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It's been a long time since I've been posting something here, and also a long time since I've been surfing :-(
But I keep searching nice things to read and I've found one which is quite interesting :
http://www.phoresia.org/
Enjoy !
Ladies Room is a so called, web 2.0 website, for women. Usually in such business model, the site should attract traffic to sell advertising. The usual clients are famous brands like L'Oreal, Avon, Yves Rocher, etc etc.
But today on ladies room there is on the home page a video of Greenpeace to criticize the production of Palm Oil which destroys Indonesian forests. And Dove is mentioned as "the" brand using palm oil in their products.
Well, it's very courageous, or silly, or calculated from the side of Ladies Room. If I am Dove, or any other cosmetic brand for women, knowing this, I would never place advertising on a site which is ready to publish a video which clearly gives a negative about a brand.
Also, I am sure Dove is not the only company to use palm oil in the world, so why Greenpeace choosed to focus on Dove ? A competitor of Dove financed it ? Strange, isn't it ?
Happy Birthday ! 
Seen on the Cleanest line, the Patagonia blog (created after this one :-)))
Series of nice posts and videos about Gerry Lopez experience in Pipeline.
The video is also available on youtube, here.
More patagonia videos are also available on youtube and on the patagonia web.
I especially like the "sea legs" one.
Enjoy this content, and be ready for spring surfing, climbing, running sessions !
By the way, it's snowing in Moscow :-)
Seen on Tippie, a post about what people eat per week in the world and how much it costs.
It's taken from the book Hungry Planet
Quite interesting idea, and disturbing results ...
Yesterday, 1h30 of mountain bike under a nice sun.
2h of bouldering, cloudy.
Today, 2h of mountain bike, raining, dirty paths, cold wind.
Tested and approved :
- Yesterday , for a nice weather, but still not too hot : the Men's wool 2 T-Shirt. For the mountain bike, just put a windstopper fleece on it (I forgot the name of my patagonia fleece for this). For bouldering, just put a R1 flash Pullover.
- Today, raining, cold, dirty : the Men's wool 3 crew, a men's jetstream jacket.
And for all these activities : the men's active Sport Brief. Ok, it looks like it's a detail, but when it's getting cold, rainy, and dirty, or too hot, you'll appreciate to have your little things at ease :-).
To be honest, I have tested a lot of different things in different weather conditions. And still, after all these years, I love the Patagonia gear ! Efficient, well done !
No, I am not trying to learn Chinese or Japanese slang. These are just the names of some sports I tried in a fitness club, because, yes, unfortunately, I have not find any other option to practice sport in Moscow.
It was a good surprise for me to go to these sessions. The common point is that you have ONLY girls at these lessons :-) But believe me, it isn't for sissy !
Spinning :
Take 10 to 15 people, put them in a small room on bicycles which looks like the latest anti-technology system created by some vicious torture specialist. Take a teacher (usually a good looking and smiling girl). And begin to ride your bicycle during 30 min, 45 or 1h15. It's unbelievable the things you can do on such simple bicycles. That's a very good training for the week-end rides on my brand new old cannondale ! For those looking for a good interval training session, definitely, it's the good thing to do.
Thai Bo :
It looks like Thai Boxing, it smells like Thai Boxing, but it is not Thai Boxing. It's only the training, the repetition of the moves. Speed, strength, rhythm, coordination. Great training, in between the interval training, the self defense training in the Army, and a fitness course. If you have not practice any "explosive" sports since several weeks or months, it'll be hard to get up the day after your first Thai Bo Training. Definitely good for speed, interval training, coordination.
Bosu :
Stands for "Both Side Up", it's a half ball on a platform. It's incredible the silly (but hard) things you can do on this. This is great for balance training, keeping the body straight. That's perfect for coordination, balance, breathing. Good training for sports like surf, snowboard, but also climbing.
I just need to had 2 hours of swimming per week on this program, and I'll be ready to attack the spring waves season in a perfect mood !
Just bought it ...
Hope I'll try it soon.
Price was pretty nice, with a 50% discount !
Will let you know as soon as I'll drop into a good one !
Remark : first time I mentioned Aviso, it was here. At this time, I never thought I would be able to buy such a board one day, just because I thought the price was far too expensive. But finally, for the same price than a standard board, I couldn't resist ... And I will be able to test the black color with the wax :-)
Seen on Ruminations on Russia :
Last month, Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, shrugged off manmade climate change as “a drop in the bucket.” Showing that solar activity has entered an inactive phase, Prof. Sorokhtin advised people to “stock up on fur coats.”
He is not alone. Kenneth Tapping of our own National Research Council, who oversees a giant radio telescope focused on the sun, is convinced we are in for a long period of severely cold weather if sunspot activity does not pick up soon.
The last time the sun was this inactive, Earth suffered the Little Ice Age that lasted about five centuries and ended in 1850. Crops failed through killer frosts and drought. Famine, plague and war were widespread. Harbours froze, so did rivers, and trade ceased.
It’s way too early to claim the same is about to happen again, but then it’s way too early for the hysteria of the global warmers, too.
This is quite interesting, but the real conclusion of all these news about the climate is :
Be prepare for changes ! Which ones ? It looks like no one really know, but there will be some !
Heard 100 times : 
"- So you are a surfer ?
- Yes, I try to be.
- And where do you surf ?
- In BZH, Brittany, in the west part of France ?
- HUU ? There is no wave there. All the waves are in Biarritz or Hossegor.
- Believe me, there are good strong waves, if you are not afraid of the cold.
- ..."
I will not give any special details, but just look at the pictures seen here, and you will understand that there is no need to leave far far away to find a brand new place.
(pictures copyright : Ronan Gladu - )
Back in Moscow today, I realize how lucky I was this week-end, to enjoy a very nice weather in France, and a good ride in nature.
I went in the woods with a good friend of mine, who has a very nice and efficient bike. That was great to enjoy at the same time, a good weather, a good friend, a good bike and a good sport session.
A lot of people may wonder why people put so much money in a bicycle (some costs more than Eur 5,000), but I really feel the difference now (even if I have not paid mine 5,000 !!).
Here is the description of the bike I bought :
CANNONDALE Super V 700 SL,
Cadre Super V SL 99, Fourche téléscopique Headshock Supper Fatty D (à blocage sur la la tête de fourche afin de la rendre non amortie pour la route), amortissement à air (pompe fournie), amortissement arrière Fox Air Vanilla, jante Coda 700 Eyeleted&Machined, Axe roue arrière : Coda 700 32H, avant 28H, Rayons DT Competition 1.8/1.6 Alu Nipples, Pneus ; IRC Mythos Kevlar 1,95 Rustywall, pédales : CODA 500M noires, Cassettes Shimano Deore LX 9 vitesses 11-32, Dérailleur arrière Shimano Deore XT, avant STX-RC, Pédalier : Coda CF2, 22/32/44, Grip Shift : Quartz 9speed, guidon : Coda expert w/coda weave grip, potence : CODA, freins : Pro-Max PX2 Expert, poignées freins : ESP7.0 Composite, Selle Coda 900M, rails manganèse, recouverte en Kevlar, Tige de selle : Kalloy SP-263.
Poids : 11,5 kg.
All these equipments made the ride perfect. It helps you keep a good control of the bike at high speed in rough terrain, it is comfortable, it is efficient.
It's like riding a wave with a nice board, shaped by a good shaper.
I think I will run less, and ride more :-)
Thanks ebay !!
Hope this new stuff will give me a lot of fun. And also, I hope it will save my knees ...
Strange strange strange.
My ipod is weird. It behaves as if it's haunted.
It selects the play list it wants and launches it, without asking me anything.
So as a result :
2 days ago I went to the gym with it and the battery was out because it was turned on, without I did anything (it was locked, so couldn't be a false move from me).
Last night, as it was on its docking station, it began to sing without my permission, and woke me up at 3h00 AM.
I am always surprised by the technology and how it behaves when getting old ...
Does anyone else has such a problem with an Ipod ?
Latest news from the AFP. The rebels accepted the principle of a cease-fire.
What I like is the comment of the rebels about the Air strikes :
Le porte-parole des rebelles Abderaman Koulamallah a reconnu l'intervention des hélicoptères, mais assuré qu'ils n'avaient causé "aucun dégât".
"Nous sommes dissimulés sous les arbres, et étalés sur une vingtaine de kilomètres, entre 10 et 30 km au nord", a-t-il ajouté. "Mais N'Djamena peut toujours fanfaronner, nous encerclons la ville et avons conservé nos forces quasiment intactes".
It's the first time I see that trees are strong enough to protect people against Air strikes.
I think that in Irak and Afghanistan now, they will use trees to protect from Apache's attacks ... :-)
And as usual, a lot of deaths, refugees, and civilian casualties for what ?
Crazy world !
Message received right now, 12h48 GMT :
Withdrawal to the French Operation Base. We fear another attack.
(picture : AFP/SONIA ROLLEY)
Here are some news received directly from N'Djamena, Chad, where the war is on, and rebels are fighting against the President (Deby). I received this news by SMS
(picture taken on "lemonde.fr" - French Defense Ministry)
1st of Feb : +237xxxxxxx Here is my Cameroun phone number in case of. I do not sleep at home tonight, but with friends.
2nd of Feb :
- They are in town. We are all grouped in one house. We are planning an extraction if the planes can land.
- The French are gathering the French Citizens to make an evacuation.
- looting in town. Stand by. We have an armored vehicle. Good to have a security chief with a good experience of wars. If not, it would be such a mess.
- Quiet after intense fights from 8h30 till 17. French helicopters are flying over the city and the airport. I decided to stay, because we still have some staff in the East of the country.
- For the moment, the Army won against the rebels. French Army secured some key points for the extractions of foreign citizens.
- French Army is extracting the foreign citizens.
3rd of Feb :
- Security Chief tries to drive the people to the airport. I'm still in the house. 5 planes for to extract people. Isolated staff is driven to the airport in armored cars.
- Thanks. I do not move. Head down !
- I begin to write the summary of last days for the HQ. Lessons learnt
- Neutral ... (about France). Chief Secu is driving the people to the french base. Helicos. Hope we'll get flights. There were shots on the vehicles this morning.
- 103 staff extracted to Gabon and Cameroun. Trying to set up an office to manage the crisis.Shots stopped.
- Office and home robbed. A new life begins ....
- Moved population everywhere, humanitarian crisis rising.
