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It seems that the auto industry's (except for Holden's Wheels magazine) constant negative reporting about Holden's latest Korean made "aussie" car, the Holden Epica, has scared a few potential buyers.
Lets be honest, we are not Epica's biggest fans. Nonetheless, we have asked Holden to give us the Epica for a road test, and once it arrives in the CarAdvice garage, you can bet we will give it a thorough run through.
However, it seems that despite all the public campaigning by Holden to remind us all that Epica will not be like its brother, the 2 star barina, there is still a great deal of resistance to the Epica.
So what can you do when no one wants to buy your car? Of course you can start by offering all private customers the option of bringing the Epica back if they are not satisfied! In essence, a Money Back Guarantee, but read on, because this is no ordinary money back guarantee.
This is the first time an Australian manufacturer has offered such a deal on a model. Of course, just like the Epica being "aussie" the deal has some very small fine print.
Customers wishing to return the Epica must first purchase ANOTHER vehicle! And the Epica must be returned within 30 days or 1500kms – whichever comes first. Obvious other conditions include that you do not damage the car in any way, but usual wear and tear is acceptable.
"This offer is a unique and differentiated marketing tool to launch the new nameplate in this highly competitive mid-size sedan segment.
We believe Epica stacks up incredibly well against the opposition for specification, value and fuel economy. Adding the money back offer into the mix will be a further attractive incentive for private customers considering this car." GM Holden Executive Director Sales, Marketing and Aftersales, Alan Batey,
The above statement is a little bit of a marketing ploy. Firstly, as mentioned, customers will need to purchase another vehicle prior to bringing the epica back to Holden dealers.
Lets think about that for a few minutes, put yourself into the shoes of a prospective Holden Epica owner, The Epica starts at around $25,000, so if you were unsatisfied with the Epica, you would need to first find approximately another $25,000 to buy ANOTHER car, before you can return the Epica.
Not exactly a scenario likely to happen often? You just have to read Holden's terms & conditions to realize that the Money Back Guarantee on the Epica is a bit of a joke:
The Customer must provide proof of purchase of a new (not used) motor vehicle of equal or greater value than that appearing on the original final purchase invoice for the Vehicle (Epica)
Thank you Holden for bringing about quite possibility the most shameless (and useless) promotional campaign to sell another Korean sourced vehicle.
To put this into perspective, imagine going out and buying an expensive LCD TV with a money back guarantee and coming home unsatisfied, only to go back to the shop and be told that you must first purchase ANOTHER LCD TV in order to get your money back on the original TV, sound logical? Didn't think so.
If you want to take advantage of this "money back guarantee" deal, make sure you have roughly $60,000 saved up, this will fund you enough to purchase the Epica and quickly purchase another vehicles afterwards if your not satisfied.
Alternatively, before being sucked in by this ridiculous offer, you can give the Toyota Corolla, the Mazda 3, the Ford Focus, the Honda Civic, Mitsubishi Lancer, and other cars in the same class a good thorough run before you put your name down for the Epica thinking you can bring it back; because lets be honest, Holden knows your not going to bring it back.
You can find pricing and specifications for the Holden Epica here.
What an absolute Joke!
I can't believe Holden are really this stupid.
This only goes to show that Holden are really trying to sell this car any way they can,
You dont see them doing this with their other cars!
I hope Holden realize they are selling their brand name that once stood for Australian, Quality and respect.
Shame on you Holden! Thank god I bought a focus.
Holden Epica – a car that not even its mother could love. Surely a recipe for disaster – and they try to dupe the public with this gimmick marketing ploy. How ironically "un-Australian" this is from Holden…..
It is because everyone is so negative about this car that Holden had to put this 'flawed' marketing glimmock inplace. No one knows how this car drives and exactly how good the quality is and unless it is exactly like the TK Barina, then fair enough judge it all you want.
If holden really had confidence in it themselves. they would match Mitubishi's 5-10 Warranty.
I find the Epicas TV ad prity funny… trying to portray it as some classy car. Ummmm I think not, its a Daewoo that doesnt even come with ESP
Oh come on, Holden's management team put a very good effort into this, nah I'm just kidding they are still unfamiliar with the word "efficiency". The Epica is only a good match for the so-called bogandoore omega, it does have more leg room you know, probably the same builtd quality and safety. Seriously, since when is something built in Elizabeth better than Korean crap (Hyundai are excused)?
Once again very upset with Holden they cheat the public anyway they can to make a dollor not only with the V8 supercar championship like our dodgy Rick Kelly, Mark Skaife etc but their stupid promo's and stupid cars, Holden GM I wish you would grow up and smell the roses I'm sick of the unrealible cars that you manufacture eg,(Epica) meaning grand and heroic yes heroic that another Korean built piece of junk can make to our Australian soil and make everyone upset because they break down like all your other stupid cars, not all Australians love you Holden you were're wishing we did.
i love it
can't wait for the current affairs stories to air from people who tried to return the car. They love to report on such SCAMS!!!!
it's a daewoo!
Oh dear, Holdens Korean partnership really isn't working. With Denny concerned about the Barina's bad publicity and now this.
The next nail in the coffin will be when Ford release their secret weapon.
This will go head to head with the Epica, with maybe price being the difference. I'm not sure the Epica will stand a chance in the quality stakes.
Yes, the new Mondeo will kill it, as well as the upcoming Galant Fortis by July. I can't see this car even being accepted in our domestic market when yo already get much better build quality, reliability, and outstanding value from the out-going lancer, mazda 3, ect, and these cars have been on the market for almost 5 years and are still a far better package. I don't believe this lame excuse for a vehicle is a challenge for the lame duck nissan tiida. Holden are a joke and would have been long gone if GM didn't save them when they were nearly bannkrupt. Now GM is fading and posting numerous losses, except this time nobody is going to save GM so the so-called Aussie company (holden) who aren't one bit Australian may finally be gone within the next decade and will no longer be producing these abomonations of cars.
Damo! Thanks for you insight into Holden who are only half as stuffed as Mistubishi in Australia! Witness the 380 abomination that nobody wants to buy,maybe they should offer a money back guarentee! And lets not even bother to talk about the TMR 380 what a stillborn joke!
Seems like you have been listening to too many Holden executives 280ZX. The sort of attitude you have is the whole bogan things that ruins the remaining half of Holden's highly damaged reputation. I find it funny that you say that Holden are half as stuffed as MMAL when you consider that they sell five nearly five times as many vehicles and make a substantially larger lost. MMAL on the other hand actually know how to efficiently run a company and is being run by Mr.fit-it himself Rob Mcinery, the person who fixed Holden, Saab, the rest of GM, and even saved some other non-automotive companies from bankruptcy all throughout the past decade. He hasn't been at Holden in quite some time and he isn't going back and with Denny Mooney in charge I don't believe Holden stan a chance. You really don't know what your're on about 280ZX. MMC is one of the only automotive companies to be making a profit (as well as toyota, mazda) at the moment, and they are heading in the right path. Bag the 380 if you wish, because MMAL isn't entirely focused on it, because unlike Holden, their family car isn't their flagship top of the line vehicle. They actually have an entire range of good and reliable vehciles. I don't think Holden have one reliable vehicle. I find it immensely funny that you still go on about MMAL closing its doors. The original reports through the media about MMAL in trouble started in 1999, that was eight years ago, they are a completely new company (management and design-wise) since then and I think time has showed that they aren't going to close down. Denny Mooney covers things up, so what if some false "project pheonix" document created by an outside source makes its way to the media. Most people got the explanation for that but clearly you wern't one of those people which all comes down to you being a Holden loving bogan who goes around with some retarded name of a Nissan. At least I tried to cover up my Nissan name. Hence, Damon = Nomad backwards and don't try and tell the world I am a complete c#$ktard.
I thought damo spelt backwards was NOIDEA! Anyhow i wont tell the whole world your a C*&^&tard ill let you do that yourself !
Well, you are in no position to bag MMC or MMAL in anyway. I wouldn't go making outrageous claims that Holden are far better off becaus ethye aren't because they have not made a profit in about 5 years now and have posted 140 million dollar losses 2 years in a row after tax but you don't hear about much of that in the media do you? A far greater loss than MMAL which they aren't actually making a loss they just haven't made the enough profit from 380 sales to break even with the 600 million development cost. Back to my point about being no position to talk, you go by the name 280ZX. Nissan have been dead for a long time you know. Nissan Aus. died years ago and being run by Renault with their well "different" designs and ideas they tend to post losses worldwide. 380 abomination? Let's see, Nissan Tiida, Maxima, and the rest of the gang. I don't mind the 350Z myself, it is a modern Japanese muscle car but that is all they have in the sports car segment at the 60k price range so like Holden they only have one car which appeals. Luckily the car doesn't appeal to bogans, as bogans they are unitelligent so they are pretty one-eyed, which is why their mind works like this. Holden=Aussie=fully sick sony xplod subbie in tha trunk bro sweeeeet!!!
So don't get fucking smart with me and next time put together a decent argument or point because you don't know shit and you"ll see in ten years time when MMAL still exist. Except you"ll probably be an old bitter man by then and I won't.
What is with Holden being portrayed as 'Australian'. IT IS NOT. Holden is 100% American owned as with Ford. Toyota Australia and Mitsubishi Australia is 100% Japanese owned so NO local manufactuer is Australian and that 100% goes for Holden and it hasn't been like that for over 60 years. Holden is just another off-shoot of GM and that's it. Stop living in the past, today is today not yester-years.
Toyota Australia does more for our local auto industry then the other 3 three. Holden is currently retrenching Oz workers while Toyota is hiring, the Camry and Aurion are not only Australian manufactuered as with the Commodore, Falcon and 380 but actually utilise a greater percentage of Australian sourced components including the 2.4 VVTi which is actually biult here to and has the largest export programme of all which not only ensures local job security but greater investment in our own economy.
HOLDEN IS NOT AUSTRALIAN… AMERICAN and doing less for our own industry then TOYOTA AUSTRALIA.
While Toyota continues to import quality, reliable, dependable and durable products, Holden has become the modern Daewoo outlet selling Australian's disgusting 2 star crash rasted vehicles that will most likely end up in the hands of our daughters.
And, Holden has NEVER stood for quality. Commodores of all models have aged disgracefully over the years while the humble Camry has proven to be a rugged, reliable, dependable and durable family hack giving motorist little or no hassles.
Get over this Holden is Oz because IT IS NOT !!
I agree with all what your saying Dingo. I still believe that both Toyota and Mitsubishi are more Australian than Holden. Mitsubishi offer Australia's best warranty, built the first local v6 which most people would prefer than the pushrod piece of crap sitting in most bomadores known as an "ecotec" or even the dreaded "alloytec" which has so many flipping problems. Toyota are going somewhere and have more than enough security and I would love them to get involved with more racing development here in Aus other than the local ralling which I still enjoy immensely as well as building a third vehicle at the manufacturing plant in years to come.
Anyway, back to the pride of Aussie motoring 'The Epica'….I just read some of the first reviews and it seems like the car it self is just OK (whitegood appliciance). Holden is pitching it against the Camry and hoping to lure some Accord/Mazda 6 buyers as well. I think the selling point will be that it is a 6 cyl 'power plant' eventhough it produces less Kw than the current Camry. Fuel comsumption is somewhat lower than the average in the class (8.9L for 2.5 auto).From what I could figure out the only real advantage of the car is that it is value for money and it does have a very smooth engine.
I just thought i would say that i agree with dingo about the quality of toyota and what it is doing for the australian auto industry. damo dont forget that while MMAL might be doing OK Mitsubishi global is plagued by massive debts that still have the capacity to send them bankrupt. and as for the 5-10 warranty my 2006 pajero has had 2 recalls, and has had to have both back shock absorbers replaced under warranty because they were both leaking with 22000kms on the car. this was after having an argument with MMAL because they claimed only one was faulty when it was both. it was then a six week wait because apparently this part was not redily avaliable in australia. this is not what i would call good service on a $60000 car. Next time i will go with toyota
The Auto Epica has 115kw/237Nm, so the Camry only has an extra 2kw, plus the Epica has more torque.
The Camry for 6 generations has been tested, tried, proven and gained worldwide recognition for being a rugged, reliable, dependable and durable vehicle that provides ordinary families with no or little motoring hassles. JD Powers which is the leading and most respected automotive analysist has consistantly for many years supplied statistics that support this very claim.
Daewoo has an organistaion has a tarnish past and the Epica in Holden guise has no history to speak from. I would purchase a Camry especially the Sportivo variant heads and shoulders over a Holden imported Daewoo.
Well put Kevin I could not have put it better myself,What person with half a brain would choose a piece of Korean crap over Quality car like a Camry,I should know I have 3 camry's over 9 years for a total of almost 1 million klm's and never had a problem in that time,let's see a Daewoo do that.
If searching for a mid-sized car, I probably wouldn't get a Epica, unless I needed a big car for little money. I wouldn't exactly say that buying a Camry is the next best thing, I'd go a Mazda 6, Honda Acc Euro or Subaru Liberty anyday. Still retain the reliablity, they are a lot better to drive and ten times better looking.
I recently bought a new car (previous car being a Mazda 6 Luxury).
Test drove the Subaru Liberty and Honda Accord Euro, amongst other cars, and in the end, bought a Toyota Aurion ZR6. This was easily the best of the lot for many reasons.
If I had a smaller budget, I would get the 2007 Camry over the Epica if given a choice.
QUOTE = The Auto Epica has 115kw/237Nm, so the Camry only has an extra 2kw, plus the Epica has more torque.
Yeah the 2.5L V6… Id want it to have more torque AND power, its rather poor performance as well when you consider that the Aurion puts out 200kw and loads more torque at only alittle bit more fuel consumption from only a 1L extra (Hypothetically to get that power from the Epcia's engine at its current tune you would need a 4.3L engine).
This aside… its also going to lack build quality, refinement and very certainly reliability. And above all this, the Camry also has a more diverse range (if you include the Aurion then its a massive range) to suit different customer tastes while the Epcia only comes in like 2 variants.
The Camry and Aurion may have a more diverse range, but the change in variant only changes interior and exterior options (such as slightly bigger wheels, which were too small to begin with), Toyota need more variety in engines, such as diesels, hybrids and turbos.
Why debate the Epica? The only thing it can be compared tp is the Daewoo crap and evrything else in Holden's bogan filled lineup. I believe that the 8.9L fuel figure is optimistic anyway. Come on guys, this is GM, they don't even know what efficiencey means!
QUOTE = The Camry and Aurion may have a more diverse range, but the change in variant only changes interior and exterior options (such as slightly bigger wheels, which were too small to begin with), Toyota need more variety in engines, such as diesels, hybrids and turbos.
Fair enough but whats that leave th Epica at with 2 choices? Or the V6 Commodores which are on the same boat? And generalising Toyota maybe you meant Aurion, because Toyota/Lexus have hybrids currently on the market along with Honda… I dont think Holden nor anyone else do (Well at least in most peoples prices range)
I wasnt talking about Lexus, but come to think about it, they still have a lot less variation in engines compared to their rivals Mercedes, BMW and Audi.
Commodores have a choice with the V6 engines, the base models differ from the Sports and Luxury models with different engines. So when you go up a class you know you are getting more then a slicker interior and bigger wheels. They also have a V6 diesel on the way.
The only hybrid that Toyota (excluding Lexus) is a Prius, which is a stand alone vehicle. ATM the Corolla, Camry and Aurion, only have one option in terms of engines. Their close rivals may not offer a hybrid engine, but many are bring in diesels, such as the Holden Astra, Ford Focus and the Mazda 6.
The Commodore V6 only gets changes in I believe the engine head for the SV6 while the rest is the same as the Omega. Eitherway I dont see the issue…. 200kw acorss the range is a good thing for buyers, it beats Holdens SV6 and smashes the Omega. Sure it would be nicer to have a different one to differentiate the Sportivos apart from suspension etc wise, but thats what the TRD Aurion is for though.
The Aurion only has 5 extra kilowatts then the Commodore SV6, if you are going to argue that, I might aswell say the SV6 has 4Nm of torque. The Omega has 185kW, not as much as the Aurion, but I still wouldn't say thats weak. Also considering not long time ago large cars produced around 150kW from a V6 engine.
If you want to argue about power, I could say the Corolla has 93kW, which is behind most of its close rivals (Mazda 3 108kw, Focus 107kw, Astra 103kw, Civic 103kw). It's funny how no one comments on the Corolla's lack of power, considering its Australia's favour small-med car.
Just to clarify on behalf of Holden, you don't need to find the full price for two cars at the same time as suggested in your article.
The conditions are such that you just have to provide 'proof of purchase' which can include a contract for the sale of a new motor vehicle ie you may only have put a small deposit down on another vehicle but as a contract it proves you are genuinely committed to buy one.
This is purely as a safeguard for GM Holden to prevent the offer being abused by separating the genuine buyers from those potentially looking for a free car for a month. That message that this is purely a safeguard is reinforced by the fact that the new car does not even have to be a Holden…
In addition, as further reassurance that this is a genuine offer, we have committed to a third party claims assessor who will assess and process the Claim not the dealer. There is also a commitment within the terms and conditions for the dealer to advise the customer of the outcome within seven days of a claim being made to ensure there are no delays.
The rationale for introducing this offer is that this is a highly competitive market segment which doesn't see many changes in volume so to get a foothold we need to move buyers away from the more established brands to ours.
This is seen as one way of potentially providing that extra incentive if someone is thinking of buying but is looking for that added reassurance.
I hope by explaining this a bit more clearly it will help people understand the rationale and the fact that it is a genuine offer…
John Lindsay
Very nicely put John,but I think the vast majority of the Australian buying public will only see it as a lack of confidence in the Holden product by Holden and it's dealer network and confirm what we already know and that is that it is a cheap and nasty alternative to importing quality cars purely because GM worldwide is in a tailspin as far as profitability goes and can't afford the alternative,this is consistantly proven each month by the sales figures compared to Toyota in Australia and the US.They are falling further and further behind in R&D worldwide and are concentrating on cheap and nasty imports and it will and already is proving to be their downfall. I have spoken to a few Holden dealers and none of them are to excited about the path that Holden is heading down.Brian.
I agree 100% with your Brian,
its a path that will lead to ultimate failure,
If you are going to use the Holden badge to sell cheap and low quality cars, expect a backlash down the line!
Have any of you driven a Captiva yet? Or indeed the Epica? You seem to be able to tell a lot about a car from what is written in a column. Motoring magazines will be chasing you for jobs because they will not need to send jounos all over the world to launches any more.
Hey Bruce,
I haven't eaten cow S%#T but I know I wouldn't like it.
Maybe I can write a column in a dineing out guide.
Well, well, well, you see what happens when we let an American run the Australian Holden business, cheap rubbish starts to filter through. At least with mr Hannenberger we had good quality GERMAN engineered cars in the mid size and small class that is now being populated by less well engineered and less safe Korean vehicles. Remember when the old Kingswood and Torana range were managed by the yanks, they handled like big old barges, then along comes our German friend (Mr Hannenberger) and he immediatelly fixes up the handling (RTS on LX and HX models onwards) while the old Kingswoods and Toranas were still being churned out, then introduced the Commodore, which grew into a world beater and best seller, we were tempted with the new Torana Concept car a couple of years ago….pity Holden did not built it as I am sure I am not the only one who would have happily shelled out the dollars to buy one.
Unfortunately people grow old and have to retire to pursue other interests, and Mr Hannenberger moved on, so now we're stuck with a Texan, and we're being told to buy Korean? Pffft….this might offer GMH some better margins (profits and things) but this is short term, as people get wise to these cars and stop buying them. Then it's back to Germany or our own engineers to come up with something better, but then the formula was good, so why mess it up? Ultimately you get what you pay for. No disrepect to our Korean friends, you guys need to make a living too, but I'm afraid when it comes to cars, I will not be considering anything that is made in that region. If it's not made here in Australia I dont want it.
FYI, the list of cars I have and have owned is below:
1963 EH Holden Special.
1971 HQ Holden Kingswood Wagon 173 (Modified).
1972 HQ Holden Kingswood Sedan 173.
1977 LX Holden Torana SLR 4.2V8.
1980 UC Holden Sunbird 1.9 Auto, later converted to 4.2 V8, and now 5.0 EFI V8 (they work better this way) Still own this one.
1987 Holden Astra
1988 VN Holden Commodore Executive.
1992 VP Holden Commodore Executive.(Still own this one)
1997 VS Holden Commodore Equipe (Still own this one)
2000 VT Holden Commodore Acclaim (Still own this one)
Can you see a trend here ??? They are all made in our own backyard!!! And no, I won't bag Fords, it's not my style.
Well, well, well, good old holden are starting to import cars to save money because they spent 1 billion dollars for a car that the market doesnt really want anymore…. and say that even after 1 billon dollars which was spent its only just a bit better ten the BA/BF Falcon in some area, but saying that they still have nothing that competes with the Typhoon… away i know what you are about to say…. ford is importing a car as well… but look at it this way the cars that Ford imports the Focus, a well built car and the next import which is to go head to head with the "epica" is the all new Mondeo, what a top quality car, i know it cost more, i rather part with my money for a good quality car and not a korean piece of C#%P that will play up and fail me..
thats my point of view on this issue.
now we just got to wait for the New Falcon to Distroy Holdens 1 billion dollar mistake !!!
Come on guys,
the Epica hasnt even been tested by u yet and u r already picking on it??????????????
give it a chance and if it is complete @#!$ then bag it.
A quality car is car that you don't think twice about, as they don't have any nasty plastic bits, and it works so you don't have to return it. So Holden wake up or Ford is coming.
^ and what a better market it will be when ford does finally come around
This link will take you to the real car behind the facade that is Holden Epica, not much of an Epic, but more of a Daewoo Tosca….. reminds me of a range of travel goods…. that's it… it's really a suitcase with wheels and an engine, probably handles the same, time will tell.
The above is a link from this page: http://www.gmdaewoo.co.kr/kor/index.jsp
Quote from Mike: The Aurion only has 5 extra kilowatts then the Commodore SV6, if you are going to argue that, I might aswell say the SV6 has 4Nm of torque. :end quote
The SV6 may have 4Nm more torque, but don't forget, the Commodore is a BIG "tub of lard" compared to the Aurion. EG Aurion Sportivo SX6 Auto 1555kg tare, Commodore SV6 Auto 1735kg. That 180kg (2 extra passengers in the 80s etc, only one now!) would more than cancel out the 4Nm of Torque. Downside for being such a strong car not using more high tech steels et al due to cost.
How come all of your think Holden is more Australian than Toyota Australia? Guess what, knowing that a Toyota is Made in Australia and be exported to overseas will do much more to Australian Auto industry than what Holden offers. There are some patriotic Holden fans out there and only those who will continuing buying gas guzzling Holden produts.
Another Daewoo for Holden. When will it end. Of course you all know why ……….. they wasted 1 Billion Dollars on the catch-up Commodore. i drove a Captive 3 weeks ago………..all i can say is ………crap !!!!!! Are people stupid enough to believe this is a Holden? It drove like a cheap Korean car, felt like a cheap Korean car and after going around some corners at a reasonable speed i thought I was going to die in a cheap Korean car !!!!!!
As you can see in the commercial, the Holden boys drank a lot of grog before they bought a shipload of these.
If they offer you a drink in the showroom… say no.
Now after reading the links from Marcello, and doing my best to translate Korean. There appears to be an LPG Version of this car. But no LPG in the Holden lineup.
It was time to trade in the 5 year old Magna this week. I spoke to a friend of mine and he recommended I look at the Holden Epica as I told him I didn't want to spend anymore than $28 grand a new car.
Paid a visit today to our local Holden dealer and can very happily anounce I have ordered a new Epica.
The whole car is great value for money and definitely the best medium sized car under $30 grand.
This car is more Australian than the Commodore
You are a bunch of jerks, have you ever heard of the saying, bad press even sells, slag holden off all you want, you will never buy your perfect car, off the show room floor, there is no such thing as the perfect car, holden make good cars as well as all the other car Manufacturers, they all look as boring as each other these days, you tintops want a car with everything, go and build one yourself, or just a thought learn how to drive one first. Also there is no true ausie car manufacturers, and with out the Governments help, overseas cars,is all Australia would have but thousands of jobs would be lost, so whats more important winging, about why Australian car manufacturers cant be better than overseas ones, or getting behind what is suppose to be Australian, keeping jobs here, so called Ausie cars are just as good as the imports, but cant say the same for the drivers who spend alot of money on new cars only to drive them, like shit, grow up, tintops, and stop winging
Build my own car you say? done that…
Want a car with everything, not likely, I'd give anything for the "driver assists" on my VT to be off permanently, they are there for people who can't drive around corners or park and have no idea how rain, oil and sand affect traction.
I'm looking forward to getting back in my 5 litre EFI V8 UC Sunbird with no driver assists except a steering wheel, brake, clutch and accelerator pedal, and a lever thingamy to change the gears MANUALLY. Oh it has a fan too, for the windscreen demister/heater, and a nice Radio, thats all the mod cons it has.
Now may I please go back to whinging about less than adequate Korean imports posing as Holdens? Infact any cheap less than adequate import posing as something it's not… Ford have done it too….Except they mostly stuck with Mazdas which are better than Daewoos…. well that's my opinion anyway.
Suppose I should get back to work then.
Maybe this is a good thing for Holden…they have smoked fords sales for so long (i know there are exceptions…but seriously they have) and maybe they have almost got to a point where they can give us a below expectations car and still have people defend it to death that it is better than its fords rivals…. now ford is off to a conservative start with nothing particularly bold in its line up… but it has jumped majorly in quality ride and saftey while still being great value… so now it could be holdens turn to try and pull something out to match ford… just as ford will be trying to do with the Orion… im guessing 380 style sales and reponse for the Epica…which is sad, but at least they haven't soiled the vectras good name like they did with the barina… so maybe the vec will be making a comeback in the future… please no more korean rebadge jobs… Australia is not ready to suffer them and their reputation is compost and it will take a miricle to change that, even though the phrase Jap crap has in reality gone for good… korea will have just as much work to do to shake their reputation. North America GM should give GMH a little more to work with… why there are non of those toranas on the road is to much for me to understand, and its not profit, cause exports would solve that….. i dont know really Australias car manufactoring future is to up in the air for my liking
I think it took guts for John Lindsay and Holden to come on to a blog where the product was being bagged and give its side. Good on you, John. I might not like the Tosca but I respect you coming here and clarifying your company's position.
Just to follow another point in the original post, about the Tosca's safety. Remember that the Tosca is basically a development of the Daewoo Leganza, on the old V100 platform. The Leganza, from memory, was not as safe as it could be. Even in Australia (see http://www.aaa.asn.au/ncap/PDF%20Docs/leganz99.htm), it rated two stars. Its V200 successor, the Daewoo Magnus, was found to be one of the least safe cars tested by the NHTSA when it was sold as the Suzuki Verona in the US: 'The Suzuki Verona received the lowest rating in driver-side frontal crash tests among passenger cars for the 2005 model year.'
The Tosca—V250 in Daewoo-speak, which means a revised, second-phase V200—might not have been tested yet, but I am not confident that it scores as well as the Opel Vectra C. Holden remains mum on the results, yet I thought GMH or GMDAT tested all their cars and should have some indication of its safety.
Call me a cynic, but I think those results will be held back while Holden pushes as many Toscas as possible. Then, when independent results come out, the brand will take a greater nose-dive.
Marcello: and you know, Tosca stands for 'Tomorrow Standard Car'. Not 'Tomorrow Superb Car'. Daewoo wasn't really aiming high. Just Standard. Not Special.
Holden? Standard? Special? Haven't I heard that somewhere before?
adsGsxr2007 you have taken the wrong approach to this… your opinions….fair enough, but dont just get pissed off at people for not liking a corporations moves…. or accuse people u dont know of not knowing how to drive….. what do u want…to sweep the publics opinion under the rug…for holden to say shut up we dont care what u think ur stupid u get the cars we give u….thats crap…. peoples feedback should be embraced by manufactorers…. and yes i plan to build a car of my own…and i would like to see how u handle a car if ur so cocky……… game on
true u may never buy the perfect car….but why not strive to get as close as you can…
anyone seen australia's best cars car of the year awards? Epicrap got 17th in its class. Good one Holdenwoo, haha.
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Spider that builds it's own decoys discovered.
This is a great discovery that tickles me pink as an arachno-enthusiast. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/spider-building-spider/ A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them
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Sam Harris response to the "Innocence of Muslims" controversy: "On the Freedom to Offend an Imaginary God"
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Coastal Scents Bionic Flat Top Buffer
14 reviews
85% would repurchase
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Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is not the perfect foundation brush. Atleast not for me. Though it is dense, the bristles are just way too long. So that when you move it in circular motions on your face, you feel like you don't have enough control. It leaves a streaky finish. I always have to go back with my fingers to smooth everything out. Also the shape is a little odd and you can't maneuver it around the nose and in between the eyebrows effectively.
I also tried using it for powder but it is a little too dense for that and leaves a cakey finish.
At this price point, the RT expert face brush and the new elf ultimate blending brush are much better options.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
This is my HG brush for liquid foundation. Since my first use of it, I've never ever touched any of my other foundation brushes again. It gives a super silky smooth finish and saves a lot of time. The bristles are so dense the brush hardly absorbs any extra product, so your foundation may last you longer.
Will definitely repurchase!!
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
Where in the world has this brush been all my life?!?!?! I got it on sale but am ordering backups at full price. This thing is SO worth the money! I use Revlon Colorstay or Kat Von D Lock It and the brush melds them both with my skin perfectly ... No streaking, no hairs all over my face, I use WAY less product and it cut my foundation routine down to nothing. The makeup just looks and feels better on my skin. I even like it better than my Jamie Kern and that's saying a lot about this brush! It's extremely dense and soft at the same time. Oh yes, I'm in love with it!!! lol
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Medium
Eyes: Brown
No idea why I bought this cause I don't pack on foundation that much.
I like it for its softness and even application. Use it during the last step to even out my application.
Using it for blusher too.
So cheap I didn't mind using it wrongly. Ha~
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I use this brush everyday for my liquid foundation. It's very soft and easy to use for liquid and powder make ups.
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I bought this on sale from Coastal Scents and I wish I had bought a backup of this brush. It buffs the foundation in so quickly, no streaks. Cuts down application tip and gives a really nice finish. I used to use a double fibre stippling brush but it does not come close to this. Wish I had a spare for when mine is drying. Its dense but sift at the same time. Takes a
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Wonderful blender brush for cream highlighter,foundations, bronzers - which could be used as an application brush as well.
The hairs are dense and not packed too loosely which is great. I'm sure there are comparable brushes from Elf (studio powder brush) or other makers, but this one stands alone. Its $10.89 including shipping from coastalscents.com. I highly recommend you purchase to add to your collection, it won't disappoint.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I do not find this brush to be any different than the $3 ELF Powder brush so why bother spending the extra money? Don't get me wrong, I actually love Coastal Scents--I like the brushes & the brand as a whole. Plus, this brush is soft, dense, & works well as a buffer or even a stippling brush. Can also be used for powder or even liquid foundation. I just don't think it's worth the extra money over ELF. I'd hate to think what kind of money other people are spending on these types of brushes. Nothing bad but nothing special in my opinion.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Other, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Absolutely love this brush for liquid foundation! Before, I used to use a lot of product and my fingers to blend, now I need only a few drops and this brush buffs and blends to a natural, smooth finish which I love.
It doesn't shed during use or after washing either.
Definitely recommend this! It has been and is currently on clearance so now would be a great time to pick it up.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I use this brush every day. It works wonderful with liquid foundation & powder. It blends in your liquid beautifully & if you're using it with powder it will give you a beautiful flawless application. Its a soft, but dense enough at the same time. It has NEVER once shed on me & the price is pretty awesome too. I just saw on Coastal Scents this went to clearance, I'd love to pick up another one!
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FROM THIS DAY ON (3) by Janice Kay Johnson: When Amy Nilsson goes to a time-capsule opening in her mother's stead, she learns that she's the product of a rape her mother suffered in college and her father and half-brother, Jakob, aren't really related to her at all. But when Jakob — with whom she's never really gotten along — finds out the truth, he offers to help her through the trauma. The two soon realize that not being blood relatives has brought them closer than ever before. Johnson's writing is as good as ever; however, the topic of the story is disturbing. Even though Amy and Jakob no longer believe they are related, Jakob's romantic feelings for Amy seem to be the reason he offers to help her in the first place, and the explanation Johnson offers for those feelings being acceptable is a bit tenuous.
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Though she denied worrying about it, Kim Burrell took time during a recent performance to address a "Sunday Best" audition confrontation during which she was called "rude" for laughing during a contestant's evaluation.
"I'm sweet," she told her live audience. "I'm a sweet lady and I love God. I don't need to hurt people."
During the premiere episode of "Sunday Best," returning hopeful Dennis Christopher Brigham gave the judging panel an earful, and not just with his singing. As Kierra Sheard attempted to critique his audition, Kim and Donnie McClurkin engaged in a side conversation, complete with giggles and laughter.
Dennis, obviously taking their distraction personally, told Kim that he felt disrespected by her and Donnie.
"Kim Burrell, I want to let y'all know this. I think it is very rude and disrespectful for y'all to be up here laughing like that because I used my rent money and everything and for y'all to be sitting up here disrespectful like that and laughing, that is so wrong," said Dennis. "I been stop liking you last year."
Later in the episode, Dennis returned to apologize, and Kim responded with an apology of her own.
During the recent concert, Kim expressed that she was more bothered by others' reactions to the confrontation than she was by what transpired on the show.
"It's almost like the church is waiting for us to turn on each other. Instead of posting that he apologized, and I apologized back to him, they wanna talk about this other stuff," said Kim. "I don't want y'all to get it twisted."
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Welcome to our blog dedicated to the engineering of Microsoft Windows 7
As you can imagine, our team is quite busy working through this next phase of Windows 7. We definitely appreciate the millions of downloads and installs of the Windows 7 RC. Things are going as we expect at this point. On a personal note, I wanted to thank all the folks who have been sending me mail. I've received a lot of kind words and support regarding the RC and quite a few people saying "hurry up and just release it". We outlined the steps we're taking for this next milestone and aren't going to rush things. We've got a lot of work for sure! Not that I'm counting, but I just crossed over 3,000 emails sent via the contact link in this blog. While I haven't answered all of them, I've done the best I can, and appreciate each and every exchange.
Windows 7 includes a set of features for safeguarding your PC when used by children. This post is by Vladimir Rovinsky, a program manager on our Safety Team, who details the features in Windows 7 specifically around Parental Controls. This work is in addition to the safety of the OS itself and of course the features built into Internet Explorer to provide safety and security while browsing. You might also want to check out Windows Live Family Safety which is part of Windows Live Essentials (http://download.live.com) which provides even more for safety and parental controls. --Steven
Today, children are exposed to digital hazards more easily than any time in the past. Especially with the help of powerful search tools, convenient social networking applications, low cost tools and services for publishing videos and photographs, the web is awash with content that's inappropriate for children, and full of people that parents want to bar from contacting their children.
These digital hazards are accessible to children through a variety of applications, including web browsers, instant messaging applications, media players, games, and email applications. Many of these applications have attempted to offer parental control features. However, they offer this functionality through variety of user interfaces, locations and include varied terminology. The duplication and inconsistency of parental control settings management can make it difficult for parents to maintain the correct settings across multiple applications.
Windows Vista Parental Controls provided a framework to solve these problems by offering:
To get a quick demo of Windows Vista Parental Controls in action, check out this video.
For more information about developing software for Windows Vista Parental Controls, see Using Parental Controls APIs.
Responding to customer feedback and evolving nature of the web and challenges it poses to the parents, we strive to provide families with flexible and effective safety features. Our efforts for the Windows 7 release of Parental Controls were focused on the following objectives:
1. Further developing the extensibility of the Parental Controls platform to enable third-party developers to create richer Parental Control capabilities that integrate well with Windows 7 Parental Controls.
The Windows 7 Parental Controls platform was modified to allow multiple independent providers of Parental Controls functionality to be installed on the system and augment or fully replace the parental controls provided by Windows 7. Windows Vista allowed partial replacement of Windows Parental Controls; the web filter was replaceable. In Windows 7, in addition to the web filter components, the entire Windows 7 Parental Controls user interface can be replaced by third-party providers. The underlying enforcement of the offline restrictions will still be performed by Windows Parental Controls platform. Allowing a third party provider to replace the entire Windows Parental Controls user interface creates a consistent user experience that seamlessly combines existing Parental Controls functionality with the new ones introduced by the third-party provider.
The Windows Control Panel Parental Controls screen still remains the central location and launching point on Windows 7 for Parental Controls functionality regardless of whether it is provided by default (system) or by a third-party provider.
2. Removal of web content restrictions and activity viewing functionality from default (system) Parental controls provider and reliance on Windows Live or third-party providers for these capabilities.
The web is changing much faster than we can update the Windows operating system. For example, when Vista was released Social Networking was barely known. Now it has a thriving web presence. We need to keep web focused parental controls up with innovation. Because of this, we have moved them into Windows Live.
Web filtering and activity viewing capabilities can be more efficiently provided by Windows Live or a third-party solution that implement web based delivery of this functionality. For instance, Microsoft's Windows Live Family Safety free application provides web content filtering, file downloads restrictions, and activity monitoring. It also provides online contact restrictions for children using Windows Live online applications (Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, etc).
You can learn more about Windows Live Family Safety solution here.
More information about Windows 7 changes to the Parental Controls platform can be found here.
Elements new to Windows 7 Parental controls top-level screen can be seen on the following screen shot:
Figure 1 Windows 7 Parental Controls screen
Additional control providers can still rely on the default's (system) provider UI for the configuration of in-box offline restrictions. If a provider chooses to do so, the User Controls screen can be presented to configure a user's Parental Controls settings.
If an additional provider is selected and configured, the following new user interface elements are shown on the Windows 7 User Controls screen:
Figure 2 Windows 7 User Controls screen. Additional controls provider is installed and configured.
If a Windows Vista PC which has parentally managed user accounts with enabled web filtering restrictions is upgraded to Windows 7, parents (administrators) are warned during the upgrade as well as when opening the Windows 7 Parental Controls screen, that web filtering and activity reporting functionality is not part of Windows 7 Parental Controls.
Figure 3 Windows 7 Parental Controls screen. Some users have web filtering restrictions. No additional provider is installed.
Windows Vista Parental Controls settings (including web filtering and activity logs information) are preserved unchanged when upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Although web filtering settings and activity logs information are not used by Windows 7 Parental controls, their preservation allows third-party provider to honor these settings.
As you start using Windows 7, we hope these changes to Parental Controls capabilities will make you feel more confident and in control of how your family members are using computers and experiencing the web.
Thank you for giving a try to the product and taking time to share your experience and thoughts with us. There are several reasons for pulling web filtering and activity reporting from Windows and allowing third-party solutions, like Windows Live Family Safety to provide this functionality; among them: ability to update this functionality without waiting for the next Windows release; response to customers requests to enable configuration of web filtering settings and review of activity reporting from any web connected PC (for instance, parents can review and respond to children's requests for viewing a specific website from their office computers); ability to aggregate in one place settings and reports for multiple home PCs. We feel that moving web filtering configuration and reporting functionality to the Windows Live Family Safety will benefit majority of our customers by enabling the desirable scenarios described above. Thanks oyun
ive installed gta 4 on windows 7 .... and when i try to run it it says the application is blocekd due parental settings .....plz tell me what to do !!!!
Although your kids' best online protection is you, and by talking to them about potential online dangers and monitoring their computer use, you'll help reduce the risk while they surf the Internet. Using some form of keystroke or parental monitoring tool can be seen by some as an invasion of your child's privacy, but many parents are turning to this style of technology knowing the severity and risk regarding on-line predators.Parental Monitoring
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Warning- Parental Controls can be disabled !
My son with Autism, just turned 13. He has an HP computer. I set up windows parental controls on it. He has never studied any computer programing. He pressed F11 before windows starts up. He then does a system recovery to get rid of the old adminstation account and all the parental controls. He creates a new admin account using his name. I am unsure how to prevent him from doing this again. Any ideas?
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Operation: Farm Fresh
Nancy is hosting a welcome home party for her nephew and his service buddies who have just gotten back from Afghanistan. They're hungry for an All-American home cooked meal and Nancy is happy to oblige, making Fried Pork Chops, Braised Kale and Tomatoes, Apple Pie With Cheddar Cheese Crust and Beer Ginger Shandy. (Episode: RF0202H)
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There has been some resolution of last year's allegations of child abuse of children as young as two months old at the Black Earth, Wisconsin Aleithiea Baptist Church. Philip Caminiti, the former pastor of Aleitheia Bible Church of Black Earth Wisconsin was found guilty in March of conspiracy to commit child abuse. Yesterday he was sentenced to 2 years in prison and 6 years if probation. His probation stipulates that that during his probation term, Caminiti is not to have contact with the members of his church, though he is allowed contact with his wife, children, and grandchildren.Lori Wick and the others have yet to stand trial.Wisconsin State Journal: Black Earth pastor gets 2 … [Read more...]
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by CaluluWhen we last left everyone Tom was in and out of his home with Tina. Tina was determined to wait out his infidelity and we were trying to rally around Tina since she was disabled and alone. Things are about to get beyond strange, with the ripples affecting a number of families at church.During this super awkward time frame Hubby and I start getting regular visits from Alice, Sam and their six kids. The visits go like this. We get a call or they just show up at dinner time and announce that they have no food at the house and no money.The visits created stress because obviously we couldn't be around or have over the Smiths at the same time. So it felt like the worlds … [Read more...]
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Who Was That Masked Man: Part 2
by CaluluWhen we last left off Tom was in love with another woman and defiant to criticism. Says he has a right to be happy, he feels no sorrow for the affair and he's not going to stop. God approves, according to Tom even though the Bible clearly states otherwise. I responded by doing the bad thing, doing what any good fundigelical pearl clutcher feels obligated to do, I go to our mutual Pastor. Now Pastor already knows and says he is going to 'deal' with the feckless frolicking fornicators. He goes to both to confront them and gets mixed responses, Alice still swears there was no actual sex going on and tells the Pastor this is no ones business.Tom tells Pastor pretty much the same … [Read more...]
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by MillipedeEventually, the church building materialized. At first, we had a larger group. Soon however, there was a falling out with a group which had comprised most of those from the Patriot group. Part of it was personality and some of it was viewpoint. Some wanted to the place to be a patriot type meeting house while some wanted it to be a church. This belied a rift that plays itself over again and again in this end of the spectrum.On one hand there are what I would call the "political types". This is simply for lack of a better term and is not indicative of a lack of Faith. People within this group were most often led into church via ideological means. Their religious views are … [Read more...]
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by LatebloomerFrom hanging around with people such as Scott Lively in my fundamentalist Christian homeschooling community, I understood the danger that America was facing from the gay agenda. I believed that the gay lifestyle was depraved and corrupt and a sign of rebellion against God. I believed that God expected me to use political activism to stand up for righteousness and his design for the family. I believed that my "pro-family-values" activism was actually me being loving to the deceived people around me, people who were just taking the easy way out by accepting every type of lifestyle.Then one day I accidentally met a gay person.It was at my first real job, when I was 23 … [Read more...]
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"Future of Open Source Survey" Now Underway
Annual Future of Open Source Survey points out market opportunities.
Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners, in partnership with 451 Research, are conducting the sixth annual Future of Open Source Survey. This annual survey is supported by more than 20 open source software industry leaders (including Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, and others) and is open to participation from the entire open source community.
The survey aims to point out market opportunities, identify issues affecting the enterprise adoption of open source, and foreshadow industry trends for 2012 and beyond. Participation is now open to the general public and will close at the end of April.
You can take survey here.
The survey results will be presented at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC, May 20-21, 2012). For more information, including a complete list of supporting companies, please visit: www.blackducksoftware.com.
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Prof. McMahon Published Op-Ed on Death Tax Repeal Act in The Hill
Professor Stephanie McMahon recently published the op-ed "(Un)intended Consequences of Death Tax Repeal" in the April 29, 2015 issue of The Hill (a congressional blog). Her editorial looks at the impact of H.R. 1105, the "Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015," which would repeal the federal estate tax, and explains her concerns on the hidden agenda behind the bill. Read more here.
Prof. Sandra Sperino Give Presentation and Has Article Accepted for Publication
The article "Retaliation and the Reasonable Person", written by Professor Sandra Sperino, was accepted for publication in the Florida Law Review. In addition, Professor Sperino recently participated in the Clifford Symposium at DePaul University College of Law where she presented her paper, "The Civil Rights Restatement". Congratulations!
Prof. Jacob Cogan's Article Published
Congratulations to Jacob Cogan, the Judge Joseph P. Kinneary Professor of Law. His work The Changing Form of the International Law Commission's Work was recently published in EVOLUTIONS IN THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 275 (Roberto Virzo and Ivan Ingravallo eds., Brill | Nijhoff 2015).
A Jail by Any Other Name...
The personal observation from one law student's experience at the South Texas Family Residential Center, an ICE Detention Center
The South Texas Family Residential Center, described in one word, is a euphemism. Opened in December of 2014, this "family detention center" looms large in the tiny town of Dilley, Texas, just over 80 miles from the US-Mexico border. Immediately next door is a Texas state prison; from the road, the two are indistinguishable, surrounded by high walls and perimeter lights.
Currently, the "family detention center" houses around 400 women and their children. However, it will soon be expanded to house over 2,400 women, at which point it will be the largest ICE detention center in the country. Many of the women detained in Dilley endured harrowing experiences in their home countries that prompted them to flee to the US in search of a life free from persecution and torture. Despite their status as victims of threats and violence, leading to potentially valid claims for asylum, these women are detained in what is, in actuality, a jail, and are monitored at all times by guards. You see, the "family detention center" is run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison company in the US.
Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the immigrant jail in Dilley is the facility's choice and use of terms that make it less obvious that these women and their (often young) children are incarcerated. Trailers used for court, visitation, and dining all feature names reminiscent of cabins at a Girl Scout camp, such as "Purple Pigeon." The correctional officers perform "counts," just as would occur normally in a prison, though in the "family detention center," the count is referred to as the "census." CCA even took the time to plant palm trees around the outer security perimeter of the jail to make it look a little homier.
Meet the Women of Dilley
So who are the women I encountered in Dilley? The women were young – most I met with were less than 25 years old – and most had young children with them. All of the women were from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, and the vast majority of them do not speak any English. They have suffered extreme domestic violence, physical abuse at the hands of gang members, and threats that would make your blood curdle. These women showed me their knife wounds, revealed to me their children's gunshot wounds, cried as they explained how gang members threatened to cut off their heads and kill their children, related to me stories of abuse so shocking that I have had countless nightmares ever since.
In the face of such persecution and torture, the courage and resilience that these women continue to show is nothing short of astounding. Yet, our country is treating them as if they are criminals who pose a danger to US society. Upon arrival at the border, many undocumented immigrants are taken to temporary detention facilities colloquially known as "hieleras" (iceboxes) for at least a day. When we asked the women to briefly tell us about their experience crossing the border, many voluntarily offered information about the hieleras, and the trauma and dehumanizing conditions they faced there. In addition to the obviously frigid temperatures (which caused many people's appendages to turn blue), such accounts included descriptions of: overwhelmingly crowded cells with no space to sleep or even sit; damp concrete floors with no chairs, pillows, or blankets; utter lack of privacy; and denial of food and basic hygienic supplies. From the hieleras, immigrants are loaded into the border patrol vans – known colloquially as "perreras" ("dog kennels") – to be taken to ICE facilities like the one in Dilley.
How the Journey Begins
The hieleras are merely the tip of the iceberg that is a broken immigration system – a system that is failing the women incarcerated in Dilley and countless others like them. For many immigrants, the dangerous journey begins with coyotes, who charge around $5,000 to $7,000 to deliver their passengers to the border – if the passengers are going to be caught by border patrol agents. Immigrants who wish to be taken to the border safely and cross without being caught by border patrol agents must pay around $14,000. So, unsurprisingly, most people pay what they can afford and are caught. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 requires that ICE officers question recently arriving immigrants, within a short time of coming into contact with them, regarding whether they are fearful of returning to their country of origin. If an arriving individual expresses fear of returning to his or her country of origin, the law requires that they be granted an interview with an asylum officer.
The law, and asylum seekers' rights under it, is often not respected in practice. In Dilley, I discovered that the information on many women's Notice to Appear forms – issued by ICE – was false. In many instances, women were either not questioned at all pertaining to whether they were fearful of returning; or if questioned, the questions were insufficient to elicit information relevant to an asylum claim (such as why a particular person is fearful). The varying diligence and truthfulness of ICE agents creates a system that is arbitrary in nature. To give one example, I will share a brief part of Alicia's* story.
Alicia crossed the border within a few hours of her sister; she and her sister are the same age, each was accompanied by her only child, and each fled their home county for the same reason. Alicia and her sister encountered different ICE agents. The agent who interviewed the sister was able to determine that she was fearful of returning to her home country and should be allowed to apply for asylum; as a result, that agent allowed Alicia's sister to leave ICE custody on parole and join her family. Alicia's experience has been the opposite of her sister's: the ICE agent she encountered did not question her about any fear of returning she may have and sent her to the jail in Dilley to be detained with her child. Once in the Dilley jail, Alicia met with an asylum officer, who determined that she most likely has a "credible fear" of persecution if deported, and her detention officer set a bond of $10,000 for her that was required to be paid in full before she was allowed to leave the jail and join her family.
Not only is it shocking that two individuals in the exact same situation were dealt with in a completely different manner, but it is also shocking that our government is setting such exorbitant bonds for women like Alicia. $10,000 is the average bond for the women of Dilley and can only be lowered to $7,500 in very select circumstances when the asylum seeker has the requisite number and type of supporting documents (such as identification cards and "letters of support" from friends/family in the US). This document requirement is occasionally made more difficult by the fact that possessions are easily lost during the dangerous one-month trip through Mexico to reach the US, and by the fact that family members are often separated at the border. While one woman I met – Lupe – was lucky because she had brought and retained a large number of supporting documents, she was beside herself because she had crossed the border with her cousin, who was taken to an ICE jail for men. The ICE officers had not allowed her cousin to bring anything with him, so she held on to all of his documents. She does not know where he was taken and has no way to get that information. ICE has an online locator for people in detention, but repeated searches – with his name spelled many different ways – uncovered no information about him. Thus, he is either in detention, held under an extremely high bond because he has no documents and no way to be reached by Lupe, or he has been deported to his home country, where his life is in imminent danger. Moreover, even if I had been able to find his location online, Lupe would not have been able to call and speak with her cousin, as individuals who are detained by ICE are not allowed to receive phone calls.
Barriers and the Court
The communication barriers and the isolation of asylum seekers who are detained continue throughout the asylum process. The situation becomes increasingly dire when the asylum seeker does not speak a common language, such as English or Spanish. In the Dilley jail, many of the women have escaped persecution in Guatemala; as a result, quite a few of them speak Quiche and do not understand enough Spanish to have a conversation or to be engaged in judicial proceedings in Spanish. For one particular young woman – Magdalena – this linguistic restriction has resulted in asylum hearings that are consistently continued whenever the Quiche interpreter is unavailable, which is an unpredictable and all-too-common occurrence.
The prevailing arbitrariness in how asylum seekers are treated is accompanied by other difficulties they encounter upon arriving in the US. Countless asylum seekers, especially the women I met in Dilley, are treated with disdain and outright hostility. One detention officer expressly told Graciela – a woman who had knife wounds and recounted chilling accounts of abuse – that she was fabricating her entire story, and that she would be deported because the asylum officer would not believe her "lies". Such callousness was not only exuded by certain detention officers, but also by some immigration judges. For instance, Liliana, a mother of two children had enough money to bring one child to the US with her. So, she brought her son—mainly because a gang was actively trying to recruit him and his life was in danger. During a hearing, a judge berated Liliana for only bringing one of her children to the US and strongly implied that she must be a terrible mother for leaving her other child behind if the situation was "so dangerous."
Advocates Needed
In light of emotional mistreatment and the lack of legal or community support for these women, it is obvious that they are in serious need of people willing to advocate for them. That is where I, and the CARA Pro Bono Project**, come in. The team leader of our volunteer group in Dilley aptly described our experience there as "guerrilla lawyering": many moments, I felt like our group was fighting a battle simply to be allowed to help the women there. Our workweek consisted of assisting women at the jail from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day, with several more hours of work every evening. Yet, the long hours were arguably the easiest part of the week. We had to work in a "court" where the guards yelled at us any time we attempted to speak to our clients. We could not take phones into the facility and, thus, had to make many calls to women's family members in the evenings. We did not have access to a printer or copier, which was crucial for purposes of completing paperwork, so we eventually bought one and hauled it into the facility daily. The week after we left, not surprisingly, the supervisors banned the Pro Bono Project from bringing the printer into the facility at all.
Obstacles that arose were exacerbated by the fact that the Dilley immigrant jail is a place where the rules always change. One day, the lawyers are allowed to enter without being required to show a Bar card; the next, it is required. One day, we can bring Internet hotspots into the facility; the next, this is an issue. One day, we are allowed to begin setting up makeshift offices in the visitation trailer beginning at 7:00 a.m.; the next, not until 8:00 a.m. One day, we are allowed to pass through security if we take off our belts and shoes; the next, we are informed that women will no longer be able to enter with underwire bras! One day, the women can turn in a particular request form to obtain documents; the next, the detention offices require their own, new form and do not allow the lawyers to have a copy of the new form to provide to our clients. Every single day, some additional hurdle was placed in front of us that made it more difficult to effectively communicate with, and represent, the women.
What made this struggle worthwhile? The women I have described above, and all of the other women in the exact same situation as them. Words cannot describe the happiness I felt when a woman I had helped was released on bond so that she could pursue her asylum claim as a free woman. Words cannot describe the relief I felt when I was able to look Graciela in the face and tell her that I believed her story, that I understood her pain, and that the asylum officer would believe her, too. Moments like these made the week that I spent in Dilley worth everything that I invested in it. But the fight is far from over. These courageous women are victims – not criminals – and our government's reliance on family detention of immigrants needs to end right now. Family detention, especially detention of asylum seekers, is a travesty of justice and a dark stain on our nation's already broken immigration system.
* All names provided herein are pseudonyms for confidentiality purposes.
** The CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project and its mandate are described here: http://www.aila.org/practice/pro-bono/find-your-opportunity/cara-family-detention-pro-bono-project.
Erin Welch is a 3L from Florida, drawn to the College of Law because of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. Duing the 2014/15 school year, she served as editor of the Human Rights Quarterly. After law school Erin plans to focus her career in the area of human rights
University of Cincinnati College of Law Alumni Association Announces Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
The 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award, which celebrates outstanding alumni, will be held at 12:00 noon on May 15 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Hall of Mirrors. To rsvp: contact Peggy Ruwe at 513-556-0071 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cincinnati, OH—The University of Cincinnati College of Law Alumni Association will celebrate three alumni at its 35th Distinguished Alumni Award Program on Friday, May 15, 2015. Award recipients include an alumnus whose career focuses on white collar and other major economic crimes; a former member of the US Air Force who served many years as a judge; and a trial attorney whose practice and firm concentrates on civil litigation.
"UC succeeds at producing large numbers of alumni who excel in their profession and in the surrounding community," said Dan Startsman, Assistant Public Defender, Clermont County Public Defender's Office, and President, Law Alumni Association. "I can think of no better example than this year's award winners. They are three alums who have not only risen to the top of their profession, but also have been recognized as leaders and have given back to the law school."
Each year the award recipient nominations come from the ranks of the school's almost 5,000 alumni. Recipients exemplify excellence and achievement in the individual's chosen field of practice or profession. Previous winners have included Professor Stanley Harper, Jr. '48, well-known College of Law professor; the Hon. William S. Richardson '43, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court; and the Hon. William Howard Taft'1880, President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Meet 2015 Award Recipient Kathleen Brinkman'75
Kathleen Brinkman'75, Of Counsel at Porter Wright, focuses her practice on representing corporations and individuals facing investigation or charges by federal or state authorities, or whose property the government seeks to forfeit. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Brinkman's prosecution specialties were complex white collar and other major economic crimes, public corruption, and environmental crimes. In addition, she investigated and prosecuted healthcare fraud matters, including False Claims Act cases. A recognized authority in asset forfeiture, she has taught the subject throughout the country and around the world.
In addition to her litigation work, she spent many years back in the classroom as an adjunct professor at the College of Law, teaching many generations of attorneys the nuances of trial practice. Brinkman authored the book "Federal Criminal Procedure Litigation Manual" and co-authored "Sixth Circuit Practice Manual". Finally, she is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2011 John P. Kiely Professionalism Award from the Cincinnati Bar Association, the 2005 Nettie Cronise Lutes Award from the Ohio State Bar Association, recognition by Ohio Super Lawyers® for Criminal Defense: White Collar, "Top 50 Women Attorneys in Ohio" by Ohio Super Lawyers® for 2015, and "Leader in Their Field" (Ohio) in the area of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations by Chambers USA. Brinkman is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Meet 2015 Award Recipient the Hon. Robert H. Gorman '60
Judge Robert H. Gorman, a native Cincinnatian, followed the path of several family members into the field of law. His father, Robert N. Gorman, served on the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas and was later appointed to a seat on the Supreme Court of Ohio. His brother also attended law school.
After graduating from Brown University, Gorman returned to Cincinnati to the College of Law, graduating in 1960. Immediately thereafter, he was inducted into the US Air Force, where he served as a judge advocate general for three years. He returned to Cincinnati to develop a career in private practice. To prepare, he worked at Legal Aid of Greater Cincinnati and in Juvenile Court, gaining additional experience. It was at this time that he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
Soon, Gorman began his private practice career in earnest. Then, in December 1972, he joined the bench, where he remained until his retirement. Judge Gorman served on the Hamilton County Municipal Court, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, and the Hamilton County Court of Appeals: First Appellate District of Ohio.
In addition to his work on the bench, he served as an adjunct professor at the College of Law, teaching appellate practice and procedure. Judge Gorman retired from the bench in 2006, but returned the next year as a visiting judge, a position he held until 2012.
Meet 2015 Award Recipient David P. Kamp'81
David P. Kamp is the President and Managing Partner of White, Getgey & Meyer Co., L.P.A., a firm specializing in civil trial practice. Having gravitated to courtroom trial practice while in law school (Dave clerked for a number of top rated litigation firms in Washington, Cleveland and Cincinnati), the transition from law school to private practice at Dinsmore & Shohl was relatively seamless. While at Dinsmore, Dave worked with the firm's top litigators and participated as second chair in several major jury trials including a case tried before Chief Judge Carl Rubin in which Dinsmore and its client obtained a $7.3 milion verdict.
In 1987, Dave was recruited to White, Getgey & Meyer as the heir apparent to the firm's then managing partner, Alvin White. He successfully tried major cases for the firm including the wrongful death case of John Getgey, one of the founding fathers of the firm.
Since becoming managing partner of White, Getgey & Meyer in 1989, Dave has continued to spearhead the firm's litigation efforts on behalf of plaintiffs, defendants, large corporations, small businesses, individuals and not-for-profit institutions. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, has been named by Outstanding Lawyers of America, Chambers List and Best Lawyers in America, and has been ranked by SuperLawyers as one of the top three lawyers in the state every year since 2009.
Realizing the largess of his law degree and the scholarship money that permitted him to go to law school full time and not co-op, Dave contributes his time to teaching young trial lawyers in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and contributes financially to a vast array of law school-related funds, projects and other outside charities. When he is not in the office, which is infrequently, his spare time is devoted to family: his wife, Eileen, who has gracefully put up with Dave's tireless work ethic; his three children, Jenny, Jeff and Evan; as well as his grandson, Corran. Regardless of his workload, Dave never misses a volleyball or lacrosse game.
College of Law Announces the 2015 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching Awards
Professors Michele Bradley, A. Christopher Bryant, and Janet Moore received the annual award for teaching excellence, which was announced on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
Cincinnati, OH—The recipients of the 2015 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching share a central characteristic: they enjoy laying a foundation of knowledge that students will use throughout their legal careers. All willingly pass on their knowledge and experience to others, demonstrated by their commitment to teaching and the impact they've made at the College of Law. Congratulations to this year's recipients: Professors Michele Bradley, A. Christopher Bryant, and Janet Moore.
Michele Bradley, Professor of Practice
Professor Michele Bradley, a College of Law graduate, has distinguished herself as a professor who demonstrates excellence in the classroom, as well as a great advisor outside of the classroom. She teaches courses in Legal Research and Writing and works closely with the Judicial Extern Program. In the classroom, Professor Bradley creates a learning environment that allows each of her students to feel more comfortable while exploring a new way of writing that can be very difficult to comprehend. Wrote one student in a letter nominating her, "Professor Bradley provides an atmosphere that is conducive to student participation and the ability for us to bounce ideas off of each other." Such a trait is especially important for Professor Bradley's courses as they are filled with 1Ls attempting to adjust to the rigors of law school.
Outside of the classroom, Professor Bradley is committed to students' success. She makes herself available to help not only with writing required for class, but also with writing samples students may want to use in applying for jobs. She seeks out individual students for opportunities she thinks they would find rewarding or that would benefit them by their involvement. Professor Bradley has shown that she not only wants her students to become successful attorneys, but that she is willing to help them reach that goal.
A. Christopher Bryant, Rufus King Professor of Constitutional Law
Professor A. Christopher Bryant demonstrates excellence in teaching both inside and outside the classroom. Inside the classroom he distinguishes himself by fostering discussions among students who often have very polarized opinions. One of the biggest challenges that he has to overcome is addressing controversial topics in a room of twenty-something-year-old students with differing perspectives. His ability to harness students' passions and convert them into worthwhile discussion topics is unrivaled.
Outside the classroom, Professor Bryant excels as well. He is often a featured participant in law school sponsored debates, a keynote speaker on current events with legal implications, and a facilitator of CLE events open to the broader legal community. Indeed, attending any of these forums will enlighten students as to why Professor Bryant is a wonderful teacher and a great ambassador for the law school.
Finally, Professor Bryant's dedication to teaching and educational reform also is exemplified by a recent scholarly undertaking. He is hard at work on a new Constitutional Law casebook that will introduce new and more effective ways of teaching constitutional law to students.
Professor Janet Moore, Assistant Professor of Law
Professor Janet Moore's ability to offer personal insight and perspective inside and outside of the classroom sets her apart from others. She is well-known for her unique teaching style that introduces legal concepts in a fun and engaging manner. Indeed, lessons are filled with nursery rhymes, comedic pictures, pop culture, and anecdotal stories that seamlessly tie into the key points of every lecture. These points stick with students well beyond the exam and turn every lesson into meaningful informative sessions that will help them in their career. She is masterful in not just ensuring that students understand the key points of each lesson, but also that each student recognizes the real world applications and many shades of gray that come with interpreting the law.
Professor Moore has a natural talent for communicating with the student body that has earned her the respect of both the students and the administration. In addition, she engages outside the classroom, speaking about her experiences as a defense attorney for death row inmates and her past experiences as a litigator. Her knowledge and experience serve as indispensable tools to be passed on to others; and the care and concern she shows to each student makes her feel like everyone's personal mentor.
About the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching Award
Each year, students have an opportunity to recognize excellence in teaching at the College of Law by nominating a professor(s) for the Goldman Prize. Awarded annually, the Prize recognizes professors who distinguish themselves in the classroom and whose accomplishments in research and/or public service contribute to excellence in teaching.
College of Law Prepares to Celebrate 182nd Hooding
On Saturday, May 16, 2015 the College of Law will celebrate the accomplishments of its graduates at its 182nd Hooding Ceremony. The event will be held at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. For the last time Dean Louis D. Bilionis will lead the ceremonies, where 109 degrees will be conferred. This includes 98 juris doctor degrees, and 11 LLM degrees.
College of Law alumnus the Hon. Michael R. Barrett '77, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, will be the keynote speaker. Judge Barrett, a Cincinnati native, is a double Bearcat, receiving both his undergraduate and law degrees from the university. He later served as a member of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees, including one term as chairperson.
Judge Barrett has a long and distinguished career in law. After taking the bar, he served as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the State of Ohio. Then, he joined the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office as an Assistant Prosecutor and later was named Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Felony Trial Division. Following the Prosecutor's Office, he joined Graydon, Head & Ritchey, first as an associate and then as a partner, concentrating in general litigation. Later, he joined Barrett & Weber as a shareholder, where he remained until 2006. It was on May 25, 2006 that he was sworn in as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, a position he maintains today.
This year's event will also include the presentation of the 2015 Nicholas J. Longworth III Alumni Achievement Award to Robert E. Richardson Jr. '05, Of Counsel at Branstetter, Stranch and Jennings, PLLC and the current vice chairperson of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees. Richardson received both his BSE in electrical engineering and JD from the university. While at UC, he established the first college chapter of the NAACP in the tristate and was elected student body president. In 2002, he was awarded the university's highest honor for undergraduates – the UC Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence.
At his law firm, Richardson's practice areas include labor and employment, securities, and class action litigation. He serves as a construction marker representative for the Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust for the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. Three years ago Richardson made history when he was elected secretary of the Board of Trustees at the University of Cincinnati, the youngest person to ever be elected as an officer.
Also being honored will be this year's winners of the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, which will be announced soon. Additional Hooding participants include Professor Sean Mangan, Faculty Reader; Professor Janet Moore, Faculty Hooder; and Professor A. Christopher Bryant, Faculty Assistant Hooder.
Wendy Calaway '98 Wins Landmark Case in Ohio Supreme Court
UC Blue Ash College professor Wendy Calaway took an appeal in a murder trial all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court and won, setting a new precedent for criminal cases across the state.
Calaway, who is a practicing attorney and professor in the Behavioral Science Department at UC Blue Ash, appeared before the justices last spring to argue that they should overturn Joseph Harris' murder conviction and award a new trial. She stated that by allowing the testimony of a court-appointed clinical psychologist after Harris abandoned his insanity defense, the defendant's constitutional rights were violated. In a recent ruling, the justices voted unanimously to overturn the conviction and award a new trial. (Read full article)
Professor Vazquez Organizes Race/Border Control Event
Professor Yolanda Vazquez organized a themed week on race and border control at Border Criminologies, based at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford. She also provided the first installment. Read her piece and more about the event.