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Volume 2, Number 1 September, 2001 Table of Contents
A Generalized PERT/CPM Implementation in A Spreadsheet
Kala C. Seal College of Business Administration Loyola Marymount University Los Angles, CA 90045, USA
This paper describes the implementation of the traditional PERT/CPM algorithm for finding the critical path in a project network in a spreadsheet. The problem is of importance due to the recent shift of attention to using the spreadsheet environment as a vehicle for delivering MS/OR techniques to end-users.
Samuel Bodily (Bodily, 1986) suggested the use of spreadsheets for solving the Management Science (MS) and Operations Research (OR) problems so that the techniques become more accessible to practitioners. Spreadsheets provide a natural interface for model building, are easy to use in terms of inputs, solutions and report generation, and allow users to perform what-if analysis. The ensuing decade has seen a tremendous growth in the use of spreadsheets for solving various MS/OR problems both by the practitioners and by the academic community (Leon et. al, 1995, Seal et. al, 2000). However, none of the work so far has presented a generalized method for implementation of the PERT/CPM method in a spreadsheet using the critical path algorithm. The few available approaches that use the well known critical path method for solving the problem and use spreadsheet as the medium (Eppen et. al, 1998; Hillier et. al, 2000; Ragsdale, 1998) do not permit easy extendibility of the model when activities are added or deleted from the network or when the predecessor relationships are altered. Some authors circumvent this issue by transferring the PERT/CPM problem to the underlying linear programming (LP) and then solving this LP through the solver module available in modern spreadsheets (Plane, 1994; Hesse, 1997; and Ragsdale, 2001). This paper shows a way of solving PERT/CPM problems in a spreadsheet using the critical path (the longest path) algorithm. The approach is easily extendible and does not use LP transformation.
The Problem
We will use a simple example problem of organizing a seminar with various activities. The completion time of each activity is not known with certainty; only estimates are available. The details of the activities, their time estimates and the predecessor relationships are presented in Table 1.
Immediate Predecessors
Optimistic Time (a)
Most Likely Time (m)
Pessimistic Time (b)
Expected Value (a + 4m + b)/6
Variance [(b-a)/6]2
Plan Topic
Obtain Speakers
List Meeting Locations
Select Location
Finalize Speakers Schedule
Prepare and mail Seminar Brochures
Table 1: The data for the example problem.
Using the approaches found in most textbooks (e.g. Hillier et. al, 2000, Ragsdale 2001), the approximate expected duration and approximate variance of activity duration for each of the activities are calculated and are shown in last two columns of Table 1.
The project network is shown in Figure 1. The method used for calculating the critical path revolves around the simple concept of representing a network with a matrix. Any graph or network consisting of n nodes can be represented by an n x n matrix where each row and each column of the matrix represents a node in the graph and an entry of 1 in a cell of the matrix represents a directed arc between the corresponding nodes. An example of the matrix representation is provided in Table 2 for the project network given in Figure 1. The network representation here uses the activity-on-node convention.
Figure 1: Project Network
Predecessors Relationships
Table 2: Matrix representation of the project network and the predecessor relationships
We will adopt the convention of representing the predecessors in the columns and successors in rows throughout this paper.
The implementation of the PERT/CPM method in the spreadsheet is achieved by using a total of four worksheets in an Excel Workbook. The first one is used for the input data; the next two are used respectively to calculate the Earliest Start (EST) and the Earliest Finish Time (EFT), and the Latest Start (LST) and Latest Finish Time (LFT) of the activities; and the fourth sheet is used for reporting the critical path as well as for calculating the average project completion time and the project variance. Two additional worksheets are used after solving the problem for displaying a Gantt chart for the project and the range names used in the spreadsheet.
The first step of the process is to organize the input data in the spreadsheet. This entails laying out all the given information in Table 1 as well as representation of the network with the predecessor relationships as shown in Table 2, in the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet layouts of the inputs for the example problem are shown in Figures 2 and 3 below.
Figure 2: Layout of the Input data in the spreadsheet
Figure 3: The Predecessor Relationship Representation in Spreadsheet
After entering the input data, the procedure starts calculating the EST and the EFT pairs for the activities in the network. This is accomplished by copying the network matrix into another sheet (named EST-EFT) and then adding two more columns to keep track of the final EST and EFT values of the activities. The layout of this sheet is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: The EST-EFT Calculations
The earliest start time of an activity is the maximum of all the EFTs of its immediate predecessor activities. The spreadsheet is constructed following that principle. For any activity pair i and j, i in the column and j in the row, the cell(i,j) in the matrix contains the EFT of activity i if i is an immediate predecessor of j, zero otherwise. We will look at activity D in the EST-EFT sheet as an example. The cell E7, representing the pair A and D, has a value of 3.00, the EFT of A, because A is an immediate predecessor of D. The cell F7, on the other hand, contains zero because B is not an immediate predecessor of D. Conditional formatting is used to make the zero entries appear as hatched cells to improve the appearance of the EST-EFT results. The formula used for calculating the entries in the cells of the matrix is shown below using the cell E7, representing the activity pair A and D, as an example.
Cell E7: =IF(Inputs!I6=1,VLOOKUP(E$7,EST_EFTtable,3,False),0).
Here EST_EFTtable refers to range A4:C203 in the EST-EFT sheet. The range up to C203 is used to accommodate up to 200 activities in the spreadsheet without renaming the range.
The EST for an activity is the maximum of all the EFTs of its immediate predecessors. Therefore, the EST for activity A in cell B4 is given by the formula
Cell B4: =MAX(E4:GV4),
which is copied to the cells B4 through B11 for finding the EST of the remaining activities (Excel Workbook).
Once the ESTs are obtained, the EFT is found by adding the expected activity time to the EST. For example, the formula used for finding the EFT for activity A is
Cell C43: =B4+VLOOKUP(A4,Inputs,7,False)
which is then copied to the cells C4 through C11. The VLOOKUP function is used to extract the expected completion time of the activity from the input data in the range A3:H203 (named as Inputs).
The next step in the process is to find the latest start time (LST) and latest finish time (LFT) for each activity. Noting that the LFT of an activity with successors must be the minimum of the LSTs of all the successor activities, we can use the same logic that we employed to calculate the EST-EFT pairs for an activity, only in reverse. This is accomplished in the LST-LFT sheet shown in Figure 5. Once again a matrix with the activities in the rows as well as in the columns is created. The activities in the rows represent the successors. This is consistent with the predecessor representation followed in the paper. Two extra rows are inserted in this sheet to store the values of the LST-LFT pairs for each activity. In addition, a cell (A2 in the EST-EFT sheet) is used that stores the value of the maximum of the EFTs of all the activities.
Figure 5: The LST-LFT Calculations
Once all the cells of the matrix are calculated the final LFT for an activity can easily be selected by finding the minimum of all the LSTs of its immediate successors. The formula for the LFT of activity A, for example, is given by
Cell C4: =MIN(C6:C205)
The LST is calculated by subtracting the activity completion time from the LFT. The formula used for the activity A is
Cell C3: =C4-VLOOKUP(C2,Inputs,7,FALSE)
which is then copied to other cells in the range C3:H4 of the LST-LFT sheet. The VLOOKUP function is used to extract the activity completion time from the inputs (Excel Workbook). Once the LST_LFTtable is completed, the minimum expected project completion time is obtained by taking the maximum of all the LFTs. Cell A2 in the LST-LFT sheet contains that value and the formula for that cell is
Cell A2: =MAX(C4:GT4).
If there is only one critical path, then the construction of the final CPM table and the determination of the critical activities is straightforward. The (EST, EFT) and the (LST, LFT) pairs for the activities are extracted from sheets EST-EFT (Figure 4) and LST-LFT (Figure 5) and the total slacks are calculated by subtracting the EST from LST. If the result is zero, then the activity is a critical activity. The variances of the critical activities are added to get the overall variance in the project completion time. The NORMDIST function and the NORMINV function are then used to calculate the probability for a target completion time and the possible completion time for a target probability, respectively. Figure 6 and Table 3 show the layout of the final result and the corresponding cell formulas, respectively.
Figure 6: The Final CPM Table
A6 through A13
B6 through B13
C6 through C13
D6 through D13
E6 through E13
F6 through F13
G6 through G13
H6 through H13
I6 through I13
=IF('PERT-CPM Table'!I5="Yes",(VLOOKUP('PERT-CPM Table'!A5,Inputs,8,FALSE))," ")
J6 through J13
Table 3: The formulas used in the "CPM Table" sheet
It is to be noted that the slack in this table refers to total slack (or total float) for an activity as opposed to the free slack. The total slack of an activity is the maximum amount of time the activity can be delayed from its earliest start time without delaying the critical path. The free slack, on the other hand, refers to the maximum allowable delay from the earliest start time of an activity without delaying the earliest start time of any of its immediate successor activities. The formula for automatically calculating the free slack in the spreadsheet can get quite complicated. We thus advise the readers to calculate the free slack for each activity manually after the CPM table is obtained from the spreadsheet.
The above method for the final construction of the CPM table will not be fully correct when there are multiple critical paths for the problem. In such a case the basic method will end up correctly identifying all the critical activities on all critical paths and thus will add the variances of all of them to get the overall project variance. Clearly that would lead to a wrong answer. It is possible to develop formulas in the spreadsheet for identifying the existence of multiple critical paths, but such a procedure makes the overall spreadsheet quite complex. We have, therefore, decided to leave it out from the paper. Our advise to the readers who may use the method presented in this paper is to identify all the critical activities in the pictorial representation of the project network to see if there are multiple critical paths and then calculate the final critical path length and the variance accordingly.
Usage and Extendibility
The method presented in this paper of using a spreadsheet to solve PERT/CPM problems by the critical path algorithm is a useful addition to professors teaching MS/OR courses. Spreadsheet programs are widely available now and managers are familiar and comfortable with the software. As a result, MS/OR courses in many business schools are being taught using spreadsheets as the software tool. This paper makes a definite contribution to that effort. Depending on the goals, level, and the pace of the course, the model can either be used as a black box or as a detailed illustration of the mechanics of the PERT/CPM method.
Unlike the existing spreadsheet based PERT/CPM approach, which require the rebuilding of the model for each new network through a new linear programming formulation, our model is easily extendable and can accommodate changes in the number of activities and changes in the predecessor relationships. If the range-names are defined at the initial set up anticipating a larger number of project activities then the extension from n activities to n+1 activities takes just a few copy commands. An example of extending the project network used in this paper with addition of another activity "G" after the current last activity "F" is shown in the Appendix (also refer to Excel Workbook with Extension). For introductory MS/OR courses, the spreadsheet can be set up to accommodate a large number of activities appropriate for the largest size of problem considered in the course. This would avoid the explanation of the extendibility issues to the students since it would only entail the students to provide the new data in the Inputs sheet. This is in contrast to any of the existing spreadsheet based PERT/CPM approaches where the set up is problem specific and thus has to be redone for each new problem.
Our method can also address an inherent problem with the PERT calculations. The time estimates that are used for calculating the mean and variance of the completion time of each activity are only approximations and this approach tends to provide a pretty rough approximation of the mean and variance. As a result, the assumption that the mean critical path identified by the method used in this paper will turn out to be the longest path through the project network may not hold. There is a significant chance that some other path will turn out to be longer than the mean critical path and thus the project manager who relies on the calculated probability from the spreadsheet can be badly misled (see Hillier et. al, 2000 for an extensive discussion on the evaluation of the assumptions in PERT). However, with the approaches described in this paper it is very easy to simulate a project completion time instead of using the probability calculation based on the approximate critical path. One can replace the formulas for average activity durations with formulas that draw random samples from a specified distribution for each activity duration. For example, one can use a triangular distribution for the mean activity duration with minimum = a, mode = m, and maximum = b. The simulation could then be replicated using the standard data table approach described in many management science textbooks or using an add-in package such as @Risk or Crystal Ball. It is much simpler to simulate a project in this way than with the Linear Programming formulation since the later needs running Solver during each replication.
Another area of interest in the project management is evaluation of the effect of project crashing and the corresponding time-cost trade offs. The optimum value of time-cost trade-offs is an LP formulation and many authors have shown how to do that in the spreadsheet (e.g. Hiller et. al, 2000; Ragsdale, 2001). All the approaches suffer from the incapability to accommodate changes in the network structure (either due to change in precedence relationship or for addition or deletion of activities) without extensive manual changes in the formulas. We could not find a way to incorporate the crashing and the time-cost trade-off calculations in our method without encountering the same limitations and therefore, it is not described in this paper.
Teaching Experience
We used our model in introductory MBA level Management Science class for three semesters. The model was presented to the students as a black box with the EST-EFT sheet and the LST-LFT sheet hidden. For the interested students, the details of the method were available through the course web site. The students used the Excel model for both PERT as well as CPM calculations. For CPM, the times estimates were all made equal. The responses form the students have been very positive. The students liked the fact that they did not have to use any other program other than spreadsheet for any part of the course. In the first use of the model, the students in the class themselves identified the issue of the existence of multiple critical paths in the solution and the problems associated with it. Some students who were familiar with the MS Project software also liked our method as they could appreciate that our method eliminated the learning curve for a new software application and made it easy to simulate the project completion time. The simulation in MS Project needs either the @Risk add-in for MS Project or VBA coding.
Spreadsheet software has gained popularity as a modeling environment for managers interested in building and using MS/OR models for decision-making. Various techniques have been proposed for different areas of the MS/OR, however, the area of PERT/CPM lacked a generalized framework for implementation in a spreadsheet. This paper shows a way of accomplishing that task by using some simple but innovative spreadsheet layouts and formulas. The model presented not only solves the PERT/CPM problem by following the critical path method, it is also easily extendable when activities are added and deleted or predecessor relationships are changed. With a few simple copies the entire model can be extended from n activities to n+1 activities. It is, of course, possible to avoid the use of the critical path method in solving PERT/CPM problems by using LP formulation and then invoking the built-in spreadsheet LP solver. However, that introduces an extra step in the modeling process and also masks the more efficient critical path algorithm. This paper addresses these issues by maintaining the critical path algorithm yet providing a general framework for solving PERT/CPM problems.
The author would wish to thank the Associate Editor, three anonymous referees and Dr. Zbigniew Przasnysky for their valuable suggestions on the paper.
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Eppen, G. D., F. J. Gould, C. P. Schmidt, J. H. Moore, and L. R. Weatherford (1998), Introductory Management Science: Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall.
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Hillier, F. S., M. S. Hillier and G. J. Lieberman (2000), Introduction to Management Science, Irwin-McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA.
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Seal, K. C., Przasnyski, Z. H., and Leon, L. (2000), "A Literature Review of MS/OR Models in Spreadsheets", OR Insight, Vol 13, Issue 4, pp. 21-31.
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Appendix - Example of Extendibility
Let us assume that the example problem presented in this paper needs to be revised with the addition of one more activity "G" and the resulting project network after the addition of this new activity is as shown in Figure A1. It is further assumed that the optimistic, most probable, and the pessimistic time estimates for the completion of "G" are given and they are 5, 10, and 15 weeks, respectively.
Figure A1: Project Network with Additional Activity G
The following steps need to be carried out to extend the example problem with this new activity.
In the Inputs sheet, the content of row 8, the row with the current last activity (activity F) is copied to the next row down (to row 9) and the column with the current last activity F (column N) is copied to its right (to column O). This extends the input matrix for accommodating one more activity.
The activity name in the new row (row 9) is changed from F to G and the time estimates and predecessor matrix are updated with proper information for this new activity. The new "Inputs" sheet is shown in Figure A2 and Figure A3.
Figure A2: Input Sheet with New Row for activity G
Figure A3: Input Sheet with New Column for activity G
In the "EST-EFT" sheet, row 9, the current last row with an activity in it, is copied to row 10 and then column J, the current last column with activity F, is copied to column H. The order of copying is important to avoid circular reference. Since the activity names in this sheet are connected to the activity names on the input sheet (the formula in cell A4 of this sheet is "Inputs!A3" which is copied down the rows for the other activities and the formula for cell E2 is "Inputs!I2" which refers to the activity names at the top of the predecessor matrix in the "Inputs" sheet. It is then copied across the other columns), no other editing is necessary. The resulting "EST-EFT" sheet with the updated EST-EFT pairs for all the activities is shown in Figure A4.
Figure A4: Updated EST-EFT after addition of Activity G
In the "LST-LFT" sheet, the current last column with an activity (Column H) is copied to the next column (column I) and then row 11 is copied down to the next row. Once again the order of copying must be maintained to avoid circular references. Again no extra editing is needed to update the names of the activities since the cells used for the designating the names of the activities in the "LST-LFT" sheet are connected to the corresponding cells in the "Inputs" sheet. The resulting "LST-LFT" sheet with the updated LST-LFT pairs for all the activities is shown in Figure A5.
Figure A5: Updated LST-LFT sheet after addition of activity G
Finally the CPM Table is updated by copying of the current last row (row 10) in the "PERT-CPM Table" sheet to the next row down (row 11). The updated result is shown in Figure A6.
Figure A6: Updated CPM Table after addition of activity G


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The killing of Spc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, was reported by Arab television, which aired a videotape showing a blindfolded man identified by his captors as Maupin sitting on the ground.
Al-Jazeera said that in the next scene, gunmen shoot the man in the back of the head, in front of a hole dug in the ground. The station did not broadcast the killing.
The U.S. military said it could not immediately confirm whether the man shown in the murky videotape was indeed Maupin. Maj. Willie Harris, spokesman for the Army's 88th Regional Readiness Command, said the videotape is being analyzed by the Defense Department.
Meanwhile, the father of a U.S. Marine who was reported kidnapped by militants on Monday issued a plea for his release. The captors of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun have threatened to behead him.
The three Turks also had faced threats of beheading in the next two days. But on Tuesday, the Turkish government said the three had been freed.
"Our citizens have been released," Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told state television. "We've struggled a lot for their release."
His comments came after a report on Al-Jazeera said the group holding the Turks announced that it would release the captives "for the sake of their Muslim brothers."
The Arab satellite station broadcast a videotape showing the three Turkish hostages, believed to be contractors, kneeling in front of three militants as one read a statement.
"For the sake of you, our brothers, and Muslims of the people of Turkey ... we will release these hostages and send them safely home," the statement said.
The abduction of the Turks was claimed by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose followers killed American Nicholas Berg last month and South Korean Kim Sun-Il last week.
Al-Jazeera said Maupin's captors issued a statement along with their video calling themselves "The Sharp Sword against the Enemies of God and His Prophet."
The militants said they killed the soldier because the United States did not change its policies in Iraq and to avenge "martyrs" in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Algeria.
Maupin was among nine Americans, seven of them contractors, who disappeared after an ambush on a convoy west of Baghdad on April 9.
The bodies of four civilian employees of Kellogg Brown & Root - a subsidiary of Vice President Dick Cheney's former company Halliburton - were later found in a shallow grave near the site of the attack. The body of Sgt. Elmer Krause, of Greensboro, N.C. was later found.
One civilian driver, Thomas Hamill of Macon, Miss., was kidnapped but escaped from his captors nearly a month later. The others are missing.
Maupin appeared days after the attack in a video showing him sitting on the ground in front of armed militants. There had been no word on his fate since.
Maupin's abduction came amid a wave of kidnappings in which dozens of foreigners were snatched. Most were later freed, though an Italian and a Lebanese man were killed.
More recently, the kidnappings have taken a more grisly turn with the kidnapping and subsequent beheadings of Berg and the South Korean.
Hassoun, an American Marine of Lebanese descent, was shown blindfolded, with a sword brandished over his head in a videotape aired on Al-Jazeera on Sunday. The militants threatened to behead him unless all Iraqis "in occupation jails" are freed. They did not set a timeframe.
"I appeal to the kidnappers and to their conscience and faith to release my son," his father, Ali Hassoun, said in an interview with The Associated Press at his house in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli.
"He is not a fighter. I hope that they will respond favorably to my appeal. May God reward them," he said.
The U.S. military said Hassoun, 24, was last seen June 19 and did not report for duty the next day.
Hassoun had gone "on an unauthorized absence," said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the coalition deputy operations chief in Baghdad, giving few details.
He lived with his eldest brother, Mohammad, in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan and later joined the Marines.
His kidnappers identified themselves as part of "Islamic Response," the security wing of the "National Islamic Resistance - 1920 Revolution Brigades." The name refers to the uprising against the British after World War I.
Other kidnappers have threatened to behead Pakistani driver, Amjad Hafeez, by Wednesday and a group of three Turkish hostages by Tuesday unless their demands are met.
The Turkish news agency Ilhas reported Monday that two other Turks missing since June 1 have been kidnapped, producing photos of the men in custody.


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- Hacked emails revisited (Pew Climate Center)
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- Carbon prices soared ahead of Copenhagen – but does it matter? (The Telegraph)
- Bangladesh wants 15% of global climate fund (Xinhua)
- Engine-makers versus high ethanol mandate: How to break the impasse (R-squared)
- Lost opportunity for a transport agreement at Copenhagen (Rice University/Chron.com)
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Fri, Aug 23, 13 at 11:36
Hello all, I need some advice! Here is my list of mango trees in my yard: Keitt Nam Doc Mai Pickering Cogshall Manilita Mallika Ice Cream Tebow Fairchild Ivory I want to add a couple more trees before the south florida summer rains come to an end. Based on what I already have, what am I missing? |
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- Posted by cmichael258 9a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 23, 13 at 17:57
How about a Carrie? (you have a nice selection so far!) |
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Thanks for the reply! It's funny you mention carrie, I bought a tree labeled "carrie". I planted it, and the following year it gave 4 fruits.... they were amazingly delicious, but definitely NOT carrie. Turns out it was a pickering mango (which I never would have considered otherwise). I was happy with the switch, but maybe now I will get an actual carrie mango. I have a section of my yard devoted entirely to mangos. I have a little less than 1/4 of it planted right now and want to get another row in before the rains disappear after September. I can plant 4 or 5 trees in a row. |
- Posted by cmichael258 9a (My Page) on Sat, Aug 24, 13 at 15:53
I just finished the last of my Carries and have found it to be one of my favorites. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you decide to get one. I wish I had your space for planting. I currently have the Carrie, a Kent and a Nam Doc Mai planted, and a Lemon Zest potted and a Maha Chinook on order. |
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Kennington is very chatty and instantly purrs as soon as you say hello before flopping down and displaying his very fluffy tummy for rubs. He loves to play and run around, especially racing Picadilly up and down the corridors. Loves his food and is never late for breakfast. He likes to play wrestle with Pica but they are the best of friends and are never far apart. Always snuggling and using each other as pillows.
Kennington and Picadilly would like to stay together as they are very bonded; sleep and play together. Both have the same black and white colouring, but Kenny is very fluffy while Pica is short-haired. Not sure about dogs or children as they haven't encountered any since being at their foster home.
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Eastern Market
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Washington, DC
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It's common to rub shoulders with national politicians when shopping at this historic 16,500 square-foot market hall.
Why It Works
The market is actually a series of spaces: a large indoor brick hall has traditional market merchants, many of whom have been there for generations, and an eating area; a second indoor section added in 1906, now housing an art gallery; and on weekends, a busy craft market in the plaza in front of the market. Additionally, a long shed roof along the street shelters farmers who set up on Saturdays offering fresh produce and flowers. Small shops, a cafe, and a bookstore on the same street reinforce the market as a destination.
The historic building itself seems to be an unchanged constant, even as gentrification continues its march across the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Good-quality produce, cheese, bakery items, seafood, meats (from pigs' feet to steaks) and more are available daily to all comers.
What Makes Eastern Market a Great Place?
The plaza in front of the market draws people in; adding to the dynamics is an antique and flea market located in a schoolyard across the street. It's also a block from a metro stop ("Eastern Market" on the blue or yellow lines) and has great proximity to Capitol Hill.
Part of the reason for the market's success is that it seems to have hardly changed since its opening in 1873: inside, the stalls, equipment, and vendors seem to have been there as long as the buckled brick sidewalk out front.
Traditional market merchants, along with an art gallery, a weekend craft market in the plaza in front of the market. Along the street, a shed houses farmers who set up on Saturdays to sell fresh produce and flowers.
The market is always a great hodge-podge of people where it's common to rub shoulders with local and national politicians shopping side by side with the local folks. On Saturday mornings, you'll see a long line of hungry customers waiting for breakfast: a "plate of blues" or blueberry pancakes comes from one of the more popular stalls.
History & Background
Eastern Market was designed by Adolph Cluss, the architect of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, and opened for business in 1873. At that time, there were a series of markets serving the growing populace in the capitol city, but today Eastern Market is the only remaining market dating from this period.
The market is in need of physical renovation, which has been discussed for decades. There always seems to be another market committee investigating the future of the institution, but little seems to come out of these well-intentioned efforts. This does not seem to be entirely a bad thing, however.
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Weather couldn't care less about the recession, about families' pinching pennies to get through the holidays.
With gift and food prices straining household budgets, the weather grinch paid a visit — even before December was a week old — to acres and acres of vegetables in the usually warm California desert.
"We had seven consecutive days of ice," said Mark McBride, sales manager for Salinas, Calif.-based Coastline Produce.
"When you get that many cold nights in succession, the ground itself gets very cold."
Growing of everything in the Coachella and Imperial valleys screeched to a halt — everything: broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, lettuce.
Harvesting had to wait until the ice thawed — a loss of up to five harvest hours a day for the Coastline crops, McBride said.
Fewer picking hours translates to lower volume and skyrocketing prices.
"Items are going to remain snug right through Christmas," McBride said.
The prognosis for the rest of the month does not lend itself to optimism.
"It's going to take several above normal (temperature) days just to get this thing back in balance," McBride said.
Asparagus, avocados
A few hundred miles north of the desert:
With the harvest start still a few months away, chilly temperatures are comfy for the asparagus deal in the Stockton area.
But retailers shouldn't get too excited.
Grower-shippers are reporting fewer acres of asparagus, which should mean higher prices and less profit margin come March, April and May.
On the other hand, look for a little f.o.b. softening of California avocados next season.
After 2011's low volume, the U.S Department of Agriculture is estimating a bounce back 2012 with harvesting expected to get serious earlier — probably in April.
Making spirits bright
Unlike Mother Nature, grower-shippers in California, where December is "Farm to Food Bank" month, are full of holiday spirit.
As trailer after trailer continue to offload at food banks around the state, donations from the ag community and food processors this year will exceed 100 million pounds, according to the state's Department of Food and Agriculture, and there are plans to double farm donations within five years.
Sort of makes one feel warm and fuzzy as the holidays near, even despite that Grinch-like Mother Nature.
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We are remodeling our basement and for our home theater we need 13 4" recessed lights. We wanted to do low voltage.
Our electrician gave us a quote of $80 for each line voltage recessed lights and $180 for each low voltage recessed lights. I have no other information about the model of the lights he is supplying. A friend of mine just install Elco 4" inch recessed lights in his home theater. He has had no problems with them. He only paid $35 for each low voltage recessed light. I know that June makes good recessed lights. Are their lights worth 5 times the cost of an elco fixture. I have a few days to figure out what I should do. Let me know if you have any suggestions for me. Thanks |
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You are learning why recessed lights are so expensive to install - you need a lot of them to get good light coverage. They are good for highlighting small areas, but an abomination for general lighting. For some reason cans are still fashionable, although that's now been the case for so long that they ought to be going out of style soon. :) Surface mount fixtures, which send light in all directions, are much cheaper. You need fewer of them, too, so you save on quantities and labor. You also don't make your ceiling look like swiss cheese. |
I already plan to have pendants over the island. Pendants will be Halogen. Can you give me an example of surface mount fixtures? I am not in love with cans. If there are surface mount fixtures out there that provide enough lighting and still don't come in the way I am very open to using them. Thanks |
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The contractor price for a Juno or Lightolier Lytecaster line voltage PAR20 recessed fixture (IC housing, trim & lamp) should be about $50 to $60 depending on the reflector cone or baffle selected. The contractor price for a Juno or Lightolier Lytecaster low voltage MR16 recessed fixture (IC housing, trim & lamp) should be about $90. These prices can double if the lamp is deeply recessed or highly adjustable. Your electrician's higher price should be for wiring, switching, installation labor, overhead & profit. The $35 price is probably for a lesser quality brand without installation, with a non-IC housing, no tax, and no lamp. The wattage of the lamp in such fixtures must often be reduced when installed in insulated ceilings (I assume yours is insulated for sound abatement). If the normal wattage lamp is used, the fixture will turn off and on as it heats up and cools off. The more expensive fixtures can take the higher temperature. |
Some of the advice in these forms kill me. Anyways the size and scope of the room will determine how mnay you need. I charge $135 for low voltage elco recessed lights, and $145 for IC rated elco low voltage. We have installed around 4000 or so in the past 5 years. I really like the elco's, they are good for the price. Are the prices you told us, the install prices with parts? When doing a room like this, the best lights to go with are a 60 degree beam spread. You may not ned a smany as you think depending on the room size and color of the room. Mike |
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In 2014, growth in global tablet shipments is taking a steep dive, as consumers upgrade less often than expected. PC shipments, on the other hand, are enjoying a brief easing of their decline.
That's in terms of sales, not screen size. The firm says shipments of the phone-tablet hybrids will reach 318 million in 2015, more than tablet and portable PC shipments.
Emerging markets are still showing interest in new tablets, but that isn't enough to sustain IDC's prior forecast for this year.
Market researcher revises its prediction for global PC shipments in 2014, but it still expects a decline.
The number of personal computers worldwide is expected to drop 6 percent this year, according to a study published Tuesday.
Increasing demand for big-screen smartphones means tablet sales could be lower than expected, says research firm IDC.
Microsoft's mobile OS will surge, after a fashion, amid slower growth for the smartphone industry as a whole, predicts research firm IDC.
Apple's operating system accounted for 50 percent of all US activations in the fourth quarter, inching out Android's 45 percent share.
Apple will hold onto to a "value edge" in 2014, but Android's ecosystem is poised to make big gains, according to IDC.
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Bible Verses About Fortune Tellers and Psychics
Bible verses related to Fortune Tellers and Psychics from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance
Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 18:10-13 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (Read More...)
Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it]; (Read More...)
Isaiah 8:19 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
1 John 4:1-3 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (Read More...)
Acts 16:16-19 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: (Read More...)
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 - When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. (Read More...)
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 - But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. (Read More...)
Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Leviticus 20:27 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
Revelation 22:15 - For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Daniel 2:27 - Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men], the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Exodus 22:18 - Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Acts 19:18-20 - And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. (Read More...)
2 Kings 21:6 - And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (Read More...)
Psalms 34:1-22 - ([A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.) I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth. (Read More...)
Isaiah 47:13 - Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.
Deuteronomy 18:10 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Genesis 37:9 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Genesis 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Deuteronomy 4:19 - And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Psalms 19:1-3 - (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (Read More...)
Luke 6:26 - Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Proverbs 5:1-23 - My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding: (Read More...)
1 Corinthians 15:41 - [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
Luke 21:25 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Matthew 2:1-2 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, (Read More...)
Psalms 127:4 - As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
Psalms 8:3 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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Serves 2
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon white-wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Oriental sesame oil
- a pinch of sugar
- 12 medium shrimp (about 1/2 pound), shelled
- 1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1/4 pound snow peas, trimmed
- 1 large Belgian endive
- 3 cups watercress sprigs, coarse stems discarded
In a small bowl stir together the water, 1 tablespoon of the vinegar, the soy sauce, the sesame oil, the sugar, and a pinch of salt. In a bowl toss the shrimp with the garlic paste and 1 teaspoon of the olive oil and let the shrimp marinate for 10 minutes. In a non-stick skillet heat 2 teaspoons of the remaining olive oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it sauté the walnuts, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the snow peas, sauté the mixture, stirring, for 45 seconds, or until the snow peas are crisp-tender, and transfer it to a bowl. In the skillet sauté the shrimp for 1 minute on each side, add the soy sauce mixture, and simmer the shrimp, covered, for 1 minute, or until they are cooked through. Add the shrimp mixture to the snow pea mixture. In a large bowl toss the endive, sliced thin crosswise, and the watercress with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, the remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste, divide the greens between 2 dinner plates, and top them with the shrimp mixture.
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cuisine: Asian
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Any recipe that would include pumpkins as ingredient is bound to be healthy considering that pumpkins are practically sugar-free. If you are hoping to shed off pounds, then try out this Pumpkin Pie Dip recipe and serve it with gingersnap for a truly hearty dessert.
- Softened cream cheese, 8 ounces
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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #329 for the week of July 7, 2013.
We'll visit Disney's Hollywood Studios this week and take a close look at the history, stories and secrets of The Great Movie Ride. We'll explore not just how it came to be, its changes and details, but virtually visit each scene and also discuss what we could change, and why and then ask you to do the same!
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2 Many people gathered together so that there was no room in the house, not even outside the door. And Jesus was teaching them God's message. | 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. |
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1 The word of ADONAI came to me: | 1 The word of the LORD came to me: |
2 "Go and shout in the ears of Yerushalayim that this is what ADONAI says: 'I remember your devotion when you were young; how, as a bride, you loved me; how you followed me through the desert, through a land not sown. | 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: " 'I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown. |
3 "'Isra'el is set aside for ADONAI, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devour him will incur guilt; evil will befall them," says ADONAI. | 3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares the LORD. |
4 Hear the word of ADONAI, house of Ya'akov and all families in the house of Isra'el; | 4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel. |
5 here is what ADONAI says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me to make them go so far away from me, to make them go after nothings and become themselves nothings? | 5 This is what the LORD says: "What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. |
6 They didn't ask, 'Where is ADONAI, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the desert, through a land of wastes and ravines, through a land of drought and death-dark shadows, through a land where no one travels and where no one ever lived?' | 6 They did not ask, 'Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?' |
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Have you seen many food products with less than 3 (or even 5) ingredients? I haven't, so I was quite intrigued when That's It let me know about their fruit bars. Fruit is the ONLY ingredient, so the Apple and Pear Bar for example, only has apple & pear in the ingredients list! That's It!
And the bar is amazingly tasty. It's a little sticky - all the more fun to tear off a piece and eat it. The apple and pear flavor is a little mild in the taste department, but I liked it - fruity and not too sweet in taste- surprisingly. Of course, since it is just fruit in the ingredients list, you know there's going to be quite a bit of sugars.
Each 35 gram That's It Apple + Pear Bar provides 100 calories, no fat, 1 gram of protein, 3 grams of fiber (12% of the daily value) and 24 grams of sugars. That's a little less calories than the same amount of Stretch Island Fruit Leathers.
That's It Fruit Bars are available for sale on their website, at $19.99 for a box with 12. Personally, I wouldn't consume such a product as just a snack - too much sugar - BUT it would be a great substitute for something you're eating that has just as much sugar & lots of fat - i.e. candy AND oh my, this is great during a long run or some other endurance activity. I only use gels, so I'm used to having to chew a little - and although I doubt I'll ever give up my Powerbar Energy Blasts, this made a nice "real food" addition to a recent "brick" workout (run-bike-run).


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One of my problems is that I do so many different kinds of art/sewing/creating. The main one is, I make dolls - not just the fabric bodies (not porcelain), but the clothing, the jewelry, the hats, shoes, stands, the whole bit. So there's a bit about 20 different techniques in each piece. And so, I have quite a selection of supplies. I have whittled them down and I'm sure I'll have more to go as I continue, but there's quite a bit left that I REFUSE to dispose of, because I use it. I have come up with a few suggestions, and hope someone here can come up more:
I have tried different things for the patterns and various books - the books are on a shelf, that's ok. But the patterns don't seem to fit anywhere. I can't figure out where to put an unfinished piece while I'm waiting for something to dry, or something to be done. Any thoughts or suggestions? Gigi Some I have worked on: I have sorted beads, doll hair, and small embellishments by color, each type in a tiny plastic bag, each color in a clear show box, boxes stacked on a shelf.
I have the paints and various sprays, fabric treatments, etc on spice racks behind the door. I have papers, stamps, punches, decorative scissors and so on (also used for scrap booking) on a separate shelving unit. I used to work for a furniture store, so I have hundreds of tiny hangers for displaying fabric samples (really great - anyone want some?) and most of the fabrics are hanging in the closet. Clay in a clear shoe box. Molds in a plastic three-drawer rolling dresser-type thing (clay for little parts like shoes, molds for various things) Yarn, wigs, wood pieces for making stands, and small accessories (props) I am still trying to sort, right now they're all in a big box. |
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Do you have a separate space for all of this? Or are you having to do double duty, like in a formal dining room? I have open shelving in my sewing room. I use the clear shoe boxes for numerous things. You might try standing the patterns up in one without the lid. That's what I do. Fabric is stacked on the shelves. I try to have the stuff loosely grouped by activity. My sewing stuff all in one spot, rug making in another. I don't put all of the books together, but keep them with the activity group. No matter what I'm putting together, I like clear containers. That allows me to grab the correct shoebox or box without going through a dozen of them. By keeping the boxes a consistent size, I'm able to stack them on the shelves more easily. It really sounds like you have a good start and it's one of those things that will continue to evolve, depending upon projects and time. I've just found I need large categories, because once I'm knee deep in something it becomes a total mess. I just need to be able to put the stuff away easily. Gloria |
I know Talley Sue will chime in with this, but when stacking shoe boxes on shelves it is really helpful if shelves are spaced close enough to stack no more than 2 boxes high. And why not have an extra shelf at the bottom empty just to set things on temporarily to dry etc Maria |
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Patterns: I have a box specifically made to store patterns--it's roughly the size of a pattern standing on its end, and you can flip through them like index cards. Nancy's Notions sells them for about $13. I keep all my stuff in these neato rectangular plastic food containers that don't have lips on the ends of the lids, so they work like drawers w/ lids (the lack of a lip ont he end means I can pull out the middle one in the stack easily, bcs you don't have to lift them up to get them over the lip). They don't make this design anymore, I'm sad to say. I guard mine very carefully now. I really like the "shallow drawer" concept for sewing notions, etc. Bcs the stuff is small, and I want to be able to see it easily. And I take the "drawer" out and set it on the table while I'm working. This company has boxes that let you pull the middle one out easily. The sweater size might be good for threads and tools, etc. Though it may be a tad too deep (4.75 inches; mine are about 3.5, and that's deep enough). I don't know how sturdy they are. And I SO understand that you need a place to put in-progress stuff. Can you use one of those collapsible triple cooling racks on a shelf to make extra layers of drying space?? Or a basket? I used to fantasize about peg-board over a sewing table, w/ a large basket or shelf that was reserved for in-progress stuff. Maybe you just need to designate a spot (in a basket or box, or on a shelf--whatever works) for the in-progress stuff. Label it, if you find you need to keep yourself honest? |
How about some peg board and the pegs for a place to let things dry, depending on what it is you are working on at the time it may work for some stuff. |
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Girls cross country: KV's Michelle Kent has made move to join area's elite
By Dave Melton Post-Tribune correspondent October 18, 2012 11:28PM
Kankakee Valley's Michelle Kent runs the course during a NCC meet on Saturday, in Lowell. Kent placed third with a time of 19:26. | Scott R. Brandush~Sun-Times Media
Updated: November 20, 2012 11:12AM
DEMOTTE — It was only a matter of time before Michelle Kent started moving to the front of the pack.
After a stellar middle school career, Kent began the next phase of her sports journey as a freshman on the Kankakee Valley cross country team last fall. Modest success greeted her that year, as Kent received first-team all-conference honors in the NCC.
At the 2011 Rensselaer Sectional, four Kougars: Allison Rockley, Kaylin Orsburn, Brittany Stepp and Kent finished in the top eight, leading KV to a second-place team finish. That Kougars squad ended the 2011 season with a 13th-place finish at the New Prairie Semistate.
"That season wasn't a disappointment at all," said Kent, who finished eighth at sectionals, 34th at regionals and 77th at semi-state. "I was just running with my teammates. The four of us were as close as we'd been since sixth grade. But I got a lot better."
Last spring, Kent was part of a KV track team that won the NCC title, a season that served as a launching pad into Kent's current cross country season.
"I saw a lot of confidence building in her during the track sectional and regional," said KV cross country coach Lane Lewallen. "It really carried over into her workouts. (Boys cross country coach) Tim Adams and I noticed in the summer that she was very, very strong and that's been real evident from the very first meet."
Kent attributed her progression as a runner to an increased workload over the summer.
"I added a ton of mileage this summer," she said. "I took it a lot more seriously, running well over 40 miles per week. Last year, that would've seemed overwhelming."
Early in the season, that progression showed on the course as Kent started competing with some of the top runners in the area. At a September triangular meet, she finished in first place ahead of Andrean's Becca Conley. One week later, she was in third place behind Griffith's Taylor Austin and Hobart's Celena Guerrero at another triangular meet.
"I was surprised," Kent said of competing with some of the region's best. "I'd look up to runners like Taylor and Becca and, all of a sudden, I was running right next to them."
When championships started being awarded in late September, Kent was at her best. She took third at the NCC Invitational, setting a personal record by 17 seconds. Ten days later, at the Rensselaer Sectional meet, Kent finished in first place, leading the Kougars to a team championship as well.
At the New Prairie Regional on Saturday, Kent finished with a time of 19:36, good enough for seventh place. Compared to her 2011 performance, Kent jumped 27 spots while shaving 1:46 off her time.
"That's a remarkable improvement," said Lewallen. "She's worked very hard to get to this point, and she's running significantly faster than last year."
Added Kent: "Looking at my time, it still blows me away."
She'll be the lone Kougars runner competing in Saturday's New Prairie Semistate, as her team failed to qualify. But that hasn't diminished Kent's goals for the weekend.
"I'm just going to run my best and hope for something good to come out of it," she said. "Based on time alone, I'm ranked 21st. If I set a new PR, I could make it. It'll have to be a good race.
"Looking at my time, it still blows me away. Oh wow, I just ran another race way under 20, that's still really neat. Last five races or so, I was consisntently running in the 19s so I guess it's leveling out."


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Known as the "Father of the Western," Thomas Ince was one of Hollywood's earliest wunderkinds. His output between 1911 and 1923 was nothing short of prodigious. In 1912 alone he directed 29 pictures, topping his total of 24 from the year before. Even though most movies made during the silent film era were "shorts," making each one was still a painstaking effort. Lacking today's modern digital technology and other advantages, everything in those early years had to be done by hand with crude equipment. A 20-minute short feature could take days or weeks to shoot and just as long to edit into a final cut. In all, Ince was credited with directing nearly 80 movies in a career spanning only a decade and a half: an output that, by any standard, easily dwarfs everyone else who followed his footsteps into the film production business.
Ince is also widely considered to be the founder of Hollywood's "studio system." Among his many innovations was his ability to shoot multiple pictures simultaneously on different sets. In The Cat's Meow, Marion Davies (played by Kirsten Dunst) toasts Ince (played by Cary Elwes) as "the man who figured out how to make ten pictures at once," to which Hearst sarcastically retorts, "And he takes credit for all of them." Such was Ince's ability to inspire both high praise and jealousy among his peers in the industry.
Among the other innovations he was credited with are the usage of a detailed "shooting script," which also contained information on who was in the scene, and the "scene plot," which listed all interiors and exteriors, and cost control plans. He helped create a standardized and mechanized mode of production similar to the assembly lines that were becoming standard practice in other industries. He also was one of the first who employed a separate writer, director and editor, instead of doing everything himself.