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We are at arguably the worst part of the season. The dreams of March and April, followed by the anticipation of a strong start have faded into mediocrity. The second half collapse after the break robbed us of meaningful baseball in September.
Sure, the Mets could play a spoiler role, but really, what fun is that? If the Mets wanted to spoil things for the Nationals they had numerous opportunities this summer.
No, this is the time of year, with winter looming, that forces us to take some statistical interest in the Mets, both as a team and individually. Here's what I'd like to see:
1) Team: On Sept. 1, finishing .500 and in third place are possible. Third moreso than .500 as the Mets are eight under. Can they finish eight over the rest of the way? They reached that level only once. Of all things, it's the one I'd like to see most. As far as third place goes, it is better than fourth, but still won't be close.
2) David Wright: Earlier this summer, when the Mets were streaking and Wright was hovering around .500, he was a legit MVP candidate. He's at .316 with 17 homers and 78 RBI. It would take a monster September, but I'd like for him to reach over 90 RBI, maybe 100. If he does, he most likely would have over 20 homers and be hitting over .300.
3) R.A. Dickey: He's at the top of all NL pitching categories. The competition is strong, so even 20 wins – he has 17 – will be formidable for the Cy Young Award. Dickey leads with three shutouts and also has four complete games. All with a tough pitch to master.
4) Ike Davis: Davis was below .200 for much of the season, but is at .224 with 25 homers and 74 RBI now. It would take a blistering month to finish at .240, but if he does, he'll probably reach the 30 homers and 90 RBI levels. That would be a good season.
5) Jon Niese: He been erratic and has 10 wins. I'd take 13 or 14 now. Would be a nice thing to shoot for.
6) Daniel Murphy: He's fallen below .300 to .285. I can see him getting back to .295, but .300 would be difficult.
There are others, such as Ruben Tejada hitting .300 and Lucas Duda belting 17 homers. However, for the remainder of the team, for guys like Josh Thole, Andres Torres and Jason Bay, there's not much left to be aiming for as their numbers are so woefully weak.
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Aldo, who was scheduled to face No. 1 contender Chad Mendes, reportedly injured his neck while training July 1, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta told Yahoo's Kevin Iole, who was first to report the cancellation.
The Aldo-Mendes fight — a rematch of their 2012 matchup when Aldo defended his belt via a flying knee TKO — will be rescheduled, a UFC source confirmed, as will other bouts on the UFC 176 card.
One fight has already been placed elsewhere: Shayna Baszler, a teammate of women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey's at Glendale Fighting Club, will fight Bethe Correia on the UFC 177 card on Aug. 30 in Sacramento. New bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, who trains with Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, will defend his belt for the first time in a rematch with former champion Renan Barao in the UFC 177 main event.
The UFC 176 card was obviously in peril when, minutes after Rousey's 16-second victory over Alexis Davis on Saturday at UFC 175, she was asked during her in-ring interview whether she'd consider fighting at UFC 176.
UFC President Dana White was upset with the question prompted by the UFC's production team and shot down the possibility of Rousey fighting again in less than a month.
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The Supplement Syndrome: "I'm Not Sure It's Helping but It May Get Worse If I Stop!"
By Dave R.
February 1, 2012
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The advent of HIV in our lives coincided with the beginning of a western obsession with alternative self-help and self-medication. Not that HIV was responsible for that but people with HIV were desperate to find ways of improving and extending their lives; many alternative therapies were adopted and in many cases maintained to this day. However, the biggest boom was in the use of supplements to our diets to improve general health and hopefully boost our immune systems. The rest of the population was on board because the idea of taking a few pills beat dieting and exercise hands down, and the western world at that time just wanted to look like Lee Majors and Jane Fonda. For some reason, it didn't click with the general couch-potato population that supplements were exactly that and no substitute for healthy eating and exercise.
However, people with HIV were people with a mission and researched every possible herbal and vitamin resource they could find and if they could afford them, took what was on offer in the hope that the worst elements of HIV could be avoided or removed. That's what happens when you're confronted with something incurable and where the medication is so severe. A huge world-wide industry was born and these days it seems inconceivable that supplement and health food shops weren't always a feature of our high streets.
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When the same HIV-positive people are faced with neuropathy, another incurable condition, it's hardly surprising that search engines are bombarded with requests for alternative treatments and supplements to help with the symptoms. After all, the current accepted medication of anti-depressants, epilepsy drugs and opiates brings unpleasant side effects for so many people that almost anything else that works is welcome.
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Do We Really Need Supplements?
You used to hear that if your diet was balanced, there was no need for extra supplements but you don't hear that so much anymore. The fact is, it's big business, huge in fact, and all sorts of parties have interests in its success -- the major drug companies included. So, is stuffing yourself with supplements and so-called super foods a good idea or a waste of hard-earned money?
20th Century man may be the first to refuse to accept that some things are just not curable; although in the past people of all faiths paid for quack remedies and used prayer to try to help themselves through illness. So by definition and I mean no offense at all but faith was the only officially recognized supplement and the rest was seen as witchcraft!
Why Shouldn't We Use Them?
Exactly: why not use what research has indicated may help to relieve the symptoms of neuropathy? Vitamin B12 supplements, Acetyl L-Carnitine, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Q10, Turmeric, Cannabis even, and many more, have all been shown to help many people with neuropathy. So what's the problem? There may not be a problem. Maybe we're just discovering remedies that have been used in other cultures for generations but because we live in the age where science and medicine are regarded as indisputable, we feel guilty about thinking outside the box. Look at the reluctance of the medical and scientific community to accept the qualities of acupuncture, massage, yoga and other practices for instance. It's taken decades for those therapies to become part of the mainstream.
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The people at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the '80s were driven to search for alternatives and we're reaping the rewards now. It's still a money issue; everything has a price and the drug companies, which have jumped on the health food bandwagon, have kept the prices high enough to make it a profitable sideline to the chemical medications. So only those who can afford to supplement can benefit, which of course perversely makes supplements more desirable. If it costs a lot, it must be good right? Fashion and perfume houses have made millions on that principle!
But strip away those issues and we've begun to realize that supplements can help if you have a chronic condition like neuropathy and certainly if that is combined with HIV. Our ambition must be to keep our immune systems as healthy as possible and if anti-oxidants, co-enzymes and vitamins, in combination with other non-medical therapies can do that, then who's to say we're wrong? The only remaining aim therefore (besides further research into the benefits of such therapies), is to get the prices down so that everyone has an equal chance to help themselves.
More Information: Nutrient Therapies for Neuropathy
We need to be open-minded but must expect that from our doctors too. We need their advice, based on their medical knowledge of what specific supplements will do to us personally but if they're going to reject new ideas out of hand, then that only encourages us to experiment and that is in nobody's interest. Luckily many HIV specialists are already aware of what supplements can do for an ailing system and are generally prepared to recommend them backed up by their accumulated expertise over thirty years of HIV. If your home doctor is unwilling or has no experience in the area, a word from another specialist may help.
This is all leading up to the obligatory advice that experimentation with various supplements may do you more harm than good. Overdosing on vitamins, especially in the vitamin B and E range, may well make your neuropathy worse and cause other problems for your liver and kidneys too. If you feel that you need supplements to help with neuropathy and can't get the necessary advice from the experts, go online and do your own research. Please be careful that you check the facts on more than one trustworthy site -- the internet is no guarantee of truth!
Are They Any Good?
Okay, you've reached the point where you're taking supplements of one sort or another. How do you know if they're working? Sounds like a dumb question doesn't it? If the symptoms improve, then there's a good chance that the supplement has helped. The problem is the nature of neuropathy. The symptoms may seem to improve but you're not sure. How long should you wait until you are sure? Will you ever be sure and will your symptoms get worse if you stop the supplement? It's a minefield of possibilities and that mixed with human nature means that many people spend a fortune on things that are not really helping at all but are reluctant to stop in case they really are making things better! On the other hand, many people have benefited by supplementing their diet and altering their lifestyle.
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Just as with the medications prescribed by doctors, what works for one doesn't work for another. Nerve damage and the discomfort that can bring is unbelievably diverse and it really is a matter of trying things out until something helps. That sounds like experimentation and therefore unwise but base your choices on the evidence. What has helped many other people with the same complaint may be of help to you but there are no guarantees and simply making a list of every supplement known to have been used to help with neuropathy and then taking them is very unwise (as well as very expensive) and possibly bad for your health.
Neuropathy is one of those diseases which throws up more questions than answers and because established medicine can't give you much more than medications designed for other diseases, the temptation is to go for anything that has a good sales pitch. HIV did this to us earlier and based on that experience, don't let the discomfort, pain and frustration of neuropathy drive you to rash decisions.
Common sense must prevail: ask questions, do your research and target it at the symptoms that are giving you the most trouble. Then make your choices accordingly and with a bit of luck you will find some relief. The key thing is not to press the neuropathy panic button and clear the shelves of your local health store. Doing everything in moderation may sound like unsatisfactory advice when you want answers now and cures next week but supplements need to be looked at objectively and assessed according to your specific needs. Be gentle with your body; it surely deserves it after all it's gone through?
This and other posts are based on my opinions and impressions of living with both neuropathy and HIV. Although I do my best to ensure that facts are accurate and evidence-based, that is no substitute for discussing your own treatment with your HIV specialist or neurologist. All comments are welcome.
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HIV, Neuropathy and More: Avoiding Becoming a Nervous Wreck
Dave R.
English but living since 1986 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. HIV+ since 2004 and a neuropathy patient since 2007. I've seen quite a bit, done quite a bit and bought quite a few t-shirts if you know what I mean; but all that baggage makes me what I am today: a better person I believe, despite it all.
Arriving on TheBody.com, originally, was the end result of getting neuropathy as a side effect of the medication, or the virus, or both. I found it such a vague disease and discovered very little information that wasn't commercially tinged, or scientifically impenetrable, so I decided to create a daily Blog and a website where practical information, hints, tips and experiences for patients could be gathered together in one place.
However, I was also given the chance to write about other aspects of living with HIV and have now contributed more articles about those than about neuropathy. That said, neuropathy remains my 'core subject' although one which unfortunately dominates both my life and that of many other HIV-positive people.
I'm not a doctor or qualified medical expert, just someone with neuropathy and HIV who has spent the last few years researching the illness and trying to create information sources for people who want to know more.
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The name Cherokee has identified a Jeep product for nearly 40 years, and every time the moniker was attached to a new breed of Jeep, the faithful clamored for the old. "Heresy," they wailed, "to use such a fine name on such a lowly vehicle." Yet after the initial Cherokee introduction in 1974 using the fullsize Wagoneer chassis, the opinions of the masses changed due to a beast of a machine with wide track axles and potent engine and drivetrain offerings. Having reigned supreme for 10 years, the second coming of the Cherokee was the seemingly lowly XJ in 1984, ridiculed and shunned for its unibody construction and diminutive size. But after 17-some years of XJ production the rank and file of believers have confirmed that both prior versions are indeed magnificent. And like an illegitimate child of yore, the Eurospec Liberty bore the Cherokee name in silence, waiting for acceptance into the fold.
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How the heck does that work for low range then? "Simple," said the engineers, "let's use a two-speed rearend!" (Excuse us; it's called a rear differential module). Whatever it's called, the concept is brilliant. Two-speed axles have been used in big truck for years. In this case it was a bunch of cool engineering that accomplished that, and the bottom line is it works.
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I will be away from the Thursday before the start until the following Tuesday, so will probably only have very brief opportunities, if any, to check teams submitted in the last two days or process early results. I may not be able to warn you if you select riders who are not in the race or if your team is overbudget if it is after Thursday morning.
Team of exactly nine riders If you pick someone who is not riding, I'll replace him with the next cheapest of his team, or the next cheapest in the race if there is not one in his team.
Budget Budget will be 3500 points. If you are over budget, I'll take out the cheapest rider who can be replaced with a cheaper member of his team that will bring you into budget, or the next cheapest in the race if there is not one in his team (first in alphabetical order if two or more meet that definition).
Price of riders
CQ score for 12 months to 13th August, for which the update file that CQ released on Monday 14th will be considered definitive.
There is a dropbox spreadsheet of riders likely to participate and their prices for the game, and a facility for checking the team total.
Submitting your team
By personal message to me, either here or at CN.
Please wait until the accurate prices are available.
Please send the team with names formatted as per CQ. (Surname[space]Forename and nothing else: Spanish/Portuguese names need particular care, as do accents or other diacritics) Please do not riders' teams and prices. It makes an enormous difference to the efficiency of adding teams. If you use the dropbox spreadsheet it will be a simple copy and paste job.
I have lodged my team with the first person to submit a team (Hayabusa).
The start of the race, which I believe to be Saturday 19th August at 5:30 pm (CEST, 15:30 UTC)
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT2). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.
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Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocated his elbow in Bejing, competing in the snatch, while lifting 148 kg (326 lbs) over his head:
More pics (some quite disturbing) visible here, at the Daily Mail. (where else?) What a terrible way to end your Olympics. I feel awful for him.
I've seen lots of dislocated elbows over the years -- in fact, I reduced an elbow just Tuesday. That was dislocated in the more traditional mechanism, a fall from a bicycle, on outstretched hand. I can't recall ever seeing a mechanism of injury like this one. Generally, the radiographic image of a (posteriorly) dislocated elbow will look like this:
There may be associated fractures of the coronoid process or the radial head. Reduction is fairly simple -- after adequate analgesia and sedation (if you're feeling nice), you sit the patient up (as much as possible), with the elbow flexed at about 90 degrees (which is where the patient will likely be holding the arm). You hold the patient's wrist with your ipsilateral hand, and place your contralateral hand on the antecubital part of the forearm, slowly applying downwards traction. As you feel the biceps relaxing, you gently extend, then fully flex the elbow. You may need to have an assitant push the olecranon anteriorly. A definite "clunk" will indicate a positive reduction, and you should immediately be able to take the joint through a full range of motion with little to no resistance. The really challenging part of reducing the joint is overcoming the obligate spasm of the biceps and triceps -- something which I imagine would be even more difficult in a patient capable of lifting 328 pounds over his head! Someone so muscular might even require general anesthesia and neuromuscular paralysis to reduce, I expect.
Recovery is pretty good, but I suspect that Mr. Baranya's weightlifting career may be over -- once those ligaments have been disrupted, they never recover their full strength, and for such a high-intensity sport, it's hard to see performing at a world-class level on a less-than-intact elbow.
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Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocated his elbow in Bejing, competing in the snatch, while lifting 148 kg (326 lbs) over his head:
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Ouch, indeed!ReplyDelete
I think I would faint from the pain of dislocating my elbow.ReplyDelete
I dislocated my wrist and cracked my radius in three places when I fell of my horse. In Honduras, in 1972. The x-ray machines looked like something out of a 1950's sci-fi horror flick, barn-sized and covered with flaking nile-green enamel.ReplyDelete
And that hurt like hell.
When I saw this poor weightlifter's elbow, I literally felt queasy. Dear God, that pain must have been blinding. I hope the medical staff were able to give him some pain relief on the spot. *shudder*
(er, that should be "fell off")ReplyDelete
- nikkik8/17/2008 2:11 PM
i saw this happen back in high school, during an arm wrestling contest. standing behind the kid whose elbow was dislocated, i saw the face of the kid who did it. I think I felt equally sorry for both!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/19/2008 1:32 PM
I can't wait to see your pictures, x-rays and MRIs this fall of injuries due to football.ReplyDelete


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Hearts ... to a three-day weekend for most folks. Celebrate and enjoy the official end of summer.
Football, barbecues and just relaxing should be the orders of the day for those not working.
The federal holiday has definitely changed over the years and how it is celebrated also has evolved.
Labor Day is the first Monday in September and is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It celebrates a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on Sept. 5, 1883.
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Enjoy a break.
Darts ... to the price of gasoline. Labor Day - summer's last hurrah - usually occurs while gasoline prices are falling. Not this year. AAA said last week that prices at the nation's pumps will be the highest the Labor Day holiday has ever seen.
AAA said the nation's average regular gas prices hit $3.83 a gallon on Thursday. The highest average price ever recorded came on July 17, 2008, when the national average was $4.11. Prices nationwide are up more than a nickel this week, a dime over last week, 20 cents over the past year.
Locally, the prices at the pump were about $3.50. While that price is still better than $4 per gallon, it's not close to what we had when they dipped just below $3 around Easter.
The economy seems to be doing better, but the unemployment rate is holding steady at about 9 percent.
Let's hope after Nov. 6 we see a change in both gasoline prices and the local economy.
Hearts ... to the Gamecocks who were able to win Thursday night in a tough one against Vanderbilt. The Commodores looked good - led by Aaron Rodgers' brother at QB - but South Carolina prevailed.
The college season is well under way as the first week or games are finished and there's no looking back now.
You never know what's going to happen until the teams take the field and play the games. We all like to predict and cheer for our teams, but that's why they play the games.
It should be a good college football season and we'll be ready to see who comes out on top near the end with Carolina plays Clemson. Until then, we will root for both South Carolina teams.
Darts ... to the devastation, destruction, deaths and injuries caused by Hurricane Isaac. It was a tragedy and its path was wide and slow.
New Orleans was not directly hit as it was seven years ago when Katrina come barreling toward the Gulf Coast.
Hurricanes are no joke and we still have about two months of the season to deal with.
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Hearts ... to Andy Roddick who announced his retirement after the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Roddick is a great player who just turned 30 years old. He represented the U.S. well in all aspects of the game and is a good role model for our youth.
The U.S. Open in New York represents the last big tournament of the year and it is fitting that Roddick chose that venue to make his retirement announcement.
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Koseki is a registration of the population, which is taken nationwide by the government in Japan. This is a compilation of information about each household, including names of all family members. They are regularly updated. When someone is born, married, or died, citizens are required to report it to the village, town, or city record office.
The first one, the jinshin koseki, was started in 1872 and completed in 1873. Distinctions between the nobility (kazoku), the samurai (shizoku), commoners (heimin) and former outcasts (burakumin) were recorded and the registers perpetuated the class distinctions. The jinshin koseki registration system took the domicile or household (ko) as its basic unit. The format for jinshin koseki was standardized in 1886.
In 1898 they no longer recorded the class distinctions. Also, in 1898 legal status was given to the broader, traditional Japanese family. In this system the household (ie) encompasses all individuals within the family who were legally subordinate to the head of the household (koshu) who was charged with the upkeep of all of the family members. Thereafter, this broader sense of household was established as the basic unit of the koseki.
In 1947, after the Second World War, the new constitution abolished the household (ie) system as a legal entity and the koseki law was amended to place an emphasis on the individual. Information in the post 1947 koseki is limited to the nuclear family (husband, wife, and children).
Before the war, wherever the family lived (current domicile) was also considered the permanent domicile. After the war, the place where a family lives (current domicile) was not necessarily considered the permanent domicile. The place where the family lived before the war is sometimes considered to be the permanent domicile.
After a person has died or been otherwise removed from the koseki, the record is considered a joseki (expired koseki). Direct descendants can get these records from the records office in Japan.
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- Date of household establishment
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- The head of the household
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- Date and place of death of household members
Religious Inquisition Census Records (Shumoncho)
What they are
The Religious Inquisition Census is a census that was taken periodically to classify people according to their religion and to detect illegal Christians. The government required that everyone register their religious affiliation with the local Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. Temple priests were required to give this information to local authorities. They do not include samurai. Some kinds of shumoncho are:
- Religion inquisition records (shumon aratamecho or shumoncho for short)
- Individual Surveillance Registers (ninbetsucho)
- Registers of Five-Household Units (goningmicho)
Goningumi registers were compiled to control the population and to deter misconduct within the neighborhood groups. These groups consisted of the five-household unit, which shared responsibility and accountability for each other's conduct and non-Christians. Time period of the records is 1640—1872.
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These records are used to find the names of the head of the household and family members. Because they were created before the time when surnames were used, they do not include surnames.
- Describe the make up of the local community
- Classify families according to their status as farmers, artisans, merchants, and outcasts
- They do not count samurai or court nobles, and they sometimes omit children and the marginal social groups
- The name of the head of each house and the names of household members
- Sex of each household member
- Relationship to head of household
- Age at the time of census
- Sect affiliation
- Confirmation of temple affiliation
- Location of the family temple
- Number of household residents (sometimes listing of servants, animals owned, and property)
- Give the locality and date of the document created
- Name of household
- Names, ages, sexes, and relationship to head of household
- Status of household members, animals owned, and property and tax notations
- The amount of taxes paid
- Give the names of each of the five household heads and the chief of the group
- Locality, date, the temple seal attesting to religious orthodoxy
- Sometimes the names of the household members
How to obtain them
About 30 percent of the still existing records are available at the Family History Library. Because they are scattered in archives, private collections, in the homes of descendants of village headmen, and even in some Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, you must search them out.
Other Resources
A Religious Inquisition Census was taken periodically to classify people according to their religion and to detect illegal Christians.


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In addition to the Holland location, Grand Rapids will be getting a Five Guys in the newly remodeled Centerpointe Mall. Five Guys are hoping that that location will be ready to open sometime in November.
There have been rumors swirling that a location would also be opening in East Grand Rapids (on Wealthy Street, next to Rite Aid), but those rumors are unsubstantiated, according the the Business Journal. Officials from both Five Guys and the City of East Grand Rapids have said that there is no plan to open a restaurant there at this time.


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The Introduction includes information about transparency and describes the Transparency Framework.
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2005 Honda Civic ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Big satisfaction in a small package.
Efficient, practical, affordable, polished and pleasant to drive, if not downright fun, with a reputation for reliability: These are the Honda Civic's hallmarks, and nothing about the 2005 model suggests anything has changed.
Measured by the hardware, little has changed on the Civic for 2005. There are a couple of new paint colors and a Special Edition package at the high end of the line-up. On the other hand, price increases are so modest that they haven't kept pace with inflation, and the Civic had significant changes inside and out for 2004.
Few carmakers offer the range or diversity Honda builds into the Civic line. There are sedans, coupes and a hatchback, with an emphasis on either features and convenience, performance or fuel efficiency and low cost of operation. All are notable for their excellent fuel economy, free-revving engines and solid handling, including the electrically assisted Hybrid. Up-level Civics come with powerful VTEC engines that deliver brisk acceleration. The Si hatchback is the flagship performance model, and a favorite among young enthusiast drivers for good reason. All provide superb comfort for front-seat passengers.
Three specialized Civics are designed specifically to minimize environmental impact and deliver better fuel economy than all but a few cars currently available. The most extreme is the Hybrid sedan, which gets up to 51 mpg with help from an electric motor that never needs to be plugged in. Owning and driving a Civic Hybrid is just like life with a regular Civic, almost. The Civic HX coupe gets 44 mpg on regular unleaded. There's also a Civic GX sedan that burns natural gas; Honda claims it has the cleanest internal combustion engine in the world.
Subtle styling changes were made for 2004 when bumpers, hoods, headlights and grilles on the coupe and sedan were redesigned to emphasize a baby-brother resemblance to the slick, smooth Honda Accord. The sporty Si hatchback was trimmed with new head- and tail lamps. All Civics were improved with less visible updates that reduced noise and vibration inside.
Nearly four decades after its introduction, the Honda Civic can rightfully be called an automotive icon. It remains one of America's best-selling small cars for good reason.
Honda Civic comes as a four-door sedan, two-door coupe or the three-door Si hatchback. The sedans and coupes offer several engines choices and trim levels. All come standard with a five-speed manual transmission. Most models are available with either a four-speed automatic transmission ($800) or CVT continuously variable automatic ($1000). Honda's package-pricing policy means extra equipment is geared to the trim level, with few individual options. A new Special Edition trim package is offered for 2005. Prices have increased a modest $150 from 2004 for all models except the Si, which rises $220.
The DX sedan ($13,160) and DX coupe ($13,810) are the least expensive Civics. Both are powered by a 1.7-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 115 horsepower. The DX sedan has wind-up windows and manual locks, and it lacks such features as air conditioning and seat-height adjustment. An optional VP or Value Package ($400) adds air conditioning, a CD player and a center console. The VP is included in the price of the standard DX coupe.
In other Civic trim levels, the coupes are less expensive. The LX sedan ($15,510) and LX coupe ($15,310) get the 115-hp engine with more standard equipment, including air conditioning, 15-inch (rather than 14-inch) steel wheels, anti-roll bars front and rear, power-windows, a height-adjustable driver's seat, remote keyless entry and a CD player.
The Civic EX sedan ($17,410) and coupe ($17,010) get more power from a more sophisticated 127-horsepower VTEC (for variable valve timing) version of the 1.7-liter engine. EX also adds 15-inch aluminum wheels, body-colored power mirrors, upgraded audio with six speakers and a tilt-and-slide glass sunroof. For 2005, Honda offers a Special Edition Civic for the first time in several years. The SE is actually an option package ($450) on the EX. It includes an in-dash 6-disc CD changer with an auxiliary jack for Ipod-style MP3 players and satellite radio receivers. The SE also adds a leather-wrapped steering wheel, rear-deck spoiler, unique alloy wheels and special badges.
The Civic Si ($19,220) is only available as a hatchback and the hatchback is only available as the Si. The Si comes with a high-output 2.0-liter VTEC engine delivering 160 horsepower, sport tires and suspension and EX-grade features. It's not offered with an automatic.
Three specialty Civics put a particular premium on fuel efficiency. The HX ($13,860) comes with DX-style amenities and a lean-burn engine that combines up to 44 mpg highway with an impressive 117 horsepower. Civic HX offers the optional CVT.
The Civic Hybrid ($19,800) represents the ultimate in environmental responsibility, using a small gas engine and a big electric motor to achieve up to 51 mpg. The Hybrid is equipped comparably to the EX sedan, with a five-speed manual transmission or optional CVT. The hybrid system provides up to 93 horsepower and 116 lb-ft of torque with the electric motor 'assist.' Fuel economy is improved up to 30 percent compared to other Civic sedans, while meeting the EPA's partial zero emissions standard.
Finally, the Civic GX sedan ($20,190) comes with 100-hp, natural gas-powered engine that requires a special fueling station for home use. The GX may have the cleanest internal combustion engine in the world, as Honda claims, but it's also the most expensive and one of the least powerful Civics. For 2005, the GX gets the same styling changes introduced on other Civic sedans in 2004.
Safety equipment includes two-stage front airbags, child seat anchors for the back seat and an emergency release lever inside the trunk, all standard. Side-impact air bags come standard on the Hybrid and are optional on all models ($250) and we strongly recommend getting them. Anti-lock brakes (ABS) are standard on the EX, Si, and Hybrid, and optional on GX. We wish ABS was available on all models. The Civic scores well in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's crash.
Honda's reputation for space-efficient design holds in the Civic. This small car packs its motor into a condensed engine bay, leaving more space for passengers, especially in front, without increasing exterior dimensions. We like the Civic's expansive glass, compared to some small cars. We're not crazy about the lever-type door handles, though, the grab-through style is easier to use.
Now familiar, the Civic's basic wedge profile rises from front to rear, with a low, abbreviated prow and high, curt tail. The hood sits amazingly low. Civic's flanks are interrupted only by a single crease that dashes from the front wheel opening to the taillight; there are no body-side moldings. Windshield pillars arch into the rolled roof to meet narrow C-pillars. Bold tail lamps dominate the blunt rear panel. Overall, both the sedan and the coupe remain conservative in appearance, but contemporary in design.
For 2005, the new Special Edition features a prominent rear-deck spoiler, unique alloy wheels and badges that quickly distinguish it from other Civics. These features follow more significant styling changes introduced last year, when most models where fitted with redesigned bumpers, grilles, hoods and lights at both ends. The changes are subtle, but suggest the total re-style given big brother Accord in 2003. The family resemblance is obvious.
The same shared blood is even more obvious between the Civic sedan and coupe, yet the two cars are clearly different. While they share the same wheel base and inner structure, most of their exterior panels are not interchangeable. The coupe features a more aggressive windshield rake, intended to create a sportier look, and its tail lamps light up in a signature pattern. The appearance of the Civic Hybrid sedan is also subtly different from other four-doors, with a deeper spoiler under the front bumper, a small spoiler on the lip of the trunk lid and Hybrid-specific lightweight alloy wheels.
The Civic Si hatchback seems to polarize people. Its huge, flat windshield is steeply raked, and its nose slopes radically downward, generating excellent aerodynamics and allowing great visibility outward. The Si is slab-sided, without any sculpture in the sheet metal, though in 2004 better proportioned 16-inch wheels gave the car more character by better filling the wheel wells. Some think the Si is ugly; others love it and are quick to defend it.
Good seats, well-designed controls and excellent outward visibility make the Honda Civic an easy car to operate. The windows are expansive for a car this size and the hood is low, so the passenger compartment feels airy and open. Sight lines are excellent for driving and parking. From the front seat all Civics are comfortable cars; from the back seat, they are less so.
Front-seat accommodations in the Civic are superb for a car in this class. The sedan's seats provide excellent support, thanks to a rigid structure with fairly aggressive side bolsters. High bottom cushions make entry and exit easy, though a lack of height adjustment in the base DX limits tailoring for driver size or taste. The Civic coupe's front seatbacks stretch broad and deep, with headrests that are open at the center like a doughnut. The Si hatchback's front seats are best of all, offering comfort for longer trips and more aggressive bolstering for hard driving.
Seat fabrics have been upgraded in recent years, and the look and feel of materials are generally very good. The Civic Hybrid's interior is most posh of all, with automatic climate control and a two-tone finish lacking in the high-trim EX sedan. Yet we like the Si best. Soft, suede-like microfiber adds richness to the side bolsters while red stitching accents the sporty fabric in the center.
Rear-seat accommodations, on the other hand, are not the best. The back seat is neither roomy nor comfortable compared to best in class. The flat floor eliminates a center tunnel, at least, and the outboard rear head restraints are adjustable. But three in back is definitely a crowd.
Moreover, getting into the coupe's back seat can be a challenge. The front seats cooperate for rear entry by gliding forward when the seatback tilts forward; a memory function then returns the seat to its original position. The front seatbelts attach to a side anchor bar that slides out of the way when someone climbs into the back. In short, the front seat's forward movement creates the largest possible portal for rear-seat entry, given the design. Yet it's still not easy to fold your body and wedge it into the back of this (or any) coupe, much less to haul yourself out. Bottom line: The Civic is happiest with two people, but can haul additional passengers when called upon.
In all Civics, the cockpit looks clean and efficient, with the instrument panel tucked beneath a barrel-shaped cowl. A four-spoke steering wheel provides a comfortable grip, though you'll crave a leather-wrapped steering wheel in anything other than the new SE on sweaty-palm days. Round analog instruments include an oversized speedometer and tachometer in the center, flanked by smaller fuel and coolant gauges. In the sedan, the gauge graphics are the traditional white-on-black. In the coupe, the gauges show silver highlights and glow with amber light at night. The Hybrid's instruments are blue-lit and include a digital fuel mileage display and other indicators that monitor the functioning of its auxiliary electric motor. The Si features sport-style black numbers on white gauges, with a bright red Si badge for a splash of color.
Heating and air conditioning controls are among the best in any car, with large rotary dials for temperature, flow direction and fan speed stacked just to the left of the stereo controls. Separate buttons for air conditioning, recirculation, and rear-window defrost are arrayed just below the audio system. It's an excellent design that's very easy to operate. Audio controls are also close at hand, but the system suffers from small buttons and knobs. Sound quality has been improved in recent years.
The Si's gear shifter sprouts at an angle from the upper console, as in a mid-1960s Alfa Romeo or some of the latest rally cars. Though it looks odd at first, the lever turns out to be perfectly located for quick, easy shifting, almost reminiscent of a formula car. Its close pr.
Driving Impression
Honda Civics rank among the best driving small cars anywhere. All variants handle well, and the engines are strong if you're willing to wind them up and wring them out.
Ride quality has improved over the years, but Civics have never been best in class when it comes to noise, vibration and harshness control. To address this, Honda introduced refinements for model year 2004, including better dampening material in the doors. While it still isn't the quietest car in its class, the Civic is nonetheless much smoother and quieter than it once was. At highway speeds, passengers have no trouble conversing in a normal voice, free of distraction from excessive mechanical racket or wind noise.
If you haven't driven a Civic since the end of the last century, you'll find that the current models feel more substantial and more upscale than the pre-2001 models. All Civics are pleasant to drive, though the EX and Si models can be downright fun thanks to more powerful engines and brisk acceleration. All variants are certified as ultra low emissions vehicles (ULEVs), or better.
Civic DX and LX models offer excellent fuel economy, delivering 32 mpg city and 38 highway with the manual transmission, according to the EPA. Unfortunately, acceleration is no better than tepid unless you are willing to keep the high-revving Honda engine bouncing near the red zone on the tach. The standard 1.7-liter four cylinder produces 115 horsepower, and most of the power and torque comes high in the rev range. The problem is more pronounced with the optional four-speed automatic, which can be slow to shift down and prefers it keep the engine turning at slower revs. You'll need more time and space to pass a semi-truck with the auto, and city fuel mileage drops to 29 mpg. In other words, the Civic DX and LX models are best with a manual transmission and a driver willing to wring the grunt as well as the efficiency from the engine.
The EX sedan and coupe deliver livelier acceleration because they are equipped with the more powerful VTEC engine. Driving a Civic EX sedan with the five-speed manual transmission is a sporty, satisfying experience. Throttle response is good at any speed because VTEC extends its torque across a broad power band. The manual gearbox is smooth and precise, with notched stop points between gears. The four-speed automatic also likes this engine much better, shifting smoothly and taking advantage of the extra torque.
Most fun to drive is the Civic Si hatchback. Around town, the Si is tractable and pleasant, pulling strongly from a fairly wide range of rpm. Honda's latest i-VTEC engine is tuned for torque. You can short-shift through the gears: snick, waahh, snick, whaah, snick, whaah, and still get plenty of go. Or, on an on-ramp or open road, you can keep the pedal down, snick waaaaahh!, snick, waaaaaahh!, and the Si really rockets at higher revs.
Downshifting short is fun, too. Barely push in the clutch pedal, and casually flick the lever into the next-lower cog. The Civic Si's transmission ratios seem perfectly matched to the engine, all quite close so a driver can keep the engine running in that higher-rev rocket zone at just about any road speed. And the Honda transmission is so tight and well machined that you can easily quick-shift up to the next gear without using the clutch at all. On the highway, the Civic Si delivers good performance for passing, accelerating from legal speeds to supra-legal speeds fairly quickly. The Si goes from 0-60 mph in a tick under 8 seconds, making it one of the quicker cars in this class. If you want better performance from a Civic, you'll have to do what so many young owners are doing these days: modify it with some of the hundreds of speed parts currently available.
Charge too fast into a corner and the Civic Si will understeer. That means the front tires lose some of their grip and the car wants to push off the outside edge of the road. This understeer c.
Now in the latter part of its product cycle, the Honda Civic remains a class standard. You can't go wrong with a Civic regardless of trim level, and there are a broad range of choices to suit budgets, needs or tastes. All are practical, fuel efficient and fun to drive. Other small cars might beat the Civic in a particular area or category of performance, but few match its overall balance of strengths.
New Car Test Drive editor Mitch McCullough is based in Southern California.
Model Lineup
Honda Civic DX sedan ($13,160); DX Coupe ($13,810); LX coupe ($15,310); LX sedan ($15,510); EX coupe ($17,010) EX sedan ($17,410); Si hatchback ($19,220); HX coupe ($13,860); Hybrid sedan ($19,800); GX sedan ($20,190);.
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Despite changing ownership more than a decade ago, the Short Stop remains a symbol of the Rampart Scandal. The video repeats the words of former Rampart officers Rafael Perez:
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DIXON – Judith Irene Lowry Brandt, 68, of Dixon, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at her home. She was a devoted beautician and hair stylist for more than 40 years in the Dixon area, and loved and enjoyed all her clients throughout the years.
Judy was born Sept. 12, 1943, in Dixon, the daughter of Scott DeForest and Rose I. (Green) Lowry. She came from a large farm family and was the ninth of 13 children.
Survivors include one son, Todd (Tammy) Bishop, and one daughter, Tiffany Brandt, both of Dixon; four sisters, Vivian Shinn of Florida, Betty Stone of Daysville, Norma (Neil) Petersen of Dixon, and Pauline (Orlie) Harrington of Dolph, Ark.; three brothers, Donald (Nancy) Lowry of Cherry, and Robert (Patricia) Lowry and Kenneth (Debbie) Lowry, both of Dixon; three grandchildren, Trevor Bishop, Faith Bishop, and Luke Sledge; many cousins, nieces, and nephews; and lifelong friends, Sharon Underhile and Teresa Long.
She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Alice Rottke, Marjorie Blaga, Marian Pekel, and Shirley Haas; and one brother, Gary Lowry.
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