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CAMBRIDGE — When this city's next manager takes over this summer, he will wade into a long, sticky controversy over the walloping salary that the post commands.
Richard C. Rossi, a longtime deputy city manager, signed a three-year contract that guarantees a $330,000 annual salary, by far the highest paid to a Massachusetts municipal manager and nearly twice that of Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston.
Rossi will make less than the outgoing city manager, Robert Healy, who makes $347,000 a year and is leaving the position at the end of June.
Rossi says the demanding nature of the job justifies the high pay, but his compensation package has reignited criticism that taxpayers are funding a grossly inflated salary.
"It's outrageous,'' said community activist Heather Hoffman. "It's obscene."
Now, some members of the City Council, which voted 7 to 2 in February to approve Rossi's contract, concede that the salary is high and are weighing how to curb the manager's ballooning salary.
"We as a council are cognizant of the fact that he's going to be paid a huge amount of money and that the previous city manager is paid a huge amount of money,'' said Councilor Craig Kelley, who voted against the Rossi contract. "We hope the next city manager will not have the same expectations to make the same amount."
Cambridge, a nationally recognized city of 105,000 people, is home to Harvard, MIT, and a booming biotech industry. It is hailed for its prized bond ratings and revenue-generating property taxes.
For the past several years it has been on a building boom, with a new public safety building, youth and recreational facilities, and major renovations to its library and high school. Residents have shown their approval with high marks on city-conducted surveys.
Rossi, who started collecting trash for the city some 42 years ago, became deputy in 1981 and is now paid $287,000. As chief executive, a role Rossi will assume July 1, he will set policies, submit annual budgets, and appoint heads of city departments and boards.
In an interview last week, Rossi stressed his commitment to maintaining the city's fiscal strength and said he remains committed to delivering high-quality service and responsiveness to residents.
Rossi also defended his salary, saying that running a city is demanding work that requires expertise in planning, personnel management, and economic development.
"It's like running a major corporation; it's a difficult job,'' said Rossi. "I'm not going to deny that this is a high salary. But I will tell you that I work hard. I will tell you that when I go home at night and on the weekends, I am still getting e-mails and phone calls."
Rossi's contract includes a city-owned car, cellphones, and tablet computers. He will have a life insurance policy of $120,000. The city has agreed to pay additional monthly retirement benefits.
Mayor Henrietta Davis, who hails Rossi as a strong visionary and leader for the city, said that outgoing manager Healy, who lives in Lowell, stayed in the job for three decades and that annual pay increases pushed his high salary ever higher. Rossi, who lives in Watertown, has been the deputy since 1981.
Both men have received cost of living and other salary adjustments over the years. In addition, Healy received a 3 percent salary increase on June 1, 2009 as well as on Jan. 1, 2010, 2011, and 2012, according to his contract.
"It's a structural issue when you have a manager and you are re-upping their contract,'' said Davis, who voted for Rossi's contract. "Every year you are making it bigger. This has been going on for a long time in Cambridge."
Minka vanBeuzekom, also on the City Council, noted that Rossi's salary is fixed for the three years of his contract and does not allow for the usual pay increases.
"We are paying for experience, knowledge, and a complete ability, from day one, to jump in and maintain the same standard of really good governance,'' said vanBeuzekom. "I think that is worth paying for."
For some residents, however, the high salary is unsettling. Some had hoped that when Healy announced his retirement, the council would use the opportunity to open the search outside City Hall.
"I was disheartened,'' said Rhonda Massie, a longtime resident. "We were promised a search. We were not promised the cronyism that we have gotten. . . . It seems to me that Mr. Rossi has been working in the city for years and years, and I'm not convinced he's the best person for the job."
Frederic Turkington , president of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association, said the administrator's salary is comparable to that of other chief executives in similarly sized cities in California, Arizona, and Texas. Unlike elected officials, who are usually underpaid, city managers are comparable to a superintendent of a school department or a general manager of a mass transit system who deserve higher pay, said Turkington.
"Cambridge is a sophisticated community,'' said Turkington, administrator of Wayland. "Managing a community this complex, with the diversity of population, transportation, and medical community, that all goes to the challenges of the heart of what the managers would face there."
But even by those criteria, Rossi comes out on top. Beverly Scott, general manager of the MBTA, is paid $220,000 annually and the superintendent of Boston public schools makes $266,750.
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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=159947 . Done 3 days ago. I made a PKGBUILD for this driver. It's not perfect(don't exactly know the dependencies and such stuff, but it works and installs the driver). I included the 3.8 patch floating around here in this thread.
I just got myself a PCE-N53 as well, and kept getting build errors like so: http://pastie.org/7801054
I would just like to add that these were also solved by the patch posted earlier in this thread, in case anybody is experiencing the same issue.
I've updated the driver to compile on 3.8:
Note: this applies cleanly to the 2.6.00 distribution. patch -R if you've applied the previous modification to fix panicking, or simply delete and re-extract the original package.
Thank you again! I had just tried the first patch and wondered why it failed to build. Your latest patch put everything right on my 3.8 kernel. Cheers!
I've updated the driver to compile on 3.8:
Note: this applies cleanly to the 2.6.00 distribution. patch -R if you've applied the previous modification to fix panicking, or simply delete and re-extract the original package.
I have an Asus Pce-N53 wireless in Linux Mint 15, but I am not able to do it works, despite I have tried it.
I'm not an English speaker nor an expert with computers, so I need a "guide for dummies" to install your patch, if it's possible.
Thank you.
Please ask for help on the Mint boards; only Arch is supported here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … pport_ONLY
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I'm sorry I bothered to your forum
I can not find help anywhere else, so I thought that the user jcrews could help me.
Thanks jcrews for the patch! works great on Debian Testing, kernel 3.9.1 too.
I also added these lines on line 42 of pci_main_dev.c to keep it from complaining about missing __dev* stuff:
/*FIX: __dev* was removed in kernel 3.8 */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,8,0)
#define __devinit
#define __devinitdata
#define __devexit
#define __devexit_p(x) x
Will this patch work if running kernel 3.10 (or higher)? If not, would replacing in the patch all occurrences of "3,8,0" with "3,10,0" make it work?
Will this patch work if running kernel 3.10 (or higher)? If not, would replacing in the patch all occurrences of "3,8,0" with "3,10,0" make it work?
Yes. 3.8 was a special case where deprecated coded was deleted. No further changes should be needed for the forseeable future. I've also updated the patch so you can export a KERN_VER variable. If you don't define it, the current running kernel will be used as the build target, as before.
Example. You upgrade your kernel and you want build this driver for it before you reboot. This is convenient if your machine is headless or managed over the wifi link.
Just export KERN_VER=<new name> where <new name> is replaced with the next version. It must be as listed in /lib/modules. E.g., 3.10.10-1-ARCH.
Hey @jcrews,
Since the Linux kernel updates frequently, is there a way for the driver to reinstall / rebuild every time the kernel upgrades?
Is anyone else having trouble getting this patch to work with the 3.12.3 kernel?
In file included from /home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v188.8.131.52_20120326/include/os/rt_linux.h:53:0,
from /home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v22.214.171.124_20120326/include/rtmp_os.h:44,
from /home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v22.214.171.124_20120326/include/rtmp_comm.h:69,
from /home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v126.96.36.199_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:30:
/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v184.108.40.206_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c: In function 'rt_ioctl_giwscan':
include/net/iw_handler.h:554:9: warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
CC [M] /home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v188.8.131.52_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o
/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v184.108.40.206_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c: In function '__RtmpOSFSInfoChange':
/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v18.104.22.168_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1133:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type 'int' from type 'kuid_t'
/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v220.127.116.11_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.c:1134:20: error: incompatible types when assigning to type 'int' from type 'kgid_t'
make[2]: *** [/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v22.214.171.124_20120326/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/darksurf/Linux/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v18.104.22.168_20120326/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.12.0-sabayon'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2
I have troubles with the 3.12.4 kernel for this package... Downgraded to 3.12.3 to have a working build again...
It gave me the error "no rule to make target for 'LINUX'", for the file dfs.o, required by rt5592sta.o.
Darksurf -> I uploaded my working package for 3.12.3 on http://up.levert.ch/a30614-rt5592sta_li … 4pkgtar.xz . You will need to rename it ".tar.xz" for the installation with pacman -U. Keep in mind that it will only work with stock "3.12.3-1 ARCH" kernel. After installing the package, "sudo depmod" and "sudo modprobe rt5592sta", as usual. And don't update to 3.12.4 ! I think I will download the latest LTS linux kernel for once...
Got it compiling again for 3.12.5-1-ARCH, and working flawlessy for three hours now. I think last time was just a problem with GCC.
The annoying dmesg rt_ioctl errors are still present, but it works good 100/100Mbps.
Webbeh can you share your newly compiled driver? TIA
http://up.levert.ch/821f88-rt5592sta_li … 4pkgtar.xz
Package for 3.12.5-1-ARCH ONLY
- Rename the package .tar.xz
- sudo pacman -U <package>
- sudo depmod
- sudo modprobe rt5592sta
This used to work on (K)Ubuntu 13.10 but not since I've updated the kernel to 3.13. Now all I get is the following error:
install -d /lib/modules/3.13.0-031300-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install -m 644 -c rt5592sta.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-031300-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat 'rt5592sta.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/Hitachi/Downloads/Linux/DPO_GPL_RT5592STA_LinuxSTA_v220.127.116.11_20120326/os/linux'
make: *** [install] Error 2
Can anyone help with this? (Sorry, I'm not on Arch but this is the only thread with people that appear to know what they're doing.)
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Where does the package come from ? What is you actual kernel version ? Are the sources still installed ? What distro are you on ?
I downloaded the drivers from Asus's website. The patch is from a comment in this thread, namely #17. The kernel version is 3.13.0-031300-generic from Ubuntu's mainline kernel "ppa" (http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/ma … 13-trusty/). The sources (linux-headers) are still installed along with other prerequisites. The distro is Kubuntu 13.10.
Sorry for the laaaaaaate answer.
It just seems that your module is not found in the folder. I was not able to build for that specific version either, nor for the three next kernel versions.
I'm giving up on making this PCI device work and bought an atheros-based on thinkpenguin[dot]com that I'll receive in a few days. I also flagged the AUR package out of date.
I'm sorry not to be able to answer your question...
Anyone else manage to get the driver building on 3.14 (specifically 3.14.1-1)?
It seems to be 3.12.4 all over again (failing to build)
A patch was uploaded by hallou89 on the AUR page, it fixes the "incompatible types when assigning to type 'int' from type 'kuid_t`" error.
Patch only : http://up.levert.ch/d7ba21-patch314.patch (rename patch314.patch and put in the main aur package folder, next to the PKGBUILD given right below)
...and the new PKGBUILD : http://up.levert.ch/5360b2-PKGBUILD
If you're not sure about what to do, you should download this archive, containing the full folder.
Untar it (tar xzvf 2dc4b1-rt5592hallou89.tgz), move to the rt5592sta_linux_hollow89 folder, and makepkg as usual.
Last edited by Webbeh (2014-04-29 15:17:36)
It you can't make it work, there is the package file. http://up.levert.ch/fa4e20-rt5592sta_li … pkg.tar.xz
There are a LOOOT of "IOCTL errors" on the dmesg, but they seem inoffensive at first sigh, no real issue after ~1 week of running.
Last edited by Webbeh (2014-04-29 14:38:09)
Thanks Webbeh,
I didn't notice the AUR page (I tend to just check this thread when building the driver after a kernel upgrade doesn't work).
Thanks for the simple instructions and uploading those files. I looked at the patch and since I had all the files up I just modified the file myself, but thanks for putting it all together.
You're welcome.
If anybody has an idea for the annoying "IOCTL::unknown IOCTL's cmd = 0x00008947" spamming my dmesg, I would love to hear it..
I just upgraded to Linux 3.14.2-1 and hit a new snag when compiling:
/opt/rt5592sta/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.c:4896:85: error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
snprintf(extra, size, "Driver version-%s, %s %s\n", STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, __TIME__ );
I was able to fix this however by commenting out the line in the error (hopefully this has no adverse effects, but it makes the compilation succeed and my card work).
Change sta/sta_cfg.c line 4896 from:
snprintf(extra, size, "Driver version-%s, %s %s\n", STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, __TIME__ );
//snprintf(extra, size, "Driver version-%s, %s %s\n", STA_DRIVER_VERSION, __DATE__, __TIME__ );


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The world has been slow to react to the growing specter of famine in Somalia, despite repeated warnings by the United Nations and aid organizations that millions of people are at risk. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that nearly 4 million Somalis — half the country's population — were in imminent danger of starvation. Unless the international community takes immediate steps to address the crisis, the loss of life there could rival that of the humanitarian emergencies in Sudan in 1998, Ethiopia in 2001 and Niger in 2005.
For weeks, people have been fleeing southern Somalia for refugee camps along the Somali-Kenyan border, which have swollen to nearly half a million people, and smaller camps in Ethiopia. At the Dadaab camp in Kenya, the flow of refugees has reached 1,000 people a day, most of whom arrive exhausted and malnourished after traveling hundreds of miles of foot with only the belongings they can carry. Most of the new arrivals are women and children who are forced to camp out in squalid conditions with minimal access to water, food or medical care. The camp's hospitals are filled with emaciated youngsters for whom doctors hold out little hope of recovery.
Despite the magnitude of the unfolding disaster, no one can claim it was unforeseen. Last year, forecasters warned that dangerously low rainfall and drought in the region could threaten crops and produce massive food shortages. Some scientists have linked Somalia's drought, the country's worst in 20 years, to global warming and climate change.
The problems facing aid workers are compounded by Somalia's long-running civil war, in which militants of the Islamist group al-Shebab, which has close ties to Al-Qaeda, have attacked and killed aid workers and extorted money and supplies from relief organizations in the areas it controls. Last week the group refused to allow the U.N.'s World Food Program, the largest food distribution organization, from operating in large parts of the country, calling its workers spies and saboteurs for Western powers. The WFP has lost 14 relief workers to militant attacks in the last few years.
Somalia has been in a state of anarchy since the collapse of its central government in 1991, and the unrelenting political violence there undoubtedly has caused some in the West to write off the country as an international basket case no amount of foreign assistance can set right. Billions of dollars and decades of effort have failed to stabilize the country, while the growing pirate menace along Somalia's coastline and the threat posed by terrorist groups like al-Shebab have discouraged even the most sympathetic donors. British Prime Minister David Cameron recently felt obliged to chide the European Union in particular for not doing more to help victims of famine.
But the world cannot afford to ignore a humanitarian crisis of the magnitude now facing Somalia, where the continuing flood of refugees threatens not only to destabilize neighboring countries but also strengthen the hand of Islamist extremists bent on exploiting the chaos. The Obama administration is right to be concerned that some food, medicines and other aid intended for civilians might wind up benefiting militant groups, but the danger of that occurring pales beside the likelihood that without a renewed push from the U.S., millions of innocents could perish. We are the only country that can really make a difference at this point, and we should use the opportunity to do whatever we can to help those most in need.


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Editorial: Horror, yet again, at another school
We offer no seat-of-the-pants assessment today (Friday) of the tragic shootings at Arapahoe High School. (Authorities say a student entered the school with a shotgun, shot two students and then apparently killed himself. One student Sunday night remained in a coma in critical condition.)
It is enough at this moment to acknowledge, in the words of Gov. John Hickenlooper, that this is an unspeakable horror and something no child, no family should have to endure.
At some point commentators will no doubt reflect upon whatever warning signs, if any, there might have been. At some point experts will outline whatever lessons, if any, should be drawn for parents, counselors and school authorities.
In the meantime, it is enough to express sympathy and solidarity with those in the Arapahoe school community, and to offer moral support to the families of the victims.
The attack occurred, of course, one day before the anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 children and six adults died. And while Colorado escaped such a cataclysm this time, our state is, after all, home to Columbine.
But lets not get carried away. As NBC reported this week, School violence is decreasing, just as the general crime rate has decreased steadily over the past 20 years.
Still, that knowledge is no consolation to those affected by any individual event. Indeed, such relatively rare violence only appears that much more senseless.


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I purchased a bright yellow-colored koi. Several months later, the colors began to fade. Why?
Crystal – Menomonee Falls, WI
Think about the things that make you feel healthy and happy. Like good food. Low stress. And enough sunshine every day to keep the blues away. With that simple recipe, you've described the perfect balance. And if you don't stay true to it, everything suffers. Including your complexion. Just ask your koi.
Okay. Asking your koi probably won't help. But if its color is starting to fade, the odds are good it's not in peak health. Fortunately, with a few changes to your regular koi-keeping routine, you can restore its vibrant color – and put the spring back in its…um…swim.
One of the first culprits for a fading koi is the lack of consistent sun exposure. So take a look at your water feature. Are there too many water plants? Is the feature in a shady spot? While it's important to provide protection from predators and constant direct sunlight, your koi needs natural light to thrive. Make sure to clear out excess vegetation – and brighten its day.
Stress can also take a toll on your koi – and its color. Unlike humans, though, koi stress doesn't come from bill collectors and overzealous bosses. It comes from predators, parasites and poor water quality. In order to give your koi the ability to keep stress at bay, our Pond Logic® Stress Reducer PLUS helps to restore its natural slime coat – while removing chlorine, chloramines and heavy metals ordinarily found in tap water. While Stress Reducer PLUS is great for new ponds, regular treatments will help to keep your koi in peak health.
Food is another critical ingredient to a bright, happy koi's existence. Koi, like people, can't thrive on junk food. With a regular diet of PondLogic® Growth & Color Fish Food or PondLogic® Professional Fish Food, your koi will have the nutrients it needs to retain its vibrant colors – and thrive.
Finally, it's important to consider genetics. Coloration is a fundamentally genetic trait – and over time, dominant and recessive traits can become more or less pronounced. So, while it's critical to provide the right environment and food for your koi, diminished color may be the result of natural changes. So do what you can – and leave the rest to nature.
Pond Talk: Have any of your koi changes colors?
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Soundtrack2 Ep. 57: No More Canyons
The Dust Mice, Asobi Seksu, Disappears, James Blake, Young Galaxy & more
More great new music that needs to be heard.
1. //orangenoise – On The Run
Glammy, high energy garage from Karachi. The excellent //voracious EP is available for free download on Bandcamp.
2. The Vanity Press – Common Girls
Glorious Swervedriver-influenced shoegaze from "Satan-tonio," Texas.
3. Figurehead – Idiot Savant
From NW Shoegazing's awesome Vibrato 11.01 compilation, this Pinion track delivers full-on, rock and roll shoegaze.
4. Disappears – Halo
Propulsive rock and roll with a dose of krautrock from their great new Guider album.
5. Lower Heaven – Firearms
Now we enter the drone zone. One of the many nice cuts off their Today Is All We Have record. Note not to confuse this band with Lower Dens, as I did at first.
6. The Vacant Lots – Confusion
With a wink at vintage Brian Jonestown Massacre, love this psych cut from the New Englanders.
7. Voyageurs – Black Forest
Murky trip into the night from the brilliantly-titled Alien Iverson.
8. Asobi Seksu – Trails (Deerhoof remix)
Tense, cut up re-interpretation of the beautiful Flourescence track.
9. Young Galaxy – We Have Everything
I know what you're thinking: will we play every song off their new Shapeshifting record? Well…if they're all this good, we make no promises.
10. Blouse – Shadow
80's inspired electropop that you can wrap yourself up in. Pick it up on their Bandcamp.
11. Illogical Time Concerns – Fight Till You're Right
San Franciscans piece together an addictive lo-fi tune on their Neu Symbols EP, available on Bandcamp. Not to be confused with this Beastie Boys classic.
12. The Dust Mice – Sun Will Shine
Very impressed with this UK band's Sun Will Shine EP (bandcamp). Check out the classic dream pop on this title track.
13. jj – I'm The One / Money On My Mind
Had this great chillwave tune kicking around for a while. This has got to be the shortest song that has two names separated by a slash.
14. Tearjerker – Best
Released on last November's Strangers, I love the melody over the swollen, distorted bass.
15. James Blake – Wilhelms Scream
Hard to define this one – space age R&B? Just wonderful.
16. Quiet Lights – No More Canyons
Building intensity from Brooklyn.


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FDOT projects total $200 million for NE FL
The official press release:
Governor Scott's Florida Families First Budget for FY 2014 fully funds the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) Work Program investments in port, highway, bridge and other transportation infrastructure improvements. The FDOT budget is built upon the Governor's vision to invest in job creation and to lower the cost of living for Florida's families by prioritizing vital transportation projects to facilitate economic development opportunities.
Governor Scott said, "All the signs are positive - the unemployment rate is declining, the housing market is improving, consumer confidence is rising and economic growth in our communities is continuing. This is the right time to fund much needed transportation improvements. These strategic investments will create construction jobs and lay the foundation for the private sector to move to Florida, expand business and create long-term jobs."
The Governor's recommended Work Program budget of $8.3 billion ensures the Department of Transportation plays a strong support role in achieving the Governor's economic and budget priorities. Building the links in the transportation network improves the movement of freight from suppliers to markets and provides employment opportunities for Florida's families. The budget makes the following investments:
· $3.6 billion for construction of highway projects
· $288 million in seaport infrastructure improvements
· $169 million for aviation improvements
· $287 million for bridge repair and replacement to include replacing 31 bridges
· $765 million for maintenance and operation
· $401 million for public transit development grants
· $144 million for safety initiatives
List of FDOT projects coming to Jacksonville/NE Florida.
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As the More is More Mom®, I'm all about……..more back to school home décor! I have always been in love with the rituals of starting a new school year. Perhaps it's my obsession with footwear, but to me, the very best part of back to school shopping is the quest for the perfect shoe. When I was a little girl, my mom would take me to Chicago's Kotz Shoe Store at Lincoln and Belmont. I was like a kid in a candy shop; shiny cordovan penny loafers, topsiders, saddle shoes (I like retro), clogs (it was the 70's) and sparkly white tennis shoes.
The next best thing to shoe shopping is finding the perfect school supplies; designed to help you stay organized and motivated in style! While Nick has always been perfectly happy with boring solid colored notebooks and folders and those standard orangey-yellow Ticonderoga #2 pencils, Amanda is much more like her mother in her desire for flights of fancy; patterned, colorful, glittery, hip and happening.
But why should the kids have all of the fun? With reading, writing and arithmetic as my inspiration, I was scouring the aisles of my favorite haunts for ideas for bringing the back to school experience to our home décor.
I think a globe is a great addition to any home. It's perfect on a shelf, a counter or an end table. Easy accessibility is the key so the kiddies can become geographically literate. Maybe I should have spent more time at the library rather than at the shoe store!
Reading is, of course, fundamental. As an Interior Designer, I'm always surprised when clients ask me what they should put on their book shelves. The answer is obvious; BOOKS! However, we can make our displays more interesting by intermingling treasured photographs, objects and bookends. I am a huge fan of elephants, which is why I was immediately drawn to these bookends in particular, but there are so many different options allowing us to express our individual personalities.
For the math and strategy minded, why not a little game of Tic-Tac-Toe? Even though pencil and paper is simple, a statement game goes a long way. Why not keep it on the kitchen counter or on the coffee table in the family room?
It's always a good idea to get on your teacher's good side by bringing her an apple (or to sweeten the deal, a caramel apple!). I came across this fabulous three tiered basket, which would be perfect for storing apples, amongst other things. If you are a fan of going big or going home, why not snag this apple sculpture and perch it on your kitchen island or counter to bring in a little flavor of the season?
Pretty fabric desk accessories will keep you organized, yet stylish. Rather than stick all of your family's artwork and important notes on the refrigerator, why not pin them on a fabulously framed cork board or French memo board? So much more beautiful! While you're at it, replacing ho-hum yellow legal pads with decorative and ornate paper makes all of our prose, be it a laundry list or a love letter, a little bit more important.
What better way to shed some light on your reading, writing and arithmetic than with sassy new table lamps? Bright colors, bold stripes and striking silhouettes make a powerful statement in any nook or cranny.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.– Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced after Saturday's victory over Florida Atlantic that the Naval Academy has qualified to play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 29 at AT&T Park in San Francisco against a projected opponent from the Pac-12. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. in San Francisco (4:00 p.m. in Annapolis) and will be televised nationally by ESPN2.
This will be Navy's second trip to San Francisco for a bowl game. In 2004, 18,000 Navy fans, including more than 2,000 midshipmen, jammed what was then Pac Bell Park to see Navy defeat New Mexico, 34-19.
"Based on our visit in 2004, we have seen first hand that the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is a magnificent overall environment and event," said Gladchuk. "The city of San Francisco, the stadium, the hospitality from the community, the bowl administration and the beauty of Northern California present as fine a postseason experience as we could possibly enjoy. The Academy is sincerely grateful to Gary Cavalli and his staff for inviting us back and setting the stage for our team to earn an enjoyable trip to the West Coast and an inspiring matchup versus an opponent from the Pac-12."
"I am very happy for our young men and our program that we are going back to a bowl game for the ninth time in the last 10 years," said Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo. "This group has shown an amazing amount of resiliency after starting 1-3 and they never stopped fighting or believing. Our only focus right now is on our final three regular season games, but we are thrilled to be going back to San Francisco."
"We're thrilled to be able to bring Navy back to San Francisco, said Gary Cavalli, the Executive Director of the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. "Navy's first appearance in 2004 really put our bowl on the map. They bring a huge fan base, a ton of pageantry and one of the hottest football teams in America. We look forward to providing a great bowl experience for the Navy players and fans, and hosting a great match-up with the Pac-12."
Tickets for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl are on sale now at www.navysports.com.
Tickets can also be purchased starting Monday morning at 9 a.m. by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY or at the Ricketts Hall Box Office.
Ticket prices are $25 (Upper Level End Zone), $40 (Upper Level Corner), $50 (Upper Level Sideline and Lower Level End Zone and Corner), $60 (Lower Level Sideline and Sideline Bleacher behind the team bench) and $75 (Club). The only way to sit with the Navy contingent is to buy your tickets through the Navy ticket office.
Fans can also purchase tickets to sponsor midshipmen and enlisted personnel and their families for $50 per ticket. Donated tickets are 100% tax deductible.
"We strongly encourage Navy fans to buy their bowl tickets directly from the Naval Academy Athletic Association," said Gladchuk. "It is very important for this game and for future Navy bowl considerations for our fans to purchase tickets through the NAAA. If you can't make it to the game we ask that Navy fans buy tickets for our midshipmen and enlisted personnel, which will allow us to create the usual pageantry of Navy football."
Anthony Travel is the official Naval Academy Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl travel agency. Travel packages include hotel accommodations at the Westin St. Francis Hotel (Navy team hotel). Visit AnthonyTravel.com and search Navy Bowl or call (800) 736-6377 to make your reservations.
This will be Navy's 18th bowl appearance in school history and the ninth in the last 10 years.


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My koi are moving really slowly, but scatter when I get close to the pond. Is that normal?
Karen – Arlington, VA
When the water gets cold, koi fish get lazy. Okay. Maybe not lazy – but they slow down considerably as their bodies conserve energy to withstand colder temperatures. But despite their natural tendency to slow down in the off season, their survival instincts remain intact. Thus, when they sense motion from the outside world, they get nervous.
As denizens of the deep, it's only natural for koi fish to assume that everyone out of the water is looking for a quick meal. With that logical perspective, it's normal for them to demonstrate a brief burst of energy in the interest of self-preservation.
It's also natural for koi fish to lose their appetite when things get chilly. During the winter months, both their mobility and their metabolism slow down to preserve energy until things warm up in the spring. That's why we recommend our Pond Logic® Spring & Fall Fish Food for the months leading up to winter. This food is designed for easy digestion, and provides healthy nutrition until the water drops below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. After that, koi fish can subsist safely on available organic matter at the bottom of the pond. They'll eat what they need, and no more, and resume feeding when temperatures climb above 40 degrees again in the spring.
Pond Talk: Are you fish still coming to the pond side to greet you or have they taken cover for the winter?
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Press Release Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:00 PM
CAIR Report on Islamophobia in the United States – Calling CAIR to account for its Omissions
[PHBF California] The recently issued CAIR Report: Same Hate, New Target: Islamophobia and Its Impact in the United States January 2009-December 2010, a joint collaboration of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender, will certainly come in handy one day if Muslims ever become like their Jewish brethren – the eternal victims. The Jews have perfected the art of seeking endless claims, as noted in the Press Release ( Did You or Your Family Take Palestinian Property during the Jewish Zionist Era Since 1948? June 27, 2011 ). But the new victims shall surely "better that instruction" (Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice)*. That is the natural outcome when victimization and victimhood are amply lamented, dissected, and documented, but not its first cause!
Documenting symptoms of a disease with much fanfare while staying silent on its primary causes, serves only the interests of that which cause the disease, not of its victims.
No disease has ever been cured by focussing on the symptoms. While certainly a diagnostic aide to the underlying disease, dissecting the symptoms does not lead to its cure. Accurately diagnosing the underlying disease does.
That is the primary shortcoming of the CAIR report on Islamophobia in the United States. While it has abundantly documented the symptoms and incidences of Islamophobia, its strange silence on the underlying disease demonstrates either the incompetence of those writing the report, or, their villainous co-option to the powers which feed them. Or both.
Since CAIR presents itself as a non-profit public-interest organization representing Muslim interests in the United States, its calculated omission does little to alleviate the suffering of the Muslims of the United States as victims of Islamophobia. In fact, it does them grave disservice.
The Muslim silence on the cause of Islamophobia is their own condemnation. That condemnation is not attenuated by their copious narratives of the crimes of Islamophobia being visited upon them.
To stop Islamophobia, rather than to continue to endure it to eventually become perpetual victims of it, one has to strike decisively at its root cause. All those Muslim institutions proclaiming to represent or to serve Muslim interests and not doing so, must at least be asked by the public whom they claim to serve, to explain their palpable omissions.
Therefore, by way of this short Press Release by an ordinary Muslim plebeian living in the United States, an open request is made to all Muslim establishments of North America:
to all public-interest institutions adorning themselves with the word "Islam" or "Muslim" in their organization's title,
to all organizations which seek donations from Muslims and proclaim to serve them,
to all mosques and community centers,
to all religious leaders and Imams who wear Islam on their forehead while living off the donations of their flock for guiding them in the ways and means of the virtuous life,
and to anyone else who cares when victims are being constructed of the "other" people,
to call upon CAIR to explain its omissions.
Issue a press release demanding to know whose interests CAIR primarily serves: the Mighty Wurlitzer's, or the victims in their glossy 68-page brochure on Islamophobia.
The CAIR report is archived here: http://humanbeingsfirst.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/cacheof-cair-islamophobiareport2009-2010.pdf
Project Humanbeingsfirst's deconstruction of CAIR's omissions in a letter written to CAIR on July 04, 2011, is here: http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2011/07/cair-report-islamophobia-rising-usa.html
For further information, contact: Zahir Ebrahim, firstname.lastname@example.com
* Shakespeare's passage in context: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction."
Source URL: http://pressreleases-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2011/07/pr-cair-report-islamophobia-july072011.html
Source PDF: http://humanbeingsfirst.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/pr-cair-report-islamophobia-july072011.pdf
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|December 19th, 2016, 04:49 AM
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Quick help please, before I buy Deadbolt Scuffbusters???
Are Deadbolt Scuffbusters toe guards any good? Worth the money? Have you personally used them and did/did not like them? Why? They seam light and not clunky.
In an archive search I turned up a thread from 2011. Derby Vixen, seems she is still in business, 58skate muzzles seems to be gone from the scene?
I'm getting my gear together and I need some form of toe guards quick and dirty to protect my brand new derby skates. I don't want to gum them up with guerilla tape straight out of the box. What's a girl to do??? Miss Bee
|December 20th, 2016, 08:22 PM
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I guess I can conclude that they are not popular. Hmm...
|December 20th, 2016, 09:45 PM
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|December 20th, 2016, 09:53 PM
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For what its worth, I'm a fan of Tuff Toe. You just need to make sure you don't botch the application.
|December 20th, 2016, 11:29 PM
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I'm a zebra in training so I may just try them and do a report. Great idea. I'm also thinking if they don't destroy quickly from my outdoor skating, I may try to coat the cordura if they start to fray.
|December 26th, 2016, 07:13 PM
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If your into DIY
You can make your own without much hassle. Even put the part between your boot and plate to keep it still.
I got some canvas around the house and could try my hand at it. Canvas is cheap, and can easily make a template or a piece of the toe guard you could reinforce. The folds would be somewhat like the way the make pool tables felt flat in the corners.
Basically youd put a square between your boot and plate, cut 2 slits in the fabric where it come out from the end of the boot at 45 degree angles from the tip. With the 2 spots originating from say the left /right of your toes (big toe/pinky toe) and fold them over the boot. Once you have the size right, adding holes for a small lace would be easy. To make them strong , one could add layers of tuff toe/shoegoo and canvas. Or leather even. Raw Leather tends to become very stiff when shoegoo is really pushed down into the fibers.
If you dont want it between the boot and plate, after its built, you can always modify the guard where the boot used to hold it and make the toestop boss hold it. Or jist set it up like that from the start.
Ill have to try it myself, but my motivation lately is lacking:/
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|December 27th, 2016, 04:50 AM
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Thanks for the ideas. One plus for Scuffbusters is that by loosening the laces a lot you can get a wrench behind to adjust the stop jam nuts without taking the covers completely off. That will help me as a newbie still finding my toe grip height.
|January 9th, 2017, 12:21 AM
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Derby Vixen FTW
Absolutely none better.
Find some roller derby girls. Don't try to romance them! That don't end well. okie 10/12/2011
Royals FTW! When only the shiny will do... Doc Sk8 05/19/2012
|January 13th, 2017, 10:28 PM
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The same toe guards from the link are available on Ebay for $8-$20. They are made in China. I've ordered several pairs. I do not like the way they make the toes of my skates look. Too boxy and chunky looking. There is a guy on Ebay that makes the standard toe guard (like Riedell or Sure Grip). What's cool is he has them in a lot of colors and he customizes them with names, numbers, and logos. I've heard he is also on Facebook but I cannot confirm that as I am not on Facebook. He is located in England and the leather is very good quality. And he makes and ships them very quickly. We have a leather/luggage repair shop in my town and I have had them make me some as well. They made them while I waited and stamped them with my name and logo. I would definitely check your local area for a leather shop.
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|January 18th, 2017, 01:51 PM
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Find some roller derby girls. Don't try to romance them! That don't end well. okie 10/12/2011
Royals FTW! When only the shiny will do... Doc Sk8 05/19/2012
|January 18th, 2017, 03:55 PM
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This is just one of them. But if you check the seller, they have just about anything you can imagine. And you can contact them for something from your own mind. But I still highly recommend going to a local leather shop. These are just for if you want to try a bunch for not a lot of money.
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|February 3rd, 2017, 03:25 AM
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Made from paracord by derby for derby
Made to order from paracord.
|February 3rd, 2017, 05:04 PM
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I do agree at that $15 you can play a little.
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|February 21st, 2017, 03:42 AM
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OK here's my update. My pink scuffbusters are holding up well. I did have issues. I had to mount the nose cap pinched between the boot and plate for the best fit. The strap for me works best laced under my lace crosses. They hold better in that position and look much nicer. The thick steel grommet was an issue until I crushed it flat with a 5/8" bolt, washers and nut. This may only be a problem on Pilot Zytel plates with the clunky toe stopper jam nuts. (the new raptor plates eliminate the nut). I still had problems with the Mota Monster stops too low. I eliminated the heavy nut by drilling and tapping the plate thread inserts and installing a set screw. (if anyone needs this fix I will post a complete how to). From there the SBs work great. They are light weight too.
I put my Jacksons on an intense diet. I got rid of the Mota Monsters for new lighter Super Gumballs, got rid of the hefty jam nuts and treated my skates to Royal Assassins. Much better! Yes Virginia, wheel weight is important. A girl on my team has the exact same Jackson skate with Poisons. My size eleven is noticably lighter than her size five.
Another girl on a different team was admiring my wheels so I lent her four of mine. I put my wheels on her left skate her wheels on the right. She skated a dozen laps and was amazed at the dramatic difference. She ordered them from Bont on line while I swapped my wheels back. Giggle. I just love to help. Miss Bee
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2013: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (indoor): finished 40th in the 500m with a time of 1:06.68 at the Terrier Classic (1/26) … came seventh in the 600m with a 1:25.24 at the Tufts Stampede (2/02) … improved his time in the 600m to 1:23.94 at the New England Division III Championship (2/16) … (outdoor): finished in eighth place in the 400m with a time of 52.17 against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13).
2012: Finished second in the shot put (52.49m) at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship (indoor) … came seventh in the 400m (51.60) and 13th in the 200m dash (23.18) at NEWMACs (outdoor) ... finished fifth in the 4x400m relay (3:16.08) at the New England Division III championship (outdoor) ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... NEICAAA All-New England 4x400m relay.
2011: All-America in distance medley relay (indoor) … NCAA Division III all-region in 4x400 relay (indoor) … NCAA Division III all-region in 4x400 relay (outdoor) … NEWMAC All-Conference in 4x400 relay … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … set MIT record in distance medley relay (9:52.13) … finished fourth in distance medley relay (9:52.13) at Valentine's Invitational … finished second in 400m (52.18) against Bates and Colby … finished second in 4x400 (3:28.72) relay at Springfield Invitational … won 4x400 relay (3:29.29) and finished second in 400m (51.47) against Williams and Moravian … won 4x400 relay (3:26.35) at MIT Spring Invitational.
Off the Track: Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science with a minor in theater arts … interned at IMC Financial Markets, Morgan Stanley and Palantir Technologies … Division III All-American … orientation leader captain … fraternity senator.
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After struggling for years to overcome his ring addiction, Sonic the Hedgehog finally loses it deep within the Casino Night Zone. Luckily he's got his best friend to back him up, sort of.
Click to view If you're going to attempt an intervention for your video game partner, make sure it isn't in a place that accepts you as collateral. People wonder why I don't take better care of myself, and this is exactly why. I might not be the most hygienic writer at Kotaku, but when someone comes to collect on one of my friends' gambling debts you can be sure they don't want me stinking up their trunk.
It's all part of my evil plan.


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WHEN YOANI Sánchez talks about "alternative means of communication" in Cuba, she speaks with authority. Her blog Generación Y has become a beacon of democracy and freedom on the island, where the news media are still held in the tight grip of the Castro regime. Producing a blog hasn't been easy; Internet access is spotty. But she reports that alternate networks are throbbing with information that the government wants to suppress.
When the dissident Oswaldo Payá and activist Harold Cepero were killed in a car wreck in Cuba's eastern province of Granma on July 22, Cubans learned of it through these alternative channels. Ms. Sánchez, visiting Washington this week, told us that Cubans sense that "the government seems to be hiding something" about the Payá and Cepero deaths and there has been a "manipulation of facts."
The suspicions are well founded. On these pages recently, Ángel Carromero, a Spanish politician, said that the car he was driving and in which Mr. Payá and Mr. Cepero were riding was hit from behind by a vehicle with Cuban government plates and that he was threatened and intimidated by the authorities in an attempted coverup. Ms. Sánchez said that an independent, international investigation should be carried out as soon as possible, before the government manages to erase every last bit of evidence. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) has just written to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, asking him to appoint a panel for such a probe, saying that Mr. Payá's family, the Cuban people and the international community "all deserve to have the truth."
Truth is not a currency well respected by Fidel and Raul Castro. Ten years ago this month, they launched a crackdown known as the "Black Spring," in which 75 dissidents, independent journalists and human rights activists were imprisoned. The authorities also crushed the Varela Project, Mr. Payá's 2002 petition drive for guarantees of freedom; many of his colleagues were jailed. But Mr. Payá was not imprisoned.
Ms. Sánchez reminded us that such arbitrariness is characteristic of authoritarianism. "It is hard to think like a repressor, if you have never been one," she said. "They have their own logic. One of the most paralyzing elements of the Cuban repression is its illogical nature." While not in jail, Mr. Payá had no peace. According to family members, he was threatened repeatedly with death. The threats were often quite direct: You will die before the Cuban revolution does.
Cuba has lately seen some economic reforms and liberalizations; one of them allowed Ms. Sánchez to travel freely abroad for the first time. But she told us the real change in Cuba today is not from the top but rather from below. "People are losing their fear, moving from silent to open, from wearing a mask to showing their real face in public," she said. Ms. Sánchez stands at the cutting edge of this change yet sees a long road still to be traveled. Cuba has not yet relinquished a stranglehold on individual liberties.
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You've probably heard "to whom much is given, much is required."
But when is the much you're giving too much?
I received a plea from one single woman who felt guilty because she's decided to cut off her family from her bank account.
. The background: The woman has been lending money to her parents and a brother. "These family members haven't lost jobs," she wrote. "In fact, they have been gainfully employed during the whole meltdown. There has never been a time when they were not employed. How many people can say that?"
She's tried to talk to her family members about getting credit counseling, but they haven't been receptive to the advice.
. The conflict: The brother and parents spend more than they earn.
"They were so sloppy. They had no clue when I asked them what their total outlays were, where ?the monthly money was going, or even what their credit card total debt was."
The woman asked her brother and parents to produce a budget she could examine. "With the brother, he did humor me through the exercise of writing out all monthly outlays (not a budget, mind ?you, a snapshot). I gave him pointers of what must go."
One was his "gas-guzzling" leased car. She suggested the brother purchase a used, fuel-efficient vehicle at the end of the lease. He did buy a smaller car. However, he also bought the gas-guzzler after the lease was up. "The point of the exercise was to dump the leased car and drive the cheap miser for a few years."
Then there are her parents, who by the woman's estimate spend 10 percent to 20 percent more than they earn each year. They make up for their shortfall by using credit cards and pulling equity out of their home. "Well, the house equity is tapped out, their credit card balances are high, and now they need money for house repairs," she wrote. "Honestly, I think they are close to insolvent, but my dad refuses to do anything about it."
Her father wasn't open to any budget changes. He wanted her money minus the commentary, she said.
. The bottom line: If you're going to bail out relatives, don't belittle them, assume the role of a parent, or worse, allow them to continue their bad money management by rescuing them on a regular basis. This woman was guilty of all three behaviors.
If you decide to give money to relatives (never lend money to family or friends) and you have better budgeting skills than they do, then I think it's OK to make the gift contingent on the person demonstrating that he or she won't waste your money.
But don't treat grown folks like children. They don't have to take your recommendations. If they choose not to show you a budget, share their financial challenges or seek professional help, then tell them you can't help. And mean it. If you give them money even grudgingly, you are part of the problem because they won't change. They won't learn to budget. Why should they? You keep bailing them out.
Never lend money to family or friends.


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The Resin line, by Uguard.me, offers a variety of candy, matte, and metallic colors — all with the power to hold your iPhone against a glass surface for a short period of time. The set comes in a skin that the user applies to each side of the phone (except the screen, of course). To paste the phone on a surface, all the user has to do is make sure the case is clean and gently press the backside of the phone onto the desired location to keep it mounted. This is great for those who like to take pictures or videos from their car but can't roll the window down and want to avoid window glares. You can also use the Resin to stick your iPhone to a microwave for a quick app use in the kitchen.
Additionally, the skin also protects your iPhone from scratches and adds an extra grip for those with butterfingers. Uguard.me says the Resin guard is made with top-quality, durable, and anti-UV materials for superior protection. Should you want to remove the guard, the Resin also comes off easily without leaving residue behind. It's even advertised to be able to stick onto your Macbook's precious screen, though there really doesn't seem to be a true reason to do that.
Of course, don't expect the Resin to hold up your gadget forever. There's no set amount of time the Resin is said to be able to mount your iPhone for, but the makers did warn that it's not going to last "hours or days." If you're liking this sticky iPhone guard design for temporary mounts, you can purchase the Resin set for €15.50, or just about $20 USD. Watch the promotional video below to see how the Resin works and the various purposes it could serve.
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((this fic on my OC and PastelApocalypse's, with Pastel much welcomed editing ))
Sarghress Fortress, days before the Puppeeter incident
The Val Sullisin'rune male was reluctantly making his way to his new training ground, pausing with a deep sigh and a huge temptation to walk away, back to his clan's dome.
But Zareh knew it wasn't a good plan.
Life at the Sarghress fortress wasn't nice, but life at the dome was a true gilded cage. And nowadays, the gild was very damaged, especially for a male of no real status, just one of the countless grandsons Ash'waren had.
At the dome, he was but a privileged nobody.
Here, he was a home-guard, patrolling the streets of the Sarghress and Sullisin'rune territories.
He got to wear armor, hold a spear and sword--to lead his squad to protect the commoners, his nobility and "natural charisma" awing said commoners.
Except his own mother insisted on him being enrolled as a simple grunt, and as it was quickly confirmed once among the mercenary clan, Sarghresses were not ones for giving instant promotions to Val-borns just because they were Vals.
But on second thought, it wasn't a bad thing.
Being a simple grunt meant having a way less risky position and leaving responsibilities to the squad leader!
Except he had no more squad leader.
Nor squad, in fact.
War being war, more than one squad had ended with so many casualties it couldn't quite be considered a "squad" anymore, and that was exactly what had happened to his own.
But unlike what usually happened to teamless grunts, Zareh wasn't reassigned to a new squad nor sent to the front.
Not Zareh Val Sullisin'rune.
For strangely, after Mommy dearest had ranted that her son was still too much a "pampered weak young lad" despite two years in the army, he'd ended up enrolled for renewed training!
The mismatched eyed Sul stopped again, playing nervously with his long dark blue hair.
The front sounded terrifying, especially after seeing comrades slaughtered by Sharen dragons and demon summons. But to get back to drill exercises?
Yet, there he was. A dusty round space circled by various buildings from barracks to workshops, and even a laundry room.
A small group, all in black training gear, was already there. That group consisted of less than a dozen people, and mostly males.
Zareh looked at them.
They all looked rather intimidating, like thugs fresh from the street. Yet, he sensed no ill-intention from any of them.
"It's an honor to meet you all, I am Zareh--" He bowed and paused. Should he introduce himself as a Val from the start? That could raise a social barrier and isolate him from his new comrades. Besides, he didn't feel quite like a noble right now. "From the Sul clan, if my eyes hadn't screamed so already!" Zareh instead concluded, pointing to his golden and green mismatched eyes.
"You're an empath?" A short haired woman, with a scar-covered face asked him.
"Oh of course!" Zareh replied with his signature fox-grin before he changed for an overly sorry expression "Er, but I'm not quite the best trained in that field."
The woman looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, but worry not, I'm still an empath, and most assuredly a soldier!"
The doubtful expression remained on the woman's face.
"As in even now, I feel from you a need for affection, a deep set desire for a handsome young man to wrap his arms around your hips, Miss--" As he was talking, he moved forward to embrace the woman. And met her palm on his face, as she bluntly pushed him back.
"I hope your a better fighter than you are an empath. And friendly advice, Zae. Keep the flirting off training time. Or else the instructor will be terrible."
"Terrible?" Zareh asked, forgetting to correct her understanding of his name.
"Absolutely so." Another trainee confirmed.
"Merciless." Yet another added.
"You'll have your sweat hauled from your very bones."
Zareh looked at them in horror. This sounded even worse than he thought it'd be!
"I... Wish I was sent to the front, instead of facing Quain'tana's servant again!" A giant male whined.
Poor Zareh was in disbelief! Even that humongous oaf was scared!
"Quain'tana... The instructor is..." He did not dare to finish.
With a sigh, the woman he tried to hug a minute ago tapped Zareh's shoulder in welcome to their Hell.
Was it too late to turn and run?
Zareh knew it was, and that his mother would never forgive him if he did, no matter what lies he could come up with.
But even so... She already considered him a disappointment, didn't she?
Zareh instead turned, considering dashing far from the training ground and his new comrades until he saw another trainee joining them.
Although, that newcomer was so small he could honestly have been there already, fully hidden behind the others!
The thought made Zareh giggle, quickly lightening his mood.
But then, he began to worry. Such a tiny little thing, here? To be trained with them, by the monster he'd just heard of? It was going to be terribly hard for him, but for that little thing? With those cheeks Zareh already wanted to pinch, and that fluffy hair he was already struggling not to rub?
Aw no! No!
And those big glasses weren't doing much to hide those beautiful blue eyes nor the oh so serious expression. Zareh was now sure of it; he had a duty as a Sullisin'rune knight to protect that adorable shrimp!
Taldrin looked back at the now hopping up and down Sul noble, making weird "aw" noises.
For what he gathered of this new trainee, Zareh Val Sullisin'rune likely was lost in some daydreaming fantasy.
Taldrin had been warned not to expect much from the Val, save for laziness and a lack of professionalism. But he couldn't help to wonder if the Val had never met anyone's expectation because he was truly a spoiled lost case, or if it was because no one had expected anything from him from the beginning.
And judging from the friendly behavior of Zareh, Taldrin's guts told him it was more the later.
In fact, the Sul was even a bit too friendly, now leaning a bit too close to Taldrin's face.
"Hey there, you're here for the training?" Zareh chirped, near baby-talking to Taldrin.
Zareh was taken aback by how formal Taldrin was, such a serious disposition to such a meek looking man was unexpected--how adorable!
"Look, you seem very determined--these young Sarghresses, so enthusiastic about changing the world!--but really, you should just avoid this one!"
As Zareh tried to pinch Taldrin's elusive cheek, the latter wondered if the Sul was seriously trying to have the training session canceled.
"You see, this instructor is likely a hulking, brutish gorilla." Zareh went on, making his own summary of the previous chat.
"A... what?"
"Oh, you sweet thing! My apologies, of course you've never gone to the surface and even less likely have you heard of a gorilla! You know of the Nal'Sarkoth's haledris? Now imagine these haledri, but standing on two feet and having hands!" Zareh explained, quite proud of his comparison.
"I'm a bipedal haledri...?" Taldrin asked in total disbelief.
Zareh sensed with his empathy a rising anxiety from his co-trainees but he ignored it, too busy displaying his immeasurable knowledge to the cutie.
He also misheard the "cutie"'s reply.
"Yes! Exactly that! They're most likely a terrible "bipedal haledri", what a clever little tiny one you are! An elfoïd haledri, with scary big teeth and a foul odor! So you understand now: you must escape that monster of an instructor while you can! I'm sure they're an absolutely heartless bitch!"
"..." Was all Taldrin could reply to his new trainee.
"But awww, you're so cute! If you want, I could teach you a bit of blade wielding! And look, I'd even be willing to treat you somewhere once we're done here, if you'd like? I think you'll find a kind, educated prince much better that a mean, stinky gorilla!"
The level of anxiety reached such a high level that Zareh couldn't ignore it any longer.
He finally noticed how pale the faces of his co-trainees turned.
"Please stop... We all beg you to stop insulting the heartless gorilla-haledri in his face!" The short-haired woman pled desperatly.
"..." Was again Taldrin's reply.
Zareh looked at Taldrin and at his co-trainees in turn.
"What? He? No! Eeeeeeh?!" He took Taldrin's face in his hands with a pained breath, "You're too mini and cute to be a gorilla!"
"St'a't runnin' " Taldrin started, before pushing off Zareh's hands. "First lesson, have reliable information, the lack of it will be deadly in conflict. Now start running. Five tracks. With twenty push-up after it."
"What? Wait! No--Seriously?" Zareh simply stared at Taldrin in disbelief.
"Start now, or I make it eight tracks." Taldrin replied, as deadpan as he'd been since he'd arrived.
"YES SIR!" With that, all but Zareh started to run. The Sul had a moment of hesitation, first believing it all was an elaborate prank.
"You've gotta be kiddiiiiing!" The Sul complained as he understood it really wasn't any sort of joke and hence tried to catch up.
To Zareh's surprise, Taldrin ran with them, and did all the exercises on top of demonstrations and helping.
After that, they spent hours practicing hand-to-hand combat, with Taldrin proving very demanding but always taking care to correct his trainees mistakes before again practicing too.
Once it was finally over, Zareh felt a throbbing ache across his body, exhausted as if he'd expended all his mana. He'd no idea he could even feel that tired.
But then, despite his sore body, he still couldn't agree with what had been said about Taldrin earlier. Or with what he'd dared say out of ignorance.
Zareh had long trained with his mother, and it was a whole different affair. With her, he was always too slow, too weak, too this and never enough of that.
Yet on the other hand, though Taldrin was cold, the mini-guy had took time to show, explain and correct. So much so that in the end, Zareh felt he'd done a good job and could be proud of himself.
Something he'd never really experienced before.
"I'll see you in two days. Keep practicing in the meantime." Taldrin announced. "Well done." And he left.
"Wait!" Zareh painfully arose back to his feet, limping after him. "Please wait!"
Taldrin stopped and looked at the Sul.
"I'm..." Zareh tried, panting heavily "I'm sorry I called you those things, you're not a gorilla, nor a bitch or whatever I said, I'm an idiot sometimes, and just sorry okay!"
The small Sarghress nodded quietly.
"Oh, Really? You forgive me?" Zareh suddenly looked all hyped. "No bad blood, I'm completely forgiven?"
Taldrin nodded again.
"Aw come on, say it or I'll fear you're just trying to shoo me away!" He tearfully insisted.
"Are you... Giving me puppy eyes?" Taldrin couldn't believe it, was this Sul really crazy?
"Yes! My heart is so hurt, I can't bear to hear any less than you accept my apologies, I- Ah"! Zareh covered his face with his hands, his dark blue hair flowing freely as he started crying, leaning against a nearby wall.
"Wh-WHAT?" Taldrin was highly confused at such an over-reaction! He quickly looked around for any help, but only met a few disapproving glances and people starting to gossip.
"So sad, who could believe such a small man could make so many trainees cry?" Taldrin was sure he'd heard them whisper!
"Stop crying already! I made it clear I hold no grudge against you! There's no "bad blood" between us, as you put it!" This was only deeply confusing him, and beginning to get on his nerves too!
"R-r-really?" Zareh again asked, now just sobbing a little.
"Really YES! So quit it already!" It'd been so long since Taldrin had actually lost his cool and composure! What an annoying Sul! He made a few steps toward the crying Val, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"That still sounds like you're angry!" Zareh replied with renewed tears.
Oh that infuriating Sul! Taldrin felt his forehead vein swelling from the annoyance.
He took some quick deep breaths to calm down.
"Yes, really yes. No bad blood." He confirmed again, with a more collected voice.
A huge, satisfied fox grin formed on Zareh's dissimulated face.
"You've no idea how happy that makes me!" He dropped his tearful acting, suddenly pinning his tiny counterpart against the wall and lifting up Taldrin's chin. "Besides, tiny, you still owe me a date, remember? So if you were mad at me, it'd be quite awkward." All his tears were far gone, if they ever truly were a thing, and instead he was all confidence and seduction.
"Since when do I owe you-"
Zareh pressed a finger on Taldrin's lips.
"ShhShh there there. You do!--because I promised to show you how much of a kind, educated, generous, and of course lovely prince I am, my sweet, tiny piece of chocolate."
"I'm not a piece of choco-"
Zareh pressed a second finger on Taldrin's lips.
"ShhShhShh. When all I can think of is tasting those lips, you must be the most delicious and alluring of chocolates."
Ooow, the pain in all of Zareh's muscles made it so hard for him to focus on his moves of seduction. But the sight of a slightly blushing Taldrin was oh so worth it, or at least that's what Zareh hysterically cheered in his mind.
"Besides, it's our duty. You know how important duty is, don't you?" Zareh went on, looking all deadpan.
"I don't see how it is our duty to..."
"It is, look. Your Illharess is paired with mine. The potential heir of your clan is also paired with a potential heir of mine. It's all about same-sex couples with size-differences tying our clans together, a tradition of sorts. And we have to honor that centuries-old tradition. For it is our duty!--our duty to go out for cake and walk hand-in-hand with the most passionate of good-bye kisses! Followed with even more dates! IT IS OUR DUTY! Don't you get it?" Zareh made this whole passionate and convinced speech, progressively leaning closer to Taldrin.
"You make no sense!" Taldrin tried to counter, suddenly all flustered.
"I know, but you have a good sense of duty, don't you?" Zareh asked, leaning even closer.
"Then it's settled. Tomorrow, same hour, I come to pick you up and give you the best date of your life."


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April 10, 2011, 1:17 pm
Americans projected to spend $50.84 billion on pets this year
The conversation with a neighbor over the back fence turned to our dogs – specifically, how much we had spent taking care of some recent medical problems.
"I spent so much getting my dog's vision fixed, I could have put one of my daughters through college," she said.
I told her I'd spent thosands getting my pet's two (TWO!) torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) repaired.
"Well. they're our pets," she sighed. "Whadda you gonna do?"
And we're not alone, according to new statistics released by the non-profit American Pet Products Association (APPA).
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wppayne brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 15 Designs von 12 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
This site geared towards Counter-Strike source players. It will have videos, reviews, news, articles, a store, forums, pictures/screenshots, server and a team section.
World of Pwnage
Life is a game, Pwn it!
Accepted File Formats:
.PSD with layers
Our site: http://www.worldofpwnage.com
Currently its just a modified free clantemplates I hacked up almost 2 years ago.
Check out some of the layouts from Counter-strike sites like:
And this entry looked ok: http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplac…tryid=1796
The template should have room for ads and it should be glossy looking, clean, rounded corners, and ownage :-)
Some colors to use: furturistic, blues, red, black, grey, silver
It should invoke something grand and a large gaming community, news site, gaming site portal.
Use your imaginations and have fun! Don't be shy now.
If you have any questions, post questions in http://www.worlfofpwnage.com/forums and pm payne or post.