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Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Kawi 650 on a budget: roadie-adventurer
The adventure begins,
The short version:
I bought a crashed 2007 Ninja 650 for an absurdly low price, with the intention of building a well-sprung, reliable, and cheap road-touring bike and commuter.
The longer version:
Inspired primarily by Jdrocks's thread on his several Ninja 650 builds and a few other folks telling their build stories, I started casually looking for a cheap bike. I was in the market anyway for a new street ride but at 23, I am seriously hampered by sky-high insurance prices for the run-of-the-mill 600 sport rides (example: a 2004 GSXR600 would cost me $1800/year to insure.) I came across a very well-crashed Ninja 650 that the previous owner rode for 11,000 miles before attempting to park the bike under the hood of a Chrysler station wagon.
A brief email exchange, a morning off from work, and a very crashed motorcycle came home with me, a disabled orphan about to be given new life and a new look.
I spy: a fork spring. That shouldn't happen.
Crashed tank capacity: about a thimble.
Except for the tail section, that is all that is left of the fairings. Seriously. Also, note the four sheered bolts in the bar clamp.
Damage report:
Front end totaled: the force of the impact sheered the left fork tube at the bottom triple and bent the right fork tube.
The clip-on bolts were sheered at the top triple clamp, all four of them.
Front rim dented
2/4 footpegs thrashed
3/4 blinkers missing
99.8 percent of plastic pieces on the bike are missing, broken, cracked, or bruised
Dent in the front header
Front headlight gone
Dash cracked and fairing stay twisted
Frame: to be determined.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
jake28 screwed with this post 10-25-2011 at 10:31 PM
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Parts list: the parts used in the build, for sale, and needed.
2007 Ninja 650 motorcycle
San Jose, CA
Puig Rear stand (I can't believe I have never owned one of these before)
Came with bike
2003-2004 Ninja 636 front forks, clip-ons, controls
Acerbis front headlight
Local bike shop
2003 ZX6 front wheel, rotors, tire
200? R1 shock
Local bike shop
Generic blinkers
Local bike shop
Parts needed:
Ninja 600/636/650 front fender
Ninja 650 coolant overflow bottle
Ninja 650 stock tank. (a bit of a luxury but if you are throwing one out, let me know.)
Parts for sale:
2007 Ninja 650 front rotors
2007 Ninja 650 front wheel, dented
2003-2004 Ninja 636 rear wheel with Battleaxe tires, rotor, and cush drive (no sprocket)
Resources: as I find them.
Advrider ninja builds
Anything you ever wanted to know about the Ninja 650
Front end swap info:
Edit by pilot: Removed bad code.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
pilot screwed with this post 12-28-2011 at 06:51 AM
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
To really be continued.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 1: Initial dissassembly and frame inspection
After I got the bike home, I took a cursory look at my new ninja. It's a wreck, but not a loss and fairly easily remedied. The pretzel that was once a front end precluded moving the bike on my own. In fact the fron end was suspended by one very bent fork tube. And the lack of handlebars made moving it with three people a pain and alone utterly impossible. So it slept in my truck.
The lack of bubbling, chipped, or missing paint around the headstock was a deciding factor in purchasing the bike. I demanded that the P.O. send me detailed photos of the headstock or I wouldn't have even considered going to see the bike, let alone purchasing it.
Cosmetic dents in the side frame tubes caused by, of all things, the frame sliders. A matching dent on each side, for stability and performance. The hole is factory, I don't know what for.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 2: The Frame Doctor
If you have twisted marital problems, you go see a shrink. Or you drink.
If you have twisted sexual problems, you go see a doctor. Or you drink.
If you have twisted frame problems, you go see Gerry. And then you have a beer.
Gerry is the kind of mechanic that we all wish we were: In a modest two car garage in the suburbs of wine country, Gerry runs a frame straightening, measuring, and inspection business. He has a lathe, a welder, a CNC, a press, and a helpful son. And he can and does use all of the above to fix bikes.
Gerry can fix nearly anything. When I pulled up with my bike, he was standing over a very broken ZX10 frame. The owner, the racer, and the owner's wife were also all looking at it, in a shared reflective silence.
I glanced at it as I walked up. There was a dent in one of the hollow frame tubes the size of a football and a crack in the opposing frame tube, right by the headstock. It was the sort of thing that wouldn't qualify as a possible ingredient in an art project, let alone a motorcycle.
In an upbeat and totally serious manner, Gerry broke the hushed apprehension with: "Yeah, I can fix that. I'm going to rip out a section, weld a section, pocket the metal, pump it out, put it the frame press, hit with about 6 tons, throw the motor in it, check the mounts, laser align it, and then you can race it in about three weeks. Pricing will be fair but not bad."
The man sounded like he was ordering a burger. Needless to say, I had total faith in him based on reputaion with the local racers and having met him, I readily support the guy who can build anything.
/End anecdote.
In short, I didn't even take the bike out of my truck. Gerry looked the bike over and told me that unless I had more money than time (I have lots of time and no money), I should continue taking the bike apart and bring it to him with forks, a motor, wheels, and little else. With the airbox and radiator and electronics, Gerry couldn't fit his tools in the frame to measure it and fix it if needed.
So I drove home.
But not before I made Gerry go over the headstock area with me. He told me emphatically that he saw no evidence of damage (though it was not certain), that he had worked on these bikes before, and that steel tube framing is easy to fix if it is in fact damaged.
That was enough of a vote of confidence for me to invest in the bike. for a few hundred bucks, I can get the frame as straight as it was from the factory, and a general check up once apart is less than the price of a really nice bottle of wine.
To the build.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 3: More dissasembly and why I will never own a faired bike.
I now completely understand why sport bikes get totaled so easily: the plastic on them disintegrates if you say the word "impact" around them.
Minus the tail section, this is the sum total of the remaining fairings:
That is crap.
Going over the bike, removing major pieces to be reincorporated like the tank, seat, and exhaust led to increasingly ridiculous discoveries. Plastic parts far enough away from the impact point that they could have watched the crash form a corner Starbucks were blasted to smithereens or, more frequently, just broken enough to be rendered unusable or a major pain to fix.
Missing plastic chips in both switch pods.
Cracks in the radiator overflow tank.
Cracked ignition cover.
Thus, I'm going back to dirt bikes and dual sports, but not before I build this little bastard. I almost wanted to call the P.O. and ask if he deliberately had a mental parts fiche in his head as he was flying through the air that identified anything with plastic as worth breaking.
But I digress. I continued to tear down the bike. Getting the front end off with the help of a mallet felt good. It was like amputating a gangrenous limb. I don't think I have ever used a claw hammer in the vicinity of a motorcycle so much. Now rebuilding can occur.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Cheap-ass KLR rider.
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Land of the Sasquatch and Mossbacks
Oddometer: 331
I'm in
You know, you could always build a dualsport dirt ninja out of it. You would save a bunch of cash on plastic.
Lots of good dirt ninjas around here from what I have seen. I am co conspirtor on a 750 dirthawk that project should start around spring.
Your fancy-assed luggage cost more than my whole bike.
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 4: Gold suspenders
A synopsis of what I have gleaned about swapping front ends on a Ninja 650.
The stock front end is crap but can be improved with emulators. But there are a lot of crashed Ninja 636s. And they frequently have nice gold fork parts that can be had for a fair sum if you want adjustability and quality Showa forks.
2003-2004 Ninja 636 forks are a direct bolt on. Same bearings, same stem size. Plug an play.
2003-2004 Ninja 636 front wheel is an old-style, three spoke design.
2003-2004 Ninja 636 front rotors are 300 mm diameter, same as the stock ninja 630 size.
2005-2006 Ninja 636 triple clamps will not fit because the steering stem is not long enough. You could swap stems with the stock 650 stem, but why bother when the 03-04 triples work so well?
2005-2006 Ninja 636 front wheel is a nice, 5-spoke design.
2005-2006 ninja 636 front rotors are 320 mm, so you need a 10mm spacer on the 03-04 brake calipers to adapt it.
You can adapt the stock 650 wheel to the 03-06 636 front end/axle with some spacers and bearing sleeves. At the end of the day, a 636 wheel is pretty cheap (~100 bucks) and hassle free.
I sources a 2003-2004 Ninja 636 front end on Ebay from a friendly guy named Pierre near Montreal. He accepted my offer and boxed up the front end. 10 days later (ie. two days ago), I received a big brown box which contained a very well-packaged set of forks, triples, the axle, clip-ons, control pods, levers, brake system, and throttle cables (not sure why these were included but fine).
Shiny gold.
Parts to make go and parts to make stop.
A craigslist posting conveniently located 10 minutes from me yielded a set of 2003-2004 wheels, with rotors and tires for less than a new front tire. Fine, I'll sell the rear and recoup some costs to fund the project. (Incidentally, it is for sale, someone need a 03-04 ZX636 rear wheel with a Battleaxe with one trackday on it?)
So, with forks, clip-ons, and a front wheel. I could finally get the bike sitting on cement instead of the insteady perch of a beat floor jack to which it had been relegated.
Grease and happy bearings.
Grease. (As I posted this I realized I forgot to grease the bottom cup, to be remedied soon.)
Snap, crackle, pop. Seriously the easiest front end swap in history. Direct bolt on, no mods. Boom. Done. By myself, in about 6 minutes once the old front end was off.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 5: Front end clean up and the fine print.
Temp mock up. The painter's tape let go and the light crashed to the floor seconds after this photo was taken.
Normally I despise Acerbis headlights, because the same ones are featured on every crashed, stunted, piece of crap sport bike on the planet. Perfect. And it was cheap and lying in the back of a local bike shop's storage closet. And the bulbs work.
The fine print:
With the front end swap, no one told me what I am announcing here. There are a few inconsistencies and issues to sort out.
1. Cables.
Ninja 650 has a high bar position that necessitates long clutch and throttle cables. The ZX6 front end does not. Now I have very long cables that bend and loop in odd places. The ZX6 throttle cables, though very nice, bend in odd places that do not work on the little ninja that could. I don't want to buy custom cables, I'm not sure how to remedy this. To be discussed (and your ideas readily appreciated.)
2. Control Pods
The 636 control pods are nearly identical to the 650 pods. The clutch side has a lap button feature missing on the 650 and not wanting to deal with going through the wiring diagrams of two bikes, I opted to put the stock 650 pod on the 636 clip on. It wasn't fitting quite right and the pod wouldn't close well around the bar because of a small plastic nubbin (tech term). I inferred that the 636 clip on has a larger diameter than the 650 one. So I took a hammer and chisel to the nubbin (no dremel at home at the moment).
Said nubbin is designed to provide friction on the bar to prevent the pod from spinning. You can guess how I figured this out.
Conclusion: If you need a chisel, you are doing it wrong. (The loose pod was easily fixed with a few loops of electrical tape, but I still felt like an idiot.
3. Ignitions.
You may have notices that there are no top clamps featured in the photos. That is because both the 636 and the 650 top clamps have ignitoins, well, clamped, to them. I need to swap ignitions. These ignitions have absurd headless security bolts that I believe have heads that sheer off at a specific torque holding them in. And I'm not sure how to get them out. Thoughts?
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
jake28 screwed with this post 10-26-2011 at 12:00 AM
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
An interlude: musings on this bike's pupose: because size doesn't matter.
ADV Rider has a lot of dirt ninjas at the moment, which is awesome.
This is not going to be one of them.
1. I have dirt bikes for dirt.
2. I need a city bike for the city.
3. I have no job and this isn't the wisest unemployed investment around.
4. I rode a Honda VFR 5500 miles across the US of A. It was the best gravel road bike ever. On street tires. Because it was big and heavy. If I come across a dirt road (and I will, promise) I will ride this bike as is tires and clip-ons and all.
Here is a guarantee, because this is ADVrider: when complete, I will dirt ride this bike as built with photographic evidence. If nothing else, because it goes to show that you can ride most bikes, most places. And have a hell of a lot of fun doing it.
Also, this bike is a project. It is going to provide me with the opportunity to play with metal and composites. I might build a rack, I might build side boxes. Regardless, I'm going to be designing and building with your input and the best of my abilities to suit my needs. And those needs may change, we shall see.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Riding to the horizon.
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Oddometer: 391
Step 6: donde esta el poder?
A key component of any motorcycle is a running motor.
A key component of any motorcycle project is a motor that should run, but doesn't.
This is still a project.
When I bought the bike, it had been sitting under a tarp in an alley next the P.O.'s house for about a year. The battery was very dead and turning the key in the ignition yielded the expected result. Nada.
No big deal I thought, I have finesse and dexterity but all it needs is a new battery.
I plugged a very fresh battery from a very running bike into the ninjette, expecting a chorus and angels and the heavens to open up. Nope, same result. No flicker of life from the hooked up headlight, no crackling of the starter motor, not even a feeble yelp from the horn. Non. No power.
Being a clever and resourceful chap, I thought that perhaps a new fuse was in order. I tracked down the main fuse, an emerald green 30amp jewel nestled in between the frame rails. I pulled it, and it was fine, but I replaced it with a new one, thinking it couldn't hurt. Nichts. Still no love, same results as before.
I checked the main ground (by the starter) and it was snug as a bug in a hug on a rug.
I hooked up a battery tender direct, thus taking the battery out of the list of possible issues. Niente.
1. This bike does have a couple things my previous rides have not had, least of all a bashed in gas tank. These items include, a clutch switch, tip over switches, an ignition interlock, and a side-stand switch. I understand that these items are necessary to get and keep the bike running, but they shouldn't interfere with getting a little power to the dash, headlight, or horn, right?
2. My next steps are going to be unplugging the ECU and then plugging it back in (if it is anything like a microwave or televesion, than this should yield either a warm burrito or a Viagra commercial.)
3. Another possibility is that the ignition switch is broken. The plastic cover on it was cracked but there were no other signs of any damage and it switches between on/off/park cleanly and easily.
Done for the night.
PS. Extra life points go to those who caught the Molotov reference in the title and the diversity of languages expressing how utterly not running my bike is.
2004 YZ250F Dirt/Motard 1982 XLFTCR500 Street Tracker 1997 XR600R POS
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Elkton, Md
Oddometer: 43
After my wife's Buell Blast went down it lost all power. I surfed the Buell forums and got the technical solution of tapping the lean angle sensor. It seems it gets stuck once it is tripped. Worked fine afterward.
KLR650, Husky TE 250
Honda TLR200 Reflex http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642122
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: hunt country virginia
Oddometer: 1,375
Good energetic narrative.
I have a pretty nice blue tank available.
The headlights won't fire up until the bike is running but that doesn't explain the total loss your describing. Most likely in the main switch.
Here's a great 650 site
Moto Flunky
Joined: Jun 2011
Location: Upstate SC USA
Oddometer: 3,843
Nice start to good build.
The ignition security screws heads have to the drilled off.I think I used a 1/8th inch drill bit.Once those little bastards are drilled off,a pair of needle nose vise grips will twist them out since there's no torque on them.Keep the threaded end and replace the security screws with button head allen bolts or allen cap bolts.Try to keep the boltheads up in the mounting holes.On some bikes,they can cause steering issues if they stick out and drag against something.
Manic Cycles=My Blog
Gravel Runner
Joined: Jul 2007
Oddometer: 4,582
the small plastic nubs on the inside of the controls fit an index hole in the bar so they don't rotate. if there's no hole, you drill your own in the correct location.
if you wanted to really trick that bike, you would buy my aluminum Versys swingarm, another direct swap. be the envy of every Ninja builder in your neighborhood.
remember, the R1 shock is longer overall than the OEM 650R shock, perfect for a dirt Ninja looking for ground clearance as well as performance, but might not be the best in your application.
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Dishonored Review
Back in Winter there was a Steam sale. And during this Steam Sale, the entire collection of the old Looking Glass Studios' classic "Thief" Series was on sale. I stared at it for a good long while. Thief: The Dark Project was one of my favourite games of all time, I remember many a sleepless nights in high school waiting for it to load on my parents woefully inadequate PC at the time. I remember putting up with a frame rate approaching 1 frame per second, and the game just chugging along, just because I was in love with the world and the concept.
Which is why when I first heard about Dishonored I got very excited, finally a new game set in a quasi-industrial revolution, steam (or whale oil) punk city with supernatural elements, where I could sneak around and kill things, a true spiritual successor to Thief.
However, the world is where the similarities with Looking Glass' classic ends. I learned that the hard way the first time I got tired of waiting for the hide in shadows tutorial, and decided to just hide in a shadow, there is no light mechanic in this game, but there is more, so much more.
Dishonored makes use of an RPG light levelling system ripped from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and familiar to most Action RPG players. Thankfully you don't sink points into STR, DEX, END, FAT or whatever meaningless stat, but rather you unlock talents, and that's it, Traversal talents, Fighting talents, and Hiding Talents.
Hiding, and Moving around the world will be intimately familiar with players of games like Deus Ex, you are slighting more than human in both these games, as such moving around should be, and is, much easier and faster. Your talents will put Batman to shame, but that being said, you are no Spiderman, you move around the city with acrobatics, teleportation and grace, making traversal a fun, and fluid experience.
And while moving and stealth is similar to Deus Ex, thankfully Fighting is not. Being a stealth game fanatic, during my time with the game I focused on stealth (and trying to achieve the best ending). As such I have not experienced as much fighting, but that which I have experienced reminded me the most of Thief. With the build I am running, you shouldn't strike, but when you do, strike aggressively, confidently, and violently. If the fight isn't over within seconds, you are dead and if you are fighting more than 1 opponent, you are dead. This changes as you unlock more talents, but still, it feels a little cheap to freeze time and stab your opponents in the face. This does not change the fact that one of my favourite aspects of stealth games is the tension. The ability to kill from the shadows but then be utterly helpless in the light, if you forget about freezing time that feeling is there.
The missions of Dishonored are structurally similarly to another favourite, Hitman: Blood Money. You have a target and you have many different ways to deal with it; the violent, the sneaky, and the other. However, in Blood Money, you can spend hours looking for many, many different ways to deal with your target and you have to plan your kill meticulously, from replacing blank ammunition with live ammunition <spoilers>during a performance of Tosca</spoilers> or injecting frog poison into a Birthday Cake. In dishonoured, there is one "alternative" way of dealing with your target (aside from the old stabby stabby) and you are told exactly how to perform it well before you reach your target. This is both a blessing and a curse; it makes it much easier to achieve the "alternative" but it also removes the sense of satisfaction of arranging a set of accidents off your own back.
Dishonoured sits in a world influenced by many, I can see how "The City" of Thief would flow into the city of Dunwall in Dishonored which would again flow into City 17 of Half Life. Thief was Dunwall in its medieval days, on the cusp of the industrial revolution. Dunwall in Dishonored is firmly in its grasp and City 17 is its dystopian future.
Like Thief there is a strange plague ravaging the city, and likewise, a mysterious spiritual element. I remember the first time I encountered a Zombie or a Ghost in Thief and the feelings I got when I encountered a weeper for the first time were similar. The world of Dishonored is also suitably dark. You find quite early, when you earn a device which lets you read minds, all the characters with any power are deeply flawed and any good character is struggling to survive in a harsh universe. This Darkness meant I easily predicted the twist very early in the game, but when it pays off, there's a sense of accomplishment and a moment of "I knew that guy wasn't meant to be trusted."
Dunwall is to City 17 what 1800's London is to London today. And while Half Life 2 tried to bring realism to the table, Dishonored forgoes this, moving towards a cell shaded atmosphere, and grotesque characters with which players of XIII or Borderlands would be familiar. This game is an Oil Painting, and this is a mixed blessing. From afar, the city can be beautiful but up close this is a different matter. At one stage while playing it, I sat for several moments waiting for the texture to pop in, only to realise the texture had popped in and that wall is meant to look like that. Why the game hasn't exactly made my eyes bleed yet, sometimes looking reminds me, just briefly, of a game on previous gen hardware.
One issue I do have with Dishonored is the narrative flow, the story does not follow a traditional flow and never really climaxes. Usually a non-traditional approach to storyline is to be applauded, however in this case, it just meant Dishonored left me unsatisfied and the ending, while coming at an appropriate time was an anti-climax.
I've spent a lot of time in this review comparing Dishonored to other games, and I feel this is appropriate, as Dishonored is a game which wears its influences on its sleeve. This is not necessarily a bad thing, these elements combine to form a whole much greater than the sum of its parts. If you are a fan of stealth games, or action RPG's I strongly recommend you invest some time in checking out this game.
Gameplay: 4
The World 5
Story: 4
Graphics: 3
Overall: 4 candies out of 5
This review is live on http://profanecandyhorse.blogspot.com.au/

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I loved this talk, and would encourage anyone who works in teams expected to 'innovate' to take 18 minutes to watch it. A couple of quotes from the talk that particularly spoke to me are copied below.
Bringing consensus and group based decision making to traditionally 'top down' organisations or people is hard. This talk will give anyone facing such a challenge a little food for thought, I'm sure.
What we know is, at the heart of innovation is a paradox. You have to unleash the talents and passions of many people and you have to harness them into a work that is actually useful. Innovation is a journey. It's a type of collaborative problem solving, usually among people who have different expertise and different points of view.
Leadership is the secret sauce. But it's a different kind of leadership, not the kind many of us think about when we think about great leadership. One of the leaders I met with early on said to me, "Linda, I don't read books on leadership. All they do is make me feel bad." (Laughter) "In the first chapter they say I'm supposed to create a vision. But if I'm trying to do something that's truly new, I have no answers. I don't know what direction we're going in and I'm not even sure I know how to figure out how to get there." For sure, there are times when visionary leadership is exactly what is needed.
But if we want to build organizations that can innovate time and again, we must recast our understanding of what leadership is about. Leading innovation is about creating the space where people are willing and able to do the hard work of innovative problem solving.
Zendesk has a nifty piece of functionality that automatically assigns a ticket to an agent when they change its status to Solved. It deals with the issues caused by the ease of being able to forget to do that manually. It's also a massive time saver.
There are some kinds of tickets (eg. Twitter spam) that you might not want to solve one by one, but instead solve them quickly in bulk.
The combination of these two things causes an interesting problem: if someone later replies to the Tweet, the ticket is reopened and auto-assigned to the agent. We would rather any agent pick up that ticket, because nobody really handled it in the first place. Continuity of service isn't important in that scenario, but speed of response is.
So, here's how to set a trigger to stop this from happening.
Problem solved. All these kinds of tickets are now added to the general pool when when they appear.
A must watch. The description of the documentary is copied below:
The film follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
What do we do about the fact that our brain automatically associates? You know, one of the things that you probably are thinking about, and you're probably like, you know what, I'm just going to double down on my color blindness. Yes, I'm going to recommit to that. I'm going to suggest to you, no. We've gone about as far as we can go trying to make a difference trying to not see color. The problem was never that we saw color. It was what we did when we saw the color. It's a false ideal. And while we're busy pretending not to see, we are not being aware of the ways in which racial difference is changing people's possibilities, that's keeping them from thriving, and sometimes it's causing them an early death.
Process improvement is all about getting from where we are now (As Is) to something better (To Be). It's about finding out the things we can do better, and then actually doing them better.
One very easy way of making that happen is simply to have your ears to the ground and listen out for pain points. Trust me, you'll have no shortage of things to work on as a team if you follow this approach.. BUT it is disorganised, lacks prioritisation, and panders to the loudest voices.
This post is about using some seriously powerful analysis techniques to help put structure around process improvement, create consistency, and hopefully add value to the process by using them.
The three key things, from my point of view, are the following:
How do these things help?
The problem is, nearly everywhere I've worked before has lacked these. They take time and effort to produce, which means moving analysis effort away from things that have a more obvious customer value.
Trust me, the effort to do this is completely worth it.. The level of understanding you create, as well as the number of useful conversations it fosters, bring an amazing level of insight to any team. The documents themselves will become the cornerstone of your analysis work in future, your product planning, and your understanding of what value you deliver.
This was shared by @boheme earlier this week, and I had to re-share it here. I'm spending a lot of time at the moment thinking about user journeys, their experience across our games and services, and this article struck a chord. Have we reached the tipping point? Well worth a read, folks.
I use Omnigraffle a lot.
I love it, and have ended up building a number of stencils of my own to make common tasks easier. That said, who really has the time to create a kick-ass iOS 7 UI elements stencil, or other really detailed designs? For that reason, I'm sharing a list of my favourite free templates, all from Graffletopia.
And, a worthy mention at just $19, the iPhone / iOS 7 Color Stencil is also superb and well worth a look.
Post your faves in the comments!


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55 years ago (1954), a 4-3 win at Crosley Field vs. the Pirates.
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Joe Nuxhall p
WP: Joe Nuxhall (3-0)
LP: Max Surkont (5-6)
HR: CIN - Joe Nuxhall (1), Gus Bell 2 (6), Jim Greengrass (7).
Jim Greengrass hit a solo homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Reds a 4-3 win. Joe Nuxhall pitched a complete-game eleven-hitter with 5 K's to get the win for the Reds, and also hit a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the third. Max Surkont pitched a complete-game eight-hitter in a losing effort for the Pirates.


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Hard to believe coming from me with all the weird stuff I have happen. I just really wish I'd filmed this for you all. We went up to my oldest dd's house today, and so I had all 3 of my girls, and me. We were just talking away, topic got to clothing, and next thing I know we are in dd's closet. I thought only half the rack was hers, then realized the whole row was. Maybe a bit aggressive, but I started going through her hanging stuff, one piece at a time. We started slow, and she told me about each and every piece. Then I boldly said, "why are you keeping this stuff if you hate it, or it doesn't fit? If you hate it, chuck it, and you not only will see what you do have to wear, that's suitable, but you have more room to buy new nicer things."
Well, that started it. Next thing I know, all 3of us are in there, trying on clothes, laughing at clothes, flaunting it, tossing it in the air, and everything else. It was so fun, seriously. We filled an entire garbage bag, a large outdoor kind up to the top with her clothing, and some shoes. Once she was on the a roll, I actually had to slow her down. I think she would have cleared out more. I told her if there is any slight indecision, to keep it for a spell, and then make up her mind. She said, her mind was made up.
So, I'm starting to rub off again you guys. Wow! Makes me feel slightly powerful. Me, and my cluttery house, feeling that way. In fact, I boldly told her, after seeing her house, mine feels so clean. LOL! Rude or what? She's like me though, I just basically gave her reason to take the dare. Her house is huge, and spacious, with so much potential. My house is smaller, good potential, but I don't have that space to work with. She wants a larger dresser, but I explained how she could live without a new one. Plus, she found clothing she had forgotten about.
Wow, two dd's in the last week, I almost feel overwhelmed.
Plus, found out dh went through the giveaway bag. we got into an argument over him pulling out ugly stuff when he has nice clothing at his disposal. I won the fight! He marched back in, and dressed a bit nicer, and I praised him on how nice he looked. He loved that part. Plus, I found a nice jacket for him at our thrift store stop going north, an O'Neil, (popular surfbrand) jacket for $12.
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Re: Crysis[PC] vs. Uncharted[PS3]
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That was not the mindset of the original poster. Shall I go back and quote him again on saying how smoothly Drake's played as compared to Crysis?
crysis runs smoother at 720p than uncharted while being a generation ahead in graphics.
15fps is "playable" to you for a first-person shooter? He cherry-picked those screenshots, because when he went back and ran a benchmark he was averaging 25-30fps with some drops to 15. And that wasn't even with all settings on high; he had shadows on medium.
15 fps? i dont consider momentary drops to 15 fps because of hd loading or ram streaming to be a worthwhile point of consideration here. at 1680x1050 on a gtx all high settings u will pretty much never drop below 25 fps other than a momentary blip in the framerate.
Uncharted runs at 1080p (1920x1080):
uncharted runs at 720p, unless u consider simple upscaling to be 1080p, in that case go play crysis at 720p and your monitor will upscale it, and tada, u have ur native resolution.
And in regards to your comment about it "blowing Uncharted out of the water visually", well, you're once again talking simply about graphics settings and what's not comparable from a gameplay standpoint.
no im talking about across the board high settings, close to playable at 1920x1200, playable at 1680x1050 and below, and looks far far better than anything else at those high settings. u can also enable sunrays, edgeaa 2, and 3d water with virtually no performance hit.
I couldn't give two farts in the wind if Crysis has super-duper-mega-pwnbot-ultra shader settings if it plays at 2fps with them enabled. Optimize the game first to run at a consistent 30fps, which is necessary for any FPS, and then show me the graphics that go with that optimization.
see response to above paragraph
I'm not asking them to. This argument is not about how many graphical effects can be pushed but how well it can be done and still be practical for your audience. And to be blunt, the engine just isn't all that efficient. By the time you scale the graphics back for good performance, you're left with a glorified Far Cry. To get a true next-gen experience you need the high shaders enabled, and they absolutely kill performance.
when it comes down to it your complaining because you cant run the game at maxed settings on your water cooled ultra. im sorry that this for some reason hurts your pc ego. the game is very playable on all high settings and still sets the bar far above anything else on the market.
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February 23, 2008
I woke up this morning to rain here in Albuquerque. I loaded my bike on the trailer in the rain and headed south to Socorro to meet the other guys. Once I reach Belen it stopped rainning. I arrived at Grizzly's Dad's pad at about 10:00Am and soon all the riders started to arrive. We had a total of nine riders and all of us were eager to ride.
Grizzly took us out to to a canyon on our way to Magdalena. This would be day one of a two day ride and on this day we will ride the Monticello canyon, which includes a few water crossings. I had made that ride before but all the other guys in the group had not. It was still cool but it was forcast to get as high as 65 degrees. We were all very excited as we rode in the sand around a maze of canyons on our way to Magdalena. I tried to keep up as the riders up ahead were kicking huge clouds of dust.
I want to thank Grizzly for the hospitality while parking our vehicles in Socorro, he allowed us to park them at his dad's home. I really enjoyed the tour of the property and watching all the neat vehicles.
I am glad everything turned ok for Grizzly on the high speed slide on the gravel. Right before the turn on slab to Magdalena, he departed our group to ride back to Socorro
We met up with two riders in Magdalena and rode in the cool day to the VLA. We made sure we rode very close to one of the huge antennas and took a little rest. It was starting to warm up and it was sunny. A perfect day for riding.
After a brief stop while appreciating the huge antennas we headed south. Our destination is the water crossings at Monticello.
On our way there we had to stop as a herd of antelope ran right in front of us and the other part of the herd ran along side of us for a while. They actually kept up with our speed for a while. It was the darnest thing I have ever seen.
After an hour of riding we toook a small dirt road toward the visible entrance of the Monticello box. The Monticello Canyon Trail is just northwest of the small town of Monticello, which is approximately 21 miles northwest of Truth or Consequences. The trailhead is located a the intersection of SR 142 and FR 139. Ranging in elevation from approximately 5,200 feet to a little over 6,200 feet, the trail follows the Alamosa River/Creek from the town of Monticello upstream to the Monticello Box. The Monticello Canyon Trail is about 17 miles long and takes only a few hours to reach the end. Right before we reach the entrance we came to our first water crossings, one was about knee deep, but all the riders did well.
Soon we arrived to the entrance of the Monticello box and we made our entry. The high walls of the canyon made things a little bit dark and we had to adjust our eyes to make our way over the differtent size rocks while riding the stream.
In past visits I had seen more water but still, the water was there. We rode the stream straight on.
The stream is fed by water springs. The Ojo Caliente spring gushes forth at the foot of the San Mateo Mountains and can be reached by a short hike. Ojo Caliente is Spanish for "Hot Spring," although, in this case, warm spring is a more accurate description. The primitive road runs through Alamosa Canyon from the springs to the village of Monticello , and made our approach from the east, entering though the Monticello box. The no trespassing signs slow people down just long enough to open the gates and drive through. The area appears remarkably free from rubbish and the usual litter that often accompanies popular outdoor recreation sites. Perhaps it is respect for the springs and the private property on which they are located that keeps it so clean. We can only hope that the owners appreciate the respect shown by visitors and that we can continue to be soothed by these waters.
The water crossings were many and at times it became a challange.
We continued on. Every once in a while someone would ask me, "hey buggs how many more crossings is there?" and I would answer, "I think this is the last one," and right after saying that we would cross another, and another, and another. "How many more Buggs?" "Seriously this is the last one," I would say then we would get soaked again while crossing yet another water crossing. It appeared that everyone was having a great time, most talked about coming back.
Soon we came upon a jeep stuck deep in mud.
Joey came to the rescue and pulled the jeep out of the mud. Most of us did not think Joey would be able to get that jeep out, but he made us eat our words. After a little tug and pull, the jeep was free. I really want to thank Joey for following us on his truck, it was nice to have him there for in case we needed him. Joey is a stud on that truck, he would follows us everywhere we went.
We finally made it to the Desert View Inn and we were glad because we were soaked wet. Surprisingly it was not cold during the Monticello ride to TorC.
The rooms were clean and we got to park our bikes right next to our doors. It was great. We ate dinner and went to bed. With the high anticipation for the ride the next day, I just wished I could fall asleep.
Tomorrow we ride the Jornada del Muerto.
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Jornada del Muerto via Monticello
With a bunch of help from Buggs I was able to upload all my pictures from the ride. Thanks Buggs.
Click on this link to see the slide show.
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Thanks for the great weekend. I had a blast.
Buggs - thanks for setting up the ride and taking pictures. The box was fantastic.
Slojoe - thanks for the truck support and taking pictures. Putting my tools in your truck the second day was a back saver.
Grizzly - thanks to you and your and dad for letting us park our rigs at his place
It looks like I might have to spend more time in New Mexico during the winter!
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Great ride all around. Thanks Buggs. And thanks to the team. And to Joe for ridng chase vehicle.
The second day was as dry as the first was wet
The box canyon is amazing to see and ride. Let's do it again from the other end I'll try not to lay down in the stream so much next time.
Sorry I did not get to ride with ya Grizzly. Maybe the next one.
I'll post a few pics:
James and I left snow in Albuquerque and got on I25. We started offroad at Bernardo.
We headed southwest towards Magdelena where we planned to meet up with the ride coming from Socorro.
South of the VLA a herd of antelope paced us for awhile.
We re-grouped before entering the canyon. There is a warm spring near the entrance which empties into the stream entering the canyon.
I do not have any pics from the canyon. Guess I was just too busy.
The next day we left TorC and took Surface roads south to Rincon.
On the way north Buggs lead us on a side trip to go up Caballo.
One of the gentler sections of the road up to the peak.
View from about half way.
The road was dry and the tempertures were great.
We just flew north until we hit route 60 and back to Socorro.
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Jornada del Muerto
Jornada del Muerto
February 24, 2008
The morning started at 07AM with breakfast at Hill Top Cafe in Truth or Consequences. The food was good, but we did not stay long to chat, there was riding to be had.
We gassed up and headed south on the frontage road to find one of the many entrances to the Jornada del Muerto. You may be wondering what this Jornada del Muerto is all about?
The Jornada del Muerto ("Journey of the Dead Man" in Spanish, often mistranslated as "Journey of the Dead") in New Mexico was the name given by the Spanish conquistadors to a desert basin and the particularly dry 100-mile (160 km) stretch of the route through it leading northward from New Spain (or Mexico) to northern New Mexico.
This route became El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The Jornada del Muerto runs between the Oscura and San Andres Mountains on the east, with the Caballo Mountains and the Fray Cristóbal Range on the west. The name Jornada del Muerto Volcano refers to a shield volcano and lava field, about 10 by 15 miles, located at the northern end of the desert basin.
The history:
The name, Journey of the Dead Man probably originated with a German man who died there while fleeing the Inquisition in the later 1600s, although due to the complete lack of water, grazing or firewood the route through this area already had a negative reputation. Although quite flat, the Jornada del Muerto took several days to a week to cross and presented great difficulties to the earliest Spanish travelers who were on horseback, with wagons pulled by oxen or on foot.
After passing the "Jornada del Muerto" the earliest Spanish encountered, not the Seven Cities of Cíbola, but the humbler walled villages of the Pueblo dwellers, who had a well-developed agriculture and a peaceable tradition. At the first crossing the Jornada del Muerto in 1598 they named the first pueblo they came to Socorro (Spanish for 'help' or 'assistance').
In 1680, during the Pueblo Revolt the Spanish settlers were forced to retreat southward, along the Jornada del Muerto, together with Indians from the Isleta and Socorro Pueblos. Of the more than 2000 who left Socorro fewer than 1200 survived the crossing. The survivors resettled on the Rio Grande around and just north of El Paso del Norte, 'the Pass to the North', which is now separated into Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. In 1692, Diego de Vargas led a new group of settlers north across the Jornada del Muerto to northern New Mexico.
Homesteaders in the 1860s to 1920s tried to ranch in the Jornada del Muerto, digging wells for the cattle. The first well was at Aleman, dug by Lt. John Martin, and it appears to be the last of the homesteads to be abandoned at the end of the twentieth century.
So we were determined to ride the Jornada, instead of horses we would ride steel machines. We made sure we were topped off in TorC and after about 40 miles travelling south, found the entrance to the Jornada just south of Hatch. We saw many chile trees along the route in Hatch (they were actually pecan trees).
The wether was forcast to be in the 70's, perfect for doing this ride, in the summer is a scorcher. For future reference, fuel up in hatch, that would be a mistake we made which we almost regreted. The trek is sometimes described as 90 miles of "hell" and it can be unoforgiving.
The road was a decent dirt/gravel well maintained road. It goes on for ever and the bikes kick a lot of dust. About 20 miles into the journey we detour west and headed for the Caballo peak, climbing all the way to the top. The road is a service road for numerous antennas on top of the mountain.
We were treated to some of the best views in New Mexico.
Caballo lake to the southwest.
TorC and Elephant Butte to the Northwest.
And the dreaded Jornada to the east. To truly appreciate the vistas visit the slideshow on the link at the end of this post and you wil see what we got to enjoy on top of Caballo peak.
We soon decided that we needed to make our way back down and resume our journey north, out of the Jornada. That detour would add about 30 miles to our travel. I then realized that that would put us at about 200 miles of travel to complete the circle. That was not good for some us with limited range. But we kept on, not really knowing what would happen.
After a few miles of travelling on the lonely desolate dirt road we came to a group of riders on Beemers taking a break in the middle of the desert. They were all riding big GS's with plenty of storage and big gas tanks. They offered to help us with gas if we got in a tight bind, but we had full intentions to finish the journey on our own. Besides we had Joey on his pick-em up-truck, we could always steal some gas from him if we had to. So we waved our farwell and moved on.
We continued on for many more miles. Some riders had to switch to reserve, or use the fuel bottle on hand.
Suddenly we realize we were riding along the White Sands Missile Range. We saw several simulated target mock vehicles scattered on a field over the fence. We couldn't help but look up to the sky for possible incoming. We essentially had the military range to the east of us and the Turner ranch to the west of us. So we kept on going north and at about 190 miles into the journey we came to the main paved road that connects to San Antonio, that is New Mexico.
We took the last short stretch back to Socorro knowing that we had competed the Jornada without an incident and very happy for the two days of riding in February in southern New Mexico.
Feel free to visit the Slideshow for more pictures.
I want to thank all of you who participated in the Jornada ride, you made the ride enjoyable. You guys rock! One more for the memory lane.
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Outstanding pics buggs, great stuff.
Really made my day with those framed pics of beautifull scenery
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He'd been waiting for a great day ever since the race started in Lima. And today was it! After starting the longest stage of the rally in 11th place, 24′26″ behind the overall leader, Cyril Despres delivered a virtuoso performance throughout the ninth stage, one which was raced on fast trails which put tyres and brakes to the test. The Frenchman went on the attack at the beginning, dosed his effort to preserve his tyres in the second part and then stepped it up again in the finale, grabbing his first win in the 35th edition, which is also his 31st career win, by 4′03″ over his closest rival, Joan Barreda. Despite an early fall, Husqvarna's Spaniard was the only rider who came close to challenging the Frenchman and finished second, 1′11″ ahead of teammate Botturi.
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This crazy stage turned the overall on its head, with Cyril Despres' water carrier, Portuguese Ruben Faria, taking the lead 5′23″ ahead of his leader! Things just got much easier for the defending champion! Behind them, Chile's Chaleco López is still in third place, 9′06″ down, after a successful damage limitation exercise.
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So sister Kelly, who had no other reason to suspect breast cancer, went in for a mammogram and was shocked to find that she, too, had the disease. There is not an extensive family history of breast cancer. They know of one aunt who had it.
In Kelly's case, it was caught early, but she still opted for a double mastectomy. She said she wanted to cleanse her body of the cancer with certainty. She did not require any chemotherapy or radiation.
"You know how people always think they have guardian angels? I know who mine is. Mine is my sister. I've never told her, but she saved my life. She's the reason that I will watch my son graduate from high school and live his life. I would have never gotten checked. I was young. I was 36," said Kelly, who lives in Fredonia and works as a customer service rep.
"But it comes with a sense of guilt, knowing that I'm better and that I can't change what's going on with my sister. I can't take her pain away. I feel helpless. I go to bed every night praying for a cure, and I wake up every morning praying for a cure."
She and other family members will walk next Sunday in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, which starts at 9:15 a.m. at the lakefront area near the Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin. The goal is to raise $1.3 million, with most of it going to help fund breast health education, screening, and access to treatment for uninsured and underinsured women in southeast Wisconsin.
To sign up or for more information, go to www.KomenSoutheastWI.org.
The walk traces its origin to the bond between sisters. When Susan Komen, also in her 30s, was dying, her sister, Nancy Brinker, promised to do everything she could to end breast cancer. So she started the foundation.
I also have a family connection to this disease. In 2001, I wrote about my wife, Denice, the week she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, and 10 years later she's doing great.
You've heard the statistics. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women ages 20 to 59. About one in eight women in the United States will get breast cancer in her lifetime. The five-year survival rate for all women diagnosed with breast cancer is 89%, and there are more than 2.5 million survivors in the U.S.
For more than two years, Kim Klippel has been fighting for her life. The cancer spread to her lymph nodes, bones and liver.
"It has been pretty much nonstop chemo," she said, with doctors changing the cocktail five times as the cancer grew resistant to various drugs. She speaks highly of her doctor, H. Marshall Matthews, in Sheboygan where Kim lives.
"As he always tells me, he doesn't have a crystal ball and no one can really predict the future. We know how it probably ends, but we don't really know how it ends and how much I can fight it and battle. The spirit and the mind are amazing things, and the support of friends and family makes a big difference," Kim said.
Kim, who is single, cares for herself at home and continues going to work in the office at Hillcrest Builders in Sheboygan County. She used to be a runner until it became too painful in her bones. Now she hikes instead.
She is active in dog agility competition with her border collies, and the various clubs in southern Wisconsin and in Illinois have held fundraisers for her.
Kim won't be joining in the Komen walk next Sunday. But her sister will be there and thinking about her.
"I will walk in this one forever," Kelly said, "until I'm too old to walk it anymore."
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Things to do
I've got a question:
- Olga, can you tell me how to walk from the Metro station to the observation platform?
It's my pleasure to answer:
1. I recommend to leave subway station "Universitet" by escalator, which is close to the last carriage if you come from the city center.
2. Outside look around. You will find at some distance a spire of the main MSU building. It will help you to orient yourself.
3. Cross the road and go to the left along Lomonosovsky prospect as if to the main building (you can see the spire).
4. Turn right at the first crossing. Very soon the main building will be on your left, go forward, pass the building and turn left.
5. Now you are at the opposite side of the main MSU building. Turn right and keep going in this direction up to the observation platform. If you pass the fountain (does not work in winter ), you are on the right way.
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"Exit to the city" (Vihod v gorod) offers free lectures and thematic tours of Moscow, guided walking, bus, and bike excursions.
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Independent travelers sometimes complain that it is difficult to find the entrance to the Kremlin museums. It's quite easy.
The main entrance is through the Kutafya tower.
1. First of all, please, do not try to enter the Kremlin from Red square. It is useless and even unsafe if you insist.
2. Look at the map. There are two entrances for us (shown by red arrows), both are located on the side of Alexandrovsky gardens (Alexandrovsky Sad in Russian). The main one is through the Kutafya tower (1). To visit the Armoury chamber and the Diamond Fund go to the end of the Gardens along the Kremlin wall to the Borovitskaya Tower (2).
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An excellent place for skiing and snowboarding within the city limits, Kant sport club is located just 150m from the metro station Nagornaya and offers outdoor activities of guaranteed pleasure. The ski rental will supply you with all the equipment you need. So, you can expect a full day of winter fun with your family or friends.
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"Snowshow" by Slava Polunin is in Moscow again.
I recommend you don't miss it!
He is a magician. He will turn you into children.
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Few activities are as magical as ice skating in winter holiday season.
Ice skating rink in Gorky Park (9 Krymskiy Val St., metro st. Oktyabrskaya) has become popular again.
Be ready to see a long line to get in when you come at 5pm.
Opening times: 10am-3pm, 5pm-11pm
Weekdays 10am – 3pm 150 rub
Weekdays 5pm – 11pm 300 rub
Weekends and Holidays 10am – 3pm 300 rub
Weekends and Holidays 5pm – 11pm 400 rub
under 7 – free, 7-12 – 100 rub
Skate hire deposit – 1500 rub
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Starting Tuesday, October 25, Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage organizes 25 free of charge excursions, dedicated to historical and cultural monuments of the capital.
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One of Moscow's most famous baths is known as Sanduny or Sandunovskie bani.
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