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While there are some things I will be tweaking based on testing and shifting sales feedback I'm between gigs as of today. Businesses are loathe to spend money right now. I've got some "real work" to finish up, the Mix it Up! tour and then hopefully I can make a giant dent in my very large personal backlog. Assuming I've got roughly a month, I wonder how much I can get done? My home office is definitely my most productive location…
My goal is to spend about 50 hours a week on all of these things, working from home and various co-work spots, and get a huge chunk of backlog done while also doing whatever networking is needed in order to get billable again.
Obviously a lot of big things were announced at MIX 2009 yesterday. I maintain my position that I would like to see Silverlight go towards more parity with WPF than ASP.Net, but there's plenty to be happy about here. I am most interested in the low-level details on the Bitmap APIs, perspective 3D, and the new tool bundled in with Blend 3.
If, like me, you missed MIX because you couldn't spare the time or expense, we have a consolation prize to offer you. Larry Clarkin has organized a cabal of Silverlight-loving speakers in the Midwest with the mission to bring the presentations from MIX2009 to your local User Group, Code Camp, or other community event. The "MIX it up" tour may already be planning on visiting your user group in MN, WI, IL, or IN. I myself will be talking at about four stops on the MIX it Up! tour. Look for more details and dates soon.
This Friday there is a Nerd Lunch scheduled for 11:30am at Fuddrucker's of Brookfield. This location was chosen due to easy bill-splitting and some vegetable-tarian friendly food. Come hang out with local geeks.
I have spoken with some folks about a set of lunches with a theme of topics in Software Architecture. This lunch currently has no theme, but stay tuned for news on the "arclunch" series.
I've been blogging since before it was called "blogging", I started around 1998 on a Geocities site. I like browsers. The internet is awesome. Web pages are great. Web pages have literally changed the world. Still, call me old fashioned, but I like Smart Clients. Whether you call them "Smart Clients", "Fat Clients", or "Client Server Applications" – they can often still offer the best user experience and the most rewarding developer experience out there.
In the '90s and '00s there were various reasons why companies were going online. A lot of it was hype, to be a part of this big movement that was going on. Some businesses found that some of their worst application deployment nightmares could be avoided by using the browser as a delivery mechanism. Some businesses found that a standards-compliant web page could (sort of, with a lot of pain) be used to reach a wider audience such as Mac or Unix users. Some businesses found that having things like database connections behind the firewall was a Good Thing.
Despite outrageous success, not everything is great in the land of browser based applications. Is the in-browser markup-based application the best choice or is it being carried forward purely by momentum? If someone at your business announces that "We're going to build a new Widget Widgetizer for our Agents", is it an unspoken assumption that it will be delivered via HTML? Is it cheaper and easier to build, debug, deploy, and maintain a browser based app than a Smart Client application? I wonder.
Doing layouts for web sites is still painful. HTML was not precisely meant to be a ubiquitous content-positioning mechanism. The post-<table/> world can be infuriating because CSS is still painful. Successfully doing CSS-only layouts seems to require Herculean efforts. Sure, people do it all the time, but these skills seem to be very hard won. The average CSS expert I talk to can rattle off an astounding list of browser specific gotchas and most will confess that testing is extremely time consuming. Firefox seems to mostly get it right, but that doesn't matter if Safari and IE don't. Hilariously, IE8 will get most things right but this is a curse in disguise: all of the server-side "if browser is IE" code out there will potentially now break under IE8. Even the dynamic menus generated by ASP.Net (a Microsoft product) were broken in the first IE8 beta, and appear to be broken still in the first release candidate. Maybe it's just the way my mind works, but I'd rather troubleshoot a threading issue than try to figure out which CSS attributes function differently on which dom objects in which browser and scream about min-height:xx; being ignored.
HTML 5 promises to save us with real layout primitives, but if we can't even get rid of IE6 after 7 years, what kind of adoption timetable can we expect with a whole new paradigm?
The Internet, which in its current incarnation was designed around stateless ideas, is being used to deliver applications which need to represent state to the user. It does this by delivering documents with complex layouts written in languages that were not meant to allow for complex layouts, supplemented by scripting languages pushed to the breaking point.
Not everyone likes strongly typed languages, true. Not everyone likes writing unit tests, with code coverage tools, refactoring tools, static analysis, and so forth. A lot of people do, and a lot of those people find the typical JavaScript experience to be a bit primitive by comparison.
I had, for years, secretly held the theory that Microsoft avoidance was the primary factor that had propelled browser-based development in the direction it was going. Building native apps for the various LINUX flavors isn't all that fun. Java Swing is absolutely terrible. Visual Basic, C++, or .NET on Windows? Pretty good! Personally, if I wanted to build an application that could reach over 90% of PCs in America, and have a great developer experience while doing so, I'd say that's a pretty good bet. A lot of people disagree with me.
With the iPhone having gone native with Cocoa Touch, and Google re-imagining ActiveX via "Nclient" I wonder if we are seeing the beginning of a trend.
I was meeting with a potential client who seemed to be somewhat familiar with some of my on-line antics. The client asked "So, why are you so into Silverlight?". There are really two answers to this question. One of course is that my Nerd Brian gleefully laps up the serotonin released as a side effect of my diet of C# 3, VS2008, LINQ, Lambdas, vector graphics, and so forth. This is not an answer that lends itself well to building a proposition of the business value of your expertise. So what came out of my mouth was something like this:
If we take a look at the application designs and user experiences we are seeing in the current "web 2.0" world we can make some observations. We are seeing an amazing level of creativity and high production quality of graphics and animation. We are seeing instant interaction, multiple simultaneous asynchronous actions happening by exchanging small messages with the server instead of whole-screen refreshes. We have Google maps and several "Outlook in the browser" variants and a host of other accomplishments I wouldn't have believed without proof. The technologies allowing us to do this are all in one way or another hacks, round-about techniques, unintended extensions, or fragile houses made of cards. They are steps towards real Smart Client technologies. They are all band-aids and medications lavished on a ruined Soldier who was never meant to fight this war. I prefer to take the most direct route and use a tool perfectly suited to the types of experiences we want to create. Silverlight is the direct route from A to B.
At any rate, my goal here is not to start a war. Rather, let's pretend your business is actually having a real discussion about whether an application should be browser based or not. What does the landscape look like today? I've already made some comments about the developer story, but what about:
I was serving as technical reviewer for a book called "Apache SOAP", before SOAP became somewhat synonymous with "Web Services". It seemed clear that Http-based message exchange could potentially solve one of the issues associated with the client-server era. The firewall is already open for HTTP traffic, so why not send data instead of markup? There are a number of options today for exchanging data through the firewall: WCF, Remoting, REST-full services, ASMX services. Not only does this negate one of the old benefits of markup-based applications, but a lot of things are going the direction of distributed computing, grid computing, or mashups, or crowd-sourcing. The success of Folding @Home, for example, shows what a distributed auto-updating smart client can do.
I often hear the words "Performance doesn't matter", mostly from people for whom performance is a black eye on their world view. Performance does matter. I currently have 250 movies in my Netflix queue and simply scrolling the page up and down in IE maxes out the CPU. Pulling up damonpayne.com in Firefox and resizing the browser window maxes out the CPU. Yet in Silverlight I can play full-screen HD video and the CPU is around 25%. Animations? Visual Tools? Large data sets? What about callbacks to a client without the client needing to constantly poll? I suppose network performance doesn't matter either? In case you haven't noticed, CPUs aren't getting faster at the same rate they have been. Performance matters, and the compiled language camp has a big advantage here.
Through various techniques, it seems to me that the deploy-and-update issue has mostly been solved. Java had Java Web Start. There is a slew of aftermarket "Application Updaters" for various platforms. .Net had the Application Updater Block and now Click Once and XBAP. A rich Silverlight (or Flash) app can still be delivered through the browser but keep the advantages of a Smart Client platform. PERL has CPAN. Vista has Windows Update. In this late hour, what kind of deployment advantage can we say a web application has over a smart client?
Standards (HTML, CSS, ECMA script), no matter how well specified, will somehow manage to be interpreted differently by different vendors. The nice thing about a plug-in model (Silverlight 2, Flash) is that they tend to come from a single vendor for every browser and operating system. Most of the code will be shared with a bare-minimum bootstrap rebuilt for the specific platform. There are some exceptions, such as Moonlight. In the case of Moonlight, Miguel, of whom I am a huge fan, actually has access to Microsoft's internal specification and test suites. A spec PLUS a suite of tests that shows you if you are rendering correctly is a good thing. I have much more confidence that Microsoft and Novell can get the Silverlight experience to be 99.9% universal than I do that IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari/Chrome will come close to converging.
Smart client software can give you great control over the presentation of your brand.
After 10 years of the browser delivered/markup based application getting all the attention I think the Smart Client is making a comeback. Smart Client technology has gotten better. Having massive storage and gadgets like GPS and accelerometers in our phones has brought back to the mind the advantages of access to the local system. Ideas like the Apple Store help close the usability gap between installing software and just hitting a webpage. Standards have emerged letting Smart Clients take advantage of the web.
Part of what I've said here can be chalked up to personal preference. If you like dynamic languages and don't write unit tests, or you hate Microsoft, or you are anti plug-in, you may disagree. I would appreciate any rational feedback pointing out where you think I'm wrong.
Note: As I was doing proofreading for this article before publication, Scott Hanselman posted some thoughts about Quake Live. At one point he states "There's no reason for QuakeLive to be shoe-horned into a browser plugin". I couldn't agree more.
I had previously been doing business under a different brand name, which was somewhat corny and I will not utter it here nor embarrass myself with my programmer-created artwork. The business name change went through a few weeks ago so it's now safe to introduce myself as the owner of Hand Waver, LLC.
The logo was done by http://www.aftermarketrobot.com/ , taking some time off of their world domination plans to help me with a brand. What do you think?
Read Seth's latest article. Read it twice. Now, I'm going to quote my favorite line:
"The obvious reason is that the person at this post office has no incentive to make a sale."
The person at the post office and indeed the post office itself has no reason to make a sale. If the post office loses 50% of it's business nothing happens. That is because you, the taxpayer, will provide them with a wheelbarrow of cash to fund their operation no matter what. Imagine if the post office had to compete with FedEx to carry your mail? If my neighborhood garbage pickup was competitive would they stop losing the lid to my garbage can for fear of losing my business? Now imagine the (very likely possibility) all incentive is removed from providing you with health care, that the hospital is looking for any reason to get to no.
The people who think we need more, or different, or smarter regulations are missing the boat. It is human nature, and the nature of life on Earth that would have to change in order for the USPS to have the same motivation as FedEx. We can't keep making rules contrary to our best interests and expect no consequences. We cannot simply pretend there is no difference between working for incentive and "collecting a paycheck". We cannot keep claiming that while we can connect the world with technology, plan missions to Mars, and constantly push out our understanding of reality we "could never solve the logistical problem of of privatizing bulk mail"; that "health care will never work unless the government takes over." The folks who claim this is the case are looking for any reason not to Get to Yes.
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How to Bring Coastal-Inspired Design Into Your Home
You don't need to live on the coast to bring a harmonious coastal energy into your home's interior design. A calming paint palette and selection of themed home decor items can do just the trick to allow the coastal vibe into your home. And some would say, in a coastal-themed home, you'll always feel like you're on vacation. Go on, get yourself a cold glass of iced tea, kick back in your Adirondack chair, and prepare to be inspired.
Some of my favorite coastal inspiration comes from my friend's home — a bright, open-concept beach-front Cape Cod with huge windows and beautifully curated home decor. Maybe it's just the look you're going for, so keep on reading to learn more about bringing a beautiful coastal vibe into your own home.
Paint. Let's start with the paint. Aim for blues, grays, and any earth and sky tones that you would experience if you were looking out over the ocean, rain or shine. Infusing a muted paint palette into your home is the quickest way to make a change (and it's usually inexpensive, with quality paint ranging from $20-$50/gallon). Color washing is an easy treatment for a coastal house too.
If you're looking for more texture, consider a grasscloth, shiplap or wainscoting panels, or something more creative, like map wallpaper.
Here are a few of my favorite paint colors for a coastal-themed home:
Just as much as paint and decor, hardware finishes can lend to creating a very coastal vibe. For example, this kitchen renovation transforms an ordinary kitchen into a coastal retreat, and the hardware that the homeowner selected for her drawer pulls and cabinets are a great finishing touch.
If you're looking for similar coastal-themed kitchen hardware, look into these sources:
Home decor brings the finishing touches in your coastal home retreat. It doesn't have to be all sailboats and anchors; you might gravitate towards a rustic-chic interpretation and embrace vintage finds, like old signs and natural wood finishes. You don't need to shy away from modern either, as the clean lines of modern design can bring a unique contrast into a coastal theme, as demonstrated in this modern coastal kitchen makeover.
For more furniture and decor ideas, check out these products you can buy:
Finally, if you're looking to create a coastal-themed house on a budget, consider these inexpensive (sometimes free!) do it yourself projects:
And finally, don't forget about the exterior of your home. To me, hydrangeas are a must for their lushness and longevity. Even after they're done blooming for the season, you can dry the hydrangea flowers to preserve and display all winter long.
For more coastal landscaping inspiration, check out these links:
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Is this an awesome idea or a very very very terrible idea?
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:45 PM
Interestingly as I have matured I have gotten far less attached to the idea of a 'meaningful' tattoo in the sense that it implies a certain religious or philosophical attachment, and more inclined to get something a bit more whimsical. For the past couple of years I've had this idea brewing in the back of my mind to get a full sleeve on my right arm (starting midway up the forearm) with something that depicts a fundamental aspect of exploration and adventure (itself a philosophy, I suppose) combined with something that's a recognizable manifestation of it. And the first thing I can think of that inspires me is epic old sea tales... Moby Dick, Sea Wolf, Billy Budd, Typee, Kidnapped, Treasure Island. The old nautical epics that spark some kind of deeply hidden wild desire in your heart to go out and live.
Basically I want to get a tattoo of a kraken on my forearm with the tentacles climbing up my arm and battling a masted schooner on my bicep.
Is this temporal and stupid or completely awesome?
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I don't know you well enough to know. I don't think it's a terrible idea. It's all about how you feel. I think it would be bad ass
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I'm a strong proponent of people getting ink that holds some meaning and expresses something about themselves and from what you've exposed to us here on this forum that absolutely nails it. I think it's a helluva idea.
So for what it worth from a near stranger I think you should do it.
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Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:58 PM
just remember it's permanent so makes sure it's something you are still going to like when you are old and not just a bad mistake you made when you were young.
that's always been my concern. but i know i will always love nautical literature and references to them as well as the open sea on a ship, and the connotation of sailing towards an unknown horizon that intrinsically accompanies it, so i feel like it'll never fade into irrelevance in my life (unless it's massively stylized, which it won't be.)
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I happened to be in Korea when I woke up with a hangover and had a realization that everyone has something that they believe in - like a life motto. I realized that I believed that there is good and evil in everyone - especially me!
I have a Ying/Yang in flames. 14 years later I still think it fits my life motto.
I say if it moves you - then go for it.
Posted 14 February 2013 - 08:05 PM
I say go for it if its what you want.
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the reason i don't have one is because i can always get one. i dunno. i want to rebel against something and nowadays getting penned doesn't seem that rebellious.
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News about Running, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Feb. 17, 2015
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Roughly 350 people take single step to complete Philly 0.0 Instant Gratification Run before claiming their T-shirts and moving on to after-party. MORE
Dec. 5, 2014
Elizabeth Herndon wins elite women's race at the first beer mile world championships in Austin, Tex, setting world record of 6 minutes 17.76 seconds. MORE
Dec. 3, 2014
More than 150 runners will compete in the beer mile world championships in Austin, Tex, competition that requires runners to chug four beers, one before each quarter-mile. MORE
Nov. 24, 2014
Runners in New Delhi's annual half-marathon confront some of worst air pollution levels in world; race is part of nation's growing running and sporting culture beyond cricket. MORE
Photos: Springy Steps in Icy Gloom
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North Korea: Pyongyang Marathon Shut to Foreigners Over Ebola Fears
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February 24, 2015, Tuesday
Mo Farah Breaks Indoor Two-Mile Record
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February 22, 2015, Sunday
Real Runners Do Take Walk Breaks
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February 18, 2015, Wednesday
Forget Barefoot; New Trendsetter in Running Shoes Is Cushioning
Some dismiss maximalist shoes as gimmicky or silly-looking. Others, from injury-prone joggers to Olympians, are converts.
February 17, 2015, Tuesday
At Millrose Games, Bernard Lagat Sets a Mark for 40-Year-Olds
In finishing fourth in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games, Lagat broke the world record for runners 40 and older.
February 15, 2015, Sunday
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Age, Chronological
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Lagat, Bernard
Coghlan, Eamonn
Records and Achievements
International Assn of Athletics Federations
Centrowitz, Matt
Willis, Patrick
Pathologist Rules Out Suicide in Death of Marathon Champion
Samuel Wanjiru died in 2011 after falling from a balcony at his home, but a Kenyan government pathologist said it was not possible for the fall to have caused the head injuries that killed him.
February 11, 2015, Wednesday
For the Slothful, a Race Is a One-Step Process
The Philly 0.0 Instant Gratification Run finished a step after it started Friday night as each of the estimated 350 participants finished in 1 second.
February 9, 2015, Monday
No, More Running Probably Isn't Bad for You
A new study receives widespread attention, but its conclusions are based on the deaths of only 17 runners.
February 6, 2015, Friday
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Slow Runners Come Out Ahead
Joggers consistently tended to live longer than people who did not exercise, a new study found. And the slowest runners lived longest of all.
February 4, 2015, Wednesday
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Marott, Jacob Louis
University of Copenhagen
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Bicycles and Bicycling
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Braving the Cold to Beat the Crowds
For some runners, the frigid temperatures before sunrise are an invitation rather than a deterrent in winter, as they relish the empty roads of Central Park.
Bill Cunningham | Marathon Medley
It seemed as if a kaleidoscope of colors had exploded on the runners participating in the five-borough New York City Marathon last Sunday.
After the New York City Marathon
After completing the 2014 New York City Marathon, participants fight through fatigue and physical exhaustion on the streets of Manhattan.
A Pregnancy Workout
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The New York City Marathon
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Running While Pregnant
Clara Horowitz Peterson is an elite distance runner who has continued to train and compete during her pregnancies, running right up until her baby's delivery in one case.
App Smart: Running Partners
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Running the Marathon
John Eligon of The Times at the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday morning.
With Defiant Spirit, Boston Marathoners Run Again
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Boston Police on Suspicious Backpacks
The Boston police superintendent for the night command said that a man was arrested and charged after two backpacks were found near the marathon finish line.
Gaza Runner, Israeli Hurdles
The Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader al-Masri has been denied permission by Israel to cross from Gaza to participate in this year's Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem.
Recovery on the Roads
Since losing a leg while serving in Afghanistan, Alfredo De Los Santos has become a national champion in the handcycle marathon.
A Race Through the City
Tens of thousands of New York City Marathon participants crossed through all five boroughs, filling streets and bridges, and drawing crowds of supporters.
New York City Marathon, by the Numbers
The world's largest marathon took place on Sunday. A look at the number of paper cups, the oldest runner and other unexpected facts about the race.
A Romp and a Relay
The group races known as the Ragnar have caught on. Here's how to run one. (A tutu is optional.)
Fast, Diverse, and Striving
The West Side Runners Club comprises a diverse group of immigrants who train rigorously despite working long hours.
Logging Miles After Night Falls
In the developing scene of urban running crews, socializing and drinking are a large part of the draw.
A Test of Will, With a View
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, a 104-mile race through France, Switzerland and Italy, tests runners' endurance with numerous passages in high altitude.


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Race Results
UK National Criterium Championships 2002
Hillingdon, West of London
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33 laps
18 year old Jacqui Marshall - VC St Raphael, beat breakaway companion Diane Moss - SPS Systems Wightlink, to win the Women's National Circuit Race Championship held at Hillingdon in London on a rain free day.
The 33 lap race started in sunny weather with notable absentees Frances Newstead and defending champion Charlotte Hopkinson; the first attack of the day was by Karen Jeffrey - Hiscox Insurance but she was caught, then it was the turn of Lisa Thomson - VC Bayeaux returning from her crash of three weeks ago still with a plate in her wrist, in fact Lisa was an early animator putting in three attacks. Each time the attack was brought back.
On the 7th lap WCPP rider Susan Carter - Team Powerbar, who just 10 weeks ago spent 2 days in intensive care after a very serious accident which required facial surgery, stretched the legs of the race, which she did several times.
The riders were very active with further attacks by Gabriella Day - Velo Club Lincoln, Marshall, Rachel Hobson - JE James and by halfway in the race Marshall was in the lead by 15 seconds, the bunch numbering 11 lead by Sally Boyden - Classic Walls CRT with 4 chasing including Corri Farquharson - Team Letchworth.
As the laps ticked by it was obvious that one of the attacks would be successful and with just 10 laps to go it was Marshall who attacked to lead for one lap until Moss got across to her and this looked like the one that would last.
The gap rose to a maximum of 23 seconds and even with Carter at the head of the bunch the gap never got below 15 seconds.
With 4 laps to go the bunch were in the same finishing straight as the leaders and it looked as if they would be caught but then no-one could decide in the bunch who would lead and the gap opened again; later Carter decided to set about that gap and she took Boyden and Chrissie Wenzel - Hemel Hempstead CC with her.
The gap was coming down but so slowly until going into the final lap the lead was down to 10 seconds, by the finish the chasers had closed it to just 5 seconds when side by side Moss and Marshall sprinted it out to end a fast and exciting National Championship with Sally Boyden getting the Bronze Medal.
After the race Boyden said that this is her final road race of a long and distinguished career; she will ride the Track Championships and the World Masters, then retire.
1. Jacqui Marshall VC St Raphael 1 hr 22 mins 40 secs
2. Diane Moss SP Systems-Wightlink same time
3. Sally Boyden Classic Walls CRT at 5 seconds
4. Susan Carter Team Powerbar same time
5. Chrissie Wenzel Hemel Hempstead CC same time
6. Jeanette Tebbutt Team Letchworth-Extran at 9 seconds
7. Nicola Wadham Kingston Wheelers same time
8. Lisa Thomson VC Bayeaux same time
9. Karen Jeffrey Hiscox Insurance same time
10. Rebecca Jones Lancs Travel same time
11. Rachel Hobson JE James RT same time
12. Annette Nielson Norwood Paragon at 15 secs
13. Gabriella Day Velo Club Lincoln same time
14. Jackie Dodd Kingston Phoenix at 2 mins
15. Ann Bath Kingston Phoenix same time
16. Corri Farquharson Team Letchworth-Extran same time
17. Jan Dickins Kingston Phoenix same time


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Bobby Jones, Stroke Of Genius
In going after a "Seabiscuit" type of movie about the famous '30s amateur golfer Bobby Jones, the filmmakers chose a double epithet for a biopic that gets nowhere near that film's captivating sports story from the same era. Jim Caviezel does a commendable job as Bobby Jones, the only golfer to ever win the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year, but the story's lacking dramatic arc, overlong running time, and dreadful musical score by James Horner make it a snoozefest to overlook. Jeremy Northam ("Gosford Park") plays Bobby's egotistical golf rival Walter Hagen with a sharp wit that elevates the movie whenever he's onscreen, although Claire Forlani (The Medallion") is severely miscast as Bobby Jones' put upon wife.
Rated PG. 120 mins. (C) (Two Stars)
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I just realized that I haven't written an entry here in almost (no, over) a year. I'm not in my second semester of my Sophomore year at a small liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere and, for better or worse, there's no going back. A lot can happen in a year, but it's always comforting to know that there are still some places that never change.
I got a call last night from someone I hadn't really talked to in almost a year. The weird thing was, I still definitely identified her as a friend. As I talked to her, I could say to myself, "yes, this is a friend.
It's been a very long time since I've written anything here. For that matter, it's been a long time since I've really written anything simply for myself - college has had a way of, shall we say, taking down my desire for personal writing by a notch. As well as reading for pleasure, which is something I've always done and could never give up (although the reading load tends to cut down the time I have for just curling up with a book, which is a shame). Besides feeling the reality of coursework and what it can do for you, college has been an interesting time on pretty much any front you can think of. Socially, I'm doing better and more than I ever did in high school. I have friends that I actually see more than once a month outside of classes (every day, in fact), and I'm finally in a relationship that I feel good about. That is, I'm in a happy, normal, stable relationship. What does it mean when I'm in a happy, wonderful relationship with someone of the opposite sex when I still consider myself bi?
I'm starting to really look at the way my life is going right now, and I'm really starting to wonder why it can't be more like what you see in the movies. I'm not saying that I'm wondering why it isn't, just why it can't be. I've always (well, not always, but for a while) had this dream of being a crazy guerilla underground street artist, painting the world to bring a little more life in. I've had my dreams of being a rockstar, loved by everyone. I've done a little bit of both, but that beautiful dark and stylish and slick and quick world you see in cinema just isn't the same as what I find myself doing in my own life.
I just came out to my mom. By accident. I was talking to her while I was checking my email and all that, and I go to myspace. She's never really seen a site like that before so she asks if she can see my page on there. I figure sure, what's on there that she can't or shouldn't see? As it turns out, I forgot about that little "Orientation: Not Sure" thing that's on there... and of course that's the first thing that she notices.
"Not sure? What does that mean?"
"Uh... uh... its the... default thing? And I haven't changed it, and.."
"You haven't changed it? Don't give me that. Are you really not sure?"
"Look, I..."
She looks me in the eyes.
"You're gay? Bi?"
Barber's Agnus Dei, sung by the Choir at Trinity College. Music so beautiful it hurts. It's been a long day, a long week. I'm so close to graduating that I can feel it, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm really ready to leave all of this. I'll be leaving my hometown and state in less than 3 months, and right now that scares the shit out of me. It's almost certain that there will be things I leave behind that I can never come back to, and I don't know how to even start thinking about thinking about that. So instead of putting too much thought into it right now, I'm just letting the bittersweet chords of that painful adagio wash over me, and hope that it will all be worth it, that it will all work out.
I have two weeks and change left of high school, and as of right now, I'm honestly and truly done. I'm ready to throw in the towel and just be gone, out, finished. To be totally fair, I've been done (not actually done, but definitely done) for a while, but right now its hitting home a little bit harder than usual. A big part of that is disillusionment with my school, or at least with some parts of the administration. There are a lot of things that I'm just tired of dealing with, that I don't want to even think about even more.
So every once in a while I wear these ski goggles with bright orange lenses around. They're not your usual big blocky goggles, no - these things are streamlined and just one badass degree away from being retro-cyberpunk. In a good way, of course. In any case, I don't wear them that often, but they can add flair to whatever I'm wearing, as long as it's appropriate. Just push them up onto my forehead and I'm good to go. Pretty straightforward, right? I mean, everyone needs a prop. And, incidentally, in the winter I actually do use them for skiing, so it's not like they're just some kind of mindless fashion accessory. Anyway. Now I can no longer wear them. This is unfortunate. This makes me unhappy. This is not a good thing.
At my school there is a creepy little subgroup of anime freaks, gamers, RPG geeks, and wannabe otaku who call themselves the Nerd Herd. I have no real problem with these people. They're irritating, and if you get too close the greasy hair and unwashed body odor gets pretty bad, but in general they're not bad people by any means. They hang out in their corner, and everyone more or less gives them their space. Recently, one of these... individuals... decided that the whole goggles-pushed-up-on-forehead thing was a good idea. Apparently he saw something really similar in some anime or video game or something, and took the step of trying to actually work with it. Normally, I'd be flattered, but this guy has basically hijacked my look. See, not only is he wearing the goggles everywhere and all of the time but they are the EXACT SAME GOGGLES. Except that his have light purple lenses while mine are orange.
I walk through the rain on my way to nowhere. An old street drunk with dead eyes starts towards me, his arm outstretched, his palm open for change. I dodge past a crowd of bike people and slip between the cars stuck in traffic. Quick look back: is he following me? No. So far so good. I pull the lapels on my suitjacket a little crisper and make sure that my collar is popped out just right. The rain slows, stops, drumming down to nothing on the pavement. People start to come out from under the awning. Tourists with their cameras and bursts of Russian, French, English English. Two kids on skateboards fly past me, blissed out on music. One of them clips me as he goes by, and I yell after them, but what can you do?
I haven't written for over a month now. Not on here, at least - and that really just feels sad. I can give the usual excuses (school, life, and all that) but the truth is that I could just as easily say that I just... haven't written. I have been really busy, but at the same time it's been very hard to stay away from Oasis the way I have been.
Part of it could be that I'm really... questioning who I am as a person. Sexuality comes into play there but it isn't the only thing. It's not just a matter of feeling uncomfortable writing on a site designed for queer youth when I'm never sure if I should actually call myself queer or something else entirely. I am a bit lost on that front right now, but that's still not it.
The most beautiful refrain of music that I've heard in a long time is from the last movie of Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony. We're playing the symphony in my orchestra, and at rehearsal this section comes up and my jaw just drops. I almost stop playing - but we had only just touched on the beauty and power of this piece. Tonight I put a recording of it on my headphones and skipped ahead to the magical section. For the first time that I can remember, I just let the music wash over me and started to cry. It was a sense of rapture and bliss that I can't remember every feeling before, and it was a shock when it left, just as suddenly as it came. I tried to go back and listen to it again, but no such luck. It's still a gorgeous piece of music, but that painful sense of beauty and power isn't there. Maybe hearing it live will bring it back.
Some of this stuff happened tonight. Some of it happens all the time. All of it I'm sick of. And I'm really starting to lose any patience I once even thought about having for this kind of crap.
I turned 18 today. I guess that's important and it's sort of exciting (in that "hey, I'm older" kind of way) but on the other hand I'm still sort of out of it and depressed and tired. I feel old. I made some not so great choices last night and I'm not feeling too good about that. TO be honest, I had a great day today. Got with friends, ate some cake, all that jazz. I have absolutely no right to not feel amazing right now. Everything (?) is going my way, but I'm still pretty down. For no reason, as far as I can tell.
Professional sports confuse me. To be honest, I find most competitive sports to be a little bit inscrutable. This isn't because I don't understand the rules of the game in question; for the most part, I do. Rules are, for the most part, the easiest part to understand. And it isn't that I don't follow the players or the teams or the stars. I more or less don't (apart from reading about the latest sports scandal if it hits the front page) but that shouldn't have any real effect on how I see the game. No, the biggest problem I have in understanding most traditional competitive sports is one of philosophy. I just don't understand the point.
Consider: there are two teams, each largely alike (except for their uniforms), and each fighting for possession of some abstract (and arbitrary) concept of territory. The territory can be spatial (for example, gaining yards in football) or economic (as in any game that relies more on volume of points, such as basketball). The end result, though, is always the same. People fighting over the same little bits of territory, gaining and losing ground, but ultimately getting nothing done. In short, the philosophy and style of team sports (especially professional versions) is nothing more or less than the philosophy of war.
What is it like to stand up in front of 3000 people who are all desperately in love with you? What is it like to be a rock star?
Last night I went to what might have been the greatest show I have ever seen. I've seen a number of very good bands live, but as far as just a great show, last night almost certainly takes the cake. The Decemberists were playing an all-ages show in town, and I made sure to get tickets. The music was amazing, but even more incredible (and, in a very real sense, indescribable) was how much of a presence the band has. It went above and beyond the usual rock star bravado and flash and flair - there was something about them (and lead singer Colin Meloy in particular) that makes everyone really truly love them.


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Epson Stylus SX445W review
The Stylus SX445W is designed as an inexpensive all-in-one for users who need to do only the occasional printing and scanning. Like most modern MFPs, the SX445W has a wealth of stand-alone features, which you can access via a colour LCD screen on the front of the printer. You can scan to a memory card or associated PC, make copies, print photos from a memory card, and configure a Wi-Fi link to your network; you can also connect the MFP via USB.
Everything works well enough, but the menu system is ugly, with dull orange-and-grey icons. Manual print head alignment requires you to select the best section of a test print, but at least this can all be done using the printer's integrated screen, rather than calling upon users to do it via driver software on their PC.
Photo printing is painfully slow, but the results are at least worth the wait. Our test prints had smooth shading, realistic skin tones and fairly accurate reproductions of pale colours such as skin tones. This is particularly impressive given that the SX445W uses pigmented inks. There's a very slight magenta tint, something we've seen before from Epson photo printers. However, the effect is consistent and you can adjust the driver's colour settings in the advanced settings tab.
Document printing has been a weak point of previous budget Epson MFPs, but the SX445W produces sharp, clear mono text, albeit at a slowish 5.9ppm. We were also pleased with its performance on our image-loaded colour documents, which had accurate and smooth colours. Once again, though, speed is a weak point; colour prints emerged at just 1.6ppm - that's roughly a 15 minute wait for 24 pages.
Text is legible at even small font sizes, although close examination reveals that it's a little wobbly around the edges. Blisteringly fast 16.7ppm draft text is pale grey, very jagged, and not worth bothering with for any except the most basic of proof-reading jobs. Mono prints aren't too expensive, coming in at 2.4p per page. However, a page of mixed black and colour printing is a little steep at 8.2p. A 6x4in photo on Epson Premium Glossy paper costs 23p.
The 1,200dpi scanner does a brilliant job of capturing fine detail at high resolutions; low resolution text scans are also sharp and legible. Colour and shading is also accurate. We're fans of Epson's scanner interface, which in advanced mode gives you great control over sharpness, colour and image correction. Less demanding users can opt for one of the basic modes, which make it easy to scan without poring over scores of options. ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR software is included, which turns scanned documents into editable text or even searchable PDFs.
The SX445W isn't a bad printer but it's slow and its text quality isn't the best around. Photos are very good for a budget device, though. In fact, this MFP's price is one of its most compelling selling points. At just £64, it's great value, particularly if photo and scan quality are a priority. Otherwise, the HP Deskjet 3050A costs less and prints faster.


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Shreveport, LA (KMSS) — Five suspects are now facing felony charges following an early morning burglary of a convenience store in west Shreveport.
Vernon Wynn, 18, Zues Adger, 18, Marquis Claville, 18, along with two juvenile males ages 16 and 17, all of Shreveport, wre arrested for simple burglary.
Just before 3:00 a.m., on Mionday, Shreveport Police officers were dispatched to the 4100 block of Hearne Avenue relative to a silent alarm triggered at the Triple J convenience store.
Upon officers arrival at the business, they immediately noticed the building's front glass had been busted out. Seconds later, officers observed a group of subjects fleeing from the business. Following a brief pursuit on foot, all suspects, totaling five, were apprehended by authorities.
Additionally, officers located a duffel bag which contained items that were ultimately linked to the business.
The suspects were detained and subsequently transported to Shreveport Police headquarters were they were each subject to interviews by detectives. During the inquiry, it was determined that while walking in the 4100 block of Hearne Avenue, one of the suspects, using a foreign object, allegedly broke into the business, made entry, and removed miscellaneous items of value.
These actions were allegedly mirrored by the other suspects captured fleeing the scene. Following interviews with detectives, all five suspects were charged with simple burglary.
At this stage of the investigation, authorities are awaiting the release of surveillance video from the business.


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Roma have signed CSKA Moscow's Seydou Doumbia and have agreed a deal to bring in Cagliari forward Victor Ibarbo.
Seydou Doumbia's agent claims there is Premier League interest, but is unsure whether the CSKA Moscow striker will move to England.
Seydou Doumbia has revealed he is hoping to seal a move to Italy, Spain or England this summer.
CSKA Moscow chief Yevgeny Giner insists that the club are yet to receive an offer for top striker Seydou Doumbia.
Man City defender Kolo Toure hopes winning the African Cup of Nations would give the whole of the Ivory Coast a boost.
CSKA Moscow striker Seydou Doumbia has expressed a desire to play in England after being linked with a move to Tottenham.
CSKA Moscow's goalscoring hero Seydou Doumbia has revealed his ambition to play in the Premier League in the future.
Seydou Doumbia scored a stunning last-minute goal to complete a comeback for CSKA Moscow to earn a 2-2 against Lille.
CSKA Moscow striker Seydou Doumbia has admitted he would love to play for Chelsea.
Delio Rossi has warned his Palermo side of the threat CSKA Moscow will pose in the Europa League on Thursday.
Kolo Toure is confident Ivory Coast can counter the loss of talismanic striker Didier Drogba to injury.
Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho is tracking Youngs Boys Bern striker Seydou Doumbia, according to reports in the Italian media
Seydou Doumbia has reiterated his desire to play in a big European club at some stage in his career.
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King County is working closely with Seattle Public Utilities to coordinate our projects and complement our community engagement efforts. To learn more about Seattle Public Utilities drainage projects in South Park, visit: http://www.seattle.gov/util/myservices/drainagesewer/projects/southparkprojects/
February 20, 2014 King County brings solutions to stormwater pollution in the Duwamish. Learn more about our work to reduce sewer overflows and promote green solutions by downloading the February 2014 newsletter (PDF) and map of possible GSI Roadside Locations and RainWise eligible boundary (PDF). El Condado de King ayuda a encontrar soluciones al problema que se genera cuando el agua de lluvia corre sobre calles, techos y estacionamientos de South Park Highland Park y ya recogiendo contaminacion.
Like many cities around the country, the older parts of King County's sewer system use a single set of pipes to carry sewage and stormwater to a treatment plant. During big rain storms, the pipes can fill up with stormwater leading to overflows of stormwater and sewage into nearby rivers, streams, and Puget Sound. Although these overflows prevent sewage backups into homes and streets, they also pose public health concerns. When sewer pipes in the Highland Park and South Park neighborhoods get too much stormwater, the polluted water overflows into the Duwamish River.
This project is exploring the feasibility of reducing overflows using Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) or a combination of GSI and storage for sewer overflows. GSI keeps stormwater out of the sewer system and allows it to slowly soak into the ground using rain gardens, permeable pavement, and/or specially designed tree boxes. Two neighborhoods – South Park and Highland Park – have been identified as possible GSI areas based on relatively flat streets, wide planter strips or roads, and the types of soil that allow stormwater to soak in.
An early action in this area is the implementation of the RainWise incentive program that provides rebates to property owners who install rain gardens and cisterns on their property. The program is available now through 2015.
Any remaining stormwater will be controlled with a storage pipe option starting in 2019.
This project is part of a larger Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Plan that will reduce sewer overflows into local water bodies and protect public health and the environment. The program began in the 1960s. In this plan, there are nine projects left to complete to reduce overflows that occur at 14 CSO locations in the regional wastewater system. Duwamish projects, including the South Park and Highland Park GSI project, were prioritized based on what King County heard from the community.
The project timeline is as follows:
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WTD will be in the area through winter 2014 studying the soils and groundwater levels to better design any GSI options. Based on street layouts and results of soils and groundwater testing, King County will discuss options for GSI with the community.
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What if lawmakers put forward a federal budget plan to tax big financial institutions, enact a healthcare public option and increase spending to put millions of Americans to work on badly needed infrastructure projects?
They did. You just didn't read or hear much about it.
We've pointed out in the past (Extra!, 6/11) that budget plans put forward by congressional Republicans–especially GOP "wonk" Paul Ryan–get a lot of press attention. But the other "side" of the debate over the federal budget is the one put forth by the congressional Progressive Caucus. And its budgets (which one could argue are more closely aligned with public opinion) tend to be either ignored by journalists (FAIR Blog, 3/27/12) or ridiculed–like when Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote that calling it "The People's Budget" was painfully reminiscent of "other socialist undertakings" (FAIR Blog, 4/14/11).
This time around the media dynamic wasn't different. The Progressive Caucus' "Better Off" budget was released on March 12. And, according to a search of the Nexis news database, it was hardly picked up anywhere.
David Dayen wrote a column for Al Jazeera America (3/12/14) explaining what the budget sought to do. And he noted this phenomenon:
There's no shortage of news coverage when Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his Republican colleagues in the House release their own version of a national budget, despite the fact that the document has little chance of being passed. But when the 70 liberal Democrats of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) do the same, it passes largely unnoticed in the media–thereby limiting the scope of the debate presented to the US public.
The budget was also covered by Cole Stangler at In These Times (3/13/14) and Pat Garofalo at US News (3/12/14). It was covered on at least one MSNBC show, Now With Alex Wagner (3/12/14), where the host declared:
Will it pass? No. But should it be discussed? Most certainly.
When Barack Obama released his budget, a New York Times headline (3/4/14) dubbed it a "Populist Wish List." While they don't mean that as a compliment, that might more accurately apply to the Better Off budget–which the Times didn't cover at all.


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The earth is being eaten alive! As the unstoppable alien antibody continues consuming everything in its path, Stormwatch awakens a slumbering [information redacted] buried deep within the earth. But has the team found an ally or a threat greater than the antibody? However it plays out, the DC landscape literally will be changed forever! Plus: Don't miss a major change to the Stormwatch roster!
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Production Capacity
To begin, let's examine production capacity as a factor in equipment selection and in your daily life as an embroiderer. Production capacity is important because of the direct impact it has on how much embroidery you can produce, and therefore, on how much money you can make - or in how many hours per day you will need to work.
The formula for calculating production capacity begins with how many stitches per minute a machine will embroider. Quoted as sewing speed or stitches-per-minute, this number can be compared to the potential speed of a car. If your car's speedometer has a maximum speed of one hundred and twenty miles per hour, that does not, as we all know, mean you can travel a one hundred and twenty-mile distance in one hour.
What it does mean is that one hundred and twenty miles per hour is the top speed for your automobile - it is as fast as it can possibly travel, but not as fast as is practical or likely to travel. When a commercial embroidery machine lists 1,200 stitches-per-minute as top speed in it's specifications, that value represents the number of revolutions the machine is capable of performing in a minute, and, technically, it also indicates how many stitches-per-minute the machine will embroider. However, just as in our example of a car's top speed, there are practical limitations to using this value in a formula to calculate production capacity.
To begin with, in general, commercial embroidery thread will not function properly at 1,200 stitches per minute. At this operating speed, the operator will experience an unacceptable level of thread breaks or thread frays. The increase in thread breaks defeats the purpose of embroidering at top speed due to the time it takes the operator to re-thread the needle and restart the machine.
It is the equivalent of driving down the highway at 120 miles per hour and pulling over to a complete stop periodically to check your oil. A car traveling at a steady 65 miles per hour will reach the destination first, without the hassle and distraction that consistently pulling over presents. The same is true when operating an embroidery machine. By operating the machine at a more moderate rate, a design will typically be completed sooner than if the machine were being operated at top speed.
Also, the quality of an embroidered design can greatly diminish at higher speed levels, especially on hats and other difficult applications, and on more common projects, such as golf shirts, as well. By selecting a moderate speed setting, both quality and productivity tend to go up. In equipment selection and during productivity calculations, do not be overly swayed by the top speed of a certain model or brand, but instead plan on using a more realistic value for stitches-per-minute.
The stitches-per-minute value is the primary unit of measure for determining production capacity. As an example, let's assume that we are using a single-head, single-needle home embroidery machine and that we are embroidering a one color, five thousand-stitch design on a knit golf shirt. To determine the time that this design will take to embroider, and therefore how many items we can embroider in an hour, we will divide the total number of stitches in the design by the number of stitches we anticipate embroidering per minute. For this example, we will use five hundred stitches per minute as our sewing speed.
5000 (stitches) 500 (stitches-per-minute) = 10 minutes (embroidery time)
In this example, the calculation is five thousand stitches in the design divided by five hundred stitches per minute for an approximate production time of ten minutes per shirt or six shirts per average production hour. This anticipated production time per shirt is an important figure in the equipment selection process, calculating production capacity, and in determining what direction you want your business to take. Production information is the key factor used in calculating the price that you will charge for your work.
In our example, we used a single color design and determined that each shirt would take approximately ten minutes to embroider. This is assuming that there were no thread breaks, frays or other related problems, and that our actual stitches-per- minute sewing speed used for calculations had already factored in thread breaks and other embroidery related issues that would cause the machine to stop. If we had used a multi-color design in our example, we would have added time for color changes and the resulting time per shirt would be directly impacted by the time it took the operator to cut, tie and pull through the required number of colors.
These extra steps could add two to three additional minutes, or more, to our per shirt time resulting in a total time of thirteen minutes to embroider a multi-color, five thousand stitch design on a knit golf shirt. This results in a productivity level of four and one half shirts per hour or thirty-six shirts per eight-hour day.
As you can see, the topic of equipment selection and production capacity relates directly to how you would like to spend your time. In our example, a single-head home embroidery machine produced approximately four and one half shirts per hour or a total of thirty-six shirts per eight-hour day.
By contrast, a commercial, multi-needle single head, automatic trimming embroidery machine would produce in the range of ten shirts per hour, for a total of seventy-seven shirts per eight-hour day.
5000 (stitches) 800 (stitches-per-minute) = 6.25 minutes (time per shirt)
60 (minutes in an hour) 6.25 minutes (per shirt) = 9.60 shirts per hour
To arrive at the production capacity for a single-head, multi-needle commercial embroidery machine, we used a sewing speed of eight hundred stitches-per-minute, which is a typical effective speed at which a commercial single head can be operated. This value will vary based on equipment, on whom you ask and the type of embroidery being done.
In general, commercial machines are heavier, more powerful and more stable than lighter duty machines and are designed to be operated at higher speeds. Automatic trimmers and multiple needles on commercial embroidery machines also result in higher productivity, as reflected in our example.
If we were then to calculate for a multi-needle, two-head, automatic trimming machine, the production level could be effectively doubled from levels attributable to the single-head, multi-needle, automatic trimming machine. Levels for the two-head would increase to in the range of twenty shirts per hour and to one hundred and fifty shirts per full eight-hour day of production.
The levels of productivity discussed here will vary in day to day production. As an example, a true eight-hour production day is rare. No matter who is running the machine, there are breaks, phone calls, unpacking of garments, shipping, receiving, and various other distractions that decrease actual production time. Eight hours of production may equate into a twelve-hour workday when the various related activities are factored in. In a one-person shop, the workday can be even more exaggerated due to the variety of duties to be performed.
Levels of productivity do not typically go up in direct proportion to the number of sewing heads that exist on a given machine when comparing machines larger than two heads. If we were to use a six-head machine in our example, we would not report a productivity level triple that of the two-head machine. This drop in relative productivity exists due to the increased level of related activities such as the hooping of the garment, removing the garment from the machine, folding, trimming and many others.
In general, if the operator of a multi-head machine can hoop the next group of garments to be embroidered while the existing group of garments is being embroidered, productivity will be optimal. However, on lower stitch count designs with a relatively short sewing time, the operator may not have time to hoop the next run while the existing run is being embroidered. This results in the machine being idle while the operator is preparing the next run, and in a decreased level of relative productivity.
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Or at least was, until this kid tim hit me up on FB and said he couldn't be a redneck, cuz he's gay. lol. made my night a little better.
How I hate being gay. I feel like lately I am reverting back to where I was during my teen years.
I have no Energy anymore. Ever.
I am losing my mind.
As my depression worsens from factors that are completely out of my control, I revert back to my teen years. Full of anxiety, anger, angst....
I go back to the old me. Unable to process conscious thoughts. Unable to think. Unable to interact with others. I merely exist.
I dunno, but it seems like lately I have been going back to old paranoid delusions of the possibilities that used to haunt me.
Took me like a half hour to get up the balls to go, and all of a sudden just decided to go, and then...
Hang on for the epic moment of suspense!
There was no one there!
I drove a few minutes, like 40 minutes actually, out of my way, and there was nobody there! The club that spent all day today advertising their meeting tonight, and no one was there!
That is truly the question...
So today, there was a recruiting/ group trying to get people to come to GSA meetings @ school. their flyers have been up for about a month, advertising the new club, but I am still not sure if I want to go...
they meet on fridays @ 5 pm, when almost no one is even on campus anymore...but...it still seems risky. I mean, there are a lot of kids I knew still going to the local community college, albeit after this quarter, many of those kids are graduating and getting the heck out of there.
To start swimming again this week. Now, I know swimmerguy will laugh at me when he hears that I can barely swim 150 yards continuously, without screwing up my breathing and strokes, but it feels damn good to be in a pool again.
Let me back up. The local pool is in real financial struggle. And for local college students, they used to allow free use of the pool facilities...
In response to a post about top gun I made to a buddy going into the navy as an aviator! The first one is Quinten tarantino's take on why Top Gun is gay...the second...also, but funnier.
Gay Marriage...eventually, it will lead to perverts, beastiality, and other weird love addictions being legalized...
honestly one of the strangest commercials I have ever seen.
I mean, why on earth can't they just leave people alone? A few years ago, they protested @ the washington state ferries, when the anything but marriage laws were being considered in olympia, and now...
Now they are planning to protest Braden and Charlie Powell's funeral on the day Chris Gregoire (governor of WA state) is expected to sign the bill allowing gay marriage? They are saying these boys were murdered by their father due to gay marriage passing! sickening thought!
at least there will be a counter-protest!
This first video is a buddy of mine last sunday, the second is of the World Champs? of drift triking? New sport to me, but it looks sooo fun!
40-60 mph, 6" off the ground, no brakes, or just a front brake, and drifting corners @ extremely high speeds!
Looks so fun!
Is almost legalized. we are about to become the 7th state in the nation to legalize it...just has to go to greggo's desk monday, then it is official.
Got to admit, I am a bit torn on the issue. Under the state's anything but marriage law, that has been on the books for the past three years, a few friends I know who are in domestic partnerships may be getting the shaft.
For example. Rob and Jamie have been together for about 10 years, they got into a domestic partnership last year. Mainly for the life and death benefits, and stuff like that.
Shelby and Chad, ferrets, and any other evergreener's on here, how much snow did you guys get? I got about 6". and have been having fun on the neighbor's quads and on my mtn bikes riding around. supposed to melt tomorrow, but it's been one heck of a good week so far.
that, and crystal mtn had about a foot of new on sunday on south back country....hiked it a few times, and had some of the best pow I Have ridden in several years!
I need to get laid. been sooo fucking horny lately...for too long. Sorry if that was too much, but i really need to fucking get over myself, and get a boyfriend. even if I stay in the closet, I need to fucking find somebody.
I guess I got a taste of sex and love/ lust w/ rick awhile back, and now I feel like I need somebody, even though I hate being gay, and don't think I can really ever accept being a fag.
But if Newt Gingrich or Mitt become president, I am thinking of becoming a canadian citizen! They have better health care, riding, and jobs up there anyway...and the mountain terrain and trail building on public land attitudes are awesome, because everyone in BC rides or skis!
God do i feel fucking old. So in an hour, I turn 23...yep. 23. and I am still a neurotic, crazy drunken, borderline retarded individual @ times.
Today, it took me nearly 5 hours to move a cord of wood, cut it, and put in in the back, under our deck. too long. and it beat the shit out of me physically.
I mean, I am probably among the most outta shape young kids out there,. I am shocked! shocked, that I haven't died, passed out, or had a heart attack or stroke yet in my life.
Tonight was just like old times. It was one hell of a send off. First, the two families united for the memorial, hundreds of friends from chris' life showed up, and we all remembered him for all the good times.
Then, after a not-so-moving service by a convert-or-burn christian priest, who didn't even know Chris, we all headed over to the bar.
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- 8 skinlesss thighs
- Adobo spice mix or past, to taste
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
- 1 large onion, cut into strips
- 8 clove(s) garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup(s) chicken broth
- 1 can(s) fire-roasted, adobo-seasoned diced tomatoes
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 6 sprig(s) fresh thyme
- 1 pint(s) mixed cherry tomatoes
- Rub chicken legs all over with adobo and season with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat; brown chicken all over, then remove to a plate.
- To the fat in the skillet, add onion, and garlic; sauté 4 minutes or until onion is translucent. Pour in broth and scrape the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Add diced tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme, and cherry tomatoes.
- Return the chicken to the pot, cover, and cook in 350 degree over 50 to 60 minutes, until chicken is fork-tender.
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In California's Sierra, a little cold hastens a change in colors
The aspen are putting on quite a color show this fall in the Eastern Sierra, according to California Fall Color, which tracks the changes in the autumn foliage. The colors are best, it reports, between 8,500 and 10,000 feet. In places farther north around Lake Tahoe, snow fell, creating a marked contrast between a season in nearly full swing and the one yet to come. Here's a look.
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Iraqi troops air assault into Tikrit
Yesterday the Iraqi military launched an air assault into the insurgent-held town of Tikrit. At least three helicopters landed at a stadium in Tikrit University, which is about six miles north of the city.
According to Reuters, "the helicopters were shot at as they flew low over the city and landed in a stadium at the city's university." One of the helicopters was said to have been shot down.
"One helicopter crash-landed in the stadium. Another left after dropping off troops and a third remained on the ground. Army snipers were positioning themselves on tall buildings in the university complex," the news agency reported.
Insurgent forces clashed with the Iraqi commandos as they landed. It is unclear if Iraqi troops are fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, or Ba'aths from the Naqshbandi Army led by Izzat Ibrahim al Duri, Saddam's former deputy, or a combination of forces. The Naqshbandi Army is said to be occupying much of Tikrit.
Unnamed military officials have claimed that the university is now fully under the control of Iraqi forces. However, another report today from Reuters indicates that Iraqi military helicopters "opened fire" on the university.
Reuters also notes that the Iraqi government and the media have remained silent on the Tikrit operation. This isn't a good sign. The Iraqi military would certainly be touting the operation as a success if that were the case. Even so, as this article at The Washington Post points out, official claims from Iraq's military spokesman must be viewed with a heavy dose of skepticism.
The Iraqi military's attempt to take control of an area that cannot be resupplied by ground forces is a risky and potentially costly move. The military already lost one, if not two, helicopters during the initial phase of the operation to deploy forces in Tikrit. ISIS and the Naqshbandi Army will certainly try to shoot down other helicopters attempting to resupply and reinforce the troops on the ground. The Iraqi military is not flush with air assets and pilots capable of flying combat missions.
Additionally, the Iraqi military is sending some of its best forces behind enemy lines, potentially sacrificing them and further eroding the morale of a military that is already demoralized after two divisions of troops melted away as the ISIS and its allies took Mosul and rapidly advanced to the outskirts of Samarra.
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Posted by m3fd2002 at June 27, 2014 11:46 AM ET:
I saw similar reports. Three helicopters into Tikrit doesn't sound like a good move unless it was a rescue mission. How many troops could be deployed in the first wave, even if they were Mi-8's, that's about a platoon. Then the reports of helo's firing on the university doesn't sound like much of a success.
Here's an interesting link regarding ISIS capabilities:
Posted by J.C.B. at June 27, 2014 2:19 PM ET:
I wonder if an aerial bridgehead by Iraq's commandos anticipates an offensive by the Kurds aimed at Tikrit? If so, would this relieve pressure against Baghdad's northern approaches, or achieve other objectives?
Posted by Fred at June 27, 2014 6:48 PM ET:
Sounds like an Iraqi version of a Bridge too Far. Perfect place to get trapped. ISIS can just start dropping mortars into the stadium.
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Will fortune favor the bold?
Posted by Alex at June 28, 2014 1:53 PM ET:
Al Shorfa is reporting air strikes in the area: http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/newsbriefs/2014/06/28/newsbrief-02
They even have a phone hotline to report "suspicious activity." I guess ISIL doesn't get to go on vacation for Ramadan?


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