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The Surprising New Company Benefit That's Helping Americans Retire Richer
Financial education at the office is booming—and none too soon.
Like it or not, the job of educating Americans about how to manage their money is falling to the corporations they work for—and new research suggests that many of those employers are responding.
Some 83% of companies feel a sense of responsibility for employees' financial wellness, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Workplace Benefits Report, which found the vast majority of large companies are investing in financial education programs. Among other things, companies are using the annual fall benefits re-enrollment period to talk about things like 401(k) deferral rates and asset allocation, and enjoying impressive results.
Workers are responding to other programs too. Another Merrill report found that retirement advice group sessions in the workplace rose 14% last year and that just about all of those sessions resulted in a positive outcome: employees enrolling in a 401(k) plan, increasing contributions, or signing up for more advice. Calls to employer-sponsored retirement education centers rose 17.6% and requests for one-on-one sessions more than doubled.
So a broad effort to educate Americans about money management is under way, including in government and schools—and none too soon. This year, Millennials became the largest share of the workforce. This is a huge generation coming of age with almost no social safety net. These 80 million strong must start saving early if they are going to retire. Given this generation's love of mobile technology, it's notable that Merrill found a 46% increase in visits to its mobile financial education platform. That means employers are reaching young workers, who as a group have shown enormous interest in saving.
"There is not a single good reason—none—that should prevent any American from gaining the knowledge and skills needed to build a healthy financial future," writes Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a guest blog for the Council for Economic Education. His agency and dozens of nonprofits are pushing for financial education in grades K-12 but have had limited success. Just 17 states require a student to pass a personal finance course to graduate high school.
That's why it's critical that corporations take up the battle. Even college graduates entering the workplace generally lack basic personal money management skills. This often translates into lost time and productivity among workers trying to stay afloat in their personal financial affairs. So companies helping employees with financial advice is self serving, as well as beneficial to employees. Some argue it helps the economy as a whole, too, as it lessens the likelihood of another financial crisis linked to poor individual money decisions.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do…With Your Financial Adviser
Firing a financial adviser can be uncomfortable, but certain circumstances make it necessary.
Ending a relationship is never easy. You nurture it, get comfortable with it, and you learn what to expect. Sometimes you think about walking away because you're just not sure it's what you want. You wonder if breaking up is worth the hassle — and you decide to stick it out, telling yourself that next year will be better. But will it? Maybe not.
Should I stay or should I go? It's a question people regularly ask, not just about their significant other but also about their hair stylist, their personal trainer, and, yes, their financial adviser.
The idea of leaving your financial adviser — and having to find a replacement — can be daunting. It involves a lot of research, paperwork, meetings, and time. Lots of time. All that and still no guarantee that this new adviser will be any better than the old one.
But things are changing. Consumers with money to save and invest now have more affordable, higher-quality investment options to choose from. As a result, more and more people are rethinking their long-term relationships with their financial advisers.
Four percent to six percent of U.S. investors change financial advisers in a given year, according to a 2014 survey by Spectrem Group, a firm that researches investors. The reasons for these break-ups vary, but ranking high on the list are a lack of communication, frustration with complex or hidden fees, and major life events such as death, divorce, or inheritance.
It was the death of a parent that started the ball rolling for one of my clients. A smart, savvy, and accomplished woman in her mid-30s, she juggles a demanding career, marriage and motherhood. When her father, a successful real estate developer, passed away unexpectedly, she and her sisters inherited money and securities. They also inherited his long-time financial adviser.
For years, her father had trusted this adviser to work in the family's best financial interests, and she had no plans to end the relationship. The emotional loyalty factor made it hard to jump ship. Besides, she was only paying the typical 1% fee for decent portfolio growth.
Then she did a little digging and some comparison-shopping, just for her own education, and discovered she was wrong. In fact, her adviser had invested her in an actively managed fund with significant fees. He also had recommended a new fund for her — one with a front-end load that took 5% off the top. When all was said and done, she was paying 2.3% in annual fees, not the typical 1%.
Not only was she surprised, she was furious. She felt like a trust had been broken, which is understandable. As she told me, if the financial adviser had disclosed all of the funds and fees up front, she might have reacted differently. But he didn't, and that made it much easier for her to leave and take her retirement account with her.
So if you're re-evaluating your adviser's performance, consider what's important to you and your financial goals. Do you want better communication, a lower risk factor, lower fees? Or is it just time to shake off the inertia? Whatever your reasons, if the relationship isn't working for you, don't be afraid to kiss it goodbye.
Sally Brandon is vice president of client services for Rebalance IRA, a retirement-focused investment advisory firm with almost $250 million of assets under management. In this role, she manages a wide range of retirement investing needs for over 350 clients. Sally earned her BA from UCLA and an MBA from USC.
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New Ways to Invest in Small Businesses
When nonprofessional investors are able to put money into small businesses, everyone can benefit.
I met with Paul on Tuesday. He is the CFO of a business start-up. He's not sure if the next phase of his company's financing is going to go through. Although he believes in the business model and the mission of the company, some days he thinks he won't have a job in three weeks.
I met with David on Wednesday. While he's a great saver and earns a decent buck, he isn't wealthy. He wants to invest in small companies so much that we've set up a "fun money" account, which is 10% of his otherwise well-diversified, passively managed portfolio. "Fun money" is specifically set aside so that he can make individual investments he believes in.
Because of the way small business investing is structured in this country, the likelihood of Paul and David connecting has been infinitesimally small.
This drives me mad.
It's not just these two who are missing out. Because small companies drive job and economic growth, the economy of the country loses when Paul and David don't connect. And because the current system of funding is biased, some small businesses are a lot less likely to get funding despite their worthy ideas.
Recent developments could change all this.
To raise their initial start up money, small business owners typically first use their savings, and then appeal to their friends and family. Next, they go to banks. If they get big enough and have certain ambitions and contacts, they can get venture capital funding or private equity funding, which is what Paul was waiting on.
These sources of capital are all enhanced if you are affluent and well connected. Do your friends and family have extra money to invest in your business? Do you know anyone you can talk to at a bank? What about impressing people in the venture capital world? A lot of people with good ideas are shut out.
Enter the Internet. Raising money got a lot easier.
The Power of Reward Sites
With reward sites, startups with good ideas raise money in exchange for rewards.
Sesame, which opens doors remotely from smartphones, raised over $1.4 million on Kickstarter.com. The reward here was a chance to order the device.
Then there is Lammily, Barbie's realistically proportioned cousin, whose designer raised almost $500,000 through Tilt.com. The reward for funding Lammily was the chance to pre-order the doll, and sticker packs with stretch marks, cellulite, freckles, and boo-boos.
The reward sites show that companies can raise large amounts of money through small contributions from a large number of people. Research suggests that Kickstarter.com reduces company funding gender bias by an order of magnitude and reduces geographic bias as well. Reward sites cater to consumers who love new products and want to support new ideas.
You may get first dibs on a cool new doll, but sending money to a reward site isn't investing.
The Risks of Private Equity
Traditionally, to get private equity funding, you have to sell to accredited investors — the richest 1% of the population, roughly speaking.
Accredited investor regulations were set up in in the wake of the 1929 crash, when a lot of people got ripped off because they invested in dubious enterprises. The idea was that people with a high level of wealth are sophisticated enough to understand investment risk. Unfortunately, this leaves the Davids of the world — investors who are sophisticated but wealthy — shut out of these types of investments.
Private equity placements are not always a great deal. When I've looked into them for clients, I've concluded they are expensive, risky, and difficult to get out of, even if you die. The middlemen who offer these and the advisers who sell these seem to be the ones most likely to make money. The best deals I've looked at weren't hawked by sales people or investment advisers, but came through clients' friends and family.
The rise of Internet portals set up to connect small companies with accredited investors has the potential to cut down on intermediary costs. Still, the sector remains small.
In 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS act, which directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to devise rules opening up small business investing to non-accredited investors.
Some organizations didn't wait for the SEC to issue the rules. Instead, they dusted off exemptions in the securities legislation that most of us have ignored for 80 years.
States Get Into the Act
Some states have picked up on crowdfunding to boost their economies. Terms vary, but generally investors are subject to investment limits and companies are subject to a cap on raising money. Each individual, for example, might be limited to investing $10,000; each company might be limited to raising $1 million. Both investor and company are generally required to reside in the state.
This is music to ears of people who want to invest locally. The first successful offering using this type of exemption was in Georgia in 2013, where Bohemian Guitars raised approximately $130,000 through SparkMarket.com.
Other Exemptions
Village Power is another example of raising money using an exemption. This intermediary helps organizations set up and fund solar power projects. Village Power coaches their community partners to use an exemption in the SEC rules, which allows for up to 35 local, non-accredited investors.
New Rules Open Doors
New rules issued March 25 by the SEC removed a lot of the barriers for companies raising money and for non-accredited investors.
Companies will be able to raise up to $50 million. Non-accredited investors are welcome to invest, sometimes with limits — 10% of their net worth, say, or 10% of their net income.
Although Kickstarter has said that it won't sell securities, other fundraising portals, such as Indiegogo, are looking into it.
And if all goes well, Paul, David, and I can start looking for the new opportunities in June of 2015.
Bridget Sullivan Mermel helps clients throughout the country with her comprehensive fee-only financial planning firm based in Chicago. She's the author of the upcoming book More Money, More Meaning. Both a certified public accountant and a certified financial planner, she specializes in helping clients lower their tax burden with tax-smart investing.
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Answer These 10 Questions to See If You're on Track to Retirement
More Americans are confident about retirement—maybe too confident. Here's how to give your expectations a timely reality check.
The good news: The Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2015 Retirement Confidence Survey says workers and retirees are more confident about affording retirement. The bad news: The survey also says there's little sign they're doing enough to achieve that goal. To see whether you're taking the necessary steps for a secure retirement, answer the 10 questions below.
1. Have you set a savings target? No, I don't mean a long-term goal like have a $1 million nest egg by age 65. I mean a short-term target like saving a specific dollar amount or percentage of your salary each year. You'll be more likely to save if you have such a goal and you'll have a better sense of whether you're making progress toward a secure retirement. Saving 15% of salary—the figure cited in a recent Boston College Center for Retirement Research Study—is a good target. If you can't manage that, start at 10% and increase your savings level by one percentage point a year, or go to the Will You Have Enough To Retire tool to see how you'll fare with different rates.
2. Are you making the most of tax-advantaged savings plans? At the very least, you should be contributing enough to take full advantage of any matching funds your 401(k) or other workplace plan offers. If you're maxing out your plan at work and have still more money you can save, you may also be able to save in other tax-advantaged plans, like a traditional IRA or Roth IRA. (Morningstar's IRA calculator can tell you whether you're eligible and, if so, how much you can contribute.) Able to sock away even more? Consider tax-efficient options like broad index funds, ETFs and tax-managed funds within taxable accounts.
3. Have you gauged your risk tolerance? You can't set an effective retirement investing strategy unless you've done a gut check—that is, assessed your true risk tolerance. Otherwise, you run the risk of doing what what many investors do—investing too aggressively when the market's doing well (and selling in a panic when it drops) and too conservatively after stock prices have plummeted (and missing the big gains when the market inevitably rebounds). You can get a good sense of your true appetite for risk within a few minutes by completing this Risk Tolerance Questionnaire-Asset Allocation tool.
4. Do you have the right stocks-bonds mix? Most investors focus their attention on picking specific investments—the top-performing fund or ETF, a high-flying stock, etc. Big mistake. The real driver of long-term investing success is your asset allocation, or how you divvy up your savings between stocks and bonds. Generally, the younger you are and the more risk you're willing to handle, the more of your savings you want to devote to stocks. The older you are and the less willing you are to see your savings suffer setbacks during market downturns, the more of your savings you want to stash in bonds. The risk tolerance questionnaire mentioned above will suggest a stocks-bonds mix based on your appetite for risk and time horizon (how long you plan to keep your money invested). You can also get an idea of how you should be allocating your portfolio between stocks and bonds by checking out the Vanguard Target Retirement Fund for someone your age.
5. Do you have the right investments? You can easily get the impression you're some sort of slacker if you're not loading up your retirement portfolio with all manner of funds, ETFs and other investments that cover every obscure corner of the financial markets. Nonsense. Diversification is important, but you can go too far. You can "di-worse-ify" and end up with an expensive, unwieldy and unworkable smorgasbord of investments. A better strategy: focus on plain-vanilla index funds and ETFs that give you broad exposure to stocks and bonds at a low cost. That approach always makes sense, but it's especially important to diversify broadly and hold costs down given the projections for lower-than-normal investment returns in the years ahead.
6. Have you assessed where you stand? Once you've answered the previous questions, it's important that you establish a baseline—that is, see whether you'll be on track toward a secure retirement if you continue along the saving and investing path you've set. Fortunately, it's relatively easy to do this sort of evaluation. Just go to a retirement income calculator that uses Monte Carlo analysis to do its projections, enter such information as your age, salary, savings rate, how much you already have tucked away in retirement accounts, your stocks-bonds mix and the percentage of pre-retirement income you'll need after you retire retirement (70% to 80% is a good starting estimate) and the calculator will estimate the probability that you'll be able to retire given how much you're saving and how you're investing. If you're already retired, the calculator will give you the probability that Social Security, your savings and any other resources will be able to generate the retirement income you'll need. Ideally, you want a probability of 80% or higher. But if it comes in lower, you can make adjustments such as saving more, spending less, retiring later, etc. to improve your chances. And, in fact, you should go through this assessment every year or so just to see if you do need to tweak your planning.
7. Have you done any "lifestyle planning"? Finances are important, but planning for retirement isn't just about the bucks. You also want to take time to think seriously about how you'll actually live in retirement. Among the questions: Will you stay in your current home, downsize or perhaps even relocate to an area with lower living costs? Do you have enough activities—hobbies, volunteering, perhaps a part-time job—to keep you busy and engaged once you no longer have the nine-to-five routine to provide a framework for most days? Do you have plenty of friends, relatives and former co-workers you can turn to for companionship and support. Research shows that people who have a solid social network tend to be happier in retirement (the same, by the way, is true for retirees who have more frequent sex). Obviously, this is an area where your personal preferences are paramount. But seminars for pre-retirees like the Paths To Creative Retirement workshops at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and tools like Ready-2-Retire can help you better focus on lifestyle issues so can ultimately integrate them into your financial planning.
8. Have you checked out your Social Security options? Although many retirees may not think of it that way, the inflation-adjusted lifetime payments Social Security provides are one of their biggest financial assets, if not the biggest. Which is why it's crucial that a good five to 10 years before you retire, you seriously consider when to claim Social Security and, if you're married, how best to coordinate benefits with your spouse. Advance planning can make a big difference. For each year you delay taking benefits between age 62 and 70, you can boost your monthly payment by roughly 7% to 8%. And by taking advantage of different claiming strategies, married couples may be able to increase their lifetime benefit by several hundred thousand dollars. You'll find more tips on how to get the most out of Social Security in Boston University economist and Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff's new Social Security Q&A column on RealDealRetirement.com.
9. Do you have a Plan B? Sometimes even the best planning can go awry. Indeed, two-thirds of Americans said their retirement planning has been disrupted by such things as major health bills, spates of unemployment, business setbacks or divorce, according to a a recent TD Ameritrade survey. Which is why it's crucial that you consider what might go wrong ahead of time, and come up with ways to respond so you can mitigate the damage and recover from setbacks more quickly. Along the same lines, it's also a good idea to periodically crash-test your retirement plan. Knowing how your nest egg might fare during a severe market downturn and what that mean for your retirement prospects can help prevent you from freaking out during periods of financial stress and better formulate a way to get back on track.
10. Do You Need Help? If you're comfortable flying solo with your retirement planning, that's great. But if you think you could do with some assistance—whether on an ongoing basis or with a specific issue—then it makes sense to seek guidance. The key, though, is finding an adviser who's competent, honest and willing to provide that advice at a reasonable price. The Department of Labor recently released a proposal designed to better protect investors from advisers' conflicts of interest. We'll have to see how that works out. In the meantime, though, you can increase your chances of getting good affordable advice by following these four tips and asking these five questions.
Walter Updegrave is the editor of RealDealRetirement.com. If you have a question on retirement or investing that you would like Walter to answer online, send it to him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Pujols hits 25th HR, Angels finish sweep of Rangers 12-6 Updated: Jul-06-15 12:17 am
ARLINGTON, Texas - Albert Pujols probably didn't need to pad his AL home run lead to have a chance to join teammate Mike Trout in the starting lineup for the All-Star game.
- Angels GM quits shortly before their 3-1 loss to Yankees Updated: Jul-02-15 12:36 am
ANAHEIM, California - The Los Angeles Angels' nine-game homestand was largely a success until they lost a game and a general manager on the final day.
- Jones, Eovaldi salvage Yankees' trip finale, 3-1 over Angels Updated: Jul-01-15 11:47 pm
ANAHEIM, California - Nathan Eovaldi has become a solution to many of the New York Yankees' woes, particularly when they're facing the Los Angeles Angels.
- Angels win on wild pitch, beat Mariners 3-2 in 10 innings Updated: Jun-28-15 8:29 pm
ANAHEIM, California - When Felix Hernandez is pitching, the Los Angeles Angels will take a win any way they can get it.
- Featherston's single lifts Angels over Astros 2-1 in 13 Updated: Jun-24-15 9:48 pm
ANAHEIM, California - Taylor Featherston's first game-ending hit in the majors came against his hometown team in the heat of a pennant race.
- Kazmir pitches into 8th, A's hold off Pujols, Angels 3-2 Updated: Jun-21-15 9:00 pm
OAKLAND, California - Athletics closer Tyler Clippard nearly paid a hefty price after lobbying manager Bob Melvin to work the ninth inning for a second straight day.
- Featherston hits 1st HR, Wilson strong in Angels' 7-1 rout Updated: Jun-18-15 8:08 pm
PHOENIX - The Los Angeles Angels got another strong start from C.J. Wilson and offense from someone other than Mike Trout or Albert Pujols.
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ANAHEIM, California - Angels manager Mike Scioscia rearranged his batting order, and the results weren't exactly overwhelming - except for a game-changing home run by the new cleanup hitter.
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Amid Tijuana's violence, cultural pulse is vibrant
"People's priorities have changed. They don't tell you directly, but it's clear," said Alvarez, who has decided to cancel his yearly theater festival, Candileja, because he couldn't get enough backing.
But Alvarez, trained in theater, is persevering with his latest project, a play titled "I (heart) Tijuana." The heart symbol in the project's title and logo is riddled with bullets, portraying "a city that has been fragmented, violated, in a certain manner, wounded," he said.
Tijuana-born choreographer Minerva Tapia said she has no choice but to address crime through pieces such as "La Cobija" or "The Blanket," which depicts encobijados, the name for homicide victims found wrapped in blankets.
"My work reflects what's happening in society, and it's impossible to avoid the violence," Tapia said.
"Most artists are working on the theme of violence, even when they don't want to," said Luis Ituarte, founding member of the Border Council of Arts and Culture, a binational group that is converting a house near the San Ysidro border fence into an arts center.
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Zuffa seeks $52,996.00 In Attorney's fees from Mikey Burnett
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12/12/10 10:25 PM by Fake Pie
Yeah litigation is retarded. Glad I don't do it.
12/12/10 10:15 PM by J Flip
yes, well lol at that too.
12/12/10 9:43 PM by Fake Pie
A decent firm can rack up 200K a month just kicking litigation into gear.
12/12/10 8:49 PM by aboveandbeyond
How did Mikey's lawyer not break his fiduciary duty by taking this to court?
12/12/10 8:19 PM by Jambo888
regardless of the circumstances, it shows how dangerous a sport mma is... potential for severe injury without the compensation to be able to pay for the required medical care. and I don't mean the UFC where fighters get paid more than the many small shows that the up and comers fight in.that said, if you have an existing neck injury, why are you running into a wall?
12/12/10 8:07 PM by J Flip
lol at seeking $52 thousand to win a case on an MSJ based on the language of the contract.
12/12/10 7:45 PM by lookoutawhale
the lawyers should just round it off to 53,000. whats another 4 dollars?
12/12/10 7:37 PM by StretchPlum
" Also even if it had been from the wall his lawyers could have argued that the UFC set him up in a situation that was sufficiently psychologically stressful (stuck in one house for 6 weeks with nothing to do all day except drink) to cause him to engage in self-destructive behaviour. I'm not saying it's a good enough reason, I believe in personal responsibility more than anything, but perhaps legally it would have been sufficient."Actually, they gave him another chance at a career, he enthusiastically accepted it, and fucked it up. That targument is imaginative perhaps but it would not have worked. People are "cooped" up in dorms, boot camp, etc, as opposed to a free luxury condo. A jury would laugh him out of the place, but the judge granted summary judgment, which means that if 100% of what Burnett says is true, he has no legal grounds.
12/12/10 7:26 PM by StretchPlum
"His neck injury was documented on his physical prior to beginning the show. It was reinjured during the show while grappling with Couture."then it's likely workers comp and he can't sue anyway
12/12/10 1:36 PM by TotalFightSource
I agree it sucks for Mikey and may be bad karma for Zuffa but 'billion dollar companies' wouldn't be 'billion dollar companies' if they were constantly letting things like this slide and losing money.


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An API for your city
We're excited to announce that the first version of the LocalWiki API has just been released!
What's this mean?
In June, folks in Raleigh held their annual CityCamp event. CityCamp is a sort of "civic hackathon" for Raleigh. During one part of the event people broke up into teams and came up with projects that used technology to help solve local, civic needs.
What did almost every project pitched at CityCamp have in common? "Almost every final CityCamp idea had incorporated a stream of content from Triangle LocalWiki," said CityCamp and Triangle LocalWiki organizer Reid Serozi.
The LocalWiki API makes it really easy for people to build applications and systems that push and pull information from LocalWiki. In fact, the API has already been integrated into a few applications:
The winning project at CityCamp Raleigh, RGreenway is a mobile app that helps residents find local greenways. They plan to push/pull data from the Triangle LocalWiki's extensive listing of greenways.
Another group in the Raleigh-Durham area, Wanderful, is developing a mobile application that teaches residents about their local history as they wander through town. They're using the LocalWiki API to pull pages and maps from the Triangle LocalWiki.
Ultimately, we hope that LocalWiki can be thought of as an API for the city itself. A bridge between local data and local knowledge. Between the quantitative and the qualitative aspects of community life.
Using the API
You can read the API documentation to learn about the new API. You'll also want to make sure you check out some of the API examples to get a feel for things.
We did a lot of work to integrate advanced geospatial support into the API, extending the underlying API library we were using — and now everyone using it can effortlessly create an awesome geospatially-aware API.
This is just the first version of the API and there's a lot more we want to do! As we add more structured data to LocalWiki the API will get more and more useful. And we hope to simplify and streamline the API as we see real-world usage.
CityCamp photo courtesty CityCamp Raleigh
July awesomeness!
We want to let you know about some really fantastic stuff that's been happening in the LocalWiki world over the past month!
Tallahassee, Florida
The folks spearheading LocalWiki in Tallahassee held their first two in-person CampWiki workshops. The idea behind the workshops is to introduce community members to LocalWiki, get them excited, answer questions and start building out the project.
Their meetup even made the front page of the Tallahassee Democrat!
Olympia, Washington
Olympia held its first little in-person LocalWiki meetup. Unfortunately, they didn't take any pictures, so here's a photo of Seth Vincent, the project leader, putting up some flyers around town!
Oakland, California
A group of really great folks have started laying the groundwork for LocalWiki in Oakland, and during the Code for Oakland hackathon on Saturday there were around 30 people digging into Oakland LocalWiki. The group was so large that it was broken into two rooms, one for helping with development / tech stuff and the other for content and planning!
Raleigh, North Carolina
The Raleigh City Council has begun to investigate how to, in its official capacity, best work with the Triangle LocalWiki project! Here's a clip from their recent City Council meeting where Councilmember Gaylord asks city staff to come up with a report on how to collaborate with the project:
Tokyo area, Japan
Thanks to the internationalization work done by Pedro Lima and Nuno Maltez in Portugal, there's been an increasing amount of international interest in LocalWiki. A couple of weeks ago, Shu Higashi gave a demo of LocalWiki to a group of Open Data activists in Japan. The best part? He demo'ed his Japanese translation of LocalWiki!
Black Rock City (Burning Man)
Some folks are starting up LocalWiki in Black Rock City / Burning Man! It's literally just getting started, but it's such a cool idea we wanted to share it with you!
LocalWiki Organizers mailing list
Organizing a new LocalWiki project or wanting to get started? You should join the ultra-new LocalWiki-organizers mailing list! Be sure to send a little introduction to the list after you've joined!
Miscellaneous awesomeness
In no particular order, a few other interesting things that've happened over the past month:
- Code for America made a blog post which made the case that "open data platforms and local wikis are foundational elements..of civic life."
- Philip gave a talk on LocalWiki at the big Wikipedia conference in DC last week. Lots of excitement & interest!
- TriangleWiki and LocalWiki got a shoutout in the Columbia Journalism Review: Building a multi-platform media for—and by—the public.
Tallahassee photos courtesty Bob Howard. Oakland photos courtesy Eddie Tejeda.
The most important part of building LocalWiki: having fun!
LocalWiki is all about community, and we believe that starts with people coming together and having fun. Here are a couple of recent examples of ordinary people hanging out, having fun and building out LocalWiki!
San Francisco parklet ride
A couple weeks ago we were slated to have an absolutely beautiful weekend here in SF, and I thought, "you know, it's gonna be a beautiful weekend — it'd be great if we could just bike around, take pictures, enjoy the beautiful day, and toward the end of the day get on our laptops and work on the soon-to-be-launched SF LocalWiki project!"
So I just threw up a Facebook event, invited some friends and came up with a little came up with a little plan: document all the parklets we encountered on our bike ride through the city.
And we did just that! We biked around, had lots of coffee, ate some delicious baked goods, and took pictures of a few parklets we encountered. We randomly encountered one of the parklet's primary designers and even found a parklet that features a totally awesome beanbag seats and pacman!
At the end of the day we'd made a few pages on LocalWiki, but more importantly, we shared a fun experience together!
Kitchener LocalWiki Workshop
This is Steve:
Steve's an artist who does really amazing projects like SelfControl, AddArt, and Capitalism Works For Me! True/False.
Last week, Steve got together with CAFKA, a public space art organization, and held a two-evening workshop for artists and residents in Kitchener, Ontario on building LocalWiki in Kitchener.
After starting out with the basics of how LocalWiki works, the workshop immediately got people out into the streets — participants toured the city, collecting information about their favorite places, insider tips, and popular spots. After running about, everybody reconvened and had a big LocalWiki writing party at the art center.
With over 221 pages, 167 photos, and 130 maps in just a few days, the KitchenerWiki project is off to a great start!
Kitchener photos courtesy CAFKA.
Привет! Olá! LocalWiki now speaks your language
While LocalWiki's roots are in the United States, we've seen increasing interest all over the globe. One barrier, however, has been that our interface is entirely in English. At least it was, until today:
Thanks to the hard work of Pedro Lima and Nuno Maltez in Portugal, LocalWiki is now completely internationalized and can be easily translated into any language!
Pedro and Nuno have started adding to LocalWiki in the city of Porto, Portugal. So far, they've been using LocalWiki to collect information about the remarkable architecture around the city:
Right now we've got translations for Portuguese, German some folks in Sissach, Switzerland), and Russian.
We need lots more translations! If you'd like to help with translations, just email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Triangle LocalWiki launches!
We are incredibly excited to announce that our second focus community, the Triangle LocalWiki, launched today! Check it out!
LocalWiki in the Triangle area launches with over 1000 pages — more than three times the amount that the Davis Wiki had at its launch. Interestingly, the Triangle LocalWiki wasn't spearheaded by college students like the Davis LocalWiki or the Denton LocalWiki. The core group that's driven the buildout of the Triangle LocalWiki met at City Camp Raleigh and is really far reaching — consisting of everyone from, yes, college students to City Council members.
At over 1000 pages, it can be hard to get a quick feel for the project's breadth. With that in mind, we put together a little random page tour — check it out!
You can read more about LocalWiki in the Triangle in our post last week and our first year report. And check out this graph of total Triangle LocalWiki content over time:
Our first year
Hey friends!
Whew! A lot's happened since our last blog update! Our first focus community, Denton LocalWiki, has been doing great and several of our other focus communities are close to launching.
Just two days ago, nearly 50 people came together in Raleigh, NC to join a massive in person content-building sprint to build up the soon-to-be-launched Triangle LocalWiki. Folks from all walks of life joined in — two City Council members and Raleigh's Chief Planning Director even came by to help out! Read more about the event on our blog.
We thought it'd be great to take some time to look back and reflect on our past year. We've put together this report highlighting some of what we've accomplished and where we're headed:
Check it out and share widely!
Philip & Mike
Triangle LocalWiki Day a Huge Success for Open Source in Raleigh
This blog post originally appeared on southwestraleigh.com, by Jason Hibbets
Almost 50 people collaborated today at Red Hat headquarters, currently located on Centennial Campus in Raleigh, NC, to participate in Triangle LocalWiki Day. The event was a soft launch of Triangle LocalWiki, an effort to document the Triangle region and increase collaboration and knowledge sharing across the area.
The day started off with a brief presentation [PDF] by Jason Hibbets on how the LocalWiki project fits in with the CityCamp Raleigh movement, as well as the larger open government picture and civic innovation week, Code Across America, by Code for America.
Raleigh At-large City Councilor Mary Ann Baldwin keynoted at the event. She spoke briefly on the importance of collaborating on a project like LocalWiki. She also mentioned that she was wearing multiple hats: City Councilor, a marketer, and a member of the Innovate Raleigh steering committee. Part of Triangle LocalWiki Day is to start mapping the assets for the #InnovateRal initiative and to be an authentic part of Raleigh's open source philosophy and open-minded communities.
At-large City Councilor Russ Stephenson and Raleigh Planning Director, Mitchell Silver, were also in attendance.
Reid Serozi, Triangle LocalWiki project lead, provided the background on LocalWiki, showing a video from Philip Neustrom, one of the project co-founders of LocalWiki and DavisWiki. Then he walked the attendees through LocalWiki 101. We learned how to register an account, create new pages, and edit existing pages. After that, the edit party began.
Right away, people started creating pages, collaborating with each other, and helping one another with LocalWiki best practices, formatting, mapping, and more. By 10:30am ET, #triwiki was trending on Twitter in Raleigh.
The group made a lot of progress. Fueled by Klausie's Pizza for lunch and a bunch of snacks and soda provided by organizers, here are the results of Triangle LocalWiki Day:
- 633 page edits
- 100 maps
- 138 new photos added
The event wrapped up around 2:00 pm and contributors continued to add pages after the in-person collaboration with a goal of 1,000 pages by March 14.
While I haven't been as-involved with LocalWiki as I was with CityCamp Raleigh, the event was very fulfilling for me. I believe in the power of open source and collaboration and Triangle LocalWiki Day was another example of this success. It's also building upon the momentum of the Innovate Raleigh Summit held on January 18.
LocalWiki is about creating something anyone with local knowledge can contribute to. It brings together people with different skillsets—ranging from tech-saavy know-how to photography, local history to hackers, and much more. Triangle LocalWiki is basically community knowledge done the open source way.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Media coverage (pre-event)
- Creators make final push for Triangle Wiki – News & Observer
- Creators make final push for Triangle Wiki – Public invited to 'content sprint' – News & Observer
- Triangle Wiki: Call for Contributors – Cary Citizen
- Triangle Wiki: For those who don't have time to start a blog, but have something to say – Raleigh DLA
- Something Wiki this way comes, contributors sought – News & Observer
First pilot launches, software released!
Hey friends!
We've got two extremely exciting announcements for you. Our first focus community, serving Denton, Texas, has launched! And we're making the first major release of the new LocalWiki software today!
Launching our first pilot
The Denton LocalWiki, serving the community of Denton, Texas, has officially launched to the public! Check it out!
Denton is a small, college-focused community in North Texas, about an hour from Dallas. Being a college town, it's easy to see parallels to Davis, California. But it's a radically different place than Davis, as anyone who's been to the Dallas area can attest!
Folks in Denton, Texas had been building up and playing around with their project for a few months. With LocalWiki at a good point, and a solid amount of interesting pages on their project, Philip packed up and headed out to Denton for two weeks to help them get their project ready to launch!
We held several marathon editing / hang-out sessions while there, met with lots of local Denonites, got a feel for the community, and did a bunch of work to prep the site for launch.
The Denton project has already seen a higher level of participation and usage than DavisWiki did in its early days. And we're really seeing our extreme focus on usability pay off -- I watched many non-technical people simply get handed a laptop and just immediately start creating great stuff without any guidance.
If you want to read more about Denton LocalWiki and the launch process there, check out some information we're compiling on our guide site.
This first focus community launch -- the first of many -- is a huge milestone for the project!
Preview LocalWiki software released
Today we are also excited to announce the first preview release of the LocalWiki software! Check it out at localwiki.org!
Make sure you watch the video!
Starting today, any community can create a local wiki using our new software. The software is designed to be installed by someone who's somewhat technical - someone who's had some experience working with Linux, for instance. We worked hard to make the software as easy to install as possible.
Most people will simply use the software, not install it, though. We're hoping that over the coming months many technically-savvy community champions will set up LocalWiki for their communities. The localwiki.org site is currently focused on targetting these sort of technically-minded folks.
There's a list of communities currently running LocalWiki here (and a map here). We'll let you know as more come online, develop, and launch!
There's so much more we have planned for LocalWiki — but this day marks a significant step toward realizing the dream of collaborative, community-run media in every local community.
Philip & Mike
Texas bound
I'm off to Denton, Texas for a bit to help folks there with the Denton LocalWiki pilot! I'm hoping to meet with / connect-with a bunch of folks, spread the word and generally help them prepare to open up the project to the wider public!
More soon!-
Update update update!
Hey friends!
It's time for another LocalWiki update! What's happened since our last update? Erg, a lot!
We've selected our very first few pilot communities. So far, we've been working with folks in Denton, Texas; Sydney, Australia; and San Francisco, California. Do you (or did you) live in or near Sydney, Denton, or San Francisco? Shoot us an email at email@example.com and we'll get you involved in the pilot buildout!
There are several more pilots in the queue, and we're looking to work with more folks now. We'll be more aggressively reaching out to people who've contacted us, and our Kickstarter backers will soon get a chance to vote for the next set of pilot communities.
Technical development stuffs
A bunch has been accomplished on the technical front:
- We made a slick diff scroll-through thing.
- Implemented dynamic, global overview map that lets you 'dive' into different regions of the map.
- Added generic files support.
- Improved our file upload process.
- Made a ton of editor fixes and tweaks.
- Added ability to use custom map base layers.
- Refactored some code ("recent changes", most notably)
- Further improved copy/pasting in editor. This stuff is ridiculously complicated.
- Initial version of spell checking in editor.
- We created custom maps for two pilots and in the process learned a metric ton about GIS and the open source map stack
- Created a plugin system for the editor. Our first two plugins are "embed media" (videos, etc) and "include page."
- Cleaned up the way edit conflicts and merging merging happen when editing pages.
- Improved our deployment process.
- Simplified install instructions a bit.
- Conducted our first semi-formal usability test.
- Fixed a bunch of too-boring-to-describe bugs.
Overall, we've been improving functionality based on feedback from the initial pilots. Watching people interact with the earliest previews of LocalWiki has been really helpful!
We're currently marching toward our next milestone, due on the first of October. Our primary focus between now and then is to improve the deployment process, the documentation, and fix all technical issues that block the public launch of pilots.
Mike got hitched.
On a more personal note, two weeks ago Mike married his girlfriend of 12 years!
Philip & Mike


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High-ranking state officials in California have been courting Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson to move his team to Los Angeles, ESPN.com reported Sunday. However, they have had no luck so far. Richardson is one of four NFL owners who also own the stadium their team plays in, so there is no lease to break or litigation to fight. Richardson has said he is committed to keeping his team in Charlotte. Only if the city refused to help him with some stadium renovations would Richardson reportedly listen to offers to move. Recent talks between the city of Los Angeles and Richardson occurred during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was the chairman of the convention. He planned president Barack Obama's speech at Richardson's Bank of America Stadium. The Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots Washington Redskins are the other teams that own their stadiums.
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Lancome Hypnose Drama
485 reviews
48% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.8
Price: $$$$
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Price: $$$$
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on 7/5/2015 6:41:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I was givenna sample of this mascara and I was thrilled to try it out. I have to say that on me every mascara smudges underneath my eyes after 4-5 hours. So I was more than happy when I saw that this one does not smudge at all! I was wearing it one day through classes then afternoon classes and then a concert and when I came home it still looked decent! That for me is amazing! It is quite volumizing not so lengthening so sometimes I use with some other mascara. It has a scent but you cant smell it when its dry. It can be a little clumby because of the wand but nothing major that cant be fixed. I would go far enough to say that its the best mascara I ve ever tried but in my country it is very expensive! It costs 30€ or more which is double than a good drugstore mascara... If I had the money I would not think it twice and buy it but for now I ll settle with some drugstore alternatives.
on 6/30/2015 9:33:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Other
This was a clumpy mess on me. It smears so easily, I have watery eyes so I know that doesn't help. It didn't give me much length but did give some volume. But the volume it gave was so unnatural looking. Wasn't a fan of the brush either. Would not repurchase.
on 6/9/2015 6:17:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Lancome makes my favorite mascaras and I was not disappointed when I tried this one. Lashes were full, they "popped" and this was not clumpy and it lasted all day without flaking. Winner!
on 6/6/2015 11:54:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Wow! I had to go back and double-check to make sure that this is the same mascara that I got as a 100-point deluxe sample at Sephora. Yup, says Lancôme Hypnose Drama on the tube. Anyway, seems like this stuff gets VERY mixed reviews over here.
I'm not super into mascara, but am pretty picky about what I do like, when I can be bothered to wear the stuff. I've binned or returned just about everything I've tried for one reason or another. The only mascara that's ever worked well enough for me to repurchase multiple times is the Marc Jacobs O!Mega Volumizing mascara, which I also originally came across as a deluxe sample.
I tried this one with basically zero expectations (other than low ones based on my prior experiences with most mascaras in general) and no ideas about what it promised to do. I had a choice of two different mascaras for the reward and I picked this one because the brush looked intriguing and I couldn't recall having tried a Lancôme mascara before. That's it. I was making a quick choice at the counter so didn't check out the reviews before making my choice (had I done so, I probably would have passed this one over!).
I was a bit nervous when trying Hypnose Drama for the first time. The formula was wetter than what I normally like, and reminded me a little bit too much of L'Oreal Voluminous, a drugstore mascara I recently tried and ended up returning because it resulted in clumpy, spidery, messy-looking lashes. Historically-speaking, me and wetter mascara formulas don't really work together (probably because my hands aren't the steadiest and I don't have the patience to make them work right).
Much to my surprise and in spite of my meager skills in the mascara department, the Hypnose Drama applied beautifully. It lengthened and delicately fanned out my lashes, keeping them perfectly separated. No clumping, no weird messiness, no spidering, just *great* looking lashes that opened up my deep-set eyes considerably and with minimal skill or effort (I never use lash curlers or combs, although I sometimes use the top crook of my pointer fingers to nudge up a minimal level of curl).
I think the main difference between this formula and that of the L'Oreal Voluminous mascara (which is apparently considered to be a drugstore not-quite-dupe and yup, same parent company for both) and other wet-styles I've tried is that Hypnose seems to dry significantly faster. If so, I think that could explain why I was able to get a much more pleasing result. Well, that, and the brush itself is pretty unusual. I don't quite understand how the brush works but it does.
In any case, I used just one coat (I'm a one-coat kinda girl, BTW), and a fairly light one at that, although I probably could have achieved a much more dramatic effect had I applied more product. I just *really* loved the look I was able to achieve with one fairly light coat— pretty, delicate (feathery and light) and semi-natural, but without being boring (no small feat, actually). Had I tried this with the goal of obtaining a much more dramatic effect, I can imagine being disappointed, but remember, I really had zero expectations and ended up being delighted with the outcome.
It does have a slightly off-putting scent that is noticeable while applying, but it goes away after things set. I'm not sensitive to smell or anything, just didn't like it very much. Still a five-lippie mascara for me, and will definitely be getting the full size. It's not quite the all around workhorse of my current favorite (the Marc Jacobs volumizing one), but I think there's a good chance that it could end up being my favorite of the two.
[UPDATE 6.09.2015: Dinging this a lippie. I still *love* the way it looks, but it does flake mildly by the end of the day. New issue after only three-four days of daily use and am concerned about overall longevity of formula in the tube (is it drying out already?!). Will update again if things change again. #firstWorldProblems]
on 5/23/2015 12:19:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This mascara is my go-to mascara when I want a dramatic look and really want my lashes to steal the show. Although this mascara is pricey, I think it is worth the money. This mascara has a really strong chemical smell before you apply it to your lashes, the smell is not at all noticeable once it has been applied, I have highly sensitive eyes so did find this product sometimes felt like it was burning on days my eyes were extra sensitive. This mascara holds the curl of the lashes all day after it has set, and is not overly flakey (I sometimes find it flakey but only when I touch my eyes a lot). I love this mascara and think that I will be using it for years to come
on 5/9/2015 10:31:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Grey
It's an alright mascara. It didn't give me a dramatic look like it claims.
It gives very nice length but no matter how hard I tried to make it look intense, it just wouldn't build any volume at the base of the lashes. I'll wear it to work but this mascara is not worth $32 at all. I have tried cheaper mascaras that were better. You are basically paying for the name and I expected a lot from this product.
on 5/7/2015 10:29:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I find this mascara to be more of a 3.5 then 3 or 4 score lippie mascara. I got it as a sample in sephora's latest lash stash and I have to admit that it was one of the best ones in the bunch. While I am not very partial to traditional mascara brushes the curvature of the brush did intrigue me. At first I didn't really like how it applied (especially because it can be quite a smudger )but the more and more times that I worked with it the more I kind of started liking the results that I got. I find that it's a very customizable mascara. It can give nice definition with a coat or two but you can definitely build it up. I added a few coats and definitely saw some lash drama. It almost looked like I was wearing falsies! the rose scent was nice to. Now for the cons: As I said earlier its a very wet formula when first applying so it smudges easily. Also it tends to get clumpy if you don't meticulously work with it while building it up. It also tends to flake by the end of the day and can dry your lashes out. Not to mention the price for the full size tube is pretty high. Overall it's a pretty good mascara but I wouldn't necesarily call it an HG due to it's shortcomings.. I would probably only wear this for special occasions but not daily.
on 5/5/2015 7:19:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
You really can not go wrong with Lancome mascaras. I love using this when I want extra drama for my eye look. The formula is a little wet, but the bristles are very flexible to help combat clumping. If I use it by itself it usually lasts about 5 hours before looking a little tired, but when I use it with the Cils Booster it last all day looking amazing.
on 5/5/2015 6:58:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
Never buying this again. I expected so much better from Lancome. It is horribly clumpy and makes all the lashes stick together so much so you can see the clumps in your normal vision when looking at things. It smells odd, the brush is terrible and the actual stuff is so thick and useless. I hate it and i don't recommend this to anyone. Unfortunately I bought a 2 pack so I must finish this bottle and then the next. so annoyed.
on 4/30/2015 10:56:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I bought based on the excellent reviews and photos. This mascara had potential to be HG for me, but I seem to be super sensitive to scented mascaras. I didn't think the scent was bad, however it caused headaches. I will not repurchase.
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Utah Jazz starting center Al Jefferson will miss his third straight game because of a sprained left ankle. Jefferson, averaging 17.7 points and 9.4 rebounds, was hurt last week in a loss to Atlanta. Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said there is no timetable on Jefferson's return. Derrick Favors will start in his place Wednesday night against Cleveland. Corbin also said he will start DeMarre Carroll against the Cavaliers instead of Marvin Williams in an effort to get more energy out of his starting unit. Guard Mo Williams is back in Utah's lineup after missing 32 games with a thumb injury. Williams had surgery Jan. 3 to repair ligaments and had two pins removed Feb. 13. Corbin said he would monitor Williams' minutes. Williams hasn't played since Dec. 22.
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Dave and Busters Menu
I didn't plan on going to Dave and Busters, but on a windy rainy day, the parking lot at my other choice was packed and I didn't feel like dealing with a crowd. Dave and Busters is a place that generates interest with families more than foodies, but they do serve a full menu. I was on my cheat day, so anything goes, so I'd be able to find something to eat.
If you've never been to a Dave and Busters (or Jillian's) before, they're huge places with a restaurant and billiards room on one side and a big game room on the other. The idea is that you can release your kids into the game room and then hang out with adults at the bar or friends in the restaurant. There was a Jillian's on Long Island when I was still there; Jillian's was a copycat that went out of business and Dave and Buster's acquired most of them.
On a rainy Monday, the place was dead-empty, with 3 people in the bar, one table in the dining room and about 8 people in the game room. The bar here is starkly separate from the restaurant, and I have to say that I don't like the layout as much as the Jillian's on Long Island. Jillian's had a closed bar area with big flat screens on the wall, and booths in the bar area. Here there are no booths, just a rectangular bar and small tables all around. I prefer to sit in a booth than a small table. Here the restaurant , where all of the booths are, is off to the side and away from the TVs. Jillian's also had big TVs all around the dining room, but you won't be watching the games in the dining room here.
Likewise, the pool tables are across the aisle, away from the restaurant., without BIG TVs, so watching the NFL while spending the day playing pool isn't happening here either.
Game Rooms have changed in the 7 years or so since I was at a place like this; I don't remember it being so loud and noisy. The "talking" machines were the most annoying; like out of control parrots that never stop screeching the same lines over and over. The game room is huge with a lot of big, interactive games and the dinging is reminiscent of vegas slot machines; but much louder.
I started looking at the menu, and there's a lot of sports-watching stuff here like nachos with all sorts of pilings; I definitely didn't want anything like that. They also have steaks and salmon, and I wasn't ordering anything like that here. Then I saw the lunch menu, and I decided to sit down. They have a 50's diner-style set up in the middle of the game room, so that parents with young kids who need more supervision can dine while keeping an eye on them. You can see the TVs from the booths, although there wasn't anything on that I wanted to watch.
I'd decided on the Philly Cheesesteak, because my cheat day is the only time I can have a greasy, cheesy sandwich. The bartender is also the server at booths, but with only one other booth and 2 people at the bar it wasn't the usual annoyance of such a setup. I ordered an iced tea and the cheesesteak.
A major annoyance is that there is no wireless at Dave and Busters, which seems ridiculous considering that the place is probably filled with teenagers on weekends who rely on their cell phones to the point of psychosis. 3G also didn't work in the cavernous game room, so my cell phone was reduced to an extremely high resolution iPOD. I don't have music on my phone, so it was actually completely useless. This is another place that has locked wireless for employees but not for customers, so it's a choice they've freely made. One star reduction in service for this alone.
After about 10 minutes the food arrived.
It's pretty dark in this place, so getting a decent photo wasn't easy. I didn't want to bring my good camera in to a place like this; I nibbled on the french fries as I took a few shots; the fries were as pedestrian as fries can be. Not freshly made (ie barely warm), no seasoning. Just dipping sticks for ketchup.
The cheesesteak, on the other hand, was excellent. A nice soft roll, lots of nicely sauteed onions and mushrooms and good cheese. It's the best cheesesteak I've had since Mr Nick's. Worthy of note is that while it was very tasty, it wasn't like the description or the picture on the menu. It's described as "thinly sliced", but this was chopped to a mince. At $9.89, not a bad deal for a sit down place with fries. Eating in these type of places before, these menus are hit or miss. I used to eat a lot of wings at Jillian's. It's not great, but better than what you might expect.
They add a 16% service charge to the menu, but I give them credit for marking it on the receipt so that you notice the charge.
I don't usually like forced tips, but I always leave more than 16% normally, particularly on a small check, so it's no more than I'd usually leave in this case.
I also got a free appetizer (with entree purchase) coupon on my receipt, and an offer to get free food or game play for doing a survey. I'll do the survey and see what I get. If it's good enough, maybe they'll convince me to go back at night and play some games.
My favorite game, the "Derby", is a lot fun; you roll balls into holes and your horsey moves along; you race against other players. But it's not much fun without anyone else playing.
Dave and Buster's is a completely different experience during the week as it is at night or on weekends; it's not really a place you'd come just to eat. But to watch some games and have some greasy food, particularly if you have small or teenage children, it's a place you can go, unload the kids into the game room, and spend some adult time in the lounge or dining room.
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Jeff is having his version of Mike's Summer Fantasy. Publicity tour authors don't get infinity pools.
All that money for something that looks like an airport lounge. If a fool and his money are soon parted, what do you call someone who parts with money he never had in the first place?
Yes, Alex is used to being on top of things, the master of (almost) all situations. But remember her freshman angst at MIT? For once, she was afraid she wasn't up to the challenge, but she made it. Now there's Leo, and Leo can turn her down. Such power!
Alex may not have chronic self esteem issues, but facing possible (if not probable) rejection by the opposite sex usually rattles even the most confident modern young woman. This is just another example of why Alex seems so real to me. Can't wait to see what twists GBT puts on this storyline.
I suddenly have a strong suspicion that Jeff's recent meteoric rise is going to be followed by an even more entertaining fall back to earth. And if he has Zip along for the ride, so much the better.
Thanks for the memories. The Alex/Leo courtship takes me back a half-century. Even so, it's hard to really remember that I was once that young. Of course, so was Mary. But we're still here -- and together. So even geeks can find lasting love.
Yes, Rick the Blogger wears a tie at home to blog. It's his last remnant of employment as a professional journalist, It's a reminder of the standards he still holds in high regard. Would Edward R Murrow have to blog today, because no one would hire him?
I love the people who contribute their thoughts and opinions to Blowback almost as much as I love the characters in the strip. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to make this such a wonderful, insightful forum.
I don't get it. Since when does Alex have low self-esteem? This is the girl who laughed at a guy drawing a gun on her; who was the captain of her soccer team; who told off Uncle Stupidhead.
Please, sum up, sum up! I can't stand all this suspense! I need to know how the Alex/Leo storyline resolves. It's been dragged out for two weeks, and we still don't have an answer. Help us, GBT!
Great drawings on Wednesday. I just want to say they thrilled me. Thanks!
"You lousy commie gook!" If I had not been hooked already 40 years ago, today's Flashback strip would have done it. Since then I've watched in awe how GBT developed the characters and held the mirror to America, for those who cared to look into it and see themselves.
As mothers-in-law go I don't think Alex's prospective mother-in-law is all that much worse than Leo's. As for prospective stepfathers-in-law -- I'm quite looking forward to Leo's first meeting with Uncle Stupidhead.
In the words of Alex's people: Zomg teh drama!
Rick the blogger sitting in his home office wears a tie?
As a 50-something Army retiree I identify with Leo in many ways, so I've been reading this week's strips as intently as anyone else. In addition, for some reason I'm also paying attention to the Blowback. I believe marriage is nothing more than a civil contract between two individuals regardless of their gender or sexuality. However, I do appreciate what is important about marriage or any relationship; honor, love and faith in another person to always do what's right even under the most trying circumstances. So I find it disheartening to read some of the Blowback posts. One reader can't understand why Leo must "ask for Alex's hand in marriage." Well, I can answer that. It's called honor. He is honoring a long-held tradition that is obviously important to him. Another reader laments about Leo's mom, stating "Alex should have run the first time she met her." It's called faith. Based on their relationship. Leo has given Alex the faith to believe she will always come first in their marriage. It's obvious Leo and Alex love each other in a traditional and nontraditional way and it works very well for them. They will do just fine without our help or meddling.
I wonder what or who can save Alex from her lack of self-confidence. The redhead?
I wonder if I'm the only one that has doubts about Alex marrying Leo. Think of the mother-in-law she'll be getting! I'll never understand why Alex didn't run the first she met her.
Watching Joannie and Alex is making me homesick for the North Country. Where I grew up, upon turning 16, we'd be handed the keys and told to go spin donuts in the parking lot so that when we spin out, we'd know what to do! (And yes, we did.)
Hey, Trudeau! Knock it off! You're scaring me. I have to wait until tomorrow to see if Joanie will let Alex know that trying to melt the snow is a great way to suffocate to death? Oy. Will one of these nice ladies please use a cell phone and call for help? I hope I can sleep tonight. (How can I be so emotionally invested in a cartoon character? I need to get a life...)


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This release contains ads to help the developpement of the tool kit. If you clic on an ad it will disable ads for the current session.
If you want a version version without ads please take a look at the paid version.
With the menu button you can :
* Export result
* Save/Load/Delete your testing parameters
* Lock screen rotation(Landscape/Portrait)
* Quit
At this time it supports :
* App 2 SD
* ARP cache
* DNS (a the moment Simple Host Name to IP and reverse)
* Netcfg
* Netstat
* Network discovery
* Ping (system ping)
* Ping Sweep (based on system ping)
* PS dump(Process Information)
* Route print (with address decoding in option)
* Trace route (special implementation because MTR and classic is not possible on non rooted phone)
* TCP Port Tester (with fast port selection)
* TCP Port scanner(with fast port selection)
The scan is cancelable with back button
Configurable timeout
* UDP Flood
* WHOIS request (with the possibility to choose the whois server), Recursive 5 deep max
* WOL, Wake on LAN
In the future it will support :
* TCP test Server (maybe Netcat like)
* Network properties
* Port live view scan
* Network scan
* More configurable things for existing tool
And maybe any of your suggestion
kw : net, net tool, network tool,networks tools
What's New
Fing - Network Tools
Fast and accurate, Fing is a professional App for network analysis. A simple and intuitive interface helps you evaluate security levels, detect intruders and resolve network issues.
+ Discovers all devices connected to a Wi-Fi network. Unlimited devices and unlimited networks, for free!
+ Displays MAC Address and device manufacturer.
+ Enter your own names, icons, notes and location
+ Full search by IP, MAC, Name, Vendor and Notes
+ History of all discovered networks.
+ Share via Twitter, Facebook, Message and E-mail
+ Service Scan: Find hundreds of open ports in a few seconds.
+ Wake On LAN: Switch on your devices from your mobile or tablet!
+ Ping and traceroute: Understand your network performances.
+ Automatic DNS lookup and reverse lookup
+ Checks the availability of Internet connection
+ Works also with hosts outside your local network
+ Tracks when a device has gone online or offline
+ Launch Apps for specific ports, such as Browser, SSH, FTP
+ Displays NetBIOS names and properties
+ Displays Bonjour info and properties
+ Supports identification by IP address for bridged networks
+ Sort by IP, MAC, Name, Vendor, State, Last Change.
+ Free of charge, no banner Ads
+ Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with retina and standard displays.
+ Integrates with Fingbox to sync and backup your customizations, merge networks with multiple access points, monitor remote networks via Fingbox Sentinels, get notifications of changes, and much more.
+ Fing is available on several other platforms, including Windows, OS X and Linux. Check them out!
IP Tools
Network Tools IP Tools allow you to not only easily find, diagnose the problem on your network (and the correct diagnosis - the key to the rapid fix), and you will be able to do it, being at any distance from it.
Application IP Tools have a simple, intuitive interface, so you quickly and easily learn its own external IP address, and if necessary, get detailed information about your network - you can find out the internal IP, SSID, BSSID, broadcast address, gateway, network mask, country, region, city, ISP geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and other network information.
IP Tools application provides access to the most popular network utility that modern users often use on their computers.
Choosing IP Tools, you have at your disposal the following set of network tools:
✓ Ping
✓ LAN scanner (LAN scanner)
✓ Port scanner
✓ DNS lookup
✓ Getting data about the site and its owner
✓ Setting up the router directly from the device
✓ Trace route
✓ Log connections
✓ IP & Host Converter
✓ IP Calculator
✓ Control connections
✓ And much more ...
All of these tools will allow you to get the most complete and clear picture of the situation in computer networks. Network diagnostics with the application IP Tools is carried out quickly, easily, with maximum comfort.
The program is constantly being improved: works great feedback - developers take into account customer feedback and change their product offering new, more comfortable and functional version.
The above are not all the advantages of the application, but these points is enough to drop the last doubts, download network tools, combined in IP Tools application on your smartphone, and now appreciate the benefits of using them personally. Especially because you can download the program for free.
Network Tools
Use system menu to add new resource to monitoring list, select the type and time interval between checks. At any time you can change the settings or manually check for a specific host. The corresponding commands are available on the context menu.
App contains additional tools: whois, ping and traceroute, for diagnosing network problems. For these commands there are implemented lists of previously entered addresses, so user does not need to retype them again.
Smart Tools
Set 1: Length, Angle, Slope, Level, Thread - Smart Ruler Pro
Set 2: Distance, Height, Width, Area - Smart Measure Pro
Set 3: Compass, Metal detector, GPS - Smart Compass Pro
Set 4: Sound level meter, Vibrometer - Sound Meter Pro
Set 5: Flashlight, Magnifier, Mirror - Smart Light Pro
Set 6: Unit - Unit Converter
For more information, see the manuals of the apps, watch YouTube and visit the blog: http://androidboy1.blogspot.com/
I'll integrate more tools. Do you want to get more tools and features? Please send an email. email@example.com
I hope my apps are useful to your SMART Life. Thank you.
** No internet support : You can open this app without any connection. After installation, open the app 2-3 times with your device connect to WI-FI or a 3G/4G connection.
** This app does not support the devices that have NO magnetic sensor (e.g HTC Desire V, ST21i, Micromax).
** Remove/freeze ad-block app. It causes a licensing failure.
** Google has recommended this app as one of the essential apps of Google Play for Education.
IP Tools
Trace the route to a IP or web address.
Graphical traceroute results using Google Maps
Ping a website.
Ping local IP.
Ping remote IP.
Find your external IP.
Find your internal IP.
Find IP and server country of a website.
Geo location of ip or host.
Check if website is available.
Simple speed-test to measure your connection speed.
A big thanks to all of you for reporting bugs and suggesting improvements!
WiFi ARP Guard
WiFi ARP Guard keeps you safe from intruders, hackers, attackers and sneaky-users from having access to your WiFi and consequently to your smartphone's sensitive data.
It detects and prevents (rooted only) the "MAN IN THE MIDDLE" attack – Users are instantly informed about possible attacks and have the option to disable the WiFi immediately. View your cache table with a single click and be informed for any "mysterious" alternations or irregularities.
Use the WiFi ARP Guard to secure your Facebook, Twitter, ebay, LinkedIn and other online accounts – username/password – especially when accessing WiFi from public places.
The WiFi ARP Guard app was developed by Chrosforos Kronis for the ACSC523 - Network Security course of the MSC in Web and Mobile Systems program of Frederick University and supervised by Dr. Hadjichristofi George (co-director of NetLab).
If you enjoy WiFi ARP Guard please take a moment to rate it. Thanks for your support!
Network Tools
This assembly contains a list of tools such as:
- port scanner
- whois
- ping
- netstat
- traceroute
- my IP
- DNS dig (nslookup)
Please rate this application. If you have problems, do not rush to put a bad mark - please contact the developer via email.
Future versions will extend the functionality of the application.
Wi-Fi Analytics Tool
NEW UPDATE: The new Signal Strength Widget provides up to date, easy to access information on your Android or Windows device's current Wi-Fi connection.
Tool Box (Free)
Max tool series are already downloaded more then 3 million times in Android Market world wide.
in Tool Box...
- Compass
- Leveler
- Length measuring tools
- Protractor
- Vibrometer
- Magnetic field Detector
- Altimeter
- Tracker
- Heart Rate Monitor
- Flash Light
- Unit Converter
- Magnifier
- Calculator
- Abacus
- Counter
- Score Board
- Roulette
- Barcode Reader
- Mirror
- Tuner
- Stopwatch
- Timer
- Metronome
If you have "Tool Box", you don't need to wonder in the market anymore.
"Tool Box" will help you anytime you want likes Swiss Army Knife.
It's Free Ver. and includes AD.
Millions of users have made Ookla Speedtest the #1 app for testing Internet speeds, and it's trusted daily by professionals throughout the industry!
- Discover your Download, Upload and Ping
- Real-time graphs show connection consistency
- Troubleshoot or verify the speed you were promised
- Track past tests with detailed reporting
- Easily share your results
This is the free version, which contains ads; you can also buy from the Market the PRO version of the app to support the developer, unlock more features and get rid of the ads.
The app includes:
• Resistor color code decoder (3-6 bands);
• SMD Resistor Code;
• Inductor color code decoder;
• Ohm's law calculator;
• Reactance/Resonance calculator;
• Voltage divider;
• Resistors ratio, value/series/parallel;
• Capacitor charge calculation;
• Operational amplifier;
• LED resistor calculator;
• Adjustable voltage regulator/LM317 calculator;
• Heat dissipation;
• Battery Life calculator;
• Inductor design tool;
• Voltage Drop calculator;
• PCB Trace Width calculator;
• Simple Filters calculator;
• NE555 calculator;
• Power Calculator;
• Decibel Converter;
• Frequency Converter;
• Analog-Digital Converter;
• Y-Δ Transformation;
• Port pin-out (USB, Serial, Parallel, Ethernet, RJ, SCART, DVI, HDMI, S-Video, VGA, VESA, Display Port, FireWire, Jack, RCA, XLR/DMX, ATX Power, PC Molex, EIDE, SATA, PS/2-AT, MIDI/Game port, Apple 30-pin, PDMI, OBD-II, 25-pair phone cable color code, Color Code for Fiber Optic Cables; ISO connector for car audio; Arduino pin-outs);
• Resources (Resistivity table; Table of standard resistors and capacitors; Capacitor marking codes; AWG and SWG Wire size; Ampacity Table; Symbols and Abbreviations; Circuit Schematic Symbols; SI Units prefixes; Battery info; Boolean logic gate and algebra Theorems; 7400 info and pinout; ASCII codes, Batteries list, 78xx IC, ChipDB IC pinouts, Switch Information, Decibel Table, PIC ICSP/AVR ISP, SMD Package Size, Radio frequencies);
• Full support for EIA resistor series for all calculators;
...and more to come!
The app has also support for plugins to expand functionality of the application (e.g. PIC and AVR micro-controllers Database, simulators, parts search).
If you like the program, please rate it, and buy the full version to support the development.
Electrodroid PRO link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.demi.elettronica.pro
For FAQ and full change-log, visit http://electrodroid.it
Advanced Tools
Even more options and features available for root users.
Logcat tool now requires root in order to run, READ_LOG permission has been removed.
CAMERA permission was added to make flashlight tool suitable for more devices.
This app involves a lot of work and updates are given frequently, please avoid bad rating/comment because of the permissions, if you feel not comfortable with them contact us for any question.
Open the main menu by swiping from the left edge to the right.
Open the info/guide panel by swiping from the right edge to the left.
File Manager - for any of the item in the list tap the icon to select, tap the file name to open, tap the three dots on the right to open the context menu.
* Operate on (up to) four different tabs
* File operations between tabs (no need to navigate back!)
* Access/modify RO folders, system, data, etc.
* Copy, cut, paste, delete, rename files or folders
* Add new folders
* Add new text files
* Integrated mini text editor
* Search files or folders
* Get file or folder details
* Set file or folder permissions
* Zip/unzip files or whole folders
* Browse zip file's contents
* Unzip selected contents from a zip file
* Send files via bluetooth
* Share supported files
* Storage info with pie charts
* Set starting folders (shortcuts)
* FTP: download/upload files or whole folders
* FTP: browse FTP contents, add new folders
* Plenty of info about system, memory, graphic, hw, battery
* Change LCD density
* Change the heap size
* Change "max events per second" value
* Change the WiFi scan interval
* more properties from build.prop file
* Change "min free kbytes" value
* Change "vfs cache pressure" value
* Change swappiness value
* Change dirty ratio and dirty background ratio
* more kernel's VM and sysctl parameters
* Configure Android's internal task killer
* Access special settings and info
* View filesystem
* View dmesg (Kernel Debug Messages)
* View live logcat
* Record, filter, stop, resume logcat
* Detect CarrierIQ
* Kill selected applications
* Filter system processes (security options)
* Info about running services
* Detailed info about each installed application
* Uninstall apps
* Freeze system apps
* Uninstall system apps
* Backup and restore apps
* Clear app cache/data
* Startup apps (grant/deny auto-start)
* Manage app components! (Pro only)
* View content of manifest file (Pro only)
ATOOLS TERMINAL (Pro only)
* Pseudo terminal emulator
* Execute linux commands
* Quick buttons for mount and set permissions
* Scan and analyze all the sensors installed
* Compass tool
* Compass calibration tool
* Magnetic field detector
* Get all the info passed by GPS device
* Fast fix tool to get signal fixed in less time
* Scan satellites and get dedicated info
* Get your current location's address
* CPU Time in State monitor
* Real-time CPU meter
* Set CPU scaling frequencies and governor
* Quick launch from notification bar
* Use the camera flashlight as a torch
Enjoy Advanced Tools!
Developer Tools
Using this app you can see which resource qualifiers that are being used, which system features that are available, and see details about the display and its sizes.
Also I wanted to create an app where everything I needed was just one click away. The full list of features:
- See resource qualifiers in use
- See available system features
- See screen dimensions in dp, pt, in, sp, px, mm
- Start Dalvik Explorer (3rd party app)
- Start aLogcat (3rd party app for viewing logcat)
- Start ManifestViewer (3rd party app for viewing AndroidManifest.xml ++)
- Go directly to the Android 4.3's permission manager (App Ops)
- Go directly to the device's developer settings
- Go directly to the list of installed applications
Works for Android 1.5 and up. Doesn't need any permissions to run. Please give me a word if there's something you'd like to see included in this app. :)
he.net - Network Tools
This suite of networks tools implements most of the network diagnostics that you need as a Network Engineer or System Administrator. This is our first version, please help us improve it by giving us feedback.
+ Interface Information: Get information regarding your devices current network state.
+ ARP / NDP: Resolve either IPv4 or IPv6 network layer addresses into link layer addresses.
+ Bonjour Browser: Browser mDNS/ZeroConf services on your Network.
+ Device Manager: Lookup local devices' MAC, NETBIOS, IP, and other information.
+ DNS lookup: Search for a servers DNS zone records such as SOA, NS, A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and rDNS.
+ IP Calculator: Calculate the Netmask, Wildcard, Network, Host range, and Broadcast for a given subnet.
+ Iperf (v2 and v3): Run TCP and UDP performance tests.
+ MAC Browser: Lookup the vendor name and address of an OUI.
+ One Time Password: Add HOTP and TOTP two factor authentication accounts.
+ Ping: Send ICMP packets to a single IPv6/v4 address.
+ Ping Sweep: Send ICMP packets to an entire subnet range.
+ Traceroute: Find the route packets take to reach your IPv6/v4 destination.
+ Progressive Traceroute: Get detailed statistics for a given IPv6/v4 route.
+ Port Scan: Scan a list of custom or pre-defined TCP ports on any IPv6/v4 server.
+ SSL/TLS Analyzer: Inspect SSL/TLS certificates of domain names.
+ Whois: Get information regarding domain registration, ASN, IP allocations and more.
he.net's Network Tools are also available on IOS
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Net Tools
If you want to test it please give a try with the free version available on the market
With the menu button you can :
* Export result
* Save/Load/Delete your testing parameters
* Lock screen rotation(Landscape/Portrait)
* Quit
At this time it supports :
* App 2 SD
* ARP cache
* DNS (a the moment Simple Host Name to IP and reverse)
* Netcfg
* Netstat
* Network Discovery
* Ping (system ping)
* Ping Sweep (based on system ping)
* PS dump(Process Information)
* Route print (with address decoding in option)
* Trace route (special implementation because MTR and classic is not possible on non rooted phone)
* TCP Port Tester (with fast port selection)
* TCP Port scanner(with fast port selection)
The scan is cancelable with back button
Configurable timeout
* UDP Flood
* WHOIS request (with the possibility to choose the whois server), Recursive 5 deep max
* WOL, Wake on LAN
In the future it will support :
* TCP test Server (maybe Netcat like)
* Network properties
* Port live view scan
* Network scan
* More configurable things for existing tool
And maybe any of your suggestion
kw : net, net tool, network tool,networks tools