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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38334469879852886932014-10-14T08:58:46.945-07:00A Runner's LifeThe original purpose of this blog is to provide some entertainment and tips for new and not so new runners. It's now evolved to an all purpose blog or repository for stories and pictures.Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-35525964508000584442014-04-07T10:33:00.002-07:002014-04-07T10:33:29.872-07:00Will the legal community go paperless? 1) From criminal prosecutions to the smallest of civil matters, evidence of all kinds is being accumulated, stored and disseminated in pdf, jpg or jpeg formats.
2) The providers of evidence are scanning and storing that evidence rather than incurring the expense of storing, copying and providing those documents to firms, agencies or corporations. Document repositories of millions of pages of paper are no longer necessary. Teams of lawyers, paralegals and investigators poring over these documents are becoming a thing of the past as document providers find it is more profitable to scan the documents they can and destroy what they don't want to retain.
3) Courts are understaffed and are no longer equipped to process the massive volume of paper formally kept in paper files. Courts are increasing having huge backlogs of pleadings, orders and other documents waiting to be physically placed in the paper files. Eventually, the local Courts will have no choice but to require all parties to submit all documents in pdf or an similar form. Call it the trickle down effect of PACER.
4) In the private sector, it is becoming increasingly evident that as the corporate world goes paperless, it will force the law firms it employs to adapt to this new reality.
4) Finally, the demographic of the Judges, attorneys, paralegals, investigators and other staff has evolved to the point that spending hours shuffling papers is no longer a viable means of prosecuting or litigating a case. Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-88387374192245875832011-12-28T12:02:00.000-08:002011-12-28T12:02:29.840-08:00After Christmas Special

So, you spent the Christmas holidays doing intervals between Nordstroms and the other stores? Ate more than a Offensive Tackle for the local football team? Feeling broke? Then it's time to lace on the sneaks and take those slow and easy steps back to fitness. Also a good time to look at a race calendar, figure out which races you't like to do and plan a training schedule. In my case, my first race won't be until February at the earliest and I'll look at it as a way to gauge my fitness. my peak races are always in the late summer of fall. So my suggestion to you is that if your peak race is after the spring, ease back into training slowly. Slow runs with only one intense workout a week. The key is to not try to get into race fitness as soon as possible. Doing that will result in two things-burnout (if you're lucky) or an injury. So avoid that and take it easy, just like Chilly Willy in the picture. Cheers!!Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-34171125211543152762011-12-02T12:16:00.000-08:002011-12-02T12:16:33.792-08:00I love the off season

Time for golf at Lincoln Park in San Francisco.

Playing some soccer and work on my Irish tan.

More golf at the Pacific Grove Golf Links

Still more golf-hole in one at the Grayson puny muni.Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-80789138543677613782011-11-02T21:52:00.000-07:002011-11-02T21:52:06.484-07:00Cross Training for Trail Runners part 2BALANCE

One legged stands-lift one leg and see how long before you start sibling and have to put the leg down,
One legged stands with your eyes closed.No, I'm not kidding. Just don't do it near stairs or a cliff.
If you have access to an Indonesia board, use it. An Indonesia board is a two foot ong piece of wood balanced atop a barrel Rock back and forth. If you want to get creative, stand on it and hold a weight and do some square.

CORE

Planks
Crunches
Dips
Back extensions
All the usual stuff we all know and love
Do these A's often A's possible.

OTHER SPORTS

Now is the time to swim, try the rock climbing gym, spin class whatever floats your boat. Don't feel guilty about not running. Scott Jurek, the great trail runner, winner of 7 Wester States 100 mile races, takes a couple months off with no running, every off season. So relax and enjoy the off season!

OKAY, get off the couch, turn off the TV and get ready for next season.

Oh and try to get dome runs in.Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-13500451189082701902011-11-02T21:36:00.000-07:002011-11-02T21:36:48.519-07:00Cross Training for Trail RunnersIt was an epic day on Mount Diablo. Just me, running the trails and hundreds of bunnie rabbits. Instead of patting myself on the back for deciding to take a day off, I thought about the off season and doing the cross training we runners all tell ourselves we're going to do and don't. I decided that for trail runners, there are things that can always be improved upon. These are:

1) Agility
2) leg strength
3) Balance
3) Core strength

Suggestions for off season workouts (November to February)

AGILITY

Jump rope-keep the feet low to the ground, jump for one to three minutes, rest and repeat
Step ups on a bench or platform
Slalom runs-set up objects on the ground approximate three feet apart and run sprints
Stair sprints-moving your feet A's fast A's possible, run up and down flights of stairs, focus on being quick

LEG STRENGTH

Off to the gym you go, leg presses, leg extensions, use all the leg machines, while doing these with your iPod, remember to thank Steve Jobs.
Long jumps-stand, bend the knees and jump out, do over a dozen times. Don't be shocked if you find yourself exhausted doing these, then try them with one leg
Now, it's back to the stairs. Jump up one or two stairs with both legs at the same time. You'll hate me now, but, you'll think fond of me when you pass all those frat boys on the hillsJohnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-50783998506495908492011-10-11T09:47:00.000-07:002011-10-11T09:47:44.346-07:00fun time in PortlandIf you run, whether it's a 5K up to an ultra marathon, you need to race in Oregon. Imagine being surrounded by thousands of runners and being able to run on the streets without fearing for your life. We stayed in the downtown Hilton, where the expo was located. Very nice swag, great tech shirt and other goodies. Spent a half an hour chatting with Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic gold medalist in the marathon. We mostly talked about work, his hike in the hills above Portland and his bum right knee. Very bright and interesting guy.

The race went well. A light drizzle, nothing serious. Crowded from beginning to end. Ran a consistent 8 minute pace for a 3:35, 18th in my age group. The biggest reward for me was knowing I was able to focus the entire race even when things got grim.Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-81945986071659644622011-10-04T08:29:00.000-07:002011-10-04T08:29:18.294-07:00RACE WEEKIt's the Tuesday before the Portland Marathon and the future is cloudy. Woke up with a cold on Sunday morning. I responded by vegging all day Sunday and knocking myself out with Nyquil-on of the world's greatest inventions. The forecast for the race is rain and since it's Oregon, there will be lots of rain and it will be cold. I've been through this before, many times in fact. The deal is that its been years since I've raced in Oregon in the fall-college in fact.

It's obviously I'm suffering from pre-race jitters, the ones that all racers get. "Have I trained enough?" "Am I sick, injured?" "Why is my calf hurting?" The usual. It's not unexpected and I know I'll be ready by Sunday.Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-22830556246178890052011-09-23T11:30:00.000-07:002011-09-23T11:30:33.816-07:00A sublime ending to the 2011 Season for the Oakland A's.

Mixing the awful (dental appointment) with the great, (A's game), on my day off resulted in some serious reflection between innings of the A's vs. Texas game. This season I went to more games than I have since my college days when tickets were cheap and I had more free time than I needed. To my delight, my wife the lovely one became an A's fan and we spent some great time together at the games. She teases me that I am like Jimmy Fallon's character in "Fever Pitch." I might be, but, I haven't been able to find an Oakland A's shower curtain, but, I'm still looking.

It may be a long cold winter until spring training. But I've already put down my deposit for season tickets for next year. Also, Hollywood, or more specifically, Brad Pitt have produced a movie about Billy Beane and the 2002 Athletics. I hope the movie creates more fans because we sure do need more bodies out at the ballpark!

I haven't set the date yet for my annual Baseball Movie Film Festival, but announcements should be made shortly. In the meantime, I will gaze fondly at the above photo and I hope you do too until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-555170169192469312011-09-14T11:19:00.000-07:002011-09-14T11:19:36.251-07:00My Escape from RealityMost of my summer was spent working on my backyard. We decided to make some major changes and I am so glad we did. Now when I come home from work, I go outside and sit on the swing and read or watch netflix movies on my ipad, enjoying the cool breeze and the quiet. Here's a sampleer.

What used to be grass, weeds and bare dirt is now this:

And this:

and this:

Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-80430549770655952352011-09-13T13:30:00.000-07:002011-09-13T13:30:39.055-07:00It's Been a Long Time!Back again to post an update. Since my last post, I've run in a view trail races, ran the Oakland Half Marathon in 1:31 finishing 2nd in my age group, ran the 100th running of the Bay to Breakers in 50:14 and most recently, 30K trail race in Oakland where I finished 1st in my age group only because I was running against myself. My next race is the Portland Marathon in October, the first travel race I've done with my wife which is why I am starting up with this blog again, so I can chronicle our trip.

I've also been coaching a few runners for their own races which gives me a chance to write or say the word "I" less often. It was very satisfying seeing them reach their goals. It is true that men tend to do a poor job at running easy on "easy" days and that some women aren't so good at pushing themselves when running becomes painful. That said, it was a great experience and I am hoping to do more coaching in the future. Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-14005102394969386412011-04-11T11:27:00.000-07:002011-04-11T11:27:53.255-07:00IntervalsWith the Bay to Breakers a mere 5 weeks away, it was time for some speed work, so off to the local track I went.

Memories of my high school track came flooding back as I warmed up. Familiar red cinder track crunching under my feet, I regained 35 years. Almost empty, except for one dog walker, I remembered going into oxygen debt on the 3rd lap, the elbows thrown while jockeying for position and the black spots in my eyes as I sprinted around the last curve to the homestretch. Today, I ran my intervals, not as fast as in high School or college, but the pain was oh so familiar. I could have worked at the state of the art track at the other high school in townJohnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-87997740037226420822011-03-28T09:02:00.000-07:002011-03-28T09:02:36.966-07:001st Race of the 2011 SeasonTo find out what kind of shape I'm in, I ran in the 2011 Oakland Half Marathon. This is a failrly small race with less than 10,000 runners for both the Half and Full Marathon. The event was well organized and I recommend it for all levels of runners. There is even a moonlight 5K that goes around Jack London Square. The expo was at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Oakland and it was fast and efficient with loads of booths for products and other races.

The start of the Half was set for 9:00 a.m on 3/27/11. I drove to Oakland, arriving at Franklin and 14th Street around 6:45. I walked around the start, noting that all the runners had to sort of funnel through a inflatable staring gate. I decided to get in front to avoid any crashes in the iron gates near the start. I watched the start of the marathon at 7:30, saw that there was no problem getting through the starting gate and went back to the Jeep for my warmup. I stretched for a bit, then did a 10 minute per mile jog around the lake for about 3 miles.

At the start, I lined up at the front and got off all right. The pace felt quick, but I wanted to see what the split was at the first mile. It was 6:25, so I turned it down a bit, my goal being 6:50-7:00 per mile. From then on, I was able to keep a consistent pace, skipping the water startions because I felt pretty hydrated and it was very cool. If the sun had been out, I would have drank water after the halfway point. Around mile 10, the course wound around some muddy and curved trails at Lake Merritt. I lost some time here going around walkers and people hanging around the park. This is the only section of the race course I would change. Other than that, I liked the course.

Throughout the race, I was able to keep my pace consistent, but there was no speed. Not surprising because I haven't done any speed work so far this season. I was strong enough to have run the marathon if I had wanted to, probably in the 3:35-3:40 range. Instead of sprinting at the finish, I cruised in and my time was 1:31:45, good for 2nd place in my age group and 62 overall.

I'm happy with my level of fitness, but I need to focus on speed (intervals and surges) between now and May 15th, 2011 when I run in the Bay to Breakers.Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-84827870790251218812011-03-22T10:14:00.000-07:002011-03-22T10:14:53.506-07:00On the Comeback TrailYes, it's been a long time between posts. Life, as they say, got in the way. That said, racing season is here. On March 27, 2011, I'll be racing the Oakland Half Marathon to see what kind of shape I am in. Then in May, I'll be running in the 100th Bay to Breakers. I was able to get in the first corral, so I don't have to spend the first mile weaving in and out of traffic. Then, there will be 2, maybe 3 trail races in the summer. The most important race for me this year is the Portland Marathon in October.

So, that's my season. I'll do better with the postings, with photos etc. Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-6443710502250450442010-08-16T21:44:00.000-07:002010-08-16T21:44:46.306-07:00OOPSPlease excuse the audio clips that don't work and naturally, I couldn't figure out how to delete them without losing the entire post. Ah well, this will pass.Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-6560130797831092262010-08-15T19:47:00.000-07:002010-08-16T21:28:15.116-07:00A View From My Backyard
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After a very nice dinner of bbq chicken, mashed potatos and steamed vegies, I settled down on our bench in the backyard. I read from Jason Elliot's "An Unexpected Light." A fantastic book, it chronicles Elliot's travels through Afganistan, the people he meets and the culture he discovers. I think that governments that try to unify that many tribeled land are engaging in a futile and tragic exercise. Why do they do it? I think that politicians feed on such quests, believing that governments and laws are the answer to all problems and in order to justify their pathetic existence, say they will solve the never ending problem. I suppose I could fall into the trap of losing sleep over taxes yet to be paid, the job that I have to work inorder to pays those taxes or, I could come to my senses, sit on my bench, drink a beer and read a book.

Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-87232770736735075362010-07-18T16:05:00.000-07:002010-07-18T16:05:01.516-07:00Backpacking and Fly Fishing in Yosemite 7/16/10 to 7/18/10What does fly fishing have to do with running, well nothing, except both are outdoor activities and I live and outdoor life. So, there you go.

Around 5:30, my friend Don and I started our trip to to the Ten Lakes region of Yosemite. This is a photo I took of the lake in the early morning, right before we started fishing.

This is the last part of the trail before arriving at the lake. Phew! hardest hike ever!

While Don was doing this...................I was doing this

Take a look at the dark clouds behind me. Just seconds earlier, there was lightening. And here I am holding a metal fishing rod. Sometimes I'm a regular Einstein!

So beautiful, I can't wait to go back
Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-24290938643997766652010-06-30T10:39:00.000-07:002010-06-30T10:39:32.978-07:00JOURNEYS-1973

My parents were either insane or perfect normal and had an insane moment. Either way, they let me live by myself 130 miles away from home for my senior of high school. Looking back, this wasn't the beginning of my travels, just the first of my prolonged journeys. This bout of insanity wasn't the first time my parents went off the deep end. In my sophmore year of high school, they let a friend and I use their car to drive up to their cabin. That ended when I let my friend drive even though he didn't have a license. I looked up from my book to see a wall of redwood trees in front of us as we drove off a cliff. My parent's car was severely damaged, but repairable. When my parents again went insane, letting that same friend and I take the same car on a roadtrip to Northern California and Southern Oregon, I made sure to finish the job on the car by playing pinball at 90 miles an hour on the steel girders bordering a southern Oregon highway. My parents were apparently slow learners.Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-37029655352907661322010-06-27T21:12:00.000-07:002010-06-27T21:12:49.697-07:00Growing Old with Youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYI5bKZMes

Yes, it's an awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww moment. That is, if this link works!Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-53558893813316907182010-06-27T21:10:00.000-07:002010-06-27T21:10:28.101-07:00Life in the Slow LaneIn a moment of insanity. my wife agreed to go camping on Mt. Diablo this weekend. What's not to like? 90 degree heat and very long and steep hike to the summit. RV's full of over indulged, overfed and over beered morons at the campsite up the hill?

Well, Here's something to like. Sunset at Juniper Campground. Pretty sweet, hey? Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-37052661207601402472010-06-17T16:19:00.001-07:002010-06-17T16:19:30.999-07:00More signs................This from MAB

…."that you dated someone who worked for Mountain Hardware wayyyyyyy longer than you should have because the thought of having to give up free outdoor performance wear and spontaneous camping trips was too much to bear"Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-91225389507984665772010-06-17T14:06:00.000-07:002010-06-17T14:29:15.910-07:00Signs that you were destined to live your life in the outdoors1) When you were a toddler and your Mom said it was time to go inside, you wailed so loud dogs and cats hid from your voice.

2) That you weren't running away from home, you were just going for a long hike.

3) When you were a kid on a tour of Alcatrez, visions of your school flashed in your head.

4) When you served in the Navy, you thought it was a great idea to go for a run at 2am on a greasy steel flight deck that was pitching 10-30 degreess from side to side.

5) When your buddies invited you to go on a pub crawl and you tell them that you have to hit the sack early to get a good start on a hiking/biking/fishing trip to the mountains.

6) That all of your work clothes are made by The North Face.

7) That your favorite artist is Ansel Adams, followed closely by Jimmy Chin. and that you even know who these people are.

8) That your apartment and later your house contains the following toys, kayak, hiking/camping gear, mountain bike, road bike, fishing gear, climbing gear,surfboard and trail/road running shoes. Also known as having your own personal sports basement.

9) That when you walk by a building, you think, "hey, that might be fun to climb."

10) That you believe that skateboarders are kindred spirits and highly talented and dedicated athletes and not obnoxious punks destroying perfectly good concrete.

11) That your favorite tv channels are Universal Sports, Versus, Discovery and National Geographic.

12) That you believe that Jacque Cousteau is the world's greatest Frenchman and one of the world's greatest explorers and should be ordained to be the patron saint of the ocean.

13) That if you had a choice, the new national anthem would be written and sung by Jack Johnson.

14) That you think women with skinned knees and hands from climbing or mountain biking are a lot sexier than some bimbette in LA.

15) That you think that men wearing suits, except on formal occasions like weddings and funerals are woosies.

16) That men should never wear purses or use briefcases. Backpacks only please.

17) That you have a 6 foot high stack of old Outside Magazines in your home.

18) That you have only read GQ magazine when visiting the doctor and even that, you were only reading it for laughs.

19) That you hate all Tom Cruise movies except the beginning of Mission Impossible 2 when he is doing some climbing.

20) That you try not to laugh when some overfed frat boy with cheeto and beer stains on his "No Fear" tee shirt tells you about how much he loves sports.

Okay, that's enough from me feel free to add more!Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-71682184936173751532010-06-08T10:04:00.000-07:002010-06-08T10:04:48.364-07:00Born to Run 2If you've read my post about the book Born to Run, you'll know how much I loved it. Now, thanks to Outside Magazine (my favorite magazine of all time), you can look at photos of the great race. See Jurek, Micah True aka Caballo, the local runners and the beautiful country that is Copper Canyon.

http://outsideonline.com/travel/travel-gd-running-mexicos-copper-canyon-photos-photo-gallery-sidwcmdev_123105.htmlJohnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-68754276216073101432010-06-06T12:32:00.000-07:002010-06-06T12:32:50.565-07:00A Hot Day On Mt. DiabloGoing into this 25K race, my goals were to find out what kind of shape I was in and to get in some solid training miles. It's a good thing my goals were modest because the course the race directors chose resulted in all but the very best runners walking large portions of the uphill trails to the summit. Oh and throw in a 90 degree day and it could have been a grim tale indeed for yours truly. But, since I was treating it like a training run and not a race, I wore my hydration pack. Talk about your life saver!!! I emptied it about 2/3 of the way, filled it up at the aid station and then refilled it at the summit. Sport Jellies by Jelly belly, loads of salty potato chips and a granola bar were enough food to get me through the race. I am glad I did this race, but have to admit that I much prefer the trails on the north side where I live, more interesting, hardly any walking and MORE SHADE!! haha

Stats 3:32, 47th place overall, 3rd place in my age group.

I was more nervous about how a runner I've been coaching did in her trail half marathon. Finally, she called and gave me her race report and it was a good one! 3:02 and a solid placing. WAY TO GO ROBIN!!!Johnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-45918480530477976402010-06-02T20:27:00.000-07:002010-06-02T20:27:13.644-07:00First Race of the YearOn Saturday, June 5th, I'll be doing the Diablo 25K on Mt. (you guessed it!) Diablo. I haven't been doing much serious training, so, I'm pretty nervous. I try to tell myself this is just for training, but I haven't convinced myself. We'll see!Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833446987985288693.post-40997537523704326482010-06-01T20:44:00.000-07:002010-06-01T20:44:37.964-07:00Get This Book

Here is the Barnes & Noble review of "Born to Run."

Filled with unforgettable characters who go fully against the cultural grain (a mysterious Mexican tribe of cliff dwellers who run hundreds of miles with ease, a cerebral former prizefighter who's become a hermit in the Mexican hills, a vegan ultra-serene ultramarathoner, two Beat-loving young guns who drink as hard as they run, a hilarious, Kramer-like renegade barefoot runner with logorrhea), Christopher McDougall's first book, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, ostensibly tells the tale of the seriously socially challenged and self-named Caballo Blanco (White Horse) and his attempts to put together a 50-mile running race between the elite members of the dwindling Taruhumara tribe and some of the best American practitioners of ultrarunning, a sport for those who for some reason want to go farther than the standard 26.2-mile marathon distance. But McDougall, a contributing editor for Men's Health and a writer-at-large for Runner's World, as well as an ultrarunner who competes in the eventual race, uses the occasion to convincingly overturn standard running ideas (you don't need those super-expensive, mega-cushioned shoes!), figure out just why our ancestors picked up their hands from the ground and started running upright, and back up the concept that Nike is to blame for every running injury in existence for the past two decades. Along the way, he shares the stories of his characters and the history of ultrarunning in such an entertaining and engaging fashion that at times you want to put the book down, kick off your shoes, head out the door, and just simply run. --Mark J. Miller

It's all true. Also, Scott Jurek and Ann Trason, two premier trail runners participated in the race with the Tarahumara Indians. http://www.scottjurek.com/ had their hands full with men in their 50's! One Tarahumara man in his late 50's won the Leadville 100 trail race. http://www.leadvilletrail100.com/

El Blanco Cabballo, one of the heroes of Born to Run. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o375sYfPC3w

Keep Dreaming says the White Horse.

Read this book!!!Johnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com

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I am over the halfway point of my prom season and wanted to share some photos from the Herkimer High School formal at Hotel Utica.
The kids had a great time dining on a variety of food and kept the kitchen staff busy refilling the chicken riggies on the buffet.
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|I have noticed that with my vining plants, such as beans, squash, etc., I have fewer problems with insects, such as aphids, squash vine borers, pickleworm, etc., if the plants are growing in a big mess. If they're growing "properly spaced" and "orderly" I seem to have quite a few problems with insects. This seems counter-intuitive to me.
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|I have noticed the same thing - even true for ant problems -seems the more weedy I allow the area to get the less infestation. Maybe Dave has some ideas on why this is so. Dave ? Anybody else ?
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I'd have to agree and say you guys got it right. I can't honestly think of any other reason! I guess with more cover, there's more hiding places for the predators to pounce from, so-to-speak. Whereas in a wide open area the lizards don't feel so at home. That's why you see them in the fenceline vines so often, more cover there. Those Cattle Egrets are a threat to the lizards too, depending on where you're at, so they would be smart to keep a low profile while they're out hunting!
The inchworms;
I've got another insect related, relatively off-topic, request too. I'll post a new thread when I post the photograph on this one, I have to look up some images before-hand....Lol.
Hope this helps ya out a little guys! In the end, I don't recommend letting the garden go completely wild to control insects. Remember, if kept clean it's easier to spot the problem before it gets too bad...if it's TOO hard to tell the bugs from the plants, the damage is done before you even realize it!
P.S. I'm gonna hit you up this week Pueokai, promise! Lol. Talk to ya then!
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The proliferation of state and local regulation designed to control immigrant movement generated considerable media attention and high-profile lawsuits in 2006 and 2007. Proponents and opponents of these measures share one basic assumption, with deep roots in constitutional doctrine and political rhetoric: immigration control is the exclusive responsibility of the federal government. Because of the persistence of this assumption, assessments of this important trend have failed to explain why state and local measures are arising in large numbers, and why the regulatory uniformity both sides claim to seek is neither achievable nor desirable.
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XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition and CrossFire Results
New GPU Testbed - Sandy Bridge-E, X79, New Games
For the Radeon HD 7970 3GB review we decided it was high time we replaced the somewhat dated Nehalem-based infrastructure (even though honestly, it was fast enough) with something a bit more current. Obviously that meant going with the new Intel Sandy Bridge-E processor and X79 motherboard - by combining support for 40 PCI Express lanes and 3-4 full size GPU slots it makes for the perfect GPU base.
From this point on, our reviews will based around the following system:
- Intel Core i7-3960X CPU
- ASUS P9X79 Pro motherboard
- Corsair DDR3-1600 4 x 4GB Vengeance memory
- 600GB Western Digital VelociRaptor HDD
- 1200 watt Corsair Professional Series power supply
- Windows 7 SP1 x64
The ASUS P9X79 Pro
The Intel Core i7-3960X gives us the fastest consumer-level CPU on the market to help eliminate the possibility of any processor-based bottlenecks in our testing (whenever possible). There are still going to be some games that could use more speed (Skyrim comes to mind) but for our purposes this is as good as you get without getting into any kind of overclocked settings. The ASUS P9X79 Pro motherboard has enough space for three dual-slot graphics cards when the time comes for testing 3-Way SLI and CrossFire and 8 DIMM slots should we want to go up from our current setup of 16GB of Corsair Vengeance memory.
I chose to stick with the 600GB VelociRaptor hard drive rather than an SSD as our total installation size with Windows 7 SP1 x64 and 6+ games was already hitting the 115GB range. Finally the 1200 watt power supply from Corsair offers up more than enough juice for three power hungry graphics cards while running quietly enough to not throw off our noise testing drastically.
Speaking of noise, for this article we are re-introducing our sound level testing thanks to the Extech 407738 Sound Level Meter capable of monitor decibel ratings as low as 20db. This allows me to accurately tell you the noise levels generated by the graphics cards that make in-house at PC Perspective.
Along with the new hardware configuration comes a host of new games. For this review we will be using the following benchmarks and games for performance evaluation:
- Battlefield 3
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- DiRT 3
- Batman: Arkham City
- Metro 2033
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- 3DMark11
- Unigine Heaven v2.5
This collection of games is both current and takes into account several different genres as well - first person role playing, third person action, racing, first person shooting, etc. 3DMark11 and Unigine Heaven give us a way to see how the cards stack up in a more synthetic environment while the real-world gameplay testing provided by the six games completes the performance picture.
Our GPU comparisons for this review are pretty easy to predict. We will be looking at the XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition that comes overclocked out of the box, the reference Radeon HD 7970, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 and the AMD Radeon HD 6970 cards.
- XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition - $599
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB - $549
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB - $499
- AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB - $349
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- XFX HD 7970 vs Reference HD 7970 - How much difference does the clock speed increase make in our game testing? Enough to warrant the price gap?
- XFX HD 7970 vs HD 6970 - How much more does the 7970 look now in the retail packaging?
- XFX HD 7970 vs GTX 580 - Again, more of the same - does the GTX 580 look more like it needs a price drop or is price point of these HD 7970 retail cards too high to force NVIDIA to make a move?
We are also going to show you dual-GPU CrossFire testing so be sure you keep an eye out on the GPU scaling from one 7970 to a pair. Hopefully AMD will impress us with stabile scaling on the modern titles we use in our testbed.
Now, with that out of the way, let's get on with the results and see how the brand new XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB card performs!
You know what the crying shame here is you can get a xbox 360 bundle and a small tv for the price.
I can get up and gaming on that price before I even get a decent gaming pc built around that card.
Still, if I give it a year my beer budget might get a taste of that bottle of wine.
I get this feeling too, but when I think about it logically the price of PC gaming isnt as bad as it first looks.
1: A current console is undoubtably on its way out within the next year.
2: Although current editions of consoles are stable, my Xbox has long since rrod and I wouldn't like to sink more money into this aging console even at the price.
3: Steam. All my console playing friends are envious of the steam deals I get for older AAA titles.
4: My computer is used for much much more than gaming.
Just a couple of excuses to favour PC gaming.
consoles are way outdated, cant be upgraded, lack controls, graphics cant be pumped up. Heck graphics tech in PCs were HD since 2002.
Yeah consoles have there pro's, but i wane see any console beet my experience doing for example WoW, F1 or BF3, on 3 screens at 5760x1200 ^_^
I played BF3 on a PS3, man that just sucks in comparison on the PC with mouse and 3 screens!!!
Dose not mean i don't play with my PS3, Xbox or Wii anymore, its just, games like guitar hero is made for the console and Battlefield is for the PC.
I use raser deathstalker keyboard and black mumba 2012 edition mouse and for some games it works and others i like to use for PC, my xbox wireless controller. Sorted ;-)
I use raser deathstalker ultimate keyboard and black mumba 2012 edition mouse and for some games it works and others i like to use for PC, my xbox wireless controller. Sorted ;-)
A good gaming PC experience is not more expensive than a lesser console experience -- often cheaper.
Sony's PS3 at launch, which cost $499 to purchase... cost Sony just over $800 to make.
Think about how much you're getting gouged in license fees to pay all that back plus research, development, and marketing. Xbox is actually worse -- not buying Xbox Live for four years will pay for a videocard. In other words, upgrading your PC to a console-like gaming experience (decent internals + a ~$250 videocard every 4 years) can be paid for in Xbox Live fees alone.
And then you add in $10/game license fees, accessories that are deliberately made uncompatible, owning multiple platforms because you're *paying* Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to NOT provide you every game on the market by nature of being proprietary and non-binary-compatible with each other... etc. (And believe me, there's plenty in the et cetra category)
You getting gouged, son.
not sure if anyone replied to you but when the PS3 launched it cost 700 dollars.
I'm at 60hrs using a 6850, 1080p maxed.....and a 3.5yr old e8400, so learn before you make a goose of yourself.
Sure PC are much more. And why would you buy an XBOX when you can buy a board game for $20? Because an XBOX can do more right? XBOX can't watch and burn blu-rays, store 3TB of data, create HD videos, Photoshop, program mobile apps, work from home, multi-task on the web, share files around your entire house, boot from multiple OSs, double as a recording studio, (Not to mention I can hack and mod an XBOX with my PC).A high end gaming PC will be an awesome gaming device for 2-3 years and good HOME PC for 5 years. An XBOX will only be a mediocre gaming console for 2-3. There's no comparison. And that's why I build PCs.
Does AMD need to do firmware to make this card look better?
Dirt seem to do so well?
Is that a surprise or normal to others?
Yes, I do think they will fix this with drivers in the future. The question is HOW QUICKLY.
I believe that you may have posted the 2560x1600 Crossfire Bar Chart image instead of the 2560x1600 Non-Crossfire Bar Chart on the Metro 2033 page.
Fixed, thanks!!
Your temps are higher than it should be. I think you messed up somewhere.
Is that the Delta, what is the ambient temps?
Every other review shows temp much lower than what you have.
Amateur review. Guru3d, Hardwareheaven among others had no issues with Crossfire in any of the games you did. sad to see a reviewer who cannot set up his system blame it on drivers. 7970 is amazing and fastest card in the world, improve your review skills for the future
Bitchy comment. If PCPER is getting problems then it stands to reason other people will too. When doing a review all you can do is report what YOU find and not what someone elses finds. Otherwise you might as well copy and paste from AMD's web site
Anyway, all I can afford to do at the moment is look.
Ah well. We still have NVIDIA stuff to wait for.
We are all waiting till May aren't we?????
Other review sites may have had access to prerelease drivers, different system configurations along with many other variables. The card doesn't always just pop in and work 100% of the time.
It is a brand new CPU, brand new mobo, brand new GPU, and you expect it to be flawless? Heh, you must be new at this.
If you honestly have such a high opinion of Guru3D and Hardwareheaven then by all means go chill out over there and praise them. It isn't worth the brainwaves to come over here and put someone down.
You could have, however, said "hey ryan, these guys didn't have issues, maybe you would want to contact them?"
I guess I was an amateur when I found this problem when no other reviewer did?
And then NVIDIA reproduced and is fixing it?
Please, I realize we aren't perfect, but I have been doing this for 12 years and know a little something about troubleshooting. If I tried all the things I could to fix it here and I COULD NOT DO IT, then consumers are going to be fucked.
Ryan don't listen to the trolls. I respect and believe your reviews above just about anyone else. You, Anand, and the Twit crew are who I trust.
This guy is just being a troll and looking for some attention.
Score one for Ryan, zip for the dorkentroll. :D
Looks real nice. Thanks for the review.
Nice job Ryan. I'm glad you held off on "awarding" anything for this card. While the motif and metal work is nice, it is by no means a monster overclock and something I am sure all reference cards will be able to achieve with nothing more then the AMD driver and a good set of fans in the case.
I think the main issue with the cooler is just plain inefficiency. The air is pressed into a metal box and the heat isn't taken away from the core nearly fast enough. I think a large copper plate on the back as well as some heatpipes from say a FROZR III cooler will do the trick nicely. Don't know if the tiny vent on the top of the slot is enough to allow the air to vent, but I know with the GB and MSI non reference designs the intake has a slot on the HDD side to allow for the HDD fans to pass air over them as well. Would have liked to have seen that from XFX.
In terms of my quest to get a 7970 and pricing issues and what not, I think the important thing to consider here is AMD/ATI took a major whooping with the 58xx/69xx cards. The 460 and 560 as well as others had nearly flawless SLI performance scaling and the prices to match. Let's all not be fooled here, the prices are this high because they can be, people want new cards and they don't care the price. It is tax season, and Nvidia can only sit and watch until they more then likely spank the hell out of AMD/ATI.
I am a fan of ATI/AMDs stuff and I am saying that, keep in mind. I don't think we will see the full potential of this architecture until next time around, and I am more then willing to bet that by this time next year or the year after (whenever it happens) AMD will be in a much nicer spot then waiting for Nvidia to make a move to pass them up.
In any regards, The issue shown with the Skyrim low frame rates seems to be a non issue as many review sites are indeed getting well over the frame rates reported here.
For amd cards, to have vsync off u need to put iPresentInterval=0 in documents/mygames/skyrim skyrim.ini under display. Not in skyrimpref.ini like nvidia.
Blame Bethesda and their crap codes. Skyboost mod gives 10% +
boost cause they didn't optimize their codes.
I will try out that Skrim refresh tweak but my understand was that you still couldn't go above the 60 Hz limit.
I got an amd card and getting above 70 fps inside buildings.
Don't know why amd's line had to be in skyrim.ini but was happy when got it running.
wow, this review is depressing compared to all the others, i also think it was your setup than the drivers...
ps you review seems to be the odd one out (me against the world baby) or me one or two others lol
Good job Ryan, you find another one early weakness of HD 7970. Most of other review is more focused on racing performance rather than the real condition of HD 7970. It must be realized that the review is part of improvements that AMD needed to succeed. The reader should understand that good and bad experiences of the author will be experienced by all users of the HD 7970.
Ryan - any plan for crossfire + eyefinity test w/ SLI'd 580's in surround for a comparison?
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dark colored bill, while the females have an orange bill with a
dark tip. At adulthood, the drake's bill becomes an olive yellow
while the female's is nearly black.
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is, at best, a challenge. Hatchery hens are extremely washed
out, with little of the fawn coloring they are supposed to have,
while some hens don't even have an olive-colored bill and are
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The Welsh Harlequin was developed in 1949 by Group Captain
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produced two oddly colored ducklings. Over the years Bonnet kept
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The original flock that sprang from the unusual babies were
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the color Bonnet described in his book, Practical
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flock came the Silver Harlequins. There are no records of Bonnet
keeping the colors separated.
In 1968 catastrophe struck when the birds were not shut in
properly and a fox decimated Bonnet's Harlequin flock to such a
degree that he was forced to merge his remaining ducks with his
Whalesbury Hybrids and seek out other breeders who had purchased
Welsh Harlequins from him in the past.
He discovered a small flock of his originals living with
Edward Grayson from Lancashire, who had bought the birds five
years prior and fallen in love with them. With his originals to
work with again, Bonnet got to work and reintroduced new Khaki
Campbell blood. Initially being a Campbell sport, the Harlequin
was almost genetically identical to the Campbell and helped
dilute the Whalesbury Hybrid genes, and in doing this, he was
able to avoid the risk of too much inbreeding. This second flock
was dubbed "Harlequin Campbells." The name would change again to
its final current form when Bonnet and his family moved to North
Whales sometime later.
It was Grayson, not Bonnet, who sat down and wrote up a
complete standard and formed the Welsh Harlequin Duck Club. When
an inaccurate version was published by the Poultry Club in 1982
he sat down and worked on it again, getting it submitted to the
British Waterfowl Association in 1986-87. In 1997 it was finally
included in the British Poultry Standards.
In America, the Welsh Harlequin wasn't available until the
year of the fox attacks when John Fugate, a breeder from
Tennessee, imported eggs from Bonnet's current flock, bringing
the breed to the US for the first time. While there were a few
Goldens in the hatch most of the ducklings turned out to be
By 1980 all of the original birds were isolated in two small
flocks in America, and the inbreeding was becoming a problem.
Fugate then imported birds, this time as adults from breeders in
Europe that arrived in America in 1982. By 1984 the flocks had
rebounded enough for him to offer birds for sale to the public.
In October, 2001, the American Poultry Association officially
recognized the Silver Welsh Harlequin as an official breed, but
did not pass the Golden Welsh Harlequin.
Today, America is able to boast utility lines that surpass
many of those found in the UK, with egg production averaging 200
per bird in the UK and 300 per bird in the United States.
Unfortunately, Harlequin numbers here are sparse at best and are
being marred by poor quality birds with vaguely similar markings
cropping up on the marketplace. More breeders are needed to keep
the bloodlines strong.
Due to the inability to import any new bloodlines to America,
breeders should be selected carefully from a number of different
breeders to help keep the genetics as diverse as possible. This
is especially true for anyone who wants to keep a flock of
Golden Harlequins.
The Harlequin color is already a challenge to acquire without
the influx of hatchery stock during the past few years. With the
wide array of coloring found in the few flocks of hatchery birds
out there, it can be next to impossible to acquire well marked
hens and, to a lesser degree, well marked drakes.
Part of the problem is that Golden and Silver phase Welsh
Harlequins will hatch out of almost any flock, regardless of
whether the owner focuses on having strictly Goldens or strictly
Silvers. Breeders can continue focus on a single color and, over
the generations, successfully reduce the number of off colors
the flock produces (Silver seems to be more dominant, producing
more problems in a Golden flock than vice-versa).
In addition to this, hens do not get their full color and
pattern until they are two years old. This makes it difficult to
select high quality Harlequin hens before they are a minimum of
a year old. During the first year, hens will go through many
color changes and are oftentimes lighter than they will be when
Most hatcheries only keep their birds for a single hatching
season, phasing out the year-old birds in fall and having their
new breeders ready to produce eggs in early spring. This doesn't
give the hens in hatchery flocks time to express their full
color and pattern before being replaced.
The color standard can be difficult to explain without seeing
pictures of high quality birds. The following description is
quoted from Dave Holderread, the author of Storey's Guide to
Raising Ducks.
In the United Kingdom, this color is referred to as "Brown
The difference in Golden and Silver phase Harlequins is
subtle in drakes. Male Silvers have a jet black tail and black
on the wings, while Golds have a deep chocolate tail and
matching wings. Female Silvers have black on their wings and
black speckles while in Goldens all of the black is replaced
with a rich chocolate. It is not uncommon to have both colors
showing up in the same flock.
Avoid birds of either color phase with distinct Mallard-like
facial stripes and the wrong bill color (especially light
colored bills in females), both of which have a tendency to crop
Body Type
This is considered a lightweight breed, with drakes at 5-5
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medium-width back, rounded chest, full abdomen, and wide-spaced
legs. They have an oval head with a medium-long, slightly
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I am having trouble producing cocoa liquor/paste from roasted, winnowed beans with my corona grinder. It is only grinding it into coffee-like grounds, not liquor.
I have seen pictures online of others cranking out liquor with a manual corona grinder, so I know it is possible, but I do not know why I am only getting fine grounds.
My mill is not a corona brand, but a victoria cast iron grinder. it's the same specs as a corona, steel burrs, etc. i had the burrs just about as close as they could be to create enough pressure. they were practically rubbing together.
Could someone please help me to grind out a paste??? Pics of my grinder are below.
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hi Sebastian,
i took them straight from the burner, winnowed them and ran them through the grinder, so they were still pretty warm. you think i should winnow them and then throw them back on the burner for a minute before I grind them?
what bothers me about this is that i then took the cocoa grounds produced by the corona grinder (which had cooled down by then) and ran them through a PITEBA oil press (with no heat added) and got a nice cocoa paste.
the pressure inside the PITEBA expeller was noticably greater than inside the Corona grinder. I will try again heating them, and try to put the burrs even closer together (if thats possible) to see if that works.
i'm worried that the corona mill i bought is somehow different from the one that is typically used for koko, but I dont see how as the specs are nearly identical. do the pictures of my grinder look different from any you are familiar with?
i'm open to anymore advice.
Hey Sebastian,
Just to update you, I tried the grinder again. This time I broke it. I heated the mill and put the plates as tight as i could get them. it worked a little bit better, but nowhere near the paste consistency that i got witht the PITEBA. I would tighten the plates periodically when they felt too loose, but then, under too much pressure (too tight) one of the spirals on the augar chipped and the augar plate feels much looser now. sometimes when i crank the handle the plate doesnt move. trying to mill cocoa was obviously too much for the machine.
the pictures on this blog http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/cacao/5291
show that it can obviously be done with a corona mill. this mill looks a bit more heavy duty than mine. i guess that's the difference. do you have any specific make/model/supplier of mill that you know will work?
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COUSINS, Mark
Technology and the Subject
Series: Friday Lecture Series
Date: 28/1/2011
Time: 17:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall
Date: 28/1/2011
Time: 17:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall
Running time: 60 mins
This series continues from the autumn term. The second half of the series will consider the inverse case of this – to what extent can we consider certain psychical organisations such as repression, projection, conscience as a form of technology, a technology of the self.
The lectures will take place at 5.00 in the Lecture Hall on the following dates: Fridays 4, 11, 25 February, Friday 18 March
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Fort Wayne Community Schools, the largest school district in Indiana, has shifted its time management work to new software in an effort to save time and money. The search for a new application began in 2012 as the first phase of a project to replace the district's human resource and payroll system.
The district, with nearly 31,000 students and a staff of 4,265 in 51 schools, has signed a $453,746 contract with WorkForce Software to use its EmpCenter suite. The district will be paying $22,271 for annual maintenance.
EmpCenter enables organizations to track employee hours and absences, assign tasks, manage schedules, and monitor labor law compliance. Out of 10 proposals received during the request-for-proposal process, the district especially was drawn to the program's functionality for performing pay-rule calculation and managing leave. For example, the district has a unique workforce issue familiar to other school districts: Staff may have multiple assignments.
"An evaluation of our current processes made clear that removing manual intervention from time capture, attendance tracking, and [Family and Medical Leave Act] (FMLA) compliance would generate the greatest time and cost savings for our organization," said Jack Byrd, director of technology for the district. "We wanted a solution that could accommodate our intricate K-12 requirements as well as our compliance demands, without customization or work outside the system."
Byrd said the new time management platform would address "two critical goals": "EmpCenter's configurability allows us to automate all of our complex pay rules, while its [absence compliance tracker] solution provides an unmatched degree of case management and compliance support for the FMLA."
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