Abstract: An apparatus for securing a tongue of footwear in a fixed position. The apparatus includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel includes a slot for slidably encircling the tongue folded in an upward direction. The slot squeezes and bundles the tongue to secure the tongue in the fixed position. The first panel moves along a longitudinal axis of the tongue. The second panel extends from a proximal end of the first panel. The apparatus serves as a substitute tongue for the footwear, supports the original tongue of the footwear in the fixed position, and allows accessories and other devices to be accommodated in and around the footwear.

Abstract: A sleeve for decorative lighting helps prevent tangled lighting wires. The sleeve has clamps at each end that clamp the lighting wires. The sleeve is flexible and may be elastic. The sleeve may be a light diffuser so that the decorative lighting can be used while in the sleeve. A decorative lighting string has retractable lights and may be at least stored in the sleeve.

Abstract: A sleeve for decorative lighting helps prevent tangled lighting wires. The sleeve has clamps at each end that clamp the lighting wires. The sleeve is flexible and may be elastic. The sleeve may be a light diffuser so that the decorative lighting can be used while in the sleeve. A decorative lighting string has retractable lights and may be at least stored in the sleeve.

Abstract: The invention provides novel azaborine compounds, methods for their syntheses and functionalization, and various applications thereof. For example, novel azaborine-containing biarylcarboxylic acids and biarylcarboxamides are disclosed herein, which provide the opportunity to be used as therapeutic agents in different diseases. The novel azaborine-containing compounds show unique physical and biological properties when compared to their corresponding all-carbon compounds. Also, disclosed herein are substituted 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine compounds and methods for making the same including methods for the preparation of various substituted azaborines including alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, nitrile, heteroaryl, and fused ring substituents in the presence of B—H, B—Cl, B—O and N—H bonds from Br-substituted azaborines as well as the synthesis of new fused BN-heterocycles.