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Is there a cheaper way to ride Austrian Alps?
So I have 5 free days in Vienna after a Geophysical Union Conference, 12-17 April 2013.
Vienna is really just a launching place to me for a quick bike ride into the Alps. BMW Motorrad will rent me a GS800 for 160 Euros per day with a 700 km per day max. Though the mileage minuimum is OK, it seems a little pricey. I have nothing to gauge against though.
Honda and Yamaha don't seem to be players in the Teutonic rental market. Acejones and someone else did such rentals but that was a honeymoon and some extra expense is understandable.
Anyone got suggestions for a cheaper way for a 55 year old, safe Canadian rider to do a lightweight ride through the region?
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Better check to see which roads are open in late April. As a rule of thumb, late May is about the earliest for the higher ones. This site used to be the authority but it would seem that there are some technical problems. But give a look anyway because there is a lot of good info other than pass status. http://www.alpineroads.com/passstatus.php
Google search term: "motorradmiete wien" (motorcycle rental Vienna) brings up e.g. this:
Have fun, I haven't been to the EGU for years. :cry
700kms/day is quite generous. Riding the pass roads and secondary roads you'll be hard pressed to do more than 400kms/day, assuming stops for photos, eating and the occasional piss - 250 - 300 seems to be about average.
Mid April WILL be dicey. Most, if not all, of the high roads will be closed.
I'd head for Italy and the Dolomites. Absolutely spectacular and, as the area is a major tourist spot year round, the roads WILL be open (barring the occasional fresh snowfall). Also, the Italian side of the Alps tends to be a bit warmer and sunnier.
And another plus for alpineroads.com. Tim, one of the moderators, lives in Austria.
Sound advice on Vienna riding. Sorry I will be so early that the passes are out of reach but I will have to do the lowlands and foothills. Don't know if 4 hard days or riding from Vienna will let me access the Dolomites or not though.
4 days may just bring you to the Dolomites and back, if you stay off the highways. Or you could buy an 'Autobahn Vignette' (tall road pass) and be there in 1 day - but that would mean waisting half of your time.
Chances for good weather will be better on the south side of the Alps and you don't have to cross the high passes to get there from Vienna. You're a month early to ride the rodeo, but you could at least visit the Erzberg. :wink:
There's lots of interesting things to see for a geophysicist in the area.
Thanks Pip -
Holy mackerel! That rodeo thing is nuts. NFW am I trying any part of that on a G1200 pig! I would enjoy watching some though.
Also, I am not a Geophysicist, rather a wetland scientist who studies mud, plants and ducks; the low life of the geophysicist crowd. Still a lot to see. Now considering other cool non-mountain routes to avoid the snow issues.
Why not rent a smaller bike(or a scoot). Small roads do not need a big bike and it also keeps the costs down.
There are also about 1600 POIs of passes and other sights available for download.
Vienna to Dolomites means going 800kilometers on boring highways. That is one bad thing. The second bad thing is that in April you will freeze your ass off in the Dolos. Its just friggin cold and the high passes will be closed. I can remember that we had some snow up there in June.
The good thing is, that you leave Vienna heading southwest and in less than 20 minutes you are on beuatiful twisty paved roads. Going further direction Styria you will find some of the most beautiful paved roads in Europe. You can go to what we call the wild Alps in less than 3 hours with lovely mountains but almost no gravel roads. However, April is not the best of times although we had a great April in 2012, April is known as the month where the weather can be really weird. And from snow to brightest sunshine everything is possible. In 2012 April was fine, but May, June and July, normally known for brilliant bike weather where a catastrophe with rain, rain and rain.
Regards from Austria
In St. Anton right now. Heaps of snow. The riding here must be magic in the warmer months. Enjoy.
Sorry about the 160 euros/day rental, but I think that's about the going rate. This is no time to be thinking about the kid's inheritance. Do it.
Did someone mention The Dachstein. That's where we are.
As MichaelJ said, the high passes will still be closed in April. The Großglockner and Nockalmstraße were the first to open in 2012 and that was on the 1st of May.
There is plenty of other riding lower down though. My bikes go back on the road in March, chilly but OK on the whole. Around Mariazell and Wildalpen is very nice and shouldn't be a problem. Even around Berchtesgaden should be OK. Gerlos is open all year.
Ali and Steveman, thanks so much, nothing like real time local knowledge. Pip, the pass indicator is as good as my German is bad. still, I could figure out the open, closed and altitudes. thanks. I am somewhat resigned to the lower altitude sweepers and scenic country roads. Upper alps and Dolomites will have to wait I guess.
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LOL please. Roger won only one French Open, so there is only 1 year he could have even possibly won any Calendar Slam with 3 of the 4 on grass, never mind "likely gotten a couple". As it was he was not a dominant enough a player anymore to win the Grand Slam by 2009 no matter what surfaces they were on, so that would mean "likely gotten a zero". Had he won a couple Frenchs from 2004-2007 you might have a case. Lastly despite that he has 7 Wimbledons and only 5 U.S Opens many would argue hard courts are Roger's best surface. He just has tons more competition on hard courts than the abysmal grass field of today, and even then he is more dominant in many of his hard court slam winning runs than many of his Wimbledon ones.
"If" 3 of the 4 were on grass now, he certainly could have completed one in 09, as it was he was 2 sets away, and if those finals were both on grass, he quite possibly could have. And prior to that, 'if" 3 of 4 were on grass, he could have started winning slams even more consistently in 04, and the confidence gained by winning more slams, certainly could have gotten him past Nads at one of those FO's. Of course this is usings "ifs", not reality, just as the poster I was replying to was.
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IEC Electronics Corp. (IEC)
Q2 2011 Earnings Call
May 3, 2011 10:00 AM ET
John Nesbett – Investor Relations
Barry Gilbert – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Susan Topel-Samek – Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark Jordan – Noble Financial
Jennifer Wolfertz – Comstock Partners
Roger Mantissa – Private Investor
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Robert Behr – Moloney Securities
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As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, John Nesbett. Thank you Mr. Nesbett, you may now begin.
John Nesbett
Good morning and thank you for calling in. On the call, this morning, we have Barry Gilbert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer as well as Susan Topel-Samek, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Before we get started, I would like to take a quick moment to read the Safe Harbor statement. This conference call contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the company; changes in the customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers; competition and technological change; the ability of the company to control manufacturing and operating costs; and satisfactory relationships that matters.
The company's actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by any forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors including factors set forth in the company's 2010 annual report on Form 10-K and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Okay, I will now turn the call over to Barry Gilbert. Please go ahead, Barry.
Barry Gilbert
Good morning. Thank you for joining us this morning. This is our second investor call. Last quarter, I mentioned I was not [ready] to the idea of regular quarterly calls. We don't view our business on a quarter-to-quarter basis and don't want our investors to either.
However, two things happened since our last call that prompted us to have a call this quarter. First, a devastation in Japan and during the quarter, I noticed excellent industry peers specifically Benchmark and Plexus along with IEC, we're experiencing volatility in their equity price.
I realized it was inevitable for there to be questions as to how the damage from the earthquake and this Tsunami would impact our ability to get electronic components. Coupled, there were numerous media reports on how different industries were impacted or negatively impacted especially automotive and consumer electronics.
In summary, we were modestly impacted. IEC is experiencing limited component shortages from Japan and while they do exist are being replaced by other sources. Now, we continue to monitor the situation on a daily basis.
The second reason was a thoughtful conversation I had with an investor from Wyoming. When I asked him his thoughts on quarterly call, he said having quarterly call gives all investors big and small a chance to ask their question. It puts everyone on the same footing, and I agreed. And so with that said, let me continue.
IEC had a strong quarter. Over our financial metrics, operating income, gross profit, net income before tax, net income after tax all improved. We grew organically over 20% over the same period year-over-year. And with the acquisition that we have made, all this past year, our sales for comparable period increased 39%.
Specifically, operating margins improved to 9.5% versus 7.9% for the same period. These are some of the best margins in the industry and a testament to the value we provide our customers, the way we conduct our business as the markets we serve. I will now turn the call over to Sue Topel-Samek, who will review our financial information and then I will provide you with more detail from an operating perspective before we take questions. Sue.
Susan Topel-Samek
Thank you, Barry and good morning, everyone. As you have seen by now, we issued a press release this morning detailing our second quarter results. We will also issue our full 10-Q before May 15.
As Barry mentioned, IEC's top line growth in the second quarter improved fully 39% over the level of sales generated in the second quarter of 2010. The two businesses we acquired during past nine month accounted for just under 50% of that increase. While our continuing operations accounted for just over 50%.
IEC's organic sales increase is fueled by the expansion of our product offering and by increased sales in the medical sector, which in addition to growth also results in a healthy diversification among market sector.
Our second quarter growth profit was well above prior year performance, increasing from 16% in 2010 to just over 19% in 2011. This is due in part to operating efficiencies and product mix this quarter and in part to our newly acquired Southern California Grading or SCB as you will hear us refer to it, which typically operates this somewhat higher growth profit.
Selling and administrative expense increased during the second quarter as a percentage of sale from 8% in 2010 to 10% in the current year. This increase reflects the addition of the two new businesses during the past nine months and the incremental expenses we have incurred to integrate those new businesses.
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A much loved wife, sister aunt, cousin and friend, Christina 58 years old passed away peacefully at home on October 12, 2012 with family and friend present.
John H. Blomquist passed from this life to be with our Father in Heaven on Tuesday, September 25th, after a long battle with cancer.
Dorothy Audas, 82, of Hilmar, passed away at her home after an extended illness. Dorothy was born in Arkansas. She was one of six children born to George and Lillie Smith. The family moved to Gilroy, California in 1937 looking for a better life working with the WPA. Later they moved to Emeryville, Waterford, and then settled in Hughson. Dorothy worked for several years in the production of Mother's Cookies. Later she and her husband owned an optical shop in Hilmar. Dorothy was a beautiful person with a heart for God and for people around her.
C. Ray Williamson passed from this life to be with the Lord on September 21, 2012.
Don Overland, 83, of Castroville, CA, passed away at his home after an extended illness. Don was born in Yakima, WA to Nels and Agnes (Sveen) Overland. He attended schools in Washington including Seattle Pacific College in Seattle before joining the Navy. In 1951 Don married the love of his life, Della "Jeanne" Edgerton in Cupertino, CA. He served 9 years in the Navy and 12 years in the Air Force. After completing 20 years in the military he retired from the Air Force and moved to California. He worked 14 years at the Turlock Post Office. Don and Jeanne ...
Silvestre V. Garcia, a longtime resident of Denair, CA passed away September 14, 2012 at the age of 81. He was a Forman in the Agricultural Industry for 35 years.
Lloyd "Don" Ballard, 85 of Turlock, California, passed away on September 6, 2012 due to a long illness. Don was born on January 25, 1927 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In January of 1945, he left school during his senior year to serve his country in World War II as a Navy Seaman First Class. After his service ended Don returned to Turlock High School and graduated with the class of 1947.
Lois Miller was welcomed into heaven following a heart attack on August 22, 2012. She was born to Sheldon and Paulyne Decker on November22, 1927 in Turlock.
Margaret Eleanor Johnson, 93, of Turlock, died at Covenant Village Care Center. She was born in Turlock to Carl and Nimie Danielson. Margaret married Stanley Clifford Johnson. They were married 64 years before his passing in 2008. She is survived by two children: Patricia (Ronald) Mathews of Dinuba, CA and Jerry (Sally) Johnson of Yuba City, CA, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Adeline, 88, passed away peacefully at home after a short illness with her family by her side.
In loving memory of Olivia Louise Bell Valentine, who went to be with God on August 28, 2012. Olivia was born September 26, 1991 at Emanuel Hospital in Turlock, California. Olivia attended Crane pre-school, Crowell Elementary School, Turlock, Jr. High School, and graduated from John H. Pitman High School class 2009.
Little Angel Payten Marie Fanelli "Entered into Rest" on Tuesday, August 28th at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock. She is the Lord's Precious Miracle. Be Strong, Be Courageous the Lord God is with you always. Joshua 1:9
Norma Navigato, 72, of Turlock, California, died August 25, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Modesto. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to William and Rose Navigato. She graduated from Fenger High School in Chicago in 1958. She moved to Southern California around the age of 30 and belonged to the Young Ladies Institute. She settled in Turlock in 1977 and belonged to Monte Vista Chapel. She enjoyed novels, watching Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, and spending time with her family.
Darryl Lee Joslin age 58, Entered into Rest on August 25, 2012 at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock and he was born on June 25, 1954 in Turlock, CA. He was a Plasterer in Construction for Seven Years and enjoyed playing Guitar.
Helen "Dorene" Mathey age 77, Entered into Rest on Saturday, August 25, 2012 and she was born on September 18, 1934 in Beloit, Ohio. Dorene was a Member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles since 1967, she enjoyed Family Time, Bowling for many years and was a "Great Fan" of the Oakland A's, San Jose Sharks and Nascar Racing.
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Marjorie Miller, 92, of Turlock, passed away at Alexander Cohen Hospice House in Hughson. Marjorie was born in Texas, one of 6 children born to Mr & Mrs Harrelson. She was raised in Missouri and attended schools in Missouri. She married Charles "Chuck" Edward Miller in Prineville, Oregon in 1945. Chuck and Marjorie and her family ran a commercial fishing business in Kenai, Alaska. She was a housewife and was involved with running the family business for 50 years.
Thomas is survived by his parents, his fiance, 3 children: Joshua, Thomas, and Jordan Devine, 4 step-daughters: Hayley, Savannah, Kayla, and Madilynn; siblings: Brandy Devine, Nicole French, and Angel Standridge, and step-father Daniel Morad.
He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Carolyn, siblings Lloyd, Rose. He is survived by children Barbara Rodrigues and Gary Dinwiddie and siblings Marilyn, Bob and many extended family.
Donald Leon Swanson crossed the threshold to Heaven on May 14th, 2015 at the age of 91. Don was born on September 17th, 1923 to Warner and Vera Swanson, pioneers of the Youngstown Colony of Swedish immigrants in Turlock, settling on Swanson Road in Delhi.
Raymond Larson, 75, was born in Turlock to Verner and Edith Larson. He died Saturday in Modesto.
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The Dirty Dozen Brass band captured live at the Chandler Jazz Festival in Chandler AZ on April 4, 2008.
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