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The main idea throughout the Dark Knight Rises is that Batman has finally met his match: Bane. Throughout the film Bane is intent in destroying Gotham City and is there to test Batman on a physical and mental level. Many sources suggest that Bane is Batman's first real threat. Bane is best known in the Batman comic book series for breaking Batman's back, which indeed happens in The Dark Knight Rises. This then follows on to the story of Batman then rising back up to power after being so brutally injured.
For the first section of the film you see Bruce Wayne having to use a walking stick to get around. This then reveals that he hasn't been Batman in the last 8 years. Personally I believe this is good for the audience because throughout the whole series Batman has refused to reveal his identity so that the public believe that anyone can be a hero. And now for the first section of the final film he is just as vulnerable as everyone else and the audience watching, which really does send the message across to everyone that anyone really can be a hero.
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The title of this blog entry was supposed to be "Who's Afraid Of Personalization?" In the course of research for an upcoming report on the state of, and support for, personalization on non-eCommerce Web sites, I often felt that the answer is "Just about everyone." Forrester Research Associate Keith Tsang and I encountered a few exemplary cases of personalized sites in media, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and even a U.S. government agency. (I'll tell you later why I'm being coy about naming them.) But the fact is that most enterprises still take a one-size-fits-all approach to the Web channel – thus ensuring that their sites will be really relevant and engaging for almost no one.
Still, we also heard universal and unanimous acknowledgment of the benefits of providing personalized visitor experiences with selective or targeted delivery of Web content. Everybody agrees that they should be doing it; many want to do it; a good number are investing significant time and resources in planning to do it; and we heard from both vendors and users that organizations are increasingly buying the tools to allow them to do it. So why the yawning abyss between conviction and execution? Why the fear and trembling in the face of the great good supposedly offered by personalization? We venture some diagnoses in the report, and offer recommendations on (gently) kick-starting your personalization efforts. (Tentatively titled "To Succeed With Web Content Personalization, Start Failing Now," the report should be published by the end of the month.)
But last week, during an interview for a report on multilingual content management, I heard a new reason for resisting the charms of personalization. (I've developed a nasty habit of raising questions about personalization regardless of the putative reason for the conversation. Should we ever share a long elevator ride, be prepared.) To paraphrase my interlocutor: It's the economy, stupid. The trouble with a trial and error approach to personalization is that it harbors the possibility (and probably guarantees the occurrence) of error – and error is an expense that, at this juncture, we'd best avoid. For now, let's stick with what we know works, and we'll indulge in experimentation when our corporate head is back above the surface of the water.
This is an eminently reasonable argument. And it might well be the smartest approach to dealing with Web channel customer engagement during an economic downturn. The question is reminiscent of the old debate over whether one should decrease or increase advertising spending during a recession. The proponents of increasing spending implicitly rely upon the historical fact that (so far) the downturn always ends. And when it ends, you want to be in a position to immediately seize market share and competitive advantage.
Survival during the downturn + Ability to thrive afterwards = Thurvivial
(Based on a few minutes of Web research, I'm going to make the bold etymological assertion that "thurvival" was first coined by Daffy Duck in "Rabbit Fire" from 1951 – the third best Bugs Bunny cartoon of all time.)
The difference between the old advertising argument and the question of investing in personalization today is the difference between the one-way, brand building effects of traditional advertising and the challenge of communicating with today's sophisticated, empowered online consumer. The current financial crisis will certainly have many unpleasant effects, but it's very unlikely that it will somehow make consumers less demanding, less fickle, and less likely to favor Web sites that, as my colleagues in Marketing and Strategy say, are not only usable but desirable. On the contrary, Psychology 101 suggests that consumers will become even more invested in Web experiences that are engaging, relevant, entertaining, and that allow them to accomplish their goals without (additional) frustration. Don't expect them to sympathize with a decision to delay improvements to the Web channel.
None of this suggests that it's a good idea to launch a complicated cross-channel personalization initiative – we don't advise the boil the ocean approach even in the best economic climate. But the counter to the "sure and steady" approach to the crisis would be the view that now is the time to make selective, small scale investments in personalization tools and skills. Yes, your experiments will produce errors, and the effect will probably not be as favorable as your "sure bets." But in addition to whatever financial benefits you achieve, you're building up a knowledge base, intellectual capital, and competitive advantages that will be extremely valuable later. (Preserving these non-financial benefits is the reason that the companies we interviewed about their advanced personalization projects want to remain anonymous.)
This raises a carrot-patch full of questions, and naturally I'd love to have your input on all of them:
- What are your plans (or current projects) for Web site personalization?
- Or, what were your plans – are projects going to be delayed in light of the downturn?
- What is your approach to the online channel for the short term: Stick with what you know, or experiment for future advantage?
- What are the low (or no) cost ways in which you can try to meet consumer demand for engaging and relevant Web experiences? Such as: Launch some personalized micro- or niche sites with a low cost WCM product, rather than replacing your entire aged enterprise system? Add a hosted, pay-for-benefit recommendation engine? Engage consumers with social computing? What are your other ideas?
- "Thurvival" as a concept – Keep it or toss it?
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re: Is Web Personalization Now A Matter Of "Thurvival"?
Comment from michael (not verified) on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 09:06
re: Is Web Personalization Now A Matter Of "Thurvival"?
Comment from null on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 23:06
Giving users more control over their experience is not only increases their satisfaction, but also builds their loyalty. But I'd nix "thurvival".
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Comment from Stephen Cobb (not verified) on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 11:06
Excellent post Tim, you clearly have your finger on the pulse with this one. The issues you raise closely mirror the concerns expressed by our existing clients and the online retailers to whom we are currently pitching our post-click marketing platform.Clearly a serious weighing of the benefits is going on out there -- do we push ahead with personalization despite the cost v. hold off for now but risk being left behind.As for 'thurvival,' heck, I might be tempted to use it -- with appropriate attribution to yourself and Daddy -- in the Monetate white paper that I'm writing at the moment. Here's the current working title, and I'm not making this up: "How to survive and even thrive in a down economy using personalization and other post-click marketing strategies."Clearly it's going to need a shorter title, so I was thinking of running the survive and thrive together. I had thought of, and hereby claim, 'surthrival' but admit that I have so far failed to line up a cartoon precedent (maybe I can get the art department to create Sir Thrival astride his sway-back steed Economy).On balance I think thurvival may sound better than surthrive, but maybe what we all need right now is a conference on "How to Thurvive Without Going Daffy."
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Comment from Dmitri Tcherevik (not verified) on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 15:16
I very much like the spirit of this post. Personalization is a tricky thing. There are way too many options and approaches. What works for one site may not work for another. The only way to discover what works and what does not is to start early and experiment.This does not have to be a bet the company decision. A WCM system may help you limit the scope of experimentation to a microsite or a limited user community, while still giving you the full range of tools. Start small, learn from mistakes, find the formula that works, and gradually expand the scope.
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Comment from MrMeanyPants (not verified) on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 11:39
I would argue that Web personalization is a matter of necessity, not Thurvival, as Dr. Walters defines it. First, strong, forward-looking companies take market share during a downturn. They don't wait for a ray of hope to lift the collective spirits of their competition. No, they drive them out of business, now! Second, strong, forward-looking companies use PR to build a brand and advertising to sustain it. Where your brand fits in its lifecycle determines the right tool – PR or advertising – for the job. Dr. Walters draws the right conclusion about the need to experiment with personalization but for the wrong reasons. You personalize your content because it has the potential to lower your COGS while it boosts your sales, producing a double-whammy effect that would make Uncle Bugs proud. "What a maroon."
re: Is Web Personalization Now A Matter Of "Thurvival"?
Comment from Carolyn Gardner (not verified) on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 12:32
Great post Tim and like the previous comment by Dmitri Tcherevik, I believe web personalization to be a matter of necessity. It's been around for a while, and often considered optional. But in these recessionary times where narrow margins are the norm (especially if you're selling online), optional is becoming essential. No matter what your point of online conversion happens to be - a purchase, a registration, or a download to name a few - websites need to put more investment into the power of persuasion - which is very much what web personalization feeds into. Since persuasion is very much linked to relevance, it's also the bridge between website traffic that's been acquired and website traffic that converts.I just wrote a blog post on this very topic - it ties into some true eTail case studies and how web personalization is changing the game. Check it out at http://blog.sitebrand.com/2008/11/27/discounting-isnt-your-only-option-f...
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A traveling zine trade. You get the package of zines, take out the ones you want, replace them with zines from your collection, then add one more zine (+1). Then you mail the package to the next participant, who does the same.
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Sounds like fun. Is there still a box going around? If not, who would be up for putting one together? We could all send to one person who could get the ball rolling. Perhaps even start small with a large envelope if only a small number are interested.
Hey if there is a box going around I would like to be a part of it! Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com please!
Definitely down for this. Sounds fun!
I 'd like to be a part! I could contribute a few. email: email@example.com
I can't create a whole box, but I have a few that I can add. E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com or on here if anyones starting a box!
I've got lots of zines I've received in trade to create a box. If I hear from some people, I'll put a box together & start it rolling.
Me! I'd love to start a new box. I have a few zines to start with and the box can grow as it goes.
If you're interested email me your addy at firstname.lastname@example.com, noting if you'd be willing to ship internationally.
I'm going to guess the last box is dead since there haven't been any updates of any kind in a good long while. If someone wants to start a new one, go for it.
Any updates on the box or has it been long enough to have just given up on it?


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i finally have been able to upload some of the Fiji photos.
Here is the photo of the green flash that I wrote about earlier. The green flash is pretty unimpressive as a photo. Its just s small hunk of green. Its much more impressive to watch live with a zoom lens.
I'd recommend looking at the largest size image and then zoom in on the center of the photo to see the green.


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Pics.io, a browser-based Raw editor built on Google Drive, goes live with public beta
Ukrainian start-up Pics.io is hoping to change your photography post-processing workflow with its new browser-based Raw editing and organization service. Using WebGL technology to harness the power of your computer's graphics card, Pics.io is able to offer Raw image editing and management for Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus Raw files right in your web browser.
Instead of storing your images on its own servers, Pics.io connects to your Google Drive account. Not only does this provide you with an extremely reliable cloud connection, but it also means that you won't lose your photos if you stop using the Pics.io service, or they ever shut down.
What makes this solution all the more interesting is Google's recent and dramatic price-drop for its Drive cloud storage. Drive users can get 15GB of cloud storage for free, which Pics.io claims is enough for roughly 3-5 years worth of family vacation photos (although we're skeptical about that - especially if you're shooting Raw files).
Paid Drive plans start at just $1.99/month for 100GB and $9.99/month for 1TB. Heavy users could even make use of the unlimited cloud storage offered by Google for subscribers to their Apps for Business service.
Once your photos are uploaded to Google Drive through the Pics.io interface you can use its review tools to apply star ratings and color labels, as well as organizing them into collections and editing metadata just as you might do with a program like Adobe Lightroom. After editing, your collections can be easily shared with friends and family who get quick access to original photos from any internet-connected device.
Pics.io will offer a free plan that limits the number of photos that can be edited per month, and a paid plan that removes all limits. Further pricing details are not yet available but for now the service is in public beta and you can sign up for free on the website to give it a try.
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Let's keep our Raw files private, Jpg or Png are enough for sharing and showing our work.
Many of us are inheriting images and archives from relatives and their older cameras, so there really is no limit on Raw formats, and free Picasa has limits on adjustments:
Minolta MRw, please.
If you leave anyone out, they may never come back.
If you set up a server with DNG conversion, that may be a work-around.
Actually, Adobe should have their own web-based conversion for any Raw to DNG -- listening, Adobe?
Might suit a "light" RAW user with access to fast broadband but not suitable for heavy RAW user with slower broadband. I much prefer storing my images on my own multiple RAID drives, stored in different locations, than on some third party cloud system. I also agree with ZAnton, a typical photo trip for me would result in around 30 to 40 GB of images from various Leica M cameras, so storage in the cloud would work out expensive.
Some of the comments here are hilarious.
You obviously don't want to replace your Lightroom or CaptureOne workflow with terabytes of pictures with this service. But this is a great alternative for those wanting an editor for quick RAW retouches, especially those with a Chromebook.
Konstantin, I congratulate you on this excellent idea and I hope for the best for you and your company!
That's so great that somebody finally did this. I had a similar idea a few years ago when I wrote a proof-of-concept WebGL-based HDR tone mapping web app (https://szimek.github.io/webgl-hdr - Chrome/Firefox only). Now, if only we could finally have WebGL2/WebCL in browsers to make such apps faster and more powerful.
Good luck!
I've signed up and uploaded 2 images to try it out. But it will not accept RAF files nor PEF files. I am advised to convert the Raw files to DNG . . .
Full list of supported cameras will be available next week. Sorry for inconvenience.
Guys, we'd appreciate your support of this idea. If you're in the mood, please, head over to our Thunderclap page and give us support with your Facebook or Twitter. Here's the link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/15125-picsio
Why would anyone want to use pics.io? Darktable is a very advanced raw editor and converter that can be downloaded and used totally for free.
So what compelling reason would there be to use a cloud based raw converter which is just in its infancy with all kinds of missing functionality?
Google and Darktable should do an integration so that the NIK Collection can be used together with Darktable. That would be the ultimate Killer Application.
I'll continue after halc, or people that aren't full-time potographers and have other job where they cannot easily install any software they want.
Also, no one forces to use Pics.io's editing. It is really infant at the moment. Use Pics.io is a central hub for you media. An always synced centralised library of images. Edit photos in Darktable, then upload DNG to Pics.io to have everything in one place.
OK, so maybe a use case would be if I am traveling and don't want to carry a notebook with me. But then 15GB is not very much storage space, especially not for big raw files. Flickr comes to mind with their 1TB offer of free storage space.
Overall though I think I would go for a Camera that delivers excellent jpeg output and minimizes the need for raw processing, especially if I am just a casual consumer without the need for professional options of raw PP.
From what I know about bit depth, JPEG, no matter how good it is, can't match with what you can get from raw. It's a simple math.
P.S.: Flickr doesn't accept raw, that's their trick for offering everyone a terabyte. You simply won't fill it even on 10%.
Http://raw.pics.io looks like a pretty vanilla raw converter, but it did match the camera JPEG colors for a test Sony A7 raw better than most raw converters... not that the camera JPEG colors were right. ;-)
I also didn't see any adjustments, which are the main reason to use raw....
That's because it's not actually converting anything, it just extracts the embedded preview jpeg from the raw...
I suppose it's possible it works with other kind of files, but there's definitely no conversion with Sony ARWs, remove the preview image and it stops working. This kind of fake trickery leaves a pretty sour taste.
Konstantin, can you comment?
We don't have raw decoding for Sony and Olympus yet. That is available only for Canon and Nikon.
What? Go to http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ -- Dave Coffin's code for nearly all raw formats is open source (not the latest Foveon support) and is how most raw converters extract the raw image data.
Hey, we know dcraw pretty good :) It's a matter of time and software engineers on board.
Juhaz, our efforts to explain people what is embedded JPEG and how it is different from RAW showed that it only confuses people. Also, we don't expect that people will be using Pics.io as a RAW-processor any time soon, and for photo management this information is irrelevant.
Is it a DPReview reader forum, or a commercial company communication space?!?
We're having fun, iAPX. No one forces you to read :)
One problem is that the images can not be converted and saved as TIFF files, neither does the software recognize this format. I always save my images as TIFF after processing my RAW files.
We can save to TIFF, just doesn't have that feature implemented yet.
TIFF is a tagged file format spec, not an image encoding. Usually, people mean uncompressed 24BPP RGB encoding when they say TIFF, but TIFF can wrap a JPEG and even DNG images are in a TIFF wrapper. I think the preferred encoding for 24BPP RGB would be PNG, which has lossless compression and is understood by most image handling software. Lossless JPEG 2000 and various cinema-oriented formats would be even better, but few software packages support them.
it could be fine to have it also on android devices
I still wonder what could make a man to prefer a completely unknown product from an unknown company over proven software, for example, Capture One? Moreover and with so much intimacy with someone's cloud?
As for me, Chromebook is an interesting concept, but in the real world is a dream of an exhibitionist with a strong aftertaste of Orwell's 1984.
But let alone the privacy concerns, is it any better than C1/LR/Optics Pro?
Pics.io can you please include support for Fuji X-trans files? please please pleeeeaseee? :)
OliverGlass, we're not a big team right now, there are 7 people working on this idea. Bringing support for each camera is hard and time consuming. I hope soon we'll be able to hire more people and bring the support for each and every camera. Can't promise X-trans support in the nearest time. Hope, you understand.
Spasiba. I understand Konstantin. Your project is a great idea and we thank you for giving us options. May your team succeed in integrating the algorithms. :)
Totally believe in that new paradigm. Chromebooks are the future.
I have 10 terabytes of images; not ready to move them to the Cloud.
I like the concept, though.
NAS is a way to go in your case. Not sure when we'll be able to provide a distributive for NAS though. Lets talk (email@example.com)
Well, I have Google Drive's business solution, and at $9.99 per month and up to 11 TB of space, that can't be beat. I have already uploaded a couple of TB of images as a third, cloud-based backup solution, and it didn't take more than 2 weeks to upload via a cable modem high speed internet line.
I'm a Google Apps reseller and Amazon AWS user. What I miss with Google (and other cloud services) is AWS Import/Export service http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/
You send a physical disk to Amazon and they put it online.
A cloud backup for large files is not an option for me because I have a bad 0.42Mb/s upstream speed, but I'd like to use this kind of services in future.
DNG (except Leica and Hasselblad), and native RAWs from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus. The full list of supported cameras will be available on the website next week.
Hello Konstantin, how can we unsubscribe ( delete account ) from pics.io ? Thank you
Just throw an email to email@example.com
Though, I must say, we aren't too annoying in the inbox, sent newsletters only when it's something worth knowing.
So, if I understand this correctly; I can only use this RAW converter with a Cloud system? No thanks. Say NO(!) to CC, you know why.
Not quite. But it's the best way to manage photos. That's what we stand on. Although there is http://raw.pics.io that works without cloud.
Also, I must say, this is so different from CC. Your files and the app are separate entities. You are free to connect any app you need to your Google Drive and easily switch between different solutions.
@Konstantin Shtondenko
With Adobe CC, my files are separate from the app. They are tied together at all. I can open my files in application I need...
Don't spread misinformation.
Framer, wait a second. Who is providing you a storage with CC? Adobe. Who is providing you an app/service to work with files? Adobe. Is that clear now?
The storage space they provide is optional.
Photoshop CC is installed locally.
What's your point?
Does Adobe allows you to use your personal cloud storage in Dropbox, Google Drive, or One Drive? No. That is the point.
Uhh, yes.
Adobe does not dictate where I put my photos.
I can put my files anywhere I want. Local drives, my NAS drive, a secure cloud service.
MY files are not explicitly linked to Adobe in any way, shape or form.
So I just have to upload some TERABYTES of images to a Google Drive to be able to edit them online: impressive thinking!
Oh I forgot, I should have to let pics.io access my images and stores them on their own servers to process it for me too? Really nice!
Is it a joke?!?
iAPX, I recommend watching videos before commenting. You clearly don't understand how it works.
"Pics.io connects to your Google Drive account."
Maybe you should understand how it work before commenting?!?
I won't put my RAW files into Google Drive, nor any Cloud-based system, for some reason, the most obvious one is that any photo session I did is over 30GB (means 1 day upload time), the less obvious is that they don't own my work and I didn't trust them.
Oups, maybe you need to read my profile to see if I understand web-based companies. I am not totally Internet Illiterate.
Yeah, I checked you profile, and that surprised me even more. You should have known about client-side technologies, and how different they are from server-side.
Also, do you know that Google Drive is a private storage. It's as private as your local hard drive. It doesn't distribute your photos on the Internet to earn money on your work. If you have examples of that, please, provide. This concern is just ridiculous, seriously.
As for 30GB gig. I will be able to upload this batch in a few hours, I guess. Anyway, we are able to work with files locally (client-side, remember?). The demonstation of that is available at http://raw.pics.io. Maybe, in time we'll polish that functionality and allow people to work with such a big batch not waiting for upload (sending them in a background)
NSA don't scan my internal hard drives, nor any other US agency (and I worked hard for that). Nobody else than me could have access to my photos.
And I don't need to pay a $200/mo contract to have access to all my photos in a matter of weeks, in fact it's free and available in a matter of seconds (using Thunderbolt) in my home or in mobility (WD Pro 4TB).
Maybe having access instantaneously to your picture is of no matter. To keep some other people to access them is for no matter to you. Or to be able to process them and keep control on how they are processed, and not being tied to a website that could close tomorrow is no matter for you.
For me it is
I see solely cliches in your comment. NSA, $200/mo, what if Google disappears... I understand, that the service we are building won't fit with everyone's needs. That's not our aim. If you like carrying around external hard drive, so be it. If you like creating several catalogs in Lightroom, go do it. If you like setting up your environment each time you get a new computer, that's you choice. If you ask me - I hate that stuff. It's bad that in 21st century I have to do all that stuff, when I just want to enjoy photography. That's all I want.
For my Terabytes of data, to host them will cost me more than $100/mo.
To have access to them, to be able to upload it all and download it all, within a day, will need me to have an incredibly expensive Internet connection, more on the $1000/mo side than $100/mo.
When you put things in the cloud, uploading and downloading is not FREE nor instantaneous, you have a price to pay for that service too.
iAPX - so.. yes - perhaps a cloud based editor and storage solution is not right for YOU... for the rest of us that a) take family photos in RAW b) like to share said photos will lots of family c) like cloud solution storage as a 3rd backup method and d) are not PARANOID about NSA and other folks "stealing" and "viewing" our photos (I could care less to be honest!) - this is a great idea and I hope it is successful! Thx for your hard work Konstantin...
I don't quite understand the Google connection. Is this a formal arrangement between them and Pics.io? And if yes, why? Google already has Snapseed and the Nik Collection they could develop further if they wanted to go in this direction.
We are connecting to Google using their API.
Okay, so then if I understand correctly you are modelling your business plan like Adobe. PS/LR "online" bundle for editing and then upload to Adobe's Revel cloud service for storage. With monthly access fee of course.
Kinda like that. Except, you will pay for storage to Google (or any other cloud storage provider of your choice if we integrate them)
Google has all my email adresses, all my phone numbers, they know what i´m searching on google and now they wont my pictures also? ludicrous!
Euh... Don't forget they are waiting for your credit card number.
It always begins as a voluntary activity, and everything goes well until you start to notice all that junk mail coming to your window. Have you? On line pharmacies selling Viagra and pills, discounts, etc. "Security Check Ups" from Outlook ever since they acquired Hotmail, blocking access to your account if you don't fill the new blanks with a phone number (yours) for them to send you a voice code to regain access (now they have your phone number)
What about FaceBook doing just the same, but with the upper leg of asking you to submit a photocopy of a personal document of yours to let you log back in your account? Of course that they will keep all info confidential...(?)
As you said: it's all voluntary.
On a related topic - what happened to DPR's intention to expand the Galleries to take larger collections and RAW files, albeit at a cost? Surely with Amazon web storage this was a no-brainer - probably more profitable than the Amazon Fire Phone ;<)
Very very Beta. Signed up, verified and now I get only a big black blank page in chrome (Win7 64)
Any unusual extensions in your browser?
None barring Ghostery and other standard stuff
I suppose interesting technology, but I've one question: Why? Why would I want my photos stored on a cloud, except perhaps for backup? If they are on local storage, they are accessible even when my Internet connection is down, which does happen. They are accessible if Google Drive goes away. (Cloud services never go away - yeah, right.)
Why would I want to be tied to a certain editor? I need to use whichever of my editing programs work best for a given image. Photo Ninja usually does the job, but sometimes ACDSee Pro does a better job of demosaicing the RAW file or I need the local adjustments in that program.
But perhaps this effort is aimed at the more casual photographer. Although I have to wonder if they wouldn't just be shooting JPEGs anyhow?
>if Google Drive goes away
If you don't trust Google in this space, then who do you trust?
You can have your photos also stored locally, no one forces you to use ONLY cloud. It's just better when cloud is a central location. Removes syncing hassles.
>Why would I want to be tied to a certain editor?
You won't be. You will be able to connect another apps to your Google Drive. I don't think Pics.io will remain the only player in the space. Also, you can edit images in Lightroom and PS. I still edit in Lightroom and upload DNG to Pics.io to keep everything in one place.
@Konstantin Shtondenko
I know, after reading your reply below, that you are on the "Pics.io team" but surely you can't be silly enough to trust Google?
Framer, I have basic understanding of software world and infrastructure. Google's ecosystem is Google Drive and Chrome. They aren't go anywhere. I'm sure.
Of course they are going nowhere.
Either you are just being difficult or you don't understand the privacy implications with using Google Drive or most cloud services.
Anyway, good luck with your product, it looks interesting.
95% of internet users have been using Google for years, myself included.
Chromebooks are the future of what? Simple lightweight computing? I have had a Chromebook for roughly 1.5 years, it's great for surfing and email but it isn't doing much else...
Having "everything" stored in a cloud is kind of silly if you ask me, but to each their own.
I could not find the price... nowadays I do not have any interest to test anything "free" before I know what it will cost if I like the product.
Oh, sorry it is still beta and nobody knows the price... I like the idea to get rid of RAW files from my computer but I will wait if this bird will fly.
Yep, beta. We're thinking about $5/mo and $40-50/yr.
lmao.. and people complain about subscription services for real professional solutions like Adobe CC. The terms for this inferior product is even worse and you are subjecting yourself to Google/NSA scanning/tagging of ALL of your photos.
Yeah, the Google servers have no better task then tagging your salad photos :)
Actually, yes, Google is already scanning your photos (and all your other data) because it allows them to profile you to serve ads to you. Yahoo just recently announced that it was scanning Tumblr photos to identify things/objects/brands to profile you (and sell your information).
The best thing to do is not have any business with Google at all.. or spread your online footprint around.
Hi, guys.
Pics.io team is here and will be happy to participate in a discussion.
I'll add a bit to the article. The editing doesn't yet use WebGL, so performance during photo editing is poor yet. For now, it's more of a catalog in the cloud, than catalog and editing in the cloud.
This seems very alpha. I just gave it a shot on a test Google account. I uploaded a photo to All Photos, did some editing on it as such (editor locked up a few times).
Save photo, still see 1/1 in All Photos. Refreshed and now All Photos is 0/0, no photos showing in Pics.io even though I still see the ARW under the Picsio folder on Drive.
Thanks for the clarification...do you have a timetable for augmenting web gl?
Snikt228, we released new version an hour ago. Probably, something went wrong. We'll try to fix this.
UPD: couldn't reproduce this. Can you, please, try it again and write to firstname.lastname@example.com
steelhead3, As I know, our engineers considering several other technologies that should work too. Hard to say right now.
Is anyone else nervous about giving a Ukranian start-up company full access to their Google Drive store?
We're accessing only Picsio folder inside Google Drive. Everything else is intact.
This seems like it involves a lot less trust than downloading an app or a plug-in from a company. The website just accesses the pictures you uploaded, instead of having their software running on your computer or phone.
Honestly, when I first spotted your post I thought you were posting about being 'nervous about the Ukraine' out of concern, with the news today that Russian artillery is shelling within the Ukraine. I hope everyone is doing well over there.
Thank you for the care and support, J Birn. Actually, in our city (Kharkiv) everything is pretty routine now. The Donbass region is different although. Hope, this ends soon
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Australia's civil justice system is too expensive and time-consuming and will die of "neglect and decay" without a major overhaul, retired South Australian chief justice John Doyle will say in a speech today.
He will also offer an outline for reform that would cut back litigants' ability to control their own disputes but could lead to more judicial error.
"The system is strangling itself and cannot survive," Mr Doyle will tell an audience at the Australian Lawyers Alliance national conference in Adelaide today. "Unless we can tackle the issues of cost and time, the system will continue to fail and must surely come to an end."
Without drastic changes, the current system will decide fewer cases, drive more people away because of prohibitive costs and eventually "die of neglect and decay", Mr Doyle, who retired in June, will argue.
One solution could be to shift control of the conduct of litigation from litigants to the courts. A key part of the common law system – party autonomy – meant litigants dominated the disputes process.
This left little room for the court to control "the proportionality between the subject matter in dispute and the costs committed to the preparation".
"The court has a very limited ability to prevent 'overkill' by an opponent. This can be a major factor in the cost of a case," he will say.
"It can also put the other litigant at a substantial and uncontrollable risk of an adverse costs order." The key of creating a cheaper, more accessible civil justice system would be to end party autonomy by giving far more power to the courts.
A single, three-tiered registry could be created to hear all disputes depending on their complexity. Courts would determine lump sum figures for costs at various stages of litigation and parties would be forced to lodge simple documents to start a claim or file a defence, he will say.
There would be no interlocutory applications without court permission and an early conference would be held with a magistrate or master to determine which tier the matter should proceed in. But fixing lawyers' hourly fees would not be practical and would be "a form of market control that brings with it too many difficulties", he will argue.
Mr Doyle stressed these ideas constituted a "tentative" and "preliminary" proposal. He acknowledged they could lead to an increase in judicial error, but "a higher error rate is an acceptable trade-off for putting the system within reach of more people".
Governments' tendency to raise court filing fees to recover more from litigants to cover the cost of the justice system will also be criticised by Mr Doyle, partly because increasingly complex legislation passed by parliaments was contributing to the burden faced by courts.
"The profession should be doing everything it can to stop, and indeed reverse, the trend by government to fix fees on the basis of cost recovery," he will say.
The federal government said last month that filing fees for federal courts would rise substantially and would mainly target rich litigants, such as big companies.
But Mr Doyle will say this is "wrong in principle". "The obligation of the executive government is to provide a system for the resolution of civil disputes at a reasonable cost to the user. Cost recovery is not the criterion that should be used in fixing fees.
"But it has taken hold as a goal. Court fees are now a substantial component of the cost of civil litigation."
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Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton has described her embarrassment at growing up without a car or television - but says she later came to thank her parents for it.
In a column in Britain's Guardian newspaper, the 28-year-old paid tribute to New Zealand's dramatic landscapes and described her family's holidays while growing up in the South Island.
"For many years while I was growing up my parents did not own a car. We rode around town on two tandem bicycles and one single (a source of considerable embarrassment to me at the time) and at weekends we would occasionally rent a car in order to drive into the alps, and go hiking," she wrote.
"My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified by the fact that we did not own a television either - my parents were unapologetic about this, and told me very cheerfully that I would thank them for it when I was older, which was quite true."
Catton, who became the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize, for her novel The Luminaries, this week, also wrote affectionately about her family's holidays in the South Island.
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She said her father, an expatriate American, and mother chose to live in Christchurch because of the city's proximity to the mountains and, in particular, Arthur's Pass - "the mountain village that was and is my father's spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild'".
In her column Catton said her father would make them trek for hours to reach summits - "or whatever spot was deemed by my father to be of adequately punishing distance from the car to deserve lunch".
He would then claim to have forgotten his Swiss Army knife and cut into cheese with his credit card, which Catton said was more interesting to her than looking at a cloud-filled valley at the time.
"It is this kind of detail that I remember - the credit card, waxy and oiled along its edge - from our expeditions into the hills.
"I can recall the clean-smelling interiors of each rental car, always a different model and a slightly different shape; the empty glove box; the chipped toes of my boots; and how my hands became swollen and too weak to make a fist after a day of walking uphill."
But Catton said she did not remember the views from her childhood trips to the alps.
"In fact I am sure that I never experienced, as a child, any kind of encounter with the sublime, that catch in the throat, that tightness of the lungs, that sudden, roaring sense of one's extreme smallness in a huge, awful, beautiful world."
That has changed, however, with the author saying she could now be moved to tears by a peak.
She said travel brochures tried to capture the quality of New Zealand's panoramas with adjectives like pristine, untouched or majestic.
"But the words seem cheap and insubstantial, however accurate they may be, in the face of the real thing."
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ROHNERT PARK -- The weather warmed up Wednesday and so did the St. Vincent Mustangs during a Coastal Mountain Conference South golf match at the par-71 Foxtail South course in Rohnert Park.
Entering the day tied with Middletown for first place atop the league standings, St.Vincent posted five sub-80 rounds to finish with a winning score of 303 among the six-team South field. Middletown was next with 339, St. Helena had 389, Kelseyville 397, Technology 498 and Rincon Valley Christian was incomplete (fewer than four golfers).
Evan Knight and Alex Graham of St. Vincent led the way with 3-over-par rounds of 74. The Petaluma team also had a 76 and two 79s. By contrast, the other five South teams had a combined two golfers carding rounds less than 80. One belonged to St. Helena's Ryan Johnson at 75, the other to Middletown's Daniel Eagle at 79.
"The St. Vincent kids played very well," Kelseyville coach John Berry said. "Middle-town's game didn't travel well this week."
St. Vincent now leads the South with a 14-1 record to Middletown's 13-2.
Among other Lake County golfers in the field, Anthony Tacla carded an 83 for Middletown, Joe Tannous led Kelseyville with 86, and James Crayne of Middletown had 87.
Eagle had three birdies during his round while Tacla and Tannous had one each.
The CMC South plays two matches next week - at Meadowood in St. Helena on Tuesday afternoon and at Adams Springs on Cobb Mountain on Thursday afternoon.


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Rafael Nadal plans to test his fragile knee on the hard courts at Indian Wells to determine his playing schedule for the rest of the spring after playing an exhibition match on the surface on Monday.
The 11-time Grand Slam champion wasn't too worried about playing on a hard court against Juan Martin del Potro on Monday night, his first chance to compete at Madison Square Garden.
But when Nadal heads Indian Wells, he doesn't know how his knee will respond.
Just the fact that he's planning to play in California is encouraging for Nadal in his comeback from injury. A week ago, he wasn't sure if his left knee could handle it. Then came his performance at the Mexican Open capped by a dominating victory over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, the world's fourth-ranked player, in Saturday's final.
"I started to feel free to run to every ball," Nadal said at a news conference Monday morning, hours before the BNP Paribas Showdown. "That's fantastic for me."
In the first match Monday night, top-ranked Serena Williams beat No. 2 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3.
Nadal's first three tournaments back after missing seven months have been on clay – the best surface even before the injury for the seven-time French Open champ. The hard courts are far more punishing on his body, and he has talked about perhaps playing on them less.
Still, he'd like to stick with the same full event schedule as in past years. Indian Wells, with an expected field that boasts the top men's players in the world, will help determine whether that is possible.
"That will be a big test for me," Nadal said. "Today I know I can play on clay; that's a very important thing to know for me."
This was the first event for Williams and Azarenka since they faced off in the Qatar Open final February 17. Azarenka won that one 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3 to snap a 10-match losing streak against Williams, which included the US Open final.
Both looked rusty on Monday, with little of the electricity of their three-set thriller a few miles away at Flushing Meadows in September.
They finally started showing some shot-making in the eighth game, when Azarenka's lob landed on the baseline, drawing applause from the American. Williams, who hurt her ankle and back at the Australian Open, ran all the way into the barrier at the front of the stands to chase down a shot later in the game.
She raced back to the middle of the court, and Azarenka hit her overhead into the net. Williams plopped down to the ground for some rest.
Down triple break point in the fourth game of the second set, Williams suddenly regained her trademark big serve to rally back. Azarenka, who has yet to lose an official match this year while defending her Aussie title, was broken six times in 10 service games.
Williams and Azarenka also played a couple of rallies left-handed in honour of Nadal.
Williams said Azarenka is one of the few players she's close to off the court.
"We really respect each other," Williams said. "I love Victoria as a person. I love how she's so competitive on the court."
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The biblical account of the Creation may lack something in scientific credibility but it certainly provides a rich resource for a composer as inventive as Haydn. His oratorio on the subject is full of graphic pictorialism that came vibrantly to life in this scintillating period-instrument performance under Simon Rattle, broadcast live on Radio 3.
The woody flutes for the song of the nightingale, the gloriously rasping contrabassoon for the "cheerful roar of the tawny lion", the purling fountains and foaming billows: all were enhanced by the stylish, sometimes humorous, delivery of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
The Choir of the Enlightenment, too, produced electrifying tempo surges or crescendi at the flick of Rattle's wrist. Their precision was consistently exemplary. John Mark Ainsley and Sally Matthews (standing in at short notice for Susan Gritton) brought exceptionally intelligent musicianship to the tenor and soprano roles. If Peter Rose's bass was more rough-hewn, he drew chuckles for his comical exploitation of the basso profundo register for the worm which creeps "in long dimension" in the quaint anonymous text.
Rose and Matthews entered into the spirit of Papageno and Papagena from Mozart's Magic Flute for Adam and Eve's final duet (a love duet in all but name). Adam and Eve are generally remembered for the apple and the talking snake but Haydn reminds us that the couple were, mythically at least, the first sensualists.
The moralising tone of Uriel, who comments that they will remain happy so long as they don't overreach themselves, was wickedly subverted by Ainsley, affecting a sanctimonious expression — a joke shared by Rattle on the podium.
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By David Sirota
You knew it was coming, didn't you? That's right - within 24 hours, the right-wing spin machine is up and working to transform the tragic London bombing into a way to attack progressives as weak on terrorism. Sadly, it is a tactic that continues to emasculate many Democrats, who still can't seem to find the guts to stand up to this nonsense.
Exhibit A is this morning's Wall Street Journal opinion page - the place that essentially re-prints talking points from the Republican National Committee. There James Taranto says that "certain people don't remember" that "an attack on a much worse scale happened in the U.S. less than four years ago." Really, James? Who are those people? Are you speaking of people who have become senile in that time?
No, Taranto says it is people like Vermont's Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders (I) who passed bipartisan legislation reforming the Patriot Act. Taranto, of course has no proof that the provisions being reformed under Sanders' bipartisan legislation would have had any preventive value in the recent attacks, or in future attacks. Nor does he even make the case that the specific reforms would weaken national security. But to a hack like Taranto, proof or facts are not important - what's important is once again impugning the patriotism and "strength" of progressives.
This has been much the same tactic used over the last few years - and we see just how effective that tactic has been in emasculating Democrats. Even before the attacks and the subsequent fear-mongering, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D) published a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal this week claiming he is outraged about the right-wing's hyperbolic attacks on Democrats in this vein. Yet, he then goes on to actually BRAG that Democrats helped "provided more than $340 billion to fund the war" - as if the party should be proud to have helped waste that money sending our troops to die for a war based on lies.
Emanuel goes on to say that "it is long past time for a candid discussion on Iraq." In that he is right. Yet, the fact that he is simultaneously bragging about his complicity in the war, means he is not willing to have a candid discussion about the subject himself. In fact, the headline of his letter includes the statement "We Support the Iraq War" - proof positive that many top Democrats are still so spineless and so frightened of the right-wing machine that they can't even stand up against this atrocity with public opinion polls at their backs, and with the Bush administration's own CIA director essentially admitting that the war has made America less safe.
And remember, this letter was published before the attacks, before the right-wing has intensified its rhetoric. After the attacks it was much of the same - few, if any, Democrats actually had the guts to say what is obvious: that the Bush administration's national security strategy is an incompetent failure. Instead, as the Baltimore Sun reported, "many of the same Democrats who excoriated Bush last week for tying the war in Iraq to Sept. 11 reacted to yesterday's events with expressions of strong support for fighting terrorism and solidarity with the president." And then Democrats wonder why the public thinks they are flip-floppers and stand for nothing.
So in light of all of this, I'm just going to tell it like it is, to both sides.
Here's a dose of truth for the Republican Party in Washington, D.C.: your war-mongering policies and devotion to creating a constant state of panic/fear in this country has made America less safe, especially in light of your negligence on homeland security. Your heated rhetoric that indicts the strength and patriotism of progressives is a sad attempt to cover up your own pathetic failures.
Now, here's a dose of truth for the insulated Democratic establishment in Washington - an establishment that continues to lose elections, yet, incredibly, refuses to change: if you continue to pathetically cower in the face of all of this; if you continue to ignore the courageous lawmakers in your ranks who know the party needs to stand up; if you continue to defend the Iraq War in light of public opposition to it, in light of proof that the Bush administration lied about it and in light of proof it made America less safe; and if you continue to have positively no courage of any convictions and positively no ability to give voice to the concerns of the majority of Americans, then you will continue losing elections far into the future.
Wall Street Journal cranks up GOP fear mongering:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006927 [1]
Bipartisan legislation reforming the Patriot Act passes:
http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/06/vote-victory-privacy-bill-passes-over... [2]
Democratic Rep. Rahm Emanuel brags about supporting the Iraq War:
Public opinion polls show American public does not support the war:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/27/iraq.poll/ [3]
Bush CIA director essentially admits Iraq War makes America less safe:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28876-2005Feb16.html [4]
Baltimore Sun says instead of criticism, Dems "show solidarity" with Bush:


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Yes Brian...and try and find that guy that can match or make colors in a paint store. The guy that can is usually a painter on the higher end of the pay scale or is the rep that, as you mentioned, is only there to sell paint. Not many painters even know how to look at a a sprayed out color chip to determine if it matches...they look head on and say good to go when you need to look at the color chip at 45 degree angles (called the flip) to see if the metallic's lighten or darken the color when looking at the car from an angle, (not many people only look at a car head on, as the walk to the drivers door to get in it, they are looking at the color on an angle). Then if the painter is tinting a metallic color, which metallic toner does he choose...he needs to completely understand the tinting system in his shop....which metallic's are lighter on the flip, which are darker, the coarseness of the metallic, which red goes to the yellow side and which red goes to the blue side, black doesn't only darken a color, it muddies it up, white doesn't only lighten a color, it milks it out. On any give tinting system there are 4 or 5 red toners, at least 3 black toners (yes black) a multitude of whites, probably 8,9 or even 10 different metallic's, 15 or more pearls, some powder some liquid, let alone the reds, yellows, blues, violets, greens, tone controllers and so on. It used to be you could match a color off what it looked like on the stir stick...not any more, air pressure in metallic colors when spraying them will determine the lightness or darkness of the color...I'm reminded of code 22A (if I'm correct) an early to mid 90's GM light blue metallic, with Dupont having over 25 factory variants of the same color and to top it off, because of the fine metallic in the color, air pressure plays a vital role in getting the color right on. I've seen painters that increase or reduce air pressure (done it myself) to make the color match...tell me that isn't an art.
Your right Brian...this painter is Gold...what does he get paid...if working flat rate...the "good" painter would be $25 an hour, straight time, may be even less. This for the man that is the last line of defense on the average persons second largest investment in their life. What I find as insulting is that body man that has the skills and metal working capability to fix damn near anything, often they make less. Why, private insurance dictates how much they will pay, when they will pay and when you need to have the job done by. Try doing that with a piece of steak at your local supermarket.
However, I'm sure that no matter what trade, these examples are not uncommon, just the facts of life. WOW...my venting is done, I do feel better now...LOL
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I checked on the status of my pollen patties today. The bees really haven't consumed much as I think they are already bringing in some natural pollen. I counted a total of 10 adult SHB crawling on the patties. That's about the same number that I always see in three hives, but 6 of those 10 were paired up in the "mating" position.
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Chris, I am very familiar with the 3536 and 37 Fords. They have a lot of interchangable parts which will help you along the way. Also, there are some very good reproduction parts vendors and you need to get their catalogues. Mac's has an extensive catalogue and is good to deal with, Bob Drake and Dennis Carpwenter have quality stuff but Bob Drake's catalogue is something to be desired. He has been promising one for about 7 years! He does have on-line shopping at bobdrake.com. Dennis Carpenter has a very good catalogue. Both he and Bob Drake make a lot of their parts in house and they are top quality. Only my opinion, but they try not to duplicate each other and they both sell the others parts. Mac's offer them as well. Pasadena gave you some good pointers. You are behind the eight ball since the car is in pieces. You have not said what your intentions are: restoration or street rod? In either case, I would start at the ground up. Do the frame and running gear which includes the motor, tranny, rear end shocks, brakes, springs, steering, gas tank etc etc. Then I would get the body ready to put back on the frame, do the fenders and running boards and and then do the interior and wiring. I would save the doors for last. I still have some old parts laying around and if I have any thing that you might need, they are yours for the shipping cost.
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"You can't go all out in every race if you are running the number of events and wide range of distances I do."
Martin's distinction between going all out and running to win is a fine one. "I still run hard in the local races," she says. "I just don't rest up for them, like I do for the championship races or record attempts."
During July, Martin competed in five events at the World Masters Athletic Championships in Sacramento, winning the 55–59 championships in the 8K cross country race (32:52), the 10,000m (39:56) and the 2,000m steeplechase (8:22), while finishing second in the 5,000m (19:58) and third at 800m (2:39).
To enable such a wide racing agenda, Martin's training was appropriately varied. Below is what she did beginning June 13 in preparation for the world games, which began July 7.
Since the USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships began just a week after the end of the world meet, Martin balanced rest with a couple of high-quality workouts between the two events. At nationals, she won the 1500m (5:14), 5,000m (19:25), 10,000m (41:39) and the 2,000m steeplechase (8:18).
After a relatively light week following the track championships, Martin began preparing for both the USA Masters 5K Championships in Syracuse, N.Y., three days after her 60th birthday on Sept. 30, and the Chicago Marathon, while devoting 60 to 70 hours a week to her real estate business. "I try not to let running interfere with my work," she says. "I try to keep a balance between the two."
The 18-miler in the two-week sample was her longest run in preparation for Chicago. A 14-miler was scheduled for the following Sunday but canceled due to Hurricane Irene. She won the national 5K championship with an American record of 19:04, and then had an easy week of about 20 miles before her Chicago Marathon effort. "I had dual goals of a 5K record in Syracuse and an American record in Chicago," Martin says, "but we realized that the disparity in distances would not permit me to run my best time in either."
Martin was hoping for a time closer to 3:05 in Chicago. A 1:26:31 half marathon in March equated to a sub-3:01 marathon. "I probably should have done more longer runs for Chicago," she adds, "but I just don't like them. I'd much rather run hard and fast and hurt for a short time than go long."
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FRI: 7 miles
SAT: 6 x 1 mile @ 6:09 average with 2:00 rest
SUN: 12 miles, including 6 x (1:00 fast/2:00 slow)
August 8-August 21 (5K/Marathon training)
MON: 5 miles
WED: 2 x 3 miles @ tempo pace (6:30 to 6:40/mile) with 5:00 jog between
THURS: Rest
FRI: 5 x.8-mile gradual uphill (get a ride down, so rest is only 3:00)
SAT: 12 miles (6 miles flat, 6 miles rolling hills)
SUN: 60:00 on trails, including 4 x 4:00 @ 5K pace with 4:00 jog between
MON: 5 x 2 miles @ 7:00/mile, mile jog between
TUES: 60:00, including 8 x 90 seconds fast
WED: Rest
THURS: 8 x 1000m @ 6:08 pace with 3:00 jog between
FRI: 60:00, including 10 x.25 mile @ 88 seconds
SAT: 10K easy
SUN: 18 miles