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THE BODY SHOP Shopping for Cosmetics
THE BODY SHOP The Evolution of Business in Society No longer are business and community two mutually exclusive spheres of influence in the society today. Increasingly, the trend in companies is to be actively engaged in corporate social initiatives with community involvement. Multinationals like Microsoft, BP, and McDonalds have come to appreciate the benefits reaped from successful integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts into their core business units, which serve as a powerful competitive edge over other companies. The competitive nature of business has very much remained. However, the fundamental role of business in society has evolved over the years. Within a company, there are employers, managers and shareholders. Outside of it lies the sphere of influence that extends towards the government, consumers and not forgetting the community at large. With complex intertwined relationships between business, government and the society, a business exists not solely for the sake of profits but it can entail shrewd corporate strategies like how best to serve its customers, satisfy the needs of the community and meet the expectations of the government. Interestingly, many companies like The Body Shop, Philip Morris and Shell are adopting the new model of strategic philanthropy to incorporate corporate social initiatives into their business. On the other extreme end, multinationals are spending millions on corporate philanthropy, which has absolute nothing to do with their products. In this paper, our group will first outline the various CSR taken by The Body Shop International as well as The Body Shop Singapore. All information with regards to the local CSR initiatives were given by Grace Chang, public relations manager of The Body Shop Asia Pacific. Next, we will attempt to share our objective analysis of these initiatives and what they entail. This is crucial, as we will further analyse the extent of The Body Shop's corporate social initiatives taking shape in Singapore, which is culturally, socially and politically different from the West. The Green Symbol of Success Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop in 1976, which had evolved from one small shop in Brighton, with only around 25 hand-mixed products on sale, to a multinational company today. Today, The Body Shop has over 1,900 outlets in 50 countries and an impressive collection of over 1000 products. The Body Shop aims to distinguish itself to be a leader in corporate social responsibility. The Company's campaigns against human rights abuses, in favor of animal and environmental protection and its commitment to challenge the stereotypes of beauty perpetuated by the cosmetics industry, have won the support of generations of consumers. It is estimated that The Body Shop sells a product every 0.4 seconds with over 77 million customers worldwide. In 1996, The Body Shop won the prestigious UN Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations campaigns. According to the 1997 Interbrand survey criteria, the Body Shop was named as the 28th top brand in the world and second in the retail sector. The Financial Times voted The Body Shop as the 27th most respected company in the world in a 1998 report. In 1999, the Body Shop was voted the second most trusted brand in the UK by the Consumers Association. Mission Statement The Body Shop Mission Statement dedicates the Company's business to the pursuit of social and environmental change. Underpinning the mission statement is The Body Shop Trading Charter, which addresses the three principal concerns of social responsibility, environmental sustainability and animal protection. The focus on these three primary concerns helps to address and balance the needs between the stakeholders, the environment, the communities, and animals, reflected in the policies put down by The Body Shop. Great Expectations The Five Core Values As a socially responsible business, The Body Shop campaigns for the protection of the environment, against animal testing and campaigning for human and civil rights within the cosmetics and toiletries industry around the world. In the following sections, the group will outline and analyze the various environmental, social and community efforts taken by The Body Shop International as well as The Body Shop Singapore and Asia Pacific, which we group under the five core values stated by The Body Shop. 1. Against Animal Testing The Body Shop operates on a strict purchasing rule that ensures they do not buy any ingredient that has been animal tested for cosmetic purposes by their suppliers since 31 December 1990. The Body Shop informs the public and campaigns to ban cosmetics tests on animals. Instead of testing on animals, The Body Shop supports the use and development of alternative technologies like Irritection, a replacement for the rabbit eye test, and human volunteer trials such as skin patch tests assists The Body Shop in ensuring safety and efficacy. In 1986, The Body Shop launched its first window campaign in support of the Greenpeace campaign, Save the Whale. Since then, The Body Shop has actively undertaken several campaigns to protect endangered species. In 1990, The Body Shop raised public awareness against animal testing through its series of campaigns. In 1995, The Body Shop became the first cosmetic company to have their Against Animal Testing supplier-monitoring systems independently audited and successfully certified against the ISO9002 quality assurance standard. In November 1996, The Body Shop was the first international cosmetic company approved under the Humans Cosmetics Standard operated by many of the world's leading animal protection groups. We believe that The Body Shop has certainly lived up to public's expectations in this area. The Body Shop firmly believes that animals should not be made to suffer just to make humans look better. Hence, they are very strict with their suppliers, requesting them to get certification for the supplies bi-annually to show that they are not tested on animals. While the suppliers have been able to take advantage of several loopholes in the supplying agreements, The Body Shop has been quick to plug such gaps. In fact, even for ingredients required by law to be tested on animals, The Body Shop is considering replacement with alternatives so as to not go against their anti-animal testing principle. We feel that this firm belief, while intended to be altruistic, has given The Body Shop at least two distinct advantages over their competitors in satisfying their stakeholder's expectations. Firstly, animal rights advocates that have always been railing at cosmetic companies for testing their products on animals has seldom done so to The Body Shop. In fact, The Body Shop is one of the few cosmetics and body care companies they openly support. Next, consumers of cosmetic and body care shops are mostly women. When they purchase their products from The Body Shop, they do not have the feeling of guilt that some cute and furry mammal is suffering for them to feel and look good. Such positive relationship with their stakeholders will further enhance Body Shop's public image. However, having such close relationships with stakeholders such as animal rights advocates can have its disadvantages as well. A clear example would be the Pink Dolphin incident in Singapore. During an interview, Grace Chang, she revealed that The Body Shop faced some problems here. Initially, when Yeo Hiap Seng first introduced the Pink Dolphin drink, they declared that a portion of the profits from this drink would go into research on dolphins in Sentosa UnderWater World. The Body Shop Singapore chipped in, thinking that this would help to save endangered dolphins, which is coherent with their mission. However, a major animal rights advocate group in the United States apparently believed that by doing so, this would encourage breeding dolphins in captivity, which they feel should be left to breed in the wild. The Body Shop Singapore received a protest call from them and to prevent offending them, they tried to verify that the money was going to benefit dolphins. However, the project was eventually scrapped in the end. From this incident, it is evident that The Body Shop has a tremendous responsibility to uphold against animal testing values. Although only in Singapore, where we are consider small compared to larger markets in Japan or Spain, the impact of local activities tremors can be felt even in the United States. This goes to show how The Body Shop has successfully gathered support from the public especially the animal activists, who play substantial roles in its CSR initiatives. 2. Protecting the Environment The Body Shop believes that a business has a responsibility to protect the environment in which it operates. The Body Shop's first Environmental Policy was developed in to ensure that environmental laws are complied with at all times and in the event of difficulties, these will be reported to the appropriate regulatory authorities. The Body Shop is also committed to raise environmental awareness amongst its employees and business partners around the world. Other crucial stakeholders involved are the environmentalists and consumers. In 2001, The Body Shop joined forces with Greenpeace International in a global campaign to increase awareness of the issue of global warming and encourage customers to take part in halting global warming by switching to renewable energy. In 2000, The Body Shop International Service Centre, UK/ROI regional offices in Littlehampton and London along with 100 UK/ROI company stores switched to renewable energy supplied by Ecotricity. This environmental policy of The Body Shop has humble beginnings. Initially, in order to save costs, The Body Shop made use of recycled materials. As saving the environment gradually became a larger public concern, The Body Shop responded in a strategic enhancement tie with their stakeholders. It gradually evolved into a full-fledged policy. This policy of saving energy and recycling, even encouraging customers to refill their products by reusing bottles, have won plaudits from environmental activists all over the world. The 1996 Environmental Reporting Scoreboard' - a study by Company Reporting, an independent accounts auditor, ranked The Body Shop highest out of 42 environmental reports and statements according to the amount of information disclosed by companies about their impact on the environment. By implementing an environmental policy and following it, The Body Shop is able to save costs, as well as to generate positive image to its stakeholders. An important point to highlight here is that the fact that Anita Roddick is able to integrate extensive environmental policies into The Body Shop's business is because of a silent assumption that the public is capable of being educated to think in an environmentally responsible way. By being actively involved in campaigning for saving the environment, The Body Shop collaterally create new wants and needs in the consumers' mindset i.e. to get the consumers to think and go green, a common trend in the market today. But a bigger question we ask The Body Shop is to what extent are the Singaporean consumers willing to spend on environmentally friendly cosmetic products without burning a hole in their pockets? Do consumers worldwide especially in Singapore support and buy The Body Shop products just because they provide refill services and recycled bottles or do consumers really care? To answer our deepest doubts, we scoured the streets to interview The Body Shop's customers in Singapore. Our interviews revealed that when customers buy from The Body Shop, supporting the environment is not the main reason for purchasing their products. Practical reasons like reasonable price and quality were some of the answers provided when asked why they buy The Body Shop's products. Little is known about the initiatives taken by The Body Shop to protect the environment, the animals or human rights. However when asked if they are willing to pay more to support environment programs or campaigns, most of the consumers do not mind as long as it is within their budget. Therefore, we think that the passion to support The Body Shop because it engages in saving the environment is virtually non-existent in the minds of Singaporean consumers. This can be attributed to the fact that most Singaporeans are often nonchalant towards environment issues, which usually are taken with a pitch of salt. Another attempt by The Body Shop in Singapore was to sponsor recycling bins in the MRT stations. However they ran into a lot of bureaucracy from the Government with regards to the strategic positions of the bins due to strict security reasons. This avidly shows the obstacles that The Body Shop faced in the implementation of environmental programs in Singapore, which probably explain for the low publicity, and occurrence of such intensive programs. Disregarding the red tapes present in the Singapore context, we feel that that The Body Shop is capable of doing even more. Take the recycling bottles for consumer as an example, it is a very good initiative but we feel that The Body Shop is not emphasizing enough. Customers in Singapore do not purchase items from The Body Shop just because they can reuse the bottles and save the environment. There is very little incentive for them to do so as they do not save much money from it. In fact, some staffs in Singapore are not even aware of the refilling services that The Body Shop provides. In the West, customers are given the option of carriers such that plastic or paper bags are minimally used. However, in Singapore, carriers are given without even asking the customers. This goes on to show that even employees of The Body Shop Singapore are not trained or informed of The Body Shop's environmental policy. We feel more should be done to get its employees in Singapore to be well informed and be more proactive in areas of helping to save the planet. Though it may be spoiling its intended motive of recycling, The Body Shop Singapore can give incentives, such as rewarding their customers who refill with vouchers or free gifts. In a way, they may benefit from gaining customers' loyalty; incentives will not only help to improve their relationship with regular customers, but will also make their environmental policy even more successful, as more people will be reusing their bottles. 3. Defend Human Rights The Body Shop believes that businesses, in particular, have a part to play in effecting social change. If more businesses demonstrate a social conscience and act with social responsibility, governments would have to listen. The Body Shop began their campaigning on this issue years ago with Amnesty International in full support of their customers - 3,000,000 of them signed up to the 'Make your Mark' campaign. In 2000, The Body Shop launched its own Human Rights award as an ongoing commitment to support the defense of human rights the world over. The intention is to give special attention to the neglected areas of social, economic and cultural rights, such as education, housing and health. Our group feels that The Body Shop, being a beauty and cosmetic business does not have a direct interest to advocate Human Rights issues. As such, by doing so, The Body Shop would probably gain a lot of positive publicity and goodwill, as it will be hard to question the motives of this initiative. We feel that this program is very closely related to The Body Shop mission statement of being socially responsible to the community. For example in 1993, The Body Shop risked suffering political disfavor from the Nigerian government by supporting the campaign of the Ogoni people of Nigeria against the economic exploitation and environmental destruction caused by the Nigerian military dictatorship and multinational oil companies like Shell. The Body Shop supported this campaign and its founder, Anita Roddick, personally fought the issue through public press by presenting many high profile speeches written by herself and other company executives. Though we think that Anita Roddick may be doing this as a means of publicity for The Body Shop, we feel that it's a win- win situation for both The Body Shop and the community. If The Body Shop had not supported the campaign, there would be one less voice to support and speak up for these people. The Body Shop's contribution to social change in this aspect is significant. Hence, we feel that this program is a very good illustration of how a large powerful multinational company like The Body Shop can do to lend a larger voice to the people under oppression around the world and that The Body Shop should try to continue and expand the scope of this program. We feel that The Body Shop has been very vocal and daring to take up an issue that is both controversial and sensitive even in a controversial society like Singapore. In Singapore, it took leadership in conducting AIDS awareness courses in business, which was a success. In addition, The Body Shop Singapore has hired around 8 HIV positive staff whom they want to keep low profile on and had classes for its employees on how to work with AIDS colleagues. This is by far a great leap forward in the Singapore society, which prefers to hush-hush on AIDS and AIDS patients, which explains for the low number of Aids positive patients coming forward to the public to create awareness. 4. Support Community Trade The Community Trade program is aimed at small producer communities around the world who supply it with accessories and natural ingredients. Fair prices help producers to take control over their own lives and allow money to go back into the community to supply basic needs such as water, health and education. The Body Shop believes that big businesses have a huge responsibility to use trade not just to make money but also to have a positive influence in the world. Their goal is to create livelihoods by sourcing ingredients and accessories from socially and economically marginalized producer communities. The Body Shop currently trades with over 42 Community Trade suppliers in more than 26 countries. Two of the longest standing suppliers, Teddy Exports in India and Get Paper Industries in Nepal have, with support from The Body Shop, set up AIDS awareness projects which now attract international funding. For such projects, The Body Shop needs to be careful not to be the only buyer from these communities. The Body Shop would not be there to help them forever, and thus we raise the question of self-sustainability by these Community Trade suppliers. In actual fact, The Body Shop's ability to purchase from these communities depends on their customers. If the demand for, say, handicrafts from such communities by The Body Shop's customers dropped, one doubts The Body Shop would continue to purchase them just to aid the community. If there are multiple purchasers, not only would such communities be more self-sufficient, but they would be able to demand better prices as well. The concern was raised to Grace Chang, and she assured us that The Body Shop has looked into this matter and is focused on ensuring these communities become self sufficient and not overly reliant on The Body Shop. However the group feels that while The Body Shop has been exemplary in spearheading this concept of providing a source of living hood to the marginalized people, it has failed to clarify on the principles on the amount of usage of the raw materials purchased in their products. All they have is a specific monetary target; that an undisclosed dollar amount of their raw materials will be sourced form these places. We feel that the relatively inexpensive raw materials placed The Body Shop in an advantageous situation whereby the sales of these products will provide The Body Shop with a relatively high profit due to the premium prices charged for these products. We wonder how much of their profits are being channeled back into these communities which they have purported to help. As a result, we feel that these communities may be exploited. Thus, the scale and effectiveness of The Body Shop's direct trading projects is somehow questioned. Next, even when they do try to give such aid to the communities, there are certain regulatory hurdles, some of which could not be crossed. In an incident related to us by Grace Chang, The Body Shop International has tried to help some farmers of a certain type of plant, called hemp, in a remote part of Asia. The leaves of hemps could be made into creams and sold in The Body Shop. It was quite successful, and would have even been more so had the leaves not contain certain ingredients that could be made into marijuana. Although the creams contained only a tiny fraction of the ingredient required to manufacture marijuana, the Singapore authorities are adamant that this product do not enter our borders. A shipment from Hong Kong carrying this product was forced to turn back because of this reason. If The Body Shop International is able to take into account the individual sensitivities and regulations in the various countries like Singapore where it has a presence, its programs would be even more successful. We recommend that they should come up with a comprehensive strategy to solve such cross cultural and political issues. 5. Activate Self-Esteem The Body Shop defines self-esteem to be "…. about self-awareness, self- confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance". It's about respecting yourself, looking after your body and soul, and being proud of who and what you are. In 1998, The Body Shop produced 'The Body and Self Esteem', the first publication in the 'Full Voice' series. Distributed worldwide, this publication aimed to raise awareness of the issue of self-esteem and generate debate. In 1997, a campaign based on 'Ruby', a doll representing real women, was launched. In Singapore, The Body Shop supported a debate on self-esteem by the Sophia Institute - one of the few institutions in the world dedicated to promoting self-esteem. Our group trust that it is a common knowledge that The Body Shop's clientele consists mainly of women who buy their beauty and hair products. Hence, we believe that The Body Shop's advocacy of women issues is a clever marketing ploy and that it is a move to appeal to what their clientele can identify with. Compared to the past, more women now are provided educational and better work opportunities. Therefore, they now enjoy higher buying power and level of disposable income. By advocating women's issues, The Body Shop is likened to be killing two birds with one stone. They could be seen to be socially responsible in educating women on positive self image as well as a means of publicity of the Body Shop products as a way to fulfilling a holistic well being experience. Consequently we feel that The Body Shop has manipulatively used claims of social concerns for pure commercial advantage. However, The Body Shop's move to educate women on positive self-esteem issues and to stimulate debate on eating disorders and self-love should not be undermined. It has indeed generated greater awareness and education on these pressing issues of self-abuse. The Body Shop Foundation Eleven years on, The Body Shop Foundation has donated over £5 million in grants and gift-in-kind support, assisting the work of various worldwide organizations. In addition to the work, the Foundation covers UK administration costs for its two core projects; the Brazilian Healthcare Project and children on the edge. On the whole, The foundation effectively benefits the Brazilian Healthcare Project, Children on the Edge, The Maiti's children trust, The Ogoni Foundation, The Born Free Foundation and Body & Soul. Closer to our home, The Body Shop Asia Pacific had contributed L700000 to The Body Shop International Foundation. Community Involvement Community involvement is a concept that has always been an integral part of its business. The Body Shop supports and encourages employees throughout the world to volunteer their time in local community action. The Body Shop's community action covers a wide range of activities from conservation work to providing massages and taking part in activity sessions for blind and partially sighted people. Other CSR Initiatives In Singapore Besides those mentioned before in the report, The Body Shop Singapore had once collaborated with Singapore Sports Council (SSC) to organize a National Leisure Cycling event which was tied with the " Save the World" campaign. Initially, SSC was against the signing of petition to "Save the World". But they got around the problem by asking participants to go to all The Body Shops in Singapore to get a 16.90 soap free which they have to sign a petition in the shop before they get the soap. In addition, The Body Shop Asia Pacific is working with UNICEF to build playing space for children for East Timor. They chose East Timor not because it is prominent, but because they wanted to give help to where it was needed most. Some of the successful programs that The Body Shop Asia Pacific has organized so far were the recycling bins programs, AIDS awareness programs and the employment of AIDS positive staff in the company. In all of the programs mentioned above, we asked Grace Chang why The Body Shop engages itself to the implementation of such programs and why CSR is so important? We were given answers like The Body Shop truly wanting to give back to the society and helping those in need especially those in third world countries. At first glance, it may seem that The Body Shop's motives for CSR are truly altruistic. This may be supported by two reasons. Firstly, The Body Shop is venturing into "no man's land", in effect, it is exploring deeper and serious social and environmental issues that most of us in developed countries often take for granted. Most companies involved in the area of CSR initiatives usually avoid these issues. Some of these issues like the AIDS programs in Singapore and world human rights programs are controversial to the society at large. Yet The Body Shop is bold enough to bring out these issues right in front of our faces, urging the compassionate side of humans to surface. Secondly, especially in conservative Singapore, The Body Shop Asia Pacific had initiated the AIDS awareness talk to businesses and the petition to "Save the World" program. This illustrates the extent of The Body Shop's passion to "help the needy". While it may be difficult to carry out activities in some countries because government regulations pose barriers to faster implementation of CSR initiatives, it can be avoided usually with some creative effort. Nevertheless, on a further note, it may seem that The Body Shop is actually trying to fulfill the mission statement laid out. Being an international company with stores all over the world, it has successfully build up its brand equity and awareness. The public views The Body Shop as a socially responsible business, thus the high expectations. In order not to tarnish the image built, The Body Shop has to be persistent and always on the look out for supporting or initiating social and environment issues. The Art of the Media Game While we sneered at the large posters or newspaper advertisements of how companies like Starbucks and NTUC have sponsored charities and sporting events in attempts to conduct CSR initiatives, it is interesting to note that The Body Shop does not spend money on advertising at all. When Anita Roddick first started small business in 1974, she could not on large-scale advertising. Moreover, she firmly believes that The Body Shop is not in the business of selling unattainable dreams, promising effective results for its consumers. Therefore till today, we do not see huge budget media advertising on The Body Shop's products. This further emphasised the belief that she does not support the conventional modes of advertising and making false claims on their products being practiced by big cosmetic companies nowadays. Ironically, the bulk of so-called "advertising" comes from the wide media publicity generated from the environment, social and community activities that The Body Shop engages in. On the same note, most of these free "advertising" also came from slams about The Body Shop engaging in illegal or undesirable activities contrary to their mission statement. The reason why the group did not dig into The Body Shop's dirty linen is because we were overwhelmed by the tremendous criticisms against them. Even so, we are not in the position to judge which is true and which we should believe. Therefore, we would attempt to analyse the CSR initiatives objectively from what we view as credible sources like the official website and Grace Chang. This brings us to a controversial point about The Body Shop's media publicity stints, which highlights our groups overall view about the CSR initiatives though some intended to be altruistic that The Body Shop has undertaken. As we study deeper into each of the CSR initiatives undertaken internationally as well as in Singapore, we are sceptical about the altruistic element in the active involvement. The altruistic motives are dubious to a greater extent when recently its founder Anita Roddick stepped down. We therefore explore the possibility of a hidden agenda to promote the brand name of The Body Shop. There seems to be a skewed direction from what it originally stood for. The good or even the bad publicity has created a greater public awareness. Undeniably these media reports are actually The Body Shop's use of media channels to generate publicity widely and effectively. In retrospect, it seems that such media publicity do not create such deep impressions in Singaporeans. One of the reasons we feel may be that The Body Shop Singapore does not engage in enough "reported CSR initiatives" to reflect on consumers' mindset or that most Singaporean consumers just simply do not care about environmental, social or animal issues. Even so, we feel that The Body Shop Singapore has not done enough intensive CSR programs in Singapore. Piecing the Whole Picture The group feels strongly for the hidden agenda behind all the active involvement in the CSR initiatives despite the fact that when The Body Shop stands up for certain issues, both the company and the community benefit. It is a win-win situation. As Anita Roddick stepped down, what entails are the strategic social and environmental involvements and programs designed to establish greater brand equity and awareness. This point is further substantiated by the decrease in profits in its balance sheets over the recent years. Furthermore, the group greatly feels that CSR initiatives are not enough and relevant in Singapore even though they are bold. The Body Shop Singapore seems to give us the feeling that it is following the headquarters in Brighton with regards to the kind of activities it engages in. As we interview Singaporean consumers, The Body Shop come across to us as a profit making company instead of a socially responsible company it claims to be. Therefore, we conclude that The Body Shop is likened to have many facets; it is up to the stakeholders to see which facet they favor in their interest.
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Bathroom Faucets...Leave running below 32 Fahrenheit?
We have been living in our home for about 10 months and winter is upon us. We live in the Pac NW and it has been getting colder, below freezing at night. I have left the bathroom faucet on as a precaution to prevent freeze, I let it run with a narrow stream as to not waste water but also to prevent freezing. We have a home with AFAIK an unheated crawlspace. What is bugging me is that before we bought the house there was no one here for over a year and this home was remodeled. If the seller did not run the faucets during winter and we had a bad one last year, lots of snow; could the pipes have burst? I have peeked in the crawlspace when we had it inspected but I never bothered to go in there, I hate dark places with spiders; and I saw what appeared to be insulation on the ducts and the flooring but I couldn't see if the pipes were wrapped or not. We have those freeze proof spigots on the outside which are disconnected from any hoses and turned off. Should I run the faucets when it is around 32 or wait until the temp drops further? I did this when I lived in TN a few years ago because we had really bad winters but I have not done it here and I am wondering if there is a potential for a leak. I've heard people say they don't bother with it but I also hear people say it's a good idea but do it when it is a little cooler than 32F. What's the recommendation here? Thanks.
You really shouldn't need to do that, but you won't know for sure, and you won't rest easy, until you find a way to monitor the temperature in the crawl space.
If you're really not willing to brave the crawl space (understandable!) try getting a $15.00 indoor-outdoor thermometer and putting the remote part on a long stick that you can shove under there without going in yourself.
You surely won't have any problem until the temperature in the crawl space drops to below freezing, which I'm willing to bet it doesn't. If it does you can turn on the water then.
Keep in mind that in Tennessee (and in Arkansas, where I grew up) they don't build houses with the expectation of much cold weather, whereas up here they are more used to it.
If you do discover you have a problem somebody'll have to get down with the spiders and solve it, but it's doable.
Good luck,
Thanks Mark. I'd feel better running the faucet but the wife is not into it, thinks the water bill will go sky high. I know the waterbill may go up but I'd rather have a little higher bill than have to pay a ton of money to repair the damage. She won't listen to reason. As far as the crawl space goes, I haven't monitored the temperature but that may be a good idea, I have a thermometer on the outside of the house and it currently reads 25 F. There is about a 20 degree difference between outside and inside temps, before the furnace kicks on. I hope the pipes are inside the walls of the house and not under the crawlspace although it's likely that some are. With the temperature difference I have to assume the crawlspace may be about 5 degrees warmer than outside although that is a liberal estimate, even so I was also told that if you run your faucet it should be around 20 F because the pressure in the pipes staves off freezing at or around 32F before succumbing as pressure drops. Also, last year we had really cold temps and ice and I didn't notice a problem with water flow so I have to assume the pipes are Ok.
If the pipes had burst while the home was unocupied, you'd have known it by now. There would have been water everywhere when you first turned them on.
And eventhough the crawl space is unheated, it still may be warm enough if it is insulated and closed off from the outside. The ground temperature will remain above freezing. Also, if the pipes are behind the insulation, you should have know problems.
BTW: your outside faucets should have shutoffs that are inside so that you can turn them off inside then open them up to drain. Unless they are those REALLY fancy ones where the outside shutoff valve is actually a handle connected to an inside valve. In which case you're fine.
You should not have to do that...you are simply wasting water. In addition, running water from all of your taps would do nothing to protect the toilet supply lines...and I bet those haven't frozen, right?
What you do need to do is inspect where the lines run. If this is something you can't do yourself, get someone to do it. I live in the Pacific NW, too, and my old house had no wall insulation where the pipes ran; nothing ever froze What you have to understand is that pipes in uninsulated walls are typically at a temperature at least midway between the inside temperature and the outside temperature. So, if you kept the house at 65 F and the temperature outside was at 0 F you'd still not have to worry about freezing. And whenever you run some water during the day, the ground temp is usually about 50-55 F in our area, so that warms the pipes. You will only have problems if you have pipes under the house that are not protected or running through the attic that are above the insulation.
I doubt that any of your other neighbors feels a need to do this to keep their pipes from freezing. If you do an inspection, you can resolve this for good, rather than continue worrying about something that is unlikely to be a problem. If you want to reassure yourself, get a dial thermometer and leave the water to the taps shut off all night. Then open a tap and run the water in the morning and check the temperature. I bet it will be way above freezing, even in one of our cold snaps.
Thanks all for replying. I believe we have PEX lines down there and they are insulated according to the inspection report from last year. I was concerned because this is the first time we are occupying the home in sub freezing temps (in the teens). The good news is I haven't noticed any significant loss in pressure, although I was alarmed when I ran the faucets for a trickle and then came back later to see them not running. Anyway things are warming up now. The crawlspace is unheated and vented. I only know of one shutoff, the main shutoff in the utility room and that is also a PEX line. But yes I have heard there is a proper way to drain the outside supply lines for the spigots. This fall I had removed the hose from the outside spigot and tightened the knobs.
Probably what I should have done was turn off the main, go outside and run the spigots to clear them, turn off the spigots and then go back in and turn on the main. The spigots are freeze proof legend valves so I am not too worried, even when I saw the two adjacent homes with the same spigots covered.

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@ULTRA-64 I've said the same thing! I would lose it over a Platinum Games made Star Fox! (or a Platinum Games Metroid action game. It could be fun to see Samus kick butt Bayonetta style in a more story driven, faster paced title...that isn't Other M, which failed hard on the story and pacing front. I'd trust Platinum to do it right. Also, I wouldn't want this type of Metroid game to replace classic or Prime style Metroid, but just like Hyrule Warriors, it could be fun to see a different take on the franchise).
I love Star Fox. My son to be (will be joining us this week!) is already nick named Star Fox in honor of Fox McCloud. So yeah, I want the next Star Fox game is a return to glory, and less the next Wii Music. Miyamoto is one of my heroes and a game design genius, but he has made a couple of miss steps in the past, usually when trying to double down on a hardware feature, be it motion control or now dual screen controls on Wii U. But I'm willing to be optimistic.
It is always nice to own a collectors item (I too own a copy of the Metroid Prime Trilogy, though I had no plans on selling it), but I could never begrudge Nintendo for making a game available again to a new audience, and at such a great value as well.
Good lists. I would agree with most of the entries. Games not mentioned that I'd like to see are:
Boom Box Bash Party - both the original and Bash Party entries in the Boom Box series were a blast and made great use of the Wii's strengths with motion controls and great same room multiplayer, but the Bash Party sequel was the better of the two with a wider range of play modes and tightened physics. If you have fond memories of same couch competitions on the Wii but missed this gem, grab some friends, find this game and get to bashing some blox!
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars - A fantastic fighting game much in the spirit of Capcom's Marvel vs Capcom series but with a very eclectic roster of fighters and a control scheme that is easy to pick up without sacrificing the depth we look for in a good fighter.
WarioWare: Smooth Moved - I love the Wario Ware games, and the Wii version offered some really wacky moments that still bring a smile to my face when I think of them.
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruin of the Moon - such a beautiful, haunting, unique RPG. It didn't do well in tbe U.S., but at the right price, hopefully this overlooked gem could find a new audience on the Wii U eShop.
@andrea987 I adore Little King Story. I was actually working on a second play thru a few weeks back. Such a charming game. I wish it had done well enough to get a Wii U sequel. It would be great with the control pad's touchscreen.
@andrea987 Yeah, the ringtones are a lame offering. Who doesn't know how to get free ring tones in this day and age.
Good list. I'm a big fan of Okami, Little King Story, Kirby's Epic Yarn and No More Heroes 2. Of course I already own those on disc (as well as several others on this list). But I'm always for games getting another shot last an audience. Personally, I wish they sold GameCube games on eShop. The only reason I keep my original Wii around is to use to play my GameCube games. And I'm missing a couple of GameCube games that I'd love to have in my library (like Star Fox Assault and a couple of the Mario Party's I regret selling years back). Lastly, I too wish they would release the lovely HD remastered Okami to Wii U (as well as PS4/XboxOne). I would buy the game again to have it on current systems (I've bought the game 3 times already. The original release on PS2, the Wii port and the PS3 HD version). I adore that game.
@andrea987 I'd personally love a Pikmin keyring. We do get decent digital download offerings here in the US. But I've often been envious of the physical goodies you get offered (like the scarf with Hyrule Warriors purchase).
@XCWarrior I voted 'nothing for me' because I have all of these game. So I'm hoping for offerings that I don't own, or some physical goodies to crop up.
Getting Bayonetta 2 for Christmas. Picking up Fantasy Life at retail this weekend. Downloading Castlevania AoS.
@AJWolfTill I feel your pain. I have purchased Okami multiple times to support that game (as well as introduced as many people to it as I can. I bought my niece and nephew copies of the game for their birthdays and turned them into life long fans... I bought it for PS2 when it released originally. I bought the Wii port. I bought the PS3 HD remake. If they released it for PS4 or Wii U or whatever I'd buy it again. I bought the Nintendo DS sequel. I bought Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in part due to it's tie in with Okami. I adore this game!). I'll always hold out some hope for more Okami. Even if the chances are slim.
I love Platinum Games. Okami from Clover is one of my top games of all time. I also very much enjoyed Viewtiful Joe. As Platinum, I really dug Vanquish, Infinite Space and I'm really looking forward to Bayonetta 2. I really do hope they get to make a Star Fox game.
I am getting all three, as I adore these three games... but I may wait to nab them til the 16th in case they do a sale or promo for purchasing all three. But even if they don't have a promotion, it is still a great buy. All three games for just over $20! The DS Castlevania games cost $20 each at retail... if you can even find them. As for which of these three GBA games are my favorites, it is hard to say. Originally I remembered HoD being my favorite. But I'll have to run through them again to see how I feel about them now.
I'll be getting it for sure, either for Christmas or I'll pick it up after the holidays. The Captain Toad segments of Mario 3D World were some of my favorite parts of the game.
So buying all three. These are three of my favorite Castlevania games ever. And at a great price!
@dkxcalibur Yeah, I'm sort of in the same boat. I've had some experience with Disney Infinity and how those figures work... but I'm still not 100% clear on why these are necessary for Smash Bros, Mario Kart, ect other than maybe to take your character profiles to a friends house or something. They are cool collectables. But something I have to have? Still not so sure.
This is great news. I adored the first one on Xbox 360. Such a charming game that was fun to sit back, relax and quest around in. I was hoping to hear the sequel would come to consoles. It will make a great fit for the Wii U.
I often agree with the reviewers on this site. And I've not played this game yet, so I can't speak to it's quality. But I must say, I really enjoyed the two Amazing Spider-Man films. If for no other reason, I feel that they have nailed the characters of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in ways that the original Spider-Man trilogy failed to do. I enjoyed those films (well, the first two anyway), but I was never sold on Toby McGuire as Peter Parker. He just never felt relatable or even likable to me. And by the time they introduced Gwen Stacy, well, things had become a wreck in the storytelling department. Her arc in Spider-Man 3 felt like a rushed waste of an important character. In Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (under direction from Marc Webb), I found characters I believed in, I connected with and I wanted to see more of! And where the director needed to improve some in the action department from the first film, he really stepped it up for ASM2. We had an action packed film with exciting effects and fights... yet he still found the time to build upon the characters he introduced in the first film. So yeah, I love ASM films thus far. I think they deserve better games they they are getting. But I'd prefer the Spider-Man game series and film series to be separate (it has worked out better for Batman of late!).
Good to hear someone enjoyed it. Reviews seemed mixed. But I still want to find a copy. Keeping my eyes out for one. Again, thanks for your thoughts on the game. You've only made me want to find it even more!
I enjoyed the demo. May have to check out the full game down the road.
I got excited for a moment. I thought they were making the XSeed game The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road available for download for 3DS eShop. I'd always wanted that game but never found a copy. Seems this is an entirely different game based on a animated film coming this summer. Oh well.
I have some interest in Tappingo for 3DS. So I may get it. Otherwise, another slow week.
I bought Liberation Maiden the first time they dropped the price on it for a sale, and I loved it. Yeah, it is short. But I fire it up now and then just to play thru it! It does play a lot like the classic Rez mixed with something like Sin & Punishment (though a bit simpler in design). I do wish the game was longer, or that they would release a sequel cause I would buy it. It is a blast in my book.
I've not tried any of the other titles, but I'm probably gonna get Monsters based on everyone's high praise and the cheap asking price. Probably grab Crimson Shroud while it is on the cheap as well. The visual style of it is so interesting.
Staying away from Tanks/Bugs due to poor reviews and the fact that I hate bugs, especially spiders, so yeah, no interest in that.
I don't know much about Aero Porter.
And I will likely get the new blacksmith game. It sounds like good charming fun.
That's a shame. Seems to be the consensus based on the majority of the reviews I've read. Way Forward is very talented and the license is perfect for video games. And I enjoyed their original Adventure Time: Hey Ice King Why'd You Steal Our Garbage for 3DS. It was far from perfect, but enjoyable enough. I'll hold out hope for a better AT game down the road.
It's been a while since I played a Phoenix Wright game... but the demo for this one really hooked me. I will probably pick this one up after Christmas. I do wish they would make a Wii U Phoenix Wright game though. The game would work well on that system, especially with the Control Pad.
Being a huge fan of pinball (especially of the virtual nature, since I don't get many opportunities to play the real thing these days), I remember owning this on NES. Even back then, I didn't enjoy it much. Pinbot on NES was a much better pinball game.
I'll be paying my $1 to upgrade my Wii version of Super Castlevania IV to the Wii U version for sure. One of my favorite games of all time. I'm also curious about Milon's Secret Castle. I remember having it and liking it on NES when I was young. But I do also remember having some issues with it. But it has been so long I don't remember much more than that. So I'm interested in how it holds up. Enough to buy it? Probably not. If I don't remember it fondly as a classic, I don't see myself getting it.
I'll try out the demos though. And I'm tempted to get Runner 2 for that price. I love the demo and the first Runner game.
The Wind Waker is one of my favorite Zelda games (In order of preference, they are A Link to the Past, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, Minish Cap and the original. Zelda 2 and Majora's Mask I have sort of a love/hate thing going on with them... the other handheld titles are all pretty solid as well, but Minish Cap is my favorite of the handheld games).
That said, of course it had it's issues, pacing at times being one of them... so I'm very excited to see how they tackled these issues with the HD remake.
I'm super excited to pick up Splinter Cell Blacklist Tuesday... but I'll be buying it for my Xbox 360... so probably won't be getting anything from Nintendo this week... but hey, I'm still enjoying Pikmin 3 and Earthbound and Animal Crossing and so forth... so I'm good.
I'd have a hard time at this point paying for a game like this when I've had the excellent Pac Man Championship Edition DX available to me. It took everything I love about Pac Man and tuned it up to perfection... adding much to the gameplay without taking anything important away. Sure, this NES version is retro cool... but I don't know that I could go back.
@Harrison_Peter You know, it is interesting how we can change as gamers. There are games or series that I used to love that I just can't get into anymore, and the opposite is true as well. I've at times found myself enjoying a game or a genre that I use to have not interest in. A good example would be JRPGs. I lived for them grown up. But in recent years, I've leaned more towards the Western developed RPGs (like the Elder Scrolls & Fallout series or Bioware games like Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and the Mass Effect & Dragon Age or a game like Torchlight or The Witcher). I think maybe it is because Western RPGs tend to be more action heavy and often feature more player choice and customization and that appeals to me these days. I have mad respect & great feelings of nostalgia for the JRPGs of my youth... I just can't seem to get into them these days (the newer games... I find I can still replay the classics from time to time).
So anyway, I can totally relate to your Animal Crossing change of heart.
I've no problem with Nintendo Life being a part of this program and I think you guys are handling it well by making everything clear in this statement for those who may doubt your integrity or at least the integrity of your upcoming review. You guys are awesome and I go to you "on the reg" for reviews of Nintendo games. You are one of the few sites to do timely and frequent reviews of eShop games and that is something I value. And lets face it, you are Nintendo fans. I imagine most of us that come to this site are big Nintendo fans as well. Your reviews are honest and informative. And the passion you guys have for games is evident. Keep up the good work!
Oh, and just because I'm cool with Jon getting his Animal Crossing early does not mean I'm not jealous as hell. lol
Nothing for the U.S.? I want the game, but probably won't get it at launch do to my budget being smaller than I'd like. But I will get it down the road. Gotta save my money for Animal Crossing first. I'm getting it at launch for sure. Nintendo has a strong line up of 3DS games this year (with probably more to be shown soon). Now if only they could get some awesome games or the Wii U out... I'm excited for Pikmin 3 & Wonderful 101 but not much else has caught my eye... oh, and the Eternal Darkness spiritual sucessor, Shadow of the Eternals. That looks awesome. I maybe forgetting something. But still, I should be able to thin of more than 3 or 4 games for the console. I can't count how many Xbox games I'm looking forward to this year. I want the Wii U to succeed... but they gotta get the games out there. Wow. Did not mean for this to turn into a rant. It is way to early for me to be up. lol
If the game is as fun as it looks, I'm sold.
Will buy Art of Balance Touch for sure... I'd already been planning on it for some time. May as well save some money.
I thought it was a nice move on Nintendo's part to let the Wii U play Wii games, use Wii accessories and so forth. But if it is really causing people this much of a problem in realizing it is a new system, maybe they should have went with a different name. I never liked the Wii name anyone, so I for one had already hoped they would go with a different name for this console... now it seems it would have been better for them for sure to have done just that.
Been a fan of his for many years. Will be checking out his game for sure!
I loved this game back in the day. May have to download it for the nostalgia ride!
Someone needs to get to work on a Starfox game! I'd love to see the Starfox franchise grow.
I've played both Keflings games on Xbox (as well as most of Ninja Bee's other XBLA games) and I enjoy them. They are very simplistic. But that is part of the charm. WoK is one of those games I can fire up and just chill, relax and play (much like ToeJam & Earl, Flower or ArtStyle Orbient). You get into a groove of ordering your little Kefling helpers around, mining resources and working towards that next goal. Yeah, there are much deeper games out there (even in this sort of kingdom/town building genre)... but the game is charming, silly and good relaxing fun. It isn't for everyone. And I would not pay a lot of money for this type of game. But as a low cost downloadable title, there is fun to be had for the right person.
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IOW, "It looks kinda neat, wonder what's inside!"
spyware !
Ah, yes. I once accidentally reversed the 5 V and 12 V leads on a harddrive and saw the magical blue smoke escape from controller chip. Electronics work only so long as that smoke stays inside the chips! (I wonder how they get in it in there in the factories...)
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