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Will This CAT Continue to Lick Its Wounds?
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The recent quarterly report of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) showed a drop in sales on a quarterly basis, although the company showed growth in revenues during 2012 compared to 2011. The drop in revenues and earnings was related to the change in dealers' inventories and the whole debacle related to Siwei acquisition. Will Caterpillar continue to under-perform? Is there a silver lining?
Fourth Quarter Reports
The company's revenues in the fourth quarter declined by 7% and its operating profit fell by nearly 47%, so that the operating profitability reached 6.5% in the last quarter compared to 11.4% in the same quarter in 2011. These very modest figures are related to the change in dealers' inventories that accounted for nearly $600 million drop in revenues during the quarter. The company's Siwei acquisition also proved to be less attractive than it was first estimated as the accounting misconduct in this deal led CAT to add a $580 million for goodwill impairment provision. When controlling for both of these factors the company's profitability rises to 13.3%. But this still shows the company's revenues haven't risen in the last quarter. Moreover, according to the company, the changes in dealers' inventories are likely to keep affecting the company's revenues at the beginning of 2013.
So is there a silver lining? I think the U.S housing and infrastructure sectors might eventually lead to growth in sales in 2013.
The U.S Housing Market Is Growing
Based on the recent housing starts report (or see here the pdf full report), the housing starts spiked in December by nearly 12.1% compared to November and by almost 37% compared to December 2011.
Building permits also rose last month. Moreover, the number of new home sold in December remained 8.8% higher than the same month in 2011. The FOMC decision to purchase mortgage backed securities at a monthly pace of $40 billion is likely to keep reviving the housing market. If the housing market in the U.S will continue to show growth, this could lead to a rise in revenues of Caterpillar in this sector.
Based to the recent federal budget outlay (pdf format), during the past three months (October to December) the "Total--Federal Highway Administration" provision reached $17,729 million compared to $11,926 million in the parallel period in 2011. The rise in this provision could suggest an increase in government spending in highway infrastructure – another one of Caterpillar's business segment.
Although these reports show progress in the housing and infrastructure sectors, the construction segment of Caterpillar didn't grow in the fourth quarter: revenues in North America from construction segment declined by 17% compared to the parallel quarter in 2011. This drop in sales, however, was the lowest rate compared to other regions.
Dividends and Cash Flow
In terms of annual dividend yield, which is currently at 2.11%, Caterpillar still has a small lead over other heavy machinery companies such as Cummins (NYSE: CMI) or Deere & Company (NYSE: DE): the annual yield of Cummins is 1.72% and Deere offers an annual yield of 1.94%. But all these companies aren't able to pay their respective dividend with their free cash flow (CF from operating activities and investing). Caterpillar's free cash flow as of September 2012 reached ($1.09) billion. So the company wasn't able to pay its $937 million dividend from the free CF.
This could explain the company's issuance of nearly $5 billion of debt in the first nine months of 2012.
Deere was also unable to pay its dividend with its free cash flow as it reached ($2.8) billion. Kubota (NASDAQOTH: KUBTY) also had a negative free cash flow of around (24.6) billion yen, which was nearly ($272) million. This negative free cash flow was related to the company's sharp drop in working capital. Kubota's annual dividend yield was at 1.72%.
Despite the rise in Caterpillar's debt, its debt to equity of Caterpillar reached 2.2, which is lower than the 2.4 it was back in September 2011. Nonetheless, this ratio is much higher than other heavy machinery companies such as Cummins – its debt to equity ratio is only 0.1 – or Kubota – its debt to equity ratio is 0.6. Deere, on the other hand, has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 4.7, which means that both Deere and Caterpillar are much more leveraged than Kubota or Cummins. This situation along with the negative free cash flow poses a liquidity and financial risk on these companies.
The bottom line: Caterpillar is likely to keep presenting little to no growth in revenues in the coming months. The whole Siwei acquisition debacle might pose additional uncertainty around the company's finances and could impede its progress in China. The company's cash flow might also pose a threat, however keep in mind that the situation isn't better to other leading heavy machinery companies on this front. Finally, I think the housing and infrastructure sectors in the U.S might eventually lead to a rise in revenues for CAT.
For further Reading see: Why Caterpillar isn't Rising? Just blame Oil
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- Farrukh Yakubov
- West Lafayette Bra, IN
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Student, Purdue University
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What question would you ask to identify whether or not you were chatting with a well developed software or a person?
Imagine an experiment where you are asked to chat with one hundred people online, no sound or image, just text. Three of them are actually not real, they an extremely good automated response systems. Your task is to identify those three. You are allowed to ask only one and same question from everyone. People on the other end are specifically chosen such that none of them have similar personality. Programs are also given a unique personality. Only trick is, while you ask questions, programs observe responses of everybody else and may or may not change behavior based on that. What would your question be?
P.S. If you would like to be sure how good is 'extremely good' automated response system in the though experiment above, you may consider it to be the best of such systems you think is possible.
Closing Statement from Farrukh Yakubov
Now that the conversation is over I would like to leave you with more thoughts.
Imagine, this experiment took place and you asked your question, and indicated three of the participants as programs. What if this experiment was not what you thought it was, and after the experiment you were told that 100 participants were all human or all programs, or even a single person answering 100 different ways? What if the purpose of the experiment was not about the capabilities of programs, but about the people - to see how people percieve an intelligent software? Did you think about this possibility?
On the other hand, if the experiment was to test the programs, how effective do you thinki it would be to use this same question of the experiment? i.e. asking "What question would you ask to identify whether or not you were chatting with a well developed software or a person?" from each of the 100 participants.
It is up to you to chose the post experinment scenario, and you would be correct. Because, the experiment can work both ways wether you decide to look at this experiment as an attemp to test programs, or a way of understanding peoples' understanding of programs.
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Jan 23 2014: From each participant I would demand an association chain starting with 'witch' and ending of 'blue dog' with a minimum of 42 freely chosen, different, yet related steps in between them, by which each step has to alternate between a subject, or an object and a transitional descriptive adjective which both have in common and relate them to one another in the development direction from left to right.
Witch -> ugly -> Pimples -> subcutaneous -> Capillaries -> thin -> Chopsticks -> pointy -> Nose -> centered -> egoist -> ... -> smelly -> blue dog.
And now the only question I am allowed to ask:
What made the dog and not the witch colored by the 24th object you choose?
Jan 23 2014: I think I"m not understanding the question, because I think the answer would always be: "What makes the dog colored is the adjective 'blue' before the word 'dog', as specified in the question." That would not seem to depend on any precedents in the association chain, and it doesn't depend on the immediate precedent "smelly".
In your question when you ask what made the dog colored, are you assuming that "blue dog" refers to a real dog that is physically colored blue? You could instead be referring to artist George Rodrigue's famous "blue dog" cartoon, or any of a number of other "blue dog" references. If you're referring to Rodrigue's blue dog, here is his answer to this question:
Rodrigue answers the title question by explaining that Blue Dog's color depends on what the artist is doing: when Rodrigue goes fishing, he paints the dog a salmon color; when Rodrigue wants a hot dog, he paints the dog mustard yellow, and so on. Would that be a valid answer?
Jan 23 2014: If that was your answer and you a participant in that test, I would have you on the 'humanoid' pile in first selection. :o)
As Farrukh virtually installed 'extremely good automated response systems' in his thought experiment, about which I have no clue what 'extremely good' means, because my one and only experience with this type of software was a pretty boring ELIZA derivative, I have to assume the worst, which for this response systems would be 'really damn good'.
The approach I chose to gain sufficient information is based on complexity, uncertainty, ambiguities and creativity which are likely to confuse both, humans and programs, whereas the focus in the analysis would be the underlying approach of each given answer.
When you think the answer would always be 'the adjective 'blue' before the word 'dog'', you assume, that all participants cut of the whole end of my question - as you did - which clearly asked for a relation to the 24th object in the association chain (if there is any, as also subjects were allowed) by which the dog and not the witch was colored. And as 'blue' is not an object, this answer returns a contradiction to my question.
The uncertainty here is, if the 'blue' in 'blue dog' already represents the preceding adjective to 'dog' at the end of the chain or is seen as a closed entity which would allow for two descriptive adjectives at end, which is not forbidden. This is a choice everyone and the programs has to make, it is confusing on purpose to provoke uncertainty to some degree, because if you look closely at the example I gave, you'll find a separation arrow (->) in between smelly and blue dog, which holds some hint in itself.
I didn't know about George Rodrigue's artwork 9 hours ago and I didn't have to, to find you in the situation which was desired. Here is another uncertainty, even multifold, as 'blue' in the English language can also be interpreted as 'sad' or 'melancholic'., which is another ambiguous degree.
... to be continue
Jan 23 2014: And although Rodrigue's answer why his dog is blue is irrelevant to my question, as he is a subject and can therefore never be the 24th object of an association chain, the information you returned is valuable by its creativity and testifies your knowledge in, at least, his work.
But Farrukh installed 'extremely good automated response systems' in this experiment by which I have to assume, that they are programmed in a way to gather 'knowledge' in real-time if necessary for a task or question, that is why knowledge alone would not be a good enough filter to spot them.
It is also to assume that those programs are designed to mimic human imperfection, because after all that is what makes us special, in a way, but as far as I am aware of, this is tricky to cast into machine code... I mean, the intended ones :o)
If I would take your comment as a 'valid' response in this test, I would consider the fact, that you spend almost half of all your words on the artist Rodrigue, which in proportion would be so way off my only and initial question, that you became a potential candidate for being a human in first selection.
Whether you are highly interested in arts in general or just in this artist or randomly just knew about him is secondary behind the quantity you spent on it. But as quantity disproportions could also be 'simulated', it qualifies you humanoid 'only' in first degree, by which the number of selection steps itself would depend on the overall tendency of answers and their 'quality' and therefore 'spot-ability' of the programs.
What I have to avoid in my final decision for each answer is a clear decision matrix which could and would be programmed in advance by smart programmers, so at the end it has to be my good old gut feeling I rely on.
And not to render all of my pitfalls and approaches I stated here obsolete, please don't tell me, that you already are 'an extremely good automated response system' installed on TED to keep conversations going here ... ;o
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On average, most veterinarians will spay or neuter from two to three animals per day.
So imagine having to go through 156 cats and dogs over a three-day period. That is exactly what Dr. Lilan B. Hauser, the chief of staff at Falmouth Animal Hospital, and a Massachusetts team of two veterinarians and three veterinary technicians did in January during a trip to St. Thomas.
While the locale represents a secluded island getaway, for this group it was anything but a respite from their daily routines. "It was totally exhausting because we were on our feet doing surgery for almost 10 hours straight. One day we broke for lunch and another day we ate while waiting for the animals to fall asleep or wake up," she said.
The impetus for the trip began last June when Dr. Hauser connected with Leslie Hurd of Martha's Vineyard, the founder of Angels Helping Animals Worldwide, a nonprofit that helps place abandoned St. Thomas dogs in homes here in the region. Through Ms. Hurd, one of Dr. Hauser's staff members, hospital manager Kelly Buckley, ended up adopting Liesl, a miniature German shepherd.
"When I was introduced to Leslie we said we would try to help her in any way possible," Dr. Hauser said. That moment occurred this past November when Dr. Hauser found herself at a veterinary conference in St. John's. On her way back to Cape Cod, Dr. Hauser made a stop on St. Thomas, where she went to its humane society and offered her assistance.
This feels really, really good to contribute in such a direct way.
Dr. Lilan Hauser
"I asked the shelter manager, 'Is there anything I can do?' and she said, 'Yeah, could you take some dogs with you today back to the states?' " Dr. Hauser said. "So I did. We took three dogs because I had my mother and daughter in tow. We took each dog in the cabin with us."
From there Dr. Hauser remained in contact with staff at the humane society, which invited Dr. Hauser to come back to St. Thomas in January for a spay and neuter event.
Dr. Hauser accepted the offer, bringing with her the first veterinarian she had ever worked for—Mohamed M. Emara, the previous owner of Cushing Square Veterinary Clinic in Belmont—along with Ms. Buckley; Amanda Amirault, a veterinary technician at Bay State Animal Clinic in Danvers; Evan Franklin, the lead veterinary technician at Falmouth Animal Hospital; and Dr. Frank J. Alfano Jr., owner of Deer Run Veterinary Services on Teaticket Highway.
Their week-long trip was sponsored by several donors who covered everything from airfare to hotel to food to transportation.
The primary purpose of their visit was work, with three days devoted to surgery during which the contingent spayed and neutered 87 male cats, 49 female cats, seven male dogs and 13 female dogs.
That work, Dr. Hauser said, is important as it will help to reduce the number of strays on the island. "They estimated, based on the number of litters per year and the average life span, that this would reduce the future cat population by 4,500," she said.
Issues with Overbreeding
Overbreeding and abandoned pets, Dr. Hauser said, are a significant problem on St. Thomas, noting that in the island's one shelter they have "two-and-a- half times the carrying capacity. It is so over-full. It is supposed to house 40 dogs and they have 100."
Dr. Hauser's team tried to address that by bringing back five dogs and one kitten. This week a pair of miniature poodle puppies, 3-month-old brothers were adopted.
Also brought back was a dog named Arrow, a 3 1/2-month-old beagle, Labrador mix who was nearly euthanized in St. Thomas after being found with a deep wound caused by a chain that was embedded in its neck. Arrow has since been adopted by one of Ms. Buckley's friends.
And Mr. Franklin brought back a kitten that he gave to his girlfriend. Another two puppies were sent to New Hampshire and are also in foster homes waiting to be adopted.
To learn more about the work done at Falmouth Animal Hospital visit their website here.
Dr. Hauser, who has been a veterinarian for 16 years, said the work done in St. Thomas was "enormously gratifying," noting that she has done similar volunteerism in the past.
Prior to attending veterinary school at Tufts University she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala and Belize, where she cared for horses for the Humane Society of the United States.
About seven years ago she spent a month and a half in Palau, assisting the island nation's new shelter supervising veterinary students as they spayed and neutered cats. She also oversaw the country's efforts as it wrote its first animal welfare and animal control laws.
Because those experiences were so rewarding, Dr. Hauser had been looking for similar ways to use her talents "and this fell in my lap... This feels really, really good to contribute in such a direct way. I think it is not just the welfare of individual animals, but a group of animals that are largely unwanted and there's no sort of economics involved. This was just purely to help out with the population control problem and the animals' own welfare."
She said the St. Thomas venture helped deepen her understanding of the world and humanity. "The thing I took home from St. Thomas is what a group of animal lovers with very different backgrounds can do when they come together," she said.
Dr. Hauser said she plans to continue her work on St. Thomas, however, from a more organizational standpoint by helping to draft a shelter policy that could help reduce the overpopulation problem on the island. "I want to continue working with them to give them basic protocols for how to manage the shelter, how to utilize the volunteers—their students who graduate high school have to do 100 hours of community service each—and how they can use that volunteer workforce to the maximum to care for animals at the shelter," she said.


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With the NHL's latest offer still on the table, the league and NHL Players' Association spent most of Saturday in conference calls and discussions and will continue them on Sunday in New York.
There will be at least three more information sessions held on Sunday. Some participants will be involved in the information discussions via conference call, otherwise they will be face-to-face.
According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the discussions could lead to bargaining on Sunday, but there is no guarantee that will happen.
He notes that the calls on Saturday were purely "informational", and no bargaining took place.
The Players' Association has been reading through the 288-page offer that the NHL presented to them on Thursday.
Read the highlights of the new proposal here.
The lockout entered it's 105th day on Saturday. The league would like to have an agreement in place no later than January 11 with training camps to open the following day and the season starting on January 19. The season needs to start by that date to accommodate a 48-game regular season which would see playoffs end in late June.


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Nutrition Advice You Can Take to Heart
WebMD's top 5 vitamins and minerals for heart health
By Denise Mann
Reviewed By Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD/LD
Proper nutrition -- including a low fat, high fiber diet -- is considered so important to heart health that just about every set of guidelines touches on what you should eat, what you shouldn't eat, how you should eat it, and when you should eat it.
In fact, government guidelines for treating blood pressure, cholesterol, and obesity -- three top risk factors for heart disease -- all emphasize diet as a means of getting your numbers where they belong.
"There is no question that nutrition is the single most important factor in the prevention of coronary artery disease," says Thomas Barringer, MD, the medical director of the Center for Cardiovascular Health at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. "It definitely comes down to nutrition."
That's why WebMD put together a list of the top five vitamins and minerals you need for optimal heart health. Starting with:
Making More Magnesium Mandatory
Large studies have linked magnesium deficiency to high blood pressure, while some have shown an association between magnesium supplements and a decreased risk of death from heart disease.
"Some researchers say that, as a nation, we could cut our rate of heart disease by one-half if we took more magnesium," says City Island, N.Y.-based Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, author of The Miracle of Magnesium. "Magnesium is the body's natural calcium channel blocker. It balances out the excess calcium that is associated with the heart going into muscle spasm, which equals a heart attack."
Dark, leafy green vegetables are rich in magnesium, and whole grains and nuts also are good sources.
"Cooked and processed foods also lose a lot of magnesium, making it a very deficient mineral." That's why Dean suggests taking 300 mg two to three times a day of magnesium oxide, magnesium citrate, or magnesium glycinate. Magnesium supplements can interfere with the absorption of certain medications and may cause diarrhea, so be sure to talk to your doctor first.
Data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Harvard School of Public Health back up Dean's claims. A higher intake of magnesium may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Research has shown that low levels of magnesium may impair insulin sensitivity or function. Consuming adequate levels of magnesium may help insulin function properly in the body, which may prevent type 2 diabetes.
The American Heart Association (AHA) lists diabetes as one of the six major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In fact, adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to have heart disease or a stroke than adults without diabetes.
Not Fooling With Folic Acid
Folic acid, a B vitamin, is important for heart health, experts agree. The amount of homocysteine in the blood, a marker for heart disease, is regulated by folic acid.
"High levels of homocysteine can lead to heart disease, and the way to combat high homocysteine is to take folic acid," says Michael Poon, MD, chief of cardiology at Cabrini Medical Center in New York. Aim for 1 milligram or 1,000 micrograms a day, he says.
Homocysteine may damage the blood vessel walls and promote blood clots, and although studies have consistently shown that high levels are associated with an increased risk of heart disease, researchers are still not sure whether lowering the level of homocysteine reduces heart disease risk.
But homocysteine levels are strongly influenced by diet, and several studies have shown that higher blood levels of B vitamins -- specifically folic acid -- are related, at least partly, to lower concentrations of homocysteine. Today, cereals, breads, and other grains like rice are fortified with extra folic acid. Fruits and vegetables like spinach, strawberries, oranges, and broccoli have high levels of folic acid.
But don't forget the other Bs, says Nancy Kennedy, MS, RD, a nutritionist at the Ministrelli Women's Heart Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Vitamins B-6 and B-12 are also important in lowering homocysteine. "Many clinicians emphasize folic acid, but actually all three B vitamins are involved in the metabolism of homocysteine, and B-6 is one of the vitamins that is typically very low in the American diet," she says. The American Dietetic Association (ADA) suggests 2 mg of B-6 and 6 micrograms of B-12. Beef liver, baked potatoes, watermelon, and banana are rich in B-6, while milk, meats (beef, pork, lamb, veal, fish, poultry), eggs, and cheese are replete with B-12.


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very nice application of css, but not to useful in practice because of the obvious accessibility reasons. i hate to sound too much like jakob nielsen, but this little trick, nifty though it may be doesn't account for all those users still cranking away with pre 5.x browsers. if only we could use css like this, i would be one happy camper.
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>users still cranking away with pre 5.x browsers.
Forget them. You can run a 5.x browser on even quite an old machine, if you choose to. It's time to move forward, people.
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Check out http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressbox23.html
They reported that less than 1.5% are using IE or NS 4 or older. Sounds like a very small part of the population to lose.
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"You can control very few things in life. They are your breath, your thoughts and your posture."
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Unions are a key actor in civil society that allows democratic governance to thrive. At the same time, governments must recognize the existence of fundamental human rights for a strong union movement to form. The AFT thus considers promotion of democracy and human rights around the world to be a key mission of the international labor movement. It promotes this mission in several ways.
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Through its international affairs department, the AFT is involved in several important global campaigns and projects. It has been a leader in response to humanitarian concerns including the HIV/AIDS crisis and child labor. Through the Education for Democracy project, the union advances civic education around the world. Moreover, the AFT is a part of the Global Campaign for Education, which calls for the world to live up to the promise of the Millennium Development Goals and provide free basic education for all children. Go to Campaigns
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3 to 4 pound standing rib roast
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons Meat Magic
2 tablespoons pepper or pepper blend
1 tablespoon thyme
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon rosemary
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 bay leaves, crushed
Place roast in large bowl. Combine olive oil and Meat Magic (found in spice aisle) and rub thoroughly into roast. Mix all seasonings together. Place seasonings on large sheet of waxed paper, roll roast to cover. Put roast in roasting pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees for medium. Remove from oven, cover with foil and let stand for 15 to 20 minutes. Enjoy.
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Product DescriptionThe SRAM X5 GXP 9-speed triple crankset offers plenty of high-end performance with excellent value; plus, it comes with a GXP bottom bracket for smooth spinning on the trails. Features light and stiff 7075 chainrings utilize SRAM X-Glide technology to optimize shifting performance, giving you quick and precise shifts.
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Strengths: Strong, well-built and very smooth with it's GXP BB. This crankset came oem on my Giant Trance X 29er and I'm quickly running out of reasons to depart with this crankset. When it's paired with a Sram drivetrain it functions really well and picks up shifts lickety split. If it holds up AND I can replace the chain rings when necessary, I really don't see a reason to part with it. GXP BB is smoooooth!
Weaknesses: It's probably a bit heavy as Sram does not post the weight for it on their website, but would I scrap it and up-pay for an X9? Probably not. Would I pay MSRP for this crankset? No.
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Date Reviewed: November 1, 2012
Strengths: Not pricy. Not too heavy for the price spent, decent construction. I'm using it on a commuter, setup 2x9, and it just plain works week after week. It may not be flashy but it gets the job done. Been durable so far.
Weaknesses: Works as advertized, I can't think of any issues.
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Giordana FormaRed Carbon Custom Short Sleeve Women's Jersey $0.00
Keep the team and your sponsor happy.
When you want a sleek race jersey that doesn't represent a team, turn to the Giordana FormaRed Carbon Custom Short-Sleeve Jersey. FR-C is Giordana speak for FormaRed-Carbon, the top of the line gear. This takes all of the innovations that Giordana learned from working with pro bike racers and put the results in a form-fitting women's jersey. The fit is based on Giordana's Contour Fit design.
The jersey might look like it's all cut from the same fabric, but it's really a symphony of materials. The front panels, sleeves, collar, and pockets are made from Giordana's Asteria fabric. Light, stretchy, wicking, Think jersey comfort mixed with skinsuit fit. The side and back panels are made from Host Carbon, a limited stretch material that is oriented to stretch more horizontally than vertically for better anchoring of pockets. The outsides of the sleeves and the front of the waist hem are made from Aerofix grippers, with the wide bands holding in place gently, but staying put. There are micro mesh panels under the arms for extra venting.
All of the fabrics are sewn together via flatlock stitching for a durable, secure, chafe-free fit. Extra features include a silicone-injected gripper running under the back waist hem, three pockets with a fourth zip pocket on the right side, a reverse cam-lock full-length zipper that even sports a zipper garage at the bottom to eliminate any pilling and pulling that a zipper end can create. There's a reflective tab on the left side of the left pocket.
The Giordana FormaRed Carbon Custom Short-Sleeve Jersey comes in three color schemes. Black/Blue, Black/Pink, and White/Purple. Sizes run from X-Small to X-Large.
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- Host Carbon fabric also helps slow the onset of muscle fatigue and repels electronic interference from power lines and cell phone towers that can hinder performance
- Aerofix Gripper System (Ametista fabric backed with Antigua) holds the jersey in place with a seamless feel
- Underarm micro-mesh insert and perforated mesh shoulder panels allow maximum breathability
- Back logo branded elastic with silicone gripper beads prevents the jersey from riding up
- Three rear pockets and a fourth back zippered pouch provide plenty of room for you to stash your energy bars or goo
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Finally got my jersey (on sale!), can only chime in and say that it fits great! Was also a little worried about that "sausage" fit, but no problems at all! Got the White/purple, love it (and yes, wear a nude bra!). Great buy! Can't wait for warmer weather here; for now will still have to wear a jacket over top, but can tell I will be very comfortable...as is usual for the G-line!
FINALLY, a nice hot day to test this out & 5+ for this jersey: even with a fully loaded hydration pack, all perspiration quickly wicked away; and when stopped for a short break, the one spot under the pack that touched my back and was a bit sweaty, almost immediatly was gone! So breezy and comfy. Only thing, the tag scratched, was wishing I had a pair of scissors on board! It got clipped at home!
very nice jersey
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yes, these do run small. it is a very nice jersey. this jersey has the softness I love & is very lightweight & lots of reflective material
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absolutely LOVE this kit!
Totally worth it
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When my beloved pair of Castelli bibs blew a seam on a ride (luckily I noticed it when I got home and didn't have to deal with the knowledge that I was riding home with a slash of my butt cheek exposed) I decided to give the FRC bibs a try and splurged on the matching jersey. I have been more than pleasantly surprised. Even straight out of the packaging I was impressed with the workmanship and quality of the material. The jersey is ridiculously comfortable with a close fit but doesn't make me feel like a human sausage. The material feels and works great while looking sharp as well. At half price, it's a bargain to get a matching, quality kit.
Note: I have the Black/White Arco and the white is pretty transparent although it is placed appropriately. I don't have any crazy patterned sports bras or tattoos, but if I did, you would definitely be able to see them.
Sleek and comfortable
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My wife loved this jersey. It is very light and comfortable with great pockets. The only bummer was that it runs a little shorter/smaller than usual. My wife is taller, so the typical medium she wears was too short. We returned it for the next size up which worked perfectly.
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Great line of bike wear...but whole line-up runs small, and tights I found to be low-cut, for tights...she may want to size-up on these too, but so worth it!
CAn you post a picture of the back? Thx.
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CAn you post a picture of the back? Thx.
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Try looking on Competitive Cyclist for alternate views.
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This jersey is well worth the price. It is soft/breathable/comfortable/cute. I love it so much!
Feels great looks great
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I really wanted the bibs but was little skeptical about the jersey mainly because of the price and then the pattern. But i just gave it a try to have the whole RFC look. And that was the great choice. This jersey is awesome. It feels great, so comfortable while still giving the compresseion effect. Also it kept me dry the whole time i didnt even realize that i sweated that much until i took it off and saw the back where there was the trail of my sweat line.
Three compartment pockets on the back as well as a zippered pocket that fits id, creedit card, etc
True to size.
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Season of New Music and StandardsPosted by Jeffrey Biegel in Uncategorized
After performing for over twenty years, I am looking forward to traversing the US to orchestras in a variety of repertoire. I always feared that new music would lose a place in society due to inaccessibility amongst the wary audience. Fortunately, there are composers aplenty who have revived the lush neo-Romantic style coupled with a breath of fresh air in harmonic, melodic and rhythmic textures.
In addition to recording Ellen Taaffe Zwilich works for piano and orchestra in 2009, this season will bring out a remarkable piano concerto by Keith Emerson, who was the electrifying keyboardist of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, plus many performances of Lowell Liebermann's Third Piano Concerto. The Liebermann project began in 2003, and it is only now that I will be able to sit at the piano and enjoy the performances with the co-commissioning orchestras.
At long last, Leroy Anderson's 2008 centennial is upon us. Since 1992, I have embraced his delightful piano 'Concerto in C', and the Naxos recording I did with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra will be jubilantly released in January 2008. On a personal note, I cannot begin to express the utmost pleasure and distinct honor to have worked with Maestro Slatkin. We met over twenty years ago–all I can remember was that I played the 'Islamey Fantasy' for him in a room at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. I had only dreamed of working with him, and the reality of that dream was well worth the long wait. Earlier this season, after another long wait, I had the pleasure to work with Andrew Litton and the Colorado Symphony with Liebermann's Third Concerto. As a pianist as well, Maestro Litton grasped the score and understood every nuance and every move I made, which made for a wonderful first collaboration–and, he is one heckuva guy and musician!
Naturally, a fear is always to become stereo-typed, and fortunately, I have made sure not to allow myself to lose my love for the standard repertoire. I will include the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto and Prokofieff Third Concerto this season, along with Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto.
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The University recognizes the benefit of permitting student groups and departments an opportunity to conduct charitable and distress collection activities on campus in order to encourage positive leadership excellence and social consciousness in a complex global community.
The Center for Leadership and Service maintains administrative responsibility for the approval of all charity/distress collection bins throughout the campus. Availability of space is limited and priority will be given to official University efforts.
- Only recognized student groups and departments are permitted to sponsor charity/distress collection bins.
- Collections must be on behalf of a nonprofit charitable organization.
- Recognized student groups and departments requesting the use of collection bin space must complete an online Charity/Distress Bin Application on the Center for Leadership and Service website.
- The Charitable and Distress Bin Collection Application will be reviewed and approved and/or denied.
- Once the charitable/distress bin request has been approved, it may be placed for a period of two (2) weeks in specified locations. Only one (1) bin per location is permitted. A list of approved bin placement locations is available in University Center room 219.
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- All charity/distress collection bins may not obstruct entrances or exits and must comply with fire code regulations.
- All collection bins must have a printed flyer attached to the front of the bin which has been approved and stamped by Center for Leadership and Service. The flyer must include the name of student group or department sponsor, start and end date of collection, purpose of collection, description of requested collection items and name of charitable organization to receive collection items.
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What the world calls wretched Jesus calls blessed. Blessed are the poor and the poor in spirit. Blessed are the merciful, the compassionate. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst that God's righteous justice might prevail. Blessed are those who work for peace. Blessed are you when you are persecuted just for trying to love and do what is good. Jesus was crazy. He said, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, pray for those who despitefully use you. He was crazy. He prayed while folk were killing him, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do." Now that's crazy.
We need some Christians who are as crazy as the Lord. Crazy enough to love like Jesus, to give like Jesus, to forgive like Jesus, to do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God — like Jesus. Crazy enough to dare to change the world from the nightmare it often is into something close to the dream that God dreams for it. And for those who would follow him, those who would be his disciples, those who would live as and be the people of the Way? It might come as a shock, but they are called to craziness.
|The Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry (one of the best living preachers) in "We Need Some Crazy Christians"
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Dialogism in International Communication Texts: From the Perspective of Public Diplomacy
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Hyland, K. (2000). Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing. London: Longman.
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Li Yanzhu (2001) The Modern Significance of Bakhtin's Theory of Dialogism. Cultural History and Philosophy, 2, 51-56.
McCarthy & Carter (1994) Language as Discourse. London: Longman Group UK Limited.
Tse Polly & Hyland K (2006) 'So what is the problem this book addresses?': Interactions in academic book reviews. Text & Talk 26–6, 767–790.
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Just because President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney capture all the headlines doesn't mean they're the only candidates on the Nov. 6 ballot in the race for the White House.
In Florida, 10 other contenders have their names on ballot, each hoping for enough votes to win the state – or at least pull off a respectable showing. These candidates represent a number of third parties, each with their own distinct agendas.
Here's a look at who else you'll see on the Nov. 6 ballot:
- Thomas Robert Stevens, Objectivist Party
- Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party
- Virgil H. Goode Jr., Constitution Party
- Jill Stein, Green Party
- Andre Barnett, Reform Party
- Roseanne Barr, Peace and Freedom Party
- Tom Hoefling, American Independent Party
- Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Justice Party
- Stewart Alexander, Socialist Party USA
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Imagine, if you will, that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pulled out of the race and you couldn't vote for them.
Would you cast your vote in favor of comedian Roseanne Barr? Maybe you'd throw your lot in with Gary Johnson. Perhaps you're already planning to go with a third-party nominee? Sound off by letting us know which third-party candidate you'd choose if the Republicans and Democrats weren't a factor on Nov. 6. Speak your mind in the comments section.


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TEAMtalk's Matty Briggs pinpoints a 15/8 Value Bet, a 10/11 Banker for your accumulators and an 11/4 FA Cup shock in this week's Numbers Game.
Sky Bet dug @MattPBriggs Numbers Game out of a hole last week with two nuggets in the Traders' View and two winning Steamers. The online layers told us to steer clear of Chelsea (4/7) and Everton (8/15) and they both failed to win - drawing against Norwich and Blackburn respectively. Sky Bet also informed us there was money for Birmingham (4/6) and Barnet (8/5) and both teams delivered with victories. Elsewhere, on a barren weekend the Treatment Room tipped up Blackpool (4/5) and Famous Last Words managed a 13/10 winner as Wycombe defeated Rochdale.
The column is back this week with Dagenham & Redbridge (15/8) tipped to see off Rotherham, while Huddersfield (10/11) are put up as the Banker and Brighton are fancied to progess past Newcastle in the FA Cup fourth round.
Sky Bet have seen money for Shrewsbury, who have been backed in from 5/4 to evens to win at strugglers Hereford
Cheltenham have also been backed. They were as big as 13/10 earlier in the week and are now into 11/10 to get three points at Macclesfield.
Huddersfield to beat Tranmere at 10/11.
The Terriers were not at their best last week, but still defeated Brentford 3-2. Gary Roberts is out so Danny Cadamarteri is likely to start and Damien Johnson and Calum Woods return to a strong-looking squad. Tranmere are five without a win and are missing defender David Raven.
Carlisle (7/5) are seven games unbeaten in all comps and travel to Hartlepool (15/8).
Swindon (9/2) have won their last four league games and travel to Leicester (4/7).
Torquay (8/11) have won their last four League Two games and host Northampton (7/2).
Crewe (2/1) have won their last three League Two games and travel to Barnet (13/10).
Barnet (13/10) have won their last three League Two games and host Crewe (2/1).
Charlton (10/11) have won their last three in League One and travel to Exeter (3/1).
Huddersfield (10/11) have won their last three in League One and travel to Tranmere (3/1).
AFC Wimbledon (11/8) have won their last three League Two games and host Aldershot (2/1).
Birmingham (8/5) have won their last four games and travel to Sheff Utd (8/5).
Brighton (11/4) have won their last three in the Championship and host Newcastle (evens).
Derby (9/4) are unbeaten in six games and host Stoke (6/5).
Arsenal (4/7) have lost their last three league games and host Aston Villa (9/2) (Sun).
Middlesbrough (4/1) have lost their last three Championship games and travel to Sunderland (4/6) (Sun).
Tranmere (3/1) are five games without a win in League One and host Huddersfield (10/11).
Macclesfield (5/2) have lost their last four League Two games and host Cheltenham (11/10).
Rochdale (7/5) are eight games without a win in League One and host Bury (15/8).
Dagenham (15/8) have lost their last three in League Two and host Rotherham (11/8).
Watford (6/1) have lost their last three Championship games and host Spurs (4/9) (Fri).
Sky Bet are happy to take on Chelsea again at 4/7 as they travel to QPR.
"Chelsea struggled at Loftus Road earlier in the season in an ill-tempered affair and with Rangers sprit seemingly lifted since the arrival of Mark Hughes Rangers will be a tough nut to crack."
The layers will also be happy to take on Leicester at home to Swindon.
"We would avoid including Leicester on your coupons at 4/7. Swindon proved in the last round that they are more than up for the FA Cup and will be all out to cause an upset against a Leicester side that have struggled at home in the league."
Sheff Weds (14/5) are unbeaten in their last five matches v Blackpool (10/11).
Watford (6/1) and Spurs have met four times in the FA Cup and Tottenham (4/9) have won all four games (Fri).
Everton (evens) have won the last 18 home league games against Fulham (11/4), but in four FA Cup matches at home they have drawn twice and lost twice (Fri).
Southampton (7/5) are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with Millwall (15/8).
Bolton (7/5) are unbeaten in eight meetings at home to Swansea (9/5).
Sheff United (8/5) have won three of their last four at home to Birmingham (8/5).
Swindon (9/2) have won only one of their last seven meetings with Leicester (4/7).
Huddersfield (10/11) have won four of last five v Tranmere (3/1) and won 2-0 on last three visits to Prenton Park.
Peterborough (11/10) have failed to win any of last six v Portsmouth (11/5) - all of them were draws.
Shrewsbury (evens) have won their last four games v Hereford (11/4).
Bradford (9/4) have lost last eight at Bristol Rovers (6/5) and never won away at Rovers.
Dagenham to beat Rotherham at 15/8.
The Daggers have lost their last three games (all away), but they have been playing well and steadily improving. They put up a good show in the goalless draw with Millwall in the FA Cup and recently managed a home win over Gillingham. Rotherham look vulnerable and have lost three of their last four games.
- HOT-SHOTS - Norwich's Steve Morison has scored three in last four and is 12/5 to score at WBA.QPR's Heidar Helguson has two in his last four and is 11/4 to score v Chelsea.Millwall's Darius Henderson has netted two successive hat-tricks and is 11/8 to score v Southampton.Bristol City's Chris Wood scored last time out and is 12/5 to score at Reading.Sheff Utd's Ched Evans is the FA Cup's leading scorer with five goals and has five in his last six and is 7/4 to score against Birmingham.
- TREATMENT ROOM - Blackpool to beat Sheff Weds at 10/11.Sheffield Wednesday's Lewis Buxton (hamstring) is a doubt, Daniel Jones (calf) is also doubtful, while Julian Bennett is still recovering from a shoulder injury. Reda Johnson (back) is set to miss out along with Rob Jones and Miguel Llera and Mike Jones are ineligible.Sunderland to beat Middlesbrough at 4/6.Merouane Zemmama is out for Boro and with Nicky Bailey already sidelined, both Kevin Thomson and Julio Arca are now due to serve suspensions. Bradford to win at Bristol Rovers at 9/4.The Bantams could have three key men back at the Memorial Ground. David Syers will return from suspension and Kyel Reid and Simon Ramsden could also be back.Cheltenham to beat Macclesfield at 11/10.Macc have around 10 players on the sidelines through injury. Paul Morgan, Dwayne Mattis and George Donnelly will all miss out, but Colin Daniel could feature against high-fliers Cheltenham.
- FAMOUS LAST WORDS - Brighton to beat Newcastle at 11/4.Brighton boss Gus Poyet said after last weekend's 2-1 win at Peterborough: "We managed to end on a high and I was delighted with the way everyone responded as things are slowly starting to come back for us on the field. We believe in the way we play and this showed against Peterborough. I think this was one of our best performances so far this season."Newcastle could be without Fabricio Coloccini and after last weekend's 5-2 drubbing by Fulham, boss Alan Pardew said: "It's gone, there's nothing we can do about it. The second half, we will reflect on and make sure that never happens again. We just lost our way, and that can happen in a Premier League season. "Aldershot to beat AFC Wimbledon at 2/1.Shots boss Dean Holdsworth speaking after last weekend's 0-0 draw v Accrington said: "The point was the least we deserved. I was extremely delighted with the first-half performance, I thought we were fantastic and just needed that extra bit of fine-tuning.I thought they showed a lot of desire and worked their socks off but it's bittersweet because you want that goal to go in. I was delighted with a lot of things. The passing was good and the creation of chances was good. I'm of course delighted with the clean sheet. We looked very solid. We had to earn the clean sheet. I told them to keep believing and playing like that and chances will come."Let us know your views on the weekend's football betting action by posting a comment below.You can follow Matty on Twitter at @mattpbriggs.


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Sharole Shacklett, a cashier at Eckerd Drugs, was fired when an undercover theft prevention worker accused her of failing to "ring up" the sale of a pack of cigarettes.
When Shacklett filed for unemployment compensation, store managers challenged her claim, insisting that the cashier violated an important store policy which required the "ringing up" of every sale.
After an Unemployment Compensation Claims hearing officer withheld benefits, a court judge overruled that decision and ordered her former employer to pay unemployment compensation benefits. The cashier, the judge determined, was accused of making a one-time mistake. That error was not serious enough to be considered willful misconduct or a careless disregard of her employer's interests. Had Shacklett been accused of a more serious error, or a pattern of mistakes, only then could benefits have been denied, the ruling stated.
Rules & Exceptions Matter
If you're surprised by this decision, you may not be aware how official rules (and exceptions to these rules) can work to your advantage when seeking unemployment compensation benefits.
After quitting his job as a locker room attendant at Pelican Bay, a private golf and tennis club, Paul Platt successfully challenged a decision denying him unemployment compensation. Platt charged the club was short staffed, forcing him to work 70 to 80 hours weekly. Promises to add additional staff to ease the workload went unfulfilled and Platt was told he couldn't take any days off.
While quitting work typically disqualifies one's rights to unemployment compensation, working conditions at Platt's job site were found harsh enough to "cause a reasonable worker to quit." An "intolerable condition of employment" can give workers "good cause" to quit their jobs - while remaining eligible to receive unemployment compensation, a judge ruled.
Rulings Favoring Workers
Just five feet tall and weighing just 116 pounds, Ofelia Gottardi complained that lifting heavy boxes at her warehouse job led to severe back pain. When returning from a two day recuperation period, Gottardi asked that she receive relief or be transferred to less physical work. She quit when told that no other duties were available.
Gottardi challenged an initial denial of benefits. When ordering that payments be granted, a judge explained that when a worker is incapable of meeting job requirements, there's no legal difference between being fired or quitting.
Even persons who thought they were independent contractors have received unemployment compensation. RAFS, Services, Inc., located in North Florida, provided work equipment and supplies, supervised worker duties, paid hourly wages and required workers to report to a specific worksite. While the workers were permitted to select their shifts and signed contracts stating they considered themselves to be independent contractors, the work relationship was determined to more closely resemble that of employer and employee. All were awarded unemployment benefits after being terminated.
Mini-trials Decide Who Wins
When employers challenge claims for unemployment compensation, the Florida Bureau of Labor holds mini-trials, called appeals hearings, where employers and workers answer a series of questions posed by hearing officers. Representation by an attorney is permitted. Review of the case file a week or more prior to the hearing enables attorneys to better determine if witnesses should be subpoenaed, how employer allegations can be challenged and how the claimant's case can be strengthened.
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Proud owner of a second Honda by Hondalover, Houston ,TX on 05/01/2012. Trim: 2012 Honda CR-V EX 2WD, Owned less than 1 year.
Pros: I have never written a review before. Usually I would read reviews and not write one. The reason I am writing this review is because of you all proud owners of Honda ,whose reviews helped me.This in not my first Honda.I just love this car. I bought it in March 2012. I do not hear any noise in the car while driving on a freeway. So far, it gives me 26-27mpg in the city and around 29-30mpg on a freeway. The ride is smooth. Sound system and radio are excellent. It has plenty of leg space in the front. I like the cargo cover which hides my purchases in the trunk. Overall, I am very happy. I would encourage all the readers to write a review so that it can help other buyers to decide.
Cons: None.
Overall review: I can happily say that I love my car. It is very comfortable , gives good mileage and looks very hip.
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Do UR Own Due Diligence – Here's My Opinion… by Johnny C. on 07/14/2012. Trim: 2012 Honda CR-V EX-L AWD, Owned less than 1 year.
Pros: I've had my 2012 CRV for 7 months now. My criteria was as follows: must have 5+ yrs of excellent Consumer Reports reviews, and safety history; under 30K; gets 30 mpg on hwy; has leather interior; power seats; Bluetooth; axillary for multiple music sources; all-wheel-drive with stability control; and room to pack my fishin' tackle and camping equip. I didn't need/want nav or DVD. This vehicle is the smartest purchase for a vehicle I have made in my 66 yrs of age. It has met and exceeded all my expectations.
Cons: Would like more than 30 mpg hwy and v6.
Overall review: I performed an extensive review, and compared all its competitors listed, and to me the 2012 CRV outshined them. I am very satisfied after 7 months and over 6K miles. No issues whatsoever.
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Greatest CRV Ever. by An MSN Autos Consumer on 04/30/2012. Trim: 2012 Honda CR-V LX 2WD, Owned less than 1 year.
Pros: The LX has more tech stuff than one could imagine. Our new 2012 has much more pep than out 2010 and seems a bit roomier. The center console is a big improvement over the fold down thing. I love the dash set up and everything about the new CRV. We averaged 33.3 mpg on our first trip, around 140 miles. Our 2010 averaged around 28 mpg on the same trip. The 2012 should get even better mileage when it is fully broke in We have less than 300 miles thus far. Still on 1/2 tank. I haven;t checked yet but I'm guessing the new has a bigger gas tank.
Cons: Really none, except for a minor issue that the rear seats don't fold flat when down like the 2010, and the rear seat is stationary unlike the 2010 that you can move forward and backward. The trade off is that the seats are much easier to fold down. My guess is that most prople would prefer the new version.
Overall review: Absolutely love our new CRV. I just hope the tires perform MUCH better that our 2010 CRV Bridgestone tires that needed replacing at 16,000 miles. Other than the tires, we loved our 2010 but the 2012 puts it to shame. The LX is loaded with extras. Upgrading was well worth it so far. Time will tell.
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