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Glee Season 4: Top 5 Reasons Rachel and Finn Should Have a Baby
The fact that Glee left us with a cliffhanger before disappearing for three weeks — especially a major shocker like the possibility of Rachel's (Lea Michele) pregnancy — is basically unconscionable. However, we actually think that Rachel having a baby is awesome news — if and only if the baby is Finn's (Cory Monteith), that is.
So here are the five reasons why we want Finn and Rachel to start raising a baby together as soon as possible. In the meantime, someone better get Maury Povich on the phone, stat.
1. We love it when Finn sings about babies!
Remember how precious Finn was when singing "(You're) Having My Baby" to Quinn (Dianna Agron), or his part in the song "Beth" with Puck (Mark Salling)? Finn singing about kids just brings out his soft side — so we can't wait to see what baby-related song he might sing this time around. Let's just hope he avoids "Billie Jean," since it has the line, "The kid is not my son." Awkward.
2. This will encourage them to finally get married. We're waiting.
Granted, Finn and Rachel were quite young to consider getting married last season. Still, we really wanted them to, since they are pretty much the cutest thing on planet earth (and most other planets as well). That's why we're hoping that a Finchel bun in the oven will help ensure that the couple finally ties the knot. We can't wait for the Finchel proposal, version 2.0.
3. Finn is mature enough to handle it.
There are times when the pouty Finn has seemed a bit like a baby himself over the years. But seeing how well he's helped nurture the New Directions members shows us that he really is capable of being an amazing father! The only parent-related thing he hasn't mastered yet is a love for coffee, but that will come one of these days.
4. A Finchel baby would be the cutest thing ever!
There's no way a baby could be cast who could be nearly as adorable as real-life couple's Lea Michele-Cory Monteith potential baby would be. Still, both Rachel and Finn have a lot of features and talents that anyone would want to inherit, so we just know that their baby would be ridiculously squeezable.
5. Brody is an escort. Or a hitman. Or... we don't want to know what else.
Let's not forget that, if the baby isn't Finn's, then the alternative isn't a pretty picture, as Rachel will be forever bonded with a guy who's seeming like a first-class creep. Even before the hint at Brody's possible double life as an escort, we've been getting sick of him. Okay, so we'll never get sick of seeing him do sit-ups in the park, but we're sick of everything else about him.


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On a scale of one to ten, we love The X Factor this much (holds up jumbo bag of shrimp chips). What other show gives fans the chance to curl up on the couch, spray liquid "butter" on a bucket of popcorn, and enjoy the dulcet tones of hopeful starlets across this great nation? Sob, we are so full of American pride and carbs right now, we could explode into soooong!
Of course, with great power comes great responsibility — and it's up to our beautiful judges (looking at you, Demi's lone tear) to weed out superstars in a sea of WTF horror. Without further ado, we bring you the two worst performances of The X Factor's premiere (part 2!).
Lexa Berman's Body's Too Bootylicious For You
We loved the fact that Lexa felt the need to break into a spontaneous dance routine in the middle of a parking lot. And we double loved the Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo dance-off she chose to have with herself in front of a mirror. What we didn't love? How tight her pants were. It's like none of these ladies have even heard of a yeast infection. Also, Britney called Lexa "boring," so girlfriend might as well change into a pair of Pink by Victoria's Secret sweats and drown her sorrows in spray tan.
Patrick Ford For The Win
Honestly we don't know why Pat Ford is on this list. He is our personal muse. First of all, he referred to Britney as God (high fives for everyone!). Second of all, he brought Britney flowers, which is more than any of her other devotees have done, pshhhhh. And finally, he fan-girled all over the stage in a frenzy while belting out "Circus." Sure, it was tragically off-key — but our theory? Patty Cake purposefully did a bad job to show his respect. To quote his royal stan-ness, "I would never argue with Britney. EVER."


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'The Following': Jessica Stroup reveals Max's 'emotional' past will be revealed and teases her relationship with Mike WestonAdd to Favorites | The Following
Up until now, "The Following's" Max Hardy (Jessica Stroup) has been been her uncle Ryan's (Kevin Bacon) go-to girl for info surrounding Joe Carroll's (James Purefoy) followers, but strictly on an information-only basis. Ryan's been careful to keep one of his only remaining loved ones safe from the action ... until he lost Giselle (Camille De Pazzis) on a train, and Max followed her on it.
With a cliffhanger that intense, Zap2it went straight to Stroup for all the scoop she could reveal on what's coming next for Max now that she's smack dab in the middle of the action.
Zap2it: That was an insane cliffhanger last week, finding out that Max followed Giselle onto the train after their knock-down, drag-out fight. What's coming next for her?
Jessica Stroup: I can definitely say that Ryan and Max are going to keep tailing Giselle. It's been really fun for me to play as far as the physical side of this character and what she's capable of and that continues not even just in the next episode but also the ones following. There are some pretty big moments coming up for my character. At the end of this week's episode you can see that there's a buildup between Max and Ryan. It's a big episode. There are a lot of sequences and action scenes coming.
What was it like filming that big fight scene? It was pretty brutal, but Max got in a few licks of her own.
[Laughs] It was one of the most fun things I've done in years. I love it. I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance. We learn how to make it look as real as possible. For me, it's something that I'm really proud of. I have an older brother who really taught me to stand up for myself so being able to play the good guy and fight the bad guy, with that one kick move, that was really fun. It was such a huge production and I never thought I'd get to do something like it.
So Max is following Giselle straight into the lion's den, right? Should we be worried for Max?
Giselle is going back to Lily's, and we are trying to figure out how to find these people. We don't even know who's out there or who's doing all this. But yeah, definitely, watch out Max! [Laughs] She likes a good adventure. She likes to see how far she can take it and she's not going to let Giselle get away. She's ready to step up and be there for Ryan, but it's not always going to be so safe for her. It keeps building and doesn't stop.
So far, Max and Ryan's relationship has been in a good place and they work really well together. Are we going to see that change at all as the season progresses?
Any change is hinging on how much he's ready to depend on her. In the beginning, he doesn't want her to be involved and didn't want to put her in a lot of danger. He's not even sure if he's fighting a just cause but she wants to back him up and be there for him and try to protect him because without her help there's a lot of things that he wouldn't be able to accomplish. She's there for him and as the season progresses he'll be able to use her a lot more.
Are we going to learn about Max's past, maybe in flashbacks?
A lot of it is really emotional. She has lived a lot of life in her young years. She lost a father, and obviously her uncle is going through a lot of stuff, but she's been able to push that aside and become this person who can do her job well. The past is going to come up but never really in flashbacks. But we will learn more about her character.
Let's talk about Max and Agent Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore). They finally met in last week's episode. What can you reveal about how their relationship might evolve going forward? Is there any chance for a romance between them?
[Laughs] Would you want to see a romance between them?
Yes! Even in that short scene, there was an obvious spark between them.
Really? It was such a short scene! [laughs] But I'll tell you this: I have been working with Shawn Ashmore a lot in the last few weeks. So I'll let you put together whether or not anything happens between the two of them because of how much is going on around them. We'll just have to wait and find out about that. But let's just be straight here: Max thinks that Mike is pretty cute. [laughs]
What has it been like joining the series for Season 2?
I was a huge fan of the show last year and I've been a longtime fan of Kevin's. He's a real talent. He's just the coolest and most down-to-earth person that I know. I feel very lucky that I get to work with him and work off of him.
Fans of "The Following" have learned to be extremely skeptical of every new character introduced because their intentions usually turn out to be bad. However, Max is very solidly a good guy. What's it like playing a character that the audience knows that they can trust?
Oh, that's a good question. It's probably a little less fun than playing a villain [laughs]. But really it's about finding the truth in the dialogue and living in those heat-of-the-moment battles. It's great, because I also get to spend more time with Kevin Bacon because he's a good guy. And I get to do as much action as any of the villains so on this show in particular it's not so bad to be the good guy.
On the flip side of that, good guys tend to have short lifespans on "The Following." Are you ever worried about Max's fate?
[Laughs] Every episode! Are you kidding? We don't find out what happens until you get a phone call right before they release the scripts to the cast and crew. I haven't gotten "the phone call" yet, which makes me relieved because I get to be on the show a little longer. But we have no idea. It is [executive producer] Kevin Williamson's brilliant mind and I trust his story.
What are you most excited for fans to see play out this season?
So much. I can't even say. There's a lot of stuff that comes that you're just not going to be ready for. There's a lot of building action and drama that people are just not going to expect. It's a really fun season and I hope people will stick around to watch what happens with the core characters. And there's a big moment between Ryan and Max near the end of the next episode. You don't want to miss it.
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New patch notes up! Book publishing, Molva and Lykiator added to mounts, a bunch of pet stuff, among other things. Looks interesting.
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This is all fine and good- But does anyone find it odd that patch notes were released on the 24th and its nearly the 29th and still no patch that I am aware of? Isnt it odd to l;ist a bunch of fixes and changes which may or may not need a patch to FIX the patch and probably a patch to fix the patch to fix the patch?
I mean, on paper this patch looks great. Tons of things fixed- But here we are 5 days later and stilll no patch. Its like celebraing Graduating high School when you have not even got the results of your "finals" and are barely hanging on as it is.
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Stupidity can't be taught
Shouldn't take long to remove and address the terrible GM issue they've had since BETA. Should take however long it takes to say the following sentence... 'Discord you're fired'.
Nothing's changed on the GM front mate, nothing.
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Originally posted by Genadi
fair enough then that is somthing they need to sort out.
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Originally posted by Jacxolope
Meh, almost every MMO release patchnotes ahead of the actual patch to gather feedback and let people prepare for it.
Originally posted by Toferio
Yes, most MMO's I have played release patch notes before the patch goes LIVE. Agreed.
-But with MO it seems like they hype a patch weeks or Months before it goes LIVE and the Patch never works right anyhow or doesnt containwhat it initially says. Its a pattern I see here.
Most games release patch notes, then patch a day or three later- MO releases patch notes, hypes it (like posting the notes here before there is any patch- I never see this...) and then goes silent for weeks. patch releases, is broken for another few weeks while everything is silent on SV's end and posts are deleted, censored. These Patch notes (posted here) are never updated to what works/doesnt/is missing etc... Its just...Sad...
EDIT: By the time they get around to releasing the patch this post wil be buried 10 pages back... This would be like me telling my wife that I have cleaned, organized and scrubbed the garage but not let her see it... I keep telling her all the things I have done (organized Paint by color, hung all tools up, scrubbed concrete, labelewd chemicals, etc..) in a big huge list. By the time I actually let her see the garage its MONTHS Later and I claim "well, it WAS clean but got messed up again"- I know thats a bad example but I am sure you get my point... Things with MO are ALWAYS hyped before they go LIVE (hyped as much as possible for as LONG as possible) once they can wait no longer and HAVE to release the Patch (or expansion or whatever) it never comes close to what was promised and everything goes "quuiet" until they Hype the next (not yet released) thing.
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Originally posted by Jacxolope
Patch is up.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Does anyone really care anymore? I mean, not to sound snarky but hasn't the population dwindled to the point that it is safe to say the game is dead?
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true...
Originally posted by kakasaki
Someone better tell Henrick:
Today we are releasing a very important patch that significantly improves the game performance, to better support large scale population
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
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Originally posted by kakasaki
Slapshot cares ;)
Originally posted by Jacxolope
R u kidding me? You can say alot of things bout SV, but they sure as hell don't go silent when they release a patch. Both Henrik and Sebastian are listening and responding to threads about issues that arise once patches goes live. You can't have visited the MO forums alot lately when you puke out lies like this. Here are the threads from the latest patch notes after they went live:
If you call that SV going "silent for weeks", then you need to have those eyes of yours examined. And then say that posts are being deleted. You have no clue. If people give contructive feedback on patches etc, SV will answer it and let it stay. I haven't seen anything being deleted except for a guy that went all racist outside these patchnotes and had his posts being deleted and prolly got a temp ban as well.
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Originally posted by Lahuzer
That's rather weird logic. The purpose of deleting posts is that you won't see them, and as you are not on forums 24/7 you can't claim no posts are being deleted, you just didn't manage seeing them in time.
Originally posted by Toferio
I once met this guy in game to "live stream" the experience because he claimed it was "GREAT" and all the bugs were fixed...
Servers crashed after 5 minutes and were down for hours...
Bottom line... I would take all his claims with a grain of salt... or two...
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
Originally posted by Toferio
Well, that's it. The guy claiming that SV "goes silent for weeks", says post being deleted, sure have no clue, since he clearly never even visits MO forums.
Ofc I'm not there 24/7, but I'm there alot, and sure have a better grasp then this guy, and there is alot of negative posts bout patches etc that stays. As I said, as long as people are contructive in their criticism, it won't get deleted. If people act like morons and bring up stuff that has nothing to do with the latest patch notes or whatever, it can be deleted, and should be deleted. But often you'll get a "Let's stay on topic" reply.
Bottom line was that when he claimed that SV "goes silent for week after releasing a patch", and then also claims that posts are being censored, sure don't have a clue, and shouldn't be taken all to serious.
Originally posted by Slapshot1188
lol. Well I remember this time. But for the record. I've NEVER said that all of MOs bugs were fixed. I'm very well aware of MOs bugs and have stated that over and over again. But I clearly could see the funny part of the incident you talk about. But for one that plays DFUW, like both of us do, you know all to well, that servers can crash. The only funny thing here was that it did so when I was suppose to show you around in MO. You took it as "the game still sucked". I wonder how you manage in DFUW if your THAT picky...? Or was I right all along when I said that you were just one of them ol DF fans that runs all over internet to badmouth MO?
Cause you keep coming here doing your best to make MO look bad. Isn't it time you moved on soon? Since you enjoy the bug infested DFUW, you sure must be able to let MO go for it's bugs at least right?
And let's not forget them discs that you raged about that didn't get send out to every1 from SV after launch, and that they took money if you didn't unsub after the first month. Those bastards!!! You must love it when AV now does the same thing and also suprises most of the playerbase just days before most will be billed again. Most people thought they would be billed on the 15th of june, and now, it changed to the 16th of may, even 15th of may for some, even two different dates for a guy that bought two accounts at the same time. I'm lookig forward to reading you rage like crazy on DFUW section here after this stunt that AV pulled. Right? My guess is that you will keep on focusing on MO.
But my offer still stands. If you want some1 to show you the ropes in MO, I give you a helping hand. They've done a nice patch that did alot for the performance in game. So wanna see if the server crashes or not again? Hell, we could prolly do it when the server crashes on DFUW. To fill the time we wait til it goes up again. ;)
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@Lahuzer You don't need to be a fanboy for the competition to bad-mouth MO. You just need to give it a try. :)
And for anyone who is interested in MO, watch some live-streaming before downloading the game, might save you some time.
Originally posted by BTrayaL
To be fair that could be said about ANY game out there. In my eyes most live streams suck. You never get the feel for a game if your not the one controlling the character. I would recommend any1 to test all games out there that they might be interested in when it's f2p, and get yourself your own opinion. Not get choked by either fanbois or haters.
Originally posted by Lahuzer
I will never.. EVER put that game back on my drive again...
As for DF.. theres a forum for that game. There are some issues with the game but it's not even in the same league as MO regarding that...
If AV screws people the way SV did.. those folks should tar and feather them. Companies need to be held accountable for their behavior. Whether I like the game or not has zero to do with that basic premise.
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
Originally posted by Slapshot1188
Well, then I look forward to reading you rage on their section here then. Looking forward to ≈3000 posts of anger towards AV. ;)
I'm not the hating type myself. You won't see me rage on their forums or their section here. At least not over 3000 posts. If I don't like a game, I might post something about my issues, and then leave. I think AV is handling all that shit quite bad, but I'm not suprised, and it isn't why I now unsubbed. It's because the performance for me with the load lag and silly ping spikes is ruining the PVP completely. As I said on their forums I will keep my eyes on the forum to see if people playing the game that had the issue will see a change to the better, then I might sub again. I won't take AVs word for fixing it that's for sure. But right now harvesting for 15 bucks a month doesn't cut it for me.
So now I'm back at MO and have gotten a increase in performance with ≈40FPS. And I could test it first for free to see if it actually worked for me. I hope AV goes f2p soon as well, so me and others could test to see if shit like perfromance is fixed or not.
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Originally posted by Lahuzer
So let me understand exactly what you re saying here. You unsubbed from Darkfall UW cause you find the pergormance bad a couple of weeks after release and at the same time you keep on playing MO, advertising it in any given chance, attacking every single person dislikes it after 3 years of poor performance, nodelines, server crashes that lasted weekends, invisible zergs, more server crashes, rubberbanding, rediculous precision and tones of people who exploiting it to get advantage over others etc etc , cause bad performance of DUW was ruining the pvp completely.... Sounds legitimate.
P.S. i dont play DUW cause of its bad state but i will surely try it when and if the game turns in a playable state. Will not even bother trying again MO cause simply will never be playable due to the incompetence of the wannabe dev and the terrible ways of SV and the chilren behind it, that decided to play th game of "running a company" with their friends.


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does anyone make special cuts in the bricks other then at the top of the dome
I like to lay out things in Autocad to help me think and plan ahead.
If I layout an opening like I show in the picture there are gaps in the opening does anyone cut bricks to match? (that is the first course of bricks shown on the hearth).
I was wondering if any one thought the floor of the oven was to low. and adding another course of cinderbock would make it easier to look into?
and yes I have to much time on my hands if I'm drawing Bricks.
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it seems the perfect height for me. commercial gas pizza ovens typically have two tiers: the bottom one is about 2 1/2' high and the top one is about 5' high (these are guestimates). the low one is annoyingly low, and the high one is much more workable, but still just higher than comfort level.
i'm guessing james and jim designed the pompeii based one average height of backyard ovens in italy. one million italians probably can't be wrong, no? (ignore WWII, please).
by the way, here's how i cut that last piece you have pink in your diagram. i cut the side that gets mortared, so that there are clean faces in the dome and entranceway.
how do you post thumbnails?
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Thanks for this photo, which makes clear all but one thing. The inner archway, against which the wooden door sits, is formed by what? How much does it protrude into the outer arch?
i'm not sure what you're referring to by 'inner arch', and 'outer arch'. do you mean the doorway to the oven, and the actual outer facing archway?
i am using the same arch bricks for both, so it will actually be a tunnel from the oven to the opening in the front, with a gap in the middle where the chimney will vent. if you look on the thread where i am posting my photos, you'll see the bricks this will be made of.
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I guess my question is unclear because my understanding is incomplete. The oven is in the form of an igloo, with an arched tunnel intersecting with a semi-spherical oven, with the flue going up from the top of the arch in front. There is a removable wooden door that fits in the back of the arch, behind the flue, to keep heat in while you're baking. I assumed that this door pressed against some kind of masonry stop, which I am calling the "inner arch" so it doesn't fall inward into the oven.
This commercial oven has a steeply tapered entry with a clear inner arch:
I assumed that domestic ovens had some sort of sill for the door to set against. Maybe what I don't understand is the use of the door in general.
i see what you mean. yeah, you could build something like that for sure.i would probably lean toward just making the door freestanding, so it would just slide into place, but the craftwork on building something like that would be beautiful.
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WOW thanks for the reply on my first post.
I like all your replies on my post and I think I will need to think about a door jam in there.
I have gone to Zuni, a Native American Reservation, with a friend whose family comes from there and they use the big outdoor mud ovens I remember she stuck a large flat stone over the front entrance of this oven then took the water hose and made some mud in front of it in the dirt. Pickup the mud and used it to seal the rock in place until the food was cooked.
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more about the entry
I'm now thinking that if the walls of the archway going into the oven were tapered outward, there would be a clear way to plug the entry of the oven with a matching taper on the edges of the door. I'm also thinking that if these flared entry walls were radial to the edge of the circle, it would make the geometry of the wall-meets-curve much more easy to make. It would also give more room to work, give easy peel access to the entire oven, and have a larger space to grill, and to admire the fire while eating. I'm a little concerned that making a wider arch in front would provide less support for the masonry chimney which I am determined to build, but people have been supporting massive weights on brick arches since the time of the Romans, so I should be OK.
I'll be back at the end of the week from a business trip, and will try to sketch up this tapered arch then.
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The standard way to do this is to use a steel lintel across the oven opening (between the flue & oven). That provides a stop for the door. You can use brickwork on the sides to provide a similar stop on the side (making the soldier bricks project into the tunnel about a half-inch).
You can get a good tight fit on the sides leaving it with the soldier bricks lining evenly down the side. Before building the door, take a short piece of scrap wood and place it up against the side. Take a pair of compasses (drafting type) opened the distance of the widest gap. Run it down the side of the oven with the pencil leaving a line on the wood. That gives you a profile to sand your door edge to.
You can make the door in two pieces as well - a left & a right side. Use a lipped overlap (like shiplapped siding). Then you can pop one side in first and follow it with the side with the overlap strip. That gives you a nice seal without having to finagle a single piece doorway in the opening.
Or, make sure your outer opening is larger than the inner opening. The only downside to this is that you can see the exposed inner opening construction that way which may or may not be what you want. Of course, building the two doorways (inner & outer) and the tunnel out of arching bricks would look nice even if the inside doorway shows - it's just a more advanced masonry technique than most backyard builders have.
just to clarify here...
the door you are referring to sits inside the vent, effectively sealing the oven off completely once the fire is gone, and the oven has cooled a bit, yes?
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I baked bread this weekend, experimenting with the white whole wheat, but decided to cook with my pizza stone in my regular oven. I did everything the same with the dough, and set the oven to 450F, with a good pre-heat for the stone.
I consistently undercooked each loaf, where they were dark brown on the outside, but doughy in the crumb. I didn't check internal temperature, so it was too late when I saw what I had done. I'm taking this as a good lesson on how a brick oven and conventional oven cook differently.
I made a really nice ciabatta dough (80% hydrated, all white whole wheat flour, and I hand kneaded it at the finish), but by undercooking the bread, I couldn't really compare the flour to regular bread flour. Next time.
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In 1938, before the outbreak of World War II, Mussolini's regime passed the so-called "racial laws," barring Jews from Italy's universities and many professions, among other bans. When Germany's Nazi regime occupied Italy during the war, thousands from the tiny Italian Jewish community were deported to death camps.
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Keeps on dreaming
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Location: That floaty bit just north of France
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Thanks by the way to everyone for your comments, both in the thread and via PM
It is more work than I imagined to do this RR so keep 'm coming!
Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Copenhagen - Denmark
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Hey Thijs
Great rr so far.
I´m from Denmark, so a bit fun to see pics from here
The way you drove through Denmark, you most also have passed a bridge called "Lillebælt", which goes from Jylland to Fyn. It´s a lot smaller than "Storebælt" and "Øresund" bridge, which both are aproximately 20-21 km long in total.
The tunnel on the way from Denmark to Sweden is actually below waterline, and not below the city of Copenhagen. Just a minor detail.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2011
Location: Belgium
Oddometer: 374
I almost made the same trip 2 summers ago, so hell yea im in, what a trip, the trip!
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Location: right here on my thermarest
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Reading this with interest. Finland looks like northern Minnesota.
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Really enjoying your report.
Great photos.
Keeps on dreaming
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: That floaty bit just north of France
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I remember seeing buildings on top of the tunnel's entrance, so I assumed it went under the city. Looking at google maps I think that must have been a different tunnel entirely (and not even a long one) . That part was written from memory, I guess that's the disadvantage of doing RR's after the trip.
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Location: That floaty bit just north of France
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Day6 - Reaching the arctic circle
That day I would head to Rovaniemi, to cross the arctic circle at the Santa Park.
GPS track of the day:
I cannot believe how lucky I have been with the weather up until that point, sure I had a bit of rain now and then, but no complaints overall. That day however, the weather changed quite a bit, and I got in the region where autumn had really set in. Instead of staying ahead of the rain, as had been the case the previous day, it was all around. But since it all was very local the sun showed itself a lot as well.
Wearing the rain suit, still looking for children to steal though
After finishing the 843 road to Kuusamo I followed the nice 81 road through an area with more farmland than I had seen until that point in Finland, and it was clear I was getting near the 'city' of Rovaniemi.
Me somewhere along the 81, with the rain suit packed again, but still dodging rainclouds.
Still thick forests here though.
Rovaniemi itself is not that big, and as I drove around it a bit but I didn't stop and take pictures. Instead I found the Santa Park just north of it and stopped for the obligatory arctic circle crossing pic.
Nothing more, nothing less
Had a look in the gift shops, and bought some stickers for my panniers. The cashiers there didn't look very happy, which I can understand since they have to be around all these Christmas themed shops all day every day. There was also something kinda depressing about the whole place since the sun had gone behind some cloud cover, and there was no snow or many people around. There were some happy Christmas tunes playing all the time, and the whole atmosphere felt a bit forced because of all this.
But I like to have these kind of milestones anyway, they give a real sense of travel, and even though the arctic circle is nothing more than an imaginary line it felt great to finally cross it.
This line's probably way off, the actual line moves approx. 15 meters every year according to Wikipedia. Forgot to hold my GPS next to it for actual coordinates...
Looking back I can't remember if there's a specific reason for using the french 'Cercle' as center for this pic instead of the more familiar 'Arctic Circle' on the left
Still 680 km to the Nordkapp. 1972 km from Amsterdam, but I was 2060 km from home the night before. Going west actually brought me closer to home apparently Time to change that
After that I just continued north, following road 79. Rovaniemi had been a decision point for me, as I first planned to go northeast towards Ivalo. I originally planned to ride to the far north east of Norway, but since the weather seemed to get worse every day I decided to cut that corner and go the Kapp directly. When the sun was out it was absolutely perfect, but when it was raining it seemed to get worse every single time. Guess that's the price for doing the trip so late in the year.
Autumn has it's nice moments, and the sun was as clear as ever since the air got cleansed every time it rained.
Refilling my bottles in the river. Here the sun was out, sky was beautiful deep blue and the autumn colors were starting to show (no color corrections in these pics),
in the distance the next rainclouds were lurking...
This was the last pic of the day, as I got drenched in the next hour. It got so bad and my boots had lost the last evidence of ever being waterproof. I therefore didn't want to camp and found a B&B in Kittilä to enjoy a nice shower and get warm for a change. There was even a television, but with only local channels it was hard to understand anything of it. Still, by watching pictures I got the big idea eventually, and weather-forecasting-people are never very hard to understand.
Daily achievements:
483 km traveled (more than I wanted, but took me some time finding a roof to sleep under), in almost 6 hours and averaging 83 km/h. 2090 km from home again
The next day would take me into the eye watering beauty of the Norwegian Finnmark plains, but also the first mechanical troubles started...
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Day 7 - Leaving Finland into Norway
GPS track of the day:
Had some beautiful weather going north from Kittilä, and the occasional lake view made for some nice riding. I followed road 21 for a while, which hugged the Swedish border, but finally got on the 93 which would take me into the Finnmark region of Norway.
Yup, simply enjoying the ride. It was however colder than it looks from the pics.
Just before reaching Enontekiö I suddenly came upon this lake, and it was absolutely stunning. I parked the bike and after turning the ipod and engine off, there was a complete absence of sound. Absolutely nothing, not even birds. The peace and calm of the place was absolutely one of the highlights of the trip :
The lack of sound was absolute, and almost felt pressing on the ears.
Been there-pic.
It felt almost like a violation of nature starting the engine again, and I waited a while before turning the music back on after continuing.
I met a German couple in Enontekiö at the local gas station, they were traveling on the big GS and a Harley Davidson. They even spoke some Dutch, cant really get away from that language I guess. They had traveled north through Norway to the Nordkapp, and had been there the day before. Going south through Finland from that point. The weather report was not good, they had nothing but rain in Norway, and this was the first good weather they encountered. They also had to ride through a storm at the Kapp, and had to lean the bike 45 degrees in the wind, with zero visibility. So I guess going to the Norwegian northeast was now definitely out of the question.
I couldnt really judge the weather out there, still being hundreds of kilometers inland, but now I just wanted to get to the Nordkapp itself as soon as possible before the weather got even worse. It felt strange talking about that kind of bad weather when the sun was out and the sky was predominantly blue, but I had a sense I was really pushing my luck going this late in the year.
Had some showers the last bit of Finland, so I only stopped once to put on the rain suit. Lots of Sami houses spread all across the plain (the forests had gone), but no sign of life anywhere, also not in the reindeer pens. Guess the herds were elsewhere, as well as the people.
Then suddenly saw an abandoned small building, with a small parking area, and some hundreds meters later an insignificant sign Norge. I realized this was the border only after crossing it. The border was surprisingly insignificant, even more so since Norway is not part of the EU (it is part of the Schengen countries however, so free travel). The inter-EU borders that Ive crossed always seemed more noticeable with for instance changes in asphalt color/quality.
The Finnmark was covered with this stuff.
The landscape however changed over the course of a few kilometers, and opened up into massive plains. The utter scale of the Finnmark is hard to imagine, and I tried to capture it with pictures but I couldnt get it to work, partly due to all the medium high vegetation next to the road. The closest I got was this panorama:
You can see the mountains in the far off distance, but the sense of scale is not really there. Autumn had really made the entire land orange!
Click on it for a better view.
The open plains had other advantages as well, I could see the weather changing all around, and could fairly accurate predict when I was going to get hit with rain. One time I stopped to get the rain suit out, and 200 meters down the road I got splashed with monsoon showers.
This was just off the road, pointing to a lake. I have a thing for airplanes, so seeing one up close like this is always nice.
Going further north some mountains started to show in the distance. These were still probably dozens of kilometers away, took me all afternoon to get there.
Even now I can hardly imagine how big the space is between me and the mountains over there. The shadows of all the clouds help though.
It had been getting colder with every kilometer I went north, and I really started to feel it. Combined with all these showers I started looking for a cabin (hytte) to stay the night. Found one just before a military zone just south of Lakselv, so couldnt camp there anyway.
Found out during the day that my xenon headlight had broken, and since its mandatory in Norway to run with headlights on, I fixed it before dinner. On the F650 this is quite a chore, as you have to unbolt the entire front end of the bike. So half an hour later the light was finally replaced by a regular halogen bulb, and the entire xenon assembly had been yanked out
Looks worse than it is.
After that went to the nearby lake and back in Zen mode, read my book on the pier while the sun sank behind the mountains and it got too cold to stay outside.
Traveled 410 km over almost 5 and a half hours, averaging 78 km/h. Was now almost 2300 km away from home!
The next day I would finally be reaching the Nordkapp! Was looking forward to it, but hoped the weather wouldn't be too bed.
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Ik geloof dat ik maar eens van m'n luie kont moet afkomen
Mooie plaatjes!
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Day 8 - Getting to the 'Kapp
The day started out a bit wet, but I was optimistic about the weather. Had a chat with the campsite owner, and the weather should not be too bad. He said he advised other bikers who were there on racing type bikes not to go further north, because there had been snow up in the mountains. But you should be ok with that one, he said pointing to my bike. Inspiring confidence there, but Im not sure if the GS like appearance of the F650 helps if I would find snow or ice on the road. Luckily it wouldnt get that bad.
GPS Track of the day:
So finally getting to the cape today, the biggest milestone of the entire trip! Psyched I got on the road, and after filling the tank in Lakselv I got to the final stretch, which was still almost 200 km from there, following the edge of the peninsula.
Im not sure if the bay at Lakselv can already be called a Fjord, it is seawater with mountains on either side (which is what I understand the definition of a fjord), but the water part of it was still vast!
Enjoying the view for a bit, just north of Lakselv.
Nice rim!
Stacking stones is a tradition in Norway, probably more popular with the tourists than with the locals. A big one was standing out, it was about 3m high! It was also by far the biggest one I saw during the entire trip.
A lot of stones were marked with the names of the people who had been there. I could just about reach the top, so looked around for a nice one to add as my own (its the little square one top left)
Just before reaching these stones there was a tunnel with a very sharp corner at the exit. This was the first time I misjudged a corner while on the trip, and I went in way too fast. Luckily the road was dry, but braking wasnt really an option, as I was already leaning the bike in too much. Bailing out was also not an option; there was an ocean on the other side of the fence. Only option left was to just go with it, so I leaned in more and more. Back home getting my steps on the tarmac is not problem, I often do it just for sport, but I never risked it on the trip. I even had to lift my foot of the step, and at the same time got the left pannier down :P. Its a long way from home crashing here, but I luckily got through it.
Resulting wound, but still waterproof so no biggie.
Going further north the landscape kept changing. The road followed the contour of ocean; on the left were steep mountains, on the right the cold sea, and at one point most of the vegetation stopped. It eventually was like riding on the moon, it is an extremely beautiful but bare landscape. Even though the weather was almost perfect, I didnt stop to take pictures, I just slowed down a bit and enjoyed riding through this amazing country.
Taken just one corner before entering the Nordkapp tunnel, the mountains in the distance on the left are of the cape island.
The tunnel itself is free to pass through as of June (or something like that). Apparently it was only a toll tunnel until the costs of its construction had been covered. The ride on the island itself was also very beautiful, but after Honningsvåg the weather got very rough. The wind really got up to storm force and it started to rain a bit (almost horizontal because of the wind) which started to really get the temperature down. It was hard to keep the bike in a straight line, and combined with some very steep parts while climbing the island I think these were the most difficult riding conditions I have ever been through (up until that day, they got even worse 2 days later)
Then finally I saw the buildings marking the Cape in the distance. The road split up in multiple lanes just before a small booth, where a bike was parked with the front towards me. I stopped, the guy in the booth was busy on the phone, so I asked the bloke next to the bike if I had to pay. Off course, this is Norway he said. So I had driven thousands of kilometers, almost toll free, and had to pay for the last 100 metres of gravel parking lot. The biker asked me where I was from, having not seen my plate. Netherlands I replied. Oh dan kunnen we gewoon Nederlands praten he said with a Flemish accent, In that case we can just talk Dutch. It was strange talking in my own language, considering where I was, but why not.
Berti had been traveling all along the coast of Europe from the southern tip of Spain on a BMW R1200C (the chopper cruiser from James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies!). Not a single mechanical problem, and on the parking lot of the Nordkapp he got a flat tire. Had to wait there a couple of hours for help.
Anyway, after (carefully) parking I was finally here!
It was windy, rainy, and very cold. Dont care!
Been-there-pic taken with my phone, to send home to my family.
Contrary to some reports I've seen, I had full cellular coverage up there.
Notice the bad weather leaving in the distance on the right, and the sun appearing on the left.
After walking around a bit I went into the building, and bought stickers for my panniers in the (very big) gift shop. Walked around for a bit, making sure I didnt miss something interesting. There was a corridor going down into the rock, where there was a small church and a tiny museum honoring a Korean(?) emperor who travelled here 100-something years ago. Going further down I found some sort of café / restaurant, which was completely deserted.
Advantage of going out of season, you got the place all to yourself. Could be a disadvantage, depending want you want out of travel.
The Nordkapp monument is right above this ceiling.
The big window looked on Kings view, which was a balcony carved out of the rock overlooking the icy ocean.
Looking north from Kings view (and west, and east). The panorama stitching along the horizon is crap, and should obviously be completely straight.
Guess thats it! Chatted with Berti some more, exchanging stories and then just left as there was nothing left to do. I left just in time, a gazillion tourists suddenly flooded out of three tour busses. They were literally running towards the monument, trying to get a picture of it while there was still no one there. I felt sorry for them with their bags and jackets flapping all around while clumsily trying to run with their cameras in hand. Luckily I don't travel like that...
Since I had a SPOT gps tracker in my topcase, my parents knew I had reached the Cape, even before I called them. My father found a webcam which is taking 360 degrees panoramas every 10 minutes. I got shot!
Since every panorama is made up of multiple shots Im in there multiple times!
Going back the weather had improved quite a bit, so I could enjoy the sights more than I had when I arrived.
Definitely open this one full size! In the middle of the shot you can see the road curving its way through this almost Martian scene. Theres even some snow on the left!
Even though the weather was better on the way south, I was now riding into the wind which was even more cold than before. It took me almost all afternoon getting down again, and at Olderfjord I finally took the intersection towards Alta. I was starting to look for a place to camp since I had been under a (expensive!) roof for two nights in a row. The landscape was however very barren with hardly any trees or bushes for shelter from the road (but still very beautiful!). The rain was also getting worse, so I decided to go all the way to Alta to find a cabin. Soaked and very cold I arrived there and found one.
I felt like I finally did it, completed the 2 year dream! I was still however not even halfway, both in distance and in time. The trip had only just begun!
Daily achievements:
Travelled 451 km, in just under 6 hours on the bike with an average of around 80 km/h. These are almost the same everyday...
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Location: Scotland, wonderful biking when it's dry (rarely)
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A very interesting report, well written and with some great photo's. I can sympathise about the mosquito's having been in Alaska this summer
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I expected them to be less annoying in Finland though, since it was September already. WRONG!
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Day 9 - Lots of rain and some polar lights
GPS track of the day:
Because the weather had been getting worse in the afternoon and night of the previous day, I was surprised that the day started off dry. It didnt last long however, leaving the Alta fjord the rain started immediately while entering the next. Every fjord seems to have its own weather, and it was a 50/50 guess if it would be dry in the next.
Pretty much the mood for most of the day.
View looking back over Saltstraumen. I came from the wet part on the left. The bright area on the right was completely dry and the first break in the clouds for some time.
I was now climbing out of the fjord, and riding up the 'Kvaenangsfjell'. This is basically a mountain pass, and it was there that I hit the most difficult riding weather of the trip.
It started raining HARD, and the wind was blowing HARD as well. I ducked behind the small windscreen and faced the wind almost head-on. Because air intake of the bike is on the rear, just below the right panel and facing back, the bike was having difficulty to keep running because it simply couldn't take enough air in. It was already hard enough not getting blown in the fjord, but with a semi-stalling bike and no visibility because of the fierce rain this was just insane
Luckily, after I managed to pass the highest point of the pass the wind suddenly got down and I had a chance to catch my breath. It was still raining though, so still getting wet.
Going down in the fjords again, and the sights were stunning all around. I was now in the Lyngenfjord, and the view was somewhat obstructed by trees and houses. I finally saw a small peninsula getting away from the main shore. I followed a small road to get as far into the fjord as possible, and the resulting panorama is reminiscent of another stunning highlight of the trip:
You can see the changes in weather between all the mountains. On the left (direction south) the sun is breaking through the clouds, and the right (north) is clouded with rain. The sheer scale of this country is very hard to imagine.
Because off all this weather I was ready to call it a day, but it started to clear as I was looking for a place to camp. Didn't want to waste good riding weather so I just continued. Later in the afternoon the skies almost cleared, and despite of the sun I could feel the cold in the air. It was surprisingly difficult finding a nice sheltered place for the tent close to the road. I think this is because the E6 up north is basically the only road going anywhere, and most side tracks in this area are either 'occupied' by houses or fenced off.
I finally found a nice looking free side track near Bardufoss. It was a bit muddy and slippery, and while riding it the rear tire was suddenly gone and before I knew it I was down and my right ankle was stuck under the pannier I managed to somehow lift the bike with my left foot and got it up again. I have hardly any offroad experience, and am absolutely not used to losing control of the bike like this. Combine this with the shitty weather for most of the day, and the fact this track was leading to some used toilet paper and garbage (it wasn't even worth it!) I instantly switched from 'wild camping tonight' to 'need a hot shower tonight'.
It was getting colder and colder, and after about half an hour I found a camping. The smaller cabins were taken, but the owner was kind enough to let me haggle to a 70% discount on a 6-person cabin, with shower included! It still was the most expensive cabin of the trip, and the fourth night in a row of sleeping luxurious in a bed, but screw it.
Later that night, some fog came over the camping, and I went out to snap some shots. It was very cold, the moisture had covered the bike in a small layer of ice. I was glad I had a warm cabin
I get cold just looking at the scene.
Looking up the sky towards the west I suddenly saw it; the aura borealis! It was nothing more than greenish mist in the sky but I knew what it was the instant I saw it. I even managed to take a picture of it!
I tried to get a better shot after this one, but as I was adjusting the settings on the camera it was suddenly gone.
It was one of my high hopes for the trip, to see the northern lights. One more box ticked!
Daily stats:
Traveled 420 km, in a little over 6 hours on the bike. I averaged 70 km/h and was still 2059 km away from home.
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I love reading your reports Thijs, it is just like we are there with you.
And you have posted some astonishing pictures!!
How's the Funduro doing? Is it up to the job? Enough power, can it handle the luggage?
How are prices in Sweden at the moment for things like gas, food, camping or cabins?
Don't feel bad about tipping over or falling with the bike. As long as you yourself are OK, things are good. Things become even better if the bike is also OK. This all goes with enduro/off road driving. I have done A LOT of off-road driving when I was younger, and I tumbled over the earth literally every week. There was always something that got you off the bike .
You learn from it. You learn how your bike reacts, what it CAN do, and what it CAN NOT do. That's good (as long as no damage to person or bike). Most enduro's are build to last and to take the falls. Don't worry about it.
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During the World War II era, the English sector of the college was reorganized to be in line with anglophone universities, including programs in general science and honours chemistry. It changed its name to Marianopolis College.
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About Enfocus Solutions Inc.
Enfocus Solutions is a provider of software and services to help organizations deliver more value from IT projects. With Enfocus Solutions strategic professional and software services, organizations have the capabilities to capture, manage, and leverage requirements that enable successful business change of people, processes, and technology. Enfocus Requirements Suite™ and the supplementary next generation business analysis services and technologies support successful product discovery and delivery, helping organizations achieve better business outcomes by aligning projects with business needs and delivering higher ROI. Enfocus Solutions Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.