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As part of my duties, I run the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) at our office. The system for the most part is self-sufficient and doesn't require a lot of troubleshooting -- I'm called maybe a few times a week. But certain instances are more time-consuming, including a recent mishap that caused an unexpected privacy breach.
There are about 100 employees who work from the location, of which maybe 40 use BlackBerry devices. The way our company has it set up, the employees own their smartphones but connect to our server, so it's expected that they use the phones for both personal and professional purposes.
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On this particular day, I was troubleshooting an error message an employee was getting on his BlackBerry. Based on the error, the solution was to plug his smartphone into a PC via USB, then use Desktop Manager to detect his phone and help fix the problem. Easy enough -- I got started.
I plugged his phone into my computer to connect to the program. The software was already set up for my own BlackBerry device. When I plugged in my coworker's, it asked if I wanted to change the settings to his, which I did and got ready to move to the next step.
But here's where the unexpected occurred. Instead of detecting and associating his phone with the program, things went horribly wrong. Telling the software to change from my device to his must have set something to make the BES think that his phone was mine, and vice versa to some extent.
In horror, I watched as our BBM contacts, notes, Outlook access, and Internet history/bookmarks essentially got mashed up together on his device and on mine. I saw my life flash before my eyes as I realized that some of my personal and professional information was now on his device, and the other way around.
Luckily, the employee was understanding and not the sort to poke around in other people's business -- and expressed some confidence in me. This was a good thing since we could have easily accessed each other's business and personal information if we'd wanted to.
I lost several days to fixing the mess and the initial problem he'd been having, and there wasn't any long-term damage or data loss. But it was startling to think how quickly and easily somebody can have access to a lot of information about another person these days.
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Alan Wurtzel, former CEO of Circuit City Stores, will speak about his experiences leading a consumer electronics and appliances organization on Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. at University of Richmond's Queally Hall, Ukrop Auditorium. Wurtzel joined Circuit City in 1966 as vice president of legal affairs and served as CEO from 1972-86. More recently, he has been a trustee of Virginia Commonwealth University and member of the Virginia Board of Education and State Council for Higher Education. He also served on the boards of Dollar Tree Stores and Office Depot. Wurtzel is the first speaker in the 2012-13 Robins Executive Speaker Series. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/d93jr5p.
United Methodist Family Services has won the inaugural Carol S. Fox "Making Kids Count" award from Voices for Virginia's Children. The award is named after Carol Fox, a Voices founder, long-time board member and tireless advocate for children. The award is given in recognition of exemplary efforts to better the lives of Virginia's children. Winners will be honored at an evening reception on Oct. 23 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Lindsey Floyd, of Richmond, has joined Rappaport Retail Brokerage as a leasing and brokerage representative specializing in the Richmond retail real estate market. Formerly with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, Floyd's tenant representation clients currently include Jimmy John's, Verizon, Smoothie King and The Little Gym. She also handles landlord representation, pre-development leasing and land sales.
Sonic Drive-In has launched Limeades for Learning, a five-week program that puts Sonic donation dollars in the hands of voters to support public schools. Sonic has partnered with DonorsChoose.org and the program allows the public to vote online at http://www.limeadesforlearning.com for their favorite public school classroom projects and direct more than a half million dollars in Sonic donations. Anyone with a valid email address can vote online once per day. In addition, customers can visit their local Sonic and receive two extra votes via special bag stickers with any purchase.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of 1600 Willow Lawn Dr. in Henrico. FM1 LLC purchased the approximately 5,000 square foot office property from Feed More, Inc. for $550,000 as an investment. John G. Myers, Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of an office condominium located within Springfield Professional Center at 4424 Springfield Rd. in Henrico. Seltzer Realty LLC purchased the approximately 1,900 square foot condo from Stuart Kirkland for $237,000 and will operate their business, Groundforce IT, at this location. Mac Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of the former Friendly's restaurant property located at 10601 Patterson Ave. in Henrico. SDC I Patterson LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Property Group based in Charlotte, NC, purchased the approximately 3,573 square foot building from O ICE LLC for $1,125,000 as an investment. Bruce Bigger of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
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A group of youth soccer players – most from Henrico – and local soccer coaches spent a week in Kazakhstan this month as part of a VCU Center for Sport Leadership program.
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
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Three Lidl shoppers will win trips to New York City to receive a first-look at the Esmara by Heidi Klum collection and attend an international runway event debuting the collection. The contest is open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina – the three states in which Lidl currently operates grocery stores. The chain opened two stores in Henrico County last month. > Read more.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88, stopped at Richmond Raceway Aug. 8 in advance of the track's NASCAR weekend in September. He was joined by five players from the Washington Redskins, who were in town for the team's training camp, which concluded Aug. 14. The day in Richmond gave Earnhardt and the Redskins players an opportunity to see how the athletes compete in their respective sports. > Read more.
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Victory Gardens presents …and the whole train was like…, written and performed by The VG Poets Conservatory. Directed by Sean Kelly and Rachel Claff, the show reveals the inner musings of six poets who board a train bound for the heart of Chicago. Along their journey their stories of pride, prejudice, truth, and humor collide resulting in a thought provoking, witty, and always candid dialogue about who we are and perhaps more importantly, where we're going. Performances will run Thursday, June 28 – Saturday, June 30 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, July 1 at 4:00 pm in the Richard Christianson Theater at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park.
The Poets Conservatory, developed in collaboration with Victory Gardens Theater and Young Chicago Authors, aims to engage, nurture and develop a new generation of theater artists through an extensive mentorship and professional development program for Louder Than a Bomb alumni. Through the exploration of fundamentals in performance and storytelling, the ensemble gains a greater awareness of how poetic voice can be broadened, forging a new trajectory for language in performance. The Poets Conservatory provides Victory Gardens Theater with a unique opportunity to further its commitment to fostering and producing the work of new playwrights. Through new and original initiatives in arts education Victory Gardens Theater reaffirms its mission of providing a platform for the voices of emerging artists to be heard in playwritings' most vivid and varied forms.
The Poets Conservatory writers and performers include: Eazy Burnett, Annalissia-Kiana "KeeKey" Itson, Rachel "Raych" Jackson, Dominique James, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Maurice Meaway.
Eazy Burnett (Ensemble) grew up on the Westside of Chicago and first discovered writing as a creative outlet when he was in 4th grade through an educational story-writing program for children. Since then he has participated in several writing programs and competitions. Since 2009 he has been active with Young Chicago Authors where he currently teaches and participates in workshops. He currently is in a rap duo, called Two4Fifteen, along with "Be" Williams, and they will be dropping an EP July 2012 entitled "…As A Kite". In terms of music they've performed at various open mics and shows around Chicago, most notably at the Who's The Boss Concert. As a poet Eazy's performed at The Art Institute of Chicago and shared the stage with prominent artists in the spoken word industry like M'Reld Green and Kevin Coval.
Annalissia-Kiana "KeeKey" Itson (Ensemble) grew up on the Southside of Chicago, discovering poetry as a positive outlet in 7th grade. She quickly developed a passion for writing and performance and participated in Louder Than a Bomb in 2004. Her first publication soon followed in an anthology entitled, Hands On Stanzas. She began attending Saturday writing classes at YCA her sophomore year of high school. After experiencing several Kuumba Lynx performances, she joined the Hip-Hop theatre ensemble in 2006. Further establishing her art with Kuumba Lynx ultimately lead to an LTAB victory and starring in a play at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2008, as well as sharing stages with Kanye West, KRS One, Lupe Fiasco, Angela Davis, Saul Williams, Marc Bamuti Joseph, Danny Hoch, Kevin Coval, Patricia Smith, Poppin' Chuck, Chicago FootworKINGz, and Rebel Diaz just to name a few.
Rachel "Raych" Jackson (Ensemble) is a Chicago native who is currently studying Elementary Education at DePaul University. She has performed across the nation in cities such as Grand Valley, Michigan and New York. Rachel will teach in a school of need in the near future following the completion of her degree and plans to build her own school for youth in the future. Rachel has already written a short play for Victory Gardens Theater and is currently working on another. The subject matter surrounding her work is varied and ranges from poetic verse that explores her family's history of drug abuse, to character driven fiction.
Dominique James (Ensemble) will graduate from Walter Payton College Prep in 2013. Former Louder Than a Bomb champion, and current Golden Gloves champion, Dominique has a diverse array of interests. In 2012 she pioneered a poetry and literacy class at Reavis Elementary School teaching middle-schoolers. The Poets Conservatory at Victory Gardens Theater has been her first experience with theatre. In addition to athletics and spoken word, she also likes ice cream and flowers (if you ever wonder about the key to her heart).
Britteney Black Rose Kapri (Ensemble) is a teaching artist, writer, performance poet, and playwright based out of Chicago. She is a recent graduate of Grand Valley State University. She is a member of the Not Enough Mics collective. She has been an ensemble member, turned teaching artist for Kuumba Lynx since 1998. She has been a participant, graduate turned teaching artist of Young Chicago Authors since 2003. She was a representative of Young Chicago Authors at the National Poetry Slam in 2009. She has performed at Chicago Hip Hop Theater Festival, Taste of Chicago, The Encyclopedia Show, The Writer's Guild's Palbra Pura and WBEZs Word Across the Generations. Two of her works were featured in the Victory Garden's One Minute Play Festival 2012. She has her first solo book project due for release in 2013. She is a co-founder of DMC Slam and the Who's the Boss Benefit Concert.
Maurice Meaway (Ensemble) A 'renaissance man' based in the scope of literature, Maurice Meaway is a writer, poet, emcee and teaching artist associated with The Board of the Young Chicago Authors who's performed alongside acts such as Bop Alloy (Substantial & Marcus D), Ill-Literacy (including Aja Monet), Kevin Coval, Saul Williams, Manny Garcia, as well as the 33rd Annual Chicago Jazz Festival and Printer's Row. Front man for the Jazz/Hip Hop band As Told by Heroes, member of the Terra 5 artist collective and its subgroup InAniMate, his publications range from articles written for Chi-Tea Magazine and reviews for AllHipHop.com. Blending jazz inspired narratives in his body of work, while delivering a smooth, yet ecstatic aura in his performances, Maurice continues to write with the motif of a Space Cowboy- or even a Gangster of Love.
Rachel Claff (Director) is a member of the solo performance ensemble BoyGirlBoyGirl, most recently appearing in The American Drink Book as part of the 2012 Rhino Fest. She is an alumnus of the Neo-Futurists, appearing in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind from 1996 to 2003, and co-creating such original works as Curious Beautiful (2000), The Sycamore Story (2001), and Fear (2009). She is the creator of It Came from the Neo-Futurarium! (2002–2011), a festival of staged readings of the "best worst movies ever made." She has debuted spoken-word pieces around Chicago at Write Club, The Encyclopedia Show, The Paper Machete, The Partly Dave Show, The Dollar Store Show, and Live Bait's Fillet of Solo festival. She has also served as a coach for Louder Than A Bomb. Claff received her MA in Cultural Performance from the University of Bristol in 2007.
Sean Kelly (Director) has directed The Fantasticks (Porchlight), English Class Heretics (Victory Gardens), Psychonaut Librarians (Collaboraction Sketchbook), Literally Sexy (Victory Gardens), Pancake Breakfast (The New Colony), The Glass Menagerie (Old World), Aesop and Icarus (Manhattan Rep), Master Harold and the Boys (Old World). Sean is a company member of The New Colony and an artistic associate of Porchlight Music Theatre.


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Alibi is located in the "drunk tank" of the former Charles Street Prison, where those arrested for public intoxication were kept overnight — a unique place to relive a little Boston history (hopefully on better terms). Thick brick walls with cell doors and windows, original stone floors from the jail, mug shots of celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison and Nick Nolte hanging on the walls, and jail-themed cocktails, like The Doing Thyme, The Walk of Shame and Gordon Gekko, are unsubtle reminders of the bar's theme. But leather couches, dark wood tables and candlelight make the experience much pleasanter today than it was for its former visitors.
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Come for a drink, stay for the view. The Mark Hopkins' famous bar is, as the name suggests, on the top floor of the historic hotel. That places it 19 stories up, in a landmark building that sits at the apex of Nob Hill, one of the highest points in San Francisco. All that elevation adds up to one of the best views in a city renowned for its views; it's a pretty sweet spot.
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Allegedly, Kentucky Sen. Henry Clay established the official recipe for the mint julep — Maker's Mark bourbon, mint, sugar and branch water — on the site of the Willard in the early 1800s. Upstairs, the Scotch bar serves from a menu of more than 130 Scotches — one of the most-extensive selections in the city.
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The dark wood-paneled Oak Bar is located in the historic Fairmont Copley Plaza (founded in 1912) and is evocative of a British Officers' Club in East Asia: coffered ceilings, mirrors, marble. It feels like the kind of place where dashing men in suits casually make deals over martinis and oysters while eyeing a blonde in the corner. But the venue knows who it's catering to: a more mature crowd that can splurge on one of the most-extensive martini menus in the city.
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I am pretty proficient in html, css, jquery and php/mysql will be next on my list of things to learn. I was doing some reading on affiliate marketing and google adsense which gave me a new insight into ways to make money online outside of being a freelance web developer or selling a product/having a members subscription area, although to be making any kind of real money would need a good site with alot of traffic. Then i got to thinking, probably one of the biggest industries online is the adult industry. Although i have absolutely no idea how money making in this field works. Does anyone know of any resources where i could read about how to make money in this field? Sure i could set up a website with a monthly subscription but where does the content come from? Is this really the best method? Adult websites would get alot more trafic than most, so are there affiliate programs for this content where more people are likely to visit links/purchase products ie sending a skim to me if they were referred from my site? Or even a google adsense type of setup for this industry? I have no idea how these sites operate for money making purposes especially with there being so much free content on tubes etc. this isnt some kind of career option or anything but basically wanting to get something online and start making some cash alongside my regular job
I think your a victim of the misconception that many people have. That is creating ANY website results in dollars rolling in the door. That simply isn't true. If it were that easy I wouldn't have a 9 – 5. As for content one would think you create it yourself?, lol
Adult is the oldest and most saturated business on the internet. Adult content is pretty much worthless these days. Take a look at all the tube sites with streaming porn. Who pays for it any more when it is all available for free?
There are a few websites like Gof*ckyourself.com (replace the * with the appropriate letter) and netpond.com where adult webmasters congregate. You are best to look there for answers and you will find that adult is getting harder and harder to make any money on. Plenty of people will tell you not even to consider getting into adult any more with all the free content and piracy around. I will say the same thing to you. Don't even consider it.
You either have to buy the content, produce your own, or serve as an affiliate in which case some TGP galleries and sample videos may be provided to you. Then when (and if) you refer a paying customer, you get a commission which is typically 50% of the subscription amount.
Not true. There are literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of adult content websites. Each webmaster may own hundreds of them. It's a game of traffic, trading traffic with other adult web masters, and hoping you get a signup. It is harder now than ever to get a paying customer because of all the free content available.
If you want to try making some money at adult, I would suggest you try the Adult Friend Finder group of sites. They have the adult dating, live cams, plus pornography sites all under one umbrella. I have never done porn (I am morally opposed to it), but I did put an Adult Friend Finder banner on one non-pornographic adult-oriented (no nudity, just adult language and jokes and stuff) website of mine and did make some money from Adult Friend Finder signups. They used to pay a $130 commission on signups and I had a few of those. Then the pay per signup dropped to $55 or something and I eventually stopped advertising it.
When you put an Adult Friend Finder banner on your site, you also get paid if the visitor signs up to any of the other Adult Friend Finder websites. If you look on Adult Friend Finder, you will see ads for their other sites like maybe Penthouse. If someone clicks from your site to Adult Friend Finder then they click on a Penthouse banner on the Adult Friend Finder site then signup, you get paid for that, too, even though you didn't directly refer the traffic to Penthouse. You just kind of brought the visitor to the umbrella of companies and you get paid for that.
You are not going to make much--if any--money from Adult. If you have time on your hands and nothing better to do, then maybe you could give it a try. Odds are the amount of time you spend getting into it won't be worth what you make from it.
cheers for the opinions.. i suppose it probably is a really saturated market... just at the time thought it might be a bit of an earner but maybe not... im confident in my web design these days, just anxious to get something online (that will actually generate some form of income, no matter how little)... thinking of an idea that will attract people is the hardest part it seems... on another note, when it comes to making money, and lets face it it all boils down to money through an enjoyable line of work/passion, what other options are there besides directly charging for a members area of a site, selling a product, adsense and affiliate ads? any other money making methods i should be reasearching?
Nowadays, there are tube sites popping up online everyday.. they all do the same thing with the same videos, basically. Even on certain sites they tell you how to get/install a downloader to download tube videos. You can purchase scripts which download/upload videos from other sites onto yours. Or even just redirecting and gathering videos from other sites and putting them on a new page, with the video linked from the other sites.
Really, there's nothing you could do to "top the adult industry", tube sites are basically the same. You can add loads of videos and place ads, that's essentially all they do to make the money they do. But then again, the thing with that is that all countries have people searching tube sites. Some appeal more, some have better videos/more videos etc. So if you market it correctly and get it known, it'll be used.. thus earning you some money..
It's a risk, that's for sure.
I found an article on Google News a while ago about the adult tube video sites. It turns out that most of the big ones are all owned by one company. If you think about it, once you have the technology in place all you have to do is design a different website template and have a bunch of different sites to capture as much traffic as possible.
If anyone is interested in the adult website business and why it is a waste of time to get started you can read this article from New York Magazine. The article is from January 2011. It goes into detail about how one major porn player started the tube sites, then expanded the tube sites and another company has been buying them all up. The people who are upset are the whore performers and the webmasters with original content because why would anyone pay $20 or $30 a month for pornography when you can get it for free?
The porn industry affiliate business model is dying. Don't waste your time.
I just find it disturbing that someone looking to break into the web business industry would immediately think "I know! Porn!" Isn't there enough sleaze and oppression in the world without someone else trying to profit from it?
A recent article claims that global adult industry revenue is about $5 Billion, which is apparently $95 billion less than it was a couple years ago. Most of this is attributed to file sharing. I've run an adult design business for 12 years and i've managed to develop some strategies that have kept me for the most part, immune to the decline of the business.
It is a challenging business to break into and make any kind of profit from these days, but there are PLENTY of ways still to make money in the adult industry without going the traditional rout of trying to profit from adult websites and selling digital content.


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by Fraser Coffeen on Oct 16, 2011 8:49 PM EDT in Kickboxing
Sorry Badr Hari, looks like you won't get your last shot at the K-1 crown. Photo from 2009 K-1 Grand Prix by Daniel Herbertson.
It looks like the dreams of a 2011 K-1 World Grand Prix may finally be dead. Reports are beginning to surface that the Final 16 of the Grand Prix, scheduled for October 29 in Nanjing, China, has been cancelled, though there is still no official word from K-1.
The most credible report comes from Anil Dubar, manager to K-1 fighter Daniel Ghita, who announced on a Dutch blog that the Final 16 event was cancelled. This news is not much of a surprise, as it comes at the end of a week full of last minute scrambling on K-1's part.
As we reported last week, Tyrone Spong confirmed that, as of one week ago, he had not been paid for past K-1 fights and was unlikely to participate in this year's tournament. We've known for quite some time that many fighters were still waiting for payments, which could potentially cripple the 2011 tournament. Then, earlier this week, news came out that K-1 was working to take care of this problem, but in a rather odd way.
LiverKick.com reports that K-1 did indeed offer some of this year's Final 16 fighters a contract for the Final 16 event, but that by signing the contract those fighters would have to forfeit their rights to half of the money due to them from previous fights. It's unknown exactly who was offered this deal, or if anyone signed it.
One thing we do know - fighters represented by It's Showtime (the European organization who is helping promote the Grand Prix and manages many of the fighters involved) were not given this offer. It's Showtime President Simon Rutz has been very vocal about his fighters' lack of pay and the fact that if this was not sorted out, his fighters would not take part. He gave K-1 a deadline of this past Friday to receive payment. Again, LiverKick.com reports that as of Sunday, there is no word of that payment.
Finally, there is no mention of the event on the website for the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium (the alleged site of the show) nor any information on how to purchase tickets.
With only two weeks until the show, tickets not on sale, fighters and managers publicly saying that they are off the show, and K-1's biggest partner gearing up to pull their fighters, it certainly seems like this is a done deal. I would expect K-1 will keep trying to pull it together and will resist officially cancelling until the last minute. Given their track record, don't be surprised if they actually cancel the Final 16, but still say a Final 8 will happen in December. But at this point, it's time to accept facts. The best kickboxing tournament in the world is over.
Rest in Peace K-1 Grand Prix.


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Alan Bradley, revealed in San Francisco today, an online version of Space Paranoids is going to be released very soon! Using Kevin Flynn's own source code from the original game, the game also features 15 never-before-seen levels designed by Flynn himself! Alan's wife, Lora even showed up at the conference to say Hi! Shortly after the executive consultant of ENCOM left, Flynn Lives Organizers invaded and took over the stage to declare their never-ending quest to find Kevin Flynn.
You can watch the entire event here! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5918366
Apparently someone was suppose to parachute from the helicopter while Alan was still on stage, finishing up his announcement, but the helicopter came by too early and had to be postponed until the end.
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I've heard about them, but what is the best way to include relative font sizes in a web site? Is it right the default font should be 76% for the p tag? I just need it so when the text resize is used on the browser, the site will change gracefully.
Does this mean I need to also look at my width/height values in my CSS for <div> elements?
I've seen the following:
h1 { font-size: 160%; }
h2 { font-size: 140%; }
h3 { font-size: 120%; }
h4 { font-size: 100%; }
h5 { font-size: 85%; }
p, ul, ol, td { font-size: 85%; }
ul ul { font-size: 100%; }
td p { font-size: 100%; }
body { font-size: 80%; }
used previously, but don't want to mess up my layout
Thanks for any advice.
I reset everything in one fell swoop while paying no attention to what an "ideal" font size should be since the user will have ultimate control over that anyway.
What I tend to do is set the font size to 85% and then the leading (line-height) to 1.5 so that the fonts can scale nicely - and if using an elastic layout, the containers as well (when sized using EM).
I'll also set the heading sizes to 1em as well. Here's a rough example...
body {
background: #FFF;
color: #000;
font: 85%/1.5 verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font: bold 1em/1.5 georgia, garamond, "times new roman", times, serif;
From there, I can declare what I need to be larger or smaller by targeting a specific selector within a particular element or attribute (classes or IDs).
Don't get fooled into thinking that 62.5% = 10px because it doesn't. Not only do certain browsers actually obey the system metric (the operating system), such as Internet Explorer and Opera, but others also use 16px as a default no matter what (Gecko browsers such as Firefox), and then to make matters worse you have Safari, which IIRC uses 14px (or thereabouts) as well.
And then if that wasn't bad enough you also have some people who have their .dpi settings set to "large" (100 .dpi on Linux, or 120 .dpi on Windows) rather than "normal" (75 .dpi on Linux, or 96 .dpi on Windows), which results in the fonts being approximately 25% larger (this can be simulated in Firefox by increasing the text two sizes by using the control button and mouse wheel).
Just remember that when you use the example code above (should you decide to use it), that you're setting the font size to be 85% of whatever the user's browser has it set to, and the line-height will be 1 1/2 times that (to allow for sufficient white space between lines of text), and that EM measurements (such as the headings) will be set to that baseline - in this case the 1em of the headings will be the same size as regular body text, but can be over-ridden individually on an as-needed basis.
Using one relative font size for body and another for paragraphs, lists, tables, etc. is not a good idea. The issues of nesting elements will cause a nightmare and result in unnecesssarily bloated CSS.
Instead, set the desired font size on body and be done with it.
Forget the silly stuff about 'converting ems to pixels', because that's a fallacy. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Think in ems instead of pixels and everything becomes much easier.
I use this method that sets all browsers to have a 13px font size by default.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
body{ font-size: 13px}
<!--[if IE ]>
<style type="text/css">
/* IE CSS Document */
body {font-size:x-small;f\\ont-size:small}/*ie5 and 5.5. that are one size out*/
body table{font-size:x-small;f\\ont-size:small}
This assumes the user hasn't changed the browser settings to ignore fonts or use their own definitions etc.
By setting the font-size in the body to 13px you sidestep the issue of what the default font size setting is because if you said 75% then that would only be 75% of the default which may vary between browsers.
To get over the fact that IE won't scale font sizes the keywords are used as a base instead which will allow scaling and the keywords chosen will equate to 13px also.
From then on in the inernal elements in your page you can increase/decrease the font sizes using percentages by what ever percentage you need and the relationship will be stable. There is a chart on the yahoo font page that tells you roughly what percentages to use to effect pixel changes.
Be careful when setting font-sizes on elements that are nested because the relative size will compound. If you had a nested list where the parent was set to 85% the a nested ul would be set to be 85% smaller than its parent and so on. Compounding is an issue you will need to understand in order to avoid or correct it.
In nested lists you could do this.
ul ul{font-size:100%}
Of course you will need to make sure that the elements that hold your text content can grow also. This doesn't always mean sizing then in ems as well although if you did the scaling would be much better. Just make sure that if elements have a height and contain text then set a min-height instead (or no height at all) and then they can grow with the text even if they may look a little odd at times.
Remember that ultimately the user has control so all we can really strive for is a best fit type of scenario.
Here's a very old em demo:
lol - three different opinions to choose from
Depending on the site, I usually set my body font size to 0.75 or 0.8em, and then go from there. Headings slightly larger, footers slightly smaller. And that's really all you have to worry about.
Haha no kidding. Many thanks for such a positive and speedy set of replies.I'm off to try implement one of them, and hopefully it'll work out ok
Thanks again!
Oh, and Paul, I think I can trump your old EM demo with this: http://www.dan-schulz.com/temp/4columnlayout/
So if I went with:
body {
font : 75% arial, sans-serif;
I wouldn't have to declare font sizes in the rest of my CSS ?
If you want the font sizes to all be the same size (75% of whatever the browser says the default font size), yes. I do the same thing with my reset example above, as you can see in the link I provided a couple posts up.
Aaa yes, this one I see that, looks great. I think I'll try something similar for mine, or perhaps even try using the first example I put up and see what happens Thanks.I'll be back
That will incur an incorrect scaling bug in IE and you should use 75% or 80% instead.
So all the text is going to be the same size everywhere:). Seems unlikely to me. However, that is no different to all the other methods above in that respect as they all set the font size for the body. My method is the only one that you can guarantee (as much as you can guarantee these things) will set text at 13px though
Looks good Dan
The only comment I would make is that my demo scales the whole layout so that it is still the same uniform layout but only bigger/smaller. I'm not saying that it's any better and may indeed be worse if you don't like sideways scrolling but just a different approach. Your method is good for keeping the content on the same viewport and saves that sideways scroll effect although it may change the look of the layout a little.
Well you know me, I like adaptive layouts and HATE horizontal scrolling, though that's the Opera user in me talking.
Not if you want all normal text to be 75% of what the user prefers and accept that the font sizes of headings are a browser-dependent factor multiplied by that. You'll usually end up with a 12px base font, which may be a bit small for a hi-res monitor. It depends on your target audience, though.
Me, I'll often set the base font size (on html or body) to 81.25%. That will make it 13px in most contemporary browsers, unless the user has changed his/her settings. Paul's method is another way, although it doesn't respect user preferences quite as much. Of course, the only real way to do that would be to use 100%, but most users don't change the defaults and 16px is too large for comfort with most fonts.
I'll also specify the font sizes for headings, since the browser defaults aren't very aesthetically pleasing. For those I'll use percentages or ems, i.e., make them relative to the base font size to preserve the proportions if the user changes the text size.
I use em for the dimensions of all containers, as well as for most paddings and margins. That also helps preserve proportions.
Setting the base font size as a percentage has the added benefit of fixing an IE bug that otherwise makes sub-one-em font sizes microscopic. I don't know if Paul's way does that, too, or if he simply avoids using sub-one-ems.
The keyword method avoids this bug also.
Paul's method is another way, although it doesn't respect user preferences quite as much
Yes agreed - although we are all doing that in some respects if we reduce the size via the body element.
Good to know. Thanks, Paul! :tup:
Absolutely. I meant to write that, too, but I guess it didn't come out very explicitly.
Hi Guys,
I see that none of you guys do it this way so I thought I'd add my two cents in order to give another opinion. This is the way I do it - the 62.5% way. It's clean and easy to understand - that's why I use this method.
The fact remains that you have to give the base font size a percent value or key words to prevent the IE bug. So if that's the case, then why not give it a 62.5% instead of 75% or 81.25% in order to make things a little easier. But that's just me - everyones brain works differently. Which ever method is the easiest for "you" to wrap your brain around is the one that you should use. All the methods explained here in this thread are solid.
body {height: 100%; /* helps make height 100% */font: 62.5%/1.5 Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; /* 62.5% makes font-size 1em = 10px, 1.2em = 12px, etc */ background-color: #FDFDFD; color: #333;}/* ------------------ Typography ------------------- */h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, pre, blockquote, address {margin: 0 0 1em;}h1 {font-size: 2.2em;}h2 {font-size: 2em;}h3 {font-size: 1.8em;}h4 {font-size: 1.6em;}h5 {font-size: 1.4em;}h6 {font-size: 1.2em;}p, ul {font-size: 1.2em;}ul {margin: 0 0 1em 25px;list-style: none;}ul ul { /* fixes nested lists */font-size: 100%;font-weight: normal;}
I have taken the time and trouble to set the default font size in my browser at 20 pixels, which is what my ageing eyes need to see print clearly on an LCD monitor. Now you decide that when I visit your site that my preferences don't matter, and that you are going to present me with text that is smaller than optimum for my eyesite. So I have to do extra work to enlarge the fonts when I visit your page.
Ever consider that I might not bother with the extra work and just go away to some site where they treat my preferences with more respect in the first place?
Do you just not want money or business from older folks, is that your plan?
Because 62.5% is likely to be 10px for many users, which is way too small to read unless you've got the eye-sight of an eagle or run a 21" monitor at 800×600.
You then need to increase the font size for all elements, which causes lots of trouble when nesting elements. Why bother with that when you can set a more legible size from the start?
There is no reason whatsoever to set the base font size as small as 62.5%, since the notion that this will equal 10px is utterly false. Ed's reply above is a prime example of that. He'll get 12px or 13px, and if you've relied on the belief that 1em=10px the layout will fall apart.
I've got a question for you, Ed: Did you set the size to 20px because you need it to be 20px, or because that gives you a good size on pages that set the font to 75%–80%?
Ed, I think you may have overlooked some important statements throughout this thread.
Remember that ultimately the user has control so all we can really strive for is a best fit type of scenario.As Paul has stated, and as most people are aware of, is that at the end of the day the user is still the one that is in total control of text size.
With all of the methods described above it is just an effort to create a layout that will hold together and look decent through various font size changes on the users end.
I have taken the time and trouble to set the default font size in my browser at 20 pixels
I guarantee you it takes a lot more time and trouble to develop a website that is accessible to all people and there have already been two examples posted so far. With most modern browsers supporting zoom features now there is no one with eyesight that has been left out. Those using FireFox can just press the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse to increase font size.
I have taken the time and trouble to set the default font size in my browser at 20 pixels
I guarantee you it takes a lot more time and trouble to develop a website that is accessible to all people and there have already been two examples posted so far. With most modern browsers supporting zoom features now there is no one with eyesight that has been left out. Those using FireFox can just press the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse to increase font size.
In my opinion Elastic layouts are the most user friendly as the whole site scales with font changes.


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Size15 m²
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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- Parking available
- Elevator in building
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|Detmolder Strasse, 10715 Berlin, Germany
|Property type
|Private room
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A newly built top floor, modern, with all the comforts of a hotel, but it conveys the feeling of "the own apartment." You can reach the floor/attic comfortably by an elevator. This is an apartment with several rooms, with a homey environment, with wooden floors and big attic windows.
The room is bright with a very comfortable beds where you are going to have very relaxing nights. The kitchen is fully equipped with all the things you need to prepare your meals, making your stay easier and perfect, including dishwasher and the bathroom with a shower, toilet, a sink, a small shelf and mirror offer everything you need for personal care. Boasts a washing machine and dryer also available free of charge.
The room that you area renting is perfect for people who want to stay longer in Berlin, work here, or want to study on a course.
The room is near the federal court in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. There are good transport links to suburban train (Circle Line) Underground Railway (U9) and buses take you anywhere you want in Berlin. 10 minutes to Convention Center, shopping streets and Castle Street. Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, Brandenburg Gate, Friedrichstrasse in 15 minutes, by train. Restaurants, bars, pubs are also accessible by foot. This is for families, groups and young people exactly.
House rulesWe are in the flat from Monday to Friday (10.00 to 13.00) to welcome you and do the check-in and check-out.
But if you want/need to check in outside this period, it is also possible. We can arrange a safe place to leave the key.
We are a self-catering accommodation
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Reviews of this property
I had a pleasant stay. Everything was clean, new and modern and I'll be always at your back.
In the room I certainly missed a trash can and a black out blind. In the kitchen you can have quiet ready put more clean towels.
Ich hatte einen angenehmen Aufenthalt. Alles war sauber, neu und modern und ich komme jederzeit gerne wieder.
Im Zimmer habe ich allerdings einen Mülleimer und ein Verdunklungsrollo vermisst. In der Küche hätte man ruhig mehrere sauber Handtücher bereitlegen können.
Gute Lage, sauber, unkomplizierte Abwicklung des organisatorischen Drum und Dran. Schnelle Reaktion bei Rückfragen per Telefon, SMS oder Mail.
It was a nice stay in Berlin, quite good reachable in the center of Berlin. We enjoyed a weekend in this old style Berlin house, Vorderhaus, Seitenflügel and Gartenhaus are very typical for Berlin. In the 6th floor (elevator is available) you have very tall rooms, Clean and quiet, comfortable kitchen and clean bathroom facilities. Metro reachable in 3 minutes to get wherever you want in Berlin. Great.
Dear Kim, love Kim, it was again comfortable and almost like home, I again felt at home, and have the sprawling apartment that "in heaven" is so bright again very much, it was all perfect, I'll be back !, Klaus
Dear Kim, liebe Kim,
es war wieder gemütlich und fast schon wie zu Hause, ich habe wieder heimisch gefühlt, und habe die weitläufige Wohnung, die so hell "im Himmel" liegt, wieder sehr genossen; es war alle perfekt, ich komme wieder!!, Klaus
Hello. The room was ok, it lacked a little trash only. Also, I missed the daily clean up the bathroom.
Hallo. Das Zimmer war o.k. es fehlte ein kleiner Papierkorb nur. Ausserdem vermisste ich das tägliche saubermachen des Badezimmers.
The place is really nice and Kim very kind and helpful. The apartments looks as in the pictures and you have at your disposal any facilities you may need.
Very accommodating and friendly - nothing is lacking, Highly recommended!
Sehr zuvorkommend und freundlich - es mangelt an nichts; Sehr zu empfehlen!
Nice rooms, everything works, nice roommate and host! Am 100% satisfied, felt like home.
Schöne Zimmer, alles funktioniert, nette Mitbewohner und Gastgeber! Bin 100 % zufrieden, habe mich wie zu Hause gefühlt.
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- 3 cups Bob's Red Mill® Natural Almond Meal
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There are literally hundreds of ways to reduce IT costs, and most IT people have heard it all, from the lofty "aligning IT with business strategy" to the back-to-the-Earth "greening of the datacenter."
But after IT has taken even the most obvious steps, like consolidation and virtualization in the datacenter and using open source software -- while bringing all assets and spend under control with vendor-supplied contract management, asset management, and spend management systems -- CFOs are demanding even more of IT.
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With that in mind, InfoWorld explores cost-reduction methods you probably have not thought of. Now's the time to try something new to save costs that don't compromise the systems you manage and the capabilities you deliver. Here are seven options.
1. Buy refurbished equipment
Whether you call it used or previously owned, small and large companies alike are suddenly considering buying refurbished equipment rather than brand-new.
You can expect 40 to 50 percent discounts from the original price on most used equipment. In fact, the price of some used equipment may be reduced by as much as 90 percent, says Corey Donovan, vice president of operations at Vibrant Technologies, if you can use a three-year-old product.
But you can't buy used equipment from the original vendors. That's because it's not in the vendors' playbook to adjust prices for older systems. "Some of the major suppliers will ask $20,000 for an older server when they're selling their latest servers with faster CPUs for $10,000," says Donovan.
Refurbished and used equipment can really save the day if you have a new project coming on board or a new application you want to bring online. If you have only a $50,000 budget and the hardware alone costs that much, buying refurbished or used equipment at half price can make all the difference.
So where do you get such refurbished or used equipment? The choices run the gamut from long-standing commercial companies that live and die by their reputation for selling quality used products, to someone on eBay selling a truckload of PCs that they've never tested and don't even know if they start up.
Look for companies that offer at least a one-year warranty on used equipment and make sure they have a system in place for testing and certification. The better companies also have technicians certified by the original manufacturer, like Cisco or IBM.
As good as the price of fully functioning server is, keep in mind that you probably will still want to maintain a homogeneous system. It is far easier to troubleshoot when all your servers are from the same manufacturer and even the same model line, notes Michael Kraner, president of an IT consulting firm in New York City.
Also, be extra careful if you intend to buy used networking equipment. There appears to be a certain amount of counterfeit networking equipment, so you may not get what you expect. Donovan says some equipment are such bad counterfeits, you can see they're phonies from the picture on eBay.
Refurbishers used to get a majority of their products from leasing companies, but now bankruptcy auctions are fueling inventory, says Donovan. Another source of this equipment comes from companies that are outsourcing and selling off a datacenter or two, as well as those who have spare equipment as a result of their virtualization and datacenter consolidation efforts -- both often make a lot of great and very current equipment available.
2. Buy equipment at auctions
Another source for IT equipment is from local bankruptcies, says John Baschab, senior vice president of Technisource Management Services. There are 800 bankruptcy trustees in the United States, and these trustees (typically, attorneys are in charge of disposing of assets if a company has entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings) may have a favored liquidation firm for assets, and often one specifically for IT assets.
These auctions are a good place to pick up consumables like toner cartridges. If you go to the federal court system's PACER database, you can log in at a low cost and see what's available in your area. Of course, it is all cash-and-carry.
3. Max out current systems with high-performance components
Donovan and others say what is even hotter than buying complete refurbished systems is upgrading current systems with new CPUs, memory, and disk drives.
Upgrading a three-year-old Hewlett-Packard server from a two-way server to an eight-way can run you 10 percent of the cost of getting a new eight-way server.
Be aware that if you go this route, used disk drives have a shorter life span than components without moving parts, such as memory modules and CPUs. Also note that adding RAM doesn't always help. If a computer is five years old, the experts we consulted say it won't improve performance.
If you upgrade older equipment, note that some manufacturers may deny your maintenance contract or warranty, as they will not include used equipment in the deal. Our sources say that Sun Microsystems is very belligerent about putting its equipment under maintenance if it wasn't bought directly from Sun or an authorized dealer. Sun does have a recertification program in place for such upgraded systems, but the price is high. On the other hand, IBM takes a more liberal approach and has a reasonable recertification program and process, according to the experts we consulted.
4. Part out your equipment
While "parting out" -- recovering individual components for reuse -- is an old tradition among rebuilders of classic motorcycles and cars, it is a bit more problematic in high tech. You have to part out gear such as computers and servers selectively. It may not be worth the trouble in commodity desktops, but in networking and telecom, there are many cases where the parts are more valuable than the whole. Even spare parts have value.
5. Sell your old equipment
IT equipment depreciates in value 2 to 3 percent per month. If you're a large company, you could be losing tens of thousands of dollars for every month that assets are taken out of service but not sold.
Asset disposition service companies help IT manage equipment through retirement, reuse, remarketing, and recycling. Companies like Redemtech not only handle the equipment, they typically have some system for categorizing used equipment, testing and certifying the operability, and assigning an appropriate condition code that helps both the seller and the buyer know what to expect.
However, does this mean your company is better off with faster refresh cycles to get higher value for used equipment before it depreciates, or is it better to squeeze every last ounce of productivity out of your current equipment before you refresh? Probably the latter.
Even though his company would love to sell your newer hardware because it's worth more, Redemtech CEO Bob Houghton says it's typically better economics to extend the lifecycle of equipment and give up the residual value. For each type of equipment, though, there is no formula to figure out the ideal time to retire and sell, as the application of that equipment and type of maintenance required vary significantly.
Once you've made the decision to refresh and sell, move as fast as possible. Once an asset is surplus, it loses value rapidly, so don't stick it in a warehouse and let it age for three months. And don't look at such sales as merely a scrap-iron deal: Many assets can be refurbished and provide more value.
Use a consignment model if you go with an asset disposition firm, rather than a buyout. In an outright buy, the purchaser (in this case, the asset disposition firm) tries to pay the lowest price possible, while in the consignment model, the firm takes a percentage as commission, so it has an incentive to get the best deal for both of you.
6. Redeploy what you have
In any large distributed organization, there is always a certain amount of churn, and IT should take advantage of that churn for refurbishment and redeployment. On average, every dollar spent to redeploy a company can defer $14.50 in procurement costs, says Houghton.
And you can redeploy much more than just PCs, Houghton says. "Virtually everything in the IT portfolio should be looked at as redeployable as long as it can fit in with the company's hardware standard," he says. "If it doesn't meet the standard requirements, then retire it."
7. Sell equipment to your own employees
If the other methods to sell your unneeded equipment don't make sense, you always have the option of selling it your employees. But having something like an in-house silent auction to sell off old equipment to your staff can be a double-edged sword.
On one hand, it can be a way of giving your employees a kind of bonus during the hard times. On the other hand, like selling a used car to a friend, there is a good probability it will come back to bite you. If the system develops a problem, the employee will still hold IT responsible. If you're going to do this, make clear it is sold "as is" -- and stick to that.
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SOCORRO, N.M. March 6, 2012 – The Ft. Bliss Rugby Club returned to El Paso Saturday with a 29-26 victory over the New Mexico Tech Pygmies. It was the Strykers' first win of the young spring season while Tech remained winless after two outings. The Pygmies will try to get into the win-column against New Mexico State University's Chiles on March 17.
Tech loose forwards James Chavez (white scrum cap), Stephen Albritton (#6), and Sean Mussell (#7) break from a scrum as scrumhalf Rick Cosentino (behind Chavez) passes the ball to flyhalf Enrique Koerdell.
Stephen Albritton (number 6) and Scott Raymond (right) lift Sean Mussell of the New Mexico Tech Rugby Club to take a lineout throw in Saturday's 29-26 home loss to Ft. Bliss Army Base.
Photos by Dave Wheelock/New Mexico Tech
Ominously and for the first time in over a decade, the Pygmies were hard-pressed to field the requisite 15 players for the opening kickoff.
Tech took advantage of their superiority in the set scrum to steal the ball and score in the 14th minute. The eight forwards drove the Strykers back, hooker Tyler Fletcher swept the ball back with his foot, and scrumhalf Rick Cosentino passed on to the backs. It fell to outside center Jason Lee to find a gap in the defense and the promising freshman came through with another surgical strike hinting of great things to come. Fellow center Jordan Fastle boomed the kick through to convert Lee's try for a 7-0 Tech lead.
Ft. Bliss knotted the scores at 20 minutes when a Pygmy was separated from the ball in contact and after a few passes Stryker wing Doug Howlett put down a try converted by Jonathan Davies. Five minutes later the visitors took the lead when powerful flyhalf P.J. Fatialofa stiff-armed several Pygmies before delivering a nifty offload pass for Richie McCaw to score. A missed conversion left the score at 12-7.
At 30 minutes Tech was awarded a rare penalty try by referee Dr. Clint Richardson when flyhalf Enrique Koerdell was illegally impeded while attempting to run from a penalty situation. Again Fastle connected on the conversion kick and Tech led 14-12.
But the dangerous Fatialofa again showed his well-honed skills five minutes before halftime with a powerful 50-meter run in which he eluded or stiff-armed several Techies to score. Fatialofa's attempt to convert his own try failed, and the teams went into the halftime break with Tech adrift by three, 17-14.
The second half saw each team register 12 points, with Ft. Bliss striking at five minutes with a short-range try from Chris Cusiter, converted by Fatialofa, to stretch their lead to 24-14. Lee and his teammates answered with his 25 meter scamper four minutes later, and Fastle maintained his spotless conversion kick rate to bring it close at 24-21.
Fastle's attempt to draw even after 17 minutes went unrewarded as his kick sailed outside the uprights, yet with 23 minutes to play the match was either team's to win.
Tech advanced the ball into Stryker territory 32 minutes into the half and the ball was spun wide to Lance Hernandez, formerly an active member of the rugby club who last fall answered the call of a former passion by resurrecting the long-dormant Tech Baseball Club. Hernandez, who had gamely responded to a teammate's call that morning to fill a vacancy in the starting 15, took the pass and a defender almost simultaneously with the try line 20 meters away. Hemmed in by the touch line on his right, Hernandez took the direct route, driving through the would-be tackler on his way into the try zone. Fastle could not connect with the kick from a difficult angle but Tech led 26-24 with eight minutes to play.
The army men carried play into Tech's end of the field and a Pygmy was whistled for a penalty four minutes from full time. After an initial assault was repulsed by several determined tackles, Fatialofa spun a long pass to winger Alesana Tuilagi, who motored in for a try in the corner. Fatiolafa's conversion kick flew wide but the Strykers' three-point margin held for the remaining four minutes to give the El Pasoans their 29-26 victory.
Lance Hernandez was chosen Man of the Match by the appreciative members of the Tech rugby club. Hernandez will lead a T team to Colorado later this month on the university's first baseball road game in many years.
By Dave Wheelock/New Mexico Tech Rugby Director


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MORRISON – Thirteen plays. Sixty-eight yards. Seven minutes, 16 seconds.
Those are the vitals on the Amboy Clippers' victory march in a 24-12 victory over Morrison on Friday night at Bud Cole Field.
It began with 12 minutes on the clock, the Clippers (5-0) leading the Big Rivers throwdown 12-6. It nearly ground to a halt, if not for fullback Bailey Appleman's second effort on fourth-and-1 at the Morrison 28-yard line. But after being hit at the line, his legs churned all the way to the 17.
Cooper Nelson picked up 4 more, Appleman got 6, then Nelson scored from 4 yards away.
"Our linemen did great, stuck to their blocking, and we pounded the ball," Appleman said.
The point after, as was the case in all six touchdowns, failed.
From two scores behind the 8-ball, Morrison quickly made things interesting. Senior quarterback Matt Wilkens unleashed a 54-yard touchdown pass that traveled about 45 yards in the air before Danny Willis caught up with it, juggled it momentarily at the 20, then secured it to score his second receiving touchdown untouched.
"I can't say much other than Danny is a really quick kid," Wilkens said. "He's just such a fast kid."
But then Amboy's methodical running attack turned lethal, Cooper bouncing a run toward the left sideline. He used a gorgeous seal block by Jordan Ernst along the left edge and turned it up for a 46-yard run to the Mustangs' 3, where Ryan Mayberry pushed him out of bounds.
Appleman scored his second touchdown on the next play. Wilkens was intercepted for the second time on fourth-and-6. Austin Cover picked the deep ball intended for Willis to seal the victory.
After managing 38 yards in the first 22 minutes, Amboy traveled 63 yards in less than a minute to take a 6-0 lead before half when Taylor Ikens leapt to snare a 17-yard TD pass.
Morrison got even on an 18-yard pass to Willis. Cover and Appleman draped him along the back of the end zone. When the smoke cleared, Cover held the ball, the officials signaled touchdown and Appleman was stunned.
"I don't think he caught it," Appleman said. "And if he did, I think we were out of bounds."
Appleman the blocked Willis' extra-point try. On the ensuing drive, he carried defenders to the sticks on fourth-and-4 at the Morrison 31. Curiously, the officials measured but couldn't make a call, then adjusted the chains and awarded Amboy the first.
Four plays later, on fourth-and-goal at the 1, Appleman plowed in.
The Mustangs lost 5 combined yards on their first five plays, all rushes.
"They turned us one-dimensional, basically," Morrison head coach Cory Bielema said. "We were able to get over the top of them a few times with the passing game. Matt did a great job stepping up, because he's has some struggles at times this year. We really needed him, and he just about got us there."
Wilkens connected on his first six attempts and finished 9-for-17 for 153 yards. The Clippers were workmanlike, amassing 246 yards on 49 carries. They were not to be denied a shot to make a statement.
"This means a lot, to beat the 2A state champs from last year," Appleman said. "It feels great. This is what we live for – we practice hard all summer after lifting during the winter. This is what we get for that.
"We haven't gotten much respect, I'll tell you that. This game should give us some respect."