http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/27/2012-bentley-continental-gtc-review/
Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 4, 2012
A hiatus on posting but not on paddling
Sometimes you blink and six weeks go by. The innocuous question,"What have you been up to?" is completely overwhelming. "What haven't we been up to?" you want to reply.
In situations like these, a picture truly is worth 1,000 words. Especially if it includes captions.
So catching up...
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| We spent a lot of time loading and unloading boats, both whitewater and sea kayaks. |
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| April started out warm; water at the Marge Cline Whitwater Course rose to 62 degrees at times. |
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| Lake Michigan remained cooler -- in the mid to upper 40s -- but what little ice we had was long gone . |
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We were fortunate to borrow a Delphin 150 for a few weeks. This low-volume version of the hot "new genre of free-ride sea kayak" is a blast in waves, and a good fit for smaller paddlers.  We were also able to do some training on the Menominee River in long boats...  ...including the Delphin 150...  ...where we benefitted from some top-level coaching from Ryan Rushton...  ...and Scott Fairty...  ...who make everything look as easy as it should be and as fun as it is.  Alec took a detour to Cumberland Island, Georgia, where he helped guide a circumnavigation.  |
Thứ Bảy, 28 tháng 4, 2012
It's not the rain in Spain that will dampen MotoGP
MotoGP returned to its European 'home' this weekend, and Spain was in the news -- but it wasn't good.
This report from Bloomberg summarizes Spain's precarious economy. While Americans are bemoaning the 8% rate of unemployment here, note that Spain's unemployment is about triple ours. And the situation's far worse for young people; less than half the Spaniards under 25 have jobs.
I don't know if Spanish race promoters are as exaggeration-prone as American ones, when it comes to attendance figures. And, even if they admit that Jerez' attendance is way down this year, it might only reflect the rotten weather. But I have to wonder how long it will be, before the dismal performance of the Spanish economy deals a death blow to MotoGP as we know it.
Four of 18 events in the 2012 championship will be held in Spain. Add in one race in Portugal and three in Italy -- two other economies on the brink -- and you've got half the series taking place in the so-called PIGS part of the Eurozone.
It's not as if, just because Spaniards are unemployed, they won't want to attend races. When I first traveled there (can it really have been in the '60s?!?..) Spain was a third world country -- at least it was, if you left Madrid & Barcelona. Many, if not most, homes lacked indoor plumbing or phones. And yet, Spaniards packed huge bullrings hundreds of times a year -- not at high ticket prices, mind you, but they came.
If anything, the desire to attend MotoGP races might increase in times of economic frustration. The threat's not really to live attendance, as much as to the sponsorship that is the real engine of the sport.
Six of 21 MotoGP riders are Spanish. Of the 32 Moto2 riders on the MotoGP.com web site, 10 are Spanish. So are 10 Moto3 riders. Right now, the de facto Moto2 development series is a class in the Spanish national championship. A huge chunk of the money that supports those riders and teams comes out of the Spanish economy. A collapse of that sponsorship would, very likely, follow the sort of austerity measures that the EU would impose on Spain if it has to be bailed out, as has happened in Greece.
Forget the rain. Spain's economic problem is the thing that will really put a damper on MotoGP over the next few years.
This report from Bloomberg summarizes Spain's precarious economy. While Americans are bemoaning the 8% rate of unemployment here, note that Spain's unemployment is about triple ours. And the situation's far worse for young people; less than half the Spaniards under 25 have jobs.
I don't know if Spanish race promoters are as exaggeration-prone as American ones, when it comes to attendance figures. And, even if they admit that Jerez' attendance is way down this year, it might only reflect the rotten weather. But I have to wonder how long it will be, before the dismal performance of the Spanish economy deals a death blow to MotoGP as we know it.
Four of 18 events in the 2012 championship will be held in Spain. Add in one race in Portugal and three in Italy -- two other economies on the brink -- and you've got half the series taking place in the so-called PIGS part of the Eurozone.
It's not as if, just because Spaniards are unemployed, they won't want to attend races. When I first traveled there (can it really have been in the '60s?!?..) Spain was a third world country -- at least it was, if you left Madrid & Barcelona. Many, if not most, homes lacked indoor plumbing or phones. And yet, Spaniards packed huge bullrings hundreds of times a year -- not at high ticket prices, mind you, but they came.
If anything, the desire to attend MotoGP races might increase in times of economic frustration. The threat's not really to live attendance, as much as to the sponsorship that is the real engine of the sport.
Six of 21 MotoGP riders are Spanish. Of the 32 Moto2 riders on the MotoGP.com web site, 10 are Spanish. So are 10 Moto3 riders. Right now, the de facto Moto2 development series is a class in the Spanish national championship. A huge chunk of the money that supports those riders and teams comes out of the Spanish economy. A collapse of that sponsorship would, very likely, follow the sort of austerity measures that the EU would impose on Spain if it has to be bailed out, as has happened in Greece.
Forget the rain. Spain's economic problem is the thing that will really put a damper on MotoGP over the next few years.
GO Locker
超好用@0@
今天不小心摸了芸姊姊的手機才發現有這東西
超酷
我已經用膩HTC的了.........
一個圓球往上滑.....或是拉球球進圓環
這有用HTC手機的才懂XD
某種程度蠻方便的~~~~~可是也沒想像中的好用0rz
剛裝了Go Locker
整個就是酷~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
酷斃了
最屌的是可以讓我按音量鍵替代開鎖鍵.....燈愣
簡直high翻A0A
而且我覺得這樣比較方便說~~~~簡單往下一拉就進去
解鎖還可以設定解鎖的特效說~~~~酷
總之強力推薦~~~~~~~我覺得最大最大的重點還是音量鍵開鎖~~~真的太方便了XD
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