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People seem to hate Java. | Kevin Burton | 10/10/13 2:19 PM | This is interesting: I can definitely understand the pain. If you're NEW to java the verbosity and idiosyncrasies probably seem insanely stupid. Then factor into account things like generics, type erasure, etc. But ... the good news here is look at clojure and scala... thats pretty sweet. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | mikeb01 | 10/10/13 2:30 PM | "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses." - Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language -- |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Daniel Janzon | 10/10/13 2:59 PM | It's just that C, Python and C# are indeed used by quite a lot of people. And they like it (according to the graph). |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Martin Thompson | 10/10/13 3:01 PM | Java: terrible language, great tools. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Darach Ennis | 10/10/13 3:13 PM | +1000
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Andrew Bissell | 10/10/13 3:27 PM | This kind of thing led me to joke at work that we should add ".js" to any Java libraries we open source so they can hit the top page on Hacker News. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Darach Ennis | 10/10/13 3:55 PM | Why is this a joke? The V8 engine is improving continuously. Node has the equivalent of ByteBuffer and for some benchmarks is on a par with java and C. For computational workloads it's 5x slower on average but mechanical sympathy is increasing here too... Its fast enough for many domains and proficient developers are cheap and enthusiastic. Specifically with node, a lot of the core work is in native code, not only JavaScript. I'm not a fan of JavaScript (it's a terrible language!) but Node is enjoyable, the community is diverse and the ecosystem is iterating quickly... For example, node.js has first class dtrace support (although the debugging, tracing and profiling tools available on the JVM are more mature in general) which I'd love to see in erlang, for example. The JVM and tools around it are far more interesting than the java language itself. Cheers, Darach. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rajiv Kurian | 10/10/13 4:25 PM | Yeah Java is not the greatest language. The VM and the tool on the other hand are very mature. A lot of interesting software has been built using the hated languages (Java and C++). |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Andrew Bissell | 10/10/13 5:11 PM | The target of my joke was not meant to be JS or any specific frameworks like Node, but rather the HN community's skewed preference in favor of languages like Javascript and against Java, which seems outsized given the relative number of foibles found in each language. Maybe I've just been having too much fun following the Nashorn team's stories about trying to make sense of the hall of mirrors that is the Javascript spec. :-) The criticism of Java-as-a-language also seems a bit overdone to me these days (insert obligatory aside about the type system here), particularly the criticism about its verbosity. I'm inclined to withhold judgment until JDK8 hits and we see how well it gets used in the wild. Lambdas and internal iteration might improve the LOC and readability situation in Java code a lot. -- |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rüdiger Möller | 10/11/13 3:24 AM | Skewed poll. Languages which are rarely used in commercial systems such as Python, Smalltalk or Closure of cause only have users out of love (because they program for fun). Java on the otherhand has a huge Job market, so there are tons of developers who use Java just because they have to on their jobs .. Am Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2013 23:19:00 UTC+2 schrieb Kevin Burton: |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Paul Houle | 10/11/13 9:16 AM | I think Java is a good language, but I think the net complexity of the ecosystem and systems built on top of is what drives developers up the wall. The first time I saw maven, for instance, was a project with 25 developers and probably 45 modules, mainly written by people who were learning lots of other things when they were writing it, so the POM files were written by copy and paste and Googling specific questions and tweaking things until they "work". Each and every module they were developing on was a snapshot release. Builds sorta worked if you were in the office but I never could get the product to build when I was at home for reasons that were mysterious to me at the time. Now I'm pretty sure that the lack of transaction semantics meant I could never get a completely consistent set of snapshots over the 30 minutes that it took to download everything -- people were changing things so fast I'd inevitably get a set of snapshots that weren't mutually compatible. Once I got to programming on my own account, I read the maven book cover to cover and got my build process down to the point where it's as fast as my car can drive the quarter mile. It looks like gradle is a bit better then maven, but the problem isn't maven per se, it's that maven makes it possible to build really huge systems with 100s of dependencies, and the desire to "get things done" vs "sharpening the saw" leads to the thing being a big tangle that everybody is afraid to mess with because if you sneeze it might blow up the production system. The same can be said for Spring. Today, I love Spring. My first experience of it though, was a system where the Spring files went through multiple transformations, including one at the deployment time that unpacked a JAR, tweaked an XML file, and repacked the JAR. The only 100% reliable way to integration test the product was to go through a 20 minute build process and multiple copies of the same files were distributed throughout the project so you might find out you edited the wrong file half an hour after you started... In a context like that, Spring seems like a bunch of "spooky actions at a distance" that are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Then there's the issues of IDEs. The ability of Eclipse to do automated refactoring, run tests in the debugger and do so many things quickly and accurate is a huge win. Yet, Eclipse never seems to work 100% right. I run Windows on top (where Eclipse's UI is pretty good) but more often I run it in virtualized Linux. I'd like to run it as a standalone X Window on the Windows desktop, but a bug in GTK makes that impractical. The GTK people hate Windows with a passion so that one is going to get fixed real soon. If I run it on Linux the font colors aren't right so often I can't read the class name that the autocorrector wants to add as an import. I turned on debug tracing because it was FUBARed two months ago, and now I don't know how to turn it off and I'm afraid that slows the thing down. It seems they have a wonderful algorithm for selecting which tabs are shown which always manages to hide the next tab you're going to use in the hardest place to find, etc. If you want to be a 1x, never mind a 10x developer on a project like the ones above it can be pretty challenging and if you don't correctly attribute the source of your problems to team dynamics, you could wind up blaming the language. If you can get past the B.S. and really understand Java you find it is a great language. I am not such a fan of Scala. The "scala" language that most people program in is really a DSL built on top of a more primitive language, and like any DSL written in Scala there's a definite structural instability as you move away from the beautiful code samples you see in the textbooks to real ones. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Andrew Bissell | 10/11/13 9:41 AM | It's funny, having just started in Maven and Spring after 4 years of programming Java without them, they're now the first thing that comes to my mind when I try to explain Java hate. The gobs of XML, the dead ends in tracing through code because some method call is defined in a config file somewhere, the 30 layer deep call stacks, the annoying naming of everything as a "bean" ... *these* are the kinds of things that frustrate programmers and make them dream of greener pastures -- even if there really aren't much better alternatives to these tools for their common use cases (big enterprisey projects with lots of developers). And don't get me started on Spring's inherent hostility to immutability and final fields .... --You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "mechanical-sympathy" group. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Darach Ennis | 10/11/13 9:46 AM | +1. Sans, Maven + Spring + JEE java is fairly pleasant.
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rüdiger Möller | 10/11/13 10:01 AM | Java bloat frameworks should be seen separate of the language. For me, I am a 20 years+ software developer and architect, and always tried to avoid these frameworks as they mostly perform poor, solve minor problems (not the ones which make up the real development costs) and often times create a lot of unnecessary complexity. I always try to use "low tec", favour libraries instead of frameworks and keep the system as simple as possible. This resulted in clean, fast and cost-efficient systems. Maybe I am sturdy, but what real world problem does Spring actually solve ? I never understood the motivation for this framework, but maybe (or probably) its me :-). EJB's looks even more strange to me, I can't imagine it actually helps development ;-)
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Peter Lawrey | 10/11/13 11:27 AM | IMHO migrating to Spring encourages you to use dependency injection. But I see it being mostly "stone soup" in this regard as you can do DI in plain Java without a framework. You just need the methodology. --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mechanical-sympathy" group. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Martin Thompson | 10/12/13 1:13 AM | +1 Code can often be so much more clear with DI if a simple top level composition class is used, never mind the improvement to startup time. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rüdiger Möller | 10/12/13 1:55 AM | Agree, Google Guice is also nice for DI. However i haven't got the feeling we had groundbreaking benefits from DI, but helps keeping things clearer and more organized, sure. I can't say this for Spring (at least the XML'ish variant I've seen, they switched to Annotations in in newer releases afaik) Am Freitag, 11. Oktober 2013 20:27:09 UTC+2 schrieb Peter Lawrey: |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Paul de Verdière | 10/12/13 2:16 AM | Saying "I like Java" sounds a bit like "I like Cobol" these days but I do :) You can write Java code and know what the bytecode will look like, how many allocations will take place etc. It's like the C language of the JVM "OS". I also like the idea of languages like Scala allowing to write concise code but I fear losing control of what the JVM will do under the covers. I also like Java because of the powerful IDEs that help you do all the heavy-lifting. I used to code in Java in Emacs back in the day where PCs had barely enough RAM to run an IDE (eg. JBuilder), refactoring with handmade shell scripts etc. Sounds like prehistory now, definitely not an option anymore. Maybe some of the hate for Java comes from the fact that you can't work efficiently on a non-trivial Java project with a simple editor, whereas you can do it with a Python/Javascript/HTML project. And then, there is Maven... I developed a severe allergy many years ago and managed to stay away from it all this time, banning it from our corporate tools. Unfortunately, it has became the norm in many open source projects, so much that knowing Maven seems to be as important as knowing Java if you want to contribute to, or even use the software. For example, http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jmh/ : I thought the tool was interesting but the learning curve included getting proficient in Maven before being able to actually use it! I can totally imagine people having to learn both Java and Maven at the same time becoming accomplished Java haters :) |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rüdiger Möller | 10/12/13 2:22 AM | Haha, same here. however the library dependency resolvement/jar repository part of maven is awesome. I still prefer gradle or ant if possible, but maven is the de-facto standard. I'd say maven makes complex things easy and easy things complex ;-) Am Samstag, 12. Oktober 2013 11:16:39 UTC+2 schrieb Paul de Verdière: |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Jamie Allen | 10/12/13 8:43 AM | This is a ridiculous assertion, Paul. I agree, Java is a great language. Scala is far from a DSL, with immutable collections, purely asynchronous futures (since Java 6 with a specialized implementation of JSR166y cooked up by Doug Lea for us), pattern matching, for comprehensions and more. If anything, Java's feature list for Java 8 (lambdas, defender methods, CompletableFuture, parallel collections, Optional) reflect the impact Scala has had on the ecosystem. Where Java will continue to struggle, as it has to date, is composability - with Scala, language constructs are designed to compose into sequenced operations with clean syntax. Java provides powerful primitives, but composing them is not its strong point.If you can get past the B.S. and really understand Java you find it is a great language. I am not such a fan of Scala. The "scala" language that most people program in is really a DSL built on top of a more primitive language, and like any DSL written in Scala there's a definite structural instability as you move away from the beautiful code samples you see in the textbooks to real ones. I will warn Java developers, having played extensively with Java 8, that many are not prepared for the type system errors you are about to see with lambdas. There is no free lunch here. Anyone give it a whirl yet? I also highly recommend you see my presentation about "What You Need to Know About Lambdas" - there is an older version here, but I'm giving an update as a keynote at JAXLondon in two weeks. I have no idea about this "definite structural instability" business of which you speak - oddly, plenty of people are finding ways to use it effectively. Just as there is a time for pipelining and imperative code, there is a time for asynchrony and paying the price of context switches. There is also a time for immutability and pure functional styles. Unlike Java, Scala gives you the flexibility to apply both at the appropriate time. Java is moving in this direction as well, albeit more deliberately, so be prepared. Learning Scala has made me a better Java developer. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Ben Cotton | 10/12/13 10:13 AM | It saddens me that we have come to a time when there may be a consensus that "People seem to hate Java".. Despite its many (and very real) user frustrations and its lackings wrt accommodating specific capabilities soundly and completely, Java should be given credit for having the ambition for at least trying to empower (and empower safely) the programming masses. More than just a language that arrived at the 'right place, right time', Java was a good idea. More data processing problems got solved (and by a lot more people) because of Java's arrival. Remember in the very earliest Java community forums, when the original Sun engineers always signed their support respones with the closing "Have fun!" ? For me, Java is (and always has been) fun. Pervesely (but admit it, you may feel this too) Java can even be fun when it is frustrating. There is at least a comaraderie of specific frustration(s) with Java (hence oneof my attractions to this 'mechanical sympathy' discussion) . That comaraderie (though frustrating) is fun. Could Java possibly even be fun when you seem to hate it? :-) > Jamie Allen wrote: > [...] Java is a great language +1 |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | kedar mhaswade | 10/12/13 10:47 AM | Is it possible that those who hate a language actually hate its (and its ecosystem's) bad parts and those who love it love its good parts (and there's a reasonable consensus on what is good and what's bad)? Alan Perlis once said (to have said) that there's no point in learning a (programming) language if it does not change the way you think. I seem to understand what he meant by that. Maybe the same is not happening with a lot of people who pick up Java with/without prejudice from a previous language, perhaps they are expecting to find their previous language's "comfort" in Java's look and feel?
I was told by a master programmer to learn as many languages as I can. I believe that to be a sensible advice. Being able to program in the spirit of a language (even when it's trying to change just like our "self" changes) is perhaps very hard. But I guess it's safe to say that for any language one can always find programmers who get its spirit much better than oneself.
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rüdiger Möller | 10/13/13 3:57 AM | After ignoring Scala for a while your promotion at least got me into reading the spec :-) . First impression is, its a beautiful language, however i doubt it will suit the masses. Mid to low end programmers like verbosity. I doubt they'll master the pure (math-agebra-alike) syntax of this language. Another issue is imo the absence of fully-controllable primitives (didn't figure out exactly how Scala deals with that). If it comes to mechanical sympathy and you go down to the nanos, nothing beats primitives. Checked some benchmarks, however frequently the Java comparision implementation turned out to be a from Scala-to-Java port, but if you go for max performance (which ofc is necessary in <1% of the code base) you absolutely won't use high level collections and autoboxing stuff but mostly rely on plain primitive arrays and values. I'd predict it will gain traction in the academic space and create a stable but not-too-big community. I would not expect it to get main stream, which will limit the amount of commercial projects built with Scala (in turn limiting the number of attracted programmers). Akka might be a big plus if the number of cores increases and the promise of effective paralellization hold true (I am sceptic about that). -Rüdiger Am Samstag, 12. Oktober 2013 17:43:59 UTC+2 schrieb Jamie Allen: |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Jamie Allen | 10/13/13 10:06 PM | Rüdiger - I agree, there is a time for primitives and a time for abstractions. I would never say people should not use Java, or any tool which might be better suited to their problem. The power of the polyglot JVM is that we can choose whether Java/Scala/Clojure/JRuby/etc best fits your issue, and hopefully have interoperability that is not too painful between them. Storm, a Clojure-based library for handling streaming data, became 3x faster by leveraging the Disruptor in v0.7. We all benefit by leveraging Martin's mechanical sympathy concepts. Scala's adoption in the non-academic world has been reasonably strong, actually. I think it's highly unlikely that Scala will displace Java, but I'm happy to see the progress in language evolution taking place in Java because Scala and other such languages are pushing the envelope. Akka has a Java API, as does Play Framework. I also agree about your skepticism of parallelization - it will be interesting to watch how much parallelism and fork/join will change with the advent of "many-core." Doug Lea says in their benchmarks they saw throughput level off when recursive tasks were forked beyond 20 cores. I'm hopeful that the work of Martin, Gil and the like will lead to us having the hardware affinity on the JVM to "cluster" the cores we leverage by a thread pool to not be wasteful in how we expand parallel execution of a task.
Re: People seem to hate Java. | pron | 10/14/13 7:19 AM |
Can you please provide a reference? |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Jamie Allen | 10/14/13 1:18 PM | Future of the JVM talk I moderated at PhillyETE in April, 2013. He says it at the 7 minute mark, but it's actually specific to object references, not primitives. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | pron | 10/14/13 2:54 PM | Thank you. The reason I asked is because I do a lot of fork/join work, and I found this surprising, especially if Doug Lea said it. Actually, Doug Lea discusses boxing in that segment. He says that we can sort a billion ints and scale perfectly in the number of cores, but if we try to do it with Integers, we we hit scaling limitations at 20 cores: "Why? locality; traffic; cache". To the best of my knowledge, there aren't any known scaling limitations to fork/join, other than the time it takes to start up a computation and get all the cores humming, which doesn't quite scale linearly. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Jamie Allen | 10/14/13 5:18 PM | That's a fair clarification. I don't want to put words in Doug's mouth, but I did not take his explanation to mean that they were performing the boxing at the time of the sort. My interpretation was that the sorting of an array of primitive ints (since they couldn't be in a Java collection) would scale linearly with the number of cores. The boxed Integers would not beyond 20 cores, but he doesn't specify if those are in an array or in a array-based (or non array-based) Java collection. I'd like to drum up some numbers or look at Doug's tests. Tough to say. I'll ask him for a clarification. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | pron | 10/15/13 12:58 AM | I assume that in both cases he was talking about arrays, and that the boxing wasn't being done at the time of the sort, but, as you say, the problem was the pointer-chasing (locality), as he was talking about the need for packed struct arrays on the JVM. If you don't have locality, you'll get a lot of cache misses which will saturate the bus and inhibit scaling no matter how many cores you have. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Jamie Allen | 10/15/13 8:59 PM | Heard back from Doug. Here's what he had to say: Some of the tests are in with our misc perf tests: Were you seeing linear scaling in your usage of F/J with arrays complex objects as opposed to primitives? It would be interesting to compare the tests. Thanks!
Re: People seem to hate Java. | pron | 10/16/13 7:06 AM |
Complex objects (POJO refs)? That would be impossible. You will saturate the bus.
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Vladimir Rodionov | 10/18/13 1:21 PM | Java is my bread and butter. It feeds me and my whole family. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Gil Tene | 10/21/13 8:03 AM | As Jamie notes, this is exactly what we seek to address with StructuredArray. |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Rémi Forax | 10/21/13 2:30 PM | On 10/21/2013 05:03 PM, Gil Tene wrote:or array of value type ... R�mi |
Re: People seem to hate Java. | Martijn Verburg | 10/22/13 12:12 AM | Speaking of which - please save the date for the inaugural Adopt OpenJDK 1.5 day mini-conference/workshop on the weekend before FOSDEM (last 2 days of Jan 2014). We're going to gather folks together to discuss Java 9 features and want to include people from outside the core OpenjDK companies (Oracle, IBM, RedHat etc).
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Fun fact: Of Dean and Ravo, Dean is the youngest of six children, while Ravo himself is the last of five in his family. While there is friendly sibling rivalry in every family (mine the less friendly type), the duo have teamed up to make some creative hip-hop and ensure that even the youngest can Get Famous. With their latest promo single, through the Dicks Cottons Sunglasses line, D&R drop a steady club anthem that will appeal to all the ladies looking for a little more fame in their life. Backed by slow-rolling, hard hitting production from DJ Nemvsis, the group discusses their efforts in climbing to the top of the industry, all while being more than happy to bring a few dimes along for the ride (hey, why not?). If you liked what you heard from these as-of-now unsigned artists, be sure to check out the Cotton line for an exclusive campaign launch of their video (and some new tasty GET FAMOUS shades). As always, keep it locked to the Booth for more.
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Puzzle Plank Galaxy (Japanese: かくざいもくざいギャラクシー, Kakuzai Mokuzai Galaxy) refers to a series of MAD videos utilizing an audiotrack "Square Timber" in Super Mario Galaxy 2[1], the 4th original 3D action game in the Super Mario series released by Nintendo. This song has been one of the well-used musical resources for MAD videos on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) since 2012.
This song "Square Timber" was written by Ryo Nagamatsu[2], a Japanese composer belonging to Nintendo (shown below, left). Since it's the theme song for Puzzle Plank Galaxy[3], the 1st galaxy of World 2 in Super Mario Galaxy 2, this song is better known for this stage name. Additionally, "Square Timber" is also included in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.[4]
Meanwhile, this song became to be utilized in MAD videos after a video titled "Au Au Au" was uploaded to NND on November 9th, 2012 (shown below, right). This MAD video featured "Au!", an iconic Moe interjection of Rikka Takanashi from a Japanese light novel/anime Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.
In the following year, a substantial increase in popularity of this MAD video series was led by a video "Ou Ou Ou" which samples the voices of Shimakaze, a fleet girl from a Japanese online card game Kantai Collection. This video was posted to NND on September 23rd, 2013, and had been watched over 1 million times within the first 2 months.
Since after that, more than 100 of short MAD videos featuring many character's voice along with this song have been uploaded to NND.[5] In imitation of the early titles, following videos are always titled by the phrasal template "X X X", repeating a short utterance 3 times.
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Left: Kantai Collection | Right: Kiniro Mosaic
Left: Non Non Biyori | Right: Love Live!
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[1]Wikipedia – Super Mario Galaxy 2
[2]Super Mario Wiki – Ryo Nagamatsu
[3]Super Mario Wiki – Puzzle Plank Galaxy
[4]Wikipedia – Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
[5]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag かくざいもくざいギャラクシー


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It is 1976, and living outside of Buffalo, New York, Lewis wonders if the area's teachers are going to be surprised when they find that the Native American kids are not that excited about the country's Bicentennial celebration. His family has called this land "home" for much longer than a mere two hundred years.
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Vegetarian Restaurant Opens in Detroit Art Museum
Contemporary art patrons can enjoy the exhibitions with a side of vegan soup from Topsoil Café.
Topsoil Café, the newest addition to Motor City's cruelty-free circuit, opened its doors yesterday at its Museum of Contemporary Art location. Topsoil was started by the owners of the city's Russell Street Deli, and it will feature Asian-style dishes such as a soba noodle bowl and curry, along with American cuisine classics such as hot dogs and soup, reports the Detroit Free Press. None of the menu items will exceed eight dollars, and MOCAD members will receive a 10 percent discount. Ben Hall, the co-owner of Russell Street Deli and Topsoil says his goal is for this deal to be mutually beneficial for patrons and Detroit diners alike. "We're hoping that our customers who start coming there on a regular basis will become MOCAD members, and then people who are already MOCAD members will automatically benefit."
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Nashville, TN – Crye-Leike, REALTORS has been ranked as the nation's 5th largest residential real estate brokerage according to REAL Trends, Inc.
Crye-Leike once again made the REAL Trends 500 list which is an annual research report that identifies the country's largest and most successful residential firms as ranked by closed transaction sides and separately by closed sales volume.
Crye-Leike Cofounder and CEO Harold Crye.
"We are proud to remain as one of the top real estate companies in the nation and the #1 real estate leader in the Mid-South," said Crye-Leike Cofounder and CEO Harold Crye. "This great honor is accredited to our dedicated agents and employees who strive to offer great service to all of our clients. Crye-Leike's success and continuous ranking as one of the top real estate brokerages in the nation can also be attributed to our award-winning website and several top-notch marketing and technology tools we offer our agents to better serve their clients."
In 2013, Crye-Leike attained a sales volume of $5.2 billion and celebrated a sales increase of $700 million over the $4.5 billion sales volume the company achieved in 2012.
"Crye-Leike's agents have been very productive in 2014 so far and our home sales are on track to meet the goal we set to achieve $5.5 billion in sales for this year," said Crye. "The positive market activity and sales increases Crye-Leike has seen in 2014 makes us optimistic that the company will hold on to our #5 national ranking or maybe rank even higher next year."
Crye-Leike is a full service real estate company that was founded in 1977 by Harold Crye and Dick Leike. Today, Crye-Leike is ranked as the 5th largest real estate firm in the nation and the #1 real estate company in the Mid-South.
Crye-Leike has a network of more than 3,000 licensed Realtors and 112 offices located throughout a nine-state region in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Oklahoma. More information about Crye-Leike can be found at www.crye-leike.com
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Ironically enough, even though iOS 6.1.3 blocks the Evasi0n jailbreak, Apple thanked the Evasi0n team in security notes accompanying the upgrade. The people behind Evasi0n say that they probably will not release another jailbreak until the next major release of iOS. What that means for potential jailbreakers is that if you want to jailbreak your iPhone you cannot upgrade past iOS 6.1.2. If you do you'll lose the ability to jailbreak your device until the next major release of iOS.
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4.15 / 5.00 4,495 ViewsMy submission for the Halloween contest at the Clock Crew.
Hey everyone. I whipped up a quick little animation for you guys. It may lack in the graphics department, but bear with me. I am still getting used to FLash.
Also, one of my major complaints on my last Flash was the sound was too low, so I tried to make it much louder.
Hope you all enjoy and have a happy Halloween! :D
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that was really cool.
Nice Movie
Just make it longer and it'll get a higher score.
The graphics were very good. The speakonia was actually with some feeling finally. There was some violence and humor. DAMN! TurdClock is small.
it was a pretty good CC movie
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this was a funny flash. i loved the Ima' chargin my lazer!!!. the graphics were good and the turd clock at the end was pretty funny. i also liked the preloader.
i think this flash was pretty short, it would of been great if it was like a CC trick or treat game thingy.
i liked this flash, pretty funny
Great flash!
Really funny and really nicely animated!
I'm going to hazard a guess and say that this flash got pushed through the system way too fast... More people need to see it! It's great!
Wow. Thanks for the great review Ashford. :D
And no, it didn't get through the portal as fast as I thought it would. I had to wait 3, maybe 4 hours just for it to pass judgment.
Good work man :D
MetalDart is getting better every second. Lot`s of kudos people. Great flash :)
I know. It's funny how this seems like my best work to date, when I know I can do a lot better.
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Somewhere there are still peoples and herds, but not with us, my brothers: here there are states.
A state? What is that? Well! open now your ears to me, for now I will speak to you about the death of peoples.
State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its mouth: "I, the state, am the people."
It is a lie! It was creators who created peoples, and hung a faith and a love over them: thus they served life.
Destroyers are they who lay snares for the many, and call it state: they hang a sword and a hundred cravings over them.
Where there are still peoples, the state is not understood, and is hated as the evil eye, and as sin against laws and customs.
This sign I give to you: every people speaks its own language of good and evil, which its neighbor does not understand. It has created its own language of laws and customs.
But the state lies in all the tongues of good and evil; and whatever it says it lies; and whatever it has it has stolen.
Everything in it is false; it bites with stolen teeth, and bites often. It is false down to its bowels.
Confusion of tongues of good and evil; this sign I give you as the sign of the state. This sign points to the will to death! it points to the preachers of death!
All too many are born: for the superfluous the state was created!
See how it entices them to it, the all-too-many! How it swallows and chews and rechews them!
"On earth there is nothing greater than I: I am the governing hand of God." -- thus roars the monster. And not only the long-eared and short-sighted fall upon their knees!
Ah! even in your ears, you great souls, it whispers its gloomy lies! Ah! it finds out the rich hearts which willingly squander themselves!
Yes, it finds you too, you conquerors of the old God! You became weary of conflict, and now your weariness serves the new idol!
It would set up heroes and honorable ones around it, the new idol! Gladly it basks in the sunshine of good consciences, -- the cold monster!
It will give everything to you, if you worship it, the new idol: thus it buys the lustre of your virtue, and the glance of your proud eyes.
Through you it seeks to seduce the all-too-many! Yes, a hellish artifice has been created here, a death-horse jingling with the trappings of divine honors!
Yes, a dying for many has been created here, which glorifies itself as life: verily, a great service to all preachers of death!
The state, I call it, where all drink poison, the good and the bad: the state, where all lose themselves, the good and the bad: the state, where the slow suicide of all -- is called "life."
Behold the superfluous! They steal the works of the creators and the treasures of the wise. Education, they call their theft -- and everything becomes sickness and trouble to them!
Behold the superfluous! They are always sick; they vomit their bile and call it a newspaper. They devour each other and cannot even digest themselves.
Behold the superfluous! They acquire wealth and become the poorer for it. They seek power, and the lever of power, much money -- these impotent ones!
See them clamber, these nimble apes! They clamber over one another, and thus pull each other into the mud and the abyss.
They all strive for the throne: this is their madness -- as if happiness sat on the throne! Often filth sits on the throne. -- and often also the throne on filth.
Madmen they all seem to me, and clambering apes, and too eager. Foul smells their idol to me, the cold monster: foul they all smell to me, these idolaters.
My brothers, will you suffocate in the fumes of their maws and appetites! Better to break the windows and jump into the open air!
Escape from their foul stench! Escape from the idolatry of the superfluous!
Escape from their foul stench! Escape from the steam of these human sacrifices!
The earth is yet free for great souls. There are still many empty sites for the lonesome and the twosome, surrounded by the fragrance of tranquil seas.
A free life is yet possible for great souls. He who possesses little is that much less possessed: blessed be a little poverty!
There, where the state ends -- there only begins the man who is not superfluous: there begins the song of the necessary, the single and irreplaceable melody.
There, where the state ends -- look there, my brothers! Do you not see it, the rainbow and the bridges of the Overman?
Thus spoke Zarathustra.
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By Jordy Yager - 09/20/12 03:53 AM EDT
Republicans are calling for more heads to roll in the wake of a lengthy inspector general report on the botched "Fast and Furious" operation that culminated in the immediate resignations of two top officials.
Lanny Breuer, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's (DOJ) criminal division, is at the top of the GOP's list of officials they are pressing to step down or be fired.
"He failed to connect 'dots' on gun walking that a summer law clerk intern could have seen. By either errors of omission or commission, two demonstrably false letters were sent from the DOJ to committees of congress. Out of respect for the department and what the concept of Justice means, he needs to resign."
The IG's report found that four top DOJ officials — Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Holder's former Deputy Chief of Staff Monty Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein and former acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler — should have raised concerns with their superiors about Fast and Furious because they knew that prior operations, similar in nature, used "gun walking" tactics. And yet, upon learning of Fast and Furious, they did not, the report states.
Breuer "did not authorize any of the investigative activities" in Fast and Furious, according to the report. But Breuer was aware that a previous operation under President George W. Bush's administration, Wide Receiver, had used similar "gun walking" tactics, which he described as "obviously flawed," the report states.
"Given the significance of this issue and the fact that ATF reports to the deputy attorney general, we believe that Breuer should have promptly informed the deputy attorney general or the attorney general about the matter in April, 2010. Breuer failed to do so."
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has also called on Breuer to be removed. As the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Grassley initiated Congress' inquiries into "Fast and Furious" early last year. After calling for Breuer's resignation 10 months ago, Grassley is maintaining that he should step aside in the wake of the IG's report, his office told The Hill.
"I'm not somebody who flippantly calls for resignations," said Grassley, on the Senate floor in December. "I've done oversight for many years, and in all that time I don't ever remember coming across a government official who so blatantly placed sparing agencies embarrassment over protecting the lives of citizens.
"He has failed to do his job of insuring that the government operate [properly], including holding people accountable. Because of that Mr. Breuer needs to go immediately."
The long awaited report by the IG, which Attorney General Eric Holder requested, found that Holder didn't know about the controversial "gun walking" tactics used in the operation. But some Republicans charge that it was the responsibility of the nation's top law enforcement official to know the details of the operation, which was one of more than 100 being coordinated under the department. Earlier this year they held Holder in contempt of Congress for not responding to a congressional subpoena.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) has led the charge against Holder, sponsoring a resolution with 114 Republican supporters that expresses a lack of confidence in the House of Holder's ability to do his job in the wake of "Fast and Furious." Gosar is actively pushing for a vote on the measure.
"The Congressman's position is that the housekeeping that needs to be done to restore confidence in the DOJ should start immediately with Obama asking for Holders resignation," said Apryl Marie Fogel, a spokeswoman for Gosar, in a statement to The Hill.
"This report shows that the best defense Attorney General has was that he was asleep at the wheel, not reading his briefing materials and not calling for accountability within his department. Everyone involved should have their positions and roles reevaluated but it all starts at the top with Holder being the first to go."
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that has been investigating "Fast and Furious" for the past 18 months, has not called for Holder to step down. But in previous comments to The Hill, Issa has indicated that his investigative findings implicate Breuer and he argues that Holder should have known of the tactics used in Fast and Furious.
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Coming in July….
Old Line Velo Beginner/Intermediate Ride
When: 1st, 3rd (& 5th when available) Tuesday of each Month starting July 2014 – Meet at 6pm wheels roll at 6:15 PM
Where: Avalon/Qrange Grove PVSP – meet @ CCBC Parking Lot by the tennis courts
Beginner/Intermediate Riders: Someone who has sufficient fitness and basic MTB skills to safely enjoy the PVSP trail system on a mountain bike & should be able to stay with the group. Rides have stops to allow everyone to rest as needed and to regroup. All riders should have reliable equipment and carry the necessary, tools, equipment, water and nutritional needs to be self-sufficient.
Moderate Pace: This pace is for the average rider with a season or more of experience under their belt and the desire to push the pace a bit in order to gain fitness. Riders at this level are often starting to further refine their bike handling skills. While not a race pace, moderate rides are generally faster than casual rides and focuses on completing the route as quickly as the slowest rider is able.
Ride Description: Ride will require skill set to navigate short/steep climbs & descents, rock gardens, logs, etc. at YOUR PACE with breaks if/when needed. Ride is a no drop ride lasting 1.5 to 2 hours. (8 to 12 miles) Obstacles may require the rider to get their front wheel off the ground to clear successfully. Our beginners occasionally elect to dismount and walk over these features while our intermediate riders will ride over them. The goal is to keep the group together and encourage / assist riders as needed and focuses on improving skills and fitness. We leave the parking lot after the Intermediate/Advanced Groups.
Trail Conditions: We will not ride trails if they are wet. We may revise the route to a paved route in this case .
Ride Leader: John Hargreaves 410-744-0599 email@example.com
Coupla pics of Pat before he tried to kiss that boulder.
Here are a few images of Pat looking fast in the enduro – big thank you to Ian from ITMexposures.com for sending over the images!
Pat Looney's race reports from the 2014 Massanutten HooHa!
Young gun Patrick Lonney, a mechanic at the Ellicott City Race Pace and former downhill racer, jumped onboard with Old Line Velo veterans Tony Vachino, Jon Posner, and Dan Atkins to hit up the Massanutten HooHa weekend, an enduro race on Saturday and XXC on Sunday. Here is his race report:
Oh boy, what a weekend. For years the big guns around here have marveled over hoo-ha races. Always called the most epic, and beautiful trails around with a healthy dose of racing jammed in there. This year Jon asked me to tag along and man, was I right to accept.
After a full days work, we drove down and managed to snag the very last (defective and discounted) motel room in town at 12:30 am then promptly passed out. Only to awake with the anticipation of getting to ride WOODSBIKES for two days in beautiful country. However in this case, I'll let it slide and call my trusty steed a mountain bike for this weekend. There were definitely some mountains.
Massaunutten, on a perfect day before the crowd shows up is absolutely stunning. Mountain ridges provide your back drop to the tasty berms at the finish of the course. So beautiful it took a while to realize that I kind of have to get my shit together for the punishing next two days of trail I had never seen before, with nothing but vague descriptions to roll on.
Day one, ENDURO!!! Three stages plus a seeding run. I made the cocky decision to bring my hardtail, a poor choice I have come to realize. The first seeding run was amazing, a short and very fast line through the woods. You know those stories of ribbons of trail placed perfectly through the woods? This is where they come from. Managed to snag a third in that just behind two locals. I thought to myself, oh man, if the trails are like this, I'm gonna do ok! Little did I know how many seemingly endless miles of rocks, roots and other tech lay ahead. Right after the seeding run the officials were back on the mic, "everyone begin the climb to stage two!" This was the big one. 25 minutes of sheer brutal pleasure. I've never seen a race course that was such back woods trail. Narrow, blind, dangerous, and so much fun. Of course, me being the stupid idiot I can be, forgot this climb was no race and (instead of slowly climbing or walking the hour and a half grind like the others) found myself at the top before any officials or racers. Confused, I decided I shall just sit and look around and make sure things are safe and secure up top. So I did, and was shocked by how amazing the near by ridges looked on this perfect day we had been delt. Shortly there after the OLV crew I had come with rolled over the ridge, then the rest of the field. Due to my seeding run results, I would be starting all three stages third, surrounded by wicked quick locals who practically build the trails and my Race Pace/OLV rivals. The two ahead left and disappeared, then I took off, damn near falling off the ridge due to a botched start and poor line choice. The crowd roared "your chain is off broo!" and I was on my way…the next 25 minutes are a hazy blur of every perfect trail condition you could want. The most wonderful high speed rocks, to wildly fast swooping turns, to trail features that had you guessing if you were really even supposed to ride them. This was the rest of the days theme. Always ending at our campsite for high fives and a scramble to the timing computer, I believe I ended up 16 or 17th behind my rivals but grinning from ear to ear.
Day two! Holy shit what was I thinking. Waking up after a solid night of buddies, beer, keg stands, and getting clipped in the head by an errantly thrown bike lock, we checked the map for the days XXC ride. The XC wasn't enough for us apparently, two X's means good luck fool. 27 miles, how hard could it really be? I was WRONG! We took off and did a loop of the normal xc course, which in essence was climbing everything we had descended the day before plus all the other climbs. It was spectacular. Doing well at this point, riding somewhere in between 10th and 20th , then came the real race, the second half is by far the hardest thing I've ever attempted on a bike, physically and technically. Endless up hills followed by another uphill to really kill your stamina, then descents that had me begging for another climb to give my hands a rest, then repeat. Epic defines the course. I was on track to finish, I really do believe that. But at about the 70% mark I took a stupid line and hit the dirt. What am I talking about, I hit the rock. Just one, right in the face, hard. Really hard. That was the end on my ride. I scrambled off to the side, dripping blood in an impressive quantity. Lucky enough to find a " clean" rag in my pack to halt the bleeding. The guy behind me came down shocked at what he was seeing, Steven I believe. Who was then kind enough to hike me the hour down the trail, a woozy and vomiting mess, to the medics, then they hiked me the next thirty minutes to the vehicle that returned me to the bottom. My face is still swollen as I write this, but I can assure you, there's a smile underneath. Cheers! Great weekend.
Welcome to 2014!
Welcome to 2014 folks! We have a newly elected board and we're all fired up to get thing rolling again for the 2014 season. We'll be continuing our popular First Saturdays rides and picnics – look for those to start once Mother Nature seems done with her Winter wrath…hopefully by April. We will also be hosting some additional rides and clinics – keep an eye on this blog and our facebook page for upcoming events. A new structure to the racing team is emerging – if you are interested in racing your bike, just speak up and we'll help you get on track. Of course we will be helping to promote and attend trail work days throughout the year. And finally – we are excited to be deeply involved with a new event that will take place within Patapsco Valley State Park later in the Fall – the 1st annual Patapsco Epic.
Several committees have been formed – so if there is something that interests you or you think may be fun, please join a cause or shoot us an email with any questions you may have. All of this is possible because of YOU, the Old Line Velo members, and your participation. Thank you and let us know how to make this club work the best it can for you!
To join or for more information on any of these, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com with your interest. A committee chair will respond to your request.
Fundraiser Committee- Ron Howard, Steve Roop
The Fundraiser Committee is responsible for organizing fundraising events, collecting in-kind donations, and maintaining relationships with team sponsors.
Ride Committee- Dan Atkins, Chad Miller
The Ride Committee plans and organizes group rides for the benefit of the club. Continued plans from 2013 include Juniors rides and Saturday group rides. New ideas for 2014 include away weekend rides in Michaux or another location tbd.
Bike Shop Liaison Committee- Nik O., Laura Murray
The Liaisons are responsible for maintaining warm relationships with our bike shop sponsor, Race Pace. This committee is limited to Race Pace employees full or part time.
Race Team Committee- Jon Gdowik, Greg Capelle
The Race Team Committee is responsible for recruiting and maintaining relationships with those riders who are competing at the elite levels of mountain biking and helping newer racers get their bearings and learn all the secrets of speed.
Patapsco Epic Committee-Tony Vachino
The Patapsco Epic Committee is responsible for planning and executing all necessary functions for a large cycling event. Responsibilities will include collecting in kind donations of food and beverages; organizing permits; staffing race day with volunteers; and other necessary tasks.
Social Media Committee- Jon Posner and John Russell
The Social Media Committee is responsible for maintaining our ride and event calendar, effectively using our email list to retain and involve members, and updating Facebook, Twitter, and whatever gets hip in 2014.
SM100 race recap from top ten womens finisher Tracy Posner
Knowing Chris and what a great coach and disciplined racer he was I, of course, wanted to follow his plans again. I decided to do his 20 week winter training plan to get my base fitness back and then do his 12 week SM100 training plan to get ready for the race. I tried to follow the plans as closely as possible, but with a full time job, 2 kids and the regular crazy day to day life stuff, I can't say I did it perfectly, but it was as close as I could manage. There were a lot of 430am wake ups with rides in the dark and super early weekend rides to get in the long ones, but still have family time and leaning on Jon a lot to handle the kids, so I could get my rides in.
So finally race weekend was here. I was excited and nervous, but not happy that the weather wasn't looking good. Jon and I drove down and as we got closer to Stokesville starting hitting the rain. I was really bummed, because I had really wanted all things to be equal to compare how I had done in 2008 to this time. I was hoping the weather, the trails, everything would be similar so I could really see how much time I could shave off (hoping I'd shave something off, because I was 5 years and 2 babies later, so who knew?) Well even without the weather, all things weren't going to be equal, because the course had changed again this year and with the new trail the course was actually 4 miles longer than it had been in 2008. So I decided to just stop worrying about it all and go ride my bike. When in the last 4 years had I had ALL day to ride my bike?
The wake up call was 5am, by 620am we were staged in our prospective finishing time areas. I chose to line up at 9hr finishing area hoping to get ahead of some of the crowd, because there was always a bunch up once you hit single track. At 630am off we went. The typical accordion back and forth with 600+ people getting going. The race starts on the road a bit and then you take a left and hit the fire road for about a 2 mile climb. Lots of people surging ahead and dropping back and back and forth. I tried to keep a good comfortable climbing pace and not go all out knowing I had 99 more miles to ride. As expected, the course took a left into the single track and this is where it stopped. A lot of very fit riders usually end up in the front and up the climb first and then when it gets technical, they get off their bikes to walk it and it starts the back up. The trail we turned onto was the new trail added to the race. I was afraid we were going to be walking the entire thing, but luckily there were some sections we were able to hop back on and ride, but what was disappointing were these beautiful flat rock table-top like piles that I was forced to walk and would have loved to ride. This trail was AWESOME and had a bit of everything, rocks, roots, TABLE-TOP swoopys (in the race!) and I don't think I can put into words how crazy fun the descent was. Unfortunately on the descent there was a group of about 5 of us behind a slower descender and no matter how much we whooped and hollered he wouldn't pull over and let us pass, so the descent could have been even better!
Next was the 5 mile fire road to the Lynn Trail hike a bike. I got in a train of about 5 guys and we flew down the road. The Lynn Trail was a bit emptier then the last time I had done it, so I was able to ride a bit more of it, but its steep and with all the rain this summer and the day before the trails were a bit wet and the rocks and roots were slippery. After getting up to the top, I was ready for a descent and a break. However, this section was new to me and Wolf Ridge does descend but throws in a few climbs and some rocks to keep it interesting. This is where I first passed a girl I knew to be a really fast rider, and I was stoked to see her and get past her when she bobbled a rocky section. After the downhill, you hit the road again for quite a stretch and do a road climb to Aid Station 2 (Aid Station 1 is at the bottom of the first descent and is just water so most people just go by).
If you've never experience an SM100 Aid Station, you should do the race just for that. You roll up, they ask you what you need, grab your bike, lube your chain, get your drop bag if you have it at that Aid Station, grab your camelback fill it up, hand you a bottle,etc. You end up standing there, wondering what it is you're supposed to do as everything is being done for you. Its AMAZING and these are volunteers! Tons of food options, super nice people cheering you on, you end up leaving happy.
After Aid 2, you have a bit of a road climb then small down hill and take a left to climb the infamous Hanky Mountain. Its a long switchbacky kind of climb the first 2 miles, then you take a right at the intersection to continue climbing it. The grade is manageable and I was able to climb it in my middle ring, but after you take that right turn and climb for another few miles there are a couple of pitches at the top that are pretty brutal and you are either in your granny gear or walking some of it. The trails were pretty wet, but so far ok. Probably soft enough in spots to make it just that much more painful. After the Hanky climb is one of my favorite descents. Fun, fast, swoopy and yes, I yelled and hollered and screamed the entire way down with a huge smile on my face. I feel like I could have gone a bit faster, but I was keeping myself in check a bit with the wet roots and rocks, but my tires were feeling pretty grippy and you just can't help yourself with a descent like that. And the one thing about the SM100, the descents make all the pain in the climbs worth it.
After Dowell's Draft is Aid 3, where I had a drop bag. Changed into dry gloves, refilled by camelback, grabbed a couple of gels and tried to get out of there as soon as I could. Here you hit the road with traffic for quite a bit. Tried to grab onto a group and draft a bit to save some energy, but still go fast. The girl that I had passed on Wolf Ridge caught up and passed me on the road, but I decided not to chase her down, because I knew what was coming. Off the road you take a right at the Mountain House and hike a bike across the stream and up some steep stone steps. This next climb is a tough one. Its tight bench cut single tack with some rocks and roots and with the trails being wet, made for plenty of slippery mess ups and having to put a foot out, plus its steep. After getting around a couple of people that were not comfortable with the rocky bits and wet roots, I was able to spin out the rest of the climb. This is where I caught up and passed the fast girl again, so I must be doing pretty good? Again, another fun, FAST downhill, and then the MUD. We hit the fields and it was peanut butter! There was a guy behind me and I started laughing and asked him, 'are you seeing this?!' as I fishtailed and swerved this way and that in all the mud, he responded his bike was doing the same thing. Made it to Aid 4 and they asked if they could lube my chain, I said 'Sure, if you can find it'. Jon had put a mud flap on my bike which I was really enjoying at this point. Then I mentally prepared for the next '18mile climb'.
The 18mi climb is just that, but the first part (11-12mi?) is not totally awful. Pretty manageable grade until you take that wonderful right hand turn and start going up, up, up. I remember being afraid of it the first time I did the SM100 and during it thinking the 'false flat' as the call it wasn't so bad, but this time I kept thinking it didn't seem as flat as I remembered it! The right hand turn and climb up was as hard as I remembered. Chatted with a few people on the way up. Some I passed, some passed me. One guy said we should be close to Aid 5 because it was supposed to be at mile 75. Our GPS hit 75 and no Aid station in site. This is the climb that I willed myself not to walk the 1st time I had done the SM100 and I was determined not to this time either. Legs were tired, but O-K. Can't say I was flying up it, but I was still moving. At one point, you actually descend for about 45 seconds, my legs definitely needed that! Finally about 2-3miles later is glorious Aid 5, thank God! I have a drop bag, so grab another pair of dry gloves, doctor up my camel back with my drink mix and get ready for the meadows. The worst thing about the 18mi climb and when you get to Aid 5 is you think you're done climbing for awhile. Nope.
What an awesome race! Some of the OLV guys came and said they thought I might be top 10. Found out I came in 9th out of almost 60 women starters. WOW! I can't even describe how amazed I was at my time and that I did so much better than I ever expected. Top 10 at the SM100, really!? It was really satisfying to know that all the effort, all the stupid-early training rides in the dark and long tired days were actually worth it. My bike was great all day, my tires were grippy, my legs were nice to me, I made friends all day long. The trails could have been dryer and if they had, maybe 10-15min even faster? :) During the race, I think around Aid 5 which isn't a surprise, I remember thinking that all the training for the race was hard and the race itself was just really long and really hard and that this was probably going to be the last time I do the SM100, that its all just too hard. Then the day after, when Jon and I are driving home, I start cracking up and he asks me what I'm laughing about and I tell him I had just caught myself thinking how the next time I do the SM100, I would do this differently or that differently. So as you can see, no matter how hard it is, there is something about this race that just keeps you coming back. Maybe its the descents or the awesome aid stations or the great after party or the friends you see or the euphoria of having just ridden your bike on fantastic trails ALL DAY LONG, but whatever it is and how ever hard it was you always leave thinking, 'The next time……'.
Picnic was a huge hit, great kickoff to "First Saturdays"
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported our first First Saturday group ride and cookout.
The weather couldn't have been better for such an occasion. Race Pace brought out a fleet of trail bikes for folks to try. We had around 60 people out, including 11 junior riders, and after breaking into several group rides, everyone was treated to some master grillwork and a range of treats courtesy of OLV sponsor Ron Howard & Associates. Topping the list of yummy food was the marinated chicken breasts, the giant grilled portabellos, the box of Krispy Kreme donuts (thanks to whoever brought those) and a good old fashioned pot of homemade baked beans from Todd Skopic. The rides were great but the cookout was the real treat, with conversations ranging to every topic, people enjoying the outdoors and each others' company, kids running around…it was a blast!
We are hoping to start something of a Patapsco tradition for this ride, with First Saturdays becoming a regular meeting day for a large # of riders who then gather again post-ride for a cookout or get-together of some sort. If everyone who has a good time makes sure to bring one friend to the next one, this thing will be big in no time….
See you in October!
Tracy Posner's Michaux Curse of Dark Hollow race report
For some reason the women's field was small, with just 3 of us doing the 40 miler, so the women and single speeders were started together. The start was about 1-2 miles of fire road and then it went right into a loose medium sized rocky descent. Cheryl Sornson was off the front and if you know Cheryl, shes a rock star. I figured I'd finish about 1.5hrs behind her. As we got into the rocky down hill the other girl was in front of me and was riding well, but I felt I could ride the rocky descent a little better so I passed her when there was a spot and tried to get a bit of a gap. After the descent there was an immediate steep climb. After that I don't really remember much until the last few miles of the race. Just kidding. Sort of.
I tried to keep myself in check because it was going to be a long day. Based on my time at the Maximus, I figured I'd be riding for about 6 hrs. Its hard to keep your heart rate down at Michaux because you're either climbing or muscling over rocks, which both make your heart rate soar. After the first climb the next few miles had some nice big rocky sections and shorter climbs and then an awesome fast fun downhill. Then at about 12mi the next 4.5mi was a big climb with a few small descents mixed in. This section also included the notorious 'hike a bike'. Man they weren't kidding. When I hit it, I had caught up to a guy I knew and he told me we were on the hike a bike section. So we walked up it a bit and then is kind of leveled out and I got back on and thought..that wasn't ALL that bad, about 50 yards later, I saw why this section was notorious. There was a part that was about 10yards long and you were practically looking for vegetation to hold on to to try and pull yourself and your bike up it. I joked later that we need something like the cart lifter at Wegmans or a ski lift for our bikes, because it was hard enough just to get up it yourself, much less trying to pull or drag your bike up with you.
The next 7 miles were more rocks (lots of rocks!) and some medium climbs and some fire road mixed in which was a nice break. It was during this section that I realized how my triceps hurt from descending and the rock gardens and I think even my kidneys hurt from the constant bouncing over rock gardens. But man oh man was it fun. I tried to keep my speed up on the fire roads and the descents, because I knew the 3rd girl was a strong climber and was expecting her to catch up with me if I didn't keep up my speed.
Fom about mile 25-29 was the next and last big long climb. It was single track in the woods and was long, but was more or less smooth. At the top was the last aid station, which was a nice treat. They told me I didn't have far to go, although I knew by my Garmin that really wasn't the case, but it still energized me and I started pushing harder knowing I was close to the end. Of course, i should have known that 'not far to go' at Michaux has a totally different meaning than other places. More smaller to medium power line and field climbs that felt bigger when trying to push tired legs and then the most technical descents and rock gardens in the entire race. At this point the trails were a bit loamy and soft. The descents were steep and the rock gardens had those shark fins or some call them tomb stone types of rocks. Being tired and not knowing the lines, I ended bobbling a lot of them and having to put a foot out or dismount and run through it. I would have loved to have turned around and tried all those again!
At this point I knew I was close, but where was the finish?! I was ready to be done. I was in the awesome piney twisty stuff and was passing some 20 milers that were still making their way and finished the same way the 40 milers did. Finally I saw some light and cars through the trees and speed up and finished in 4:55!! I was PUMPED! Cheryl had finished in 4:10 I think and I was super happy that I was that close to her, expecting at least an hour or more difference.
It was an awesome race and hard! I think I paced myself well, I rode relatively well, my nutrition was good, as I never bonked, and I finished much faster than I had anticipated and I never crashed! That, in itself, makes it successful at Michaux.


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Join me live tonight at 9:00pm EST/6:00pm PST taking all your questions on anything "Bachelor" or "Bachelorette" related. Or other stuff. Back at home so no Olivia this week. Just me, you, and Maddie enjoying an hour of fun and festivities together. You can begin asking questions now by clicking the "Question" button above. See you tonight.