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<title><![CDATA[C3 overview for Siberian journalists]]></title>
<link>http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/c3-overview-for-siberian-journalists/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve Buttry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Читайте C3 обзор на русском языке, перевод Google. (Link to Russian translation.) I will be discussi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><a title="Russian translation of C3 overview" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=en&#38;tl=ru&#38;u=http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/c3-overview-for-siberian-journalists/" target="_blank">Читайте C3 обзор на русском языке, перевод Google.</a> (Link to Russian translation.)</strong></p>
<p>I will be discussing my Complete Community Connection business model Friday at a conference of the <a title="Press Development Instiute-Siberia" href="http://sibirp.ru" target="_blank">Press Development Institute-Siberia</a>. This is the one-page handout. I am publishing it online, so I can use the Russian translation linked above for the participants. Here are the <a title="C3 for Siberian press" href="http://www.slideshare.net/stevebuttry/free-press-profitable-press" target="_blank">slides</a> for my presentation.</p>
<p>The business models that have supported news media for decades in the United States are breaking down:<img title="More..." src="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" /><!--more--></p>
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<li><a title="Record plunge: Newspaper circ at pre-World War II low" href="http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/10/record-plunge-newspaper-circ-at-pre_26.html" target="_blank">Newspaper circulation</a> was 31% of U.S. population in 1940, 13% today.</li>
<li><a title="Newspaper ads tracking to $10B sales drop" href="http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/08/newspaper-ads-tracking-to-10b-sales.html" target="_blank">Newspaper advertising</a> has dropped 14 straight quarters (8 straight over 10%).</li>
<li>Local broadcast TV ad revenue dropped 27% first half of 2009.</li>
<li>The problem is not <a title="Seven reasons charging for content won't work" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/seven-reasons-charging-for-content-wont-work/" target="_blank">giving content away free online</a> (we never supported content operations with circulation revenue; that pays for production &#38; distribution).</li>
<li>To remain relevant for the future, we need to master digital &#38; social media and develop new revenue streams.</li>
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<p>My <a title="A Blueprint for the Complete Community Connection" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/a-blueprint-for-the-complete-community-connection/" target="_blank">Blueprint for the Complete Community Connection</a> proposes a new business model for community media companies (let’s stop calling them newspapers). The core goals:</p>
<ul>
<li>Like people turn to Google for multiple needs, people will turn to C3 for whatever they need in and about their community.</li>
<li>Businesses will turn to C3 to connect with their customers and where possible, C3 will conduct the transactions with customers.</li>
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<p><a title="C3 needs a new revenue approach for the digital marketplace" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3-needs-a-new-revenue-approach-for-the-digital-marketplace/" target="_blank">C3’s revenue approach</a></p>
<ul>
<li>We have to move beyond advertising. Advertising is still a service we offer businesses, but only one of many.</li>
<li>C3 will handle direct sales for business customers (tickets to entertainment and sports events, reservations, gift registries, sports paraphernalia).</li>
<li>Where we can’t make the sale, we will help connect businesses with customers who most need or want their products or services through lead generation.</li>
<li>C3 will help advertising reach the customers businesses most want, through targeted advertising.</li>
<li>We will pursue other revenue opportunities such as sponsorships, events and <a title="News companies need to help local businesses pursue mobile opportunities" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/news-companies-need-to-help-local-businesses-pursue-mobile-opportunities/" target="_blank">mobile apps</a>.</li>
<li><a title="News organizations need mobile-first strategy" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/news-organizations-need-mobile-first-strategy/" target="_blank">Mobile-first strategy</a> throughout the company.</li>
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<p>Aspects of C3</p>
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<li><a title="C3 approach to community content" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-c3-approach-to-community-content/" target="_blank">Community content</a> (<a title="Community content opportunities: driving" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/community-content-opportunities-driving/" target="_blank">driving</a>, <a title="Community content opportunities: home" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/community-content-opportunities-homes/" target="_blank">home</a>, <a title="Community content opportunities: conversation" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/community-content-opportunities-conversation/" target="_blank">conversation</a>, <a title="Community content opportunities: calendar" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/community-content-opportunities-calendar/" target="_blank">calendar</a>,<a title="Community content opportunities: local knowledge" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/community-content-opportunities-local-knowledge/" target="_blank">knowledge</a>)</li>
<li><a title="Personal content and connection" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/personal-content-and-connection/" target="_blank">Personal content</a> (<a title="Personal content opportunities: births" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/personal-content-opportunities-births/" target="_blank">births</a>, <a title="Personal content opportunities: graduation" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/personal-content-opportunities-graduation/" target="_blank">graduations</a>, <a title="Personal content opportunities: weddings" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/personal-content-opportunities-weddings/" target="_blank">weddings</a>, <a title="Personal content opportunities: school" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/personal-content-opportunities-school/" target="_blank">schools</a>, etc.)</li>
<li><a title="C3's entertainment opportunities" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3s-entertainment-opportunities/" target="_blank">Entertainment</a> (fun stuff, entertainment news, user content, games)</li>
<li><a title="C3's business services" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3s-business-connection-services/" target="_blank">Business services</a> (<a title="C3's business service opportunities: local search" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/business-service-opportunities-local-search/" target="_blank">local search</a>, <a title="C3's business services: direct sales" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3s-business-services-direct-sales/" target="_blank">direct sales</a>, <a title="C3's business services: communication and marketing" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3s-business-services-communication-and-marketing/" target="_blank">communication services</a>)</li>
<li><a title="C3's approach to enriched news" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/c3s-approach-to-enriched-news/" target="_blank">Enriched news</a> (what’s happening now, community engagement, multimedia)</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Journalism in Siberia: familiar challenges]]></title>
<link>http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/journalism-in-siberia-familiar-challenges/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve Buttry</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m a world away from American journalists, speaking through a Russian interpreter, but this still sounds somehow familiar:</p>
<p>When I talk about new tools, new storytelling techniques and new business models, journalists ask whether this is still journalism.<!--more--></p>
<p>When I talk about new ways to present content, journalists ask how we will make money doing that.</p>
<p>I am teaching this week at the <a title="Press Development Institute-Siberia" href="http://sibirp.ru/" target="_blank">Press Development Institute-Siberia</a> (<a title="Google translation of PDI-Siberia home page" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://sibirp.ru/&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;hl=en&#38;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">here&#8217;s Google&#8217;s translation of that link</a>). I am one of several speakers at a seminar for editors, publishers and journalism professors in <a title="Barnaul entry in Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaul" target="_blank">Barnaul</a> hosted by <a title="Google translation of Altapress home page" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://altapress.ru/" target="_blank">Altapress</a>, the largest publishing house in the <a title="Altai Krai entry in Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_Krai" target="_blank">Altai</a> region.</p>
<p>My presentations about <a title="Database presentation for Siberian journalists" href="http://www.slideshare.net/stevebuttry/database-presentation-for-siberian-journalists" target="_blank">interactive databases</a> and the <a title="C3 presentation for Siberian journalists" href="http://www.slideshare.net/stevebuttry/c3-for-siberia" target="_blank">Complete Community Connection</a> are interpreted into Russian by Sergey Krotov, an instructor at a local language institute. I can tell how fluent Sergey is by how clearly the questions relate to my actual presentation. During the presentations by Russian speakers, <a title="Ekaterina Karavaeva profile, translated by Google" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/about/collaborators/%3Fperson_id%3D1962%23persons" target="_blank">Ekaterina Karavaeva</a> of PDI-S and Sergey&#8217;s fiancee, Katya Pashnina, interpret for me.<a href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-009.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2643" title="siberia 009" src="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-009.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>The seminar is led by <a title="Google translation of profile of Oksana Silantieva" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/columnist/oksi/%3Fid%3D1822" target="_blank">Oksana Silantieva</a>, PDI-S media training director, right, and <a title="Google translation of Victor Yukechev profile" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/about/collaborators/" target="_blank">Victor Yukechev</a>, director of PDI-S and a pioneer of the free press in Siberia.</p>
<p>Both in questions for me and in the presentations by my Russian colleagues, I am struck with how much Siberian journalists and media executives have in common with their American colleagues:</p>
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<li>An editor from a Russian wire service discusses different ways to tell stories (multiple ways using text, graphics, photos, videos), covering many of the same points I make to American journalists in my workshop, <a title="Tell your story in layers" href="http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Train/Res/Write/layer.asp" target="_blank">Tell Your Story in Layers</a>.</li>
<li>The Siberian journalists are exploring ways to use social networks to improve their journalism. I have breakfast each day with <a title="Olga Lukzen, Google translation" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/about/collaborators/%3Fperson_id%3D1963%23persons" target="_blank">Olga Lukzen</a> (link translated by Google), editor of <a title="Tak-tak-tak" href="http://taktaktak.ru/" target="_blank">Tak-tak-tak</a> (<a title="Tak-tak-tak translation" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://taktaktak.ru/&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;hl=en&#38;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Google translation</a>), a social network PDI-S has launched for journalists and citizens to discuss public issues.</li>
<li>An economics professor using a spreadsheet shows how difficult it is to make enough revenue from online advertising to support a news web site.</li>
<li>Editors talk about reporters writing their stories too long and not writing enough stories (many American reporters would not like to hear how many stories are not enough here).
<p><div id="attachment_2650" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-0871.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2650" title="siberia 087" src="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-0871.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oksana&#39;s workflow flip chart</p></div></li>
<li>Oksana discusses workflow with the managers, using a flip chart to explain how to use staffs efficiently to publish on multiple platforms with limited resources.</li>
<li>Presentations by discussion leaders and by groups working on team exercises focus on issues such as health care and holding officials accountable to keeping promises.</li>
<li>In Siberia, as in the United States, people sometimes confuse Iowa and Ohio. Google translations of the programs for this week&#8217;s <a title="Google translation of seminar program" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/events/%3Fid%3D1833" target="_blank">seminar</a> and <a title="Google translation of conference program" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&#38;sl=ru&#38;tl=en&#38;u=http://sibirp.ru/events/%3Fid%3D1834" target="_blank">conference celebrating 20 years of press freedom in Siberia</a> identify me incorrectly as a professor at the University of Miami (Ohio). I&#8217;ve been called worse.
<p><div id="attachment_2646" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-082.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2646" title="siberia 082" src="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/siberia-082.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Altapress in Barnaul</p></div></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Masina anului 2010 in Europa este...]]></title>
<link>http://gamzzz.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/masina-anului-2010-in-europa-este/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gaM^</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gamzzz.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/masina-anului-2010-in-europa-este/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Juriul COTY format din 59 de specialisti si jurnalisti auto a desemnat Masina anului 2010 in Europa.]]></description>
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<p>Juriul COTY format din 59 de specialisti si jurnalisti auto a desemnat Masina anului 2010 in Europa. <strong>Punctajul maxim a fost acordat lui <a href="http://www.auto.ro/volkswagen" target="_blank">VW</a> <a href="http://anunt.auto.ro/vw-polo.html" target="_blank">Polo</a></strong>, care a reusit sa stranga 347 de puncte si 59 de voturi.</p>
<p><strong>Locul doi a fost castigat de <a href="http://www.auto.ro/toyota" target="_blank">Toyota</a> iQ-337 puncte si 58 de voturi</strong>, iar urmatorii clasati in ordinea crescatoare au fost:<strong><a href="http://www.auto.ro/opel" target="_blank"> Opel</a> Astra</strong>-221 puncte si 55 voturi, <strong><a href="http://www.auto.ro/skoda" target="_blank">Skoda</a> Yeti </strong>158 puncte si 54 voturi,<strong> <a href="http://www.auto.ro/mercedes-benz" target="_blank">Mercedes-Benz </a><a href="http://anunt.auto.ro/mercedes_benz-e_350.html" target="_blank">E-Klasse </a></strong>155 puncte si 48 voturi, <strong><a href="http://www.auto.ro/peugeot" target="_blank">Peugeot </a>3008</strong> 144 puncte si 49 voturi,<strong><a href="http://www.auto.ro/citroen" target="_blank"> Citroen </a>C3 Picasso</strong> 113 puncte si 47 voturi.</p>
<p>Volkswagen Polo a primit 59 de voturi din partea juriului COTY, inclusiv 25 de voturi pentru titlul de masina numarul unu in Europa. Toyota iQ a primit 58 de voturi, cu 20 de voturi pentru cea mai buna masina.</p>
<p>Polo a fost selectat dintr-o lista de 33 de masini noi, care au fost supuse la vot de catre jurnalistii auto europeni.</p>
<p><strong>Lista de 33 de masini a fost transformata ulterior intr-una de sapte masini</strong>, cei 59 de membri ai juriului selectionand modele participante in finala.</p>
<p>Fiecare membru are 25 de puncte la dispozitie, pe care le putea aloca dupa cum considera, cu toate ca cel putin cinci candidati trebuiau sa primeasca puncte, iar castigatorul ales trebuia sa primeasca un punctaj mai mare decat urmatorii clasati.</p>
<p>﻿Sursa: Auto.ro</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Assista. Citroen C3.]]></title>
<link>http://roupanovaral.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/assista-citroen-c3/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>varall</dc:creator>
<guid>http://roupanovaral.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/assista-citroen-c3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dá uma olhada no making off &nbsp; Advertising Agency: H, Paris, France Production House: Wanda Soun]]></description>
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<p>Dá uma olhada no making off</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Id9mx9ss43M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Id9mx9ss43M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Advertising Agency: <a href="http://www.h-paris.com/">H</a>, Paris,  France<br />
Production House: Wanda<br />
Soundtrack: “Tick Tick Boom” by The Hives</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crestron Programmers - What are they and why do I need one?]]></title>
<link>http://waltyao.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/crestron-programmers-what-are-they-and-why-do-i-need-one/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Walt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://waltyao.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/crestron-programmers-what-are-they-and-why-do-i-need-one/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chances are, you already know what Crestron is and what it can do for your needs, or else you probab]]></description>
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<p>Chances are, you already know what Crestron is and what it can do for your needs, or else you probably wouldn&#8217;t be here. I&#8217;m here to explain why choosing a dedicated <strong>Certified Crestron Programmer</strong> is a good way to go.  Here are some of the reasons why it would be a good idea to work with us.</p>
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<li><strong>Prettier Interfaces</strong><br />
<img src="http://members.shaw.ca/wyao/blog/images/xrayTemplate.JPG" alt="x-ray vtpro-e template" width="430" height="322" /><br />
Integrators in the industry tend to flake over the design of the touch panel just because people can spend as much time if not more, to develop the graphics as a programmer would program the entire system. As this is our profession, we are able to deliver these templates not only in a timely manner, but because it would often be bundled with the programming of the system, money is saved as well.</li>
<li><strong>Leave it to the experts.</strong><br />
Unless you are a certified or experienced Crestron programmer, it would probably not be the best idea to put your clients trust in you at risk by programming the system yourself. Save yourself loads of time and stress by giving the responsibility to a programmer. We often work on very similar projects and so it takes us very little time to accomplish the same project that you might have encountered once in a blue moon or never before at all.</li>
<li><strong>More features and ideas brought forward</strong><br />
In my post, &#8220;<a href="http://waltyao.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/a-qm-rmc-guide-to-the-outside-web/">a qm-rmc guide to the outside web</a>, I mentioned the idea of using the internet to further expand the capabilities of the Crestron touch panel. As a dedicated Crestron programmer, we are constantly developing new and innovative products to cater to anyone&#8217;s taste for updated news, sports, weather, stocks, and pretty much anything else you can view off the web in a simple and concise manner.</li>
<li><strong>Continuing support</strong><br />
We are dedicated in keeping our clients happy and essentially, keeping your clients happy. Whether it is working via remote access or direct by flying to whatever location the job takes us, we are there to support the integrator in developing a kick ass, rock solid system.</li>
</ol>
<p>From conference centres, to stadiums, to bars, to multi-million dollar mansions, we have a myriad of projects under our belt that showcases our ability to deliver the most solid and innovative programming in the industry. Go to <a href="http://www.c3-na.com">www.c3-na.com</a> for more information of what we can do for you and your client.</p>
<p>Acquiring <strong>Gold Level Master&#8217;s Certification, </strong>we will be among the leaders of all the CAIPs (Certified Authorized Independant Programmers) in the world as only a handful of CAIPs actually have this level of expertise.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Spot Nuova Citroën C3 il Visiodrive]]></title>
<link>http://abmnewsvideo.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/spot-nuova-citroen-c3-il-visiodrive/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>abmnewsvideo</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Curriculum advice for journalism schools]]></title>
<link>http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/curriculum-advice-for-journalism-schools/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve Buttry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/curriculum-advice-for-journalism-schools/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t spent this much time talking to journalism professors and students since I graduated]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I haven&#8217;t spent this much time talking to journalism professors and students since I graduated from Texas Christian University (let&#8217;s just say some time ago).</p>
<p>I visited TCU last week to present seminars on the <a title="Follow  my C3 seminar at TCU today" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/follow-my-c3-seminar-at-tcu-today/" target="_blank">Complete Community Connection</a> and <a title="Follow the liveblog of my ethics seminar" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/follow-the-liveblog-of-my-ethics-seminar-at-tcu-today/" target="_blank">journalism ethics in the digital age</a>. And since I was sticking around for some memory-lane time, the curriculum committee at TCU&#8217;s <a title="Schieffer School of Journalism" href="http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/" target="_blank">Schieffer School of Journalism</a> asked me to meet with them and tell them what I think journalism schools should be teaching about our swiftly changing field.</p>
<p>I shared my views with them and will share them with you here shortly. The TCU meetings continued a heavy fall schedule of consultations with journalism faculty and students on a variety of related topics:<!--more--></p>
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<li>In late August, I was a panelist for the <a title="Accreditation Council on Education in Jouranlism and Mass Communication" href="http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc/" target="_blank">Accreditation Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication</a>, sharing my views on how journalism schools should be teaching today and what sort of standards the council should require. Afterward, I shared some <a title="Resources for journalism educators" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/resources-for-journalism-educators-on-digital-ethics-new-business-models-journalism/" target="_blank">resources for journalism educators</a> on this blog.</li>
<li>In mid-September, I met with University of Missouri faculty to advise on plans for <a title="Follow live coverate of APME convention" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/follow-live-digital-coverage-of-apme-convention-this-week/" target="_blank">digital-only coverage of the Associated Press Managing Editors convention in St. Louis</a>.</li>
<li>Later in September, I presented an ethics seminar at the University of Kentucky. The visit included an informal discussion over pizza with students about what editors are seeking in interns and journalism graduates. I developed a post of <a title="Elevate your journalism career" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/elevate-your-journalism-career/" target="_blank">career advice for journalism students</a> and called their attention to an earlier post on the importance of your <a title="Your digital profile tells people a lot" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/your-digital-profile-tells-people-a-lot/" target="_blank">digital profile</a>.</li>
<li>The next week, I met with faculty advisers and editors of the Iowa State Daily, who came to Cedar Rapids to brainstorm issues such as digital coverage, C3 and organizational changes we&#8217;ve made at Gazette Communications.</li>
<li>In November, I led another <a title="Journalism ethics blog " href="http://jrnethics.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">ethics seminar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln</a> and critiqued the senior portfolios of three UNL seniors (part of the UNL accreditation process, as well as providing advice to the seniors).</li>
<li>Before visiting TCU, I returned to the University of Missouri for an American Society of News Editors/Reynolds Journalism Institute <a title="Public Trust through Public Engagement" href="http://asne.org/key_initiatives/ethics/ethics_forum/live_coverage.aspx" target="_blank">Ethics and Values Forum</a>. Participants included journalism faculty from four other universities, in addition to Missouri. After dinner one night, we had an interesting discussion with several Missouri students, many of whom are already looking for jobs.</li>
<li>I have had frequent discussions with David Perlmutter, new director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, including plans to team-teach a course with Jim Cremer on <a title="What do you like best about your favorite mobile applications" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/what-do-you-like-best-about-your-favorite-mobile-applications/" target="_blank">creating an iPhone application</a>.</li>
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<p>In various ways in formal events and private conversations, similar concerns about how to teach journalism today came up again and again. If I could summarize the concerns (admitting that I am drawing conclusions that weren&#8217;t always stated explicitly), I would say this: Lots of journalism educators worry how they can and should teach to prepare students for a world that has changed vastly since professors practiced and/or earned graduate degrees and is changing so swiftly that even if professors were current in all respects, their lessons may be outdated by the time their students graduate. While <a title="Journalism Bust, J-School Boom" href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/06/journalism-media-jobs-business-media-jobs.html" target="_blank">journalism school enrollment</a> is stronger than the businesses that support journalism, educators are keenly aware that they need to update their curriculum and knowledge or they could face the same sort of crash that news media companies are experiencing.</p>
<p>My response focuses heavily on what journalism schools should be doing to address new needs and challenges. I have not looked at closely at what they should not be doing. But I would suggest that in the current environment, every requirement and every course needs to be re-examined and face demanding questions:</p>
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<li>Does the course need to be updated?</li>
<li>Should the course be dropped?</li>
<li>Should the course be taught less frequently?</li>
<li>Should the course be combined with another?</li>
<li>Should a required course become an elective?</li>
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<p>Journalism schools also need to examine their tracks, sequences and structures. If your school offers a &#8220;print sequence,&#8221; you might as well call it an &#8220;outdated sequence.&#8221; While newspapers still command large audiences and generate large revenues, newspaper companies are diversifying and journalism schools need to be educating multi-platform journalists, not print journalists.</p>
<p>As I go through topics that journalism schools might not be covering adequately, I would argue that many of these issues don’t need to be addressed in a standalone class, required or elective. Rather, they should be integrated throughout the curriculum. For instance, if you offer an elective course in Twitter but don’t teach students in your basic reporting course how reporters should use Twitter, you aren’t teaching what you need to teach. I would advise requiring students in their first media writing course to spend at least a couple weeks taking their class notes in Twitter, so they get an early practical exposure and see it as a tool for journalism from the start. And each course should decide the appropriate way to use Twitter in that course.</p>
<p>In other cases, a required or elective course – or perhaps a course combining a few of these topics – might be exactly what a journalism curriculum needs. I will make specific recommendations about how digital skills should be infused throughout the curriculum and about specific courses a journalism school should consider. But as curriculum committees and J-school leaders consider these issues, they will need to consider other factors. As j-schools weigh such factors as course loads, total hours students can take and so on, I would usually err on the side of incorporating digital skills throughout the curriculum, rather than addressing them in specific courses.</p>
<p>These are the topics I think journalism schools need to address:</p>
<p><strong>Social media.</strong> Journalism schools today need to educate students about how social media are changing professional media and society. Twitter is the social platform that needs the most attention right now, but professors need to stay abreast of how society and journalists are using social tools and update their courses appropriately. If Twitter goes the way of MySpace, you need to adjust swiftly to address the next hot social tool. Students are already active in using Facebook, so Facebook is less urgent. Professors also should consider how to use Facebook in courses, such as using a fan page for assignments and exchanges about a course. My primary recommendation here is that social media need to be incorporated throughout the curriculum: Twitter in media writing, reporting, ethics, specialized reporting courses, appropriate strategic communication courses, etc.; visual journalism courses should cover such social tools as YouTube, Flickr, Twitpic and Qik. <a title="Journalism ethics in social networks" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/journalism-ethics-in-social-networks/" target="_blank">Ethics courses</a> certainly need to incorporate social media, including Facebook. I also would recommend an advanced course on social media strategy. This would focus on how media organizations need to use social tools to engage the community and serve business customers. This course also would cover potential uses of emerging social tools. This should be an advanced or graduate-level course, serving journalism and strategic communication sequences.</p>
<p><strong>Interactive databases and computer-assisted reporting.</strong> I have been critical before of the use of the term <a title="Computer-assisted reporting: An essential skill, an outdated term" href="http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/resources/2007/02/computerassisted_reporting_an/" target="_blank">computer-assisted reporting</a>. You might as well refer to notebook-assisted reporting or telephone-assisted reporting. This is 2009 and computers have been an essential tool for reporters for a couple decades now. Journalism schools should take the lead in breaking down the data ghettos that have emerged in our profession. Basic reporting courses should cover use of basic spreadsheet, database and mapping programs. These are essential journalism tools and skills and their use should start in basic courses and be required throughout the curriculum. An advanced course should cover development of interactive databases using such tools as Caspio, Django and Ruby on Rails. Again, these skills are as valuable to strategic communication students as to journalism majors.</p>
<p><strong>Programming. </strong>As I mentioned to the TCU curriculum committee, I encourage working with a computer science department to develop cross-disciplinary courses such as my iPhone app course at Iowa. I also encourage working with the computer science department to develop double-major or major-minor combos to help “<a title="&#34;Hacker journalist&#34; finds job, seeks more coders for journalism" href="http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2009/05/hacker-journalist-finds-job-seeks-more-coders-for-journalism130.html" target="_blank">hacker journalists</a>” get the appropriate education in journalism and programming. (I&#8217;m delighted that two students in the iPhone class will be double majors in journalism and informatics.</p>
<p><strong>Mobile journalism. </strong>Basic reporting courses should introduce students to the multitasking skills and demands of <a title="Mobile journalism is changing the news business" href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2008/05/us_mobile_journalism_is_changing_the_new.php" target="_blank">mobile journalism</a>. The University of Missouri is requiring journalism students to buy iPhones. I don&#8217;t know how important it is to specify a brand (I do use an iPhone), but I think requiring students to use smart phones as journalism tools is an excellent idea. If I were teaching a reporting or multimedia course now, I would require that some specific assignments be carried out entirely with a mobile device. This would require writing on the phone, shooting still photos and video and providing geocoding metadata. An advanced course(s) could focus specifically on mobile journalism, such as developing mobile applications or a <a title="News organizations need mobile-first strategy" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/news-organizations-need-mobile-first-strategy/" target="_blank">mobile-first strategy</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The business of journalism. </strong>Journalism students need a more thorough introduction to the business of journalism than I received as a student (almost none) or than students receive today. They need to learn about traditional business models for print and broadcast. They should understand the disruption that is causing the collapse of the business models. They should understand why and how some organizations are seeking to try <a title="PaidContent.org" href="http://paidcontent.org/" target="_blank">paid-content digital models</a> (and they should understand how paid content has been tried before and that it <a title="Newspapers demand: &#34;Gimme another ball!&#34;" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/newspapers-demand-gimme-another-ball/" target="_blank">hasn’t worked</a>). They should examine and understand efforts to develop new business models (such as my own <a title="A blueprint for the Complete Community Connection" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/a-blueprint-for-the-complete-community-connection/" target="_self">Complete Community Connection</a> model). They should learn about product development and entrepreneurial journalism. They should understand how the advertising model is collapsing on all platforms and study efforts to develop new revenue streams. Tim McGuire’s <a title="Business and Future of Journalism syllabus" href="http://cronkite.asu.edu/mcguireblog/?p=114" target="_blank">Business and Future of Journalism</a> course at Arizona State University provides a good model. While some coverage of business models would be good in lower-level courses, an upper-level course is a good idea and I would encourage requiring it for all students or for some particular majors. The lack of business literacy is a huge problem among journalists and tunnel vision on business issues is a huge problem for people in advertising and executive offices.</p>
<p><strong>Community engagement</strong>. Interaction is a significant part of the future of journalism, from crowdsourcing of stories (investigative, events, features, reviews) to engaging comments on blogs to aggregating the work of community bloggers and citizen journalists. This could certainly be a full course.</p>
<p><strong>Digital content in specialized courses. </strong>A question raised in an email about TCU’s curriculum asked how much digital content should be integrated into advanced courses on journalism specialties, such as public affairs reporting and sports reporting. My answer is that the courses should have as much digital emphasis as the specialties have now, and that’s a lot. For instance, even TCU sportswriting legend <a title="Dan Jenkins Twitter feed" href="http://twitter.com/danjenkinsgd" target="_blank">Dan Jenkins</a>, became a <a title="Golf Writer Dan Jenkins, 79, Starts Using Twitter" href="http://wcco.com/sports/golf/dan.jenkins.twitter.2.1130093.html" target="_blank">Twitter icon</a> this year at age 79. Blogging, liveblogging and video are essential parts of sportswriting now, and the traditional game story is declining in importance to the point that sports writers are <a title="Let's reinvent the game story" href="http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/let%E2%80%99s-reinvent-the-game-story/" target="_blank">debating whether it’s dying</a>. Any course on a specialty should reflect the current state and projected direction of that specialty.</p>
<p><strong>Visual journalism. </strong>Photojournalism and graphic arts, as narrowly defined for much of my career, are outdated journalism specialties. While those skills remain important, visual journalists need to master (and be taught) a range of digital skills: video, audio, animation, multimedia graphics using programs such as Flash. And, of course, visual journalists need to learn ethical standards for using all these new tools and skills. Journalism students learning graphic arts should certainly learn how to make print graphics, but they also should learn to develop interactive multimedia, including simulations and games.</p>
<p><strong>Live coverage. </strong>Increasingly, journalists need to provide live, unedited coverage of events. Whether in a reporting course, a visual journalism course, a live-coverage course or all three, students should learn how to <a title="Liveblogging: Telling stories as they happen" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/liveblogging-telling-stories-as-they-happen-2/" target="_blank">liveblog</a>, stream live video and aggregate real-time public content from social media.</p>
<p><strong>Managing digital content. </strong>Digital journalism and strategic communication both will require a range of digital skills that are rapidly developing. The specific content of such a course and the balance of topics covered would change by semester, but someone should stay abreast of issues such as search-engine optimization, analytics, tagging, curation, aggregation, archiving, content-management systems and semantic technology. Some of these topics need to be introduced in lower-level courses, but they easily could be an upper-level course.</p>
<p><strong>Design. </strong>Print design is fading in importance as newspapers cut newsholes and resources and require more regional design and use of templates. But web design and mobile design are areas of growing importance. Design courses should be adjusted accordingly.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging. </strong>I don’t see a need for a course specifically in blogging (though I wouldn’t object either). <a title="Bloggers share lots of advice" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/bloggers-share-lots-of-advice/" target="_blank">Blogging</a> should be part of nearly every writing course. In many courses, students should be required to keep a course blog. I evaluated portfolio blogs for seniors at the University of Nebraska, and I would encourage any journalism school to require students to maintain portfolio blogs.</p>
<p><strong><a title="Why we link" href="http://publishing2.com/2009/06/11/why-we-link-a-brief-rundown-of-the-reasons-your-news-organization-needs-to-tie-the-web-together/" target="_blank">Link journalism</a></strong><strong>. </strong>Students need to learn how to use links, which are the footnotes of the digital world. This certainly should be part of reporting and editing courses.</p>
<p><strong>Law and Ethics. </strong>As I address in my Upholding and Updating Ethical Standards seminars, ethics education needs to address a <a title="Resources for journalism ethics" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/resources-for-journalism-ethics/" target="_blank">wide range of digital issues</a>. Of course, digital journalism presents many legal issues as well. In fact, many (I suspect most) editors and journalism professors continue to follow <a title="Why news organizations can police comments and not get sued" href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/david-ardia-why-news-orgs-can-police-comments-and-not-get-sued/" target="_blank">outdated advice</a> on court interpretations of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.</p>
<p><strong>First Amendment</strong>. The <a title="American Press Institute" href="http://americanpressinstitute.org" target="_blank">American Press Institute</a>, where I worked for three years, collaborates with the <a title="First Amendment Center" href="http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/" target="_blank">First Amendment Center</a> and the Freedom Forum to take our seminars to programs on the First Amendment. These programs gave me both a deep appreciation of our First Amendment freedoms and a keen realization that professional journalists don’t know enough about the history and current status of the First Amendment and the freedoms it guarantees. A First Amendment course could be a cross-disciplinary course with credit in journalism, religion and political science. With TCU’s international communication major, this course should include units on restrictions on our key freedoms in other nations.</p>
<p>TCU&#8217;s curriculum committee asked me whether I thought professionals would be interested in a certificate program in digital journalism for professionals needing to update their skills. While ability to pay might be impaired by staff reductions and fears about job security, I think interest in such programs would be high. I encourage journalism schools to offer such programs in person and/or online, and to either develop financial aid support for such courses or to cut down the university overhead in determining tuition, since professionals would not draw as heavily as younger students on university resources. Such a certificate program should allow considerable flexibility for professionals to fill the gaps in their own skills.</p>
<p>Many journalism schools will be hard-pressed to update their curricula as I&#8217;ve described (though some certainly are already doing some of these things). They will need to hire more faculty with digital skills, use adjunct faculty with digital skills and require faculty to update their own skills and knowledge.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad journalism schools are considering these issues and I hope they move decisively and swiftly to update.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[C3 och DS3 väntas bli en "hit". Men...]]></title>
<link>http://alltomcitroen.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/c3-och-ds3-vantas-bli-en-hit-men/</link>
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<dc:creator>alltomcitroen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[(Paris/Bonn) PSA Peugeot Citroën meddelar att man kommer öka produktionsvolymen i Poissy-anläggninge]]></description>
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<p>(Paris/Bonn)</p>
<p>PSA Peugeot Citroën meddelar att man kommer öka produktionsvolymen i Poissy-anläggningen där man f.n. monterar Peugeot 207. Idag tillverkas c:a 800 vagnar per dag, men inom kort tillkommer nya C3 och DS3 introduceras, varför man ökar takten så att man till februari månad nästa år skall nå en nivå på 1200 fordon/dag. C3 kommer även fortsättningsvis att tillverkas i Aulnay-fabriken. Men skulle den bli en större <em>hit</em> än väntat kan man höja produktionstakten i Poissy till 1800 fordon/dag.</p>
<p>Samtidigt gör chefen för Continental AG, tysken Manfred Wennemer, ett uttalande som skall uppfattas som ett varnande finger. Han påpekar att den europieska bilindustrin blivit politiserad, inte minst genom de statsfinansierade subventioner som införts under finanskrisen. Wennemer hävdar att stöden tillkommit av sysselsättningspolitiska skäl, och på så sätt skapat en artificiell efterfrågan på småbilar. Efter andra kvartalet 2010 menar han att efterfrågan kommer minska dramatiskt.</p>
<p>Samtidigt menar han också att de mer välmående biltillverkarna inom EU (som t.ex. PSA Peugeot Citroën, Volkswagen och Ford) kommer att få betala för &#8220;räddningsplanerna&#8221; av Opel som General Motors överraskande meddelar att man behåller. GM har signalerat att man vill ha ekonomiskt stöd från EU för att kunna behålla flertalet av sina europeiska fabriker. Wennemer menar att detta snedvrider konkurrensen eftersom den europeiska bilindustrin totalt sett behöver skära ned. Wennemer talar om att var fjärde bilarbetare skulle behöva gå för att arbetsstyrkan skall motsvara efterfrågan på bilmarknaden.</p>
<p>//Peter H Svensson</p>
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<title><![CDATA[News organizations need mobile-first strategy]]></title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>News organizations are belatedly, reluctantly and often awkwardly pursuing “<a title="Web first publishing" href="http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/digital-transform/web-first-publishing/" target="_blank">web-first</a>” strategies. As we fight these web battles, I am increasingly coming to believe that “web first” is what the military would call <a title="Fighting the last war" href="http://www.fandm.edu/x3904" target="_blank">fighting the last war</a>. News organizations need a mobile-first strategy.<!--more--></p>
<p>“Web first” was a tremendously difficult concept for journalists and newspaper companies.</p>
<p>Publishers and editors worried about “<a title="Newspapers balk at scooping themselves" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/06/business/newspapers-balk-at-scooping-themselves-on-their-own-web-sites.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">scooping ourselves</a>” and “cannibalizing” our core product. Editors and reporters thought “web first” meant posting our newspaper stories online before the press rolled (but often after the late newscast). Advertising staffs thought web strategies meant upselling print customers into annoying pop-up ads or ineffective banners.</p>
<p>We wasted energy and time fretting over whether and how to move online and then went about it wrong, as the world move ever swifter to the web and got more things right than we did and learned more lessons than we did from mistakes.</p>
<p>Even today, one of the primary reasons news executives cite for favoring <a title="Newspapers demand: Gimme another ball!" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/newspapers-demand-gimme-another-ball/" target="_blank">paid content</a> is that they want to <a title="Between Little Rock and a hard place" href="http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2009/05/between-little-rock-and-a-hard-place.html" target="_blank">protect the print edition</a>.</p>
<p>Newspaper companies are so thoroughly rooted in print and so devoted to ink and paper that we missed opportunities and held back as digital technology revolutionized communication, leaving us behind.</p>
<p>We can’t waste that much time in mastering the mobile market. We need to start thinking mobile first. Now. The world is <a title="Cell phone sales inch up in 3rd quarter" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10387473-94.html" target="_blank">moving swiftly to smart phones</a> and we can’t afford to be as far behind this time (in truth, it’s too late to be ahead, but not too late to pursue opportunities that can lead us to a prosperous future). We need to make mobile innovation the top priority and the first thing we think of when we plan change in our organizations.</p>
<p>(I should note that web-first meant content would be published online before in the print edition, and that the organization should start thinking first about the web, though most didn&#8217;t, regardless of what they were saying. When I say we must shift to a mobile-first strategy, I&#8217;m not talking about where content appears when, but about the priorities of the organization: what you place first in your thinking and acting.)</p>
<p>I heard someone recently cite figures on the low (in his view) percentage of people who actually own iPhones (I won’t cite the figure he gave because it&#8217;s out of date and the relevant numbers are those about <a title="Apple earnings" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/21/live-blogging-apple-earnings-2/" target="_blank">growth of iPhone</a> sales and apps). Actually, the penetration percentage is a great reason to get moving swiftly into iPhone opportunities. If we wait until nearly everyone has some sort of smart phone, someone else will be filling the roles that we can and should fill.</p>
<p>“Mobile first” needs to change how we think and act throughout our organizations. Reporters, editors and visual journalists need to think first about how to package and deliver news for mobile devices. Information technology staffs need to work first on development of mobile applications for popular devices. Sales staffs need to make it a t<a title="News companies need to help businesses pursue mobile opportunities" href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/news-companies-need-to-help-local-businesses-pursue-mobile-opportunities/" target="_blank">op priority to guide business customers</a> in using our mobile apps and platforms to reach customers with advertising and direct-sales opportunities. Designers need to present content that is clear and easy to read on the small screen (even if this means spending less staff resources on design of print or web products). Executives need to redirect resources and set priorities so that we pursue mobile opportunities as aggressively as we pursue the most important news stories in our communities.</p>
<p>We try to make one size fit all in many aspects of our business, but that will not work in a mobile-first world. We need to become the mobile news, information and commerce connection for people with the latest iPhone, BlackBerry or Droid (and whatever comes next), but also for people with simpler phones that handle only phone calls and text messages and for non-phone devices such as iPods.</p>
<p>We need to figure the best ways to deliver news and conduct commerce effectively on mobile devices: text messages, email, mobile applications, tweets, easy-to-use mobile web sites, podcasts, location-based news and commercial information.</p>
<p>Whatever your role in your media organization, consider how you would change your work, your priorities and your thinking to support a mobile-first strategy. This will either be our future or our next squandered opportunity.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I typically go grocery shopping about once every 2 weeks to a month. Whenever A visits its it bumps up to once every 7 days of A&#8217;s visit. I shop at Loblaws. Is it the cheapest? Probably not. Is it is the most expensive? Nope. I shop there because it&#8217;s the most accessible and reasonably priced considering some others. I live closer now to Food Basics so I might end up going there. Each has their pros and cons. I just wanted to show what a typical day of grocery shopping amounts to.</p>
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<p>I suppose it doesn&#8217;t look that much but trust me it is and costs a pretty penny.</p>
<p>I discovered on one og our grocery shopping visits that A is a huge fan of berries, especially raspberries. He&#8217;s not really a fruit and vegetable kind of guy so this new info took me back. We bought both raspberries and blackberries. I&#8217;ve developed a new love for raspberries. I&#8217;ve had very tart ones in the past so I turned my back on it until recently when I went home and gorged on them as soon as I arrived. I&#8217;ve definitely been more willing to eat them now. We had them for snack one afternoon. I added some cherry jello just for a different texture.</p>
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<p>very yummy, very fresh, very simple <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The first stop after A arrived was a trip to the asian buffet at the Kingston Centre. Personally I&#8217;m not a fan of buffets and back home in Toronto, I never never <strong>never</strong> go to buffets. It&#8217;s just not a dining experience that my family is fond of. We find that more authentic asian food is found when you dine at other restaurants as opposed to trying to get it all at one shot at a buffet. That&#8217;s not to say that buffets can&#8217;t be good for what they are and I&#8217;ve gone to a few in the past that I would have no objection to returning to. There are just far more restaurants that rank higher on the must-visit list before those buffets.</p>
<p>A and I have been to the PGB numerous times in the past due to the simple concept to buffet dining. He&#8217;s a rather picky eater and this allows him to get what he want, as much as he wants which trust me, he takes full advantage of. He&#8217;s always the one to suggest to go and I happily oblige just for him. Choices are pretty standard with things like sweet and sour pork, chicken balls, fried rice, general tso&#8217;s chicken..etc. They also have a variety of &#8217;sushi&#8217; but I urge those who try it to err to the side of caution as one never really knows how long its been out. The also have American/Canadian  style food such as french fries and ribs&#8230;etc. They switch up the alternative asian foods from things like pad thai, curries..etc. And they change things up between lunch and dinner so not everything stays the same.</p>
<p><a href="http://ubiquitouscravings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/100_0474.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-large wp-image-196" title="100_0474" src="http://ubiquitouscravings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/100_0474.jpg?w=1024" alt="" width="295" height="221" /></a>We often go to the lunch because a) its cheaper b) has more of my favourite foods and c) usually after we wake up at noon (lol) it&#8217;s a fast way to get lots of food quick. My personal faves are the breaded shrimp. Their breading tastes good and I would happily eat huge amounts of but of course it is fried so I try to limit myself best that I can. It&#8217;s a tad oily but what can you expect from deep friend breaded shrimp. I like their pad thai whenever they serve it. In comparison to some other thai restaurants in Kingston, it&#8217;s not half bad. Not authentic but not the worst knock-off I&#8217;ve ever tasted. I also get the stir steamed vegetables and cooked bean sprouts just to ease my guilt a little about all the food, not like those are necessarily healthy either. Like I said, I stay away from the sushi but if I see them making it fresh, I eat the shrimp just for something different. Their Chocolate Caramel Surprise ice cream is my absolute fav. I could happily eat several bowlfuls of that ice cream.</p>
<p>When it comes to service I don&#8217;t have too many expectations. They nicely greet you at the door. Depending on space and business, they give you  a choice of where to sit. Immediately they ask you what you want to drink and you&#8217;re on your own from there. They do a fairly good job of going around to refill drinks and pick up empty plates and give you the bill when they&#8217;re aware that you&#8217;re on to dessert but never rush you out the door. They have one of the nicest bathroom facilities I&#8217;ve seen especially for an asian establishment which back in Toronto, don&#8217;t do very well in their upkeep of public facilities, so that is definitely appreciated.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know the exact pricing. You do have to keep in mind that it is an all-you-can-eat establishment so go when you&#8217;re really in need for a stuffing. They also do take-out and delivery (with a fairly extensive free delivery zone) for fixed priced meals. So if you&#8217;re interested in a chinese buffet, make a stop at PGB.</p>
<p>1036 Princess St, Kingston<br />
613-547-9888<br />
no website<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/242/1463441/restaurant/Ontario/Panda-Garden-Restaurant-Kingston"><img alt="Panda Garden Restaurant on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/logo/1463441/minilogo.gif" style="border:none;width:104px;height:15px;" /></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Qtweeter running on my iPhone.]]></description>
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<link>http://alltomcitroen.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/nya-c3-haller-mattet/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Fler måttuppgifter på nya C3. Större karossbredd har gett ett par extra mm för armbågarna. Trots bib]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Fler måttuppgifter på nya C3. Större karossbredd har gett ett par extra mm för armbågarna. Trots bibehållet axelavstånd är kupélängden bättre än förlagan, men det beror mest på den nya utformningen av instrumentpanelen. </p>
<p>Största förändringen har skett nederst på bilen; spårvidden har ökat ett par cm. Överhänget fram har växt med 6,5 cm och det bakre överhänget med 2 cm.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Follow my C3 seminar at TCU today]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Andrew Chavez will be liveblogging my seminar on the Complete Community connection today at Texas Ch]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Andrew Chavez will be <a title="C3 liveblog at TCU" href="http://bit.ly/4DxCBv" target="_blank">liveblogging</a> my seminar on the Complete Community connection today at Texas Christian University, my alma mater. Follow along if you&#8217;re interested. Or check out the <a title="C3 for TCU" href="http://www.slideshare.net/stevebuttry/c3-for-tcu" target="_blank">slides</a>.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Андрей Ежов Новый Citroen C3 сильно преуспел в качестве, эргономике и комфорте, и, вопреки общей тен]]></description>
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<em><a href="http://www.zr.ru/archive/"></a></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Новый Citroen C3 сильно преуспел в качестве, эргономике и комфорте, и, вопреки  общей тенденции, не стал крупнее предыдущего.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Мы <a href="http://www.zr.ru/a/119503/#" target="_blank">уже</a> привыкли к тому, что практически любой новый автомобиль превосходит по размерам своего предшественника – производители объясняют это стремлением сделать более просторный салон и повысить уровень безопасности. В результате в классификации автомобилей царит полная неразбериха: привычные модели скачут из одного класса в другой, но журналисты и дилеры не успевают расставить новинки на нужные полки, создавая путаницу в головах доверчивых потребителей.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">В компании Citroen решили не потворствовать этой классовой вакханалии, и вот результат: новый C3 не на словах, а на деле является автомобилем малого класса – его длина, как и прежде, менее четырех метров. Большинство соперников <a href="http://www.zr.ru/a/119503/#" target="_blank">уже</a> преодолело этот 4-метровый рубеж, суля покупателям «неслыханный простор в салоне, как у автомобилей классом выше», но так ли это необходимо? Разработчики C3 полагают, что небольшие размеры (и как следствие – лучшие шансы найти место для парковки в тесных городских условиях) важнее лишних сантиметров внутри автомобиля, так что рассчитывать на вольготную посадку на заднем сиденье здесь не приходится: в ногах пассажирам откровенно тесно, остается лишь вжаться в спинку и вытянуться ввысь – благо надо головой места хватает.</p>
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<p><a rel="post-gallery" href="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0762.jpg"><img title="Citroen C3 - интерьер" src="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0762-575x862.jpg" alt="IMG_0762" width="575" height="862" /></a>Передние кресла удобные и с большим диапазоном регулировок</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">На передних сиденьях, впрочем, вполне просторно: диапазоны регулировок рулевой колонки и кресла устроили даже Олега Растегаева – самого рослого в нашей стране автомобильного журналиста. Ощущению простора способствует и заходящее на крышу ветровое стекло, которое разработчики назвали словом «Зенит» – мол, видно все, что висит у вас над головой, в том числе светофоры, знаки, горы и солнце в зените. Если солнце будет слишком сильно припекать, то от него можно отгородиться выдвижной шторкой или встроенными в нее противосолнечными козырьками. Привычного макияжного зеркальца на козырьках нет, их удалили по компоновочным соображением, чтобы козырьки были максимально тонкими и не съедали пространства над головой – дамам же в виде компенсации предлагается специальный аксессуар в виде элегантной зеркальной шкатулки, которую можно хранить в специальной нише на центральной консоли.</p>
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<p><a rel="post-gallery" href="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0718.jpg"><img title="Citroen C3 - интерьер" src="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0718-575x383.jpg" alt="IMG_0718" width="575" height="383" /></a>Багажник объемом 300 VDA-литров – вполне солидно для машины малого класса</p>
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<p><a rel="post-gallery" href="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0850.jpg"><img title="Citroen C3 - интерьер" src="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0850-575x862.jpg" alt="IMG_0850" width="575" height="862" /></a>Благодаря заходящему на крышу ветровому стеклу у Citroen C3 прекрасная обзорность</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Хорошая наследственность</strong><br />
Шкатулка – вещь замечательная, но ни ей единой красен интерьер. Он роскошен сам по себе, и это, пожалуй, стало главным сюрпризом при очном знакомстве с машиной. Панель приборов отделана солидным на вид лакированным материалом вроде того, что идет на изготовление корпусов дорогих ноутбуков. Кнопки аудиосистемы и климат-конроля украшены металлическими вставками, приятно упруги при нажатии и не люфтят в гнездах. Приборный щиток – маленькое произведение искусства, напоминающее о коллекционных дизайнерских часах. Руль и рычаг коробки передач отделаны качественной кожей. Сиденья – матерчатые, но ткань очень плотная и износостойкая. Центральный громкоговоритель аудиосистемы не зря украшен надписью HiFi – звук здесь <a href="http://www.zr.ru/a/119503/#" target="_blank">лучший</a> из тех, что мне довелось слышать в автомобилях малого класса.</p>
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<p><a rel="post-gallery" href="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0801.jpg"><img title="Citroen C3 - интерьер" src="http://www.zr.ru/wpfiles/uploads/2009/11/200911131848_img_0801-575x383.jpg" alt="IMG_0801" width="575" height="383" /></a>Салон отделан очень качественными материалами и безупречен с точки зрения эргономики</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">И это французская машина? Да, это так. По уровню отделки C3 может позавидовать большинство одноклассников, в том числе и те, что кричат о своей принадлежности к премиум-сегменту. Разработчики Citroen C3 однако не спешат записывать его в элитную группу, обещая удержать цены на уровне предшественника, но откуда же тогда такой дорогой интерьер? Это – плод унификации, ведь практически вся начинка перекочевала сюда с одноплатформенной модели DS3 – первой в новой линейке люксовых моделей Citroen.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Благородные манеры</strong><br />
На ходу ощущение качества никуда не исчезает. Во-первых, передачи наконец-то включаются с прецизионной точностью. Во-вторых, уровень шума в салоне на удивление низкий, и лишь при езде по грунтовке слышен стук камешков о колесные арки. В-третьих, плавность хода по европейским меркам идеальна: мелкие неровности подвеска практически не замечает, а крупные там встречаются крайне редко. Ну и в-четвертых, управляемость хороша и универсальна. Это означает, что автомобиль не только послушен на любой скорости, но и ненавязчив: в его реакциях нет ни излишней остроты, ни раздражающей лености, что позволяет его рекомендовать водителям с самым разным темпераментом – нужно лишь выбрать двигатель.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Силы и сроки</strong><br />
Европейцам сделать это проще простого: к их услугам четыре бензиновых двигателя (мощностью от 60 до 120 л.с.) и три турбодизеля (от 70 до 110 л.с.). Во время двухдневной презентации в центре Италии мне удалось прокатиться на автомобиле с самым мощным бензиновым двигателем (1,6 л, 120 л.с.) и «средним» турбодизелем (1,4 л, 90 л.с.), и турбодизель показался мне во всех отношениях лучшим выбором – он тише, экономичнее и эластичнее бензинового, и я, честно говоря, не вижу ни одной причины, чтобы, живя в Европе, предпочесть бензиновый C3 дизельному.<br />
Другое дело – Россия: к нам дизельные версии C3 поставляться не будут (по-прежнему нет доверия к качеству дизтоплива), а ключевым моментом при выборе силового агрегата у нас как правило является не двигатель, а коробка передач. Россияне предпочитают покупать машины малого класса с «автоматом», и в этом смысле у Citroen C3 теперь никаких проблем: в паре со 120-сильным двигателем будет доступна традиционная 4-ступенчатая гидромеханика, а для менее мощных моторов предлагается новейший 6-ступенчатым «робот» с двумя сцеплениями.<br />
В салонах российских дилеров новый Citroen C3 появится лишь в мае, тогда же станут известны цены и комплектации, и мы очень надеемся, что хотя бы в отношении цен с нами поступят как с настоящими европейцами – базовая версия нового C3 им обходится всего на 100 евро дороже предшественника.</p>
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<link>http://gasmaskgirl.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/avenida-paulista-preview/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>GasMask</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[By: Le Fetiche Produções]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GasMask Love - Photo]]></title>
<link>http://gasmaskgirl.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/gasmask-love-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Short Treatise on Church]]></title>
<link>http://signposts02.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/a-short-treatise-on-church/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ravingpente</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Stephen Bennett, who used to be a song writer, composer and worship leader at CCC  many years ago, has put this little video up on youtube.</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s a simple video about what church really is.  Stephen Bennett points out that church is the people, and not a denomination, a building or any kind of organisation.  At the same time, he recognises the organisation that took place in the early church, and the importance that local church has in people&#8217;s lives.  Basically its an encouraging video which seems to aim to break down preconceptions which some people (and churches) may have about what church is and what form it takes.</p>
<p>Because I know that he has a megachurch background, though I know very little about what he has done since moving on from C3, it was good to see that he is actually teaching that church is far broader than that.  Also, I would expect that he is supportive of megachurches and the places he&#8217;s been and contributed to (I am assuming this is the case), but it was good to hear that he can see the risks are present in organisations which can lead to people being harmed in various ways.   Where people acknowledge this &#8211; and actually point it out &#8211; we can hope that maybe an awareness might develop which reduces the problem.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Обзоры современных машин: Citroen - Часть 1.]]></title>
<link>http://pofigist.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/citroen-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[О КОМПАНИИ: AUTOEXPRESS Нет мнения AUTOCAR Нет мнения CAR: Если бы фирма была музыкантом: Oasis. Ког]]></description>
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<h1><strong>О КОМПАНИИ:</strong></h1>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p>Нет мнения</p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p>Нет мнения</p>
<p><strong>CAR:</strong></p>
<p><em>Если бы фирма была музыкантом: </em> Oasis. Когда-то они были супергруппой, а теперь постоянно обещают вернуться и стать еще круче.<br />
<em>Продажи в 2008 году: </em> 81237 (падение на 17%)<br />
<em>Рейтинг надежности: </em> 24 из 28<br />
<em>Гарантия: </em>3 года или 60 тысяч миль.</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Общее описание: </em>Не такой оригинальный, каким он был несколько десятков лет назад, Citroen потихоньку вспоминает, как надо делать интересные машины. Про качество они, правда, забыли надолго, видимо. Зато цены хорошие<br />
<em>Рейтинг надежности: </em>33-е место из 36. Ты действительно хочешь, чтобы мы это откомментировали?<br />
<em>Награды: </em>В 2005-м мы дали С4 титул лучшего хэтчбека, а в 2004-м С2 GT получила наш приз &#8220;Самый быстрый хэтчбек года&#8221;. А еще в 2006-м мы дали титул &#8220;Лучшая семейная машина&#8221; C4 Picasso и &#8220;Лучшая машина для бизнеса&#8221; C6. В 2008 году мы признали С3 Picasso лучшей семейной машиной.</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p>Нет мнения</p>
<h1><strong><strong>C1</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2674" title="C1" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c1.jpg" alt="C1" width="656" height="434" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Прикольная городская машинка<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Удовлетворительно</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Выглядит эдаким губошлепом из-за выступающего бампера. Внутри он больше чем кажется, а дизайн явно разрабатывался в компании Lego. Большие скидки делают эту машину более привлекательной, чем ее собратья Peugeot 107 и Toyota Aygo. Но у них у всех тот же самый литровый движок.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.0 VT пятидверка<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Кондиционер стоит 500 фунтов на модели VTR.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Приукрашенная Tata Nano.<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> FIAT 500<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Средне<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Хорошо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Это версия машины BZero, разработанная в сотрудничестве с Peugeot и Toyota. Точно такая же, как и ее сестрицы с наклейками других компаний, но выбор двигателей намного лучше, включая 1.4 дизель, а цены ниже.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> Нет в рейтинге<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 1.0 VT &#8211; это дешевая машина, так что нефиг тратить больше денег, чем необходимо.<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> маркетинга &#8211; С1, Toyota Aygo и Peugeot 107 одна и та же машина, да еще и собранная на одном и том же заводе.<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Ford Ka, Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo, Volkswagen Fox, Hyundai i10.</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Дешевая при покупке и в повседневной жизни машина, что означает, что это идеальная покупка для только что получивших права молодежи. Также подойдет в качестве второй машины для семьи, которая умеет считать деньги. С уровнем скидок на Ситроены, она становится еще более привлекательной.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Удивительно для Ситроенов, шасси довольно жесткое на всех, кроме самых гладких дорог. Это может не понравиться некоторым покупателям. Места сзади и в багажнике маловато.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Покупка этой машины вполне разумное дело для тех, кто считает каждую копейку. Большие скидки, малая стоимость владения, хорошие цены на вторичке, а также низкий уровень выхлопов СО2 делают эту машину великолепным выбором.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Средне<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Хорошо<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.0i VT</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С2</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2675" title="C2" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c2.jpg" alt="C2" width="656" height="435" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Плохо сделанная машина класса супермини<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Оранжерея на колесах с маленьким багажником и задними сидениями по спецзаказу Александра Мересьева. Огромная приборная доска выглядит как что-то выдранное из Aston Martin, но это единственная схожая черта между ними. Предыдущая модель (Saxo) намного интереснее. &#8220;Горячие&#8221; модификации давно остыли.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.1 VT<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Не покупай коробку Sensodrive<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Симпатичный вид, несимпатичная цена.<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Ford Ka.<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Плохо<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Трехдверная машина класса супермини, которая должна была заменить Saxo в качестве объекта вожделения для молодежи. Это у нее не получилось, но в качестве дешевой и простой машины сойдет.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> 130 из 152<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 1.4 HDI<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> переключателей скоростей, содранными с F1. Эта машина больше относится к первой формуле, чем Формуле Один, так что подумай, нужны ли тебе эти дурацкие &#8220;лепестки&#8221;?<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Fiat Panda, VW Fox, Ford Ka, Suzuki Splash, Vauxhall/Opel Agila</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>У этой машины интересный внешний вид, а ездит она достаточно неплохо. Дешевая и с низкими ценами на страховку, лучший выбор для начинающих водителей.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Сзади места довольно мало для любого человека (за исключением детей), а в багажнике места, можно сказать, нет вообще. Раздельная задняя дверь теоретически должна облегчить жизнь, но на практике от нее толку чуть.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Внешний вид и управляемость С2 отличные, но руль немного ватный. Низкие цены привлекательны, но отсутствие места на задних сидениях и в багажнике делают машину непрактичной.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Средне<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Средне<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С3</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676" title="C3" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3.jpg" alt="C3" width="656" height="434" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Устаревший французский хэтчбек<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>1.4 HDi VT довольно дешева и в ней есть все, что может пожелать обычный покупатель машин такого класса.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>79</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Ужасная отделка салона, ватный руль и остекление, которое ощущается, как если бы ты приставил к глазам две банки из под бабушкиных солений.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.4 VTR<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Ford Fiesta дешевле.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Выглядит как жук на дороге. Дави его!<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Ford Fiesta<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Плохо<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Это маленькая машинка, прикольно выглядящая, но очень сомнительного качества. Конкурентам она уступает так, что вообще непонятно, на что надеются в отделе продаж Ситроена. Да и Зачем покупать С3, когда за эти же деньги можно взять С4?<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> 139 из 152<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 1.6i<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> топовой модели 1.6 VTR. Если ты думаешь, что это машина для стритрейсеров, окстись &#8211; ей требуется 10 секунд, чтобы разогнаться до сотни!<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Ford Fiesta, Honda Jazz, Peugeot 207, Seat Ibiza, VW Polo</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Одна из наиболее интересных машин класса супермини на дороге. Большинство вариантов неплохо оборудованы. Достаточно низкие цены можно легко сбить еще ниже, даже у дизельных моделей.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Скидке, которую ты получил сегодня, можно радоваться. Но тебе совсем не понравится как она держит цену на вторичке. Уровень комфорта ниже всякой критики, а качество сборки отвратительное.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Автомобиль не станет чемпионом в своей категории, но он вполне &#8220;потянет&#8221;. Если тебе нравится его внешний вид, подумай о покупке. Низкие цены и большие скидки &#8211; обычное дело для этой модели.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Средне<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Средне<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>2.8 CRD Touring</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С3 Pluriel</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3_pluriel.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2678" title="C3_Pluriel" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3_pluriel.jpg" alt="C3_Pluriel" width="656" height="434" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Нет мнения<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Не тестировали</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Еще один автомобиль из тех, о которых мы мечтали, умоляли производителей начать выпуск, получили, а затем возненавидели. Это двухдверный пикап, кабриолет, тарга и еше чертова туча других вариантов, которыми ты никогда пользоваться не станешь.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>Базовый 1.4<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Для того, чтобы таскать раму крыши тебе потребуется прицеп.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Пять-в-одном и все поганые.<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Mini Convertible<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Плохо<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Открытая (в смысле верха) версия С3 с различными вариантами крыши. Но, поскольку единственный удобный вариант &#8211; это сдвинутая назад верхняя часть, то смысла покупать эту машину нет вообще.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> Нет в рейтинге<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 1.4 HDi<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> идеями о том, что покупка этой машины &#8211; хорошее дело. Ты же сам понимаешь, что уехать, оставив крышу в гараже, в нашем климате равнозначно тому, что у тебя поехала крыша. Твоя.<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Peugeot 207CC, Daihatsu Copen, Mitsubishi Colt CZC, Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Машина предлагает множество вариантов трансформации салона. Необычный дизайн ведет свое начало от незабвенного 2CV и машина выделяется на дороге.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Интересный дизайн совершенно не означает &#8220;удобный&#8221;. Слишком много компромиссов у этой машины, чтобы сделать ее желанной.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Хорошая идея в теории, но съемная крыша слишком сложна при снятии, а ездит автомобиль просто гадостно.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Ужасно<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Плохо<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.4i Cote d&#8217;Azur</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С3 Picasso</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3_picasso.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677" title="C3_Picasso" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c3_picasso.jpg" alt="C3_Picasso" width="656" height="434" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Интересный и просторный микровэн<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Хорошо</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>Абсолютно новая модель микровэна, которая завоевала одно из первых мест в своем классе. Ни один конкурент не сможет сравниться с ней по вместимости.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Такой же кубический, как подразумевает его название и вообще самый крутой микровэн на рынке. В нем достаточно места для пятерых и тесно им не будет. Класс!<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi VT<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Поначалу автоматов не будет.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Лучший микровэн на рынке<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Opel/Vauxhall Meriva, Ford Fusion, Renault Modus<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Хорошо<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Хорошо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Неужто Ситроен разучился делать уродливые машины? Представляете, эти лягушатники умудрились даже микровэн сделать таким, что при его виде не хочется блевать! Кроме этого, в машину могут поместиться пятеро и еще останется место для багажа. Двигатели, правда, дохловаты.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> Нет в рейтинге<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 90-сильный дизель<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> Renault. Citroen сейчас выпускает больше моделей минивэнов.<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Honda Jazz, Vauxhall/Opel Meriva, Ford Fusion, Kia Soul</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Просторная и дружелюбная машина. В ней достаточно большой багажник для багажа. Уровень комфорта и качество езды впечатляют, а передний обзор великолепный, благодаря тонким стойкам.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Цены слишком высоки. Клиенты Ситроена зачастую неудовлетворены качеством машин и обслуживания. Базовая модель плохо оборудована &#8211; тот факт, что у нее только две воздушные подушки особенно разочаровывает.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Машина, возможно, дорогая, но мы считаем, что она того стоит. Она комбинирует практичность с отличным дизайном и великолепным комфортом. Стоимость владения также весьма невысока.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Хорошо<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Хорошо<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения</p>
<h1><strong><strong>C4 Coupe</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_coupe.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2679" title="C4_Coupe" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_coupe.jpg" alt="C4_Coupe" width="656" height="427" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Прикольно выглядящий конкурент Ford Focus<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Удовлетворительно.</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>см С4 хэтчбек<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует.</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Соперник Ford Focus и VW Golf, который выглядит суперсовременно. А еще у него есть крутейший руль. Во всем остальном он проигрывает конкурентам с разгромным счетом. У нашего тестового экземпляра проблемы с качеством сборки.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi VTR+<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> Coupe выглядит как Honda CRX и это единственно хорошее, что о нем можно сказать.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> На дорогах встречается намного реже, чем Golf и тому есть вполне логичное объяснение.<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Honda Civic<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Средне<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Плохо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Доказательство тому, что Ситроен все-таки помнит, как нужно делать интересные машины. Внутри С4 буквально нашпигован новыми технологиями и может служить демонстрацией Форду того, что бы он смог сделать с Фокусом, если бы тот напрягся несколько сильнее.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> Нет в рейтинге<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 1.6 HDi<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> Renault. Citroen сейчас выпускает больше моделей минивэнов.<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Ford Focus, Vauxhall/Opel Astra, VW Golf, Toyota Auris, Renault Megane</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Мягкое шасси, легкость управления, стиль и интересный дизайн. Несмотря на другую форму кузова, купе не менее практично, чем пятидверный хэтчбек, а цены довольно привлекательны.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Это не самый вместительный или драйверский хэтчбек, а интерьер салона отличается странными дизайнерскими изысками. Например, цифровые датчики могут быть непонятны некоторым водителям.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Внешний вид &#8211; все, удовольствие от вождения &#8211; ничто, вот философия этого автомобиля. Он не может тягаться с конкурентами в &#8220;автомобильном&#8221; плане.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Средне<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Хорошо<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 16v VTi VTR</p>
<h1><strong><strong>C4 хэтчбек</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_hatch.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2681" title="C4_Hatch" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_hatch.jpg" alt="C4_Hatch" width="656" height="435" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Стильный вид внутри и снаружи.<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Выше среднего</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi не смотрится так же хорошо, как Coupe, но это правильный выбор.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>79</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> см С4 Coupe</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>см С4 Coupe</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Мягкая подвеска, легкое управление, стиль и интересный дизайн. Автомобиль довольно комфортабелен и хорошо оборудован. Он получил высшие оценки за безопасность.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Это не самая вместительная машина и пятидверный вариант в этом плане почти не отличается от трехдверки. Интерьер салона отличается странными дизайнерскими изысками. Например, цифровые датчики могут быть непонятны некоторым водителям.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Ситроен привнес эксцентричность в класс малых семейных автомобилей, но практичность пострадала в процессе.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Средне<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Средне<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 16v VTi VTR+</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С4 Picasso</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_picasso.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682" title="C4_Picasso" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_picasso.jpg" alt="C4_Picasso" width="656" height="434" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Классный салон, отвратная динамика.<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Выше среднего</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>2.0 HDi модели всем хороши, кроме цены. Бери 1.6 HDi SX и ты не будешь разочарован.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>37</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> Обратите внимание на &#8220;С4&#8243; в названии. Эта машина выглядит намного лучше, чем яйцеобразный предшественник Xsara Picasso. Мы даже надеемся, что салон выдержит перевозку в нем детей и не развалится при этом.<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi SX<br />
<em>Секрет фирмы: </em> У варианта Lounge 4 кресла от Recaro.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em> Citroen вспомнил о стиле.<br />
<em>Конкуренты: </em> Ford S-Max<br />
<em>Результаты тестов : </em>Хорошо<br />
<em>Одним словом: </em>Хорошо</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>Существует в пяти- и семидверном вариантах, причем последний выглядит лучше, чем первый. Это доказывает, что семья и крутой стиль не взаимоисключающи. Ну кроме того случая, когда ты, как придурок, ходишь с детской соской.<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em> Нет в рейтинге<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em> 2.0 HDi<br />
<em>Не обманывайся насчет: </em> &#8230; да пофиг чего.<br />
<em>Конкуренты:</em> Renault Scenic, Honda FR-V, Mazda5, Toyota Verso</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Один из наиболее стильных компактвэнов. &#8220;Воздушная&#8221; кабина и легкое управление прекрасно подходят для семейного использования. Скидки на машину</p>
<p>впечатляют. Отличные дизельные двигатели.<br />
<em>Против : </em>Ватный руль, машина переваливается с боку на бок на поворотах, что означает, что машина не очень хороша с точки зрения водителя. Подвеска заставляет автомобиль вибрировать при езде по некачественной дороге. Плохо держит цену на вторичке.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Цены достаточно хороши, равно как и уровень оснащения. Дизельные двигатели великолепны, но плохая подвеска убивает все. Это практичный семейный автомобиль с приятным салоном. Цены на вторичке ужасны.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Хорошо<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Хорошо<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi SX</p>
<h1><strong><strong>С4 Grand Picasso</strong></strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_grandpicasso.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2680" title="C4_GrandPicasso" src="http://pofigist.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/c4_grandpicasso.jpg" alt="C4_GrandPicasso" width="656" height="435" /></a></p>
<p><strong>AUTOCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>Наше мнение: </em>Классный салон, отвратная динамика.<br />
<em>Результаты тестов: </em>Выше среднего</p>
<p><strong>AUTOEXPRESS</strong></p>
<p><em>Наш выбор: </em>Нет мнения<br />
<em>Позиция в рейтинге : </em>Не участвует</p>
<p><strong>CAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em> см С4 Picasso</p>
<p><strong>TOPGEAR</strong></p>
<p><em>О модели: </em>см С4 Picasso</p>
<p><strong>WHATCAR</strong></p>
<p><em>За: </em>Огромное количество пространства в салоне и отлично продуманное расположение сидений делают эту машину наиболее практичным семейным минивэном. Качество отделки салона хорошее, равно как и передний обзор.<br />
<em>Против : </em>С водительской точки зрения машина разочаровывает. Ватный руль, странное поведение подвески. Непривычные органы управления понятны не всем.<br />
<em>Вердикт: </em>Хорошие цены и уровень оснащения. Плохое качество езды. Третий ряд сидений подойдет только детям, но даже когда он установлен, все равно остается место для кое-какого багажа.<br />
<em>Рейтинг для лучшей модификации: </em>Хорошо<br />
<em>Рейтинг модели по версии читателей журнала:</em> Средне<br />
<em>Наш выбор: </em>1.6 HDi SX</p>
<p><em>Продолжение следует.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Novo Citroën C3 também terá derivação conversível]]></title>
<link>http://allthecars.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/novo-citroen-c3-tambem-tera-derivacao-conversivel/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matheus Q. Pera</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Após apresentar a nova geração do C3, a Citroën está trabalhando em outras derivações. Além da C3 Pi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Após apresentar a nova geração do C3, a Citroën está trabalhando em outras derivações. Além da C3 Picasso, curiosamente lançada antes do hatch, a plataforma dará origem a duas novas carrocerias. Uma delas será um inédito sedã, pensado para mercados emergentes como o Brasil. No entanto, a primeira a chegar será a sucessora do conversível Pluriel.</p>
<p><!--more-->De acordo com informações internacionais, a fabricante dos dois chevrons está disposta a criar um novo conversível. Ele seria substituto do versátil C3 Pluriel, que traz uma vasta combinação de teto e armações. No entanto, a novidade deverá corrigir alguns erros do atual modelo, como evitar que os arcos de sustentação da capota retrátil tenham de ser deixados em casa quando o condutor desejar tê-lo como conversível.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Citroën patrocina iluminação comemorativa dos 120 da Torre Eiffel]]></title>
<link>http://batedeira.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/citroen-patrocina-iluminacao-comemorativa-dos-120-da-torre-eiffel/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>batedeira</dc:creator>
<guid>http://batedeira.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/citroen-patrocina-iluminacao-comemorativa-dos-120-da-torre-eiffel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Torre Eiffel em 1925 Em uma época em que a publicidade não era vista como essa obra maligna do tin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1509" title="untitled..." src="http://batedeira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/untitled.jpg" alt="untitled..." width="450" height="627" />A Torre Eiffel em 1925</p>
<p>Em uma época em que a publicidade não era vista como essa obra maligna do tinhoso como é hoje, a Citroën teve sua marca piscando na Torre Eiffel. Aconteceu entre 1925 e 1934, e ainda que esteticamente duvidoso, é curioso imaginar que isso já tenha sido possível.</p>
<p>Em 2009, a Torre Eiffel completa 120 anos, e a Citroën mais uma vez, em parceria com a SETE (Société d’exploitation de la Tour Eiffel), está patrocinando o monumento símbolo da França. Dessa vez, nada de logos piscando, e sim a instalação de uma nova iluminação comemorativa.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1510" title="untitled" src="http://batedeira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/untitled1.jpg" alt="untitled" width="450" height="300" />A nova iluminação vista de dentro do novo Citroën C3</p>
<p>A iniciativa da montadora francesa acontece em conjunto com o lançamento do novo C3, mas apesar da festa, a ação em solo parece ter sido decepcionante para a marca, segundo reporta Clément Boutignon, do Quietglover. Ele conta que, para quem estava no local, mal era possível saber tratar-se de um patrocínio da Citroën.</p>
<p>Restou os press releases e online para reverter a situação. No vídeo abaixo, a montadora apresenta seu esforço, criado e produzido pelas agências H (conceito), Ubi Bene (evento) e Dagobert (CM).</p>
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<p>Via <a href="http://www.brainstorm9.com.br/" target="_blank">brainstorm #9</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Citroën tänker köra om Peugeot]]></title>
<link>http://alltomcitroen.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/citroen-tanker-kora-om-peugeot/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alltomcitroen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alltomcitroen.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/citroen-tanker-kora-om-peugeot/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Hannover) Citroëns VD Frédéric Banzet låter meddela att man till år 2012 tänker bli 3:e största bil]]></description>
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<p>(Hannover)</p>
<p>Citroëns VD Frédéric Banzet låter meddela att man till år 2012 tänker bli 3:e största bilmärke i Europa (idag står man på plats 7). Och på köpet avser man gå förbi systermärket Peugeot.</p>
<p>- <em>Det är i alla fall vår ambition</em>, säger Banzet till Financial Times Deutchland, och tillägger lite reserverat: &#8211; <em>Det är dock inte en spådom</em>.</p>
<p>Citroënledningen sätter sitt hopp främst till nya C3 med vilken man tänker ge konkurenterna Volkswagen Polo och Ford Fiesta en hård match.</p>
<p>Flera analytiker bemöter Banzets utspel med skepsis och tror inte att märket når 3:e-platsen i Europa. Dels har Citroëns nuvarande framgång (man har en marknadsandel på 3% i Tyskland) gynnats av statliga skrotningspremier och egna rabatter. Stora volymer men små vinster per såld bil är inte hållbart menar man.</p>
<p>Vad gäller tidplanen (att öka fyra marknadsplaceringar på mindre än tre år) känns utspelet egentligen vara riktat till företagets egna anställda, för att skapa fokus på framtidsarbetet. Det finns alltså skäl till att avfärda detta som icke förpliktigande retorik, säger kritikerna.</p>
<p>Men samtidigt skall man beakta vissa intressanta faktorer. Först lanseringen av nya C3 som mycket väl kan få en stor framgång i Citroëns huvudmarknader; Frankrike, Tyskland och Spanien. Lägg därtill lanseringen av ett premiumkoncept i form av nya DS3/4/5. Citroën satsar på det egna märket, men breddar det med ett antal nya påkostade modeller. Även om försäljningstalen av DS-modellerna inte kommer bli höga så är själva lanseringen av dem image-bärande.</p>
<p>Fast störst betydelse för försäljningstalen får kanske den kommande lanseringen av lågprismodeller. Man har överkapacitet i sina fabriker men goda möjligheter att tillverka nischmodeller baserade på gemensamma bottenplattor.</p>
<p>Citroën satsar på ett brett produktutbud i eget namn, vilket kan säkerligen resultera i att man går om Peugeot. Fast vad tycker ägarfamiljen om det? Denna artikel får avslutas med &#8220;Fortsättning lär följa&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>//Peter H Svensson</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Symposium ]]></title>
<link>http://newtood.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/symposium/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newtood</dc:creator>
<guid>http://newtood.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/symposium/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oficial Program here Symposium day is coming! We are still ironing out the details of the program, b]]></description>
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<p>Symposium day is coming! We are still ironing out the details of the program, but the date is set. This year it will be December 8th 8:30 till about 5:00 (times are not final). We will have 3 group presentations and I will be a part of the middle one running approximately 1:00 to 3:00pm. The day will start with a breakfast, so don’t worry about running by a coffee shop on your way over.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-39" title="Calendar Page - Right Orientation.jpg,AssetGUID,decf49b1-6a42-485d-a4cd4d5567ec0af4,rc,1,fn,Calendar Page - Right Orientation" src="http://newtood.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/calendar-page-right-orientationassetguiddecf49b1-6a42-485d-a4cd4d5567ec0af4rc1fncalendar-page-right-orientation1.jpg?w=112" alt="Calendar Page - Right Orientation.jpg,AssetGUID,decf49b1-6a42-485d-a4cd4d5567ec0af4,rc,1,fn,Calendar Page - Right Orientation" width="112" height="150" /> Mark your calendars!</p>
<p><strong>Dec 8th</strong></p>
<p><strong> 8:30 to 5:00</strong></p>
<p>full day attendance is not required</p>
<p>coming and leaving at any time is OK.</p>
<p>Location: <a href="http://antiochseattle.edu/contact/index.html" target="_blank">Main Building</a>, Room 100</p>
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<p><em>What is a Symposium</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://antiochseattle.edu/">Antioch</a>, and specifically <a href="http://antiochseattle.edu/academics/creativechange/index.html">Center for Creative Change</a>, are known for their experiential approach to education and, as part of testing out newly gained skills, all students are required to go out into the community at the beginning of their second year of a graduate program and find a <a href="http://antiochseattle.edu/academics/creativechange/change-orgchange.html">Change Project</a>. For the last nine month we have been doing just that: each one of us found an organization, a sponsor within that organization and worked tirelessly on planning and implementing the change in collaboration with our clients and peers. Now it is time to take a step back and reflect on what happened.</p>
<p>A kick to me is that on December 8th we are not just going take turns standing up and reporting our findings by way of a slide show, instead, we have taken some time to find common threads in what we set out to do in our projects and what we have learned at the end. Believe it or not, those two rarely matched! This is where the three groups came from. I am not going to give away all the details yet, some of them aren’t even known to us at this point, but it looks like our group’s presentation will be about community building, collaboration and allowing for all voices to be heard.</p>
<p><em>Presence on Twitter</em></p>
<p>We are going to be communicating about our presentations and the whole day experience using Twitter! While I take it as a tribute to my project (<a href="http://flockingtoseattle.pbworks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;">Flocking to Seattle</span></a>, action research on using Twitter at the ODN conference), it is simply about keeping up with the times and taking advantage of a great tool to increase involvement of the audience and create a feedback mechanism  for us to know what you think about our work.</p>
<p>Our hash tag: #FFSymp</p>
<p>please make sure to use it in your posts twitter related to the event and search for it if you would like to know what others are saying.</p>
<p>Twitter is a perfect OD tool and we are planning to use it exactly as that! Two things that OD practitioners do a lot are check ion and surveys. As Edie Seashore said during this year’s <a href="http://odnetwork.org/">ODN conference</a>, “Twitter is a different type of support system.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Citroën convoca recall do C3 por problema no freio de estacionamento]]></title>
<link>http://pitstopbrasil.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/citroen-convoca-recall-do-c3-por-problema-no-freio-de-estacionamento/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dyogo Fagundes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pitstopbrasil.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/citroen-convoca-recall-do-c3-por-problema-no-freio-de-estacionamento/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O Grupo PSA Peugeot-Citroën está convocando a partir de hoje (9) todos os proprietários do modelo C3]]></description>
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