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David Broder demeans both women and the Supreme Court by adopting the "wise woman" pose. Because, using Amy Klobuchar to make his case, Broder explains that it really takes a woman to understand how the law impacts people in their daily lives. Somehow they never made that argument for Janice Rogers Brown.
Obama reneges on his deal: "Caught between a pivotal industry ally and the protests of Congressional Democrats, the Obama administration on Friday backed away from what drug industry lobbyists had said this week was a firm White House promise to exclude from a proposed health care overhaul the possibility of allowing the government to negotiate lower drug prices under Medicare." Making the president into a liar for the sake of a stalled health-care scheme may be a big mistake. It's not smart to devalue the president's word.
Ronald and Allis Radosh explain: "By initiating the peace process with demands that Israel freeze settlements, he has given the impression that if only it would comply, there'd be peace. And he has given the Palestinians and Arab leaders a rationale for again refusing to accept their neighbor's legitimacy. Not surprising, a recent survey shows only 6 percent of Israelis consider Obama a friend."
In a must-read on health-care reform, Yuval Levin explains that liberals didn't learn the right lesson from the demise of HillaryCare: "In this sense, today's Democrats have repeated a crucial error of the Clinton health care initiative of 1993-94: They have tried to take on the entire massive and complex American health care system at once, rather than pursuing discrete solutions to particular problems in manageable steps. This is not an incidental feature of the liberal approach to health care reform. It is a function of the left's deeply held view that reform must involve wholesale reinvention from scratch, so that every last detail can be subjected to rational control and centralized expertise. Inevitably, the result is a project too large, too complicated, too expensive, and too disruptive to succeed. And the public knows it."
You mean it's not all about extra bedrooms in East Jerusalem? "Hezbollah's deputy secretary general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said his organization is ready for any outbreak in hostilities that may erupt along the border with Israel. Qassem, who spoke during a remembrance gathering marking three years since Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war, said the Shi'ite militia is not waiting for Israel to begin fighting before making the necessary preparations."
And when it comes to borders, I must have missed the State Department's objections to this sort of declaration from the Fatah conference: "Fatah will continue to sacrifice victims until Jerusalem will be returned [to the Palestinians], clean of settlements and settlers." And in case you were wondering, there is no "distinction between the eastern and western halves of the capital, nor does it distinguish between the territories within the Israeli side of the Green Line and the areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War."
Dan Balz thinks Obama needs August to "rebalance" his presidency. Not sure how telling critics to get out of the way or hobnobbing in Martha's Vineyard does that.
Max Schulz reports on a town hall in Maryland—contentious, though civilized. "The discontent is neither faked nor staged by the GOP. At the Mardela Springs event I attended, the parking lot was filled with Maryland license plates, the speakers made references to local areas and events, and everyone of the several people I spoke with lived in the congressman's district. They were just upset and worried that the reforms Democrats were bent on enacting would hurt the economy and their ability to get the health care they needed. This crowd was probably far more representative of the national mood than Mrs. Pelosi realizes."


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My boy, Jim Fuckin' Miller. C'mon you SOB, hoss up!
Is that Chuck Zito or Tom Savini behind Buffer right now???
I feel dumb for not picking that as fight of the night. I second guessed and went with the co-main. Maybe I'll still be right, but it'll be hard to top that fight.
I always get the feeling Poirier is just a step away from a title shot. He keeps making just enough mistakes against top guys to miss out on a shot. Anyone think Mendes/Poirier could happen? I'd sure as hell like to see it.
Despite the oversell of Camoes as a "top LW" and that he was basically a bounce back for Miller, he was pretty impressive until the sub....or maybe Jim just wasn't looking too good tonight...whatever, I'll take it.
Man I should of done the pick 'ems. I've been right on every fight. Miller with the sub.
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"The front air dam was one of the most difficult things to replace. You can only get new-old stock or used ones and I needed to replace the original - luckily the Marchal fog lights in it were undamaged - but the center section was busted up." Another issue concerned the rear bumper, but this ultimately became a case of a silk purse from sow's ear if there ever was one. "I was at a stoplight on my street. I'd just washed the car and I was on my way to the dyno. This '02 Cavalier comes over the crest of the hill and straight into the back of me. I was doing about 30 mph at the time, he was doing about 50. The damage wasn't too bad - my car was a bit bent, his was totalled. Thank god for aluminum bumpers." But the mishap had left Steve in a bit of a dilemma. "I needed a new rear bumper cover. My car wasn't worth much according to mainstream value guides and rear bumpers are almost impossible to find. I thought I was screwed, but ... the adjuster from the insurance company was great. He was a big fan of '79 Pace Cars and his wife owned one. He said, 'I'm not going to let this car get taken off the road, I'll get you what you need.'" So Chirico received a check for $4,300 and that covered the cost of finding a NOS rear bumper and repaint. "It was awesome - he was so good about it. My dad and I found a guy who had three NOS rear bumpers and got one for the car. I also managed to get a NOS front air dam too." Talk about lady luck shining down. And with the car back together, Steve finally managed to get it on the dyno too. And with the mods mentioned, along with 10 degrees of timing BBK 1 5/8" shortie headers and Magnaflow mufflers the result was (drum roll please)...
... 250 horsepower and 295 lb/ft of torque at the wheels. "It really likes the timing. It picked up tremendously and now it's running 15 degrees." So that just about brings us up to date, but Chirico still has a few things he wants to do. "I'd like to convert it to Mass Air as soon as I have the money and play with the air/fuel a bit. I'd also like to have the original Recaro seats re-upholstered. They're up in my attic now - I've got some Hunsaker race buckets in the front and I've installed a Kenwood head unit and Blaupunkt speakers and some autometer gauges (tach, water temp and voltage btw), but I still have a lot of the original stuff, aside from the engine (well, we can understand that Steve). If I wanted to restore it I could probably do it." But right now young Chirico is just having too much fun driving his '79 just the way it is. "I really, really like this car now and it would take me a great deal of thinking before I'd even consider selling it and a lot of money. It's gotten to a point that I'd like to find another car to drive daily as this one deserves better now." And this from a guy who thought it was an ugly piece of $@%! four years ago. Shows you what happens when a Mustang comes into your life now doesn't it?
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It seems like only yesterday that I was
jumping on a plane to Australia to escape looking forward to February's Fashion Weeks. Now here we are, another season on, waiting impatiently for the first Spring / Summer 2009 shows to hit the catwalk as the September shows rear their ugly heads.
Maybe I'm getting more and more cynical as the years go by, maybe it's the lack of real 'Summer' in the UK that's left me hating the idea of looking at more Summer clothing for weeks on end, but something is stopping me from getting too excited about what I might see in the coming weeks…
Fashion has always reflected the times. It's not been so obvious in recent, postmodern times, but we still see cultural and economic parallels in fashion. It makes sense that the way we live affects the way we dress.
So with the credit crunch hitting the headlines, will the clothes we see at the shows reflect that? I'm not expecting burlap sacks, but I do think we'll be treated to something quite safe this season. It would surprise me if anyone (except Cavalli and his Milan friends) show anything really ostentatious. Instead it will be about quality garments that you can wear a lot. The winter collections concentrated on statement coats that 'make' an outfit, and it wouldn't surprise me if Spring / Summer collections from the more established names (think DVF, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and so on) were about a capsule wardrobe of stunning basics; tailored trousers, shift dresses and so on.
But what of the younger designers? I think prints will make way for embellishment, arts and crafts influences and interesting fabrics. Floral was last Summer's big story, so I think it's safe to say that will be less obvious this time around…don't expect any more ditsy print (I think we're all bored to death of that).
Gucci hinted last season at a return to hippy chic, albeit in a slightly more luxurious way than the Sienna Miller 'boho' of a few years ago. I think that hippy vibe will continue this season. As we become increasingly aware of what we're spending our money on (both to save money and the planet) it makes sense that the general feeling in fashion will veer towards something softer and more earthy.
I think we'll see colours inspired by nature; ocean blues, earthy browns, khaki and grass green and blood red, and shapes will continue to be influenced or enhanced by volume, or layered to create interest. There'll be chunky Summer knits, tissue-thin sheer fabrics layered up in unexpected colours, organic cottons and linens and the return of trousers as a key piece.
All this is excluding London, of course, where everyone does whatever the hell they want!
Gemma and the Catwalk Queen team will be supplementing ShinyStyle's coverage of fashion week writing about the collections we don't get to. And we'll be returning the favor during London fashion week. So be sure to keep coming back for complete runway coverage in the coming weeks.


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Ess Ventures, LLC filed as a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the State of Texas filed on Wednesday, July 19, 2006. This corporation is approximately nine years old according to documents filed with Texas Secretary of State.
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In its July trend report, JWT, the world's best-known marketing communications brand, explores how retailers and other brands are using Social Commerce to engage consumers both on- and offline.
The report examines three key trends—the rise of Facebook commerce (retailers selling directly on the social network), overlaying the social graph on e-commerce sites and introducing that social graph to the brick-and-mortar world—looking at what innovative retailers and others are doing in these areas, as well as what's driving each trend and the significance and potential for marketers. It also spotlights things to watch in this space, from apps that enable sharing while shopping to Facebook Credits.
"There's a great deal of hype in this early stage of Social Commerce, as brands experiment with ways to mesh the social graph with shopping," says Ann Mack, director of trendspotting at JWT. "What's clear is that there's tremendous potential here for brands to create more personal, accessible experiences and to amplify word of mouth, especially when it comes to targeting Millennials."
JWT's trend reports are the result of quantitative, qualitative and desk research conducted by JWTIntelligence throughout the year. Specifically for this report, JWTIntelligence interviewed experts and influencers in research, technology and business, and conducted a quantitative study in the U.S. and the U.K. The survey used SONAR™, JWT's proprietary online research tool, to poll 971 adults aged 20-plus from May 20–June 1, 2011.
Findings from the survey include:
"Social Commerce" is available on JWTIntelligence.com. Additional knowledge and research on JWTIntelligence.com includes the recent trend reports "Transmedia Rising", Rebooting Travel and "Fear Of Missing Out", 10 Trends for 2011 and 100 Things to Watch in 2011.
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JWT consistently ranks among the top agency networks in the world and continues its dominant presence in the industry by staying on the leading edge—from producing the first-ever TV commercial in 1939 to developing award-winning branded content for brands such as Freixenet, Ford and HSBC.
JWT's pioneering spirit enables the agency to forge deep relationships with clients including Bayer, Bloomberg, Cadbury, Diageo, DTC, Ford, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg's, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Nestlé, Nokia, Rolex, Royal Caribbean, Schick, Shell, Unilever, Vodafone and many others. JWT's parent company is WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY).


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It started in Milwaukee. There, after losing nine out of 10 games and getting ready to take on the top team in the National League, the Phillies' hitters got together to hold a meeting.
Discussed were how hitters can approach plate appearances and how the team could give the Phillies one last chance to make a run at the top of the standings. It wasn't big stuff that hitters don't already talk about, but this time something started a fire.
"I don't know if it's a fire," Jimmy Rollins said. "But there's something going on and hopefully it turns into a fire."
Following Friday night's 6-2 victory over the first-place Washington Nationals (see Instant Replay), the Phillies (42-51) are warming up. They have won five in a row and are eight games out in the NL East. This comes against two division leaders on the tail of a stretch in which the Phillies lost nine of 10 and were swept in Pittsburgh.
Sure, eight games is a lot to make up and the team's body of work through the first 90-plus games of the season hasn't instilled much confidence that the Phillies can overcome the deficit.
But crazier things have happened.
"Fortunately we're not completely out of it," Rollins, who hit two home runs and drove in three runs to pace the offense Friday, said. "We've been in this situation before and come back before to win the division and the World Series. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but we've been there before."
If the Phillies are in the midst of a flip-the-switch moment of the season, the before-and-after numbers are pretty telling. During a 16-game stretch in which the Phillies went 3-13 and nearly buried their chances, they batted .148 with runners in scoring position -- worst in the big leagues.
However, during the five-game winning streak, the Phillies are hitting 13 for 36 (.361) with runners in scoring position.
Was it simply a matter of the Phillies figuring things out with a meeting in Milwaukee?
"That's hard to say," manager Ryne Sandberg said. "I know they had a good meeting about where we were and the adjustments that needed to be made and the key guys seemed to come up big in situations. From that point on it's been different guys each day, so that's what it takes. Now, it feels like the whole lineup is chipping in and doing their part."
Yes, crazier things have happened. The Phillies overcame gigantic deficits to win the division in 2007 and 2008 and needed an epic second-half surge in 2010 to win it easily. But that was then. The Phillies, like Rollins, know that's ancient history. In fact, Rollins says the Phillies' brass probably have come to terms with making changes regardless of whether they get back into the race before the July 31 trade deadline.
But the Phillies are happy to look forward and let things shake out over the balance of the season.
And based on how they have played since that meeting in Milwaukee, the Phillies think they will be a tough team to face going forward.
"Playing this way we can [win the division]," Rollins said.
It's hard to argue with Rollins. On Friday night, the Phillies scored two runs in the second on a one-out double by Dom Brown and added two more in the third on Rollins' first homer of the game. A two-out double with two on by catcher Cameron Rupp scored another run in the sixth before Rollins capped off the scoring with a solo homer in the seventh.
Mix that offense with quality pitching like A.J. Burnett provided, allowing two runs on five hits over 7 2/3 innings, and it's easy to see why the Phillies feel good. Sure, the Phillies are hitting, but they also continue to pitch. During the winning streak, the Phillies have outscored the opposition, 31-13.
How can it be a coincidence when the starting pitchers have pitched into the seventh inning in four out of five games, allowing just five runs in those games, while also winning the game in which a starter lasted just 5 2/3 and gave up seven runs?
Meanwhile, the relievers have not allowed a run in nearly a week with 10 straight scoreless innings. Even with Kyle Kendrick allowing seven runs in 5 2/3 innings in Milwaukee, the Phillies' starters have a 3.05 ERA during the streak.
Yes, good hitting can be contagious.
"We're playing good ball, man, we're playing good ball," Burnett said. "Any time we can put up runs like that it's only going to push us more. It's good to see this team click on all cylinders."
The Phillies will try to make it six in a row Saturday night when Cole Hamels (3-5, 2.87) faces righty Stephen Strasburg (7-6, 3.47).
Both pitchers are from San Diego -- Hamels is five years older -- and will match up for the third time of their careers. The Phils and Nats have split the previous two outings in which Hamels and Strasburg pitched against each other, with Hamels allowing four earned runs with 14 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings (2.70). Strasburg has 19 strikeouts and one earned run in 14 innings (0.64).


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How many memories have flooded your mind this holiday season? Good or bad, memories have a habit of springing to life without warning. Just the slightest whiff of cedar and suddenly you can see your little brother in his jammies just as plain as day. The coolness of the wood floor on your back makes you shiver as you gaze up through the limbs at the large, colorful lights. The clock moves back and your cheeks are stinging from the cold, damp air and the prickly branches burn your fingers. Your legs can't move fast enough to keep up with Daddy's six-foot stride. Random memories float through your mind leaving spontaneous smiles… or tears… in their wake. My dad passed away just a few days before Christmas last year. And even though we avoided holding his funeral on Christmas Eve or Day, this wonderful season will forever be marked with a note of sadness. For a time, that somber note rang loudly in my ears, drowning out the beautiful symphony of life around me.
As the year rambled on, the pain subsided until, once again, December rolled around. The moment I ripped November from the calendar, images of IV poles and chemo treatments sprang to mind. But as my heart slowly crept up into my throat, I remembered the "Co-Colers." As the tears swelled, I couldn't help but laugh. My dad really loved his "Co-Colers." I'm not a Coke fan myself. I may even be the only person on the planet who doesn't like soft drinks. But my dad loved them. During his last days, those "Co-Colers" were one of the few "foods" he could keep down. Even though he could only take sips, we brought him cases of the stuff. It's amazing how much satisfaction such a simple pleasure can bring, to the giver as well as the recipient. All the wealth of the world couldn't buy his health, or even one additional day on this earth. The greatest gift we could give, indeed the only gift we could give last Christmas, was our presence… and ice cold "Co-Colers."
A single sad note should never ruin a beautiful symphony. Tromping through the woods with Dad searching for the "perfect" tree will always be my favorite Christmas memory. I feel fortunate to be able to relive such a wonderful experience every time I catch that pungent whiff of freshly cut cedar. And even though I haven't been able to go on a real tree hunt since my childhood, and I still don't like the taste of Coke, my Dad will always be in my heart reminding me that the best gift anyone can give or receive is simply their presence. Love in action is a powerful force. It creates wonderful memories that no moment of despair can overcome. We must choose which memories we allow our minds to dwell upon. And I would encourage you to choose those virtuous and praiseworthy memories that are true, honest, just, lovely, and of good report, to keep close to your heart.


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That, and more from today's Newsbusted.
I've heard of the remake Jodi was talking about!!!
I actually just recently had a conversation with my wife about Welcome Back Kotter. She thought the title was "Carter." I only knew it wasn't because Gabe Kaplan was going to perform at a performing arts theatre I worked for years ago, and I learned about him when I was making the marketing materials for the show.
Obviously, we're not children of the 70's. I say that with as much longing as my daughter will lament that she has no recollection of Obama's presidency because she was barely 2 years old when he was dutifully replaced.
If you're offended by that because you thought the 70's were awesome, relax, it's just my opinion. So untwist your bell bottoms and go buy some real pants.
I wonder how many people who were around to vote for Carter actually voted for Obama. Those Charlie Browns must have the kind of PTSD that gives them seizures every time they watch football and see an attempt at a field goal by now.
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This will be good winter time reading
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great thread
We recently rode F650GS's from La Paz Bolivia to Ushuaia and I was the unlucky recipient of ~12 flats, all on the rear.
The 'bead breaker' method we found most efficient was to use the side stand of another F650. It works really well. Also having some soap solution for reseating the tire is a good idea.
As an FYI, when we ran out of functional rear tubes, I used a front tube (read wrong size and diameter) and it worked for about 900 miles until it was replaced. So, in a pinch you can try using a wrong size tube until you acquire the right size. your results may vary.....it was a heavy duty tube.......
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2005 KLR 650 A bit beat up but works just fine. Powered by really angry canaries. - Actually it's a bit dead right now.
1990 DR350S Smaller. Lighter. Slower.
1985 Suzuki GS700E Some assembly required
1977 Cimatti City Bike. What, you call that a build thread? Officially stalled...
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Loving your reports and just wishing I was there to tag along. I've read many of the reports here and you guys will be fine once you get into the groove. You've had your share of misfortune so far so it's bound to get better. Hang in there and enjoy your adventure. I'm sure I'll have the same feelings on my first crossing so reading about yours getting better as you go is going to help me and many others that have stayed stateside. Ride on friends...and definitely have that beer on the rooftop suggested.
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Day 11 - Kay's addendum
And addendum to Day 11 since Dachary had the plug last night... but this is what I had to add.
When I think of Adventure riding I don't think of the army swarming into the gas station where you stopped and pouring over every car. I don't think of military checkpoints along the way with sometimes over a dozen men with machine guns, bullet proof vests, and masked faces.
I think of the smiling man who told me ( in a language I can't speak ) that no, I really didn't want dos pollo because it was way too much food, who's face lit up when his wife happened into the room.
I'm not sure what I expected from Mexico. Endless empty fields with only a handful of trees along the edge of the road and swarms of army men was not it. It's poor in a run down kind of way, and the land isn't inviting. There's no land left really. It's just huge production fields of who-knows-what.
The dog we saw killed today: it was disturbing, and sad, and as we rode down the road afterwards Dachary said, "I don't like it here." But, I've seen the same neglect back home in the US. I don't think it speaks badly of Mexico, or Mexicans, just humans. I'm not sure what to think about it. Death happens. People don't take care of their pets, and there's not much we can do about it.
I think Dachary said something to the effect of "I don't feel like I know what I'm doing here." I feel the same. This is not the start I'd imagined.
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Day 12 - Crossroads in Mexico to Ciudad Vallos - 284 miles
Got the flat tire fixed in a jiffy by the vulcaniziador, and after all of our futzing around, and it took us a while to re-pack the bikes and get on the road. All told, it was around 10am when we finally left. We ran to the Oxxo convenience store next door to grab some breakfast - I got a pre-made sandwich with some kind of spicy shredded meat (we're still not sure what kind), and some pink-fruit-filled buns, and Kay got some biscuits that were tasty but surprisingly dry. We also grabbed some cookies that had a picture of the Quaker Oats guy on the front, which it turns out was surprisingly tasty, but didn't seem to involve oatmeal or granola. This cost us around $5.
The ride from the crossroads where we found the hotel to Ciudad Victoria was surprisingly uneventful. I was feeling better about my lack of Spanish, as I had a nice moment of connection with the guy who was patrolling the courtyard where our bikes were parked. Kay was explaining to him that we needed a tire repair guy, and pointed out that we'd gotten the bead broken on one side of the tire (es bueno) and that we couldn't get the bead broken on the other side (es NO bueno!) The guy nodded along, and told us that there was one basically right in the plaza with the hotel (although we didn't realize that was exactly what he was saying - we just got "that way".)
Kay went in to get up to ride the tire off, and I stayed with the bike, picking up our tools. The guy was standing there watching, and said a word which I sadly cannot remember. I explained that I didn't understand ("no entiendo") and he nodded, then said the word again and made an angry face, balling his hands up into fists and growling. I suddenly understood that he was trying to convey that it must be frustrating, and I responded with "Si! Si! Yes, very frustrating." We both smiled because we'd communicated, even though we didn't have a shared language.
I was surprised and happy that he empathized, and he and the other guy who were working on the property cheered for us when we got the tire mounted again. It was really great. I didn't mind, so much, not being able to speak Spanish at that point. We'd still managed to communicate and still shared a little victory together.
So the morning's riding was uneventful - I was just relieved to have Nargo back in one piece. Even though the flat was frustrating, it was really a relief to realize that it was something as simple as a flat tire that we could easily fix. I love my bike, and I know it's bound to break down sooner or later, but it hasn't let me down so far and I was relieved that the problem was so easy to deal with.
After we passed Ciudad Victoria, we got onto 85 to Ciudad Mante and Ciudad Valles. The riding from Ciudad Victoria to Ciudad Mante was REALLY nice. Some of the best riding of the trip so far. The map shows it as a major route, but it's only one lane in each direction and it crosses over some short mountains (or tall hills). It's full of just enough twisties to keep you on your toes, but not enough to make you work really hard. (And we mostly laugh at the Curva Pelligrosa! signs we pass, because the curves don't seem very dangerous to us on motorcycles. The biggest danger is the trucks coming from the other direction that don't stay in their lanes.)
The riding between Ciudad Mante and Ciudad Valles was less enjoyable. We were almost constantly in a 60km per hour speed limit (not quite 40MPH) and the roads did not appear to warrant that - they were mostly flat and straight and could easily have been taken at a faster pace. When we did get up to 80, we'd celebrate, but were almost immediately back down to 60KPH. The road also stopped being interesting - the hills were behind us and the lush vegetation had thinned out. All of the slowness on a road that didn't warrant slowness and wasn't particularly interesting was beginning to get frustrating by the end of the day.
We didn't really have a plan for the night, although I think Kay and I were both expecting that we'd try to hidey-camp. We're far enough from the border now that neither of us feels nervous about that, and we only passed one police checkpoint and one military checkpoint today (neither had us stop) so we weren't feeling particularly threatened by authorities, either.
But we did discover a problem - the road we were traveling was too major and too well traveled for me to feel comfortable pulling off onto a dirt track and trying to find a place to hidey-camp. There were cars more-or-less constantly, and I though it would look suspicious for two big, foreign, heavily-loaded bikes to be turning off onto a small track. It was also pretty populated - we encountered a few areas between little villages that were probably sparse enough to hidey camp, but the further we went, the more little villages we ran into. I didn't feel comfortable trying to pull off on a track and have it go right into some village, or right up to someone's house. It's not that there was a dense population, it was that there was a frequent population.
I was expecting us to be traveling on more isolated roads when we tried to hidey-camp, or to find intermediary dirt roads that would take us into more sparsely-populated areas and wouldn't look so suspicious for two heavily-loaded BMWs to be turning onto. Kay says the types of roads we were on today are the types of roads we'll be likely to be traveling for much of the trip, since we have so much ground to cover and a limited amount of time to do it. If this is the way it continues, I'm either going to have to change my criteria for hidey-camping, or we're not going to get very far because we'll spend all of our money on hotels.
(Kay thinks it's important that I add a note in here stating that my mental capacity was compromised at this point. We'd just had an argument about hidey-camping and Kay thinks that affected the way I handled this traverse...)
We did make one attempt at pulling off on a track - Kay spotted one that was very overgrown - basically two tire tracks and tall grass in between. It probably wasn't driven very often, and looked like it hadn't been driven in quite some time. There was donkey poop at the beginning of the track, and Kay rode on ahead and reported in the headsets that he was passing someone's house. Upon later reflection Kay suspects it was probably an abandoned storage shack (circular, made of sticks, and about 15 feet tall with one door). In the meantime, I stood with my bike at the top of the track staring down at it in horror, and when I made a pass at it, I was screaming and cursing in my helmet almost the entire time.
The track descended a short hill, and then ascended another, longer hill on the other side. The descent and the ascent were intimidating enough for me, with my very limited off-road experience, but the tire tracks were rutted and full of big rocks and stones. My bike kept hitting them and skipping off to one side or another. Sticks and twigs were bouncing off my helmet, and I kept running across the big grass berm in the middle of the track because the rocks were bouncing me around.
In all, I felt like I had zero control over the bike, and I panicked. I got halfway up the ascent on the other side, had a decent place to stop, so I did. I totally wussed out. I walked back to the road, and made Kay ride both of our bikes back down the hill and up again to get out of the track.
It was a combination of negative factors that led me to completely overload. Had it been a track with two tire tracks and a lot of rocks on relatively flat ground, I would have made a go at it. Had it been a track with two tire tracks and no rocks with the ascent and descent that this path had, I would have tried to power through. But combine the ascent/descent and the rocks in the ruts and I in my off-road inexperience totally freaked out.
At this point it was pretty much dusk and we had run out of options. It was either try to find an easier track and keep our fingers crossed that there would be a good "hidey-camp" spot, or ride into Ciudad Valles and find a hotel. We were only about 10 kilometers from the city at this point so hotel seemed like the best option.
So here we are again, spending money, and I have to figure out some way to wrap my head around this "hidey-camp" thing and adjust my expectations to enable us to do it effectively in the areas we're passing. I've gotta get over this desire to find a less populated spot and just go for it. But it's way past my comfort zone, and I had a hard time with it tonight. I assume I'll be better prepared tomorrow - or else we're gonna run out of money real fast. (Tonight's hotel - around $40 (US) with free wi-fi and secure parking for the bikes. Plus a coupon for the attached cafeteria in the morning. Not a bank-breaker, but doing this every night would be.)
Correction on this morning's post about the tube damage:
There were actually 2 quarter inch slashes and one 1/2 inch slash on the tube, plus a number of tiny cuts in the vicinity.
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Day 12 - Observations on Mexico
* Speed limits are rules of thumb, but the local and federal police will pull you over for traffic violations.
* The speed limits on anything other than major highways are maddeningly slow. This is probably the reason they are treated as a rule of thumb.
* Mexicans drivers are reasonably sane but generally incapable of adhering to the maddeningly slow speed limits.
* When two or more people live, or set up shop, alongside the road it is a town and the speed limit drops to 60 kph. When 100 people or more live, or set up shop, alongside the road it is a city and the speed limit drops to 40 kph. When 1000 people live, or set up shop, alongside the road it is a major city and the speed limit drops to 20 kph. I suspect in Mexico City the speed limit is negative 50.
* If someone is driving below the speed limit it is because their vehicle is incapable of exceeding it.
* Vehicles are passed whenever people feel like passing them. The presence of a Police officer does not affect this. It simply results in getting pulled over afterwards.
* Finding someone who drives the speed limit is statistically equivalent to finding a white tiger.
* Signage on the roads is excellent.
* 80% of the time the next speed limit sign will be less than or equal to the last sign.
* 50% of the time when the speed limit rises to what seems a reasonable speed it will halve itself within 250 meters.
* Mexicans are terrified of speed bumps. It's the only explanation for how slowly they traverse them.
* Mexican sign makers are terrified of curves. They are all "Peligroso".
* That totaled car of yours that the insurance company wrote off is now living in Mexico, being happily driven.
* If anyone in Iowa is missing a car it is in Mexico (surprising number of Iowa plates).
* License plates are optional.
* Going to the USA, purchasing a shit car/bus, filling it with broken bicycles, appliances, wheelchairs, and / or mattresses and bringing it back to Mexico is a popular business plan.
* Army guys searching for drugs don't like to be filmed (duh).
* Unless you're way past the time when you should have eaten, keep driving and you will eventually find a guy with some sort of makeshift barbecue.
* The surprise military and police checkpoints don't seem particularly interested in adventure riders (so far).
* The poor people don't quite *get* commerce. The logic seems to be: Bob is selling X. I have, or can get, X. I should set up a stand selling X next to Bob's. Oh look, Bob and Mary are selling X. I have, or can get, X. I should set up a stand selling X next to Bob's and Mary's. Repeat until there are 8 stands selling exactly the same thing less than 200 feet from each other. Nothing else is for sale unless there happens to be a convenience store along the same section of road.
* Mexicans drink oil. It is the only explanation for the sheer number of stands selling bottled oils.
* When Mexicans aren't drinking oil they're drinking beer. It is the only explanation for the sheer number of roadside beer stores.
* Signs displaying the Coca-Cola logo are purely for tourists because drinking soda would cut into the oil and beer consumption and the roadside economy would collapse.
* Mexican Pizza places think 8pm is a good time to close.
* Adventure riders in full gear and loaded bikes do not generate particularly more interest than they do in the US, although no-one has a clue what we're wearing.
* Our 40 year old copy of Berlitz Passport to Spanish (with a helpful section on finding the Telegram office and sending telegrams) has been incredibly helpful. I copied important sections of it to a folded six panel sheet along with a few extra phrases and stuck it in our tank bags. I'll post it to our site.
* Getting along with only a handful of useful phrases and being able to count to 1000 is surprisingly easy.
* When you order two of the same item and say "Quanto Cuesto?" they will tell you how much one of them is, not both.
* Food here isn't notably cheaper, it just costs what it ought to in the US.
* non-sketchy Hotels aren't notably cheaper.
* the going rate for the kiss-no-tell motels is $100 Mex for 4 hours. This is frequently noted as 100x4 on the signs. It's probably the most secure option if you're concerned about your bike.
* You need never change your own tire, or repair your own tubes except in a dire emergency. There is always a Vulaniziadora (possibly also called Tepulche?) around the next corner, although most of them appear to be of very questionable quality.
* Mexican hotel beds are incredibly hard. This is a rule. Just accept it.
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Travel in Mexico
Kay, my wife and I spent a year traveling around Mexico in a Volkswagen Westphalia. We are both born and raised westerners, done a whole lot of time "hidey camping" in the American west.
Some things to think about.
Border areas are usually not the nicest part of a country. You are in a part of Mexico that is very simiiar to the part of America you left from. From your posts it didn't sound like you enjoyed south Texas much... Well, Until you get out of Tamaulipas and into San Luis Potosi don't expect much to change. Much of the east coast is industrial farmland or oil extraction and processing. Kinda like Texas....
The further south you go the cheaper it is. A nice basic hotel will be 10-20$. There will be much more camping available. Many times on the coast we stayed in the parking lots of the beach restaurants where we ate. There is very little "public" land. Most is owned by Ejidos, the complex system of communal land ownership in Mexico. Be prepared to negotiate. Almost everything is negotiable in Mexico! Just ask.
Food is tortillas. Very cheap and baked fresh every day. Subsidised by the government. Ask for a half kilo. (Medio kilo). Everything else is a bonus. The pollo places you have already found are great but once you get on Mexico time eating out every day will get expensive. Most markets have pre-marinated meat that's perfect on the grill or mixed into beans on those tortillas...
Spend some time every day learning a little Spanish. Even just trying will change how people perceive you. Do not be the ugly American. Just a few words in Spanish and a frown will turn to a smile. "I'm sorry, I do not speak Spanish. Can you help me? Thank you very much" is a good place to start. It's all too easy to just be the two of you and speak English all day. An old berlitz book is not what I would recommend, Rick Steves, Lonely Planet and Rough Guides all make good modern pocket size language books. Most state capitols have a university and a selection of bookstores. Maybe the best 10$ you spend on the whole trip. Try Ciudad Victoria.
If you are headed to Xilitla I guess you know about Las Pozas. An amazing place, we camped outside the gates at the bend in the road for days with a group of people from all over the world. http://www.eyeconart.net/mexico/pozas.htm . Great swimming holes on the river, bring your swimsuit...
We had the same initial reaction to the chaos you have had. Is this really what we want? Have we made a huge mistake? We grew to love it. It will be harder for Dachary, it is a very macho culture. Stay calm and take it as a compliment. As far as the dog goes, it can be hard coming from our super rich country to see how little attention is paid to the lives of others.
Do not ride after dark. No really. Just don't.
There are internet cafes everywhere. Uploading photos may be hard but keeping up a blog is easy.
( http://nickanddarby.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html).
Look for prepaid phones with in-country data plans.
The good; JB weld eyeglass repair.
The bad; Dachary riding outside her comfort zone. Safety is the only thing that matters. So what if you run out of money? So what if you don't make it all the way to the tip on your first try? Success is coming home safe.
The unknown; Mexico is a very wealthy and organized country compared to some of the places you are going to see!
Remember I am just an ignorant gringo. YMMV, as well it should.
Life is cheap and toilet paper is expensive.
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Word Lens that you should check out. It won't speak Spanish for you, but it sounds like you could use some help reading signs and such. You should check it out.
You just point it at text and it live translates it in place for you. It's free + $5 for a Spanish-English dictionary.
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Sounds like wisdom coming from RanchWorld. I used to like to say to my buddy Joe-it's all good,we're on vacation.
Dachary, unlike Kay,this motorcycle stuff is kind of new to you,so feeling comfortable riding your motorcycle in a foreign country has got to be a bit of a "head" challenge,but after meeting you,I'm sure your going to do it-just stay with in "your" comfort/riding level,and remember----your on vacation:) Cheers to the both of you.
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I have a feeling this is exactly why most ADV riders head down Baja CA and ferry over to the mainland rather than traverse the Eastern side of the country.
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You are completely right about the speeds being way too slow, its very frustrating. Straight, pristine road with a 60kph sucks! I treated the speed signs as if they were in MpH and fared well.
The novelty of driving through Mexico never wears off I think. Everyday there is something new and bizarre!
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PANAMA — The host Panama Lady Razorbacks and the Poteau Lady Pirates began Friday's action at the 2011 Lady 'Back Classic in the winner's-bracket semifinals.
The Lady Razorbacks rallied to down the Wister Lady Wildcats 5-3, while the Lady Pirates escaped with a 2-1 win over the Spiro Lady Bulldogs in Thursday night's action.
The Lady 'Cats started the night with an 8-6 victory over the Vian Lady Wolverines, while the Lady Bulldogs won a forfeited game over Sallisaw as the Lady Black Diamonds did not show up.
The other local team in the field, the Pocola Lady Indians, also split their games on the night, rallying to down the Smithville Lady Braves 3-2 but losing 6-0 to the Red Oak Lady Eagles.
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(Oakdale, California ??? September 22, 2011) SpectSoft LLC., a leading
provider of video solutions on the Linux platform, today announced the
release of its Rave and Canvas products for free.
SpectSoft created a name for itself by creating affordable, solid
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This project represents an experiment in making tools to make sense of a very complicated database through maps. The database was the 1980 Census Transportation Planning Package for Eastern Massachusetts; a block-group level origin-destination (OD) matrix. This database has a record for each of the 1292 block-groups in the Boston Metropolitan region. For each of these blockgroups, the OD matrix has a number of trips, by choice of transportation mode, to each of the other block groups. THe information in this database came from the 1980 Census Long Form which is a sample of one-sixth of all households.
How can this massive amount of information be used to better understand the choices that commuters make across this region? TO answer this question, the OD matrix was loaded into SYBASE, an industrial-grade relational database management system, a series of summaries and queries were made, and the results transferred to ArcInfo, a geographic information system for mapping.
Regional Commuter Choices
Are there aspects of the residential environment that affect the mode choices of commuters? The vertical symbols on this map reflect the number of commuter trips and proportioal mode-split for people commuting into Suffolk County from each of the towns in Eastern Massachusetts.
Mode Choices by Commuter Destination
Are commuter mode choices affected by qualities of the destination environment?
Worker Density in Suffolk County
The Transportation Planning Package provides an uncommon glimpse of the daytime population, which in central Boston is much different than the residential population exhibited by ordinary census data. This map splits Suffolk County into four areas, each being the destination of one quarter of the total commuters coming into the county. It is clear that some destinations are very dense.
Mode Choices by Density of Commuter Destination
Does the density of workers at a commuter's destination play a role in determing the choice of transportation modes? These pie charts take the same segments of the commuter population that are reflected in the quartile categories of the previous map, and summarizes the mode choices for each group. Evidently, people who work in the very dense areas are much less likely to take their own car to work.
This project was done as a one-semester independent study in 1992. While looking at these static maps, it is easy to see how many useful questions might be asked with a more dynamic interface to the data.


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It was "love at first sight" for Ali Fedotowsky, 25, and Roberto Martinez, 26, on The Bachelorette Season 6. But life is no fairytale. Roberto is messy, Ali told reporters on a conference call. Ali gets grumpy when she's hungry, Roberto countered. If only those were the biggest obstacles facing the latest couple in the Bachelor franchise! But they know better.
In an extended interview filled with lots of laughter and some playful banter, the happy couple discussed their love story; the ugly Jake and Vienna breakup; the Matt Leinart and Gabrielle Ortiz rumors; their status as the "bigger" Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos; her temptation to respond to spoilers online; the possibility of joining Dancing with the Stars; and their willingness to get married on TV because it would save money. (Roberto's mom wants to invite 700 people to the wedding!)
Ali was worried this season about not being loved back, so what made her take a leap of faith with Roberto?
Ali: That was definitely a fear of mine, but my relationship with Roberto was so strong that I felt I had faith that if I took that risk, and he was the only man that I took to the end, I felt that he felt the same way about me. Yeah it was a fear, but I think what was so great about me sort of overcoming that fear is I overcame it in the best possible way — I didn't have two guys at the end I just had that one.
When did she know it was Roberto?
Ali: I knew for sure with 100 percent certainty that it was Roberto during our last date together. You know, when we were in the rain and, like, together and everything was just so perfect and wonderful and I just felt so good and I didn't want to be with anyone else. At the end of the night, normally, you know I think 'Okay, I need to stop focusing on this guy and I need to focus on the next guy.' I need to end my date with Roberto and focus on Chris. But I couldn't focus on Chris. I just wanted to spend more time with Roberto. So that's when I knew for sure, but in retrospect looking sort of back to the first night, that feeling that I had when I saw him was like nothing I've ever experienced. So I don't know I kind of think I fell in love at first sight!
What were your families' reactions to the engagement?
Roberto: My family's reaction was extremely — I couldn't hold it in. As soon as I got back to Tampa, after the finale... I told my parents right away. ... They loved Ali when they met her and now they're looking forward to spending even more time with her.
Ali: It was so cute, I talked to his parents last night when we were at Jimmy Kimmel and they were so cute. His mom was like 'I love you, Ali!' I was like crying when I was talking to her 'cause it was just such a beautiful moment for all of us. I waited a little bit to tell my parents, not because they wouldn't be thrilled — they loved Roberto when they met him — but because I didn't want them to feel tempted to share the information. It's such a huge secret to hold onto. So I waited a little bit. But when I told them they were like 'Yeah, we already knew. It's so obvious.' And I was like 'Oh, okay'! So they're so happy for me and they just love this guy. They're like 'When can we come out, when can we come out and be with you two and get to know Roberto better?' And I'm like as soon as we can. We have a lot going on right now.
What does Ali plan on doing next, a Facebook-type position or television?
Ali: You know, I feel like I've been — my reason for being the Bachelorette was 100 percent, I don't care what anyone says, my reason was to find love. And with being the Bachelorette there's also this, you know, media frenzy and publicity that, you know, has brought a lot of good things into my life and opportunities and to do things for charity that I'm so grateful for. So yeah, you know, I don't think I'll be going back to Facebook but, who knows, I definitely have some people that are advising me right now and helping represent me so I can figure out what's the best move. I want to do this right, I want to do this right for my relationship, for Roberto, for me and just make the best of this blessing that we've been given to, I guess, just do good in the world and I want to do more of that.
Will Roberto be pursuing baseball or selling insurance?
Roberto: I think baseball is just a big part of my life, but no I think that's definitely in the past. I think we did it on the hometown dates because I thought it'd be something fun to do. It's part of who I am, you know. But baseball is definitely part of my past — unless the Yankees call me up and need a starting pitcher. Actually I think we're going to the game tomorrow, so if they need somebody to come on relief I'd be happy to do that. But I probably will not be pursuing it.
Do you follow the spoilers and are you ever tempted to comment on stories to direct people one way or another?
Ali: Yeah, I was very well aware of the spoilers out there. I probably shared them with Roberto, he doesn't really read into that stuff. Yeah, you know, it was tempting just because, you know, at the beginning of this season everyone sort of realized that Roberto and I had this great connection from the beginning and they were sort of rooting for us, and that was so exciting! It's good to have people behind you and supporting you. We don't need it, but it's nice. And then when the sort of rumors came out that we were together or, you know, that I was single or that maybe I ended up with him but we were split up already — it was so hard because all of a sudden people went from sort of supporting us and excited about our love story to you know 'Oh this is awful' and you know 'The Bachelorette is about finding love and Ali didn't even care, she didn't want to find love.' So that was so hard for me. It really, really was and there were so many times when I wanted to be like 'You're wrong! You're wrong!' But I knew I needed to wait it out and, you know, all that matters now — I mean regardless of how anyone else feels — is that we have each other and we're so happy.
How did Roberto feel to hear he was the only man at the end. Was he shocked?
Roberto: I was shocked. Part of the whole deciding to propose thing — yeah, I only want to do that once in my life and it made it a little bit, I guess not difficult, but it was definitely on my mind that there was another guy here. So it was definitely a thought on my mind throughout the day. When she finally told me I was shocked. I knew, the little that I did know about the show I knew that normally it ends with two guys or two girls at the last rose ceremony. So it was definitely a good feeling, but I knew that things were going to turn out well as soon as I walked up those steps and I saw her smiling. Then I knew it was good.
When will they be going back to his hometown of Tampa and how will they avoid the pitfalls of other couples?
Roberto: I think we talked about going to Tampa really soon. I think that's on the top of the list. I actually got a text message from my college coach at the University of Tampa that the Rays want me to throw out a first pitch. I would be honored to do that so hopefully I can get to a Rays game down there. ... Your next question, I think for me it's just she'll always be a priority for me. She'll always be at the top of my list. She's what makes everything else worth it and to me that's what life is about — to share your life with somebody special and she's that special person for me. So she's always going to be at the top of my list. Other than that, I don't know. I haven't really followed too many of the other couples so I don't really think in terms of 'Oh we're a Bachelor or Bachelorette couple.' I just think of it in normal terms.
Ali: Yeah we're just a normal couple and we're in love and we're happy. And you know there's no reason for us to think that it won't work, you know?
How did you keep it under wraps the whole time?
Roberto: Poker face. Yeah, everybody wants to know.
Ali: He had a terrible poker face!
Roberto: Just sharing with her. I don't know, it's tough. It definitely had its dark moments but you do what you can.
What was your reaction to Matt Leinart rumors?
Roberto: That's the reason I don't really keep up with the tabloids and everything else, because it's easy to get caught up in that. So I tend to steer away from it.
Ali: He laughed about it. Remember I brought it to you and I was like 'Oh, look who I'm dating!'
Roberto: Yeah, it's just a big joke. But we trust each other and we communicate really well and that's a strong part of our relationship. It's just funny.
If ABC decided to make one of the guys in the house the new bachelor, who would be the best?
Roberto: I think the obvious choice is, I would say it's Chris. Among the other guys it was just a really good group. I mean I could name off a couple names — Kirk was a great guy, Craig was a great guy, along with Ty. I wish them all the best, I hope they find happiness. If they want to do that, choosing this kind of vehicle to do it, then I send them my blessings.
Ali: I completely agree with Roberto. If Chris chooses to do it I think it's his, the experience. I ... want him to be happy and we wish him the absolute best if he decides to do it. ... Love Kirk, Craig is just hysterical, super fun to be around, he'd make a great Bachelor. I mean, thinking of some of the things he said on the show, he had me cracking up so I know he'd be really entertaining. So, yeah, there's a few options, I think.
Does the breakup track record of Jake/Vienna and Jillian/Ed scare them? Are they worried about dating in the real world?
Ali: I think we're both really simple. We appreciate the simple things in life. We don't want the helicopters and the crazy lavishness with all the dates. We just want to hold hands walking down the street, you know? In terms of failed relationships, we realize there's been a few and... we don't consider ourselves a 'Bachelorette' couple. I mean, we are, but we don't lump us into a category. We just realize that we're in love. We're just a normal couple. ...
Roberto: You know what, for me, throughout the whole show we had all these amazing dates and went to all these cool places, but I always kind of kept that perspective that this is not what our normal life would be like to such a degree, you know, going on these lavish trips all the time. So early on I just pictured my life with her doing simple little things and that — honestly I couldn't wait for that, and that's why we're here. I'm just so excited, so it's good.
What about the rumors that Roberto has an estranged girlfriend named Gabrielle Ortiz who claims he cut off all communication with her? Does he even know her?
Roberto: I'll say this, I thought she was a friend and I was just kind of disappoointed in the whole thing. And there's not a whole lot more I want to say about that, but you know the whole thing was disappointing to read about.
On job prospects, does tinkering with the idea of going in front of the camera make Ali nervous considering how the limelight affected Jake and Vienna?
Ali: No, it really really doesn't. I think that the limelight and, you know, Dancing with the Stars and all those things — that's not what tore Jake and Vienna apart. What tore Jake and Vienna apart was something within their relationship. Their relationship was already broken. And you know, long-term couples look at you... I don't know, we've been compared to, you know, the bigger version of Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos! So look at them. They are both in show business and from what I know of their relationship they're super in love. They make it work. I think if you have a strong foundation in a relationship you make it work. And we talk about it all the time. We sat down with Cameron (Mathison) from All My Children on Good Morning America and he was on Dancing with the Stars and we haven't been asked, but it could be a possibility, hopefully, and we asked him, you know, 'You sort of did that and you're happily married, give us your advice? Tell us, we want to make sure we put each other first and we make this work, what is your advice?' We're just going about it the best way we know how. I think, honestly, right now for me I know that this is sort of in terms of staying active, I guess, and staying busy means staying sort of in this entertainment world a little bit as much as I guess people would want me to. He's going to be super busy with his insurance company, so if anything if I was sitting home all day doing nothing being a housewife I probably wouldn't like that too much, so I think it'd be healthy for us both to stay busy but just always put each other first.
Would they get married on TV?
Ali: We talked about that, too.
Roberto: I think that we're definitely open to the idea. I think the money we could save from that we could use to, you know, invest in our lives together. And you know what? It'd be kind of cool to share that moment with everybody as well, and be able to have my family there to experience that with us is really what's important.
Ali: Roberto has a big family! His mom told me that she was thinking along the lines of 700 people at the wedding! So that can get expensive so we were thinking, you know, it just makes sense for us to just take the money we spend on a wedding and invest it in our future — in our home, in our potential children's future. So we feel like that's what's really important and that's what we need to be focusing on.
Does moving to San Diego together — Roberto from Charleston, South Carolina, and Ali from San Francisco — put pressure on their relationship?
Roberto: For me it helps. I wanted to be closer to her. For me it was a decision I had to make with my business. I had to make the decision quickly and it was a no-brainer. I wanted to be closer to her. I wouldn't say it puts pressure on the relationship, if anything it helps it.
Ali: Yeah, we're so excited! It's so hard because he's been living in our place in San Diego for three weeks now. I want to go down to see it and be there. We're just super excited about it we don't feel any pressure for us. I'm so lucky that, you know, Roberto... sacrificed a lot to make this move for me and I thank him so much for doing that. ... Roberto was offered to start an agency for his company [State Farm] right in L.A. ... We didn't want to do that because we thought that would put a lot of stress in our relationship. You know, walking out of our apartment, potential paparazzi following us everywhere. We knew that we could still stay involved in stuff up here but be removed. San Diego's so beautiful and peaceful that it's just going to be such a nice place for us to start our lives together.
What's the one thing the other person needs to work on over the coming years to make you happier?
Ali: The only thing I would say to him right now would be you're going to have to work on keeping the kitchen a little bit cleaner! Roberto has a good appetite on him, he likes food, he likes to eat. He sometimes makes a mess of the kitchen!... He is working on that.
Roberto: She's awesome. Maybe, um, she gets a little grumpy when she's hungry. So maybe not take that out on me so much!


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|February 9th, 2010
There is absolutely no comparison within the meaning of this question.
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|February 9th, 2010
It's just a comparison.
If I say that Earth is like an Orange... It's not false. But it's not real.
The comparison is saying that something shares the properties of something else... Not all the properties.
I just said that I see the same concepts in these weapons and their primitive/medieval sisters.
And I think that the concepts are important. So, I somehow see swords and axes in the modern battlefield.
To explain why I say that the concepts are important, it's because I think that the battlefield is about combinations. Combined arms.
If the enemy have tanks, you use close air support or anti tank weapons.
Like we used spears to stop cavalry.
Sending light infantry against tanks is suicidal, like sending archers against heavy cavalry... etc...
I think that the relations and the combination are still here.
We are still sending infantry with the tanks like we were sending infantry with cavalry, because we know that they cant hold the ground alone...
|February 9th, 2010
Well lets forget the arty crafty "concepts" and get back to the actual subject.
I was once told that stars were merely the sun shining through moth eaten holes in the night sky. Like your concepts, it's just BS and has no place in reality.
|February 9th, 2010
[qoute]I haven't seen a trebuchet, ballista or crossbow on a battlefield for some centuries. All of them were the "modern marvel" of their day. [/qoute]
Your right with time the Tank will be obsolete N.S. a relic! It could last a century.
|February 9th, 2010
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|February 10th, 2010
A century is only small change considering the lifetimes of many earlier weapons that have all now become military curiosities.
|February 10th, 2010
How many years was that that was an early version of a APC.
I believe the Tank will evolve just like weapons reinvent themselves.
I think Hes right not yet a century, But close enough.
Well they used that armoured Subs in The War of Independence, I have seen some thing in armoured wagons and horses.
look at the Assault Rifles of WWII to now. Everything involves with time.
Hey I can build a Bow Trap with wood string and Dental floss, with a trigger wooden device. Victim activated fires two wooden Arrows.
or a swing trap. Will kill you or severely wound.
A weapon is only as effective as the Imagination of the Individual how builds and uses it effectively.
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Origin. Although Guido da Vigevano in 1300, and Leonardo da Vinci in 1500, designed armored combat vehicles, the first modern, motorized tank was invented by E. L. de la Mole of North Adelaide, Australia, in 1912. De la Mole sent his designs to the British War Office where they were filed away into bureaucratic obscurity.
Tommy invented the Tank. Working at Foster's Engineering Works in Lincoln, England, Wilson constructed the Mark 1, the first tank used in battle, and tested it in January, 1916. The Mark 1 was box-shaped, with two movable guns protruding from its sides and six machine guns. Manned by a crew of eight men, it weighed 26 tons and was driven by a six-cylinder, 105-hp engine at a maximum speed of 4 mph.
First Use. In the summer of 1916, the British offensive on the Somme was fast becoming the bloodiest and most useless battle in history. Desperate because each advance was costing him hundreds of thousands of soldiers' lives, British Gen. Sir Douglas Haig ordered the newly arrived Mark 1 tanks into battle in September, 1916. Forty-nine tanks rumbled toward the front lines, but 17 broke down along the way. The remaining 32 tanks were scattered along a 5-mi. front and, after a three-day artillery barrage, were ordered into action on Sept. 15, 1916.
|February 10th, 2010
That is sig-line worthy right there. LMAO
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Eletrobras had offered the money over a four year period, during which it is planning to proceed with the dam, which will redirect the flow of 80 percent of the Xingu river, which Kayapó and other indigenous communities depend upon for fishing. Belo Monte, which will operate at less than 40 percent of capacity despite its $15 billion dollar price tag, will require additional upstream dams to be commercially viable, according to independent analysts. These dams would more directly affect the Kayapó, the majority of whom live 500 km upstream of the Belo Monte dam site.
Accordingly, during a meeting last week in the town of Tucuma the Kayapó leaders unanimously rejected the funding proposal and vowed to fight the dam.
Chief Raoni of the Kayapoi has spent 30 years fighting the Xingu River. Photo courtesy of Amazon Watch.
"Our river does not have a price, our fish that we eat does not have a price, and the happiness of our grandchildren does not have a price. We will never stop fighting: In Altamira, in Brasilia, or in the Supreme Court. The Xingu is our home and you are not welcome here."
The Kayapó also sent a letter to Joaquim Barbosa, the President of Brazil's Supreme Court, demanding action against the dam.
Not all the Kayapó have rejected funds from Eletrobras. Amazon Watch says that about a quarter of the Kayapó — specifically communities from the northwest of Kayapó lands — have accepted funds from the energy giant.
There are around 7,000 Kayapó left in Brazil.
Three hundred indigenous people, small farmers, fisherfolk, and local residents occupied the Belo Monte Dam project, removing a strip of earth to restore the Xingu's natural flow and "freeing the river." Participants gathered in formation spelling out the words "Pare Belo Monte" meaning "Stop Belo Monte" to send a powerful message about the devastating impacts of the dam on the eve of the UN Rio+20 Summit. Their message is that projects that destroys livelihoods and the environment and that violate indigenous rights cannot be called "Clean Energy". They are demanding the cancellation of the $18 billion Belo Monte dam project. Caption courtesy of Amazon Watch. Photo credit: Atossa Soltani/ Amazon Watch / Spectral Q
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(06/25/2012) Brazil's ambitious plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could trump the country's efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest, said a leading Amazon scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bonito, Brazil.
Protesters dig canal through Belo Monte dam in Brazil (Photos)
(06/16/2012) In an symbolic protest of the giant Belo Monte Dam, Friday morning some 300 locals dug a channel in an earthen dam that blocks a portion of the Xingu River and serves as the first step of the controversial hydroelectric project, reports Amazon Watch.
Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?
(04/18/2012) More than 150 new dams planned across the Amazon basin could significantly disrupt the ecological connectivity of the Amazon River to the Andes with substantial impacts for fish populations, nutrient cycling, and the health of Earth's largest rainforest, warns a comprehensive study published in the journal PLoS ONE. Scouring public data and submitting information requests to governments, researchers Matt Finer of Save America's Forests and Clinton Jenkins of North Carolina State University documented plans for new dams in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.