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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

California Department of Education Statistics

California Department of Education, Dataquest
County, District, Fremont Union High School, Cupertino Elementary School
Enrollment, Graduates, Demographics, API test scores

Friday, August 22, 2014

2014 Spartathlon

2014斯巴達松及斯巴達超馬的起源

tab1, tab2, tab3-4, 46, 95, 34, 363, tab5, tab6, tab8

Live Data: 46, 33, 34, 330, 363, 364
Advendure.Net twitter Advendure live
Flickr
46:
traxpace plot

0 0km 7:00:00
4 20km 10 2014-09-26 08:36:13 1:36 9:10 Aspropyrgos
11 42km 20 2014-09-26 10:36:38 3:36 11:45 Mecara
22 80km 35 2014-09-26 14:26:57 7:26 16:30 Corinth-Hellas Can
35 123km 43 2014-09-26 19:47:21 12:47 23:00 Nemea
43 148km 3:10 Lyrkia
47 159km 41 2014-09-27 01:14:00 18:14 5:10 Mountain Base
52 172km 43 2014-09-27 03:25:03 20:25 7:30 Nestani
60 195km 41 2014-09-27 06:51:56 23:51 11:10 Alea-Tegea
68 223km 43 2014-09-27 11:51:40 28:51 15:25
75 247km 48 2014-09-27 14:45:13 31:45 19:00 Sparta

6 person GPS overlap
Spartathlon.kml on Google Maps
Garmin Connect Map with elevation and time
* 2012 results with 6 runner split time on distance graph plot with elevation profile (select diag of Rudolf Tamas)
2012 results of all runners
2013 result of all runners
* 2012 plot of Taiwan runners
* 2013 plot of 3 good runners on distance-time Maps
* 2014 plot of Taiwan runners

How to train for Spartathlon
2012 Race Report

Official information
Download Check Points, Program, Rules
Participants
Race Course Map with checkpoints
Contour elevation profile pdf
Race Control Points cutoff time

Race Section	Check Point No	Distance From Athens	Final Point Closes	Distance for Sector	Max Time
ATHENS TO CORINTH	0 - 22	81 KM	16:30 FRIDAY	81 KM	9:30 HOURS
CORINTH TO NEMEA	22-35	124 KM	23:00 FRIDAY	43 KM	6:30 HOURS
NEMEA TO LYRKIA	35-43	148,4 KM	03:30 SATURDAY	24,5 KM	4:00 HOURS
LYRKIA TO NESTANI	43 -52	172 KM	07:30 SATURDAY	23,5 KM	4:30 HOURS
NESTANI TO TEGEA	52-60	195 KM	11:00 SATURDAY	23 KM	3:30 HOURS
TEGEA TO SPARTA	60-75	245,3 KM	19:00 SATURDAY	50,3 KM	8:00 HOURS

Garmin Speed, Pace, Elevation

British Spartathlon Team Blog

Hellenic national Meteorological Service Race Weather
Athens monthly weather
Athens Weather - station Observation
Tripoli Weather
Sparti Weather

Registration Form with Supporters Included 9/24 - 9/30
Program and Schedule

9/24 Wed 10-16 Registration
9/25 Thu 10-15 Registration
14-16 Medical exam
16-17 Briefing
9/26 Fri 7 Start
9/27 Sat 19 End
20:30 Awards
9/28 Sun
9/29 Mon 20 Award Ceremony Dinner

Results:
Traxpace #46

Photos:
Advendure-1
Advendure-2
Advendure-3
flickr1
flickr2

Video:
YouTube near start
Live TV Spartathlon Σπάρταθλον 2014
Spartathlon Race 2014-UNCUT official

Reports:
running and stuff 2012
Highway to Hellas
Spartathlon report 2014
Return to Center
Run For Your Life - I want to break free
Professor applies ultra-running experience to research, Spartathlon (2014): Race Report - Bryce Carlson (Purdue)
English: Spartathlon 2014 - Jari Tomppo (Finland)
Over The Top: 2014 Spartathlon Race Report - Dave Krupski
台灣選手力拼2014年希臘斯巴達超級馬拉松賽
Sarasota woman lives an ultra lifestyle

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Online Web Email Minimal Age Requirement

Yahoo Family Accounts under 13 years old with restriction
Age requirements on Google Accounts Google Plus, Gmail, YouTube: 13
Facebook 13
Yahoo Terms of Service 13, 18+ for adult and mature content

Microsoft Services Agreement Outlook.com, Hotmail, OneDrive, SkyDrive, Microsoft account, Windows Live Mail, Bing: reached the age of “majority” where you live or have valid parent or legal guardian consent

Apple Terms and Conditions, Apple ID For Students

Twitter Terms of Service: can form a binding contract: 18

LinkedIn User Agreement 14

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Anatomy

Shirt, Coat, Jacket Suit 37-38S32 short measure sizing guide chart

Height 5'7" 171cm
Chest 37 94cm Women Medium
Pants Waist 30-32 76-81cm Women 6-8

Hip/Butt 36 92cm
Inseam 30, outseam 41
Head 23" 58.5cm, helmet 58 (7 1/4) M - 59 (7 3/8) L, round oval shape fit (Hat 7 1/8 ML or 7 1/4 L)

New Era 7 3/8 58.7 cm loose, 7 1/4

Neck 15" 38cm
Arm Length sleeves 32" 81cm, Sleeve length 23-24 58-61cm
Shoulder 17-18
Shoe sizes 8.5 (41, mondo 265) wide EEE
Gloves hand palm medium, circumference 20 cm 8", length 18.5 cm 7.25"
Socks
Calf 16" 40cm

Boots last width 104 mm, large big calves, soft flex 60-80
Ring size 7, europe 54mm - 55mm

Prescription lens glasses 71mm

Wrist 17cm 6.7" Apple Watch Band #6

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Typhoon Scale

Tropical cyclone scales
蒲福風級
熱帶氣旋分級 hurricane wind speed strength

Sunday, July 20, 2014

2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption

engine burning eating oil
Consumer Reports Excessive oil consumption isn't normal: Automakers say adding oil between scheduled changes is acceptable. It's not.

TSB Search result Scion S-SB-0024-11 2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption: 2008-2009 xB (August 11, 2011) Engine number F190625

Piston ring: oil control ring, low temsion rings reduce friction, oil cleaning detergent/cleaner
2AZ-FE Engine Mechanical: oil ring

Toyota T-SB-0094-11 2AZ-FE Engine Oil Consumption (August 11, 2011, updated 2/9/2015)

Some 2006 – 2011 model year vehicles equipped with the 2AZ-FE engine may exhibit engine oil consumption. The piston assembly has been changed to minimize oil consumption. Use the following repair procedure to address this condition.

Warranty guideline for acceptable oil consumption is 1 quart per 1,200 miles of operation.
Warranty Enhancement ZE7: 10/31/2016, 10 years or 150,000 miles
Toyota Recall VIN lookup
xB forums, New Scion xB, Scion Life, Club xB

Toyota and Scion Engine Oil Consumption – Class Action Lawsuit
MY 2007-2011 Toyota Camry HV
MY 2007-2009 Toyota Camry
MY 2009 Toyota Corolla
MY 2009 Toyota Matrix
MY 2006-2008 Toyota RAV4
MY 2007-2008 Toyota Solara
MY 2007-2009 Scion tC
MY 2008-2009 Scion xB

Class Action Allege Toyota Knew About Excessive Engine Oil Consumption

* Engine Oil Consumption
High Mileage 5W-20 Motor Oil, High Mileage Oil Filter

Toyota U transmission U241E, rebuilt re-manufactured, $2300, $2000 (3-year warranty)
U241E DTC code

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Colorado Tour, Summer Vacation

Google Trip Map
Details (pre-planned)
Sightsmap top 20 near Denver
2022 Trip 1/2

Colorado National Parks & Monument Tour
Attractions near Denver
Denver International Airport Murals Painting

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Money Museum in Denver M-F 8:30-4:30
Denver Mint (Mint Tour) Gift Shop Mon-Thu 8-4:30
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Denver) (Denver Cathedral)

Boulder:
Celestial Seasonings Teas Tours 11-3pm
NOAA Boulder Visitors Public Tours Tuesday 1pm

National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab
Flatirons from Chautauqua Park

Budweiser brewery tour in Fort Collins
Miller Coors Golden Brewery Tour
Red Rocks Amphitheatre Yoga on the Rocks

Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes Park)
Trail Ridge Road Summit 12,183'
Milner Pass (Continental Divide)
Vail
Mount Evans 14,265' (Mount Evans Scenic Byway), Echo Lake Park, Summit Lake Park

Colorado Springs:
United States Air Force Academy (Visitors) (Cadet Chapel) 9-5pm
United States Olympic Training Center USOC (Visit) Mon-Sat 9-4:30pm

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum 10-5pm

Garden of the Gods 8-7pm
Royal Gorge bridge
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine (Cripple Creek), Colorado gold mine tour map 9-5pm
Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (Cog Railway) 8-5:20pm
Pikes Peak Highway (14,115'), Barr Trail (7615' gain in 12.6 miles), Manitou Incline (2000' gain in 0.88 mile)

Sunday, July 06, 2014

Apparent Temperature

Thermal Stress / Apparent Temperature Approximation

Calculator = temp+(0.33*rh/100*6.105*exp(17.27*temp/(237.7+temp))-0.7*ws/3.6-4)

Wind chill: dry temperature, relative humidity, wind speed (km/h [3.6 m/s])
Heat index

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Chinese Classical

汉典古籍: 『集部』 > 总集 > 文忠集卷二十九·居士集卷二十九周必大編《歐陽文忠公集》
漢典古籍: 『集部』 > 總集> 文忠集卷二十九·居士集卷二十九歐陽脩 - 歐陽修全集

公为人清方敏默，为善不倦，而喜自晦敛，若不欲人知。
公為人清方敏默，為善不倦，而喜自晦斂，若不欲人知。

New Jerusalem Bible Matthew 6
So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
Bible Hub Matthew 6:2
ESV: “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Monday, June 16, 2014

external USB storage / backup

dd-wrt USB storage: ext2 or fat32 under DDWRT

fat32: 4GB file size limit how to format hard drive to fat32 in windows, under dos: (cannot use QuickFormating option /Q over 32GB), failed for 500GB

C:\>format /FS:FAT32 K:

ext3 journaling file system is not good for flash drive

How to create and use Live USB Linux LiveCD
How To - Format And Partition External Storage Device

How To Run Ubuntu in Windows 7 with VMware Player VMPlayer

---> the following is not accurate, not working

> su
> umount /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1

> mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
> mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sdb1

Windows 7 to delete all partitions including EFI
Run administrator command prompt

> diskpart
> select disk 7
> list part
> select part 1
> delete part override
> select part 2
> delete part override

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Washington DC Independence Day Celebrations

10 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day in Washington, DC on 7/4
Guide to Independence Day in Washington, DC

PBS: A Capital Fourth: America’s Independence Day Celebration

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Celebrate Independence Day at the National Archives

Washington National Cathedral: Annual Independence Day Organ Recital 11am

National Independence Day Parade July 4th at 11:45 am in Washington, D.C., on Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th Street

A CAPITOL FOURTH National Symphony Orchestra Independence Day Concert 8 p.m. (Gates open to the public at 3 p.m.) West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol

National Parks: National Mall Independence Day Celebration: Fireworks

National Cherry Blossom Festival

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Browser speed test

Best web browsers 2018: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera go head-to-head
Chrome > Opera > Firefox > Edge

Browser speed test benchmark
Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer IE, Opera, Safari

Futuremark Peacekeeper
Rightware Browsermark
Speed-Battle

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Street View Map

Nokia Here Street Level, Nokia Here 3D v2 Navteq earthmine camera, earthmine Lidar 16.8MP fisheye lens
Bing Maps Streetside View, Navteq

Google elphel camera

騰訊地圖街景日夜景時光機 QQ day/night vision, time machine

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Rental Cars

Differences between Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar, Payless, Sixt, Thrifty, Dollar, Alamo, National, Keddy, Rhodium, Goldcar, Flizzr, Firefly, Zipcar, InterRent, Centauro and more.

Consumer Reports Ranking: National, Enterprise, Alamo, Hertz, Sixt, Avis, Budget, Dollar

Costco (Enterprise, Alamo, Avis, Budget)

American Express Car Rental Loss and Damage Insurance Amex secondary loss/collision damage weaver LDW/CDW

* Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise, Alamo, National)

* Hertz Global Holdings (Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty, Firefly)

* Avis Budget Group (Avis, Budget, Playless, Zipcar)

Sixt Germany
Europcar France, Fox

Hertz 1918 (1987-2005 Ford) Dollar Thrifty vehicle guide jp
Enterprise 1957 Alamo National car categories japan
Avis 1946 Budget car guide jp
Dollar 1965 (1990 Chrysler) (2012 Hertz) car type
Alamo 1974 (2007 Enterprise) cars jp
Thrifty 1958 (1990 Chrysler) (2012 Hertz)
National 1947 (2007 Enterprise) cars jp
Budget 1958 (2002 Avis) fleet jp
Payless 1971 (2013 Avis)
Zipcar 2000 (2013 Avis)
Firefly 2013 Hertz

How to Avoid Excess Toll Road Charges for Rental Cars

Alamo Avis Budget Enter Hertz Dollar National
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Economy Rio Fiesta Accent Rio Spark Spark Rio
Compact Note Focus Focus Note Versa Versa Note
Intermed Elantra Cruz Avenger Corolla Corolla Corolla Elantra
Standard Jetta Verano Altima 200 Jetta Cruz 200
Full Fusion Fusion Impala Altima 200 200 Altima
Premium Lacrosse Taurus Taurus LaCrosse Impala Impala LaCrosse
Luxury XTS MKZ MKS XTS 300 300 XTS

Lap Shun Hui

許立信
Lap Shun Hui
1983 Everex
1995 Korea Data Systems (KDS)
1998 eMachines
2004 Gateway
2006 Packard Bell
2008 Acer
2009 InFocus

Friday, May 16, 2014

Smart phone, tablet as remote control to Windows PC, Mac OSX

iPhone, iPad, Android devices

Wifi Mouse Google Play iTunes HD for iPad, Android, server for linux
Remote Mouse Google Play iTunes HD for iPad, also Windows Phone
Logitech Touch Mouse Server iTunes (no Android)