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Using the 10Bet website
The 10Bet interface is similar to that of many other online bookies, the main navigation is situated to the left, whilst the odds are shown in the middle and your betting slip is placed on the right. Finished in brown and beige with splashes of colour to highlight different areas, the site is extremely responsive and simple to understand. Once you select a sport, the list of leagues will be displayed, along with check boxes so you can view the odds on each before making a choice. For people who like the thrill of multi-betting, this element will have huge appeal.
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Category: Money Matters
How zero-based budgeting gave me freedom over my financial decisions
Budget. The word almost tastes bad in your mouth. Kinda like diet, right? But this last week, I took on the challenge hoping the process wouldn't be as painful as it seemed. The result? I actually might enjoy it now. Better yet, I never knew I could feel this relaxed about my finances.
How to get by on a $15-a-day budget
$15 a day?! I must be crazy. Last week alone, my daily average spent was double that. But in the name of a good challenge, I decided I would at least try to stick to a daily budget. And although you'll see that I may have not quite met my mark, I learned something much more valuable about my money habits.
Can I save money by only using cash for a week?
I have a problem with saving money — as in I usually just don't. So I thought to myself that if I could take away the ease of spending money, I would spend less and thus, save more. So I set off. 5 days. No debit cards. No credit cards. So with $120 set aside in real, tangible dollars, I set off.


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VINELAND, N.J. (WPVI) -- Many in Vineland, New Jersey are stunned by a police-involved shooting that left a man dead.
His final moments were captured on Facebook live.
According to the prosecutor, police responded yesterday to Wood Street, after receiving a call about a man pacing suspiciously outside of a home.
The prosecutor says the encounter between the officers and the man lasted several minutes before police eventually fired shots.
Tina Wain-Wright streamed part of the incident on Facebook.
At this point, authorities have not said if the man had a weapon.
The prosecutor is now trying to figure out if the shooting was justified.
Witnesses are urged to call investigators.
The victim's identity has not been released.
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text: With his stomach-churning debut, Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser proved he has the muckraking chops to make Upton Sinclair and Jessica Mitford proud. In the years since, he's written great longer pieces about pot, porn, and prisons, but he's been quietly working on his new book, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, for more than a decade. Tonight, Schlosser will discuss some of the many times our own nuclear arsenal has come close to accidentally destroying the world. Bring clean underwear; you'll need it. (Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, spl.org, 7 pm, free)


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I had such fun creating today. I spent most of the day in my craft room working on projects for this month. This was one of the last ones I did. I used the new Sheltering Tree stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog. It's a photopolymer set, so it's easy to line all the images up.
I stamped the trees in Early Espresso, then used Pear Pizzazz for the leaves. I put the stamp on the block upside down so I'd get a solid image. Then I stamped in Garden Green (stamping off one time) with the stamp on the block the correct way for the details. The bike is Basic Gray (but it looks very light…wonder if I picked up Smoky Slate instead? I don't think so, but you never know around here!), and then I stamped the frame in Cherry Cobbler. I used an image from Work of Art to add some cloud-like images in the sky.
This card makes me feel warm and nostalgic. I used to ride my bike through our apple orchards when I was younger. Talk about extreme biking. We had to jump tree limbs, dodge (or jump) holes and ditches, ride through tall grass, mud, and…ok. I didn't do any of those things. I got off my bike and carried it over the tree limbs and ditches. But still, it was a great workout. Of course, we thought it was just for fun!
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Six Telecom Companies Under-Reported Revenues By Over Rs 61,000 Crore: CAG
Six private telecom players understated their revenue by over Rs 61,000 crore, depriving the exchequer of Rs 7,697.62 crore, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India CAG said in a report tabled in Parliament on Friday as reported by The Hindu.
The country's highest audit body indicated "total understatement of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) by six companies including Airtel, Vodafone and Idea." For five operators – Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel and Reliance Communication – the period of audit is between 2010-11 and 2014-15. On the other hand, the period Systema Shyam Teleservices Ltd, the time period in reference is 2006-07 and 2014-15.
This is not the first time that the telecom companies are understating their revenues. The presumed loss was on account of lower license fee, spectrum usage charge and interest income as pointed out by the CAG report.
The CAG also added that there were about Rs 42,314 utilisation outstanding involving Rs 31,153 crore in respect of grants which were released up to March 2015. These grants were due by March 2016 from 33 ministries/departments.
Understatement of AGR by telecom players stood at Rs 2,602.24 crore for Bharti Airtel, the largest telecom player in the country. The same AGR for Vodafone stood at Rs 2152.95 crore, Rs 1,136.29 crore for Idea, 1,072.68 for Reliance Communication and Rs 670.85 crore for Aircel and Rs 62.61 for SSTL.
"We observed nonconformities with conditions of licence agreement in the accounts prepared by all six operators covered in audit due to which their AGR computed for sharing revenue with the government was understated," the national auditor said in its report, as reported by The Economic Times.
Revenue share payment to the government faced a shortfall by Rs 7,697.60 crore of which Rs 4, 531.62 crore for the period up to March 2016.
AGR definition
The definition of AGR has been highly contested. The telecom department has argued that all revenue earned by the telecom companies (inclusive of non-telecom revenue) should be kept in mind while calculating AGR. While the carriers have said that AGR should be limited to the purview of telecom services only.
The auditor, on the other hand, said that even though computation of AGR was not in compliance with the licence agreement, it was always certified by statutory auditors through an affidavit that the accounts were prepared in accordance with CAG guidelines. CAG also said that statements submitted by telecom companies departed from the stipulations of the licence agreement.
CAG also added that the telecom companies did not take any proactive steps to ensure that licensees disclosed their revenue as stipulated in the licence agreement.
DoT's response
As a response to the CAG report, DoT has pointed out that the basic definition of adjusted gross revenue was challenged by operators in 2002-03.
The telecom players suppressed revenues through accounting adjustments for commissions or discounts paid to distributors or promotional schemes like free talk-time or even discounts for postpaid and prepaid users, as pointed out by the auditor.
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and SSTL did not comment on the definition of AGR was still not settled and the matter is still tabled at the Telecom Tribunal.
Components under scan
Telecos have under-reported in more than ten segments, that include promotional schemes, netting off revenue from infrastructure sharing and excluding revenue from lease or sale of bandwidth from AGR, as pointed out by CAG auditors.
Audit noticed that Airtel and Reliance did not include revenue from lease of sale of bandwidth for computation of SUC though it was included in Licence Fee, it said in one instance, and while highlighting another anomaly it said, "Netting off or reducing commission or discounts paid to distributors dealers or agents, from revenue for purpose of reporting AGR was not in line with conditions of license agreement."
BSNL criticized
In another report, the CAG has rapped the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for unwanted augmentation of capacity as reported by The Hindu BusinessLine. The CAG noted that BSNL went in for capacity augmentation despite having 50 per cent unutilised wireline broadband capacity, in its report on the Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, for the year that ended March 2016.
The Logical Indian urges the concerned authorities to take up the matter and make sure that such shortcomings in financial management and implementation causing harm to the exchequer does not take place.


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"Now no matter, child. the name:
Sorrow's springs are the same
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed;
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for."
Spring and Fall to a young child
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Lisa, a girl in mourning, who thrashes about rending her quotidian relations with those who love her or could love her, as with her surroundings, lives melodramatically, speaks implausibly, and suffers with enormity. She is the central character in Kenneth Lonergan's MARGARET, a film which has before been reviewed here by Gabe Toro and is aptly called by him a "white whale" as well as "cosmetically choppy". It is a film which has gained significant traction with passionate critics as a "flawed masterpiece", or rather as a recent New York Times' article suggests, a "thwarted masterpiece". And yet, how can a film be simultaneously named a 'masterwork' and identify itself as also 'thwarted', 'choppy', or even as I overheard audience members voice...'fuzzy, sloppy, and magnificent'?
The film's general plot is hardly enchanting, and descriptions of what the film is about can only truly fall short, because this is the type of film that needs to be experienced in order to be then idealized, and discussed. I will, however, quickly recall the plot, only because its straight forwardness and even simplistic vagueness can perhaps shed some light on the double nature of this feature. MARGARET is a film about a young woman, who witnesses a fatal bus accident and is therefore caught up in the aftermath as she questions her involvement in it as an intentional or unintentional actor. The question of her involvement and intention, though logically limited to herself, becomes in fact a questioning towards other actors involved in the accident, and ultimately towards the world, in its private and public spheres. Therefore, what is superficially described as an internal inquiry of personal motives and circumstances is rather a process of external inquiry, as if in fear of a sense of self knowledge which could bring guilt Lisa needs to derail this type of 'circumstantial evidence' and instead thrash at others and question their involvement.
This could be said in a much simpler way. In an interview with The New Yorker's Richard Brody, Kenneth Lonergan describes how his personal experience influenced MARGARET, particularly when it comes to portraying the way a young person finds out about the ways of the world as the ways of institutions and compromises. Lonergan says the film was "about somebody who's not up against evil or injustice particularly, but who's just, you know...The world is too big to have it improved or affected by you--that's something that most of us find. Some of us, the remarkable people in the world, find that they can do something to change things, but the rest of us tend to make the opposite discovery." Indeed, the film is not about some mythic fight against a wrong done, but rather about finding out the way the human sphere seems to resist change and inquiry. Lisa's question is not first, "how did such a fatal occurrence happen?" because that question points straight back at her personal involvement. Her first question is rather something like, "why does the world deal with such occurrence the way it does?" or to put it more bluntly: "Why does the world not mourn?". In this sense it is her questioning which moves the plot along and becomes a net that traps all other characters and forces them too to thrash and rend, which is ultimately depicted as a sort of prosecution on the adult world of indifference.
What is, the world, after all? The greatest thing about MARGARET is that the film, in conjuring up a world, does it while also not determining it. The world is indeed "too big". This vastness and enormity is both the root of the film's naturalness and incompleteness. In its encompassing nature, MARGARET cannot help but depict absences. That is not to say the film feels ambiguous, inconsistent or unfinished but rather that it doesn't feel closed off. There could always be more. Yet, if all was vastness, enormity and grandeur, the film would fall to pieces. There is a definite structure, and Lonergan, again in his interview with Richard Brody, expresses it rather paradoxically:
BRODY: One of the things that amazes me about the movie is how abstract forces are brought to life. There is the sense that law is sort of in the air—the police are doing their work, lawyers are doing their work, courts are doing their work, and suddenly not only is Lisa involved in it, but you feel the vectors of these authorities.
LONERGAN: That's been my experience with them, and the experience of a lot of people I know. I mean, I don't have anything to do with the law or the police, but on those occasions when I do, there is this huge moving train that you step onto. It's got a long history of its own and a huge existence of its own...I mean, there are as many different situations as there are people, and that's something you get struck by when you go into a new situation—a legal situation or a medical situation. They start speaking this language you don't understand, and then you try to catch up and follow along, but it's one of the reasons why it feels like it's difficult to anything done when something goes wrong.
The paradox lies in that Lonergan here describes a character's misunderstanding and complete alienation in a completely new situation and yet it is that scenario that gives the film its structure. He describes Lisa's questioning as being an action akin to stepping into a huge train in motion. This image, from the character's point of view, fills her with awe at the enormity of the machine, the eternal movement of the law and its stifling, constricting, incomprehensible and simple-minded limits. Anybody can experience the surreal awe when confronted with the incomprehensible simple-mindedness of a law. In unveiling the process through which the law constricts, limits, and forbids perpetual 'mourning', Lonergan gives us a pure cinematic treatment of what tragedy consists of. Tragedy, in this sense, is simple of plot, grand in dramatization, and nearly implausible in its natural vastness. It is in this tradition, that rightly so, Lisa evokes tragic heroes of old.
Let's keep in mind that tragedy does not need end nor begin with death, but is rather a 'mourning'. What is mourned? Is Lisa, ultimately, like Margaret, "grieving/ Over Goldengrove unleaving?" or is it also that she mourns herself, and all of us?
PS: MARGARET is no longer in theaters, but a dvd/blue-ray will be released in july, which includes the theatrical version of the film and a director's cut, which is longer and has been speculated to be the one "complete" version of MARGARET. I feel there can be no 'complete' or concise version of the film, given its nature.


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I finally got the veggie bed cleaned out, a bag of earth added and the poor, neglected new plants in the ground with a good drink of water !
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Back L to R - sage, tarragon, tomato, cherry tomato
Front L to R - mini yellow rose (the largest it's been in 5 years), basil, yellow pepper, lavender, oregano.
The sage, tarragon, lavendar and oregano were planted 2 summers ago and I never expected them to overwinter one year nevermind growing into bushes ! So far I haven't harvested them at all, maybe it's time I figured out what to do with them.
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You can tag planned and logged activities in Planhat.
Tagging emails, tickets or notes for example as "important" or "positive feedback" helps you find them later in the ever growing activity log (Activities > History).
Create, Edit and Remove Labels
You can easily add and remove tags or customise the colour. Tags are account wide so any tag created by one team member will be visible by other team members too.
Activity > History Search
Tags are covered by the activity search so if you search for "important" for example, it will bring up any past touch point where that word appears in the text or as a tag.
In order to search for matching tags only then simply type tags: important. If you have a tag with multiple words, i.e. feature request then you'll need to use quotation marks when searching for this specific tag. For example: tags: "feature request". A search for tag: feature would also work in this case, so you'll only need to use the full name of the tag in specific situations, i.e. you have multiple tags starting with "feature" and you only want to see past touch points specifically labelled with "feature request".
You can also search for multiple tags, for example: tags: negative,churn.
Gather Insights and Respond to Important Touch Points
You can review the activity log to gather insights and ensure certain touch points are addressed. For example, you could create a "follow up" label to add to conversations which need following up and you can then remove this label when this is complete.
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Congratulations and peaceful wishes to all, and among the first, the brave men and women of the Russian Armed Forces on the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland.
For almost one hundred years, there has been a continuous celebration of those who defend Russia on the 23rd of February.
Nowadays, it also serves as a counterpart to the celebration of International Women's Day on March 8th. Though instead of men presenting women with flowers, women congratulate men are the service they have done, or would be willing to do if need be, to protect their families and country.
But far more important than the history of the commemoration, is the memory of the Heroes themselves. Before we remember those recently fallen, lets never forget the brave Heroes who in 1945 captured Berlin, ending the reign of the most evil regime in human history, and bringing to Russia eternal glory.
Far too often are these veterans forgotten, but we must never forget over 80% of the Nazi war machine fell on the eastern front; they fell to Russian steel and Ukrainian shot, in the fields of Stalingrad, in Leningrad, beyond the Carpathians and the fields of Berlin the Red Army fought. Memory Eternal! Now it is up to us to remember them…
The brutality of war, and almost serene way Russians met death without fear, for the sake of the Motherland is enshrined in the haunting beauty of folk songs.
Russia's legacy, and that of Slavic peoples in the defense of Europe is so great, some call the Slavs "The Lambs of Europe", because their blood is always spilled like a sacrificial lamb, for the sake of Europe. Thus it was against the Mongols, who would have laid ruin to all Europe if Rus' didn't bear the brunt of the suffering. It was the Slavs, under King Sobiewski of Poland who saved Vienna from the Ottoman Empire. Were it not for the Polish Winged Hussars, Austria may very well be Muslim, but once again, Slavic people sacrificed themselves, "For our freedom, and for yours".
Slavs fell in the defense of freedom against Napoleon and Hitler, who otherwise would have surely conquered the world, had Russia not stopped them. Once more, Russia holds the line in Syria, fighting with the Syrian people in order to prevent terrorists from overwhelming the world.
Russians understand, however, that this national podvig (a word meaning spiritual destiny/duty/feat/achievement) which Russia is ordained to accept is self-sacrificing, and they do not fear this, for they know that, like the Church Slavonic saying goes:
"The Righteous shall flourish like the Phoenix"
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Hawaii Cruise
March 13, 2001 to June 2, 2001
Monterey to Hawaii and back
April 10, 2001: Leg 2; Day 10
Kyra Schlining writes: I'm sending a couple of random images from yesterday. Here are Jerry Winterer, Charlie Paull, Jenny Paduan, and Juli Morgan discussing various prize carbonate specimens. Also some very small dolphins bowriding (no idea who they are as I got out there just as they were leaving, this photo was taken by Buck). This is our second time we've seen dolphins. We've also had whales (humpbacks?) breaching way out in front of our ship on one day!
Dave Clague has been extremely busy picking Site A, Site B, Site C....Site X for each day to try to plan for high winds.
Hard to believe there is less than a week left on our cruise.
Dave Clague writes: Today began in similar fashion to the last few days - searching for a dive location where both the wind and currents would allow us to dive. The first several sites we went to had surface currents in excess of 1.5 knots, but the winds were acceptable. The next two sites had acceptable currents but the wind was too strong. Finally, on the fifth dive target, we found a place with acceptable wind and currents where we could dive on the 900-meter terrace (estimated age about 335 thousand years old). The dive began much like the previous dive on this terrace, in an endless sea of basaltic lava flows that draped the steep outer terrace slope. We drove along the top of the terrace, collecting the lava flows at intervals to map the different flows we encountered. After covering perhaps a kilometer along the terrace, we found a sandy region with reef limestone outcrops, many of which contained abundant corals. Farther along the dive track, we came to another area covered by lava flows. The setting was exactly like the sandy beaches on Hawaii Island, where lava headlands occur at each end of sandy beaches with coral reefs offshore.
We did a second dive later in the day on the 400-meter terrace where it is crosscut by a fissure eruption that built several small volcanic cones. The dive began with a transect up the reef face where we found some corals and a nearly vertical section of massive limestone. The limestone at the top of the steep slope is deeply eroded so that it looks like swiss cheese. We think this material is mainly lithified carbonate sand. The first volcanic cone consisted of pillow lava, indicating its submarine eruption. We then traversed more of the reef top that consisted of sandy areas surrounding outcrops of the same swiss cheese limestone. We were heading for the last volcanic cone when the wind quickly picked up. By the time we reached the edge of the cone, we had gusts to 40 knots so we grabbed a few samples and quickly recovered the vehicle. Just before we started up, we came across an outcrop that showed the pillow lavas draped over the swiss cheese limestone, demonstrating that the volcanic activity postdates the reef.
We have now collected excellent corals from the 400, 585, 690, and 900-meter reefs and will be able to test previous models for the timing when these reefs drowned as sea level rose rapidly at the end of glacial periods. We are confident that some of these terraces (the 150, 400, and 1150-meter deep ones) are mainly reef constructs. We have also observed that some of the terraces (those at 585, 690, and 945-meters depth) are mainly composed of lava flows, with either patchy or continuous reefs on their tops. These terraces have been regarded as coral reef structures, but they appear instead to be formed as a change in slope that occurs as lava flows enter the ocean, as observed around the actively growing volcanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa today. Such a model could explain the apparent absence of these intermediate depth terraces on the flanks of Kohala Volcano farther to the north, which was no longer erupting frequently when these terraces should have been forming. The relative roles of coral reefs and lava flows in forming the terraces has been the topic of lively debates on the ship! We are heading back to the south Kona landslides for a few more dives starting tomorrow, with hopes of understanding what materials are involved in the slides, and how the different pieces fit together.
Jennifer Paduan writes: Just before the ROV reached the bottom on dive 288, we had a fire and boat drill. I brought this little beastie down from our stateroom to participate in the drill. It already had its life-ring on but a PFD was made for an extra margin of safety. It later got caught up in the assembly line processing of samples, and here is its official lab photo for the samples database as sample number T288-A00.


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#MondayMusings : Down the memory lane
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I am totally a sucker for old pics! I love collecting and going through old memories too. I agree with you about the charm of old world pictures where the memory was more important than the perfect picture. Nowadays people hardly have hard copies of pictures and most of the memories are reduced to living in the storage of our smartphones.
I also take time every once in a while to reflect on life as it used to be by pulling out my photo albums. The memories are far different than what the reality is, though. As an example, I grew up in Sonora, California, a beautiful place in the foothills of the Sierra-Nevada mountains.
Pictures from that time in my life are precious to me, and bring back wonderful times spent in school and with friends growing up. But it is funny – or perhaps the better word might be "strange," that when I went back a few years ago, everything was different. The town looked nothing like my memories.


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KANATA, Ontario – October 16, 2017 — HubStor Inc., the leading provider of data-aware cloud storage solutions, today announced that its immutable storage functionality had undergone a third-party assessment of its ability to assist broker-dealers with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 17a-4 compliance. The evaluation of HubStor's fitness for write-once-read-many (WORM) storage on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform is available in a newly released legal opinion white paper.
David Smyth, attorney at Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, assessed HubStor's fitness and authored the legal opinion. Mr. Smyth has an extensive background with the SEC and FINRA, both as a prosecutor at the Commission and in representing corporations and individuals in complex litigation and investigation matters.
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The legal opinion white paper is downloadable in PDF format here (requires email).
Note: The factual assertions in this white paper are based on extensive interviews of senior HubStor personnel and demonstrations of HubStor software. In this white paper, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP is not providing legal advice to its readers and the views expressed are for informational purposes only. Readers are advised to consult with both technical and legal advisors in assessing compliance with Rule 17a-4.
About HubStor
HubStor is Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) that enterprise clients use for secure cloud archiving, backup, data management, and WORM storage on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. HubStor includes connectors for Windows/CIFS/NFS file system storage tiering and backup, email archiving, and Microsoft Office 365 archiving and backup.
HubStor currently serves clients, large and small, across a variety of industries in the United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. HubStor is a CIOReview '20 Most Promising Azure Solution Provider in 2016' and a member of the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance.
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Gear you need to play MOBAs competitively
With the rise of professional eSports, MOBAs have become a wildly popular genre in the gaming community. Games like League of Legends, Dota 2, and SMITE are pulling in millions of players from around the world and pitting them against each other in action-packed team matches. Most MOBA players just want to win a few games and have a good time, but there are some players who take things a little more seriously. They want to compete. And if you're one of those players, you might find yourself wondering how you can transition from being an amateur hotshot to a legitimately competitive MOBA gamer.
Of course, doing well competitively in the MOBA world mostly boils down to skill (and practice). But there are a few accessories you can use to streamline your play experience, making you a more efficient (read: better) competitive player.
The right equipment can make or break your competitive edge, but sometimes finding the right equipment can be tough. Different games have different demands, and there are tons of gear options to choose from. We're here to help you sort through it all and find the best gear for your competitive aspirations.
After trolling through forums, asking some pro players, and consulting the all-knowing Reddit, we've compiled a list of what you'll need on the competitive MOBA scene, along with some suggestions for specific products that will get the job done. Where applicable, we've also picked which products will be best suited to specific games.
To play MOBAs competitively, you will need...
A Responsive Gaming Mouse
When you're shopping around for a gaming mouse, there are a few things you'll want to look for. First and foremost, you want good click response. This is key in any MOBA, but it's especially critical in games like League of Legends that require an excessive amount of clicking.
You'll also want to look for a mouse with programmable buttons in most cases, as this will help you further customize your play experience. And because you'll be playing for long hours, as competitive gamers must, you want a mouse that's well-designed and comfortable for extended periods of time.
Most players suggested using a mouse that's intended specifically for use in MOBAs or MMOs. The MMO mouse might seem like a strange choice, but lots of players said that the extra shoulder buttons freed up their left hand and made them much less reliant on the keyboard. Look for a mouse that can reach between 3,600 and 6,400 DPI, as this is the ideal range for MOBA play.
Razer Deathadder Chroma
Great for Heroes of the Storm
This minimal mouse is designed for comfort. It only has two shoulder buttons, but reviewers and owners alike have praised the mouse's incredible responsiveness, maneuverability, and overall comfort even after prolonged use.
The Deathadder Chroma is great for any MOBA player, but it's particularly well-suited to Heroes of the Storm. HoTS doesn't allow much custom mapping, so extra programmable keys would mostly go to waste. The streamlined layout is perfect for a more streamlined MOBA.
Buy it here.
Logitech G302/G602
Great for League of Legends
Logitech has a lot of great MOBA accessories that could change your play experience. If you're looking an ultra-responsive, lightweight mouse with minimal buttons, then the G302 Daedalus Prime is for you. (Read our review of it here!)
The Daedalus Prime's incredible click feedback and super fast response make it perfect for a click-heavy game like League of Legends.
If you want to step it up by adding wireless functionality and 11 programmable buttons, you can upgrade to the G602. It boasts a 250-hour battery life, but it does have a rather low DPI -- 2,500 compared to the G302's 4,000.
Get the G302 here and the G602 here.
Razer Naga/Naga Hex
Great for SMITE
Razer's products (particularly the Naga family) came highly recommended all around. The Naga Hex is a MOBA mouse that features six mechanical thumb buttons and nifty thumbpads in multiple sizes for you to choose from. The standard Naga is geared more towards MMOs, as it has nine programmable buttons on the left side alone. But reviewers say that comfort isn't sacrificed to accommodate them.
The extra programmable buttons on these two models make them ideal for a SMITE player, as SMITE is a little more dependent on keyboard input than most other MOBAs. Dota 2 players will probably find either one to be a good fit as well.
Buy the Naga here and the Naga Hex here.
Budget Pick: ZhiZhu 5500
If your wallet can't quite support your dreams of competitive play, this mouse is for you. Going for less than $20 on Amazon, this is a great budget mouse for any MOBA. Though it may look a little strange, it is apparently very comfortable to use. It also boasts 7 programmable buttons and a max DPI of 5,000. That's a lot of mouse for a little price tag.
Get it here.
A Mechanical Keyboard or Game Pad
This is pretty much standard for gamers across the board, but a mechanical keyboard is a must-have for any serious or competitive MOBA player. When shopping for a keyboard, you want easy input and quick feedback. For the visually inclined, a customizable light scheme can help highlight important keys or group key functions by color.
Player recommendations for the best competitive keyboard hit just about every major model that's on the market right now. So we narrowed it down to the few we saw the most.
It is worth noting that many players agreed the keyboard itself wasn't quite as important as smart key mapping. (Unless you're playing Heroes of the Storm, which limits your ability to customize your key bindings.) For ideas on how best to lay out your keyboard to gain a little extra edge in competitive play, check out these links:
Razer Blackwidow Chroma
Great for any MOBA
One of the most highly recommended keyboards of 2015, the Blackwidow Chroma has everything a competitive SMITE player would need -- from custom mechanical switches to five extra gaming keys (that you can program on the fly). You can fully customize its color scheme to suit your needs, too.
Buy it here.
Corsair K70 RGB
Also great for any MOBA
Another dominant name in the keyboard market right now, the Corsair K70 came highly recommended by lots of players. You get your choice of Cherry MX mechanical switches -- but it's worth noting that the Red switches were preferred by most competitive players for their easy input. You can also customize the lighting on a per-key basis, so you can highlight the most important keys for your play and even organize their functions by color.
We didn't get a chance to review the K70 RGB, but we did get to review the very similar K65 RGB -- and we loved it! The ability to customize the lighting on each key is great for differentiating between groups of keys that serve different purposes in your MOBA of choice.
Get it here.
Logitech G510/710/910
Great for Dota 2 or SMITE
We wanted to pick just one, but we couldn't. And neither could other competitive players. This Logitech keyboard line kept popping up in our research, and which model is best for you ultimately depends on the sort of competitive experience you want to have. All of these keyboards have incredibly fast feedback, though the G910 is marginally faster than other models -- but we can't quite say whether or not the difference is noticeable when you play. All three models also come with programmable "G-keys", which you could bind to abilities or level ups in your MOBA -- the G510 has 18, the G710 has 8, and the G910 has 9. (Those numbers don't make sense to us either... just go with it.)
Both the G510 and the G910 have customizable colors on their backlit keys, while the G710 simply highlights the WASD and arrow keys with a differently colored cap. The G710 is the cheapest of the three, without sacrificing much in the way of function. Despite being a slightly older model, the G510 boasts an attached LCD panel that will show you in-game stats, VoIP data, and more. Some players found this very helpful while others didn't use it as much as they thought they would.
The G510 and G910 would be great for Dota 2 or SMITE players as those are the two most keyboard-intensive of the most popular MOBAs. The G710 would be a good choice for League and Heroes of the Storm players.
Click here to buy the G510, the G710, or the G910.
Razer Orbweaver
Great for SMITE
A good alternative to a full-sized keyboard is a game pad. Most players who opted for this sort of product recommended the Orbweaver. It has 30 programmable keys and an 8-way thumb pad. You can also customize the color scheme.
While this would be a great addition to any MOBA game, we definitely recommend it for SMITE. Because SMITE is so keyboard intensive, lots of players preferred this option to stretching their hands across a full keyboard to reach commands.
Pick up the Orbweaver here.
Budget Pick: Logitech G13
This is another game pad like the Orbweaver. Logitech's G13 only has 25 programmable keys, but the pad is ergonomically designed to be very comfortable. Though it has a much lower price tag than similar products (clocking in at just under $60), it boasts an LCD screen that will display in-game stats, VoIP information, player messages, etc. You can also set it to switch between 5 on-board gaming profiles, so you won't have to pause and re-map before dominating in a different game.
Buy it here.
A Comfortable Headset
Comfort and clear communication are the two biggest things you should be looking for in a headset for competitive play -- or a headset for anything, really. You want something that will allow you to hear your teammates well, respond to them quickly and clearly, and won't get too uncomfortable as you wear it during your long competitive days. So stellar audio quality and ergonomic design are a must.
We almost could have narrowed this list down to a single headset, as one came more highly recommended than any other -- the Kingston HyperX Cloud. But for the sake of diversity, we included a few other popular models as well.
Because headsets aren't nearly as varied in form and function as gaming mice and keyboards are, we're not going to suggest what games you should use these products for. Any of these headsets will perform beautifully in a MOBA environment.
Kingston HyperX Cloud
Players and reviewers alike have raved about how comfortable and all around awesome this headset is. It's surprisingly lightweight and has a fully pliable microphone attached. The sound quality is fantastic, and even after long periods of wear it stays nice and cozy. I can personally attest to how amazing this headset is, as I own it myself. This accessory is worth every cent of its $95 price tag.
Buy it here.
Logitech G930 Wireless Headset
This was the second most highly recommended headset and a number one bestselling product on Amazon. The G930 comes with a noise-cancelling mic, three different leather headband attachments, and Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound. It also has three programmable G-keys that you can use to set commands for your voice client. There is another version of this headset that is nearly identical, except it is wired.
Pick it up here.
Sennheiser Game One
Similar to the HyperX Cloud, competitive players and reviewers alike raved about the comfort and sound quality of this headset. The noise-cancelling mic will mute automatically when the boom arm is raised, and audio comes through with incredible clarity. Instead of the leather-covered ear cups that we've seen on most headsets, the Game One uses a plushy velour that stays soft and cool -- because everyone hates sweaty ears. Ugh.
Buy it here.
Budget Pick: Creative Fatal1ty
If the other headsets on this list are a bit steep, you can pick up the Fatal1ty for about $21. This headset was a collaboration between Creative and retired eSports legend Johnathan Wendel -- who is widely considered to be the first competitive professional gamer to hit the scene, and one of the best in the world. The Fatal1ty has velvet ear pads, and a wide range of frequency that can handle both shrill noises and deep bass with equal clarity.
Get it here.
A Professional Gaming Mat
That little rubbery square with your dog's face on it isn't going to cut it in the competitive realm. You need a real gaming mat to keep up with all the demand you'll be putting on your mouse. Although a lot of gaming mice can compensate to a degree for the type of surface you're using it on, the right mat will noticeably improve their performance. A good gaming mat will have plenty of surface area for you to maneuver around, and it will have a no-slip texture that prevents accidental motions and slip-ups. This adds to any MOBA experience, but it's especially important in a MOBA as movement-based as SMITE.
The advantage of a good gaming mat is admittedly slight, but it is nonetheless essential if you want to play competitively. Pros don't let their mice slip all over the desk, do they?
Like the headsets we listed above, any of these mats will serve you faithfully as you break into the world of competitive MOBAs, regardless of your game of choice.
Turtle Beach Drift
This gaming mat has a microfiber surface and a rubber bottom, so it won't slide around while you're moving your mouse. It comes in four different sizes to suit whatever desk space you have available. The edges of the mat are specially stitched to prevent fraying and make it last longer, no matter how much stress you put on it while you climb the competitive ranks.
Buy it here.
SteelSeries QcK Gaming Mat
This mat is extra-thick for maximum comfort and to compensate for uneven surfaces. Just like the Turtle Beach mat, it features a no-slip bottom and a fiber surface that's designed for optimal feedback. Players cited a notable difference in the speed and control that they had over their mice.
Get it here.
Glorious XL Gaming Mouse Mat
There are five different size/color combinations available for this mat, one of which is bound to suit your needs. Like the SteelSeries QcK, it's extra thick for more comfort and balance on uneven sentences. And like the Turtle Beach Drift, it features anti-fray edges.
Buy it here.
Razer Vespula
This gaming pad is about as fancy as any gaming pad can be (short of the extravagant Razer Firefly). It features not one, but two sides. One side has increased glide that will improve your movement speed, while the slightly rougher control surface maximizes precision. Unlike the other mats on this list (and most others on the market), the Vespula has a soft, gel-filled wrist rest for a whole new level of comfort -- your hard-worked wrists will need a place to sit during a long day of competitive play.
Though we didn't specifically recommend any of the other mats for a single game, this mat would be great for the competitive SMITE player. Because SMITE has a third-person perspective, precise mouse control is a necessity.
Get it here.
Cloud9 uses some of these accessories, and look where they are.
According to the MOBA community, these accessories should be more than enough to get you started in competitive play.
Whether you're into League of Legends, Dota 2, SMITE, or Heroes of the Storm, there's a product on this list that's perfect for you.
Picking the right one (in accordance with your needs and personal preferences) will help you customize your game experience so that you're playing at the highest level you can. While a lot of your success in your MOBA of choice will boil down to skill, the right gear will go a long way in giving you that extra competitive edge.
If you've got the gear, but no one to play with, you can head on over to Gamer Launch to find teams and set up scrims. You'll be rising through the ranks in no time.
David FisherDecember 20, 2015, 10:16 amFeatured ColumnistMeanwhile I play alongside 5-6k mmr players in DotA2 with a Microsoft basic keyboard, and a ball tracking serial mouse. :/


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Kirkland, WA – March 20, 2013 – Acumatica, a leading global provider of cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial software, today announced that Acumatica, its flagship cloud ERP product, was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Software CODiE Awards for Best Supply Chain Management Solution.
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organized by industry focus of Content,Education and Software.
This year there were 27 software categories, including twelve new and updated categories that reflect the continued growth and evolution of cloud computing, mobile, big data, and video. Winners will be announced during a special Awards luncheon on May 9 in San Francisco during the industry's most comprehensive ISV conference, 'All About the Cloud'.
Acumatica is a comprehensive browser-based cloud ERP application, including financials, distribution, CRM, and project accounting suites, which are optimized for ease of use, adaptability, mobility, speed, and security. Acumatica enables SMB customers to quickly automate and manage their entire supply chain end-to-end, from tracking of raw materials through work-in-process inventory, bids, purchase order, shipments, and payments.
"It's an exciting honor for Acumatica to be recognized as a CODiE Awards finalist, specifically in the category of Best Supply Chain Management," said Stijn Hendrikse, Chief Marketing Officer for Acumatica. "We'd also like to recognize our global channel partner network, which extends the value of Acumatica's supply chain functionality for our small and mid-sized customers. Acumatica cloud ERP customers have a competitive edge over larger enterprises, taking advantage of the latest in mobile, browser-based access to leverage worldwide logistics, and supply chain performance measurement," he added.
"The CODiE Awards competition was extremely competitive this year, and all of the finalists should be commended for their innovative products and services," said Rhianna Collier, VP for the Software Division at SIIA. "We look forward to honoring the winners at our awards program in May at "All About the Cloud."
About SIIA
SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 700 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. Information technology (IT) and software security are critical issues to SIIA's members, many of whom strive to develop safe, secure and state-of the-art products that effectively serve their commercial and government customers alike, while protecting their intellectual property.
The SIIA Software Division provides a forum for companies developing the applications, services, infrastructure and tools that are driving the software and services industry forward. For further information, visit www.siia.net.
About Acumatica
Founded in 2008, Acumatica is the fastest-growing provider of adaptable cloud ERP applications for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), offering financials, distribution, CRM, and project accounting suites. Acumatica Studio, the technology development platform, gives ISVs and OEMs competitive advantage and fast time-to-market for developing and integrating cloud-based apps using industry standard tools. Unlike other SaaS ERP vendors, Acumatica is the only cloud ERP solution to offer businesses unparalleled adaptability, from choice of deployment, to device independence, to unlimited users, to licensing, integration, and customization options. Delivered through a global channel partner network of VARs, ISVs, and OEMs, Acumatica is available in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with global affiliates in Europe, South East Asia, and the Middle East. Based in Kirkland, Washington, Acumatica has been named a Red Herring Top 100 Global Tech Company. Learn more by visiting the new www.acumatica.com.


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Monday, August 20, 2012
5 1st 5 Pages August Workshop - Pruitt-Goddard Rev 2
Genre: YA Dystopian
Title: Desiderium
If I had a dollar for every time I found myself wishing for more time, I might only have to work two jobs. Maybe then I'd actually have time for a life. As soon as the thought slips out, the temptation to let myself feel desire consumes me. I squeeze my eyes shut and take a deep breath. I can't want more time. I can't want anything. Not if I don't want to end up in jail.
A flickering yellow light catches my attention. My gaze fixates on the steel bracelet clinging to my wrist and I have to remind myself to breathe. I strategically place my jacket over the bracelet to conceal the yellow light, and double check to make sure no one noticed. I quicken my pace and try to focus on getting to Calculus on time. When I'm within a few steps of the classroom I take a subtle peek at my wrist and heave a sigh of relief when I find no sign of the desire I almost let myself feel.
I scurry through the door and slide into an empty seat in the back. Without glancing at the clock, I pull out my textbook to cram in a few extra seconds of studying. Before I have a chance to become fully engrossed in the dot product, someone taps my arm.
"Have you heard the rumors?" the girl next to me leans in and whispers.
"What are you talking about?" I narrow my eyes in confusion.
"They're saying the Desiderium died yesterday."
My heart skitters in my chest. A blank look takes over my face and I forget how to speak.
"They're saying it was someone from Canada," she elaborates, ignoring my blank stare.
My brain races to put all of the pieces together. There's no telling what would happen if the rumors were true.
"Good morning, class," the professor interrupts. "Please put everything under your desks except for a pencil. For those of you who have just been added to the class, you will not be required to take the quiz but you will be responsible for the material. For everyone else, you have exactly ten minutes."
Desperate to distract myself from obsessing over the rumor and everything it would mean, I scour the room for any new faces. Students are always adding and dropping courses in the first couple weeks of the quarter, but I always hold out hope that I'll see somebody from the high school. There are at least a handful of us who take advantage of the Running Start program that lets high school students take college classes for free.
I recognize most of the faces from the first week of class, and am about to look away when a student a couple of seats to my right catches my attention. He brushes his curly amber hair out of his face to reveal startlingly deep blue eyes. He doesn't look much older than me, but I haven't seen him around the high school before. I definitely would have remembered him.
His eyes catch mine and all of the blood in my body seems to pool in my cheeks. He raises his eyebrows, adding a sense of mystery to his subtle smile, and time seems to slow down around us. A deep breath brings me back to my senses and casts a dark shadow on the silly thought. My lip twitches into a smile and I convince myself to look away.
Someone jabs me in the shoulder and shoves the stack of quizzes in my face. I slide one off the top and notice the new student doing the same. My pencil glides across the paper until all of the questions are answered. With two minutes to spare, I flip my paper over and lay my pencil on the desk. Everybody else is still scribbling away at their quizzes. Except the one person who didn't even have to take the quiz.
He gazes at the clock and his face softens. I tuck my unruly hair behind my ear and smooth the wrinkles from my shirt. His eyes meet mine, forcing my stomach into a knot. A few seconds is all it takes to lose control. His gaze shifts to my wrist and he struggles to suppress a smile.
My bracelet blinks an annoying shade of yellow.
As soon as I realize what I'm doing, I fight to regain control of my thoughts. I force my hands into my lap where they're safely out of sight. Desperate for a distraction, I count the holes in the ceiling tiles. I only have a few seconds to squash the desire before the excess dopamine in my bloodstream turns the bracelet red. Once it's red, it'll only be a matter of minutes before the officials show up to arrest me. With everything I have going on in my life, that's the last thing I need.
I long for the days when I'll be old enough to not even be tempted by desire. I won't have to worry so much about setting off the red light on my bracelet or letting the words want and desire slip out of my mouth. For now though, I just have to deal with it.
The door slams open behind me, forcing my head to whip around. Two police officers barge into the room trailing an official in a green uniform. The official passes the professor a respectful nod.
My heart races. My leg jiggles beneath the desk. With as much subtlety as I can manage, I glance down at my wrist. A heavy sigh escapes my lips when I'm unable to find the light. If it had turned red it would still be red, even if the excess dopamine was no longer in my bloodstream.
"Samantha Jones," the official's voice booms.
All eyes shift to a girl in the front of the room.
"Yes," she stutters.
The police officer slides out a pair of handcuffs.
"The levels of dopamine in your system have exceeded the legal limit. You are under arrest."
The solid red light on her bracelet gives her away.
"No, you don't understand," her voice shakes.
The officer yanks her out of her seat.
She screams.
Before anyone can realize what's happened, the girl's elbow smashes into the police officer's nose. Blood trickles down his face. The desk crashes to the ground. Everyone in the room averts their eyes and refuses to make eye contact with the girl as she makes a break for the door. The second police officer stumbles after her. Just a few feet from the door, the official reaches out, his face expressionless, and shoves a black object against the girl's side.
Her body convulses as she tumbles to the ground. The official slides the Taser back into his pocket and waits for one of the police officers to slide the handcuffs onto her wrist. The officer jerks her up off the ground and a tear streams down her cheek.
"Sorry for the interruption," the official passes another nod to the professor and everyone watches them lead her out of the room.
The professor nods in return. "Back to work everyone."
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I like this revision a lot! I only have two minor nits:ReplyDelete
"A blank look takes over my face" - this sentence seems awkward to me, because it doesn't seem like something she would think in her own POV - does she really know exactly what's happening on her own face, and is it just happening without her doing it? Something like, "I forced a blank look onto my face" would work better for me.
""They're saying it was someone from Canada," she elaborates, ignoring my blank stare." After reading this twice, I realize that it must be the Desiderium who is from Canada, but my first time I assumed that "the Desiderium" was a known person and therefore "it" must be referring to someone who assassinated the Desiderium. Maybe find a way to make it clearer?
Otherwise, I think this is really good. Good luck!Replies
Thanks, Leah! Done and done.Delete
I have a question for any of the panelists. How do you know when your first five pages are as good as they can be and should be sent out to agents (provided that the rest of your manuscript is equally strong)? Is it something you just send out when you're happy with it and test the waters?
And the question I'm afraid to ask is, but for the sake of my sanity think I should ask anyway...do you think my first five would be likely to get interest from agents (i.e. should I think about sending them off soon)? I know that it's ultimately up to me, but I'm hoping to get a second and third opinion from people who have had success with this before. I don't want to send it off before it's ready.
Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give :) And thank you for all of the constructive feedback you guys have given. It helps immensely.
You must have clarified the desire/need for time for thickos like me.ReplyDelete
Very minor / picky points. Feel free to ignore. Would the blood from her head pool in your cheeks sound better? (It is her head that has been turned).
I had to look up the dot product to be sure (and I trained to teach maths) – must be a term used more in the US. Would my pencil glide across a calculus paper? (I know people who are serious about Maths consider much of it elegant.) Raced / Moved furiously / Worked round- but perhaps you find Calculus really easy.
Really not sure about a deep breath casting a dark shadow – how about simply clearing/blowing away silly thoughts?
Door slams open forcing your head to whip round – how about something like all heads whipped round as a door slammed open ... (the door didn't force but that's just me being pedantic, feel free to ignore)
I like leg jiggling – I know that happens.
The levels of dopamine ... doesn't sound like a police expression to me. Would it sound better saying something like – You are under arrest for contravening the Excess Dopamine Act of 21?? (doubles as a way of getting a year in – if you want to do that.)
Try the ABNA comp next year. At least, if you get past round one you will get some feedback. Agents just send standard rejection letters, so isn't really a way of testing the waters.
I would say this is a stronger opener than the last version I have read. Starting in the classroom helps, and the general direction of the story is clearer (a forbidden romance, at least as a sub-plot?) There's also the hint that the protagonist isn't as undesired as it seems.ReplyDelete
The moment with Samantha Jones is also handled better, especially factoring in the narratator's close-miss.
I'm also confused about the Canada part too.
Hi Candyce,ReplyDelete
I think this is a solid place to start your story. You've brought in a nice mix of action and world-building, with several strong hooks to keep readers interested in reading more. I agree with the others that perhaps a touch more to help ground us into the situation with the Desiderium. Either a bit more or a bit less would work, but as it is, the way that you have it reads a bit unnaturally and leaves the reader confused rather than tantalized. It won't take much to tweak that into shape. Claryfying what you mean by "it was someone in Canada," would help. I.e. -- Do you mean that someone from Canada killed the Desiderium, or do you mean that there are multiple Desiderium and that it was one in Canada who died. Be careful of repeating vague concepts like:
"There's no telling what would happen if the rumors were true."
"and all it could mean."
That second statement would benefit from the addition of one minor piece of information that we didn't have before.
Be careful in general about repeating or suggesting concepts you've already nailed. For example in your opening paragraph, "As soon as the thought slips out, the temptation to let myself feel desire consumes me," could be removed. For one thing, the temptation is essentially synonymous with desire, so that sentence is confusing. For another, you show her struggling to control her desire anyway. Consider something like this.
"If I had a dollar for every time I found myself wishing for more time, I might only have to work two jobs. Maybe then I'd actually have time for a life. But I can't want more time. I can't want anything. Not without risking a jail sentence. Already the light on my XXX bracelet is flashing yellow. I squeeze my eyes shut, take a breath, and think of something ZZZ."
That would give you the option to "show" her coping mechanism and the values that the society has in place. Do they value selflessness, studiousness? What do they want people to feel in place of desire? You have her about to engross herself in the dot product (would all of your readers get that, btw?) and you have her gaze around the room, but presumably later you will introduce the societal alternatives. It might be helpful to have them now.
The above gives you the stimulous with your MCs subtle humor given more prominence, and then the reasoning and the consequences, and then the reaction at the end of the paragraph when your mc brings herself to heel.
I also agree with Leah's comment about the minor POV issues. Look at the one that she brought up, and also keep an eye out in the rest of your story for places where you have done things like: "he struggles to suppress a smile," which is only a borderline POV shift, but it can make the reader unconsiously pause since it leaves open the question of how your MC knows the boy is struggling.
Overall, my biggest concern is the number of visceral/physical reactions that you have in this piece and the number of different things that you are reacting to. While for the most part they all read well, the quantity taken together makes it feel a bit hard-driven, and if this is where we are launching, you are not leaving much room for increasing tension. You might try highlighting every instance of a visceral response: breathing, sighing, heart/brain racing, blushing, etc. and making sure you aren't overusing them or repeating.
Also be careful with where your MC or others are gazing, focusing, glancing, etc. Especially in a deep POV, these are often superfluous. Instead of telling us where your MC is looking and how she is looking at it, describe what she is seeing. That will free up room for significant actions that she notes in others, like the boy gazing at the clock (although perhaps gazing isn't the best word-choice there) or glancing at the band on her wrist.
Overall though, great job. This has a lot of potential and I think you are getting very close!


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