orientation of the Creative
Fritz argues that the creative process is results-oriented, in contrast to the reactive-responsive orientation which is problem-oriented. Although a creative person may be interested in the process itself and seek to refine it by working on their skills and so on, the real crux of the creative orientation is in the results you achieve. What do you want to make? Once you've defined that as clearly as you can, you can follow your own process to that result, either your own self-defined process or processes borrowed from others and modified a bit to fit you. Things like practicing your notes or your painting or your writing merely seek to strengthen the process that goes from nothing to the result you desire. Also, in this orientation (as compared to reactive-responsive), you can define your desired result at any time instead of waiting for a problem to come along. It's very much self-driven.
Chapter 6: Tension Seeks Resolution
This chapter discusses a pretty important point in a lot of words. First of all, whenever we're tense, it's because there's some sort of unresolved issue in our life. Obviously, the best solution is to resolve it so that the tension goes away, but often we don't. Why? There's often some tension in the solution as well, something completely different. Here's an example: say there's someone in your workplace that harasses you, creating tension. Your solution to that problem would probably involve confronting the person or talking to a supervisor, but the thought of both of those solutions is also tense. So you're being effectively pulled in two directions at once – the tension of the situation, plus the tension of thinking about talking to a supervisor. Now, you might be able to overcome this by just getting up the courage to talk to a supervisor, but what if the supervisor is the harasser? You're stuck.
Chapter 7: Compensating Strategies
Fritz makes the argument here that most of the solutions for compensating for this tension really don't work. Positive thinking just stretches out the problem. Most self-help groups, particularly those for shaking addictions, end in relapse. That's because these solutions often don't deal with the problem directly – instead, they deal with avoiding the problem. So, the obvious question becomes "how do I deal with this problem?" The best solution is to change the underlying structure. If you have a drinking problem, find friends that don't drink and engage in a daily routine that doesn't take you near the bar. If you're stressed out about work, find a new job or request a significant change in your workplace. In other words, take action that changes the playing field – don't just think about it. That's awesome advice.
Chapter 8: Structural Tension
Our lives are full of tension. For some people, this is nothing but a raw negative – it makes them tense and brings them down with stress. For others, it can be a positive – they use that tension to push themselves towards better solutions. The creative process, for example, is just using that tension to create something new. The book offers up two pieces to that puzzle.
Chapter 9: Vision
The first piece is vision, or an idea of what you want to create or accomplish. A true vision is something tangible that can clearly be accomplished, even if the path to get there isn't clear. It is not a mission statement-type thing: if you're talking about "creating something great," that's not tangible nor useful. If I wrote "I want to create a great blog," that has no real meaning because I don't know what "great" is – I need to work more on the idea until it's tangible. What I really like about this book is that it effectively criticizes "empty" solutions, like the power of positive thinking and empty mission statements.
Chapter 10: Current Reality
Most people don't face reality as it really exists. They're often loaded down with excuses and false reasons for why things are the way they are – it's a basic defense mechanism that we spend our whole lives building up. We learn it as children when we find it's easier to lie about something we did wrong (and avoid punishment) than to tell the truth (and get punished for a bad deed). That perspective argues for a pretty significant difference in parenting style, doesn't it? It carries on through adulthood in various ways, disguising the reality of our actions and our lives. Fritz merely argues that the more honest we are about our lives, the clearer a better path in life becomes. Instead of convincing ourselves that our job is good or bad, we look at it for what it really is and make a choice based on that – and so on. Eventually, it becomes much easier to see the real obstacles to creativity – and to understand what needs to be done to change them.
Chapter 11: The Creative Cycle
At this point, the book shifts a bit into a deeper study of the actual process of creating something. Fritz argues that the creation of anything breaks down into three pieces: germination (the initial spark of the idea), assimilation (where you stew on the idea and allow it to develop), and completion (where you actually finish up the idea, creating something new). It's pretty easy to see these three steps at work when I write: I get the basic idea for a post (germination), let it sit in my mind for a while to grow (assimilation), and then I draft and polish it a bit (completion).
Chapter 12: Germination and Choice
The Path of Least Resistance argues here that the biggest part of germination of an idea is choice. We make choices about what to create, discarding ideas that don't work in an effort to find one that does. Ideally, this process leads us to the best idea, the one that's worth assimilation and, eventually, completion. The biggest challenge, though, is that we sometimes use faulty criteria to make that choice – we'll discard great ideas because they're too hard and they may stress us too much. I'm guilty of this, too – I've came up with great ideas for The Simple Dollar, but discarded them because I could quickly tell that proper execution of the idea would be a ton of work.
I found that revelation to be one of the best parts of the book, the piece that really ties everything together. These criteria that one uses to discard great ideas and instead select merely good ones are the obstacles in your life that really stymie the creative process. For me, the biggest one is time – and I know that. Thus, I need to seek ways to find more time to develop the truly great ideas. There are other obstacles, too – I've discarded great ideas because I knew they would be emotionally demanding or they might reveal more about myself or about others than I feel comfortable talking about on The Simple Dollar. These all have solutions – facing my fears – and they all would result in some changes in my life and the way I think about things.
Chapter 13: Primary, Secondary, and Fundamental Choice
Fritz carries on that idea here, arguing that most choices in life are either primary, secondary, or fundamental. The best way to show the difference is in an example. A person who desires to stop smoking may make a primary choice to try a particular package to help stop smoking, and may make a secondary choice not to light up. However, their fundamental choice is to choose to be a nonsmoker. If they've not made that choice, the primary and secondary choices won't help. Now, once that fundamental choice is made, there are obviously some primary choices that are easier than others – a nicotine gum, for example, might be easier than cold turkey, but that choice really doesn't matter if you've not made the choice to stop smoking. The same idea applies to anything in one's life – you might choose to write a great novel, but if you haven't made the fundamental choice to be a writer – and take on the commitments that the choice involves – you will never be a great writer.
Chapter 14: Assimilation
Here, The Path of Least Resistance argues that assimilation – or the carrying of an idea inside of you and letting it grow and develop – is a major key to the process. It can involve thinking about the idea, practicing fundamental skills, or just letting it rest in the subconscious. It is that assimilation that creates something distinct and unique – the combination of an idea along with the internal struggles and conflicts and desires within you. In other words, keeping an idea inside for a while often creates something truly great.
Chapter 15: Momentum
Fritz describes something I've felt and seen over and over again. As an idea grows within you, it starts to build momentum – there's really no other way to describe it. The pieces start to fall into place and it begins to grow into something truly compelling in your mind – and eventually, it wants out. It demands to be made. This can take a lot of different forms. Maybe you start executing a bit at a time, and each step is successful, pushing you along to more success. Maybe you just store it up and keep tinkering with it until it's right – and then you create in a giant rush. Often, what I do is create a basic structure in my mind, set that basic structure down, then start creating and filling in pieces.
Chapter 16: Strategic Moments
At various points along the way, it can seem like you're not making any real progress. Perhaps you've made the fundamental choice to become a healthy person by preparing your own healthy food, but after a week you're not seeing much difference in the mirror. The best solution to this is to really look carefully at the reality of the situation. You simply are putting healthy stuff into your body, and sometimes it takes a while for natural processes to occur. Small milestones really help during this process – if you can get through a single day of eating healthy, then get through another one, then another one, eventually you will begin seeing larger effects, like a healthier body.
Chapter 17: Completion
When a project is completed, it can create a rush of emotions: exhiliration, sadness, a strong sense of accomplishment, and a desire for recognition. The most important piece, though, is discovering what you learned from the project as a whole – and seeing that the seeds of germination for future projects are found and put into place. Ideally, this is what a project's "post mortem" should be about, but quite often it dissolves into slaps on the back and self-congratulation.
Chapter 18: Signs of the Future, Signs of the Times
The Path of Least Resistance begins to wind down the book here with a chapter that would seem to almost fit perfectly into Atlas Shrugged. Fritz basically argues that as long as creative people exist, the world will be in good shape, and calls for society to recognize the value of people who are strong creators – those who create strong ideas and those who can build those ideas into something useful for all.
Chapter 19: The Power of Transcendence
The book ends with a few notes on transcendence, the idea that making fundamental choices in your life can literally transform you as a person and carry you past what you believed were your limitations before. This is usually the result of a number of fundamental choices along with recognizing what the obstacles in your life are and working to change them. For example, if I were to make the fundamental choice to be a healthy person and also seek more uninterrupted time to develop my creative writing ideas, I'd likely experience some transcendence in my own life.
Buy or Don't Buy?
The Path of Least Resistance, quite simply, was one of the best books I've read in a long while. It made me think deeply about the creative process I use for The Simple Dollar, as well as the other creative endeavors in my life. It also made me think a lot about how I handle problems and challenges in my own life. I've consistently failed at committing to a healthier life, and I didn't really realize why until I read this book. I made the primary choice to eat healthier or to exercise, but I didn't make that fundamental choice because some part of me did not want to really commit to it – it was not a fundamental choice I really wanted to make. I didn't really want to give up the giant cheeseburgers, in essence. This book, more than anything else I've ever read, teased out these thoughts.
One caveat: there are pieces of this book that are somewhat weighted down with jargon, but unlike a lot of books that have this problem, there is a valuable message underneath the language if you try to piece it out (which I did in this review). I think that Fritz could actually rewrite some pieces and make them less jargon-oriented in a future edition and it would make the book a bit more accessible to readers.
Having said that, anyone that is involved in a creative process in their life should read this book. Just stop by the library, check it out, give it a slow read-through, and think about it. There are some really worthwhile revelations in this one.
In fact, I'll give it the highest recommendation I can give a book: it's found a coveted place on my personal bookshelf. Why? Because I intend to read it again – and perhaps multiple times. It is rare that a book leaves me feeling that way.


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Sunday, March 2, 2014
Harold Ramis, RIP -- March 2, 2014
Harold Ramis died last week. I remember seeing him on SCTV in the 1970s. He wrote National Lampoon's Animal House with Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller. I was interested to learn recently that some people didn't understand what happened to the horse. I never saw Meatballs or Caddyshack. People kept telling me that Caddyshack was the funniest movie they had ever seen. I guessed that it probably wasn't. I'll have to look for it.
I was sad to learn that he was going to make a movie out of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces with John Belushi, but it never happened.
I liked Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. I didn't like Analyze This and his version of Bedazzled.
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When I saw this photo I remembered that I forgot to pack something...
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The Wireless Window/Door Sensor is a wireless magnetic contact and powered by a solar cell and works absolutely maintenance-free. It sends a wireless signal to an AD HOC receiver (plug-in dimmer, relay or low voltage relay) when the contact is broken. Ideally, this is used to trigger a light to turn on using a low voltage relay receiver you can trigger and number of devices to be activated through a security system or other home system. Using the integrated Reed contact, the module monitors the position of the laterally mounted magnet and informs about changes of the status. The reed contact housing and the magnet housing are very small. This means that the EnOcean magnet contact is unobtrusively mountable at every window or door frame made of aluminum, plastic or wood. An integrated energy store allows unrestricted functionality for several days in total darkness. In addition, a life signal is sent with an interval of about 15 min.
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Wireless controls can be placed virtually anywhere and control any device that is within range. This flexibility opens up the opportunity for energy savings that was not available in the past. To accomplish energy savings in an existing home or building, a system of self-powered wireless controls can be installed to decrease the amount of energy used from lights, HVAC units, and devices that draw standby power. Self-powered wireless motion sensors can be used to turn lights and other devices off when a room is unoccupied. Self-powered wireless temperature sensors can be used to set heating or air conditioning to an "economy" setting. A master switch can be used to stop current from entering devices that draw standby power and easily ensure lights, fans, and other devices are off when exiting. Whatever the application, Self-powered Wireless Controls make it easy to implement a cost-saving energy management system.
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The preliminary Purchasing Managers' Index from HSBC Holdings and Markit Economics was 48.3 in April, matching the median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News, Bloomberg reported. That beat the final March figure of 48 but the reading still shows a contraction in Chinese manufacturing for a fourth straight month. A reading above 50 shows expansion. Sustained weakness in manufacturing could pressure Premier Li Keqiang to expand efforts to support growth beyond what some analysts have dubbed a "mini stimulus" package of railway spending and tax relief.
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school backpack X-SPORT is decorated with two 600D polyester fabrics, the first bright green with a large print with the name Xsports in different shades of green, and the other fabric in dark green. Linings, zippers, zipper pulls and straps in very dark blue.
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I made another graduation card and this time I used the Bicycle Built For You set and the little graduation cap from Smart Cookie. All from Lawn Fawn.
I die cut two rectangles from Watercolor Wishes paper, with the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn. The green one I eventually turned into a grassy border, with the Meadow Borders die. I die cut some clouds as well, with the Simple Puffy Clouds.
I stamped the boy, the bicycle, the dog and the graduation cap. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bicycle: C0 – C2/ B02 – B05/ W5 – W7
Skin E00 – E11
Hair: E57 – E29
Shirt + shoes: YG41 – G02
Pants: B93 – B95
Graduation cap: W5 – W7
Dog: E41 – E43
I die cut all the images with my Cuttlebug, but fussy cut the cap. I assembled the card and added the panel onto some pattern paper, from the Beachside paper pad from Lawn Fawn. I added it to a white cardbase. I stamped the sentiment in Hippo Ink from Lawn Fawn.
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Baaghi 2 has collected a very good 35-35.25 crore nett approx in 2nd week at Indian Box Office. Film showed excellent growth through second weekend and then showed super steady business in weekdays. Film added an approx 22.5 crore nett in 2nd weekend and further 12.5-12.75 crore nett in weekdays.
Baaghi 2 total business at the end of week 2 is approx 148 crore nett approx. Film is now all set to cross 150 crore mark inside 3rd weekend. Good trending so far has ensured film will touch 160 crore nett mark in its lifetime. In fact, 170 mark can't be ruled out also. All depends on how strong film starts on 3rd Friday.
There is a big release happening in October. However, trade buzz of that film is not so great. Plus, Baaghi 2 is retained in majority of the single screens for third week running although screenings are reduced. Hence, there is a big chance that Baaghi 2 should perform well again in SS again this week. Film is a Blockbuster and now question is how much more it can collect from here on.
Collection Breakup -
Week 1 -> 112.85 crore nett.
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Fri to Sun -> 22.5 crore nett.
Mon to Thu -> 12.5-12.75 crore nett.
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Fri to Sun -> 22.5 crore nett.
Mon to Thu -> 12.5-12.75 crore nett.
Total -> 147.85-148.1 crore nett (approx).
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Youngin's debut single, I Like To Stunt, which is produced by Cyp Got Hitz, has crossed borders, receiving airplay worldwide on numerous, trap- and mainstream stations, while it has also been among the top requested songs in college radio stations across the nation.
The artist has been sought after for radio interviews, and, as of recently, TV interviews, while his upcoming music video for I Like To Stunt will premiere across many platforms, including MTV, BET Music Choice Vh1 Fuse, and much more.
"The thing about trap fans, is that they're absolutely incredible at just how fast they can recognize new talent – and spread the word about it. Youngin has greatly benefited from his fans' devotion, and his reputation has grown wildly via word of mouth," said Serious Music Group's, Youngin's label, media representative.
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The New York Giants and New England Patriots will be playing in the Tremendous Bowl this weekend. In any case, making a tender meatball depends on just a few basic rules: First there's ratio, and about 20 p.c of the meat mix needs to be fat. I like my gradual cooker for sure things, but after I see a recipe calling for utilizing it basically to reheat something that I needed to cook using one other methodology already, I don't see the purpose of dirtying one other dish. For one thing healthier, try turkey mince blended with seasoned breadcrumbs, milk and eggs. To get the latest recipes subscribe or be a part of us on facebook and pinterest Make sure to take a look at our recipe box too! Combine 1 jar (12 oz.) beef gravy, 1/2 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Bitter Cream, and a couple of Tbsp. Not paying attention, I picked up a package of ground pork that turned out to be ninety five{a1240a06814a3799898e8f67bd1df4a03a4e2137aaa26bd99102d20a92f25e47} lean. A bit of yogurt or buttermilk thinned with water also makes a handy stand-in for the milk.
I've made your meatball recipe a few instances now, and absolutely adore it. I need to serve it for Passover, but am fearful about the best way to make substitutions. However, my preferred methodology (courtesy of The Meatball Shop cookbook) is to bake them – roll the meatballs (identical golf ball dimension) and place them snugly in a pan and bake at 450 for about 25 minutes. I've the necessity to lick the screen and fake to listen to the CRUNCH of that garlic bread with a meatball and melted cheese on prime! Prepare small size balls with the ready mixture and bake in a preheated oven at a hundred seventy five degrees for half an hour. I have been on the lookout for a meatball that will hold its shape in my gradual cooker since the rest of them simply crumble and I am left with meat sauce. Otherwise I cooked the recipe exactly as instructed and it turned out fantastic. For a richer taste, use half of pound of pork sausage and half pound of floor beef as an alternative.
Everyone LOVES them….i buy the frozen meatballs and bake them in the oven for 45 minutes with cajun seasoning mix on them. They're a bit powerful to roll, the combination may be very sticky and you actually need to maintain your fingers moist because the recipe suggests, however they are value it! Coat a rimmed baking sheet (like a jelly roll pan) with nonstick cooking spray or line with non-stick aluminum foil. I am stuck with ground darkish meat turkey instead of pork so I believe I will add some lard to the combination. My meatballs are worth raving about and my husband hasn't stopped oooohing and ahhhing over the hot meatball sub sandwiches. I simply made, last week, the Spanish model 'albondigas' from a combo of ground lamb, pork and beef, panko crumbs, spices, herbs, minced garlic & onions, and used two eggs to bind. Simply made this recipe as per the instructions, and it turned out wonderfully (really I doubled the recipe and cooked the meatballs in sauce in two batches).
Thanks for getting again to me. Just put my meatballs within the oven and the sauce is nearly able to go! I'm new to your website and I am more than happy that you've got a video to compliment every recipe. Add the meat and blend on medium-low velocity until just incorporated, about 20 seconds, scraping the bowl as vital. Also took recommendation to double the recipe and freeze extra meatballs for an additional time!
Used 1/four cup measuring cup to pack meat in after which used small spoon to to assist drop out meatball on foil-lined pan, then smashed down the meatball slightly, no messy fingers! I have to admit I made these a mashup of your phenomenal baked turkey meatballs ( of which I'm a huge fan) and cooked pancetta and onion into the pork/ beef mixture. I had my eyes on these for the reason that recipe came out and at last had time to make them tonight.


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Abstract—The network traffic caused by mobile devices has been growing. Moreover, N-screen service which enables to watch video contents in various network devices accelerates the traffic growth. To handle the high network traffic effectively, the service provider should grasp the characteristics of the traffic. In this paper, we make a minute observation about the traffic of N-screen service using network traces of iShoot program which provide such a service. From the in-depth study, we find that there is a specific traffic pattern repeated every day. Also we observe contents popularity distribution and the traffic imbalance between the servers, and so on. These results can be used to design N-screen service architecture or maintain quality of video streaming service in the other mobile services.
Index Terms—N-screen, traffic analysis, video streaming service, etc.
J. Yoo, J. Kim, and Y. Won are with the Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. (e-mail:firstname.lastname@example.com; tel.: +82-2-2220-4579; fax: +82-2-2220-4579.)
H. Kim, S. Park, and T. Ha are with the IU Media Company, Seoul,Korea.
Cite: Jinsoo Yoo, Junyeop Kim, Youjip Won, Hoyoung Kim, Seungki Park, and Taenyeon Ha,"Traffic Characteristics of Modern Video Streaming Service," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 236-240 , 2012.