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By Randy
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I have used this tire for last six years and have over 71,000 miles with a goal of 100,000 in ten years . I ave. 2,500 miles for back tire and 8-10,000 for front. with limited issues. I have gotten great deals on the price also.
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I am very happy with the price and performance.
By Beginner Bob
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I am a beginner cyclist and these tires have given me much more confidence and comfort. They mounted easily and I would certainly recommend them.
Have been using these tires for years
By JERSEYSHORE HIKER
from OCEAN, NJ
I have been getting good mileage out of these tires.
Right for the road
By North Florida cyclist
from Santa Rosa Beach, FL
So far so good for the first month. No one cleans the roads around here, so the shoulders are littered with tire debris, gravel, broken glass, and nails. Actually the roofing nail went right through and got the tube, but I don't expect any tire to be that good.
Not sure
By Gaylord
from Michigan
I was on a 6 day road trip and just put the tires on. They weren't bad but going down hill fast they got a little squirrely. Going down another hill hit a 2" rock and blow the tire have to replace it. Going to try some thing else.
Vittoria Zaffiro Pro SE Road Tire - wears well
By Bigbird
from NYC
only the second time I've put on a new tire. this tire is exactly as the original and was easy to install.
Excellent Value
By Wait for Me!
from Charleston, SC
I recently moved and my new local roads have a lot more glass, screws, and discarded alternators. Racing weight tires were just getting chewed up with flats every other day. These tires provide a lot more durability without big sacrifices on weight, performance, and looks. I've had these for a few months, and they're holding up great. For their price point, this is a 5-star deal.
By CWebb
from New York
About Me Competitive Cyclist
Great price, seem to be alittle on the small side of 25s. I'm a mountain biker and most of my money goes to maintenance of the mountain bikes. My Sworks road bike is a little neglected!! So I'm not sure if the old tires were just that bad and wore out or these tires ride that wonderful. Fantastically smooth running tire, I have about 200 miles on them with no issues.
Decent Training Tire
By dsk
from NY
Decent tire for the price. Rolls well. Average wear. Easy to install.
Great for riding on rural roads!
By Dotmonster
from Clarion Pa
I needed a road bike tire with tread to ride the rural roads where I now live. This tire is perfect
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Lawmakers know that charter public schools are popular with parents. They are responding to pressure from parents and the research showing that high-performing charter schools are achieving great results for students. See our Policy Brief, "An Option for Learning: An Assessment of Student Achievement in Charter Public Schools."
The states of Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Hawaii, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Tennessee have all removed caps on the number of charters schools that can be started in these states. Other states, like Massachusetts and Ohio, have eased caps on charters. Utah and Wisconsin increased the enrollment capacity of charter schools. Maine passed a law permitting charter schools, becoming the 41st nation to do so. These states now join the 15 states which don't have caps on opening charter schools. California allows 100 new charter schools every year.
In 2012, the Obama administration will invest $255 million through several grant programs administered by the Charter Schools Program to:
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All the seats at the hamburger joint were reserved for white patrons, so 13 year old Terrence Roberts ordered food to go. While waiting, he impulsively sat down at the counter and then realized a hush had fallen over the place. Suddenly everyone seemed to be looking at him threateningly. He canceled his order and left. As he walked home, Roberts remembers wondering "what it would take for (him) to be treated like a real human being."
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This event will be held during the local celebration of the National Federation of Music Clubs' National Music Week.
Deceased inductees include Harlan Daubert, who will be represented by his daughter, Suzanne Fox; Fred Erdman, represented by his son, Tim Erdman; Kathryn Heckard, represented by her son, Barry Heckard; Rodney Miller, represented by his son, Andy Miller; Leslie Saunders, represented by Carroll Ditzler; and Karl Wolf Jr., represented by his wife, Priscilla Wolf.
Living inductees will be Jim Erdman of Mt. Gretna; William Fairlamb of Cornwall; Anita Patton O'Connor of Annapolis, Md.; and Tom Strohman of Lebanon.
Names of the nominees were submitted to the Hall of Fame committee, chaired by the Rev. Warren Hoopes. All nominations received will remain on file for future consideration; new nominations may be submitted each January.
Following is a capsule look at the inductees:
HARLAN DAUBERT - Daubert was the director of award-winning marching bands at Northern Lebanon High School. Throughout his teaching career, he sent many young musicians to the Pennsylvania Music Educators' Association festivals.
FRED ERDMAN - Erdman was a revered teacher of trumpet and cornet for 50 years. Many of his students became outstanding players both locally and nationally. He was the father of three musician sons: cornet players Fredrick and Timothy, and trombonist James. All three served together in the U.S. Marines Band and were soloists with this esteemed group.
KATE HECKARD - Heckard, a lifelong resident of Lebanon County, was a graduate of Lebanon Valley College. She began her teaching career at Henry Houck Junior High School and subsequently became the vocal music teacher at Lebanon High School. She was a legend in the production of school musicals. She touched the lives of countless students, occasionally sending them toward music careers but, more often, directing them to a lifelong appreciation of music.
RODNEY MILLER - Miller, outstanding musician and teacher in the Lebanon area, was selected to conduct almost every county and honors band. Perhaps his most important role was as composer and arranger. He was a six-time ASCAP Standard Award winner in composition and, in 2003, he received the Creative Achievement Award from his alma mater, Lebanon Valley College. He was a valued member of Harmonia Music Association, which gives a yearly scholarship in his honor.
R. LESLIE SAUNDERS - Saunders was director of the Lebanon Senior High School band for many years. A faculty instrumental instructor at the school, he also had many private students in the Lebanon area and was an active leader in county, district and state events for outstanding young musicians. He is remembered as a teacher who demanded excellence in all musical pursuits and instilled in his students a love of classical music.
KARL WOLF JR. - Wolf, musician, orchestra leader and community organizer, served as president of the Lebanon Musicians' Union. He was a Buddy Karl Combo leader and was instrumental in founding the Lebanon Big Swing Band and the Lebanon Community Concert Band. His efforts at Lebanon Valley College were important in establishing the Fred Erdman Scholarship.
JIM ERDMAN - Erdman's history as soloist with the U.S. Marine Band sets him apart from others. In addition, he has had the opportunity to work with many youngsters at Lebanon Valley College as a professor and summer camp leader. He is an outstanding musician and teacher, and a most-respected member of the music community.
WILLIAM FAIRLAMB - As a 45-year member of the Lebanon Valley College music faculty, he taught piano, piano pedagogy and literature, and music history. For 46 years he was the director of the choir at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and later became the church organist. He served as rehearsal accompanist for the Lebanon County Choral Society for a number of years. During his career he received many awards, including being honored by the Lebanon Valley College Alumni Association, being named an outstanding Educator in America, and receiving the Lindbach Award for Distinguished Teaching.
ANITA PATTON O'CONNOR - She is a graduate of Lebanon High School, where she participated in chorus and all musicals. As a vocal music performance major, she graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University.
She won the Ms. Pennsylvania crown and competed in the Miss America Pageant. She continues to perform as a vocalist and keyboardist throughout the United States. She currently teaches music at a private school in Annapolis, Md. She has received the Distinguished Graduate Award from Lebanon High School.
Locally, she has performed as a vocalist for Music In the Park at Coleman Park and also appears in the annual 9/11 concert in Lebanon.
TOM STROHMAN - With his talent and work ethic, Strohman could be anywhere, but he chooses to stay where his roots are, giving encouragement and guidance to local youngsters. Born in Lebanon and a graduate of Lebanon Valley College, he began music tutelage under his father, studying flute, saxophone and clarinet. He earned a master's degree in jazz performance from Towson University, continued performing with outstanding entertainers and, in 2009, was inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Hall of Fame.
In addition to being a member of Third Stream, one of Pennsylvania's finest contemporary bands, he is a professor of music at Lebanon Valley College.
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Over the next few days we will be hosting a time-management clinic in conjunction with renowned life coach and bestselling author, Wendy Jago, whose brand new book, How to Manage Your Mammoth: The Procrastinators Guide to Getting Things Done, is published by Piatkus this month.
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The 'Back to School' season is one of the busiest times of year for many of us. Today's question will be one that resonates with parents across the country.
Q. As a busy mum of two I never seem to have a clear couple of hours to take care of all the house admin and chores. What do you suggest I do?
A.You are right – a mum never has the luxury of a free couple of hours! The mistake is to think that going at something for a good length of time is the best way to get it done. It doesn't have to be.
Instead, aim to snatch back small snippets of time. What can you do in 20 minutes? I know I can mow our front and back lawns – not huge and I have an electric mower, but knowing how long it takes means I can grab a bit of time on a clear day and get it done.
Are you putting off tackling the whole ironing pile? What if you put similar items in piles and just did the T-shirts today? Instead of doing all the vacuuming, why not do just one room?
The art is to break your big tasks down into smaller ones that you have a real chance of completing. You can train your kids (and perhaps even your partner, too) to take the same approach. It doesn't mean you have to be working every minute – you can also train yourself to enjoy short breaks for treats and rewards such as a quick phone call, a cuppa, a glass of wine, reading one article in a magazine or one chapter in a book.
Time is as elastic as you make it.
For more suggestions on managing this kind of mammoth, see Chapter 5 of How to Manage Your Mammoth ('Beyond Choredom').
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Alabama softball team fell to Florida, 6-3 Tuesday night to end its season in the championship series of the 2014 Women's College World Series, held in Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The Crimson Tide finished the year with a 53-13 record while the Gators win their first national softball championship with a mark of 55-12. It was Alabama's second trip to the championship series in the last three years after winning the first NCAA softball title by a Southeastern Conference school in 2012.
The Gators went up 5-1 early on with one run in the bottom of the first inning and four in the bottom of the second. Senior Kaila Hunt cut into that lead with a solo home run in the top of third. It was the 58th home run of her career, which ties her with Charlotte Morgan (2008-11) for second in Alabama history.
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Is GOP fooling itself?
When Washington conservatives gather to talk among themselves and the discussion turns to ObamaCare, it's not unusual to hear predictions that the president's health care law will "collapse of its own weight." It's a "train wreck," many say, quoting Democrat Sen. Max Baucus.
Some predict chaos beginning Oct. 1, when the law requires ObamaCare exchanges, the online marketplaces in which people will be able to shop for insurance, to be up and running. And maybe that will happen; the administration seems far behind schedule in the work that needs to be done.
On the other hand, a lot of thoughtful conservatives are looking beyond Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, the day the law (except for the parts the president has unilaterally postponed) is scheduled to go fully into effect. On that day the government will begin subsidizing health insurance for millions of Americans. (A family of four with income as high as $88,000 will be eligible for subsidies.) When people begin receiving that entitlement, the dynamics of the ObamaCare debate will change.
At that point, the Republican mantra of total repeal will become obsolete. The administration will mount a huge public relations campaign to highlight individuals who have received government assistance to help them afford, say, chemotherapy, or dialysis, or some other lifesaving treatment. Will Republicans advocate cutting off the funds that help pay for such care?
The answer is no. Facing that reality, the GOP is likely to change its approach, arguing that those people should be helped while the rest of ObamaCare is somehow dismantled.
The administration is fully aware of its advantage. Recently officials invited several prominent liberal bloggers to a special White House ObamaCare briefing. Administration officials are quite confident that, whatever problems arise, ObamaCare will be solidly in place after the money starts flowing on Jan. 1.
"Neither Democrats nor Republicans liked to emphasize how much the Affordable Care Act debate was about redistribution rather than health care as such, but there's a lot of money here," wrote Slate's Matthew Yglesias, who attended the briefing. "The law is structured to be financially beneficial to a large majority of people, and the infrastructure is in place to make that clear to a critical mass of them."
Truth be told, many Republicans did note that redistribution is at the heart of ObamaCare. But the fact is, the redistributing will begin Jan. 1. And whatever else goes wrong with ObamaCare, look for the White House to apply whatever fixes it must to make sure the money keeps flowing.
None of this is to say ObamaCare won't face huge problems. The most obvious is that it will make things worse for more people than it helps. If that disparity is huge — that is, if on one side there are many millions of people paying more for coverage than they did previously, losing coverage they were satisfied with, and suffering through great uncertainty, while on the other side there are far fewer people receiving direct government subsidies — if that happens, then the political fight over ObamaCare will intensify rather than fade.
Collapse of its own weight? The administration's insurance against that is the billions of dollars that will start flowing out of Washington Jan. 1. Once that happens, Republicans will likely stop talking about ObamaCare's collapse and will instead start searching for ways to limit the harm done to millions of Americans.
Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner.
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As a big fan of USC, I always have to be careful rating prospects from there; it would be easy to gloss over their flaws if I wasn't careful. That said, there is very little wrong with Barkley's game. His footwork is excellent. He has a nice, tight throwing motion. He hits his target almost every time, though a bit less so on the deep balls. He is careful with the ball, but still makes the big plays. He sees just about every eligible receiver. There is almost never a reason to scratch your head, and wonder why he did something.
He does have two amazing talents at receiver in Robert Woods and Marquise Lee, but they are just a Sophmore, and a Freshman, which showed in their play at times. Many times, Barkley would throw them a perfect pass, and they would drop it. Neither is amazingly fast, nor amazingly strong. They would consistently beat their guys, but rarely were they wide open.
Sometimes, a QB will come out of a big time school having seen almost no pressure, but that isn't the case with Barkley. The offensive line did not do a good job protecting Barkley most of the time, and he had to get the ball out in short order.
In his mock, Scott Wright claims Barkley isn't elite, but I completely disagree. Barkley is a better prospect than any QB in the last several drafts. He is just unlucky enough to have Luck in the same draft.
There are legitimate reasons an individual could decide they would take Barkley before Luck. Luck's footwork is not that good, though it isn't horrible. Luck hasn't quite lit the world on fire like you might expect. Barkley has often been more spectacular. He has done more with less, and a year less in the program, than Luck has. At this point, I'm probably 60-40 on taking Luck before Barkley, but it isn't crazy to go the other way. Luck is a legitimate first overall prospect, but so is Barkley. My opinion of Barkley actually went up after scouting him, as opposed to just watching.
Barkley is by far the best QB USC has had since I started watching them (admittedly, that only goes back to the Leinart days). The size of that gap is as large as the difference between a Peyton Manning, and a Jon Kitna (who, don't forget, could put up big numbers, but is a long time journeyman for a reason.) He is what made USC great this season. Obviously, I don't want Barkley to go pro, since he won't end up on one of my teams (that would require an epic fall)(go niners!), but he should. There is nothing left for Barkley to prove at the college level.
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2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project
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KARACHI: CID police have claimed to arrest four members of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
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As for going to Japan - do yourself a favour and don't if your only interest in the country is the anime/ manga/ videogames. That part of the tour is over in a day trip to Akihabera - and it's an expensive trip for one day. The real magic in Japan is going to places like the outskirts of Kyoto for the shrines and temples, Kita Kamakura and Enoshima for the beach culture, Ueno for the museums and Sapporo for the winter festival.
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JavaScript gallons-per-100 miles bookmarklet
Since I'm car shopping, here's a quick JavaScript bookmarklet you can use to convert miles per gallon (MPG) into something that makes a little more sense: gallons per 100 miles.
javascript:var gallonsPerMile = function(mpg) { return Math.floor((1/mpg)*1000)/10 }; alert("That's about " + gallonsPerMile(prompt("Enter MPG")) + " gallons per 100 miles.");
Just make a new bookmark with this as the location, and it will ask you for the MPG, and do the conversion, showing you the outcome.
Inspired by Why We Should Measure by Gallons per Mile, Not Miles per Gallon – Popular Mechanics.
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New Chrome user script – put the tweets on the left
I just wrote this userscript for Google Chrome to put the tweets on the left side of the new Twitter homepage, where they rightfully belong.
This is only set for the Twitter "home" view, since every other age on Twitter does it anyway.
Download, unzip, and drag and drop into Google Chrome. Enjoy.
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IE6 min-height CSS hack without JavaScript
Internet Explorer 6. I don't hate it. Yes I do.
Here's the story of an interesting min-height hack I came upon working with an outside design firm today. Technically it's an exploit, since it's exploiting a bug in IE6's box model, but since we all know what people think when they see "IE6" and "exploit" in the same sentence, lets just leave 'er be at "hack."
When you define the height on a block element, let's say a DIV, it's pretty simple:
div { height: 500px }
However, if that div's content (assuming normal document flow) will run longer than 500px in height, and you haven't told the DIV what to do with the overflow, the height you've defined will act as a minimum height… like the min-height you can't use since this is IE6.
So there you go. Use min-height in your master CSS document, and use height in your IE6 specific CSS document. Its really that simple.
Tricky, idin't it
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Easy multi-line tooltips with Javascript
Tooltips are helpful in a semantic web world where the use of the "alt" attribute is restricted to those times an image won't show because you're a jerk who fat fingered the image URL.
Lets get right to it since I'm busy as hell today.
The tooltip is a shorthanded way of referring to the title attribute of a link or image (most commonly) though it can be used on other HTML elements. Since we're all SEO experts around here, we know the only way to fly is to make a link like this:
revevant text for destination
But what of the cold, huddled masses who shout from the mountain tops "But Cynic, I want a two-line tooltip!" Well, sure. We can do that with Javascript.
- Parse out and replace text in static tooltip.
- Write the tooltip with a function
Parse out and replace text in static tooltip
Lets toss a bit of text in our title attribute to tell us where we want our line break. I'm going to pretend I'm on a forum and make a quicktag-looking [br]:
hi mom
Now we need to create that linefeed. Lets make a function, and pop it into the head tag (or linked .js file).
function makeMyLinefeedReal(imageElement) { var titleAttribute; titleAttribute = imageElement.title; titleAttribute = titleAttribute.replace(/\[br\]/, String.fromCharCode(10)); imageElement.title = titleAttribute; }
And finally call it from the element.
hi mom
Done and done. If you want to get really fancypantsed, you can call this from the BODY's onload, or document.ready if you're awesomesauce enough to use jQuery.
Write the tooltip with a function
Keep in mind a web crawler isn't goin go to see something created with javascript, so sure this next method sparingly–we're going to write the whole title attribute with Javascript. You get to feel good about having neater HTML, and you can toss "non-intrusive clientside DOM scripting" on your resume.
I'm currently using this for tooltips on a page of pie charts right now for a full-time-jobby-job project which won't be indexed, and even if it was available to the public, I'm not worried about SEO for the statictical breakdowns on the pie charts; just of the page containing the statistics. (Btw–coming soon: Kickass tutorial on making webtastic pie charts using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator)
So here's our tag, with a normal attribute.

Our function can now take advantage of an escaped new line, \n, instead of having to mess with String.fromCharCode(10).
function makeMyLinefeed(imageElement) { imageElement.title = "This is my title\nAnd this is line 2!"; }

Easy, right? I'll let you get trickier than a straigh line of text on your own. One more version for you: here's the non-intrusive javascript version. Start with your tag:

And this next line does all the fun stuff without any onmouseover attribute:
document.getElementById("favoritePies").mouseover = function () { this.title = "This is my title\nAnd this is line 2!"; }
So there we go, you have a few different ways to toss a line break into a title attribute. Have fun!
In: Design · Tagged with: html, javascript, non-intrusive, web development
HTML Tip: Should I use a div or a span?
This comes up a lot in the web development world, especially with higher level coders who are in the Java or .NET world. After just having this coversation with a coworker, I came up with a metaphor to explain the relationship between block and inline elements. A few basics first.
A div is a generic block element with no inherent attributes. By default, it's as wide as its parent element, and breaks the line. A few common block elements are DIV, P (P is special, we'll get to that), and BLOCKQUOTE.
A span is a generic inline element with no inherent attributes. By default, it's as wide as its content, and doesn't break the line. Some inline elements you'd be used to seeing are the STRONG, EM, SPAN, and STRIKE tags.
To write valid XHTML, you need an understanding of what elements can be properly nested… which is pretty simple. Block elements can be nested in block elements, inline elements can be nested in block or inline elements. Easy peazy. Well, almost.
The exception to this is the P tag, which is a block element, but breaks the rules by only being allowed to contain inline elements. The nesting order DIV DIV P EM STRONG is fine, but DIV P DIV EM STRONG can't validate because you're nesting a block element inside the P tag.
Here's an easy way to remember it. Imagine block elements as pieces of blank paper, and imagine inline elements as ink. You can stack as many pieces of paper as you want on top of each other, and you can contain anything written in pen on the paper. You can use the pen on a few pieces of paper and lay them out on a larger piece of paper, you can underline pen with pen, you can bold text by writing with more pen over the pen. You can't put paper into the ink… that relationship only goes one way.
Imagine the P tag is a lined piece of paper. All of the same ink rules apply, but if you try to put more paper into it, you won't be able to see the lines usefully, so that's a no-no.
So there you have it. To put it simpler, If you need a container, use a div. If you need to effect these three words, use a span.
In: Design, The Internets · Tagged with: div, nesting tags, span, XHTML
Shamwow Vince is scientology's bad boy
Having just given the gift of Shamow to my fiancee and seeing them in action I find this strangely appropriate to reference. It turns out that Mr. Slap Chop is more than the best pitchman to grace my TV, he was also booted out of the Church of Scientology. This guy's awesome!
Vince says CoS officials stole clips from unedited film footage, added their own sass and passed it around the community as the first act in an elaborate smear campaign against him. They then coerced statements from other members of the church, threatening to "fair game" anyone who refused, declaring them them to be SPs (Suppressive Person, an apostate and enemy of the CoS) for not cooperating.
Statements and evidence were "collected" and the CoS charged Vince with 23 crimes against Scientology, and he was forced to stand trial in Scientology Court. Which is kind of like Night Court, but without the hilarious bailiff, sexual innuendo, and the ability to walk away without fearing for your life… oh yeah, and at least one of the judges is still in junior high. Vince was found guilty on all charges without being able to mount a defense, mostly because he was never told what the charges were.
Read the full article at Skepchick.org.
In: Skepticism
Read PDFs on your iPhone in Safari
I'm in the middle of a programmer's paradigm shift that, frankly, most of the Windows development world took 7 years ago. I'm switching from Classic ASP to ASP.NET.
This of course has me searching for books on learning ASP.NET, a programming language is like a foreign film to me. I can figure out what's going on, and know who the main character is, and more or less what they're trying to accomplish. But I can't tell if he's whispering sweet nothings to his lover, or asking his sister to bring over some 10W-30 for a quick oil change. In a nutshell, I get it, but not really.
Luckily, I found an eBook on Amazon for sale which describes in just under 40 pages what the big deal is about ASP.NET, how it's different, and why I should care.
However, herein lies the dilemma: I don't like slowly working my way through a PDF on my laptop in bed, and I sure am not bringing it into the bathroom with me. So, I turn to my favorite eBook reader as the best solution at hand … my iPhone.
I've read books on my iPhone before, but a PDF… this is new territory. So I googled my way to a few solutions to see how the people who write about things get on reading other things when they're PDFs, on an iPhone.
Jailbreak/SSH/install PDFViewer app
Too much work. I'm looking for an easy solution and the inherent problem with jailbreaking your phone is that every time you upgrade the firmware, you have to reinstall ALL of your apps. Lame. And I don't want to have to use SSH to zip files to my phone. I want to just have the damn thing be available, and not lose EVERYTHING just because a firmware update came out. Which leads us to our next solution…
E-mail myself the PDF in an attachment
This seems like it would be easy-cheesy-1-2-threesy, but now my PDF's only available in portrait mode. Great if you want to swipe left-to-right, up-and-down, and work your index finger harder then that day in 6th grade when you thought nobody was looking and you just wanted to breather a little easier. NEXT.
Google Documents
I can't believe I didn't come up with this one right out of the gate. Upload your file to Google documents, and view it in glorious landscape mode in Safari. Done and done. It's free, and you can even e-mail Google Docs the PDF/DOC/RTF/XLS/whatever if someone sends it to you. Oh, exuberance. Oh, exquisite WIN.
I'm off to read my ASP to ASP.NET pdf now, instead of just writing about how I'm going to read it. Hopefully, this will keep my nerdy appetite sated until my Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 with C# book arrives on Friday.
In: Technology, The Internets · Tagged with: asp.net, ebooks, iphone, pdf, programming
The 7P's and the giant photo FAIL
The fellas at the This Week in Photography blog posted an excellent entry about the 7 P's, which I feel so strongly about, I'm going to bold-type: Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
When you go out to get a photograph, there are two ways you can set out. Prepared and unprepared. When I was in Basic Combat Training (Basic for short) I heard all about the "7Ps." At the time, I thought it was just my instructors being, well – you know….difficult.
Full entry at TWIPPhoto.com.
This was illustrated in a most exquisite photography FAIL of mine at my fiancee's MBA graduation.
Accomplished Checklist:
- Camera battery fully charged
- Flash batteries fully charged
- Perfect framing, focus and light settings from where I was sitting.
Things that should have been added:
- Knowing she would be graduating from the management college instead of the business college like I'd assumed. 10 seconds of research in the graduation pamphlet would have told me this.
- Paying attention when the correct college for her graduation was called to the stage so that I would have noticed she was the second person in line, and not in alphabetical order.
- Leaving the flash and camera ON so I could wake it from sleep mode and get the shot, instead of fumbling through "OMG WHY WONT ANYTHING WORK?!"
- Zooming out first (70-300mm lens) so I could find her quickly on stage and zoom in to quickly frame, instead of trying to find her with a super-zoomed-in 1-person-at-a-time frame.
So yeah, lack of proper prior preparation resulted in piss poor performance. I missed the shot which would have looked great framed next to her diploma. For me, heartbreaking; for her (luckily) a funny story of what a camera geek I am.
And to think, before all of this I was kicking myself for not bringing my Canon 70-200 f2.8L because I thought I'd need the extra reach of the crap Quantaray 70-300. Everyone's said it a million times, the best gear in the world doesn't matter when you miss the shot.
Lesson = learned!
In: Photography · Tagged with: FAIL, Photography
The momentum of dieting
[Cross-posted to the Shangri-La Diet forum]
I'm another half-pound down today! Hopefully by Tuesday (end of week 2) I'll turn that into a full one, or one and a half.
I'm starting to think that my initial weigh-in might have been high from eating a big dinner the night before, being really really hydrated, the planets lining up and screwing with the gravity on my 2nd floor, or any other reason. Well, whatever. It make my total weight loss higher, and I think that's important.When I lost a bunch of weight before (Atkins + exercise), I learned that there's an event horizon where you cross that certain line on the scale–or the right pair of pants fits, or the stairs in the parking garage don't make your pulse go up–that something almost magic happens. You get to the point that on your super low motivation days, keeping your weight loss total you're so proud of is your only motivation.
We all have those days from time to time, some more than others, some almost never, when you're depressed, you're thinking "oh what's the point… I have to fight so hard just to weigh this much. I shouldn't HAVE to work this hard to look the way I want. I'm so mad at my body for not processing food the way Tom in accounting's does. I just want some pizza and ice cream because that will at least make me happy."
On those days, the only thing that keeps you out of the freezer case at Safeway is thinking to yourself, "but I lost 35 lbs. on the last 5 months… if I quit, I ruin all of that, and I'll be so mad that I don't have what I have now. I'll move my next scheduled cheating day 2 weeks closer, but I can't quit."
At least that how it worked for me. I've bounced around the scale a lot in the last few years, bouncing my way up to 295, losing 10 here, gaining it back there, and so on because "It's only 10 lbs in 3 weeks. I'll do lines of mashed potato and gorge on mozzarella sticks, and to hell with it, it's only 3 WEEKS. I can re-do that any time."
Momentum does the rest after your cross that event horizon. It's like pushing a broken down car down the street and out of harm's way. Pain on the butt getting it moving! But once it's moving, you can keep it going by pushing lightly on it. People don't usually quit halfway to a big goal, they quit when the progress doesn't come fast enough, when they can't handle that initial push that gets the ball rolling. I don't care if you're dieting or quitting smoking; that opportunity cost of quitting has to build up to allow you to relax and get cozy with your diet.
So I don't really have to fight my ass off to lose 85 lbs. I just need to fight my ass off about 15-20 lbs, or maybe 2 months. Then I'll cross MY event horizon, the momentum will kick in, and then I just have to lightly push to make those pounds go away; it's less of a bare-knuckled-boxing-against-godzilla, and more of a flicking-a-bug-off-my-arm.
Oh, and Tom in accounting? He's thin because he has such severe IBS that you can hear him crying from outside the bathroom. Glad I'm not him.
In: 4th Wall · Tagged with: Dieting, momentum, shangri-la diet


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Braids – Beautiful Bridal Updos
September 3, 2012
** If you'd like to see more braids, take a peek here at an all new list of 20 beautiful and bride-worthy braids. **
It has been impossible not to notice, and fall in ♥ with the Braid revival that has been occurring of late…..
The perfect alternative to the formal bridal updo braids are ideal for creating a little interest in long and loose hair, and for creating a relaxed boho bridal style, which would be beautiful for a beach babe……
Waterfall Braids on Style Me Pretty
Or a new take on the floral crown, how about a braided crown weaved with flowers…. could anything be more pretty?…..
Braided Crown on Style Me Pretty
Cute and a little bit retro braided bands frame the face and look fab with a fringe…..
Braid Band from Style Me Pretty
Braid Band from Wedding Chicks
Braid Band from 100 Layer Cake
Now who could forget how chic the Duchess of Cambridge looked at the London Olympic Gala with her ever perfectly coiffed hair in a braided updo, so glamorous and just right for a formal affair….
The Duchess of Cambridge's Braided Updo
Braided Bun from Style Me Pretty
Braided Updo from Style Me Pretty
Braided Updo on Style Me Pretty
Braided Updo on Style Me Pretty
Braided Updo on Style Me Pretty
Braided Updo from Everything Fabulous
Or to show off your luscious locks keep it simple with a long side braid…..
Fishtail Braid from Wedding Chicks
Fishtail Braids from Bridal Musings
Fishtail Braid from Project Wedding
Twisted Braid from Style Me Pretty
From formal finished updos, to fishtails and waterfalls, dutch braids and milkmaids, there are braids galore – something to suit everyone. And if you're tempted to give this trend a try at home, fashion and bridal blogs are awash with DIY tutorials like these…..
They make it look so easy I might even have to try an alternative to my usual pony tail! Don't panic if you have short hair, Braided Updos are possible for hair shoulder length and longer – this DIY 'Hot Cross Bun' from The Beauty Department is for shorter hair…. Which is your favourite style? Are you going to be a braided babe for your big day? Amy x
Tagged: Bridal Hair Styles
18 responses to "Braids – Beautiful Bridal Updos"
I've always loved braids… ever since I was a girl trying to compete with my girl cousins who could braid the fastest! The games we played.
Beautiful updos!! Loving these
Thank you so much for the shout out for short hair braids. I chopped my hair off in April and the man proposed in July we set the date for November… Love braids but haven't seen anything I could pull off for our beach nuptials. Pretty!
Beautiful stuff , braids <3
Thank you so much for posting one of my braided creations on this blog! How sweet of you! Please check out more of my work http://www.cutnj.com and http://www.facebook.com/cutnj
At the top of your post there's a man in the 'Long Loose Braid' picture… can you find out where that blazer/coat is from? Love the shorties braid at the bottom. I'm going to the salon in a few days to try it out for my final dress fitting as a "hopeful" hairdo! Thank you so much. <3 Love Your Site!!
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Nice to stumble upon the wonderful collection of distinctively reviving braids. There are more amazing stuffs to learn here. Love them
Totally stunning collection of Bridal Updos, I wish to have some of these dresses.
Gorgeous collection! Braids are totally awesome although I still help with some of the more complicated ones. I've been rocking the fishtail and twisted braids on a daily basis and it never fails to get me compliments.
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Thank you so much. I love your tutorials. I have hair the same length as yours and have been putting up the same boring way for years.


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JForum Tips
Supplementing the official manual, some members have been writing extra documentation and tips.
Initial considerations
Two notes:
Using Eclipse
The following notes and links are for those interested in developing JForum code within the Eclipse IDE.
If some help or a reminder is needed, this external Apache/Tomcat tutorial is a good start.
Please note: for all installations of JForum on Eclipse, Manual configuration of JForum is recommended.
JForum can appear to work in Eclipse without any setup, or after use of the installer, but this will cause problems later. For further Eclipse quirks, and the original post on database behaviour in Eclipse, see,
Using JForum as intended
On both the original site, and the JForum2 bugfix site, JForum is supplied as a pre-compiled binary download. Like other advanced forum softwares, JForum is a specialised CMS, and can be configured and templated without touching source.
The two sites differ in their binary publishing - the original JForum supplies a .jar, the Google-based JForum2 supplies .wars. The following may be of interest to users of Eclipse and other IDEs also,
Using JForum source in Eclipse
If the intention is to make internal changes, or contribute to a JForum codebase, source code will need to be imported into Eclipse. Here is a post based on the Google-based JForum2 recommended method (which uses a svn download),
If source is required for internal modifications, but not contributions, here is a clean, fast way to import source code into Eclipse,
Working with JForum configuration
JForum has an extended, well-developed configuration system.The system listens to configuration files for changes, for example, so there is no need to recompile or reload servers. For a fuller list of features, see About the features of the JForum configuration system
Theming Howtos and notes
Working with JForum structure
Hacking JForum
For special features, source is easy to hack. Here are two features added by members,
Some advanced usage considerations


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Men posing as cops shoot residentComment on this story
Cape Town - Criminals posing as police officers are targeting homes in Mitchells Plain – most recently opening fire on a man who requested a warrant for a search of his house.
This is one of a few incidents which reportedly took place in Mitchells Plain in the last three months, some perpetrated by criminals in police uniform or with criminals in possession of a SAPS badge.
Police could not confirm other incidents but encouraged residents to report such crimes. The issue will be among those discussed in a meeting tonight between the Mitchells Plain Community Forum (CPF) and the police.
Last Sunday, July 27, a Lentegeur resident was shot in the stomach when he tried to thwart six men who had stormed his home in Middleton Street, police spokesman Frederick van Wyk said. He said the incident happened at 11am and the gunmen were driving a blue VW Polo Classic.
Five went inside the house.
"They produced a police badge asking to enter the house with the intention of searching for illegal items. The 33-year-old victim asked for a search warrant. It's then that the suspect assaulted him and forced the occupants of the house to lay down, pointing at them with a firearm," Van Wyk said.
He said one of the occupants was shot in the stomach before the gunmen made off with a laptop, four cellphones, an undisclosed amount of cash and a bag.
Police are investigating a case of attempted murder and robbery but are yet to make an arrest. Van Wyk warned residents to ask for "positive identification and confirm with the relevant station before giving the person access".
This was echoed by Mitchells Plain community police forum chairman Abe Isaacs who said the CPF was concerned by the incidents.
On June 6, armed men in police uniform robbed an ATM at Promenade Mall in Mitchells Plain, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The bogus police officers overpowered security guards as they were about to replenish the machine, assaulting them before tying them up.
There have been various notices on social media of people reporting incidents where they have been approached by criminals posing as police officers. These incidents could not be confirmed by police.
Isaacs said the forum has warned residents to be more vigilant.
Anyone with information about the latest incident can contact Detective Sergeant Ivan Ryneveldt on 082 411 2382, CrimeStop on 08600 10111 or by SMS to Crime Line 32211.
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Dell SecureWorks®, a leading provider of information security services, reported that hacker attacks targeting its retail customers increased 43 percent between the last nine months of 2010 and the first nine months of 2011. From January through September 2011, Dell SecureWorks blocked an average of 91,500 attacks per retail customer, as compared to 63,581 attacks per retail customer April through December 2010.
"Based on the attacks we detected in the first nine months of this year, criminals are more aggressively using the web as a primary attack vector for both clients and servers," said Jon Ramsey, Dell SecureWorks CTO. "We saw a significant increase in SQL Injection attacks against servers and exploit packs hosted on web sites, which contributed to the overall rise in retail attacks."
"Server protection requires strong secure software development practices, as well as detection and prevention controls," continued Ramsey. "Client protection requires good system hygiene and detection and prevention controls that limit exposure to attacks from malicious websites."
A technique that exploits security vulnerabilities in Web applications by inserting malicious SQL code in Web requests. "Although this attack is very well known, it is not surprising that we continue to see a high incidence of this threat, as hackers will use any technique that proves to be successful over and over, and sadly it continues to be," said Ramsey. Just this spring, it was reported that a hacker in Georgia used SQL Injection attacks to steal 675,000 credit card accounts, resulting in $36 million in fraudulent transactions. Cyber thieves also used SQL Injection attacks in the widely publicized breach of Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford Brothers and three other retailers, where they made off with 130 million credit card and debit cards.
Dell SecureWorks also blocked its retail customers from a large number of Web-based Exploit Kit attacks. Exploit kits are tools that cyber criminals use to distribute a wide variety of malware, and this year we saw an increase in attacks from one of the most popular exploit kits on the underground, Blackhole. Generally computer users are unknowingly redirected to exploit kits through malvertisements (poisoned text ads), compromised sites or spam email messages that contain a malicious, embedded link. When a computer user encounters an exploit kit, the kit invisibly probes the visitor's browser or browser plug-ins (eg: document viewers, music and video players, rich content applications, etc.) for known security vulnerabilities. If vulnerable applications are found, they are used as a vehicle to silently install malicious software. Often, this malware consists of banking Trojans such as ZeuS or SpyEye; Downloader Trojans; DDoS or Spam Trojans; or Rogue Anti-Virus.
"The fact that a large number of Exploit Kit attacks were blocked indicates not only an increase in these attacks but also that are unpatched security vulnerabilities in the retail employees' third-party applications, such as Java and Adobe. All organizations, including retailers, should continually assess their patching policies, ensuring that their applications and operating systems are kept up to date and patched in a timely fashion," said Ramsey.
Another prevalent attack type attempted against Dell SecureWorks' retail customers were Downloader Trojans. These are relatively small, highly obfuscated, malicious program. Their primary mission is to bypass and disable a computer's host-based security programs like anti-virus and firewalls so that other malicious payloads can be downloaded and installed on command without tripping security alerts. Downloader Trojans are primarily distributed by rogue pay-per-install (PPI) affiliates using malvertisements, misleading links, or redirects to Web Exploit Kits. They can also be disguised as fake codecs for viewing video, pretend to be updates to browser plug-ins, piggyback on files shared via P2P (peer-to-peer) shared networks or arrive as attachments to emails. The PPI operator sells access to the download functionality of his bots (infected machines) to other botnet operators and purveyors of adware, spyware, and other malicious code.
Several years ago, we saw the trend shift from hackers targeting the organization's servers to targeting employee PCs, and this trend is continuing. These are known as client-side attacks. In order to defend against these attacks, organizations need to make sure that their computer applications and operating systems are kept up to date and patched and that they have robust security measures in place, including current antivirus software to protect against the latest threats.
Dell SecureWorks recommends that retail employees working in accounts payable, payroll, or other financial areas of the company, have a dedicated computer for online banking, payroll processing, bill payments and related tasks. The dedicated computer should never be used to access email or surf the Web, as those are the two major infection vectors for malware.
Information security training and policies are critical in defending against client-side attacks according to Ramsey. "Employees need to utilize effective passwords and always need to be wary of emails with links or attachments, even if they come from someone they know," said Ramsey. "Computer users need to confirm with the sender that they sent the email, prior to clicking on attachments or links. This is especially true when it comes to defending against Trojans that steal financial information, such as ZeuS, Spy Eye and Coreflood."
To defend their network against SQL Injection Attacks, Web Exploit Kits and Downloader Trojans, retailers should implement an Intrusion Prevention Solution (IPS) that has countermeasures to detect and block current and emerging cyber attacks.
Firewalls should be maintained and monitored continuously by a security expert.to help prevent Web applications from being infiltrated.
Servers and security devices, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, and host anti-virus, should be monitored round- the-clock to spot security issues and remediate them in real time.
There are versions of malware which countermeasures cannot be written for. Thus, organizations should always have current, actionable intelligence about the latest threats and the IP addresses associated with them so that your security team can spot if there is an infection inside your network trying to communicate valuable data back out to the hackers. Security experts who have their finger on the pulse of the threat landscape can provide this Threat Intelligence.
Regular vulnerability scans, especially Web Application Vulnerability Scans, and network penetration tests can help retailers identify issues and improve their security posture, especially when defending web application attacks.
To protect against Web-Exploit Kit and Downloader Trojan attacks, retailers need to implement Web content filtering, as well as network and host-based antivirus solutions.
A centralized plan which keeps security software updated and servers and workstations fully patched, in a timely fashion, is imperative.
Retailers that implement Secure Software Development Life Cycle Processes help ensure that Web applications and other software programs are written securely.
Retailers should consider implementing an Authenticated Proxy Server to help IT administrators determine if there is a computer on the network which is infected and which user requested the malicious web page.
Retailers should implement and enforce policies that forbid employees from downloading executable files via the Internet, using Peer to Peer networks, or visiting risky websites (eg: sites hosting free copies of software, music, movies; adult content sites and gaming.)
SecureWorks currently protects 96 retail customers in the US and abroad. Attack statistics are from a 18-month study of 37 customers using Dell SecureWorks' Managed Intrusion Detection and Prevention service (IDS/IPS) at the edge of their network, giving Dell SecureWorks visibility into all attempted network attacks while blocking them. In addition to retail organizations, SecureWorks protects financial institutions, utilities, manufacturers, healthcare organizations, technology providers and government organizations. For more information on retail security solutions from Dell SecureWorks' please visit http://www.secureworks.com/compliance/industries/retail/


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The way to arrive at a zone I density for your camera, light meter etc. Is to meter the grey card you have in evenly lit conditions. Focus your camera lens at infinity. Leaving the lens focused at infinity, move the camera to where the card fills the viewfinder. Be careful to not shade the card while doing so. If your meter on the camera indicates 1/60 sec at F 11 (for instance), manually set your camera for four stops less exposure. Then make one exposure at F11 and 1/60 second, the second exposure would be F16 at 1/60 second, the third exposure at F16 and 1/125 of a second, the fourth exposure at f22 and 1/125 second. Shoot your fifth through 8th exposure with no exposure by leaving the lens cap the lens. The above exposures are examples only. Use your meter recommendation, and give a total of four stops less exposure (incrementally as in the example above)plus the four exposures with the lens cap on the lens.
Rewind the film and remove from the camera. In the darkroom remove the film cannister, open it. Process the film according to your film and developer combination recommendations. The negatives that are clear are your exposures with the lens cap on. That will be your base plus fog. The first frame that will give you a density greater then your base plus fog with a measurable density of .10 above FB + fog will be your actual film speed. That typically will fall on the third exposure but not always. For instance if you were using a 125 ISO film and using the example above the third exposure showed a density of .10 above fb+fog then your actual film speed would be 64.
Once you have done that test then the next step will be developing for a Zone VIII density. But you need to do the film speed test first. Come back to this forum when you have it finished.
Always remember exposure is for shadows and development is for highlights. Film speed is the place to begin to get your exposure properly placed.