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Embrace the Era of Mobile App Marketing; 3 Ways
October 13, 2015 • Paul Chaney
The Internet started out as an open range where anyone with access could roam freely. With the advent of mobile technology and apps, that day...Read More » 29 Shares
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9 WordPress Plugins That Add Functionality, Power
October 12, 2015 • Daniel Kedinger
One advantage of using WordPress as a content management system is the countless array of plugins that enhance a website's functionality and increase its power....Read More » 1 Comment 54 Shares
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Ask an Expert: How to Optimize My Website for Mobile?
October 9, 2015 • Web Marketing Today Staff
"Ask an Expert" is a monthly feature where we ask web marketing experts questions from small business owners. For this installment, we address a question...Read More » 52 Shares
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5 Google Analytics Metrics for Local Business Marketing
October 8, 2015 • Sharon Mostyn
A fundamental principle of information gathering is to ask the five "W's": who, what, when, where, and why. When it comes to market research, local businesses...Read More » 67 Shares
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Mobile SEO: How to Ensure Your Site is Mobile-friendly
October 7, 2015 • Bill Hartzer
Google says there are now more searches using mobile devices than on desktops, including laptops. And last April, with its "Mobilegeddon" deadline, Google forced us...Read More » 1 Comment 50 Shares
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How to Use Customer Surveys to Boost Conversion Rates
October 6, 2015 • Phil Frost
A key factor in boosting your conversion rates is giving prospects what they want, at the right time and at the right cost. Predicting these...Read More » 52 Shares
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Improve Your Local Search Business Ranking; 10 Ways
October 5, 2015 • Paul Chaney
A recent survey by search marketing services provider BrightLocal found that local search — queries related to a particular geographic region — drives more clicks...Read More » 86 Shares
How to Claim Your Local Business Directory Listings
"How to Claim Your Local Business Directory Listings" is a free, 30-minute webinar. The presenter is Paul Chaney, editor of Web Marketing Today.View Webinar »
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10 Great Local Marketing Ideas for October 2015
October 2, 2015 • Web Marketing Today Staff
Web Marketing Today gathered advice from ten marketing experts, designed to help local businesses market online with greater impact. Here's what they had to say. Focus on...Read More » 152 Shares
Articles • Social Media
10 Niche Social Networks for Small Business Marketing
October 1, 2015 • Paul Chaney
If you thought all social networking activity took place on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Google Plus, think again. There is a preponderance of niche social...Read More » 3 Comments 90 Shares
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September 2015: Most Popular Articles
September 30, 2015 • Web Marketing Today Staff
Each month, we compile a list of the ten most popular articles published during the month, based on the number of page views. Here are...Read More » 42 Shares
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What Facebook's New Page Design Means for Your Business
September 29, 2015 • Rodney Hess
Facebook just rolled out a new design for Pages, on both desktop and mobile. I've heard whispers that changes were forthcoming, but seen little discussion...Read More » 1 Comment 107 Shares
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Etsy Local: New Marketing Channel for Boutique Shops
September 28, 2015 • Kristine Wirth
Etsy is an online marketplace for entrepreneurs who sell handmade or vintage items. Since Etsy's founding in 2005, the number of active sellers has increased to...Read More » 63 Shares
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Spam: The 4-letter Word of Email Marketing
September 25, 2015 • Charles Gaiennie
According to the Oxford Dictionary, spam, at least within the context of email marketing, is defined as "Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet...Read More » 42 Shares
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Get More Guest Reviews with TripAdvisor Review Express
September 24, 2015 • Paul Chaney
TripAdvisor now offers a free service called Review Express that lets hotel and B&B owners who have their business listed on the site send review request emails for up to 1,000...Read More » 41 Shares
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3 Ways to Perform Basic Keyword Research, in 2015
September 23, 2015 • Bill Hartzer
If you own a small business that has a website, one of the questions you most likely ask regarding SEO relates to keyword research. You will...Read More » 1 Comment 69 Shares
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12 Tools to Create Infographics
September 22, 2015 • Kathleen Fealy
Infographics are popular because they are highly shareable and convey statistics in a visually pleasing and easy to understand manner. But can a local business...Read More » 1 Comment 98 Shares
Articles • Design
Mobile Website Design: 5 Principles to Keep in Mind
September 21, 2015 • Daniel Kedinger
Google announced in early 2015 that it would begin using mobile-friendly websites as a search engine ranking factor. As a result, many businesses realized that...Read More » 64 Shares
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NFL Player Turns Barbershop Dream into Business Reality
September 18, 2015 • Web Marketing Today Staff
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. That line, from the "Cheers" theme song, must have resonated with NFL veteran and Austin, Texas...Read More » 54 Shares
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7 Ways to Use Meerkat or Periscope for Marketing
September 17, 2015 • Rodney Hess
Mobile live streaming apps Meerkat and Periscope came on the scene in early 2014, quickly growing in popularity. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of live...Read More » 57 Shares
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Make Mobile Email Marketing Work for Your Business; 6 Ways
September 16, 2015 • Charles Gaiennie
Got a cell phone? Who doesn't nowadays. In fact, 91 percent of American adults own a cell phone, according to the Pew Research Center. That...Read More » 1 Comment 47 Shares
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Google AdWords or AdWords Express: Which is Better?
September 15, 2015 • Phil Frost
Google AdWords Express is a stripped-down, simplified version of Google AdWords. In Google's words, "AdWords Express is an advertising option for businesses that want to get...Read More » 42 Shares
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Beacons: Local Retail Game-changing Technology?
September 14, 2015 • Paul Chaney
Beacons, a new technology designed to drive customer loyalty and in-store sales, is growing in popularity among larger retailers. But is it something smaller retailers...Read More » 1 Comment 68 Shares
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Ask an Expert: How to Be More Relatable?
September 11, 2015 • Web Marketing Today Staff
"Ask an Expert" is a monthly feature where we ask web marketing experts questions from small business owners and employees. In this installment, we address...Read More » 59 Shares
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7 Ways to Get Yelp Reviews (without Violating Its Policy)
September 10, 2015 • Paul Chaney
Yelp is possibly the most restrictive of all the business directories and review sites when it comes to asking for customer reviews. Basically, "asking" is...Read More » 1 Comment 67 Shares
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Should You Move Your Local Business Website to HTTPS?
September 9, 2015 • Bill Hartzer
HTTPS is an Internet protocol that makes your website secure by providing an encrypted signal between the site and the user. Typically, we have always thought...Read More » 175 Shares
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Google Analytics: How to Define Website Goals
September 8, 2015 • Sharon Mostyn
Google Analytics Goals represent a completed activity, called a conversion, which measures how well your site accomplishes your business objectives. Properly-configured goals allow Google Analytics...Read More » 94 Shares
Articles • Platforms
8 Tools to Distribute and Transcribe Business Videos
September 7, 2015 • Kathleen Fealy
The use of video should be in every local business owner's marketing toolbox. A previous article, "11 Online Video Creation Tools for Small Business Use," covered...Read More » 83 Shares
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Take Advantage of 'Micro-moments' Mobile Search Trend
September 4, 2015 • Paul Chaney
The use of mobile devices has ushered in a new era of freedom when it comes to getting the information we need at the precise...Read More » 57 Shares
Articles • Social Media
Using Periscope for Small Business Marketing: Pros, Cons
September 3, 2015 • Kristine Wirth
Periscope is a mobile application acquired by Twitter earlier this year that lets users broadcast a live video feed to anyone in the world. While still...Read More » 81 Shares


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Brookfield Central's strong first quarter leads to victory over Wauwatosa East
Central stays tied for first with Sussex
Brookfield Central jumped off to a fast start Friday and whipped Wauwatosa East's boys basketball team, 58-42, and it was the same old story for both teams.
Central improved to 9-1 and stayed tied for first place in the Greater Metro Conference with Sussex Hamilton, each with 5-0 records, while Tosa East fell to 6-5 overall and to fourth place (3-2) in the GMC.
The Lancers jumped off to a 22-6 first quarter lead and then the teams played to a 36-36 tie the rest of the way.
Whereas Central continues to find ways to win — they drilled four 3-pointers in the first period — the Red Raiders once again couldn't put together four good quarters against a quality opponent.
Again Central junior guard Riley LaChance had nine points with two 3-pointers and Peter Mattiacci threw in two 3-pointers to spark the first quarter run.
"That's been our big thing. If you want to be a champion you have to have the characteristics of a champion," Central coach Mark Adams said. "One of the things is how hard you come out. Our thing is to try and outwork people and we were doing that."
Tosa East had only three players score in the first half — Anthony Carroll had six and Nate Moore and Ben Mihelich had five each. LaChance had 11 and Elijah Goodman had eight points and seven rebounds at intermission for Central.
Carroll got hot with 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter, while LaChance eight and junior Caleb Mortag had three dunks.
Central led 34-16 at halftime and 50-32 after three periods.
"It's a broken record really," a frustrated Tosa East each coach Tim Arndorfer said. "When you look at the box score. Another quality opponent, we're right there, but this time it was the first quarter.
"Other games its been the fourth quarter, we had games where its been the second quarter. There is no rhyme or reason to when it was going to happen."
LaChance led all scorers with 21 and Goodman had 12 and 13 rebounds.
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I just added the new 'Questions' feature on my personal and business Page Facebook accounts. It can be a nice option to ask an open question of your friends or fans, or conduct a quick poll with specific answer options (yes, no, maybe, you're nuts, etc). Facebook is rolling Questions out over the next few weeks, but you can be proactive and add it now by doing the following:
- via your personal account, go to facebook.com/questions
- choose to add it, and it will appear immediately along with other message options, like Status, Photo, Link, Video
- Now go to any Page you admin, and switch to 'Use Facebook as (Page)'
- go back to same /questions URL and add it again, this time to the Page you're logged in as
I'm just now experimenting with it (you can see a polling question I asked on my Page), and it's interesting to see the difference when you toggle back and forth as person and Page. You have the option to 'Ask Friends' the question you just posted on your Page, if you choose to be yourself on the Page. It brings up a box listing all of your friends (not Fans), and you can check off ones you want to receive a notification inviting him or her to answer the question. So this begs the question: do you like this new feature? You might want to give it a whirl before deciding pro or con. If you don't want to pose your own question, please interact with the one I posted, and get a feel for how it works.
UPDATE (7:15pm ET): after testing and poking around Questions all afternoon, one thing I noticed that you'll want to check into: There's a new section under 'Notifications' (your personal Account Settings) for Questions. It defaults so you receive emails when someone invites you to answer a question, and several other actions. You might want to tweak the settings to keep a flood of emails from coming when Questions take off, from personal profiles and Pages.
Another thing I noticed ... and maybe it's because this feature is new ... but I haven't spent as much time interacting with people in quite a while as I did today with Questions - specifically one I posted on my Page, and one I interacted with on Shonali Burke's Page. Questions can trigger a lot of interactivity ... which is great (I really enjoyed the engagement today:-). But for some, this feature will have the potential to annoy and/or overwhelm, so use it wisely.


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It started yesterday afternoon with dark and ominous storm clouds forming.
Around six, precip began — some places, snow; others, rain. As temps dropped, the rain turned to snow, and it continued pretty much through the night and morn.
This was not, alas, your classic Sierra dump, measured in feet and round-eyed awe. Reports from around Lake Tahoe are from six inches to just over a foot. No awe, but a whole lot better than nothing.
And a great improvement in skiing, especially for areas with limited snowmaking.
There's more snow in the forecast. So… get going. Drive defensively. Carry chains. And carve round turns through Mama Nature's late February gift.
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Sierra-at-Tahoe Ten inches with dropping temperatures and more snow forecast
Diamond Peak Six inches of new snow overnight, and more is on the way. Adult daily lift tickets are $59, and Celebrity Winterfest and the Tahoe Mountain Sports Nachtspektakel are this weekend.
Bear Valley A foot fell overnight, and there's a 52-inch base at Mid Mountain. Five lifts open, two closed.
Tahoe Mountain Sports Only a few inches at lake-level so far, but over a foot up high and counting.
Mt Rose Seven to nine inches in the past 12 hours.
Heavenly About eight to ten inches overnight, another inch during the day.
Northstar Nine inches — seven Wednesday night, two Thursday morn. The forecast calls for an additional six to 11 inches within the next 24 hours, and an additional eight to 14 inches throughout Friday.
Squaw and Alpine Meadows The storm sweeping through the Sierra Nevada has brought 13 inches of fresh snow to Squaw Valley and 10 inches to Alpine Meadows by Thursday afternoon, with snow continuing to fall at both resorts.
Secret Sloper We have received about one inch at 6,300 feet here in Tahoe Donner. South Tahoe picked up a lot more. Squaw up top picked up ten inches. It rained, hard, virtually all night and into the morning. It finally turned to snow here around 6 a.m.
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In August I wrote about Project Green Search's call out to eco-friendly models to participate in its green modeling competition.
The ten finalists for Project Green Search have been chosen! Who will be the next green girl? Photo Courtesy Project Green Search.
Now the ten finalists are heading to Hollywood for the last part of the competition. The ten finalists include Rachel Avalon, Ariel Clay, Zion Francis, Rachael Joy, Vanessa Meier, Leilani Munter, Karen Pannocchia, Erika Schmid, Juliana Tran and Jessica Williamson.
The finalists will participate in an eco-fashion shoot with photographer Courtney Dailey on November 5. Each finalist will model apparel and accessories from eco-designers Deborah Lindquist, Peligrosa, Mountains of the Moon, Stewart+Brown, Rain Tees, Charmone Shoes, Jonano, Smart Glass, EcoSkin, Hess Natur, and McFlashPants. Josie Maran and her team and Aliesh Pierce will do the finalists' make-up using Josie Maran Cosmetics and Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics. Using its own nontoxic product line, Shades Natural Color, a salon in Beverly Hills, will have its stylists do the models' hair.
On November 6, the judges will hold one-on-one interviews with each finalist. Then, that evening, the Project Green Search Wrap Party will be held at the ECCO Ultra Lounge in Hollywood. At the party the finalists will mingle with the guests while the judges critique the models on their speaking abilities and their representation of the eco-friendly brands they will be wearing. The judges will choose a winner that night. The event also benefits Global Green, a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to creating a sustainable future.
Follow the models' progress and find out who the next green "it" girl will be on the Project Green Search website.
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Tern Verge X30h £1600.00
Performance orientated folding bike, with good spec and impressive ride - but we had some folding niggles
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The Tern Verge X30h is a small-wheeled folding bike, but it displays none of the utilitarian features usually associated with this genre. Instead, it's a sporty little number, with slick tyres, aero-wheels, some nice kit and a fancy paint job. Without doubt, it looks fast. And, as folding bikes go, it rides pretty fast as well. But when it comes to the actual folding, some features leave a lot to be desired.
Tern may be a relatively new brand, but it has an impressively large range of bikes, ranging from a chunky urban workhorse called Castro to the svelte and slinky Verge series, which has six varieties, including this X30h that I've been testing for the last month or so.
With any small-wheeled folder, comparisons with bikes such as Brompton and Dahon are inevitable - the latter especially so as the Tern company was founded by Joshua Hon, the son of David Hon, the founder of Dahon.
But we're not here to talk about family intrigue. Let's talk about the bike, and see what the Verge x30h is made of.
Frame & fork
The frame is made from welded 7005 aluminium. There's a short head tube, a long single tube joining the front and back of the bike (with the main vertical hinge halfway along), and a small rear triangle with the seat stays divided in front of the seat tube to provide extra stiffness in what's called 'Double Truss technology'.
The seat tube (and contiguous seatpost) is very upright - measuring 80 degrees on the road.cc protractor. In reality, it's a slightly less severe angle (around 77 degrees) because the seat tube comes down behind the bottom bracket shell, rather than bang on top of it, as on most conventional bikes.
That's still pretty steep though. With the saddle central in the seatpost clamp, the tip of the saddle is about 30mm behind a vertical line drawn through the centre of the bottom bracket. With the saddle pushed back as far as it would go, I managed to get this distance to about 40mm. This compares with 65mm on the bikes I usually ride. Unsurprisingly, I felt I was sitting directly above the bottom bracket rather than a tad behind it.
The headtube is short and stubby, with an angle of about 75 degrees. The 'handlepost' (effectively an extension the head tube, with a hinge at the base - part of the folding mechanism) is bolted on top of the forktube/steerer and is at an even steeper angle of 85 degrees, mirrowing the upright position experienced with the seatpots.
Bullhorn style handlebars give you two main riding positions that mirror the tops and hoods of conventional drop bars. The brake levers are connected to the ends of the bars, but it's not possible to ride on the real hoods.
The handlebars are connected to the handlepost by what Tern call a 'stem' manufactured by Syntace. In reality, this stem is a pair of clamps. It's not the sweetest thing to look at, but via a pair of bolts it can be swivelled which allows the reach and height of the bars to be adjusted about 25mm forward/back and up/down. The angle of the bars can also be adjusted this way.
The transmission and gearing consist of FSA cranks and single front chainwheel, combined with an Ultegra rear mech on a SRAM 10-speed 11-26 cassette, plus a SRAM dual drive 3-speed hub gear. This gives a total of 30 gears with a massive range from 28 to 121 inches. That's roughly equivalent to a lowest gear of 34x32 on a bike with 700c wheels, and a highest gear of 50x11. All of these gears are usable (unlike a 10-speed cassette with triple chainrings) with no uncomfortably big jumps between the ratios.
The combined brake levers and gear shifters are Tiagra STI. Using the mech or the hub gear, I found the gear changing slick and precise - in fact it was smoother than using triple rings or a compact.
An oddity on this bike is the 'window' on the top of the levers with a needle that indicates which gear you're in. Handy on a conventional bike, but the angle of the levers on this Verge means there's no chance of seeing the needle unless you lean so far forward you're in danger of tumbling over the front wheel.
The 20-inch wheels are a mix of American Classic alloy rims and front hub, with Sapim spokes (just 14 spokes in a radial pattern in the front) and a SRAM rear hub (more on that later). The wheels have medium-depth aero rims, which look cool, although whether they actually offer any real aerodynamic advantage might be open to dispute.
The wheelbase is 1020mm - about the same as my touring bike.
The tyres are 28mm Schwalbe Duranos - the Kevlar-beaded puncture-protected version with a recommended psi of 100 to 120. Throughout this test I ran both tyres at 120psi.
Other bits of kit include a Kore saddle, Kinetix brake callipers, Live Wire cables and Flux Pro headset. All in all, a nice package, giving the bike a total weight of 10.65kg.
Nice kit means nothing if a bike doesn't ride well. However, as small-wheeled folders go, the Verge rides well. The hinges on the handlepost and main tube are very firmly locked together and show no sign of movement. And despite having only one main tube between the front and back ends of the bike, the ride is positive with only a bit of perceptible flex.
It might be conscious design decision to allow some flex (and call it 'compliance') to counteract what might be a harsh ride from the small wheels and high-pressure tyres. Or it might be luck. Either way, the ride was comfortable without being sloppy, and I found the bike cruised along very happily during some 20-mile test-rides on the flatter country lanes around road.cc Towers.
Hills, however, were a different story. Standing up with hands on the 'hoods' bit of the bars was a precarious operation. The frame flexed considerably, and combined with the upright position, high handlepost and small wheels, the whole bike felt unstable. Sitting down with hands on the tops (and using that 28-inch bottom gear) provided a much more successful ascent.
Going downhill also took some care. Leaning into a corner on a fast descent, the bike became unstable again and I nearly ended up in the ditch. Keeping to a steady speed, everything was fine.
So overall, the ride on the Verge is great as long as you remember it's a small-wheeled folder, and don't try to climb or descend energetically as if it was a conventional bike.
On hills or on the flat, the riding position of the bike took a lot of getting used to, but with some tweaking (moving the saddle back as far as it would go, and dropping the bars as far as they would go) I managed to get it close to the position on my touring bike - although the bars were still much higher and the reach shorter than on my racing bike.
But just because it works for me, it doesn't mean it'll work for everyone of course. I'm 5ft 10 - wonderfully average - and that seems to be the size this bike is designed for, give or take a couple of inches. Tern claim anyone between 4ft 8 and 6ft 3 can ride the bike, but I'm not so sure. For anybody shorter than 5ft 6, the reach would be OK but the bars might be too high - even at their lowest setting. For anybody 6ft or more, the bars might be at the right height, but the reach would be too short.
I can't help wondering why the bike doesn't have a conventional flat handlebars with a conventional A-head stem attached to the top of the handlepost. This would allow riders to fit a long or short stem (with a steep or shallow angle) to suit their height and riding preference. The hoods position could still be achieved with a set of bar-ends, and the 30 gears still controlled with hybrid-style thumb-push levers. This option is indeed available on some other Verge models, so maybe the drop-style bars and shifters are deliberate to give this X30h its more sporty looks.
Talking of looks, there's no denying this bike is a stunner, with sexy swooping lines and a beautiful yellow and grey paint job. The aero-style rims may be just for looks, but in matching yellow they just add to the glamour, as do the yellow bits on the saddle.
Back to reality, other features include an optional front luggage rack - which fits onto a neat little boss ingeniously disguised as the head-tube badge.
Last but very definitely not least let's talk about the fold. The Verge is one of the best small-wheeled folding bikes I've ever ridden - but it's still undeniably a folding bike. So let's look at the way it folds in more detail.
There are two main options: the first is what might be called the 'half-fold'. You flip a handle on the side of the vertical hinge on the main frame-tube, and fold the bike in half, at the same time turning round the front fork, so the bike concertinas, and the front and back wheels are side by side. It's exceptionally neat and quick. It might be all you need to do to get the bike in the boot of your car or the cupboard under the stairs - without needing to fold the seatpost or handlepost.
The way the handle covers the inside of the hinge when the bike is folded is a simply beautiful design feature. As is the pair of little magnets near the front and rear dropouts, to hold the two halves of the bike together and stop them swinging on the hinge.
Or it would be if the magnets touched each other properly. The one on the front is adjustable, but on our test bike no amount of tinkering could change the position so it fully engaged with its partner on the rear. So the bike swung around on its hinge as I lifted it into the car - exactly what it's not supposed to do. We've subsequently been told that our test bike was a production prototype which may account for the problem of alignment and which we've been assured was also the cause of our other big niggle with the Tern when folded - it kept falling over when folded. As I say Tern assure us that this was a problem confined to our test bikes and that production versions do stand up when folded - assurances we're happy to accept. You however, might still want to try folding it and then seeing if it will stay upright when your're in the shop.
All of which means I've rather jumped ahead of the second folding option which is what might be called the 'full-fold'. First you open the quick release lever on the seatpost clamp and drop the seatpost down as far as it will go. (The base of the seat post with the two wheels in the folded position together form a tripod so the folded bike can stand up on its own.) Then you fold the bike on the main hinge and reverse the forks, as described above. Then you open another handle on the handlepost hinge, and swing the bars down so they're level with the front wheel.
It sounds neat, but even when folded, the bars and shifters still stick out perpendicular to the rest of the folded bike. To get them closer to the frame and front wheel in the folded position requires loosening the clamp that holds the bars to the handlepost. This needs an allen key - there's no quick release lever. So it's not the work of a moment. That of course brings us back to the eternal compromise inherent in any folding bike and the question it poses anyone buying one - which side of the equation is more important, the folding bit or the bicycle bit? If you want ride performance in our experience you are going to have to give a little on the size and neatness of the folded package, as the Tern proves yet again.
Apart from that apparent design oversight in the folding system on our test model, the Verge is a lovely bike. The ride-quality is great for a small-wheeled folder, as long as you don't throw it around on the hills. It might be the perfect mount for the commuter who likes to ride fast but still needs to keep the bike under their desk at work. In the same way, it might be ideal for those with limited storage space at home but still wanting a performance-orientated bike to do some fast miles at the weekend.
Performance orientated folding bike, with good spec and impressive ride - and some limitations. The folding itself is let down by a few peculiar design features.
road.cc test report
Make and model: Tern Verge X30h
Size tested: Orange
About the bike
Frame and fork
Tell us about the build quality and finish of the frame and fork?
For a bike of this sort, the build quality is very good, with very neat welding. The finish is also very good, with a nice paint job.
Tell us about the materials used in the frame and fork?
The frame is made from welded 7005 aluminium.
Tell us about the geometry of the frame and fork?
The seat tube (and contiguous seatpost) is very upright - measuring 80 degrees. In reality, it's a slightly less severe angle (around 77 degrees) because the seat tube comes down behind the bottom bracket shell, rather than bang on top of it, as on most conventional bikes. That's still pretty steep though.
The headtube is short and stubby, with an angle of about 75 degrees. The 'handlepost' (effectively an extension the head tube, bolted on top of the forktube/steerer) and is at an even steeper angle of 85 degrees.
The end result is an undeniably upright riding position.
How was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did it compare to other bikes of the same stated size?
The upright riding position took a lot of getting used to, but moving the saddle back as far as it would go, and dropping the bars as far as they would go, I managed to get it fairly close to the position on my touring bike - although the bars were still higher and the reach shorter than on my racing bike.
Tern claims that anyone between 4ft 8 and 6ft 3, but I'm not so sure. For anybody shorter than say 5ft 6, the reach would be OK, but the bars might be too high - even at their lowest setting. For anybody 6ft or more, the bars might be at the right height, but the reach would be too short.
Riding the bike
Was the bike comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride quality.
For a small-wheeled folder the bike was remarkably comfortable, and the ride quality was
Did the bike feel stiff in the right places? Did any part of the bike feel too stiff or too flexible?
When seated, the bike felt reasonably stiff. There was some very mild flex, but it seemed to make the bike more comfortable.
How did the bike transfer power? Did it feel efficient?
When seated, yes.
Tell us some more about the handling. How did the bike feel overall? Did it do particular things well or badly?
When standing up, with hands on the 'hoods', the frame flexed considerably, and combined with the upright position, high handlepost and small wheels, the whole bike felt unstable. Sitting down with hands on the tops provided a much more successful ascent.
Going downhill also took some care. Leaning into corners at speed, the bike became unstable. Keeping to a steady speed, everything was fine.
Overall, the ride on the Verge is great as long as you remember it's a folder, and don't try to climb or descend energetically as if it was a conventional bike.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's comfort? would you recommend any changes?
The only change I'd recommend would be swapping out the current 'stem' for a real stem - either combining that with the current bars, or conventional drop bars, or even straight bars.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's efficiency? would you recommend any changes?
Most of the components were ideal for this bike - I was most impressed by the SRAM hub gear standing in for a triple chainset.
For a small-wheeled folder, power transfer was very good.
For a small-wheeled folder, the bike was stable on the flat at high speed
Weaving in and out of traffic, the bike felt very stable at low speed
For a small-wheeled folder, cornering on the flat was good
The bike was unstable and unpredictable cornering on descents
Climbing out of the saddle was unstable and uncomfortable
The drivetrain
The Ultegra rear mech on a SRAM 10-speed 11-26 cassette, combined with the SRAM dual drive 3-speed hub gear, was a sweet as a nut.
Wheels and tyres
For a small-wheeled folding bike, the wheels and tyres were excellent. The wheels were taught, and with the tyres pumped up to 120psi, the bike could spin along at speed very nicely.
The combined brake levers and gear shifters are Tiagra STI. Using the mech or the hub gear, I found the gear changing slick and precise - in fact it was smoother than using triple rings or a compact.
Your summary
Did you enjoy riding the bike? Yes
Would you consider buying the bike? Yes, if I wanted a sporty-looking performance-orientated small-wheeled folder
Would you recommend the bike to a friend? Yes, if they wanted a sporty-looking performance-orientated small-wheeled folder
Anything further to say about the bike in conclusion?
Many of the comments above are preceeded by the phrase "For a small-wheeled folder...", but that's because it's not fair to compare aspects of this bike, such as handling or performance, with a standard size bike.
So, for one last time, as a small-wheeled folder, the Tern is good bike, and thoroughly deserves its overall score of 7. The componentry, build-quality and ride-quality (when seated) might have sent the overall score up towards 8, but it's brought down again by the upright position, the handing on hills, and the lack of quick-folding handlebars.
As with any bike, the Verge has some limitations. If you want a bike that folds down smaller and more quickly, then consider something like a Brompton. If you want a folding bike with bigger wheels that's more like a conventional bike, then consider something like an Airnimal (or move away from folders alltogether and look at full-sized de-coupled machines such as the Qoroz Travel Bike). The Verge X30h is not perfect, but for a folding bike it's a good compromise between performance and practicality.
And, yes, we know what 'verge' means in French.
About the tester
Age: 50
I usually ride: an old Marin Alp My best bike is: an old Giant Cadex
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: touring, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Thanks for a very fair review which clearly identifies the amazing performance that has been incorporated into this folding bike. You have pinpointed the highs and lows of a bike that is designed specifically for the customer whose priority is the ride rather than the fold.
All said and done, making a bicycle that folds and unfolds comes with a series of compromises which change depending on the goal of the model. How you adjust the individual compromises is a bit like mixing a music track with lots of sliders, except you just can't have maximum on all sliders. E.g. improve gear range = increase weight etc
What Tern does well with the Verge X30h is to:
• make full use of our new and extremely stiff frame,
• combine it with an outstanding component package
• match it to the size and shape of a wide range riders.
As to the folding function which seems to be the main criticism, all I would say is that for customers looking for a PORTABLE solution with fast and compact fold, the mix needs to be changed, and we have a whole range of other "bikes that fold" which are much more portable but perhaps less like a fast road bike!
If the X30h @ £1600 requires too much effort to fold, we do of course have the Tern Verge X20 (with flat bars and Sram red etc.) but with those weight savings come a higher price tag (£2200).
For the guy who needs their folding bike to be a performance bike, we think sacrificing a little folding convenience for some serious performance was a price worth paying at cost that is pretty reasonable.
Mark Bickerton
UK for Tern Bicycles, Biologic
posted by Mark Bickerton [12 posts]
24th April 2012 - 10:39
I'm sure verge is French for something... Anyone got any ideas
posted by Bosh [1 posts]
24th April 2012 - 16:51
Do you think that this bike would be better with flat bars or even drops?
What does having the bullhorns add aside from making it flatter when folded?
The shifters could be replaced with some rapid fire shifters perhaps?
Sir Velo
posted by Raleigh [1734 posts]
24th April 2012 - 21:02
Thanks for these comments, chaps.
@Raleigh - I do cover this point in the review. As Mark, the man from Tern UK, has noted above, flat bars are available on other Verge models.
@Bosh - Yes, 'verge' is a French word, and we know what it means, as mentioned at the end of the review. But road.cc is no place for schoolboy sniggering.
David Else
posted by David Else [320 posts]
25th April 2012 - 10:08
I've got a Dahon Speed Pro TT (predecessor to this bike), and it's great, so I'm sure the Verge X30h is even better. Shame that, as with the recent BikeRadar test of the equivalent Dahon Vector X27h, David insisted on trying to climb out of the saddle. Apart from putting a higher level of stress on the handlepost (the Tern one is stronger, but...), all it does is make the bike's frisky handling positively unstable. The frame won't help that, but it's more down to the small wheels (which react more quickly to all steering inputs, including inadvertent ones!). As David seems to have realised, the way to ride this kind of bike is to sit and spin, and to work with its quirks. I find the Speed Pro TT barely slower than my road bikes. It would be more than up the job of a long ride- I'm planning to do at least one century on it!
posted by StuAff [116 posts]
25th April 2012 - 10:08
Thank you for the very detailed review.
I have one question though, I broke the threaded tube on the front brake (see attached picture) any idea what model is that so I can buy some spares?
Thank you
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"Maybe I'll try meditation," Barbara Walters said, as the keynote speaker of Bay Path College's 19th annual Women's Leadership Conference (WLC). Looking at her upcoming retirement after an epic 50 years in broadcast journalism, the legend of TV news interviews said that, rest and relaxation "hasn't happened yet."
In her conversation before a sold-out crowd at the MassMutual Center this past Friday, April 25, Walters ranged across decades of conversations that put her stamp on the celebrity interview. In fact, it has been said that you haven't "made it" until you've been interviewed by Barbara Walters.
Political figures as far afield as Fidel Castro to Richard Nixon to Bashar al-Assad have come under fire from the woman who has never faltered under pressure. Her interviews are the stories of people who have made history.
The WLC's theme this year was "Own Your Story," and who better to represent that statement than Walters. She said that one of the most moving stories she has ever told was that of the actor, Christopher Reeve. Speaking to her after the tragic accident which left him paralyzed from the neck down, he told Walters, "If I could laugh, I could live."
"The mind and the spirit must stay open," he added.
The Dalai Lama is another interview that will always stay with her, she told the audience. "What is the purpose of life?" she asked the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. His response, simply, "To be happy."
Also adding to the theme of "Own Your Story" was the television and internet reporter, Lara Setrakian, founder of News Deeply and Syria Deeply—websites with a cutting edge perspective on world events. "I will ace with grace at my own pace," she told the crowd. "Don't worry—it wastes precious brain cells," she said, and perhaps most importantly for the conference theme, "No one can execute your idea like you can."
Sharing family stories in a wide-ranging speech, Bruce Feiler, New York Times columnist and best-selling author, was the other keynote speaker. He told the audience that he has been free of cancer for five years, and spoke about how that has given him a renewed outlook. "Fling open the closets and let the skeletons out," he encouraged, as that is the only way to truly overcome the trials in our life.
The WLC hosted five additional break-out speaker sessions, each with a unique perspective on the storytelling theme. Featured were: author Dr. Valerie Young, author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women; humorist and O: The Oprah Magazine writer, Lisa Kogan; Jim Kelleher, founder of Griffin's Friends; "counterinsurgent" crime-fighters, Springfield (Mass.) Police Department Deputy Chief John Barbieri and Mass. State Trooper Michael Cutone; and Laurie Rosner, owner of the marketing firm, A Story Making Company.
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"It is very troublesome," Obama commented.
The president did stop short of advocating intervention in Syria, however, and his language seemed more restrained than that used by former President Bush when advocating the invasion of Iraq because Saddam Hussein was also alleged to have used chemical weapons. (For example, during a radio address on February 8, 2003, Bush said: "We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons — the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have." And during an address to the nation on March 17, 2003, Bush said: "We cannot live under the threat of blackmail. The terrorist threat to America and the world will be diminished the moment that Saddam Hussein is disarmed.")
Obama said during the interview that the ability of the United States to solve "a sectarian, complex problem was sometimes overstated," in reference to calls by France and the anti-Assad Syrian opponents for international intervention.
"We have to think through strategically what's going to be in our long-term national interests," said the president, calling attention to the casualties from the U.S. war in Iraq and Afghanistan who are still hospitalized.
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC First Pediatric Hospital in Nation to Achieve Most Advanced Electronic Medical Record
Pittsburgh, Pa. - December 23, 2009 -
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is the first pediatric hospital in the United States to achieve a Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics for achieving a virtually paperless patient record environment and the most comprehensive use of electronic medical records (EMRs).
Only 0.5 percent of more than 5,000 hospitals in the United States have achieved Stage 7. HIMSS Analytics, a non-profit unit of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, scores hospitals based on their progress in completing eight stages, from zero to seven, of EMR adoption, and its studies have shown correlations between the use of advanced technology and higher quality of patient care. Children's Hospital will be recognized as a Stage 7 hospital at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in February 2010 in Atlanta.
"Being recognized as the first HIMSS Stage 7 pediatric hospital in the nation is a real testament to the dedication and commitment of the physicians and employees of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the UPMC information technology teams. The automation of clinical information across the continuum of care is a highly complex and challenging undertaking that can only be accomplished through outstanding teamwork and we're extremely proud of this achievement," said Christopher Gessner, president, Children's Hospital. "Our investment in a comprehensive electronic health record and full automation leads directly to improvements in patient safety and quality. With the capabilities we now have at our digital campus, we will continue to improve clinical outcomes through the blending of compassionate, family-centered care and cutting-edge technology."
Children's Hospital began its transition to an EMR in 2002 when it became one of the first hospitals in the nation to implement Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), a system that reduces the risk of medication and other errors. Since implementing CPOE, Children's has reduced medication errors by 60 percent.
The HIMSS award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption Model SM, which was developed in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMRs for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. As the most advanced facilities, Stage 7 hospitals deliver patient care without the use of paper charts; are able to share patient information by sending secure, standardized summary-record transactions to other care providers; use their vast database of clinical information to drive improved care delivery, patient safety clinical decision support, and outcomes using business intelligence solutions; and are best practice examples of how to implement sophisticated EMR environments that fully engage their clinicians.
"As the first U.S. children's hospital to achieve Stage 7, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC uses its electronic medical record not only to improve the quality of its patient care, but as a valuable tool for the many researchers on its staff," said Michael W. Davis, executive vice president, HIMSS Analytics. "Children's Hospital should be commended for its ongoing efforts to use technology to drive safety, quality and efficiency."
The validation process included a site visit conducted by an executive from HIMSS Analytics and two independent current, or former, chief information officers to ensure an unbiased evaluation. Children's uses a single integrated record based on the Millennium suite from Cerner Corp. and an interoperability platform from UPMC partner dbMotion, which supports the exchange of patient information from disparate systems both inside and outside of UPMC.
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Little Eggplant Molds
Timballini di Melanzane
6 small eggplant, each at least 6 inches long and 2 inches wide, washed and dried
1/2 cup Filippo Berio Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
1 small onion, minced
4 sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, cut into small pieces
4 ounces ricotta salata cheese, diced
1 teaspoon fried oregano
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Grinding black pepper
1/2 cup prepared tomato sauce, kept hot and covered
Brush four 3- X 2-inch ramekins with olive oil and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Cut the stem tops off of each of the eggplants. Slice four of the eggplants lengthwise, making six 1/4-inch thick slices from each one. Dice the remaining two eggplants and set aside.
Heat half of the oil in a sauté pan and cook the slices in batches until they are lightly browned on each side. Transfer the slices to a dish. Add additional oil as necessary to cook all the slices.
Add the diced eggplant and onion to the sauté pan and cook until the mixture softens. Stir in the tomatoes and cook 1 minute. Off the heat add the cheese, oregano, salt and pepper and mix to combine. Set aside.
Line each ramekin with six overlapping slices of eggplant and leave at least a 2-inch overhang to fold over later.
Fill the lined ramekins with the eggplant and cheese mixture, packing it in well. Bring the overlapped eggplant over the filing to enclose it. Drizzle the tops with olive oil.
Cover each ramekin with a small piece of aluminum foil and place them on a rimmed baking sheet.
Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and remove the foil from each one. Use a dishtowel to hold them and invert onto a serving dish. Top each one with some of the tomato sauce and serve.
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They say time changes things, but that's not true – it's people that make the changes. Change happens one person at a time, step by step and choice by choice. External change is inevitable, and even if we don't make a conscious effort to change, we still change irregardless in relation to our evolving environment.


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PILOT GROVE, TEXAS. Pilot Grove is on Farm Road 121 sixteen miles southeast of Sherman in southeastern Grayson County. It was settled about 1850 and was originally called Lickskillet. It acquired its present name, derived from the nearby Pilot Grove Ranch of James P. Dumas, when the post office opened in 1850. In addition to Dumas, early settlers included Buford Clement, Frank Stinnett, and Dr. William C. Holmes. The community grew slowly through the 1880s and had a population of thirty, a school, a cotton gin, a general store, and three churches by 1885. The population reached 193 by 1904. The post office closed that year, but the population remained about the same through the mid-1930s, when the town had three businesses. Pilot Grove declined to 125 persons, one business, a school, and three churches by the late 1940s. The population stayed stable through the mid-1960s, but from 1976 to 1990 it was recorded as seventy-five, and no rated businesses or other institutions were reported. The population dropped to forty-eight in 2000.
Graham Landrum and Allen Smith, Grayson County (Fort Worth, 1960; 2d ed., Fort Worth: Historical Publishers, 1967).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Brian Hart, "PILOT GROVE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HNP34), accessed October 09, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Mycoplasma pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumonia is an infection of the lungs by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae).
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Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Mycoplasma pneumonia usually affects people younger than 40.
People at highest risk for mycoplasma pneumonia include those living or working in crowded areas such as schools and homeless shelters, although many people with it have no identifiable risk factor.
The symptoms are generally mild and appear over a period of 1 to 3 weeks. They may become more severe in some people.
Common symptoms include the following:
- Chest pain
- Chills
- Cough, usually dry and not bloody
- Excessive sweating
- Fever (may be high)
- Headache
- Sore throat
Less common symptoms include:
- Ear pain
- Eye pain or soreness
- Muscle aches and joint stiffness
- Neck lump
- Rapid breathing
- Skin lesions or rash
Signs and tests
Persons with suspected pneumonia should have a complete medical evaluation, including a thorough physical exam and a chest x-ray -- especially because the physical exam may not always be able to tell pneumonia apart from acute bronchitis or other respiratory infections.
Depending on the severity of illness, other tests may be done, including:
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Blood cultures
- Blood tests for signs of mycoplasma infection
- Bronchoscopy
- CT scan of the chest
- Open lung biopsy (only done in very serious illnesses when the diagnosis cannot be made from other sources)
- Sputum culture to check for mycoplasma bacteria
Antibiotics that work against Mycoplasma include macrolides, fluroquinolones, and tetracyclines. You can take these steps at home:
- Control your fever with aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen or naproxen), or acetaminophen. DO NOT give aspirin to children.
- Do not take cough medicines without first talking to your doctor. Cough medicines may make it harder for your body to cough up the extra sputum.
- Drink plenty of fluids to help loosen secretions and bring up phlegm.
- Get a lot of rest. Have someone else do household chores.
Expectations (prognosis)
Most people recover completely even without antibiotics, although antibiotics may speed recovery. In untreated adults, cough and weakness can persist for up to a month. The disease can be more serious in the elderly and those with a weakened immune system.
- Ear infections
- Hemolytic anemia
- Severe pneumonia
- Skin rashes
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you develop a fever, cough, or shortness of breath. While there are numerous causes for these symptoms, you will need to be checked for pneumonia.
Also, call if you have been diagnosed with this type of pneumonia and your symptoms become worse.
Azithromycin can reduce the risk of developing mycoplasma pneumonia in close contacts of patients with the disease. However, this is not often used, and avoiding people who have the infection may also help reduce yourrisk.
Infants, and persons in poor health, especially those with weakened immune systems due to HIV, organ transplants, or other conditions should avoid contact with people who have mycoplasma pneumonia.
Limper AH. Overview of pneumonia. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI,eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 97.
Torres A, Menendez R, Wunderink R. Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia and lung abscess. In: Mason RJ, VC Broaddus, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 32.
Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44:S27-S72.
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At the Kelowna Farmers and Crafters Market, the largest farmers' market in British Columbia, my partner will stand and gaze longingly at a basket of peaches or ruby-red cherries. I try to hustle him away because I generally know the answer to the question he is about to ask the farmer: "Is it organic?" And I know he will shrug and walk away if the answer is "No."
After years of shopping at this market, I have my favorite vendors. All grow organically, though some are not certified because they are too small-scale to add the cost of paperwork to their operations. They take care of the land, preserve biodiversity, work far too many hours and deliver explosions of flavor via their fruits and vegetables.
They are satisfying the demands of a growing movement of people wanting to navigate the tricky waters of ethical eating. These are people who want to know how producers are treating workers, animals and the planet. They are looking for claims they can trust and food they can safely eat. They often disagree about what is suitable fare and argue over what can be compromised and what cannot.
What they all have in common is a concern for the quality of food and the impacts of our food systems. A 2010 survey looked at ethical claims that mattered most to food shoppers and how their food purchases were influenced by ethical concerns. They found the definitions of "ethical" to be "broad, flexible and often highly personal."
That means it is not easy to come up with one guide that suits everyone. Ultimately, first-hand knowledge of the people producing our food is the best assurance. However, in our globalized, mechanized world, that is not always possible.
On the next page are some guides that will make food shopping easier, whatever your definition of ethical eating may be. This is a starting point, not an exhaustive list, but each link leads to many others. Feel free to add your own choices in the comments.
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I have recently found out that the store where I buy my spices and my "candy" bars (more like bars made of fruit, honey and spices with no soy or wheat and no processed sugar) is going out of business in the next couple days. It was an organic store, that didn't sell corn (though many of their products were aimed more at non-meat eats thus had soy in them), and the only one in town. My "candy" bars and my spices are going away, all because of the by-pass that was put in a few years ago. They have slowly been losing business and have finally hit the red.
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Thank you for the guide. I found it most useful.......whilst munching on my biscuit with Nutella and drinking my minimum 2 cups of morning coffee. p.s. O.K. I admit we do grow our own herbs, veggies and have planted fruit trees in the back yard - for our own consumption.
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So endearing, thanks for the vid.
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