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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited: First Quarter Financial Results
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited: First Quarter Financial Results17:02 EDT Tuesday, May 01, 2012TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 1, 2012) -(Note: All dollar amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars, except as otherwise noted. The financial results are reported under International Financial Reporting Standards, except as otherwise noted.)Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSX:FFH)(TSX:FFH.U) announces a net loss of $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2012 ($0.69 net loss per diluted share) compared to a net loss of $240.6 million in the first quarter of 2011 ($12.42 net loss per diluted share), reflecting improved underwriting results (with a consolidated combined ratio below 100%) and lower investment losses, partially offset by lower interest and dividend income. Book value per share decreased to $354.79 at March 31, 2012 from $364.55 at December 31, 2011 (an increase of 0.1% adjusted for the $10 per common share dividend paid in the first quarter of 2012). "We had a much improved underwriting result on increased premiums, but our defensive investment position through our hedging strategy resulted in a small unrealized investment loss as the markets moved higher in the first quarter," said Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax, "and we again finished the quarter with cash and marketable securities at the holding company of $1 billion. We continue to maintain our equity hedges as we remain very concerned about the economic outlook over the next few years."Highlights in the first quarter (with comparisons to the first quarter of 2011) included the following:The combined ratio of the insurance and reinsurance operations was 98.7% on a consolidated basis, producing an underwriting profit of $17.5 million, compared to a combined ratio and underwriting loss of 128.6% and $350.2 million respectively in 2011. Underwriting results in 2011 were negatively affected by catastrophe losses, primarily related to losses from the Japanese and New Zealand earthquakes and Australian flood losses.Net premiums written by the insurance and reinsurance operations increased 8.7% (5.7% excluding acquisitions) to $1,521.6 million from $1,399.7 million in 2011.Operating income of the insurance and reinsurance operations (excluding net losses on investments) increased to $103.4 million from an operating loss of $240.2 million in 2011, primarily as a result of the improved underwriting results.Interest and dividend income of $129.6 million decreased 27.4% from $178.5 million in 2011, primarily because of significantly increased holdings of low-yielding cash and short term investments ($6,102.5 million at March 31, 2012 compared to $3,613.8 million at March 31, 2011) resulting from sales of higher-yielding securities, principally government bonds. Interest income as reported is unadjusted for the positive tax effect of the company's significant holdings of tax-advantaged debt securities (holdings of $4,980.9 million at March 31, 2012 compared to $4,883.9 million at December 31, 2011).Net investment losses of $40.9 million in 2012 ($101.5 million in 2011) consisted of the following:Realized gains (losses)Unrealized gains (losses)Net gains (losses)Net gains (losses) on:Equity and equity-related investments65.5772.5838.0Equity hedges-(822.6)(822.6)Equity and equity-related investments after equity hedges65.5(50.1)15.4Bonds9.722.932.6CPI-linked derivatives-(68.0)(68.0)Other20.3(41.2)(20.9)95.5(136.4)(40.9)On March 21, 2012, the company completed an offering of 9.5 million Series K preferred shares yielding 5% per annum for the initial five years for aggregate net proceeds after commissions and expenses of approximately Cdn$230 million.The company held $1,015.7 million of cash, short term investments and marketable securities at the holding company level ($1,000.4 million net of short sale and derivative obligations) at March 31, 2012, compared to $1,026.7 million ($962.8 million net of short sale and derivative obligations) at December 31, 2011.The company's total debt to total capital ratio remained effectively the same at 26.5% at March 31, 2012 (26.4% at December 31, 2011).At March 31, 2012, common shareholders' equity was $7,215.2 million, or $354.79 per basic share, compared to $7,427.9 million, or $364.55 per basic share, at December 31, 2011.Subsequent to quarter-end, the company repurchased its $86.3 million of maturing debt at par.Fairfax holds significant investments in equity and equity-related securities. In response to the significant appreciation in equity market valuations and uncertainty in the economy, the company has hedged its equity investment exposure by entering into total return swaps referenced to the Russell 2000 index (at an average Russell 2000 index value of 662.22) and swap contracts referenced to the S&P 500 index (at an average S&P 500 index value of 1,071.96). At March 31, 2012, equity hedges represented approximately 102.5% of the company's equity and equity-related holdings. The market value and the liquidity of these hedges are volatile and may vary dramatically either up or down in short periods, and their ultimate value will therefore only be known over the long term.There were 20.4 million weighted average shares outstanding during the first quarters of 2012 and 2011. At March 31, 2012, there were 20,336,449 common shares effectively outstanding.Summarized (without notes) condensed interim consolidated balance sheets and statements of earnings and comprehensive income, along with segmented premium and combined ratio information, follow and form part of this news release. Fairfax's detailed first quarter report can be accessed at its website www.fairfax.ca.As previously announced, Fairfax will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The call, consisting of a presentation by the company followed by a question period, may be accessed at (800) 857-9641 (Canada or U.S.) or 1 (517) 308-9408 (International) with the passcode "Fairfax". A replay of the call will be available from shortly after the termination of the call until 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The replay may be accessed at (866) 393-0864 (Canada or U.S.) or 1 (203) 369-0431 (International).Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management. Certain statements contained herein may constitute forward-looking statementsand are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of the United States PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subjectto known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause theactual results, performance or achievements of Fairfax to be materially differentfrom any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by suchforward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: a reductionin net income if our loss reserves (including reserves for asbestos,environmental and other latent claims) are insufficient; underwriting losses on therisks we insure that are higher or lower than expected; the occurrence of catastrophic events with a frequency or severity exceeding our estimates; the cycles of the insurance market and general economic conditions, which can substantially influence our and our competitors' premium rates and capacity to write new business; changes in market variables, including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices and credit spreads, which could negatively affect our investment portfolio; risks associated with our use of derivative instruments; the failure of our hedging methods to achieve their desired risk management objective; exposure to credit risk in the eventour reinsurers fail to make payments to us under our reinsurance arrangements; exposure to credit risk in the event our insureds, insurance producers or reinsurance intermediaries fail to remit premiums that are owed to us or failure by our insureds to reimburse us for deductibles that are paid by us on their behalf; risks associated with implementing our business strategies; the timing of claims payments being sooner or the receipt of reinsurance recoverables being later than anticipated by us; the inability of our subsidiaries to maintain financial or claims paying ability ratings; a decrease in thelevel of demand for insurance or reinsurance products, or increased competition in the insurance industry; the failure of any of the loss limitation methods we employ; the impact of emerging claim and coverage issues; ourinability to obtain reinsurance coverage in sufficient amounts, at reasonable prices or on terms thatadequately protect us; our inability to access cash of our subsidiaries; our inability to obtain required levels of capital on favorable terms, if at all; loss of key employees; the passage of legislation subjecting our businesses to additional supervision or regulation, including additional tax regulation, in the United States, Canada or other jurisdictions in which we operate; risks associated with government investigations of, andlitigation related to, insurance industry practice or any other conduct; risks associated with political and other developments in foreign jurisdictions in which we operate; risks associated with the current purported class action litigation; risks associated with our pending civil litigation; the influence exercisable by our significant shareholder; adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; our dependence on independent brokers over whom we exercise little control; an impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets; our failure to realize deferred income tax assets; assessments and shared market mechanisms which may adversely affect our insurance subsidiaries; and failures or security breaches of our computer and data processing systems. Additional risks and uncertainties are described in our most recently issued AnnualReport which is available at www.fairfax.ca and in our Supplementaland Base Shelf Prospectus (under "Risk Factors") filed with the securitiesregulatory authorities in Canada and the United States, which is available on SEDARand EDGAR. Fairfax disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise anyforward-looking statements.CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSas at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011(unaudited - US$ millions)March 31, 2012December 31, 2011AssetsHolding company cash and investments (including assets pledged for short sale and derivative obligations - $127.0; December 31, 2011 - $249.0)1,015.71,026.7Insurance contract receivables1,980.71,735.42,996.42,762.1Portfolio investmentsSubsidiary cash and short term investments5,424.26,199.2Bonds (cost $9,485.3; December 31, 2011 - $9,515.4)10,725.410,835.2Preferred stocks (cost $539.5; December 31, 2011 - $555.6)568.5563.3Common stocks (cost $4,090.0; December 31, 2011 - $3,867.3)4,311.23,663.1Investments in associates (fair value $1,415.7; December 31, 2011 - $1,271.8)989.1924.3Derivatives and other invested assets (cost $523.3; December 31, 2011 - $511.4)316.3394.6Assets pledged for short sale and derivative obligations (cost $870.7; December 31, 2011 - $810.1)925.7886.323,260.423,466.0Deferred premium acquisition costs440.7415.9Recoverable from reinsurers (including recoverables on paid losses - $381.0; December 31, 2011 - $313.2)4,358.24,198.1Deferred income taxes666.3628.2Goodwill and intangible assets1,176.11,115.2Other assets974.9821.433,873.033,406.9LiabilitiesSubsidiary indebtedness3.11.0Accounts payable and accrued liabilities1,736.21,656.2Income taxes payable59.021.4Short sale and derivative obligations (including at the holding company - $15.3; December 31, 2011 - $63.9)113.6170.2Funds withheld payable to reinsurers430.8412.62,342.72,261.4Insurance contract liabilities20,053.319,719.5Long term debt3,040.23,017.523,093.522,737.0EquityCommon shareholders' equity7,215.27,427.9Preferred stock1,166.4934.7Shareholders' equity attributable to shareholders of Fairfax8,381.68,362.6Non-controlling interests55.245.9Total equity8,436.88,408.533,873.033,406.9CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGSfor the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011(unaudited - US$ millions except per share amounts)20122011RevenueGross premiums written1,807.61,810.4Net premiums written1,521.61,519.2Net premiums earned1,339.51,348.7Interest and dividends129.6178.5Share of profit (loss) of associates(8.7)(6.6)Net gains (losses) on investments(40.9)(101.5)Other revenue205.0154.41,624.51,573.5ExpensesLosses on claims, gross1,102.01,599.5Less ceded losses on claims(203.2)(298.4)Losses on claims, net898.81,301.1Operating expenses269.8279.9Commissions, net206.1186.8Interest expense52.953.2Other expenses199.2148.61,626.81,969.6Earnings (loss) before income taxes(2.3)(396.1)Income tax recovery(2.4)(156.6)Net earnings (loss)0.1(239.5)Attributable to:Shareholders of Fairfax(1.3)(240.6)Non-controlling interests126.96.36.199(239.5)Net earnings (loss) per share$(0.69)$(12.42)Net earnings (loss) per diluted share$(0.69)$(12.42)Cash dividends paid per share$10.00$10.00Shares outstanding (000) (weighted average)20,35620,440CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOMEfor the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011(unaudited - US$ millions)20122011Net earnings (loss)0.1(239.5)Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxesChange in unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) on foreign operations(1)45.825.6Change in gains and losses on hedge of net investment in foreign subsidiary(2)(19.9)(14.6)Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates(3)(4.8)5.6Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes21.116.6Comprehensive income (loss)21.2(222.9)Attributable to:Shareholders of Fairfax19.6(223.9)Non-controlling interests1.61.021.2(222.9)(1)Net of income tax recovery of $0.9 (2011 - $8.3).(2)Net of income tax recovery of nil (2011 - nil).(3)Net of income tax expense of $1.0 (2011 - $0.4).SEGMENTED INFORMATION(unaudited - US$millions)Net premiums written and net premiums earned by the insurance and reinsurance operations in the first quarters of 2012 and 2011 were:Net Premiums WrittenFirst quarter20122011Insurance- Canada (Northbridge)201.6258.4- U.S. (Crum & Forster and Zenith National)564.0450.7- Asia (Fairfax Asia)72.861.3Reinsurance - OdysseyRe525.9509.9Insurance and Reinsurance - Other157.3119.4Insurance and reinsurance operations1,521.61,399.7Net Premiums EarnedFirst quarter20122011Insurance- Canada (Northbridge)252.0268.0- U.S. (Crum & Forster and Zenith National)418.5339.6- Asia (Fairfax Asia)53.441.2Reinsurance - OdysseyRe487.0451.9Insurance and Reinsurance - Other127.3126.1Insurance and reinsurance operations1,338.21,226.8Combined ratios of the insurance and reinsurance operations in the first quarters of 2012 and 2011 were:First quarter20122011Insurance - Canada (Northbridge)103.8%103.6% - U.S. (Crum & Forster and Zenith National)109.2%110.5% - Asia (Fairfax Asia)92.2%85.9%Reinsurance - OdysseyRe86.9%150.3%Insurance and Reinsurance - Other101.7%166.3%Insurance and reinsurance operations98.7%128.6%FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: John VarnellFairfax Financial Holdings LimitedChief Financial Officer(416) 367-4941ORFairfax Financial Holdings LimitedMedia ContactPaul RivettVice President(416) 367-4941www.fairfax.ca


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Alternate Title: Mickey's Xmas PictureMickey's Good Deed (Mickey's Xmas Picture, Mickey's Lucky Break) (1932) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series by Dave Koch
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- Distributed by: United Artists Pictures
- Cartoon Characters: Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Adelbert, Adelbert's Father, The Butler, The Children.
- Directed By Burt Gillett.
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- Animated By Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Frenchy de Tremaudan, Tom Palmer, Hardie Gramatky, Dick Lundy, Clyde Geronimi, Norm Ferguson, Ben Sharpsteen.
- Music: Bert Lewis.
- Originally Released on December 17, 1932.
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On Christmas Eve, Mickey needs money to help out a poor mother's desperate children. So he sells Pluto to a rich family- whose spoiled brat gives the pooch a real run for his money.
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Los Angeles, California
Oddometer: 226
Clif 2012 June 26 2337 / 0016 / 0129
Clif Notes (Thanks Steve, for the suggestion)...
June 27 0016 @ Tacoma Washington
When I bought the k1600, I promised myself that I'd never drop the bike. And until now, it has tipped over 3 times. The last time, I even managed to get it on my helmet cam, so I could go back and re-live the embarrassment.
I love my k16. I also fear it. Sometimes, it makes me feel totally incompetent and stupid. Other times, it has brought me through scenery and beauty that I didn't know existed in the very state (CA) or continent I live in. I've put 2,000+ miles on the bike and even now, I'm impressed by its power - that it can accelerate with so much force and stability up steep climbs.
If you ask me if I regret at this moment getting the k16, I'd say that I have no regrets. I love that bike.
If you ask me if there were a lot of risks and dangers to get the 1600 as my first motorcycle, I'd say "definitely". (And these risks continue of course, as I still consider myself a beginner).
I wish I could post here that I'm like Tom Cruise in John Woo's Mission Impossible - and that I rode out of the Long Beach BMW Dealership with the engine roaring.
The honest history, though, is that the 1600 scared me so much - and I had never ridden a motorcycle other than the 250 cc in the Basic Rider's Course in a PARKING LOT - I had to have it delivered to my house. The delivery occurred while I was actually taking the BRC course, so I didn't see it until night time when I got home.
I need to be honest here because there's a reason such a large bike is taboo for beginners. I do want people to see that I'm having the time of my life... and that I'm constantly seeing the world in a way that's breathtaking. But I don't want to give the impression that anyone can just go to a store and buy a 1600 just as they get their Motorcycle riding license. Well... you can - but you probably shouldn't.
So back to the story, my first hard lesson about the k16 occurred when I rolled it off the middle stand on the first night I had the bmw. It quickly tipped into my car, leaving a big dent on my car and worse, breaking the bike's mirror. I had caused (because it broke at the mount) about $2,000 in damages before I had even ridden it one mile. Not long after, it would tip over 2 more times. The weight of the motorcycle scared me.
On June 7 (delivery day), I saw the GTL at night in my driveway. I didn't ride it at the dealership because I didn't know how. On June 24, about 16 days later, I would be going on a motorcycle tour with Bill. However much I was scared of the k16 and that the tour was only days away, I used as motivation to ride as much as possible.
I rode as much as I could everywhere. Unintentionally, but fortunately, I ended up taking and passing 2 separate BRC courses simultaneously. The 2nd one ended as I started riding the GTL for the first time. This meant I had 20 hours of guided instruction on 250 cc bikes in a parking lot.
I would wake up, get on the GTL as soon as I could, ride around, go home and rest, eat, maybe watch a few minutes of TV. Then, get back on the GTL. If I was too tired to ride in traffic or on main roads, I would ride circles around the same neighborhood blocks. Later, I would discover that I was freaking out the neighbors because my white helmet and BMW model made them think a police officer was obsessively riding around for hours a day. (Because I only had time to explain this to one of the neighbors, there are still a majority that think the CHP or police have special interest in our area... and the officer also waves at everyone over and over again!)
I had structured my finances (a fancy way of saying I went into credit card debt) so that my full time job would be riding. But a job usually has hours - and with riding, I just did that as much as I could.
The second time I tipped my bike (which was also the first time it went down while I was riding), I was so freaked out I forgot how to operate the clutch, everything. I got the brake confused with the clutch. I went home feeling defeated, layed down on the bed for a short nap. And got back up and forced myself to ride again. I was definitely scared, but if I wanted any chance of keeping up with Bill on the tour, I'd have to practice.
The father of a famous musician was at the Long Beach dealership and told me he didn't want the GTL because he felt like he was getting on a horse. So if the GTL is the modern day horse, then I was essentially "getting back on the horse again."
I am having fun. I am now on tour, constantly seeing nature at its finest. Bill is one of the most intelligent, insightful people I've ever met in my life. If he was going on a tricycle tour, you better bet I'd got to Toys R Us and get a shiny, new red one to follow him.
This could be a lesson about trusting your gut. A lot of well meaning friends and people have said that I'm crazy and I'll die. My first BRC instructor nearly failed me just for considering a 1600 cc motorcycle (and yes, he knew it was a touring bike). He said I should use a 250 cc for the first 1-2 years of riding. My family (and my mom who doesn't know the difference between 1600 cc and email cc) wants me to sell the GTL and quit riding any motorcycle.
Of course, I myself had numerous conflicting feelings and desires. But I knew a couple things for sure:
1) Bill is one of those people you're lucky to meet - and if you do, it's once in a lifetime. I wanted to go on this tour with him
2) Bill had experienced a few motorcycles and loved the GTL like crazy. I trusted his recommendation and I'd ride as much as I could to try and prepare for the tour on THAT bike.
So despite all the fear, risks, and what seemed like setbacks; the focus on those couple things and trusting my fundamental instinct (can't say "basic instinct!" haha) got me through at least until now.
Any of you reading this are welcome to join us. My cell and email (email works best) are at the end of all the videos I've been posting of our trip. I try my best, but sometimes the internet we've encountered is "difficult" and I can't upload much. But I'm trying - and hopefully you'll see some scenes in video and photos - so if you can't be here with us, you can at least see it as I'm uploading the experience.
PS - we are reading ALL your comments. But I really have to sleep now for another day of riding that'll start only some hours from now.
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sounds like driving in the indy 500 when just yesterday you raced your brother down the driveway on tri-cycles.
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Wow what a trip. Your taking the trip of a lifetime for your first adventure. Some day it will be mine.
Gravity is your friend, don't let it get you down.
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Joined: Jan 2010
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You mean you skipped the 50cc trail bike and old 250cc rusting heap, and all the others in between, and started on the cream of the crop? You have nothing else to look forward to! Except having an amazing trip on amazing bike. I look forward to seeing your journey here.
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You guys are awesome. The 1600 is an amazing machine. I used to have a 1200LT in another life. I loved it.
As long as your moving along the weight disappears. Just be careful when your pulling in somewhere. Level spots are your friend, and if you can pull forward when you leave, even better.
They just aren't made for parking lots.
On the big beemers the best part is you're not going to be near as tired at the end of the day. You're riding in comfort.
Keep posting, this is going to be epic.
Rest when you need it. Mistakes happen when you get too tired.
Ride safe.
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Some things to consider..
In order to enjoy life you need to be a little crazy for 20 seconds!! You 2 have replaced seconds with 20 days!
Clif--have U and Bill discussed the road conditions in Alaska during the rainy season? You must have read how slippery the roads can get. Maybe Bill has planned your route to avoid these conditions. Being a beginner this would be a very tough place to learn.
Having a plan B might be a good idea. Canada and Idaho and Montana are beautiful this time of year.
We all want you to have a great trip and remain safe. Create memories that will last a lifetime. Ride safe--Bob
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Morning everyone!
A new youtube video is up.
You can google "bill clif rain". Or, click this...
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Some Thoughts on riding to Alaska
Bill here; Alaska is one of those dream rides that we all think about making, in the sense we can have a lot of fun dreaming since dreams cost nothling. I've been dreaming about Alaska for years (3) since I began riding. But I decided that it was time to stop dreaming and begin riding. Got a copy of Milepost, the riders bible for Alaska and devoured it. Yes, there will be rain, animals on the road, mosquitoes, lots of daylilght and some challenges. But these are what we all face everyday, in one form or another. You know that when you begin riding it really comes down to you and the road and how you feel about it and how you are willing to deal with whatever comes up. I don't know what Clif and I will face but we're willing to enjoy whatever it is. Life is a continuous learning experience and we're having fun learning. I admire Clif for his willingness to step outside of his comfort zone and open his imagination to new experiences. He is a great traveling partner...and one who keeps promising to post some pictures here. We'll keep posting our notes and appreciate all the comments. You guys, and gals, have been very supportive. We appreciate all the comments. Wish you all could join us.
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I'm on the wrong coast, otherwise I would find a reason to ride along with you two for a while. This has the potential to be a great story!
Ride safe and keep the rubber side down.
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Made the trip last July. Just remember there was and probably still is road construction ( mostly gravel with rolling terraces) for 240 miles between Haines Junction Yukon and Tok, AK. The problem with the gravel is it is not consistant. Sometimes it gets very deep other times it is just loose on top of a hard surface. Also pot hole after pot hole. I left my Wing at home and rode a DL 650 V-Strom. Never had a problem but there were plenty others that did. One guy was pulling a trailer on the gravel and lost it. He and his wife were hospitalized.
If you can, do not miss the stretch between Carcross, Yukon and Skagway, Alaska. That to me was the prettiest stretch. You can take the short ferry ride over to Haines, Alaska and the ride back North and that ride is almost as good as the one coming in.
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I'm looking forward to the Cliffs Notes...on this one. You guys rock!
My first bike was a GSXR 1000 I paid $300 at a mechanic's lien. Wow, what a motorcycle! I rode it every chance I got, very conservatively. I'd get up in the morning and go for a jaunt around the city streets, endlessly starting and stopping. Clutch and brake control all the time. I had a blast learning! Looking back on it, would prolly have been better to start on a smaller bike, but no one was hurt in my experiment, so it was all good.
I then took the MSRF course on a VERY tiny motorcycle. This class taught me all about survival, and I still remember all the techniques, and practive what I learned. Viva la MSRF!
Now, it's been about 280000 crashless miles on a variety of BMWs (and one VFR-thanks Mark)! Life gets on better than this. Riding and more riding, has taken my mind off serious life altering issues and allowed me to find balance.
It sounds like it's been this way for you as well! I am looking forward to your ride report!
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Ride on Gents. Enjoy your adventure.
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Three pages and no pics by the OP. Hmmmmm.
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I saw the videos. Fun. However, could I please see Bill's face a little? I miss him! Thank you Clif. Selene
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Welcome one and all to the first installment of a series I've dubbed 'Tag Team Specialist'. Once a month, I'll be looking at tag team wrestling from the past, both the distant and more recent. It would seem that the tag teams are experiencing something of a resurgence in WWE, so now is as good a time as any to look into the history of the art. In future there will be some non-WWE articles as well, but for the time being the focus will be on the Big E. No, not that Big E. I hope you enjoy them.
As mentioned above, tag team wrestling in WWE has entered something of a renaissance. After years of false starts, the division now has some real focus, with legitimate teams vying for a pair of belts, which, despite still looking like big copper pennies, are held by a team with legitimate credibility and respect. Current champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes have held the straps for 95 days and counting, The team they deposed, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns of The Shield, held them for 148 days. Despite Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) clocking a 245-day tenure before them, I'd say that it was during the reign of The Shield that the tag division was truly reinvigorated.
Disagree? Well, during their long reign Bryan and Kane only defended the belts realy against two teams, Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes) and The Shield. Every other tag team was meant to look beneath them. The Primetime Players are the best example of this. During Team Hell No's bickering, they seemingly spent a few weeks defeating Titus O'Neill and Darren Young in a variety of handicap matches, making them look incredibly weak in the process. Fast forward to Night of Champions 2013, and you have The PTPs putting in a competitive showing in a loss to Rollins and Reigns. The same sort of credibility increase can be seen in the other teams during The Shield's reign, with the exception of 3MB of course.
As it stands, we have a tag division full of genuine teams. Cody and Goldie, The Usos, The Real Americans, the PTPs, Los Matadores, 3MB, Harper and Rowen and others, this division is stacked. As much as nostalgia makes me feel all tingly inside, it wasn't always like this. That's why this week I want to look at what most of will call the 'Dark Ages of Tag Team Wrestling'. I'm talking, of course, about the years between 2004-07.
(Before we begin, it is important to note that there were two sets of belts at the time, one for Raw and one for Smackdown.)
Maybe it's unfair to put 2004 in this bracket, but the gloomy years truly began when Billy Kidman and Paul London lost the titles to Renee Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki in September 2004. It was all part of an angle to capitalize on Kidman botching his Shooting Star Press of course, but still. Dupree and Suzuki were the definition of a thrown together team, two singles guys with nothing to do thrown together and producing a whole lot of nothing. They had a three-month reign too, before another makeshift team, Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam, ended that.
For the next few years, it wasn't the titleholders who were so much the problem. MNM, the team of Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro (John Morrison), were one of the best teams WWE has had in the last 15 years for my money. It was during this time that London and Brian Kendrick had their record breaking reign as champions as well, lasting a whole 331 days. There were also many occasions when two main-event playas (hey Brodus!) took the belts, or they were used as props to further a middle of the card beef. With two sets of belts available, they can be used as props now and then. After all, that's all the truly are. Props.
It was the rest of the division that was the problem. For the years between 2005 and 2008 it seemed that not a few months would pass without a new team making their debut, beating jobbers on Velocity and Heat for a few weeks before disappearing deep into the ether. It began in April 2005, when the Heart Throbs made their debut on RAW. They'd been spoken of for a while, but their tenure was memorable in that they weren't memorable in the slightest. They lost pretty much every match they took part in. Their gimmick, which amounted to being popular with the ladies, was given no chance to develop. Heck, we were given no reason as to why they thought they were popular with the ladies until the end of their run, when they brought ladies into the ring to dance with them. It was too little too late however, as they were released less than a year after their debut. Inevitably, they had a blink and you'll miss it run in TNA a year later.
Worse was to come.
In October 2005 over on Smackdown, another team appeared on WWE TV who might have believed they were favorites of the ladies. The Mexicools had just defeated MNM, Legion of Doom and Regal/Burchill, when a new tag team attacked them. They made quite the impact actually, hitting Psicosis and Super Crazy with a couple of really high-impact moves. They made their official debut soon after, and were christened The Dicks. Their gimmick? Chippendales my friend, Chippendales. Still, things boded well for them when they defeated Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich on their Smackdown debut, all be it thanks to the help of some body lotion.
That was as good as it got for Chad and James Dick. They didn't even last as long as the Heart Throbs. After a loss to The Boogeyman in a handicap match in February 2006, they were gone. They lasted just over four months. The Dicks were done.
A month prior to the departure of the Dicks however, another team would debut on Smackdown. Led to the ring by their manager Simon Dean, The Gymini were more physically imposing than any of the new teams that came before them during this bleak time. They even won some matches against actual teams, such as London and Kendrick. The name, well that came from the fact they were twins and they went to the gym. That's it. Seriously. I'd have loved to have sat in on that creative meeting. In defense of The Gymini, they seemed to have some support from the booking team before one half of them got injured. They never returned to WWE TV afterwards though, and were released just under a year after their first appearance. Before any sympathy pours forth for them however, just remember their TNA run in 2004. They were The Johnsons, and wore latex bodysuits. They basically looked like dicks. Actual dicks.
Some of the champions weren't much better. Deuce n' Domino, with their 50's Greaser gimmick turned up, ended Paul London and Brian Kendrick's record run as champions and proceeded to do nothing. The greaser gimmick might have worked well in the early 90s, but in 2007 on two still fairly green performers it fell flat. The one team who sum up this bleak time however, is without doubt the 2005 version of the Legion of Doom. One half of this team was made up of LOD original, Animal. The other half? Heidenreich. Goddamn freakin' Heidenreich.
For those who aren't aware, Heidenreich was an almost seven foot tall former American football player who the WWE attempted to push in various ways in the early 2000s. First, he had a split personality. Then, he had Paul Heyman at his side. After that, he dabbled in poetry. His WWE career really was a train wreck and is memorable for two things. One of these was his abuse of Michael Cole, and the other is for being a part of sullying the Legion of Doom legacy. It was almost the last throw of the dice for Heidenreich, as he partnered a hilariously-overweight Animal to the tag titles. Even that story was borderline sexual, as Animal claimed he didn't want someone to replace former partner Hawk, just a partner. Animal then shaved Heidenreich's hair into a Mohawk, painted his face in the Road Warrior style and presented him with his LOD spikes. Awful. Their three months as champions mercifully came to an end when MNM reclaimed their titles, but the damage had already been done.
I could go on. The Highlanders? The Spirit Squad? Snitsky and whoever he was with, Teachers Pets, Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki, oh sweet lord it was bleak. That first hour of Smackdown used to be such a struggle. So over the next few weeks, when we see a 15 minute beaut between The Real Americans and The Rhodes Boys, take a moment to appreciate what we have. The tag division at the moment is a wonderful thing, and it is all the better when you look at the bleak years of 2004-07.
That'll do for now. Do you remember any of the teams particularly fondly? Was this period really that bad? Who thought The Dicks were a good idea? Drop a comment in the lonely comment box below, or we'll duke it out in the twitter world (@pingvinorkestra) or email (email@example.com). Have a fantastic weekend.


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Though Rwanda is a tiny, landlocked country dropped like a pebble on the equator, it is a lush and beautiful land fertile with hope and searching for a new identity. So when its best young bike racer, Adrien Niyonshuti, becomes obsessed with earning a slot to compete in the London Olympic Games, all eyes turn to him. Supporting Adrien is his coach, Jonathan Boyer, the first American to race in the Tour de France.
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How many games will it take for us to see how good this team will be?
About 25
About 50
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25 games is still early into the season. they should should still show a lot early on and fianally win that division
first time amare and melo has a full train camp and a coach who teaches both sides of the ball
Around 35 games, chemistry is and issue and always is with personnel turnover! By 50 games we will know if the can really contend for a title!
I think all we need is 25 all we will look good fast start
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getting melo and stat wo click on the court will take time! but they got too much more talented players as teamates to not make it work... they HAVE to and they no it!!!
Time to really get each other down pack to a tee
about 30...
It'll be great to have a strong record after 25 but it will mean more at 50 and after. Consistency will breed confidence. Work, work, work and then we BEAST!...Hopefully.
I would like it to be 25 but realistically I'd say it will take about 50 games. Ronnie Brewer had surgery and Shump wont be back, so the chemistry wont be there right out of the gate. However Knicks will still an above average and really good team anyways...but they wont be up to their full potential at the start.


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Mississippi Winn
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|Mississippi Winn
March 31, 1897
Benton, Louisiana, United States
|January 14, 2011
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Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
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|Mack and Ellen Winn
Mississippi Winn (March 31, 1897 – January 14, 2011) was an African American supercentenarian. At the age of 113 years, 289 days, she was the seventh oldest person in the world at the time of her death. She became the oldest resident in Louisiana upon the death of Maggie Renfro on January 22, 2010. After Daisey Bailey's death on March 7, 2010, Winn became the oldest living African American. She was claimed to be the last living child of former slaves, according to census records.[1] Other children of former slaves have since been found. She moved into the list of the verified oldest women on December 4, 2010, and into the list of the verified oldest people on January 8, 2011.
Mississippi Winn was born in Benton, Louisiana in 1897. She was the 13th of 15 children born to Mack and Ellen Winn.[2] She was a housekeeper all of her life and cleaned and cooked her own meals until the age of 103 when she moved into Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Shreveport in 2001.[3]
She moved to Seattle, Washington in c. 1957 and resided there for 18 years until her youngest sister's death in 1975. Her death caused Winn to move to Shreveport, where she had lived ever since.[1]
Winn avoided dairy products, and took one vitamin and aspirin per day. Her favorite foods were fruits and vegetables. She was baptized at the age of 11 at Providence Baptist Church in Benton, LA. She later joined Avenue Baptist Church, where she was a member for 82 years. Members from the church presented her with a plaque entitled "The Marriage of Avenue Baptist Church and Miss Mississippi Winn." She received a letter from President Barack Obama.[3]
Winn enjoyed reading the Bible. She never married, and had only one child, who died in infancy at the age of two.[2] Winn had many nieces and nephews who most frequently called her "Aunt Sweetie".[1]
Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover presented a proclamation to her and named March 31 "Miss Mississippi Winn Day" in the city of Shreveport.[1]
See also[edit]
- List of the verified oldest women
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of supercentenarians from the United States
- ^ a b c d Campbell, Gwen (2010-03-29). "March 29, 2010 - SHREVEPORT TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE NATION'S OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN". City of Shreveport. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ a b "Born before Wright Brothers flew, world's oldest person dies at 114". CNN. February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b Bradley, Christine (2010-04-01). "La.'s oldest resident celebrates 113 years". Shreveport Times. Retrieved 2010-04-05.


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Matilda Quinn!!!
Welcome to the world Matilda Quinn!!! She was born November 16, 2013. A little late on the announcement, but you moms know how life with a newborn can be!
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Thats my birthday too! Great name, congrats!
Thats my birthday too! Great name, congrats!
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I love Asher too. Its too popular for me though.
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Lorelei can be shortened to Rory (like in Gilmore girls) could be a good compromise.
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My friend Craig Foster, co-editor of the excellent anthology on early Mormon plural marriage The Persistence of Polygamy, has called my attention to this specimen of theologically-motivated Evangelical opposition to Mitt Romney:http://myemail.constantcontact.com/False-Prophets-Arise-Again-In-The-Presidential-Race.html?soid=1011287334085&aid;=Ajv6AAZY_MMBehold the same mind-set that gave humanity the Balkans. Posted from Boston, Massachusetts … [Read more...]
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The bi-weekly column that Professor William Hamblin and I do for the Deseret News, this time on the death of Pope Shenouda III and on Egyptian Christianity:http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765562430/Christians-mourn-death-of-a-pope.html … [Read more...]
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My brother's funeral is now scheduled for Friday, with the viewing on Thursday night. So I'm going to carry through with my lecture on the campus of Harvard University on Monday. (We'll see how I do; I'm intermittently a basket case right now.) Here's the poster that's evidently been put up around Harvard:I was planning to call my brother on Monday night to report to him that I'd just given a lecture out at Harvard. He always got a kick out of my travels, speeches, and … [Read more...]
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I've been genuinely moved by the many condolences I've received on the death of my brother, Kenneth Walters. I'm very grateful for them.I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all who have offered their sympathy. (I may or may not get a chance to thank each person individually; with, among other things, a lecture on the east coast on Monday evening and my brother's funeral in California later in the week, I'm a bit overwhelmed. And, candidly, I'm also slightly dysfunctional … [Read more...]
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Opening on 26/02/2009 in Brussels, a two-day conference on private equity and hedge funds organised by the European Commission. Charlie McCreevy, Member of the EC in charge of Internal Market and Services, said regulatory and supervisory oversight of private equity and hedge funds hat operate in the European Union would be inevitable.
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Escobar, who was born in Alice, is the only female entertainer out of 14 artists scheduled to perform at the National Tejano Music Convention and Vegas Revue in Las Vegas on July 14-16.
"It makes me feel proud to represent women in the Tejano industry," said the 48-year-old Escobar, whose first hit "Los Frijolitos Pintos" sold a million copies at age 8. "For years, it was taboo that woman had a band in the Hispanic culture. I have done it 41 years."
On April 1, she released her latest album "Mi Cantina," which was recorded at San Antonio's ZAZ Recording Studio/Joey Records International and features the title track and "Dos Almas Comprendidas" with accordion legend Flaco Jimenez.
The album, released on her label, Escobar Records, is available at House of Music, Corpus Christi Trade Center and Wal-Mart.
Ricardo Hernandez, media and talent director for the 2006 National Tejano Music Convention and Vegas Revue, says the event is the second largest Hispanic convention in the United States.
He considers Escobar an industry treasure and plans to buy her latest CD.
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Alongside her father, the late Eligio Escobar, the two were the first father and daughter inducted into the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame. Linda sang and toured with her father until age 18.
"She has that soulful, but emotional feel to her music," said Hernandez, who compares her to Joan Baez and Carole King. "She is definitely a part of our social fabric, as is all of conjunto music."
Conjunto music includes bajo sexto and accordion, but has no keyboards, brass or horns like Tejano, Linda Escobar explained.
"It hits my heart when I hear people talking about Tejano music and not give credit to the roots music of Tejano, which is conjunto," Escobar said.
Escobar is content as her career has "made a full circle." She'll perform at the convention with Sunny Ozuna, Carlos Guzman, Freddie Martinez and Mingo Saldivar - the same artists she toured with 40 years ago.
Passing on knowledge to youths interested in conjunto is equally as important to Escobar as playing it.
In November, Escobar will hold the eighth annual Veterano Conjunto Festival, which she started in memory of her father, to raise money for scholarships.
"I feel that it's my duty to help up-and-coming or young artists so I can open doors for them, just like my dad helped me," said Escobar, who so far has awarded 13 scholarships to musicians 18 and younger.
Her latest disc, "Mi Cantina," features bonus tracks by Christina Casillas, 11, who won "Young Vocalist of the Year" at the 2005 South Texas Conjunto Association Awards; and an instrumental by Christina's brother, Robert Casillas, 15, who won "Young Bass Player of the Year."
Last year, Escobar awarded funds to the Conjunto Heritage Taller in San Antonio to provide accordion and bajo sexto lessons for students.
"She's just an all-around good person with a big heart. When there's a benefit, she's the first one to volunteer," said Ricardo "Guero Polkas" Pena Davila, KEDA 1540 AM music and program director in San Antonio.
Escobar's single "Lonely Letters" was No. 1 on the station's Top 100 of 2005, based on record sales in San Antonio.
"As long as we've been playing her music, she's been popular. Ever since age 8. She's been kind of a legend," said Davila, who also considers Lydia Mendoza and Eva Ybarra famed women of conjunto, what he describes as country and western in Spanish.
"She is one of the few that's out there and is actually continuously recording," he said. "She's an artist in all aspects. Thank God she's still recording because it would be dominated by nothing but guys. That would be boring."
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New evidence from satellite images has revealed the true extent of forced evictions going on in Badia East, Lagos – one of Africa's two megacities.
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Emergency decrees issued by the King of Bahrain which include the banning of protests are a shameful attempt to ban dissent and freedom of expression, says Amnesty.
Women political activists in rural Zimbabwe have told Amnesty International they have been threatened with violence and forced to flee with their children.
A complete overhaul of human rights is needed in Iran, Amnesty has declared in relation to the inauguration of the new President this weekend.
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And as been stated in dialogue that the
carriers a big punch in a small body. Proving that bigger is not better.
Why would it prove that? The
is good for a small ship, but she's never torn big capital ships a new one, the way the larger hero ships have done. The damage she dishes out on Cardassians cruisers in her titular episode is rather superficial, and she never quite kills a capital ship in any other episode, either. Bigger does seem to be better in that respect.
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In the titular episode, Gul Dukat referred to the Defiant as "one of the most heavily armed warships in the quadrant". I know it's irritating from a real world standpoint, but nevertheless the Defiant was portrayed on DS9 as a complete ass kicker. Dialogue like that just confirms it.
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