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'your first three years' programme
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Last modified: 23/05/2012 12:34:20
Institution: Oxford Brookes University
The 'your first three years' programme for newly appointed research active staff provides training in topics relevant to academic practice, including:
- induction - an introduction to University structures, key people and support for researchers
- good practice in grant writing
- managing projects, project finances and staff
- training for teaching
- training for supervising research and research degree students
Organisational and Staff Development - Building Effective Partnerships
Practice No. 1224
Last modified: 24/11/2010 09:57:48
Institution: University College London
This is a brief summary of the organisational model that we have adopted in order to work more closely with Schools, Faculties and Departments and 'partner' with them in understanding and providing for the needs of their particular staff in a 'bespoke' way where appropriate. This positions us better to target our resource towards meeting real needs, while striving for enhanced alignment between UCL's research strategy and individual aspirations. This new model also enables us to work more closely in partnership with other key people deployed at a Faculty or Department level, such as Research Facilitators, Research Leaders, HR Consultants, Faculty Managers etc. -
Publishing in Prestigious Journals - Hands on advice
Practice No. 1221
Last modified: 19/11/2010 14:40:42
Institution: University of Liverpool
Workshops are facilitated by editors of high impact journals who discuss with participants key aspects within the writing process and the aims of the journal. Brief writing exercises on papers published by participants take place during the workshop. In addition, selected published articles from the journal are being discussed highlighting relevant points of interest that inform the writing process. -
Ketso - a hands-on kit for effective group work and engagement
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Last modified: 12/11/2010 19:36:05
Institution: University of Manchester
Ketso is an interactive, hands-on toolkit for bringing meetings and workshops to life. It is compact and portable, simple to use and accessible to everyone. Ketso extends people's ability to run effective and enjoyable workshops - virtually anywhere and in any setting. It encourages people to be creative and share in productive dialogue, while also generating real results that can be put into action. Ketso provides a set of tabletop tools that can be used to capture and display people's ideas. It consists of colourful 'branches', 'leaves' and other materials, which can be placed on a felt workspace and easily moved around in response to changing discussion. Ketso is robust and portable, and comes in a handy carrying bag, making it easy to transport to and from events. Ketso provides a series of free resources to help you run effective workshops and engagement processes - such as workshop plans and training videos in planning and running a workshop. -
Presentation Skills Practice Sessions
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Institution: Loughborough University
These sessions allow PGRs to deliver an upcoming presentation to an internal audience in order that their presentation skills and style of slides can be critiqued before they go off and deliver it "for real" Each participant is recorded to DVD and is given verbal and written feedback. Primarily about their presentation skills and style, but also about the style of their slides and, if the appropriate academics are in attendance - about the academic content of the presentation. -
DR Essentials
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Institution: University of Birmingham
Online induction package for First Year Doctoral Researchers. DR Essentials is a stand-alone online course placed on the self-registration area of WebCT . Doctoral Researchers can access it by adding it to their university online profiles. The course contains five separate modules covering key stages of the incipient doctoral research career. Each module combines content with a number of embedded talking heads that capture the views of Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors across the institution. At the end of each module there is a check list of tasks that should be completed. DR Essentials in its original version was developed at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The version used at the University of Birmingham has been developed by a team of experts from the Centre for Learning and Academic Development (CLAD) and the University Graduate School to meet the needs of researchers at Birmingham. The course is self-paced and users can dip into or work through in its entirety as they may need. -
A Short Introduction to Project Management
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Institution: University of Birmingham
The Short Introduction to Project Management is aimed at postgraduate researchers in the early stages of their research degree. It forms part of a portfolio of Project Management programmes of different lengths and levels of depth that postgraduate researchers can use to tailor their own development. Resources required are fairly basic - a training room with projection equipment and pen and paper for the interactive sections. The session is delivered by a single trainer. -
Real Creativity – a constructive approach to problem solving
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Real Creativity is a highly experiential, developmental creativity course which allows participants to work in real time on real problems over a two day programme. It was developed by Skyward coaching and development. -
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The Graduate School Great Debate runs twice a year. Two teams of PGRs come together to debate a PGR generated topic with an open audience which normally attracts other PGRs and academic staff

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Posted: Jan 3, 2013 7:01 PM by Evan Weborg MTN News
Montana's cattle industry aims to remain strong in 2013.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, cattle per hundred-weight prices are up $25 over the past two years, with the price in the last month at around $125.
Current demand for beef is high and cattle ranchers are looking to expand sales to international markets, according to Montana Stockgrowers Association CEO Errol Rice.
Rice noted that some ranchers are having to downsize due to the recent drought, which has increased hay prices.
He said, "So the winter will tell us a lot, if we have a fairly mild winter, people might be okay, but if we have a very tough winter it is going to require a lot of hay, and...hay prices are strong and it is in very high demand, so a lot of tough decisions are being made right now on the ground."
U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) will introduce a bill in Congress which would provide disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers.
One portion of the bill focuses on a Livestock Forage Program, aimed at assisting ranchers with the cost of feed due to losses from a drought.
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There are lots of misconceptions out there about what it takes to be an app developer. Especially in the genre of music apps for Apple mobile Apple devices there are tons of apps and great ones at that so competition definitely exists. But I've talked with a lot of other developers and have yet to meet someone who isn't a great person so that's definitely a big plus.
As you can already guess this is not going to be one of those number posts. Instead I'm going to write about some of the things our team has found out that might be of great importance to whoever creates apps (be they audio/music related or not).
What's awesome:
If you create useful and ideally beautiful apps, you will receive attention. Not just by people but also by Apple. They pick beautiful apps and they feature them prominently in multiple spots. The iPad Version of SoundPrism has been featured for roughly a month on multiple locations in the App store.
Obviously the higher you are in the charts, the more you will sell. But your ranking in the charts will mean more than being featured by Apple because you will be visible on top of the important lists for people buying apps on their devices. Some of them won't see the big banners visible in iTunes on their desktops because they buy apps directly on their iPads.
As far as I can tell being featured with a huge banner on top of everything in the App Store store wasn't half as good as being in the 'What's hot' section on the top left corner. So if you want to you can take home from this that you should put as much love into your app as possible because Apple likes beautiful things. It payed off for us.
What's a bit tricky:
We've started with an iPad App which turned out to be a great idea. Not only is there quite a hype going on and whoever develops iPad apps exclusively will profit from that but also is there only one version of the operating system (iOS 3.2) and only one hardware that you will have to develop for. The iPad Screen is large and bright, colors will be great. The iPad is fast so if you're not able to tweak the §&§$ out of the platform yet you've got some very forgiving hardware which has lots of resources.
That being said we've got very good developers and even they had work hard on tweaking and optimize things for the iPad before our initial launch.
Also we knew some very good developers who had been creating iPhone and iPod apps before. But even they weren't able to help us with some memory leaks that were supposed to be fixed already. In the end we had to remove some eye candy from SoundPrism to be able to ship a bug free version.
The iPad is still a young platform so this was to be expected.
If you're unsure of if your app will run on older generation iPods or iPhones, then go for the iPad first. Only one (powerful) hardware version and only one OS version gives you lots of head room and few limitations you have to keep in mind.
What's hard:
Going universal (releasing for both iPad and iPod/iPhone) for platforms of all generations is hard.
Especially so after you've released for the iPad and have used most of it's ressources already.
Our team spent a month optimizing our sound engine to be able to run on first generation iPods. Optimizing graphics and graphic effects was part of that process as well. More eye candy had to be removed.
When developing for 8 different devices (iPhone 1, 3G, 3Gs, 4, iPod 1, 2, 3, 4) with different screen resolutions, speakers, screen brightness, performance and multiple versions of the operating system (iPod 1st gen can only use iOS 3.1.3 at most while the iPod 4 and iPhone 4 start out with iOS 4) then you've got a basket full of things you have to keep in mind.
You can also choose to ignore that and have your users end up with a version of the software that makes them send you angry mails and leave upset comments on your website, blog or in reviews of your app. Or you can decide on releasing later and fixing and tweaking things for 1, 2 or 3 more weeks.
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The Springfield College Student Success Corps: "Getting Things Done"
The mission of Springfield College is to educate students in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to others. As AmeriCorps members in the Springfield College Student Success Corps, students live and share this mission, engaging in service that meets the critical educational needs of Springfield youth.
AmeriCorps members are recruited to serve in various capacities. Members serve in Springfield pre-schools, middle schools, and high schools, where they facilitate interventions and identify resources that target risk factors for dropping out, including poor early literacy skills, low attendance, behavioral problems, and course failure in English and math. Members also serve as school volunteer coordinators in an effort to recruit college and community volunteers to get involved in service in the Springfield Public Schools.
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Police release autopsy results of fallen firefighters
Posted at: 12/27/2012 12:17 PM | Updated at: 12/27/2012 12:18 PM
The Webster Police Department and the New York State Police have released autopsy results from the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office.
Michael Chiapperini died as a result of a single gunshot wound and Tomasz Kaczowka died as a result of two gunshot wounds.
The suspect, William Spengler, died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot to his head. There was no evidence of any other gunshot wounds to Spengler.
The remains found inside Spengler's house on Lake Road are still being confirmed at this time.
As far as the weapons involved, the ATF has assisted the New York State Police with obtaining information on the origin of the weapons. Investigators are still working to trace the history of the weapons and confirm how Spengler came to possess them.
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- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Preface
- Zara: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems
- Strategy and Technology
- Netflix: David Becomes Goliath
- Moore's Law and More: Fast, Cheap Computing and What It Means for the Manager
- Understanding Network Effects
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Google: Search, Online Advertising, and Beyond…
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- Profiling and Privacy
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- Understanding Software: A Primer for Managers
Software in Flux: Partly Cloudy and Sometimes Free
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- Why Open Source?
- Examples of Open Source Software
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- Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope?
- The Software Cloud: Why Buy When You Can Rent?
- SaaS: Not without Risks
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Germany's Energy Transition: Carbon-Free to Carbon-Full
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- Harrywr2 said...
Comrade Putin's Pals are going to make lot's and lot's of $$$$. Gas...Russian Gas...it's whats for dinner.
- Thu Oct 27, 04:13:00 PM MDT
- Pirate said...
Looked up some statistics.
Bavaria currently produces 40% of all solar electricity in Germany. It gets about 6 % of its electricity from solar PV right now. Electricity generation in 2009 was around 86 TWh. Thus they would have to generate around 14 TWh with solar by 2020.
It is in fact not such a bad deal for Bavarians. Solar PV in Germany earns huge subsidies, around 12 billion euros annually right now. If they triple their PV capacity, they triple the subsidies to Bavarian PV companies. Of course, cost is paid by all Germans using electricity. - Fri Oct 28, 10:05:00 AM MDT
- Tom said...
Won't a lot of that gas actually come from Poland?
- Fri Oct 28, 12:21:00 PM MDT
- Harrywr2 said...
@ Tom #3
Won't a lot of that gas actually come from Poland?
According to the 2011 BP Statistical Energy review Poland produced 4.1 billion cubic meters of gas in 2010 and consumed 14.4 billion cubic meters.
Poland is a 'middle man'.
Germany produced 10.6 billion cubic meters in 2010 and consumed 81.3 billion cubic meters.
Norway and the Netherlands have some excess gas but not enough to supply all of Europe. - Fri Oct 28, 04:28:00 PM MDT
- Frontiers of Faith and Science said...
This is one of the great failures of the AGW movement.
The movement has been successfully derailed and seems to like it.
Their alleged top priority, to reduce the emissions of CO2 to 'save the climate' is a complete failure in Germany, yet because Germany is willing to waste tax money on trivial solar power projects, they are apparently mollified.
This implies a great deal more of cynical profiteering at he the heart of the AGW movement than was suspected earlier. - Sat Oct 29, 09:07:00 PM MDT
- Harrywr2 said...
Roger have you seen this lbnl china 2050 projection?
Any comment on the AIS scenario. IMHO It's probably one of the better efforts at trying to model 'the future' as it takes into account such things as saturation, mining extraction challenges etc.(prediction is hard)
http://china.lbl.gov/sites/china.lbl.gov/files/2050_Summary_Report_042811_FINAL.pdf - Wed Nov 02, 04:49:00 PM MDT


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City plans wall demolition, owner plans legal fight
By SAMANTHA GHOLAR
SEBRING -- No official date has been set for the demolition of the wall located at 503 E. Center Ave. near Sebring Middle School, but city officials say that the wall will indeed come tumbling down soon.
After several years of disputes, civil suits and objections from the property owner Gingerlee Mitchelllindo, the city of Sebring has continued to push forward with the project to take down the wall that encompasses the lot.
Friday afternoon, City Administrator Scott Noethlich confirmed that a pre-quote meeting had occurred the first week of November. The meeting, which was led by engineer company CivilSurv out of Lakeland, brought a number of potential bidders to Mitchelllindo's property to inspect the future project.
City officials, surveyors and engineer teams have long said that Mitchelllindo's wall is encroaching the right of way and line of sight for drivers on South Orange Street who are trying to get onto Center Avenue, causing a hazard to drivers and pedestrians.
The amount of encroachment has changed a number of times, however. It was first said to have been 2 inches, then 2 feet. Mitchelllindo has long felt that the city and its officials have somewhat of a vendetta against her for taking a stance against government officials.
"I'm trying to do everything the legal way, but my legal rights are being trampled on," Mitchelllindo said. "I've been through a lot in my life and I thought I was done, but when the government and people high up do things like this and do wrong and watch others do wrong and don't stand up for the people, then I have a problem."
Mitchelllindo is currently putting the finishing touches on a civil suit and an injunction she has prepared to use as a platform to sue each entity involved in the wall predicament. Mitchelllindo expects to file the lawsuit within the coming days and with hopes of halting the City's plans for demolition.
Sebring's Purchasing Agent, Kirk Zimmerman, confirmed Noethlich's statement of the quote meeting, which brought out a handful of interested potential bidders. According to Mitchelllindo, only two local companies were present, both of which left shortly after the meeting began.
"They won't touch it with a 10-foot pole," said Mitchelllindo. "Same for the attorneys. I've tried getting one, but no one in this county, no one in the surrounding counties (is interested). I've had one attorney from down south take interest but (he) wants $10,000 up front, that's why I'm fighting this myself. I will not stop until they leave my property and me alone or until I'm dead."
Three vendors, EPB Enterprises, EPI and Falcon (each out-of-county companies), showed interest in the project, according to Zimmerman.
The deadline for bids is Nov. 27 at 5 p.m. The demolition is expected to cost less than $15,000. The exact date for the demolition has yet to be set.
"There isn't a date yet. We anticipate that it will be done over the school holiday break. Possibly just after the first of the year or around the Martin Luther King (Jr.) holiday," said Noethlich.
Ugly Wall Coming Down!! (by: Guest - 11/19/2012)
""They won't touch it with a 10-foot pole," said Mitchelllindo. "Same for the attorneys. I've tried getting one, but no one in this county, no one in the surrounding counties (is interested). I've had one attorney from down south take interest but (he) wants $10,000 up front, that's why I'm fighting this myself. I will not stop until they leave my property and me alone or until I'm dead."" Good luck with that. I see someone getting arrested in the near future for being an idiot. Who wants to organize a street party and watch the wall come tumbling down?
Gingerlee Mitchelllindo (by: Richard Mahan - 11/19/2012)
I have a few questions! When this fence was first installed wasn't a permit taken out at that time? If yes wasn't a surveyor hired to stake where the fence would not encroach on to the City's right of way? If all of this was done, Why is the City now saying they need a few inches of sidewalk? The City is saying "the line of sight for drivers on South Orange Street who are trying to get onto Center Avenue, causing a hazard to drivers and pedestrians." How come this has now become a Hazard and wasn't a Hazard when the fence was first installed? If everything was done properly by the Homeowner, is the City going to pay for the demolition of the old fence and installation a new fence? Another question I would have is if the reason for the removal of the fence is because of the "So Called Hazard" How many accidents have occurred at this intersection since it was installed? Knowing the answer to these questions would give a insight as to whether the City is correct or is trying to flex its
Vendetta (by: SunNLaker33872 - 11/19/2012)
Somebody has it out for this person. A better "connected" person would have got a zoning vaiance breezed through with no controversy.
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Well, I experiment a bit - currently I'm on a huge, small islands and 16 civs - still, I have every wonder except SoZ (seems like when you are scandi, then ivory is far far away).
I'm a bit curious about your problems with loading - I'm playing C3C verion 1.00 according to the program. The attached is a std save - could I ask you to try to load it to see if you can run it ? There isn't much fun left in it if you don't fancy a nice little conquest campaign


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Regarding harmonies, I have published some books of my compositions. But for now, since it's all 'cheap advice', I can tell you that your abilities in harmony will develop as you continue to learn generally.
There is so much wonderful harmony in the compositions of classical composers - Bartok, Stravinsky, Debussy, Scriabin and more. Just keep experimenting: re-voice standard melodies, compose music trying to find the harmony that is right for your taste, listen to a lot of different music to check out what others have done and are doing - but mainly trust your own judgement when you are playing, practicing, experimenting and composing. Only you can ever know what "harmony" is the best.
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"Loo with a view" officially opened at Macalister Springs
02 Dec 2013
The "Loo with a view" located at Macalister Springs in the Alpine National Park was officially opened today. The "Loo with a view" replaces the old amenity that had begun to deteriorate and required significant maintenance. It is located next to the Vallejo Gantner Memorial Hut which is a popular…


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It's Time For Change is dedicated to Barack Obama, who was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on the day of the first ascent. Fun moves and exhilarating exposure make this one of the best moderate routes at the crag. Climb Night Moves past the first three bolts to a good ledge. Continue up a short right-facing corner to another ledge. Stem up a steep dihedral and pull left onto an airy arete (crux). Follow the arete to the anchor. Note: Climb almost straight up the arete; don't go too far left or you'll miss the bolts and the anchor.
On the big shelf on the left side of the Bihedral, where Night Moves and Diamonds and Rust begin. The route shares the first three bolts with Night Moves before splitting off to the left.
8 bolts and three optional gear placements (yellow Alien, green #.75 and yellow #2 Camalots). Two-bolt anchor with lowering hooks. Strong leaders may be happy with just the bolts.
The loose block at the top made it far more difficult to go the way you should. It is marked well with a big X. I would of used it to gain what I thought was the crux of the route, but it was so loose I had to traverse left of it in to a notch between the route and the spire next to it. This thing moves back and fourth by just touching it. It seems to be held in at the top by about 3 square inches of contact with the rock above it. Scary! The rock in this area seems not as solid as the slab below, but not too bad besides this.
Nice addition guys. I was wondering if someone else would have put up a commemorative route on such an auspicious day. My own commemorating was a new crag, Inaugural Crag, and a new route installed, prepped, and ready to go, but not yet red pointed (Ascendancy). The change has begun.
Really fun route and great place to climb sport. Nice to see you on the climb, Ron. Thanks again for all your work here.
Fun route with some wild moves! Let's hope the crux block doesn't feel it's time for change. There are several loose appearing blocks near the crux but upon closer inspection they seem solidly wedged.
Beware some loose rock in the crack near the crux block towards the top. It shouldn't be a problem, just be mindful of what you pull on (as you should always...). Bolts are where you need 'em, but there is a section of fairly runout easy climbing. No problem; bring some gear if it makes you feel better, or just keep your wits about you as you make easy moves to the next bolt.
Fun route, but there is some very suspect rock making up the arete. Hope it does not "Change" any time soon.
Good fun route with some nice exposure. There is definitely some loose rock. I nearly pulled off a chicken head while climbing it near the second bolt. Looks like people use that hold a lot, and it's bound to go sometime. Some of the boulders on the arete also looks suspect. They are bomber now, but may loosen up after time.
I also agree with the previous post's about the large rock right below bolt #7 at the crux. It was very loose when I arrived at the crux and I stopped the climb because of it. It needs to be cleared off safely by strapping it and lowering it down. Being that it is right at the crux, I would not climb this route till it is taken care of properly.
The loose block is a detractor. That thing is more than big enough to kill a belayer or several people on the lower left crag. It would pinball down the corner right to the belayer too- so death is not some remote possibility, it is real. This should be cleaned in a controlled fasion with a verified CLEAR lower tier. Otherwise, the route is long and varied, and so not bad.
I'm down for the trundling expedition for the loose block.
Seems like all of the loose blocks are still there. The 15x12-inch block wedged like a chockstone may actually help keep the much bigger one on its right from collapsing to the left. Maybe better to leave it. Just above, the next-to-last (7th?) bolt is placed in a big block that vibrated when I pounded on it with my hand. Alpine training or Russian roulette?


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Hi I bought case fan which has 3 PIN port so the problem is that fan running 2909 RPM all time , it's really make noise even brother thought I have Mustang in my rom . I try to control it through BIOS, but there is only CPU fan option ( fast, medium & slow ) Also, I download speedfan but useless, it show temp only. Is there any software enable me to control speed fan? I am not looking to get Hardware to control speed fan. Mb asrock g41m-vs3
3-pin fans are not PWM, or controllable via software. What you want is either a fan controller or inline resisters to lower that fans speed. just power, ground, and RPM sense; no PWM wire for fan speed control.
Your motherboard can't control the system fan headers. You don't want any form of hardware controller (even a $1 inline resistor). Answer: Buy a new motherboard with better fan header control. Even the cheapest Asus motherboards allow custom system/chassis control based on CPU temperature or manual DC/PWM percentage.
A new motherboard will not make a 3-pin fan work via PWM plain and simple, but thanks for trying anyways!
Of coursed it wont, but PWM headers still allow DC based speed control (given a non half assed motherboard), which is more ideal over using a PWM converter because DC motors not designed for PWM control tend to tick really annoyingly. You know, the 10 years + before PWM fans were released? DC control was the common. It still is very common because all but the latest and greatest CPU coolers still use 3 pin fans. I'm still rocking an old Noctua P14 which is 3 pin, plugged into the 4 pin CPU PWM header, set to DC control for full speed vs cpu temp control on my Gigabyte mobo. I have control down to 0RPM, at idle I don't even have the CPU fan spinning because it isn't needed <: Most people who first saw the PWM Core2Duo coolers were amazed that they didnt have to spin. It's nothing special, it just requires sufficient control from the motherboard, and wasn't related to being a whole new PWM fan technology. In the past Abit had the best control, completely independent control of every fan header (3 pin or not) based on any of the logged temps that the Super IO could detect. These days the best we get is Asus, but still the mass of chassis/system fan headers are still usually clumped together in one group instead of being independent.
some chips do allow the control of 3 pin fans via voltage regulation. i.e. instead of 12V they supply anything from 6V to 12V. This is the case on my current motherboard. i think ASUS calls this "Q-fan" EDIT:- as you can see i have only 3PWN fans, CPU1 and CPU2, and CHASSIS1 chassis 2 and 3 are 3 pin. the PWM ones have an added advantage of being able to follow a temperature varied graph. I can use speed fan to control these as well.
I should probably also add that it's possible to get fan controllers which only have 3 pin connectors but they use PWM to control the fan speed, ie the mcubed tbalancer allows as near as makes no difference an infinite amount of fan control, including specifying PWM or DC based speed control for it's headers. de.das.dude: no minimum temperature target? that will let you set a fan curve manually, might only be an EFI option however, is definitely an option is every recent BIOS Asus board I've owned (since 775).


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Title: Too Good to Be True (5/5)
Authors: mothergoddamn and epanaphoric
Kurt felt cold air on his face first of all as his eyes began to shift back into focus. The room was softly lit, the sun just beginning to rise. Last night had exhausted him, physically and emotionally, and he just wanted to pull the comforter over his head and luxuriate a little while longer. Be himself, before another day of duplicity and simpering took its toll on him.
But, then, he wouldn't be telling a lie any more. He smiled, softly, at the thought.
"Finn," Kurt said, reaching out an arm, but all he touched was crumpled sheets. Oh, God. Finn wouldn't. Would he? Panic flooded his gut.
"Oh, hey. You're up," Finn said, muffled through the bathroom door, and Kurt sighed with relief as he turned his head towards the source of the noise.
The bathroom door was half-open, and Finn stretched, shrugging on a plain white undershirt, the muscles in his back rippling, a fresh wave of want running through Kurt again. Finn walked out of the bathroom and reached for his antiperspirant. Axe Recovery, Kurt noticed, the same one he'd worn since Freshman year of high school, lemon tart and cloying with a tendency to thicken the air like ice fog and bring out asthma attacks in the hardiest of people. Finn reached in his duffel bag for a blue plaid shirt and began buttoning it, fingers fumbling.
"Hey?" Kurt said, cautiously as he sat up. Glancing over at the clock, Kurt bit his lip and swallowed back a frown. "It's still early, maybe --" he blushed, but ploughed on. "Maybe you could come back to bed?"
Kurt met Finn's eyes briefly; they appeared motionless, useless lumps of coal. He patted the empty space beside him, but Finn merely stared at Kurt's hand, his gaze utterly unreadable.
"Breakfast," he said, tersely. "It's paid for with the room, so... no need to waste it. You coming?"
Dread settled on Kurt like a weight, and he could feel his entire self open and unarmed. "Finn, please?" Kurt's voice was a soft whisper as he drew the sheets around himself, like some ridiculous maiden in a James Bond movie. "What is it?"
"What's what?"
"This." Kurt gestured towards him. "Your, your… attitude! It's as though you have no recollection of what happened last night."
Finn shrugged, his hands deep in his pockets and his body facing the window. Finn was looking at himself in the mirror. At his shoes. At the damn ceiling. Anywhere, except at Kurt's paling face.
His entire posture screamed for Kurt to leave it alone, to leave him alone.
Kurt didn't listen. "Can we talk?"
"Marco texted earlier." Finn said. "Do you know what a 'continental' isʔ"
"Finn, please!"
Finn's eyes snapped to him. "There's nothing to talk about," he said coldly, his face impassive. "Last night was—"
"What?" Kurt spat. "What was it, Finn?"
Finn sighed heavily. "Last night was... I – we… we screwed up, Kurt."
It hit Kurt like a truck and he sucked in a deep breath in shock. He had forgotten what it was like to be this vulnerable, this exposed. He'd forgotten how much he could hurt, but quickly remembered how soon everything good in his life could be sucked out by way of Finn's big, unknowingly seductive, black holes of eyes.
"Oh," Kurt said, said lamely. "I see."
"Yeah," Finn whispered. "Look, I, uh, see you downstairs. Yeah?"
Finn didn't even wait for a response, just ran from the room like he was being pursued, but Kurt didn't know why because he wasn't about to chase him. He couldn't move even if he wanted to, fragile and trapped between the bed sheets, like a butterfly under a pin.
Kurt took a deep breath. He couldn't even cry. There was just a blank, empty, overarching numbness. Every time he buried his face in the pillow, he could smell Finn's aftershave. Every time he turned over, he could see the dip in the pillow, the dip in the mattress where they'd curled up only hours ago, where Finn has whispered clichéd, meaningless, awful sweet nothings about promises and love into the shell of his ear.
On unsteady feet, Kurt stood up, searching for his underwear. He dressed hastily, in the clothes he'd worn the previous night, not caring to shower, or iron, or do anything other than convince himself the sting on his face was from the icy air blasting through the window rather than imminent tears.
Finn had often told Kurt he was tired of putting up a façade, of being something he wasn't. Well. Poor, poor, Finn. It's not like Kurt could relate to that.
Kurt walked over to the window, an icy halo winking around the sun, and it was supposed to be beautiful here, but it was just grey, and bleak. Uninviting, once white snow marred by the dirty, slushy tracks of heavy machinery. It was like a faded, frozen map. Kurt would never get married here; he'd never get married at all, not if he could help it. He inhaled a breath of the cool, crisp air, prickling against the tears he couldn't help but shed.
No. No! He was Kurt Hummel. Fuck Finn Hudson, and fuck his broken promises; he was not going to get the satisfaction. Kurt wiped his eyes with his fingertips, adjusted his cravat, clenched his hands into fists, and strode towards the door purposefully and slammed it behind him with so much ferocity he surprised himself. He'd done this before, and he would do it again.
Kurt swept the base of the seat with his napkin before he sat down and crossed his legs at the ankle. Finn was sat between Marco and Kyle, staring at his plate, idly stabbing a pallid almond croissant with his fork.
"Good morning, Kurt," Alan said in a teasing voice. "You look shattered, darling. Long night?"
"Do I?" Kurt shrugged. "I can't think why." He glared at Finn. "Nothing of note happened that I can recall."
Kyle and Dean shared a look of surprise as Kurt began to cut into his toast savagely.
"Alan? Could you please ask Finn to pass the butter?" Kurt asked sweetly.
Really?" Alan raised an eyebrow. "Are we actually doing this?"
"Kyle," Finn sat back and crossed his arms. "Will you tell Kurt that he can come over here and get the butter him-freakin'-self?"
"Er, I'm Dean, Finn."
"Toby, will you please tell Finn that--"
"Oh, God," Marco dropped his head onto the table. "I cannot deal with The Waltons this morning. I just can't."
"Hmm," Kurt tutted, taking a sip of his orange juice.
"What does that mean?" Marco lifted his head half an inch off the table, staring at Kurt with a pair of bleary eyes.
"It means hmm, Marco. Hmm."
"Oh, don't you start, too," Kyle huffed. "I think you did quite enough stirring last night."
"Wow, so you did notice," Marco muttered into the tablecloth.
Kyle gave an offended gasp. "Passive aggressive, much?"
As Kyle and Marco made swipes at each other, Kurt stared into his plate, his stomach protesting at the thought of touching a single bite.
"-bother, Marco." Kurt looked up on hearing Finn's voice. "Sometimes opposites don't attract. Maybe. I think."
"Um," Kyle said. "What?"
"I mean," Finn shrugged, "well. It's not like you and Kyle have anything in common."
"That's ridiculous," Marco said. "We have loads in common. We were even in the same house on Pottermore."
"And what's the point of ruining what you have?" Finn continued. "Maybe Kyle should understand that you two won't work. That there's too much history. That maybe--maybe this is for the best."
Kyle looked at Marco. "I am so lost."
"And yeah, the sex stuff may have been kinda awesome but--" Finn shook his head sadly as Alan choked on his toast. "But that's not enough, is it?" He looked around the table. "Is it?"
Feeling the weight of eyes upon him, Kurt looked up into the pitying gazes of Alan and Dean, who were linking their pinkies under the table like giggling Elementary schoolers sharing a juice box, matching platinum rings glistening, and that was bad enough but Kurt then made the mistake of glancing sideways. Kurt could almost feel the ice from Finn's stare, so cold was his regard.
The hurt punched into his gut like cement.
"Excuse me, boys," he said softly, pushing back the chair. "I need to pack."
This time when Kurt fled, no one called his name.
Kurt ran upstairs, stuffing handfuls of clothing in his suitcase without remorse.
What was going to happen next? Did Finn have a secret family, a secret fiancé stashed away back in Ohio? It wouldn't surprise him if he had a two and a half bathroom with a white picket fence back in Lima, with Quinn dutifully waiting for him each evening like a Stepford Wife.
How could he have been so stupid, and hormonal? A nagging, sneaking suspicion in his gut told him that perhaps it was more his fault than he'd care to admit, thinking with his heart rather than his head again. They both had -- no. Finn didn't have a heart. He had a rattling tin can in his chest where a normal person's heart should be.
They had another day and a car journey to survive together. Maybe he could bolt, leave a note. Finn could take Greyhound, or hitch-hike, or walk across the cold, grey slush and sink in for all he cared right now. Yes. That is exactly what he could do.
Kurt's fingers clutched deep into the shirt he was currently packing, his knuckles whitening. No, he thought, don't you even dare cry over Finn again.
Images of himself in High School flashed in his mind. Kurt Hummel, the pathetic loser that had followed around the hot quarterback with wild hopes pinned on a smile or brief touch. The quarterback that had barely known he was alive, who had freaked out over being swiped with a moist towelette. Wow, imagine that. One night with Finn Hudson, one lacklustre experience of fellatio, a scattering of awkward kisses, and there he was: sixteen again, and about to draw hearts in his ledger and wonder how 'Kurt Hudson' would look surrounded with bright, winking lights.
Throwing the last of his toiletries into the case, Kurt closed it, like he was slamming a door shut. Christ, this hurt. Kurt pressed the heel of his palm to his eye, as hot liquid prickled against his lids. The ache in his chest felt strong enough to fell him and his body felt like it was cast adrift upon a swamp, or sinking into quicksand.
He had to get out of there. Back home, to a glass of wine, some fat-free frozen yogurt, and Casablanca and his lonely, lonely apartment. The very room seemed to be conspiring against him. The bare white of the walls teased him; the ceiling bore down on him with a mindless determination and the bed?
Well, the bed was taunting him every time his eyes swept over it.
Yeah, he'd had enough alright.
Marching to the door, suitcase in hand, he flung it open with a flourish.
And was met with an armful of Finn.
"Let me past," Kurt snapped.
"What?" Finn stared at the bag in surprise. "You're leaving? Why?"
"For you to even have to ask me that question? You really are as stupid as everyone says."
"Don't go," Finn sighed. "Please. We really gotta talk."
"Oh? And what prompted that? I'm repulsive and a mistake, Finn, so all I'm guessing is that you don't fancy the lack of leg room on a Greyhound. Well. Tough. You should have thought about that earlier. Perhaps I could take some bolt cutters to your legs if that's your biggest problem?"
"No!" Finn grabbed Kurt's arm. "You're not repulsive, and you're not a mistake."
"And what prompted that paradigm shift?"
"Well. The guys kinda... chewed me out."
"Oh!" Kurt laughed. "Well, in that case. Let me drop to the floor and stare at you adoringly."
"Will you just listen!" Finn moved into the room, closing the door softly behind him. Kurt made as if to go round him, but Finn blocked him. "Kurt, please!"
Kurt sighed. He dropped his bag on the floor and crossed his arms. "You have," he looked at his watch, at the carpet, at anywhere but Finn's persuasive, beautiful, dangerous eyes, "five minutes. Thrill me."
"They know."
"They know?" Kurt shrugged. "They know what? That—"
"That I'm not your boyfriend." Finn cut him off, not even giving him the opportunity to make a pithy, hilarious comment.
"You—You told them!" Kurt couldn't believe it. "It wasn't enough that you made me feel like, like this!" Kurt covered his face, moving to the bed and dropping down with a groan. "I'll have to transfer. Change my name. Oh, my God. Europe! I'll have to go to Europe! I can't pull off the backpacker look, Finn!"
"No, no!" The bed dipped as Finn sat down next to him with a sigh. Their bed. Their hateful, stupid bed. "You don't get it. They've always known."
"They clocked you when you first told them about me. You forget, some of them had already seen me on Facebook. You remember those videos I used to post on your wall? Until you threatened to skin me and make me into leggings?"
"There are only so many times I can watch a supermodel fall over, Finn," Kurt said sadly. "I appreciate you trying to combine your love of people hurting themselves with my love of fashion, though. Kudos on that."
"Yeah, you get why my stint at modelling for some extra cash lasted, like, two weeks?" Finn grinned, and then settled back into pained, as if it had just short circuited in his brain that this wasn't the time. "And this was before you untagged me in all those photos."
"I remember. You kept tagging even when it was just your damn elbow in the pictures." Kurt played self-consciously with the comforter, his face reddening.
"So why did you erase me?"
"I… I don't know." Kurt shook his head. He searched his mind, remembering all the little ways that he had tried to remove Finn from his life. Had it been to perfect the lie, all to remove the temptation? Or had the biggest lie been the one he'd told himself?
Were they laughing at him? Mocking him? All this time he had been making a complete fool of himself. God, he had actually thought he was impressing them.
"Alan must be loving this," muttered Kurt.
"Actually, Alan was more than a little scared, because he thought we were blood-related, but..." Finn shrugged. "I explained that we weren't and that we knew each other at school and—"
"And what?"
"They...they don't hate you. They really, really like you, Kurt, but they know that this isn't just a stupid game anymore," Finn said, his eyes cast away. "They—Oh, God. Why is this so hard?"
"They... what did they say?"
"That—that we care about each other. Have done for years. That it's obvious and boring and if we actually talked to each other about it, we'd see it, too and have hot monkey sex." Finn shuddered. "Marco wants to watch."
"Hot monkey sex?" Kurt frowned; this was a new level of crudeness, even for his friends.
"Hey! Last night was totally hot. Right, Kurt?"
The tips of Kurt's ears were on fire at the memory, but he wasn't going to give Finn any credit. "Not especially."
"But I'm awesome at making out!"
"No. You're not. I was surprised I didn't end up having to put a band-aid on my penis. You fell asleep. That wasn't the best compliment I've ever received."
"I'm sorry. I… I don't even have much experience with girls, let alone..."
"But, you said last night, that it wasn't the first time. You know, with a guy?"
A flush flooded Finn's face, and he looked away. "Er, yeah, that's right." He rubbed at the back of his neck. "I mean, nothing like, heavy or anything but once or twice."
"Once or twice?" Kurt gaped.
"My roommate. Micah. We… kinda fool around from time-to-time."
"Are you two –"
"No. Of course not! We just get, drunk, and lonely, and… it's kind of a friend with grinding benefits sorta thing. Nothing serious."
"So, what about the twice?"
"The first time, I was just a kid. Fifteen." Finn looked at him, his face sheepish. "Puck."
Somewhere inside of Kurt, beyond the anger and the seething rage, his teenage self was cartwheeling in pornographic joy.
"Go on. Don't spare me any details. Be specific." Kurt looked around the room. "There's some stationery in the bureau; you should probably draw me positions."
"You little perv!" Finn laughed. "No, it wasn't like that. It was—We were just being jerks, you know? Fighting over a remote or, I don't know, a sandwich, it's not like that matters, and we—we landed on the bed. And I—I felt strange you know. It was nice and I liked being close to him so I kissed him."
"And he kissed you back? I can't imagine -- well, I suppose I can imagine anyone, but Puck? He's certainly not a homophobe, and it was all empty posturing, but it was never overcompensation, at least in my opinion. He's not... is he?"
"No." Finn's expression darkened. "It was one sided."
"Oh, Finn," Kurt said softly. "What happened?"
"Nothing. He pushed me off. He went home. The next day he came into school and began shoving around any fey kid he saw. With added commentary. Fag this. Fag that. I—I got the message. We never spoke about it again."
"Is that why...that time in the basement?"
"I liked the way you looked at me," Finn whispered. "I did. But I can't—" he stopped, "couldn't be like you. It was nice to just, sort of pretend. I'm pretty good at pretending, but then I ruined it. I said those, those things and you stopped looking at me like that. Then we were brothers and it was gone, and you loved Blaine so much, and I couldn't get it back!" Finn turned and grabbed at his hands. "I've tried to let it go. I have."
"Don't." Kurt placed his hand on Finn's arm. "Is it really gone?"
"It's been years Kurt; I don't think it's ever gonna go. I just… I wish I met you at college, or at work, or… or in some random bar, because I just…"
"I let it go. You should, too."
"I had to."
"But you said last night all this stuff about flames, and burning, and I… Look. Do you, uh, is there any part of you that still likes me. Like that?"
Was there? Kurt thought about it. He had buried those feelings so long ago but, well, buried them. They were still there, deep in his bones. Perhaps they didn't burn with the same embers as before but they weren't gone. And if Kurt unearthed them, he knew it wouldn't be long before they restored to their original intensity, but would he really gain anything from telling Finn that?
Perhaps some things were best left buried, but… Kurt studied the whorls in the carpet, nodding slowly, unable to meet Finn's searching gaze.
Finn exhaled loudly. "That's good."
"It is?"
"Well. Yeah. I don't know what this is, Kurt. I just know I want you. Not just for sex stuff, but you. I want you all the time and I don't know if I even deserve you. I'm not, like, good at this relationship stuff." Finn laughed bitterly. "You know that, though."
"So, what does this mean?" Kurt asked tentatively. He was scared to venture a guess. All he knew was that when he had first walked in that door, Finn had been nothing but a favour, and now he was scared to walk out of it without being what his heart desired.
Finn wiped a hand over his face, looking older, more tired, lines creasing between his eyebrows. "I wish to god, I knew." He took Kurt's hand, the warm pressure seeming to ease the tension in Kurt's spine. "You're the one who knows a good label. You choose."
"That pun was terrible. I'm not sure I want us to be a thing with a name if I have to hear you say things like that."
Kurt sucked in a breath as Finn smiled, leaning towards him and placing a soft kiss to the corner of his lips. Kurt's hands came up and rested, woodenly, against Finn's cheek as his lips met his and sought more. A thousand worries were lodged in Kurt's stomach but they were ebbed in a quiet thrum as Finn pushed him backwards onto the bed, the kiss deepening and quickly becoming heated.
Kurt broke away. He had to have answers. Needed them. "Um, how much do you remember from last night, Finn?"
"Well, first I felt so nervous like, I had to pee. And then I thought you should eat more pineapple. I read it in Men's Health once. It makes your, your stuff taste nicer."
"Okay." Kurt couldn't help but choke with laughter. "I'd... I'd really like to try that again."
"I dunno. I don't think I would have done that without the drink, I mean I've…fooled around a bit before, but I think I'm going to have to work up to that. It's a big step."
"The grinding works for me, too?"
"If you insist, Kurt." Finn laughed. "I thought there's no use getting into heavy petting, but… You need a friendly hand?"
"Oh my. We did not just say that." Kurt shook his head. "God bless Rocky Horror. I, uh, I might have a picture of you walking down the hall in those not-so-tighty whities stashed away on my phone somewhere."
"God, you really are a perv. Wanna see 'em now?" Finn waggled an eyebrow.
Kurt nodded. "Can I gag you beforehand so you'll shut up?"
"That's actually kinda hot," Finn's eyes went a little darker, his palm resting over his own crotch. "Yeah, I think you should."
"That…" Kurt paused. "No!"
"God. Seems like you're the little perv. Next you're going to tell me you want me to bend you over a chair and spank you with one of my drumsticks."
"You must have had some pretty dirty thoughts about me during high school, though, huh?"
"Not really. Mostly just... kissing. Holding hands, and sharing milkshakes. Awful, clichéd things like that. My brain wasn't really able to process what went on from there, didn't really have the ability until Blaine. Oh, apart from…"
"Go on?"
Kurt blushed, turning his face away. "No, no. Well, actually… My time on the football team was an eye-opener." Kurt swallowed. "Especially in the locker rooms. They, er, furnished my imagination for awhile."
Finn smiled. "Me, too, I mean, uh, during your cheerleading phase, fuck. I was having cold showers daily."
"No way!"
"Yes," Finn was practically burgundy now. "I used to have this one fantasy that we were in my room and you were showing me this cheer that had all this bending in. And, like, you were spelling out everything you wanted me to do to you. God, I loved that." Finn frowned. "Except when you'd go, like, too fast and I couldn't keep up with what you were spelling. I liked when you kept it short. Like, 'give me a B, give me J.'"
"Oh, my god, you're insane! Anyway. Your turn, man."
Okay, Kurt thought, what the hell. He leaned towards Finn, his eyebrow at an arch. "I'll tell you one." He closed his eyes. "Unlaced football pants, me on my knees, gripping your waist, and the… the lingering smell of bio freeze and musk in the air, and... I think I want to die right now."
"I think I still have that kit somewhere. Hm. You'd look amazing down on your knees, wide eyes staring up at me, licking those sweet red lips…" And now Finn was palming himself through his pants, oh, sweet mother of god.
Finn pulled him in for a kiss, all flicking tongue, trailing wet kisses down the line of his neck.
"Finn," Kurt said, "we're... we're never going to leave this room on time if you keep that up." Finn took a deep breath, as Kurt reached for his hand and squeezed it tightly. "Before we go… May I ask you something?
Finn's thumb breezed its pad over Kurt's knuckles. "Yeah?"
"When you and, uh, Puck, you know?"
"He was shirtless, I take it?"
"What? No, dude, he was wea--"
"Shirtless and sweaty," Kurt shook his head sadly. "From all the wrestling."
"But we weren't--"
"Why would you wrestle in a heat wave, Finn? And why were you both eating popsicles?"
"Oh, my God!" Finn clapped his hands in delight, and then frowned down at them. "Argh, the gay's starting already. Anyway! You've seen the same Queer as Folk episode! And then the pool boy comes in--"
Kurt blinked. "Wait, when you watched this with Leroy and Hiram, was Rachel there?"
"Yeah... wait, no, actually. She was, like, yelling at me and I went downstairs and just watched it with them while I waited for her to get over whatever it was."
"Did they seem-- uncomfortable?" Crossed legs and large pillowcases covering groins filled Kurt's head. "Oh, god. You sat in between them, didn't you?"
"Can we change the subject, please? I'm kind of… really hard, here, and I didn't bring a clean pair of underwear." Finn paused. "Anyway. This Frank. On a scale of one to Adele, how much do you hate him?"
"Frances Ruffelle. He's off all and any charts. I think I would literally dance on his grave, although the review of his performance in the New York Times comparing him to the Happy Hands Club from Napoleon Dynamite was rather gratifying."
"See, Kurt. That just makes it harder. I'm… I'm not gay. I don't know what I am, or even who I am, but… I promise I'd never do that to you. I can't promise I'm not gonna mess up, I –" He scratched his head. "But I'll try."
Kurt kissed him softly, gently, full of promises, and trailed his hand down Finn's chest, resting it on his inner thigh.
"Wh--what are you doing, Kurt?"
"What I wanted to do last night." Kurt licked his lips, softly, and reached down to the zipper of Finn's pants. And, Finn Hudson was a liar. He was hard, sure, but he wasn't wearing any underwear.
"Are-- are you s--"
"I've never been more sure. God. You're aching for this right now, aren't you?"
"Uh-huh," Finn said, arching up against Kurt. "Please."
Kurt leant down, his eyes never breaking from Finn's, God, this was happening. This was real. He was completely unfueled by alcohol, but he didn't care. Kurt had never felt particularly sexy, yet in this moment, with Finn's eyes wide, and pupils blown, he had never felt more attractive or as turned on in his whole entire life. He swiped his tongue against Finn, experimentally, and soon Finn was pulling his pants to his ankles as though his life depended on it, making these hitching, wanting, breathy moans that sparked fire all over his body. And, Kurt wanted to, with every fiber of his being. The salt, the sweat, the twitch of Finn's cock against his tongue, heavy, velvet-soft, and warm in his mouth was beyond description.
Kurt was lost in the sensation, absolutely done for, and he sensed Finn was, too. Kurt's hand tightened in the material of the comforter, and a spark of lust twisted in his gut. He looked up to a flicker of Finn: deep, brown eyes, scrunched in pleasure, chest flushed, curling his toes and... it was too much.
"Kurt, please-- I can't-- I'm going to--" Finn choked on his own breath, fingers tightening at the crown of Kurt's head.
Kurt licked the slit of Finn's cock once, twice, and swallowed everything as Finn's whole body arched as he came, hands tangling in Kurt's hair.
Kurt breathed, deeply, and kissed Finn's blissed-out form softly, between his eyebrows, then on the very tip of his nose. They pulled back, Finn's head dipped down, and --
"I'm sorry! Oh, God."
"You were doing romance fairly well until you poked your nose in my eye. God, do you want to turn me into a pirate so we can role-play?"
"I'm... not quite sure we should do that this early in our --" he searched for the right word.
Friendship? Relationship? Kurt couldn't find anything that defined where they were at right now.
"Damnit, Kurt. I'm awful at the boyfriend thing already!"
"Can we… not call it a boyfriend thing? We both have a lot of thinking to do, but… do you want to explore Hampton Bays and get some actual breakfast? I was thinking waffles."
"I know this has been a bit of a journey for us. Like, Geauga Lakes water slide journey, but… waffles? Actual breakfast? Are you feeling okay?"
"Strangely... yes."
"I eat!"
"Um, no. Uh. You might not want to go out there like --" Finn gestured at the zipper of Kurt's pants. "Like that."
Kurt shrugged. "Let them think what they want."
"Yeah, dude, but let's not traumatise them." Finn paused. "I meant what I said. I can't change overnight, but I really want to try."
Kurt gripped Finn's shoulders tightly as he stared into Finn's face. "Please. Just… just promise me. You have to promise me you won't bail, otherwise, I just can't."
Finn buried his head in his hands and looked up. "Damn it, Kurt. This is so hard for me; all I can promise is that I'll try to be good for you. I can't… I'll screw up, probably. It's what I do, but… isn't it gonna be so much worse if we go through our lives never knowing what might have been?"
For a moment, all Kurt could feel was panic. His mind screamed out its fear. If he got hurt this time, he might never be able to put the pieces back together again. But, if he turned Finn away. Stopped the ride before it got too dangerous for him to disembark, maybe he could lose out on something great? Something wonderful?
Kurt took Finn's hand in his, squeezing it tightly, and took a deep breath, because he had waited this long, whether he had realised it or not. He could wait a little longer. Sometimes, it was worth the risk.


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Channel partners are now handling 33 percent of SAP's sales, putting the giant software vendor within range of its goal of making 40 percent of its sales through the channel by 2015.
That number is likely to continue growing given that small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) make up 88 percent of SAP's net-new customers -- many of which are serviced by SAP's growing channel partner ranks.
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Set or query plot box aspect ratio
The plot box aspect ratio determines the relative size of the x-, y-, and z-axes.
pbaspect with no arguments returns the plot box aspect ratio of the current axes.
pbaspect([aspect_ratio]) sets the plot box aspect ratio in the current axes to the specified value. Specify the aspect ratio as three relative values representing the ratio of the x-, y-, and z-axes size. For example, a value of [1 1 1] (the default) means the plot box is a cube (although with stretch-to-fill enabled, it may not appear as a cube). See Tips.
pbaspect('mode') returns the current value of the plot box aspect ratio mode, which can be either auto (the default) or manual. See Remarks.
pbaspect('auto') sets the plot box aspect ratio mode to auto.
pbaspect('manual') sets the plot box aspect ratio mode to manual.
pbaspect(axes_handle,...) performs the set or query on the axes identified by the first argument, axes_handle. If you do not specify an axes handle, pbaspect operates on the current axes.
The following surface plot of the function is useful to illustrate the plot box aspect ratio. First plot the function over the range –2 ≤ x ≤ 2, –2 ≤ y ≤ 2,
[x,y] = meshgrid([-2:.2:2]); z = x.*exp(-x.^2 - y.^2); surf(x,y,z)
Querying the plot box aspect ratio shows that the plot box is square.
pbaspect ans = 1 1 1
It is also interesting to look at the data aspect ratio selected by MATLAB®.
daspect ans = 4 4 1
To illustrate the interaction between the plot box and data aspect ratios, set the data aspect ratio to [1 1 1] and again query the plot box aspect ratio.
daspect([1 1 1])
pbaspect ans = 4 4 1
The plot box aspect ratio has changed to accommodate the specified data aspect ratio. Now suppose you want the plot box aspect ratio to be [1 1 1] as well.
pbaspect([1 1 1])
Notice how MATLAB changed the axes limits because of the constraints introduced by specifying both the plot box and data aspect ratios.
You can also use pbaspect to disable stretch-to-fill. For example, displaying two subplots in one figure can give surface plots a squashed appearance. Disabling stretch-to-fill,
upper_plot = subplot(211); surf(x,y,z) lower_plot = subplot(212); surf(x,y,z) pbaspect(upper_plot,'manual')
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In economic analysis, the concept of "time value of money" is considered a fundamental axiom: a self-evident truth that needs no further proof or explanation. It is the simple fact that in all but the most unusual circumstances, a dollar received today is worth more than a dollar received in the future. To some, this statement may be so obvious that it hardly merits further discussion, but our professional experience indicates wide disagreement among financial experts at times, leading to substantially different loss computations based on discount rate assumptions alone. As forensic accountants, we handle a large number of economic damage claims that are subject to present value calculations, and this post will present a basic overview of the term as well as some considerations in its application to litigation matters. (For the purposes of this article, we do not discuss discount rates that are used in business valuations and lost profit calculations, which are different.)
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The Time Value of Money: Considerations in Present-Value Discounting
The Legal Intelligencer
March 18, 2013
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