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Shutterbug (and there publishing house) have clearly indicated in the past that they are not willing to do the right thing. Money trumps ethics, apparently.
Frans Waterlander
Shutterbug (and there publishing house) have clearly indicated in the past that they are not willing to do the right thing. Money trumps ethics, apparently.
Frans Waterlander
I think you are assuming Shutterbug is like most magazines and has an "editorial" staff of functional consequence and size as most large circulation national magazines have. It does not resemble most publications in this respect. The staff at the editorial office in Titusville, Florida is quite small and limited in function to mostly putting the editorial and advertising content together to go to the printer in another state. The editor of the magazine has his office in New York, the Publisher in Los Angeles, and the "staff" that creates the content are all independent freelance photographer/writers scattered over several countries and many states in the US.
I get all kinds of ads from numerous sources by every means possible because I have been known through being published for many years now. And I have some idea based on being pretty much in touch every day of who is reputable in the photo business, and what firms are questionable. And, these days that list is always changing and is really not very representative of all that is happening, so unless a paid staff employee could devote a lot of time to checking out advertisers, and the few paid employees have other demanding tasks to do to get a magazine out each month, doing anything to wards knowing what kind of company is behind any ad is not a possibility.
In fact those of you who are buying products have with this forum the opportunity to post your actual experiences, a better resource for others than has ever existed before. So, keep the feedback coming in and no one should have an excuse for being taken advantage of.
Lame excuse du jour. Just admit that Shutterbug is not willing to do the right thing and behave in an ethical manner.
Frans Waterlander
You have a person who does page layout, right? So, they dump a standard boilerplate into a sidebar somewhere prominent in the magazine. That's all. A couple of mouse clicks and you're done.
I'm not suggesting anyone go out and do a multi-page expose' on every advertiser you have, just a "hey, check out (list of review sites) before you buy" blurb on the TOC or something.
It probably wouldn't work anyway, the people who are picking up the magazine just to find the cheapest price on a camera wouldn't read the warning just like they don't bother to come here or other on-line forums to research vendors. They are just too focused on saving $10 off the price from somewhere else.
People who are motivated by finding the "best deal" aren't the type to do that anyway, in my experience. But they are certainly the ones who whine and cry the loudest when they get taken by some shady vendor. The only purpose a warning would serve would be to have something to point to and call them an idiot.
But, you would have the moral high ground, and that counts for something among your readers.
People who are consumers as you point out have to be responsible for themselves. By assuming that responsibility wouldn't we then be subject to the criticism of playing 'big brother'? Can or should we assume any responsibility for others, and if so on what grounds and by what authority?
The problem is this: no one can assume responsibility for another, and by publishing a warning "caveat emptor" is about all you can legitimately say, you can't really suggest that this or that web site will in fact keep someone safe from less than ethical business practices because it is not failsafe, its just one resource of many which in total even are no guarantee, they just increase the purchasers odds of not getting ripped off.
As soon as you take the "high" moral ground some will believe they are "safe", and then get stung, which is inevitable as it is true a sucker is born every minute, and then what is accomplished by publishing an imperfect solution. To just falsely assume an empty posture of being on a high moral ground accomplishes nothing. Its like suggesting people should take politicians at face value!
I suppose I should be a realist rather than an idealist.
Actually today with the internet the consumer almost has the upper hand. If a dealer is a bad actor it can be caught on a video phone and get posted on YouTube in minutes, and if dramatic enough will go viral within hours.
When I first got into photography in the 50's a lot of people were stung by some sleazy dealers in New York before the word finally got around, but even before the web they eventually got their come-uppance. None of the infamous mail-order dealers of the old-days has survived. Today there really is no excuse for a sleazy trader not to get the reputation they deserve, and almost instantaneously.
Actually today's major internet businesses like Amazon.com are the most scrupulously straight-up businesses with much better customer relations than any pre-internet mail-order company of the past.
But as the market has become more reliable it seems people become increasingly complacent and dependent, expecting someone to hold there hand like a mother taking a child to the store to make sure their given the correct change. I am truly amazed that some very lame scams are still working and people are falling for them like the Nigerian internet con artists John Stossel exposed on ABC's 20-20.
Lame excuse du jour #2. Other photographic magazines have taken the high road and banned scammers from their publication, but you/Shutterbug have decided to continue to cater to them. You should be ashamed.
Frans Waterlander
Why are you complaining to me, I'm just an independent freelance contributor who is voicing my opinion, and I have no influence one way or the other on the ad acceptance policy of the corporation that owns Shutterbug. The corporation is named and identified in the magazine and you are welcome to complain directly to them.
You claim what I have described is a lame excuse, but you have provided no evidence whatsoever that what I have described is not true.
However, if I did have a position of influence over policy as I did when I was an editor of a couple of national magazines, I was then personally opposed as a matter of principle that a publication should not support or engage in self-censorship for any purpose. That assumes the individual reader is incapable of making judgments on their own and protecting their own interests, and that the reader's freedom to choose should be taken away from them.
However in the 30 plus years I have been published, whether as a freelancer, an employed editorial staffer or a magazine's editor, if an individual reader has a problem with a dealer and believes he/she has not been dealt with fairly and asks for my help, I have made calls to the owner or manager of the business on behalf of the reader. That has always resulted in an equitable settlement of the dispute. But even if that occurs with a particular dealer more than once, it does not constitute a basis for saying all of that dealer's sales are unethical. That can only be established by a lawful investigation by a government agency that has jurisdiction which is then tried in a court of law. Unless a business is found to be guilty of fraudulent business practices, any publication that sanctions a business' lawful activity is potentially liable to recourse. In other words you cannot refuse to accept an ad from one company and not the one next door just because you don't approve of the way that dealer does business.
Lame excuse #3.
Frans Waterlander
Lame excuse - lame question. About as much use as slamming the mud-covered grunts in the trenches for how the politicians and generals are running the war.
Make your point to someone who can actually do something - the publishing company.
Excellent point, Larry (nice simile, too.).
If you took the effort to look at the many previous posts, you would see that I have been in contact with the publishing company on exactly this issue and you would see how they failed to behave ethically.
Frans Waterlander
So instead you sit here and continually parrot lame lame lame serving no good and only casting a shadow on your own contentions. In fact, the only thing you have accomplished is to make a good man, David, leave who has done nothing but try and help and educate other forum members. Certainly an achievement worthy of hanging a hat upon.
I certainly have little sympathy for consumers who know a deal is too good to be true then get bent all out of joint when surprise of all surprises it is too good. In this day and age of easily available information, it is the peak of irresponsibility to make a large purchase without trying to educate oneself about the product and who are the reputable retailers. If they feel they have been taken and have hard evidence of it, then go to the authorities. Posting messages to forums here and there only creates hearsay, nothing a legal authority is able to act upon. Until that is done in a way which gains a conviction, a publisher opens themselves up to legal problems telling an advertiser we are dropping you because you engage in illegal business practices.
Your rationale about having to depend on the legal system doesn't hold water. Other publications do the right thing, act upon the same information that is available to this publication, and ban scammers. That's all there is to it.
And as a result they have opened themselves up to potential litigation also. Not exactly holding to their fiduciary duty to their shareholders if they are a public company.
This all has me thinking of the saying about beating a dead horse. Why keep harping on something in a forum to people who have no control over the accepted advertisers? Especially when it has been done in a manner considered so disrespectful and negative that one of the people felt the need to depart supporting this forum.
As for other publishers, I get several of the leading photography publications available and a majority contain an advertisement for the company you have the vendetta against. So Shutterbug is hardly an isolated magazine which accepts their money. As for the publication which you've touted in the past as being the pinnacle of ethics, they have ads from places which have had lots written about their questionable practices as well.
Fiduciary duties include conducting business in an ethical manner, or at least they should. And where are the lawsuits against publications that ban scammers from their pages? "Lame excuse" is disrespectful? Fine, then tell me what whitewashing scammers' operations should be called.
The fact that there is more than one publishing company accepting these ads is no justification for doing that in the first place. And please don't put words in my mouth - I've never called any company "the pinnacle of ethics".
This forum and editor does not control the ad content. We get it. You are upset about it. You are addressing this to the wrong people. I have nothing against your dealing with this in an effective way, but your tone is such that we are all getting tired of it. Please haunt someone else's house and report back after a few months how you have reformed them. Then we can know how to follow your example.
I like your challenge and since you say you are willing to follow examples, here it is. Participants, including me, on another photography magazine's forum have spoken out against scammmers' ads in much the same way as in this thread on this forum, with one notable exception: the magazine took it seriously and within months banned a whole bunch of scammers. The publication in question is Popular Photography.
You bet I'm upset and you should be as well. Primedia has given me the runaround and done nothing.
So, George, are you now going to follow my example and take action?
In the way in which you've decided to attack those who have no control over the ad content, I would say that has definately been disrespectful. The negative way in which it was done has made some to feel like they can no longer participate here. I won't hazard to guess what that says about someone who does that without any contrition.
The pinnacle of ethics I was referring to is Pop Photo, whom you like to trot out each time everyone says go tell it to those who have the power. They accept ads companies that to this day you can find posts about calling them into question as scammers. That they don't take ads from one company or the other only shows that they perhaps have more control over their own ad content as opposed to the corporate offices. However, if they did act solely on the basis of hearsay evidence, then they themselves could be held liable for that. It's happened before, it will happen again.
Perhaps instead of these constant allegations of unethical action by Shutterbug it would be better served to make a constructive suggestion. One of which would be to suggest an articles on selecting quality equipment from quality retailers or how to identify prices and places which are too good to be true. Simply getting rid of advertising from these companies would most likely work as well as banning smoking ads has while education has been shown to have had a larger and lasting impact.
If you did your homework, you would find out that Pop Photo collects information from people like you and me who have had bad experiences in addition to operating a mystery buyer program and use a certain process to weed out the scammers. They make the effort to find the facts; they don't go by hearsay evidence as you so frivolously assert. If you took the effort you would find out that many dubious companies have been removed from their advertiser list and that they continue with this program of fact-based action. And I am sorry to say, that Shutterbug/Primedia does zilch in this regard, other than continue to justify their inaction, thereby enabling these scammers.
I think the Shutterbug staff is very capable of writing articles of the nature that you suggest, if they had the inclination.
Getting rid of these advertisers would reduce the number of unsuspecting people falling prey to these low-life companies, so don't chastise me for trying to prod Shutterbug/Primedia into action.
I'm perfectly aware that Pop Photo has a mystery shopper but that was not part of the discussion. While you bristle when you take it as people putting words in your mouth others like me equally resent your suggestions of stupidity and ignorance. It was your statement that Pop Photo acted when several on their forum complained while Shutterbug fails to do the same. This suggested that they only went by people's statements to their forum without documentation to support those claims. That is hearsay evidence. The only frivolousness would have been for a company to act upon those posts without concrete facts to check.
To expect the same from Shutterbug would be to assume they are organized and staffed the same ways as several have attempted to point out they are not. What everyone has repeatedly tried to point out is that much of what is handled in house at Pop Photo is handled not by Shutterbug but by Primedia. It does no good to keep attacking Shutterbug for something they don't control. That would be like saying all honey bees should be killed because I got stung by an Africanized bee.
But be this all as it may, I don't want to get trapped into also beating a dead horse and I have sandhill cranes to get ready to photograph.
Shutterbug/Primedia enables scammers to operate. It's time to stop finding excuses and act.
Riiight, Shutterbug and Primedia are responsible for all the bad business practices of others. By this extrapolation, if you fail to turn in every single person you see or know to be breaking the law then you are enabling them as well.
One would have to ask themselves if you think Shutterbug's ethics are so suspect because of one advertiser they have no control over, why keep coming here or reading their magazine. Take your beef back to the door at which it should be layed, Primedia's. Perhaps with actual facts from Pop Photo's investigations instead of posts to a message board.
Anyway, sympathies to your horse. I have many more productive pursuits than to play nanny for consumers that fail to educate themselves.
Here you go again. "Shutterbug and Primedia are responsible for all the bad business practices of others". It would be nice if you wouldn't make this stuff up and go overboard with your outlandish remarks. And let's stop this absolutely inane "discussion". It's time for Shutterbug/Primedia to act and your ranting and raving is not helping.
Let's see. You're the one who just ahead said that Shutterbug enables the scammers to operate. Only ranting anyone has been doing, and I'm not alone, is in trying to point out repeatedly that the door you want is at Primedia's doorstep, not Shutterbug's since they don't contract the ads.
Frankly, sir, I have never accused you of lying or making things up and would expect the same of you. I doubly resent it in that I have done none of the same in my statements. To state legal points is neither outlandish nor overboard as any other business owner or person who has to deal with gov't agencies worth his salt knows all too well.
I can see now why David opted to leave the forum.
I was wondering if this conference is open for professionals working in other fields. For instance if some students from sound technician schools can participate to the conference. Others universities hold conferences more often, not seven years distance, and about several topics on the agenda.
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Price £16,995 - £26,655
- Spacious boot
- Efficient engines
- Decent equipment
- Poor rear visibility
- Dull design
- Limited range of engines
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- The greenest
- 1.6 i-DTEC SR 5dr £24,360
- The cheapest
- 1.4 i-VTEC S 5dr £16,995
- The fastest
- 1.8 i-VTEC S 5dr £19,255
- Top of the range
- 1.8 i-VTEC Auto EX Plus 5dr £26,655
" The Honda Civic is well built, comfortable, safe and as dependable as they come "
The Honda Civic is a family hatchback and a rival to cars like the Ford Focus, Renault Megane and Volkswagen Golf. The old version of the Civic was a real head-turner thanks to a futuristic, space-age design, but the current model is not quite as exciting to look at.
What it lacks in looks it has made up for in comfort, though. All models with manual gearboxes come fitted with stop-start as standard, which automatically shuts down the engine when the car comes to a standstill in order to save fuel, which helps to keep the Civic's running costs low. It's also got a spacious boot and one of the best reputations for reliability in the business.
MPG, running costs & CO2
Economy and efficiency are among the best in class
One of the reasons that this Civic doesn't look quite as glamorous as the old model is that the design has been tweaked to be more aerodynamic – and that's helped to make it more efficient. There's a choice of four engines: two petrol and two diesel. The most efficient is the 1.6-litre diesels, which can do 78.5mpg and emits just 94g/km CO2, making it exempt from road tax. Both figures are seriously impressive and among the best in the family hatchback class. The 2.2-litre i-DTEC diesel isn't far behind, either. It will do 67.3mpg and emits 110g/km CO2. The 1.4-litre i-VTEC petrol does 52.3mpg and emits 129g/km CO2, while the 1.8-litre i-VTEC petrol does 48.7mpg and emits 137g/km CO2. The Civic also has a low insurance group rating, which will help keep your premium low.
Interior & comfort
The Civic is comfortable but taller passengers will find headroom tight in the rear
The old Civic was criticised for having a firm ride that jolted occupants around. But that's no longer an issue. Honda's engineers have used a new fluid-filled suspension set-up on the current version of the Civic that produces a really smooth and comfortable ride. The interior is nicely insulated from wind, road and engine noise, too, and all the seats are comfortable. Tall passengers may find there's not a lot of headroom in the back because the Civic's roofline slopes pretty sharply to the boot and cuts into the available space. The Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf offer more spacious rear seats for buyers who need to regularly carry tall passengers.
Practicality & boot space
Spacious boot and a number of practical touches but rear visibility is awful
The designers at Honda are masters of getting the most possible space out of a car, and they've worked wonders with the Civic. For example, the fuel tank has been positioned beneath the floor in the centre of the car to free up space, which has resulted in a very large boot. It has 487 litres of capacity, which is a massive 171 litres bigger than the boot in the Ford Focus. The space can be expanded to 1,210 litres by folding down the rear seats.
The bases of the rear seats on the Civic can also be flipped up like cinema seats to free up space to allow you to carry tall items. One major flaw in the Civic's practicality, though, is the split rear window, which really obstructs visibility and makes reversing a lot harder than it should be. The door pillars are pretty thick too, which also help to restrict visibility and means the Civic isn't as easy to manoeuvre as it should be.
Reliability & safety
Hondas are some of the most dependable cars around
There aren't many cars brands that have a reputation for reliability that can match Honda's. Its cars are generally bullet proof, and there's no reason the Civic should be any different. The current model shares many of its engines and mechanical parts with the old version, which was one of the most durable cars around. Honda as a brand consistently does well in customer satisfaction surveys. It came sixth out of 32 in the 2013 Driver Power manufacturer chart and it's safe, too - it picked up the maximum five-star safety rating in the Euro NCAP crash tests. And all models come as standard with a full complement of airbags, electronic stability control and anti-lock brakes. EX and EX GT spec models also get adaptive cruise control and a low-speed collision mitigation system to help avoid collisions.
Engines, drive & performance
Capable and comfortable but no match for rivals
The Civic performs ok on the road but it's not without issues. The engineers have done a great job with the new fluid-filled suspension to make the car more comfortable but it's still not particularly involving to drive. That's mainly because the steering is a little vague and light, so it doesn't feel as accurate as a Volkswagen Golf or a Ford Focus.
The engines are largely good, though – although the 1.8-litre petrol does get pretty loud when pushed hard. The other three engines offer a great mix of power and fuel economy and are a lot more refined. The 2.2-litre diesel offers the best performance, and will cover 0-62mph in 8.5 seconds.
However, the 1.6-litre diesel is probably the pick of the bunch, as it returns excellent economy, emissions are low enough to make it exempt from road tax, and it still offers decent performance. A six-speed manual gearbox is fitted as standard on all models but there is a five-speed automatic gearbox available on the 1.8-litre petrol engine. We'd avoid it though, as it's pretty jerky.
Price, value for money & options
Equipment levels are good and the Civic holds on to its value well
The Civic isn't the cheapest of family hatchbacks but all models come very well equipped, so it does offer good value for money. Even entry-level models get LED daytime running lights, alloy wheels, stop-start technology, air-con and an MP3 compatible stereo as standard. Go up a spec level and you'll get climate control, sat-nav and Bluetooth connectivity, plus automatic headlights.
Top spec EX and EX GT cars are pretty pricey but, again, their equipment levels are very impressive. Hondas have excellent resale values, too, so it's likely you'll lose less money on a Civic when it comes time to sell it than you would on a rival like the Ford Focus.
What the others say
"From the driver's seat, visibility is improved thanks to thinner A-pillars, but the spilt screen still hampers the view to the rear. The dash layout has grown up, too, with the confusing digital dials from the old car making way for a cleaner, more logical design."
"So like before it's still a spacious, well built and practical hatchback. It retains the now familiar Civic style too, although in our opinion it's a little fussy and not as neat as the model it replaces. What has improved is quality - the interior now feels more upmarket but is still as well built as before. And as it's a Honda you can expect bomb proof reliability too."
"The previous Civic's engines have been carried over, albeit in a more powerful and cleaner state. However, it's disappointing not to find a brand new petrol engine - like a 1.4 turbo or 1.6 turbo - to compete with European rivals. A smaller diesel engine is on the way next year and should open up the Civic's appeal."
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As well as being fug, this thing has ATROCIOUS rear and rear 3/4 visibility. I just rented one for a day and ripped the back bumper off on a curb because I couldn't see it. AVOID.
Love the car. Great specification, comfortable, well built and the design? It's cool
I've driven 400miles in 2 days in a 1.6 diesel, ES spec ... it's a demo car and I'm not going to buy one.
Seats - un-supportive and not comfy enough for me.
Engine - good, but I couldn't get anywhere near the claimed econ figures. And I only tried it with one person and 2 small bags, I suspect things would get sluggish with any kind of load.
Ride - much better than the previous car but now skittish and fidgety.
Steering - inert electric power steering, horrible. And sometimes it's to sharp, particularly at motorway speeds.
Driving Experience - dull but efficient
Pedals - getting annoyed that I can't move my foot from accelerator to brake without catching my toe on something
Digi speedo - groan, why are Honda persisting with this mix of horrible dials?
Lack of cubby's in the front will become annoying, and where do I keep my sunglasses?
Opening the fuel flap is surprisingly awkward, the release switch being where you would normally expect to find the bonnet release - anyone with mobility issues will struggle to reach it, very poor.
Cabin noise - unexpectedly high, and very surprised to hear wind whistling around the driver's door at motorway speeds on a car that's done less than 1000 miles.
Rear vis - shocking, I can see why there's a camera on the back - is that standard?
And my right leg is aching.
I've driven 400miles in 2 days in a 1.6 diesel, ES spec ... it's a demo car and I'm not going to buy one.
Seats - un-supportive and not comfy enough for me.
Engine - good, but I couldn't get anywhere near the claimed econ figures. And I only tried it with one person and 2 small bags, I suspect things would get sluggish with any kind of load.
Ride - much better than the previous car but now skittish and fidgety.
Steering - inert electric power steering, horrible. And sometimes it's too sharp, particularly at motorway speeds.
Driving Experience - dull but efficient
Pedals - getting annoyed that I can't move my foot from accelerator to brake without catching my toe on something
Digi speedo - groan, why are Honda persisting with this mix of horrible dials?
Lack of cubby's in the front will become annoying, and where do I keep my sunglasses?
Opening the fuel flap is surprisingly awkward, the release switch being where you would normally expect to find the bonnet release - anyone with mobility issues will struggle to reach it, very poor.
Cabin noise - unexpectedly high, and very surprised to hear wind whistling around the driver's door at motorway speeds on a car that's done less than 1000 miles.
Rear vis - shocking, I can see why there's a camera on the back - is that standard?
and my right leg is aching.
I had a Championship white before so switching to a lesser New Honda Civic model was never going to be good, comparative fuel economy is very good, went for 2.2 Diesel and to be honest not bad, can't wait for the new type-R.
However the design is just bizarre and so backwards from previous car; adding a rear wiper that is bulky on the rear view and does not help with vision, going back wards with the front wipers to side by side. Rear lights look different but not stylish, running lights switch off when car lights come on, seat combo in the back is just one step too far, I could go on and on and on but the big question here is.
Who drives a Honda Civic?
Having had a Championship White I saw such a wide range of people driving the Civic, impressive from a marketing perspective, so why have they gathered a focus group of 65+ pensioners to help design the new car, everything they have added is practical though pretty pointless. It has ruined the design of a unique and very popular car.
Next step is 2015 is a Type R or a Mercedes A class AMG, the Merc has all the right lines to look so good, price is similar. I hope Honda can step up with some good design changes to coincide with the new TypeR or they will loose potential custom.
I've just had one for a week and found visibility no problem. This sounds more like a lack of driver skill than a problem with the car itself.
Ripping the back bumper off on a curb is more lack of driving skill because it is difficult to see on all models. I have one for the last three months and it is wonderful to drive
brill car, these people who go on about rear advisability are a joke, the car has 3 mirrors and a reversing camera and some even have parking sensors to, if you cant park with that lot its time to hang your keys up, rear spoiler on the civic looks great and also blacks out drivers head lights who get to close at night.
I'm in a good position to review this car as my old (2001)
Civic 1.6 Ex finally gave up last week after 120,000 miles. I've been driving a
rental car (the new Peugot 308 diesel) for the last three days and it's been awful
– clutch and brake pedals far too close together, uncomfortable seats,
permanently uncomfortable driving position that has given me sciatica, a poorly
designed fixed centre storage box that I keep banging my elbow against every
time I change to second or fourth gear, a high clutch that feels like you're
putting your foot in a trench when you change gear, a horrible, horrible car.
So I drove this to my Honda dealer to test drive the new
Civic (1.8 ES). Stepping out of the Peugot into the new Civic was like steeping
out of the dark ages into the Enlightenment. It took me less than a minute to
find a comfortable driving position in the Civic. I wasn't keen on having to
put the clutch down before turning the ignition but that proved to be the only
minor gripe I had with this car.
This is an excellent car. The first thing you notice is just
how comfortable and stress-free it is to drive. What a joy to step into a car
that has pedals that are designed for grown-ups. The gear changes were silky smooth,
very good brakes and a nicely responsive accelerator. This isn't a car for
speed-merchants but, as ever with Honda, you do get quite a bit of oomph at
higher revs.
The ride was excellent, it glides over minor pot-holes and
bumps with ease (and comfort). Steering was a tad on the light side for my liking
but not a problem. Handling was impressive overall, both at city speeds and on
the motorway. One feature I really liked was how cocooned I felt in the cabin.
This feels a very safe car as well, maybe too safe for speed merchants and car
snobs but the everyday driver will have no complaints. I also really like the
storage space in this car, clever seat combinations and a surprisingly large
boot space.
I loved the dashboard design too, it's intuitive to use,
everything within easy reach. The analogue speedo, cleverly positioned to always
be in the driver's central field of vision, is not only well-designed it's very
useful in that it only needs one quick glance. After driving the old 'old'
Civic for twelve years I did have some misgivings about the new one,
particularly the controversial rear design. But I took this one on the
supermarket parking test and had no problems at all getting into a tight space.
I even like the wing mirrors on this car. Needless to say, I'm putting my order
in for a new one this weekend. This is a great little car, a real pleasure to
drive and if it lasts as long as my old Civic I'll be a very happy punter.
I am very puzzled why the 1.8 honda civic 2012 emissions jump rapidly from the SE to the ES version? From £125 to £140 when it is same engine, no increase power at all.
check the wheels.
I noticed same type of discrepancy between my 1.4 tsi golf and my relat
ives 1.4tsi seat leon, both units identical but he had sporty alloys (and dear tyres), golf had eco tyres (not expensive as tyres go)yet his road tax was higher than mine.
Cant blame the car,I cant think of one modern hatch that you can judge the distance front or back, most are fitted with reversing sensors for that reason. The ford focus is typical.


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Senior Blaire Luna pitched her fifth career no-hitter, lifting No. 7/9 Texas to a 6-0 victory against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the season opener on Thursday evening at Red & Charline McCombs Field. The no-hitter was Luna's first since a perfect game versus Washington on March 17, 2011, in a 12-0 victory. She finished with 14 strikeouts, her 49th career contest with 10 or more whiffs. Luna walked only two, J.J. Jackson in the fifth and Meagan McKinney in the seventh, and faced just three batters over the minimum. On offense, UT was led by a three-run home run from senior Taylor Hoagland and a two-run blast from freshman Erin Shireman in her first career at-bat. Texas has never lost a season-opener, has posted 11 shutouts and outscored opponents 108-9 during the initial contests. UT improves to 23-3 against the Islanders, including a 19-2 mark during contests in Austin. The Longhorns jumped on the board in the bottom of the first with two outs as junior second baseman Karina Scott drove in classmate Brejae Washington from second base with a single through the right side. Washington had reached on an error and stolen second base. Texas extended its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second with another two-out strike. Hoagland drove in junior Mandy Ogle and sophomore Gabby Smith with a three-run home run to left center field. Hoagland has driven in 13 runs in her last 11 games. All six freshmen made an appearance during the contest, highlighted by Shireman, who drove in classmate Lindsey Stephens on a two-run long ball in the bottom of the sixth, giving UT the 6-0 final score. Washington added two more stolen bases to her career total by stealing second base twice. She holds the school record for career swipes (67), five ahead of Desiree Williams (2005-09). Hoagland also stole second base, in the bottom of the sixth inning, bringing her career total to 60. She is now tied with Lindsay Gardner (2000-03) for fourth in the UT career chart. Constance Bradenburg (0-1) took the loss for the Islanders, allowing five hits, five walks and striking out one through five-and-a-third innings. Ashley Elicerio relieved Bradenburg in the sixth and tossed the final two-thirds of an inning for TAMU-CC, allowing only one walk. The Longhorns continue play in the Texas Classic against North Texas on Friday at 6 p.m. CT at Red & Charline McCombs Field.
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Mathison: Laughter can bring more than smiles with sonI went on a weekend trip with my 4-year-old son Grant, and was reminded about the power of laughter. We had lots to laugh about at the children's museum, restaurant outings with family and the swimming pool.
By: Susan Mathison, INFORUM
I went on a weekend trip with my 4-year-old son Grant, and was reminded about the power of laughter.
We had lots to laugh about at the children's museum, restaurant outings with family and the swimming pool. Even the safety cards in the plane were amusing to him, and he can tell the difference between planes by their lifejackets, as depicted in the well-studied cards. I think it's very wise that these are laminated.
We made up funny new words. Teenage cousins who tease about the monsters in the basement are now called teasenagers. Once Grant realized there weren't really any monsters down there, he was secretly disappointed, so he became a growling monster unable to hold back the giggles. It was a great weekend, and despite the airlines, pretty stress-free.
The Mayo Clinic calls laughter some of the world's best medicine. Physical benefits include improved blood flow to internal organs and muscles, enhancing oxygenation and lowering blood pressure. Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack, according to a recent study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. The study, which is the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease.
This improved blood flow also helps muscles and joints, and coupled with feel-good chemicals called endorphins, can soothe tension and minimize pain. Endorphins are also responsible for the so-called runner's high, so perhaps you can feel less guilty about opting for the funny movie over the half-marathon.
Laughter may induce positive thoughts thought to release neuropeptides that decrease stress hormones and increase immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.
Mentally, laughter almost instantaneously improves your mood. It's hard to feel angry, sad, fearful or anxious while you are laughing.
Endorphins also play a role here since they enhance your emotional balance and overall sense of happiness.
Laughter and humor help shift your perspective and can allow you to reframe negative situations, looking for the silver lining your mother might have mentioned.
We often see laughter and humor used to diffuse grief when someone dies. I love hearing stories shared by friends and family at prayer services, and the memories of laughter and fun times seem to be front row.
Socially, laughter can improve your relationships with relatives, co-workers, friends and partners. According to Psychology Today, through humor and laughter, you release inhibitions and express your true feelings more easily. Laughter can also help you become more confident and spontaneous.
Additionally, laughing with others can unite people, even in difficult times. It can help you connect, heal disagreements and let go of defensiveness. Many big companies invest in fun activities that help to develop a positive corporate culture for this reason.
Laughter might even save your marriage. Robert Provine, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and author of "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation," found laughter synchronizes the brains of speaker and listener so that they are emotionally attuned. He concludes that laughter establishes – or restores – a positive emotional climate and a sense of connection between two people.
Provine goes on to tell us, not surprisingly, that laughter plays a big role in mating. Men like women who laugh heartily in their presence, and the laughter of the female is the critical index of a healthy relationship.
Tickling is a sure fire way of getting laughter going, and is certainly a childhood favorite. Grant made me a poster for Mother's Day that depicted our tickle fests as his favorite thing about me.
Opt for the comedy movie, like "Patch Adams," or go to a comedy club.
Try Laughter Yoga.
Laugh at yourself. Share your embarrassing moments.
Spend more time with your kids and be present and playful. They are the experts on playing, taking life lightly and laughing. I am so glad to be along for the ride with my son Grant that I don't mind the crow's feet from our many giggles.
Dr. Susan Mathison founded Catalyst Medical Center in Fargo and created PositivelyBeautiful.com.
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text: Toto uses several different fill valves. If you have the one made for them by Korky, stop at Lowes or a local plumbing supply shop for a replacement cap (around $3), and in about a minute, you will have replaced the only seal in the thing. If it is not the one by Korky, then you have to replace the whole thing, as far as I know. You might want to check the static incoming water pressure. If it is excessivly high, you may need a PRV and expansion tank. A toilet fill valve seems to often be one of the weakest links, and leaks first under high pressure situations. If you are lucky, you could just remove the cap, check if there is any sand or other thing preventing the seal - clean it off, then replace it and solve your problem.


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Cellar/Tasting Notes "A blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2009 Pape Clement is not as dense or provocative as the 2005, but it is a worthy competitor. Tighter and more muscular than the 2005, the 2009 reveals an opaque purple color along with notes of graphite, blueberries, and..
Cellar/Tasting Notes A subtle but not invisible application of wood frames fresh, cool, pure and remarkably complex aromas of various red berries, underbrush, game and plenty of earth. There is excellent richness to the full-bodied and overtly powerful big-bodied flavors that brim with palate coating dry extract that..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "... This is a gorgeous wine, a classic blend of 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Counoise and the balance the other permitted varietals in the appellation. Deep purple, with loads of bouquet garni, beef blood, blackberry, kirsch, smoke and truffle, this wine is full-bodied, rich and..
Cellar/Tasting Notes The 2007 Brunello di Montalcino is lush, sweet and inviting. Today the 2007 doesn't quite have the sheer visceral thrill and excitement of the 2006, but it more than makes up for that with its early approachability. Dark red berries, spices and crushed flowers are layered into the finish. There..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The dense ruby/purple-hued 2006 Palmer reveals sweet aromas of melted licorice, underbrush, toast, plums, and black cherries. Outstanding density, a medium to full-bodied style, and a personality that recalls 1996, this blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon and 34% Merlot possesses moderately high..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The opaque purple-hued 2006- only 40% of the crop made it into the final blend- exhibits a personality that mimics the superb 1996. Classic aromas of sweet black raspberries, kirsch, cassis, and subtle toasty oak are followed by a full-bodied, concentrated wine displaying moderately high tannin...
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a beautiful wine. Powerful, taut and austere, the 2006 shows all of the qualities that make traditional Brunello compelling. Black cherries, incense, tobacco and grilled herbs wrap around the intense finish ..." (Antonio Galloni)
Cellar/Tasting Notes 'This and the Suchots are often Grivot's best Vosne 1ers and so it is again in 2011. There is a background touch of wood setting off the cool and admirably pure red and black pinot fruit that is bursting with an array of spices and wet stone. The minerality is very much a defining element of the..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Along with Lafite Rothschild, Ausone, and l'Eglise Clinet, Pavie is one of the wines of the vintage. An inky/purple color is accompanied by notes of creme de cassis, kirsch, graphite, and toast. A massive wine for the vintage, the 2007 Pavie is very full-bodied with extraordinary intensity, power,..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A mélange of spicy red, blue and black berry fruit, plum and violet aromas framed in noticeable wood are in keeping with the rich, full and naturally sweet flavors that possess good extract and a velvety and seductive mouth feel, all wrapped in a balanced, powerful and long finish where the wood..


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With a strong focus on HR's roles in finding, developing and keeping the best employees, The Essential Guide to Managing Talent by Kaye Thorne and Andy Pellant (Kogan Page Ltd., 2007) urges readers to make talent management an ongoing, coordinated process.
Calling HR "the most misunderstood and (often) misrepresented" function in many organizations, authors Kaye Thorne and Andy Pellant argue that HR must be more assertive about owning the business's "talent agenda."
Tools for taking ownership include:
If "performance appraisal" at your workplace simply means doling out ratings and salary news, you're missing out. HR executive and author Paul Falcone wants readers to turn their appraisal process into a "truly worthwhile" effort. Productive Performance Appraisals (Amacom, 2007) walks readers through a three-step process:
Preparation includes helping employees plan their own futures (Falcone uses sample dialogues to show how to approach those conversations). Managers and supervisors also learn how to keep a useful -- and legal -- employee performance journal that gives managers the information they need when appraisal time comes. Managers learn errors to avoid and get a checklist of documents essential to any appraisal interview. Falcone provides a timeline for appraisals, noting what you should be doing weeks before appraisal time.
A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance (Amacom, 2007) by Roger Chevalier teaches managers to counsel employees for improved performance, identify performance gaps and find measurable ways to describe them, weigh alternative solutions to performance problems, improve individual and team motivation, evaluate performance results, and more. Chevalier also demonstrates how managers can practice "situational leadership" that lets them vary what they do, depending on employees' "willingness and ability" to improve performance.
The book focuses on three areas:
Exercises let readers apply what they've learned immediately in their own workplaces.
Targeting an audience of supervisors, managers, team leaders and others who want to improve teamwork, Zachary Wong, author of Human Factors in Project Management (Jossey-Bass, 2007), notes that the current business emphasis is on strategies and projects -- not on the human behaviors that "make or break organizational performance." This volume examines how individual behavior affects teamwork and how to manage the key elements and stages of team performance.
Wong identifies content, process and behavior -- or purpose, procedures and team dynamic -- as key elements in team success. After outlining each, he uses examples to show ways to manage these interdependent elements -- and ways things go awry when any one of the three gets left out.
Readers learn five stages of team development and the skills needed to shepherd a team through each. Wong shows how team members' behaviors spring from their values and temperaments, and how team leaders and managers can identify and work with different temperaments. A section on managing team conflict examines conflict's roots. Sample conflict scenarios help readers consider how they would handle specific problems.
Detailed case studies illustrate how people's backgrounds and behaviors affect teamwork, as well as offer strategies for turning problem behaviors around.
Unanet Technologies has released Unanet Visual Insight, the latest version of its performance management software. Unanet Visual Insight is designed to help employers boost productivity and increase profitability. The software package gathers and analyzes information on strategic plans, business commitments, resource capacity, workforce skills and expenditures into a single system and provides managers with detailed insight into the best ways to optimize workforce performance. Unanet Visual Insight features dashboard graphics that offer managers an immediate performance profile on a particular project or on the whole organization. Unanet also provides summarized and detailed views of hours worked, resource costs and revenue. Contact: www.unanet.com; e-mail: email@example.com
Conducting business meetings online and across long distances just became easier with iLinc Communications Inc.'s newest version of its popular web conference software tool, iLinc 9. The software release includes a newly designed user interface and enhancements that are designed to improve efficiency and give users the ability to show multiple participant videos simultaneously.
Contact: www.ilinc.com; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Friday Morning Music
This young American composer-singer is somebody you're likely going to hear more from in the years to come.
Start your weekend with John Fullbright...
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Came home last night to this phone message:
Shooting Yourself in the Foot
Most every election I make it a point to vote early. It's certainly convenient and besides – I usually have my mind made-up long before the polls open.
Not so this year. This has been an exceedingly tough election decision to make. For a while I thought I had it all figured out. But then I began to have second thoughts. Maybe I read too much. Or perhaps I've been over-analyzing candidates Romney and Obama. (Not so much Thompson and Baldwin.) I'd like to think I've done a good job of tuning-out most of the broadcast advertising, recycled the gibbering fliers along with their grainy black and white photos that have been spilling from my post box and made daily use of my caller ID, voicemail and spam filter. I'm going to keep mulling-over my decision and probably won't make it until Tuesday when I actually draw the line connecting the arrows.
Healthy Soils Make Healthy Trees
Below the surface of the soil lies a complex soil food web we will likely never see. Without it, much of the plant life we enjoy would not be able to exist. The soil food web consists of many organisms that are beneficial to the health of the soil. This beneficial web is plentiful in an undisturbed forest setting, but can be diminished or lacking in some of the soils we have around our homes where our trees are trying to exist.
Many practices done to soils can disturb this fragile soil food web. Things like compacting the soil, overwatering, lawn treatments, removal of leaves and small branches, etc. can have major impacts on this fragile web. A healthy soil will need organisms like nematodes, beneficial fungi, bacteria, protozoa, arthropods, and certain other animals in order to maintain a favorable growing environment. These organisms play a critical role in nutrient cycling. Nutrient cycling is the process whereby plant materials are broken down into usable nutrients for plants to carry on life.
First Timer at the Women's Club
Despite living in Tosa for most of my life, I had never once been inside the Wauwatosa Women's Club until this last weekend. The quintet I play with was there to provide some light music for an art auction/benefit for a local private school.
What a beautiful site! I had no idea! I'm still getting over how nice the place is - and how often I'd passed by that building on 76th and Milwaukee Ave. without a clue about what was inside.
What About Your Polling Day Experience?
While out walking the girls I noticed that there wasn't a line at my local polling place. So after crating the dogs I walked over to the polls for lunch.
Yes. Lunch.
There's got to be a morning after - the Facebook chronicles.
"I'm not blue, I'm just sad."
The day after the night before
I fell asleep early last night, exhausted from work and saturated with elaborate election speculation by talking heads on TV. But around 11 the ping of my cellphone woke me as my son texted one word: OBAMA.
Back to sleep, feeling somewhat relieved. But not elated. There's hard work to be done by everyone. That doesn't change, no matter who's in office. What changes is the willingness and ability to do it. I'm hoping for less opposition, more cooperation, and working toward the important goals that matter.
Friday Morning Music
Here's a reader contribution and a walk down memory lane. Start your weekend with this gem by Neil Young...
Tracing the Footsteps
By now you know that Jill and I spent a couple of weeks in France. Besides being the first two week vacation we've enjoyed in fourteen years it was also a pilgrimage of sorts - most of which I'll save to share another day.
Anyway, today is Veterans Day and I thought I'd take a moment to talk about my favorite veteran - Howard Gaertner. Who also happens to be my dad. Dad's been gone now for a couple of years but I'm sure he'd appreciate the mention.
Your Trees are Dormant in Winter - Our Arborists are Not
Wachtel Tree Science works throughout the winter months. In fact, during the winter we perform many of our services. We prune and remove trees and shrubs, and even remove stumps. Winters are ideal time to cable, and brace trees, install lighting protection, perform appraisals, consultations and site inspections. With the exception of insect and disease management, winter offers us an additional three months to perform our services.
Winter is an excellent time to work. The benefits are frozen ground, dormant perennials, inactive gardens and defoliated trees. The cold and sterile-like conditions of winter offer us the opportunity to prune trees and shrubs that are susceptible to, or under pressure from insect and disease problems. Trees that have infectious fungal or bacterial disease can have these infected branches pruned out in the winter and greatly reduce the risk of spreading the disease.
Applications and Appreciation
Applying for college is an unreal experience: It's both exciting and one of the most nerve-racking things I have ever done. For example, I started crying instantly when at the exact moment that I hit submit on my UW-Madison application, I realized that I forgot to include one minute detail about an award from a standardized Latin test. However, after about 30 seconds I got over this horrifying fact and realized that not only was there nothing I could do, but there also was no longer anything that I had to do!
Searching for the Perfect French Baguette
For the last month I have been searching for a locally-sourced authentic French baguette. And I have been coming-up on the short end of the loaf in terms of success.
Until today.
Thankfulness for a special love
Sunday, November 18th is the 26th anniversary of my motherhood. On that day, our beautiful son, Andrew, came into the world. He burst into our lives and forever changed us. So many of you know this story, but Andrew was born severely developmentally disabled. As unexpected as Andrew's dire diagnosis was (my pregnancy was unremarkable - his brain injury occurred at birth), so was the imprint that his life would leave on our hearts, our minds, our other children and our family and friends.
Peeling Back Layers: Restoring the original floors in our kitchen
Old houses, like onions and sensitive ogres, have layers. Peel back those layers of wall paper, paint and flooring and you don't know what you're going to find.
The primary objective of pruning young trees is to develop a framework of sturdy, well spaced branches on a strong trunk. Good branch structure, proper form, and tree strength all develop with training pruning.
Pruning done early in a tree's life removes weak branches and corrects form when branches are relatively small. This reduces the size of pruning wounds, which results in faster closure and less opportunity for decay.
Do You Have Faith in Your Tree Service?
The old Webster's dictionary defines faith as being firm to ones promises; contracts and of being worthy of confidence and belief. At Wachtel Tree Science, we work as a team to build and maintain your faith in us as leaders in the tree care industry.
Nordstrom opening department store at Mayfair mall by 2015
Nordstrom Inc. will open its first full-line Wisconsin department store at Wauwatosa's Mayfair mall in fall 2015.
The Seattle-based company announced Thursday plans to open a 140,000-square-foot, three-level store. It will be on the mall's east side, between Boston Store and Mayfair's six-story attached office building.
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Friday Morning Psychedelic
Turn-up the volume on your workstation PC and mellow-out to Oliver Klaus covering this tune by Donovan.
The long version too...


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Her effort allowed the Sooners to win in honor of senior guard Whitney Hand, who went down with a serious left knee injury, most likely a career-ending torn ACL, late in the first half and exited Lloyd Noble Center for an MRI.
"I don't know that I've ever been prouder of a team," said OU head coach Sherri Coale. "Honestly. Seventeen years of doing this, just unbelievable determination and I think revealed their metal, their character. I talk about their character all the time. It's one thing to talk about, and it's another for however many people got to witness that tonight. I have no words. I don't even know how they could think, much less change defenses and run sets and change matchups. And they revealed their strength. Those are a bunch of great kids."
Perhaps no shot was bigger in helping accomplish that spirited feat than Griffin's turnaround hook shot with just less than five minutes to play and the Sooners trailing by four.
OU quickly tied it up on the next possession when Griffin converted a pair of free throws.
Four more free throws by the 6-foot-6 center over the next couple minutes enabled OU to capture the lead for good.
The Sooners used solid free throw shooting and a strong defensive stand the close it out down the stretch.
Leading by two and needing a stop in the final moments, they forced a pair of misses under the bucket to hold on.
"I will promise you this: that group of warriors that finished the game are gonna show up and fight their tails off every time we play," Coale said. "I'll guarantee you they will. They're gonna fight with Whitney's spirit, and they're gonna do everything they can and together we're gonna find a way to piece it together and win basketball games."
North Texas actually outshot OU 36.8 percent to 35.3 percent and turned it over four fewer times, but the margin on the boards proved to be the difference.
OU won that battle 47-39, led by forward Joanna McFarland's 11 and Griffin's nine.
There were 10 ties and 10 lead changes in a game that North Texas led 30-27 at intermission.
Along with Griffin, McFarland and guard Morgan Hook each finished in double figures with 12, as did guard Sharane Campbell, who had 11.
For the Mean Green, forward Alexis Hyder led the way with 15 points, while guards Loryn Goodwin and Hannah Christian added 14 and 13, respectively.
The victory, OU's seventh in a row, moves it to 8-1 on the season heading into a 10-day break for finals week.
"I don't know," Coale said about how the layoff will be. "That's as honest as I can be. I don't know. I know we'll get together as a staff and we'll figure it out and we'll hug these guys and spend a lot of time with them because every time a player goes down with an injury, there's a grieving period."
OU gets back to action with a home game against Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. December 16.
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