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Information and communications regarding the development of census questions covering the LGBT community and the decision not to include these questions in the 2018 census.
Content recommendations on topics for the 2016 Volume Test
To best prepare decision makers to make informed decisions on which topics are included
and excluded from the 2016 Volume Test.
In scope of this document
This document highlights potential content change (for trial in the Volume Test or for paral el
QMD and RI perspectives have been considered as part of content considerations and these
perspectives are included for reference
Out of scope of this document
This document does not detail topics included but with no change and these are detailed in
linked documentation.
Variables Specifications are living background documents. A comprehensive Volume Test
version of these wil be made available for reference during this decision making process and
for development of systems and tools.
This document does not address final wording of forms which wil be signed off in a separate
process driven by RI in June 2016.
Primary Content Test Objective
Test the proposed 2018 Census new and changed questionnaire content:
a. Is assessed as feasible for a self-completed questionnaire where concepts are clearly
defined and individual questions are clearly understood by respondents
b. meets requirements and customer's needs for data quality - expected quality
Cognitive and mass completion testing to date has been paper based. The Volume Test is an
important opportunity to test both internet and paper forms. Internet form design may provide
solutions to some issues raised through testing to date.
Towards Census Test 2017
The Volume Test is a key opportunity to gather evidence in a test driven census environment. It is not
the only opportunity. Paral el testing wil be progressed for key topics to feed into content
considerations for Census Test 2017. What goes into the Volume Test may be different from what
goes into Census Test 2017.
Census content Volume Test recommendations
Content to be included - Individual Form
Existing content to remain New content
Changes to existing content
the same
Second residence
Usual residence one year ago
Post-school qualification
Usual residence
Highest qualification
Years at usual residence
Main means of travel to
Disability/activities limitation
Usual residence five years
Main means of travel to work
Sexual orientation
Tenure holder (yet to be
Census night address
confirmed – proposed new
licence to occupy category
Years since arrival in New
removed, but other changes
Languages spoken
Maori descent
Iwi affiliation
Religious affiliation
Partnership status in current
Living arrangements (and the
existing range of derived
family and household
Legal y registered
relationship status
Cigarette smoking behaviour
Number of children born
Highest secondary school
Study participation
Total personal income
Sources of personal income
Work and labour force status
Status in employment
Sector of ownership
Workplace address
Hours worked per week
Unpaid activities
Content to be included – Dwel ing Form
Existing content to remain New content
Changes to existing content
the same
Dwel ing address
Housing quality – access to
Occupied dwel ing type
Dwel ing counts and types of basic amenities, dampness,
Sector of landlord
unoccupied dwel ings (note – mould
Access to telecommunication
this isn't just from the
systems (fax category dropped)
dwel ing form, it also requires
Type of heating (previously fuel
information from the field)
Number of occupants on
Number of motor vehicles
census night
(output change)
Relationship to reference
person (and the existing
range of derived family and
household variables)
Number of bedrooms
Number of rooms
Tenure of household (but
minor changes possible)
Weekly rent paid by
Census volume test - content recommendations
Dwel ing form
New content
Housing quality – damp, mould and amenities
Content recommendation
We recommend including mould, damp and access to
basic amenities in the VMO.
Content summary
It is important to keep testing and gather evidence on
the fol owing variables together:
access to basic amenities.
There is a high level of customer interest in this data
and content have ranked this topic highly in the
determination process.
The content team acknowledges current issues in
questionnaire development but the importance of
these topics as a cluster makes gathering further
quantitative evidence is a high priority. Inclusion in
the Volume Test wil al ow quantitative analysis and
assessment of overal data quality.
In addition there wil be minimal impact on the flow of
or the rest of the the questionnaire.
Note col ecting information on insulation has already
been considered and discounted, as indicated in the
variable spec.
Both QMD and RI have questioned how A4 mould
size relates to effects on health and the usefulness of
this as an indicator. This information is currently used
to assess risk of negative health effects at the
population level. (A4 size equates to category 2 on
the mould severity scale they used in fit for purpose
rental housing research. This amount of mould was
highly predictive of wheezing). Also, it is a practical
way of quantifying the extent of mould and more
reliable than a subjective question that asks
respondents whether mould is a minor problem,
major problem, or no problem.
Further external engagement about dampness
confirmed that this information is an important
measure of the indoor environment, has an
independent ef ect on health, and would be very
important information, especial y if it was combined
with the mould question.
Those lacking amenities are expected to be a smal
population so it's important to include this in a large
scale test. An amenity has to be useable (functional)
to be counted.
Some changes to the amenities question may be
needed – see the recently updated variable
spec.Changing to the opposite approach can be
considered but would make the question style
dif erent from others such as telecoms and might lead
to respondent error.
Another idea is separate yes/no questions, but this
would take up more space.
One intended use of the amenities data is to help
measure severe housing deprivation
Recommended for inclusion in Volume Test, with
some reservations
Recommended for inclusion in Volume Test, with
some reservations
Not recommended for inclusion in Volume Test in
current format.
Recommend further testing in communities where we
expect some deprivation of these
basic amenities to be prevalent.
Disagree with inclusion
Disagree with inclusion
Disagree with inclusion
Next Steps
Further customer consultation on housing
Paralel testing and development as required
with target smal population groups
Changes to existing content
Number of rooms
Content recommendation
We recommend inclusion but with some minor
Content summary
Agree that use of caravans is probably relatively
uncommon, and testing so far may not have included
many in this situation, however this is part of what's
defined as a bedroom in the standard and it's
important to include them, as we've done previously.
Not including them could affect data comparability
over time and artificial y inflate household crowding
As discussed with QMD, it might be awkward to add
another bul et point about caravans.
The 2013 approach had bedrooms as a separate
question so it worked then.
Other possible options discussed with QMD to
address the caravan issue were:
Move the caravans category to the
bot om of the list (would this help)
Have a 'bubble' for it. But there doesn't
seem to be space for that.
Have a guidenote. But people may not
realise they need to think about caravans
they use as a bedroom and so may not
refer to the guidenotes.
Not discussed with QMD - Maybe add
the necessary wording to the bedroom
response option. But this would make it
Recommend this question format for inclusion in
Volume Test, with the removal of 'caravans …' as a
standalone category.
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Minor - refinements to question wording
Heating appliances
Content recommendation
We recommend this be included, possibly with some
further refinement to the question.
Content summary
Central heating is probably quite rare in NZ and
doesn't warrant its own response option, but open
fires may need its own response category, possibly
one for wood and one for coal. Some research on
where these can stil be used is needed.
We would like to stick with asking main method for
now. We need to know whether respondents can tel
us this information and see the level of multiple
response. A guide note has already been writ en to
help respondents answer this question.
The 'most often' wording is a way of operationalising
'main'. The content team have suggested using the
word "main" in the question but this may be too
Recommend this question format for inclusion in
Volume Test with some tweaks
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Minor refinements to question
We recommended the fol owing be excluded from the VMO.
New content
Licence to occupy
Content recommendation
It is recommended that this be excluded from the
volume test due to the issues that have arisen with
people not understanding this term.
Content Summary
The 2013 approach was to only mention LTO in the
guidenotes, however we may want to consider if the
previous guidenote should be changed or kept the
See the Individual Form, licence to occupy (tenure
holder) for further comments on this.
Not recommended for inclusion in the Volume Test
Agree with exclusion; strongly recommend looking
into admin data instead, given that al respondents
tested (including those that had a license to occupy)
were confused by the question/response option
Next Steps
Continue to develop and test outside VMO
Includes testing 2013 Census
Go back to external experts to discuss significant
issues and to explore administrative data sources
Housing quality - cold
Content recommendation
This is recommended for exclusion due to the
variation in how it may be answered by dif erent
people living in the same household.
Content Summary
In the consultation, this came out as lower priority for
col ection in the census as it is more dif icult to come
up with a good question that gets good quality data
on this due to its subjective nature.
Note – we have already considered whether
information on insulation could be col ected and
discounted this, as indicated in the variable
specification. Many people would not know the
answer to this question so it would not be possible to
col ect good quality data.
Recommended for inclusion in Volume Test, with
some reservations
Agree with exclusion
Next Steps
Inform experts of decisions and monitor responses
Census Volume Test - content recommendations
Individual form
New content
Sexual orientation
Content recommendation
Sexual orientation is recommended for inclusion.
Content Summary
Sexual orientation data has been identified as an
ongoing unmet information need, due to the distinct
health needs of the lesbian and gay subpopulations,
need for an indicator to inform research as wel as
the need for national and subnational counts to
inform policy decisions.
The question format proposed has been
implemented by the ONS and in New Zealand
(MOH) in interviewer administered surveys. Thus far
it has performed adequately in QMD testing and has
recommended for inclusion in the Volume Test to
assess how this question wil perform in a 'real world'
Unlike the gender identity question tested, this
variable wil not conflict with the existing sex and
number of children born alive questions.
Recommend inclusion of Sprint 5 question version for
Volume Test with help information available.
Agree with inclusion; though more work needs to be
done around how the data wil be output and the
suitability of asking this question without any age
Next Steps
Continue paral el testing
Continue to work with CS &D on planning for
a new classification
Monitor international trends
Establish inclusive experts working group for
ongoing advice (internal and external)
Second address
Content recommendation
Recommended for inclusion
Request that this question be implemented towards
end of sprint timelines
Content Summary
Second residence was strongly rated as an
information need, particulaly for highlighting shared
care arrangements of children, and better
understanding the service populations of many
However, there are a number of issues highlighted
during testing. The reference of 30 days per year is
dif icult for some respondents. They also had
dif iculties in interpreting the response categories with
'other' being most popular. Parents with shared
arrangements found it dif icult to determine which
was their childs usual and second residence. There is
a concern the question may impact how people
answer usual residence.
While it is acknowledged there a number of dif iculties
to overcome, we believe it is important that this
variable be included in the Volume Test. It is a
valuable opportunity to get large scale quantitative
data, and to see if extra address questions place too
great a burden on respondents.
Not recommended for inclusion in the Volume Test.
Recommend further testing for possible later
inclusion (Census Test 2017).
Disagree with inclusion
Next Step
Changes to the latest question are
recommended before the Volume Test. For
instance, an open text field for "other" in Q8
would al ow us to see these responses are.
Any other cognitive testing done before the
Volume Test can also feed into question
development. However, large scale changes
are not expected.
Further testing can be done in paral el with
the Volume Test.
Agree best option to tease out ef ects of one
address question on another
Investigate relationships between alternative
current, 1 and 5 yr address questions on 2nd
Usual residence one year ago and usual residence five years ago
Content recommendation
Both Usual residence one year ago and usual
residence five years ago are recommended for
inclusion in the Volume Test.
Content Summary
In our preliminary view we suggested that both usual
residence one year ago and usual residnce five years
ago be included. However, if a trade-of needed to be
made, usual residence five years ago was considered
by some customers to be a lower priority. Address
five years ago ties in with the date of the previous
census and so enables al the inter-censal
components of population change to be estimated.
Due to its importance in helping with national and
sub-national population estimates there was strong
advocacy for usual residence one year ago to be
included in the 2018 Census. Population projections
are very important for infrastructure planning and
social service provision.
The content team has recently gone back to internal
stakeholders chal enging the need for both one and
five years ago.
Feedback was stil strongly in favour of having both
usual residence one and five years ago. The
combined data from the two questions give the best
possible insights into migration flows including return
and repeat migration. Some consideration has been
given to the IDI of ering alternative linking
opportunities for five years ago. However, feedback
from IDI is that there are problems relying on the IDI
for this information. In addition, the continued
inclusion of five years ago is considered useful in any
further linking work.
The addition of a question for usual residence one
year ago is relatively straightforward, although the
main issue may be respondent burden, especial y
with the introduction of second residence and
education address.
However, it is our view that the best way to find out
about the impact of this burden is to include al
addressing questions in the Volume Test.
Recommend inclusion of "address 1 year ago' only in
the Volume Test.
Wil need further investigation with Population
Statistics and other SMAs about prioritisation
Next Steps
Investigate relationship of this address question to
other address questions
Step families
Content recommendation
This is recommended for inclusion because it would
be useful to have a large scale test of this to see how
wel it is answered, including by Maori, and assess
data quality.
Content Summary
We need to investigate moving this question away
from the living arrangements question and trying a
new, simpler question.
We are checking whether a dif erent approach can
be used that would stil meet information
Inclusion in the Volume Test would al ow quantitative
analysis of responses such as cross-tabulation with
ethnicity which wil help us assess how dif erent
ethnic groups are answering this question. It is
expected to be a smal population group so inclusion
in a large scale test is important to al ow us to assess
overal data quality.
Not recommended for inclusion in the Volume Test.
Recommend further testing for possible later
inclusion (Census Test 2017).
Disagree with inclusion – concerns around Māori
view of stepfamilies
Next Steps
Investigate alternative approaches to
col ecting this information
Progress concept work within a Māori world
view with internal Māori advisors
Dicuss testing progress and quality of data
issues with internal and external experts on
step families seek advice on further testing of
Investigate potential impacts of inclusion of
this question on household and family data
Travel to education/address
Content recommendation
Recommend inclusion of travel to education and
usual travel means of travel to education.
Content Summary
Consultation demonstrated strong support for travel
to education.
Consistency with 'travel to work' means that 'usual' is
preferred to census day travel to education.
As indicated in the variable specification col ecting
information on usual travel wil provide bet er
information. This wil provide better information for
transport planners and this would also be consistent
with the proposed approach for travel to work. For
example - travel wil not be subject to the weather on
census day, data wil be more comparable over time,
more inclusive. In addition this approach helps to
resolve the issue of many people using a broader
window of time to complete forms than census day
The information for the address can be cut down to
name, campus (suburb), and city/town. That would be
suf icient to meet the information need. This has
implications for ICS development and for processing.
Recommend inclusion in Volume Test, with fol owing
Revert to travel on census day (which wil
require response option of "did not travel
to study on census day').
Ask only for 'name of educational institution'
and 'city, town or campus' rather than
exact street address of educational
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Investigate sources of addressing data
Activities limitation (disability)
Content recommendation
Activities limitation is recommended for inclusion in
the Volume Test.
Content Summary
Output data on disability or functional limitations at a
subnational level has been an ongoing identified
need by customers.
The Washington Group questions are the
recommended approach to fulfil this need by SMAs
and have been run in the 2016 GSS question set.
QMD has identified a number of issues around
interpretation of the questions and categories for
respondents. Given the 'fixed' state of this question
set, modifications to the set are undesirable outside
of what has already been implemented (matrix style
on paper form).
Quantitative evidence wil help to assess whether the
issues identified by QMD impact the data of quality to
be output.
This wil provide stronger evidence to justify
inclusion/exclusion to customers.
Not recommended for inclusion in the Volume Test.
Conduct further, targeted, cognitive testing for
possible future inclusion (Census Test 2017).
Disagree with inclusion
Next Steps
Go back to Washington Group experts and
seek advice on appropriateness of using
these questions in a self-complete matrix
Check with SNZ experts on comparability of
Volume Test data with GSS outputs
Go back to Disability reference group to
discuss testing progress and concerns raise
Assess quality (fit for purpose) of output data
from Volume Test with internal and external
Changes to existing content
Content recommendation
Testing of a third category for the sex question is
recommended for the Volume Test.
Content Summary
The 2013 Census sex question presents a binary
concept of sex. It is compulsory for people to
complete census forms. Only those who consider
themselves to be 'male' or 'female' could honestly
answer this question. Alternative responses were
coded as 'male' or 'female' by Statistics NZ.
The existing sex standard has never had a ful
review. It al ows for a third category and wil
accommodate col ection of another category which
counts al those not included by the terms 'male' and
A human rights complaint has recently been lodged
against Statistics NZ.
Consultation demonstrated a clear need for baseline
information on the sup-population of people who are
niether 'male' or 'female' from health sectors and the
af ected groups. This potential new census
information was not considered high priority by other
key customers. If the information was available there
is a possibility that it would be more widely used.
Testing in the Volume Test wil provide larger scale
evidence about the feasibility of a third category and
its potential impacts. As sex is a Priority 1 variable
there is an identified risk to key counts. The best way
to understand the realities around this risk is to test a
third category. Classifications have pointed out that
this risk wil only kick in for census data itself rather
than Volume Test.
Classifications are interested in using an
'other…please specify' response in the Volume Test
to inform their understanding of how a future review
of the sex classification might be considered. This
evidence wil also inform thinking around statistical
standards across sectors.
It wil also help to assess public response to this
question format in a real world context. A third
category has tested satisfactorily in QMD testing thus
far and any evidence gathered from the Volume Test
wil help to inform any future decision for this variable.
Further work wil be required to understand
implementation impacts of a third category on 2018
Census edits, derivations and imputation.
Recommend inclusion of Sprint 5 question version for
Volume Test with help information available.
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Clarity on the intent of the third category in
the classification would help further
development of this question.
Assess the interest in subpopulations of
interest within a third category and work
further on definitions and revise topic
Learn from Australian census and other
international initiatives in this area
Travel to work
Content recommendation
Recommend continued inclusion but with change to
usual means of travel to work.
Content Summary
There was strong support for changing it to usual
means, as indicated in the variable spec.
Note, for people with multiple jobs, they should
indicate the means of travel used to get to their main
job, so that the information fits together with the
workplace address information, which wil be for their
main job.
There is customer interest in understanding more
about multi-mode travel behaviour in NZ. This has
been discounted for further testing at this stage.
Recommend inclusion in Volume Test, with smal
wording changes
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Continue to test gather evidence on respective
viability of 'usual' and 'main' means of travel to work
Highest qualification change
Content recommendation
We recommend continued inclusion of highest
qualification. There wil be two minor questionnaire
changes to this variable.
Content Summary
The level of post-school qualification wil be col ected
in a tick box as opposed to a free text field. There wil
stil be a free text field to col ect subject of post-
school qualification. We also propose a tick box
question added to indicate whether the qualification
was gained overseas.
Changing the response options to tick boxes was
recognised as being an improvement to data quality
and helping to reduce the time and cost of
There has been a need identified to col ect
information on post-school qualifications gained
overseas. The reasons for this was to improve the
accuracy of estimates of the costs and benefits of
obtaining a qualification in NZ and to understand the
profile of those in the workforce with overseas
Respondents have coped wel with the question
changes in testing. The main issue is respondents
cannot easily recal the level of their qualification (but
is not due to questionnaire changes). No issues have
been observed with the overseas qualification
Recommend inclusion in Volume Test, with one
potential tweak
Agree with inclusion
Next Steps
Look at classification and consider potential to
col apse some response options
Voluntary work
Content recommendation
Inclusion of the 2013 Unpaid Acitivities format is
recommended for the Volume Test.
Content Summary
Voluntary work (with hours) was tested in order to
assess whether the census could better meet users
needs in this area. QMD testing indicated that
respondents were having dif iculty with the time
component of the question.
Given that a time component is not viewed as
feasible for a census style questionnaire, the 2013
format is recommended in order to retain data
comparability and the positive respondent
interactions with the previous format.
Recommended for inclusion in Volume Test, with
Agree with inclusion of the 2013 Census version of
this question for Volume Test
Next Steps
Inform external experts of direction for the Volume
Test and monitor responses
Confirm direction for Volume Test with internal
experts re removal of time component
We recommended the fol owing be excluded from the Volume Test. Please note that
exclusion in the Volume Test does not neccesarialy mean we recommending exclusion in
New content
Gender identity
Content recommendation
Gender Identity is not recommended for the Volume
Content Summary
A question on gender identity question was tested in
order to assess the ability of a question to meet the
needs of health providers for identifying transgender
and other gender diverse populations, as wel as
providing a baseline national count and and indicator
to inform researchers.
QMD testing has indicated that while a simple gender
identity question 'works' in terms of gathering
responses, any potential format wil not necessarily
identify the subpopulations this variable needs to
identify in order to meet the information need
identified. A sex and gender question on the same
form was also causing issues and confusion for
respondents. Therefore it is not recommended for
Recommend inclusion of Sprint 5 question version for
Volume Test with help information available.
Agree with exclusion
Next Steps
Further testing outside the Volume Test to gather
evidence on alternative wording and approaches to
the topic cluster gender identity fits within.
License to occupy
Content recommendation
We are recommending for exclusion of the licence to
occupy category.
We recommend retaining a tenure holder question in
the Volume Test in both the DF and IF.
Content Summary
The re-design of this question is partly to address
issues with family trusts, not just for identifying
licence to occupy and it would be useful to see how
wel this change is working in a large scale test.
Dropping the licence to occupy category means the
quetion wording may need minor tweaking and we
may also need to think about guide notes for those
who know they have a licence to occupy. This would
help respondents know how to answer but wouldn't
meet the information need for separate identification
of those with a licence to occupy.
The information col ected on the IF (Tenure holder) is
dif erent from that col ected on the dwel ing form,
which is tenure at the household level. It is
considered useful to have both measures. A dwel ing
may be owned by someone with a household, but not
everone within that household may own it. There
could be adutl children, flatmates, relatives etc who
do not themselves own the dwel ing. Asking it at the
individual level also al ows analysis with personal
characteristics such as age and ethnicity, which is
very useful.
Licence to occupy category not recommended for
inclusion in the Volume Test.
Recommend question revert to 2013 approach.
Agree with exclusion; strongly recommend looking
into admin data instead, given that al respondents
tested (including those that had a license to occupy)
were confused by the question/response option
Next Steps
Given the issues that have arisen with licence to
occupy, more work is required on this. It is an
important information need, so we do not recommend
dropping it completely. It may be possible to try a
dif erent way of col ecting this information eg by
exploring whether we could derive information on
whether a dwel ing is in a retirement vil age and
estimate LTO fom that, or by asking directly whether
a dwel ing is in a retirement vil age. This could
possibly identify the vast majority of licence to occupy


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Ricky Carmichael's Cross-State Adventure On New Triumph Tiger 1200
The GOAT & friends find adventure on an unforgettable journey across the Rockies.
Ricky Carmichael is a legend. With 10 AMA motocross championships and five Supercross Championships under his belt he has also earned the nickname GOAT, as in Greatest of All Time, and remains unrivaled to this day. He's also gotten into adventure bikes in a big way, becoming an ambassador for Triumph, and creating an annual Summer Adventure ride where he and some friends from around the world put Triumph Tigers through their paces.
This year, Ricky's band of adventure buddies traveled from California, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Australia to meet up with the GOAT at Empire Cycle, in Spokane, Washington, for the kick off of his annual Summer Adventure Ride. Their 2023 Tiger 1200 Rally Pro bikes were equipped with Mosko Moto luggage, QuadLock phone mounts, Boxo tool rolls, and Cardo supplied PackTalk Edge headsets so the friends could communicate enroute.
What a great ride! Every year we do this ride it keeps getting better and better! It blows my mind how we continue to find new roads that lead to new places that are just as spectacular as the places we went to the year before. We say it every year and it's true, there is no better way to see this country than on a motorcycle. — Ricky Carmichael
The crew set out from Spokane early on July 23rd, and in no time were in Idaho, slaying one of the state's best kept secrets, Saint Joe River Scenic Byway, 89 miles of "super fun" twisties Ricky said were perfect for getting adjusted to the new Tigers. After a bit of super slab they got the bikes dirty for the first time on Petty Creek Road, which lances Montana's Lolo National Forest. There was a stop at The Jack Saloon, near Lolo, to wash down some dust, then it was on to one of Ricky's favorite towns, Darby, Montana.
The ride has stopped here each year. (Attention fans of the Yellowstone series, Darby is situated in the Bitterroot Valley where the stunning intro scenes are filmed, and right up the road is the Chief Joseph Ranch, which serves as "Yellowstone Ranch" in the show.) Needless to say, it's gorgeous around Darby, with fun roads in every direction. Ricky fell in love with the area on his first Summer Adventure ride, saying the town is amazing with some really fun places to eat and listen to live music, adding that the "last couple years some serious darts have also been played, perhaps getting a little too competitive at times, at the Sawmill Saloon. Ricky Carmichael competitive? No one is surprised.
When in Darby, the group always stays at the same place, The Rye Creek Lodge, where the cabins "are first class." Ricky says the Lodge is a peaceful place to rest after a long ride, that is after hitting another of his go-to spots, Darby's Big Cat Cafe, where one of his riding mates, musician Chad Warrix, joined local players for a guitar session.
The next day the crew headed for West Yellowstone, but wanted to find "a non-traditional route" and so traveled across mostly unpaved Montana 38 and onto the Old West town of Virginia City for some lunch and finally into the National Park gateway town of West Yellowstone, where Ricky claims he had the best meal of the trip and "possibly the best BBQ I've ever had in my lifetime" at Firehole BBQ Company.
Day one and two had been moderate, 301 and 284 miles respectively. Day three would be a marathon, with an early jump right into the Park to beat the crowds. There they encountered all the Yellowstone gold: bison, elk, steaming springs and majestic mountains before blasting south toward Colorado. In the Flaming Gorge area Ricky says they enjoyed "absolutely epic" twisty roads and had nothing but praise for the 2023 Rally Pro and "its nimbleness from the lower center of gravity and lighter overall weight." After 570 miles and nearly 12 hours on the bikes they landed at the Spoke and Vine motel in Palisades, Colorado.
The plan for the final day was to ride to the motorcycle mecca of Ouray, Colorado, and enjoy the dramatic San Juan section of the Rocky Mountains, including a trek over the 12,800-foot Engineer Pass trail, which Ricky says was "probably one of the toughest rides I have done on an adventure bike," though the Tiger 1200 Rally Pros made it, no problem. Thinking their adventure for the day was over, they found the paved highway back to Ouray had been closed by a massive landslide, so the crew had to go up over the mountain trails again, throwing in 12,244-foot Corkscrew Pass for good measure.
A massive mudslide had just closed the road! I have never seen anything like it before, nor had anyone in our group! We had just missed it by about 15 min. – Ricky Carmichael
It was definitely an epic way to cap off an adventure bike tour. The group ended the 3rd Annual Summer Adventure with a get-together hosted by All Terrain Moto, the Triumph dealer in Grand Junction, Colorado. Ricky said after all was said and done he felt humbled by the support the group received from the Triumph dealers and their employees who helped make this year's ride "incredible and seamless."
ADV Pulse had an exclusive opportunity to ask Ricky, who is also helping Triumph develop its future line of enduro and MX bikes, for some extra details about the summer trip, and also about his experience with adventure bikes and adventure riding. Check it out in the following Q&A.
Final Trip Stats
- 1,465 miles 34 hours, 5min.
- 6 States: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado
- 2 National Parks: Yellowstone and Grand Teton
- Multiple National Forests
Q&A With Ricky Carmichael
1. Tell us about what you've been doing for Triumph the last couple of years?
There's been several things that I have been doing with Triumph. It started with just simply liking their product and brand which led to riding the Tiger 900 several years back on my first summer adventure ride. That led to me being a brand ambassador for them and now being part in the development of their off-road line that will soon launch into the marketplace.
2. Why did this annual ride get started? What's the goal of the ride?
It was started to really just enjoy what we love, and that's to ride our motorcycles across different parts of the country with our buddies. The goal was just that, which has now grown a bit each year to capture content and share our journey, along with our partners and their product in the industry with people via social media.
3. What was your first Adventure ride experience?
My very first adventure ride was in Australia. We got together with some of our Fox Racing Aussie mates for a Fox Legion shoot. It was only a couple of days but it really opened my eyes to how much fun those bikes were and the places you could go on them. It really brought me back to why we all started riding dirt bikes in the first place and that was to have fun. My first true adventure ride was great. It was during the shut down so it was a slim crew, only four of us. Myself, JH Leale, Anthony Paggio and Ray Butts. We rode for 6 days and covered 2100 miles!
4. Can you tell us more about the RC Summer Adventure #1 and #2?
For the first one, we started in Salt Lake City Utah, and headed north to Jackson. It's a great little town with lots of fun things to do. From there we made our way through the Tetons and into Yellowstone. I had never been to either so it was an incredible time getting to see all the amazing sites. We left Yellowstone and rode BearTooth Pass into Red Lodge. Still to this day that is one of the funnest roads I have ever been on! From Red Lodge we made our way to Glacier and spent a good portion of our day checking out that whole park. We left there and found a great spot in Darby MT, the Rye Creek Lodge. We like it so much there we have stayed there every year since! After that we were supposed to go to Lava Hot Springs but we had an issue and had to make our way back to Salt Lake. We got up that last day and rode down to Payson UT to pay the Rocky Mountain ATV MC guys a visit and get a tour of their facility. We took the scenic route back to Salt Lake and celebrated with a great dinner.
The following year we wanted to test the Triumph Tigers on a predominantly off-road ride. We mostly stuck to the dirt roads and trails and did 900 miles in northern Idaho. We left my old mechanics place in Grangeville ID and headed to Lolo and stayed at the Lochsa Lodge. From there we made our way to Darby MT again and then down to Ketcham and then ended up in Boise. It was an amazing ride and some beautiful sites!
5. What was it like riding a large adventure bike like the Triumph Tiger off-road for the first time?
It was great! Although, if I'm being honest, I was a little nervous at first. Just not knowing what to expect and the size of the bikes. From just looking at them, they can be overwhelming. However, that isn't the case once you ride them. I was blown away by how well they handle on and off-road, all of the controls and adjustability the bikes have for certain distances. Also, little things like grip warmers and seat warmers for the colder conditions if needed, and cruise control for highway use. The technology on the bikes really helps make the experience more enjoyable. I had that same nervous feeling with the Tiger 1200 this year because that was a whole new experience for us as well with the big adventure bike but again the design and overall feel of the bike with its low CG and awesome handling makes them easy to ride.
6. Did you have much street riding experience before trying adventure bike riding?
Yes, a fair amount. I did a couple cross country rides to Sturgis and have had some time riding locally on street bikes over the years.
7. Were there things you had to get used to coming from an MX background?
Not so much, I think because I have so much experience on bikes in general, so that probably helped.
8. What's your favorite thing about Adventure riding?
For me it's probably the versatility, and being able to have the option of going off-road when needed or wanting to on certain routes. With some of our previous cross country rides you would see a cool road or hear about a site to check out or some cool hidden gem in a national park but you couldn't access it on a traditional cruiser bike and do it comfortably. With the adventure bikes you don't have those limitations, you're pretty much able to go anywhere. Your only limitation is your own ability to ride the level of difficulty you want to experience.
9. How do you like the new Tiger 1200 compared to the Tiger 900 you rode on last summer's adventure?
I was really impressed with how the new 1200 handled in corners, because of its lower CG and overall weight. It really felt a lot like the 900 but with the power of the 1200! I was really impressed with the comfort on the long hauls. We did almost 600 miles one day this past ride and the bike was so comfortable to ride it made for a great experience being able to cover that much ground in a day.
10. What was the most difficult part of this last trip?
Haha, trying to keep the whole group together going up Engineer Pass. Also, the rocky wet uphill sections. I wasn't expecting it to be that difficult. But it was still fun. We also ran into a mudslide at the very end of our last day and that sent us back into the mountains later than we would have liked. A good buddy of ours, Chad Warrix, has tons of experience on those trails and thankfully he got us in and out safely during a pretty heavy rain. It for sure added more to the last day than we planned on but in the end it just made the adventure that much greater.
11. Any memorable moments you can share?
Oh man, other than the group of friends we had on the ride and being able to share all of those fun moments on the ride. We use Cardo coms to communicate the whole ride so the story telling and smack talk makes for some pure comedy moments. Just as amazing were all the sights. It was so epic, the top of Engineer Pass was unreal. The ride from Yellowstone into Colorado was some of the most fun and windy roads with some of the most insane scenery I've ever seen on a bike. There is no better way to see the country than on a motorcycle!
12. Are there any plans to open the RC Summer Adventure to the public?
At the moment, no. The specific goal is for it to be just close friends only, so that it's raw and organic content. As far as a summer ride that is offered for the public, of course we have had those talks and it is something that could be a possibility at some point. I like what Jeff Stanton is doing with his Jeff Stanton Adventures up in Michigan. I could see us doing something like that together at some point in the future.
13. Will we see next year's RC Summer Adventure on Triumph's new Dual Sport Bikes?
One can hope!
Gear Used
Bikes: 2023 Triumph Tiger 1200 Rally Pro and Tiger Rally Pro Explorer
Tires: Dunlop, Trailmax Mission
Gear: Fox Racing, Legion Gear
Communication System: Cardo Systems, PackTalk Edge
Phone Mounts: QuadLock, Moto mount with anti vibration damper
Tool Roll: Boxo USA, ADV Tool Roll
Bags: Mosko Moto, Pico Tank, Nomax tank and 30L seat bags
Satellite Coms: Bivy
Navigation: TrailTech, Voyager Pro
Helmet : Arai, XD4 Adventure helmets
AntiFog: Klotz, AntiFog Gel
Rental bikes for the crew: Eagle Rider
Photos by Stephen Clark, Chad Warrix and JH Leane
What brand of motorcycle interphone do you use?
They used Cardo PackTalk Edge headsets, as mentioned above.
Will there be any sort of video documentary on this trip by chance?
We haven't heard of any plans yet, but will be sure to share any updates that come our way.
I wonder how the seat height was Ricky when stopping or doing slowing speed manuevers?
Beautifully written, Jamie, and the photos are extraordinary. What a great article!
With a rock or log as a kicker Ricky could have probably cleared that mudslide 😉


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.NET 3.5 is installed, and we have granted write access to the ${MS SQL Reporting Services}\ReportServer\bin folder.
I do not see the two configuration files you referenced (rsreportserver.config and rssrvpolicy.config). Where would they be, and what changes do I need to make to them?
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I've attached the two files. Let me know if we didn't add in the XML correctly.
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Please check that whether there is Aspose.Cells.ReportingServices.dll in the folder("C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS13.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin"). Also, check that whether there is some error information about Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services in report server log files ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS13.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\LogFiles").
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The Aspose.Cells.ReportingServices.dll did not exist in the bin directory. I copied it in from the installation folder, but the rendering options didn't appear when I tried to export a report. Are there other steps that need to be done?
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I have a question about the energy on this planet – there is a destructive energy that keeps repeating over and over again. It's like we are stuck in a loop of hatred and greed, swirling and churning – along with love and compassion. As I write this, I am seeing this swirling energy of destruction and creation trying to form the Yin Yang symbol. The darkness of that symbol has been stronger than the light for far too long. Now, I'm seeing much more light in this swirling. So that's hopeful.
We are seeing this energy of suppression and hatred running through leaders who are dictators and autocrats, and many people who claim to be religious but do not live a life of love as the Christ spoke of. They want to control the people, hoard the money and are addicted to power and the creation of suffering. These leaders influence people who are easily manipulated to follow and obey. They are petty and vindictive, small-minded, hateful beings who have no creativity or intelligence and are jealous of those who do.
If I look at this simply as energy, it's like a ravenous serpent that wants to consume and destroy. Over and over this has happened. Is this just the nature of things, or can it be changed? Can love and compassion ever prevail on this beautiful planet?
I am asking Galactic Council this question – and the Vastness of Being – and my guide team – and my Arcturian Soul Family – I realize all are part of the Vastness of Being… but I want to specifically put it out to you all…
We have shown you an image of a huge black spider, and an octopus of density and darkness, sending its tentacles into the hearts of humans. The spiritual growth of Humanity has been about extricating this darkness from your own being – in the form of uncovering guilt, shame, self-hatred, envy, jealousy, fear in all its guises. And you, all who read this, have been doing this – some of you for many, many years. And as you do this, you are also doing it for your entire ancestral line. You are making room within you to embody your unique Soul Essence, as well as more and more love and compassion and at the same time, you radiate it into the world.
Clearing out all the false beliefs and patterns that kept you enslaved to fear has been the incredible work you have been doing, which opens you to be your authentic selves, radiant with love. This has been our message to you for many years. Now we show you the serpent – all of these images are connected – the serpent, the spider, the octopus, (but not in relation to those beautiful creatures that inhabit the physical Earth). The octopus gleefully reaches its dark tentacles of hatred and fear into human hearts, the spider weaves the dark web of beliefs and patterns that ensnare the mind and when groups who are aligned with these same frequencies form, they create the serpent that slithers across the physical plane, through their group actions, consuming innocence and snuffing out love. The fear and trauma of this feeds the octopus and so it goes. The energy of this destructive evil was unleashed on this planet in what you would call ancient times, when humans became consumed with power. The power of their creation, and the jealous desire to protect that creation has caused great destruction.
But Humanity is now in a time of transformation and remembering their Divinity. The individual and collective act of learning to love yourselves will bring you out of this destructive loop.
We have shown you an image of an orb of love. You can envision creating this orb – from your heart – and surrounding the serpent and all those riding the serpent, with this orb, and filling it with love and compassion for those who are ensnared with the tentacles of the octopus and the lies of the spider's web. In certain situations, there is more than one serpent and we see both contained in this orb and, like the parting of a sea, those caught in the middle can be offered love, comfort and protection from the serpent. The intention is for the transformation of fear into the surrender into love. Some people are in so much pain, that love actually hurts them, so compassion offers a healing balm. However, some people will not be able to embody love and it is likely that they will be consumed by their own hatred. That is their soul path.
When you have partaken in observing the energies in the world around you, through looking into "the news", you can visualize this orb of love surrounding whatever situations come to your attention. Whether in your immediate surroundings, or in places out in the world, you can place the discordance into an orb or sphere and fill it with love, knowing that this provides an opportunity for transformation.
You are bringing love to the Earth plane; it is rising within you because you have made room for it. Pay attention to this in your own life, and then send that love into the hot spots – the places that need love the most. You are all becoming more and more sensitive to energy. This is a form of prayer – when people say they are praying for peace and love to prevail, this is what that prayer can look like. Work with the energy – everything is energy. Everything is Source.
When you "pray" asking for a "higher power" to bring love and healing to anything, it is not as effective as tuning into your Divinity and sending that love from your heart and divine soul essence into whatever situation you are focused upon. For "God" is not outside of you. God, Source, Creator, Divine Essence is what birthed your very Soul. You ARE God, you ARE Creator. YOU are All That Is. Humanity is rising into this knowing, and along with it is a great responsibility to BE love in the world. To BE peace in the world. Every day, every moment is an opportunity to radiate this essence into your world. You are transmitters and receivers of energy. Creator Source flows through you.
So, when you want to pray for someone, send them love and peace from your heart, that it may fill them and radiate to those around them, bringing comfort, helping them to know they are not alone, helping them to remain in the light of the moment of now.
When you want to pray for situations happening in the world, send love and peace into the conflict. Contain those serpents in the orb of love and you will begin to notice something shift in the world. There is power in numbers. If many people do this, you will be participating in the transformation of Humanity into an Age of Love.
Yes, that serpent has been running rampant on Earth for centuries. Now, the consciousness of Humanity is growing into awareness of how powerful love and creativity is because, Human Beings, you are remembering who you are. You are awakening to your Divinity. It has always been within you. Begin to channel this Divinity throughout your being. Believe in your Divinity and embody the Divinity that you are. Channel your divine love into the grid of consciousness – the crystalline grid that surrounds the Earth and is connected to your Human Consciousness. The more you do this, the more you will feel it. You will not have to reach for the crystalline grid, for you have been creating a crystalline grid around yourselves. You are becoming part of this crystalline grid of light that surrounds the Earth. Channel the energy of love and peace into the world. More and more people doing this creates waves of love. You are creative energy transmitters and receivers – know this about yourselves and do your best not to allow the threats to love to send you into fear. Instead, double down on the love and peace frequency and radiate it out into all the situations that arise into your awareness.
Where there is a big conflict on the world stage, as it were, that conflict spreads into the hearts of people who feel themselves to be on one side or another of the conflict and this creates smaller conflicts in communities that may be on the other side of the world – all over the world. When you observe this happening in your social media, you can send the gentle sphere of love into these smaller conflagrations as well.
You have the power to bring more love to Humanity and the Earth. Your love is needed now, more than ever before. Allow your Divinity to be in your heart and step up to the power of your love.
Thank you. Thank you for hearing me and offering your guidance.
We are collaborators, dear one.
I have created a glyph, which is embedded in this message. I have been using this and sending it out into different situations of conflict. It is imbued with love and compassion, to soothe the hearts that have been traumatized. I offer it here in this message. For those of you who are seeing this message through some other platform where the image isn't shared, you can go to the blog on my website www.integralsoul.love to see the glyph. You can spin this image out into whatever situations you want to send love to. It may help to create the bubble or sphere of love.
May all who read this be filled with love and comfort.


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Japanese multimedia franchise 'TRIBE NINE' has announced the release of a theme song 'GAREKI WAR'. It will be accompanied by a music video, dedicated to one of the franchise's tribes 'Ota Tribe'.
Watch the music video here:
'GAREKI WAR' is performed by the Japanese band PRAISE, who also composed and arranged the song. One of the band's members, Yuta Kobayashi, composed the song's lyrics.
Separate theme songs for the franchise's 'Taito Tribe', 'Adachi Tribe', 'Minato Tribe', and 'Chiyoda Tribe' have been released in the past weeks. All of them are available on TRIBE NINE's official YouTube channel.
About The 'TRIBE NINE' Franchise
The 'TRIBE NINE' franchise is composed of an upcoming TV anime, smartphone RPG, as well as a webtoon. The TV anime will be animated by Leiden Films and will be co-produced by Funimation.
The anime, directed by Yu Aoki, with a script written by Michiko Yokote, is set for streaming in January 2022.
The franchise also announced the cast of the anime as follows:
- Shun Horie as Haru Shirogane
- Akira Ishida as Shun Kamiya
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Taiga
- Mai Fuchigami as Saori Arisugawa
- Mutsumi Tamura as Santarou Mita
- Fukushi Ochiai as Manami Daimon
- Shouya Chiba as Kazuki Aoyama
- Hiroshi Naka as Tenshin Outori
- Junichi Suwabe as Oujiro Outori
- Mikako Komatsu as Yuī Kamiki
"Set in the fictitious 23 wards of Tokyo, we envision a world view in which outlaw groups existing in each ward use a duel method called 'extreme baseball' based on baseball to develop a battle for their prestige"
'TRIBE NINE' Synopsis, via Official Site (AC Edit)
The 'extreme baseball' anime is set on a 'Neo Tokyo' where factions, or 'tribes', are trying to be the strongest 'tribe' in Neo Tokyo. It follows the story of Haru Shirogane who meets Shun Kamiya, leader of the 'Minato Tribe'. Yet, all of the existing tribes are threatened with the presence of Tenshin Otori, the self-proclaimed king of Neo Tokyo.
A webtoon regarding TRIBE NINE's anime franchise is also announced. According to their official site, said project is currently 'under development'.
In addition, the franchise also announced that they are currently starting their full-scale development for their upcoming RPG game. Said game, developed by IP producing company Akatsuki, is set as a '3D Action RPG'. While the game is still undecided as to which operating system it will first launch on, 'TRIBE NINE' has said that the game is developed specifically for smartphones. No information regarding the game's release has been made as of this writing.
'TRIBE NINE' is created by Japanese game developer company Too Kyo Games, as well as with video game director Kazutaka Kodaka, and producer Shūhei Yamaguchi.
Source: Official 'TRIBE NINE' Site / Banner: PR TIMES
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American Update: Amalgam Comics
*DC/Marvel: The late 1990s was a rich time of collaboration between the two giants of the comics field, with the huge DC vs Marvel series, loads of cross company team-ups and, strangest of all, the two series of Amalgam Comics from 1996 and 1997. These feature fascinating hybrid characters such as the Dark Claw, Spider-Boy, Super-Soldier, JLX, Dr. Strangefate etc. Great fun and cheap as chips. Lots of these fresh in this week; consult our catalogue for details. It's a great shame we haven't seen such collaborative efforts since.


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Angola has decriminalized same-sex relationships, according to Human Rights Watch agency.
The agency also reported that the Angolan government had created new sets of laws that ban discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation.
Individuals who refuse people employment or services because of their sexual orientation could spend up to two years in jail under the new law.
Angola's parliament adopted a new penal code on January 23 for the first time since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975, paving the way for lawmakers to remove the provision characterizing same-sex relationships as "vices against nature," the rights agency said.
"In casting aside this archaic and insidious relic of the colonial past, Angola has eschewed discrimination and embraced equality," the Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday.
Angola joins the growing but few numbers of African countries that have decriminalized same-sex relationships.
Neighboring Mozambique removed anti-gay laws in 2015, while Sao Tome and Cape Verde have also abolished laws criminalizing gay relationships.
Despite the changes, LGBT people and communities still face prosecution and hatred in many African countries.
A top Nigerian policewoman asked gay people living in the country to leave or face prosecution this week.
"If you're homosexually inclined, Nigeria is not a place for you," Dolapo Badmos, a Chief Superintendent wrote on her Instagram.
LGBT people risk a 14-year jail term in Nigeria, while anyone found guilty of being in a same-sex relationship faces a 30-year jail sentence in Tanzania.


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Heerema's Sleipnir, the world's most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel, received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed. Titan LNG performed the bunkering, using the Coral Fraseri, Anthony Veder's LNG carrier in the Port of Rotterdam. A collaboration of four Dutch innovative companies who have united to make history for sustainability in The Netherlands.
The Sleipnir arrived at the Port of Rotterdam on Sunday, March 22nd. The vessel came home for the first time following a successful global campaign. The vessel has a wide range of sustainability measures. Its fully outfitted with LED-lighting, has a hot/cold energy recovery system and is able to run on LNG. The use of LNG considerably reduces harmful local emissions and emits less CO2 than other commonly used fuels.
The total quantity of LNG delivered was almost 3,300 metric tons, making this the largest LNG bunkering to have ever taken place. The delivery took less then twenty-four hours to complete.
Heerema's CEO, Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, emphasized that 'Heerema is proud to have received the world's largest LNG bunkering. We are especially pleased that this achievement could take place in our home base of the Port of Rotterdam. The use of LNG on Sleipnir is one of many sustainability measures we have introduced, and we will continue to investigate ways to reduce our impact on the planet.'
Niels den Nijs, CEO of Titan LNG, commented that LNG bunkering was becoming a routine operation for the Dutch companies involved because of the excellent cooperation between all parties: 'Building on our 5 previous deliveries around the globe, we formulated and safely executed our plan of operation. As Titan LNG, we are proud of this operation in one of our home ports. It was extra special that we could also supply our bunkerbarge, the FlexFueler 001, with cargo from the LNG carrier. The Sleipnir demonstrates that it is financially advantageous to sail on LNG, even in remote parts of the world. We are proud to contribute to making the world a little greener by supplying LNG as fuel anywhere'
Jan Valkier, CEO of Anthony Veder says: 'By investing in dedicated LNG vessels since 2009, we have made an essential contribution to the availability of LNG for the power generation and LNG as a marine fuel. We are therefore proud of this Dutch cooperation in our home port Rotterdam, where we helped to carry out the largest LNG bunker operation with Coral Fraseri. An important step for Rotterdam as an LNG bunkering hub.'
It is the Port's ambition to be the 'greenest port in the world.' Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, noted that 'never before has a vessel bunkered as much LNG fuel as Sleipnir. I am proud that the vessel bunkered in Port of Rotterdam because that plays tribute to Rotterdam being the ideal LNG hub for import, export, storage, and bunkering.'
About Heerema Marine Contractors
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) brings more than 50 years of specialized skills to the offshore oil and gas industry. Oil and gas companies rely on HMC for full offshore field development in the toughest of environments in all the seas of the world. We build long-term client relationships by solving what looks like impossible challenges and by delivering on our promises. Innovation and ingenuity are key to our success.
HMC transports, installs, and removes all types of offshore facilities, including fixed and floating structures in shallow, deep, and ultra-deep waters. From its headquarters in Leiden, HMC commands the entire supply chain of offshore construction, from design through to completion. Our services include engineering, planning, logistics, project management, and execution of projects all over the world. We are proud of our top expertise in project management and engineering, our passionate workforce, and a fleet that includes formidable heavy-lift and construction vessels.


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Indictments Handed Down in Providence Fire
Various Providence, R.I., station Web sites, including WPRI-TV's, Tuesday night lead with the news that a state grand jury had indicted brothers Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, owners of area nightclub The Station, on 200 counts each of involuntary manslaughter in the fire that killed 200 people last February.
Also charged was the tour manager of the band Great White, which used the pyrotechnics that ignited the fire. All were said to have pleaded innocent.
Jeffrey Derderian had been a reporter for WPRI-TV for only a few days when the fire occurred and resigned following the tragedy. Ironically, the fire was captured on tape because a WPRI-TV videographer was shooting footage of the club for a story Derderian was doing on fire safety.
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Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres 5/2/2023 Odds, Expert Picks and Tips
On Tuesday, May 02, 2023, at 9:40 PM EDT, the Cincinnati Reds will face off against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. The Reds' pitching staff has recorded 265 strikeouts and has an ERA of 4.92, which ranks 25th in the league. They have given up 139 runs and 31 home runs this season, ranking them 23rd in baseball. The Reds have a 4.31 FIP and have allowed 133 earned runs and 263 hits (9.7 per 9 innings). Their pitching staff has a combined WHIP of 1.50 and a K/BB ratio of 2.62. Cincinnati has used 98 relief pitchers this season and has recorded 6 saves while missing 6 out of 12 save opportunities. In 28 save situations, their relievers have a 50.0% save percentage.
Ashcraft, with a 7-6 record in the majors, has faced 587 hitters and has a FIP of 4.12. He has given up 139 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 45 walks, and his career WHIP is 1.363. He has pitched for 135 innings, recording 95 strikeouts, and has an ERA of 4.27, with 64 earned runs allowed.
- The Cincinnati Reds are 3-17 SU in their last 20 games on the road.
- Cincinnati is 0-9 SU in their last 9 games on the road against San Diego.
- The total stayed UNDER in 4 of the Reds' last 5 games with an opponent in the National League.
Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres 5/2/2023 Odds, Expert Picks and Tips
The Padres rank 21st in MLB in runs scored per game with 4.17 and a team slugging percentage of.399 respectively. They have drawn 113 walks, struck out 121 times, and hit 51 doubles. San Diego has driven in 115 runs and hit 35 home runs this season. They have 214 hits and reached base 260 times (12th in the league). This season, San Diego has a team OBP of.313 and a batting average of.227. The Padres' team WHIP is 1.374 and their FIP is 4.77 for the current season. Their ratio of strikeouts to walks is 8.60 (246 strikeouts to 105 walks). They have allowed 247 hits as a team, which ranks them 20th in the league. They rank 19th in MLB with 4.71 runs given up per 9 innings and 38 home runs given up.
Wacha has fanned 1,044 batters in 1,179 innings so far in his professional baseball career, giving up only 1,171 hits. Wacha has a career record of 76-51 and a 4.11 earned run average while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has a WHIP of 1.313, a FIP of 4.1, 538 earned runs given up, and a WHIP of 1.313. He has faced 5,005 batters in his career and has a K/BB ratio of 2.77.
- The San Diego Padres are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games at home.
- San Diego is 9-0 SU in their last 9 games at home against Cincinnati.
- The total stayed UNDER in 10 of San Diego's last 15 games played in May.
Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres. The MLB pick for this game is the San Diego Padres. The Padres came back from a nine-game road trip last Sunday. The Padres' bullpen had a terrible 6.43 ERA and 5.74 FIP in the last ten days and 28 innings of play because they played in hitter-friendly parks in Chicago, Phoenix, and Mexico City. On the other hand, the Reds' bullpen had a decent 2.64 ERA and 3.02 FIP in 30.2 innings of work during that time. Expect the Padres' pitching staff to improve at Petco Park, which ranks 29th in the majors on Baseball Savant's park factors three-year rolling leaderboard. San Diego has more power at the plate than Cincinnati, even though Manny Machado (87 OPS+) and Juan Soto (.202 batting average) had a rough start to the year. The San Diego Padres will win by a predicted score of 7-3.
MLB Starting Time: 9:40 PM (EDT)
Location: Petco Park
Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2023
MLB Odds: San Diego Padres +108
MLB Totals: 8.5


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Dragon Ball Super Confirms There Are More Ultra Instinct Forms
Dragon Ball has never had a problem coming up with power-ups for its heroes, and that is still the [...]
Dragon Ball has never had a problem coming up with power-ups for its heroes, and that is still the case. You may have wondered if the series was done with the Super Saiyan schtick when Ultra Instinct was introduced, but that is not the case. It seems Super Saiyan is still a favorite form in Goku's arsenal, and he is working on adding more kinds of Ultra Instinct in an all-new manga arc.
After all, Ultra Instinct isn't as static as we were led to believe. Whis made sure to correct fans on the assumption in the newest chapter of Dragon Ball Super. The release of chapter 68 confirmed a few things about Ultra Instinct, and it turns out Whis has a different form of the technique than Goku.
The revelation came when Whis challenged Goku to a spar while training. It was there fans saw how different the two are in terms of power. Despite Goku having unlocked Ultra Instinct, he is not on Whis' level by far, and that is when fans were told about the varying forms.
"The ability to wield Ultra Instinct is not, in and of itself, your ultimate goal," Whis reminds Goku. "In fact, it's only the starting point."
The angel goes on to say that Goku's use of Ultra Instinct is the most nascent out there in Dragon Ball Super. Whis is a major step up given his mastery of Ultra Instinct, and the Grand Priest is higher from there. As Whis puts it, Goku can spend ages trying to master Ultra Instinct, and he has a ways to go before he can even hold a candle to the angels. So if you thought Ultra Instinct was tapped out, well - think again!
What do you think of this important revelation? Did you expect Dragon Ball to go this route or...? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.


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Flight Training & Simulation-April 30, 2015
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2023 Calendar Towel
The 2023 fabric calendar is inspired by a bluebird family that continues to rear hatchlings in the front yard birdhouse. The color is blue in their honor.
Edges are hemmed with a loop at the top for hanging. The fabric is eco-certified organic cotton/hemp. The color of the fabric is off-white. Enjoy this calendar on your wall!
To clean, wash by hand or on a delicate cycle in cold water with a little detergent.
Calendar measures 14"w x 24"h