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I'm flying with my rig to San Jose from Dallas in oct. Anyone here with any advice? Or exp with flying with their rigs?
I'm flying delta btw.
I'm flying with my rig to San Jose from Dallas in oct. Anyone here with any advice? Or exp with flying with their rigs?
I'm flying delta btw.
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Delta never. WestJet and Air Canada yes. I've taken my bike to Calgary, Toronto and Montreal this year. Hassle free and didn't pay to get the bike on. You have to be a nice person and a sweet talker to pull this off. any attitude and you will get nailed a hefty fee.
Box it up and deflate the tires. No aerosols. Play by their rules. If I were to fly Delta I'd pull out my sky miles card and ask to have it (the flight) added to my miles and say you just switched from American. They overcharged for bikes and you heard they (delta) had a really good NEW program where you only pay $50. Delta usually charges $175 EACH WAY. Don't let on you know this price. Or try to get his setup before you hit the airport. You might luck out saying you will cancel the flight due to this insane charge.
I have that ET picture tattooed on my forearm. No bull****.
Should have booked Southwest. They are cool. Only $50 per bike per way. As Dr. B said United and delta rip you off at 175-200 per bike per way. Always check policy before booking. The ticket that is more expensive may be less with the bike. You may want to ship your bike one way or the other UPS fedex. Sometimes it may be less.
TSA will go through your box so think about that when packing. You nice neat job may get thrashed. I always walk my bike over to the TSA and watch them if posssible. I can watch them and answer any questions and they know this is important to me so they usaully more careful.
If you here on the 15th you can do the http://www.sjbikeparty.org/
Use zip-ties and tape to pack up your entire bike into one unit that can be easily lifted in and out of the bike box. Nothing loose.
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I was flying by Delta from Moscow to NYC. The girl at the check-in counter wanted to charge me $150 for oversized bag (my bike was packed in soft bike bag), but I convinced her that since the bag is soft it all depends on how you measure it. I got lucky and checked in my bike for free.
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do you know people at your destination? if so my suggestion is to ship it via FedEx.
i have flown with my bike before, as already mentioned many places charge an oversized fee, if not a "Bike" fee, which can be hard to get around. they know what a bike box looks like. the cheapest i have ever flown my bike for is $50. however if i break my bike down into 2 boxes, one for the wheels and one for the rest of the bike, they both fall under the oversized limit of FedEx and together cost me $37 to ship halfway across the country.
as for how they will treat your bike. wrap everything you can in bubble wrap and pipe insulation. i have worked as a baggage handler at an airport and i will tell you that we treat your luggage like crap and pay no attention to any fragile stickers or anything like that. when i've flown with my bike it has arrived okay, but i could see it potentially getting damaged. i have also worked for FedEx loading trucks, and i will say that generally we treated packages better there than luggage was treated at the airport.
hope that helps.
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I just got back from a trip.
I parked in long-term parking and the parking company is able to check bags at the parking lot. The dude charged me only $20 which is the normal checked-bag fee for Airtran.
On the return trip, I had to go to the desk where they charged me $100 for the bike. But, I didn't argue too much being that it was a net of $60 each way. HOWEVER, they tried to get me to sign a piece of paper releasing them from liability if they trashed the bike. I refused.
I use a Trico Iron Case which I trust even my orbea orca to. It's somewhat expensive at first; but it'll last seemingly forever (broken straps and buckles can be repaired at luggage stores!).
If you don't want to buy one you can always check out LBS's near you to see if they/ or somebody else has one for rent; if you're gong one way just mail it back....
never delta, when i looked out the window and watched the handlers throwing my bike, i about **** myself.
I guess i do have a website http://iwentoutside.com/
how about that
I think if there is any way you can ship your bike that would be the best option. My good buddy works at skywest/delta and says that he would never ever fly with his bikes. For many reasons. His testimony is good enough to convince me to ship always.
For any Canadians here, fly Westjet. They supply a big plastic bag and the bike is hand delivered to the plane from check in and gently placed first on the ramp, first off the plane. It's a very pleasant experience and your bike flies FREE.

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If you get into a crash at a major Center Grove area intersection, who will come to help can depend on whether your car skids just a few feet.
Bargersville firefighters will be called if the crash happens on the west side or the southeast corner of the Whiteland Road and State Road 135 intersection, but the Greenwood Fire Department is responsible for the northeast corner.
Head to the next intersection east on Whiteland, and you'll run into a similar but even more complicated situation. Greenwood firefighters take care of any accidents or calls on the northwest corner of Honey Creek and Whiteland roads, and Bargersville handles the southwest corner, but the Whiteland Volunteer Fire Department goes to any calls or crashes on the east side of that intersection.
A 911 caller has to report more specific information than an accident happened at Honey Creek and Whiteland roads because any of three departments could be responsible, since that one intersection falls under three different jurisdictions, Bargersville Fire Department Chief Jason Ramey said.
"Who comes could depend on where your car stops after it gets hit," he said.
Greenwood's recent annexation south to Whiteland Road carved up the boundaries between fire departments.
The change has caused confusion among local fire departments and emergency dispatchers, who sometimes get mixed up about who's supposed to respond where, Ramey said.
Response times also could be affected if firefighters are out handling an emergency that they weren't supposed to go to when another call comes in, Ramey said. Fire departments also can use extra gas while going on runs that aren't in their jurisdiction.
One issue is that Greenwood and Bargersville have different dispatchers. The 911 calls made from landline phones automatically go to the correct dispatchers, but cellphone calls get routed based on the closest cellular tower and don't always end up in the right place, Ramey said.
Who's responsible for running out to a 911 call also can be complicated in places because annexations often have jagged boundaries, Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox said. The sheriff's office, for instance, used to have to respond to calls at a few homes right next to the Greenwood Municipal Airport that were surrounded by Greenwood on all sides, but weren't actually in the city limits.
A similar situation will emerge in Whiteland next year, since the town annexed land east to Interstate 65, but left out a smattering of homes whose owners didn't want to be annexed, Cox said.
The sheriff's office no longer would patrol the area but would have to respond to burglaries or other reported crimes at houses surrounded by the town on all sides, he said. Whiteland police, however, would handle a car accident just down the block once the annexation goes through.
Greenwood's annexation this past year south to Whiteland Road reduced the amount of land included in the Bargersville Fire Protection District and created periodic confusion at a few intersections, Ramey said.
Bargersville firefighters handle the west side of Smokey Row Road and State Road 135, and Greenwood covers the east side of that intersection.
At State Road 135 and Stones Crossing Road, Greenwood firefighters will come if the crash happens at the southeast corner, and Bargersville will be called if it happens at the southwest corner. White River Township firefighters head to the accident scene if it's on the north side of that intersection.
But if you get into a fender-bender at one of those crossroads, don't worry about police or firefighters showing up and turning around or doing nothing because it happened in someone else's jurisdiction. All the agencies work together, and the first one to get to a scene will help, even if it technically doesn't have jurisdiction, officials said.
Johnson County Sheriff's Office deputies, for instance, wouldn't just pass by an accident that happened in an area that Greenwood or Bargersville recently annexed, Cox said. The deputy would make sure everyone was OK, call an ambulance if needed and direct traffic around the accident.
An officer from whichever department has proper jurisdiction then would be responsible for finding out what happened and writing the report, Cox said.
Firefighters from different departments also will help each other out on runs, even if that street corner isn't technically in their jurisdiction, Ramey said.
"Our philosophy is that we're going to go if we're called or are the closest help," he said. "If we're closest and can get to that person fastest, then that's what we're going to do."
Bargersville, Greenwood and neighboring fire departments will work together, regardless of who has jurisdiction at a particular corner of an intersection, Bargersville Fire Protection District Board member Greg Hurrle said.
"The best way I can describe it is that fire and police services are like a spider web," he said. "They're going to stretch to any problem that's in the web."


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The star, who plays Doctor Watson in the detective drama, said he didn't do himself justice at his first audition for the part.
THE 38-year-old star who is expecting his first child with Scots wife Sophie, was apparently in the mood to celebrate as he was seen taking a swig from his hip flask.
THE Sherlock star and his fiancee - who is expecting their first child - tied the knot earlier today.
THE Imitation Game and Star Trek star and Sophie Hunter are thought to be planning spring wedding
DIRECTOR Peter Jackson finishes off the Hobbit trilogy with panache as he provides an all-action masterpiece that will keep all ages enthralled.
THE duo posed in period costume for a teaser picture which was tweeted by producer Sue Vertue ahead of a one-off special show being broadcast by the BBC.
THE stars come out in force for the 2014 Baftas which is being hosted by Graham Norton at the Theatre Royal in London's West End.
EPISODE 2, The Sign of Three, looks just as thrilling as the series debut last night. Watch the trailer for the next show here.
THE second adventure of Bilbo Baggins is far more enthralling than the first but once more the excessive running time lets Peter Jackson's film down.
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THE best stars and shows on British television were honoured at the TV Baftas Awards in London tonight.
PETER JACKSON takes us back to Middle Earth but he fails in his attempts to adapt Tolkien's 310-page novel and keep things interesting.
MARTIN has the lead role in blockbuster The Hobbit but says he's not expecting it to change his life as previous roles in major movies didn't shake things up at all.
STARS such as Sir Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett were joined by Prince William, though his wife Kate's morning sickness meant she couldn't make it.
THE adaptation of JRR Tolkien's much-loved fantasy novel has been filmed at the high-speed frame rate to help smooth and brighten the 3D.
NEW ZEALAND'S capital city was brought to a standstill by the throngs of fans turning out to see the star's of Peter Jackson's film.
THOUGH one is a recovering junkie with a sexy female Watson at his side, and another far truer to Arthur Conan Doyle's work, a thread of friendship binds these two sleuths.
THE Big Yin has branded JRR Tolkien's books "unreadable".
The first trailer for Peter Jackson's big-budget take on The Hobbit has been released online.
BILLY Connolly is going from Big Yin to tiny dwarf to complete the cast of Peter Jackson's movie version of The Hobbit.
SHERLOCK Holmes would be proud ofBenedict Cumberbatch because the young star is weaving a web of mystery around his future as the legendary sleuth.
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A Chutor water offering set. The larger copper dish where the tripod sits measures approx 9 inches and is inlaid with imitation turquoise or coral. The copper and brass kettle is also inlaid with immitation turquoise or coral. Comes complete with a tripod stand and one water dish. The smaller offering dish measures approx 3.8 inches diameter.
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"First, generate yourself as Chenrezig, then recite, I offer this water to the holy body of Dzambhala, who rides a dragon. His body is white in color. His right hand holds a trident; his left, a club. He is surrounded by the four dakinis, one in each cardinal direction.
[The four dakinis are: in the east, blue Vajra Dakini holding a vajra in her right hand and a vessel full of auspicious, variegated substances in her left; in the south, yellow Jewel Dakini holding a heap of jewels in her right hand and an iron hook in her left; in the west, red Lotus Dakini holding a lotus in her right hand and a jewel-marked banner of victory in her left; and in the north, green Karma Dakini holding a double vajra in her right hand and a treasure-producing mongoose in her left. All of them sit in the half-lotus posture and are adorned with jeweled ornaments.]
Now offer the water by pouring it on Dzambhalas head. It is good to use a watering can with a long spout, which lets you offer water in the preferred fine stream. As you pour the water with your right hand, snap the fingers of your left at your heart (to remind yourself of emptiness) and recite the mantra, OM PADMA KRODHA ARYA DZAMBHALA HRI DAYA HUM PHETseven, twenty-one or as many times as possible.
To collect more merit when you do this practice, the most important thing is to visualize Dzambhala as your own guru. Also visualize unceasing wish-fulfilling jewels or billions and billions of dollars pouring out of the mouths of the dragon and the mongoose like a beautiful waterfall tumbling down a mountainside. The water you offer generates great bliss on Guru Dzambhalas head; he experiences endless bliss like the sky. After you have offered the water, from this state of bliss, Dzambhalas mind is extremely inspired, and he promises to help you completely, to provide everything you need for all your projects to succeed and for you to realize all attainments." ~ Lama Yeshe ~
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The fight will take place on the undercard for the Carl Froch v Mikkel Kessler super-middleweight double world championship clash at the O2 Arena.
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She has an incredible passion for art and creativity, writing about interior design, art, fashion, food, and her own work. Always looking to indulge in her love of graphic design and typography, Jen opened MadeByGirl where she creates and sells paper goods and typographical posters. And being the passionate entrepeneur she is, Jen continues to grow her business, having recently launched Cocoa and Hearts to sell her own paintings. Clearly a busy woman, I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to catch up with Jen as she dishes on her favourite designer, spots to shop, and rooms to renovate.
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text: Proof offered for P vs NP mathematical puzzle Science 11 August 10 by Duncan Geere Duncan Geere In 1971, Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin -- a pair of pioneering computer scientists on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain -- independently posed a question that has flummoxed generations of researchers since. It's called P vs NP, and essentially asks whether any problem whose answer can be quickly verified by a computer can also be easily solved by a computer. However, a researcher claims to have found proved what many suspect -- that P does not equal NP.To get some idea of what P vs NP is, imagine you're choosing 100 co-workers to go in a new building from a list of 400. All well and good, except that your boss gives you a list of pairs of co-workers that can't be in the same building. It's a nightmare to generate a list from scratch that satisfies your boss's requirements, but it's very easy to check whether a list offered to you by someone else satisfies the conditions -- you just run down the pairs. P vs NP asks whether it's possible to build a supercomputer capable of generating that list -- taking a "brute force" approach by checking every combination of workers in a reasonable amount of time.In the symbols, P represents a set of problems that are solvable in a practical amount of time, whereas NP represents problems that have answers that can be easily checked to see if they're correct. Stanford University's Complexity Zoo refers to NP as "the class of dashed hopes and idle dreams".Working out whether those two classes are the same might not sound particularly troublesome, but it's considered one of the most important problems in the field, with extreme consequences both practical and philosophical if a proof can be found that P does equal NP.For example, most forms of cryptography are NP problems, so the internet's monetary transaction system would need to be replaced, a series of protein structure breakthroughs would spur considerable advances in biology and most branches of logistics would no longer become an issue, because the traveling salesman problem is also an NP problem.The question is one of the Millennium Prize problems, defined by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, which carries with it a cash bounty of $1,000,000. Only one of the seven problems has been solved at the time of writing, but that might be about to be raised to two because a chap named Vinay Deolalikar, who works as a research scientist at HP Labs and has previously published several well-received papers on the topic, claims to have proof that P is not equal to NP.Deolalikar says: "The proof required the piecing together of principles from multiple areas within mathematics. The major effort in constructing this proof was uncovering a chain of conceptual links between various fields and viewing them through a common lens. Second to this were the technical hurdles faced at each stage in the proof."This work builds upon fundamental contributions many esteemed researchers have made to their fields. In the presentation of this paper, it was my intention to provide the reader with an understanding of the global framework for this proof."That paper, which is 100 pages long and filled with terrifying sentences such as: "We embed the space of covariates into a larger product space which allows us to disentangle the ?ow of information during an LFP computation", hasn't yet been peer-reviewed, and has been updated a couple of times already since being published on the web, so it'll likely be still some time until the proof can be verified and accepted.But the mathematical community have mostly suspected for some time that P does not equal NP, with a survey in 2002 of 100 researchers indicating that 61 believed the answer to be no, nine believed the answer to be yes and 22 to be unsure. One researcher who answered "no", Scott Aaronson, justified his belief by saying:"If P equals NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in 'creative leaps', no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognising the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss."Interestingly, eight believed the problem to be impossible to either prove or disprove, an issue acknowledged by Deolalikar, who says in the paper: "Resolving the P vs NP question might be outside the domain of mathematical techniques. More precisely, the question might be independent of standard axioms of set theory."But so far, the proof has met with a cautiously warm reception from other researchers. Stephen Cook, one of the original posers of the question, is reported to have said: "This appears to be a relatively serious claim to have solved P vs NP." Richard Lipton added: "The author has advanced serious and refreshingly new ideas of definite value, and deserves time and space to develop them more fully." Beyond making Deolalikar a considerably richer man, the only real practical impacts of an accepted proof that P does not equal NP would be that researchers would be able to focus their attention elsewhere. But it would also represent a significant advance in complexity theory and could perhaps raise more interesting questions for the future. Edited by Nate Lanxon Latest on wired.co.uk


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Ford at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show to name a few exhibited 2014 Ford S-Max Concept which, as we have actually already seen from its name, announces the future, the 2nd generation of the 2014 Ford S-Max models.
The first generation of the S-Max on sale appeared 2006th, in the meantime, brought back, but it's time for a brand new model that will be on the existing information likely to take place during in 2014. year. To the basic S-Max should look shows these renders are made on the basis of this concept from Frankfurt.
Ford likewise provided this model the front of the Aston Martin face mask, while under the hood of the concept is 1.5-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder turbo engine.
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The vehicle is geared up with to name a few systems, Intelligent Protection System with Pre-Collision Assist-TV, the brand-new variation of Active Park Assist, as well as superior Ford Sync system that can keep track of the health of guests and (with sensors to measure heart rate constructed into the seats).
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We understand that the brand-new Ford S-MAX will be based upon the next-generation Ford Mondeo, which is due on sale in September 2014, which both vehicles will be developed at Ford's manufacturing facility in Valencia. The brand-new S-MAX will not be out up until 2015.
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Insurance: News this week that ObamaCare will cause a huge spike in insurance claims in the individual market — and result in sky-high premium hikes — was bad enough. Worse still was the administration's response.
A study released Tuesday by the Society of Actuaries said that health claims will shoot up an average 32% under ObamaCare. Some states will see claims rise as much as 80%, while just five states could see them drop a little.
The reason, the report says, isn't just that millions of uninsured will get coverage, which the actuaries estimate will cause them to double their health spending.
Also driving claims higher is that many employers will dump coverage for workers once ObamaCare kicks in, and those workers will be far more expensive to insure than people already in the individual market.
Either way, the result will be higher premiums for millions of Americans.
This is just the latest in a series of recent reports all pointing in the same direction. Namely that, despite President Obama's many promises, the "Affordable Care Act" will be anything but.
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You and the members of Axis, Germany, Italy, and Japan, were at your vacation house far away from any city and there were no other houses within miles. It was your birthday and you wanted to invite them to have fun with you on your special day. Your vacation house in a beautiful location; perfectly green grass surrounded it, there was a gigantic blue pool, complete with a diving board and water slide in the back yard, which is where the four of you were hanging, and your house was like a glorified, air conditioned straw hut. Everything about it was perfect.
Italy, Germany, and you were having fun in the water while Japan was hanging in the shade, looking bored. But then again, you couldn't really tell because he had the same facial expression for almost everything. Germany was wearing black swimming trunks, Italy was wearing green ones, and you were wearing your cute black and gray vertical striped bikini, lazily floating on a raft while the other two jumped and slid into the pool. Japan was wearing white trunks, and since he didn't approve of showing off is chest, he also wore a white swim shirt. It was skin tight so you could see his beautifully chiseled abs. He looked so adorable with his hair blowing in the light breeze, but with him in the shade, it was hard for you to admire him.
You were determined to get him into the water. Just then, Germany did a perfect back-flip and landed straight as a pencil in the water. You applauded as he came back up and he smiled at you.
"My turn!" Italy yelled and tried to imitate Germany, but failed and ended up belly-flopping and making a huge splash. It rained down on you and Germany and splashed Japan some. You heard him scoot his chair back a little bit further away. Italy surfaced and his body and face was all red. You and Germany started to laugh.
"Feli, are you ok?" you asked sympathetically.
"I'm-a-ok _______."
"Are you sure? That looked really painful."
"Yep. It was!"
you three started laughing again and you saw Japan out of the corner of your eye, looking very lonely and left out. You flipped yourself over and looked at him.
"Hey Kiku, you look lonely," you yelled. He looked at you.
"Huh? Oh. No _______, I'm fine, he answered calmly.
"Will you get in the pool?" you asked.
"I rearry don't want to", he answered.
"Why not?"
"Werr..." he looked down at his feet. "I don't know how to swim." he blushed.
"That's ok. I wont make you go into the deep end. Just over here by the ladder."
"I don't want to get in the poor."
"Please? Its my birthday," you begged him.
He sighed and started walking towards the pool.
"Yay!" you cheered as he made his way to the pool.
He sat on the edge of the pool and dipped one foot in and took it back out.
"Its too cord _______," he complained.
You rolled your eyes.
"Kiku, the water is not cold. Get in before I come over there and drag you in by your feet," you teased him.
He sighed again and slowly dipped his legs into the water. You though he was going to push in, but he just sat there.
"I'm in the poor, are you happy now, _______?" he asked.
"Kiku, I said in the pool not the edge. Actually get in the pool."
Japan was too busy arguing with you to notice Germany sneak up behind him. He looked at you and smiled a mischievous smile. You smiled to let him know you were on to him. Germany put his arms under Japan's, who yelped in surprise, picked Japan up and threw himself with japan in his arms into the part of the pool where it descends a little.
You gasped. You didn't know he was going to do that to Japan. You paddled your raft next to where they would surface. Japan surfaced, thrashing wildly, trying to get a hold on your raft. His eyes were wide with fear as he finally got a grip on the raft, gasping for air.
Germany finally surfaced behind him. He was laughing with a triumphant look on his face. You gave him a disappointed look and smacked the back of his head.
"Ow! Vat vas zat for?" he asked, still laughing a little.
"That was mean, Ludwig," you scolded and rolled off the raft and to the other side to help Japan onto the raft.
It took a few tries, but you finally got him onto the raft and you pushed him back to the shallow end. You didn't take him all the way to the edge and he tried to paddle his way, but you held the raft back.
"I still want you in the pool, Kiku," you told him.
"I want out of the poor, _______," he told you.
"No. You don't have to get off the raft, but I still want you to stay here."
"What if Rudwig tries somesing erse rike sat on me again?" he asked with a rare hint of fear in his voice.
You put a wet hand lightly on his thigh and he glared intently at it.
"I wont let him do it again. If he tries I'll kick his nuts, ok?" you assured him.
Japan looked at you and then started to watch the two other men splashing around on the opposite side. He put his arms round his legs and rested his chin on his knees.
You were both silent or a little bit, then something popped into your mind. While you two were alone on this side, it would be the perfect time to ask if he liked you. You liked him a lot. He was the shortest of the three men of Axis, and you know what being the shortest felt like, as you usually were. The way he talked was adorable, as was his hair, his face, his personality, everything about him was just so cute! You tried to make it sound casual.
"Hey Kiku, can I ask you a question?" you asked calmly, but on the inside you could feel your heart speed up.
"Yes. What wourd you rike me to answer, _______?" he asked without looking at you.
"Um...are you angry at me?" you asked. That was not what you were planning to ask. Why did you ask that?
Japan looked at you and smiled a small smile.
"Of course not. You are my friend. Even if I was angry at you, I wourdn't be able to stay angry for rong. You're too pretty to be angry at," he said sweetly.
His answer took you by surprise and you could feel your face flush a bright pink.
"Th-thank you Kiku," you said sheepishly. Why was your brain so stupid at times like this?
You both watch Germany and Italy splashing around for a while.
"Hey Kiku! Can ve use zat raft for somezing?" Germany yelled.
Japan looked at you and you helped him off the raft. Then you pushed the raft to the deep end.
"Zank you!" Germany thanked.
You looked over at Japan. He was shaking.
"Kiku, are you ok?" you asked.
"Sis remind me of movie I saw where sis boy was dragged down under by giant, mutant squid and eaten arive," he told you.
You waded to him and put your hand on his shoulder.
"I wouldn't let that happen to you Kiku," you assured.
"Sank you, _______."
You leaned in close to his ear.
"But, if I was that giant, mutant squid, I would eat you," you teased.
"Wh-what?!" he looked at you with big eyes. You laughed. His face was adorable!
"Hey _______! Watch me!" Italy yelled and he jumped off the diving board and onto the raft like he was trying to surf, but he lost his balance and toppled over into the water.
"Oh my gosh that looks so fun! I wanna try!" you said excitedly. You looked at Japan. He was still shaking.
"Are you ok with me leaving you to go do that really quick?" you asked
"I'rr be ok," he said quietly.
"Are you sure?"
"Ok." you got out of the pool and ran to the diving board.
Germany and Italy put the raft in place and moved aside. You jumped and landed o the raft, and you stayed on! You slowly stood up, without falling off and looked at Italy.
"I did it!" you said excitedly.
"Yay ________! How long can you stay up?" he asked.
"Not long," Germany yelled from the slide.
You turned your head as you saw him go down the slide. When he hit the water, he purposely grabbed the raft and shook you off. You splashed into the water and you felt your top slip off. You covered your breasts and surfaced.
"LUDWIG!" you screamed.
"Are you ok,_______?" he asked in response.
"No, my top came off! Go find it for me! It probably sank to the bottom!" you yelled angrily.
"How does your suit sink to ze bottom?" he asked.
"The chain strap around the neck is heavy. Go find my top," you commanded.
He shrugged and dove under and after a few tries, brought you your top.
"Here it is, _______," he said with a pervy smile.
You snatched it from him and smacked him again to wipe that look off his face.
"Ow! I'm sorry,________," he apologized.
"No you're not," you said.
"You're right! I'm not!" he laughed and splashed your face and swam off.
You wiped the water from your face, rubbing your eyes. Some got in water got in your eyes and the chlorine stung. You hopped out of the pool and turned your back to everybody so you could put your top back on. As you were tying the first strap, you heard Italy say something to Germany.
"That was kind of-a-mean, Ludwig. It looked like you hurt her feelings," he said.
As you were fastening the chain around your neck, you heard Germany get out of the pool. You turned around and he was standing in front of you.
"I'm sorry I knocked you off ze raft, _______. Do you forgive me?" he asked.
You though for a second.
"Yes. I forgive you, Ludwig," you said and he put his arms around you. You hugged him too, then when he broke away, you pushed him backwards into the pool.
"Now vat vas zat for?" he asked.
"That was for Kiku," you said and slid back into the shallow end next to Japan. He was smiling at what you did to Germany.
"Sank you, ________," he thanked.
"No problem, hon," you said. Then you mentally beat yourself over the head. Why did you just say that?
Japan giggled.
"What?," you asked.
"You carred me 'hon'. I sought it was cute," he said and you blushed.
You felt a drop of rain on your forehead. Then, out of nowhere, it started to pour all over the four of you. There was thunder in the background.
"Aw, what?" you said angrily.
"Arright, everybody inside. Don't want anybody getting erectrocuted in the poor," Japan ordered and jumped out himself. You snickered as he helped you out.
"What?" it was his turn to ask.
"You said erect," you giggled.
"So immature," he said and pathetically smacked your arm.
You walked in together and stood in the back room. Germany and Italy came in right behind you.
"I have two bathrooms. Ludwig and Feli, take the one down here. Kiku and I will take the one upstairs," you said.
You split up and got your clothes.
"Do you want the bathroom first?" you asked Japan.
"No, you can have it first," he said and gestured towards the bathroom.
"Ok, if you insist," you said and shut the yourself in the bathroom.
You changed and brushed your hair, and stepped outside to hand Japan, but he already had his clothes on, perfect hair and everything.
"Did I take too long?" you asked apologetically.
"No, I just wanted to be done before Feri and Rudwig were done so I courd tark to you," he said.
"Ok, what do you want to talk about?"
"I want to know how much you rike me," he said quietly.
"I like you a lot Kiku!" you said surprisingly easily.
He smiled at you and you both made your way to the back room. Germany and Italy were waiting for you two.
"So what are we going to do men? We're rained in," you said.
"Do you have any video games?" Germany asked.
"Heck yeah I do!' you said and too out your gaming system.
"What do you all want to play?" you asked.
"Somezing multiplayer, unless you don't mind taking turns."
"I don't mind taking turns," Japan said,
"I'm a-so-terrible at playing video games anyways," Italy said.
"Turns it is," you said and looked into your game cabinet.
"This is kind of an old one, but have any of you ever played BioShock?" you asked. "Its kinda creeepyyy..." you stretched out the work "creepy".
"Oh lets play zat one!" Germany said excitedly.
"Everyone ok with that?" you asked. Japan shrugged and Italy nodded hesitantly.
" We will play BioShock then," you said and put it in.
Germany played first. Everyone sat on the couch, Germany and Italy were sitting next to each other, while you and Japan were sitting on the other side. Japan was getting uncharacteristically comfortable next to you. Then he put his head on your shoulder.
"Oh,_______ and Kiku. Getting comfy over zer," Germany said with a pervy tone.
"Shut up. And watch out for that splicer," you said. Germany turned to the TV just in time to see a splicer jump at him. He and Italy jumped and Italy screamed. You and Japan laughed.
"Good one," Japan complimented.
For the rest of the day, you four played BioShock and you were the one who beat the game. You all had a few beers to celebrate, then went back to the two bedrooms you had for the night. Again, Germany and Italy went to one of them, and you and Japan to the other.
~Japan P.O.V.~
You were a bit tipsy when this crazy thought popped into our head. When Germany jumped into the pool with you in him arms and you flailed around looking for the raft, you probably looked really stupid to _______. All because you didn't know how to swim! Well that was going to change tonight.
After you were sure _______ was asleep, sneaked downstairs in your white undershirt and underwear and slipped out the back door. It was still sprinkling, but no thunder. Good. You dipped your foot in the water and it was freezing! Then another idea popped into your head.
"If I jump off the diving board, I'rr just get arr the cord over wis and it won't be cord," you said out loud to yourself. It sounded genius.
You walked to the diving board and made your way to the edge. You braced yourself, jumped up and down a few times, and then you finally jumped.
Just then, the effect of the beer wore off and you realized that what you were doing was very stupid, but it was too late for you to do anything. You screamed bloody murder before your head disappeared beneath the water.
~Your P.O.V.~
There was a blood-curdling scream from the back yard. It sounded like Japan's voice. You shot up and checked his bed. Empty.
You bolted out of the room, down the stairs, yanked the back door open, and ran to the edge of the pool. Japan's head was disappearing under the water .
You dove into the water and came up with Japan's limp body. Germany and Italy had made their way outside and helped you get Japan out of the pool.
"Is he ok?" Italy asked, worried.
He wasn't breathing. You three panicked, then Germany came to his senses.
"Mouze to mouze!" he yelled.
You put your lips to his and blew air into his lungs. You tried over and over and you were about to give up. It wasn't working, there were tears in your eyes, but you were still going to try.
You put your lips to his once more and blew as much air as you possibly could. You took your mouth off and water spewed up from his mouth. He started coughing and he sat up.
"Kiku!" you breathed in relief as you gathered him in your arms.
"_______?" he asked putting his arms around you.
"Yes baby, yes,"you sobbed with fresh tears running down your cheeks.;
"You saved me."
"Kiku, what in the world were you thinking?" you asked, running your fingers through is hair.
"I never shourd've drank sat much beer!" he sobbed and tears ran down his cheeks.
"Lets get you inside," you said and helped him to his feet. He was a little heavier than you thought he would be, but you managed to get him up and you walked him inside.
Everyone walked upstairs and into yours and Japan's room where you sat him down on his bed. You sat next to him and he lifted himself up into your lap.
"Kiku, please tell me what was going through your head when you thought doing that was a good idea," you begged. He was shaking in your arms, still dripping all over you, but you didn't care. He was alive and safe.
"I was sinking about how stupid I must have rooked when Rudwig threw himserf wis me into the poor," he said shakily.
"Go on," you urged.
"I decided that I was going to rearn how to swim, so I went to se poor and jumped off the diving board, sen I rearized sat it was a terribry stupid idea," he finished.
"Kiku that was very stupid," you said, rubbing his back. He burst into tears.
"Its ok, you're safe now. Just promise me that you will never, ever, EVER," you emphasized the last ever, "do that again."
"I promise,_______," he continued to cry
"Ve're just going to dismiss ourselves," Germany said and he and Italy excused themselves from the room.
Japan cried for a little bit after they left, but eventually, you got him calmed down.
"Are you ok now, Kiku?" you asked.
"Yes,_______. I'm fine now," he said and sniffled.
"Are you tired, honey? You ask.
Japan smiled a small smile.
You put him under the covers and started to turn to go to your own bed when you felt Japan's hand on your arm. You turned to look at him.
"What is it, Kiku?" you smiled.
"Um, do you have to sreep in your own bed?" he asked.
You smiled at him tiredly at him.
"No, are you asking because you want me to sleep with you?"
you got under the sheets with Japan and he snuggled up to you. You lightly pressed his head to your chest.
"I rove you,_______," he told you.
"I love you too, Kiku."
You both fell asleep, Japan curled up in your arms, and you with all your limbs wrapped around him. It felt nice to know that you could finally share your love with the person you really, truly loved.
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JapanxReader by EllisxRobynWatch
©2012-2016 EllisxRobyn
So this is my first CountryxReader insert and I don't know what else to say besides I hope you like it. I'm sure there are some spelling errors and I think I went a little overboard with Japan's accent. some things in here are, in my opinion, kind of random and I guess I'm just stressing out about this being my first insert so just tell me how I'm doing and again, I hope you like it.
Germany isn't the mean type 2 do all this stuff~
But it was a good FF~
But it was a good FF~
I feel like Germany was drunk throughout the whole story....XD loved the story!!
omg.....going fangirl moad...EEK...XD omg omg he was so adorable and it fit him perfectly xD perfect story keep it up ok man...now i have to get a rag to clean the keyboard...
You really got Japan's accent. I suck at that kind of thing!
yea i almost fail at that i dont do the "th" is "s" thing right ya know xD anyway its difficult unless you listen to him on hetalia's episodes atleast 5 times xD
I know right! It's fairly annoying, but their accents are pretty awesome.
First, awesome! Second, speaking of awesome, Germany was acting like Prussia. Little ooc. Third, Japan must have been really drunk to say and do that stuff.
Yeah, I noticed that Germany was OOC. I was new to Hetalia at the time and didn't quite have the character's personality down. And I imagine that if Japan were to drink, he wouldn't be able to hold non-Japanese alcohol very well. That is why he was so drunk.
Uwah so Kawaii..
He has to call me "Rianna" instead of "Lianna". I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE NAME OF A SINGER!
And I thought Lacie turned to Reishi was bad! I feel bad for you...
I really enjoyed it. My mom was in the room so I had to hold in my fangirling and I absolutely LOVED when he said erectrocuted!!!! IT WAS SO ADORABLE!!!!!! I would love to hear him say that in the show!!! If he was real.... i would be in heaven.... you made a great story i felt like he was really with me and that everything was around me!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! Everybody seems to like the "erectrocuted" part.
It's drop dead adorable!!!!! I don't know who wouldn't!!!! And if they do hate it I CUT THEM!!!!!
Lets not get violent here. That's my job.
Me in story: *is awaken by blood curdling scream and immediately runs to help*
Me in real life: *is awaken by blood curdling scream* SHUT THE HELL UP! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!
Me in real life: *is awaken by blood curdling scream* SHUT THE HELL UP! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!
Yeah, that's kinda funny because here's what would probably happen:
Me in story: *awakened by blood-curdling scream and runs to help*
Me in reality: *awakened by said scream* *responds with a scream that sounded pretty much like it then runs to help*
Me too, but when it sounds like the love of your life...
I rather liked this one. You did quite well; congratulations on your first reader insert being a success!
Thank you! I thought I went kind of overboard with the accent, but this makes two people that have said otherwise, so I guess I did a good job.
YES BIOSHOCK! That was the icing on the cake for me! This was such a cute story! I loved it!


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21 mph - that's pretty slow...
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That's moving! were you running 55+ pressure?
1999 Fat Chance Ti
1998 Rhygin SS road
Urm....I think YOU said that Home Slice HeHe You really had me gun shy on the Mount & Grounds. Last meeting I had with Terra Firma broke my ribs and put them thru my lung. I'm here to tell ya 294s are CHEAP Slow and steady like a Mt Goat is OK. 21 is even respectable. I did put 12 miles on the Mount & Grounds thru patches of black ice today. 6 miles with a 50lb load. Not bad at all really, I could feel the studs grip,no slippage but still like some extremes
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Are you sure its 20 miles and not 20 kms?
20 miles seems a bit fast on a mountain bike on snow, but I could be wrong.
He's being pulled by a skidoo.
Or maybe a dogsled team.
He lifted the wheel and spun it real fast.
I can ride the solarcycle with no hands.
This thread was meant to be more humorous than anything. Of course 21 mph is not a sustained speed. I was on a downhill and i was very stable with the 294's on snow packed gravel. I just snapped a shot because i had the camera with me.
More realistic averages for these tires are around 11-12 mph on snow packed dirt/gravel. I think they are a bit slower on pavement than the M and G's but am certain that they are faster on hard pack snow.
Your estimates are right on with what I get. They may be slow, but at 21 mph, they sound like they're going 70.
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Me too.Originally Posted by sherpa93
Four broken ribs and a punctured, collapsed lung.
Since then I've wintered through with Innova's, Nokian 106's, 240's, and now this winter, 294's.
Surprisingly, the 294's seem to have the least rolling resistance.
I can feel the weight of them when accelerating, but otherwise I consider them the best snow and ice tire imaginable; and much better than I ever expected.
I cruise around at about 10-12mph, but I can do 15mph if I feel ambitious.
Ken: (owner of many Nokians) Whats the story on the 240's? They look like a great tire. Everyone: Lung tubes (5-6 days) hurt like L. Broken ribs take 18 months to heal, hurt everytime you take a deep breath or try to laugh
____________________________________________________________________ Gone as a wild goose in winter... Portised
Put an asterisk next to that feat, like Barry bonds Ball!!!
1999 Fat Chance Ti
1998 Rhygin SS road
I started out on Innova's version of the Nokian 106's, but it threw too many studs.Originally Posted by sherpa93
I switched to the Nokian 106's and they worked much better than the Innova's by every measurement, not just retaining studs.
However, I noticed in refrozen rutted snow, the 106's wouldn't climb ruts at any kind of angle other than almost perpendicular to the rut, and so I switched to the Nokian 240's for the side studs.
The 240's represented a huge improvement over the 106's because they would climb not only the sides of steep ruts, but they would ride on the side of rounded ice ridges safely; a huge safety improvement when encountering ice or raised surfaces at an angle.
On the downside, I commute in the winter mostly on bare pavement, with only portions on significant ice or snow, and I found the increase in rolling resistance on pavement depressing.
I mean, it really bummed me out.
This summer I decided to apply everything I had learned over the past three years of winter commuting to a dedicated winter fixed gear bike.
My lbs told me about the 294's (not released at the time we started putting the bike together), and he said all the fat tire manufacturers had learned a lot about fat tires and rolling resistance in the past few years.
I took the gamble.
For some reason, the 294's have less rolling resistance than the 240's, and feel more like the 106's in that regard.
The 294's do weigh more and have more inertia (less acceleration) than the 240's, and they cost significantly more.
I think if a person spent the whole winter, or the majority of the winter on ice and snow, with less time on bare pavement, he might prefer the 240's for cost-effectiveness.
As far as breaking trail in fresh, deep snow, I don't do that kind of riding so I can't compare the two in that capacity.
I just came back from my normal training ride that takes me about an hour, with about half on pavement and half on crusty, broken, rutted snow and ice, and I felt completely secure on my 294's the whole time, including a long, steep downhill on a bike lane into which the cars and snow plows had ejected their icy crud.


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Pace Gallery
510 W. 25th St.,
(212) 421-3932
Through Dec. 4
It is no secret that most contemporary art lauded in critical journals these days demands much less from viewers than works lauded centuries or even half a century ago. I'm talking about the kind of deep contemplation, response and soul-searching needed to experience the layered and complex metaphors of a Titian or Mondrian. Perhaps people now want uncomplicated art for complicated times. How else can you explain the increasing adulation for the American painter Thomas Nozkowski (born 1944)—the standard bearer for a new breed of decorative fluff passing for serious abstraction?
In this exhibition of 19 oil paintings (each roughly 18 inches by 22 inches and paired with a smaller drawing, inspired by its mate), much ado is made about not much at all. Mr. Nozkowski's candy-colored biomorphic blobs, grids, stripes, mazes, geometric shapes and lifeless atmospheres merely toy with abstraction. His artworks have no pictorial tension. Shapes, washy or opaque, often vaguely referring to landscape, architecture or the human head, overlap or bob; but mostly they just sit there looking wry and pretty.
These pictures, which seem to be classified as abstractions merely because their shapes are unrecognizable, have been described as ineffable, friendly and enigmatic. But if an artwork's measure of greatness is based on its lack of formal rigor and its inability to be pinned down—in contrast to the way that a Mondrian can be understood to convey with absolute conviction the tension of vertical against horizontal—then Mr. Nozkowski's affable abstractions win the prize.
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Mitchell-Innes & Nash
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Through Dec. 11
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