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>Racing>2013 Sub-3:30 Marathon Goal Thread
Three Martini Lunch
Just an update; I'm a scratch on the DC RnR Full; I had some nagging injuries and motivational issues through what would have been the first half of my training cycle.
I have my eye on a redemption race in May that I will decide whether to pull the trigger on in the next week or two. If not, then well, I'm working on building a solid base for training for fall.
A month of pre-marathon races coming up before the main event on 28th April. Stafford 20 (miles) tomorrow and Wilmslow Half in 2 weeks times, with a couple of 10k's thrown in the mix. According to MacMillan, I should be aiming for 2:37 tomorrow, so we will see what goes. The weather is not looking good though (1C and light snow!)
I'm in. Athens (Ohio) Marathon 4/14. I'm aiming for a 3:20. One sub 3:30 under my belt from back in May of 2011 in Pittsburgh. Haven't raced a full since then and I'm excited/nervous to see where I'm at with my running. At this point I haven't raced since last July. So we'll see. Good luck to all.
Flinders, I hope you're not too bummed about it. The half is really the better race for RnR USA/National anyway. I'd be curious to see what you choose for your May race. I've been thinking maybe I should run another spring marathon but am not sure what. If I had thought about it more I would have tried to do London.
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it's the fight in the dog. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
My blog is JT Running DC. It's awesome.
Fight The Future
Julia and Zenetanar, how's the taper going? Even though i usually hate tapers, I'm really looking forward to mine now. I'm so tired! Last night I slept about 11 hours, and still could have kept going. Fortunately, no real injuries other than sore feet and pecs (not sure about the reason for that last one). This go round, I've added lots of lunges with weights, and now starting to do ab exercises, with hopes of avoiding side stitches at the end. I hate ab work.
Geez, all of my complaints! I'm starting to think that running is stupid!
Anyway, best of luck to you two next weekend, and fingers crossed for good weather.
Thanks, Northernman. I think I'm handling the taper pretty well. I had a bad 24-hours last week after a "disappointing" 18-miler. My time/pace was fine - great even - but I was still upset that it felt as hard as it did. I thought about it on the next day's run and concluded I had become so obsessing with race pace that I was making myself anxious and miserable. I worked on letting that go and have been much happier. For the past week, it's been the exact opposite - I start smiling for no reason on my runs and find myself thinking. "You're going to have a great race". I'm still a little nervous that there's a swarm of locust hovering just off the Atlantic Ocean getting ready to move in and ruin my race day, but I have no control over that so, there's really no sense in worrying about it, right?... Wow, 11 hours of sleep! That sounds awesome! And, that's great that you're feeling healthy. Keep it up! Do sit-ups help with side stitches? I got a light case of them on my Saturday run and assumed it was because I dressed too warmly. I really should do some sit-ups. Maybe next go around.
fake it till you make it
I've been posting in the marathon dailies but haven't been on the general forum in a while. So, n case I don't get here later in the week to say it- good luck this weekend Julia and Zenetanar! Exciting to see some racing again after a lull. Looking forward to your race reports.
This go round, I've added lots of lunges with weights, and now starting to do ab exercises, with hopes of avoiding side stitches at the end. I hate ab work.
That's the stuff I should have been doing. Maybe next time.... unless I swear off marathons after Boston!
Hi All,
I've decided this will finally be the year I run a marathon, my first ever, so I'm tossing my hat into this ring. I'm signed up for the "Light at the End of the Tunnel" marathon on July 14th.
I'll be 58 years old this month, and have run on and off since I was 28, but have never run a marathon. Since that's always the first question non-runners ask when they learn you're a runner, it's about time I'm able to answer "yes" instead of explain why not.
Goal time will be 3:20, but the real goal is just to finish, and anything under 3:30 for a first marathon will make me happy. BQ for me is 3:40, and if I don't beat that, something went terribly wrong. Which as I understand it, is not that uncommon in running a marathon...
My initial thoughts on a training plan are to keep trying to run 50 miles per week or more, and run an extra long run at least every other weekend, although spring racing season is just getting started and that may get in the way of the longer weekend runs. I'm not a person who can or would follow a strict written training plan, so won't be doing any of the various commonly discussed marathon plans.
Good luck to the rest of you with your marathons!
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Hi Cecil, wow, looking at your half race and training, I think 3:20 is easy for you. Your last 18 mile run is already faster than 3:20. You may be able to do it in 3:05. good luck.
5k - 20:56 (09/12), 7k - 28:40 (11/12), 10k trial - 43:08 (03/13), 42:05 (05/13), FM - 3:09:28 (05/13), HM - 1:28:20 (05/14), Failed 10K trial - 6:10/mi for 4mi (08/14), FM - 3:03 (09/14)
It is nice to see people progress well and hit the goal.
My update: I had Achilles injury and had 5 weeks off. I am just back to 40mpw. I am not on the track of my 55/24 training plan. I haven't started my speed workout yet. I am still targeting 3:30. Fingers cross!
Sorry about the injury David, but good to hear you are back in the game. Take it easy on the speed work, OK? You don't want to re-injure your leg. If this will be your first marathon it's a guaranteed PR, no matter what the time!
Sorry it's taken me so long to check in. I graduated, y'all! 3:23:52. My RnR race report is here. I didn't hit my time goal but I feel confident I will at some point. Thanks everyone for wishing me good luck and I hope to see more graduates in the months to come.
Congrats, Julia! I enjoyed your RR, as well.
(I was fighting the lingering effects of a cold from earlier in the week, but still managed to knock two minutes off of my half PR, so I'm happy with my race.)
Wow Julia, I just read your RR - what a stressful race! I don't know if I could have kept it together as well as you did. Congratulations on the great time! If you can run that time with all those obstacles in your head, you will definitely hit your time goal soon.
Since everyone else is blogging: http://karenrunsfar.blogspot.com/Upcoming Races: 2016: BCS Marathon. 2017: Houston Marathon, The Woodlands Marathon, Oklahoma City Marathon and Missoula Marathon (50th one on my 50th birthday). After that, who knows?
Flinders, Congrats on the PR! Two minutes is a pretty big drop in PR, so I imagine you're pretty excited about it. Hope you're recovering well today.
Anon Guest, Thanks! I was already contemplating another spring marathon so I might take another shot at it sooner than later.


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Way to go @scottymack; that is so deserved as a golden post!
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Congratulations scottymack - that's a great post. Thanks for your contributions to the forums. :)
Thank you for the accolades. As you can see from my profile, I am not exactly new - I've just been far too busy the last three or four years growing my online business. I now makes twice what I made in the "real world" and finally have a little time to give back to places that were instrumental in helping me.
I joined sitepoint four years ago and did not post. I simply watched threads and soaked up as much knowledge as I could (I did this elsewhere, too). Hopefully, now that I have a little more time, I will be able to contribute to this community and help people, much like I was helped in the early stages of my online career.
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- Melissa said...
That is so stinking cute! Your blog is the greatest! :) Thanks for everything you share! You are so inspiring! I can't wait to make this for baby boy #2 on the way! :)
- March 23, 2009 2:15 PM
- bethany said...
So cute!! Love it!
- March 23, 2009 2:27 PM
- Erin said...
Hey Jill, it's been awhile. Things have been crazy with school. Everyone I know is having a baby girl this spring so I had to get sewing. Thanks for the ideas and help. I hardly have time to craft, let along do the research so I appreciate your simple instructions. I made the cloth baby shoes and your wipes clutch today, among other things. Very easy to do.
Thanks! Keep it coming, esp the baby stuff.
- March 23, 2009 3:27 PM
- Valerie said...
Oh this is so cute. I will check it out.
- March 23, 2009 8:09 PM
- Rebekah said...
Ditto Melissa above. SO stinking cute! There's just something about rick-rack, isn't there? I love those little snappy tees. I wish they made them in T sizes. I'd have my Honey Bee in them all the time!!!
- March 24, 2009 7:18 AM
you are very inspiring...but Im so afraid of sewing (I know is silly) I spend hours browsing blogs with beautiful handmade things :(
I like your blog because I also have alittle baby boy called Oscar !! also you make really nice things lol
one day I will be brave and dust off the sewing machine
- March 24, 2009 3:43 PM
- mau said...
Thanks Jill this is so neat. Hugs to Oscar. Keep blogs coming.
- March 24, 2009 4:00 PM
- the lady of the house said...
Awe these are precious... Just found out we are having #2 - I'll have to keep this in mind for comin' home... Super Cute!
- March 24, 2009 9:40 PM
- Ashlee said...
Cute Cute Cute!!
- March 26, 2009 8:43 AM
- janellybelly said...
Jill, I just wanted to thank you for sharing your crafts and love for sewing! It is because of your blog that I have actually taken the time to learn how to sew and I have made a few things from your tutorials! I am enrolling in Sewing 101 next month! I can't WAIT!!! Thanks again, and your son is ADORABLE! We are having baby & son #2 this summer. God is soooo good! =0>
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EUGENE, Ore. -- All through the Great Recession, it was a tight job market for new nurses in Oregon looking for work.
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The report presents detailed data on consumption trends in the Fermented Meats category in United Kingdom, analyzing consumption volumes and values at segment level. It also provides indispensable data on distribution channels along with latest industry news and mergers and acquisitions (of Savory and Deli Foods market).
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SD BIOLINE HIV - 1/2 3.0 Test - mexicanexportpharmacy.com - Untitled Letter
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From: CBER Internet Surveillance
Re: Internet Marketing of Unapproved HIV Test Kit
Date: April 3, 2012
The Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the Internet website http://www.mexicanexportpharmacy.com. The website promotes the SD BIOLINE HIV-1/2 3.0 Test as an immunochromatographic test for the differential and qualitative detection of IgG, IgM, IgA antibodies specific to HIV-1, including subtype O, and HIV-2 simultaneously in human serum, plasma, or whole blood.
HIV test kits are medical devices within the meaning of section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) because they are in vitro diagnostic instruments intended for use in the diagnosis of disease. Under section 513(f) of the Act, the devices are class III devices, which under section 501(f)(1)(B) are deemed to be adulterated unless they have received premarket approval under section 515 or an investigational device exemption (IDE) under section 520(g). These statutory provisions protect the public health and ensure that new medical devices are safe and effective.
The device promoted on the referenced Internet website is not approved for sale in the United States and has not received an investigational device exemption from premarket approval. The Internet website above does not exclude the sale of the HIV test kit in the United States. Instead, the website appears to promote the SD Bioline HIV-1/2 3.0 Test to buyers in the United States. For example, the website sells the device in U.S. dollars. Moreover, the United States is included in the "drop-down" box on the payment page, inviting orders for shipment of the product within the United States.
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With funding from check-off dollars from the Iowa Soybean Association, we have evaluated the effect of commercially available fungicide and insecticide seed treatments. We evaluated seedling diseases, insects, and yield of soybean in Iowa in 2012. This field study was done at three locations in Iowa: ISU Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm (NERF), Nashua; ISU Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm (SERF) near Crawfordsville; and a farmer's field in Nevada (two planting dates). Soybean variety varied by location. Seed treatments were professionally applied by the respective companies. Varieties are commercially available, but their information will not be disclosed.
Materials and methods
The experimental design at each location was a randomized complete block with four replications. Plot sizes were 10 ft-wide (four rows) by 17.5 ft. Planting and harvesting dates are listed in Table 1, and the seed treatments included are listed in Table 2. In addition, the effect of a seed treatment plus a foliar application of Headline (6 oz/A) + Leverage 360 (3.8 oz/A) applied at beginning pod set (R3) on yield was compared. Seedling disease and insect damage were assessed at 14 days after planting (dap) and 28 dap. One-meter stand counts were taken 14 and 28 dap, and vigor (plant height) was assessed 28 dap. Foliar and stem disease was assessed at growth stage R5/R6. Only diseases that were greater than one percent severity were recorded. Soybean aphid populations were assessed at growth stage R1 and R3 to R4.5. Plots were harvested with a plot combine. Grain moisture at harvest was determined and yields were converted to bu/A at 13 percent moisture.
The 2012 growing season was extremely hot and dry. No seedling disease or insect (bean leaf beetle, soybean aphid) damage occurred in any of the four trials. Similarly no foliar or stem diseases were observed.
No differences in stand counts were detected at either 14 dap or 28 dap in three of the four trials. At the early planting date at Nevada, stand counts at 28 dap for the Poncho + VOTiVO, Pioneer premium and Inovate + Metastar treatments greater than the control (untreated seed) (P<0.1).
Yield varied across locations and ranged from 54.6 to 74.9 bu/A in the untreated control (Table 2). There was evidence of an effect of seed treatment on yield at three of the four sites (P<0.1). At SERF (Crawfordsville), the yield of soybean treated with either CruiserMaxx + Avicta, CruiserMaxx Plus or Inovate were greater than the untreated control (71.7 bu/A, 70.6 bu/A and 70.1 bu/A, respectively versus 67.1 bu/A). In the early planting date trial at Nevada, the Inovate + Metastar yielded less than the untreated control (69.6 bu/A versus 74.9 bu/A). At NERF (Nashua), Cruiser Maxx + Avicta (58.7), Pioneer Premium (60.9 bu/A) and Inovate + Metastar (58.9 bu/A) yielded greater than the untreated control (54.6 bu/A). At three of the four locations, application of Headline + Leverage at R3/R4 resulted in higher yields for some treatments (P<0.1; Table 2).
The benefit of a seed treatment on soybean stand establishment was not evident in our 2012 field trials. Much of the research across the Midwest has shown that seed treatments only protect soybean stand when cold (<55F), wet conditions occur within a few days of planting. In addition, we do not expect to see yield protection in the absence of significant pest pressure. We did, however, detect evidence of an effect of seed treatment on yield at three of our four sites, although no one product stood out above the rest. A tremendous amount of research on the biology of soybean seedling diseases in the Midwest is currently being done with funding from USDA-NIFA, the United Soybean Board, and the North Central Soybean Research Program. The Iowa Soybean Association is also funding research in Iowa. The goal of this research is to improve our understanding of the pathogens that are causing seedling disease and the conditions that favor infection and disease development both early in the growing season and as the season progresses. The sensitivity of these pathogens to fungicides used in seed treatment products is also being evaluated. These data may help to explain why one seed treatment benefits yield at one location and not necessarily at another.
Funding for this study was provided by Iowa Soybean Association. We thank Bayer CropScience, Syngenta and Valent for treating seed for the study.


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Cardinals find righty Williams in second round
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals scouting director Dan Kantrovitz estimated that it was early April when high school right-hander Ronnie Williams began pitching himself up the organization's Draft board.
The texts came to him from area scout Charlie Gonzalez and southeast crosschecker Fernando Arango, both of whom were watching one of Williams' starts for American Senior High School (Fla.). Kantrovitz read the messages, which specifically praised Williams' delivery, and the Cardinals never missed another one of Williams' senior season starts.
That groundwork led the organization to use its second-round pick (No. 68 overall) in Thursday's First-Year Player Draft on Williams, a player not necessarily projected by other clubs to be snatched up so early but one that the Cardinals believe could become a steal.
"That's one of the reasons why he wasn't one of these highly publicized players because he kind of came on the scene late," Kantrovitz said. "He wasn't this highly touted guy for us until I got that text from Fernando and Charlie. We really blanketed his starts from that point on and felt comfortable taking him on Day 1. I would be surprised if any other teams really had that type of comprehensive coverage on him."
Williams was the third right-handed pitcher the Cardinals picked on Thursday (and the second out of high school); the Cardinals followed that selection by taking another right-hander, Andrew Morales, three picks later.
Williams, like Cardinals first-rounder Jack Flaherty, was a two-way player in high school. As a junior, Williams went 4-1 with a 2.58 ERA and hit .394. Williams then helped pitch his school to a state championship this season and finished 2014 with an 8-2 record and 0.97 ERA in 65 innings (11 games). He struck out 72 and walked 22.
"Ronnie is an electric athlete, and he has a delivery that we fell in love with," Kantrovitz said. "You can tell by his delivery how fluid it is, how connected it is, how repeatable it is. You can't have that type of delivery without being a great athlete. This guy is just outstanding."
The Cardinals also clocked Williams' fastball consistently at 96-97 mph.
The Hialeah, Fla., native has committed to play at Florida A&M University. The Cardinals expect that they'll need to offer Williams appropriate slot money ($833,900) in order to get him to back out of that college commitment.
The Draft will continue on Friday with Rounds 3-10. The MLB.com pregame show begins at 11:30 a.m. CT, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 3-10 beginning at noon. The final 30 rounds will then take place on Saturday.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Warriors: A Love Story uses a mix of art forms to tell its story: dance, theater, set, lighting design, video and music. The production is inspired by the lives of J Glenn Gray, a Colorado philosophy professor and WWII veteran, and his wife Ursula––a German survivor of the 1945 Allied bombing of Dresden.
Where: Center for Contemporary Arts
Phone: 505-982-1338
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I profiled two beaten down picks in the steel sector Tuesday that are good speculative plays on the improving Chinese economy and higher iron prices that are being driven by increased demand from that region. Since that column ran, several positive catalysts in the news have confirmed that growth and demand from China is indeed on the mend. Chinese exports surged in December in the mid-double digits and imports rose 6%. Also, Morgan Stanley joined Goldman Sachs on Wednesday and recommended buying the Chinese market on the improved growth outlook. Finally, Alcoa (AA) reported better-than-expected revenue to kick off earnings season, and it had positive comments on Chinese demand.
A stock that should do well on the back of increased demand from China is one of the largest mining-equipment companies in the world, Joy Global (JOY). It manufactures mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals.
Five reasons JOY has offers upside from just under $68 a share:
- Anyone watching CNBC this week has seen more and more analysts getting on the "buy cyclicals now" train. JOY is driven on the margin by Chinese coal demand, which should pick up with its improving economic growth.
- This change of sentiment should translate to upgrades for the shares in the coming months. Piper Jaffray just upgraded the shares this week to Outperform and TheStreet just reiterated its Buy rating as well. I would look for other analysts to follow suit, providing a tailwind to the shares. The stock traded north of $95 earlier in 2012, and I believe the shares can approach that level again, provided the positive trajectory of the Chinese economy continues.
- The stock is selling at just over 10x forward earnings, a discount to its five-year average (13.2).
- JOY is priced near the bottom of its five-year valuation range based on price/earnings, price/cash flow and price/book ratios.
- After bottoming in the middle of the summer, the stock's technical picture has brightened. It has spent most of the past six months making higher lows and higher highs. It also just crossed its 200-day moving average (see chart).
Wildcard: I put a low percentage on this possibility, but it does need to be factored into my investment decision. General Electric (GE) has been aggressive about reducing its exposure to its financing arm while increasing exposure to industrial business such as oil & gas services and mining. It has tripled its revenue from energy services to $15 billion since 2005. Its mining equipment revenues are much smaller at around $2 billion annually. Given GE's desire to grow its industrial businesses, however, JOY could be a logical acquisition candidate. It has less than a $10 billion market capitalization, large exposure to emerging markets such as China, and would integrate well with GE's manufacturing expertise.


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Today at 7 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office was notified by the Humboldt County Coroner's Office that Daniel Mashburn, 47, the victim of a shooting by Jack Belk on Oct. 2 died at a local hospital. After sheriff's detectives consulted with the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office, Belk was booked on charge of murder at approximately 11 a.m. today, according to a sheriff's office press release. His bail is set at $1 million.
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Hey guys,
I am part of a team that spent the last summer in two different Buddhist nunneries in Nepal, filming the everyday lives of nuns. Living with the nuns meant that we could go beyond just portraying red robes and spirituality, but instead showing their more personal thoughts and troubles. We were invited into their homes, met and interviewed their families and are able to show nuns of all ages with their respective lifestyles and how they cope with the modern 21st century world.
The film is due to come out next year, the trailer was made available on Youtube today. Please watch!
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text: Show Hide image Culture 2 May 2013 Not for all the wine in China On the Chinese wine market. Sign up for our weekly email * Children, I have two things to say to you. The first is that you shouldn't be reading this column, since our society believes in keeping young people away from alcohol until they're too old to learn to consume it moderately; the second is that if you ever doubt that you can make a thing true just by saying it with sufficient conviction, look at China. The People's Republic is about as communist these days as I am teetotal, which is to say some of the time, until any kind of offer not to be arrives. China is a huge growth market for wine, which has to be one of the world's least egalitarian products. It's all about private land: what you can extract from it and what you then do with the fruit of your toil. Collectivise and you mainly get mass-produced rubbish: swill for undifferentiated pigs. Winemaking is a peasant activity and communist regimes do not, traditionally, love peasants. So, I should be pleased that China these days is capitalism in a party uniform. Certainly, I look forward to tasting a decent Chinese wine eventually (none I've tried has so far risen above drinkable) and I welcome their return to my favourite conversation. And it is a return. According to Michael R Godley's book The Mandarin- Capitalists from Nanyang, the first Chinese attempt at a company producing a line of entirely western consumer products was the Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, founded in 1895 on the east coast in Chefoo (now called Yantai), partly to "take away the profits of foreign merchants". The company didn't have an easy time but despite war, regime change and nationalisation of the wine industry, you could still buy Pioneer Wines in Singapore in 1970, exported there by Chinese communists who could be said, in hindsight, to be ahead of the curve. It will take a while before any country's wine economy is threatened by Chinese exports but imports are another matter. They have a lot of people and several of them appear to be thirsty. Wine is considered healthier than beer or spirits (and red is a lucky colour) so consumption is rising: the retail market expanded by 22 per cent between 2008 and 2012, although Jim Boyce, who writes the excellent Grape Wall of China blog, points out that "this market is big and complicated: China is usually not the easy wine solution importers hope it to be". Saying you want to sell into China, he adds, is a bit like saying you want to sell into Europe – well, yes, except that Europe has less than 800 milllion people and China has 1.35 billion, and many of the wineries I like are small and don't produce many bottles for export. It is Australia that particularly perturbs me: Australia, with its troubled wine industry, its close economic connections with China and its particular sensitivity to the UK's tendency to behave like an imperial power, in the wine world if, these days, nowhere else. At the beautiful glass-tipped Watershed winery in Margaret River, Western Australia, overlooking swathes of sunsoaked vineyards, I sipped rich, spicy 2005 Senses Shiraz and wondered why they don't sell this wonderful wine – which is big, yes, but structured and elegant in the way of the best Australian reds – to us. They'd tried, they said, but their UK distributor ran off with the consignment. Will you try again, I asked, staring wistfully at my empty glass. What for, came the response, when we can sell all we have into China? It's not that simple: there are Chinese distributors at least as unreliable as the worst British ones, and language and cultural barriers galore. Still, until Chinese wine really becomes a viable export proposition and the country acts again to take away the profits of foreign merchants, I shall worry. The world's winemakers may not thank me but for purely selfish reasons (I'm a capitalist, after all) I look forward to a chill wind from Chefoo. Nina Caplan is the 2014 Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year and 2014 Louis Roederer International Wine Columnist of the Year for her columns on drink in the New Statesman. She tweets as @NinaCaplan. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 29 April 2013 issue of the New Statesman, What makes us human? More


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - An employee of Duval Glass and Mirror Inc. working to repair a window inside a building at Jacksonville University fell off a ladder and died Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Police said the man was caulking a window inside Terry Concert Hall about 9 a.m. and was about 25 feet up inside the lobby of the building when he fell and landed on his head.
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Sennheiser RS 180 wireless headphones -- wi-fidelity
Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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It's been several years since I've owned a pair of wireless headphones, so I jumped at the opportunity to take a pair of Sennheiser RS 180 wireless headphones home for a tryout. I knew the technology had changed quite a bit and wanted to find out just how much.
Headphone design
Sennheiser's been building quality headphones for some time, and that expertise was apparent with the RS 180s. The headphones had a real sturdy heft to them. That's not to say they were heavy, just well-constructed. With cheap headphones I sometimes feel like I'm just balancing them on my head. With the Sennheisers I knew I could just set them in place and they would stay in place.
And they were very comfortable to wear. Since it was my intention to do some marathon listening sessions, that was a very good thing. A nice, thick padding under the headband kept things light. I never really felt anything pressing down on me. The earcup padding was wrapped in velour. This breathable fabric not only provided a soft cushion, but it also kept heat from building up inside the earcups, so my ears never felt overly warm.
The main controls for the headphones were buttons built into the earcups, and with a little bit of practice, I was able to operate them without removing the headphones.
The big story, though, was the sound quality. The RS 180 transmitter sends an uncompressed 2.4GHz audio signal to the headphones, so the sound I was getting was robust and full. Of course, different sound sources have different qualities. When I listened to an Internet radio station with a compressed 128Kpbs stream, it didn't sound as good over the 'phones as the Apple Lossless tracks streamed from my music library. But relatively speaking, the radio stream still had a fair amount of sonic detail and presence.
The RS 180 transmitter was a model of simplicity. All I had to do was connect the AC adapter to the wall, connect the transmitter to my receiver (or other audio source), and it was ready to go. It only took a moment for the transmitter to find the headphones and select the proper frequency with minimal interference. Within a few minutes, I was ready to do some serious listening.
One note about first-time setup. The transmitter doubles as the charging station for the headphones, which come with rechargeable batteries. When I first opened up the RS 180s, I had wait a few hours while the batteries built up a charge. An indicator light on the front of the transmitter let me know when they were ready to use. After that, though, as I moved the transmitter around, hooking it up to different sound sources in different rooms, the system was always operational within minutes.
The transmitter accepts both RCA stereo plugs for two-channel input, and a single minijack plug, so I could use it with anything from a home theater system receiver to an iPod. And a few things in between.
TV Sound
Being able to watch TV late at night without disturbing everyone else in the house (or the next apartment) has always been one of the appealing features of wireless headphones. And its where the Sennheiser RS 180's performance most impressed me. The transmitter automatically processes the level of the signal, which evens out the extremes in volume. That meant I didn't have to continually adjust the volume when the show stopped and the commercials began. For our small TV/DVD setup in the den, it also meant I had a better listening experience through the headphones than I did without them!
The leveling also helps keep the dialog prominent, making it much easier to hear even when there was a lot of other noise in the scene. Another way the 'phones helped keep the dialog front and center was with their balance control. Some older shows and movies have a mono soundtrack, and it's not always centered when it's broadcast. Centering that mono signal helped bring the dialog out more, and kept one ear from becoming more fatigued than the other.
Of course, as I changed channels, I sometimes had to readjust the volume and occasionally the balance, But as long as I stuck with a single station — like for a movie or two — I didn't have to do anything but just enjoy the show.
Music Sound
While I didn't hook up the RS 180s to my iPod, I did run a stereo minijack line from my computer to the transmitter. For my music listening, I didn't need the balance control — even when I was listening to Internet radio. The uncompressed signal really made a difference with my lossless files. I felt like I was hearing all the details in the tracks, particularly in songs I knew well. Even the compressed tracks sounded pretty good, although the difference in sound quality was immediately obvious. All in all, I enjoyed some long listening sessions in the comfort of my favorite chair — something that normally can't happen given the chair is on the opposite side of our great room from where the computer sits.
Signal Range
According to Sennheiser, their 2.4GHz wireless audio signal has a range of up to 320 feet — line of sight. Well, our great room isn't that great, so I can't say if that's true. I do know that I could move around anywhere in the space and get a clear, strong signal. And I could even go into other parts of the house and still have the same sound quality. When I set the system up in our den, I also experimented with walking around the house. Our den is a very small room, and I found the signal cutting out as I made my way down the hall. From the great room, I could get a signal underneath in the basement. From the den, no.
Actual coverage depended on how many walls were in the way, and in some cases, what was in them. I noticed a sharp cutoff when I passed hidden duct work, for example.
On the whole, the Sennheiser RS 180 wireless headphones performed admirably. They were comfortable to wear, simple to set up, and delivered great sound from all of my test sources.


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