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I picked this dvd up last night. I forgot about some parts. Such a damn good movie. Truely messes with my fears of the darkness and claustrophobia that I may have. The extra stuff they have on the dvd is good.
The Descent
The Descent
The Descentholloween feen on Sunday, March 4, 2007 - 2:56am
I watched this DVD a few weeks ago, LOVED IT! Really good movie!
The DescentRamboTheDiscoInferno on Friday, March 9, 2007 - 3:02am
Don't do it! Don't! No!!!! Sorry, that was caused by my fear of having an unsuspecting bystander watch a mediocre horror movie.
The Descentmommas13 on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 7:53pm
I liked this movie but I was a little confused at the end.
The DescentK BEVIS on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 4:25pm
I liked it but i had trouble seeing the movie, it was so dark.
The DescentFilm Freak on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 6:00pm
I picked this dvd up last night. I forgot about some parts. Such a damn good movie. Truely messes with my fears of the darkness and claustrophobia that I may have. The extra stuff they have on the dvd is good.
Oh, i tought it was gonna be no good, I'll give it a try.
The Descentslicerdicer79 on Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 12:40pm
this was definitely one of the better horror movies i've seen in awhile. i felt like i was right in the cave with the girls.creepy!!!
The Descentockmick on Friday, April 6, 2007 - 5:54am
this was truly a great film from the makers of dog soldiers,..it was both refreshing and original to give it an all female cast of STRONG characters instead of portraying woman as screaming bimbo's,..thank god someone out there as one foot in reality.
i'd love to see more of marshall's work in the future if it's as good as dog soldiers and the descent.
The Descentmattneezy on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 2:53pm
this.... was.... an.... awesome movie! great creature film scared the shit outta me, which is hard to do, maybe because i watched all alone in the dead of ight with all the lights turned off. great gore, live the bat hybrid things. couldve used more nudity for a movie with an all girl cast
Edited by mattneezy on 7/21/2008 at 06:04 CST
The Descentallenidaho on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 6:25pm
I really wanted to see it when I heard about it simply because of the director. But after seeing it, I was actually kind of disappointed. I found it pretty boring. But that's just me. Maybe I was just burned out on cave movies after watching the other two that came out at the same time. (The Cave, The Cavern)
The Descentgene19 on Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 9:15am
Awsome movie i thought it was cool how these wemon would go down into this cave not knowing that there was these creatures down there waiting and ready. Befor you know it there geting attact and trying to fight there way out but go through hell trying to do so.. i like this movie and i recomend it to any one out there who like horror in a cave..


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I think this aspect of our traditions is beautiful and valuable. Similarly I have wondered about the benefits of the tradition of "saying grace" at every mealtime. It is a practice that could train our perspectives towards being more thankful of what we have in life, in contrast with having some "sense of entitlement" and being critical when things aren't exactly the way you want them.
Permit me to quote the entire intro section of Wikipedia's entry on Grace (prayer), because each paragraph had something useful in it, in the context of what I'm aiming for with this post:
Grace is a name for any of a number of short prayers said or an unvoiced intention held prior to or after eating, thanking God and/or the entities that have given of themselves to furnish nutrients to those partaking in the meal. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing which sanctifies the meal. In the English language tradition, reciting a prayer prior to eating is traditionally referred to as "saying grace".
A prayer of Grace is said to be an act of offering thanks to God for granting humans dominion over the earth, and the right and ability to sacrifice the lives of divine creations for sustenance; this thanks is the "saying of Grace" prior to and/or after eating of any meal.
However, in many indigenous cultures around the world, including North America, the saying of grace does not signify human dominion, but rather recognition of a plant or animal's giving their life and that some day the prayer giver, like every sentient being, will return to earth to give sustenance and life to others.
If one is not religious and the rest of the table is saying grace, it is considered polite and culturally appropriate to observe silently, or to bow one's head. It is often considered impolite or incorrect to start eating before grace has been said and completed.
The saying of grace entered into English language Judeo-Christian cultures with the Jewish mealtime prayer Birkat Hamazon, though any number of cultures may have informed the practice, or it may have arisen spontaneously by individuals and then perpetuated by family traditions and social institutions.
I wonder: does the meme of "dominion" reduce a person's sense of gratefulness? I think it could, but it might not — given a theistic worldview, a mind could hold a sense of dominion over "creation" while being very much thankful towards a "creator", thus still producing the benefits of the mental discipline of thankfulness.
The non-dominion perspective is more appealing to me: I think it can lead to higher awareness of what we have, and of the impact of our lives. As the human population grows, this is an increasingly more important awareness to foster: better awareness of the origins of our food, and the impact of our culture and culinary habits.
The bigger picture, like other knowledge, is a tool that can be used for good or bad: on the theme of thankfulness, the bigger picture can be a source of much more to be thankful for.]]>
What particularly caught my attention this evening, was that it lists "unbelief" and "lack of faith" as unwholesome – something heard regularly and strongly within fundamentalist Christian circles as well. What it provides, for me, is another example of the breadth of meaning of "faith", and the meaning of "unbelief", which is surely at odds with the fundamentalist Christian stereotype for those concepts.
I truly believe to fully appreciate the value and meaning of faith to humanity, and the reasons why "unbelief" references a concept that is harmful to a human, it is necessary to consider the greater diversity of human spirituality and the value it brings to our lives. And for context, I consider humanism to be relevant to this discussion, also a spiritual tradition of sorts.
I don't have much to add at this point, I'm effectively saving the link for future reference. But simply to "go mediate" on the mental formations mentioned, I suspect, may already provide some insights.]]>
It was still breathing though. 16:05, the time of my first photo. I paused for a moment. Not sure what I was doing there, or what the point was; it was really just a coincidence that I was passing by at that time. But I paused, and stayed with the little bird for a minute or two. Its last minute or two. Very surreal, watching the little bird die. Its head slowly sagged lower and lower, until it gave a final convulsion or two and lay still, motionless.
16:07, its cheek now firmly resting on the ground. (Third photo of the above three.) Dust to dust. I couldn't just leave it there, I felt. So I picked it up, and moved it into the bushes in front of the parking spot it had occupied. I had touched death. I don't know what killed it, I made sure to go wash my hands thoroughly, just in case.
This was five days before my mother died, as cancer overwhelmed her body. In that case, you observe a loved one's breathing patterns change as the days go by. Gradually, surreally… You're left with no idea when the breathing might stop. Until it happens.
Once more, by chance, I decided to pop into her room again for a moment, after which we would head to the hospital cafeteria to grab a bite to eat for dinner. Again I was just in time to notice yet another breathing pattern change. I immediately rushed outside to call the others in, and it proved to be the right instinct, moments later her breathing simply stopped.
Surreal, like I said. What do such moments mean? What is the significance of a last breath?
In such instances I'm very much an existentialist: we create meaning, we assign meaning. We found it meaningful to be there, in those last moments, because we decide it is meaningful. The human is a social animal, we try to find support in each other during rough times. We fear dying alone. So much so that we personify other species, that it tears at our heartstrings to think of a lonely little sparrow, dying alone in a parking lot, observed by no-one, by nothing.
If chance or fate plays along, someone may stop for a moment and observe. And be moved. And find meaning in remembering. Perhaps even write a song.]]>
Most people think of someone as religious if they believe in the existence of a God or gods. But many Unitarians, Buddhists, Humanistic Jews and others consider themselves religious even if they do not believe in God.
A slew of surveys show that millions of Americans believe in God but consider themselves nonreligious.
Some more detail in his post, Coming to terms.]]>
I'm hoping there aren't people that try to argue that the general principle is a case of lying to children. Comic books are universally understood to be stories. Even when a child wears his Batman costume and says "I'm batman!" The stories provide a mirror for the children with which to understand their own lives. Perhaps some like to debate the presentation though?
I think that many children are now going to understand how this treatment can give them a magic power through this 'Superformula'.
You can't tell from this video how it is presented to the children though. If they are directly told that the formula provides "magic power" to make them better, would that be bad? I really don't think so, but might there be "hard-liner rationalists" that would object to the use of the "magic" adjective?]]>
These stories of ours are not a matter of physics, not a case of chemical reactions, these stories are not a set of facts, a causal chain of events. Instead, they are fictions, narratives of human meaning, in human language, experiential, relational. These stories are what make us human. They are the things that turn life into a ride, rather than a mere condition of matter.
We are our stories, our stories are us.]]>
Consequence of the strain of thought-exhibitionism I exhibited especially in the early years, this blog serves as some interesting indirect documentation of a journey that has taken me on roads I did not anticipate. And some weeks before the blog's sixth anniversary I felt I
arrived, yet again, at a destination that I felt I
had, in fact, briefly visited within its first year already.
It's an experience that has had me wondering about the difference between a shift in a person's stance on metaphysics and a religious experience. Perhaps a religious experience is the kind of thing that most effectively reconfigures a person's metaphysics. Or what would be called metaphysics in philosophical circles: I'm not sure people used to discuss "metaphysics", per se, very many centuries ago? On the other hand, good old Aristotle already wrote books about such matters.
The implications of this particular metaphysical stance was somehow too scary in 2007, and somehow proved to be unstable and dangerous. However I've grown a little since then. Ever so slightly. Perhaps. Thus this time around, the stance has proven to be sustainable – for 8 weeks already, and 8 is a most auspicious number if you subscribe to Chinese and Asian culture.
I'm not going to dwell on that topic though. Mostly I'd like to reiterate that this blog isn't finished — I'm too curious what I'll be thinking when I look back after seven years. Commitments are also something I'm scared of though: as much as I want to write at least one post per month, I decided on New Years' Eve that I'm specifically tired of over-promising and under-delivering. Of course if I promise to stop over-promising and under-delivering, I'd risk under-delivering yet again.
Discussions are very welcome, as usual. My views have managed to solidify into a solid foundation, providing a stance from which I should be able to do most of my writing and thinking. Consequently it may get shared indirectly in this fashion, rather than directly.]]>
The narrative of a life is constructed after the fact, looking back. This gives the dedic "everything for a reason" practitioner an opportunity to find the connections of how the past has lead to the present. The most dedicated then decide that it could not have been any other way: every event in the past is considered a critical piece of the puzzle that lead to the present, such that the present could not have happened had any piece been missing.
If this narrative of the past is convincing enough, the meme is believed and the practitioner can start projecting into the future: if things happen for a reason, any undesirable event today can feel much more tolerable, for the benefits we will reap in the future.
This meme can be expressed in very offensive manners too, of course. This could damage relationships. Are there other ways in which it could be harmful?
The non-believer version of the meme is of course the following, and I have trouble thinking of any way in which this could be inherently harmful: "I will make everything count. Whatever happens to me, I will learn from it, such that it will provide me with a better future."]]>
Bear in mind that Jesus was a Jew. Jewish canon had a very specific idea of what a messiah would be. Jesus did not live up to those expectations, so Jewish culture does not consider him to be the messiah. Orthodox Jewish culture still waits. One small sect splintered out of Judaism though: with a very simple statement of faith, "Jesus is Lord", they recognised and acknowledged a counter-cultural non-messiah. The group grew dramatically and came to be known as Christians.
Now imagine a Christian second coming, not recognised by Christians…
I want to make one thing very clear: this post intends no insinuations whatsoever. There is nothing it is trying to argue, it merely seeks to encourage some rethinking of subconscious or institutionalised assumptions.]]>
Often it is hard to know whether the person employing the misquote is wilfully dishonest or just woefully misinformed. In either case, to people that recognise what has happened, it doesn't look all that different from this:]]>
Depending on the calendar you use, your anniversaries could even be shifting relative to our astronomical frame of reference. On a lunar calendar, you would be drifting a full 11 to 12 days on every trip around the sun. (Lunar calendars were commonly used in antiquity, but are still in use for determining traditional holidays in various parts of Asia, as well as for the Islamic calendar.)
I'm actually trying to argue that any day is really just like every other. Except, we have chosen to imbue some days with a special significance, on a yearly cycle: public holidays, birthdays, new years'…
Once a year is infrequent enough that repeated traditions don't bore us and additional responsibilities are manageable: whether it be clinking champagne glasses on New Years', throwing a birthday party, hunting for an anniversary gift, or filling out tax forms.
On this blog I've chosen to observe a 10 October tradition: I write something every 10 October. (Sometimes I'm a bit late, publishing on the 11th, but then I tweak the publishing timestamp a bit. :P) Since this post ponders this observance of mine, I need to explain what inspired it: this day is the day my father died, now 18 years ago. My mother was also cremated on this day, one year ago, having died on 28 September. Consequently, two weeks ago I wrote what could become the first of my yearly 28 September posts.
The possibility of adding a second special day for this blog made me think about the whole idea, which is of course what sparked this post. Why do I do it, exactly? Why do I try to write something every year? It isn't the kind of thing that has a "rationally good reason", of course. It is simply something that I chose to do. That I choose to do. A decision I made in 2007 and that I've been sticking with every year. Who knows for how long I will continue to do so.
Through the years I have also learned of other cultures with other approaches to remembering loved ones. The first tiny cultural difference that I noticed between myself and at least one other person I know: some people give considerably more attention to birthdays than I do. This made me consider this thought: might placing more emphasis on the day someone was born, instead of the day they died, help you to focus on appreciating the life they lived, rather than on resenting the fact that they are no longer there? Not necessarily, certainly, but something I would like to keep in mind. Better to place more emphasis on remembering someone's life, rather than resenting the fact that they are no longer there. (This theme lends itself to plenty of development in further thought.)
A second cultural difference is as huge as the first is small: some cultures go to lengths to not remember. I find that remarkable. I suspect as someone that didn't grow up near such a culture, I'll never fully grasp the value and purpose of such a tradition. It certainly was another catalyst for reflection on the choice to have a yearly observance. Somehow I feel it simultaneously points out both the "arbitrary" nature of this choice, and the significance and importance of this choice. Arbitrary in the objective sense (a culture might as well have been different). Significant and important in the subjective sense (such traditions become an integral part of our tribal identity).
We are human after all.]]>
There came a day when the population on our property was expanded by two new inhabitants: a pair of ducks. It was just a single pair — at least initially. It didn't take too long for my mother to decide they looked a little bit lonely, roaming on a decent piece of property a bunch of kilometers from Stellenbosch, so very soon they were joined by another two pairs. Six ducks roaming around the property was a good-looking number.
The six ducks weren't three couples, actually — I think it turned out that there was only one female among them. But one is enough: pretty soon, she had laid some eggs. Tasty little eggs, some predators discovered: the eggs became fewer very quickly. Whether any of the first batch of eggs hatched, I can no longer recall, but there were more.
Once hatched, the cute little ducklings would follow the mother duck around, learning to swim and forage. But day by day, they would also reduce in number, surprisingly quickly. There wasn't much that a mother duck could do to protect the ducklings from predators that came through our fences. My mother felt sad for the poor duck for losing all her ducklings, so she made a plan. In fact, she made a couple of plans, the exact sequence being another thing I can't quite recall.
We weren't originally sure which predator was decimating the young, we even speculated about bullfrogs eating eggs or even swallowing ducklings. It turned out the culprits were a pair of mammals of a species that I can't name in English, we called them muishonde in Afrikaans. (I can't verify or translate this right now: I'm offline, writing in a park ).
Having obtained a cage with a trap-door, we managed to rig it such that we could catch one of the two. Which also caused my mother to feel bad for the predator, as they were now separated. Consequently, she ensured the caught one was moved to a larger cage, and fed good meals (I remember there was some chicken!), while we set the trap to catch the second. Then we had both the predators… now what do we do with them?
Being another pair of animals just wanting to live their lives, we didn't want to hurt them. Just having them in the cage was already painful and cruel enough, so we had to make a decision quickly. One option we thus considered was relocating them to the other side of the mountain, releasing them into the nature reserve. My mother also wanted to first make sure it was just the pair of them, that they didn't have a family they need to take care of. Not that that was easy to verify… so in the end, we simply released them, no relocation.
That wasn't the only approach towards securing the mother's success, the ducklings' future. On our property, there was a free-standing trampoline. By hanging some shade netting all around the trampoline, she created a safe enclosure, and somehow arranged that the mother duck and her ducklings could hatch and live inside this enclosure for a few days, until they were a little bit bigger.
Whatever the exact sequence of events, the efforts paid off, the next batch of ducklings' lives were spared! They made it to adulthood. But this isn't a fairy tale, life isn't neatly packaged. So now we had over a dozen ducks running around on the property, swimming in the swimming pool in the mornings, when we weren't awake to chase them back to the little dam. And there were more eggs, more ducklings, which also had to be protected by the tramplone.
And then there were about thirty ducks…
It is the privilege of a storyteller to be able to end the telling where he wants. So at the memorial service, that was roughly where I ended the story. I don't really know what the ducks' final fate was, we sold the property and moved.
The narrative was primarily about my mother's care for all living things she came across. Some more examples: she had some arachnophobia, but we would attempt catch and release when possible. And attempt to save little mice from the cat, though that ruined some of the cat's happiness. In these years, at least our dogs simply ate dog food… our previous pair of dogs, when I was seven years old, sometimes had the luxury of cooked meals.
The reason I chose this particular story, however, goes beyond providing a sketch of my mom's compassion. While I managed to obtain, according to my blurry recollection of the day, some laughs from the audience for the scenarios I sketched, the story is simultaneously a serious commentary on the nature of life.
The mother duck and her ducklings had it rough. However, so did the muishonde (mongooses I see, as it is now a few hours later — I'm online while I wrap this up). While we could protect the ducklings and help them become adults, the mongooses raise families of their own, and the carnivorous little critters also need to eat.
And while we could do plenty to successfully protect the ducks, the result is that their numbers explode in an unsustainable fashion, leaving us with an overpopulation problem. We could interfere in an attempt to reduce suffering, but in the end, one way or another, we're damned if we do, and damned if we don't. The fact of life, for these ducks, is that it's a struggle, it's a war, no matter what anyone's giving.
This aspect of the story wasn't something that I felt the need to explicitly point out. In fact, I think the humour in the narrative drew precisely from this reality of life, we laughed somewhat uncomfortably at the futility.
Recognising this backdrop, this tapestry on which we paint our lives, can make our acts and deeds seem bitter-sweet. On the other hand, I feel it emphasizes the importance of of our acts and deeds, of the way we relate. If the tapestry seems bleak, all the more reason to paint beautiful lives all across it.]]>
Things are not what they are; they are what we think they are
Think about that for a moment. Naturally, presenting it like that, it's quoted out of context. Much rather watch the talk it came from (18:24 in length) to appreciate its context:
Rory's primary thesis is that how we frame things has a huge impact on our happiness, and that often our efforts at improving "reality" has costs that could have been better spent by making some effort to tackle the psychological side of things. With regards to whether things are what they are, we could get ourselves tangled up in a semantic discussion, or we can recognise the main point of this meme: Our lives consist of a sequence of subjective experiences. Consequently our subjective realities carry all the weight with regards to determining our happiness, while objective reality is only relevant insofar as it provides the substrate for our subjective experiences.
One example he gives is how making a train between Paris and London 40 minutes faster, an engineering project costing £6 million, would be trumped by the much cheaper project of adding wifi to our slower trains. Of course this example still affects the economic realities of the journey, so another of his examples might be better: adding information on when the next (high-frequency) commuter train arrives is more beneficial psychologically than increasing train frequency. Specifically: people are happier waiting 7 minutes for a train when there's a countdown timer informing them when it arrives, than they are waiting 4 minutes for a train while having no idea when it will arrive.
As also demonstrated by a dog-shocking experiment, happiness is much improved when we, or the dogs, have a feeling of control over our lives, even if the physical result is the same. Projects seeking to improve the status quo should thus weigh in psychological factors instead of only considering economic and technological aspects of a problem.]]>
Turns out I just had my first visit by Jehovah's Witnesses! It was all very exciting. They said they want to talk to me about the Bible. I asked if they could come back on another day (since this weekend is packed), likely that got them excited too? I just showed interest, while I expect most people just shoo them away? (Or might it rather be the case of preferring to be shooed away, as that takes less time and effort? *grin*)
We did have a quick conversation at the door, which ended with me taking the two pamphlets that they had in English. "I come from a Christian country, I have a Christian background" I explained, when they asked whether I'm interested in hearing about the Bible. "I'm mostly interested in discussing theological differences." Or something along those lines. I didn't want to bring them under any false impression as to my interest in actual conversion, this is really rather more a case of academic interest.
They had said they could come back on Tuesday, but then I couldn't really give them a time, and by the time our conversation finished (with me babbling in my usual million-words-a-minute native-level English), they said they would give my name and address to a colleague of theirs that is good at English.
So now I have some time to prepare – both on the clean-the-flat level and preparation for the conversation. Pity about the lack of time. While I have a good set of topics of conversation in mind already, is there anything you would be interested in hearing? Would there be a difference in worldview between European Jehovah's Witnesses and South African ones, for example? I'm thinking the audience they talk to would respond quite differently. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to chat with a witness operating in South Africa yet.]]>
In the Dune universe there is a sisterhood known as the Bene Gesserit. In some senses one could consider them a religious order. One of the most famous snippets of text from these novels is their litany against fear:
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Various characters recite this litany in their minds when they need to calm their nerves. This part is so well known, I have wondered if anyone has adopted it and made use of it in real life?
There are certainly similar ideas in human history. The first thing to come to my mind was Psalm 23 from the Hebrew Bible:
Psalm 23
Attributed to David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
That's from the NIV, the text borrowed from BibleGateway.com. The version that is most familiar to me is the Afrikaans one, which many an Afrikaans-speaking South African probably memorised in his youth. (How about you?) In fact, if memory serves, I think we were even taught this psalm in school in grade 1.
It is probably one of the most well known psalms? I would be surprised if there is a reader of this blog that has not come across it before. "Beloved by Jews and Christians alike", says wikipedia, Jews traditionally sing it (in Hebrew) during the third Sabbath meal (Saturday afternoon). In the twentieth century it became associated with funeral liturgies in the English speaking world.
While I can remember reciting this psalm in my youth, I cannot recall whether I used it in the manner of the Litany Against Fear above. I'm wondering how many people have some memorised texts that they do use for inspiration or motivation of some sort, and I mean both sacred and secular. Have you ever drawn on some motivational text? A poem perhaps? Or for the religious, how about a common text used in prayer? (I suspect free-form/personal prayer probably carries much of this function for religious Christians?)
I've actually been playing with this concept lately since I have needed some motivation and support during rough days, something to inspire and drive me forward at times when my motivation sags. I will share a bit more about this… if a couple of readers first share their experiences!]]>

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Tennessee Aquarium story – a
Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2008) – Water. It hugs
the shore and gurgles from fountains. It splashes playful children
and inspires our creativity. Water floats our boats and soothes
our souls.
The Tennessee
River sweeps through the heart of Chattanooga in a boomerang
shape – the eternal symbol of a return to the
beginning. When Chattanoogans envisioned a renaissance
for their city 20 years ago, they returned to their river. Now
the banks of the river flourish with an aquarium, children's
museum, carousel, theaters, walking paths, pedestrian bridge,
pier and other amenities that helped revitalize what had become
a dirty, dying downtown.
Chattanoogans and visitors by the millions have rediscovered
the city's roots by the river, where a transformation began
in 1992 with the opening of the world's largest freshwater
aquarium, the Tennessee Aquarium. Recognized as a "cathedral
of conservation" with its glass peaks gracing Chattanooga's
skyline, the Aquarium showcases the city's greatest natural
resource, the Tennessee River.
Like a favorite
fishing spot, people return to Chattanooga to visit the Aquarium
to see amazing creatures that swim, fly and crawl in natural
habitats, but also to enjoy the entire riverfront experience
and the natural mountain attractions that surround it. The
projects along the riverfront and downtown have made Chattanooga
a model for urban revitalization all over the world.
To reclaim
the river, citizens returned to the site where the city was
born in 1816 – where Cherokee Chief John Ross
established a trading post on the banks of the Tennessee River.
Return to the River
The journey back to the river began in 1984, when Chattanoogans
joined in a community planning process called "Vision 2000." Restoring
downtown's vitality was very much at the heart of the meetings.
At the same time a publicly appointed citizens group – the
Moccasin Bend Task Force –hosted community meetings about
how to reclaim the Tennessee River. Those discussions were focused
on public access and meaningful development along the riverfront.
It was a group of architectural students from the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville who first suggested the idea of an
aquarium near the downtown waterfront. These ideas came together
in the "Tennessee Riverpark Master Plan." Published
in 1985, this 20-year plan called for $750 million of mixed-use
development, enhancement and conservation along 22 miles of the
Tennessee River corridor as it passed through Chattanooga.
During the
1990s Chattanooga started turning plans into bricks and mortar. The Tennessee Aquarium opened in 1992, the
Chattanooga Visitors Center in 1993, the Creative Discovery Museum
in 1995, the IMAX 3D Theater in 1996. The renovated Walnut Street
Bridge opened as a pedestrian-only bridge in 1993. Directly across
the river from all of this activity, Coolidge Park, featuring
a vintage carousel, opened in 1999, spawning a retail renaissance
on the city's north shore. And on the south end of town,
the convention center was expanded a block away from a new conference
center and hotel. Private enterprise was rekindled, too, with
at least a hundred eateries, shops and other businesses sprouting
up to support the influx of downtown visitors.
The sheer
volume of activity was enough to capture the nation's
imagination through the media and by word of mouth. The
recession-plagued industrial city Walter Cronkite called "the
dirtiest city in America" during a 1969 CBS newscast shed
its inferiority complex and basked in the limelight of media
attention throughout the 1990s, appearing on the covers of "U.S.
News and World Report" and "Parade" magazines.
Chattanooga was named one of the most enlightened cities in America
("Utne Reader"); one of the top 10 family vacation
destinations ("Family Fun" magazine); one of the
world's great cities (NPR's "Morning Edition");
one of the country's best places to live, work and play
("Outside" magazine); and was named one of America's
most walkable cities ("Walking" magazine).
the transformation began in 1992 with the opening of the Aquarium,
it continues today – as recently as the spring
of 2005 – when Chattanooga unveiled another $120 million
in riverfront improvements spanning 129 acres. The 21st
Century Waterfront Plan capitalized once again on the public/private
partnerships that have made Chattanooga a model for urban revitalization. What
began as a discussion about improving a marina grew to include
expansions of the Tennessee Aquarium and the Hunter Museum of
American Art, improvements to the Creative Discovery Museum,
public art installations, and the complete overhaul of the riverfront
at Chattanooga's birthplace, Ross's Landing.
From the mountains to the sea
The Aquarium tells the story of the river – following
the path of a raindrop from the streams of an Appalachian Forest
to the Gulf of Mexico – from the mountains to the sea. Although
the Aquarium has grown in size and in animal population since
1992, its story and its mission have remained the same.
From free-flying song birds in River Journey's Cove Forest
to the Undersea Cavern in the Ocean Journey building, the Aquarium
combines both freshwater and saltwater habitats to give visitors
an experience unlike any other. Much like the Tennessee River
connects us to the Gulf of Mexico, the Aquarium strives to connect
visitors to the natural world. The Aquarium's goal is to
help people experience the link that exists between humans and
the environment and to inspire them to protect it.
The Aquarium
experience is an unforgettable adventure underneath magnificent
glass peaks where guests explore indoor forests, underwater caverns
and deep canyons. Visitors meet amazing
creatures like playful river otters, enormous sharks, lurking
alligators, whimsical seahorses, pulsing jellyfish, giant catfish
and captivating penguins. Surprises abound around every corner,
like a giant spider crab pop-up tank or a Shark Island touch
station where people can "pet" harmless bamboo sharks
and small rays. In the Butterfly Garden, a thousand fluttering
jewels of nature surround delighted guests.
Economic impact:
The Tennessee Aquarium is credited with igniting Chattanooga's "renaissance
on the river. No single project has played a greater role
in revitalizing downtown.
A blackboard with no borders
Whether children explore how tree frogs defy gravity with their
suction-like toes, or discover that snakes aren't slimy
at all, their sponge-like minds soak up the information because
they're on a safari, on an adventure, below the surface,
beyond the edge and in the zone. When children get up close
or hands-on with a creature living in a natural habitat, they
become part of its world – learning about its behavior
and environment.
an emotional connection between people and nature is the ultimate
goal for the Aquarium. The Aquarium helps
protect fragile ecosystems by inspiring new generations with
wonder and appreciation for the natural world.
In addition
to what visitors experience during a tour of the Aquarium – docent talks, narrated dives and gallery programs – thousands
of schoolchildren and other organized groups delve deeper into
the Aquarium's river of knowledge through hands-on learning
in the Environmental Learning Lab, Aquarium summer camps, IMAX
films, member events, outreach programs, behind-the-scenes tours,
the Museum Magnet School program, home school days and teacher
training sessions.
Volunteering is an adventure at the Aquarium
A volunteer who takes the time to show a child hidden creature
in an exhibit and tell him a few fun facts can make the difference
in the way that child views the natural world. Aquarium volunteers
touch thousands of lives daily. Besides that, they have
the best fish "tales" of anyone working beneath
the Aquarium's peaks.
educators train and maintain a large volunteer corps of docents,
ambassadors, divers, horticulturists and others, many who work
behind the scenes. Docents are stationed
throughout the Aquarium galleries to share information about
the habitats, animals and plants. They're equipped with
fun facts to impress any visitor.
divers feed some of the Aquarium animals, monitor animal health
and participate in narrated show dives. But
they also do the dirty work – cleaning the vast expanses
of acrylic windows to give visitors sparkling views every day. Horticulture
volunteers are the resident green thumbs who maintain the Aquarium's other living
collection, the plants in our forests, galleries, exhibits and
even in our outdoor gardens and office spaces. We also
have event and office volunteers who lend a talented hand with
special projects. More than 500 volunteers dedicate hundreds
of hours each month.
Aquarium visitors at a glance:
Chattanooga's family-friendly atmosphere lures visitors
from the cities and suburbs of Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville,
Knoxville and Huntsville.
Although the Aquarium's primary markets continue to be those
within a 2-3 hour driving radius, since opening more than two
million visitors have come from markets far and wide. In
1999, nearly 20,000 of our visitors were international. From
the beginning, the Tennessee Aquarium has been aggressively marketed
individually and cooperatively with the city and state tourism
programs. The Aquarium benefits from more than $4 million in
exposure each year, including the value of publicity, advertising
and special promotions. For example, the Aquarium has been
a feature of Tennessee State Tourism campaigns and covered in
major national magazines and television programs. In addition,
the Aquarium's web site received more than five million views
in 2007.
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NEW CASTLE — August 1 is my maternal grandmother's birthday. This year she will mark her 85th year (although she doesn't look or act a day over 50). Somehow, this date always sneaks up on me. I have even missed it a few times in the past, and I feel quite bad for not recognizing her on her special day.
She has done so much for me during the varied stages of my tangled life. Believe it or not, she was the one who taught me to ski. Yes, my grandmother taught me how to ski. She and I would spend several weekends every winter at different ski resorts around the area tumbling down the slopes.
I also have a distant memory of her teaching me how to swim. I recall her holding me in the water and making me float as she showed me the strokes.
She also took me on vacation to North Carolina with her one summer when I was 10 or 11 years old. This was the same summer that Return of the Jedi hit movie theaters. I could not wait to see the film. After a little pleading on my part, she relented and we went to see the movie. In hindsight, I'm sure she was ecstatic about sitting through two hours of sci-fi geek heaven. But, she did it because she knew I would love every minute of it and making her oldest grandson happy put a smile on her face and in her heart.
She has always been extremely generous to myself and her other grandchildren. Our birthday gifts and Christmas presents were always stacked high, and the cards were filled with money.
She would have me out to her house to mow the grass or do some other work around the house, and she would pay me what seemed like an exorbitant amount of money. Not only did she overpay, but she would provide the perfect sandwiches. She cut them into a triangle shape that somehow made them taste so much better than the ones I got at home.
As I got older, she was there as turmoil erupted at my home, and my parents and I did not see eye-to-eye. She drove all the way across town to pick me up from school and drop me off in the mornings. She was there to protect me and serve her family. Though she may not have agreed with me, she never showed any outward expression of disapproval. She was simply compassionate, caring, and giving at all times.
I have always been a big dreamer with grand ideas of how to affect the world. Grandma was always there supporting my dreams. She was at my high school and college graduations, bearing overly generous gifts. She came to every church musical and school play and even my rinky-dink art shows.
She is the last blood-related grandparent I have left, and I feel I have forsaken my duties as a grandson. I have been lax in my responsibilities. I should be at her house helping out, mowing the grass, raking the leaves, taking out the trash, and adding salt to the water conditioner. But, my life has gotten in the way. Work, house upkeep, and my wife and child have taken over those moments of my life.
She only lives a handful of miles away, yet I still can never find the time to visit. I feel bad and think of heading out to see her often, but something always seems to get in the way or commandeers my time. I wish I had another 40 years to repay her for all the kind things she has done for me and is now doing for my daughter.
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I cover business growth & overcoming organizational obstacles.
The web lit up yesterday with people sharing a Fortune quote from Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, "We are literally moving the company from BlackBerrys to smartphones."
Why was this a big deal? Because, in these few words, Ms. Mayer pointed out that Research In Motion is no longer relevant. The company may have created the smartphone market, but now its products are so irrelevant that it isn't even considered a market participant.
Ouch. But, more importantly, this drove home that no matter how good RIM thinks Blackberry 10 may be, nobody cares. And when nobody cares, nobody buys. And if you weren't convinced RIM was headed for lousy returns and bankruptcy before, you certainly should be now.
But wait, this is certainly a good bit of the pot being derogatory toward the kettle. Because, other than the highly personalized news about Yahoo's new CEO, very few people care about Yahoo these days as well. After being thoroughly trounced in ad placement and search by Google, it is wholly unclear how Yahoo will create its own relevancy. Someday soon it is likely a major advertiser may say "When placing our major internet ad program we are focused on the split between Google and Facebook," demonstrating that nobody really cares about Yahoo anymore, either.
And how long will Yahoo survive?
The slip into irrelevancy is the inflection point into failure. Very few companies ever return. Once you are no longer relevant, customers quickly stop paying attention to practically anything you do. Even if you were once great, it doesn't take long before the slide into no-growth, cost cutting and lousy financial performance happens.
Being relevant is incredibly important, because markets shift quickly today. As they shift, either you are part of the trend going forward – or you are part of the "who cares" past. If you are the former, you are focused on new products that customers want to evaluate. If you are the latter, you can disappear a whole lot faster than anyone expected as customers simply ignore you.
So now take a look at a few other easy-to-spot companies losing relevancy:
And, the best for last, is Microsoft.
Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft phone sales quadrupled! Only, at 4 million units last quarter that is about 10% of Apple or Android. Truth is, despite 3 years of development, a huge amount of pre-release PR and ad spending, nobody much cares about Win8, Surface or new Microsoft-based mobile phones. People want an iPhone or Samsung product.
After its "lost decade" when Microsoft simply missed every major technology shift, people now don't really care about Microsoft. Yes, it has a few stores – but they are dwarfed in number and customers by the Apple stores. Yes, the shifting tiles and touch screen PCs are new – but nobody real talks about them; other than to say they take a lot of new training. When it comes to "game changers" that are pushing trends, nobody is putting Microsoft in that category.
So the bad news about a $6 billion write-down of aQuantive adds to the sense of "the gang that can't shoot straight" after the string of failures like Zune, Vista and early Microsoft phones and tablets. Not to mention the lack of interest in Skype, while Internet Explorer falls to #2 in browser market share behind Chrome.
Chart Courtesy Jay Yarrow, BusinessInsider.com 5-21-12
When a company is seen as never able to take the lead amidst changing trends, investors see acquisitions like $1.2B for Yammer as a likely future write down. Customers lose interest and simply spend money elsewhere.
Value investments aren't
As investors we often hear about companies that were once great brands, but selling at low multiples, and therefore "value plays." But the truth is these are death traps that wipe out returns. Why? These companies have lost relevancy, and that puts them one short step from failure.
As company managers, where are you investing? Are you struggling to be relevant as other competitors – maybe "fringe" companies that use "voodoo solutions" you don't consider "enterprise ready" or understand – are obtaining a lot more interest and media excitement? You can work all you want to defend & extend your past glory, but as markets shift it is amazingly easy to lose relevancy. And it's a very, very tough job to play catch- up.
Just look at the money being spent trying at RIM, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Yahoo…………
How momentum is killing RIM, Yahoo and Dell
Call to sell RIM in April, 2011
Where Bartz blew it and what Yahoo needs to do
Better, faster, cheaper is not innovation Kodak and Microsoft
Microsoft's crazy Windows 8 bet
Sell Sears and Wal-mart, buy Amazon
Predicting Sears Holdings failure in 2004
Mayer is a fool, Yahoo has now become the best short position in the market today. the irony in her statement about BlackBerry is that when the BB 10 is launched, her employees are going to be begging for one! What is wrong with that broads head?
Lets not forget the failed KIN by Microsoft. Nice write up, Cool perspective.
I think that the Courier is a even bigger example of Ballmer´s lack of vision and mismanagement:
Yet another in a long list of would be thinkers who believe the world revolves around the one or two tech choices they ever make.
It is interesting you fail to point out that currently Microsoft is making more money from Android than Google is! That is right MSFT gets paid whenever an android phone sells. I notice too the the writers failes to note that MSFT has a track record of entering new markets and winning over the long haul.
Xbox took years, but today it is the dominate player and is poised for explosive growth. SQL server started as a toy that was derided and laughed by the "smart money" and today it is a world class multibillion dollar product. Exchange is a defacto standard, it grew in the face of huge competition and over time won out.
Microsoft has absolutely thrived in the Enterprise sector, but they were supposed to fail! Many of the bloggers writing these stories don't even seem know how Microsoft went from zero to hero in enterprise over the last ten years, they are blinded by the shiny screen in their palm and fail to see past it. Ten years ago commentator after commentator declared Microsoft dead in the corporate space, they said it was not in Microsoft's DNA to compete with Oracle IBM and others. Today that looks foolish.
Microsoft stumbled like a fool in the consumer space, but they are back and the full weight of Microsoft is finally being applied, combining all of its assets to leverage into rich markets. Nokia, HTC, Surface are just the beginnings.
Today Microsoft will sell more than a million copies of windows 8. Yes just today, and in fact every day Microsoft sells over a million copies of Windows, but that is still less than one quarter of Microsoft revs per day. Yep most money comes from outside of windows.
Irrelevancy ? I think not, Microsoft is not only relevant they are growing into markets like never before.
The writer dismisses Microsoft's purchase of Skype out of hand, and clearly does not understand the global market. The very idea that nobody cares about Skype or they are not interested is just trash talk. Skype is a global brand Microsoft has completely rewritten the code base already and made Skype into a scalable durable software platform that is growing and profitable. In fact hundreds of millions of Android users have downloaded the latest version and are delighted to be using it. Perhaps the writer also failed to understand that relationship between Microsoft owning Skype and Microsoft finally striking good deals with carriers to get Windows8 off the ground.
But to be frank, I don't expect much from bloggers these days, most just repeat what they saw on another site, reword it a little and hope to make a little money….
I should also point out, Adam has hated Ballmer as CEO of MSFT and will use any platform he can find to declare Microsoft dead.
So his bias is well established at this point, as such many serious investors simply have to discount his opinion's relating to MSFT .
I totally agree with you. Some (Wall-street) bloggers are totally blinded by their shiny i-product and the large sum of money they paid to get it.


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Today, July 11, is National Collector Car Appreciation Day across the U.S. That means...
Subaru BRZ concept previews the brand's upcoming sports coupe
We got a pretty good idea about what the much-anticipated Subaru BRZ sports coupe will look like when Subaru unveiled the BRZ Concept STI at the Los Angeles auto show on Wednesday.
The concept is supposed to be pretty darn close to what we will see in a couple of weeks in Tokyo. If we were to bet, we'd bet that big rear wing won't make it to production, but the Subaru people have said this car is otherwise pretty close to what you'll be able to buy in U.S. showrooms in May.
Previous BRZ-themed concepts didn't include bodywork, so now you know--kinda sorta--what this highly anticipated coupe will look like.
Underneath the taut WR Blue Pearl II paint is a new normally aspirated 2.0-liter boxer engine fueled by Toyota's gasoline direct injection. No output figures from the engine were released.
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The engine sits 4.7 inches lower and 9.4 inches further rearward than the engine in an Impreza. All of which suggests that the production BRZ will be pretty fun to drive. But we'll have to wait a bit longer to find that out.
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Junior Lynn Coffin wins the all-around for the fourth year in a row to lead Ticonderoga to a repeat in Section VII gymnastics.
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Karen Hansen and Mary Buck score goal as Plattsburgh High defeats Peru 2-0 in a shootout for the Hornets' first title in Section VII girls' soccer. Jill Provost makes 22 saves in goal.
Chuck Frost scores 3 times as Keene downs Westport 7-1 to claim its third straight D1 boys' soccer title.
Suzanne Souza scores twice as Chazy tops Crown Point 4-1 for the girls' Class D crown.
Saranac Lake native Jim Howard, an All-American at St. Lawrence University, wins the Track Athletic Congress (TAC) 30-kilometer national championship in Phoenix with a time of 1:35:31.
Tim Cummings returns a punt 45 yards to score as Plattsburgh State defeats Bridgewater (Mass.) State 6-0 for its first victory of the season. John Coughenour's key interception saves the day for the Cardinals.
Dave Mayer and Jeannette Birtz are honored as champions at the North Country Golf Club's annual banquet.
Butch Butchino runs for 150 yards and Bill Siskavich adds 135 as Saranac beats AuSable Valley 12-0.
Stetson Tanner scores on runs of 45 and 5 yards to rally Plattsburgh High past Moriah 20-14.
John Yopp, a 21-year-old mechanic at Plattsburgh Lanes, throws 3 strikes in the final frame to win the Canadian Professional Bowling Tournament at the Lanes. Stratford Ramsey of Plattsburgh places fifth.
Harry Canning runs for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns and passes for another in St. John's 19-13 win over St. Pius X of Saranac Lake. Art Clark scores on a 75-yard run for the Golden Knights and John Stephen makes 26 tackles.
Dannemora and Westport are declared Class B co-champions in soccer after battling to a 1-1 tie over 78 minutes. Jack Kiroy scores for Dannemora while Mike Quinn counters for Westport.
Paul Major, 20, of Champlain, places fifth in the light heavyweight class at the North American Weightlifting Championships. Major is 5-foot-8, 175 pounds.
Bud Denno, Bob Connors and Bob Vanderwalker score touchdowns as Ticonderoga defeats St. John's 23-0. The Irish lose Tom Mannix to a leg injury.
Joe Jastrab begins his first season as basketball coach at Plattsburgh State Teachers College with Jim Sears, Doug Mehne, Bob Merrill, John Humiston, Tom Cummings and Clarence Yando returning lettermen.
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bryan200k Posts: 64I saw the thread titled, "Are you happy you didn't sell your SUV?" and had to chime in my 5 dollars worth.
We have a 2003 GMC Envoy that we bought for the following reasons:
a) Utility - haul a lot of stuff at times
b) 7 passengers (have had to use quite often)
c) Pull our road trailer
d) 4WD capability here up North, especially when it snows.
When the gas got high, some others around us were dumping their SUV's, buying a small car, and the bottom line was they lost money on the deal. I figured till I sold the SUV, and bought a small car, the savings in gas would never make up for what I would lose on the deal.
Besides ... the four reasons for purchasing the SUV in the first place, still hold true, so why the heck would I get rid of it.
Agree with you about the Utility.
There was a mini Cooper spot that computed gas savings with one's current vehicle VS a new mini Cooper at $4.25/gallon for petrol/gasoline. I toyed with the spot several times.
However, with the low miles that my dad and I go around our small hometown in my 2005 Equinox LT, there's no rhyme or reason for trading to a mini Cooper.
According to the spot, I'd be in a deep hole looking up for ever :P
We'd have to put some bungie cords on my dad's rolling walker with it's bicycle streamers blowing in the wind while towing it behind us in the mini Cooper. Now that's an image to laugh at
ruking1 Posts: 14,709We have suv's that are literally at half of the ownership (30 year goal) time frame. One has app 11k per year and the other less than 8k per year. Due to business applications, they were never on a payment schedule and fully depreciated @ 5/6 years, A small issue: I still carry comprehensive insurance, as they stil have uncommon residual value. So the real persuader would be: how much over the monthly payments for a new economy car (say Civic- @ 400 per mo, plus the cost of gas $ 48. per mo. it actually uses) do I use for suv gas. So far the SUV gas ranges from 89-122 per month. What does the math say to others?
So the real persuader would be: how much over the monthly payments for a new economy car (say Civic- 400 per mo, plus the cost of gas $ 48. per mo. it actually uses) do I use for suv gas. So far the SUV gas ranges from 89-122 per month. What does the math say to others?
As the old robot on lost in Space used to say, "does not compute".
Standard battle tank mileage was about 3 gallons ot the mile. Even the old M-60. I might have been able to squeeze a few more MPG out of 548 or a APC.
What I was saying however that there were times when I was in heavy traffic in LA if I could have pulled 12 MPG out of a tank I might have been willing to drive one. Maybe just a Bradley if I could get them to leave the gun mount?
But On long highway trips I do get 12 MPG pulling a travel trailer with my SUV. This is a fantastic country to tour and visit. The four Corner states have some very interesting history and plenty of RV parks where you can stay for $20-$30 a night. Unhook the SUV and drive to plenty of interesting sites. In May I would like to go see Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone. All things that make me glad I didn't sell my SUV. Without the trailer I can still pull down 16-17 MPG in comfort.
What do the hybrid SUVs get? My best friend just got back from a 3 month trip through the lower 48. He has a brand new Danali loaded with the 6.0 and he averaged just about 20.
I like my Tahoe and I would love it with a Diesel. Right now I believe I have the same size motor as you do, a 5.7? Cat back and cold air. But it looks like I might need a new muffler after all the snow I was in last year.
So far the best diesel I have owned was my old 7.2 Ford Powerstroke. 20 MPG towing 5000 pounds. But it had more than 500 Pounds feet of torque. Put that motor in my Tahoe and it would get 25 easy. The F-250 was a heavy beast.
Don't need XM because I prefer a multi changer with a good speaker system. The drop down DVD player is a nice option as well even if we have a flat screen in the RV. So leather, heated seats, zone heating and air, I have 4wd but 2wd would get better fuel mileage, and a towing package works for me. The Nav system is a nice addition as well.
You know that was a real plus in the GMC Hybrid PU. The Bose system was far superior to the JBL in this Sequoia. I have a whole set of CDs that I burnt right from the originals. Then I only play the copy CD. This Toyota will not play half the CDs I have. Skips and has no changer. Changer and XM is not available with this lame NAV. If I could put the Audio and climate control from the GMC into the Toyota I would be way ahead here. Of course this pig is still lucky to get 17 MPG on the road. And it is only a 4.7L V8. It is about equal to the GMC 5.3L power wise. I tell you that BMW X5 diesel had some power. It was almost scary. I am sure I would get a ticket as it just jumps from 50 to 85 MPH. Passing on a hill with this Sequoia is marginal at best. It is not slow like a Prius or Corolla but nothing to write home about.
I am not totally sorry I bought this SUV. I probably should have waited till I found the diesel SUV I really want. I do have a young fellow that is very interested in the Sequoia. He has two kids with one on the way. Not room in his Rav4 for 3 child seats. He was working on my overhead door and fell in love with the Sequoia. He knew all about them and acted like he wanted to try and get financing. I won't give it away. I have the patience of Job when selling a vehicle. The GMC was on Craigslist over a year till I got my price.
"You know I am now 65 years old and have not seen Yellowstone. It is on my list for sure. Now if I can just find an SUV I like that gets 30+ MPG on the highway, I may be satisfied. As long as it has XM radio. "
The Ford Escape Hybrid will net you 30+, if you stay around 70 MPH. I get around 32 with my 2008 AWD FEH @ 75 MPH.
It is no good for towing, however.
But it does have satellite radio, I'm not sure which one (the 2008 didn't come with it).
The Escape is kind of small. I can get 30 on the highway with an X5 or ML320 CDI. Both a lot bigger, better handling, quieter, more comfortable. I don't want to give up my Sequoia until I can get something better. Though if VW were to sell the Tiguan with the 4 cylinder diesel it would be worth the downsize. It should get near 40 on the highway. That and my Sister and brother in law just tried to buy a FEH in October. No discounts, which ended up $10k more than the V6 they got that is loaded. I rode in back and it was not comfortable AT ALL. They like taking ours when we go on trips to the desert.
"The Escape is kind of small. I can get 30 on the highway with an X5 or ML320 CDI. Both a lot bigger, better handling, quieter, more comfortable."
... and both are a LOT more expensive. I think the Tiguan is about the same size as the FEH. As to price, it depends on where you shop. The dealer here tends to keep them on the lot (last time I checked), where as some dealers in the mid west have maybe one or two per quarter. Ford only produces 25K FEH per year due to lack of batteries.
andre1969 Posts: 21,852
my wife still loves her '04 escape, but we are kind of looking for another vehicle due to too many drivers and not enough cars; opposite of you.
with some fortera triple treads on it, she has no problems when the weather is bad.
that's usually when she points out how much she likes it.
we have 4 fords, so we will be looking at another one.
my wife wants an escape hybrid. there is a limited model now like she has now, but they are very expensive.
i am thinking the 4cyl/6 speed limited would be a good choice for us, instead.
while doing my research, i noticed the escape has about the same cargo capacity as an edge!
"my wife wants an escape hybrid. there is a limited model now like she has now, but they are very expensive.
i am thinking the 4cyl/6 speed limited would be a good choice for us, instead. "
You would not make up the difference in price unless you own for 6 - 10 years (depends on gas prices). I got the FEH because I wanted the technology, and all my miles are in town. But the FEH limited is pricey unless you can find a deal. Also, unless you live in California, there may be very limited selection.
If you can sign a deal before March 30, you can qualify for the Hybrid tax credit, which runs $3000 for the FWD and $2200 for he AWD.
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