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Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives
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As economic uncertainty continues and government spending skyrockets, some experts have offered advice on how best to prepare for what they see as an inevitable rise in inflation.
According to the National Inflation Association (NIA), the smartest way to shield one's net worth from the damaging effects of rising prices is to do away with U.S. bonds, treasuries and other dollar-denominated assets.
Due to uncertainties surrounding the stock and the real estate markets, NIA also suggests precious metals, especially gold and silver, will become an ever more attractive class of assets to invest in, given their liquidity and tradability.
"Gold and silver have been accepted as real money for thousands of years and could replace the U.S. dollar as the ultimate safe haven for Americans to store their money," the association said.
Because inflation leads to rising prices of food, clothing and other necessities, it may also be a good idea to stock up on canned foods, bottled water, medicine, toothpaste and first aid products in case government imposes price controls that would lead to shortages, it says.
In times of economic hardship, some people have moreover benefitted from planting their own gardens or starting a farm.
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Explosion at PEMEX Building in Mexico City
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This is a 5 step guide for cluster batch encoding with transcode 0.6.x.
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(1) We first rip the desired DVD title into a work directory, containing only the VOB chunks for transcode's directory mode. This directory should be accessable for all nodes via NFS.
tccat -i /dev/dvd -T 1,-1 | split -b 1024m - dvd_title/part-
(2) Next we need to create a navigation file to access all the VOB chunks with frame accurate navigation.
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A sextet of French filmmakers collaborated on Six in Paris (originally Paris vu Par...) Jean Douchet directed the film's first episode, Saint Germain-des-Pres, the story of the up-and-down relationship between a male model (Jean-Francois Chappey) and an American coed (Barbara Wilkin). Jean Rouch's Gare du Nord is a haunting twist-of-fate tale involving a suicidal handsome stranger (Gilles Queant). Written and directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet, Rue Saint-Denis unites an experienced prostitute (Micheline Dax) with a garrulous customer (Claude Melki). Place de l'Etoile, a Chekhovian guilt trip involving salesman Jean-Michael Rouziere and shabby, supposedly dead street person Marcel Gallon, was Eric Rohmer's contribution. Jean-Luc Godard's Montparnasse-Levallois, photography by American documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, finds Joanne Shimkus in an imaginary menage a trois. Six in Paris is topped off by Claude Chabrol's La Muette, wherein a family man (played by Chabrol himself) comes to grief when he purchases a pair of earplugs.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast: Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Jean-François Chappey, Nadine Ballot, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Andréani
Produced by: Barbet Schroeder
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Recovery for All
December 2011
In 2012 we will continue to build on success of the current and previous years. Below are highlights of our plans:
Renewal of LGBT Focus
Back in 2007, NAMI made an important decision to step forward and address LGBT mental health issues. To get started we hosted a listening session with various leaders from this community. In 2012 we will revisit the report and recommendations of the listening session to assess progress made to date and to outline our next steps.
Next Generation of Champions
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|Monday, 27 June 2011 07:12
A few days ago, Madison Bumgarner was coming off the worst outing of his career.The youngster coughed up eight earned runs in just one-third of an inning of work. The Minnesota Twins were the culprits as they victimized Bumgarner by tying a Major-League record with eight consecutive hits. But the lefthander bounced back in a big way Sunday night, and he did it on national TV.
Bumgarner, pitching on ESPN's Sunday Night Game of the Week, won his fourth game of the year as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-1 at AT&T Park. Bumgarner went seven innings, giving up an earned run on six hits with 11 strikeouts.
"I'm not going to say there wasn't any doubt," Bumgarner said. "There was a little doubt. It was tough to forget about a start like that. I tried to put it behind me the best I could."
The Giants(44-34) have won five in a row, and they lead Arizona by a game-and-a-half for first place in the National League West. The Giants begin a seven-game road trip in Wrigley Field against the Cubs Tueday. Bumgarner won't pitch again until Friday, when the Giants travel to Detroit.
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Recently I have been reading A Series of Unfortunate Events authored by Lemony Snicket. The first three books of the series were recently put into movie form, but I haven't seen it yet, and I am not sure I am going to.
The series is about a set of siblings for which everything seems to go wrong. If there was ever a negative world, it is the world in which the Baudelaire children live. Throughout the books (at least the ones I have read because I haven't made it through the series yet) these orphans are plagued by inept adults, villains of all kinds and circumstances that would make even the most positive adult shrink before them.
Yet somehow they persevere and seem to come out on top all the time, even with the odds stacked upon them.
To listen to many people who live in Carbon County, one would think that we are the Baudelaire orphans of Utah. It's true that for a rural county we are way different from other places in the state. Our population tends to be more liberal than most of rural Utah and official positions here, along with politics, are not as dominated by the mind set of much of the state.
I, myself like it that way, and take pride in that.
And it's true, we have had some circumstances against us that make it hard for us to progress economically like we would hope to.
There is also an assumption that people in other parts of the state have a negative opinion about us so we are held down and not allowed to grow.
In my experience, it's not that people outside our area have a negative opinion about us, it's that they have no opinion. They don't know much about Carbon County except that we mine coal and have a canyon that has been put on one of the most endangered places in the United States.
I remember just before I moved to this county in 1990 to work at the College of Eastern Utah, all of my friends in Salt Lake wondered what the heck I was doing. "I know you have a job there, but do you really want to live there?" they would say.
Over the years as I have lived here some of those friends have fallen away; I am too far out of the mainstream for me to count anymore. Forget the fact some of them drive right through town six times a year to go to Moab and points south, they act like I don't exist.
On the other hand, some of my other friends have come and visited, and have really liked what they have seen. Some have even talked about coming here. Of my two children that previously lived in Salt Lake, one of them has now been living here for five years and the other sometimes talks about "getting more rural" too.
Before I lived here I almost always lived in or around big cities. I loved small towns but it seemed the right opportunities didn't exist to move to one. When I moved here my wife and I made the decision that this is what we wanted and I cut my pay in half to do it. It was well worth it.
I have always told my kids that you can't do anything about what other people do, nor can you generally change their thinking either. But you can do something about what you do and how you think.
In the books the Baudelaire children always face uncertain futures, with big roadblocks in their way. Somehow, though, they always come out of it, maybe a little ruffled, but in one piece nonetheless.
The series is meant for children, told in a manner that emphasizes the fact that things never turn out the way you want them to, but despite that you can still find overall happiness in your existence and even if you have much less than others, you can still appreciate how lucky you are to have what you have.
Years ago while working as a custodian, I got a piece of advice from a co-worker while we were mopping up a gym floor after a basketball game. I was grumbling about the work and how I could be happier if I was doing something else. He told me there was something wrong with people who thought they should be happy all the time. He said, "That's just unrealistic. Besides, if you were happy all the time, how would you know what it was. There is something wrong with people who think they need to be happy all the time."
This guy wasn't an old sage. He was just 20 years old at the time, but he was definitely wise beyond his years and it made me think.
So Carbon County, be thankful for what you have. This is a beautiful place to live, work and the people who live here are unique and wonderful. Sure it has its problems, and sometimes we may feel like we are having the experience of the Baudelaire orphans.
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GrubHub, Seamless Merge to Boost Restaurant Delivery Chops
Companies that connect hungry consumers to local eateries that deliver are seeing boom times, and two of the more popular players in the category have just announced they will merge. The deal means joining forces on research and technology development, as well as combining their respective networks. However, for consumers there will be nothing new to see -- all they'll have to do is order and eat, as usual.
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Two well-known restaurant delivery services -- GrubHub and Seamless -- announced plans to merge on Monday. The services enable users to search local restaurants that deliver by ZIP code and food specialty.
Combined, the companies' footprint will cover 500 cities and connect users to more than 20,000 establishments.
The combined company will likely pull in some serious revenue. Last year, GrubHub's and Seamless' online and mobile platforms accounted for about US$875 million in gross food sales to the local restaurants, with resulting combined revenue of more than $100 million for the services.
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The merger of the two companies is not likely to have an impact on users. Their apps will stay separate, at least initially. The synergies appear to lie in the combination of their respective networks. The companies seem to be planning to use the resulting economies of scale to more efficiently deliver specialized products or services to users, especially corporations.
For instance, one of the benefits of the merger will come from pooling their research to streamline product development.
Upon receiving regulatory approval for the merger, the combined company's name and its marketing brands will be determined.
GrubHub and Seamless spokespersons were not immediately available to comment for this story.
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The merger will not likely have an impact on competitors in this space, predicted John Jannotti, cofounder of Foodler.
Users are not likely to suddenly flock to the company because it is bigger, he told the E-Commerce Times. "They will continue to use one or the other, as they always have."
Also, restaurant delivery isn't the type of service that is shaped by the so-called network effect, Jannotti maintained. That is, they don't become more popular as friends in a social network adopt them.
"It is like using Travelocity or Expedia, for example," he said. "I don't know or care which my friends use. It is the same with these apps too."
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The one group that will notice the merger will be the respective investors in these companies, Jannotti said.
"I would guess that they are interested in an exit in the form of an initial public offering, and that is always an easier story to tell if a company is larger," he pointed out.
As for the combined company gobbling up market share at the expense of its competitors, Jannotti dismissed that scenario as well.
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Like their specialty drink recipes, Chris and Cindy stirred together the right combination of ingredients to present themselves as eligible borrowers. Chris brought to the table over a decade's worth of restaurant and hospitality industry experience, including having worked his way from sous-chef to general manager of the well-known Screen Door restaurant in Portland. Experience was a great first building block. Chris' career history gave him the right ideas about operations and management, while Cindy brought to the table her experience as a customer service manager in the banking industry, and as a current Starbucks store manager—but as their pursuit solidified, the Reeds decided they needed to put together a comprehensive business plan.
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From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Big Short, Liar's Poker and The Blind Side!
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge.
The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.
The trademark of Michael Lewis's best sellers is to tell an important and complex story through characters so outsized and outrageously weird that you'd think they have to be invented. (You'd be wrong.) In Boomerang, we meet a brilliant monk who has figured out how to game Greek capitalism to save his failing monastery; a cod fisherman who, with three days' training, becomes a currency trader for an Icelandic bank; and an Irish real estate developer so outraged by the collapse of his business that he drives across the country to attack the Irish Parliament with his earth-moving equipment.
Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American listener to a comfortable complacency: Oh, those foolish foreigners. But when Lewis turns a merciless eye on California and Washington DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
©2011 Michael Lewis (P)2011 Simon & Schuster
"No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Lewis." (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)
"we may not be the most stupid kids on the planet"
Michael Lewis takes us on a cool road trip.....visiting selected economic disaster areas. Beginning in Iceland and ending in California, his analysis of each of these self-inflicted financial wounds is factual, with a nice sprinkling of sarcasm and humor.
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"An easy intro to the global financial crisis"
I've always found the financial crisis difficult to understand, particularly when it comes to the global level. But Michael Lewis makes it entertaining and easy-to-understand through his firsthand account of the larger-than-life characters from five nations: Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany, and (last but not least) the US.
The story of Iceland was especially fascinating – I remember a business acquaintance there who had to fly with thousands in cash shortly after the 2008 meltdown. Lewis not only explains the cause behind the collapse, but also the reasons for the rise of cheap credit in a nation that once made its fortune in fishing.
Dylan Baker's conversational tone makes it feel like Lewis is talking right to you, and he gets the occasional notes of sarcasm just right too. I'll definitely be listening to more from him, and Lewis.
"I'm Recommending Boomerang to Everyone"
I'll read just about anything from Michael Lewis and have been a fan since Liar's Poker. In this book, Lewis is informative as ever, but throws in much more humor. Maybe he abuses a few stereotypes but the result is so damn funny that I'll let it go.
Dylan Baker, new to me, is the perfect narrator for this tale. He adds the right touch of sarcasm that fits perfectly with the story. I'll look to him to introduce me to some new authors.
This is information that we all need to know.
This was written in a way that follows the money around the world. He interviews with people who influenced it's course and problems with our world wide economy from Subprime - Iceland - Greece, the entire Euro and even Ireland. Engrossing to say the least!
He has a stable voice with an edge of humor.
Following the reason Bass is such reliable a source; I was about sick when he interviews the Texas Hedgefunder and quotes his advice to buy hard assests like gold, nickels by the millions and firearms.
I read science, biographies, histories, mysteries, adventures, thrillers, educationals, linguistics but not no way, not no how, romances.
"Good but not Great"
I'm an avid reader of books on economics, such as the masterpieces by Paul Krugman, and I eagerly picked up Boomerrang because it's a topic I care about and I loved reading his famous "Moneyball". I was highly entertained and educated by this book, but I still feel it lacks something.
Let's start with the positve, though. We watch our author travel to Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany and California. He examines how the glut of free credit that circled the world in the early 2000s was accepted and used and how those accesses turned into ruin. Each country exhibits a quirky and fascinating quality of him and to you, the reader. He does a nice job at examining how the credit was spent and how the system collapsed. By the end we have seen a collage of images.
But he fails to examine the larger Euro-Zone or to fit these pieces together into a meaningful message or educational point. There is no summation, no understanding of how the crises we witnessed are interrelated or what can be done about it or what policies would prevent it in the future. The books deserves to be longer, more thought proking and more in depth. It's not, and so it doesn't quite feel complete. That said, I still enjoyed it and would recommend it.
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"He makes it look easy."
This book is must reading in my opinion because its account of the almost automatic abuses that seem happen when it's too easy to get money...as in Iceland and Ireland and Greece. In Iceland, fishermen became bankers and ruined the country is record time. In Ireland, easy drove up real estate prices so high that they bore no relationship to true value as measured by rentals. In Greece, its seems everyone from top to bottom was spending money they didn't have. The unaffordable pensions, the universal tax evasion, the false budgets and false statements of tax collections in Greece are unbelievable. In the US, he explores the finanicial condition of municipalities. In Ireland, the Irish government pays off bonds issued by privates banks to private individuals and viritually bankrupts itself. In California, he visits bandrupt towns where the police and fire fighters salaries and pensions that are imposed by a ridiculous system are impossible to pay. What is amazing is how easy the author makes it look to gather this incredible incredible information. He goes almost as a tourist and conducts some interviews. But I dont't think he could not have done this without a lot of preparation.
"Classic Michael Lewis"
I enjoy Michael Lewis books. They are a lot of fun to listen to, but I think he has a tendency to exaggerate and use some artistic license in his accounts.
This is my third book of his and now that I'm familiar with his schtick I listened more for amusement than factual accounts.
The book takes us to each of the collapsed/collapsing economies around the world and astounds us with the incredible greed, stupidity and chutzpa of those involved.
Pinch of salt, but the essence is right and if you're like me you'll be well entertained
"interesting, funny, entertaining and factual"
headline says it all. this book was surprisingly funny without loosing any credibility. i like it a lot.
"Informative and Interesting but Shallow"
I learned a lot listening to this book, but everything I learned felt grossly simplified. Lewis has latched onto these defining aspects of national character as his framework for the book, and I think he very often overplays them. The generalizations and pop-psych cultural studies sometimes fly a little thick and obscure the more interesting points, which I found distracting. But overall, it's worth a listen.
"If you only listen to one Michael Lewis book..."
make it The Big Short, not this one. I love Lewis, but I'm giving this 3 stars. If it were someone else, I'd probably give it 4, but this just felt not up to Lewis' standards. When I finished TBS, I was talking about it for days, and by the time I'd convinced my friends to read it, they were complaining that I'd already told them a lot of the best stories because I just couldn't resist. This book was enjoyable, but it just didn't capture my excitement the way other Michael Lewis books have. Uncharacteristically, there were parts that just felt like filler. The story of the Greek monks comes to mind.
My biggest straight complaint is that Lewis really pushes the position that public workers unions are responsible for state and local governments' budget challenges, but he doesn't give much evidence that this is the case. To be sure, he may be right, but all he gives are anecdotes, like California paying a prison psychologist $800,000 a year. Yes, states and cities are in financial trouble, and yes, public workers and pensions are their biggest expense. But it takes more to say that it's the unions' fault. I'm personally disinclined to believe that it's unions' fault, but I respect Lewis, and I was willing to hear him out, he just didn't present much solid evidence. Maybe the story in the US is more technical and involved, or maybe my standards are higher because I'm more connected to it, but I felt like the sections on Greece and Ireland were much more convincing. At the same time, those stories are also pretty well hashed out by this point. The section on Germany was more original, but I'm hard pressed to say exactly what its conclusion was, except that Germans like poop.
So yeah, it's a good listen, but not a must listen, and definitely listen to The Big Short first. If you're a Michael Lewis fan, prepare to be disappointed.
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MASSENA - A Massena man has been named in a 17-count federal indictment alleging that he possessed and distributed child pornography.
Christopher J. Durand, 34, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, with obtaining pornographic videos involving children over the Internet and with disseminating images, also over the Internet.
According to a criminal complaint filed in the matter, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a Cyber Tip-line report in July 2012 saying that an employee of a Denver, Colo., website host had reported possible child pornography using an Internet protocol address assigned to a person in Massena. The state attorney generals office issued a subpoena related to the records for the address and allegedly learned it was assigned to Durand.
The state polices computer crime unit contacted Massena police and requested a street address check for Durand, which was provided and then confirmed by the U.S. Postal Service. A search warrant was obtained for Durands residence in November 2012 and a computer and cellphone were seized. A forensic check of the items allegedly found pornographic images of children.
According to the complaint, Durand told investigators that he had been receiving images over the Internet for about three years and that he had traded images with a man named Dave in Minnesota. State police there investigated the man, who allegedly told investigators that he had received images from a man in New York named Chris. The man also said that Chris had sent him a package containing computer parts and when the package was recovered, it allegedly had a return address matching Durands address. Durand allegedly admitted that he sent the package to the man in Minnesota.
The indictment is the latest step in a criminal case that started in November 2012 when Durand was arrested on he charges by state police.
Massena-based state police Bureau of Criminal Investigations investigators had charged Durand in November 2012 with a felony count of possessing a sexual performance by a child and a felony count of promoting a sexual performance by a child.
I dont understand why I am interested in child pornography, Durand said in the statement he signed for state police investigators.
Troopers said the charges stemmed from an investigation initiated by the New York State Police Internet Crimes against Children Task Force and the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit. They were assisted by the Massena Police Department in the investigation.
State police seized and examined a Dell Dimension 2350 computer, USB flash drives and a cell phone when they executed a search warrant at his Andrews Street apartment. Investigators, in court documents, said the items contained hundreds of photos and videos featuring sexual performances by children.
Troopers also alleged Durand had uploaded at midnight July 13, 2012 four video files containing images of pre-pubescent children engaging in sex acts.
Durand, in his statement to police, said he had worked for Tamarack for several years but left after suffering a back injury. He said he then worked for a time at a tire business in Ogdensburg before quitting that job three years ago and going on disability.
He said he moved to Massena from Potsdam and had spent his days caring for his dog, watching television and on his computer.
He said he visited a child pornography website about three years ago.
This website sells child pornography, and you can preview pictures on this site. I first started downloading child pornography from this website. The website also had a chat function, where I met other people and traded child pornography with them, he noted in his statement.
He said he met a man he identified as Dave from Minnesota in the chat room. Dave directed me toward a lot of links and chat sites on the web related to child pornography. If it wasnt for Dave, I wouldnt know anything about the stuff, Durand added.
Dave also set a Yahoo mail account, Durand said, noting the password and user name were shared initially with five people.
The group used that account to place and exchange child pornography, and Durand said the number of people with access to that account had grown over a two-year period.
I would never hurt a child. In the past, I have had opportunities to molest children. I could never hurt a child and when I say hurt I mean not only physically hurt them but molest them. I could never do that, he said in his statement.
He acknowledged there had been incidents involving an 8-year-old girl in the summer of 2011 and a 4-year-old girl about seven years ago when he might have touched a childs intimate parts, but he said both incidents were accidents. He said he had apologized to the 8-year-old for the accidental touch and suggested the pre-school child had initiated the contact in that incident.
Durand said he couldnt understand his interest in child pornography.
I dont know why I am doing these things. I dont get it. I apologize to anybody I hurt, and I need help, he told investigators in his November 2012 statement.
Durand is currently held in custody at the Onondaga County Correctional Facility. He had been jailed on $50,000 cash bail in November 2012 following his arrest by state police.
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The Critical Mass Pack from Patagonia is a bicycle courier day pack that carries the heavy, the awkwardly shaped and the diverse.
With a slight trapezoidal shape and a streamlined design, it keeps the loads of a two-wheeled commuting life close to your back to preserve your dynamic mobility. The main compartment accommodates lunch, books and extra clothes. A padded sleeve, raised above the bottom of the backpack, holds and protects a 17-inch laptop. Interior pockets include a drop-in for a wallet and gym pass, a mesh pocket to hold your keys, a padded electronics pocket for your phone, and three slots for pens. Two exterior mesh pockets hold water bottles and lash points secure a U-lock and/or bike light. The reflective panel in the middle of the pack keeps you visible for dawn and dusk treks. Other features include a molded back panel to keep you cool, shoulder straps with mesh padding to move moisture and a removable, padded waistband. Made of 8.4-oz 600-denier 100% recycled polyester with a slick 3.3-oz 200-denier polyester lining. Both have a polyurethane coating.
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- Main compartment is covered by a flap and equipped with one drop pocket, one mesh pocket, one padded electronics pocket and three slots for pens
- Interior padded sleeve raised off the ground cradles most 17˝ laptops and secures with a buckle and strap
- Front has reflective panel and lash point that attaches to a bike light (light not included)
- Side-mounted water-bottle pocket
- Breathable, moisture-moving 3-D spacer mesh pads the shoulder strap and back panel to keep you cool; with top-side carrying handle
- Body: 8.4-oz 600-denier recycled polyester. Lining: 3.3-oz 200-denier polyester. Both with a polyurethane coating
Gender: Unisex
Material: 600-denier recycled polyester
Season: F14
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Canyon Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 £1939.00
Fast, lively aluminium road bike with electronic shifting and loads more besides; a helluva bike for the cash
Weight 7860g Contact www.canyon.com
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This, folks, is the Canyon Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 and it's putting in an early bid to be road.cc's Bike of the Year. It's one of the cheapest bikes out there to come with electronic gear shifting and it has plenty more to offer too. You get quality components across the board and a fast, involving ride.
We'll take the best bits one by one, starting with the most obvious...
Shimano Ultegra Di2 shifting
The chances are that you have some thoughts on electronic shifting by now and you'll either like the idea or you won't. If you do want it, this is the cheapest way to get it (that we know of) on a complete bike from any of the big, mainstream manufacturers.
Canyon is a German brand and you buy direct from them rather than through dealers. This means that their UK prices vary slightly over time according to the exchange rate but we've never seen the Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 priced at more than £2,000.
The Di2 components you get here are of the second-tier Ultegra variety rather than top-end Dura-Ace. In practice, that means the system is slightly heavier (by 140g) but the electronics are second generation and a further development of the original Dura-Ace components. We'd be really surprised if the next generation of Dura-Ace components didn't feature the same electronics as 2012 Ultegra.
If you really want light weight you can stick with mechanical shifting but Di2 does have a lot to offer. For a start, shifting is so easy. True, pushing a mechanical lever is hardly the most onerous job in the world but electronic shifting is just a matter of tapping the right button, a little like clicking a mouse. It's never awkward whether you're on the hoods or the drops, riding in the saddle or standing up on the pedals.
The changes are all but instant and everyone likes the autotrim feature on the front mech – it automatically adjusts its position slightly according to the sprocket you're using in order to avoid chainrub. It's not the biggest deal in the world but it's useful to have.
We won't give a complete appraisal of Ultegra Di2 here – check out our previous coverage here and here if you want more detail –but suffice to say that it works as promised and the chances of you running out of juice while you're out on a ride are minimal. You get over 1,000km (625 miles) of use per charge – more likely about three times that depending on how much gear shifting you do, and it's simple to check how much power is left in the battery, so if you do find yourself on empty, well, you've only got yourself to blame, really. Even then, the front mech stops working before the rear giving you the chance to get home as painfree as possible.
Frameset stiffness
Many people think that a carbon frame is necessarily better than an aluminium frame. They're wrong.
While I've been riding this bike over the past few weeks, loads of people have come to take a look, attracted by the electronic components. At least half of them have asked something along the lines of, 'Why would you put electronic shifting on an aluminium-framed bike?'
Well, why wouldn't you? Yes, we all know that carbon fibre allows manufacturers to produce bikes that are amazingly stiff for their weight, but let's not get carried away. Aluminium is still a great frame material, particularly when you're trying to make a price point. This is an excellent frame.
One thing that this frameset has plenty of is stiffness. Up front, the head tube is oversized at both the top and the bottom with a 1 1/4in bearing up top and 1 1/2in downstairs (rather than standard 1 1/8in bearings). Canyon call this their One One Four SLX system. Matched up to the full-carbon fork, which weighs just 295g, this means there's little sideways movement when you sling the bike hard into tight downhill bends. The steering is very precise which means you have the ability to push the pace through tight turns without needing to make any allowance for the fact that the bike might demand a bit of extra leeway to get round.
The bottom bracket is oversized too with Shimano BB91 press-fit bearings while the down tube is pretty darn burly – 60mm in diameter at its widest point.
The Maximus seat tube is designed to add to the stiffness too. It bulges out on the non-driveside to increase the cross-sectional area, but not on the driveside so as not to interfere with the drivetrain. Canyon reckon this, 'increases the lateral stiffness of the frame in the bottom bracket area by 30% compared to a conventional, round seat tube.'
Of course, it's impossible to comment on the accuracy of that figure by riding the bike but we can tell you that there really isn't much bottom bracket sway when you're riding. It feels very tight and very punchy much like a top-end race model costing two or three times the price. Hit the pedals with everything you've got and the bike launches forward with a keenness that's bound to put a smile on your face.
The Canyon climbs well too. Weighing in at 7.86kg (17.29lb) for the complete bike in the large (58cm) size, it's pretty lightweight. There are lighter two grand bikes out there but bear in mind that you have to pay a slight weight penalty for that electronic shifting. Anyway, with all that stiffness transferring your effort into forward motion, the Canyon handles the climbs as well as some bikes that are considerably lighter.
Ride quality
When a manufacturer focuses on stiffness there's always the danger that the bike will end up feeling severe, maybe even harsh, but Canyon have been careful enough to add features that improve the comfort of the ride too.
Those seat stays are pencil-thin – a large pencil, admittedly – built using Canyon's VCLS Technology (in the bike world every frame feature has to have a name, preferably one featuring an abbreviation). VCLS stands for Vertical Comfort, Lateral Stiffness and the idea, of course, is that you get a bit of up and down movement in there to dampen road buzz and dissipate shocks.
The VCLS seatpost is designed with the same function in mind. It contains basalt fibres, dontcha know – although we suspect the fact that it's a narrow 27.2mm in diameter is equally important to its bump-taming characteristics. It really doesn't matter much. What's important is that the Canyon's ride is perfectly comfortable. I wouldn't say it's plush, or even particularly close to that end of the spectrum, but it feels good.
The Selle Italia Race SE saddle is a definite bonus in terms of comfort. Well, okay, it is for me. I love the Selle Italia shape and the degree of flex you get in the shell.
Resting your hands on the Shimano Ultegra Di2 lever hoods is really comfy too. Plus, the body of the lever has a small diameter so even if you have big hands, it feels like you have a tighter fist, a better grip and a touch more control when you're riding out of the saddle.
Strong spec
Now, you might have thought that by slinging Shimano Ultegra Di2 on a sub-£2,000 bike, Canyon would feel like they'd done the hard work of getting people to notice the Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 and put on some cheapo components to make up the remainder. Not a bit of it. Everything on this bike is branded, quality kit.
The brake callipers are Ultegra too, as is the chainset. You can go for either standard chainrings (53/39) like we have on our test bike, or a compact (50/34) set up for a lower set of gear ratios. The cassette is Ultegra too – 11-23T, 11-28T or 12-25T.
The rest of the spec is just as stong. Take the wheels, for example: they're Mavic Ksyrium Equipes. These are the entry level Ksyriums but they're still great wheels. They're reasonably lightweight and plenty stiff enough but in our experience their strongest point is that they're bombproof. We've used these loads and they've always gone the distance. You get good Conti Grand Prix 4000 S tyres on there too – another bonus.
The Ritchey WCS Evo Curve bars are triple-butted alu and they have a shallow drop (128mm) and a generous amount of rearward extension. The stem is from Ritchey too – another alloy component that provides plenty of stiffness when you get out of the saddle and haul on the bars.
The headset is the i-Lock system that Canyon developed with Acros. Rather than preloading the bearings by tightening a top cap down onto a star nut or expander wedge inside the head tube, with the i-Lock you tighten the stem onto the steerer tube then remove any play with a small Torq bolt.
This means that there's no danger of damaging the steerer tube. Plus, you can swap your stem without needing to adjust the preload on your headset... which, admittedly, isn't going to be a common occurrence.
Anyway, the headset works well, like all the other components on this bike. I had no mechanical issues whatsoever over the test period, not even a puncture, and I got in hundreds of miles including plenty over some horrible roads. The wheels are still completely true, the brakes are still biting well, everything is just as it should be with no annoying little traits having developed. It's hard to fault the Canyon's spec.
Just a quick word on the geometry to finish off. The Canyon has a pretty aggressive setup, our large (58cm) test bike coming with a 19cm head tube, a stack height (vertical distance from the centre of the bottom bracket to the centre of the top of the head tube) of 579mm and a reach (horizontal distance from the centre of the bottom bracket to the centre of the top of the head tube) of 394mm. That's racy – not extreme but certainly performance-orientated, so this is a bike for people who want to get there fast.
If you want an upright, relaxed position for taking in the view, this isn't the one for you. If, on the other hand, you want to race or to belt around sportive routes as fast as possible, take a good look.
Summing up
So, the Canyon Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 is built around a strong and stiff aluminium frame and lightweight carbon fork, the electronic shifting works faultlessly every time and the rest of the spec is strong throughout. It's an efficient, responsive bike with a good level of comfort.
There will doubtless still be people who are put off by the fact that the frame is aluminium. If they're spending almost two grand, they'll want carbon. I'd say you need to look beyond that. This is a fast, dynamic bike without a significant weakness.
Fast, lively aluminium road bike with electronic shifting and loads more besides; a helluva bike for the cash
road.cc test report
Make and model: Canyon Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2
Size tested: 58cm
About the bike
State the frame and fork material and method of construction. List the components used to build up the bike.
Frame Canyon New F8 Technology
Fork Canyon One One Four SLX
Headset Acros Ai-70 Fiber
Rear Derailleur Shimano Ultegra Di2
Front Derailleur Shimano Ultegra Di2
Shifters Shimano Ultegra Di2
Brake levers Shimano Ultegra Di2
Brakes Shimano Ultegra glossy grey
Hubs Mavic Ksyrium Equipe
Cassette Shimano Ultegra 6700 11-28
Rims Mavic Ksyrium Equipe
Tyres Continental Grand Prix 4000 S
Cranks Shimano Ultegra glossy grey
Chainrings 50/34
Bottom Bracket Shimano Press-Fit SM-BB91
Stem Ritchey WCS 4-Axis (31,8)
Handlebar Ritchey WCS Evo Curve
Saddle Selle Italia Race Special Edition
Seat post Canyon VCLS Post
Tell us what the bike is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about the bike?
It's a performance-orientated road bike.
Here's Canyon's write-up:
"Electronic shifting for only £ 1,939.00! The Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 combines numerous innovative concepts. We have adapted the brand new Ultimate AL frame to accommodate the new Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic shift system. We were able to completely do without the holes for the mechanical shift cables and have routed the cables on the left hand side into the top tube, then through the chain stay to the rear derailleur. Shifting is as easy as a simple mouse click, there is no delay and it does not require any force. What are the other advantages of the Di2? The front derailleur adjusts itself automatically depending on the gear you have selected and the noise of the chain scraping against the front derailleur cage is therefore a thing of the past.
"In addition, the rear derailleur can be adjusted while riding. Thanks to the precision engineered electric motor shifting is made both faster and safer than with conventional mechanical shift systems. However that's not all the Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2 has to offer. The high end ensemble also includes Mavic Ksyrium Equipe wheels, which you can be sure will directly transmit your power onto the road via the Continental Grand Prix 4000s tyres. The premium Ritchey WCS-cockpit beautifully polishes off this superb race machine. You just won't have experienced a better alloy road bike than this one."
Frame and fork
Tell us about the build quality and finish of the frame and fork?
All good - neatly done. Canyon's finishes could be a bit more imaginative but I guess the white/black colour scheme isn't going to offend anyone
Tell us about the materials used in the frame and fork?
It's an aluminium frame with a full-carbon fork.
Tell us about the geometry of the frame and fork?
It's a performance-orientated geometry with a 73.25° head angle and a 73.5° seat angle. It's not the most extreme setup ever but it's certainly more low and stretched than sit-up-and-beg.
How was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did it compare to other bikes of the same stated size?
The stack is 579mm, the reach is 394mm. The top tube length is 566mm which is a little short for a 58cm bike.
Riding the bike
Was the bike comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride quality.
Good. It's not the plushest of rides but it's certainly comfortable enough, even on big rides a few hours long.
How did the bike transfer power? Did it feel efficient?
It certainly did. This is one of the bike's strongest points.
Was there any toe-clip overlap with the front wheel? If so, was it a problem?
There was a little, which is quite unusual on a 58cm bike. I had to be careful not to scuff my favourite shoes on the tyre.
How would you describe the steering? Was it lively, neutral or unresponsive? Fairly lively.
Tell us some more about the handling. How did the bike feel overall? Did it do particular things well or badly?
An easily manoeuvrable bike. Pretty agile.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's comfort? would you recommend any changes?
The Selle Italia saddle was a hit with me. Canyon's own seatpost helps keep things comfy too.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's efficiency? would you recommend any changes?
The stiff aluminium cockpit certainly helps when you're riding out of the saddle. The pressfit bottom bracket helps with efficiency too.
The drivetrain
It's going to come down to whether you like the idea of electronic shifting or not
Wheels and tyres
Excellent shape, super-easy shifting.
Your summary
Did you enjoy riding the bike? Yes
Would you consider buying the bike? I would, yes.
Would you recommend the bike to a friend? Yes
Anything further to say about the bike in conclusion?
This is a great bike. I get to test bikes all the time and am often eager to move on to the next one, but I'll be sad to see this one go. I'd happily ride it day in, day out. Do yourself a favour and don't be put off by the fact that it's an aluminium frame. There's more to life than carbon.
About the tester
Age: 41
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Am I having deja vu? Could swear I've already seen this a month or so ago? Or at least another alu canyon with Di2?
Regardless, I am curious to know what Di2 feels like in full-finger gloves? I tried leccy Ultegra on a turbo in my LBS, and I liked it, but that whole "changing gear is as easy as clicking a mouse" thing makes me wonder whether you'll have enough tactile feedback when it's not bare fingertips in contact with the levers.
Then again, who wants to use a bike like this in the winter...
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...
posted by notfastenough [3724 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 13:50
Just got mine yesterday, only had time for a short ride. But it was very good, but only a short ride in cold and very windy conditions, so it's hard to tell since it was the cold wind i noticed most.
For the Di2 with thick/thicker gloves it's hard to feel when you're touch the buttons.
As for the positioning you say racy, but coming of another german carbon, the Canyon have a more relaxed postion.
Just checked the 58 cm version have a 170 mm headtube, mine's the 60 cm version and that's got a 190 mm headtube.
I'm around 187 cm and the 60 cm fits me well, but then ofc i'm unusally built a little longer legs than usual and then monkey arms.
posted by Jakal79 [63 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 13:50
I've looked at Canyon bikes a lot recently with a view of buying this model mentioned the Ultimate AL 9.0 Di2, my only concern is that you have to buy direct with Canyon but what if there are teething problems with the bike ?? does this mean it's got to be shipped back to Germany for repairs at my expense ????
posted by spikes [2 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 14:07
Am I having deja vu? Could swear I've already seen this a month or so ago? Or at least another alu canyon with Di2?
we wrote a 'just in' when it arrived, now mat's ridden it and this is the review...
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 14:43
posted by russyparkin [578 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 21:39
cranks scuffed already? not so good
i think that's glue residue from where we took a sticker off
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
3rd April 2012 - 23:01
notfastenough wrote:Am I having deja vu? Could swear I've already seen this a month or so ago? Or at least another alu canyon with Di2?
we wrote a 'just in' when it arrived, now mat's ridden it and this is the review...
Ah I see. Thought I was going mad. Thanks.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...
posted by notfastenough [3724 posts]
4th April 2012 - 9:57
what clearance is there for tyres? could you fit 25mm or even 28mm?
posted by thebongolian [46 posts]
4th April 2012 - 21:13
Top of my IWOOT list!
Bear in mind though chaps I think Canyon have a little bit of long lead time on these!!
I also like the Speedmax AL TT bike, that is also a lot of bike for the money.
posted by pmr [193 posts]
5th April 2012 - 11:03
Does your car have "Volkswagen.com" painted in ugly three-foot letters across the bonnet, boot and wings? Why does it pass without comment on a bike?
posted by Sven Ellis [32 posts]
5th April 2012 - 11:36
Does your car have "Volkswagen.com" painted in ugly three-foot letters across the bonnet, boot and wings? Why does it pass without comment on a bike?
if you want a canyon, you have to go to canyon.com. that's the only place you can get one.
if you could only buy a volkswagen from volkswagen.com, i expect they'd write it on the cars. as it is you go down your local dealer, so they don't
i can understand that some people don't much like it. but it's pretty obvious why they do it, isn't it?
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
5th April 2012 - 11:46
With all due respect, that's irrelevant. The only people making Volkswagens are Volkswagen.com, and if they thought the market would bear having it plastered on the sides of cars, they would do so. The real question is why cyclists are happy to buy products that - however well they ride and are priced - appear to be designed with no thought for aesthetics.
posted by Sven Ellis [32 posts]
5th April 2012 - 14:33
With all due respect, that's irrelevant. The only people making Volkswagens are Volkswagen.com, and if they thought the market would bear having it plastered on the sides of cars, they would do so. The real question is why cyclists are happy to buy products that - however well they ride and are priced - appear to be designed with no thought for aesthetics.
the reason it says canyon.com on the bike is because it's an internet-only brand. the .com serves to reinforce that, as well as giving people a heads up on where to buy the bikes. makes perfect sense to me, and it's not comparable with a car manufacturer in any way.
you don't like how it looks, i get that. personally i *do* like the way it looks, so we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. you're not right, and neither am i. aesthetics are subjective. if you don't like it, you don't have to buy it. if enough people don't like it and don't buy it, they'll probably change it. as it is, i hear they sell quite well. i wouldn't mind owning one, for a start...
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
5th April 2012 - 14:43
With all due respect, that's irrelevant
I love it when people say (or write) 'with all due respect' - usually means quite the opposite
I'm actually with Sven in that I'd prefer it not having the .com on the end, but I can't say I mind that much - I'm still pretty keen to own one too...
posted by step-hent [718 posts]
5th April 2012 - 14:57
You'll have to explain the difference between branding on cars and bikes, as it's not immediately clear to me.
Fortunately, there is a solution. The bike also comes in a handsome, url-free deep black and titanium.
posted by Sven Ellis [32 posts]
5th April 2012 - 15:21
The difference is that it's not just canyon's branding but their sole route to market. they're web-only, so their success rests on people visiting their website and buying the bikes there; their brand is, in very essence, canyon.com. that's not true of any car brand that i'm aware of.
any clearer?
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
5th April 2012 - 15:43
anyway, like you said this is largely irrelevant since you can have it without the .com if you want
posted by Dave Atkinson [7863 posts]
5th April 2012 - 15:45
You'll have to explain the difference between branding on cars and bikes, as it's not immediately clear to me.
All cars have badges, yes? The brand badge, then the model, then in some cases the engine and spec, in little chrome badges on the back. Cars also have a distinctive shape - I know a Citroen Picasso or a Ford Mondeo as a distinctive body shape, and you don't need to look at the badges to know who made it.
Bikes are different. To within a few inches, every convetional road bike in the world is basically the same shape. If I sanded all the text badges off my Giant Defy and put it next to a similarly-treated, similar-colour low-end Trek, you'd have to have a bloody good look to tell me which was which.
By comparison, rip the badges off a VW Passat, and anyone who's driven a car on European roads in the last 15 years could still tell you it's a VW Passat.
There's also the practicality of writing - if you made the branding on a bike proportional in size to that on a car, you'd need to have your face 4" from the downtube to be able to read it. The text has to be big enough to read at a distance or it may as well not be there at all.
Finally, I'd like to point out that every bike made for the last 100 years has had the brand name painted on the downtube and headtube, among other places. Why on earth are you getting so pissy about this one?
posted by stewieatb [299 posts]
5th April 2012 - 15:49
i like the graphics, anyway if you take one in the alternative colour doesnt it just say canyon? if its as fast as it looks no one could read the writing anyway :. thank god cannondale and canyon are still showing the merit of aluminium. we dont all want carbon (from the caad10 owner)
posted by russyparkin [578 posts]
7th April 2012 - 17:42
when i went on a tour of the Canyon factory/showroom in Koblenz with Roman Arnold, the founder of Canyon, he said that Canyon had a top German designer come up with the logo and spent lots of money on it.
posted by jamjam [61 posts]
13th April 2012 - 22:11
To me, most cars look pretty much the same. I can tell the difference between a Hummer, Mini Cooper and Ferrari, but nowadays cars tend to have very little variation in their industrial design. Bikes on the other hand seem to be getting more and more distinctive features. Take the BMC GF01 with the jagged look and the wavy Pinarellos for example. In the era of steel frames the differences were pretty much only in the lugs and head badges.
posted by kide [25 posts]
17th April 2012 - 9:00