El pasado sábado arrancaba en Llanera el Campeonato de Asturias de Quad Crono, con la disputa de la ya mítica prueba del Cierru Los Pinos. Un buen día y una abundante inscripción de 30 pilotos hicieron que se creara un escepcional ambiente en la prueba organizada por la Asociación de Usuarios del Quad (ADUQ).

En Q1, la victoria se la llevaría el piloto de Motonáutica Competición, Julio Fernández, que aventajaría al segundo clasificado, Ángel Rodríguez Lombardía, en 17 segundos y marcaba además el mejor tiempo de la carrera, un impresionante 5:22:732. Una vez más, estratosférica actuación de Julio, mientras que José Antonio López Fernández llevaba su Honda hasta el tercer peldaño del podium.

La victoria de Q2 se la llevaría Javier López, que está teniendo un gran inicio de temporada tanto en crono como en asfalto, seguido por José Antonio Álvarez, de Motonáutica Competición. Con Suzuki LTZ 400, al igual que sus acompañantes en el podium, terminaba tercero el piloto de Calientes tol añu - La Pista, Adrián Martínez de la Torre.

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Aún no ha pasado un año pero los pilotos y aficionados lo pedían. ¡Ya está en marcha el II Quad Cross de Laviana!

Será el próximo sábado 26 de julio a las 15:30h cuando Pola de Laviana acoja la segunda edición de esta prueba del Campeonato de Asturias de QuadCross, segunda también de la temporada tras la disputada en Pola de Lena el pasado mes de marzo.

La organización, a cargo de la Asociación Deportiva Calientes tol añu y con la inestimable ayuda de la Asociación de Usuarios del Quad ADUQ, ya ha comenzado a realizar los trámites administrativos y las obras, una vez más de la mano de Javier Guillén, conocido piloto del regional de quads y promotor de Excavaciones Guillén, que tratará de plasmar en el terreno toda su experiencia en ambos campos.

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Questa settimana Intel festeggia il quarantesimo anniversario.

Per l'occazione, PC Magazine ha messo insieme una cronologia abbastanza completa delle principali generazioni di processori Intel, visibile qui. Ricordo ancora il mio Intel Pentium II che però, dopo pochi mesi, cedette subito il passo ad un Pentium III @ 550Mhz che segno anche l'arrivo di internet a 56k in casa mia...altri tempi...

El Circuito Fortuna Motorsport acogió la que fue la que fue la primera prueba nocturna de superquad a nivel nacional y tanto pilotos como organización salieron muy satisfechos de esta nueva experiencia que supuso un reto para todos.

Por fin se consiguió disputar una prueba de la CESQ totalmente en seco, no cayó ni una gota de agua en el trazado murciano y la verdad es que se echó en falta esta vez. La jornada del sábado 5 de Julio fue realmente dura para todos los asistentes a esta tercera prueba de la temporada en la que las altas temperaturas pusieron a prueba la resistencia de todos.

Además de realizar la prueba nocturna otro de los aspectos a destacar de esta carrera fue la participación de Mark Donnelly y Marc Turner que, viniendo desde Irlanda e Inglaterra respectivamente demostraron que aún tenemos cosas que aprender aquí en España.

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El Campeonato de Asturias de Quadcrono arrancará este sábado, día 19 de julio, en la localidad de Llanera con motivo de la disputa del Quad Crono Cierru Los Pinos, organizada por el quadclub ADUQ en colaboración con el Excmo. Ayto. de Llanera.

La prueba se desarrollará en un tramo cronometrado de más de 6 kms. al que se darán dos pasadas de entrenamientos y dos cronometradas, decidiéndose el resultado final sumando los tiempos de estas dos últimas. Las categorías presentes serán Q1, Q2 y ATV, en las que los pilotos lucharán contra el crono para tratar de ser los más rápidos y salir de esta priemra prueba con ventaja en la clasificación general. El orden de salida se realizará por orden de inscripción dentro de cada categoría.

El concejo de Llanera se encuentra en la zona centro de la región asturiana, a tan sólo 10 minutos de su capital, Oviedo, y la carrera se realizará coincidiendo con las fiestas patronales de Posada de Llanera, por lo que además de la competición los pilotos podrán disfrutar de alguna otra sorpresa.

Desde las 14.30 y hasta las 15:30h de la tarde se realizarán las inscripciones el prado de la fiesta, localizado en el cruce de Posada de Llanera, y sobre las 16:00 horas los pilotos partirán por las calles de la localidad escoltados por la Policía Local, para darse la salida al tramo en torno a las 16.30 de la tarde.

(ADUQ)

The White Pony, another board model birthed of Richard Kenvin's creativity inspired by the late design great Bob Simmons. Other than Richard's personal board, this is the second one in existence. Shaped by Joe Bauguess for RT. 4'11" x 23" wide x 2.7/8"thick. After a 2 hour sesh, word is RT loves it!

For those who might be interested, we have a 5'6 Mini Simmons and a 5'8 Casper Coming in next week for the rack.

Here's something else we picked up on our visit down to the Swifties. This is a 7' Long Fish Quad with hand foiled Geppie fins for $950. 2 3/4 in the middle, Mean and Green!

Duża moc obliczeniowa nie zawsze musi się równać dużemu zużyciu energii. P5925 zbudowany jest w oparciu o najnowocześniejszy chipset Intel iQ35 i procesory Intel Core2Duo serii E8xxx oraz Intel Core2Quad serii Q9xxx. Mimo tego jest jedną z najbardziej energooszczędnych konstrukcji na rynku, co zostało potwierdzone m.in. certyfikatami Energy Star 4.1 oraz Blue Angel. Dzięki nowoczesnym rozwiązaniom komputer zużywa o połowę mniej energii niż podobny sprzęt poprzedniej generacji i jest bardziej przyjazny środowisku.

Zastosowanie w ESPRIMO ProGreen unikalnej konstrukcji płyty głównej i układu chłodzenia zaowocowało pracą urządzenia cichszą od szeptu. W idle mode EPRIMO emituje dźwięk o głośności jedynie 17dB, wg ISO 9296. Jest to o tyle ważne, że stanowi doskonałe rozwiązanie w systemie organizacji powierzchni biurowej open space.

Dzięki zintegrowanemu układowi szyfrowania danych TPM 1.2 dane pozostaną bezpieczne. Pełny wachlarz zabezpieczeń dostępu (czytniki kart procesorowych, linii papilarnych oraz zabezpieczenia dostępu na poziomie sprzętowym) gwarantuje, że nikt niepowołany nie uzyska dostępu do poufnych informacji.

Dzięki zastosowaniu technologii Intel vPRO zdalne zarządzanie nie sprawia żadnych problemów. Zdalna administracja i inwentaryzacja nowego sprzętu jest o wiele łatwiejsza i tańsza a pracownicy działu IT mogą pracować dużo wydajniej – zdalnie reagować, diagnozować i naprawiać sprzęt nawet, gdy system operacyjny ulegnie uszkodzeniu czy zawirusowaniu.

Niezliczone zalety ESPRIMO P5925 mogą pomóc w tworzeniu zaplecza informatycznego każdej firmy. ESPRIMO P5925 ProGREEN wyposażony w procesor Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 i 1GB pamięci DDR2 kosztuje jedyne 1979 PLN + VAT i jest dostarczany z systemem Windows Vista Business z możliwością downgrade do Windows XP Professional. Sprzęt może być dowolnie konfigurowany u każdego Business Partnera Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Więcej informacji dostępnych jest pod adresem:

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com.pl/

Galeria:

Il tutto si è svolto in località "la Spessa" nella cittadina di Clusone (BG), su una superficie di 85.000 mq, dove è stata allestita la pista (disegnata da Attilio Petrogalli), i salti per il freestyle e tutti gli stand che hanno formato il paddock. Numerosi i piloti famosi che hanno partecipato a questa festa del fuori strada fra cui Fabio Farioli, Mario Rinaldi, Arnaldo Nicoli.

La manifestazione è stata organizzata in collaborazione con: Moto Club Bergamo, Comune di Clusone, Comune di Villa d'Ogna e Turismo Pro Clusone.

Per vedere le foto CLICCATE QUA.

Tutte le info precise al sito www.rockmonstercross.it o allo spazio myspace www.myspace.com/rockmonstercross

 Ecco in sintesi il programma:

--> Venerdì 11
Gare di AutoCross (ROYAL CAR CROSS)
Esibizioni BigFood
Live Plasters - Fb Band
Dj Set Fedda (Progetto Svulvor)
Sabato
--> Sabato 12
Gare di MiniCross Trofeo Nazionale
Competizione di Tunning
Esibizione Free-Style by DaBoot Team
Show di Miss Gattina Bagnata
Live Mr Pig
Dj Set by TempoRock
Domenica
--> Domenica 13
Gare Mx1-Mx2
Miss Car Wash
Live Plasters - Wondersonic OASIS cover Band
Dj Set by Piero from London's Corner Indie Rock

NB: Parcheggio gratuito. Ingresso all'evento 5 € (Sabato dopo le ore 22.00 10 €).

Riflessioni sulla serata di Sabato 12
Purtroppo l'entrata ha richiesto un costo di 10 € secchi sebbene fossero soltanto le 21,30 (e non le 22 come mi era stato detto) e secondo me il prezzo era un po' eccessivo (allo stato attuale delle cose) e ha scoraggiato molti visitatori, eppure si è fatto un gran pienone.
Le esibizioni di motocross freestyle delle 21,30 e delle 00.00 erano praticamente uguali all'anno scorso, nessuna grossa novità, anche se accompagnate come sempre da ottima musica metal e crossover.
Miss Gattina Bagnata anch'essa uguale alla precedente edizione, forse addirittura meno coinvolgente per il pubblico maschile.
Però quello che mi ha davvero reso felice di aver speso quella cifra di ingresso è stato il concerto dei MR PIG, band di Fabbrico composta da 4 elementi, tra cui il cantante Michele Luppi (di cui ho portato a casa il plettro personalizzato) e il bassista Giorgio Terenziani. nostro collega universitario. Tra gli effetti speciali sul basso, un chitarrista ai livelli di Kirk Hammett e un cantante con la voce dei The Darkness, ho passato un'ora di vero e puro hard rock. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple.... c'erano tutti....ed eseguiti veramente bene!!! Un concerto molto esaltante grazie anche alla simpatia dei 4 componenti.
Il loro sito www.mrpig4.com .

Artists are invited to submit proposals for exhibition on the Digital Screens around the theme of 'The Age of the Enlightenment'.

The Enlightenment was a period in history that saw the most influential, intellectual and philosophical developments of that age.

We are looking for a broad imaginative response to the theme, which may include references to industry, heritage, mass production, migration, social issues and the economical phenomenon.

This opportunity is open to all artists and curators. Selected proposals will be included on this website and will be profiled as part of the QUAD exhibition programme.

Deadline for submissions: 11th August 2008

Fonte: http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/digital-screen-submissions

Alors déjà... et bien elle est rouge maintenant! je l'ai repeinte parceque la déco commençait à souffrir...

Et donc maintenant elle est comme ça:

Pour ce qui est des sorties, la première après la peinture on a ramené des belles photos, malheureusement j'en ai pas de maxime, parceque j'ai juste pensé à le filmer...

(Un peu poussiéreuse la dernière)

Et donc y'a aussi des vidéos, j'avais déjà commencé à m'améliorer, mais c'était pas vraiment ça encore...

Puisque je commence en ratant magnifiquement bien le passage d'un tronc ^^"

Après, la sablière, moi puis maxime:

Et enfin, toujours la sablière, mais seulement maxime, et en quand (par contre j'ai fait un magnifique raté au montage avec les sous-titres)

Et ensuite deuxième sortie de la gasgas, là on a caremment que deux photos, et pour montrer notre magnifique équipement ^^"

(L'équipement fox tout neuf de maxime!)

Et après, les vidéos c'est d'abord encore un tour à la sablière:

Puis une caméra embarquée, mais c'est mal cadré. Et ça bouge.

Je projette donc de refaire une cam, mais avec la caméra qui vise mieux, et mieux fixée aussi. peut-être cet aprèm, je sais pas.

Et pour finir, message à PA: merci pour ton commentaire. Je suis près à ouvrir les négociation, avec une condition non négociable elle: je te débloque de msn si t'arrête de me casser les pieds.

Mudar do Windows 98 para o Vista vai ser mais rápido que um raio de luz.

Garotos espertos pesquisam antes de entrar janela adentro.
Os preços variam muito.
Uma configuração que custa R$2.000,00 em uma loja, custa R$3.000,00 em outra.

Tenho pesquisado muito.

Vou de Quad, isso é minha única certeza.
A dúvida é quanto ao Q6600 e o Q9300.

Estive fuçando na Sta. "Esfingênia" esses dias e voltei iluminado.

O Q6600 é o processador mais em conta. Ele está custando entre R$499,00 e R$509,00.
Trabalha em 2.4 Ghz e para o que pretendo fazer está bom demais.

O problema ou a solução, dependendo do ponto de vista, chama-se Q9300. O irmão prodígio do Q6600.
Seu preço varia entre R$644,00 e R$659,00, mas minha amiga Valéria o cotou por R$560,00 no Mercado Livre.
Em fóruns especializados, elogios não faltam pra descrever este processador.
Além de trabalhar em 2.5 Ghz, é DDR3 e esquenta bem menos que o Q6600.

De todos os irmãos Quad, o mais intocável é o Qx9770, o "Extreme".
Intocável pela tecnologia e pelo preço ainda inviável: R$3.890,00.

Para abrigar o meu Quad, o vendedor me indicou a P5K PL Asus. Suporta até 4 Gb de Ram, tem placa de som integrada bacaninha High Definition de 6 canais, 8 USBs. Seu preço aproximado é de R$199,00.

Mas cheguei em casa e fui pesquisar outras placas.

A P5K SE Asus suporta até 8 Gb de Ram, sua placa de som é de 8 canais de alta definição. Segundo a minha amiga Valéria lá do trampo, ela tem um filtro para reduzir os ruídos básicos do Pc (fontes e coolers) na hora da captura do som. Ela possui 12 USBs e custa aproximadamente uns R$300,00.
Fiquei bem balançado por esta.

A P5K Deluxe Wi Fi FSB é a uma confusão dos diabos.
Não sei até que ponto ela é melhor.
Ela tem 4 slots DDR2 SDRam, até 8 Gb, 10 portas USBs e custa bem mais que as outras, R$510,00.

Mas æ começam as confusões, já que sou leigo no assunto.

Se eu pegar um Q9300 que trabalha em 6m e tem a tecnologia DDR3 e pegar essa placa mais cara que aceita DDR2 SDram, elas serão compatíveis?

Æ fui pesquisar memória Ram.
Disseram-me que tem que ser Kingston, um pente de 2 Gb 800. Preços variando de R$105,00 a R$120,00.

As coisas se complicam quando o assunto é vídeo.
O povo lá do trampo se divide em Editores 2D, que é o meu grupo e os Editores 3D.
Os Editores 3D são aqueles malucos viciados e entendedores dessas placas maravilhosas de vídeo.
Eles dizem que uma Nvídia GeForce 8600 GT 512 Mb está de bom tamanho pra mim. E está mesmo, pelo preço sugestivo dela de R$198,00 a R$229,00.
Mas æ, os mais xiitas dizem que eu deveria pegar 8800, pois pretendo rodar 3D, trabalhar com edição de vídeos no After Effects... O problema é o preço, R$550,00.

HD tem que ser esse tal de SATA, pois dizem que essa é a conexão mais rápida com a placa.
Vamos de SATA então, oras bolas!
Mas o foda, é que cada vez mais ouço um monte de gente dizendo que perdeu ou fudeu o HD e perdeu tudo!
Æ vem a solução ou mais confusão. Comprar 2 HDs de 500 Gb por R$209,00 e fuder a fonte ou comprar 1 de 1 Tb por R$538,00?

Ah, sem esquecer que vou ter que comprar um gravador de Dvd também, pois tem que ser SATA também.
Tudo bem, tudo bem, eu sempre usei muito os meus gravadores. Tá na hora de comprar um novo.
E o preço do DVD-RW SATA da Samsung tá bem convidativo: R$70,00.

O gabinete me cotaram o X Blade Preto, por R$138,00.
Achei muito escalafobético e fui pesquisar um mais discreto.
Acabei me apaixonando pelo Gold Ship Prata Cool Case 1458 ATX, por R$180,00.
Disseram-me que se este aqui acompanhar fonte de 500 reais, tá muito barato!

O cara disse que independente da minha placa de som ter 6 ou 8 canais, se eu quero mexer com som, o bacana é eu instalar uma Creative 7.1 Audigy Box Sound Blaster, por R$110,00.
E eu me pergunto, isso é compatível com o Vista?

Ah, vou querer rodar o Vista 64 Bits.
Marcelão lá do trampo disse que vai rodar redondinho!

Esses dias peguei o Vista de jeito.
Sentei na máquina do supervisor do 3D.
Ele precisava da minha máquina lá no trampo pra renderizar um trampo pra ontem.
Engraçado que o meu PC lá no trampo é um Octo, ou seja lá como se chama uma placa que abriga 2 processadores Quad. Sim, a minha máquina lá tem oito núcleos e custou R$15.000,00.
Agora eu pergunto: "-Por que lá eles não instalaram o Vista?"
Uso o XP 64 Bits lá e nuncaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa travei Corel ou Photoshop. É impressionante.

O foda é que não vou pegar monitor, teclado, mouse...
Pelo menos não agora.

Tava dando preferência pra uma tablet TB 420 9x12 por R$248,00, mas a Micheli, outra Editora de 2D que abandonou o mouse pela canetinha, disse que se não for uma WACON, que eu não perca tempo comprando outras marcas. A WACON é o Ipod das tablets.

O problema vai ser dar moradia aqui em casa pra um avião desses.
Minha rede elétrica não é das melhores.
Vou ter que desembolsar uma grana extra com filtros e quem sabe até um No Break...

Mas que é gostoso cotar e passar de leigo a curioso em poucos dias, ah, isso é.

E viva o Windows, ou não!

Ps: Essas fotos foram tiradas lá nos 100 Anos da Imigração Japonesa, estande da Hello Kitty!

Ursprünglich stammt die Halterung aus dem Outdoorbereich, dort dient sie zur Befestigung von Motorsägen an Quads oder ATVs. Die Montage der Halterung am Korb dient dazu, den Raum im Korb freizuhalten und nicht durch die Säge zu verstellen. Eine gute Idee wie ich finde. Auch ich hab mich schon mit Sägen im Arbeitskorb rumschlagen dürfen, dazu aber bei späterer Gelegenheit mehr.

Die Jungs von der Feuerwehr transportieren ihre Säge allerdings nicht in der Halterung, sondern in einem normalen Geräteraum. In die Halterung wird sie erst am Einsatzort gesteckt. (Nach den gültigen Vorschriften in Deutschland darf man die Säge ja nicht im Korb starten, sondern nur am Boden. Vielleicht sieht das bei einer festgeklemmten Säge ja anders aus.)

Eine kurze Recherce (und ein Blick auf das Foto ;-) ) lieferte den Namen der Herstellers: Eine Firma names Kolpin. Das Produkt heisst genau Universal Fit Saw Press II Bracket und kostet in Amiland $68.99. Eine Bezugsquelle in Deutschland wäre die Firma Black Forest Quad, die die Halterung für €124,95 anbietet.

Denkbar - aber sicherlich nicht so schick - wäre auch eine Eigenbauhalterung. Hat jemand dazu eine Idee?

The cure? Cosmic Go! Takemiya Masaki pioneered a style of play where you spend the opening moves making a gigantic architecture - virtually insisting that your opponent come inside and invade it. Once the opponent takes you up on the offer, however, it's important that you've set the moyo up such that you can either kill the invasion (if it's an overplay) or take profit from it by putting pressure on the invading stones.

In playing today I tried to keep that in mind. I took white, and responded to the two (3,4) stones my opponent played by forcing a parallel fuseki, and playing a (3,4) and a (4,4) corner opening. Black's next three moves were to approach my 3,4 stone with a keima as well as take two corner-enclosures. I spent these moves playing the chinese and mini-chinese fuseki, as well as pincering the approaching stone. Several moves later I'd made a running group in the lower-right of the board (but not the corner, as that was already sealed off) and by threateneing to cut his stones and connect to my own, I was able to give it life. This was after i'd sealed off his bottom left corner and top right. At that point my moyo resembled a huge circle around the middle of the board - and the hoshi points along the top and left sides. He invaded at the 3,3 point, and even managed to probe deeply with a dragon. However at the end of it I managed to keep about 3/4 of the originally marked center territory. In the end I won by about 26.5 points or so.

Moral of the story? Don't leave a moyo alone long enough for it to become too strong, and set things up so that the influence from an invasion is worth more than the points from no invasion. Oh - and connect weak groups by exploiting low aji in formations.

Thanks for reading,

-AHMAD

Również quady, skutery i inne pojazdy silnikowe tej firmy cieszą się uznaniem wśród motocyklistów. Pierwsze ATV trafiły do Polski kilkanaście lat temu. Obecnie Yamaha proponuje ponad dwadzieścia modeli, które nadają się zarówno do jazdy rekreacyjnej jak i zawodowej. Skutery to współczesna alternatywa dla miejskich środków lokomocji. Są lekkie, mobilne, a przy tym tanie w eksploatacji. Yamaha przygotowała szereg modeli, które wyposażeniem, a także wyglądem można dopasować do swoich potrzeb.

Szczegółowe dane o tych maszynach można znaleźć na portalu, dotyczącym produktów Yamahy. Zamieszczono tam również mnóstwo informacji o instrumentach muzycznych. Sporo miejsca poświęcono keyboardowi, który cieszy się uznaniem profesjonalnych muzyków oraz nauczycieli. Firma proponuje kilkadziesiąt modeli, a wśród nich Tyros i PRS.

Na stronie można również przeczytać o innych instrumentach takich jak: fortepiany, pianina, instrumenty dęte blaszane i drewniane, gitary Yamaha oraz perkusje.

Poza działalnością produkcyjną Yamaha prowadzi także szkołę muzyczną, która posiada 6000 placówek w 49 krajach i uczą się w nich dzieci w każdym wieku. W Polsce Szkoła Muzyczna Yamaha istnieje od 1992 roku i prowadzi edukację w blisko stu miejscach na terenie całego kraju.

----- DOMENICA 10 -----
- 12:00 APERTURA STAND GASTRONOMICI E BIRRIFICI
Degustazione delle birre presenti alla manifestazione e ristorazione
- 16:00 ESIBIZIONE ACROBATICA SHOW ACTION GROUP
Evoluzioni spettacolari con quad e trial
- 19:00 APERTURA STAND GASTRONOMICI E BIRRIFICI
Degustazione delle birre presenti alla manifestazione e ristorazione
- 21:00 INTRATTENIMENTO MUSICALE
Musica e karaoke

- 21:30 ESIBIZIONE ACROBATICA SHOW ACTION GROUP
Evoluzioni spettacolari con quad e trial

I'd be less bored if my roommate was around, but Michelle is in DC with her family. Which means I've been all alone, wandering back and fourth between the couch to my bed to my desk to the kitchen to the bath tub. At least if Michelle was here I'd have someone to test my jokes on. And someone to watch these bad movies with. And someone to stop me from eating an entire box of chocolate Teddy Grahams.

Two months ago, I would have rejoiced. My former roommate and I were not exactly friends, and when you live with someone who passive aggressively hates you for two years, you begin to loathe being home. I began to hole up in my six by seven square foot room, with just enough space for a full bed and a narrow bedside table. I rarely came home after work. I went out of my way to go to happy hours, movie screenings, dinners, and open bars. I hated being in that tiny apartment. I hated being in the common space, even though the kitchen and living room were relatively spacious and airy.

But now that I live with Michelle, I'm actually paying a lot more for rent and saving money. How? Well, I actually enjoy being home. I cook meals now. I can have a few drinks on the couch with my best friend. It is pretty awesome. I forgot how relaxing it is to live with someone who doesn't make your jaw clench when they walk into the room.

Michelle and I went to college together and vaguely knew of one another, I suppose, by senior year. We were not friends. She was a tall blond sorority sister who studied psych and often began her sentences by saying secretly in her thick Chicago accent. Such as, "Secretly, I think 95% of the student body is hideous." I was a short red head who studied writing and often began my sentences by prefacing how high I was. Such as, "You guys, I'm so high right now I think I can see God in the quad, and he knows I don't believe in him, and he looks pissed."

So we weren't friends. We weren't enemies, like some of the freaky girls in her sorority who hated me because their boyfriends thought I was hot. Doesn't that have the makings for a bad pop song? But, you know, we didn't really know each other and could really care less.  And then last spring, Michelle moved to New York and came with her friend Sam to meet me for brunch. Eventually, Sam, who is from England, moved to Germany, and Michelle and I remained friends. The rest is New York City roommate history.

Our friends worried when we began apartment hunting. Michelle and I have never really had a fight, or even a disagreement, yet people began to get nervous. Joanna was blunt. "I think you two are going to eat each other alive." Ah, right to the point. When we signed the lease on our suburban place in Stuyvesant Town, Jacob laughed. "You guys are going to kill each other!" he squealed, only half joking.

It's been a month, and it's great. We still need to hang some art in the living room, and maybe get a new coffee table. Oh, and once we disagreed on how much ice we should make for a party. I said more. Michelle said what we had was just right. But it's amazing how much potential tension has been alleviated by a dish washer. It's amazing how we enjoy watch the same crappy shows on TBS. And, it is amazing that she actually reads books I suggest to her.

Secretly, I am relieved to be living with Michelle. Not so secretly, I have eaten an entire box of chocolate Teddy Graham's in under three hours.

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Today I've done some strength training all around. Here is what I have done:

• 10 min warmup
• 4 sets on lat pullups
• 4 sets on triceps
• 3 sets on triceps+chest pushdowns
• 3 sets on quad
• 3 sets on quad curls
• 4 sets on chest push
• 3min rewarmup
• 3 sets of crunches
• 3 sets of leg raises

It seems that I now need to increase activity on my core and find new techniques, I will try to save up and pay for a personal trainer to teach me some new activities to do to keep me at it for a few weeks so that I don't get bored.

Today I ate 2/3 of an ice-cream and threw the rest away, I was just craving for one after dinner. So the ice-cream intake just came around 120cal (its the mini magnum with double caramel.

I also started to feel some joint pain, I might get some jointace.

I am also planning on getting a new pair of shoes tomorrow

Ce passage, que l'on ne retrouve pas sur les cartes routières officielles, n'est pas une autoroute; on y retrouve donc n'importe quoi, que ce soit des quads (VTT), des motoneiges, en hiver, etc. D'ailleurs, le passage n'était ouvert, autrefois, qu'à ces véhicules. Mais H-Q a décidé, il y a quelques années, d'ouvrir son lien inter-rives aux voitures, et camions légers. Voici donc des images de ce passage, de moins en moins secret.

Je tiens à vous aviser que compte tenu du fait que certaines photos furent prises en mouvement, elles sembleront déformées. C'est normal.

Je suis arrivé à l'intersection du Chemin de la Gabelle, à Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, du côté ouest de la rivière Saint-Maurice. La Gabelle est aussi le nom du barrage d'Hydro-Québec.

Comme il s'agit d'infrastructures un peu particulières, H-Q a pris soin d'installer un panneau indiquant le mode de fonctionnement du passage.

Nous voilà donc sur la rive ouest de la rivière Saint-Maurice, en attente de l'ouverture de la barrière.

Comme l'ouverture des barrières est automatisé, en fonction d'une vitesse de 20 km/h, lorsque l'on traverse plus rapidement, ce qu'a probablement fait ce quadiste, il faut attendre que l'ouverture se fasse.

Nous sommes engagés dans le lien inter-rives. Le passage, sur le barrage, ne laisse passer qu'un seul véhicule à la fois. Au bout du virage, le système d'ouverture des vannes.

Nous sommes au-dessus des vannes du barrage. Droit devant, la centrale électrique La Gabelle.

Dans le miroir, situé le long du parapet, juste à l'intérieur du virage, nous voyons l'extrémité est de la centrale. Le lien ne laisse toujours passer qu'un véhicule à la fois.

Bon, j'ai dû rouler trop vite, moi aussi, puisque je dois aussi attendre, pour une minute ou deux, l'ouverture de la barrière qui me conduira sur la rive est de la rivière Saint-Maurice.

Mais voilà, tout vient à point à qui sait attendre. La barrière se soulève pour me permettre de gagner le rang des Grès, puis le rang Saint-Flavien, à Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, municipalité qui est située le long de la route 157.

Il faut être prudent, et surtout respectueux des règles de circulation sur le lien inter-rives d'Hydro-Québec. Puisqu'il s'agit d'installations qui, d'ordinaire, ne sont pas ouvertes au public, la société d'état pourrait très bien, en cas d'abus, mettre fin au lien. Quand on sait qu'il s'agit du seul endroit où l'on peut traverser le Saint-Maurice entre Trois-Rivières et Shawinigan, cela vaut la peine de faire quelques efforts pour respecter les règles de base.

Dans un autre ordre d'idées, le temps me manque. Je n'ai pas encore terminé de publier les billets dont j'ai fait mention, que d'autres photos s'accumulent déjà! Vous verrez donc bientôt l'A-55, entre Drummondville et Sherbrooke, des travaux sur l'A-10, en Estrie, le chevauchement de celle-ci et de la route 112, entre Sherbrooke et Magog, ainsi que de toutes nouvelles photos du chantier de l'A-15 nord, à Mirabel. D'ici-là, je souhaite la meilleure des chances, et beaucoup de courage, à ceux et celles qui vivront le supplice du déménagement, ainsi qu'une joyeuse fête du Canada.

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I wasn't able to stick to my plan today as there were a lot of people at my gym but I did my cardios worth.

Here is my programme:

• 15 min Run/Jog/sprint max at 11km/h
• quick loosening of the leg muscles
• 4 sets of 12 on the chest (21kg)...seems a bit easy now but I will increase next week.
• 3 sets of 12 on the triceps (25kg)
• 15min run/jog/sprint max at 11km/h

Tomorrows planned programme

• 10min warmup
• shake the legs
• 3 sets of 12 on the quads (115kg)
• 4 sets of 12 on the chest (21kg)
• 4 sets of 12 on the triceps (25kg)
• 4 sets of 12-10 on the lats
• 3min re-warmup
• 3 sets of 15 on crunches + weights
• 3 sets of 15 on leg raises
• Stretches
• 1min cooldown

I hope i get enuf time ....

But in other news:

I have started to get a good hang on my food intake for two weeks now, I have lowered my choco intake aswell as sugar intake. I have replaced them with fruits and other nutrients with fructose.

I did have one little bit of choco and diet coke on Sunday under moderation as I didn't want to turn like those people who starve themselves silly of life.

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Last week I didn't lose much weight but I did quite well on performance from a quick check up at the weights now compared to what I was doing a few weeks ago.

I am still at 100kg and that did dip down to 98 on Wednesday last week but it got back up by Saturday. While analysing what I was doing, I felt that over done it with a subway.

But now this week I am going to increase my activity to see if there is any change. Below is my programme for this week.

Monday (Cardio + core)

• 10 min jogging running
• 4 sets of 8 Chest at 28 or 21kg
• 3 min jog
• Stretch
• 6 min rowing
• 10min jogging/running
• 3 sets of two core exercise

Tuesdays will be posted on Monday, it will be more of an intensive weight lifting on the upper body.

Wednesday will be full cardio with rowing

• 7 min warmup
• Stretch (full extent)
• 6-10min rowing
• 15min running on an incline of 1 or 2
• 3 sets of two core exercise

Thursday and friday will be posted soon. I will also be posting my daily intake if possible but it would be around the same thing everyday.

For example you have to see the responce of your body when lifting the weights around your 5th time, if you feel that your are making faces or your body or muscle is shaking drop down a few weight and just increase your rep.

Example:

if you are doing some triceps lifts starting at 25kg, your first 5 lift will seem easy but when you reach the 6th or 7th lift you seem that you are struggling to push it all the way up. You would normally feel a shake on your arm. Drop it down and drop a block of weight down to 21kg and do another 1-2 sets of 8 or 12 depending on what you had planned. I normally plan for 3 sets of  12 but if i feel I can't do the new weights I go for 3 sets of 12 on a lower weight and 2 more sets of 8. This is good if you want to increase your endurance.

• 6 min jogging/running 10 km/h interval to 8 km/h
• 4 sets (12) of lats (35 kg)
• 3 sets (15) quadtricept at 115kg+
• 5 sets (10) pectoral/chest weight (25kg)
• 3 sets (15) twisted crunch with medicine ball (6kg) ... I felt that one
• 3 sets (10) leg raises
• 5 min run at 9-10 km/h
• 5 min stretch throughout

My shoulder and back is killing me atm, even after a shower.

I have to say that after a few weeks working straight on my chest i can feel some muscle there which I haven't had before.

Another thing that I have noticed recently is that my thigh has slimmed and whenever I sit down my flesh between my thigh do not touch as much as before.

I have also noticed that my forearm is much bigger and has a lot more muscle then before.

On a side note

I subscribed to men's health Mag, and I must say this is the best mag I've ever laid eyes on as it has everything you would really want to know.

I recommend you pick one out for £3.50 at your local corner shop, and you'll love it. I will post a small review on my next entry so be sure to read it.