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Graphics card noise levels
Graphics card noise levels
When graphics cards produce a lot of heat, usually that heat needs to be transported away from the hot core as fast as possible. Often you'll see massive active fan solutions that can indeed get rid of the heat, yet all the fans these days make the PC, a noisy son of a gun. Do remember that the test we do is extremely subjective. We bought a certified dBA meter and will start measuring how many dBA originate from the PC. Why is this subjective you ask? Well, there is always noise in the background, from the streets, from the HDD, PSU fan, etc, so this is by a mile or two an imprecise measurement. You could only achieve objective measurement in a sound test chamber.
Examples of Sounds Levels
|Jet takeoff (200 feet)
|120 dBA
|Construction Site
|110 dBA
|Shout (5 feet)
|100 dBA
|Heavy truck (50 feet)
|90 dBA
|Very noisy
|Urban street
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|Automobile interior
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|Normal conversation (3 feet)
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|Office, classroom
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|Living room
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|Bedroom at night
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|Broadcast studio
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|Rustling leaves
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|Barely audible
The human hearing system has different sensitivities at different frequencies. This means that the perception of noise is not at all equal at every frequency. Noise with significant measured levels (in dB) at high or low frequencies will not be as annoying as it would be when its energy is concentrated in the middle frequencies. In other words, the measured noise levels in dB will not reflect the actual human perception of the loudness of the noise. That's why we measure the dBA level. A specific circuit is added to the sound level meter to correct its reading in regard to this concept. This reading is the noise level in dBA. The letter A is added to indicate the correction that was made in the measurement. Frequencies below 1kHz and above 6kHz are attenuated, whereas frequencies between 1kHz and 6kHz are amplified by the A weighting.
There are a lot of differences in measurements amongst websites. Some even place the dBA meter 10cm away from the card. Considering that's not where your ear is located, we do it our way. 75cm away from the setup, above an example photo.
For each dBA test we close the PC/chassis and move the dBA gun 75 cm away from the PC. Roughly the same proximity you'll have from a PC in a real-world situation. Above, the IDLE (desktop mode) results where the GPU hardly has to do anything.
The Idle results are really good.
One card in a fully stressed status (in-game) reaches roughly 39 dBA. Now that remains silent. What a lovely cooler the WindForce 3x is.
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The reviewer search form from the manager section (/manager/people/reviewers) is not working for the interests field, it always return an empty search.
It work in the 2.3.8 version and getting back the changes in the getUsersByRoleId function of the RoleDAO class seems to work properly (at least gave me the expected search results)
Carlos, have you checked the user accounts that you expect to appear to see that the interests are correctly registered on those users' profiles?
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I have updated from 2.3.8 to the 2.4.2 version and the problem occurred, first I thought it was a problem with the update, but later I install a clean 2.4.2, I added some users with the reviewer role, I add some revision interest tags to them and the problem continue, all revision interest search returns no matches (except when the form input is left empty and show all the reviewer users) all the other searches (by name, last name etc...) is working ok.
Carlos, I did some quick testing locally and was unable to duplicate the problem. Would you be able to provide me with a test database (anonymized as much as you like) and a description of a test case?
Carlos, my mistake -- I was testing this in the Reviewer interface. In the Manager interface there are indeed zero results returned. I'll attach a patch to bug #8439.
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Edgen Group Inc. ("Edgen Group") (NYSE: EDG), a leading global distributor of specialized products including steel pipe, valves, plate, and related components to the energy and industrial markets, today announced proposed refinancing plans and in connection with this announcement is updating its guidance for the full 2012 fiscal year. Edgen Group's refinancing plans include the repurchase or retirement of all of its existing 12¼% senior secured notes due 2015, the repayment in full of a note payable due 2019, a proposed offering of new senior secured notes due 2020 and a new multi-currency global asset-backed revolving credit facility to replace its two existing senior revolving credit facilities.
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SEATTLE ( TheStreet) -- Cell Therapeutics (CTIC) CEO Jim Bianco has told investors -- including the hedge funds which bought his last fund-raising deal in September -- that he'll land a partner for the company's experimental myelofibrosis drug before the end of the year.
That's the next big catalyst for the company, and it helps explain why Cell Therapeutics shares closed Monday at $1.95, a 52-week high.
Cell Therapeutics is famous -- I should say infamous -- for drug development futility. Few companies in the biopharma world have lost as much money ($1.9 billion) for as long (22 years) as Cell Therapeutics. Yet Cell Therapeutics refuses to die, mostly due to Bianco's uncanny ability to emerge unscathed from failure while coaxing cash from another group of investors with promises that "the next drug" will finally work out.Bianco's next, next drug is pacritinib, an oral Jak-2 inhibitor for myelofibrosis which Cell Therapeutics bought in 2012 from Singapore's S-Bio for $30 million upfront, half of that in stock. Onyx Pharmaceuticals once owned development rights to pacritinib but returned it to S-Bio for reasons never fully disclosed. That's why Cell Therapeutics was able to pick up pacritinib cheap, especially for a drug phase III ready. Consider Gilead Sciences (GILD) paid $500 million to acquire YM BioSciences and its phase III-ready myelofibrosis drug CYT387, now renamed momelotinib. The myelofibrosis treatment market is already served by Jakafi, marketed by Incyte (INCY) and Novartis (NVS). With the exception of Pixuvri (which barely counts), Cell Therapeutics has never developed a cancer drug successfully on its own. All of the company's past, phase III cancer drug clinical trials have either failed or been stopped prematurely. This is why Bianco's promise to find a development and marketing partner for pacritinib is so important. No one wants Cell Therapeutics to be chiefly responsible for conducting the pacritinib clinical trials because -- let's be frank -- the company will screw them up. Pacritinib has baggage that makes people doubt the drug's clinical and commercial potential. Cell Therapeutics licensing and developing the drug doesn't help, either. But investors might start to look at pacritinib differently if a company with a solid reputation and track record in cancer drug development signs on as Cell Therapeutics' partner. A trustworthy partner doesn't guarantee pacritinib's success but it would validate the drug to some degree. Cell Therapeutics has already started the first pacritinib phase III myelofibrosis clinical trial. On Monday, the company announced an agreement with the FDA on the design for the second trial. The clock is ticking. Bianco needs to deliver the partner. -- Reported by Adam Feuerstein in Boston. Follow @AdamFeuerstein
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 2013 — Remember everything you loved as a kid at summer camp? Now you and your dog can enjoy the great outdoors reliving your childhood right down to singing around the campfire at one of a variety of pet and people summer camps popping up all over the country.
Each camp is unique in its offering. You can expect a wide range of options to suit you and your dog: from playing competitive dog sports, such as agility, obedience and fly-ball, to off-leash hiking, swimming, boating, kayaking and, of course, arts-and-crafts. Maybe you and your four legged best friend would like to take a stab at dancing in a canine freestyle class or maybe you will just want to enjoy a well-earned nap; everything you fondly remember from childhood can be revisited with a special canine twist.
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Located in Highland Park, IL, just an hour from Chicago or Milwaukee, Camp Dogwood is a place where roaming off-leash, playing on a dog-friendly beach by the lake, and experiencing the joy of running with the pack are not just encouraged, they are on the camp schedule. You and your dog can choose to camp or stay in one of the rustic cabins. Attend day camp or stay for a week, exploring more then 180 acres of doggie paradise. Check out this pet camp video from Animal Planet.
Enjoy a tail-wagging good time nestled in the natural beauty of Vermont at Camp Gone to the Dogs. Daily activities range from Basic Obedience classes to Doggie Square Dancing. There's something for every dog on the schedule. You may want to take one of the informative workshops, such as learning the art of canine massage; or you may want to do some doggie socialization exercises with like minded two-legged and four-legged campers. The camp motto is "Tails Up" and everything offered is designed to get your dog's tail wagging. New puppies are welcomed, too, and there's no better way to start your pup's education than at Camp Gone to the Dogs.
Eat, sniff, play at Camp Unleashed located in the Berkshires, MA, Asheville, NC and Sequoia, CA. You and your dog will enjoy a four-day weekend retreat in the beautiful relaxing countryside. Hang out in the company of other dogs and dog lovers, immerse yourselves in nature, celebrate the full free expression of your dog's dogness, and learn to think like a dog. Camp Unleashed offers structured retreats for people and their dogs designed to deepen their relationship through education and organized play.
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Enjoy an action packed, fun-filled week at Lake Tahoe's Camp Winnaribbun. Located on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, humans can take a little get away of their own to the nearby casinos, shows and golf courses while their dog frolics back at camp. Located on 33-acres of fenced, locked, private forest and beach-front property, Camp Winnaribbun offers dormitory style rustic cabins for dogs and their owners to share. Those wishing for more privacy can stay off-site. Learn how to achieve your goals through Psycho-cybernetics using the power of positive thinking in your training. Join the obedience or lure-coursing activities. Have professional photos taken of you and your dog having fun at the lake, or just enjoy an afternoon of Frisbee on the shore.
The Maian Meadows Dog Camp in Lake Wenatchee, on the eastern slope of the Cascades, is approximately two hours from Seattle, WA. Enjoy camaraderie, great food, and off-leash fun with other dog lovers. Fee includes activities, meals, and rustic accommodations. This camp is for those looking for fun and relaxation rather than competition. There is plenty to do at camp, from games and contests, to hiking and mountain biking along nearby trails. Take a sightseeing trip to nearby Leavenworth, a Bavarian-themed town. The camp philosophy is: do as much or as little as you wish. You're here to have fun and relax.
If you need a little time away from your pet, try the Double-Dog Ranch. With two locations — one in Southern California and the other in Northern Oregon — Double Dog offers a full summer camp experience that ranges from day camping and hiking with like-minded pet guardians, to kennel-free boarding at a pet "ranch." You and your pooch can bond while taking swimming lessons, participating in costume contests, and learning handicrafts. Described as adventure boarding, think of the Double-Dog Ranch as a Doggie Dude Ranch. Rates start at $40 a day.
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|M. T. Cicero De Oratore. Or, His Three Dialogues Upon the Character and Qualifications of an Orator. Translated into English, with Notes Historical and Explanatory and An Introductory Preface. By William Guthrie, Esq. First American Edition. Boston: R. P. & C. Williams, Cornhill-Square, (Between No. 59 & 58, Cornhill.) 1822.
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Does Kristen Wiig Deserve an Oscar Nod for Bridesmaids?
Melissa McCarthy's Emmy win a few weeks ago seemed to come as a surprise to a lot of people, including the actress herself. Forced to explain her win for the critically derided Mike & Molly, awards pundits came to two dawning conclusions: McCarthy probably won in large part because everyone loved her big-screen role in Bridesmaids ... and wait, does that mean that she's actually a dark horse candidate for a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars? Since then, McCarthy's been popping up as a potential nominee on a lot of Oscar prognosticators' lists (ours included), and while that's a totally fun idea that we can get behind, it brings up one big question: If anybody from Bridesmaids deserves an Oscar nomination, isn't it Kristen Wiig?
To be fair, we realize this is a long-shot, never-gonna-happen proposition. McCarthy's got a chance in Supporting Actress because that group is far from locked and the category is friendly to big comic performances (hello, Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny!), but Wiig nabbing a slot in the ultracompetitive Best Actress category? Forget about it, right? It's a year where you've got Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher! It's a year where you've got Glenn Close as a period transsexual and Rooney Mara donning tattoos and an accent as the most iconic literary heroine of the decade — and yet Oscar watchers can't even agree on whether either of them will be nominated! Not to mention the fact that if Oscar's going to go for a darkly comedic thirtysomething singleton embracing all her worst qualities, it's got Charlize Theron playing sad-sack romantic stalker in Jason Reitman's forthcoming Young Adult. How can Wiig compete in her niche with a capital-M Movie Star who's already won the Oscar once before?
With all those odds stacked against her, Wiig fails to show up in even the second or third tier of most Oscar pundits' predictions, and it's time to call that for what it is: unfair bullshit. We've got three months left in the year, and we've already seen several of the performances expected to be in contention for the big O, and you know what? Wiig is better. In fact, we're willing to say outright that so far, Wiig has delivered the best female performance this year.
Her work in Bridesmaids is far trickier than she's been given credit for: In any given scene, she veers skillfully from comedy to I-hate-myself pathos, sometimes from syllable to syllable. Wiig's comedic bona fides are well-established (her ten-minute argument with a customer — a DVD outtake! — is a total tour de force), but Oscar ought to be responsive to how well she pulls off the film's numerous dramatic moments. That cupcake scene! The surprisingly dramatic last 30 minutes of the movie! Critics lined up last season behind Lesley Manville's mostly improvised sad single in Another Year, so why are they not falling for Wiig, who not only pulled off the same feat but wrote almost everyone else's dialogue as well?
And here we come to what is probably her best shot at an Oscar nomination, in the category of Best Original Screenplay. The Academy Awards have always been responsive to actors who write (as former winners Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Emma Thompson, and Billy Bob Thornton can attest), and the Original Screenplay category is usually incomplete without one hit comedy. We expect that Wiig and her co-writer Annie Mumolo are near locks for that nod, just as we think that Wiig's got a great shot at a Golden Globe nomination, thanks to that organization's extra categories for comedy. But when it comes to the big kahuna — that shiny, much-coveted Oscar — shouldn't Wiig at least be in the conversation? Or will she be the bridesmaid yet again?


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Artist's installations make you feel caught in a spider web
The creative, awesomely disturbed mind behind these hauntingly tangled images is that of Chiharu Shiota. She's exhibiting her new show Synchronizing Threads and Rhizome right now in Barcelona, Spain.
Shiota has been creating installation pieces like this for a number of years now, each time altering the exhibits without straying from her core materials: everyday objects and tons (and tons) of black yarn.
Looking at the newest additions, I can't help but feel like Frodo when he steps into Shelob's lair. The hanging dress that is part of the work "state of being" looks as if it were caught by some predatory thing long ago. Maybe its my geek showing, but there are hints of Harry Potter in these works, too. "Reflection of the past" looks and feels a lot like the Veil through which Sirius Black fell in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Whether these similarities are intended or not, the art of Chiharu Shiota is powerful, evocative and not to be missed if you can help it.
Check the gallery for a selection of her current and past works.
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Even before he took office, John Kasich declared that Ohio didn't need none of that high-speed rail funding from the feds, no sirree. Florida's Governor Rick Scott has been just as short-sighted on rail, so Kasich is in great company. Both of them made Keith Balmer's list (at Alternet) of the 8 Worst Governors – no small feat in such a fiercely competitive field.
Shame, shame. Even Mad Men's Pete Campbell – best known for his tight society connections and his loose ethics – sees the future of high-speed rail. Well, he does mix it with a big dollop of casual sexism.
Harry Crane: "America always makes the best investment." We believed that, back in 1965. Silly us. We had such pie-in-the-sky ideas for the future. We believed there'd be picture phones someday, and look what came of … why, actually, we were right about that one! Too bad we've missed every boat (and train) since, when it comes to smarter energy policy.
Better enjoy this clip (courtesy of Funny or Die) because it's as close as we're likely to come to a new episode before 2012. I got my Season 4 DVDs this week. (My attempt to record it went sour due to some unknown mix of tech failure and manipulation by the kiddos.) I am hoping to savor the new episodes, as opposed to gobbling them in an orgy of Jon Hamm gluttony. Guess which outcome is more likely.
Just to cleanse your mind of the the Jon Kasich reference, here's a picture of Jon Hamm with magic powers to calm and arouse all at once! At least, it works for me.
(Shamelessly swiped from Snarkerati.)
Since my spring flowers are a bit disappointing, you may see more Jon Hamm decorative elements around these parts in the days ahead.


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Funds low for election chests
Financially, the races for state Senate and House of Representatives are still fairly affordable for most candidates. Candidates had until May 10 to file financial reports. (May 17, 2011, Page 1)
Lawmakers reflect on 2011 session
State legislators shared an update with the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation and business leaders on Wednesday. A focus on education and mental health caused the most strain on planning of this year's budget. (May 5, 2011, Page 5)
House headed for a shake-up
When State Rep. Warner McBride announced Tuesday he was not seeking re-election this summer, he joined two other House incumbents who have been serving Lafayette County in choosing not to return to Jackson.
In other words, three of Lafayette County's four lawmakers will be leaving the state House. As a result, Lafayette County's political pull in Jackson could be weaker for a while. (April 20, 2011, Page 1A)
Mapping out the future
Charged with redrawing district maps to reflect the population changes revealed by the 2010 Census, the Joint Legislative Reapportionment and Congressional Redistricting Committee told local residents Friday the committee is committed to creating districts that are fair, legal and representative during a public hearing aimed at gaining community input into the redistricting process. (February 14, 2011, Page 1A)
Lafayette's population booms
Data released this week from the U.S. Census shows Lafayette County as being the fastest growing nonmetropolitan area in Mississippi with a 22.2 percent increase of population since 2000. The city of Oxford also grew over the last 10 years going from the 35th biggest city in the state to the 20th biggest city. (February 4, 2011, Page 1A)
Lawmakers: Economy getting stronger
Lafayette County state lawmakers expressed hope of a brighter economic future for north Mississippi with the addition of three new industrial operations in the area at the annual Eggs and Issues breakfast meeting sponsored by the Oxford and Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce and held at the Oxford Conference Center on Monday. (January 25, 2011, Page 1)
Concerns with autopsy delay
Concerns are growing over the time it takes for autopsies to be performed by the State Medical Examiner's Office in Jackson. Some families are waiting more than a week to get their loved one's body returned home for the funeral and 30 to 60 days for the report to be mailed so they can collect insurance money to help pay for the funeral. (January 14, 2011, Page 1A)
Cossar State Park gets reprieve
Cossar State Park will stay open — for now.
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks has decided to delay the closing the George Payne Cossar State Park, according to a letter sent Thursday to the Mississippi State Personnel Board.
Last week, park officials announced the park would close due to the mounting financial problems that has caused the park to operate at a $300,000 annual deficit. (October 1, 2010, Page 1 A)
Lawmakers start effort to keep Cossar State Park open
Local lawmakers are hoping Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will consider putting off the planned Oct. 31 closing of George P. Cossar State Park on Enid Reservoir.
Local legislators are asking to be given some more time to come up with other solutions to the funding dilemma that's causing the park to be running at an annual deficit of $300,000. (September 24, 2010, Page 1A)
Lawmakers listen to public about redistricting in 2011
Even the Oxford-Lafayette County area is not safe from redistricting, according to maps and information provided Thursday evening at one of several meetings being held by the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting.
The meeting was held in Fulton Hall on the University of Mississippi campus with about 75 in attendance. About 20 representatives and senators from around Mississippi who are on the committee were also present, including Tommy Reynolds, who represents parts of Lafayette County. (August 20, 2010, Page 1A)


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Growers must take in more money for them compared to other varieties if they are going to cover the added expense, he said.
Flames, on the other hand, are thinned using a chemical, and sugraones thin out themselves, he said.
"We decreased our (perlette) program about three years ago," said Steve Yubeta, vice president of sales for Farmer's Best International LLC, Rio Rico.
The company has kept its perlette volume consistent following the cutback, which Yubeta said "was not huge."
Perlettes remain a good product for Farmer's Best, he said, adding, "It depends on the season" and on how much volume Chile leaves in the market.
"Sometimes (perlettes) can be a valuable item. Some years it doesn't seem to make a difference," Yubeta said. "Either way, it's costing us more money to get those boxes up here — it's an expensive variety to grow."
Before Chile started sending grapes to the U.S., growers could get $30-40 for a box of perlettes, Sykes said. "It was well worth the extra expense."
Last year, in late May, 18-pound boxes of large perlettes from Mexico were fetching only around $14, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sykes ships only 10% of the volume of perlettes today that he shipped five years ago.
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Located 5 minutes from the centre of Martigues, known as the Provençal Venice, and famous for its charm and character, this 3-star hotel offers comfortable and modern accommodation. The Saint-Roch Hotel features quiet guestrooms that feature modern..
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2 star character hotel. Ideally located in the heart of the city, just a step from the centre, close to the sea, the business parks. Warm setting and sophisticated atmosphere. 32 refurbished, soundproof, personalized rooms magnificently decorated (am..
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With panoramic views of the marina, this 3-star hotel is a 10-minute walk from central Martigues and 350 metres from Berre Lake. Hotel Eden offers free Wi-Fi access and an onsite restaurant. An LCD TV with satellite channels and air conditioning are..
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- 2 pound(s) Ground Chuck
- 1/2 pound(s) Black Pepper Bacon, Finely chopped
- 1 medium Jalapeno Pepper, Stems and seeds removed/finely chopped
- 1 medium Sweet Vidalia Onion, Diced
- 1 tablespoon(s) Minced Garlic
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 tablespoon(s) Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 medium Green Bell Pepper, Diced
- 1 cup(s) Bread Crumbs
- 1 teaspoon(s) Salt
- 1 teaspoon(s) Coarse Grind Black Pepper
- 2 cup(s) BBQ Sauce, Divided
- 1/4 cup(s) Honey
- 1/4 cup(s) water
- Saute onions, Bell Pepper, Jalapeno and bacon until bacon is lightly browned and vegetables softened. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- combine all ingredients (1/2 half BBQ sauce) except honey and water and place in ungreased roasting pan.
- combine remaining BBQ sauce, honey and water and pour over meat mixture. Place in oven and let bake for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes or until meatloaf reaches 160 degrees. Drain grease and let stand 5 - 10 minutes before removing from pan.
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Performance has only recently started to make headway into the conversion rate optimization (CRO) space. These inroads are long overdue, but still, it's good to see movement. In the spirit of doing my part to hustle thing along, here's a collection of infographics representing real-world examples of the huge impact of page speed on conversions.
This past Wednesday, I had the great privilege of hanging out with the New York Web Performance Meetup crowd, and doing a session on web performance automation. Here's the slide deck and an overview of the session highlights.
Yesterday the Reddit community made Subway.com the target of a driveby performance critique. Today, Subway.com released a better-optimized site, with thanks to the Redditors.
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It's not enough to have a fast site. Time after time I see "high performance" sites that make the same mistake: having their most important content load dead last. Here's a case study from Symantec.com.
The mainstream web performance community is rapidly amassing reams of data in this area. But when it comes to the mobile web, we're pretty much at square one. The problem is threefold: lack of performance-measuring tools, need for large-scale A/B testing, and lack of information sharing.
No two performance tests give the same results. To illustrate, I put a high-traffic site, Target.com, through its paces on a handful of commonly used tests — Gomez, Keynote, HTTPWatch and Webpagetest — to see how it performs.
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Doctor appointment later.. wanting to ask my doctor to move c-section up to this week... what do you think?
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|Mon, 10-29-2012 - 1:13pm
I am positive that my dates are accurate, because we were charting and I know when everything happened, also the baby is measuring very big and long....
Well I am sceduled for a c-section next Thursday, Nov. 8th.. but... I have a severe anxiety disorder as well as PTSD and BPD that comes from childhood abuse... well as soon as I found out I was pregnant I stopped me medication that helps me deal with the anxiety which is my biggest problem. I have been doing ok managing things by meditation and such. Well this past 2 weeks, I have not been able to sleep much as all, and for some reason that has set off my anxiety BIG TIME. I am having chest pains from my heart racing, feeling faint and dizzy and then just bad from not being able to sleep. All these things are normal for me WITHOUT my medication.
I am planning to ask my doctor if he could maybe move my c-section up to this week or earlier next week just because I hate feeling like this all the time, it is effecting my life and is making it hard for me to take care of my daughter during the day because every little thing gives me so much anxiety. I feel so on edge and am starting to feel like I could kill over from lack of sleep! Do you think its worth a shot to ask?
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Samantha - I think you have a legitimate concern. Anxiety is such a beast and the end of pregnancy makes everything more difficult. Given how late in your pregnancy that your c-section is, you really might have a shot at convincing him to move up your date.
HOWEVER, if he doesn't. We're here for you! You can e-mail or message me privately, or we will all wrap you up with some love! You don't have to strong arm this! We can help you by listening and sending our thoughts and prayers!
|Mon, 10-29-2012 - 3:15pm
Lots of hugs first of all. I think you should ask for the c-section to be moved up to this week since it is starting to affect you day to day life so much. I have seen first hand how bad anxiety disorders can get and it is not healthy for you or your family to have you like this. When is your doctors appointment? I am wishing you the best until B-day!!!
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EAU CLAIRE — The Forum will present new media artist Natalie Jeremijenko March 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Her address, "The Climate Crisis and the Crisis of Agency: What To Do in the Face of Uncertain Threats," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium.
Jeremijenko is a self-described artist-experimenter who works at the intersection of art and science. She couples art and environmental activism — "creating interfaces that draw people into the environment and get them to reimagine collective action," as she told Salon.com.
A 1999 Rockefeller Fellow, the Australian-born designer was named one of the inaugural top 100 young innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and in 2005 she made I.D. Magazine's power list of the 40 biggest influences in design. She is included in "60: Innovators Shaping our Creative Future" (2009), a catalogue of the best and brightest that presents the case that "the future of innovation is no longer in the hands of the scientist, artist or designer working alone in lab, loft or studio ... It is a creative, collective, humanist enterprise that seeks to find new solutions to the problems of our planet and its future."
Jeremijenko's work takes the form of large-scale public art, tangible media installations, single channel tapes and critical writing. She investigates the transformative potential of new technologies — particularly information technologies. Much of her work involves biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering, and almost all of it is carried out through public experiments.
"The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by technoscience," Jeremijenko once told The New York Times. "Technology is a language that is much less about privilege, it's much less intimidating conceptually than art criticism — one knows how to use a computer keyboard. So using familiar materials to encourage people to think about issues — that's my strategy."
Jeremijenko's "One Trees" is an environmental project involving 1,000 fast-growing fruitless walnut trees cloned from a single bunch of tissue. Dozens of trees were planted, in pairs, in sensor-equipped planters around the San Francisco Bay Area. The condition of the growing trees reflects the region's discrepancies in climatic, environmental and socio-economic conditions, serving as a reminder that Silicon Valley is home to a large concentration of toxic waste sites and has one of the nation's biggest gaps between rich and poor.
"It is difficult to see environmental changes, global warming and what it is doing to the distribution of trees, but with the same genetic materials in different spaces the diversity becomes apparent," Jeremijenko said. "We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven such as hurricanes in Florida. It is more important to read and understand (that) slow change is recorded by trees."
The work also contests genetic determinism and the uniformity promised by a bio-engineering. Before they were planted, Jeremijenko exhibited the young trees together to demonstrate that they were quite different from each other even though they were genetically and environmentally identical.
She also designed a virtual component for "One Trees" — electronic trees that are planted on computer desktops via CD-ROM, which then "grow" at roughly the same rate as the cloned trees. The growth of the artificial A-life tree is linked to a carbon dioxide meter that plugs into the computer's serial port, monitoring the air in the environment. Both digital and actual trees demonstrate the difference between how trees should grow and how they actually do grow.
"Stump" is another program Jeremijenko distributed on CD to provide commentary on society's shared illusion that the digital world is somehow clean and paperless. "There are many types of hacking going on and it has been demonized in a very interesting, very complete and comprehensive way," Jeremijenko said. "I certainly use viruses in my work. The 'Stump' project is a virus. It's a memory-resonant program that watches your printer queue, counting the number of pages you print. When you've consumed a tree's worth of pulp, the printer prints out an image of tree rings. Eventually, pages of the ring images accumulate into a stump, representing the tree you've consumed — so you know."
Jeremijenko's work has been included in the Whitney Biennial of American Art (1997, 2006) and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial (2006, 2007). Her permanently installed model urban development on the roof of New York's Postmasters Gallery — "ooz, inc. (for the birds...)" — demonstrates an urban system that accommodates birds and recognizes the valuable services they provide for the Manhattan ecosystem.
Other examples of her work include "Tree Logic," an outdoor work at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art that suspends six maple trees upside down and forces them to reverse the direction of their natural growth; and "Suicide Box," a motion-detector video system engineered to record 100 days of activity at the Golden Gate Bridge. When vertical motion was detected it was captured, making a video archive of the suicides at the bridge. Jeremijenko linked the data to the Dow Jones average, creating a Despondency Index.
Jeremijenko is associate professor of art at New York University, where she directs the xdesign Environmental Health Clinic. "You walk out with a prescription not for pharmaceuticals, but for action," she said.
The Forum program will be interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing. Jeremijenko's presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session and an informal reception.
Tickets for The Forum are $8 for the public, $6 for those 62 and older and UW System or Chippewa Valley Technical College faculty and staff, and $4 for those 17 and younger and UW System or CVTC students. Student tickets are half-price ($2) until the day of the event; on the day of the event, students will be required to pay the full student ticket price.
Tickets are available at the Service Center in the east lobby of Davies Center and will be sold at the door. Patrons also may charge their tickets to MasterCard, Visa or Discover when ordering by phone. Call 715-836-3727 or, outside the immediate Eau Claire area, call toll-free 800-949-UWEC. A $3 handling fee will be added to all telephone charge orders.
Wisconsin Public Radio, Community Television and WHYS Radio have contributed generous promotional support for The Forum. The Forum is also funded in part by Visit Eau Claire ... The Unexpected Wisconsin. Best Western Trail Lodge Hotel & Suites (715-838-9989), 3340 Mondovi Road, is The Forum's exclusive accommodations partner.
Funded by the students of the UW-Eau Claire, The Forum is administered by the Activities and Programs office.
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My doula is also my Bradley teacher, she is not yet charging for the extra service because she needs to attend a few live births before she is fully certified. Her Bradley class is super duper cheap as compared to some other classes in our town. I feel like I want to show my appreciation for all of her help, so should I buy her a doula gift? My husband said something about tipping her, but I was like uhhh that just sounds trashy like we are going to a restaurant. I dont know if that would offend her by throwing her a tip, because this is such an intimate event in our lives. I dont know.... has anyone bought your doula a gift, and what did you buy? And has anyone tipped their doula?
Students can charge for their services...usually if they do it is 1/2 or 1/3 of what the full fee would be for your area and the services offered.
I would not be upset if someone "tipped" me, but I would never expect it. Personally, I think that a thoughtful gift would be better than cash, and let her take some pictures with you during labor and what not...I know that I love to have those to look at, and to show other clients.
Massages, a piece of birth artwork, a new book, etc...All of these would be good ideas.


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For the past ten years, The Morning News hosts the Tournament of Books, a March Madness of sorts for works of fiction. Every bracket matchup is decided by a blogger/writer/critic/minor celebrity who picks between the two books on merit, readability, cover design, weight, other intangibles—whatever they want.
As a sucker for a) brackets and b) contests, I usually pay some attention to this every year. Or, I used to. Over the past few years, the "Sweet 16" titles have been overwhelmingly American. Which is fine, obviously, there are great American writers out there, but, well, at the same time, it just seems a bit provincial and lame.
SO. For this year's Tournament—the 10th!—I'd like to see a few international works make it. More specifically I would give anything1 to get an Open Letter book into the competition.
Until December 2nd, The Morning News is accepting write-ins for the Long List of Potential Books via this Survey Monkey form..
If you click there and enter in one of the eligible Open Letter titles listed below, and then email me at chad.post [at] rochester [dot] edu, I'll give you a special gift code to use on our new website.2
Here are the titles that are eligible for this year's Tournament of Books:
Just choose your favorite, write it in, and email me at chad.post [at] rochester [dot] edu and I'll give you some thanks.
1 That "anything" is capped at a $5 gift certificate to Open Letter's website. Well, at least publicly . . . WINK, WINK.
2 More on the new site tomorrow morning when it is live, but it's basically like the old site, only 100,000,000 TIMES COOLER. All the same products will be available, so if you've been holding out to buy a subscription, or waiting to get the First 50 Open Letter titles, or just want a copy of Death in Spring, you can get $5 simply by showing your love for our titles.
The Morning News Tournament of Books is BACK! For the uninitiated, this is a 16-book, bracket-style "tournament" designed to crown the . . . well, I'll just let them explain it:
Today we're announcing the shortlist for the 2012 Tournament of Books (for novels, of course, published in 2011) only a week or so into the New Year. See, this is the space where we remind everybody what a folly this exercise is. It's stupid. A tiny and secretive cadre of people telling everyone else what the best novels of the year are is every bit as ridiculous as an electoral system where anonymously endowed Super PACs tell everyone else which willfully ignorant global-warming denier should be president.
Like we said, stupid. But we do it anyway. And the one thing we humbly offer is transparency, and a rooster for the winner. We do not meet in a closed conference room and slide our decision under the door scribbled on the back of a car-wash receipt, like they do with the Pulitzer. And unlike the National Book Award, we have a series of fail-safes designed to preserve the integrity of our prize by ensuring that we do not mistakenly include books that are homophones of the actual finalists in our shortlist. We are proud to say that the system ultimately worked, but not in time to avoid an apologetic phone call to to the biographer of British painter Copley Fielding.
In the Tournament of Books, you will know who the judges are. What their biases are. Which books they choose and why they are choosing them. In the past we've had judges who flipped coins. Judges who picked the book with the prettiest cover. Judges who didn't finish one of the books. Judges who didn't finish either book. Once we had a judge who so hated both books we had to literally subdue him physically to make him choose. (When we say "literally" we really do mean literally, though when we say "physically" we mean "politely in an email.")
In other words, this is the best, non-serious book tournament being played (?) today. And as always, I think their list of 16 books sucks almost as bad as that stupid BCS thing and everything in the state of Alabama.
First off, the judges are definitely top-notch: Emma Straub, Mark Binelli, Oscar Villalon, Bethanne Patrick, Alex Abramovich, Walter Kirn, others.
But the books! Ugh. OK, maybe "meh" is more appropriate. Obviously, I'm disappointed that ONCE AGAIN, they overlooked all Open Letter titles. Zone, Scars, My Two Worlds, could compete with any of the 16 titles "they" selected.
I've only read parts of a few of these books, but just because it's Wednesday, I'm going to break the field down into a few categories:
Deserve to Be There
Nathacha Appanah, The Last Brother (Go Graywolf!)
Teju Cole Open City (Sebald version 2011)
Helen Dewitt, Lightning Rods (Gloryholes! And I wrote about this for Rolling Stone)
Karen Russell, Swamplandia (Karen loves Bragi Olafsson's The Ambassador!)
Kate Zambreno, Green Girl (We go way way back)
Had to Be There
Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (Even his blank pages win awards)
Patrick DeWitt, The Sisters Brother (I know nothing about this except that it's referenced everywhere)
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot (Probably good, and ordained as such months before publication)
Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (See The Marriage Plot)
Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (Big, totalizing, mesmerizing, infects your dreams—we get it already)
Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones (Automatic inclusion since it won the National Book Award)
If This Book Had a Face I'd Punch It
Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife (OK, that's really mean. I'm just so terribly sick of hearing about this book)
Books That Should Be Replaced with Open Letter/New Directions/Archipelago/NYRB Titles
Alan Hollinghurst, Stranger's Child (Just the description makes me feel tired)
Michael Ondaatje, The Cat's Table (We swam in the Blue Lagoon together)
Ann Patchett, State of Wonder (I have no opinion about this)
Donald Ray Pollock, Devil All the Time (Unless this book is set in Felicity, OH, I don't care)
When this gets started in March, we'll post some further sarcastic commentary. For now, you should order all 16 titles (+ the three Open Letter ones) from Powells.com the official sponsor of the contest.
The Morning News just announced the book list for the 2008 Tournament of Books, a March Madness-styled book contest in which high profile litbloggers decide on the best book of the past year.
The complete list is below and features one translation—Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives. I haven't read many of these, but I am a big fan of Remainder. Regardless, the tournament is always fun to check in on.
The official bracket will be available in early-March, but for now, here's the complete list of books:
Run by Ann Patchett
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Petropolis by Anya Ulinich
Ovenman by Jeff Parker
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
New England White by Stephen L. Carter
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Reading a genre book—whether fantasy, science fiction, crime, thriller, etc.—which begins to seem excessively, stereotypically bad, I have to make sure to ask myself: is this parodying the flaws of the genre? Usually, this questioning takes its time coming. In. . .
The Sicilian Mafia has always been a rich subject for sensational crime fiction. The Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos worked the mob's bloody corpses and family feuds to both entertainment and artistic value. Giuseppe di Piazza's debut novel attempts this,. . .
Antoine Volodine's vast project (40 plus novels) of what he calls the post-exotic remains mostly untranslated, so for many of us, understanding it remains touched with mystery, whispers from those "who know," and guesswork. That's not to say that, were. . .
It hasn't quite neared the pitch of the waiting-in-line-at-midnight Harry Potter days, but in small bookstores and reading circles of New York City, an aura has attended the novelist Elena Ferrante and her works. One part curiosity (Who is she?),. . .
From the late 1940s to the early 1950s, Egypt was going through a period of transition. The country's people were growing unhappy with the corruption of power in the government, which had been under British rule for decades. The Egyptians'. . .
Miruna is a novella written in the voice of an adult who remembers the summer he (then, seven) and his sister, Miruna (then, six) spent in the Evil Vale with their grandfather (sometimes referred to as "Grandfather," other times as. . .
Kamal Jann by the Lebanese born author Dominique Eddé is a tale of familial and political intrigue, a murky stew of byzantine alliances, betrayals, and hostilities. It is a well-told story of revenge and, what's more, a serious novel that. . .


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When was the last time you had a great idea?
What did you do with that idea?
Most of us come up with a bevy of excuses very valid reasons why our "great" idea won't work. However, Nelson Lang is not most of us. In 1995, at the ripe old age of 26, Nelson rolled the very first pita for his brand new concept, the Pita Pit. "It became too hard to make money in pizza," Nelson remarked, "there were too many pizza chains from the U.S. coming north. Nobody was doing anything like Pita Pit."
For years, Nelson was a pizza man. First learning the trade working at a pizza joint all through high school, Nelson parlayed that experience into opening his own pizza place when he was only 22 years old (a pizza place that's still open by the way).
But making and selling pizzas in eastern Canada just wasn't doing it for Nelson anymore. So late one night, Nelson and his soon-to-be partner John Sotiriadis hatched a plan to introduce a new kind of sandwich to the folks at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. And their new kind of sandwich was, in fact, a very old kind of sandwich.
Nelson and John each ponied up $8,000 and Pita Pit was born. They opened their first store in a 243 sq. ft. space on the main street in Kingston. It took Nelson and John two months of working open to close to get their first $1,000 sales day. But it was that hard work that gave them a true appreciation of every dollar that walked through their door.
The second store to open under the Pita Pit moniker was built for a significant financial increase over the original store – $40,000. And seeing success there, they had a new goal – 10 stores in 10 years. They figured if they were diligent, they could continue to open new stores at a modest, realistic pace and continue the success they were beginning to see.
Cut to 10 years later: Pita Pits has over 200 locations scattered across the U.S. and Canada. "We thought 10 stores wasn't just doable, we thought it represented massive success, so that was our goal," Nelson explained. "When you only have one restaurant, the idea of having 10 is amazing."
Today there are nearly 400 Pita Pits, not just in North America but as far away as South Korea, New Zealand, and Brazil.
"It's amazing…every time a new Pita Pit opens in a different country, I just can't believe how far we've come in such a short time."
And as Pita Pit continues its steady march across the globe, Nelson can't help but think back to a time when he was just getting started, before Pita Pit was a growing, global phenomenon, and look forward to the future that is being forged by the juggernaut that continues to surprise even him.
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Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Ride Set for May 6
- Apr 24, 2007
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CONCORD, N.C. (April 24, 2007) - The third annual Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Ride, presented by the Hendrick Foundation for Children, will make its way to Lowe's Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 6.
Staging for the event begins at 7:30 a.m. local time at Knights Stadium, home of the Charlotte Knights baseball club, in Fort Mill, S.C., and the first motorcycle will depart at 11:30 a.m.
The 48-mile trek will conclude at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., with all ride proceeds benefiting the Levine Children's Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center. Riders are asked to make a $20 contribution in advance or $25 the day of the event.
"The ride has been a great success the past two years," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group. "Ricky was always so passionate about helping others, especially children, and this event is a fitting way to honor his memory while giving back to the children of our community.
"I can't tell you how appreciative we are of all the people—the riders, sponsors and volunteers—who have made the ride so much fun. To see that many motorcycles rumbling down the interstate is pretty incredible. We've been so humbled by the response."
At the end of their ride, participants will be welcomed at Lowe's Motor Speedway with lunch courtesy of R&R Barbeque, live music and plenty of activities for all ages, including rides from the Richard Petty Driving Experience for $99. In addition, various show cars, including some driven by Ricky Hendrick himself, will be on display and available for photo opportunities in Victory Lane.
Established in late 2004, the Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Ride is made possible by the generous support of sponsors and thousands of enthusiastic riders. This year's corporate partners include R&R Barbeque, Ricky Hendrick Performance Honda Suzuki, WSOC 103.7, the John Boy & Billy Big Show, Lowe's Motor Speedway, the Charlotte Knights, American Suzuki, E-dreamz, GMN Advertising and Pepsi.
The son of Rick and Linda Hendrick, Ricky Hendrick was born and raised in Charlotte and quickly developed a love for auto racing and a passion for helping those in need. At 21, he was the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and later became the youngest car owner (at 23) to win a NASCAR Busch Series championship. The latter record still stands.
In memory of Ricky Hendrick's giving spirit and dedication to children's charities, the Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Ride has raised more than $130,000 during the past two years and attendance at the event continues to grow. The inaugural ride drew more than 1,500 motorcycles and 2,000 participants and the second year expanded to 2,100 bikes and 2,500 attendees.
For more information about the event, please visit www.hendrickcharityride.com.
To accommodate projected growth of up to 100,000 children in the community during the next decade, Carolinas Medical Center will open Levine Children's Hospital—a 12-story, 234-bed facility that will be second to none. Designed with family-centered care as a top priority, it will be one of the three largest hospitals in the Southeast. Features will include patient rooms with extra beds for parents who wish to stay overnight with their children, a children's diagnostic center and a 13-bed rehabilitation pavilion. Scheduled to open in Fall 2007, the new children's hospital also will offer several of the region's firsts, such as the first day hospital, cardiac intensive care unit and 24-hour pediatric emergency department.
Encompassing the sixth floor of the new Levine Children's Hospital, the Ricky Hendrick Centers for Intensive Care will house the facility's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the region's first Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. Lauded by planners as the hospital's "heart and soul," the Centers will treat the most critically ill and injured children from across the region. The Centers will feature a five-room sleep inn for parents, two private family waiting areas, a large open waiting space and a state-of-the-art business lounge.
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|When Harry Potter's parents were killed Dumbledore and co. decided that the only way to keep him safe was to hide him from the surviving Death Eaters. His muggle relatives were obvious targets, they had to look at other options.
Since Voldemort was looking for a boy, they changed his sex. Since he was looking in Britain, they found relatives in the USA, just close enough for protective spells to work. Finally, they cast memory charms to ensure that the child and her family would never remember that she wasn't originally theirs. They even found a Secret Keeper to guard the spell; a Vengeance Demon called Halfreck, patron of children.
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The child can be any woman of the Buffyverse; Buffy, Willow and Dawn are the obvious ones, but it might be interesting if it was someone like Cordy, Tara, Fred or (dare I say it) Harmony. Or Joyce, perhaps, if a time turner was used to send her back to the past.
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For the last month or so I've been on a mission to raise the funds for a new mountain bike. In no way am I giving up my road bike, just expanding my enjoyment of cycling. Turns out there's tons of mountain bike trails within a half hour of my house.
The economy being what it is, I imposed a limit on myself that I wouldn't spend more than $200 out of my pocket for a bike. The rest would have to come from selling 'stuff' around the house. I almost had the needed funded raised and one of my dogs got very sick. Medical bills for my dog or a bicycle, that was a no brainier. Sooo a bit of a set back and once again looking around the house for a big ticket item to sell.
Yesterday morning as I'm riding my trainer, which happens to be under a pretty nice Specialized Sirrus Elite hybrid, I thought Hmmm... I live in the south and in a couple more weeks I won't be riding this thing. Where's the camera? Within 15 minutes it's on Craigslist and this afternoon it's going to its new home.
With that transaction I will have secured the needed funds for the bike I'm interested in (a Trek Cobia 29er). Next hurdle is when to buy. My next two weekends are booked and the third weekend I'll be packing to go on a much needed vacation. Argh! The TT I was planning on going to this weekend may have to wait.
Will post picks when I get. This past Saturday I stopped by the bike shop to have a look at the Cobia's and wow, the pics on the internet don't do it justice. Very pretty bike.
Cycling... If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.
Awesome! Glad to hear that! I need to pull the trigger and get the Ellsworth up for sale. I honestly think I would get a lot more use and enjoyment out of a cross bike. Looking forward to the pics.
The Guy happily took my trusty hybrid off my hands this evening. Is it Saturday yet?
Torn on when to pull the trigger and buy the bike. I guess rightfully so the group that manages the mountain bike trails around here closes them the during rain and a day or so after to keep the trail erosion in check. Problem is that it's been raining every couple days here so even if I do get the bike this weekend the only place to ride it will be where I normally ride my road bike and in that case I'd rather be on my road bike.
If not this weekend the next opportunity will be mid March before I have an open weekend... sigh... I might have to wait till then. Decisions decisions...
If you might have to wait that long, you could save some cash and have one of these delivered:http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/gravity/29point4.htm
Frame is basically the same as the Treks, with slight adjustment since it is not Trek's G2 fork. I have a 29point3 (specs between Mamba and Cobia) and have really liked it a lot.
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I know me... not capable of waiting a month ;-)
The wait is over. He's a pic of my new mountain bike ride. After leaving the LBS, I stopped at a local State Park that has several riding paths along the lake. The one I took was an easy 3 1/2 mile loop. Had to re-wire my brain to use the 'thumb' only SRAM shifters, but that turned out to pretty simple to get the hang of.
It's the first time I've thrown a leg over a 29er and I have to say that I loved it. You might notice that it's not the Trek Cobia that I intended to buy. The shop made me a deal on the X-Cal that I just couldn't turn down. It has the next level of components (X7), better front fork and brakes and better wheels. It's about 3 1/2 lbs lighter than the Cobia which sealed the deal for me. 26 1/2 lbs vs 30lbs. The stock tires don't do much for me and will probably be the first thing to go. I'm going to try to like the weird handlebars (they angle back slightly), we'll just have to see about them. It might grow on me. The grips are a little too weenie and those will probably go too. Otherwise I'm off the charts happy with it.
Now if it would just quit raining. Save a little for summer
Great looking bike!
Saaweet !!!! Nice choice . glad you pulled the trigger and went up notch on the bike to . I was going to say as i was reading through , Go ahead and grab the bike now and ride some dirt paths and gravel roads . It would be good to become acquainted with the bike before hitting the trails . Congrats on your purchase