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Church Schedule:
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Worship Service..................10:30 am
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Evening Bible Study............. 7:00 pm
Ladies Bible Study............... 6:30 pm
Prayer Meeting.................... 7:00 pm
Who We Are:
In biblical times, a person's name indicated and pointed to theuir individual character. In keeping with that model, here at Gainesville Bible Church we hope our name communicates our character and our ministry.
- We as a local body of believers recognize our calling to minister to the community of Gainesville, TX and the surrounding areas by proclain\ming the Truth of God as revealed by His Word and striving together to live that Truth in our community at large.
- We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments to be the complete inspired Words of God-that's right-as though He spoke them out loud. The Bible is the Creator's communication to His creation.
- The Greek word for "church" is ekklesia- which literally means "called out ones". Our present home is within the world system-but our eternal home is far from the bleak confines of this planet. But while we remain, we understand our purpose is to be the hands and feet of our Savior Jesus Christ, continuing in the work He began: teaching, preaching, evangelizing, praying,worshipping,and serving.
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Crazy Foam, a 3-in-1 body wash, shampoo and conditioner featuring cartoon characters, will return to shelves after a decades-long hiatus.
Crazy Foam, a 3-in-1 body wash, shampoo and conditioner featuring cartoon characters, will return to shelves after a decades-long hiatus.
DripDrop, a new rehydration solution for children, adults, and seniors, is now available in Rite Aid stores nationwide.
ECRM has announced the appointment of Jennifer Zannelli as SVP of sales, ECRM data.
Lindt USA introduced a new exotic fruits collection within its Excellence dark chocolate line on Tuesday. It features pomegranate, blackberry with acai and lychee flavors.
Mondelēz International has renewed its global strategic partnership with Facebook, the snacking company announced Tuesday. The collaboration will focus on creating video content and increasing e-commerce.
General Mills Cereals announced Monday that it will remove artificial flavors and colors from artificial sources in all of its cereals.
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In a recent survey, more than half of respondents said that they are highly annoyed by the way brands continue to rely on the old-fashioned strategy of repeatedly blasting generic advertising messages.
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provides two Web services. These services can be used to identify your organization and to access Microsoft Dynamics CRM data. This section describes how to use these services when you are developing applications that use Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
|To use Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online (or any claims-based environment), you must install Windows Identity Foundation.
IDiscoveryService Web Service
A single Microsoft Dynamics CRM installation can host multiple organizations on multiple servers. Therefore, it is important to specify which organization you want to access. The IDiscoveryService Web service returns a list of organizations that the specified user belongs to and the URL endpoint address for each organization. For more information about the IDiscoveryService Web service, see Discover the URL for Your Organization with IDiscoveryService Web Service and IDiscoveryService.
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The primary Web service for accessing data and metadata in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is the IOrganizationService Web service. For more information about the IOrganizationService Web service, see Use the IOrganizationService Web Service to Read and Write Data or Metadata and IOrganizationService.
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Most of the time you will choose to use the SDK assemblies in your development projects. Using the assemblies is the recommended developer scenario for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. These assemblies are in the
SDK\Bin folder, along with the corresponding Visual Studio IntelliSense XML files. For more information about the assemblies, their contents and usage, see Assemblies Included in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK.
Add the Service Reference to Your Project
You may have a development scenario where you want to include the service reference in your project rather than using the assemblies. To find the correct service references for your organization, see Download the Endpoints Using the Dynamics CRM Developer Resources Page.
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ConceptsUse the Early Bound Entity Classes in Code
Other ResourcesDiscover the URL for Your Organization with IDiscoveryService Web Service
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Presented by the Confucius Institute at Troy University, the course is designed to help local companies and organizations looking to do business in China gain a better understanding of Chinese culture and phrases. Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. inside the Harrison Room in Malone Hall.
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Industry Rank Analysis 12-07-11
The last few years have sure been rough for the banking industry,
and the big banks still face a host of problems, ranging from
downright criminal incompetence in handling foreclosures (the
"robo-signing" scandal) to exposure to the mess in Europe. On the
other hand, the government has bent over backwards to be nice to
the industry. Bailout funds were provided on extremely favorable
The Fed has kept short-term rates pegged at near zero for almost
three years now, and has promised to keep them there until at least
the middle of 2013. Short-term funds are the raw material of the
banking system.
The Justice Department has also been nice, at most imposing
slap-on-the-wrist-type fines (not to mention the lack of
indictments of high-level bankers stemming from the near collapse
of the entire banking system, and the widespread fraud that caused
it). The events of the last few years have proved that the best way
to rob a bank it to own one, or at least be a high ranking
executive of one.
Community Banks Are Different
On the other hand, your local bank with four or five branches is a
very different animal than a
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Bank of America
). For starters, if they screw up, they go out of business. So far
this year 90 of them have, (down from 157 in 2010 and 140 in 2009,
and there will probably be fewer in 2012) and I would expect to see
at least one or two fail each week between now and the end of the
The folks running these banks do not have the perverse incentive to
take as much risk as possible the way the big banks do. Unlike the
big guys, if they screw up, they -- or at least their shareholders
-- pay, not the taxpayers.
As the economy has gradually improved, and the bad loans made
during the worst of the bubble roll off, the condition of the banks
balance sheets has improved. Consumer delinquencies -- while still
high -- have been falling, and time has been working its magic in
healing the wounds. Some of the reserves that banks had set aside
for bad loans now seem excessive, and those reserves are being
released, and less new money has been put aside.
Free raw materials (deposit rates near zero) have made the loans
that the banks have been making recently very profitable. As a
result, many small banks, which don't face many of the problems of
the big guys, have been showing surprisingly positive earnings. As
a result they are performing very positively on the Zacks Rank.
Zacks Industry Classifications
The Zacks industry classifications are very fine, with 258
different industries tracked. It is not particularly noteworthy if
a single small industry shows up doing well; a single firm with
good news can propel a one- or two-firm industry to the top (or
bottom) of the charts.
It is interesting when you see a cluster of similar industries at
the top of the list. The same holds true for the bottom of the
list. The definition of size that matters here is not the total
sales or market capitalization, but the number of companies in the
Breaking Down the Groups
We break up the overall bank sector into five regional groupings,
plus a "multi-regional" group that is mostly the "too big to fail"
(TBTF) firms. We also have a separate "industry" for the foreign
Four of the five regional groupings are all showing up as
attractive on the Zacks Industry Rank (the remaining one, Southeast
Banks, is close to neutral). The domestic TBTF group is decidedly
in the middle of the pack, and the foreign "industry" looks
downright awful on the Zacks Rank.
There are also two "industries" that are very closely related to
banks that show up as attractive: Consumer Loans and Financial
Transaction Services. The two heavyweights in transaction services,
) and
), simply dwarf the size of most of the community banks that make
up the rest of the lists below. All of the regional groupings are
bigger than average by number of firms, and most are among the very
biggest industries (by number of firms).
Given the law of large numbers, it is very hard for a huge industry
to find itself at the very top, or the very bottom of the industry
list. If a big industry gets close to either end, it is worth
paying attention to.
The Southwest region "industry" is the strongest of the true bank
groups, coming in 12th place with an average Zacks rank of 2.33,
down from 2.67 last week and a 35-spot improvement. The Southwest
group has 12 firms in it, the smallest of the regional groups and
probably the reason it is the best regional grouping. Normally
industries in the top 15 have fewer than ten firms in them, and
often much lower than that.
The Midwest Banking "industry" was the next best, in 18th place, a
seven-spot deterioration as its average rank rose to 2.37 from
2.33. The Midwest "industry" has 35 stocks in it. The West is in
35th place with an average rank of 2.53, a nine-slot improvement as
the average rank fell from 2.58 last week.
The final true bank group to show up as attractive is the
Northeast, with 59 firms. Their rank is not that impressive in
absolute terms, coming in at 46, but it is an 8-spot improvement.
The Consumer Loans industry is actually the strongest of them all
in 4th place, a 14-spot improvement as its average rank fell to
2.00 from 2.38. It is, however, only an average-sized group
with seven members. Transaction Services is in 24th place with an
average rank of 2.47.
If the Zacks Ranks were distributed randomly, one would expect that
only 5% of the members of these "industries" would earn the coveted
Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy). Instead, 25 of the total of 168
(14.9%) have earned that distinction. If it were random, only 15%
would hold Zacks #2 Ranks (Buy) but actually 47, or 28.0%, hold it.
In other words, there are attractively ranked small banks in every
area of the country.
Lesser Known, but Not Lesser Investments
You have probably never heard of most of these banks. Some of them
you might recognize if they happen to operate in your town, but it
is a fair bet that the names of most of them have never, or at
least very rarely, been uttered on CNBC. That, however, does not
mean that they cannot be good investments.
This is a group that cries out for a "package approach." None of
the banks on either of the lists are large caps, and even the
mid-caps are on the small side of the mid cap range. In fact,
taking the two lists together, sub-$100 million micro-caps
outnumber firms with market caps over $1 billion by 30 to 9. You
can create a "synthetic" national bank - one that avoids the
regional risk that these banks pose -- by having a portfolio made
up of small positions in many of these names, rather than just
taking one normal-sized position. Given the thin trading volumes in
these names, even an individual investor could impact the price if
they tried to take a big portion in just one of these names.
The valuations are for the most part reasonable, and while I don't
show the FY2 over FY1 growth on the tables, you can get a good idea
of it by looking at how much lower the P/E for next year is
relative to the P/E for this year. Most are expecting solid, but
not spectacular growth, and you are paying a reasonable price for
those earnings. Not rock bottom for the most part, but very
Unlike the big guys, most of these firms are free to pay whatever
dividends their boards deem appropriate (the TBTF ones need to ask
permission from the Fed, and the Fed has not been inclined to say
yes for most of them, and should not for quite some time to come).
Many of these small-fry banks provide very attractive dividend
yields. Most are seeing big increases in their estimates for both
this year and next.
However, just as a word of warning, they tend to be thinly covered,
so an individual analyst raising his or her numbers for the firm
has a much bigger impact on the mean estimate than is the case with
the big, well-covered banks. Still, higher earnings will allow
these banks to pay higher dividends in the future, so if you do buy
them and tuck them away, there is a very good chance that your
yield on cost will be much higher a few years down the road than is
indicated on the tables below.
The Zacks Rank is however better used as a short-term
timing/trading tool, not as a guide towards long term investing.
Still, even the longest term investor wants to avoid an immediate
drop after he buys, and will enjoy a pop shortly after she puts the
order in. The combination of an attractive Zacks Rank, and a low or
at least moderate valuation, is what you want to look for.
If you want a bank for your portfolio, think small. A package of,
Chemical Financial
BOK Financial
Peoples Bank of Ohio
) and
Farmers and Merchants
) probably has just as much upside potential, and a lot less risk,
than a single position in Citigroup. You will also enjoy a much
nicer dividend stream along the way.
Right now, when it comes to the banks, small is beautiful. If you
need size, the oligopoly nature of the credit card business means
that Visa and MasterCard should be attractive long-term
investments, which have the earnings estimate momentum wind at
their backs right now.
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level). Assuming the current status of the projects, the dates for full operations of the two telescopes (defined as including three instruments and the adaptive optics system) were estimated as spring 2024 for GMT, and between summer 2025 and summer 2030 for TMT depending on assumptions about segment manufacture and delivery. The telescope projects estimated their annual operations costs (including facility and instrument upgrades) as being $36 million for GMT and $55 million for TMT. Although the committee did not analyze these estimates in detail, they are far below the usual rule of thumb for large projects (10 percent of construction costs per year); should the projects go forward, their operations costs will need to be scrutinized in considerable detail. The committee did not evaluate the cost estimate or risks for the E-ELT, but the ESO estimate is 1 billion with a start of operations in 2018.
The two U.S.-led projects, GMT and TMT, are in fairly advanced states of design. GMT has already cast one of its six off-axis mirrors, which is currently being polished. TMT has cast, polished, and mounted an on-axis segment and is in the process of polishing an off-axis segment. Furthermore, through a combination of private and international partnerships, both projects have made considerable progress on their financing. The question, now, is whether or not the federal government can afford to become a partner in one of these projects and, if so, which one. The arguments for federal partnership are strong. First, the science case for a GSMT is highly compelling, and a federal share will ensure access to observing time for all U.S. astronomers, not just those associated with partner institutions.23 This is a principle that is similar to the Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) program philosophy that has been so successfully implemented with respect to existing privately operated telescopes. Second, partnership can greatly enhance and improve these projects by bringing a much larger experience base and resources to them. This will be particularly important during the operations phase when funds to run the telescopes must be found and new and expensive instruments will need to be constructed.
In the committee's judgment, due to the severe budget limitations, a federal partnership in a GSMT will be limited to a minority role with one project. For the construction phase, a potential MREFC funding wedge opens up in the second half of the decade (after ALMA, ATST, and LSST have passed their peak funding) that would allow for a federal share in a GSMT to be supported by the MREFC line by the end of this decade. For the operations phase, in the optimistic budget-
Institutional members as of May 2010 were, for GMT, Astronomy Australia Limited, the Australian National Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Arizona, and for TMT were the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, and the University of California.


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SHARK SHOOTOUT NOTEBOOK: McNeill, Sluman finding some humor in struggles on course
NAPLES - Shootout fast facts
What: 2009 Shark Shootout
When: Dec. 9-13
Where: Tiburón Golf Club, Naples
Purse: $3 million
Schedule: Second round (better ball), Dec. 12 (4-6 p.m., NBC); Final round (scramble), Dec. 13 (3-6 p.m., NBC)
Tickets: 1-888-66-SHARK, 254-9770, or thesharkshootout.com, Alf's Golf Shop and Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort's Golf Shop in Naples, Lumpy's in Fort Myers. Players Pass, $110, includes discounts at 12 golf courses and weekly grounds.
Fort Myers' George McNeill and Jeff Sluman tried to make the most of their second round 70, which left them in last place, eight shots behind the leaders. The day's highest round didn't sour the tandem.
"It's been great," McNeill said. "Jeff is always a good guy to hang around and laugh and get some jokes going. That's basically what we were resorting to, the jokes and trying to make ourselves laugh because obviously the golf wasn't doing any good."
Sluman hopes his putter wakes up before the tournament is over.
"My putting is horrific," he said. "In this format, both guys have got to contribute. Unfortunately, I haven't made one putt this week outside of two feet. Consequently, George made about eight birdies to get us in there."
McNeill and Sluman, former Seminoles, and former Florida Gators Mark Calcavecchia and Brian Gay are in 12th and 11th place, respectively. They'll be matched up in the first group of today's final round.
5K a big success: Tournament officials were thrilled with the turnout for the inaugural Shootout 5K on Saturday morning. Greg Norman officially started the race, whose course was within the Tiburón community, at 7:15 a.m.
A total of 475 runners took part, with proceeds going to Shark Shootout charities.
"I thought it was good, very good," said Norman, who could not run because he isn't supposed to jar his surgically repaired right shoulder. "(The turnout is) very impressive, actually."
Jesse Armbruster of Bucyrus, Ohio, was the overall winner and men's winner in 15:18.6. Kip Kinn, 50 and also from Bucyrus, won the male masters in 17:30.1, and Kurt Shearer, 50, of Naples, was the male grand masters champion in 18:54.2.
Alison Bradford, 31, of Naples was the overall female winner, finishing in 20:14.3. Claudette Watson, 42, of Naples won the female masters in 22:19.2, Betty Wolf, 56, of Naples won the female grand masters in 24:38.9.
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Faxon, Kuchar comeback: After starting with a pair of double-bogeys in the first round, and a bogey on Saturday, Brad Faxon and Matt Kuchar did more than bounce back. They closed by playing the final 17 holes in 11-under to shoot a 62 and get to 9 under.
"Faxon had it going," Kuchar said. "I wasn't very sharp early, and Faxon was making some putts. ... Again, we bogeyed the first hole. Faxon righted the ship, as he normally does."
Jerry Kelly, golf's Mr. Hockey: Don't expect Jerry Kelly to be wearing thin slacks and a golf shirt on Feb. 6.
Kelly is planning to attend the Camp Randall Hockey Classic at the University of Wisconsin. The outdoor men's ice hockey game will pit the Badgers against Michigan.
"We will have the record for outdoor hockey. We're expecting over 80,000. That will be good stuff," said Kelly, who played hockey while growing up in Wisconsin.
Saturday's fashion update: Once again, Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter were decked out in matching outfits with white tops with sea-blue pants. Fisher declined to disclose what Sunday's wardrobe will include.
Fisher described a stretch of nine consecutive pars as "shocking" in a better ball format. But that's what he and Poulter produced from the fifth to the 13th hole on their way to a 66, good enough for a tie for fifth heading into the final round.
n Weekley, McDowell 'rusty': After opening with a 71, Boo Weekley and Graeme McDowell didn't move up the leaderboard with a 65 as they remained in ninth place.
Both players are trying to rid some rust from their game this week.
"Coming into this week after a lull is always going to be a tough week to bring your 100 percent game with you," McDowell said. "Boo has had three months off, so he's maybe not at his 100 percent sharpest, either. We didn't have much momentum out there."
Weekley said he's planning on going deer hunting in Texas after the tournament.
Shark bites: Norman, McNeill, Weekley and J.B. Holmes each went table-to-table at the volunteer party after play Saturday. ... D.J. Gregory, the 31-year-old with cerebral palsy who walked each round of every PGA Tour event last year, will be signing copies of his book "Walking with Friends" today from noon to 1 p.m. in the merchandise tent at the Expo Village. ... Nine of the 12 teams posted bogey-free rounds Saturday, compared to none on Friday.
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Every morning at four-thirty, sixty concrete trucks—from Brooklyn, from Queens, from New Jersey—race in the dark over bridges and through tunnels and converge at the intersection of West and Vesey Streets, where One World Trade Center is going up. Concrete is perishable. A load will spoil in ninety minutes once it has left the batching plant. The trucks pull up to the construction site. They dump their loads into big baskets with hydraulic pumping systems. Eleven thousand three hundred tons of superstructure steel are waiting. The other day, Chris Ward, the executive director of the Port Authority, which is supervising the project, stood three hundred feet in the air, on what will be the twentieth of One World Trade Center's hundred and four floors, and said, "This site will be understood by the public on how well this tower rises, but the real metric is how quickly the concrete gets poured." Toward the building's core, where office workers (including, perhaps, employees of this publication, whose parent company has considered relocating to the tower) will one day ride elevators, members of Local 46 of the Metallic Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers union were torch-cutting rebar. Sparks flew. Below, tiny fluorescent-vested figures trundled dollies and hoisted planks in what looked like a scene from "Fraggle Rock."


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Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
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So the general reaction I get from people when I say I'm going to visit Detroit is as if I had said I was thinking renting a cell in Guantanamo for a holiday. Here's my take on it.
Ive never really experienced the states. Ive been through a few, and even went to Disneyland in Florida... but wouldnt feel comfortable claiming to know the nation with the temerity to claim an entire continents name for itself.
Hopefully the following weeks will help inform some opinions. Beginning with Detroit, this tour is going to take me on a journey through a country so many of my fellow Canadians have opinions on but so few have actually taken the time to get to know beyond the caricatures and archetypes filtered in through the media.
This isnt actually my first time in Detroit, and this visit reinforces impressions formed last time.
Its a city of massive contrast. The third of the population that remains rattles hollowly among the art deco grandeur of the city, avoiding those places left fallow after the eventual decline of the roaring 20s expansion. I see it as an interesting reflection of the failure and fallacy of the American dream. I actually had the bank where the concept of credit was formed pointed out to me. Abandoned, like so much of the city, the place where Ford once extended loans to his employees. Making an unheard of (for the time) five dollars a day, they used their prospective earnings to help build homes and expand the city. So yeah, you can blame him for all this.
Against all odds there is an positive spirit that manages to resonate through the citys underfilled streets. Every open space boasts art, graffiti, and official signage all urging people to look to the future of a new Detroit, offering hope and optimism in a city where the sidewalks are pebbled with shattered glass from break ins; where opulent towers too expensive to either sell or maintain crumble in place, still defiantly beautiful despite years of neglect.
My host Petparazzi and fellow explorer Detroit Liger echo this spirit and pride both of them wearing Detroit branded *clothes, speaking of their love for the city. And its not just in spite of the decay in many ways this has opened up their city to them, allowing them an intimate perspective and sense of ownership and discovery like no other place in the world would. They can enter places that, had they been maintained, would have been exclusive domains of the elite. The infrastructure and history is laid bare, no sterilized tours or one sided info pamphlets just the evidence, visceral, right there to be walked among ; sifted through; interpreted.
Personally, Im more of a nature person but I appreciate the parallels between the density and chaos of jungles and cities. Detroit is the perfect compromise it is a city gone half feral, a concrete jungle in the truest sense. Out of the poverty brought about by the citys decline a social regression has taken place, the robberies and gun violence contrasted against the vision of hope and regrowth that struggles to take root in the ruins. Its not a distant, far removed kind of poverty. Its putting my money on a carousel so the clerk behind bullet-proof glass can spin it around an and replace it with my change and receipt, never leaving an opening for contact. Its Petparazzi paying more in camera insurance than home or auto. Every time I go out [exploring abandoned places], I assume Im going to get robbed, he tells me. And almost in the same breath he says he would never leave, that he loves his city.
The Big D demands more respect from people than the average city; its the ragged edge of civilization where one can easily regret letting ones guard down. But Ive been surprised. Ill not soon forget the man who rolled out of his newspaper bedding to offer a friendly hello, and whose demeanour and conversation spoke more of a fellow who had simply fallen on hard times than the crackhead one would have expected. The local art scene is thriving on the unique atmosphere, and everywhere abandoned places are being reclaimed by civilization, bit by bit.
Eventually it seems this city will once again stabilize. Like all wild places, Detroit will eventually be tamed; the metropolis of majestic forgotten spaces will be replaced by a sterilized and family friendly town. It will become a city like any other, and while that may be for the best, I will always be glad to remember the jungle that was Detroit.
Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
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And of course:
Can't forget the pics!
Fresh booze... gotta love a city that has it's priorities straight.
Scrambled over a wall to check out this old jag, there was a roofing nail waiting for me on the jump back down...
Have Fun, Don't Die!
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Ottawa
Oddometer: 2,543
Nice pics...
Hope you got a tetanus shot before you left home.
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Roaming Rally 2011RR12 RR13 RR14 RR15
"I don't hate people...I just feel better when they are not around." - Henry Chinaski
Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
Oddometer: 289
All kinds of shots
I did indeed!
Should probably boost the Hep shots now that I think about it though, thanks for the reminder...
Studly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Oddometer: 880
I am in for the ride .....
Have a safe trip and thanks for sharing your adventure. Great pictures
Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
Oddometer: 289
Thanks man, it's a pleasure to share the journey!
Radical Explorer
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Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
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The first thing I do upon leaving Indianapolis is meet up with a fellow explorer whose adventures make my exploits seem tame by comparison. After a tantalizing session on incredible things to see in the States and some edifying conversation on the status of drug legislation on the states (which may or may not have included some applied theory) I set my sights on the latest and greatest of my exploration goals: Kentucky Kingdom.
So, the Kingdom. I head out real early, expecting to have plenty of time in the city to poke around before meeting up with Uliveandyouburn, BuddyKermit, and Eschaton. I've learned not to count on things to go according to plan, but was still surprised when racing through the beautiful hills of Kentucky my master link decided to snap and leave me stranded by the highway.
The brotherhood of riders once again comes to my aid. Thanks to Davis for offering me a lift to grab a spare master link with which I just barely made it back to the dealership on in time to get a proper replacement chain. Davis is a Harley Rider with PTSD who drives his SUV hunched over from the anxiety of having been "blowed up twice" in armoured vehicles. He's with the army corps of engineers and is going back overseas to help with demining, driven by a sense of responsibility for the kids who need his guidance to complete the task alive. A straight up guy, I tell him I hope he wears a helmet – he replies that after all he's been through he's not scared of riding without one. Well my best wishes are with him, for what it's worth.
Thanks to Davis' help I arrive in Louisville (coincidentally in the parking lot next to my fellow explorers, convenient as I have no phone) right on time. It's early yet, so we decide to scope out some of the city's heights and thanks to various open doors we get some lovely views, and even a chance to sit down for a spot of tea.
The preliminaries over with, it is time to infiltrate, nay, to conquer the Kingdom. The 6 Flags park had shut down due to various factors, the most salient of which I believe was a girl losing her legs in an accident on a poorly maintained ride that cost the park $150 million. Naturally we debate whether it's worth it or not – after all you can buy some pretty nice legs for that kind of cash, especially if the amputation is below the knee. I think being a cyborg and having super legs would be damn cool, but no thanks, there's nothing like old-school biological legs for me.
Entry is ridiculously easy. We keep pushing the limits, climbing higher in broad daylight, watching the cars along the highway speed by, oblivious. I try to ride a water filled gas can down a waterslide... well, I've had worse ideas; the ensuing crash decommissions my shades and rips my shorts. More hobo cred, I say.
Speaking of hobo cred, I get to borrow Uliveandyouburn's infamous belarussian fisheye to catch some shots of me imitating a rollercoaster. I've never seen a lens cap fashioned out of Velcro, a sock, and a tin can before but it's quite an effective contrivance, big thanks to him for helping me capture the experience.
(photo courtesy Uliveandyouburn)
I knew it would be fun monkeying around in an amusement park even without the power, but I had no idea how fun. Reinterpreting amusement rides is going to seriously dampen the thrill of regular park visits. I hope my kids are good climbers.
(Photo Uliveandyouburn)
Eventually the sun sets on a kingdom conquered; the hedonistic glee of claiming the abandoned Kentucky Kingdom for our own is finally overcome by our need for food. Basking in our success, we stroll boldly to our rides right past parked security. Acting like you belong is worth hours of sneaking around... being a fast runner is a good backup plan though. Shortly thereafter, energized by a year's worth of calories and grease at Rally's, we set out to say goodnight to the city in style – we make it to another rooftop and perch on some particularly precarious looking concrete ledges. If it can support the winter's snow, it can support my weight... but for some reason I find myself needing to repeat this like a mantra as I swing my legs over the tapered ledge.
We end the night with a good session of freaking the hell out of the locals. Turns out Uliveandyouburn owns drywalling stilts. Of course I have to try them on, and even manage to get pretty good at meandering without falling once – much to the chagrin of my compatriots and the local carousing drunks. Being almost ten feet tall is fun as hell, even if security won't let me into the bar district.
How many days can I say I was my own rollercoaster, watched the city lights from atop a ferris wheel, and learned a new method of perambulation? Not many. I think this is going to be a hard one to top, but then again I am riding to the end of the world; it would be awfully presumptuous of me to claim I've reached the peak of my explorations so soon.
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Location: Rhome Texas
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I'll give a little update for Blake. He left my house here in Rhome yesterday afternoon headed to Santa Fe NM.
He was looking for a place to pull some preventative maintenance on his KLR, and since I work on KLR's a lot, I offered him my shop, and my Guest House above the Garage.
We had a wonderful time talking about our different pasts and what forces brought us to the stages of life we currently enjoy.
Since I live in the Country in Texas a few miles North of Fort Worth he had some cultural shock to get used to. Maybe out of the Main Stream, but definitely not Hick Country. But we like it.
I think his education about firearms has just been ignited. We spent several hours discussing the reason why Texans are so obsessed with handguns and firearms in general. I think he was shock to find I carry in the shop because of the Coyote problem we have with our livestock.
I found our conversations intriguing and very interesting. I found myself wishing for two possibilities.
One I could find a way to join him for his ride, even if for just a few weeks, or find a way to get him to prolong his visit so we could share backgrounds some more. Did he mention he is Tri Lingual already? My wife loved his accent!
World Travel is nothing new to this young Canadian!
Blake, if you head back this way on your way home, you are more than welcome to swing be here and hang out the Misses and I again. We'll go get some BBQ!
Hade a great time and found myself wishing I was younger! I'd have packed up and taken off too.
But my youngest son (31), who is the last to get married, is getting married in a week and I'm expected to be there. So I'm committed to staying put. This is the second chance to Ride that I've had to pass up for him. I hope he appreciates it. I was on a ride when my Grandson , and best little buddy, was born 2 years ago.
Have a safe ride and let us know if we can assist you later.
Enjoyed every minute of your visit.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena" -Burt Munro
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Location: Spartanopolis, MI (East Lansing)
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Stay safe out there.
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packin' heat
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: NYC
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Whats up, Blake. Nice to meet you at the Roaming Rally this summer. Look forward to following you adventures in South America. To say, I'm envious is putting it mildly. Have a great trip.
Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
Oddometer: 289
It has been wild!
Thanks Curtis! It was a real pleasure, I've got another post ready so I'm making my way to the Texas part slowly but surely. In Moab right now - WOW. Turns out I have NO idea how to ride sand, but it's a hell of a fun time. The fore storage on Lost is coming in handy, as are the many other mods... thanks a ton again! I will probably toss my scrap of alumium, that tiny sink no bob is actually doing a bang up job.
Hey Tahn, it was good to meet you also, good to see you joining the adventure. No need to be jealous, just get on the bike and ride on down :)
And thanks Fredster... though I can't promise to stay safe, at least I can promise to have fun!
Joined: Sep 2011
Location: The Dandenong Ranges, Vic
Oddometer: 449
Great read, great pics.
Radical Explorer
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, and going down!
Oddometer: 289
So my stay in Kentucky is brief but eventful. The night of the 6 flags caper, Buddykermit invites me to crash at his pad. The place is pretty sketchy - enough so that I decide to bring in my saddlebags off the bike. Then it turns out my host is a gun nut - but hey, I've always wanted to meet one, and at least this one is on my side.
He shows me his AK47 from Russia, and his newer model that's the trophy - "This one shot up a cop car". And enough ammo (hollowpoint, of course...) to take over a city block.
I can't blame him for wanting to protect himself though, someone comes knocking on the door around midnight asking for a screwdriver so they can get into the apartment downstairs, apparently someone owes someone something...
Anyway, my bike is still locked in place where I left it the next morning so I begin my journey to meet my friend Sam in Ohio. Stay a day, I figure, relax and catch up on the my photos etc.
Well, long story short lets just say I'm getting the feeling whoever programmed my GPS had a very unique sense of humour. The damn thing takes me all over the place, it seems to think the quickest way from A to B involves a stopover at Z. So it's pretty damn late by the time I get to Portsmouth; the ride is beautiful though. It doesn't help that the street his house is supposed to be on ends before reaching his number.
Anyway we get it all sorted out, and my baby turns 20K!
We have a moment together in the dark.
The next morning I really get the feel for this place - I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Mist drifts gracefully over the riverside property, all the leftover hooch from his temporarily closed bar resting temptingly by the pool table, Shagnn wagon, 1200cc seadoo, pontoon party boat...
This guy is set up for a hell of a good time. And so it is - another friend in town owns a brewery and steak house, so my one day stopover turns into a multiple day hiatus from travelling while I indulge in the finest living my self-professed hick friends have to offer. We tread lightly around our radically different political perspectives (until a few beers in, that is). We party in the middle of the river, drink some of the best pilsner I've ever had (If you stop by Portsmouth, get yourself a Portsmouth Pilsner from the Portsmouth microbrewery), and I'm treated to more delicious food than I've eaten since starting this journey.
I never do get to try the squirrel brains; I don't doubt Sam for a second about when he tells me they're a delicacy in the Appalachians. Once again I find myself comfortable, living it up instead of getting out there and tasting life - so I say goodbye to the luxury and comfort and head out on a rainy Sunday morning.
Well I'm all dolled up in my duck suit against the clouds, I stop at an old graveyard that has been almost reclaimed by the forest and meet a fellow who goes by Hound Dog Harrisson, he scrawls his name on a piece of paper for me and tells me he's a musician - "We're not all hicks down here!". Hey, I've been partying with hicks for a week, it's a good time.I continue South and West for a few hundred miles through some gorgeous roads the GPS accidentally sends me through.
It gets dark, and I'm tired, but I've been told there is a really cool abandoned structure nearby so I park my bike behind some old warehouses. I've also been warned about a tick infestation in the area, so I avoid setting up the hammock in the woods and camp Vietnamese style instead - just lay back on the seat and kick up your feet on the handlebars, thin cloth over my face keeps the mosquitoes at bay. Not quite as comfortable as the plush bed and bath setup I've had for the past few days, but there's something about sleeping outdoors, stealth camping and listening to the sounds of the nearby wetlands. Okay, last that part actually sucks... at some point an animal gets dragged down in the middle of the night and I listen to it's cries of agony with wide open eyes. I wake up stiff, tired, but somehow more fulfilled in a way I hadn't really noticed I craved - finally reliant only on my self again, exploring every corner of this strange and beautiful world.
Now the adventure is back in full swing.
Radical Explorer
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Its been a while since Blake posted but he just left Flagstaff today to continue on his journey. I'll let him fill the days past and the 'upgrades' we did to his bike these last couple days. Needless to say he cooks a mean asian dinner and I supplied a fairly good margarita as a complement. Great conversations about travelling. I think I surprised him with my own wonderings around the globe. While he's a bit green with 2wheel adventures he's undoubtedly experienced more than most folks even twice his age.
While Blake mentioned the 'sink no bob' Curtis in Texas installed I think a picture is required. Just classic!
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Développement financier et ouverture au commerce
This paper proposes an international trade model under uncertainty in which international differences in financial development provide the basis for trade. When preferences exhibit risk vulnerability as defined by Gollier and Pratt [1996], financial development reduces individuals' risk aversion. Hence, international differences in financial development can induce international differences in risk aversion. We show that all the individuals have the feeling that trade is welfare improving before the resolution of uncertainty. So, all individuals are in favour of free trade ex ante. But, the ex post welfare of the more risk averse country can decrease after the resolution of uncertainty. Contrary to the less risk averse country, the more risk averse country, with the less developed financial system, is likely to regret his decision in favour of free trade commitment.
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Christopher G. Chute, MD, DrPH, received his undergraduate and medical training at Brown University, completed his internal medicine residency at Dartmouth, and completed doctoral training in epidemiology at Harvard. He is board-certified in internal medicine, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Epidemiology, and the American College of Medical Informatics. He became founding chair of biomedical informatics at Mayo in 1988, stepping down after 20 years in that role. He is now professor of medical informatics, and is principal investigator (PI) on a large portfolio of research, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) SHARP (Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects) on Secondary EHR Data Use; the ONC Beacon Community (Co-PI); the LexGrid projects; Mayo's CTSA Informatics; Mayo's Cancer Center Informatics, including caBIG; and several National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, including one of the eMERGE centers from the National Human Genome Research Institute. Dr. Chute serves as vice chair of the Mayo Clinic Data Governance for Health Information Technology Standards, and on Mayo's Enterprise IT Oversight Committee. He is presently chair, ISO Health Informatics Technical Committee (ISO TC215), and chairs the World Health Organization ICD-11 Revision. He also serves on the Health Information Technology Standards Committee for the Office of the National Coordinator in HHS, and the HL7 Advisory Board. His recently held positions include chair of the biomedical computing and health informatics study section at NIH; chair of the board of the HL7/FDA/NCI/CDISC BRIDG project; member of the board of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium; American National Standards Institute Health Information Standards Technology Panel (HISTP) board member; chair of the U.S. delegation to ISO TC215 for Health Informatics; Convener of Healthcare Concept Representation WG3 within the (TC215); co-chair of the HL7 Vocabulary Committee; chair of the International Medical Informatics Association WG6 on Medical Concept Representation; American Medical Informatics Association board member, and multiple other NIH biomedical informatics study sections as chair or member.
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It has been a long time since we had any notable updates on the gTLD process to report. However, after a slow start, the new gTLD program is now in full swing. On March 22, 2013, ICANN released the first round of Initial Evaluations to the general public. This was the first major milestone of the gTLD program. As a reminder, there are three possible outcomes of this Initial Evaluation: 1) Pass: the application was found to be consistent with the requirements in the Applicant Guidebook and can advance to the next phase; 2) Eligible for Extended Evaluation: additional information was requested by the Financial, Technical/Operational, Registry Services, or Geographic Names evaluation panels; or 3) Ineligible for Further Review: the application was determined not to meet the relevant criteria in the Applicant Guidebook. The next round of Initial Evaluations was released on May 24, 2013, bringing the total number of passing applications to 433. ICANN has also announced that it has ramped up to releasing the results of these Initial Evaluations in batches of 100 prioritized applications per week.
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LIVINGSTON chairman Gordon McDougall's position was last night under threat after it emerged that he is considering his options to recover money due to him.
Pantomime season may be drawing to a close, but it was alive and well at Almondvale.
THE punters still going through the motions of turning up clap along robotically to the wholly-inappropriate opening chords of Simply The Best before going back to sitting on their hands.
This was the kind of performance that Hibernian supporters had been expecting to see most weeks in the Championship.
The way semi-finals have treated Livingston manager John McGlynn, he could be forgiven for approaching this afternoon's Petrofac Training Cup contest against Stranraer with a mixture of trepidation and fatalism.
On the park this was a good day for Rangers, at least in the sense that things didn't get any worse.
THE retention of the Ryder Cup by Europe was not the only thumping home success to unfold on Scottish soil yesterday.
HEARTS today have some alternative West Lothian questions to answer.
A goal from substitute Myles Hippolyte right at the end of extra time took Livingston through, but this was an uninspiring match between two sides who cancelled each other out for long spells.
Livingston punished Hearts over their refusal to take the Petrofac Training Cup seriously last night and secured comfortable passage into the quarter-finals of the competition.
John McGlynn insists his Livingston side will be fully focused on causing an upset against Hearts tonight and not on the off-field issues afflicting the club.
Craig Sives, the Livingston defender, has acknowledged that positive results against Rangers, Hibernian or Hearts this season will be a "bonus" but is confident that his team can spring a surprise tomorrow against the Tynecastle side.
Neil Rankine is expected to relinquish his stake in Livingston should he be found guilty of breaching Scottish Football Association rules.
LIVINGSTON have been banned from registering players by the Scottish Professional Football League over an allegation concerning undeclared bonus payments in the region of £30,500.
HIGH finance was a subject difficult to escape when Hibernian opened their season in the relatively straitened arena of the SPFL Championship.
THINGS certainly seem to be changing for the better at Hibernian.
MATTHEW KENNEDY, the new Hibernian winger, admits that he is thrilled to be reunited with Alan Stubbs after moving to Easter Road from Everton on an initial six-month loan deal.
Graeme Dorrans has ended speculation over his long-term future by agreeing a new three-year deal with English Premiership side West Bromwich Albion.
NIGEL CLOUGH insists he will continue to scout north of the border after increasing his colony of Scots to seven at Sheffield United with the signing of Livingston's Marc McNulty.
John McGlynn, the Livingston manager, insists Marc McNulty is ready for the challenge of scoring goals at Sheffield United after completing his £95,000 move to Bramall Lane yesterday.
Gordon McDougall, the Livingston chairman, admits the club is facing a constant battle to survive after recently announcing losses of £365,000.
THE announcement by Livingston that they want to become a community owned club left the Livi for Life Supporters Trust baffled as to why they were not party to the negotiations between Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) and the club that led to Tuesday's statement.
THE SPFL Championship's latest Friday offering produced the desired outcome for Hamilton, who cut the gap on leaders Dundee to a single point with a fully deserved win at chilly New Douglas Park.
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DAVID SINCLAIR, the former Ayr United and Livingston midfielder, has teamed up with former Scotland midfielder Nigel Quashie at Icelandic side Bi/Bolungarvik.
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COLL DONALDSON has finally completed his switch to Sky Bet Championship side Queens Park Rangers from Livingston on a 3½-year deal.
STEFAN SCOUGALL could make his Sheffield United debut tomorrow in their FA Cup fourth round match with Fulham, after completing his £400,000 move from Livingston on a 3½ year contract.
Nigel Clough, the Sheffield United manager, has confirmed his interest in Livingston playmaker Stefan Scougall.
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aaureolee's sketchbook - updated 4/20/12
Hey guys!
I'm currently a first year art student and I love drawing! I'm very open to opinions and critiques, so PLEASE do not hesitate to share yours (you can even be rude and blunt! As long as you're honest, I'm THAT easy-going). My first post will be kind of an introductory to the work I've done over the years. I'd greatly appreciate your feedback and critiques on my more recent stuff (especially on my colouring because I can't colour for poop.)
Recent stuff:
Semi-completed charcoal drawing on rag paper. My other hand looks like a penis so I decided not to include it.
I cried lots while doing this perspective/line-weight project.
I did some quick fan art of Ariel. As I've previously mentioned, I cannot colour for poop.
Negative space exercise.
some sketches from over the years
example of some colouring fails from over the years
Oldish stuff:
A WIP shot of a painting I did in high school. Age 17
Another WIP shot I'm quite fond of. High school. Age 17
17. I have a lot of WIP's from this time...
Age 17
Shading exercise of a fugly fish. Age 16.
Another fugly fish. Age 15.
Anyway, I'm a new member of this community and have been inspired by what I've seen on here. I'll admit that I feel super intimidated about posting my art next to some pretty awesome people, but I do want to get better and I think this will help in keeping me motivated. I'll be posting up some figure drawings and stuff next week, perhaps
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Hi Reeny nice first post, makes me happy to see you here! Keep up the good work ^^
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Lol I love that self portrait, it has a lot of expression and character. Although I think ( and i say this lightly cause I am also an amateur ) the image is a little overexposed...
You got amazing stuff here! keep posting! oh...btw you are gorgeous
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Hey SarSengo! Thanks =3 and yeah, my drawing professor took photos of us to copy for our self-portraits and she boosted up the contrast to make it easier for us to draw. I thought the exact same thing when I saw my photo, so it's great that I'm not the only one who feels that way.
However, even though it's strongly lit, I think it has a good range of light, midtones, and shadow to make for a rich image. Also, the portrait probably looks awkward since I cropped out my other hand.
Anyway, thanks for your input! I really appreciate it =D and you don't have to say things lightly around me.
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Sorry about the graininess! I had to take photos =(
Some figure stuff we did in my first year of drawing class. There is a 2 min gesture in there and the longest amount of time I spent on a piece was about an hour.
(this excludes the drawing of Reggie, the sculpture with the bunny on his shoulder... that took about 25-30 hours and it's still not done D=)
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Keep it up aaureolee!
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The Logan County Art League is making a call for fine artists and fine craftspeople to participate in Art on the Beach (formally called "Art on the Harbor"). The 8th annual art festival will beheld on August 1-2, 2015, at Oldfield Beach, Lakeview, Ohio. The well advertised exhibit will be an opportunity for artists to show and sell their work to a large audience in a resort setting. The location can be reached by both car and boat. Each year Art on the Beach draws hundreds of visitors and this year's show promises to be bigger and better. Not only will there be professional art and fine crafts for sell, there will be entertainment and food vendors. If you are interested in being a part of this growing arts festival, located at Indian Lake, please contact Georgia Byers for an application at 937-465-7845 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com . The deadline for early-bird entry at a reduced rate is July 1. This is a juried show.


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Carter's 17-point haul silences Wallabies
By Tony Curtis. Last Updated: 25/08/12 10:30am
New Zealand claimed the Bledisloe Cup with a convincing 22-0 win over Australia in Auckland.
The All Blacks, who won 27-19 in Sydney last week, were never really troubled by the Wallabies - who had defended manfully, but lacked direction in attack.
Dan Carter led the way with 17 points, while Israel Dagg finally breached the Australia defence after the break.
Despite having the mercurial Quade Cooper back at fly-half, Australia were disappointing going forward and, baring a brief spell in the second half, they offered very little.
And in truth the scoreline could have been wider, with New Zealand having fashioned a wealth of opportunities.
New Zealand had the best chances to score during the opening exchanges, with only a superb cover tackle from Adam Ashley-Cooper denying Dagg, while Liam Messam was held up over the line.
Carter, though, finally moved the All Blacks into the lead with a penalty after 25 minutes.
And having held out for so long, the Wallabies were dealt another blow when Will Genia was yellow carded - and Carter added the three points from the resulting penalty.
The visitors, though, continued to defend for their lives - with the All Blacks only able to add another Carter penalty before the interval.
Carter landed his fourth successful kick of the match with a monster 51m effort two minutes into the second half.
And the game was effectively put out of sight soon as New Zealand went through the phases before quick ball from Aaron Smith found a superb running line of Dagg for the full-back to score.
Carter converted and then added another penalty to move New Zealand 22-0 in front.
Australia finally had their best spell and they thought they had found a way through but a desperate tackle from Kieran Read denied Berrick Barnes.
And the All Blacks reassumed their dominance, with Smith and Dagg both having good breaks - while Read lost the ball reaching for the line.
The hosts coughed up another couple of chances when Richie McCaw dropped the ball trying to spin over after Hosea Gear had been held up, while Carter passed to no one when it looked easier to score.
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Celebrate America all month long, and climb aboard the Winery Train Tour on this special 4th of July and beyond event!* Enjoy breathtaking coastal scenery as we ride up and down the San Diego coast. Partake in guided historic strolls as we get on and off the train for a light lunch and tastings (about 18 tastes!) at the local wineries.
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