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AKgeekgrrl Solo: San Jose to Anchorage on a Ducati ST2
"Ummm, are you sure? 'Cause I'll totally do it," I told him, wondering if he was just having one of those poor impulse control moments. He was serious, sure enough, though. We'd logged some miles together here in state so I could only guess that A) He really didn't give a shit about this bike, or B) He actually thought I could ride. "It's a beater. Hell, someone gave it to me in trade for some work. If it falls apart, just leave it by the side of the road and hitchhike home," he said. So, choice "A" it is. I'm cool with that.
The RT:
Then, in the winter doldrums of February this year I get an email from
Then he sends a picture of this very, very pretty blue '00 Ducati ST2.
The RT has been sold, he says, "You no longer have a choice and will have to ride a super cool dude-magnet Ducati hipster rocket bike all the way to Alaska.
Please accept my sincere apologies....."
I email him back: "So, Tim. Remember when you said that if I dropped the RT it'd just tip over onto those big BMW heads and I could just prop it back up? Would you point that part out to me on the Ducati? I don't see that part."
Yeah. That's because Ducatis don't have that part.
I've got nine Alaska summers of riding to my credit, but it only tots up to about 13,000 miles. Touring is what I got into riding for (OK, touring and crashing around in the dirt), a lifelong dream, and although I'm completely intimidated by this motorcycle - mainly because it's not mine, and who wants to risk a friendship over a chunk of metal and plastic? - I am not going to pass up this opportunity.
Nevertheless, I give Tim about ten more opportunities to change his mind over the next couple of months ... but he doesn't. Meanwhile, I'm researching the ST2, building my GoogleMap route, messaging with ADV inmates, going to Cycle Center to sit on their ST3, browsing the Milepost, lining up sights from my road trip bible Roadside America , and doing all that obsessive detail stuff you have to do to leave your home, job and pets safely for a couple of weeks. When will a responsible adult show up and do this crap for me?! Who put me in charge?!
Finally(!!), in late May, I leave my boss with a vague, possible return date ("Anything can happen. Who knows?!") throw about fifty pounds of riding gear - most of it intended to actually be worn while riding - into an army duffel and board a plane for
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Hey, it sounds like you had an offer you couldn't refuse... If your buddy buys any more bikes, I'll fly in and ride it up
Looking forward to the ride updates.
ADV decals, patches & flag? Here
Ride now. Talk later.
Joined: May 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Oddometer: 97
Making friends with the Blue Duck
I wish I'd gotten a picture of the unveiling when I whisked the cover off the Blue Duck and we met for the first time, but frankly I was too cranked up. I'd never ridden anything bigger than 800cc, only sport style was on a Ninja 250, and definitely never ridden anything - well – sexy. It fires right up – Staintune pipes! - and here I go, loopy from travel, picking my way down a twisty, narrow, gravel road on what in Italy passes for a "touring bike." We get lost in the maze of tiny roads but it's easy to navigate – just keep pointing downhill - and then there are highways with many, many lanes and bewildering mazes of interchanges … and we make it back to Charles' place alive and I'm a little bit in love with the Blue Duck.
The next day is spent getting the bike ready for the trip. Bad Matt picks us up in his Sprinter (Tim has one, too. Maybe I should put out a personal ad: "Seeking single Alaskan guy with Sprinter van for toting motorcycles. Please send photos of van." ) and we run the Duck to MotoItaliano for a few tweaks and checks. (Thank you, Maurice and Jeremy!) While the bike's getting loved up, our party heads to Cycle Gear – "Hey! It's the place with the catalog I get my gear from!" just in case you had any doubts about my ADV username – for some desperately needed warm-weather gear. Warm weather? I'm dying here! Bag full of stuff for rain and hail I've got, but nary a thought did I spare for warm weather. Choices for ladies gear: Pink, turquoise or white, all with curly script logos on the sleeves. I go for white and consider taking it out in the parking lot and running over it with the Sprinter a few times to give it some credibility. Instead I succumb to its girlishness and enjoy the odd feeling of being pretty while simultaneously wearing body armor.
"Slow and Weak" might be more appropriate :
Bad Matt is another person I've never met IRL before this trip. He and Charles are spending their Friday running me all over town, hooking me up with the locals and generally being amazing to help me prepare. One of the things I love about traveling solo is that it leaves me open to new friends and experiences. After every long road trip I have a restored belief that most folks are, at heart, pretty darn nice.
Back at the house to unload from shopping, Charles and I suit up and ride his
Skyline Drive Overlook:
That evening I get my gear sorted out. The 25 liter hard cases are bigger than I'd guessed and I realize that since I'm "credit card camping" I can get everything into them and the tank bag and ditch the 35 liter dry bag I'd brought to strap on the tail. A few unnecessary things like … lol … socks, underwear, maps, tools for far bigger problems than I can handle alone, etc. get pitched into a big box for shipping back to
The day before I'm scheduled to leave, brimming with confidence about my relationship with the sexy Italian bike – we're getting along so well! - I drop it in the driveway while putting it on the centerstand and break some stuff. Arghhh!!! Now I know where that part is on a Ducati that corresponds to the giant heads on the BMW RT: It's the brake lever and rear view mirror and front fairing.
It all looks expensive:
Luckily, Charles has a garage full of bikes and everything required to keep them happy. He's able to patch things up almost as good as new … except for my confidence. I've spent enough formative years on horses and bicycles to know to suck it up, get back on and keep riding. I remind myself that the owner of this bike, who willingly offered it to me, has seen me topple over and get pinned under my DR350 because I forgot that I'd already kicked up the sidestand when I picked up my foot to kick it into neutral . He had no illusions about my skills. Still, I hate to disappoint a friend, and after tomorrow Charles won't be around to pick me up and put me back together.
Yet tomorrow comes, ready or not ...
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
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Along for the ride!
This one sounds like a fun trip... all the ingredients are right there already
Waiting to see what develops
"Enough Robert Pirsig-esque philosophizing. My bike didnt need maintanenece and my Zen was around the next corner. Time to ride." Sly-on-2
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Joined: Jun 2009
Location: portland ore.
Oddometer: 168
go up the coast much better views.
I'm Adventurer?
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Location: Austin, Tx
Oddometer: 286
This is a ride I've been wanting to do myself.
Can't wait to see it.
Ride now. Talk later.
Joined: May 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Oddometer: 97
Over the Bridge and up the 101
Setting out:
We pause at
Parking lot at Alice's on a Sunday morning:
At the coast, as Charles and Sara peel off to head back to
Traffic is heavy, but the Duck and I are cool, ticking along enjoying the thrill of the new. There's a spitting mist here on the coast and the road leads through a series of beach communities that grow ever denser until they become San Franciso.
Beach break at Pacifica so you can get a feel for the weather:
My route through the city is written out in block letters with distances - in my map case and without a hitch Im crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in a dense fog. Hell yeah! I've been here several times before, but everything seems new when seen from two wheels. Traffic's heavy and fast and you can't really see the bridge so no photo here. As I roll up and over the hills, the traffic and fog thin out and its on to the 101 North under sunny skies.
The Duck is a demon at highway speeds, with a broad, forgiving power band, we negotiate dense traffic and find the magic clear spots where we can settle in and cruise. On the other hand, it is a sad, sad bike in city stop-and go. The dry clutch always sounds broken to me and I have to keep reminding myself that its (probably?) fine. The temperature shoots up quickly as well and, ouch, radiates through the seat.
I pick a random exit in wine country and take a break in the shade of a vineyard parking lot:
When I get back onto the 101 it is empty. I am so happy to be out of the bay area traffic! Long sweeping S-curves for miles. I find that the Duck finds cars to get stuck behind very quickly so theres a lot of Wheeeee! Awwww. Wheeeee! Awwwww. (repeat endlessly.) I quickly learn to hate Priuses (Im glad youre saving gas, but get out of my way, Im on a fucking Ducati!!) and discover that Lexus drivers are psycho and, therefore, make excellent rabbits
Apparently tapping your hand on the top of your helmet means Cop. A gentleman in an Iron Pigs vest was unimpressed as I blew past him looking confused while he pointedly banged himself on the top of the head. Whoops! CHP was already busy, though. They scare me. California drivers are more bike aware and on better behavior than Alaska drivers, for sure. I suspect it's the scary CHP that does it.
I drive through a tree!! Wanted to do this since I was a kid and saw pix in National Geographic. The vehicle in front of me is, hilariously, a Toyota Sequoia with a clown-carload of tiny Asian people who spend about ten minutes squeezing it through and then posing for photos. Im in too good a mood to do anything but laugh.
So far, so very good!
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Location: Not from round these parts.
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Oh yeah.. i'm in for this one.
Ride now. Talk later.
Joined: May 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Oddometer: 97
Hippies and Loggers and Methheads, Oh my!
Decide to try my new iPod – a gift from a friend for this trip. Am very skeptical – dislike personal electronics because they take me out of the moment – but all day yesterday I had Taj Mahal singing Fishin' Blues playing in my head over and over and over. I need to get new music in my brain! It turns out to be just the ticket. Now there is a soundtrack to accompany the new vistas – crashing waves on rocky shores, fairyland forests - that unravel at every rise and curve. The Redwood Highway is like a dream, everything soft and misty and the Duck and I floating through it in (apparent, not actual) slow-motion.
Later I call my friend and grudgingly admit that the iPod was, yes, a great idea.
Into Oregon (out of California ):
The 101 is slower and less maintained in
It's chilly here along the rugged coast and my Widder vest is not working. Looks as if I damaged the plug. This could be bad. I packed light figuring the vest would substitute for a layer of cold weather gear. Still, the vest is new to me and I always got around
Dinosaur loves Italian Motorcycle Porn!
Cut east toward
Straight farm road into
Night at chez Greg's in
Also, even with the Heli bars, the forward riding position on the Duck is killing my mid-back. I talk to two riding buddies on my cell and both say, "You need to go faster!" I say, "I know! Tell it to the highway patrol and all these Prius drivers!" A hefty dose of ibuprofen becomes part of my morning pre-flight routine and I incorporate onboard calisthenics and more stops to stay limber
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"I quickly learn to hate Priuses (Im glad youre saving gas, but get out of my way, Im on a fucking Ducati!!)"
eats crackers in bed
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Location: N.California
Oddometer: 11,400
Looking forward to more!
Good luck.
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i thought i was the only one who didn't like Priuses driver's.
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Hello Canada ... with your freaky heatwave
The 101 west from
Hoping for coffee shops ahead:
Instead, hit the ferry to Whidbey Island accomplishing twin goals of gorgeous riding and avoiding
This boat is reeeeallll (link):
Night in
Find a self-tapping screw in the rear tire. Damn.
Day Four: Rear tire pressures still holding, so I head into Anacortes and start calling bike shops. Ducati? No. Ducati? No. Try Rob at WestEdge Cycle. This becomes a lemons-to-lemonade situation as hanging out in the shop shooting the breeze with Rob - in a Ducati t-shirt. Score - while he patches the tire is a pleasure. Hes a local dirt-riding activist, battling the environmentalists to keep off-road areas open to riders, while kicking the young riders in the butt to not blow it for everyone by riding like dicks. His shop is in an old jail and still has barred cells, warning signs, graffiti, etc. Theres a DVD copy of On Any Sunday for sale on the counter.
Detail of "decor" at WestEdge Cycles:
Its hot! 90+. Am grateful for my girly hot-weather jacket. Still, only log 272 miles today, partly due to the late start out of Anacortes and partly because I didnt plan for the heat and got dehydrated after a 140-mile stretch with no water breaks. Cold I was ready for, but I havent had to contend with heat dangers while motorcycling. Lesson learned when I dismounted at a gas stop and almost fell over with that weird swarm-of-hornets sound in my ears. Long break, couple of litres of cold water in the shade, but I was still off my game for the rest of the afternoon.
On the other hand, the road through
What kind of European speedometer doesnt have Kph marks on it? This one, baby. Its an easy conversion to do on the fly, fortunately. My rule is that it's rude to speed in other folks' towns so I do the math and slow down ... until the highway opens up again on the other side and then ... well, you know what then
Speaking of conversions, am deliberately not looking up the dollar exchange rate. The last time I was through
Night in Cache Creek. News says temps over 33 C today.
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Awesome trip. I thought the RT was a good idea. The ST.... well that's almost cheating.
Highway 101 north of Ukiah is pretty fun.
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Suprised to see Sang-Froid, but definitely sounds like a good time the way you put it. Somewhat brave choice to flip your list around, but judging from your enthusiasm for Rogue Legacy, a right one.
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Blizzard guy is tired of this debate, and so am I. Go ahead and tell the artist that sculpted Kerrigan's ass that they're upholding the patriarchy in video-games by firstly not realistically modelling cellulite on the female body and secondly having the gall to show their character from the back sometimes, and he/she would give you a quizzical look. They are making what they want to make. There is no agenda to be had. Not every game has to hold a political stance on today's hot-button issues - some are just supposed to be fun, and the characters are made with that in mind.
There are plenty of examples of some form of sexism in video-games, along with all media, but generally the visuals is not where this point should be argued. Spend your energy on complaining about the lack of variety in playable protagonists or the stereotypical actions of both male and female characters in games that lead to genuinely dry and uninteresting experiences. Maybe even spend your energy complaining about something like the superfluousness and odd trend of the Heavy Rain and Beyond shower scenes if you really want to, but coming down on a fucking moba for their character designs for not even being inherently bad, but because you think a character could do with one less cup size, is lunacy.
The only thing wrong with the mentioned "Roller derby Nova" is that the design is absolutely abysmal. And no, that's not sexism at work. It's just ugly and uninspired.
@grottomatic: @helmetbunny: @greigwatt: @tiefighter77: @bitterpants: Got you guys.
Diretide was not unreasonably expected. Dota players watched as every other Valve game got some sort of halloween content, and yet not a single peep came from the Dota team. Whether they had an event or not, they should have had the foresight to see that this was going to be a big deal, and got out in front of it. There would have been fallout, but it wouldn't have been nearly as fierce. As it stands, everyone who was legitimately looking forward to the event spent days just waiting and expecting. As one of those people, I was incredibly disappointed in Valve.
Now, I didn't go and bomb their metacritic or spout awful fucking memes all over the internet, but even so I was baffled at Valve suddenly not giving a fuck about it's players. I've played Dota a lot now, more then any other game ever. It's a bit of a blow to think that the one game that legitimately keeps me interested in games is going to stagnate - which was the only conclusion I could reach from their complete lack of caring. I figured they had nothing to show for the past 4 months, and so they kept quiet. Little did I know that Valve's complete lack of direct community management meant that they simply forgot.
I agree that ideally they shouldn't have given the people who freaked out and did some childish shit what they wanted, but that's just a smaller percentage of a larger whole that was just extremely disappointed in Valve. They had to apologize in some way to those legitimate fans of their game that expressed their disappointment in more reasonable ways. Besides, precedent doesn't matter for the people who flipped their shit. they're going to be idiots regardless, so fuck if I care if they'll probably gain some new sense that what they're doing is worthwhile and affecting change - they're wrong.
@lumberingjackal: @lumberingjackal: @ravelle: I put you guys down on the list.
Should be a lot of fun! Unfortunately my last spare dime will be spent buying the game, but hey, I'll be there to flip the occasional switch for you guys to make sure it keeps running smoothly.
Damn! I haven't checked this thread in like 3 months! Sorry about that.
We're still very active on our mumble server, playing a variety of things, but we cut back on our events during the dry periods. Rest assured we still have plenty of folks ready and willing to put together game nights of whatever flavour that Giant Bomb's craving.
BF4 for instance! We're funding a server, but we need a few more donations to make it solid. If you like the idea of playing BF4 with a server full of nice, friendly people, then you may want to consider donating.
We'll be running plenty of events for the game, just as we did with BF3, so there'll be plenty of opportunities to jump in with fellow duders and have a good time.
Very, very cool. I guess latency is definitely not the issue there, as anything under the 1000ms still looked relatively reasonable to me - and I know for a fact that irradiance caches are usually a matter of kilobytes, so reaching that extreme would probably be very rare.
I would be a bit hesitant in thinking that MS is ready to provide that full rack of GPU's they showed per person on XBL however. I'm doubtful that the quality of irradiance mapping shown there could be fulfilled in the near future while still being affordable for anyone involved - as is often the case with proof of concept tech demos - and anything less would inevitably start to look kind of terrible. Still, very interesting considering that the consoles will be around for a long time while GPU's and CPU's continue to approve alongside, and this could potentially give the Xbox One some scalability that the PS4 doesn't have. Though with their Gaikai buy-out, who knows what Sony is cooking. Hell, the guy in the video straight-up mentioned Gaikai - a hint to it's future perhaps?
Another sticking point with this sort of thing though is developer adoption. I mean, not a whole lot of developers have even adopted pre-baked GI, and that's been available to them for years now. It seems a trend for them to sit comfortably right behind the bleeding edge of technology. As cool as it is, I could see this being a feature only first party games will be forced to utilize. Unless MS provides some stellar support in propagating and promoting the tech, most developers won't want to bother - especially if the PS4 version isn't going to benefit.
Ryan was a fucking amazing person, but getting a tattoo for him would set a dangerously low precedent on what you'll do to your own body for people you've never met.
I've won ~300 games of league, and I have 200 hours in Dota. They're both awesome, but I like League better. Dota is an amazingly unique game with some of the craziest game design ever, but it's also brutally stressful because of that. I've always felt like there is no place in the non-existent design doc for Dota that stipulates the game should be any sort of "fun" for the player. The only objective that game has is to create an ultra competitive environment, and if people happen to like that, it seems like it's merely a bonus. It's in stark contrast to the motives of most other games - and to League's doctrine, which is to at least have the player's viewpoint in mind when making design decisions.
Neither are objectively the superior game though. It's different flavours of the same thing, and there's no true answer. People will say Dota is the "better" game because it's more complicated, but that's a silly statement. Enjoyment of complexity is a subjective thing. A lot of people who play LoL will say it's needlessly arcane because their point of reference is from the position of having lots of fun in League without all that stuff. And they're not wrong - no one can honestly say they are, because it's subjective.
To answer your question more specifically, Dota 2 is a different game. That enough is a good reason to play Dota 2 over League of Legends. It's like you not wanting to play Dota instead of League, except the other way. Crazy, right?


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Enough Space with excellent choices breakfast in the morning
Front desk staff was very rude and not courteous
The room was spacious.
Breakfast was less than mediocre
Hotel was entirely adequate for our needs (one night stay) and seems to be well maintained. It was clean and the full breakfast was pretty good. It's a good value! Staff was very nice.
The rooms are a bit small but not ridiculously so.
Very centrally located, and the staff was wonderful!
No frills but good at what it does
Rooms could've been cleaner
It was exactly what we needed for a short stay. The facilities are a bit outdated, but we didn't need much. A good price and a great stay.
The people at the front desk were very nice.
The breakfast was basically served in the front lobby and not partitioned away from foot traffic into the hallway. Also very little space to sit and eat, and subpar food.
Clean. Good fridge. Excellent shower.
Room was clean. Beds were great.
The price.
The office was not 24-hour, and this was not obvious on the website.
room was shabby, broken leg on chair, broken drain in tub, everything was worn
Rooms were very clean and size was great, which made it very comfortable for my wife and our teenage son. Proximity to the local colleges made getting around easy.
Currently undergoing renovations in the public areas, so its a bit messy. Ice machine on our floor didn't work. Pool/hot tub are very dated and have a dingy appearance.
Safe parking
The room was laid out weird. Had to pay for breakfast. Not worth the money.
This was the first hotel stay I can remember being thoroughly impressed. Immediate from check-in, great first impression when the friendly front desk clerk gave us each a bottle of water. Ordered room service for dinner, the food was amazing! The presentation was just impressive. We requested a comforter for the sofa bed, left the hotel for the day and returned to find the bed made up with the requested comforter. Completely comfortable atmosphere, friendly staff, will definitely return again.
Decor was quaint yet luxurious all at once
Breakfast and snacks,receptionist,maids,cleanliness,cable has many channels ,pool area very clean.My daughter and I are here again due to these reasons.northampton has great dining options as well
The renovation is definitively a PLUS.
Not applicable.
Included "breakfast" was an option of an old bagel or an old bagel.
Facility needs painting and overhaul. Cost 2X the actual value.
Dirty, depressing, the worst. Avoid at all costs.
Pool hours. Only 9am - 9:30pm
Too close to expressway. Loud at night if your room is in the back.
Comfortable beds and pillows, relatively quiet in room. When a room change was requested, it was provided quickly and the new room was in great shape.
First room we were given (#141) smelled very strongly of dogs. The A/C was running constantly and we were chilly, so we turned that off and the smell worsened significantly. Requested and were given a new room. Also, fan in bathroom and variable fan control in room would be really nice.
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Oklahoma elections: Three incumbent district attorneys defeated in primaries
Moore won the Democratic nomination over W. Grant Huskey by a vote of 11,642 to 6,076 in their northeastern Oklahoma district. Moore will face Republican Brian Kuester in the general election.
In the race in Creek and Okfuskee counties, Cook defeated Doug Merritt 3,007 to 2,447 to win re-election. Both candidates are Republicans and no Democrat entered the race.
There were two Oklahoma district attorney primary races Tuesday in which no incumbent was involved.
Farley Ward, currently an assistant district attorney in Muskogee County, defeated two other candidates to win the district attorney's race in Haskell and Pittsburg Counties.
Ward received 4,748 votes, compared to 2,899 for Terry Harrison and 1,139 for Russell Tacheira. Harrison is a state representative who decided to run for district attorney rather than seeking a fifth term and Tacheira is currently an assistant district attorney for Haskell and Pittsburg counties.
The position became open when District Attorney Jim Bob Miller was prohibited from running for election in 2010 as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with state Attorney General Drew Edmondson.
Elsewhere, Janice Steidley defeated Patrick Abitbol in the Democratic primary race to replace retiring District Attorney Gene Haynes in Craig, Mayes and Rogers counties.
With 76 of 77 precincts counted, Steidley was leading Abitbol by a vote total of 6,989 to 3,824. Steidley has been drug court coordinator for Mayes and Craig counties since 2003, while Abitbol is an assistant district attorney.
Steidley will face Republican M. Bryce Lair in the general election.


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Remley said he sold seven of the horses to a horse ranch for $1 each. He said the sale was a way of paying off the owner of the ranch for boarding costs associated with his horses.
On several instances, Remley said he didn't recognize the names of the horses, but was then told by Akers that the court had gathered evidence that Equustria had purchased the horses.
When asked if he knew where those horses were, Remley said he did not know.
Remley also said that the fact he did not recognize the names did not mean they did not belong to Equustria. He said some of the names of the horses were changed after they were purchased.
Akers said that determining which horses belong to Remley and which belong to Equustria is "tricky" and may take some time, "but we are making progress."
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6th March 2013
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4th January 2013
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FitzJames was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1481 and 1491.
FitzJames was nominated to the see of Rochester on 2 January 1497 and consecrated on 21 May 1497. He was translated to the see of Chichester on 29 November 1503.[1] He was translated from Chichester to the see of London about 5 June 1506.[2]
The arms shown are those he used as Bishop of London. They were depicted in the ceiling of Old St Paul's Cathedral, London[3]
FitzJames died while Bishop of London on 15 January 1522.[4] During his life he had founded a school in Somerset, now called King's School Bruton.
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Amazing how much difference a few years makes. We first visited China in the 1980s. It was an appalling dump. Few cars. Few roads. Almost no decent restaurants or hotels.
Now in Beijing you see large black luxury automobiles everywhere… and modern highways crisscrossing in front of huge hotels and apartment buildings.
The Chinese have made real progress!
Nobody had any money in China in the 1980s. In contrast, today you lose control of your car in downtown Beijing and you are bound to run over at least a couple of millionaires.
"We are very much aware of our extraordinary good fortune," said a Chinese man in his 50s. "We grew up with nothing. Now we are able to dine in fine restaurants, live in fine houses and travel to other parts of the world.
"I thank Chairman Deng Xiaoping for having the wisdom to point us in the right direction… and the party leadership for having the good judgment to keep us on the right road."
The party leadership is not infallible. Neither in China nor in the U.S. In both countries, the feds — looking out for themselves — make policy decisions that are disastrous for others.
We were in China for only a few days. We have no idea what calamity the central planners will cause there. But we can take a fair guess of what they will do to America. Broadly, China's feds build too many factories, malls and apartments. America's feds encouraged the opposite error — borrowing and spending too much for consumption purposes.
China's real wages doubled in the last 10 years… after doubling in the previous 10 years. That is why the Chinese feel so much better off. They ARE much better off.
"Yes, we know there may be a slowdown… or even a financial crisis… coming. But we have gone ahead so far so fast we can put up with a little backsliding," said our friend cheerfully.
Americans are not likely to be so cheerful about it.
Let's see… According to the official numbers, $1 when we were born (right after World War II) was worth about $10 today.
But the official numbers are fishy. An average house in 1950 sold for less than $10,000. Today (after a big sell-off following the subprime mortgage debacle of 2008) the typical house sells for about $150,000.
On that basis, keeping up with your No. 1 cost — housing — would require 15 times as much money as it did in 1950.
Do people earn 15 times more now? After the war, a typical family had a single wage earner with a salary of about $250 a month — or $3,000 a year. The minimum wage was 75 cents an hour — or about $120 a month. On an average wage, a man was able to support a family and buy a new car every three or four years. A new Oldsmobile Rocket 88 cost about $1,500 — or about half of a year's wages.
Today, a median wage earner gets $30,000 a year –10 times as much in nominal terms. But now, despite the feds' phony numbers, he has much less buying power.
Without even starting to calculate the effects of higher taxes, health care and education expenses, we can see he has to devote at least a whole year's wages to buying a new family car — twice as much as in 1950.
As for the house, that's five years of wages — also twice as much as it was in the 1950s.
As you can see, the real wages of the typical working man in the U.S. have gone down for the last 60 years. In terms of his time, his most important purchases are more expensive today than they were in 1950.
How did American workers survive with lower real wages and higher living costs?
First, they began to work longer hours. Wives went to work. Husbands worked a second job. Now Americans work more hours than any other group.
Second, and most importantly from our point of view, they began to borrow. Aided, induced and bamboozled by the feds' EZ credit policies… they went deep into debt to keep up with their own standards of living.
Almost everyone misunderstands why. They think deregulation allowed capitalists to take more money away from the proletariat. Or that "the rich" suddenly became greedier.
We presume the rich are always equally greedy — just like the poor. And we note that the total volume of regulation actually increased during the period under review. Just look at the tax code… or SEC rules. There are far more rules now than there were in 1950.
Actually, something else was happening… something subtler and more insidious. Here's Bloomberg with more evidence:
"The U.S. homeownership rate, which soared to a record high 69.2% in 2004, is back where it was two decades ago, before the housing bubble inflated, busted and ripped more than 7 million Americans from their homes."
And more claptrap solutions:
"With ownership at 65% and home values rising, housing industry and consumer groups are pressing lawmakers to make the American dream more inclusive by ensuring new mortgage standards designed to prevent another crash are flexible enough that more families can benefit from the recovery. Regulators are close to proposing a softened version of a rule requiring banks to keep a stake in risky mortgages they securitize, according to five people familiar with the discussions."
How does that work? Easier credit? But not riskier credits? More laws? Good luck with that!
The American dream did not break down because the lawmakers and the credit industry were not clever enough. It broke down because they were too clever by half.
President Obama is stumping the country now, promising to save the middle class. But he and the feds are the real reason the middle class is suffering. They created a monetary system that robbed society of real capital… and robbed workers of trillions of dollars of income.
Economists measure quantity. Alas, life is not all quantifiable. What really matters is quality. Right now, the Fed tries to control prices. But prices are only a part of the picture.
When it comes to art, architecture, music, puppies and women, it's what strikes the senses that matters — what you see, hear and feel.
But when it comes to your money, what you see is not exactly what you get. Price tells you something. But it doesn't tell you all you need to know.
Why? We're so glad you asked…
When bullion money was invented, government quickly saw the potential. Control the money and you can control people. You control their assets. Their cost of living. Their time.
In ancient times, controlling money meant you could buy people outright. You could buy war captives. Those who couldn't pay their debts often sold their children into slavery too. Or they themselves were forced into debt servitude.
In the world's oldest legal code — the Babylonian Hammurabi's Code, set down some 4,000 years ago — it says that children of debtors can be kept in slavery for three years. In the fourth year, they must be released.
Clever readers will be on the edges of their chairs… ready to leap with indignation. America's youngsters, heirs to its $16.7 trillion national debt, will be kept in debt servitude far longer. Maybe even all their lives!
Bullion money was a new development. It made cheating harder to do. You didn't have to take credit. You didn't have to wonder if the family was honorable or solvent. You didn't have to wait to see if you'd get something in return. Instead, you could take a little piece of gold or silver and be done with it.
But the people who controlled the money could still diddle it. And the history of central banking is a history of diddling.
Paper money was a later innovation. It worked well — as long as the paper was backed by gold at a fixed rate. But it offered more opportunities for cheating.
As we will see, governments are still at it — led by the United States of America.
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Just one question please? Who or whom do we borrow money from? If you say the FED who is the FED? Show the reference to your answer please.
You don't know the answer of who buys US government debt?
1. Pension funds
2. Insurance companies.
3. Mutual funds
4. Individual US investors.
5. Foreign individual investors.
6. Foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds.
7. Our own Federal Reserve Bank, to the tune of 85 billion per month.
If you don't know who the Federal Reserve Bank is, look it up and do some reading.
The "wealthy" choose to spend their money as they should in any way that they want (just like you and me), it's neither a positive or a negative. The poor also have choices (free-will) to do as they wish.. Please stop the "Class Envy" it's not productive and shows no "compassion" to throw stones without walking in another shoes.
Yes things have changes, debt is growing and purchasing power is decreasing. And #QE is hurting us. #Bernanke is driving us to the edge. http://www.ofwealth.com/giant-global-fraud-destroy-wealth-part-ii/
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The lead medical practitioner at Living Well Medical, a state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation center in NYC, is delighted to introduce facet block injections, an innovative approach that provides rapid relief for neck and back pain caused by trauma or imbalance stemming from the spine's facet joints.
Facet joints are tasked with connecting and regulating movement of each vertebral motion segment along the spine, and, as is the case with all joints, are susceptible to degeneration due to wear-and-tear caused by the nature of their function. This degeneration may result in facet joint arthritis or facet joint syndrome, where the affected facet joints begin to injure the surrounding nerve roots and soft tissue, manifesting in varying levels of neck or back pain. Facet joint syndrome may also be caused by spinal injury and unhealthy physical habits (poor posture, lack of activity, and more).
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JUPITER - FCAT may be over, but at Jerry Thomas Elementary students are still learning! On Thursday, May 12, 2011, JTE held its first "Feastival of Plants". The brain child of fifth grade teacher Margie Russo and her Science Team, the "feastival" was a celebration of some of the plants we use for food. Each science class provided interesting, informative, fun facts about a chosen plant that we eat, whether it is a stem, root, leaf, flower, or seed. Did you know that the longest carrot ever grown was 17 feet?!
Mrs. Regan, the cafeteria manager and her staff, prepared some yummy samples of the plant parts that were a focus of the project; for roots, they had a wonderful sweet potato bake, for stems, a delicious pineapple dessert, for flowers there was savory salsa, for leaves, creamy coleslaw was served, and for seeds, there was a bold black beans and rice dish. Throughout the day, the classes toured the "feastival," learning about the different plants as well as collecting recipes for each of them. Included in the festivities was a "Poetry Garden" filled with various poems about plants. It was a wonderful, interactive way for students to learn about some of the things that fuel them!
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The Expendables which also stars Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis is due to be released in theatres in August.
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The Padres, who were shutout in San Francisco Saturday and Sunday, snapped their 25-inning scoreless streak with a run in the fifth on a double by Gyorko and an RBI fielder's choice by Bass.
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ChesapeakeA World Of Children
752 Cedar Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)436-696773 students | Gr. K-2
ChesapeakeApple Tree Learning Center
1101 Volvo Parkway
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)547-9530Special Program Emphasis (Christian)97 students | Gr. NS-5
ChesapeakeAtlantic Shores Christian School
1217 N. Centerville Tnpk. and 1861 Kempsville Road, VaBch
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)479-9598(Christian)686 students | Gr. PK-12
ChesapeakeBasics Primary School & Daycare
1509 River Birch Run N
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)424-0994Daycare / Preschool37 students | Gr. PK-KG
ChesapeakeCathedral Of Faith Christian School
2020 Portlock Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23324
(757)545-8050(Christian)37 students | Gr. K-3
ChesapeakeCedar Road Christian Academy
916 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)547-9553(Assembly of God)157 students | Gr. PK-5
ChesapeakeChesapeake Christian Academy
Po Box 13457
Chesapeake, VA 23325
(757)420-9504Daycare / Preschool (Christian)25 students | Gr. PK-KG
ChesapeakeChesapeake Montessori School
516 Albemarle Dr Ste C
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)547-7673Montessori School131 students | Gr. K-6
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4249 Taylor Road
Chesapeake, VA 23321
(757)484-8783Daycare / Preschool (Non-sectarian)40 students | Gr. PK-KG
ChesapeakeCornerstone Christian School
1212 Willow Avenue
Chesapeake, VA 23325
(757)424-7230(Christian)61 students | Gr. PK-5
ChesapeakeDeep Creek Country Day School
718 Shell Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23323
(757)485-1701Daycare / Preschool (Non-sectarian)30 students | Gr. K
ChesapeakeFairview Baptist Christian Academy
1204 Tatemstown Road
Chesapeake, VA 23325
(757)543-3238(Baptist)13 students | Gr. K-12
ChesapeakeFaith Diamond Christian Academy
1023 Deep Creek Blvd
Chesapeake, VA 23323
(757)485-9824(Baptist)96 students | Gr. PK-7
ChesapeakeGreat Bridge Presbyterian Preschool
333 Cedar Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)549-4303Daycare / Preschool (Presbyterian)107 students | Gr. PK-KG
ChesapeakeGreat Bridge Preschool
201 Stadium Dr
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(757)482-9788Daycare / Preschool122 students | Gr. PK-KG
ChesapeakeGreat Hope Baptist School
1401 Battlefield Boulevard South
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)482-5121(Baptist)84 students | Gr. PK-12
ChesapeakeGreenbrier Christian Academy
311 Kempsville Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)547-9595(Christian)640 students | Gr. PK-12
ChesapeakeGreenbrier Enrichment Center & School
825 Greenbrier Parkway
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)548-9280(Baptist)82 students | Gr. PK-5
ChesapeakeGreenbrier Manor School
700 Warrington Sq
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)548-9292Daycare / Preschool (Non-sectarian)60 students | Gr. K
ChesapeakeGreenbrier Montessori School
1100 Greenbrier Pkwy
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)549-8584Montessori School (Non-sectarian)52 students | Gr. K-6
ChesapeakeICW Baptist Church School
1200 Kempsville Road
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)547-3552(Baptist)55 students | Gr. K-12
ChesapeakeMontessori Academy Of Virginia
1468 Kempsville Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)428-8400Montessori School157 students | Gr. PK-3
ChesapeakeMount Lebanon Christian Academy
884 Bells Mill Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)547-9550(Baptist)68 students | Gr. PK-2
ChesapeakeMt. Pleasant Christian School
1613 Mt Pleasant Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)482-9557(Mennonite)111 students | Gr. PK-8
ChesapeakeNew Galilee Early Childhood Development Center
1013 Great Bridge Blvd
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)549-4514Daycare / Preschool (Baptist)45 students | Gr. K-2
ChesapeakePromote Family Preschool & Childcare
304 Newberry Dr
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)410-1797Daycare / Preschool (Christian)6 students | Gr. KG
ChesapeakeProvidence Christian School
501 Providence Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23325
(575)523-4680(Baptist)196 students | Gr. PK-7
ChesapeakeStone Bridge School
1629-A Jolliff Road
Chesapeake, VA 23321
(757)488-2214(Christian)292 students | Gr. PK-12
ChesapeakeThe Goddard School (chesapeake)
300 Cedar Ln
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)547-2700Daycare / Preschool (Non-sectarian)146 students | Gr. K
ChesapeakeTidewater Adventist Academy
1136 Centerville Tpke N
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)479-0002(Seventh-Day Adventist)34 students | Gr. K-8
ChesapeakeVeritas Christian Academy
700 Oak Grove Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757)410-5095(Christian)142 students | Gr. K-12
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The Mayer Lutheran dance team won the jazz division of the Minnesota River Conference's first meet of the season on Dec. 19 at LHS. With a rank score of 3, the Crusaders defeated all other conference teams. NYA Central was second with a rank score of 7, followed by Belle Plaine (8) and Jordan (12)...Read More
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UBS AG ( UBS ) reported second-quarter 2013 net income attributable to shareholders of CHF 690 million ($731.8 million), which substantially lagged the prior-quarter's income of CHF 988 million ($1,062.3 million). The quarterly results were primarily impacted by higher net charges for provisions for litigation and regulatory matters along with an impairment of financial assets worth CHF 865 million ($917.4 million).
UBS AG's adjusted pre-tax income came in at CHF 1.0 billion ($1.1 billion) in the reported quarter compared with CHF 1.9 billion ($2.0 billion) in the prior quarter.
The company experienced lower net interest and trading revenues but elevated net fee and commission income. Further, increased operating expenses acted as a headwind for the quarter.
Notably, the company experienced own credit gain on financial liabilities of CHF 138 million ($146.4 million) as against a loss of CHF 181 million ($194.6 million) in the prior quarter and net restructuring charges of CHF 140 million ($148.5 million) in the reported quarter versus CHF 246 million ($264.5 million) in the prior quarter.Performance in Detail
UBS AG's operating income declined 5% from the prior quarter to CHF 7.4 billion ($7.8 billion) while operating expenses surged 1% sequentially to CHF 6.4 billion ($6.8 billion).
On a sequential basis, operating profit before tax increased 4% at its Wealth Management Americas division, 9% at Retail & Corporate and 11% at Corporate Center. However, operating profit moved down 16% at Wealth Management division, 27% for Global Asset Management and 21% for Investment Bank.
Moreover, at UBS AG's Investment Bank unit, the company experienced a pre-tax profit of around CHF 775 million ($822 million) compared with CHF 977 million ($1,050.5 million) in the prior quarter.
UBS AG's invested assets were CHF 2,348 billion ($2,483 billion) as of Jun 30, 2013, down from CHF 2,373 billion ($2,498 billion) as of Mar 31, 2013.
The company witnessed a rise in its regulatory capital. The BIS Basel III framework came into effect in Switzerland on Jan 1, 2013. The company's phase-in BIS Basel III common equity tier 1 ratio stood at 16.2% as of Jun 30, 2013, compared with 15.3% in the prior quarter.
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On a fully applied basis, UBS AG's BIS Basel III common equity tier 1 ratio increased 110 basis points to 11.2% and fully applied risk-weighted assets declined to CHF 239.2 billion ($253 billion) from CHF 258.7 billion ($272 billion) in the prior quarter. As of Jun 30, 2013, total assets stood at CHF 1,129 billion ($1,194 billion), dropping CHF 85 billion from Mar 31, 2013.
Notably, prior to the earnings release, UBS AG announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which had accused the former of misrepresenting mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Swiss banking major shelled out roughly $885 million for the settlement.Outlook
According to UBS AG, failure to attain persistent progress on material improvements amid the ongoing Eurozone sovereign debt concerns, the European banking system and the ongoing global concerns, as well as the uncertainty at large, could impact the client activity levels in the third quarter of 2013. However, it expects wealth management businesses to continue to attract net new money.In Conclusion
In the stressed operating environment, UBS AG recorded a sequential decline in its earnings owing to legal issues. The recent lawsuit settlement by the company manifests its aim to resolve all mortgage related issues, and thereby reduce costs over the upcoming period. Further, the move is expected to provide relief to the investors who were duped by such risky investments.
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Considering one quarter of the world's population use social media, it's in the interest of brands to take the changes into account. There are several social media game changers to look ahead in 2015 that relate to running a business. Dig in, learn and enjoy:
1- "Buy" button finally comes to social media
This year, people will finally be able to purchase products seen in their Twitter and Facebook feed without ever leaving those networks.
This is a handy way for the user to purchase new products, but especially a very big opportunity for the seller to get more conversions. Imagine promoting your short-term deals in Twitter and Facebook having the best call to action: a "buy button"! There will be no distraction between your marketing and sales efforts. This tool could be particularly effective for time-sensitive offers, to entice consumers to act quickly and seal the deal.
2- Mobile apps as a priority
More than any other channel, mobile allows brands to generate attractive micro moments at different stages of the purchase process, either through push notifications or in-app product recommendations.
Considering the evolution in geo-targeting and geo-fencing, brands are advised to put mobile apps as a priority in their marketing plan, providing their audience with timely contextual messages on a one-to-one basis. A significant 65% of social network activity comes from mobile devices and major social networks are constantly improving their mobile presence. 2015 will certainly witness optimised social media networks becoming increasingly geo-targeted (allowing advertisers to showcase relevant ads based on location), with related real-time content, indispensable in every online marketing plan.
3- Smart devices will be more social
Everything from home appliances like bathroom scales and refrigerators to wearables like fitness bracelets and smart watches are now collecting data and transferring it easily to the web. Also, many of them are pushing notifications to social networks like Facebook, a trend that will continue in 2015.
The challenge this year is how to improve the social intelligence of these devices. This will probably start with tapping into users' exclusive network of friends and followers in smart ways. By tracking users' interactions with their contacts, then responding subsequently, smart devices will become even advanced in 2015.
4- Private messaging reveals big potential
Private messaging has been around for some time, but brands are still not fully embracing its potential for customer interaction. The most interesting aspect of messaging apps lies in the diversity of content forms and media companies, for instance, are starting to use the likes of Snapchat and WhatsApp for live media coverage. A good example is Durex's activity on WeChat allowing users to ask confidential questions about taboo subjects in China.
Private messaging is crucial in many people's lives. In 2015, more brands will focus on this strategy, including it on their social media marketing plan, starting with sharing icons and slowly moving to elaborated campaigning.
5- The rise of snackable content
2014 saw the rise of a number of shared pictures and videos also known as "snackable content", especially between younger audiences. According to the latest comScore report, Instagram is the second most used social network for people between 18 and 34 years, with 43.1%, while Snapchat comes in third with 32.9%.
That's because more and more this audience wants to consume, produce and publish information quickly, just with a simple click.
Lately, Instagram has added in-feed advertising to their videos. The ads can target users based on age, gender and country. This is a great way for marketers to get their message in front of their target audience. For Disney's "Big Hero 6," for example, the film's animated characters are posting selfies of themselves, fitting in with what normally appears on Instagram.
So, brands should bet on concise content, like photos published in Instagram or Pinterest, or even short videos, such as Vines, that communicate efficiently and boost the audience.
Looking closely to changes in all social networks, it is clear that a new approach should be studied by the companies who use them as a sales channel. Now it's time to listen to the needs of the consumer and social networks are the best tools for it!
Which trends do you see dominating 2015? Leave us a comment or tweet us @socialmedia_ie – We would appreciate hearing about your expectations!
Written by Juliana Pereira
Bio: Juliana Pereira, a Brazilian living in Dublin. A Public Relations and Marketing Specialist. She is very passionate about social media, technology and innovation.
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