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Dear Dan,
My best buddies and I have a tradition of going on a one-week ski trip once a year. We've been doing it for most of the past decade. The idea is that it's just us guys on the mountain, enjoying the good company and snow. We cherish these moments and can't wait for the week to arrive every year.
The problem is that, once we land at our ski destination, time seems to go by at light speed. The week ends amazingly quickly, and when we look back at our time together it seems even shorter. I know that "time flies when you are having fun," but is there a way to perceive the week as longer?
Given the way that you phrased the question, the answer is simple: Take your wives with you. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
But more to the point: I suspect that one of the reasons your vacations seem so short, both during the experience and in your memory after the fact, is that the days of skiing are so similar to each other. In your memory, they blend together into one very long day rather than a weeklong vacation.
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On your next trip, try to make the days more different from one another. Try snowboarding one day, take a lesson on another day, or just change your ski equipment from time to time. You could take a day off from skiing and go sledding or meet the locals. Even if you end up on some days doing activities that you enjoy less at the moment (like bowling, for example), the ability to differentiate that day from the other days will help you to categorize the vacation as a series of distinct experiences rather than as one big glob of skiing. It will let you get more joy from the memory of these experiences.
Dear Dan,
A few weeks ago in your column, you suggested spinning a penny as a way to make decisions between two similar options. You argued that having to face the moment of truth makes us realize what we really want as the outcome.
This approach might be useful when deep down inside it is clear which way you want the penny to fall, but what about decisions where what you desire is not good for you? For example, when the decision is between chocolate cake and fruit. In this case, you know very well how you want the coin to fall, and flipping the coin doesn't seem to be very useful.
Any advice on how to deal with such conflicts between the head and the heart?
You're right. The coin trick is indeed only useful for cases where the two options are of the same type (two cameras, two movies, etc.). In your example, one option is more tempting in the short term (chocolate cake) while the other is better in the long term (fruit). In such cases we should not trust our gut feelings to drive us to the best decisions.
Looking around, it is easy to see that we often succumb to temptation and take the option that has short-term benefits and long-term downsides (in your example, this is the chocolate cake). The basic problem is that when we make such decisions we are often "under the influence" of the chocolate cake. Its closeness blinds us to the comparative long-term benefits of a piece of fruit (or just not eating the cake).
So what can we do? Every time you face such a decision, pretend that it is not about what to do now but what you would like to do a week from now. For example, think of the choice between chocolate cake and fruit for dessert as a decision that you are making for exactly one week from today. When the choice is framed this way, you might be more able to override the influence of your current emotional state and pick the option with long-term benefits.
Dear Dan,
I just bought a pair of NBA basketball tickets, and I plan to treat my friend to an afternoon of slack-jawed wonder as Kevin Durant dismantles our hometown Raptors. Here's the thing: My friend is very generous and semiwealthy. If I tell him the tickets are on me, he'll insist on paying, but if I tell him the tickets were free (the only way he'll let me off the hook about the price), I'll lose the cachet that comes from giving an expensive gift. What to do?
Here is what I would do: Take your income per month (say $10,000) and divide it by the number of hours you work per month (say 160). Take this number ($62.50 per hour) and divide it into the cost of the two tickets (say $200) and you get how long you need to work to pay for the tickets (3.2 hours). Now tell your friend "it took me more than three hours of hard labor to get these tickets." (After all, you might not want to tell your friend exactly how much you make.) With this kind of framing, not only will your friend not be able to pay for the tickets, but he will also appreciate your investment in him and your friendship to a higher degree.


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Apparently "Voy perdiendo" means "I'm losing." But I thought the present participle was formed using estar. I am confused!
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Disculpa que conteste en español. No estoy seguro de poder transmitir en inglés los matices de progresividad que voy a mencionar.
Las construcciones "ir + gerundio" y "estar + gerundio" son perífrasis verbales donde ir y estar tienen función auxiliar.
Otros posibles verbos auxiliares con idéntica construcción son: andar, venir, seguir, llevar y salir.
En estas construcciones, el gerundio imprime una idea de acción en transcurso, pero la connotación es distinta con cada verbo.
En el caso de "estoy perdiendo" y "voy perdiendo", el significado de ambas posibilidades es el mismo y la diferencia, si existe, es muy pequeña. Si acaso, "voy perdiendo" incluye una connotación de progresividad desde el presente que sugiere que la acción va a continuar.
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Sorry for answering in Spanish. I'm not sure that in English I could convey the shades of progressiveness I'll be mentioning.
The constructions "ir + gerund" and "estar + gerund" are periphrastic phrases in which ir and estar act as auxiliaries.
Other possible auxiliary verbs that share the same construction are: andar, venir, seguir, llevar, and salir.
In these constructions, the gerund expresses an idea of progressive action, but the connotation is different with each verb.
In the case of "estoy perdiendo" and "voy perdiendo", the meaning of both possibilities is the same and the difference, if it exists, is slight. If anything, "voy perdiendo" includes a connotation of progressiveness beginning in the present that suggests that the action will continue.
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These nuances can be tricky to convey in English; a word-for-word translation is almost always going to be too clumsy for practical use.
Sometimes adding an adverb is enough; other times a different verb is needed, or a different sort of periphrastic verb. The loose translations below are all meant to be idiomatic in casual, spoken English. In some cases I give more than one possibility because no one of them quite hits the nail the head.
For simplicity and consistency, I'll use he for the implied third-person pronoun of Spanish, although of course she or you (formal), and sometimes even it, are all equally applicable, since in the general case and without further context, we cannot know whether the implied antecedent is él, ella, ello, or Usted.
Elements in square brackets are implied, but probably wouldn't be included in most translations.
Finally, sometimes the sense of "ir a + infinitive" may be better translated into a progressive construct in English, even though it wasn't one in Spanish.
For example and in particular, the initial "que voy a mencionar" here seems a better fit for "that I'll be mentioning" instead of the more direct translation of "that I'm going to mention". This demonstrates how the progressiveness aspect does not necessarily map one-to-one between the two languages.
There's a fairly quirky way of expressing a trend in English, namely "I'm on my way to losing". I don't hear this very often but when I do, it sugggests a trend or progression. WhenI hear "voy perdiendo" it carries the same suggestion for me.
Both can be use in the same way while its happening something in that current moment. It wont just happen with perdiendo, but with any other verb which its applying gerund, (ing).
voy saliendo, estoy saliendo (I am going out).
voy cayendo, estoy cayendo (I am falling).
voy corriendo, estoy corriendo (I am running). etc.
Even thought in this sense you can used them both in the same way, "voy", in some cases can be used also for future actions which havent happend yet, (i would) which you cannot do with "Estoy".
For instance:
Mientras estas fuera de casa, yo voy viendo peliculas. (While you are outside home, i would be watching movies).
Me avisas cuando llegue, y me voy corriendo a tu casa. (let me know when you arrive, and i would go running to your house).
Both "voy perdiendo" and "estoy perdiendo" would be understood as "I'm losing". However, from my experience, the first one is preferred, especially when whatever you're talking about is still not over, say a poker or Monopoly game. "Estoy perdiendo señal" would be appropriate, for example, when you're losing cell signal. It's not something you're actively working on (like a game), but it's just something you're losing, out of your control.
Perdiendo takes on the so-called "present progressive" ("ing) tense. That's why "voy" is preferred.
A literal translation of "Voy perdiendo" is "I am going to be losing." "Estoy conveys the sense of "being," but not of "going."


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Christiane Rösinger was the founder, singer and lyricist of the Berlin band Lassie Singers and Britta. In the 90's she was one of the organizers of the legendary Flittchenbar near the East Berlin train station.
In addition to her work as a musician, she writes columns and other entries for various newspapers and magazines, among them the Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In 2008 she published her first novel Das schöne Leben (The Beautiful Life). Her first solo album with the title Songs of L. and Hate appeared in 2010.
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Fairest of Them All
For sheer scenic beauty, no New England strand tops Crane Beach's 4 miles of soft, white sand, against a backdrop of undulating dunes, piping plovers, and the mansion at Castle Hill for company. If you walk a bit, you'll find a private spot, even in high summer. Locals caution that July's greenhead flies can be pesky–but before and after are heaven. Kids love the shallows and tidepools. 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA. 978-356-4354; thetrustees.org
Island Bound
Just 45 minutes from the rush of downtown, the Boston Harbor Islands keep you close to the city without making you actually feel, you know, close to the city. Isolated beaches and camping spots and the remains of an old Civil War fort dominate this 34-island state park, all within a Tom Brady throw of an urban center chock full of great restaurants, museums, and shopping. Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. 617-223-8666; bostonharborislands.org, nps.gov/boha
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The Flume Gorge is what nature looks like in our dreams. Wooden walkways guide you through an 800-foot-long series of waterfalls that crash through this narrow crack in Mount Liberty, raising clouds of mist that float up to the forest floor 90 feet above. It's easily the most enchanted spot in Franconia Notch, which is saying a lot. Franconia Notch State Park, Lincoln, NH. 603-745-8391; nhstateparks.org
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They don't know they're adorable and exotic-looking, but the restoration of these "sea parrots" on secluded islands off the Maine coast has created one of New England's most anticipated eco-tourism trips. These aren't beach-lined, bring-a-picnic islands, but open Atlantic shelters for nesting puffins, which are once again, after many generations, thriving. Several boat operators take camera-toting birdwatchers to a range of puffin habitats; your choice depends on your departure point, how much time you have, and cost. Hardy Boat Cruises, 800-278-3346, hardyboat.com; Monhegan Boat Line, 207-372-8848, monheganboat.com; Norton of Jonesport, 207-497-2560, machiassealisland.com
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To your back, some of Newport's most impressive and historic mansions stand tall; below you, surf pounds against the rock-strewn shore; in front, three and a half miles of one of the country's most famous and memorable paths–Newport's Cliff Walk–unfurl. In 1975 this public-access way was the first in New England to be designated a National Recreation Trail. Much of it is easy, but make no mistake, here and there are tricky spots with steep drop-offs. Beware–and look out for poison ivy hugging the borders. Detailed maps at: cliffwalk.com
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Yes, it's hyped, and yes, more than 10 million people have seen WaterFire Providence–Barnaby Evans's installation of 100 bonfires, with mysterious boats gliding through the darkness and haunting music spilling across the three rivers that converge in the heart of the city. But here's the thing–the whole scene always works. There may be no better free event this summer. 401-273-1155; waterfire.org
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You've got two basic options at Maine's Old Orchard Beach: Plant yourself smack-dab in the middle of the honky-tonk heaven around the iconic 500-foot pier, or keep some of the Atlantic to yourself with a seaside stroll that ventures off some three and a half miles in either direction. Your choice. 207-934-2500; oldorchardbeachmaine.com
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Only 20 miles from Hartford, where Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) penned his classic Huckleberry Finn, is the chance to float down the Farmington on bright-yellow inner tubes. Your stretch of the 81-mile-long river is two and a half miles, beginning at Satan's Kingdom Gorge. You'll encounter a few ripples, but mostly you'll float as languorously as a leaf. Farmington River Tubing, 92 Main St. (Route 44), New Hartford, CT. 860-693-6465; farmingtonrivertubing.com
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While I am slowly learning how to build an android game, I would like to build images for a game, especially texture atlas.
But the only image handling system I am familiar with is Photoshop. And I am not sure it is a good tool to organize images and to get coordinates for game dev.
Is there any good tool for this purpose? If photoshop is still good for this, any reference to show how to do it would be appreciated.
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With protests against marriage equality turning into outbreaks of violence, the French government is worried about a final vote scheduled for next week.
French President Francois Hollande said during a news conference that he "cannot accept" violence and "homophobic acts," according to Reuters. Hollande, a Socialist, campaigned on passage of marriage equality and allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. While he said "everyone must be heard" he also said "the law and parliament also need to be respected."
In recent days a Dutch man said he was walking arm-in-arm when he was brutally assaulted. Photos of his beaten face spread internationally via the Internet. Now politicians are receiving threatening letters, a gay bar was attacked and there are arrests at increasingly confrontational protests by opponents of same-sex marriage.
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Four men burst into a gay bar on Wednesday in the city of Lille and began trashing it, injuring several employees. "They came to beat up gays - that's exactly how they phrased it," the proprietor of the bar told Reuters. The men were later detained by police.
Antigay protestors rallied in the streets of Paris on Wednesday night with a heavy police presence on hand because confrontations were expected and did break out.
The protest came only a few hours after the second reading of France's landmark bill allowing gay marriage at the French National Assembly. Final approval is expected on April 23 under a fast-track measure that limits debate to 25 hours.
A cameraman is attacked by opponents of marriage equality.
A member of the anti-gay marriage movement called "La Manif Pour Tous," or Demonstration For All! is arrested during a demonstration in Paris.
French socialist Deputy Sylviane Bulteau shows journalists the threatening letter she received from members of the anti-gay marriage movement. Bulteau and fellow Socialist Hugues Fourage both received threatening correspondence by unknown authors.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls leads a meeting with representatives of French police and gendarmerie focused on security measures following a spate of homophobic attacks.
Shirtless and masked members of the anti-gay marriage group, Hommen, join hands and tie their wrists together to block a Paris street.
Police eventually arrested the men, but most had to be physically carried off.
Opponents of marriage equality scuffle with security teams.
Proponents of marriage equality carry a sign reading "Homophobia Kills."
Wilfred de Bruijn, a Dutch man living in France for 10 years, was the victim of a brutal attack in Paris while he was "walking arm in arm" with his boyfriend. Here his face is bloated, seeped in blood, his bruised right eye shut tight, his tooth broken.


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Is there any other Linux application similar to Greyhole? Preferably without relying on samba? I'm going to use it for a typical home server. The features that I want are what Greyhole has (from the link):
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I already tried LVM and RAID, but the drives aren't readable on their own.


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Since Sanctuary is basically the new New Haven, I was wondering if there were any secret chests in the city that are farmable as they were in New Haven for Borderlands 1. I know there is supposed to be an NPC that hands out free loot but I don't know where he is at (I guess that technically isn't a chest >.>). I tried to hop around and didn't really find any, but I could have easily missed them.
The answer is, there are none.
At least as far as I know, and I did search very very closely. I went to every corner, inspected every wall, jumped on top of the highest roofs, did my best to look at every angle and did not spot any chests at all. You only find those small boxes with money inside, and one of those usual "vault" secret sign which I think gave me a badass point.
There is a hidden chest in Dr. Zed's place. I got a purple sniper rifle and a blue assault rifle from it. It's on top of the overhang behind the sign reading ZED.
It's not a normal loot chest. It's just one of the cardboard boxes. There is a chance to find guns inside, though. I just found a pistol.
Hard as hell to get up there.
If you look up at the sign at the front of Zed's you should be able to see a cardboard box with the green label. Note that you don't actually need to get up there to open it either. You can just jump up as close as possible to the sign and open it in mid air. Usually takes a few jumps though. Only found ammo myself so far.
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I'm playing a 7th level monk variant in D&D 3.5e and I'm a werewolf. The variant has a 1 for 1 BAB. (level 1 = BAB+1) If I'm in hybrid form, Can I make my 2 standard attacks followed by 2 claws and a bite?
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No. Your claw/claw/bite or your complement of monk-punches is what you get for a full-round attack, not both. You don't become supernaturally fast enough to both punch and claw simultaneously with the same hand just because you have claws now.
Though in hybrid form you're already using your hands as part of your unarmed attacks, you aren't using your bite. The entry for werewolves notes that they may normally use weapons in their hand(s) and then bite as a secondary attack. This means that the bite – and the bite only – is available as an extra attack. This incurrs the normal -5 penalty for secondary attacks, and you don't have the option of using this as part of your BAB-based attack progression – a bite, paired with normal, non-claw attacks is always a secondary weapon.
The SRD cites that are relevant:
However, just like any monk can, you can use TWF to get a secondary attack with a your off hand. That could include one of your natural attacks not already being used, such as an off-hand claw, if and only if your DM deems claws to qualify as either "unarmed" or "monk weapons". I'd personally say that they don't qualify as unarmed (no monk's training includes how to use claws, unless your dojo taught a special werewolf-style of martial arts), but I would deem claws to be a monk weapon since they're used nearly identically to the Bagh Nahk aka Tiger Claws, which at least the Arms and Equipment Guide includes as a monk weapon.
Here's another way to look at it that follows the rules, but is much more intuitive: which attack is your primary? If you want to have multiple BAB-progression attacks, then your unarmed strike is your primary. That means that any other attack you make has to follow the rules for secondaries (or some other rule that lets you get in attacks alongside your primary attack). In the case of being a werewolf, the rules for werewolves and natural attacks say that you may only use the bite as a secondary. There is no rule anywhere that allows for a full complement of class-based primary attacks and a full set of primary and secondary natural attacks in the same round.
OK, starwed's answer is pretty good, but relying on the FAQ is not a good idea since the FAQ authors are frequently wrong, and moreover were never given authority by WotC to actually state rules (i.e. "FAQ is not RAW").
The answer is yes.
Manufactured Weapons
An unarmed strike is considered a "manufactured weapon" for the purposes of determining how it attacks, i.e. it gets iteratives, and you don't get separate "unarmed strike weapons" the way you would with claws or slams.
From the SRD:
The first paragraph specifies how manufactured weapon attacks behave normally.
The second paragraph handles mixing manufactured and natural weapons. The most important line here is "These secondary attacks do not interfere with the primary attack as attacking with an off-hand weapon does" – the manufactured weapon attack(s) behave normally (note the lack of any rule stating you do not get its iteratives, and indeed creatures like the Marilith can get iteratives and even use Multiweapon Fighting while still using their natural weapons), but count as your "primary attack" for the purposes of your natural weapons.
Natural Weapons
Natural weapons behave differently from manufactured weapons. They never get iteratives, and instead you can use all of your natural weapons once each in a full-attack (barring the Rapidstrike feat or similar).
From the SRD:
The most relevant line here is "The number of attacks a creature can make with its natural weapons depends on the type of the attack—generally, a creature can make one bite attack, one attack per claw or tentacle, one gore attack, one sting attack, or one slam attack." This introduces the idea of what I'm going to call "logical limits" on natural weapons: you cannot make natural weapon attacks with body parts you don't have or have already used.
As a result, when you hold a manufactured weapon in one hand, you cannot use a Claw attack with that hand. If you hold a manufactured weapon (or pair of manufactured weapon) with both hands, you cannot make a Claw attack with either of those hands.
Going back to the Marilith example, we see the same thing: her Full-Attack entry consists of either a series of sword attacks and a tail slap, if she's armed, or 6 Slams and a Tail Slap, if she's not. Because she would make those Slams with her arms, and she would have already used those arms if she was swinging swords, she does not get them.
Monks and Unarmed Strikes
Monks have several special features with respect to unarmed strikes, and most relevant of these is the following, from the SRD:
This means that a monk need not run afoul of the "logical limit" on natural weapon attacks: she can make her full contingent of iteratives as Unarmed Strikes, and never once use her hands. As a result, the Claw attacks on her hands are still viable.
Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there is no statted out monk in the game who gets Claw attacks, which might show it. Even if there were, that monk may be treating her Unarmed Strikes as punches – in which case they would block her Claw attacks.
Flurry of Blows
The monk's Flurry of Blows class feature changes her full-attack when she uses it, but it is not a separate action. From the SRD:
Because it is still a full-attack, the above all still applies: she may make all of her manufactured weapon attacks (as modified by Flurry of Blows), and then additionally make any natural weapon attacks she has available.
Assuming you mean you have a Werewolf Monk 7, rather than an ECL 7 Werewolf Monk (who would be either Monk 5 or Monk 4 depending on whether she was afflicted or natural), your full-attack entry would be as follows:
This is covered by the FAQ. The answer is yes (but all natural attacks are considered secondary, with the -5 penalty and only half strength to damage). A monk can also use TWF as part of a flurry. (The section on monks is pretty long!)
There is a follow-up question:
The example they chose actually muddies things, because elsewhere in the FAQ they make it clear that a lizardfolk with a one-handed weapon and no shield can use a claw and bite as secondary weapons, in addition to their weapon attack routine. I guess I'll include that bit as well:
I would take the ruling in the FAQ (as opposed to the example) to mean that you could attack with both claws and a bite as secondary attacks in a flurry. There's no reason that using the claws should compete with the monk's unarmed strikes, because as per the monk ability:
A monk cannot use natural weapons in a flurry because they are not unarmed strikes nor are they monk special weapons, however there is no reason a monk cannot make a full attack without flurry while utalizing all his or her natural weapon attacks as well
The Beast Strike Feat from the Dragonmarks: Way of the Shackled Beast article in Dragon Magazine Issue 355 allows you to add claw or slam damage to Unarmed Strike Attacks as a monk. Its what actually makes Eldritch Claw Warlock and Monk multiclassing work.
You can use natural weapons as part of Flurry of Blows with the Feral Combat Training feat. As the Paizo FAQ states: "Feral Combat Training allows you to use the selected natural attack as if it were a monk weapon". [Source] Though, I'm not sure how the natural weapon (of say 2d6 with INA, which would apply in this case) would scale with the unarmed damage increases. Per the feat, "While using the selected natural weapon, you can apply the ... effects that augment an unarmed strike."


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List of Asian Ballet Schools
Posted 09 June 2003 - 06:45 AM
in the past, we have had entries from japan and, i believe, singapore. this year we hope to attract dancers from wider afield.
the organising body is the Australian Instituute of Classical Dance. the competition takes place in perth, western australia at the west australian academy of performing arts (WAAPA), which is part of edith cowan university: excellent facilities, including a new (second) theatrette.
the competition is similar to the 'genee' or 'prix de lausanne' style - a class audition, followed by two solos in differing styles, with further selection, down to semi-finals and finals - in front a panel of judges from the dance profession. the prizes (money for further training) total around about US $5000, as i recall.
this contest is held only every second year. the last time it was held, the winner was stephen macrae from sydney, who went on, the next year, to win the genee AND then, almost immediately, the prix de lausanne! whew!
given that perth is on the indian ocean rim, cities (with ballet schools) which are convenient to here, include hong kong, singapore, kuala lumpur, taipei; Japanese cities, etc.
i know there are asian ballet students posting here. could some of you post the names, postal addresses , fax numbers and/or email addresses of the best schools in your geographic areas? that would be very helpful.
Posted 09 June 2003 - 06:54 AM
new zealand school of dance
DIR: gary harris
PO box 7146 wellington south, NZ
Fax: +64 4 389 4996
email firstname.lastname@example.com
international ballet academy
DIR: sherilynn kennedy
PO box 22-426
christchurch NZ
email: email@example.com
Posted 09 June 2003 - 08:14 PM
NAME: Ballet Philippines Foundation Inc.
ADDRESS: 4/F CCP Bldg. Roxas Blvd., Manila, Philippines
CONTACT NOS. Tel. 832-36-75/832-36-76/832-36-89/832-11-25 loc 253/254
E-Mail : email@example.com / Website: balletphilippines.com.ph
NAME: Ballet Manila
ADDRESS: #1865 Donada St. ,Pasay City, Manila, Philippines
CONTACT NOS. Tel. 512-50-31 to 32, 525-59-67 / 525-15-84
The third is for Philippine Ballet Theater (PBT), the info for which you might get from the schools above.
Hope this helped .
Posted 10 June 2003 - 06:03 PM
The Shanghai Ballet
www.sh-ballet. com
The Guangzhou Ballet
Those are the top three ballet companies in mainland China
Posted 11 June 2003 - 08:37 AM
25 Neung Dong; Gwangjin Gu; Seoul 143-180, Korea
Posted 12 June 2003 - 09:00 PM
do 'we' know of any suitable (ie. pre-professional) SCHOOLS (rather than companies) in china?
how about japan or thailand?
i know its not 'Asia', but south african/african schools would also be appropriate...
all help gratefully received, ASAP!
Posted 12 June 2003 - 11:03 PM
The followings are some Dance schools in China. The schools are not solely ballet-oriented. Ballet is one of their majors
1> Beijing Dancing Institute (college)
Tel: 0086-10-68935691(general)
2> Beijing Dancing Institute affliated Middle School
Tel: 0086-10-68935714
3>Ailian Dancing School
Tel: 0086-10-63729712
4>Runliang Dancing School
Tel: 0086-10-82590547
5>Liaoning Ballet Company Affiliated Middle School
Tel: 0086-24-86899091
6>Shanghai Dancing School
Tel: 0086-21-62759603
7>Guangdong Gaoyue Dancing School
http://gaoyue.6to23....bout school.htm
Those are some Chinese Dance training Schools, Hope it's of any help to you.
Posted 13 June 2003 - 03:31 AM
Posted 13 June 2003 - 04:32 AM
melodies - that is a wonderful list. is there any chance you could find postal addresses, or email addresses for any of these? i am afraid that if *I* phoned them to ask for such information, maybe i would only get someone who speaks mandarin!
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Posted 14 June 2003 - 10:13 AM
here's a few places i think you could try.
1) Singapore Dance Theatre
Fort Canning Centre, 2nd Storey,
Cox Terrace, Singapore 179618
Tel: (65) 6338 0611 Fax: (65) 6338 9748
although this is a company, they may have some apprentices who would be interested. (we don't really have a pre-professional school which feeds into the company)
2) Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Dance Department)
111 Middle Road, Singapore 188969
Tel : (65) 6331 0399, 6331 366 or 6331 0341
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
as you can tell, this is actually an arts school and not a dance school at all, however i believe there are good dancers in the department.
3) Lasalle-SIA School of the Arts (School of Dance)
Head: Ms Caren Carino
90 Goodman Road Singapore 439053
same as the above, but i don't know as much about it. (and i lost her card)
hope these helps
Posted 15 June 2003 - 06:58 AM
Posted 15 June 2003 - 07:21 AM
School of Ballet, University of Cape Town,
Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701,
Republic of South Africa
Telephone:RSA (21) 650-2398/9
Fax: RSA (21) 650-3524
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Technikon Pretoria
Department of Dance & Musical Theatre
Arts Campus (Nelson Mandela Drive)
Private Bag X680
Pretoria 0001
Ms Vicki Karras (Head of Department)
Tel. (012) 318-6156
Fax: (012) 318-6018
e-mail: email@example.com
web: http://www.techpta.a...x.php?struc=177
HK Academy of Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
1 Gloucester Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Susan Street, Dean of Dance
email: email@example.com
Admin Tel: (852)2584 8554 or 2584 8579
Fax: (852)2584 8722
E-mail: email@example.com
web: http://www.hkapa.edu...ntroduction.asp
Posted 15 June 2003 - 07:46 AM
National Institute of the Arts in Taipei
1, Hsueh Yuan Road, Peitou, Taipei 112,
Taiwan, R. O. C.
Tel: 886-2 28961000
Fax: 886-2 28938711
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web site: http://www.nia.tw
Bangkok City Ballet
59-59 /1 Sukhumvit Road
Soi 49/3
Bangkok 10110
email: email@example.com
web: http://www.bangkokcityballet.com
Dance Centre
Sukhumvit Soi 33 Studio
53/3 Sukhumvit Soi 33
Bangkok 10110
DIRECTOR: Khun Vararom Pachimsawat
Tel: 259-8861 Tel/Fax: 258-9227
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
#14 Guest_Kelsey_*
Posted 15 June 2003 - 05:20 PM
I don't think that Singapore has many 'serious schools'. Most of the students get sent for competitions by their teachers, and some of these teachers don't actually operate dance schools by themselves, they just rent studios to teach their classes. The only serious school that we have is the Singapore Ballet Academy, which is affiliated to the Singapore Dance Theatre. (SBA doesn't have a website)
Most dance teachers refer their outstanding students to SBA if they want to send their charges for competitions. The ballet scene in Singapore is very small, so the teachers pretty much know each other. So talented students are most often 'channeled' to SBA for further training if they want to attend competitions.
Most ballet students here will give you the name of their teacher rather than their school as a reference point. Some of the teachers I know who have turned our good students are Mrs Susan Cheong Sarkies, June Lee, Sandra Ho, Hung Yee Skipp and Sylvia McCully.
Posted 16 June 2003 - 10:43 PM
I only found the postal address of these school
1> Beijing Dancing Institute & its affiliated Middle School
No.19 Southern Minzu Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China
2> Runliang Dancing School
#9371 P.O Box, Haidian District, Beijing 100093, China
3>Shanghai Dancing Middle School
No.1674 Hongqiao Road, Changjing District, Shanghai 200336, China
I can give you the other schools' add to you when I got them later.
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I bought my home in early September 2012. I noticed that flies were flocking around a light in my open air carport whether it was on or off. I tried a few products like fly tape, spray and a fly trap. Still no results. This continued through fall until temps dropped. This Spring I thought I would take preventive measures and cleaned my entire carport with Lysol including my garbage cans which are new. But still flies are flocking around this light. Its strange, they don't land on it that much as if there were some food source. They just fly around it all day until the sun goes down and even then there are a few stragglers. I would say at peak during the day there are about 150 to 200 flies. Why are they attracted to this area and What do I do to get rid of them?
Is it possible that these are not your regular house flies but instead something called a cluster fly?
I've seen these flies make a nuisance of themselves in the ceiling of one house of a friend. He had to get it fumigated. After that, no problems.
Is your carport right next to your house? is the light attached to the carport or to the house? Could there be a little nest in there somewhere?
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The Don Zabel StoryWritten by on October 1, 2010 Contributors: Don Zabel, Johnnie Overbay, Don Johansen, Steve Shaw
Noise and air pollution have always been excessive in the L.A. Basin, but in the '40s and '50s it was particularly prevalent in Glendale (just west of L.A.), where the sound of uncorked racing engines and the smell of methanol permeated the air. Imagine being a kid growing up in the town next door (Eagle Rock) where that pollution got into your system and you weren't able to get it out. Don Zabel was that kid.
The most legendary of hot rodders, racers, race car builders, and speed equipment manufacturers hung their shop coats in Glendale. Their diversity ran the breadth of motorsports like Ed Winfield, whose high-performance Ford Flathead heads, intake manifolds, and cams were the ones that set records.
Winfield was on the same street as famed land speed racer and subsequent tech writer, Barney Navarro, who machined his heads and intake manifolds for Flathead engines as well. Close by, Frank Kurtis, race car designer/manufacturer (Kurtis Kraft), cranked out over 550 turnkey Midget racers and Indy-winning Champ Cars from of his facility. Not far was A.J. Watson who built winning Champ Cars (seven 500 victories) out of his small garage-he built the last roadster to win the 500 in 1964 driven by A.J Foyt. The Justice Brothers Race Car Repair & Fabrication (Ed and Zeke) plus Bob's Big Boy Drive-In, all got their start in Glendale. "We hung out at Bob's. That's when they had the carhops you know," Don reminisces. "Everyone went there." Get the picture?
How It All Began
A neighbor took his two boys and 6-year-old Don to the races at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles just after it opened in 1934. "He was a racer and did some promoting of races. He turned into a race fan and ended up taking me. Watching guys in the old-time Midgets got me hooked," Don says.
When Don was 12, he came home with his first car, a '14 Model T roadster. "The guy down the street had it," he says, "and had nothing but trouble with it. He finally gave up on it, had it half apart, and wanted to get rid of it. I gave him $5.
"My dad came home that night and found it in the driveway and had a fit. But I found out later he said that I, being a dumb kid, would never get it running and he'd never have to worry about me driving it. But I did get it running. At first I drove it up and down the driveway, then around the block, and ..." Don quickly states with a twinkle in his eye, "I never did nothing illegal you understand," he laughs.
Body Beautiful
Don's first hot rod was a three-window Deuce coupe. Naturally, the in-thing (then and now) was a roadster: "There was an older guy a couple of blocks away who had a roadster. He was getting tired of the open car. He used to drive by our house all the time; I was still living at home with my folks, and I kind of wanted to trade him cars. He didn't want to trade his whole car because mine was half hopped up messing around, so we decided to unbolt the bodies and trade them."
Don went to Eagle Rock High School where he took wood shop, metal shop, and drafting class, "but they didn't have auto shop." While in school, Don was interested in running his '32 at the lakes. He graduated in 1945.
"After the military closed Muroc, we experimented with a bunch of other dry lakes. During the war we went to El Mirage, even though we weren't supposed to be racing. Of course there were Harper and Rosamond. We even went to a place called Bicycle Lake (35 miles northeast of Barstow), but El Mirage was the best of the bunch and they're still using it." (The last sanctioned meet took place at Harper Dry Lake July 19, 1942. All racing was stopped in the United States during World War II.)
Trompers Of Eagle Rock
John (Gundy) Gunderson formed the Trompers of Eagle Rock in September 1945 after returning from the Navy. Don is one of the six founding members. "I was one of the guys who started the Eagle Rock Trompers," Don begins. "We were a bunch of hooligan kids fooling around."
Derby hats and Navy peacoats became the Trompers' trademark, or club jacket if you will, signaling to the drive-in crowd the Trompers were the guys to beat on the midnight streets of Eagle Rock and Glendale.
"Guys we knew from junior high and high school met at Gunderson's folks' house in Eagle Rock to form the club. Several guys came out of the Navy with peacoats and started wearing them. I didn't even have one ... I borrowed one a time or two. I still have a couple of derby hats," Don laughs.
Don's Deuce was larger than his fellow Trompers' A-bones (Don had the only '32 in the club) leading to his handle. "That's where my nickname 'The Admiral' came from because my '32 was bigger than the Model As in the club so they called my roadster 'The Boat'. So I became the Admiral of the Boat," Don laughs. Consequently, Don was stuck with The Admiral handle.
Don joined the SCTA member club the L.A. Gophers in 1945 ... "because I wanted to run El Mirage" (the Trompers didn't become SCTA members until May 1946). "That's where I got tied up with Jack McGrath, Manuel Ayulo, and Connie Weidell."
Don's mother discarded his timing tag, however, thanks to fellow hot rod historian Leslie Long, of Anaheim, California, who researched Don's results, Don ran his '32 in Class "C" Roadster as No. 39 at the November SCTA El Mirage meet.
Rather than be drafted, Don joined the Army Air Corps at the tail end of the war. "I always wanted to be a fighter pilot, but because of my eye-I've worn glasses since kindergarten-I became an aircraft mechanic. Officially I wasn't a pilot, but I did fly because we test-hopped those things after we rebuilt them. I've had a private ticket (pilot's license) for years."
Don was discharged in 1949. "I got discharged at Turner Field in Albany, Georgia, and drove straight through to Indianapolis. I hooked up with McGrath, Ayulo, Don Freeland, and Bob Sweikert, a bunch of guys who came from the old California Roadster Association (CRA began in 1945 but changed its name in 1957 to the California Racing Association) who were racing Sprints and Midgets by that time in the area."
Sodium Rush
Don then made his way to the first Bonneville Nationals in his '47 pickup. "I heard about it and had to see what it was all about." Don had never seen white salt before and remarked he could see the curvature of the earth his first morning there. Don arrived to see what Tom "Stroker McGurk" Medley called "wild." Everyone there knew it was history in the making.
"I stayed at the Wendover Air Field (where the 'Enola Gay' B-29 that carried the atomic bomb was based) ... the military was gone, but we had permission and were told as long as we left the place clean we could stay there. A couple of blankets, or a sleeping bag if you were high class, was all we needed."
It was an experience that lasted to this day for Don to be at the first event on the salt visiting buddies like future Sprint Car builder Willie Davis and Clem TeBow of C-T Automotive. But it was time to head the pickup to Eagle Rock.
Roaring Roadsters
McGrath and Ayulo cut their transmission teeth at El Mirage, but half-mile Carrell Speedway in Gardena and Gilmore Stadium in L.A. were their stepping stones to the big leagues-the Indy 500 big leagues.
Legends Cars and go-karts are the fast-track for aspiring young race drivers today, but 60-plus years ago it was cut-down Model Ts. Track roadsters proved that hot rods were serious race cars just as the purpose-built Kurtis Midgets.
The Ts were the poor man's open-wheel race car because they were cheap to build. They could be raced on the lakes, the circle tracks, and, yes, the street. Make no mistake, Don, Jack, and Manny were hard-core street racers. Street racing was a way of life in the '40s for its sheer convenience. (Dragstrips, on every corner, hadn't come to town yet.) Don jokingly uses the term hooligans, but they were hooligans to Joe Public.
Hot rodder A.J. Watson, now residing near Indianapolis, had an influence on Don. While he wasn't paid, Don would lend a "third hand when needed." Watson worked at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank at the time and after-hours, starting in 1947 he built track roadsters. Watson welcomed the help. "Besides Carrell Speedway and Gilmore, we ran the Rose Bowl in Pasadena," Watson says.
Watson graduated to front-engine Championship Cars with fellow rodder Dick Rathmann as his driver at Indy in 1950. To this day Watson is still building front-engine Offy-powered roadsters for vintage racers at his 25-acre farm. "I remember Don in my shop helping out," 87-year-old Watson says, "and I remember being at Don's shop when he was building the Sprint Cars."
Open For Business
The legendary hot rod racers were never content to work for someone else. Art Chrisman, Ak Miller, Jerry Kugel-they all had general repair garages by day, but the lights burned till O-dark thirty on their race cars.
Don and his racing partner Bruce Robinson opened a general repair garage in Glendale in the mid-'50s: Robinson and Zabel Automotive. During the day they serviced their customers but on nights and weekends, "We began building track roadsters. Most of the Ford T bodies we used were the '24-25s, and some of the guys used the '26-27 roadsters, which were more tapered. Most guys grabbed what they could get at the junkyards. We ran them both. We still used homemade chassis, not tubes yet, but rail frames. We started with the bare rails and went from there. We didn't box the frames in those days, we let them flop around. Then I started building Sprint Cars. We built a new one every winter."
Don and Robinson's Sprint Cars were well constructed, winning races all over the West and Midwest with Roger McCluskey as their driver. Bob Milliken of Highland Park, California, was part of the crew. "We wouldn't have made half the races without Milliken," Don emphasizes.
When Robinson left the business in the early '60s, Don moved his shop to La Crescenta, California, and continued solo until the property was sold out from under him in the late '80s.
When the City of Los Angeles was looking for journeymen mechanics, Don became their heavy equipment mechanic for 12 years until he retired. We're sure the bulldozers had a bit more oomph after Don worked on them.
"I've been fooling around going to races, air shows, restoring old cars, and building hot rods since I retired 10 years ago," Don says, now living in Tujunga, just north of Burbank, California. Like so many of our first-generation hot rodders, Don has never lost his fire. This 82 years young hop-up has gone back to his roots, building a gennie '32 roadster. Don is coming up on 60 years of being married to his wife, Barbara. "I've known what I wanted to do ever since I went to Gilmore when I was 6 years old. I haven't changed my mind yet." It looks like that pollution is still in your system; Don don't change a thing.
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"We ran that motor in my Deuce roadster and also the track T. It was a 3/8x3/8 with one of Howard Johansen's (Howard's Racing Cams) camshafts. Phil Weiand donated his heads and manifold. We ran the track roadster Friday and Saturday nights. We'd get home Saturday at midnight, pull the thing from the T and stuff it in my '32, and head to the dry lakes. We'd get up there Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon on the way home we'd run on one of the dragstrips."It was not uncommon to pool resources back in the day when funds were limited. Don's '32 became the Chopsticks Special. The neighborhood kids turned out to watch the trio leave for El Mirage behind Don's '34 pickup. The hot Weiand-equipped four-carb Ford Flathead V-8 became their "Poor Man's Novi." Don (left) with Larry Shinoda and Bruce Robinson.Don took this photo of his shop, "hanging out of my airplane," Don roars. "Think about it, there's no ladder that high. I took a couple of shots and got the hell out of there before someone turned me in."Don saved this sorry-looking '34 Ford from the scrap heap to become a roving billboard for their business nationwide. "We towed all over the country with a Flathead V-8 in it. Once or twice a year we'd go all over Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania where we raced the track roadster and later the Sprinter."This photo was shot Dec. 15, 1956, of the Robinson and Zabel Automotive '34 Ford truck touting: Engine Rebuilds-Mufflers. And that number again, (before there were a kazillion phones) CHapman 5-5656. Note the muffler stacks and the brand-new '56 Chevy in the background."That looks like an old dog but it was a brand-new car at the time before it was painted," Don says. "We used to run the Sprinters in a race or two before we finished them up and detailed them. We built the Sprint Cars from scratch. We got the tubing for the chassis from Industrial Metals. We always ran DeSoto Hemis. The Dodge was too small and the Chrysler was too big and heavy. We had two good sponsors in those days: Howard Johansen (Howard Cams) and Phil Weiand (Weiand heads and manifolds). Once in a while they'd give us a couple of tires or a barrel of fuel. That was a big deal in those days.""We towed our track roadsters and Sprint Cars all over with the '34. We went to Oakland and San Diego then twice a year we'd go back East to Dayton, OH; Salem (opened in 1947 in Southern Indiana); and Winchester, IN. Most people can't believe we did it with the Flathead V-8 in the truck. No junk Chevys in my truck", Don laughs.Don at 6 a.m. on his third cup of coffee at the Trompers Hot Rod swap meet. If you like vintage tin, plus real hot rods dripping with nostalgia parked in every nook and cranny, plan to attend their next swap meet. Check the Trompers website for their next Eagle Rock swap meet.


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Is there some research resource/group working on benchmarking of software products out there with automated trading and goals of "Advanced alpha generation and execution strategies" incorporating low latency data of the order of milli/micro/nano seconds ?
There were a few vendors at the 2009/2010 Futures and Options Expo in Chicago that did exactly this. Two that I recall are RTS Group and Solace Systems however their sites don't mention anything of bench marking. Perhaps I'm missing it or they're no longer doing it.
The fastest systems out there are mostly custom built hardware solutions and even the off the shelf solutions are evolving very rapidly right now. There is a company call Correlix which provides latency measurement of trading systems with extremely high resolution. I have not needed their services and thus I cannot comment on how effective they are.
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The White House has released proof that President Obama really did shoot skeet — at least once — at the Maryland presidential retreat, last summer.
There'd been some disbelief among gun rights supporters this week when Obama claimed in an interview with The New Republic, "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time." Skeptical Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., quickly challenged him to a competition and predicted she would beat him.
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I am a 44 year old man that is very heavy (250–260lbs(113-118kg)) and I am looking to buy my first mountain bike to do some riding on the weekend to burn off some of this fat I have.
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250-260 pounds isn't that heavy.
You may not need to worry about weight at all.
See if you can find the information from the manufacturer about weight limits for their bikes. For a mountain bike that you intend to use for what it was made for, you're probably within the weight limit the bike is designed for.
You may want to avoid the lightest weight stuff (carbon) unless you check the weight specs. But that's mostly stuff on the more expensive bikes.
Some of the parts that normally wear out will likely wear out faster for you than for somebody lighter, but that's no big deal.
If you plan to do tougher things with the bike than it was made for (jump a trail bike, for instance) you could run into problems. Stick with getting a bike that's intended for what you plan to do with the bike.
For instance:
1. Trek Bikes Weight Limits:
2. Specialized Bike Warranty Policy (PDF) (weight info near the bottom):
In other words: avoid the carbon/composite seat posts, handlebar stems and handlebars and you'll be fine with this brand.
3. Cannondale 2010 User's manual (PDF) (Starting at page 52)
Don't go full suspension - it at $1000 price point its a gimmick, and at your weight, you would need highend stuff for it to be adjustable enough to be useful. I am sure you can spend less, (I ride off-road with a guy who's 220lbs, hes really fit and all muscle, rides hard and fast. His sub $1000 bike stays in one piece), unless you are looking for serious off road use.
I would strongly recommend buying form your local bike shop rather than Kmart. They should be able to put you oto a bike that will meet you budget, fit you properly and give you advice. They will also be able to maintain it for you. If they can't put you on a bike within your budget look for one that has lots of kids bikes, they will understand the budget, and wont try to tell you that you need the lycra clothing to go with it.
As someone who weighs in at 375lbs, I can tell you that a good build will hold up just fine. I would stay away from box-store bikes (Walmart, K-Mart, etc) and shady bike shops, as they tend to cut corners in components and overall build quality. Hit up your local bike shop and let them know your worries. A good bike shop will probably have some great suggestions for you.
In my case, I prefer steel bikes (started on a Trek, then went to Surly). I know that From my understanding, aluminum bikes are stronger, but I have a mental block against "lighter", so I stick with steel. The only problem I have run into was wheel quality. Once I went to hand-built wheels with quality components, I stopped having problems. Right now I ride a Surly Ogre with 36 spoke wheels atop Surly New Disc hubs; they are pretty much bullet-proof.
I agree with the others: your weight is not that much of an issue for a decent quality well under $1k bike. I'm 175lbs now, but when I first started riding at 360lbs I rode a Specialized Big Hit Mountain bike. About $1,600 and overkill for the on-road riding I did.
I now use a simple Trek Hybrid, and love it.. no clunky clumsy mountain bike.. (unless of course you are using it off road.. I never did and never intended to).
The bottom line is don't overthink it. Find the weight limits. Some kind person listed Trek's above.. and there are other brands as well.. and go for it.. Just move and watch the carbs and calories and the weight will fall off.
You might look into something like the Kona Hoss, which I believe is no longer made but can probably be found used. Here are some reviews on MTBR.
The most critical thing to selecting a bike will be getting strong wheels, crankset, seat & post, pedals, and fork. These are the components that bear most of your weight. You can probably start with almost any mid-range mountain bike and just make a few changes:
Bottom line: You don't need to spend $1000 plus, unless you want to. You can probably find a decent used bike on Craigslist for $200-300, and then budget another $200 for some simple upgrades. You should also invest in a nice pair of bike shorts. There are lots of non-spandex options that look just like regular street shorts. Once you start riding and losing weight you may find you want a different type of bike or something fancier...
Have fun.
Being 240 LBs and now being on my third bike I thought I would throw this in.
Now I ride a Surly disk trucker, it's been 7 months and all is well. I don't commute anymore but do 25 mile morning rides with plenty of hills 3 times a week. Fingers crossed the Surly will hold up it's a nice ride.
I was a daily bike commuter in the 325lb range for almost two years. I rode both a restored '70s Raleigh Record Ace street bike and an Electra Townie 21D.
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I'm a heavier rider (250-260) and the first thing I do when I purchase a new mounain bike is invest a good chunk of change into better front and rear rims. In this day and age, the stock rims are pretty weak and tend to break first in the spokes. It's also not uncommon to have a bent rim when going off a curb. I should also note that I punish my bikes when I'm out doing distance rides (20 miles or greater) or offroad. I went through three rims one time within a month of buying a bike in the past.
I fit in to that weight category and I ride a Trek superfly 100Al dual suspension bike. I do ride it hard and even being the biggest bloke in the group that I ride with, I can out ride most of the lighter blokes. I ride the bike hard and unfortunately I do regularly break things. I have re-spoked the rear wheel with heavy duty spokes after breaking too many spokes, but recently I broke the rim so I now have a much stronger new wheel. I also wear out the rear suspension bushes approx. every 8-12 months. The running gear (chain, chain rings and cassette) also gets replaced every 6-8months. But having said this I ride about 8-10000km a year and most of that off road and often giving it a hard time (do you see this common point I keep bringing up). So what I am trying to say is, get yourself good equipment but be prepared to do extra maintenance especially if you give it a hard time. But the main thing is get out there and enjoy it and don't give up. About 4years ago I was just over 370lbs and now I am around the 250lbs (I hope to drop a few more as riding has helped heaps)
I am two metres tall, 124 kgs (272 lbs) and ride a collection of road and mountain bikes. I am aggressive and fast and have never worried about the bike coping. I ride cobblestones and speed over driveway lips, tram and rail tracks and the like. My current fave bike is a cheap factory excess frame I found on eBay and equipped with a decade old collection of parts of a frame I did manage to break after 10 years of hard riding. .. You might need to get decent (that does not mean expensive) wheels. But I would likely replace the factory tires for something with a lower profile, slimmer (yes, slimmer) and faster, if you are mostly riding on pavement. Or relax and just wait until the wheels need replacing. They will not collapse into dust. The rims will get flattened, spokes break... You will live.
I own two Treks, an X Caliber (great hardtail that starts around $650 range) and a full suspension Trek Remedy 29 9 (phenomenal bike, but is 5gs) I weighed 321lbs when I started riding again, and now am about 255lbs. Both bikes have had no problems whatsoever with my weight. The Treks have a 300lb weight limit listed, but I believe that is well under what they can really handle. Plus, they just make great bikes. I do think the 29 wheels are better for riders as well, but not posite on that.
I'm in the same kind of weight range, and also usually carry a fair bit of stuff around (books, laptop for daily commuting, shopping, occasionally a 25kg sack of concrete for some garden work..., two heavy locks), so I'd say 130 or 140kg is a fairly normal load for my bike.
Much of it depends of course on what kind of cycling you do. I don't do sports-type cycling, it's all utility, in total about 50-80 km per week. Roads here are full of potholes, cracks and craters, it is also not very flat, so downhills I can go well above 30km/h (20mph). So I think it gets a fair bit of stress, although not as extreme as offroad/mountain biking or long club rides etc.
My current bike is a commuter hybrid, in around £600 range (not including extras like lights, rack, mudguards etc), aluminium MTB frame. Had it for more than three years now and no sign of any trouble. The bike I had before was decades old, no real trouble either.
The advice I found was mainly get solid wheels with wide tyres (mine are 44-622); wheels designed for MTB should handle much heavier riders on normal usage. You don't have to worry much about the frame and other components. Keep the tyre pressure up, and while you check pressure and tyre damage, also have a look at the wheel (broken spokes, cracks in the rim, is the wheel true?).
I can second the advice not to get full suspension. I sometimes used hire bikes with full suspension and that felt more like riding a horse than a bike. But I do have front fork suspension and that works just fine, in fact I think it is quite beneficial when I hit one of our potholes. I also installed a seatpost with suspension, although I'm not sure this does much at all.
I'm a big boned and tall guy, currently at 270lbs, which is about 30 pounds more than I want to weigh. I have an older Cannondale Jekyll with full suspension. I had heavier springs installed in the front forks and at the rear is a Fox air shock that has held up fine so far. I'm pretty sure I surpass the bike's weight capacity and it concerns me, but the guy at the bike shop said don't worry about it. I mainly ride it on the street, jumping off curbs and hitting lots of ruts and bumps and so far, no problems.
As many others have said, you're not really in the "extreme" weight range. There are many quality bikes that will do just fine.
That said there are three things that are worthy of your attention:
The bottom line is that it should be possible to make your bike quite comfortable. If it isn't the problem is much more likely the fit of the bike than you.
I ring in at about 280 lbs (125 kgs). I ride 100 kms/week mostly hard pack, gravel, sand, sand over hard pack. Lost of bumps and pot holes but few roots or large rocks. My riding style is fast and hard. I have an entry level Cannondale with an XXL frame which is sweet as honey. I break spokes on a regular basis. I just threw in the towel on the OEM wheel and got a new wheel. The bike experts I have spoken with say that an $800-1000 bike should have sturdy wheels for the large lad.


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[Washington DC] – The Ministry of Interior has announced that Ali Abdulrahman Said Alfagsi, also known as Ali Al-Ghamdi, voluntarily surrendered to Prince Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs. Al-Ghamdi is considered to be one of the top Al-Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia and is suspected of being one of the masterminds of the May 12 bombings in Riyadh.
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|Call for Unit #
|1 Bedroom
|1 Bath
Apartment Features
Stone Countertops.
- Hardwood Floors
- High Ceilings
- Washer/Dryer in Unit
- Duplex
- Private Yard
- Garden
- Walk-in Closets
- Eat-in Kitchen
- Stainless Steel
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Garbage Disposal
Building Features & Amenities
- Elevator
- Part-time Doorman
- Concierge
- Laundry in Building
- Fitness Center
- Rooftop Deck
- On-site Garage
- Bicycle Storage
- Storage Bins/Lockers for Tenants
- Cold Food Storage Room (for deliveries)
- Landscaped Roof Deck
- Courtyard/Plaza
- Playground
- Barbecue Area
- Video Intercom
- Virtual Doorman
- Units: 17
- Mid-rise (7-25 Floors)
- Post-war Apartment Building
- Built 2012
- Rental Property
Pet policy: Pets OK
202 8th Street offers bespoke benefits ranging from a private landscaped courtyard to a furnished roof deck equipped with outdoor grill and seating areas providing stunning views of Brooklyn, Manhattan and New York Harbor. A private gym adds flexibility to your fitness routine, and cold storage makes all FreshDirect deliveries convenient. A part-time doorman assists with daily details and a bike room keeps cycles safe. Additionally, there is tenant storage available.
Neighborhood / Parking / Transportation
Experience the best of historic and hip Brooklyn at 202 8th Street, a new rental residence at the intersection of Park Slope and Gowanus. Here you spend days exploring the restaurants, parks and boutiques that make Park Slope the neighborhood New York magazine called the city's most livable and nights discovering the art studios, music halls and lounges that make Gowanus Brooklyn's new cutting-edge culture leader.
Outside your home discover a culture aficionado's playground. Chef-run bistros and eclectic boutiques line 5th and 7th Avenues. Just down 4th Avenue, Washington Park offers sports fields, shaded benches and playground. Just a stroll away is Brooklyn's green gem—Prospect Park. Created by the designers of Central Park, this urban oasis includes tailored meadows and lush woods, athletic fields and an ice rink, nature preserves and an acclaimed summer arts scene. The list of incredible nearby attractions continues with The Barclays Center, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Library and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden all just a short bike ride away. Just around the corner, the R, F and G subway lines at 9th Street and 4th Avenue provide quick access to Manhattan.
Subway lines:
F - Smith-9 Streets
G - Smith-9 Streets
R - 9 Street
- Tree-lined Street
Walking Distance to:
- Park
- Playground
- Restaurants
- Library
- Museum
- Subway
Owner / Manager / Leasing Information for 202 8th Street › 1C5
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