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What's the difference between North Dakota and North Dakota State? Fuck if the NCAA knows. North Dakota State won the FCS title in January, but the NCAA accidentally mailed the championship banner to North Dakota, even going so far as to address it to North Dakota's athletic director by name. But get this straight: Grand Forks and Fargo are separated by 80 miles of hostility, OK?
UND and NDSU haven't met on the football field since 2003, when North Dakota State moved up from Division II. But the mix-up already seems to be reanimating the rivalry. The North Dakota athletic director told the Grand Forks Herald he intends to call the North Dakota State AD to tell him where the banner is, though the story doesn't say anything about any plans to hand it over. And David St. Peter, the president of the Minnesota Twins and a UND alumnus, has suggested that North Dakota hold the banner hostage until NDSU agrees to play UND in football again. Which, come to think of it, is actually a better solution than the BCS.
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Could a text message make you save more?
A new study says yes.
American researchers conducting a study overseas teamed up with banks to send text messages to consumers to remind them to save. There was a 16% increase in savings account balances by the cohort that got messages pointing out how the bank offered specific incentives for consistent deposits.
However, the messages that pointed out the bad things that could happen if you don't save money did not affect the amount of money saved.
This could be a good strategy for US banks looking to shore up deposits (provided the service was opt-in, of course). Another idea is that you could program some self-help messages, personal finance or otherwise, into some kind of automated online text message service to help you reach your goals. I would probably use the calendar function on my phone because it pushes meeting reminders to the front of my phone.
What messages would you send yourself? What service would you use to do it?
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Dr. Pizer's background is primarily in community mental health with a focus on supporting underserved families. After working with young people and their families in school, inpatient, residential, and various outpatient settings, she served as the Training Director at Alameda Family Services from 2000 – 2007. She expanded the narrative training program to include services for new parents, the Head Start program, substance abuse treatment for young people and adults, a youth shelter, and public schools throughout Alameda in addition to the families, couples, and individuals who were originally receiving clinical services through the training program. Her clinical work at Alameda Family Services included providing therapy for formerly homeless families and individuals at the Alameda Point Collaborative, working with high school students at the School-Based Health Center, conducting substance abuse treatment groups with youth on probation, and intervening in family crises referred by the police.
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Can I Ever Trust a Man Again
I am a 47 year old single woman who has been divorced for 6 years and living on my own. Prior to my marriage I always dated and had serious relationships. I was engaged a few times but always broke it off. The Runaway Bride movie with Julia Roberts would describe me. I finally got married at 35 but it only lasted 5 years. My husband was a heavy drinker so our life together wasn't very happy or healthy. Currently, I have been involved with a guy for about a year. My concern is that I don't trust men at all. I think they all tell lies, look at other women and I always think they are up to something sneaky. Men seem to bring me down rather than make me feel good about myself. My looks are above average and I take care of myself. I want to be in a monogamous relationship and hopefully eventually marry again, but wonder how I can get over my negative feelings about men. Can you help?
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Dear Runaway Bride,Relationships are not about trusting men. The whole issue is about trusting yourself! Because your marriage ended in divorce, this confirmed your waffling about making a commitment. The problem with making a choice is our longing to make the perfect choice, the ideal choice. We are emotionally programmed to look for the ideal mate, get married and raise ideal children in the ideal setting. However, nothing in life is perfect and looking for perfection you waste precious time living in present reality. Let go of the unrealistic expectations.
Sometimes by overthinking we make the wrong choice because intellectually it seems right. That's where intuition plays an important role. You need both head and heart and to feel the decision in your gut. The good thing about intuition is that the more you use it, the more it grows.
When you feel negative about other people, when you criticize other people, you are not feeling positive about yourself. Negativity will attract inappropriate people to your life. Stop criticizing and start complimenting others. This will interestingly enough make you feel more positive about yourself. Your first love relationship is with you.
Here are some tips to trust a man by coming to your own senses:
- When you date, keep your antennae sharp. Listen attentively. Interview him and really listen to the answers.
- How do you feel when he is with you and gives you those answers? What does your body tell you – are you getting a headache, stomach ache a bad taste in your mouth? Pay attention to your physical symptoms. They are alerting you subconsciously.
- Observe what he actually does. Many narcissists can be charming and even feign empathy to lure you into their world. However, watch his body language and observe his actions.
- Look for the pattern. Don't excuse actions that don't fit or are inappropriate.
- Identify his core values. Is he stingy with money and therefore affection? Does he waste money and not value your affection? See the symbolic connections.
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The problem with being a food blogger is that you can't blog about a special Mother's Day treat without your mom finding out. My mom has always been my most loyal reader; no doubt she will see this post and my surprise will be ruined. But what can I do? I can't keep an idea like this to myself. It's too good not to share.
Remember in elementary school when you used to make those messy, colorful Mother's Day cards with glue and glitter and macaroni? Remember how your mom's eyes lit up when you gave her those tissue paper flowers with pipe cleaner stems? Moms always appreciate it when you make them something from the heart. What mother wouldn't love to receive a gorgeous box of homemade chocolate dipped strawberries for Mother's Day? The grocery stores and farmer's markets are teeming with luscious red berries this month; you can even buy the extra large long stemmed berries for a few dollars more. In some stores, a dozen chocolate dipped strawberries will cost you up to $50. No need to spend the money when you can make them at home for a quarter of the price!
I've given three options for decorating your strawberries below– plain chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate, and dipped in nuts– but who says you need to stop there? You can dip them in candy sprinkles, chocolate chips or chocolate cookie crumbles. For foodie moms, sprinkle dark chocolate strawberries with a few flakes of sea salt for a sweet and salty effect. Use a higher quality chocolate for the best flavor. To make dairy free, pareve, vegan strawberries, use dairy free chocolate for dipping. There are many delicious possibilities!
Happy Mother's Day! And Mom, if you're reading this, sorry I ruined the surprise. At least you know you have something to look forward to this weekend. 😉
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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
12 servings
5 minutes
10 minutes
Dairy or Pareve
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Learn to make beautiful chocolate dipped strawberries in this easy tutorial. Makes a beautiful and delicious homemade gift. Dairy or Pareve.
- 1 lb large ripe strawberries (long stems are best)
- 1/2 lb chopped chocolate or chocolate chips - milk, semi sweet or dark (8 oz)
- 1/4 lb white chocolate (optional) (4 oz)
- 1 cup chopped nuts - pecans or almonds (optional)
Rinse the berries well and pat dry (make sure they're completely dry with no drops of water present). Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper, or nonstick foil.
Melt your chocolate. If you are using both dark and white chocolate, you will need to melt the two separately. The chocolate melts best with indirect heat-- I use a double boiler pan. If you don't have a double boiler, simmer 2 inches of water in a saucepan, then place a heat-safe bowl in the water and melt the chocolate in the bowl.
Alternatively, you can microwave the chocolate on 50% power power for 2 minutes (or until melted), stirring once halfway through cooking. At the end of cooking, stir-- if the chocolate is not melted smooth, continue to microwave in 15 second increments till fully melted.
Once your chocolate is melted, you're ready to decorate. Assemble your parchment lined baking sheet, melted chocolate, and chopped nuts, if using.
Dip the strawberries one by one into the melted chocolate, coating them 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up. Lift and twist the strawberry as you pull it out of the chocolate, letting the excess drip back into the bowl.
If you don't plan to dip the strawberries in chopped nuts, place the dipped strawberries onto the parchment. Do not move or touch them once you've set them down, or you will disturb the lovely chocolate shell.
If you plan to dip the strawberries in chopped nuts, roll the chocolate dipped strawberries gently in the nuts to coat before placing them on the parchment.
After dipping the strawberries in chocolate, if you want to drizzle them with white chocolate, pour the melted white chocolate into the corner of a plastic zipper bag and seal. Cut a very small tip off the corner of the bag.
Gently squeeze the white chocolate through the hole in the corner, drizzling the chocolate in a thin stream on top of the chocolate dipped berries, moving your hand to create artistic squiggles.
Once your strawberries are decorated, place them in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes till the chocolate sets.
You can serve the chocolate strawberries chilled or at room temperature. Chilled strawberries will have a nice crunch to the chocolate-- room temp will make the chocolate a bit softer to bite through. Place them in a pretty tissue-lined box for gift giving, if desired.


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CEMOTAP Celebrates Quarter-century of Achievements
Also attending will be Lisa Noble, daughter of Gil Noble, the ailing legendary host of WABC TV's now defunct Public Affairs Program, "Like It Is. " She will give an update on her father's condition.
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On Sunday March 18, 2011 at 4 PM, CEMOTAP, The Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive To African People, the Queens-based media activist organization will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the Black Spectrum Theatre located at 177 Street & Baisley Boulevard, Inside Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, New York.
Over the years CEMOTAP has engaged in a number of activities to further their struggle for media justice, including submitting articles to the press about media abuses, publishing books journals and a newspaper, holding educational forums, leading and participating in demonstrations and boycotts, supporting media personalities under attack and supporting political prisoners.
CEMOTAP Co-Chair Dr. James McIntosh, said that "If just the people CEMOTAP has directly helped show up we will have an overflow crowd."
Betty Dopson Co-chair and founder quipped, "If just the community dignitaries who have said they are coming show up we will have an overflow crowd."
Admission is Free. Speakers include Dr. Adelaide Sanford, former Vice Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Larry Hamm, Chairman of People's Organization For Progress, The Honorable Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, The Honorable Inez Barron, New York State Assemblywoman , Bob Law, legendary broadcaster, Milton Allimadi Publisher of Black Star News, and Abdul Haqq of the December 12th Movement. Reverend Al Sharpton said on his radio program Sunday that he will stop by even though he will be out of state for a part of the day.
Also attending will be Lisa Noble, daughter of Gil Noble, the ailing legendary host of WABC TV's now defunct Public Affairs Program, "Like It Is. " She will give an update on her father's condition. Mr. Noble was recently transferred from a Rehab Center to Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey for emergency acute care. Ms. Noble will also discuss the need for the Black community to assist in the archiving and digitalizing of her father's decades of programs. Ms. Noble says that this digitalization will be necessary for the "Like it Is" collection to be shared with students all over the world as is her father's expressed wish. According to family attorney Joseph Fleming the tapes are now owned by the Noble Family "only because of the struggle of CEMOTAP" and the Black Community with WABC over the decades.
Jazz Hayden a Harlem Media Activist who has been exposing police abuses by videotaping the police as they engage in their "Stop and Frisk program will not only pay tribute but will discuss his own organization's videotaping program and how it can be expanded to other boroughs. Hayden has an upcoming trial date after being arrested for this constitutionally protected videotaping activity.
CEMOTAP Co-Chairs Betty Dopson and James McIntosh will share hosting duties and pay tribute to the CEMOTAP Executive Committee, the key workers of the organization who have labored behind the scenes for 25 years. Two of the original Executive Committee Members John Pounds and Arnold White are ancestors and will be honored during an opening libation.
CEMOTAP has also produced radio programs, cable TV programs and most recently an internet TV program called "Like it Should Be," inspired by Gil Noble's, "Like It Is" on CEMOTAPS YOUTUBE Channel
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SEOUL, Korea – November 26, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, holds itself and its supplier companies to the highest standards. In response to China Labor Watch's reports on our suppliers, we conducted an audit over a four-week period in September of 105 suppliers that manufacture Samsung products in China, covering more than 65,000 employees.
The Samsung audit team, comprising 121 trained and certified employees, undertook this urgent and broad-scale action to ensure our suppliers in China are compliant with applicable labor laws and Samsung's Supplier Code of Conduct.
Samsung did not identify any instance of child labor during the audits after reviewing HR records of all workers aged below 18 and conducting face-to-face ID checks. However, the audit identified several instances of inadequate practices at the facilities, including overtime hours in excess of local regulations, management of supplier companies holding copies of labor contracts, and the imposition of a system of fines for lateness or absences.
Samsung is currently reviewing 144 more supplier companies in China, which will be completed by the end of this year. From 2013, Samsung will ensure the independence of the audits and continue to monitor working conditions at 249 Samsung suppliers in China through the Validated Audit Process of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, a third party audit program.
We are now designing, researching, and/or implementing corrective actions to address every violation that was identified. Corrective actions include new hiring policies and work hours and overtime practices, among other steps, to protect the health and welfare of employees.
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New Hiring Process to Avoid Child Labor
Samsung has a zero tolerance policy on child labor violations. Although we did not identify any child labor during our audits in September, we have demanded all suppliers to adopt a new hiring process immediately, and contracts with suppliers who use child labor will be terminated.
• All candidates will be interviewed in person before hiring to strengthen identity verification measures and to detect fake IDs.
• Samsung demanded all suppliers to purchase an electronic device to effectively detect fake IDs by the end of November 2012.
• Special guidelines on the banning of child labor were distributed to all suppliers with necessary training provided. The guidelines will include Samsung's strong commitments to prevent circumstances of child labor and its pre- and post-actions to prevent employment with fake IDs.
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• Hiring discrimination will continue to be prohibited.
• Samsung has demanded all suppliers to correct irregularities in labor contracts and distribute one copy to all employees.
• A fines/penalty system has been abolished.
• Samsung has enforced all suppliers to provide adequate safety equipment and sufficient safety training.
• Samsung has demanded all suppliers to provide first-aid kits at manufacturing facilities and dormitories.
• Samsung has recommended all suppliers to provide additional training for managers on sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse.
• Hotlines at Samsung subsidiaries are being established for workers at supplier companies to report anonymously any inhumane treatment or violations of labor laws.
Commitments to Address Working Hours
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• Corrective action plans tailored to each supplier are currently under development.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Florida pastor Terry Jones, who had planned a mass burning of copies of the Islamic Quran for Sept. 11, has canceled the event in the wake of international outcry, according to media reports late Thursday. Jones, who heads a tiny congregation outside of Jacksonville, became a lightning rod for international criticism overnight after scheduling the event. [source]I'm glad. The idea of burning the Qu'ran was terrible. Why? Well, here are my thoughts. . .
1. It is foolish.
It smacks of juvenility. What's the point of this? To send a message? How? Any way you slice it, the message is unclear.
If the point is to protest the actions of Muslim extremists the act of burning the Qu'ran fails to communicate that message. Burning the book believed to be holy by all Muslims, not simply extremists, fails to make the (ostensibly) intended point. Instead, it offends all Muslims indiscriminately—making it really impossible to claim that the protest is limited at a sect within Islam.
If burning the Qu'ran at a Christian event is designed to make the case that Islam itself is a deficient religion and therefore inferior to Christianity, it is also silly: when Peter said that Christians should be ready to give a "reason" for their hope, I doubt very much that the apologetic approach he was advocating involved book burning. Book burning smacks of weak-mindedness; let's use reason and employ a thoughtful discussion.
2. It is un-Christian.
Jesus taught, "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you" (Luke 6:27). Is committing an action that would be perceived as a profound insult such as burning the Qu'ran really necessary here?
Obviously, I am not saying that discipleship means avoiding doing anything that might be considered offensive at all times; Jesus himself used language that insulted the high priests at his trial.
But Jesus was also concerned about offending others needlessly. For example, he instructed Peter to pay the temple-tax so as "not to give offense to them" (Matt 17:27).
It seems "loving" your enemies means not going out of your way to offend them. Jesus teaches, "bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you" (Luke 6:28).
In fact, Jesus specifically teaches us to "make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." Is this action going to help accomplish that? Or is it going to simply reinforce misinformed views about Christians in the West? Is it truly teaching as Jesus taught? Again, I think not.
Rather than inflammatory speech and offensive acts, how about a reasoned defense? Islam, for example, teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross. Can we have an honest and open historical dialogue about that? Which religion's teaching—Christianity's or Islam's—best fits the historical evidence?
Perhaps that kind of thoughtful debate can actually help further the dialogue. Somehow, however, standing by a bonfire chanting "Burn, baby burn!," seems a less effective means to that end.
In sum, then, the action is un-Christian because it fails to really proclaim the message of Christ in a way that, I think, is truly Christ-like.
3. It is dangerous.
Clearly, this is likely to incite violence; reprisals are sure to come. When a military leader who has vast experience working in a largely Muslim region tells you that your action is going to put troops in harm's way—we're not even talking about civilians who are not trained in defending themselves!—it's time to listen up.
Indeed, there's precedent. Just not long ago violence followed the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed. There was also the violence that erupted after a speech by Pope Benedict. (Some Muslims attempted to show that in fact Islam is a religion of peace by acting out in violence--yeah, that made sense.) So we've been down this road before.
4. The affair reveals a double standard.
While I stand by everything I have said above, it also reveals a ridiculous double standard in the press when it comes to religion.
Day after day, year after year, Christianity is mocked in many and various ways and no one complains. In fact, if the mocking is done well in pop-culture—if it really makes people laugh—it is hailed as great comedy. Jesus is depicted in all sorts of ways offensive to Christians; priests are routinely maligned as child-predators; icons sacred to Catholicism are defaced or disfigured.
As a matter of fact, in the last two years alone I knew two Catholic churches which were vandalized in such a way that the police clearly identified the acts as "hate crimes". But there was little or no press.
Tolerance is demanded for every variety of expression of faith it would seem except Christianity; and it especially feels like its open season year-round on Catholicism.
I think it is wrong for a number of reasons for the church in question to burn copies of the Qu'ran. I condemn it in the harshest language. But where are the same anguished, outraged commentators and anchors when Christianity is maligned?


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The November, 2005 WCSFA meeting was held at Chris and Nicki's place to vote on Clint Budd's VCON 31 proposal. The sketches pictured below are from VCON 30 where we keep art pads in hospitality. I was using my new Canon 50mm f1.8 lens for many of these shots, at ISO 3200, to avoid flash. The lens worked well, but I lost a benefit of the flash - consistent lighting.
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Volunteer members of the Capital City Fire and Rescue are working with the International Association of Firefighters Local 4303 to raise money for muscular dystrophy in the seventh annual "Fill the Boot" campaign.
Firemen will be accompanied by a fire truck and passing a large fire boot among the public at the Superbear Market, Costco parking lot and the Tram parking lot on Friday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Last year the CCFR volunteers raised more than $5,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Alaska.
"Everybody gets a kick out of seeing us pass the boot," CCFR Firefighter EMT Noah Jenkins said. "And the kids get to see the fire engine and climb on board. People drive up and give us everything from change in their ashtrays to $100 bills. And the whole gamut of donations are accepted."
In Anchorage, firefighters wait at traffic lights and approach vehicles when the red light shines.
"Unfortunately in Juneau we have a no panhandling law," Jenkins said. "So we are grateful for these organizations that allow us to park."
Sally Dial, the fundraising coordinator for the Alaska chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, stated that Fill The Boot raises more than $3 million nationwide each year for research, treatments, and clinics.
"The money that is raised during Fill The Boot in Alaska stays in Alaska," Dial emphasized. "It is really important to us. We are constantly doing works all year."
Dial said as many as 20 Fill The Boots are organized each year alone, from July through October.
Money raised helps a monthly MDA clinic at the Alaska Neurology Center in Anchorage and pays for the cost of flying patients in from around the state. Funds also cover an annual summer camp in Chugiak with no cost to clients and their families. There are also monthly support groups.
MDA also has a Loan Closet, which takes in donated power and manual chairs, crutches, bath equipment and similar items. The items are repaired or serviced and then loaned out to clients at no cost.
Roughly 150 people are living with muscular dystrophy in Alaska. The MDA covers 43 different types of MD and the disease is mostly inherited.
MDA healthcare services coordinator Kim Kampen works with clients, clinics, support groups, and summer camps involving MD.
"It is a muscle wasting disease," Kampen said of MD. "So a lot of it affects mobility. There are different types. Adults will sometimes have trouble with their feet with certain types, while kids with more severe types you notice at the early stages clumsiness or trouble with mobility. A lot of our clients end up in wheel chairs or power chairs. Several of our clients you might not know they had MD if they just had trouble with their feet. They can get around pretty well but they have some sort of limping."
Kampen said the disease can also affect the lungs and patients need assistance in breathing. Lou Gehrig's Disease, named after Hall of Fame baseball great, is a form of MD.
"Fill the Boot monies really do stay in Alaska to help local families," Kampen said. "Even though we are a nationwide company, the money stays here in Alaska."
MDA donations can be accepted anytime, either by check to the MDA in Anchorage (121 West Fireweed Lane Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99503), or taken to any Juneau fire station. Donators can also call 1-800-FIGHTMD (344-4863) during the labor day telethon Sunday from 6 p.m. to midnight on KTUU.
"If you see a firefighter out there holding a boot and with a fire engine, that will be us," Jenkins said. "The idea is to fill those boots up for the MDA."
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Police say Lindsay Lohan lied to officials about not being behind the wheel in her Friday car accident and, as a result, her probation could be revoked, TMZ reports.
Lohan, 25, was briefly hospitalized Friday after her Porsche slammed into an 18-wheeler on the Pacific Coast Highway on Friday. When she was in the hospital, Lohan told Santa Monica police that she was a passenger in the car and that her assistant was driving. However, her assistant later told police that Lohan was driving at the time of the wreck.
Lindsay Lohan released from hospital after car crash
Lohan and her assistant both got out of the passenger side when the car crashed, sources told TMZ. Shortly after the crash, Lohan first said the accident was caused by the truck driver, who cut her off, but when the truck driver denied this claim, she claimed her rental car's brakes failed.
Police are writing a report that includes the conflicting information, TMZ reports. It is a crime to give false information to a police officer, and doing so could mean a probation violation in her shoplifting case. It's unclear if Lohan would be sent to jail for violating her probation, or if the violation could affect her starring role in the upcoming Lifetime TV movie Liz and Dick.


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I'm a 19 year old student who really REALLY enjoys programming, and I'm hoping to glean from your years of experience here. At present, I'm studying PHP every chance I get, and have been for about 3 years, although I've never taken any formal classes. I'd love to some day be a programmer full time, and make a good career of it.
My question to you is this: What do you consider to be the hallmarks or traits of a professional programmer? Mainly in the field of PHP, but other, more generalized qualifications are also more than welcome, as I think PHP is more of a hobbyist language and may not be the language of choice in the eyes of potential employers. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Above all, I don't want to waste time on something that isn't worth while.
I'm currently feeling pretty confident in my knowledge of PHP as a language, and I know that I could build just about anything I need and have it "work", but I feel sorely lacking in design concepts and code structure. I can even write object oriented code, but in my personal opinion, that isn't worth a hill of beans if it isn't organized well. For this reason, I bought Matt Zandstra's book "PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice" and have been reading that a little every day.
Anyway, I'm starting to digress a little here, so back to the original question. What advice would you give to an aspiring programmer who wants to make an impact in this field?
Also, on a side note, I've been working on a project with a friend of mine that would give a fairly good idea of where I'm at coding wise. I'm gonna give a link, I don't want anyone to feel as though I'm pushing or spamming here, so don't click it if you don't want to. But if you are interested on giving some feedback there as well, you can see the code on github. I'm known as The Craw there.


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This is a site I had heard before but hadn´t tried yet, you need to have an invite though. You can record 12-second videos with your webcam or mobile, then post it or have it sent directly to twitter. So, instead of having written updates you can also use video.As you might have imagined 12 seconds is a very short time so you have to be very objective in what you say or show (just like in twitter). Just below is my first trial.
How can we use this tool with students?
Well, the best post I´ve read about this was written by Nik Peachey and my suggestion is that you go straight to his post to read all the great suggestion he´s given to teachers. Really worth reading.
testing 12seconds on 12seconds.tv
August 29, 2008
Exploring Larry Ferlazzo´s blog (Part 1)
One more time, here I go exploring Larry´s blog. This is a collection of sites I´ve selected from Larry´s blog to teach vocabulary.
Picture Vocabulary - different topics (picture + sound)
Phrasal verbs
a cute song+ video about clothes (for children)
video about BUYING clothes
clothes GAME
video: What are you wearing today?
Body Parts (match words(sound) + picture)
Lots of body parts with picture + pronunciation
The human body (page explaining more parts of the body)
Sports Game (for 1 or 2 players, use keyboard for 1 player)
Match word+sound to the picture
Presenting food (picture + sound)
food lesson on powerpoint video
Listening exercise for food
Tableware- picture + sound
food maize (listening activity)
August 27, 2008
Poetry Visualized
Poetry becomes more powerful if you can add other senses to it. Imagine adding sound and images to your poetry! This is what can be done at http://www.poetryvisualized.com
- I´ve selected a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe "A Dream within a Dream".
- I´ve selected a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe "A Dream within a Dream".
Johnlocker.com - video resource
The John Locker video library is a huge resource of educational videos which cover various areas, such as Nature, society, History, Science, Sports and others.
- The video I´ve selected is about Van Gogh, one of my favourite painters.
- The video I´ve selected is about Van Gogh, one of my favourite painters.
August 25, 2008
Embedding SONGS to your site
http://songza.com is a simple, fun site where you select a song and have various possiblilities of sharing it:
This is a song I love from the "Moulin Rouge" musical.
- you can send it via e-mail to a friend as a gift.
- share it as a link in twitter
- embed it in your blog
This is a song I love from the "Moulin Rouge" musical.
Teaching SPORTS vocabulary
If you´re teaching about SPORTS, then this post is for you. I´ve just found a series of YOUTUBE videos which feature olympic sports in a fun way. Check them out:
August 24, 2008
Celebrating BIRTHDAYS
I´m going to use one post to talk about various sites. First, I´m going to use http://flowgram.com in order to narrate my post and show you the sites collected from Orli Yakuel´s blog about celebrating birthdays using internet tools.
CLICK on the link below in order to watch the flowgram in full screen + audio:
CLICK on the link below in order to watch the flowgram in full screen + audio:
August 23, 2008
Discovering new stuff with STUMBLEUPON
If you are in the mood for discovering stuff, a wonderful tool to try is http://stumbleupon.com. As you surf and gives a thumbs up to things you like, the site kind of learns about your taste and guides you through suggesting sites you would like exploring. This is a video I found in YOutube which shows you how to use STUMBLEUPON.
August 20, 2008
Creating animations
This is a great site I found in Joe Dale´s blog, where you can create incredible animation! It´s quite easy to use, there are plenty of templates, characters and actions to choose from and you can send it to friends via e´-mail, embed it in your blog or make it public in the site. One BIG DISADVANTAGE is the impossibility to view it full screen, but the developers have been working on that feature (hope it´s available soon). Check out my trial video made with the objective of presenting SHOPS people go to.
Link: http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0NOghkrcc-Bg?utm_source=emailshare&uid=332626
Link: http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0NOghkrcc-Bg?utm_source=emailshare&uid=332626
August 18, 2008
101 Free web tools
This is a great slideshow created by Zaidlearn and embedded in his blog. I really wanted to have it in my blog in order to share it with other web2.0 lovers. Have a look at the tools he suggests for 101 usages.
101 Free Learning Tools
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: teaching thinking)
August 8, 2008
Powerpoint games
This site has a collection of powerpoints that can be used by any EFL teacher.
- Games like the horse race or the car race to keep the score of games in class.
- The "What is Louie Thinking" is to elicit words under the same category, like sports, fruit, clothes, etc.
- The "Sunken Treasure" could be used with any set of questions.
Online Reading
I´ve just found this site in Elena´s blog and I was literally in SHOCK. It´s great how well you can read with this tool, my only doubt are the rights to publish this material. Below, I´ve embedded a player from Calaméo from one of the Harry Potter´s books. If you select Full Screen you can read the story very well. Check it out.
August 7, 2008
New Title
Did anybody notice my new blog title? After having seen many nice blogs, I decided my blog needed a fancier title. The previous one didn´t look much like me, I mean, I do like classic but I JUST LOVE colours. My darling daughter who is really into photoshop kindly made this one for me. Check the BEFORE/AFTER. I really think it looks better.
August 3, 2008
BUBBLECOMMENT and share sites with friends
Bubble Comment via kwout
This is a tool I´ll definitely try to use more often. What you do is, you can record comments on a page you want to share, talk about the interesting features you like about the site. I had to try it out 3 times before it actually worked but it´s great for sharing links with people.
This is my trial
Producing online content
- This is a post where I´ll try out various tools Larry Ferlazzo has suggested in his blog. With your mouse try to put the words in order and read the message I´ve written.
With Bluegreen you upload your picture, add accessories, choose a destination in the past,present or future and record an account of your holiday.
How can you use it with students?
Your students can create imaginary holidays and record/ write about it along with selecting the images. It´s great fun doing it, by the way.
THis is the link to my trial message in a Caribbean island. http://www.bluegreenvacations.com/timemachine/?mid=27701517&arvact=_
With shadydentis.com you can add captions to photos. Something I didn´t like was the fact you can´t edit the size of the balloon or fonts.
This is so BEAUTIFUL!!! First select English as the language, then write your wish, select the style you want your message in and finally e-mail it to a friend/ friends.
This is my trial message, hope you like it.
August 2, 2008
PINGG.com - online invitation
Use pingg.com to make online invites to events. Choose the image, add the details, make a guest list and send it via e-mail or you can even post the event in Twitter. Very simple and useful.
This is just a sample I made to test the tool.
TRIBBIT.com - making a group card
This is a site I found in the great blog "GO2WEB2.0" which helps us internet people celebrate someone´s birthday in a different way. You can write a card where different people can collaborate in different ways: text, images, audio, video. YOu start a card, customize the page and then send an invitation (by e-mail) to other people to collaborate. When the deadline comes, the card is sent to the recipient. I imagine I´d just love to receive a card like the one below.
PHWEET.com - calling from Twitter
With Phweet you can make a call to one or more twitter friends without having to use skype or other application. I haven´t tested it yet buy looks promising.
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You don't always need a Support PIN (personal identification number). But if Apple Support needs to verify your identity, we might ask you to generate one.
Sign in to get your Support PIN
Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
Enter the verification code that is sent to your trusted device.* In the bottom-left of the screen, click Support PIN. Then click Generate PIN from the pop-up window.
If you see the button on the screen where you can enter a verification code, you might be able to generate a Support PIN without entering a verification code.
Your PIN is generated instantly and appears in a pop-up window that also notes when the PIN expires.
When you're prompted, give the four-digit PIN to the Apple Support Advisor you're working with.
You can use the PIN you generate only one time.
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VooDoo Paintball Scenario player appreciation day Saturday September 3rd. To celebrate the opening of the scenario field we will be giving away a free ticket to every player who plays on the scenario field, and at the end of the day we will be holding a drawing to give away a BT Combat paintball gun, a Compressed air tank, and hopper. We will also have other drawings that day for other cool stuff. Only one entry per player, and you must be present to win. For pricing and directions please visit our website at
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I spent years listening to my mother argue with various doctors when she asked them to give me something to ease the itching.
Psoriasis does not itch, one rather pompous medic said.
I must have been about 13 years old at this stage, and I looked him straight in the eye and asked, Doctor, do you have psoriasis?
He told me he did not. Maintaining eye contact, I asked him how on earth he, who did not have psoriasis, could tell me (who does have it) that psoriasis does not itch?
He, of course, could not answer.
Psoriasis does itch. It itches like nothing else. My husband has woken me in the night because I am scratching. I have woken to find myself, legs in the air raking at my skin until it bleeds, still unable to stop the itching.
It seems the more I scratch, the more it itches. The more it itches, the more I scratch. It is that most vicious of circles.
When I was a child, my mother was advised to bandage my hands at night and in the absence of anything else she did. For at least 10 years, I went to bed slathered in steroid ointment, wrapped in polythene and with both my hands bandaged into tight fists. It sounds barbaric now, but it was all part of living with psoriasis.
Thankfully, the old dinosaurs who told my mother that psoriasis does not itch are pretty much extinct. Medicine has come a long way since those days, but it seems there is still work to be done to find a cure for the itchy and scratchy cycle many of us still face on a daily basis.


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If you are considering whether having a mobile web strategy is a necessary piece to your business plan, the following should help you understand–it's not just necessary but a must. Jon Cooper of the Philadelphia Business Journal wrote a great article outlining facts and a beginning strategy. Let's take a look at Jon's suggestions.
5 Reasons Your Company Must Support a Mobile Strategy
1. Four (4x) or five (5x) times as many people have cell phones as have PCs.
In our opinion, PCs will be going the way of the cord tethered land line phone–bye bye
2.Mobile digital content "hitches a ride in the consumer's pocket and may literally guide him/her to your store or office."
In our opinion mobile users who share content, in real time, can share positive and negative experiences about your business. If you are not there to answer them they will leave this information unchecked on one of the hundreds of review sites (Yelp) available to them
3. Text messages far outperform e-mails in key metrics such as open rate. Ninety-five (95%) percent of text messages are typically opened inside the first 15 minutes. Your e-mail outreach program is struggling to maintain double digit open rates inside of several days.
In our opinion, the open rate and time frame of open, 95%, far out performs the traditional open rates (15-25%) of e-newsletters or email marketing (spam) campaigns.
4. Text messaging is short but they have the ability to carry, deliver shortened urls to a strategically targeted audiences.
In our opinion, this is a huge advantage in delivering messages in real time that provide call to action lead generation for a business
5. The combination of text messaging and mobile Web pages are "a powerful means of communicating important information to your audience."
In our opinion, this is the key to the next generation of online communication and a wave that should not be missed.


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Advice when going to the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack
Thanks to our extensive experience in this type of setting, we have become experts in Formula 1and motorcycle Grand Prix events. Therefore, we have collected and elaborated a great deal of useful advice if you are planning to stay in Barcelona to enjoy the races held at the Circuit de Catalunya in the town of Montmeló.
How to get to the Circuit de Catalunya Racecourse
To reach the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack in Montmeló, Expo Hotel Barcelona enjoys an easy-to-reach and privileged location.
Weather at the Circuit de Catalunya Racecourse:
We recommend that you be aware of the weather forecast on the day/s of the race:
Traditionally, weather is extremely warm throughout the racetrack, especially for those whose tickets are not in the shade. Therefore, we recommend that you take: cap/hat, sunglasses, soft drinks and cool garments.
If, on the other hand, weather is to be rainy, the easiest is to have a raincoat in your rucksack..
NOTE: At the hotel, we will provide you with a bottle of water on the day of the race.
Other recommendations
Free access for children: Children under the age of 5 and who do not occupy a seat have free access to the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack. If the children are under the age of 12, they will have free entry to the grassy area (known locally as pelouse) if and when the child is accompanied by an adult.
We recommend you take food and/or drinks with you.
Throughout the race, keep a very close eye on your belongings, as this type of event is a favourite for pick-pockets.
Merchandising: : If you want to purchase Formula 1 merchandising products, we recommend that you visit the shops along the streets of the village of Montmeló.
Taking a set of earplugs with you is good advice if you are located on a straight stretch. Depending on where you are located, the sound of the cars could damage your hearing.


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If you're riding hard enough, you'll start finding problems with your gear at an accelerated rate. And one of the issues is that many shells and jackets quickly become unbearably hot over the course of moderate to high efforts. However, Specialized created a solution—the Deflect H2O Expert Active Shell Jacket.
The solution to this problem all starts with the materials, which is why Specialized selected the venerable Gore WINDSTOPPER Active Shell for the construction. This woven fabric rests at the pinnacle of active weather protection, boasting equal parts breathability and wind resistance. And furthering these features, the jacket includes front venting pockets, a rear exhaust port, wrist seals, and watertight, coated zippers throughout. Basically, this all means that you don't have to make any sacrifices in comfort to keep dry.
- Gore WINDSTOPPER Active Shell is woven for strength, it's wind- and water-resistant, and highly breathable. A mesh lining has also been added for next-to-skin comfort and additional moisture wicking.
- One chest zippered pocket, front venting pockets, and jersey pocket access provide plenty of secure storage for all of your ride essentials.
- Watertight, coated zippers prevent water from seeping in.
- Wrist seals prevent wind and water from creeping up at the arm openings.
- Pop collar keeps the cold out of the jacket, while also adding an extra layer of protection at the neck.
- Reflective elements increase your visibility to motorists in low-light conditions.
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New video from Covergirl - Paris Burns
The new video from London-based queer/DIY post punk band Covergirl was launched earlier this month.
Comprised of members of Trash Kit , Peepholes, Wet Dog and Bloody Knees, Covergirl is like the culmination of a fiercely active and creatively important scene that exists on the strength of its bootstraps and passion in the less glitzy corners of east and south east London.
My first Covergirl experience (and generally the audience is led to believe it is always Covergirl's first experience too, as vocalist Andrew often begins with "this is our first ever show") was when they opened for Hunx and his Punx at Camp Basement on Old Street.
I got involved in a conversation with a well seasoned gig go-er who dismissed them outright due to the fact they were a so-called "super group". While it is true that more often than not I find I'm watching bands made up of combinations of the people in this, and a handful of other bands regularly playing the same venues/club nights, it has never struck me as stale or gimmicky. Instead, the impression is of a tight community of musicians and artists who have a range of ideas that need to be channelled through different guises, and while the connection is often clear (Rachel Aggs from Trash Kit brings a very-Trash Kit-esque quality to Covergirl when she sings), if anything it provides a depth to the scene as you witness these artists develop their ideas and build something good.
Covergirl is one of my favourite bands playing at the moment. Andrew's vocals have a desperate and dark edge, while their sound has a spacious-ness and coldness to it, the combination of which is like a melancholy disco, and "Paris Burns" is the best example of this.
So, here is the new Lessa Millet-directed video for Covergirl's single, Paris Burns. A single release party will be happening at Power Lunches, 28th October.
COVERGIRL – Paris Burns from Lessa Millet on Vimeo.
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Recount in DA race to cost nearly $12K
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Aspen, CO, Colorado
GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Ninth District Attorney Martin Beeson will have to pay nearly $12,000 to learn if he really has lost his job.
The estimated cost of a recount of votes cast in the Nov. 6 election, in which Beeson apparently was ousted by challenger Sherry Caloia, will be $11,831. The estimate came from the county clerks in Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties, which make up the 9th Judicial District.
Beeson, who has formally requested the recount, could not be reached for comment Thursday about the price tag of the recount and whether he will still pursue it.
According to the final vote tallies, issued Nov. 20, Beeson lost the election by a margin of 192 votes. (The margin was previously incorrectly reported as 184 votes.)
Caloia was the apparent winner with 17,633 votes, or 50.27 percent, to Beeson's 17,441 votes, or 49.73 percent.
An automatic recount is ordered if the margin between the candidates is less than or equal to one-half of 1 percent of the apparent winner's total, according to the secretary of state's website. That's a different number from the percentage split of the total votes cast.
One-half of 1 percent of Caloia's tally is 88 votes, so that is the maximum difference between the candidates' totals under which a recount would be automatic and paid for by the county governments.
With the margin in the final vote tally at well over the 88-vote maximum, Beeson had to formally requested a recount and must pay for it regardless of the recount result.
Rich Coolidge, spokesman for the Colorado secretary of state, said Beeson's formal request was received Wednesday.
While the clerks for Garfield and Rio Blanco counties had their estimates in by early Thursday, the estimate from the Pitkin County Clerk's Office did not arrive until nearly the end of the business day on Thursday. Those estimates were $5,595 for Garfield, $3,396 for Pitkin and $2,840 for Rio Blanco.
The clerks of the three counties have until Dec. 13 to finish their recount, after which Beeson will be expected to send in a check to the state, which will then be distributed to the counties.
Under state law, if the clerks underestimate the cost of the recount, the difference must be borne by the taxpayers of the jurisdiction.
If the clerks overestimate the cost, the candidate is due a refund for the difference.
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Montgomery County officials are suing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for at least $75,000 in unpaid Maryland property transfer taxes, the Washington Examiner reported.
Corporations and residents who buy or sell real estate in the county are subject to a 1 percent transfer tax. According to county law, though, government agencies are exempt from this rule if a property is being transferred to them. Fannie and Freddie are considered government agencies, though county officials claim they should be classified as private, for-profit companies; therefore they shouldn't be exempt from the payment.Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.


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I just discovered him, but I already love the work of Gret Slater. This poster for the American Heart Association is as effective in transmitting its message without a single word as it is beautiful.
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Opinion: Playing Politics with Ukraine Aid
New York Sun founding editor Seth Lipsky on why Senate Democrats tried and failed to link Ukraine aid to International Monetary Fund changes. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Arvest Bank launched its annual 1 Million Meals initiative to fight hunger in the four-state region the bank serves two months ago. Today, the bank announced that with the help of customers and community members, it has exceeded the campaign goal by raising a record total of 2,114,630 meals in the fight against hunger.
Launched in 2011, Arvest's 1 Million Meals campaigns have raised an eight-year total of 13,600,098 meals, which includes more than $2.3 million in funds given directly to the bank's dozens of local food partners.
This year's campaign total of 2,114,630 meals was made possible through donations from the bank, Arvest associates, customers and community members through fundraisers, events and nonperishable food drives in all Arvest branches throughout April and May. With summer here, the success of the campaign is especially meaningful because many schoolchildren will be without the meals they ordinarily receive at school.
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When developing a project it's important to have a good css form input structure throughout, most commonly used css forms will tend to be Login, Register and user Profiles. If you have taken the time to develop a custom template for your project more often than not the default appearance of forms you have created are not ideally suited to you designs overall look and feel. We have gathered together a great list of tutorials that should have your new forms looking great or breath life into your existing form design.
Form Tutorials
1. Style Web Forms Using CSS
In this article we'll look at how you can use CSS to create attractive and usable forms.
2. Fancy Form Design Using CSS
This chapter, which is fresh from The Art and Science of CSS, will explore the ways in which you can design a great-looking form, and provide you with the necessary code, which we'll work through together.
3. Customizing input boxes (text and others)
This tutorial will show how to change the color of an input box or textarea when they are active. This is very simple and is done using CSS.
4. Prettier Accessible Forms
I wanted to create something that anyone could easily reuse on any project: a style sheet that, when applied to a correctly marked up HTML form, would produce the basis of the required layout. So here it is—my attempt at portable, accessible forms.
5. Accessible CSS Forms: Using CSS to Create a Two-Column Layout
Lots of really great information on form layouts and optimization.
6. CSS-Only, Table-less Forms
Most of the CSS-only, table-less forms available suck. So, not wanting to stoop to mediocrity, I decided to take on the task of coming up with something better. This is the result of my efforts. It works in Win/IE6, Firefox v1.0+, Win/Opera v8.0, has minor layout differences in Mac/Safari v1.0.3 and Mac/Safari v1.2, and is usable but fairly buggered in Mac/IE5.2.
7. CSS Tableless Form
This is a tableless CSS form which you can use as a template for implementing your own lightweight form. It uses a combination of float and negative margins to create a two column layout for the form.
8. Stylish submit buttons
Most people would concur the default look of submit buttons is rather unattractive. Using CSS and a nice gradient background image, it's easy to transform a form button from a duck to a swan.
9. Forms markup and CSS – Revisited
Earlier this year I posted an article on a CSS-based form template, originally done for the Sahana interface. It was modified based on the feedback I received from the readers who stumbled upon the article, and the final version made it to the Sahana system. I have come to realize certain shortcomings of that template, hence this modified version.
10. The Form Assembly – Form Layouts
A CSS Stylesheet Collection for Web Forms.
11. CSS Styling of forms, Stu Nicholls
Stu Nicholls demonstratives one of our favorite fun form layouts.
12. Semantic Horizontal Forms
reproduce the registration form at http://www.squarespace.com/signup/ in a semantically correct way with fieldsets, legends, labels and some CSS styling.
13. Trimming form fields
Web forms often ask visitors for non-essential information, but long and complicated forms can seriously hinder the e-commerce sales process. Wouldn't it be cool to give users the option to hide these optional fields at their own discretion, and with a clever use of Javascript, the DOM and some CSS we can!
14. Badboy Niceforms
Nice rounded and apple like forms layout.
15. Functional Pretty Forms
Forms have been a rough spot when it comes to style. There's just only so much you can do; the browsers just don't allow the kind of styling I'd like. The issue is often discussed, and a nice demonstration of the problem can be found over at Roger Johansson's site. There have also been a few solutions attempted. Until I really started working on this, the best solution I was able to find was at badboy media. But there were problems with that solution, so I went about finding my own way.
16. Subtraction: Free Form for All – Standardkonforme Online-Formulare
All of the blood, sweat and tears that I put into designing that form in XHTML and CSS last week is coming to some good. After much continued fussing, I finally got it to render reliably and consistently across several major Web browsers, so at the very least, my labor satisfied the challenge at hand. But, having heard with near unanimity the general frustration that people feel about forms, I thought I'd do the civic thing and release a genericized version of my work — and let others freely borrow, steal and/or adapt it for their own needs.
17. Form Layout Templates
As the unwanted orphan of web pages, forms are neglected by many and designed by few. Most people are content to put in some text fields, some bold text and a submit button. I've come across quite a few tutorials on how to make forms as eye-achingly colourful as possible, and on how to customise form widgets in ways that Safari promptly ignores, but I can't find any articles telling you how to use semantic, accessible code along with CSS to make better form layout. Layout is where most of the problems lie with forms – grouping objects, labeling fields, helping the user cope with the amount of information that they have to fill in. The only article I could find relating to Standards and form layout was a rather oldish Eric Meyer throwback. So, as a service to the web design community, I have journeyed into the foul depths of forms for the last few days, and come out all the more wiser. Here is the tale of my travels …
18. Form Help without Popups
Thrusting new windows upon visitors of your site is frowned upon, as it goes against device independence by assuming a windowed environment. One situation where developers feel that a new window is appropriate is with web forms. If the visitor requires help on a form field, a new window saves the visitor the trouble of having to leave the form, and possibly losing the data they have entered. This article illustrates a scripting technique to get around the problem without having to open a new window.
19. Fun with forms – customized input elements
Ever wanted to match the look of your HTML forms with the rest of your website? This article demonstrates how to apply customized backgrounds to HTML forms, while preserving stucturally clean markup and accesibility.
20. Styling Form Fields
As long as I can remember, forms have always been problematic. They need to be short but complete, good looking but not confusing, informative but not cluttered.
21. Clean and pure CSS FORM design
It's simpler and faster than use only CSS property "to simulate" a table structure. In any case, for CSS lovers, this tutorial illustrates a proposal about how to design a pure CSS form without using html tables.
23. Enhance your input fields with simple CSS tricks
We're all trying to build an effective and good looking web forms. But there are always a new challenges. If you read my previous articles on how to build a better web forms, you could have noticed there are so many details. Label positioning, context highlighting or justifying elements. But, with just a few simple CSS tricks you can make a usual, boring web forms more effective and exciting.
24. Form Highlighting Redux
It seems the form highlighting effect I was experimenting with ended up being fairly well liked overall, so I thought I'd write up an explanation of how this was done, and how you can implement it on your own sites, if you wish.
25. Formal Weirdness
As I described and tweaked my version of reset styling, a fair number of people asked (with varying degrees of politeness) why I didn't just use a universal selector instead of that big ugly grouped selector. I said that I wanted to avoid styling form controls (inputs, textareas, and so on), and the only way to do that, given the state of selector support in today's browsers, is to list all the elements I want to reset while leaving out those I don't want to touch—like all the form controls.
This led to a fair number of questions as to why I'd bother avoiding form controls, and I said it was due to their "inherent weirdness". By this, I meant that form controls are impossible to describe with current CSS; and if they were treated the way CSS says they should be, we'd all hate the results. Furthermore, the handling of form control styling is going to be a very unstable branch of our field for the foreseeable future. Herein, I scratch the surface of this entire mess. Fair warning up front: this is going to be a long one. Also, as Bette Davis once proclaimed, buckle your seat belts: it's going to be a bumpy ride.
26. Getting Fieldset Backgrounds and Legends to Behave in IE
I'm sure someone has posted on this issue before I just haven't found an answer I'm looking for. Jeff Croft has a close answer, but he is trying to solve a different problem. I built off of his exploration for this solution. The "problem" occurs when you are building a form with a fieldset tag and a legend tag, and then style the fieldset with a background color.
27. Pretty Up Your Forms with CSS
A nice simple and effective form styling tutorial.
28. Push my button
If there's one element I think doesn't get enough respect, it's gotta be button. It's played second fiddle to input in tutorials and form examples for as long as I can remember. The few times it actually did get some attention, the lowly button was used and abused by the DHTML crowd—forced to accept obtrusive inline event handlers and other such nefarious crimes against semantic markup.
29. reForm: CSS Form Design Template for Any Layout
The reForms technique is a CSS and Javascript solution I'm working on for form design issues. Although it isn't complete, I'm providing a few code snips from the CSS and HTML that may be useful to other developers.
30. Rediscovering the Button Element
Creating a consistent interface for your users is a constant struggle for every application designer. Building consistency on the web is especially tough because the visual rendering differences across browsers and operating systems are wildly different and almost arbitrary in what can and cannot be done. No where does this become more apparent than when you're dealing with form elements and the biggest loser of them all in the battle for a standardized look is the infamous Submit button.
31. Showing Good Form
arlier this year, I forget exactly when (it's been a good year), I was building a client site that needed widgets. Building this was a challenge not just in CSS, but in choosing the proper markup – how should such a widget be constructed?
32. Simply Accessible
Designing for accessibility is not just a technical endeavour – like most other pursuits on the web, it involves creative problem solving and experimentation. In this context I mean that we are designing when we produce solutions that are built with intent – they are well thought out and created to be accessible at many levels and (generally) don't compromise aesthetics and usability.
33. Stylish Buttons
Consider, if you will, the lowly form button…the familiar, dreary workhorse of online forms: Not much to look at, are they? Until recent versions of IE and Mozilla, buttons were simple slabs that looked like bricks in a polished design. Now they're at least rendered with rounded corners, and with a shadow and rollover effect. Still, you're stuck with anonymous black-on-beige, and the size is almost always too big for the page. If you're going to the trouble to control everything else, why stop when it comes to form buttons?
34. Styling form controls
A question that is frequently asked in forums like the css-discuss mailing list is how to style form controls in a consistent way across platforms. Most of the time, the question is asked by someone who has just tried to do that, and noticed the difference in rendering across browsers and operating systems. The short answer is probably disappointing to many: you can't. Some also argue that you shouldn't, since doing so may reduce usability. My opinion on that is that light, sensible styling of some form controls can be OK, as long as you don't overdo it. But what if we don't think about usability, and just want to see what actually can be styled? I've made a few examples that make up a longer answer to the question about styling form controls.
35. Styling even more form controls
This is a follow-up to my previous post about Styling form controls. For some background info and comments, you may want to read that post. In short, this is a reference that shows how differently form controls are rendered by different web browsers and operating systems. It also shows that little can be done to make form controls appear the same across browsers and platforms.
36. Styling form controls with CSS, revisited
Over two years ago, in September 2004, I posted an article called Styling form controls. My intention with that article (and its follow-up, Styling even more form controls) was to show that attempting to use CSS to make form controls look similar across browsers and operating systems in an exercise in futility. It simply cannot be done.
37. Stylin' Forms
Take out your designer's scapel and prepare to give forms an extreme makeover without tables. Slight exaggeration, but adding a splash of color and changing the layout dramatically changes a room and the same concept applies to forms. The form code is also accessible.
38. Styling Form Fieldsets, Legends and Labels
Quick and simple form tutorial.
39. The Form Garden
A CSS Stylesheet Collection for Web Forms.
40. Tips For Creating Great Web Forms
Some really great tips or construction professinal wuality web forms.
Form Interactivity
1. AutoSuggest – An autocomplete text field with Ajax
The AutoSuggest class adds a popdown menu of suggested values to a text field. The user can either click directly on a suggestion to enter it into the field, or navigate the list using the up and down arrow keys, selecting a value using the tab key. The values for the suggestion list are to provided as XML (by a PHP script, or similar).
2. Really easy field validation with Prototype
3. Scrollable Checklists
Usability and accessibility are all the rage right now and that's great because it's slowly making the web a better place. Unfortunately, some of the goodies in our bags of tricks aren't quite up to snuff when it comes to these two areas. One such goody is the good old select element—specifically with the multiple attribute enabled. How about we do away with them and try something different?
4. Ping-o-matic's Hover Invitation
Pingomatic uses a hover behaviour, a hover invitation, that works very well to not only invite people to click on something but to educate them that something is indeed clickable. What I am talking about is using hover on a label: label:hover Many people are not aware that labels are clickable, and that may be due to the fact that not everybody uses the label tag when building forms, so the behaviour can be inconsistent. By using label:hover, a person will learn that it is clickable, and your form will become that much easier for that person to use
Form Generators
1. CSS Form Code Maker
This HTML – CSS form generator will create a nice looking layout for forms. The time is now right – to move to 'tableless' layout for forms. And at the same time, add a 'little color' to the forms.
2. Wufoo – Build HTML Forms, Online Surveys and Invitations
Our HTML form builder helps you create contact forms, online surveys, and invitations so you can collect the data, registrations and online payments you need without writing a single line of code.
3. Icebrrg – HTML Web forms, surveys, and invitations made chillingly simple
Icebrrg lets anyone easily build online forms for websites and blogs — no programming, software or special skills needed.
4. JotForm – a web based WYSIWYG form builder
JotForm allow you to design your forms online without any prior coding knowledge.
5. Accessible Form Builder
Another online generator for accessible web forms.
6. FormLogix – Create web forms for free
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