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Stravinsky: Firebird Suite & Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
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1. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Introduction-The Firebird and Her Dance-Round Dance of the Princesses - In 20:40 2. Borodin: Music from Prince Igor, Overture 10:34 3. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (with Choruses) 11:47
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Like a great artist sees a masterpiece in the infinite possibilities of a blank canvas, Stravinsky creates a work of art using only the five lines of the staff. Inspired and intelligent, Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird paints a tonal masterpiece from the initial notes, to the closing curtains of his earliest work.
Regarded as one of music's consummate geniuses, Stravinsky's interpretation of Diaghilev's 1910 ballet is as magnificent as the fiery plumage of its firebird. Its debut on June 25, 1910 fired Stravinsky like a cannonball into international acclaim.
This ballet is based on the legend of the Zhar-Ptitsa, a magical bird with wings of flame that in the end heroically saves the protagonist from his impending demise at the hand of the evil Kastchei.
Stravinsky's composition, merely consisting of a set of notes placed in logical order according to certain interval relationships, seems to consistently match the emotions and movement of the dancers on stage. His response is his creed, "I cannot compose, until I have decided what problem I must solve."
With no physical record of Borodin's manuscript, this work is reconstructed and created by Glazounov only, through his memory of a Borodin piano performance given one night to friends.
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Public perceptions of police efficacy and image: The "fuzziness" of support for the police
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Most studies concerning police-community relations have operationalized support for-law enforcement agencies in unidimensional terms. The present study dissects the notion of support for the police into two distinct dimensions: efficacy and image. Efficacy includes perceptions of the police ability to protect citizens, solve crime, and prevent crime. Image includes perceptions of friendliness and fairness of the police. A series of conventional individual-level and contextual variables are modeled in an effort to explore their relative influence on citizen perceptions of police efficacy and image. Data gathered from a national telephone survey of 1,005 citizens reveal that support for local police is both complex and multidimensional. Moreover, the results demonstrate that efficacy and image are independent dimensions, and that each is susceptible to quite different ratings depending upon which independent and dependent variables are modeled.
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- Title
- Public perceptions of police efficacy and image: The "fuzziness" of support for the police
- Journal
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume 24, Issue 1 , pp 47-66
- Cover Date
- 1999-09-01
- Print ISSN
- 1066-2316
- Online ISSN
- 1936-1351
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Authors
- John L. Worrall (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Criminal Justice, California State University-San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, 92407-2397, San Bernardino, CA


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"When they were interviewing these people, I was so intrigued with what they called 'out-of-body experiences,' " he recalls. "I wanted to know why they were doing what they were doing."
Seeing the men hang from hooks spoke to something deep inside Madrid. His great-grandfather was a mystic, and his grandfather was a Freemason in Colombia. Other people in his family could predict when someone would die, he says. Perhaps a sixth sense was in his blood.
Then there was that annoying, persistent droning in his ear. The best way he can describe it is that it felt like a yawn. It would make him go into a trance-like state whenever it popped up.
When Madrid was 13 years old, his mother and stepfather divorced. "Not having a father has affected me in certain ways," he says. "Even though I don't feel like I consciously have a father issue, it's deep inside me."
What's more, Jeanette was diagnosed with breast cancer four years after the divorce. She stopped attending Mass because, as Eric puts it, "she didn't see the point anymore."
Instead, Jeanette began seeing a shaman named Juan Leal. He taught Qi Gong, a series of slow movements that some people believe can cure serious diseases. He had quite a presence. "People said he looked like an extraterrestrial," she says. "He was very tall and very skinny and had a peculiarly shaped head and yellow skin."
By that time, Eric had forgotten about the sensation in his ear, the dreams, and the aliens. As a 15-year-old, he was dismissive of all parental authority. He didn't want anything to do with shamanism or Leal's teachings because it might interfere with his smoking weed, listening to NOFX, and skating handrails outside the downtown courthouse. His best friend at the time, Carlos Pachai, remembers how they'd take ecstasy and pull daredevil stunts like jumping off the University of Miami engineering building.
"At that age, I didn't even believe in the stuff that [my mother] was learning," he says. "I was really ignorant of it."
But sometimes he would discuss Leal's ideas with his mom, and by the time Madrid turned 19, he had watched the guru become a presence in his mom's life. Jeanette hung a giant photo of her teacher above the TV set in the living room. He ended up introducing her to a new guy, who eventually became her third husband. Most miraculous, Jeanette claims Leal's exercises cured her breast cancer.
"I was looking in the mirror one day when I saw a red dot of light that came over my shoulder and rested on my breast," she remembers. The next day, at her biopsy, the doctors were shocked to see the tumors just melt away when prodded with a needle.
(A multitude of studies have been done to see if Qi Gong effectively treats cancer, and at least six have concluded the exercises help reduce symptoms. Still, a literature review conducted by Myeong Soo Lee at Exeter University in the United Kingdom found that the methodological quality of these studies is typically poor.)
After witnessing this miracle, Eric decided to attend one of the shaman's classes. The Argentine guru had traveled widely before coming to the United States at the age of 50. He had collected a bunch of tai-chi-like practices from monastic communities around the world.
Madrid says he tried them once and had a mind-bending dream that night in which Leal helped him escape from a pyramid.
Leal died two years ago from "blood complications." Just before he passed, Leal told the Madrids to teach others his Qi Gong moves. But there was a caveat. Eric says the master told him that if someone who wasn't ready to perform the moves tried them, he or she would run the risk of becoming schizophrenic.
"The son of a woman in [Juan's] class would take mushrooms and smoke weed and do the exercises," Madrid says. "He had to be institutionalized. I don't want that kind of responsibility."
Around the time his master died, Madrid stopped practicing Qi Gong almost entirely. But newly awakened and equipped with a psychic vocabulary he hadn't possessed at age 8, a 20-year-old Eric Madrid sought out the men from the Okipa documentary.
Madrid was working as a photographer at a party in Miami Beach when he met Pinhead. The 32-year-old Broward County man had eyebrows and a goatee tattooed onto his face. Madrid soon learned that his new buddy had a suspension rig, and on November 16, 2010, after 20 years of waiting, Madrid went up for the first time at a warehouse party in Fort Lauderdale hosted by Pinhead.
"Nobody was sure I'd be able to do it, because I have no tattoos or piercings," he says. "But I was up there for 20 or 30 minutes, and as soon as my feet touched the ground, I felt a sense of happiness, calmness, and clarity that lasted a few days."
The next year, he met Michael Hooten, the Matt Damon look-alike who pierced him this past January when they performed the Okipa ritual. They were both working on the set of the now-canceled Starz show Magic City, with Madrid as a production assistant and Hooten as an extra. The two became friends, and another convert was born.


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Is it too much to ask that my life is not worth the 3 minutes you might have to wait????
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Rededicating the Profession to the Public Trust
Wyatt is absolutely right in concluding "The survival of the accounting profession as an important facet of our society cannot rely on the effectiveness of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. The leaders of the profession … need to embrace policies that … once again meet the public's expectations."
During Congressional hearings in the mid-1980s, John Dingell, chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reminded us that our economic system works on trust. Those who use financial information must trust that it is relevant and reliable: "If we absolve accountants from blame, perhaps we should absolve ourselves of the need for accountants and save ourselves a lot of money. If they are providing a useful service, it should be one on which the public can rely." (Emphasis added.)
In response, self-regulatory programs were expanded in an effort to improve the quality of practice: peer review, CPE, and additional academic education all were required. Regrettably, in the ensuing 20 years there have been far too many instances in which the profession fell short and the public was not well served. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the hope that federal regulation will accomplish what self-regulation could not. History, however, has a way of repeating itself. What action will Congress take in the future if there is yet another wave of failures?
In the early days of the SEC, Congress considered the question of whether to rely on the private sector or create a national corps of government auditors. Congress opted to rely on the profession and, for the present, continues to do so. But I fear patience is wearing thin.
We have been given a franchise to express opinions on the fairness of financial statements because of a concern about the potential for harm if the public acts on misleading information. If we fail to meet our responsibilities, the outcome could be disastrous.
All of us must rededicate ourselves to our obligation to serve the public interest, even at the sacrifice of personal gain. When we encounter conflicting pressures, we must fulfill our obligation to the public. When we serve the public interest, we best serve our clients and ultimately ourselves.
Philip B. Chenok Professor of Accounting Berkeley College
Editor's note: Philip B. Chenok, CPA (Retired), was AICPA President and CEO from 1980 to 1995.
Student Perceptions
The article "The First Course: Students' Perceptions of Intro- ductory Accounting" (March 2004) was very thought provoking. We are always trying to improve our introductory accounting courses here, and this article gave me some ideas for addressing our own students. Thank you for a very timely and useful article.
Susan B. Anders, PhD, CPA Associate Professor of Accounting, St. Bonaventure University, School of Business, St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Editor's note: Anders is a frequent CPA Journal contributor, including the monthly "What to Bookmark."
Steven Mintz's "The Ethical Dilemmas of Outsourcing" (Perspectives, March 2004) was positioned just where it should have been: up front. His succinct and to-the-point article said, "From an ethical perspective, a client must be informed that personal and tax information is being transmitted electronically overseas for processing." After all the dithering for the last several years, a few more firm stances like this one and I will become convinced we are finally starting to reclaim our profession.
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Presenting Sponsor Employees, we urge you to join one of the world's largest aquariums as a volunteer! Spend time with whale sharks, beluga whales, sea otters, and our large collection of aquatic animals! Volunteer positions include working on the floor engaging guests, talking about the animals and habitats, assisting in the 4D Theater, aiding special events in the ballroom, promoting the conservation message and serving at the Information Desk. Opportunities to volunteer also are available behind the scenes, which include positions in animal husbandry, the water quality lab and more!
What are the other benefits of volunteering in the Sponsor Volunteer Program?
- A Georgia Aquarium Volunteer Membership (Annual Pass)
- Ability to earn free daily admission tickets and an Annual Pass for a friend or family member
- Discounts on merchandise in the gift shop, food/beverages within the Aquarium, and a limited number of additional Annual Passes and general admission daily tickets
- Training in the Aquarium exhibits and operations, the animals and conservation
- Volunteer Newsletters
- Award and Recognition program
- Opportunities to attend lectures, special events and aquatic tours
- Opportunities to make new friends and meet people with shared interests
- Most of all, you will have the satisfaction of working with talented, dedicated individuals devoted to bringing the important message of conservation of our aquatic resources to our millions of guests.
To be eligible for the Sponsor Volunteer Program, you must meet the following requirements:
- A current employee of an eligible company (see list below)
- Age 18 years or older
- U.S. citizen, or hold a current work visa, student visa or green card
- Ability to pass a background check and volunteer at least 100 hours per year
After applying online, you will be contacted to attend a Volunteer Information Session with Aquarium staff and complete background check paperwork. Once your background check has cleared, you will be invited to attend orientation class and then begin volunteering.
To apply, please click here for an online application. Or, if you have questions, contact the Volunteer Office by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Please specify in your application or email that you are a Presenting Sponsor Employee and/or SVP volunteer applicant in your application.
We are committed to forming lasting relationships with our sponsors, and providing many opportunities for their employees to get involved and support their employer, as well as the Aquarium. We hope you will join us!
Georgia Aquarium Sponsor Volunteers 2015
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Description: Journal of Drug Issues (JDI), published quarterly, has
been dedicated since its inception to providing a professional and
scholarly forum centered on the national and international problems
associated with drugs, especially illicit drugs. It is a refereed
publication with international contributors and subscribers. As a
leader in its field, JDIis an instrument widely used by research
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struggle against the problem of drug abuse. Published in Association
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Language: English
Country: United States
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The Reenactments: A Memoir
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A literary tour de force about the making of a film and representation from a master of the memoir form.For Nick Flynn, that game we all play—the who-would-play-you-in-the-movie-of-your-life game—has been resolved. The Reenactments chronicles the surreal experience of being on set during the making of the film Being Flynn, from his best-selling memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, and watching the central events of his life reenacted: his father's long run of homelessness and his mother's suicide. Flynn tells the story of Robert De Niro's first meeting with his real father in Boston and of watching Julianne Moore attempt to throw herself into the sea. The result is a mesmerizingly sharp-edged and kaleidoscopic literary tour de force as well as a compelling argument about consciousness, representation, and grief.
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With the release of Down in the Dust, her sixth album since 2004, Lynn Jackson has quietly, but insistently, become one of the most prolific roots artists in area.
Her latest offering finds her returning to the alt-county folk that had been her mainstay before venturing into pop with the release of Coming Down in 2010.
Co-produced by Jackson and Cory Barnes, Down in the Dust is the singer-songwriter's strongest vocal performance to date, whether against a backdrop of pedal steel guitar, organ or cello. The album is richly textured, providing a lush sonic landscape in which to place Jackson's story songs of love and loss.
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Chuckee & the Crawdaddies is a major player in Waterloo Region's thriving blues scene.
The release of their debut album Crabby Road is cause for celebration.
The dozen original tracks spanning various styles of blues feature lead vocalist and keyboardist Chuckee Zehr, with Chris Riding on bass, Dave Sloane on guitar and Paul Goossens on percussion. The quartet gets a helping hand from some of the area's hottest blues artists including Matt Weidinger on sax and Junior Malleck on harp, along with country ringer Shane Guse on fiddle, among others.
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Luedecke has performed in Waterloo regularly in recent years. Any acoustic music fans who have not caught him, should do themselves a favour see for themselves why the Old Man is an unlikely rising star.
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Trent Severn is the latest in an impressive string of Canadian, female, harmony trios that includes The Wailin' Jennys and Po' Girls.
The Stratford-based group features Emm Gryner, Dayna Manning and Laura C. Bates. Tightly textured vocal harmonies are presented against a rootsy, acoustic backdrop of guitar, banjo and fiddle. Joe Plaskett makes a guest appearance.
The 10 original songs are Canadiana to the bone with such titles as Snowy Soul, Bluenose on a Dime, Like a Donnelly, Muskoka Bound, Mulroney Tunes and Truscott.
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Danny Marks has been a fixture on the Toronto music scene since the heady days of Yorkville.
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HNHH Premieres a new joint from producer/rapper Key Wane, which will live on his upcoming compilation "So Many Keys 2" which features tracks that he produced and wrote from this past year. Key Wane is the producer of Drake's "All Me," Meek Mill's "Amen," Big Sean's "Beware," among many others.
Check out Throw Me A Parade (Prod. Key Wane) , the latest track from Key Wane, which dropped on Friday, October 11th, 2013. Key Wane's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Throw Me A Parade (Prod. Key Wane) has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Key Wane has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Key Wane has on deck.
Check out Key Wane on 10 2 10 [Remix] (Prod. No I.D., Key Wane, Travi$ Scott & Young Chop). If you're down, make sure to visit Key Wane's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Make sure to hit Key Wane with a follow and/or like on Twitter.
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Born at home, iD has always stood out from day one. iD grew up in the town of Ambridge outside of Pittsburgh, PA in Beaver County. Ambridge fell apart after steel mills closed and since has been a relic of what it used to be. Raised by recovering addicts/alcoholics iD was always influenced by the result of drug use and criminal lifestyle. By age 14 iD got into selling & experimenting with drugs. Due to his family's background iD constantly had to hide this side of his life from his home. "When I started, I never cared about police or getting in trouble with the law, I feared my mom and dad finding out more than anything, and that's what kept me out of trouble." By age 20 iD decided he had enough of that life and started working a 9-5 that his best friend got him to try and help change. His childhood friend got him the job and after proving himself to his superiors he quickly began to climb up in the company. Soon enough, iD collaborated with his immediate boss to pitch opening a recording studio to the owner. They got their wish and this is where iD got his first chance to run a professional studio. "I honestly didn't know what I was doing, I just knew enough to get it done. Once I had a studio to myself, I stayed there so much that I ended up hurting all of my relationships outside of music. I told my girl who I had been with for 3 years that she wasn't as important as music to me. It was hard but it was the truth at the time and since then there have been many more obstacles I had to overcome and not many of them compare to that in hindsight." Since then, iD quit his 9-5 and has moved on to open his own studio in the South Side of Pittsburgh and helped build the movement OSFM (Outspoken & Free Minded). iD has a vision to move the masses through his music and build a pipeline in Pittsburgh to help future artist have a way to be heard outside of the city. iD is now an artist, producer, engineer and entrepreneur making music infused with his real life experiences while reflecting the Beaver County, PA lifestyle.


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Arbroath – When Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man last Sunday afternoon on suspicion of barging into a River Ridge, Louisiana, home, he identified himself as Jesus of Bethlehem and Nike Air Jordan. Deputies eventually booked him as Jesus Jordan. However, it turns out the suspect's play on the popular athletic shoe was closer to the mark. Jesus Jordan is actually Nike Jordan Abila, 19, of New Orleans, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. "He gave investigators a fictitious name," Fortunato said. Abila was booked with home invasion, simple battery and a host of other charges after he allegedly entered a woman's home, terrifying her and her 9-year-old daughter. The woman, who is not being identified, said he just appeared in her home. The intruder turned aggressive, shaking her and telling her she was a sinner that needed to be saved. The family's four Huskies, Great Dane and Chihuahua chased him off.
Not…what I was expecting. You'd think Nike Jordan would be black, right? Like a black kid with with a box haircut and a 50-inch vertical. Like in my head Nerlens Noel should 100% be named Nike Jordan. That name shouldn't be wasted on dirty Bayou kids who shake strange 9 year-olds awake and beg to have their souls saved. Nike Jordan should be in commercials with Spike Lee, dressed head to toe in fluorescent green Oregon Ducks bullshit and high-fiving Carmelo Anthony while rapping to his Beats By Dre. Maybe he'd have a gambling problem and an official Michael Jordan® Hitler Stache. Either way getting chased from a home invasion by chihuahuas is definitely not acceptable Nike Jordan behavior. Hopefully there's a DeNike Jordan out there who more closely fits the picture in my head.
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text: Active Community Projects and Partnerships The COEC is actively involved in the following projects and partnerships (listed alphabetically). For an archive of past COEC projects, please visit our projects archive. Healthy Homes In 2006, the Southwest Area Neighborhood Association (SWAN), the Rochester Fatherhood Resource Initiative (RFRI), and the University of Rochester Medical Center created a Healthy Home to help the community reduce home-based environmental health hazards. Although the Healthy Home is closed to the public as of December 2009, visitors to this website can learn about the Healthy Home partnership that developed through this project, take a virtual tour of the Healthy Home, and access local resources. Lead Poisoning Prevention Despite significant progress over the past decade, lead poisoning remains a threat to many children in the Rochester community. The COEC is involved with several lead poisoning prevention activities, including evaluation and support of the Rochester Lead Ordinance. Visit our lead page to learn more about COEC activities to prevent lead poisoning. Unconventional Natural Gas Development of the Marcellus Shale Marcellus Shale gas development, like all industrial processes, has the potential to have a lasting impact on human health, the environment, and communities. It is important to consider these consequences and ensure that systems are in place to minimize potential impacts. The COEC studies potential impacts and provides information regarding the potential health impacts of unconventional shale gas development. Perinatal Environmental Health The Environmental Health Sciences Center's key research focus is on the effects of early life environmental exposures. Accordingly, the COEC supports several efforts to improve perinatal environmental health. Health Impact Assessment Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a policy and planning tool use to provide decision-makers with information about how their proposed plans and policies will likely impact the health of the communities they serve. In 2011, the COEC convened the Rochester Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Learning Collaborative. Now facilitated by the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, the HIA Learning Collaborative aims to educate community leaders about HIA, promote its application in our area, and explore its long-term potential to improve community health through local decision making. The COEC continues to actively promote HIA in the Rochester community through this collaborative and other efforts that bring environmental health information into local decision making. In 2012-2013, COEC staff also conducted an HIA of the City of Rochester's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (Healthy Waterways). Visit the COEC HIA website to learn about HIA and read about Healthy Waterways.


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Crave 66: Put this on your head (podcast)
Donald and Eric discuss the latest innovations in head-mounted technology, including animatronic cat heads.
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XBOX ONE, A Stride Towards The Future — First Impressions
By Malik Forté on November 25, 2013
Greetings, my fellow nerds! We live in the age of installs, patches and updates, with hardware being altered and expanded upon before the blink of an eye. While I will be touching on some of the Xbox One's current core capabilities, consider this a friendly reminder that these features are subject to change. Game on!
Microsoft was an enormous underdog when it entered the gaming scene back in 2001, looking to contend with the "Kujos" of that time period, Sony and Nintendo. It was a steep hill to climb, and the original Xbox was as ambitious as the Sega Dreamcast, only with a more controlled emphasis on social gaming with Xbox Live. Over a decade and two consoles later, the Xbox brand has risen to supreme viability and lead the charge on the advancement of not gaming itself, but the overall entertainment experience. The Xbox One is yet another step forward in this philosophy, pushing the total experience in a fresh direction that involves every facet of entertainment.
When Microsoft originally unveiled its plans for the Xbox One, I was one of the many skeptics who questioned their heightened focus on media unrelated to gaming, for it was this very thing that Sony was scrutinized for in the last generation of gaming ("It Only Does Everything," anyone?) and the addition of DRM restrictions and requiring internet functionality didn't help Microsoft's case for a $499 purchase. After a tough summer of listening to harsh criticism and adjusting their policies to better accommodate its loyal fan base, the Xbox One is finally here. The verdict: It's the most badass Xbox yet, and I'm here to tell you why.
"Oh, no, they didn't adjust the dashboard to look like the notorious Windows 8," says the stern "z-snapping" detractor of Microsoft's latest iteration of the PC operating system. If this sounds like you, there's a high chance that the Xbox One's "Live Tile" setup will fail to grip you at first glance. Trust me, I'm one of those people, but given a little time with the new dashboard, it became clear to me that the Windows 8-inspired theme works substantially better for the Xbox One than it does any PC. I guess this makes sense considering that Windows 8 is initially an enhanced take on the 360's old dashboard. Navigating around the Xbox has never been more seamless, and you can even customize your dashboard with different colors or by pinning certain applications to make them more accessible.
While for the most part identical to its predecessor, the Xbox One controller does improve on certain aspects while regressing in others. The clickable directional pad is far more bearable than the sloppy and inconvenient one found on the 360. The addition of haptics to the triggers is also a welcomed change, though it takes some getting use to having them vibrate with every press. But the bumpers feel very stiff and damn near unpressable at times. I blame this on their slight enlargement and lifted placement closer to the triggers, which proved to be quite the discomfort after a few hours of playing with them. I'm not as sold on the One's controller as I was on the 360's, but nevertheless it's still a very solid gamepad.
The gamepad's functionality is expanded upon when used in conjunction with the Xbox One's most important component, the Kinect 2.0 camera. All Skynet jokes aside, the Kinect 2.0 is actually what makes the Xbox One feel so futuristic. Yes, it is weird and takes a little getting accustomed to having full on conversations with your television. Yes, the voice recognition is still a bit spotty at the moment. But once you get the hang of the rhythm and tonality required for voice commands, navigating the Xbox One interface becomes far more fun and easy . I found using the motion sensing to scroll through the menus as seen in Minority Report to be a pain in the ass, but it's definitely a lot more accurate and works wondrously better for the supported games this time around.
One of the most impressive features the Xbox One has is the ability to feed an external source through it's HDMI input. This is best utilized when using your cable TV box, allowing you to then program your Xbox One to scroll through channels and even access the channel guide for your cable service without having to switch inputs on your television. The One Guide is a nifty asset, which allows you to consolidate all of your favorite TV channels, entertainment apps and etc. all in one place for seamless access. Also, if you're a person who doesn't have cable TV service, you can use the input to feed your other HDMI devices or game consoles through it, too. So if you ever want to go back to the 360, you can feed it into your Xbox One experience through HDMI and never have to change inputs.
But we need not forget that even with all of these super cool entertainment features, the Xbox One is still a game console that's supposed to play games. As far as the launch lineup goes, the story's not much different from that of the PlayStation 4's. The games still need to come, but where the PS4 stomps the Xbox One in indie game selection at launch, the Xbox One wins with its wider variety of AAA exclusives to choose from. Forza fans get instant gratification this generation, with Forza Motorsport 5 being one of the more gorgeous titles out of the bunch. Also, despite the questionable switch to a free-to-play model, Killer Instinct turned out to be quite swell and a fresh reboot to the famed series. Dead Rising 3 gets an honorable mention in stand out exclusives for the Xbox One and there's still Ryse and Lococycle if you're feeling really dangerous.
Upon wrapping up my first thorough observation of the Xbox One, I'm not hard-pressed to say that I'm excited for where this is going. Microsoft is delivering a solid entertainment experience that honestly, even without the gaming, is a sophisticated take on the living room space that has never before been achieved. All that's needed is little fine tuning to the Kinect and dashboard, with some additions to the gaming library over time and the Xbox One is destined to take many more large strides in the right direction, the future.
So which console should you buy between the PS4 vs Xbox One?
When it comes down to it, the Xbox One has expanded on everything the PlayStation 3 set out to do in the last generation in terms of combining everything that is entertainment all into one device. In turn, the PlayStation 4 has basically expanded on everything the Xbox 360 aspired to be in terms of social gaming. Yes, Microsoft and Sony have gone totally Sean Archer/Castor Troy on us, ladies and gentlemen, but for the better. If you desire supreme gaming content and an unparalleled gaming experience, the PlayStation 4 is for you. If you desire an unrivaled all around entertainment experience where your movies, music and television play an integral role alongside your gaming to keep you engaged, the Xbox One is for you. Either way, you cannot go wrong, and it simply comes down to preference, as both systems have a lot more good to offer this time around than ever before. Let's raise our glasses to the official start of the new generation of video games!
But don't just take my word for it, Jessica Chobot and Dan Casey weighed in on the new consoles too in a brand new segment called The DLC from Nerdist News. Check it out for yourself for more perspective on which of the new consoles might best suit you.
If it had backwards compatibility I would buy it in a second. Damn short-sighted of them not to have it.
Backwards compatibility is coming for Sony PS4 in 2014 (maybe)…but it will be over thru Cloud by using your existing PS3 games … GaiKai, a company Sony bought earlier this year, is a pioneer in this tech. We just have to be patient. If anyone can make it work, Sony will. The PS4 is AMAZING…when I get done playing a game, reality is dull in comparison and colorless…and it takes a while for the real world to "sink back in."
backwards compatibility? gaikai?
i just do not believe that ps3/xbox 360 games can not play on the new gen consoles. ps1 games play on my slim ps3 but not on a ps4 is probably due to an intentional block. like the block of cd play and usb restrictions and mp3 play.
as for gaikai it's just a promised future feature. i will see it when i believe it. then there is the issue of current slow internet speed when discussing gaikai.
it will be interesting to see how the new consoles are rated 6 months post release. -
You're probably not going to want to feed another console through your HDMI in, the latency introduced would hurt. Media watching, though, go for it.
In response to Chris: "You're probably not going to want to feed another console through your HDMI in, the latency introduced would hurt."
Absolutely not true. I have my 360 fed in through my XB1, and there is ZERO latency. I can play FPS's just as well through direct TV connection as I can XB1 with ZERO noticeable degradation in quality. I was skeptical before I tried it, but now I'm a believer
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For years, Professor Peter Shandy has been badgered by Jemima Ames, Assistant Librarian and Annual Chairperson, to decorate his campus home for the Grand Illumination which is Balaclava Agricultural College's main fund-raising event. Now he can hold out no longer.
Goaded to madness, he buries his small brick house under an avalanche of plastic reindeer, flashing lights, and fake Santa Clauses. Hooks up an amplifier blaring "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth," locks the switches at "on", and escapes to sea on a tramp steamer.
Shipwrecked and conscience-stricken, he crawls back to face his irate colleagues, and finds Jemima Ames dead on his living room floor. Police and security guards say it's an accident; Shandy says it's murder. President Thorkjeld Svenson says he'd better find out the truth without wrecking the Illumination... or the next corpse will be Shandy's.
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"A classic story - and great for this time of year!"
I'm so glad Charlotte MacLeod's mysteries are finally available in audio! I first read this story centuries ago - probably shortly after it was published in 1978 - and I've re-read it every few years since.
The story is set at a small, private agricultural college in New England. At the opening, Professor Peter Shandy has finally decided to take his revenge on all the faculty wives who have been after him for years to decorate his small house for the holidays as part of the college's "Grand Illumination". He hires a firm from Boston to put every flashing colored light, plastic Santa & reindeer, and recorded music device he can fit on his house, sets the timer, and takes off on a holiday cruise! He comes back a few days later to find one of the most persistent busy-bodies dead on his living room floor. It's meant to look like an accident but Shandy knows it can't be, and his efforts to figure out what really happened are the basis of the mystery. Along the way we are introduced to some of the people that live in the small college town of Balaclava - and they have more than their fair share of interesting characters!
This is a classic cozy mystery, the first in a series that is well worth reading or listening to. Some elements are rather dated at this point - no cell phones, for example, and some characters have somewhat dated views - but don't let that bother you. Enjoy meeting the residents of Balaclava, and look forward to more of their exploits!
The narrator of this audio is easy to listen to. He doesn't differentiate the character's voices very much, but it's still easy to keep track of what's going on. One irritant, however, is that he mispronounces words every once in a while, and it can be jarring to the ear. For example, he used the word "crochets" (the needlework) rather than "crotchets" (a quirk or eccentricity). But all in all, a great book to listen to!
Narrative makes the world go round.
"not just for Christmas - but it helps!"
This may not get you in a Christmas spirit, but it can ease X-mas headaches. It's a humourous, light campus cozy with a thread of old-fashioned romance.
No offence intended to Americans, but the few U.S. "campus comedies" and campus cozies I've come across just don't compare to most in the British "campus" tradition. Rest You Merry holds it own in both sub-sub-genres. Maybe McLeod's Canadian colonial genes helped her out there!
I've listened to at least one of each of the three MacLeod series on Audible and one other Prof Shandy mystery. This is my favourite to date. I enjoyed the narration. As someone points out in a later Shandy instalment review, McLain produces a couple of weird mispronunciations of isolated and pretty common words. This makes me think he may be site reading, which just raises my admiration for his talent.
As I'm not a fan of Christmas books, I almost skipped this -- but if you like cozies or campus comedies, this will delight no matter the season.
Rating scale: 5=Loved it, 4=Liked it, 3=Ok, 2=Disappointed, 1=Hated it. I look for well developed characters, compelling stories.
"Bah, Humbug!"
I chose this book based on the editor's summary hinting at some fun with the set-up of the off-the-chart Christmas decoration prank, and the hope of a fun Christmas based mystery. But all the fun was perfunctorily disposed of within a few paragraphs in the first chapter, and the rest of the story dissolves into a mediocre (and not so fun) TV movie style mystery.
While the secret behind the murders and mayhem on the Balaclava Campus turns out to be an interesting one, the process of getting to the truth is a tiresome exploration of pompous, self important academics and nitwit law enforcement personnel who don't even bother to investigate. The author has absolutely no ear for dialogue that real people would speak, filling the conversations with "I daresay you are right", "may I dare to hope that you are she?", "by my stars and garters", and (I kid you not) "By Yumpin' Yiminnie". The only way to tolerate this amateurish attempt is to pretend it's the screenplay for a "Murder She Wrote" episode and expect nothing more in the way of character development or suspense.
"Love the book, disappointed by the narration."
Charlotte MacLeod is my favorite cozy mystery writer. I have read Rest You Merry and the other books in the Peter Shandy series a number of times - I wouldn't change anything.
As other reviewers have noted, the narrator pronounced certain words very strangely, to the extent that I'm not sure if he is a native English speaker. This audio book was less of a performance and more of a straight reading of the novel by someone who didn't really know what it was about or who the characters were supposed to be. You need a very particular kind of narrator for a cozy mystery that gets its color from quirky, not-quite-realistic characters and stylized, old-fashioned dialogue, and unfortunately Mr. McLain doesn't quite hit the mark.
"A detective story with class"
The setting in a small agricultural school and the humor of the professor turned unwilling detective make this book a great read. Add a little romance and you have it all.
"The epitome of cozy"
This is a frothy, enjoyable cozy, in accordance with my own rules for cozies: the murder(s) take place off camera, the victim is unattractive, the murderers more so, and the whole thing is intended more as entertainment than mental puzzle. Those who take exception to MacLeod's writing and dialogue for being unrealistic are entirely missing the point, and if you don't like a little goofiness in your reading matter, you won't like this. But if you have a taste for the absurd and you like wittiness rather than grittiness, you'll like this.
"A good mystery wrapped in humor and charm!"
Yes. I read and loved the print version years ago and was delighted to find an old friend in the Audible library. I have been an avid reader all my life, but find that I enjoy audio books even more than print - especially when they are done well, as this one is.
The mystery is good and keeps the reader guessing and suspecting first one and then another until the very end, but the true charm is in Professor Shandy himself. His over-the-top reaction to the demands to decorate his house for Christmas have been a favorite memory of mine for years. If it seems a little harsh, this is quickly balanced by his remorse when he realizes the aftermath of his action - as well as his fear of the reprisals that are likely to come his way.
"Something to go to sleep with"
Nothing terrible about this book. It's cozy and comfortable for those who like to feel superior to others, the fall guys, those who take holiday trappings too seriously, talk too much and want too much from others. Unless all that bothers you (meaning you're a better person than I), this is a fine book to drift off to on an otherwise sleepless night, a murder mystery that cares not a wit about the victim and sees the killer as a tasteless clown.
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The 28-year-old, who begun chemotherapy just over a year ago after being diagnosed with cancer, enjoyed a winning return to Grand Slam men's double action alongside Fleming on Wednesday.
The British pair then won the first set and led in the third against seventh seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi but eventually saw their hopes of a dream comeback ended, going down 4-6 6-3 6-2.
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2011 Toyota Prius Review and Prices
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2011 Toyota Prius Buying Advice
The 2011 Toyota Prius is the best car for you if you want the most fuel-efficient hybrid on the road -- and aren't self-conscious about it.
The 2011 Prius is a rerun of the 2010 Toyota Prius. It retains its 50-plus-mpg rating and innovative options such as a solar-powered ventilation system. The 2011 Prius represents the third-generation version of the world's most recognizable hybrid. Following a full redesign for model-year 2010, Prius is larger, more powerful, and more fuel-efficient than the second-generation 2004-2009 model. And it remains the world's best-selling hybrid by far.
Should you buy a 2011 Toyota Prius or wait for the 2012 Toyota Prius? Wait for the 2012 Prius if you're intrigued by the latest advance in gas-electric science, the plug-in hybrid. Plug-in capability extends a hybrid's electric-only range by tapping a power outlet for a portion of the battery charge. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt is the first to market, and Toyota is preparing to introduce a plug-in version of the Prius during model-year 2012. Cost, range, and mileage advantages over a conventional Prius are unknown. Today's Prius technology is arguably the most advanced of its kind in the world, and if that's enough for you, no need to wait for the 2012 model. The car's core values of fuel economy and high-tech wrapped in a futuristic four-door-hatchback body won't change for model-year 2012.
2011 Toyota Prius Changes back to top
Styling: The 2011 Toyota Prius styling is unchanged. It remains a highly aerodynamic five-passenger car with a low hood, radically swept-back windshield, arching roofline, and tall tail.
Prius has compact-car exterior dimensions but enough interior room to qualify as a midsize car under federal standards. Its high ceiling creates large doorways and chair-like seating with plenty of head room. Wide front buckets accommodate those who shop the big-and-tall store, though only the optional leather seats, with their adjustable lumbar bolstering, provide good lower-back support. Rear seaters have generous knee and toe space, but the bench isn't quite wide enough to hold three adults in comfort.
All dashboard gauges are digital and are mounted centrally atop the instrument panel rather than in front of the driver; it takes some getting used to.
The hatchback opening is large and folding the rear seatbacks creates a flat, carpeted surface. But the load floor is rather high, so cargo volume is less than in most similarly sized hatchbacks. A small bin beneath the cargo floor compensates some. Small-items interior storage isn't generous; only the front doors have map pockets, for example, and they're really just cup holders.
Mechanical: The 2011 Toyota Prius powertrain and mechanical features are unchanged. Prius uses Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive System, which allows it to move at around-town speeds on electric power alone. Sensors decide when to employ engine power or a combination of gas and electric propulsion: the goal is to efficiently balance acceleration and economy.
The gas engine is a 1.8-liter four-cylinder. Two small electric motors are powered by nickel-metal hydride batteries. Combined output is 134 horsepower. Prius uses a continuously variable transmission, which acts like an automatic transmission but employs infinite ratios rather than preset gearing. Hybrid Synergy Drive uses the engine and regenerative braking to recharge itself; there's no plug-in capability. With the batteries sufficiently charged, the system can further save gas by automatically shutting off the engine and restarting it while the car is stopped.
Dashboard buttons allow the driver to activate three power modes: EV-Drive to tap battery power alone at low speeds for about a mile; Power for sportier throttle response; and Eco for best mileage. Despite slightly languid acceleration off the line, Prius easily keeps up with fast-moving traffic. Highway-speed passing maneuvers are stress-free, though EV-Drive and Eco modes put a real damper on performance.
Prius has a nose-heavy handling balance and a numb, disassociated feel to its electric steering. Both are drawbacks to competent cornering; even straight-line tracking seems compromised by the steering's artificiality. Engine start-stop is unobtrusive, ride quality is good, and noise well-muffled. Burnishing the point that this is no ordinary car is the unorthodox view through the radically raked windshield and over the long dashboard top. To the rear, the hatchback's combination of angled and vertical glass panels proves obstructing.
Features: The 2011 Toyota Prius's range of features does not change, though perhaps by now it should have, given Toyota's promise to release an entry-level stripper model, tentatively called the Prius One.
Announced when this third-generation Prius was launched for model-year 2010, the Prius One was to have a base price of $21,000 ($21,750 with the destination fee), some $1,000 below the next-most expensive Prius. Toyota used that $21,000 figure to blunt much of the impact Honda hoped to garner with the release of its all-new 2010 Insight hybrid. Honda touted Insight's $20,510 starting price (including destination) as triggering the affordable-hybrid age. As it turned out, Insight proved smaller, less powerful, and less fuel-efficient than the latest Prius, and is one of Honda's rare product misfires.
The 2011 Toyota Prius, then, returns a four-model lineup, labeled Prius Two through Five (the automaker no longer identifies them by Roman numeral.) Every 2011 Prius comes standard with a tilt/telescope steering wheel whose spokes hold controls for audio, climate, and the multi-information displays. The multi-information display uses the dashboard screen to monitor the gas-electric power flow in real time and to illustrate fuel-consumption history, average fuel economy, distance to empty, average speed, and trip distance.
Automatic climate control, power windows, doors, and locks, manual adjustable-height driver's seat, auxiliary audio jack, and a 60/40 split rear seatback also are standard. So is remote keyless entry and pushbutton ignition so the driver can unlock the car and start it without removing the keyfob from pocket, purse, backpack, or briefcase. (To shave costs, the Prius One was to have eliminated such features as the EV Mode, cruise control, and steering-wheel buttons for the multi-information display.)
Among 2011 Toyota Prius options, the Solar Roof Package combines a power sliding glass moonroof with solar panels. It can collect enough energy to run an air-circulation fan while the car is parked, thereby reducing air-conditioning loads.
The optional Advance Technology Package includes Dynamic Cruise Control to maintain a set distance from traffic ahead; Intelligent Park Assist that automatically backs the Prius into a parallel parking space; Lane Keep Assist that steers the car back into the intended highway lane; and Pre-Collision that cinches seatbelts and pre-applies the brakes in an impending crash.
The Navigation Package option includes a voice activated touch-screen DVD navigation syste with rearview camera, XM satellite radio with NavTraffic (includes 90-day subscription), and USB iPod interface.
Prius's cabin design is efficient and modern. It's nicely assembled from high-quality materials. Most controls are logically arrayed. The digital instrumentation is comprehensively displays real-time gas-electric power flow and various fuel-consumption data. But its central dashtop placement isn't ideal, some of its graphics are too small or poorly lit, and, oddly, there's no readout for instantaneous fuel economy. The navigation system is excellent, with a big, clear screen and sensitive voice-recognition software that can search for restaurants and stores by brand name.
2011 Toyota Prius Prices back to top
Base-price range for the 2011 Toyota Prius is $23,810-$29,080. That represents a roughly $1,000 increase per model over initial model-year 2010 base prices. (All base prices in this review include the manufacturer's mandated destination fee; Toyota's destination fee for the 2011 Prius is $760. Note that Toyotas sold in some Southeastern and Gulf states are delivered by independent distributors and may carry different destination fees.)
The 2011 Toyota Prius Two has a base price of $23,810 and comes with the standard equipment listed in the Features section above.
The 2011 Toyota Prius Three starts at $24,810 and adds a standard JBL audio system with eight speakers, two more than in the Prius Two, plus Bluetooth cell-phone and music-streaming connectivity. Eligibility for the optional navigation system, at $1,930, and the Solar Roof Package, at $3,730, begins with the Prius Three.
The 2011 Toyota Prius Four base price is $27,610. Among standard features it adds to the Prius Three are leather upholstery, heated front seats with driver power lumbar, automatic-dimming inside mirror, and HomeLink remote garage and gate transceiver. On the Prius Four, the navigation package is a $2,380 option and the Solar Roof package costs $4,180. The premium for these packages in the Four is because they also come with Toyota's Safety Connect service that features automatic-collision notification, stolen-vehicle locator, and emergency and road-side assistance; a one-year subscription is included.
The 2011 Toyota Prius Five base price is $29,080. It comes with 17-inch tires on alloy wheels versus 15-inchers on alloys on the other Prius models. And it adds to the Prius Four model high-efficiency Light Emitting Diode (LED) headlamps that Toyota says reduce energy consumption and help save fuel. The LED lamps come with washers and automatic leveling to compensate for the pitch of the Prius when loaded with passengers or cargo.
The navigation package with Safety Connect is a $2,380 Prius Five option. And the 2011 Prius Five is again the only model that can be ordered with the Advanced Technology Package. It's a $5,080 option and includes the navigation system, as well as the Pre Collision, Lane Keep, and Self-Parking features, and adaptive cruise control that maintains a set distance from traffic ahead.
2011 Toyota Prius Fuel Economy back to top
Fuel-economy ratings for the 2011 Toyota Prius are unchanged. The 2011 Prius's EPA ratings of 51/48 mpg city/highway remain the highest of any car sold in the U.S.
The higher city mpg figure confirms that Toyota's hybrid system is most efficient in low-speed, city driving, where it can run exclusively on electric power and can utilize its engine stop-start feature. The Prius uses 87-octane gas.
2011 Toyota Prius Release Date back to top
The 2011 Toyota Prius went on sale in late summer 2010.
What's next for the 2011 Toyota Prius back to top
The next frontier in hybrid technology is plug-in capability. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt is the first widely available plug-in hybrid. Toyota says a plug-in Prius will go on retail sale during calendar 2012, and reports speculate that it'll be included in the model-year 2012 Prius lineup. The carmaker has already released 150 experimental plug-in Priuses to government and corporate fleets in the U.S. as a demonstration program.
Plug-in capability saves gas by extending a hybrid's range on electricity alone. Charging from residential outlets or from stronger commercial-grade connections enable a plug-in hybrid to run longer on battery power and delay running the engine. A full charge could take five hours or more. Plug-in systems depend on advanced lithium ion batteries, which have not been proven for automotive use.
As for "conventional-hybrid" versions of the current Prius, don't expect major changes for several years, though adjustments to optional and standard equipment are possible (how about that instant fuel-economy readout, Toyota?) Due in April 2011 is the Prius PLUS Performance Package from the company's Toyota Racing Development (TRD) arm. It leaves Prius's powertrain untouched to concentrate on sportier looks and improved handling. An aerodynamic body kit, "PLUS" insignia, a lowered, road-tuned suspension, and lightweight 17-inch forged alloy wheels fitted with low profile tires do the trick.
Longer term, Toyota could be maneuvering to create a broader family of hybrids under the Prius label. Reports include the possibility of a sporty Prius coupe for model-year 2013 as an aswer to the Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe. There's even speculation about a Prius light-duty pickup truck that might share its basic design with Toyota's youth-oriented Scion division.
2011 Toyota Prius Competition back to top
2011 Honda Insight: Honda takes a simpler approach to the dedicated hybrid with the Insight, a four-door hatchback that looks something like the Prius, but is smaller inside and out. The Insight hybrid system is less-sophisticated than Prius's, but also less-expensive. Fuel-economy ratings are 40/43 mpg and with just 98 horsepower, Insight is slower than the Prius. It's noisier and less luxurious as well, though it does feel marginally sportier on the road. Like Prius, Insight suffers an electric steering system with overly artificial response. Insight prices start around $20,500 and top out around $24,000 for the navigation-system model. No changes are planned for several years.
2011 Chevrolet Volt: In its own way, as big a game-changer as the original Prius. Designed to allow average-distance commutes on electric propulsion alone, Volt is the first mass-market plug-in hybrid. The compact-sized four-passenger, four-door hatchback is about as large as Prius on the outside but smaller inside. Volt drives its front wheels with a 149-horsepower electric motor. It has an onboard lithium ion battery pack that fully charges in about 11 hours from a 110-volt household wall socket or in about four hours from a 240-volt connection. Depending on conditions and driving style, Volt can go 25-50 miles on battery power alone before its 84-horsepower 1.4-liter gas engine kicks in to generate juice for the electric motor. Fuel economy with the gas engine alone is estimated at around 40 mpg in highway driving. Base price for this technological trailblazer is $41,000, though a federal tax credit of $7,500, plus assorted state-level incentives, help reduce the initial purchase price.
2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid: Insight and Volt are really compact hatchbacks we count among Prius competitors because they're dedicated alternative-powertrain vehicles with obvious green-car styling. But some environmentally conscious shoppers are content with hybrids that don't look much different from the conventional models on which they're based. If that's you, check out the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Like the Prius, it's a four-door car with midsize interior dimensions, though in an ordinary if pleasantly styled sedan body. The hybrid system is state of the art, rating an impressive 41/36 mpg and generating 191 horsepower for lively acceleration. And handling is much better than that of the Prius or Insight. Prices start around $28,500, but the Fusion Hybrid delivers lots of substance, efficiency, and driving satisfaction.


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