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Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Administration on Aging will award nearly $200,000 to the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) to establish a new National Adult Protective Services Resource Center to serve as a knowledge base for the fight against elder abuse.
"Adult protective services are the boots on the ground in the fight against elder abuse," said AoA Assistant Secretary Kathy Greenlee. "The resource center will support these first responders with the best information, research, and evidence-based practices available."
States and localities are principally responsible for protecting seniors and vulnerable adults from abuse and providing victims with protective services and treatment. They commonly do so through Adult protective services (APS) agencies. The federally funded APS Resource Center will help state and local adult protective services systems, agencies and staff across the nation respond more quickly and intervene more effectively in cases of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The center will identify evidence-based practices for APS programs and interventions, compile research relevant to APS programming, and provide technical assistance to state and local APS programs.
"NAPSA is thrilled for this opportunity to create a vibrant, national center of learning and information exchange to help build the capacity of adult protective services to respond to escalating reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse," said Kathleen Quinn, executive director of NAPSA.
Recent reports from APS programs across the country indicate that there are significant unmet needs with regard to APS investigation and response, training for APS staff, and developing best practices for interventions and program operations. The Administration on Aging is establishing the National Adult Protective Services Resource Center to address this gap, and to enhance the quality, consistency and effectiveness of APS programs across the country. The ultimate goal of the resource center is to minimize the harm experienced by victims.
About Adult Protective Services (APS): Adult Protective Services are provided to insure the safety and well-being of elders and adults with disabilities who have been or are at risk of being mistreated or neglected, who are unable to care for themselves or protect themselves from harm, and who have no one to assist them. Elder abuse can be physical, sexual, financial, emotional or psychological, involve neglect or abandonment and can include self-neglect.
For more information about the National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, see: http://www.apsnetwork.org
For more information about elder abuse, visit the National Center on Elder Abuse: http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/ncearoot/Main_Site/index.aspx
For more information about the grantee, see: http://www.napsa.org
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text: Marc T. Nobleman reports that G1 Voice Actor Buster Jones has passed away on September 15th at the age of 71. The cause is currently unknown. Jones was the voice of Blaster, as well as appearing as the 2006 chief of the New York PD in season 3. Among his other notable roles is that of Black Vulcan on the Super Friends cartoon. An excerpt from Nobleman's obituary of Jones follows after the cut.

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Riverfront at Twilight
The lights of the city and the bridges over the river come to life as twilight descends. The rushing water over St. Anthony Falls demonstrates the power of the Mississippi river in spring despite its mirror-like quality around Nicollet Island.
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Awaiting Launch
The 3rd Avenue Bridge is outfitted with launching pads for the massive fireworks show that will close the 2014 Minneapolis Aquatennial celebration.
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A View From Above
This bird's eye view of the Minneapolis Aquatennial fireworks was captured from one of the condominium towers lining the banks of the Mississippi River.
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Minneapolis Aquatennial 2014
One of the largest fireworks shows in the country is launched from the 3rd Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River near Downtown Minneapolis.
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On the Waterfront
The historic Covington Inn houseboat lights up the Mississippi in front of the glowing skyline of St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Opening Day
The Lowry Bridge over the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis is lit up in team colors to celebrate the Twins' 2014 home opener.
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Capital City at Night
The skyline of Saint Paul stretches from the Cathedral to the 1st National Bank building - with the Capitol and the rest of downtown in between. As darkness descends on the city, the Mississippi river becomes a mirror for the city lights.
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From Daylight into Darkness
Clouds cover the city as darkness descends. The Saint Paul skyline sparkles like a jewel as its lights are reflected in the Mississippi below.
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A Break in the Rain
After days of torrential rain, the clouds finally break up just enough for a magenta sunset over the skyline of Minneapolis.
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Twilight Descends on the Capital City
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Purple Cathedral
The Crashed Ice race returns for 2014 and bathes the Cathedral of Saint Paul in purple light - with the Minneapolis skyline as a distant backdrop.
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Fall Colors from Oberg Mountain
Fall colors in the forest along the North Shore of Lake Superior near Lutsen, Minnesota - as seen from the top of Oberg Mountain.
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Reflections on Split Rock
On a beautiful autumn day the Split Rock Lighthouse is reflected in a simple puddle on the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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To Walk the Caves of Ice
Another winter, more icy waterfalls. This midday shot from behind the frozen Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis shows the different colors of sunlight as it passes through various thicknesses of ice.
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Happy Valentine's Day
The 35W bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis was specially lit to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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Happy Halloween
The 35W bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis celebrates Halloween by turning itself and the river a bright orange. The Minneapolis skyline is framed in the background.
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Winter Wonderland
The iconic Landmark Center stands tall above Rice Park in downtown St. Paul as the city prepares for the holiday season.
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Discover the City Lights
The houseboat Discovery lingers in the shadows as the Minneapolis riverfront is filled with light from the skyscrapers and bridges of the city.
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The leaves are beginning to turn in this image of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.
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Riverfront Lights
The St. Paul riverfront is aglow in light in this night time panoramic image captured from the Smith Avenue high bridge.
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Magenta Minneapolis - This panorama of downtown Minneapolis, captured just after sunset, shows the city skyline in all its night time glory, along with the beautiful bridges over the Mississippi River. From the Metrodome to the historic Stone Arch Bridge, with the city skyline, Guthrie theater, and Mill City Museum in between, this bird's eye view is truly unique - and spectacular!
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Saint Paul in the Morning
Storm clouds gather over downtown St. Paul as the morning sun lights up the riverfront barge and train traffic.
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Happy New Year Minneapolis! -- The 35W bridge is lit up to celebrate New Year's Eve 2012 with the Minneapolis skyline in the background
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Grand Canyon
The Colorado River cuts through the Grand Canyon near the East entrance to the National Park.
Split Rock Reflection
The Split Rock lighthouse on the north shore of Lake Superior is reflected in a pool of water on the rocky shore.
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Rice Park Dressed Up
Rice Park in downtown St. Paul prepares to host the ice carving competition as party of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.
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A Beacon on the Hill
The Cathedral of Saint Paul rises above the Mississippi riverfront near downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Lights on the Hill
As darkness descends on the city of St. Paul, the Cathedral Hill lights are reflected in the Mississippi River below.
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Sunset Fishing
A pair of young fishermen and their boat are silhouetted against the flaming post-sunset sky.
The darkening sky looms over the skyline of Minneapolis and the Mississippi river in this long exposure panorama captured at sunset.
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Under the Bridge at Night - Horizontal view
This 7 exposure HDR image was taken under the Hennepin Avenue bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis after sunset on a calm August evening.
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3 Bridges of Minneapolis
3 Bridges, 1 Lock and an historic waterfall -- The city of Minneapolis was born and raised on the river. As it flows under the 95-year-old 3rd Avenue Bridge and over St. Anthony Falls, through Lock #1 and under the 19th century Stone Arch Bridge, and finally under the brand new 35W Bridge, the mighty Mississippi still brings life to the city.
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The St. Paul skyline bends away from the underside of the Wabasha Street bridge on Raspberry Island and is mirrored in the tranquil water of the mighty Mississippi at dawn.
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1st Full Moon
The clouds parted just long enough to capture the full moon rising behind the 1st National Bank building in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minneapolis Skyline at Night - Guthrie Theater to 3rd Avenue
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The port of St. Paul is a busy place at twilight time. Freight trains, river barges, and commuting motorists make their way as the city lights come on.
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Follow the tracks to the evening skyline.
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Mississippi Mirror - The unseasonably calm waters of the Mississippi river in downtown Minneapolis reflect the city skyline and the sweeping curve of the 3rd Avenue Bridge on this November evening.
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The Cathedral of St. Paul presides over the 2013 Ice Cross Downhill World Championship
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The Stone Arch Bridge and Minneapolis skyline at dusk
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Mickey's Diner - A long time downtown St. Paul icon
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The Cathedral of Saint Paul has a golden glow from the sunset on this autumn evening on Summit Avenue
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The Cathedral of Saint Paul in Winter
The dome of the Cathedral of Saint Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota rises above the snow covered trees in this winter scene.
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Silent Docks at Night - The placid Mississippi river perfectly reflects the houseboats and docks at Harriet Island in downtown St. Paul with the Wabasha Bridge and Raspberry Island in the background.
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The Newark Earthworks Center (NEC) is an interdisciplinary center that was created in December 2006. Within the past decade, the Newark Earthworks was named one of the 70 wonders of the ancient world and has been featured in numerous state and national publications, and at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Center has drawn visitors from Asia, Europe and across the country who travel to Newark to tour the site, study, teach, and learn.
The program is directed by Dr. Richard Shiels, Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University at Newark, and Dr. Lucy Murphy, Oral History Project Director and Associate Professor of History. According to Dr. Murphy, the Center strives to "improve interest in developing collaborative research methods, designing projects, collecting and interpreting information in partnership with Native people." The Center plans to create ways to share that information with the general public, K-12 teachers, Native communities as well as students, staff and faculty at Ohio State Newark.
The NEC hosts Newark Earthworks Day, an annual event created to raise public awareness of the Octagon Moonrise. This natural occurrence happens when the moon rises to its northern-most position over the central axis of the geometric mounds (Earthworks) before moving southward again. Held on the Ohio State Newark campus, Newark Earthworks Day features Native people, archaeologists and others. Look for additional information regarding upcoming events hosted by the NEC, including courses, lectures, and teacher training.
To learn more about the Newark Earthworks Center or about Newark Earthworks Day, please visit: www.octagonmoonrise.org.
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(Sports Network) - Not that long ago, it might have been the segue to an AFC title game.
But, these days ... not so much.
While the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in the thick of the conference's muddled playoff chase last week, the San Diego Chargers have done nearly everything to ensure they'll not be playing next month. And with Ben Roethlisberger ready for a timely return, it's easy to choose whose arc is higher this weekend.
You can watch all the action on TSN2 today beginning at 1pm et/10am pt.
The always gutty "Big Ben" is ready to return against the Chargers after a three-week respite with a sprained right shoulder and an accompanying rib injury. He rejoins a team tied for the final wild card postseason position and two games out of the top spot in the AFC's North Division.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin -- who subbed in Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch during Roethlisberger's absence -- confirmed the No. 1 man's presence at Heinz Field this weekend on Thursday after practice.
"Really, the only question we can't answer is taking a hit," Tomlin said. "Obviously that will be answered in the stadium on Sunday. I am extremely comfortable with his ability to work the field both vertically and horizontally. He has great velocity on his ball. We're ready to go."
Tomlin, however, was very appreciative of Batch's play in Baltimore during Week 13.
"Ben is our quarterback and if he's capable of playing then we're going to play him," Tomlin said earlier in the week. "But we appreciate the efforts of Charlie and all the other men that step up when given an opportunity due to injury."
Batch and Co. headed into Charm City last week and reeled in the Ravens, who'd not lost at home since 2010. But they'll need some more help to make up a two- game deficit with four games remaining.
If not, they can at least lean on the fact that wild cards have won three of the last seven Super Bowls.
"We've just got to get a ticket," linebacker Larry Foote said. "The last few years, the Giants have done it, and Green Bay has done it."
Pittsburgh did, too, while winning its most recent title in February 2009.
While the current defense went a long way to help the irregular offense to last week's win, it'll be without a mainstay this week when cornerback Ike Taylor's streak of 135 straight games played officially ends after he fractured an ankle in Baltimore. Taylor had made 119 starts since 2003.
Still, the remnants retain top billing among NFL pass defenses, limiting opponents to just 166.7 yards per game. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was never permitted to get comfortable while completing only 16 of 34 passes for 188 yards and being sacked three times.
The Steelers are tied for third in opposition completion percentage at 55.2 and the 13 pass touchdowns they've allowed trail only San Francisco (12), Seattle (12), Atlanta (11) and Baltimore (10) among the league's stingiest.
Coming in as Taylor exits will be safety Troy Polamalu, who'd been out since Oct. 7 with a strained calf before making cameo appearances against the Ravens. Also likely to grab more responsibility in the altered lineup are Cortez Allen and Curtis Brown.
"They're both talented young guys who are continuing to improve and prove that the stage isn't too big for them," Tomlin said. "Obviously, we need them to answer the bell as we continue to push into a territory that we haven't been in."
The Chargers are on the verge of some unfamiliar ground as well, in the form of the first losing record on the six-season watch of coach Norv Turner. The loss to the Bengals was their fourth in a row and second straight in which a fourth-quarter lead became a final-gun deficit.
Quarterback Philip Rivers has been a significant minus during the prolonged recent skid, fumbling five times and throwing five interceptions compared to just six TD passes. The offensive line hasn't helped its backfield colleagues at all while permitting 14 sacks in three games and helping generate a paltry average of 63.3 rushing yards.
Add to it the iffy injury status of guard Tyronne Green and tackles Mike Harris and Jeromey Clary, and Turner has a sizable job-saving task in front of him.
"If we go in there with three new starting offensive linemen, guys that I haven't met yet, and we're playing the Steelers in Pittsburgh," he said, "it will be a challenge."
San Diego scored 31 points in a thrashing of Kansas City that got it to 4-4 on Nov. 1, but the points have since plunged to 24, 23, 13 and 13 in the last four games -- marking the first time since 2007 the Chargers failed to reach 20 in two straight games. Their 18.3 points per game are 25th-best in the league. Their 320 total yards are 26th.
San Diego hasn't lost more than it's won since going 4-12 in 2003.
"We're fighting like crazy to score," Rivers said. "We're in a rut and all we can do is keep playing."
The Steelers lead the all-time series, 21-6, and have won seven of the last eight games. In fact, San Diego has never won in the Steel City. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh's Tomlin is 3-0 against San Diego in his career, while the Chargers' Turner is winless against the Steelers in six previous coaching tries.


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Technical Bulletin
New Water Conservation for Shower heads
By Skip Walker
Based On Articles From Peter Yost, Green Building Adviser and Mike Mazga, PM Engineer
If implemented, a proposed a rule clarification from the Department of Energy would alter the way most in the bath plumbing fixture industry defines a "showerhead". This new definition would potentially eliminate multi-head shower installations. In the proposal, the DOE "reinterprets" the definition of a showerhead to include any size, placement, or number of sprays provided they all come from one inlet. Under this new interpretation, the DOE "will find a showerhead non-compliant with the EPCA's maximum water use standard if the showerhead's standard components, operating in their maximum design flow configuration, taken together use in excess of 2.5 GPM when flowing at 80 psi, even if each component individually does not exceed 2.5 GPM." The re-definition would potentially allow only a single showerhead using no more than 2.5 gallons per minute of water per showering compartment — a move that would effectively ban multiple outlet shower systems.
According to a statement from DOE spokesperson Christina Kielich." DOE has received several complaints alleging that certain showerhead products exceed the federal water conservation standard," "In the course of investigating these complaints, DOE discovered some confusion as to how the Department's definition of 'showerhead' for water conservation purposes applied to new showerhead designs being marketed under names such as waterfalls, shower towers, rain heads, and shower systems. ... We note that DOE's draft interpretation is not a rule change, but a clarification of the definition in our current regulation. It makes clear DOE's view of how the standard for showerheads should be applied to that definition."
Defining a "showerhead" would seem to be a simple thing. The Department of Energy (DOE) is discovering that nothing is simple when it comes to getting people wet.
Low Flow Showerhead History
Showers are the single largest water consuming fixture in most homes. Back in early 1994, under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975, all showerheads manufactured in the U.S. could have a maximum flow no greater than 2.5 gallons per minute (GPM) at 80 psi. The intent of the regulations was to save water and the associated energy used to heat water.
The plumbing manufacturers became very creative in how they designed systems around the regulations. In recent years, the trend has been toward "multi-spray" systems, which have up to six "showerheads" (each of which complies with the 2.5 GPM flow maximum). There are rainfall shower systems with many individual nozzles, each nozzle may deliver up to 2.5 gpm. And then there are "waterfalls," which aren't really "showerheads" and therefore aren't even subject to the requirement (see photos for examples of each). Some of these systems can use 10, 20 gallons of water per minute and more. This is just for one person. While the number of installation for these non-compliant plumbing fixtures is believed to be relatively low. However, they represent an important, high-end and high profit product for plumbing manufacturers.
The DOE quietly issued a draft interpretive ruling earlier this year that essentially made these systems illegal. The new ruling said:
1. "…a showerhead is any [emphasis added] plumbing fitting that is designed to direct water onto a bather."
2. "…the Department will find a showerhead to be non-compliant with EPCA's maximum water use standard if the showerhead's standard components, operating in their maximum design flow configuration, taken together, use in excess of 2.5 gpm when flowing at 80 psi, even if each component individually does not exceed 2.5 gpm."
If the proposed change is adopted, the days of "multi-spray" and "waterfall" are essentially over.
Both Side of the Issue Are Unhappy.
The plumbing manufacturers dislike the rule changes because they take away an important profit center. Oddly, the water conservation community are upset with the DOE showerhead rule as well. Since the DOE is considering this an "interpretive" change, there is no required input period for public comment.
This is what DOE says about its action in the draft rule itself:
"This draft interpretative rule represents the Department's interpretation of its existing regulations and is exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. See 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(A)."
Because the DOE did not need to treat this rule as a "substantive" rule change, they can simply implement the new definition. A substantive change would have required an exacting and lengthy requirements for input from the outside. So plumbing manufacturers and trade industry groups are upset because they consider this change to be more than a little bit substantive and one in which they should have a say.
Water conservationists are upset for the same reason. The water conservation groups feel that the manufacturers will manage to find loopholes. "This is a substantive change and working out all the definitions and conditions to make sure the language is watertight will take a lot of effort from a lot of folks," says water expert John Koeller, P.E. "And frankly, lots of hard work has been done on this topic within ASHRAE 189.1 (a code-ready green building standard) and the IAPMO Green Building Supplement, work that is not reflected in the DOE interpretive rule."
A Property Inspectors Perspective
As general property inspectors, we are not required to perform complex calculations related to water heater sizing, etc. Personally though, when I am inspecting a property, I look at the water heater size in relation to the fixtures. This is a non-scientific, seat of the pants broad view. If I see a 40 or 50 gallon water heater and the property has multiple baths, some of which have multi-head showers or a jetted tub – I will probably note that the water heater may be too small to service potential demand under all conditions. Ditto for smaller tankless units. My assumption has always been that if the individual fixture components looked newer, they would conforming to the 2.5 GPM requirement. What I now realize is that the manufacturers have been skirting the rules. This means that water heaters "properly" sized using the CPC 2007 Table 5.1 could still be significantly undersized.
Both energy and water costs will continue to climb as our population increases. Understanding how older systems impact the resource consumption of the property will become more and more important as time goes on. It is clear that the government is finally beginning to make the efficient use of energy and other basic resources a priority. It should be expected that we will see tightening of all related regulations over the coming years.
About the author:
Skip Walker lives in the SF Bay Area and has performed over 2,600 paid inspections since becoming a CREIA member in 2003. Skip is both a CREIA Master Inspector and an ASHI Certified Inspector. Skip is an ICC Certified Residential Combination Building Inspector and a F.I.R.E. Certified Inspector. Skip is the past education chair for the Silicon Valley ASHI/CREIA Chapter. He is also CREIA's State Secretary & Region Three Director. He also holds a California Real Estate Appraisal Trainee License. Skip may be reached at
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I'm sorry... but I disagree with it's level of comfort. It requires much more strength to press the lock/unlock, and the device feels more likely to fall out of my hand than without. I thought I would love it, but it's not real leather and feels plastic-y. I'm going to return mine.
Also, this is small, but I noticed that the microphone holes don't match up with the iPhone 5S's, while the speaker does.
I'm diggin my element ronin. I have the apple case and it does feel cheap. For leather look at sena cases.
I've had my tan(brown) case for a week now and the buttons are getting a better tactile feel now, very tight at first, also the leather is starting to get that aged look and it feels great. This is a great case for me!
I like this case. Its pretty simplistic and minimalistic which is exactly what I like. I had a nightmare buying the iPhone 5s on launch and was in the Apple store for hours, in the end they handed me a free case of my choice so I chose this one and I haven't regretted it once.
I called Apple yesterday to ask when my 5s was going to be shipped out. I talked to a wonderful woman on the phone who told me she was very sorry but had no idea when it would ship out. She says "Sometime in October". She felt bad for me so she upgraded my shipping method to expedited. After talking with her for a few more minutes, she says "You didn't get the Apple care program? Well, we want you to take care of your phone, so how about a new case? Which color do you want?"
So that was yesterday. I got an email today saying it was out for delivery already. I got the black one.
True story.
I ordered the 5s and the leather case within 30 minutes of go live guess what one I have and which one will allegedly ship in October
I have the red one on, I like it a lot but a few people mistaken it for the 5c which I don't really mind and the edges get dirty easily I haven't tried cleaning it since it's leather but I do like the worn look, I mean this wouldn't happen on a much darker case though but overall it's over priced for what it is but it's simple and nice
Got this case with my 5S. I thought it was expensive, and still do, but I think it's probably worth it as it's the best case I've ever owned IMHO; it is the perfect balance of protection and minimalism.
Just the fit and finish of the case alone makes it worth more than third party cases. It is really snug, but not next to impossible to remove like my wife's iPhone 5 case. The texture is good to grip, but not so grippy that is difficult to slip in and out of my pocket like some leather/rubber cases. The interior microfiber is very nice touch as I've had third party cases actually scratch my phone!
I also like that Apple just went with a subtle embossed logo on the back rather than a differently-colored logo that would really stand out. It's hardly noticeable unless looking at it close up. Overall, with my space gray phone in the black case it has a very sleek minimalist look that I really like.
As far as your comment about grip, I just cant understand that. The phone itself is complete smooth and slick while the case is textured and soft. Unless youre getting a better grip from the chamfered edges that isnt there on the case, I think youre way off.
Note that the case is hardened leather making it hard to remove sometimes unlike if you think it will be easy to remove and apply. So it can be annoying with docks or special car chargers.
Also wayyyy overpriced :P
Best case I've ever had! I love it! i got the red one and couldn't be happier, it really soft and feels amazing, fits perfectly and makes my iPhone stand out and look incredible! going to be buying many more different colours
Just went to the apple store today and purchased the case. I was in need for a nice case and i knew it was overpriced but im a sucker for apple products because they are lovely so i got it. Best case i've ever had. Love the feel and look of it, certainly doesn't look cheap. And being aniline leather it will require care if you want to keep it in good condition. Luckily i have leather preservative for my car seats so i can easily use it on this case.
Are the sizes of iPhone 4S and iPhone5 the same? I'm looking to order a cover from an online shop but that shop only sells iPhone 5 covers..


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Hawaii's Best Small Businesses 2013
Hawaii Business and the federal Small Business Administration honor 32 small businesses and small-business champions in Hawaii
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32 local companies and champions honored as some of Hawaii's best
Each year, the Hawaii region of the federal Small Business Administration celebrates some of the state's best small businesses and small-business advocates. Hawaii Business honored the 2013 winners at the Hawaii Business Small Business Luncheon on Feb. 28 and is proud to profile them in the following pages.
To nominate a company or champion for next year's awards, check the September or October issue of Hawaii Business for information on the nominating process or talk to your banker.
To learn about SBA loans for small businesses, go to www.sba.gov or ask your banker. Throughout the profiles, we note the winners who have received or been approved for an SBA loan.
More Winners
Want to learn about other great local companies? Go to http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/SmallBiz/March-2013/Hawaii-Business-SmallBiz-2013-Editors-Choice-Awards/ to read about the winners of our SmallBiz Editor's Choice Awards.
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James Kwong, left, and David Yogi.
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When the City and County of Honolulu sought a qualified geotechnical firm for the third and fourth phases of the Honolulu rail project, Yogi Kwong Engineers knew its company was not big enough to do the project alone, so it called up its biggest competitor to keep the work with local companies.
"We've never done this before, but because of the size of the job and the short schedule, it was a convincing argument," says David Yogi, who, along with co-owner James Kwong, won the SBA Hawaii's top award for 2013.
Yogi Kwong Engineers specializes in geotechnical engineering, trenchless technology (also known as microtunneling) and construction management. The company has worked on public and private projects across the state, such as the Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning project, dam inspections for the state Department of Agriculture and the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater Conveyance Tunnel.
Yogi and Kwong both worked at the Hawaii office of a global engineering firm before starting their own business in 2005 with equal ownership shares. "The only reason my name is first is because I'm older than him," Yogi says with a laugh.
The company started with just the two of them, but the employee count is now up to 52. In 2009, the company started its own drilling business, YK Drilling, to do work it had previously subcontracted. That year, both companies combined earned $5.1 million in gross revenue. In 2010, gross revenue peaked at $10.3 million. Through October 2012, the companies made $8.9 million for the year.
"In spite of my efforts, the company still succeeded," says Yogi. "... And I mean it, because I think we've been really blessed by God with the clients that we have, and also bringing the best and brightest engineers to work for us." The company tithes a portion of its profits to the owners' churches (Yogi is at New Hope Christian Fellowship and Kwong attends St. John Vianney in Kailua). In 2011, the company donated nearly $73,000. Yogi Kwong Engineers also donates to other nonprofits, including the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii, Muscular Dystrophy Association, University of Hawaii Foundation and others.
The company recently converted to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), and the owners are informally training employees to succeed them. "We didn't want to sell the company to a mainland firm," Yogi says. "We wanted it to be kept local. And we could've made more money if we sold it, but we didn't want that."
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4 March 2014, Hiroshima, Japan - Green Legacy Hiroshima, the global Initiative supported by UNITAR, the NGO ANT-Hiroshima and a host of local and global partners, which was co-founded by UNITAR's senior advisor Nassrine Azimi and ANT executive director Tomoko Watanabe, has won the prize awarded by the Hiroshima Peace Creative Fund. The award ceremony took place in Hiroshima on 3 March 2014.
Since 1994, when Hiroshima hosted the Asian Games, many groups and individuals have developed international exchanges to encourage mutual understanding and long-lasting friendships.
The prize started as part of the activities of the Hiroshima International Culture Foundation in 1998, and was succeeded since 2012 by the Hiroshima Peace Creative Fund. Two other groups - the Hiroshima Volunteer Interpreters and SALAM, a women's group assisting Palestinian counterparts, also won awards.
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Danny O'Neil | August 21, 2014 11:44 amSeahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has yet to carry the ball this preseason, but expect him to get at least a couple touches on Friday when Seattle hosts the Bears.
Seahawks set at the top but have depth question at tight end
Danny O'Neil | August 21, 2014 10:09 amZach Miller is back for his fourth season as the Seahawks' starter while Luke Willson appears to be poised for a breakout following a strong rookie year. But Seattle's No. 3 tight end is again a question mark.
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Brady Henderson | August 19, 2014 1:24 pmSeahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith punctuated his first full practice since Super Bowl XLVIII with a one-handed interception that he returned for a touchdown.
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While I would (secretly) defend every single Teen Mom to the death, I'd die a lot happier were the Teen Mom in question Catelynn Lowell. I'd also have no problem defending her fiance Tyler Baltierra in a duel or fisticuffs, should it come to that.
From their very first appearance on 16 & Pregnant, the couple has demonstrated a wisdom beyond their years. Their love and consideration for each other, the ways they work toward their goals, their goofiness, and their ability to rise above their family's drama makes them amazing folks to watch on T.V. That's why I'm maybe a little too excited at the long-dangled prospect of Tyler and Catelynn getting their own spinoff show.
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It isn't a new rumor, whispers of spinoffs have been circling for about a year. Throughout it all, Catelynn and Tyler have both been pretty mum. Since then, they've been busy in front of the camera and off, including their brief stint on Couples Therapy and other projects.
But my vigil has not been in vain, friends. At least, if my obsessive overly-deep reading of Catelynn's Twitter account is any indication. While she didn't exactly start singing from the rafters about the glories of her new T.V. show with Tyler, Catelynn did reveal something interesting. Namely, she retweeted a fan's demand for a spinoff.
I wish @CatelynnLowell and @TylerBaltierra had there own spin off series #bestcouple— steph (@stephmcglinchey) October 28, 2013
In the grand tradition of not "bro'ing" someone without "knowing" them, you don't retweet unless the project's compleet -- a fake and deliberately misspelled truism I myself have just devised. While nothing official has been confirmed, I think this is definitely a case of the arrow pointing to 'yes.' Come on guys, just let me have this one. I have so little. *Sighs and eats whole wheel of cheese.*
Do you think a spinoff is likely since the fans seem to really want one, or am I totally delusional (and also full of cheese)?
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No, it'll be boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All we would see is them crying/moaning because they know nothing about Carly, or about how Tyler's dad is in jail yet again. And Caitlyns mom is going a drunken rampage.
Who gives a crap about these two.....I'm sick of these two, these two shouldn't have even been on Teen Mom, they weren't teen parents.
Correction, Krystian. These two are the BEST example of teen parents because they made the selfless decision to give their daughter the life she deserves. They showed the world that adoption is not a decision to not raise your child, it's a decision to put your child's needs before your wants. I believe they are an inspiration to teenagers who find themselves forced to make the difficult decision to either keep their child or place it for adoption. Just because Carly is not in their custody doesn't mean they weren't teen parents. They had a child, they gave that child the life she deserved.
I agree with krystian kaufold, they dont need a spin off because their 15 minutes of fame is up! and has been up for too long now! but if they do get a spin off, maybe they should be up front and honest about their drug use and how they always drink and party and how they always participated in underaged drug use and drinking and how they are promoting a CHRISTIAN adoption agency thats against drinking, drugs and partying! catelynn and tyler pretend to be so innocent when everyone knows they are not!
SamaLama, sorry you are WRONG, they are not parents.....
They are not the best example of teen parents, they made a mistake and chose the easy way out by allowing strangers take care of their baby, so they can live a teenage life.
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Bagley: Thanks for agreeing to take up newspaper opinion writing again. Good to have you here. The Obama "Jobs" cartoon was popular with Tribune readers, probably because there is something in it for everyone. Conservatives like to see Obama failing, and liberals see Republicans as contributing to that failure. Also, we all know that neighbor.
Kirk: Hi Pat. Thanks for inviting me to bloviate. I've always admired your work, and I especially like this cartoon, though I'm afraid you've mischaracterized the Republicans' role in this. Far from leaning on the fence, House Republicans have passed budgets designed to jump-start the economy, and the Democrats — who have not proposed a budget in more than 1,000 days — have killed them in the Senate. I also think you're off the mark about why conservatives might enjoy the cartoon. It's nice to see a little criticism of Obama in the lefty-sphere, and it's especially funny to watch him yank away, if you consider that the odds are high that he's struggling with a government-made mower. But I don't know anyone who is happy that Obama still hasn't figured out how private-sector jobs are created. If the economy were humming along and government were out of our hair, most of us wouldn't care who was president. If Obama were pushing for Bill Clinton's spending levels along with his tax rates, I'd slap a ''Yes We Can'' sticker on my car.
Bagley: That's the Kirk I remember from editorial board meetings! That's a lot to unpack, but I will try to simplify: If private sector jobs are created by a) tax cuts for the rich and, b) deregulation, then the America of George W. Bush should have been a bright shining city on a hill of humming industry and happy capitalists. Instead, we got the weakest job and wage growth combined with the biggest jump in income inequality since World War II. The Paul Ryan Republican budget, which you refer to above and has been endorsed by Mitt Romney, is zombie economics dug up for one last brain-eating stroll. At the heart of the Ryan budget is a) even more tax cuts for the rich and, b) even more deregulation. Focus groups that have had the Ryan budget explained to them have refused to believe that it is an actual proposal and suspect it is some Democratic Party dirty trick to make the GOP look bad.
Oh, and did I mention that the crowning achievement of eight years of Bush economics was the worst financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression?
Kirk: If you remember those editorial meetings, you know I'm no fan of Dubya. But he didn't just cut taxes for the rich; he cut taxes in every income bracket. Now Obama wants to extend those cuts to all but the top 2 percent of earners. I wrote an editorial criticizing Bush's tax cuts because they removed so many people from the income tax rolls, which meant they would no longer care how big the government grew. That percentage is close to 50 percent today. That other 2 percent for whom Obama wants tax hikes now does, in fact, represent the job creators. The rest of us don't have the means to hire anyone. I don't know whether shaking the rich down for another $50 billion a year will kill the economy as the GOP claims, but it won't put a dent in the trillions of dollars of deficits that the government is projecting. The feds don't need more money; they need to spend less.
As for Ryan's budget, whatever its faults at least it attempts to restructure entitlements so they are there for the people they were designed for — the poor, not every last one of us — for the next hundred years. And again, until the Democrats show some backbone and produce a budget of their own, they'll have no room to talk.
Re the economic crisis, there is plenty of blame to go around among the reprobates in both parties. We could spend a whole blog on that topic. But we seem to be drifting here. Maybe we, like the president, ought to focus on jobs.
Bagley: OK, jobs. The American Society of Engineers puts needed repairs to our public infrastructure at $2.2 trillion. These are essential projects that become even more costly if delayed. For example, a 10-mile section of I-80 through Nevada will cost $6 million to repair if done now, but the cost will rocket to $30 million if put off for two years. With the ability to borrow at 1.5 percent interest, why not put millions of Americans to work while at the same time making an investment that will pay big dividends far into our future? Public projects that used to be GOP favorites have suddenly become "budget-busting, job-killing, government spending ..." simply, it seems, because they were proposed by Obama.
Say, you don't think that guy on the fence put sugar in the gas tank because he wants Obama to fail ..!?
Kirk: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Obama used the "shovel-ready jobs" mantra to justify $800 billion in "stimulus" as well as an expansion of government to the biggest share of GDP since World War II. But relatively little of that money went toward infrastructure. Most of the stimulus went to prop up public-sector union pensions and health care plans. The federal government is already spending too much money. If Obama wants to redirect some of his $3.6 trillion federal budget toward rebuilding infrastructure, I doubt he'll get much opposition from the GOP. As for your putting sugar in Obama's gas tank, if "mowing the lawn" means expanding the public sector, I'll throw in a few spoonfuls myself.Next Page >
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Umbrella Incorporated began with the help of James Marcus, Edward Ashford, and Ozwell Spencer. It centered around a "Mother Virus" which was eventually refined by James Marcus into something called "Progenitor". Using the DNA of leeches James Marcus further refined Progenitor into the "T-Virus" with the "T" standing for "Tyrant". The T-Virus caused extreme mutations in any organism infected. In humans specifically, they went through a coma that resembled death before "reawakening" as zombie like creatures that could only be fully stopped if riddled by bullets or beheaded. Massive research began on this version of the virus. A research training facility for new Umbrella researchers was formed along with a laboratory for their more important research aspirations in the forests of the Arkley Mountains that surrounded the, at the time, small community of Raccoon.
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To keep their facilities hidden, the architect and his family of the Spencer Estate (The Researcher Mansion) were invited to stay at there for a few days by Spencer himself. Over the next couple of days, his family was kidnapped and the architect was forced to hide in the hidden tunnels he had been contracted to build. His daughter was taken into the labs and was experimented on with several multiple infectious diseases until they found that she simply wasn't dieing. This included not only the T-Virus but also other fatal viruses like Ebola. Apparently the T-Virus had allowed her to live through the destruction of her body by all the other viruses and the multiple viruses in her system came together in one massive solution. This was extracted and dubbed the "G-Virus". Unfortunately, it was even more unstable then the T-Virus and caused seemingly never ending mutations in the subjects.
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The Fate of RETSP.
Many of you are wondering what exactly has been going on over at our site and I'm here today to explain in depth what happened and what is happening. If you don't care, please don't read. It'll save everyone a whole lot of time.
Basically, I decided it would be interesting to see what actually had happened to the RPD before RE2 took place. Many others agreed and this spawned a 12 person forum RPG which I led to it's completion around the time of March of 2003. I was discussing the outcome of the RPG with a guy with the screen-name "Seth Walker." He said that he thought it would make a cool Half-Life mod and I began running around to set up a theoretical team in case I decided to go through with it. I hadn't modded for HL before but I had in the past for games like Marathon, Doom, and Quake back when I was in middle school. There turned out to be a great interest in the premise and the outline I came up with. By the end of March we had a Proboards forum set up and a temporary site on Freewebs.com. Our boards then transferred over to Freeinvision by the end of April. Sometime over the summer, we decided to move over to HLGaming. HLGaming was by far the best. Sometime during the summer I acquired IPB 2.0 and set up our new boards.
I was running everything rather the traditional way of giving out an assignment in the way of something that needed to be done. No real due date or anything. This worked really well for a time. Then people got complacent and quit doing work with the excuse that they just weren't motivated. I couldn't understand this as I'm one that doesn't blow people off and takes my commitments seriously. That said when your dealing with people who are all late teens or earlier, this just isn't the case (generally).
My first mistake was hiring people I considered friends from the RETE days when we hid in the forums keeping people real to what was really going on. We were probably all banned and one point or another and found ourselves at a backup board led by a guy with the Screen-name "Sniper-Dave". I drew on people I had become "friends" with at these boards in selecting members.
Unfortunately, anyone that's ever worked in a job over friends as the boss knows that you either don't stay friends long or you start giving them leeway. I was the latter. Particularly with my mappers.
"Termin8tor" didn't sign up to be the lead mapper but he ended up in this position as the projects he was on died all around him. Unfortunately, he barely got anything done and I let this slide repeatedly. To give you an example, after all this time (13 months to be exact) he has 2 maps that are playable. I'm not even going to say they're completed because they're not. Anyone can see the shoddy architecture in the RE_Suburbia that was released with Alpha 1.1. And his other map was the RPD, but that wasn't even releaseable. It stemmed from two problems. The rooms were all boxy as hell and the geography wasn't even correct for the Police Station from Resident Evil 2. Now, I don't want to make this jabs at Termin8tor's work because I blame myself for this more than anything for not having higher standards and enforcing punishments for his long hiatuses from mapping that he took bimonthly.
Eventually I thought it would be nice to have a co-leader that I could shoot idea's off of and what not more directly than just random team members. We held an election in team chat and Termin8tor won. It wasn't surprising. Myself and Termin8tor had become pretty good buds and he was pretty much at this unofficial status anyway.
Well, I mentioned the lull in work earlier with the excuse of a lack of motivation. Quite a bit of arguing went on during this time but nothing terribly severe. Eventually, I decided that I had enough of the bullshit and just decided on a strict system of Potential and Active assignments. This would have strict due dates and punishment for not completing these due dates BUT the due dates would be decided by the worker. No point in assigning something that they knew up front they couldn't complete. The premise was strict, but again, I found myself being lenient with my punishments (or lack there of).
My second mistake was not enforcing the punishments. However, when people had conflicts that came up I was very willing to work around their schedule and set up extensions and the like. I mean, my most recent coder, "Rayne", got a 3 week extension on a 2 week assignment. This wasn't exactly uncommon either. Basically I was cool if someone knew they weren't going to make a due date as long as I was informed before hand so that we could come up with an alternative schedule. I came down hard on those that just missed the assignments without a mention.
Some point around here Termin8tor purchased some webspace based around the team name I had suggested and put forward for a team vote. He was really pushing for us to move the project over to this private space despite my wishes of not wanting to constrain him financially. He claimed it wouldn't and eventually I folded. RETSP moved over to the Termin8tor's private space.
Around mid march we were informed of the leak of more than half of our map-object files into the Brain-Bread forums. I'm not going to go into this in depth since I have in the past, but I will sum it up. A former member by the name of "Temp" felt that the project wasn't going to continue after the lull in work I spoke about earlier. We decided that in order to salvage our originality would either have to scrap the entire leaked work and redo them, or come up with a quick release based around what we were working toward for the next internal alpha. I built an outline based around what we had and what we could complete in a two week period. Two weeks later we released Public Alpha 1.1 to mixed review. I really didn't care about the reviews but was just content that we had released the leaked files on our own terms so that the actions of the one didn't fuck over everyone that had worked hard toward the release.
The first point I realized there was a problem with Termin8tor was the night before the release when he EXPLODED at me in MSN. It was obvious this was routed in something deeper but instead he focused on how I had apparently hurt our Graphic Artist's feelings by not really paying enough attention to him or something.
I encountered "Temp" once more in the ReHorror forums where he was attesting his innocence and began to lay out the evidence against him. He had quite a few friends here so while it was making people think, it wasn't really changing any minds. The point was that he was being confronted with the inescapable facts and there would be no question as to the team's credibility. A forum regular from my own forums popped in and said something to the effect of "No one gives a shit. Your more of a joke than anything." The forum regular named "Bloodcider" had known me and I him since the early days back in the RETE forums. Like my team members I let the rules slide for many of the things the old regulars did. "Bloodcider" picked several fights with new guys and all in all didn't know when to let things go. I hit the roof when I found him over at ReHorror interfering in something he didn't have any business doing so. I suspended him for 2 weeks. I had just had had it.
Anyways, I caught a lot of flack over this. Even more so when I found him registering with the same IP address as different people and banned him pending the ending of the 2 weeks. This became semi permanent when he started spewing from the mouth about me in places I frequented.
Things continued and I hired a new object modeller by the name of Enix. Enix was a fantastic modeller and did at least 10 really cool models while he was working for me. Problem being, I think maybe one of them had been requested. I would give him assignments and he'd agree only to come to me saying he was bored. I was asked why he was bored since he had an assignment due shortly and hadn't seen any WIP shots. It was really a matter of time until he was kicked from the team. Termin8tor took it upon himself to ban Enix when he refused to do something for him. I found it odd that Termin8tor was ordering him to do anything since he hadn't ever assigned anything in his entire term as the Co-Leader. Anyways, this wasn't amicable and Enix would go on to spam the boards a bit including one "Civilian Soldier" 's Dev Journal.
At the end of this I was having some problems in real life and was considering leaving the team. I wasn't in a good place and the crap I was getting from team members was really taking the cake, particularly over Bloodcider's banning. I put it to a vote if I should stay and I think I won 9 or something to 3. Enix was one of those. And another member by the name of Lt. Kelly claimed he had messed up his vote for the negative. I got an overwhelming response of people wanting me to stay. So I did.
In the last 2 or 3 weeks things have really picked up in my life so I've been unable to devote as much time to the project. However, I told everyone to basically take it easy until Monday of next week when I'd be home for the start of my summer break from College.
In the background Seth Walker, Termin8tor, and a guy by the name of "NCB" were planning on driving cross country across the states to see different forum members. Termin8tor and NCB would be flying in from Britain to do this. I jerked them around on this when they wanted to visit me cause quite frankly I may work on the internet, but I don't really consider it a source of social acceptance. I keep the internet separate from my real life. No offense to anyone else here, but I find people that use the internet as their sole focal point of social aspiration pretty pathetic.
Anyway, about a week and a half ago I patched things up with Bloodcider and came to terms allowing him back into the forums. I then went to Enix who really was a fantastic modeller and set something up where he could do freelance work at his leisure so that we could still utilize his talents but not expect him to complete anything specific in a period of time.
Well, In the last week Termin8tor became extremely snippy with me. The forums were on the fritz causing Mozilla to crash if we tried to view the banned category and then allowing some people who were banned to be considered banned but to still post. It turned out that the secondary permission masks had been changed to members so that they could still post. This was odd since neither one of us had touched the permission masks in months and had banned people who had stayed that way for a long time. However, Termin8tor decided it must have been my fault and refused to let it go.
The website went on the fritz where you couldn't click on the about, staff, or downloads sections and somehow this turned into an argument about the thing he had refused to drop not even a few days earlier.
So a few days ago I had posted something to further conflict with any personal interaction with me in the form of their trip. Termin8tor and I had been in the works to set up a server business where I would be paid to run a tech support thing for the time zones of the US. Well, he blew all of the funds for this on this stupid trip, so I posted saying that I didn't know if I would be working since I had to go get a job in order to pay for a new computer (since my college network corrupted my brand new one). NCB posted "You'll actually have to take responsibility for something for once in your life." To which I responded, "What in the fuck is that suppose to mean?" It took him several days to respond but when he did I believe he was drunk. What he was posting was barely legible but it was something about having sex with my mom, so I deleted it and didn't even give him the time of day. He proceeded to post twice more to which I deleted and warned him. He responded a forth time telling me to go fuck myself. To which I suspended him for a week.
Termin8tor totally lost his mind and banned me. That's right. He banned me from my own boards yelling "STOP BANNING PEOPLE!!!!" This was absurd. First of all, he wasn't banned. He was suspended, and second of all, do any of you know of an active administrator that would allow someone to spam post 3 times and then tell the admin to go fuck themselves?
So finally I talked Termin8tor down and got my adminship restored, but now I was worried. He was obviously no longer stable and was in control of the FTP in which our entire work and website was housed. Now, my college connection is abysmal at best so I began looking through my buddy list to give someone access so they could grab the most important data incase he did something to it.
Well, several people informed Termin8tor of my plans to get the project minimal safe distance from this insanity and he proceeded to reban me and delete the FTP while of course taking a copy for his harddrive.
The next couple of days have consisted of the forums being used as a place to bash me as being "Laine"(I'll go into this in a moment) and how the project is being shut down because of me. I still don't understand the logic behind this seeing as I was still planning on finishing the project.
Now that it was obvious that Termin8tor had seized control of my project it was quite obvious that there was no real way for me to get it back. This was when many of the members showed their true colors. Civilian Soldier who had not even a day previous been saying that I was well within my rights to suspend NCB was now saying how I killed the project and some other bullshit. Suddenly, he was Termin8tor's best friend.
Incy247, who was fired from the team about 2 months ago and officially resigned when I ran into him in MSN, was now back and with a copy of the FTP.
Lt. Kelly showed back up as well who had been active for at least a month living life to it's fullest I imagine. He showed up to tell me how I was killing the project.
Now, I'll address the Laine comment. Laine or Galadriel was the team leader of the doomed project RETE.
The features of "Laine" are as follows:
-Leads a forum pushing the idea of updates when nothing is going on in the background.
-The proverbial update is on it's way followed by Update: Update on it's way. Update: Update: Update on it's way, ect ect.
-Banning those who bring the previous to light.
-Pretending to be a woman only to be disproven by someone with a lot of freetime to research this person's background thoroughly.
Now this all was meant to center around the banning comment, however this was slander at best. The last people I had banned were Bloodcider and Enix. Both of which had since been unbanned so this idea didn't fly. Also, I'll reiterate that NCB was not banned but merely, suspended. I'll get to what was really going on as soon as I finish addressing what is being claimed.
They also can't say that work was not going on in the background because our coder Rayne had just finished code for testing relating to a new Civilian entity that the police of the mod would be required to protect (thus the Serve and PROTECT). Also, our other coder Morrath was nearing completion of our new inventory code which our graphic artist Indiana had designed a month ago.
So with the "Laine" comments put to rest, they're still spewing from the mouth and claiming I'm responsible for the demise of the project. This leads to the logical question of "If Chaossaber was the problem with the project, why can't you finish it without him now that you've banned him from his own boards?" I'll address this in a minute as well.
A funny thing happened a couple of nights ago. My buddy was hanging out on my computer since his parents had come down to get all of his shit to take back so he didn't have much to bring home from college. So he was hanging out in my room on my computer while I was playing some PS2 and I was telling him about what had happened. I told him it'd be funny if someone registered some usernames like people had done over at RETE with really derogatory things said in these usernames. Well, he did it. Immature? Yes. Funny? Yes. Of course this was used as further ammunition against me but what do I have to lose now?
Well, now it seems that they're going to start work on another project. Well a few months ago we began discussing what we would do after RETSP. Termin8tor bought the Torque engine and seemed like we were going to do an MMORPG based around a story I had written for it. This was well into the future since we hadn't even begun work on the SP part of the project since that was suppose to come after we got a beta released which we hadn't. Now they seem to be starting this project...
So. Why did this happen?
Termin8tor decided he wanted to start this new project "Aberrant Haven". He knew that I'd never go for it as long as we were still working on RETSP. He saw his friend NCB get suspended and was mad anyway and decided to use this as his opportunity to use it as an excuse to ban me from my own forums. I can guarantee 100% that this would never have happened if I hadn't suspended a member who was going on an international trip with this guy. Those that didn't quit on the spot who realized the project they signed up for was no more, put their head so far up Termin8tor's ass they could lick the back of his teeth. The forums are really bad at this point.
Those that actually remember Laine are calling bullshit on the claims. Hell, they're literally attacking people who suggest that there's more to it than Chaos= The Devil.
For instance Civilian Soldier started flaming a member named Batabusa who suggested "That surely it isn't 100% his fault". They flamed him until he started calling me Laine as well to fit in when he wasn't even a member of the RETE forums to know what it means.
Summed up, take our ideals and beliefs or else you're ostracized from the community. Now this is the RETE I remember.
What happens now?
Well, I've kept them on their toes for a while thinking I'm going to start the project back up and what not. I actually could if I wanted to since they're saying they're going to open source the content. However more than 90% of them don't understand that Open Source doesn't mean open to everyone WE want to use it.
Though this isn't my intention. It's merely been to distract them while I set up a new email and accounts for school and my real life friends. RETSP is gone now, but it certainly wasn't my fault. Though make up your own mind. Thanks for taking time to read all of this.
And if you want to use our work and finish what we started go for it.
Just remember the names mentioned within and keep in mind to avoid them because trust and loyalty aren't exactly qualities they have a surplus on.
As an update I'd like to say that RETSP will be starting up again under new management shortly. Things are turning up it seems. There's very little I can do to stop the old team, but I'm not too worried. They can make their unofficial project if they feel so inclined.
one of the alpha versions of the mod... FINNALLY you are thinking. But nobody was smart enough to post this here so i just took advantage of this and...
Indeed, Termi.
RIP then :)
better go play brainbread >_>
The mod disbanded in the end because we, (the entire team) decided it was for the best to release what we had and put an end to it, we could just as easily not released a damned thing.
All ex team members including I and chaossaber are in pretty good stead (that means we are friends) with each other nowadays and we have our own online hangout places we all talk on, theres no need to spam a dead thread on stuff that happened half a year ago that had no effect on you specificly as an individual.
Let it rest in peace.
here chaossaber, why don't you keep THIS comment because it'll make me look ST00pid? Actually don't because your article on the left beats the stupidity and meaningless of this one.
here's another friendly comment, chaossaber!
I mean I'm just guessing you do'nt have much to do anyways, given your kind of ******** character.
why don't i make your life more miserable by making you delete another additional post?
Punkmonk, The posts that you're soiling your tampon over are nearly 6 months old and about 2 months or so later, the team released a FINAL. When you release a final it's complete and no longer being developed.
Seeing as we did release a final following the Alpha 1.1 release, the team did get back together for a short time and then disbanded as friends. Since you weren't a team member, EVER, your in no position to talk about those who I still talk to regularly.
Get a ******* life and realize that your about 6 months off with any of your outrage. Luckily I still browse this page occasionally to keep it clean and help people that still play it.
Punkmonk is an idiot.
Perhaps he should try reading the about section just above his head if he wasn't such a stupid ****.
Well I'll be damned. It was updated. Don't you feel like a moron.
I'm also good friends again with Termin8tor and the rest of the team who I talk with it at least once every day. I'm glad you decided to bring up what happened nearly 7 months ago.
OOOO, Chaos gotcha there!
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