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SF/NYC electronica pioneer Scott Hardkiss has a new album, Technicolor Dreamer, in the pipeline for August 4th on his own God Within Recordings.
While the majority of the record features a 21st century P-Funk or Prince's Revolution-style band (a sexy, diverse group of vocalists and musicians: eclectic, multi-cultural, and poly-sexual), the first single and EP for "You're the Star" (released July 7) finds Scott playing every instrument himself (including drums, bass, keys, guitar & vocals), save one blazing guitar solo rocked by one Jose Luis Pardo (a.k.a. DJ Afro of Los Amigos Invisibles). It comes with remixes by Kris Menace and Robbie Rivera.
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Climate Week NYC 2013
- Starts
- 9:00AM, 23 September 2013
- Ends
- 5:00PM, 30 September 2013
- Location
- New York City
Against the backdrop of President Obama's commitment to take action on climate change, the imminent publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment of the science of climate change, and the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy's devastating impact on the East Coast of the US, the focus of Climate Week NYC 2013 will be:
Our low carbon future - Leadership. Opportunity. Security.
World leaders from business and government will be joined by America's top faith, military, agriculture and health representatives at the Opening Ceremony, which will include a special high-level panel on climate resilient communities, hosted by founding sponsor Swiss Re.
About Climate Week NYC
Climate Week NYC, marking its 5th anniversary in 2013, is the global summit that has become a key event on the international climate change calendar; it is a meeting point for leading governments, investors, businesses, innovators and opinion formers. It was created and is hosted by The Climate Group.
Climate Week NYC is a hub for over 50 high-profile meetings, events and activities organized in and around New York City by a diverse group of business, government, arts and civil society players, and is profiled online through ClimateWeekNYC.org Twitter.com/ClimateWeekNYC Facebook.com/ClimateWeekNYC, Instagram.com/ClimateWeekNYC and #CWNYC
All events are invite-only, but you can join in the discussion online for some events. Details below.
10:30am – 11:30pm
Gilbert Court, Morgan Library and Museum
The first installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th Assessment Report (released on September 27) will tell us that the scientific evidence and consensus around anthropogenic climate change is stronger than ever before. We must now move urgently towards decisive action.
The Opening Ceremony of Climate Week NYC 2013 brings together a coalition of top political, business and public figures including World Bank President Jim Kim, CEOs and board members from top international corporates including Swiss Re, HP, Philips, IKEA and SolarCity and Bob Inglis, Executive Director of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative and former Congressman, who will call for a new generation of leaders to step up to the challenge, and to embrace the Clean Revolution that the world now needs. You can watch it live here.
The time has come for renewed American leadership. The opportunity for an American Clean Revolution must be seized today, or the cost of inaction will be an escalation in extreme weather and a creeping loss of competitiveness. A coalition of American political, business and community leaders will set out their shared commitment to a Clean Revolution, and outline how American leaders can collaborate to scale up investment in clean energy, efficiency, innovation and infrastructure to build a better future. You can watch it live here.
11:45am – 1:00pm
One year ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the Eastern Seaboard of the US, leaving billions of dollars of damage in its wake, and foreshadowing what climate change could hold in store for the US.
Many Northeastern families, businesses and local governments are still working to get back on their feet. Amid the relief and restoration efforts, one fundamental question rises above all:
How can we become more resilient to climate impacts in the future?
This session will explore the efforts taken by governments, businesses and civil society over the past year to build more climate resilient communities. It will also identify additional measures that are needed going forward, emphasizing solutions that provide the greatest economic and social benefits. Sponsored by Swiss Re. You can watch it live here and ask the speakers questions using Twitter hashtag #CWNYC.
8:00am - 10:00am
This session will engage some of the world's leading corporate innovators on how large companies are successfully unlocking low-carbon innovations that can transform markets – including through pioneering partnerships with start-ups, venture capital investors, government-backed programs and non-profits. The event will also include announcement of the winner of the first 'EarthHack' crowdsourcing innovation challenge, delivered in partnership with Marblar and supported by IKEA and Philips Lighting. Follow live tweeting on @ClimateGroup. You can also ask speakers (to be revealed on day) questions using #CWNYC.
Opening remarks by Amy Davidsen, US Executive Director, The Climate Group
Announcement of the EarthHack winner by Daniel Perez, Co-founder & CEO, Marblar
Panel discussion: How large companies can unlock low-carbon innovation:
- Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
- Hannah Jones, VP of Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike
- Chris Librie, Senior Director of Sustainability Programs, Hewlett-Packard
- Bill Weihl, Manager of Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, Facebook
Moderated by Jim Walker, Co-founder & Director of Programs, The Climate Group
Panel discussion: How partnerships can drive breakthroughs
- Eben Bayer, CEO, Ecovative
- Andrew Shapiro, Founder, Broadscale
- Harry Verhaar, Senior Director of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives, Philips
Moderated by Josh Suskewicz, Partner, Innosight
10:30am - 4:00pm
CBRE | 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166
Now more than ever, The Climate Group members are at the center of a clean industrial revolution - one that can cut carbon emissions, create jobs and secure economic growth for future generations.
The North American Members' Meeting is an annual event that includes a private members' dinner and a full-day meeting session where our business and government partners will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the current state of policy and emerging trends in innovation that are driving the low carbon economy.
This year's members' meeting will focus on leadership in innovation, an ever increasing priority for leading businesses and state governments around the world. The meeting format will provide opportunity for interactive discussion, engaging members to share their insights and perspectives, as well as learn how other members are creating innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions.
2:00pm - 6:00pm
The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers
The Weather Company, in partnership with Climate Week NYC and The Climate Group, will convene leaders in government, science, industry and NGOs including NY Mayor Bloomberg, for its first annual Climate Conversation. One-on-one interviews, short talks and panel discussions will shine a spotlight on some of the biggest thinkers, most compelling stories and boldest solutions for reducing the impacts of Climate Change. The program's narrative arc will cover the latest science, the most significant local and national policy initiatives, leading advocacy and public engagement efforts and new technologies and breakthrough innovations.
Watch events live and join in the conversation on social media using #CWNYC.
Emcee, Sol Guy, Opening Presentation/Introduction
Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, Welcome
David Kenny, CEO, The Weather Company, Welcome
2:15 PM Keynote remarks by MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
Remarks to be followed by Q&A with David Kenny
2:35 PM PANEL: AIR, WATER AND ICE The Cutting Edge of Climate Science
In a series of 3 short talks, leading researchers describe the latest discoveries and data impacting the three major ecological spheres – wildfire and drought, melting icecaps and smut spores in the air, and what it means for our weather. The talks will be followed by an open forum Audience Q&A moderated by Liz Courtney.
Moderator: Liz Courtney, Producer, Tipping Points
Cryosphere: Greenland Ice Climate Feedbacks
Jason Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Global Water and Energy Cycle
Eric Wood, Director, Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources - Princeton University
Atmospheric Aerosols and Black Carbon
Sarah Doherty, University of Washington, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
This panel will address the need for resiliency planning in today's current economic environment and the science behind issues of resiliency and adaptation. The panelists will also address the role that cities can play as hubs of innovation in mitigating climate change, not simply responding to its effects.
Cas Holloway, Deputy Mayor, New York City
Jay Carson, Director, C40 Cities Climate Leadership
Matt Petersen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles/Former CEO Global Green
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Sr. Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies
Presentation by David de Rothschild, Founder, Sculpt the Future Foundation
Cutting through the clutter, these leading NGOs have found ways to stand out and effect change. The advocates will take on the challenge of how to make Americans view Climate Change as a top priority and a global issue of import.
Moderator: Stephanie Abrams, The Weather Company
Heidi Cullen, Chief Climatologist, Climate Central
Jim Moriarity, CEO Surfrider Foundation
Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres
Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation
5:10 PM Showtime: Years of Living Dangerously Preview and Discussion
TWC hosts a preview of Showtime's upcoming documentary series, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A with the series' producers and stars including Solly Granatstein, Chris Hayes, David Gelber, Joel Bach and Lesley Stahl facilitated by Heidi Cullen.
Is it possible to reverse the effects of climate change or slow the progress of global warming? Entrepreneurs and policymakers are imagining and experimenting with new technologies and approaches that could transform our world and way of life.
Moderator: Jeff Masters, Weather Underground
One-on-One Conversation with Nick Cook, Founder/CEO Dynamixx (15 minutes) followed by panel discussion
Leslie Dewan, Co-founder, Transatomic Power
Morgan Williams, CEO, Biochar
Mark Herrema, CEO, Newlight Technologies
Toyota Technology, TBD
8:00am - 10:00am
New York Academy of Sciences
IPCC BRIEFING and WEBINAR
The Climate Group is organizing an exclusive briefing on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report for its members and partners, in partnership with the IPCC. The briefing will feature a live video link with some of the Working Group 1 authors, broadcast from Stockholm where the IPCC is in session and will have concluded the report launch immediately prior to the transmission.
It represents a unique, exclusive opportunity for partners to gain insights into the current scientific understanding of climate change, and to discuss the report with its authors first-hand. Read The Climate Group's 5-part series on the basics of climate science and watch the livestream here.
Keep your eye on ClimateWeekNYC.org, and follow us on @ClimateWeekNYC or Facebook/ClimateWeekNYC using #CWNYC for the latest updates on agenda, speakers and affiliate events.
See the 50+ affiliate events that are taking place across NYC for Climate Week NYC - our fifth anniversary.


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Concrete Jungle by Nneka was officially released in the US today. The album is an offering of love, hope and optimism dedicated to the people of Warri & the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Holding it all together is the emotional focus of her beautiful voice, located in a place somewhere between yearning and rage. Buy it here on iTunes; listen to tracks here in the Jukebox.
Tonight, Nneka takes the stage for her album release party at SOB's in NYC, hosted by J Period. Don't miss this exclusive performance!
Check more tour dates at NnekaWorld.com
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10 375ml Blend 25
90 pts from Wine Advocate, 92 pts from Wine Enthusiast
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Wine Specs
Vintage 2010
Varietal Red Blend
Appellation Napa Valley
Harvest Date 10/22/10
Sugar 24.8-27.5
Acid 0.62g/100mL
pH 3.75
Aging 22 Months, 70% new French Oak
Bottling Date 9/25/12
Alcohol % 14.9
Wine Enthusiast 92
Robert Parker 90
Wine Advocate 90
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes Our Blend 25 offers a multi-vineyard palette that gives limitless creativity in crafting this seductive, round and very flavorful wine. This lush blend offers aromatics of blue fruit, espresso roast, and with hints of freshly cracked black pepper. The palate is laden with flavors of huckleberry jam, cherry cola, and exotic spice box. Blend 25 exhibits a voluptuous mouth feel of velvety tannins and fine-tuned acidity create a seamless deeply satisfying wine. Full bodied and complex, this blend has plenty of backbone to cellar well over the next 8-10 years.


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Rated 3.5 out of 5 by 2 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Propst79 Beautiful This kite is beautiful. It seems pretty sturdy too. I bought it to hang in my daughter's room for decoration. So, I am not sure if it really flies or not. But, it seems sturdy enough to withstand some wind. World Market is awesome as usual! January 7, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Jen0 Beautiful but hard to fly Would probably fly great in steady, strong wind. In light wind it is hard to get up but flies pretty well once it has some height. Will probably retire it to the sunroom. April 13, 2012
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Paloma Faith not long ago tickled us with her YouTube acoustic set of performances – you may remember our post for the "Agony" acoustic. Now the songstress has got a new video for song called "30 Minute Love Affair." Just the title alone tantalizes.
The track is actually a recollection of an actual experience Paloma had – a fleeting connection in London's Leicester Square at the age of fourteen. An older, sophisticated Paloma dawns a dainty look in neatly pressed curls and a shimmery dress singing coyly against juxtaposed scenes of a smoky burlesque show scene. Quick love indeed. Loving the 80s pop vibe on this track.
Her upcoming album, Fall To Grace will be hitting the US soon.


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Gift cards are booming -- on
the buyer and seller sides of the market. According
to Comdata, in the 2007 holiday season, the average
gift card buyer will spend $203 on cards, a $23
increase from 2006. And the National Retail Federation's
2007 Holiday Consumer Survey found that 54 percent
of consumers said they want to receive a gift
card as a holiday gift.
With consumers purchasing more gift cards than ever before, it's no surprise that the variety of companies and organizations that are utilizing them is growing just as fast.
"Gift cards are a compelling product for the giver and the receiver," says Tim Sloane, director of the Debit Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory Group in Waltham, Mass. "Trying to find new ways to engage the gift buyer as well as the recipient continues to be an opportunity for the suppliers."
Sloane says that a gift card with
a charitable
component, or one that offers discounts at
specific stores, raises the value of the card.
"I've recently seen a card where the card itself
is a multimedia CD, so you get music or video
on the card in addition to the value of the card."
The Comdata survey asked respondents about a gift card that is a CD or DVD and 48 percent said they would be likely to buy a card with multimedia content.
for benefits
Another trend Sloane discussed is a restricted
authorization network. American Express has been
leading the way, bundling various incentives with
their cards.
"At back-to-school time, if you
bought two American Express network cards, you
got an incentive, a special store gift card for
places like the Gap and Linens 'n Things for $25.
It didn't have the American Express logo on it
and it could only be used at those specific stores,"
says Sloane. But, he says, it provided incentive
for the consumer to buy American Express gift
cards in the first place.
"The benefit for American Express is that those merchants contributed part of that $25 on the card. American Express didn't have to put $25 on each card. I think we'll see more of that. We'll see mixed categories like a meal and a movie. Those different kinds of gift cards will be more general to what you're offering but specific in where you can use it."
Year-round sales rising
While gift card sales peak at the year-end holidays,
other events during the year are also proving
to be popular times to give prepaid plastic. "Year-round
sales spike around Father's Day and graduation,"
says Dan Horne, a marketing professor at Providence
College and an expert on the gift card market.
"On Father's Day we are seeing sales of experiential
cards, restaurants. Older men are not big shoppers
-- I'm generalizing there -- but if you get them
something experiential, they'll use it."
To target those other events, Best Buy and American Express offer cards specifically for birthdays and weddings, among many other special cards.
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Edwin Vinson Goddard
Position: B
Height: 5-10 Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: October 28, 1914 in San Diego, CA
Died: July 20, 1992 in San Marcos, CA
High School: Escondido
College: Washington St. (school history)
Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1937 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)


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Chris Walker
The Kid: Crockett Closing In On Elite Company
Crockett Has Endured Change Over The Last Five Years
Texas Tech Faces No. 7 Kansas In Quarterfinals
Red Raiders Look To Advance To Semifinals For First Time Since 2005
Texas Tech Falls to No. 7 Kansas 91-63 in BIG 12 Quarterfinal
Dejan Kravic's 20 points unable to lead Texas Tech over Kansas.
Last Second Put-Back Lifts Red Raiders To 71-69 Win
Kravic drops in the game winner with 0.4 seconds left to defeat West Virginia
Kansas City Lights: Texas Tech Opens Play Against West Virginia
Red Raiders Poised To Advance To Quarterfinals For First Time Since 2010
Red Raiders Fall to Kansas in Big 12 Quarterfinal
Tech ends Big 12 Tournament run and season following 91-63 loss to Kansas
Kravic Put-Back Lifts Red Raiders to 71-69 Win
Red Raiders beat West Virginia in Big 12 Tournament Opener
Red Raider Road Trip: Big 12 Basketball Tournament
Travel with the Men's Basketball Team as they make their way to Kansas City
Postgame Press Conference: Texas Tech vs. Texas
Red Raiders Lose OT Heartbreaker to Texas
Tech struggles from free throw line in 71-69 loss to Texas
Men's Basketball vs Kansas (BIG 12 Tournament)
Texas Tech falls 91-63 to No. 7 Kansas in the BIG 12 tournament.
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia
Texas Tech vs. Kansas (AP)
Texas Tech vs. Kansas (AP)
Texas Tech vs. Kansas State
Texas Tech vs. Kansas State
Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Here are photos from the Feb. 20, 2013 basketball game between Texas Tech and Oklahoma (M. George Photos)
Chris Walker served as the Texas Tech men's basketball interim head coach for the 2012-13 season.
He was appointed to the position on Oct. 4, 2012, after serving as associate head coach during the 2011-12 season. He was elevated to the position after Billy Gillispie resigned on Sept. 19, citing health concerns.
"Chris Walker has demonstrated tremendous leadership over the past month, enabling our basketball program to move forward," said Kirby Hocutt, Texas Tech Director of Athletics at the time of the appointment. "His ability to lead and manage the current situation has been very commendable. Above all else, he has placed the well-being of the young men on our team at the forefront of his energy and focus. I am confident in his ability to lead our program forward."
He joined the Red Raider program in 2011 after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Villanova under head coach Jay Wright.
"I want to thank Kirby Hocutt, (President) Dr. Lawrence Schovanec and Chancellor Kent Hance for entrusting me with this opportunity to lead this program as we move forward," said Walker. "I have been blessed with the good fortune to work for excellent head coaches and I am prepared to take on this challenge.
"I am excited about our team and what we can accomplish this season. We will have a great attitude and play hard, play together, play smart and play with pride every time we step on the floor. Some will measure our success with how many wins we have, but we will measure our success by how hard we will play for the name on the front the jersey."
During his interim season at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders saw an increase in both overall and conference wins. Texas Tech also won its first game Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship since 2010. Texas Tech improved in nine statistical categories, including points per game, steals, assists and offensive rebounding, while decreasing turnovers. Nationally, the Red Raiders were 41st in steals and first in the Big 12.
In the classroom, a school record five Red Raiders were named to the Academic All-Big 12 team - juniors Dejan Kravic and Kader Tapsoba and sophomores Toddrick Gotcher and Jordan Tolbert were named first team, while senior Ty Nurse was named second team.
Under Walker's tutelage, junior Jaye Crockett earned All-Big 12 honorable mention honors, becoming the first Red Raider since 2010 to earn postseason honors from the league's coaches. Crockett was also named the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year by College Hoops Daily after leading the sixth men from the Power Six conferences in rebounding and finishing third in scoring.
During his first season on the High Plains, Walker served as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator and signed three ESPN Top 150 recruits. He was responsible for game day preparation, advance scouting and assisting with player relations.
With 17 years of collegiate coaching experience, Walker has been a part of eight postseason squads, including four NCAA Tournament teams. He has coached three NBA first round draft picks - Brandon Armstrong (Pepperdine), Michael Bradley (Villanova), J.R. Giddens (New Mexico) - and the first overall pick of the second round - Dan Langhi (Vanderbilt).
At Villanova, Walker was responsible for on-court teaching and development, recruiting and scouting, when the Wildcats went 46-20 with a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament. He helped lead Villanova to its best start in school and BIG EAST history (20-0) and eventually earn a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Championships.
Walker helped recruit the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation. He also recruited and signed McDonald's All-American JayVaughn Pinkston. During his time there, he saw three Villanova players earn All-BIG EAST honors and one, Scottie Reynolds, earn consensus All-America honors.
Walker also served as an assistant under Wright for the 2010 USA Select Team. The USA Select Team consists of juniors and seniors out of the college ranks that are brought in to scrimmage against the USA National Team.
Walker spent two seasons at the University of New Mexico as an assistant for current UCLA head coach Steve Alford from 2007-09. He was instrumental in helping turnaround a team that finished eighth in a nine-team Mountain West Conference in 2007 to winning a share of the conference title in 2009. Along the way, the Lobos recorded a 46-21 record and made a pair of NIT appearances during Alford's first two seasons at the helm.
At New Mexico, Walker served as the recruiting coordinator and helped the Lobos land a Top 30 recruiting class. He also coached Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and All-American J.R. Giddens, who went on to be selected in the first round by the Boston Celtics.
Walker spent three seasons at the University of Massachusetts where he was an assistant under head coach Steve Lappas. He was on the Minutemen sidelines from 2001-05. That included a one-year hiatus from collegiate coaching during the 2003-04 season, when he was the President and CEO of Spearhead Sports LLC in his native Houston.
He spent the 2000-01 season on Lappas' staff at Villanova before accompanying Lappas to UMass. At UMass, he served as the recruiting coordinator, where he signed A-10 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Stephane Lasme. While with Lappas at Villanova, he coached All-American Michael Bradley, who was selected in the first round of the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors.
Walker was also the associate head coach at both Pepperdine (1999-00) and Vanderbilt (1996-99) under Jan van Breda Kolff. During his time with van Breda Kolff, her served as recruiting coordinator and offensive coordinator for both the Commodores and the Wave.
In his one season in Malibu, Walker helped lead Pepperdine to the West Coast Conference regular season title and an at-large bid in the NCAA Championships, upsetting sixth-seeded Indiana in the first round. While there, he coach first round draft pick Brandon Armstrong, who went 23rd overall to the Houston Rockets.
Prior to Pepperdine, Walker spent three seasons with van Breda Kolff at Vanderbilt, where he helped the Commodores to an appearance in both the NCAA Championships and the National Invitation Tournament. He coached Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and All-American Dan Langhi, who was the first overall pick of the second round of the 2000 NBA Draft.
He began his coaching career at Loyola Marymount in 1992, where he helped the Lions improve from eighth in the West Coast Conference his first year to second four years later.
After a stellar prep career at Houston Milby High School, where he was a Converse All-American and an All-State and All-Greater Houston selection, Walker went on to Villanova in 1988 to play for head coach Rollie Massimino.
As a player, Walker started 96 games at point guard and helped the Wildcats make two NCAA Tournament appearances and two NIT appearances. At the time of his graduation, his 404 career assists ranked seventh on the school's all-time list and his 185 career steals ranked fourth. A two-time All-Big Five selection, he also competed in Russia and Finland, while representing the BIG EAST All-Stars.
Born on Christmas Day, Walker graduated from Villanova in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.


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Wall Street Plaza is doing a promotion from now until Jan. 15 for those of you that use Foursquare or Gowalla. I'm new to Foursquare and have never used to Gowalla, so I think I'll just repost the press release on this one:
"We know all about those iPhones and Androids and Crackberrys so we figured we would reward you technology geeks by giving away free jello shots this week.
Here's how it works:
From now until January 15th come to WaiTiki and "check in" using Foursquare or Gowalla. Show the waitress or bartender that you just checked in and we'll give you a jello shot free! You must be 21+ of course, and you can only check in once per day.
Haven't heard of Foursquare or Gowalla? They're a great way to track friends when they're out on the town."
Wall Street Plaza also has a new night in the new year called "Crazy Wednesdays" at WaiTiki. Every Wednesday from 4 – 11 p.m. you can get 25-cent jerk-style wings, Dragonberry shot specials and reggae music playing in the background.


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Although nine months have passed since Hurricane Sandy pushed ocean waves down the streets of Staten Island's Midland Beach, upending cars, flooding homes and destroying nearly everything in its wake, some residents of this seaside community still live in makeshift tents and sheds. Some even sleep on park benches.
Many still need assistance with basic needs such as food and shelter. This includes children, the elderly, and new immigrants. Nine months into this disaster and many believe they have nowhere to turn for help.
A number of local volunteer organizations have been created or expanded to address these needs. "Every night a volunteer goes out in search of those still in need of a meal and a place to sleep," says Catholic Charities Community Development Coordinator Lourdes Ferrer.
Over three hundred Sandy survivors already receive support from Catholic Charities disaster case managers stationed at Catholic Charities' office at 120 Anderson Avenue in Staten Island. But rather than just waiting for Sandy survivors to come to Catholic Charities, disaster case managers also go to them.
Catholic Charities manages the New York State Disaster Case Management Program. Designed to streamline support and avoid frustration and confusion, the Disaster Case Management program whittles down the complex system of disaster support by providing survivors with a single point of contact to access a broad range of resources. This allows people still reeling from the loss of jobs and homes to avoid the need to search out multiple organizations that might respond to their various needs. Instead, survivors can relate their experiences and submit their documentation to a single, local disaster case manager who guides them through the recovery process.
Many residents of Staten Island never before had to ask for social service help and were unsure of the value of these services. They initially hoped they could do everything themselves.
So Catholic Charities teamed up with local "hubs," ad hoc service centers that sprang up in neighborhoods hit hardest by the hurricane to provide food, water, clothing, supplies and services, educate the community and reach more of those in need. Case managers from Catholic Charities now help staff the Staten Island Alliance office on Colony Ave, enrolling many new clients into the program and meeting with existing clients. Case managers are also able to meet with clients in their homes. To extend these services, Catholic Charities disaster case managers are preparing to staff another hub in the New Dorp neighborhood in Staten Island. By meeting staff at home, in local hubs and Catholic Charities offices, hurricane survivors can feel comfortable in familiar surroundings close to home among people they know.
"People think that because so many months have passed, that everything is back to 'normal'," Lourdes said. "But the reality is there are communities in Staten Island that are still recovering and struggling to accept the new 'normal'."


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5 small fires at UNCW investigated
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:20 p.m.
WILMINGTON | Police at the University of North Carolina Wilmington are investigating five small fires that were found on campus early Friday morning, according to an email sent to students, faculty and staff.
The message from UNCW Police Chief David Donaldson says campus police and the Wilmington Fire Department responded about 1:30 a.m. to a path in the woods off MacMillan Avenue, where the five fires were burning within 100 yards of one another.
The fires were extinguished and no structures were in danger at any time, Donaldson said.
"The cause of these fires is unknown at this time," he added. "The Wilmington Fire Department and N.C. State Bureau of Investigation have been consulted. Additional information will be released when available."
The chief told students, faculty and staff that suspicious activity can be reported to campus police at (910) 962-2222 or, in case of emergencies, 911. Anonymous reports can be submitted online via www.uncw.edu/police, or by phone at (910) 962-TIPS.
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, got a cold reception in warm Miami at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Obama and Biden were there to Grand Marshall the final race along with Sgt Andrew Berry and his family as part of a publicity tour for their Joining Forces program. When the announcer introduced Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, some of the fans booed loudly.
I'm always going to advocate for the public's first amendment right to voice their opinions, but I do question if this was an appropriate time given the fact that Obama and Biden were standing next to a veteran with his children. The two were there to promote the military families and veterans who bravely served this country, perhaps, the moment called for a bit more respect.


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Webroot SecureAnywhere journaling and rollback functionality can undo collateral damage initiated by a malware infection, reducing the need to reimage machines. This saves hours of productivity for your users and IT staff.
I've found the rollback feature to be really interesting and useful. Usually, there is a lot of management involved but this is much simpler. Now, it's just automatic.
A unique capability that sets Webroot SecureAnywhere® apart from every other antivirus solution is the way unknown or 'undetermined' malware is handled, and the automatic remediation that is provided to ensure endpoint protection.
If a brand new program is introduced to an endpoint protected by Webroot SecureAnywhere, and it has no existing relationship to anything else on that machine, then local heuristics and other defenses are automatically applied to make a good or bad determination.
This logic will automatically block the majority of threats. However, in the rare case that a threat does get through the heuristics, behavioral monitoring, and other defenses, the ongoing journaling ensures it cannot do any permanent damage to a user's machine.
For example, if a suspicious or undetermined program has passed the several layers of local and Webroot Intelligence Network checks, it is monitored extremely closely, and watched to see which files, registry keys and memory locations it alters.
The journaling function then records and remembers the before and after state of each change made. If a monitored program is later found to be behaving maliciously, Webroot SecureAnywhere can step-in to block and quarantine it, alert the user and administrator, and proceed to automatically clean-up the threat.
This ability to safely defer a decision reduces false positive and false negative categorizations, and comes into play when Webroot SecureAnywhere is not sure if a program is potentially 'suspicious' or 'bad'. Other AV solutions only make good or bad determinations and have no journaling or rollback, so any remediation is standardized and likely to be ineffective.
The inability of legacy solutions to offer individualized and tailored protection often results in administrators having to re- image infected machines. This causes huge losses in productivity and man-time. On the other hand, Webroot SecureAnywhere's rollback process ensures every change made to that particular machine by a piece of malware is reversed, getting the endpoint back to its prior pre-infected state. This results in fewer endpoints needing to be reimaged due to missing or changed files that cause the machine to operate in an unstable or unsafe way.
Legacy endpoint security solutions do not incorporate monitoring and journaling, so even if they do offer post- infection remediation, they often cannot fully restore the endpoint to its pre-infected state.


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Today's Rally No Better Than a Coin Toss in Predicting 2013
With global markets rallying strongly, we figured now is as good a time as any to look at what a strong first day means for the rest of the year.
Unfortunately, even a crystal ball can't answer that one. You might want to try your lucky coin, though.
The first day of trading sets the tone for the rest of the year 50% of the time, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "It's a coin toss," he says.
So, today's close won't be much help to you in forecasting 2013.
Market historians tend to fixate on how stocks perform in the first few days and weeks to get a clearer picture of how the rest of a year may play out.
Since 1950, S&P 500 gains during the first five trading days preceded full-year gains 85% of the time, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. In post-presidential election years — such as this one — the market has followed the first five days' direction in 11 of the last 15 instances, the Almanac says.
What's more, the month of January is generally a better indicator of what's to come.
January's performance has foreshadowed how the market performed for the rest of the year in 61 of the last 84 years, or 73% of the time. "As January goes, so goes the year," Silverblatt says.
Stocks have risen in 54 Januarys since 1929, and finished those years up 43 times, good for an 80% clip, Silverblatt says. In the 30 years the market has dropped in January, stocks have fallen 18 times, or 60%.
This is the fifth year in a row the S&P 500 has rallied more than 1% on the first trading day of the year. In the previous four instances, stocks finished January higher twice, and lower twice.
For the year, the S&P 500 rallied three of the four years, with the only decline coming in 2011 when the index was essentially flat for the year (down 0.0028%).
The grand takeaway: Don't get overly giddy over a big first day of trading. But January finishing on a high note could portend well for the rest of the year.
The S&P 500 recently rose 1.9% to 1453, led higher by tech and financial stocks.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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At Outreach Canada we believe that it is possible to reach and disciple our
whole nation and the world beyond our borders. God intends every believer to be
involved in this process and we believe that healthy local churches, spread
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Judicial branch entities regularly undergo external audits by the California State Auditor, the State Controller's Office, and the Department of Finance's Office of State Audits and Evaluations (OSAE).
The Department of Finance: In 2014, the Judicial Council will undergo an independent financial audit by OSAE, in compliance with legislation passed in 2012. This will be the second such independent audit by OSAE in the last three years.
The previous audit, performed at the Judicial Council's request, assessed the council's fiscal processes, internal controls, procedures, and financial statements. The audit report issued in May 2011 concluded that the council's fiscal controls generally were adequate, and expenditures properly recorded.
The California State Auditor assesses the financial and operational activities and federal compliance by state government entities, including the judicial branch.
Among other things, the State Auditor audits judicial branch entities on implementation of the Judicial Branch Contract Law, passed in 2011. This law contained a number of new requirements for judicial branch procurement and contracting. For example, it requires any judicial branch entity entering a contract costing more than $1 million to notify the State Auditor.
The first audit of trial court compliance with the new judicial contract law was conducted in 2013. The audit evaluated six trial courts and found they generally demonstrated good contracting practices and complied with the law. The contract law requires an audit of every trial court at least once every four years.
The State Auditor is also required to audit the appellate courts, the Judicial Council, and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center on their compliance with the new contract law. The first round of audits has been completed. The Judicial Council is scheduled to be audited biennially starting in fiscal year 2014-2015.
Examples of other recent California State Auditor reports on judicial branch entities:
Case management system development projects at three superior courts are also currently undergoing CTA review. These reviews involve regular reporting to the Judicial Council's Technology Oversight Advisory Committee.
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All reports to the Legislature are posted on the California Courts website.
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Court revenue audits: By law, all superior courts are audited at least once every four years. These audits ensure compliance with governing statutes, rules, regulations, and policies relating to revenues, expenditures, and fund balances.
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ZF-4801: Allow Zend_Paginator to cache its data throught a Zend_Cache_Core instance
It could be very usefull to provide a way for Zend_Paginator to cache its data.
When Zend_Paginator reads actual data, it stores them into a sort of cache : $_pageItems, but those data does not persist throught HTTP requests as they are just stored in an object property. If Zend_Paginator could be given a Zend_Cache_Core instance, it could use it to store data in a 'real' cache, making seeking throught the pages easier and quicker. Also, this would prevent the final user from inventing such a system.
This is a planned future enhancement.
If I can find time, I can provide a usefull patch, stay tuned
Patch for Zend_Paginator and tests is attached; waiting for Zend approval
Added the feature at r13439
I think using spl_object_hash to generate the cache id is a bad idea : it depends on the internal object handle and handler table pointer. I encounter cache collision when I have multiple paginator objects.
Reported at ZF-6746, on it


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I really didn't want to leave the house yesterday. It was hot and sticky—I hate the humidity—but I had to. My CSA box share was waiting and even though I split the share with a friend. I'm the go-for. Luckily, it was a good haul this week: wild flowers, red onion, scallions, tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, garlic, cucumbers, zucchini and some sort of squash.
My friend just had a kid. So I let her keep the flowers. She looked like she went a few rounds with Mike Tyson. So they brightened up her day. Plus, she didn't want much else. My friend only took a few potatoes and some scallions and red onions. I kept the cucumbers and gave the rest of the stuff to my mom. She's a much better cook than me.


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- Lupe will appear on MTV's "The Seven" to talk about the new album. 5/4c
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Tomorrow - March 8th:
- Lupe hits the stage on BET's "106 & Park" to perform! 6pm EST.
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- Fiasco performs on "Lopez Tonight" airs on TBS @ 12/11c
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- Lupe returns to his hometown of Chicago!! In-store and radio appearances.
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ZF-10811: Zend_Ldap work properly in windows but crash in centos
dear all the php terminated scripts when connect to Active Directory Windows when invalid credential but when i try in windows return "0x31 (Invalid credentials; 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v1db0): email@example.com"
capture of my code $options = array( 'host' => '10.10.10.110', 'username' => 'administratord', 'password' => 'P@ssw0rd', 'accountDomainName' => 'domain.myhost.com', 'accountCanonicalForm' => 4, 'optReferrals' => 0, 'baseDn' => 'DC=domain,DC=myhost,DC=com' ); $ldap=new Zend_Ldap($options); $connected = $ldap->connect(); $data = $ldap->getResource(); var_dump($data);
Could you please make sure, that ext/ldap (that's the LDAP PHP extension) is working correctly on your CentOs machine? Try to connect to the server using the core ldap_*-functions. Check you php.ini for any configuration parameters present - also check phpinfo(); for the ext/ldap.
It's quite uncommon that Zend_Ldap brings down the whole script by itself without any error message.
Please also do a check on your error log. If you disabled error logging, please turn it on, so that PHP low-level errors are logged to a file (alternatively switch display_errors on so that PHP low-level errors are displayed on screen),
We'd need a lot mor information to do some debugging on this one.
Hi Stefan Gehrig i am very pleasure for reply i have created new case in ticketing support but still no reply i also have attach files that support tools generate
all is well connecting to Active Directory both windows & my centOs machine if valid username & password
but only invalid credential in my CentOs machine terminated scripts
i check in /usr/local/zend/var/log/php.log nothing change when i execute that invalid credential
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centOs machine PHP Version 5.3.1
display_errors - On
error_log - /usr/local/zend/var/log/php.log
error_reporting - E_ALL
should i place files that generated by zend CE support tools is possible here?
Strange... Please post as much information as possible (remove such things as usernames, password and server addresses / names if possible).
What does
print (inserted before the second-to-last line)?
return like this when i var_dump for invalid credential but i should be place before
object(Zend_Ldap)#142 (6) { ["_connectString":"Zend_Ldap":private]=> string(19) "ldap://10.10.10.110" ["_options"]=> array(15) { ["host"]=> string(12) "10.10.10.110" ["port"]=> int(0) ["useSsl"]=> bool(false) ["username"]=> string(14) "administratord" ["password"]=> string(8) "P@ssw0rd" ["bindRequiresDn"]=> bool(false) ["baseDn"]=> string(20) "DC=ibm,DC=myhost,DC=com" ["accountCanonicalForm"]=> int(4) ["accountDomainName"]=> string(11) "ibm.myhost.com" ["accountDomainNameShort"]=> NULL ["accountFilterFormat"]=> NULL ["allowEmptyPassword"]=> bool(false) ["useStartTls"]=> bool(false) ["optReferrals"]=> bool(false) ["tryUsernameSplit"]=> bool(true) } ["_resource":protected]=> resource(141) of type (ldap link) ["_boundUser":protected]=> bool(false) ["_rootDse":protected]=> NULL ["_schema":protected]=> NULL }
for info
i use zf version 1.10.3
scripts terminated in
zend/ldap.php on line 204
when invalid credential
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OK... We're closing in...
Please check your phpinfo(); and post the "ldap"-section, which should give you something like
LDAP Support enabled
RCS Version $Id: ldap.c 299434 2010-05-17 20:09:42Z pajoye $
Total Links 0/unlimited
API Version 3001
Vendor Name OpenLDAP
Vendor Version 20411
SASL Support Enabled
Directive Local Value Master Value
ldap.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
Perhaps your version of ext/ldap has not been built with OpenLDAP 2.x.x OR Netscape Directory SDK x.x which means that the ldap_get_option() function might not be available or not working properly.
LDAP Support enabled RCS Version $Id: ldap.c 287897 2009-08-30 15:33:59Z iliaa $ Total Links 0/unlimited API Version 3001 Vendor Name OpenLDAP Vendor Version 20420
Directive Local Value Master Value ldap.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
may be could help
Not what I "hoped" for...
Do you have any other Linux machine on hand to try the code? What AD server are you authenticating against (Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008)?
Windows Server 2008 any recommendation what php version that work properly for doing authentication through LDAP Active Directory that you have tried?
Do you have any possibility to run the Zend_Ldap unit tests on both of your machines?
I actually managed to run all the tests successfully from a Windows machine (PHP 5.2.x) connecting to OpenLDAP, Windows 2003 R2 and Windows 2008 and from a Mac (PHP 5.3.3) connecting to OpenLDAP and Windows 2003 R2. Unfortunately I don't have a Windows 2008 virtual machine available, so I cannot test PHP 5.3.3 against the Windows 2008 AD.
Hard to debug...
ok tks for help,, temporary solution,, i've use php classic (ldap_bin) not using zend_auth_ldap
it work properly both windows & centos
Is this still an issue?
If so, what happens, if you remove the "@" before the ldap_get_options. Any helpful error messages?


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With Skype-to-Skype audio and video calls and chat, you can stay in touch with anyone, on almost any device, pretty much anywhere in the world, for free. Using Skype side-by-side with two or more apps is a great way to stay in touch while browsing the web, listening to music, or playing a game. Skype comes with Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 so you just need to open the app and start using it.
If you want, you can also download Skype for Windows desktop.
On Start, tap or click Skype.
Sign in with your Microsoft account and your Messenger friends will be automatically added to your existing list of contacts. If you already have a Skype account, you can merge it with your Microsoft account by following the on-screen instructions.
Swipe in from the bottom edge to see the app commands.(If you're using a mouse, right-click within the app.)
Tap or click add contact and search for people by their name, Skype name, or email address. If you can't find the person, tap or click search directory.
Tap or click the person you want to add, tap or click add to contacts and follow the on-screen instructions.
For more help with Skype, go to Skype support.
To start chatting, tap or click a contact and enter your message in the chat window. To start a group chat, tap or click a person, tap or click the plus button, and then tap or click add participants.
You can also share files, photos, and links with people you're chatting with. Here's how:
Files or photos—tap or click the plus button, tap or click send files, browse to your file or photo and tap or click Send.
Links—copy and paste the URL into the chat window.
You can also chat with your friends on Skype while doing other things like surfing the web, listening to music, or playing games by using two or more apps side-by-side. To learn how, see Getting around your PC.
You can get in touch with a Skype contact from the People app too. Tap or click a contact's name and then choose if you want to chat, call, or start a video call with them.
When you pin someone to Start, you can tap or click their picture to video call, chat with, or SMS them using Skype.
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Moraine Park Technical College students have been busy finishing up final projects studying for end of semester exams and registering for spring classes. Despite their busy schedules, many student clubs and organizations found time to make the spirits a little brighter for families in need this holiday season. Student at Moraine Park's Fond du Lac, West Bend and Beaver Dam campuses decked the halls with boxes to collect food, toys and clothing for various community organizations.
In Fond du Lac, the Student Senate sponsored a diaper drive for the Fond du Lac Family Resource Center. The group also held a Bone Marrow Drive for Be the Match last month. During the drive, students learned how to get involved in donating bone marrow through the Be The Match organization. The IT club held a hat and mitten drive on campus and donated the items collected to the Solutions Center in Fond du Lac. The Cosmetology Club also donated items collected during a food drive to the Solutions Center, and the Corrections Club donated a portion of the proceeds from their card fundraiser to the Solutions Center.
In West Bend, the Chiropractic Specialists Club, Cosmetology Apprentice Club, Electricity Club, Graphics/IMD Club, SAGA Club, Student Senate, SMARTS Club and the Student Nurses Association wrapped up a campus-wide food drive. The West Bend Student Senate and the Student Nurses Association collected items for the Kids2Kids Toy Drive. Kapco's Kids2Kids toy drive collects over 20,000 toys for low-income children through Southeastern Wisconsin.
The Beaver Dam Student Senate found a creative way to raise funds and awareness for men's health issues through a month-long event called Mo-Vember at Mo-Raine Park. Participants took before and after photos, one clean shaven at the beginning of the month and another at the end of the month and invited anyone to vote for their favorite Mo-Vember moustache for $1. The club also sold Kwik Trip gift cards around campus. A portion of the proceeds from both charity drives were donated to the Elks Christmas Baskets, which provides food baskets for families during the holidays. The Human Resources Club conducted a toy drive in conjunction with the Dodge County Toy Bank. The Electrical Power Distribution (EPD) Club rang bells for the Salvation Army. The Beaver Dam Student Nurses Association conducted a food drive for St. Vincent de Paul.
Students in the Beaver Dam and Fond du Lac chapters of the Multicultural Club collected school supplies and other donations this winter to support the Blue Mountain Project. The Blue Mountain Project is an organization committed to improving the health, education and economy in rural Jamaican communities. Some club members and other Moraine Park students will be bringing the items to Jamaica this January during the study abroad trip through Moraine Park's International Education program.
If you are interested in learning more about service learning projects happening on campus, visit moraineparkinternationaled.blogspot.com/.
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Kratom is an herb that's derived from the leaves of the kratom tree (Mitragyna Speciosa), which is native to southeast Asia. In native cultures, the leaves are chewed fresh, but in the west, where kratom is rapidly growing in popularity, dried, ground-up kratom extract or powdered is the standard.
Kratom is not known for having a great taste; in fact, it's quite bitter. Many individuals opt to mix the powder with a sweet substance like pudding or apple sauce. Others brew kratom tea, which is created by blending 50 grams of kratom with every liter of water and boiling for about 15 minutes. The tea can then be refrigerated or even frozen to preserve freshness. But even the tea isn't known for its flavor; it too is bitter, though a bit of sugar can help to improve the taste. Some even add clear spirits.
Kratom is known as an effective alternative to painkillers, and it's increasingly favored among individuals who are self-weaning from opiates. Kratom eases withdrawal symptoms like pain, chills, vomiting, diarrhea and anxiety.
With this rapid increase in popularity, more and more individuals are seeking more appetizing alternatives to the traditional kratom preparations. So an array of kratom recipes have surfaced in recent months. After all, kratom is traditionally used as a seasoning in an array of dishes. Consider the following dishes to make your kratom more appetizing!
Sugar does not impact the effects of kratom, so if you find that one of these preparations is a bit too bitter for your preference, add a bit of sugar!
Kratom and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Sprinkle kratom on top of the cheese in a sandwich. Then, grill into an otherwise-traditional grilled cheese sandwich.
Kratom on Pizza
Sprinkle a bit of kratom on top of your pizza. Many enjoy kratom as a spice with benefits!
Kratom Chocolate
Thoroughly mix kratom powder with melted chocolate and allow it to cool at room temperature. The chocolate can be eaten straight or you can chop it up and bake it into cookies.
Kratom and Seltzer
If you're swallowing kratom powder, try seltzer or sparkling water as a chaser. The carbonation helps to make it a bit more palatable and easier to swallow.
Kratom and Honey or Jam
Mix kratom powder into honey or jam and eat raw or spread it onto a bit of bread or toast. The sweetness counteracts the bitterness. And it's a great breakfast treat! Though the bread can slow the absorption process slightly.
Kratom and Jell-O
Mix kratom powder into the water and gelatin mix, then refrigerate for kratom-spiked Jell-O cubes!
Kratom Tea Blends
Blend kratom tea with other tea types, like ginger, chai or chamomile. You can also add sugar, milk or honey to achieve a sweeter flavor.
Kratom Milkshakes
Milk has the ability to neutralize a component in kratom, called tannins. This helps to reduce the bitterness.
Notably, it's best to eat kratom on an empty stomach, as this accelerates the absorption process. Remember that the more you eat, the slower you'll absorb the kratom and the more you'll need to eat in order to achieve the desired effect.
Also, if you're devising or tailoring your own kratom recipes, remember to avoid foods that contain fatty acids, as this can interfere with kratom and its effects.


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How far can a condominium association go in controlling the unruly conduct of a child?
My blog of Wednesday, June 27, 2012 reported an arbitration decision wherein the arbitrator determined that the conduct of a disruptive unit owner did not rise to the level of a "nuisance" under the law and, therefore, not subject to the Division's jurisdiction.
I asked the readers to compare the results of that case to one in which a child of a unit owner is seen littering on the common elements, screaming in the unit, yelling at board members, appearing nude on the common elements and other disturbances.
While the arbitrator did find that the child's conduct violated several rules and regulations, as well as other provisions of the condominium documents, in reality, is there really any relief available to the association through the Division? Stated otherwise, how can one control the conduct of a child? The law does not grant the Division the authority to evict a tenant or a unit owner.
What if, as was the case here, the "child" was of an adult age, but mentally only a child? While the Division lacked authority to restrain or remove the child, the association might seek protection through the Courts, perhaps obtaining an order appointing a guardian or compelling the child's parents to take greater responsibility for the child's actions.
Shared ownership housing communities are microcosms of society. The same problems experienced by society in general, from criminal conduct to social actions, must be dealt with by the association boards, except community associations do not have the authority or resources available to government. Although community associations are primarily charged with the responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the shared ownership community and the protection, safety and welfare of the residents, they often must call upon government agencies to assist in dealing with issues and problems outside the scope of their traditional obligations.
Perhaps a refresher as to that which constitutes a "dispute" and, thus, subject to the Division's authority would be helpful at this point.
Florida Statutes, Section 718.1255(1) defines "disputes" that are subject to mandatory, non-binding arbitration, as:
(a) The authority of the board of directors, under the Condominium Act, or the condominium documents to:
1. Require any owner to take action, or not to take any action, involving that owner's unit or the appurtenances thereto.
2. Alter or add to a common area or element.
(b) 1. Properly conduct elections.
2. Give adequate notice of meetings or other action.
3. Properly conduct meetings.
4. Allow inspection of books and records.
There are three situations wherein the Division has held what will render the election of directors null and void, compelling that there be a new election. Can you name them? Read my blog of July 11, 2012 for the answer.


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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is pleased to partner with Microsoft Zune for Five Minutes with Fame, an exclusive video series on the Zune Marketplace featuring some of the most current and noteworthy singers, songwriters and bands on today's charts. After a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum, we sit down to talk with each artist about their music, the road to their success, inspirations, being on tour, and of course, some of their favorite artists and artifacts highlighted in the Museum.
Along with the Microsoft's Zune Marketplace on PC and XBox Live, the only place you'll be able to see these videos is right here each week on rockhall.com. This week we're kicking off with an interview with hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa.
Possessing a keenness that belied his age, Pittsburgh, PA artist Wiz Khalifa came to be a rising star over the course of the late 2000s based on his young bravado and hardcore yet charismatic execution of rhymes. Performing since the age of 12 and consciously building up his city's hip-hop reputation, he sought to create a sound that was uniquely Pittsburgh, relying on his East Coast (Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan), Southern (Three 6 Mafia), and other (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) hip-hop influences. Now at the age of 23, Khalifa has a #1 song with "Black and Yellow" as well as a Best New Aritst Nomination this year from BET.
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In Europe, it is estimated that there are 1 million needlestick injuries annually.
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West Lexington VFD benefit raises funds for accident victim
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The West Lexington Volunteer Fire Department wants the community to rally behind one of its members whose wife was critically injured this past month in a head-on collision.
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The West Lexington Volunteer Fire Department will hold a fundraiser for Amanda Hill, who was critically injured in an accident on Tyro Road in July, on Aug. 31. The event, which is by donation only, will start at 1 p.m. and feature music, a hamburger and hot dog meal benefit, car show and silent auction. The event will be held at Paul's Chapel United Church of Christ on West Center Street Extension.
The fire department will hold a hamburger and hot dog meal/car show/silent auction to benefit 26-year-old Amanda Hill, the wife of West Lexington firefighter Tim Hill. The event, which is by donation only, will be held at Paul's Chapel United Church of Christ at 2791 W. Center St. Ext. beginning at 1 p.m. Aug. 31. The event, which also consists of music and entertainment for children, will be held rain or shine.
"Hopefully, we are going to have a big turnout and be able to take care of their (medical) expenses," said Joshua Brady, a West Lexington firefighter and an organizer of the event.
Hill of Larry Drive continued to recover this week at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte as members of the hospital staff were beginning to transition her to a nursing home before she is expected to be transferred to a rehab center in three months, her husband said Friday.
Hill was injured in a head-on collision that occurred in the 2700 block of Tyro Road about 2:30 p.m. July 20. Hill was airlifted to the Charlotte hospital. The other driver, 25-year-old Courtney Yvonne Harrell of Simerson Road, was charged with driving while impaired and driving left of center.
"It's been tough," Brady said of Hill's road to recovery.
The Hills have a 3-year-old son, James. Tim Hill, who has been a volunteer firefighter at West Lexington, said his wife's right leg below the knee was amputated. He added that her pelvis is broken on each side, and she will have to learn to walk again.
"I think God was sitting beside of her," Tim Hill said of his wife surviving the accident.
Hill called the efforts of Brady and the other firefighters in organizing the event "amazing."
"She has something to look forward to," he said, referring to the event. "She knows there is hope."
Hill said his wife is a home health care nurse and was on her way home from work when the accident occurred. She is a North Davidson High School graduate. Hill said he's been laid off from his job in Archdale due to staying with his wife in Charlotte. The couple has sought out the services of an attorney in regard to the accident.
Donations can be made at any NewBridge Bank location for the Amanda Hill Donation Fund or mailed to Amanda Hill Donation Fund, c/o of West Lexington Fire Department, P.O. Box 1654, Lexington, NC 27293.
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Riding in Boulder is simply the best
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Off on my cruiser to happy hour!!! via Boulder Bike Paths and Streets with bike lanes.
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you're kidding.
Submitted by Bruce Friedman (not verified) on
riding in boulder is simply the best? no way. there's just no way it's "the best".
let's look at the facts
(presuming we're also including riding outside the city)
1. there is a city wide mountain bike ban on 100% of trails currently built within city of boulder open space.
2. the road riding is limited and congested (car congested) due to the proximity of denver and lack of highly developed farm roads / rural roads.
I'd be willing to bet there are at least 15 cities of boulder's size +/- 20% that are MUCH better.
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To the poster questioning Boulder's ranking as the best place to bike (admittedly, it is relative - but definitely one of the best): On any given day, I could commute to almost anywhere in Boulder without encountering cars. There are spots that the city hasn't addressed, so it's not perfect, but let's get real. I don't know of any other city like it.
If I go from east Boulder to Downtown, I will never touch a street a single time until about Canyon. From South Boulder to Downtown, there's contact with a couple intersections and a small, private street, but it's all path from Table Mesa on. From East to West/South... ALL path.
It's amazing actually!
Your very point about congestion combined with the reality of just HOW convenient Boulder's biking program is, is MORE of a reason why you and everybody else should stop driving so much and use the paths. Because YOU are Boulder. If you're talking about Mountain biking, it's for the protection of the land that you can't go all over the place. Road bikes don't have to hit the streets so much, as mentioned above - so the argument about congestion is invalid in my opinion.
Thanks for the video and post!
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SEATTLE - The Colorado Buffaloes dug themselves a hole with frigid shooting here Wednesday night and left Alaska Airlines Arena in a deeper Pac-12 Conference hole.
But despite their 64-54 loss to streaking Washington, which won for the tenth time in 12 games, Buffs coach Tad Boyle and his players believe positive steps were taken - particularly on defense.
Boyle said his team's defense "was good enough to win . . . our guys played great (defense). We played with pride and some toughness. We lost to a good basketball team."
The Huskies, playing their first home game since Dec. 22, remained unbeaten (4-0) in conference play and went to 12-5 overall while the Buffs slipped to 1-4, 11-6.
If CU's 'D' was exemplary, its 'O' was of the OMG variety. Credit the Huskies for some of that misfiring; they've now held four Pac-12 teams to under 40 percent from the field.
The Buffs shot a season-low 29.2 percent in the first half and finished at 36.2 percent (21-for-58) for the game - the team's second-lowest mark this season. CU also tied a season low in assists with six and made only one of 10 three-point attempts.
But the Buffs held the Huskies to 33.9 percent (20-for-59) from the field and outrebounded them by one (38-37). It wasn't an aesthetically pleasing night for either team, but UW coach Lorenzo Romar didn't care.
Asked about "winning ugly," Romar said, "You can color it any want to color it. I just know that when you go out and you play two games in a row and you have single digit turnovers (UW had 9, CU 12), you hold four teams to under 40 percent from the field, you outrebound three out of the four, you're beginning to do things right. The only 'ugly' thing, if you want to call it that, is that we haven't been making shots. Two out of the last four games we haven't made shots. Other than that, I think we're doing everything else OK."
Boyle said the Huskies' 15 offensive rebounds "really killed us in the second half. We had some stops and couldn't finish the possession with getting the rebound. That hurt us. And then we put them on the foul line in the second half. For some reason we don't get to the foul line on the road; I don't know why."
Sophomore Spencer Dinwiddie, who led CU with 15 points, said the Buffs played with more overall intensity than in previous conference losses to Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA.
"For sure," Dinwiddie said. "That's one thing we talked about. We talked our positives; we finally started playing with our principles - we rebounded the ball decently. There were a couple of possessions where they got three or four offensive rebounds. If we cut that out and they don't make a run, the game's different."
The only other CU player in double figures was junior Andre Roberson with 10 points, marking the first time this season only two Buffs reached double digits. Roberson also had 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season and the 32nd of his career.
Roberson said the Buffs "stepped it up big time on the defensive end . . . we just didn't get the rebounds when it mattered and we didn't make the tough stops. Our offense has to get better; our motion is terrible right now. That's one thing we have to improve on big time. Just executing on the offense end is a main thing. That's why we struggled with this team."
Sophomore guard Askia Booker fouled out with 34.4 seconds to play after scoring nine points, while freshman forwards Xavier Johnson and Josh Scott had nine and eight, respectively. Scott got all of his points in the second half.
The Huskies' C.J. Wilcox, the conference's leading scorer (21.3 ppg), finished with 25, while teammate Scott Suggs added 13. UW had no other double-figure scorers, but Desmond Simmons (12) and Aziz N'Diaye (11) accounted for 23 rebounds.
CU scored a season-low 20 points in the first half and trailed by eight at intermission. The Huskies opened 10-point leads three times in the game's final 8 minutes, an 11-point advantage in the last 3 minutes, and never allowed their visitors closer than seven points during that span.
Trailing 28-20 at intermission, the Buffs might have gone to their locker room thankful for that deficit. When they caught the Huskies at 17-17 on a layup by Johnson - he started against in place of Sabatino Chen - they appeared to have corrected their early problems.
CU committed four of its seven first-half turnovers - a high for a half in league play - in the game's first 6 minutes and fell behind by seven points. Then the Buffs strung together an 8-2 run - their most productive offensive stretch of the opening half - and pulled even.
But things went south from there.
After Johnson's layup produced the tie at 17 with 8:56 left before the break, CU scored only three more points to finish with its lowest first-half total of the season.
The Buffs opened the second half with three points from Roberson and pulled to within 28-23. But the Huskies trumped that with a four-point play from Scott Suggs to take their largest lead of the night - 32-23 - to that point. The nine-point advantage became 10 (37-27) on a trey by Wilcox.
But taking advantage of the 7-foot N'Diaye taking a rest, the 6-10 Scott hit back-to-back baskets to draw the Buffs to within five (39-34) with just over 11 minutes to play.
CU's threat ended there. A 5-0 run restored U-Dub's 10-point lead (48-38), leaving the Buffs just over 7 minutes to retaliate. Boyle called a timeout at the 7:12 mark, but the closest his team could get was 52-45 on a three-point play by Dinwiddie with 3:52 to play.
"With our defense tonight and our pride, I'm proud of our guys for the way they hung in there," Boyle said. "It got away from us at the end there and you look at a 10-point loss on the road and we couldn't shrink the lead because we couldn't score. But it wasn't because of our defense."
The Buffs' road trip continues with a Saturday game (8 p.m. MST) at Washington State. The team will fly via charter on Thursday morning from Seattle to Spokane, have Thursday and Friday practices at Gonzaga, then fly to Pullman on Saturday morning.
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As an entrepreneur, you may or may not have an office to go to. You may or may not keep regular office hours. Regardless, you will work a LOT. If you're just starting out, you may find yourself working around the clock. Everything becomes related to marketing and growing your business.
One thing to keep in mind is that we still live in a world where the majority of people are not their own bosses – they go to J-O-B-S every day where someone else sets the schedule, dictates their work flow and load, manages their performance, and most importantly, pays them. Having a J-O-B is normal to them; being your own boss and/or running your own business is odd. As a result, these well-meaning people may have some misperceptions about your business.
Here are some things you are likely to hear when you strike out on your own as an entrepreneur, and responses you can offer to help enlighten them a bit.
COMMENT #1: You're so lucky you don't have a job so you can attend all your son's Little League games.
ANSWER #1. Luck has nothing to do with it. I chose to save up my money, did my research, selected a business for which I have both passion and skill, left my corporate job, and now spend 70 hours a week working. The fact that I can arrange to have Tuesday and Thursday afternoons open to watch Joey play baseball is due to good planning, not good fortune.
COMMENT #2. Oh, sure, you'll go drinking with your business pals, but you won't come out to party with us.
ANSWER #2. In order to build my business, I'm probably hitting at least a half-dozen networking events a week. Some of those happen to be mixers that fall at cocktail hour, but I'd hardly call it "going out drinking" with my business pals. In fact, I may have one glass of wine at a Friday night mixer, but other than that, I never drink at these events. Number one, I don't want to do anything to put my reputation at risk. Number two, as soon as I get home, I've still got 5 hours of work ahead of me.
COMMENT #3. Honey, since you're going to be home anyway, will you just be there for the roofer, washing machine repairman, plumber, cable installer, and carpet cleaner?
ANSWER #3. Well, dear, if I don't have a client meeting, prospecting meeting, networking meeting, teleconference, Webinar, or huge deadline for a project, I'll be happy to let the roofer, washing machine repairman, plumber, cable installer, carpet cleaner in and supervise their every move, because all I'd be doing anyway is watching reruns of Law and Order.
COMMENT #4. Mommy, play with us!!!
ANSWER #4. Kids, when Mommy is home in the daytime, she's still working. As long as the office door is mostly shut, you need to keep yourselves busy and knock before you come in. When the office door is wide open, it's OK for you to come in and talk with me. I'll make sure we have time to play every day, but we'll have to agree when that is and for how long.
COMMENT #5. I wish I got paid to go have coffee three times a week.
ANSWER #5. I wish I got paid to go have coffee three times a week, too. What I'm doing at those coffee meetings is prospecting, networking, connecting, pitching my next project to a potential joint venture partner, interviewing vendors and subcontractors. Most of the time, by the end of the meeting, my $4 coffee is still sitting there untouched.
COMMENT #6. Wow – must be nice to sleep in till 7 a.m. I've got to get up at 4:30 to get to work on time.
ANSWER #6. Yes, 4:30 a.m. is quite early to get up, but chances are you went to bed long before midnight, 1, or 2 a.m. While you've been quietly in dreamland for hours, I'm still writing proposals, answering e-mails, managing my social media accounts, checking my Google Analytics, and doing client work. So if I get to sleep till 7 a.m., I may have had five good hours of sleep – not exactly the recommended eight hours.
COMMENT #7. You're spending all that time on Facebook and Twitter and YouTube – I thought you said you were working.


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The Region of Ile-de-France
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- €481 billion
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GHG emissions (year): 79 million tons CO2e (2005). For more info on political and economic context, see below.
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated regional area in Europe, largely because it contains the city of Paris and its commuter belt: 99% of its population live within this metropolitan area. IBy area, 45% of the region is used for crop farming and 23% is managed forest. However, urban growth is encroaching on these rural areas, gaining 1000 square kilometers over the last 50 years. Services make up a massive 72% of employment, with other major sectors including trade (13%) and industry (10%). If Île-de-France were a country, it would rank as the 15th wealthiest in the world.
The Conseil Regional d'Ile-de-France is a local authority implementing policies with an annual budget of 4.7 billion euros, attributed to two major sectors: transport and high schools. The jurisdiction of the Conseil Regional implements further policies, including research and development, economic development, housing, health and culture.
The Conseil Regional also implements environmental and energy policies that includes plans, subsidies, information production and project development. However, the jurisdiction of the Conseil Regional is focused on two major sectors, transport and high schools, but also implements policies in other areas including climate and energy (as well as research and development, economic development, housing, health, culture etc).
The Conseil Regional appoints ARENE (Regional Agency for Environment and New Energy), to help with information deployment, data collection and prospective analysis, as well as partners like ADEME (national Agency for the Environment and Energy Management) which participates through its local board, to implement these policies.
The two main contributors to the region's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are transportation and buildings, with a 48% and 31% share respectively. Other contributors are the power (8%) and industrial (6%) sectors.
In June 2011, Île-de-France adopted a Climate Plan, setting out priorities for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Plan contains 24 far-reaching action points, with an absolute emissions reduction target of 75% by 2050 (1990 levels). The regional Government will set many precedents and take a leading role in supporting the development of new low carbon markets throughout its own activities. Moreover, the Conseil Regional is currently working with the government services to realize a "Schéma Régional Climat Air Energy (SRCAE)" (regional roadmap for climate, air pollution and energy). This document will provide a full scenario with targets by sector and should be adopted and published by November 2012.
The Conseil Regional voted 50 million Euros in investment in its 2012 budget to refurbish high schools. The creation of a sustainable public procurement network will help authorities exchange experiences and bundle their purchasing power. The region is also planning the creation of a "Climate Club" (Club Climat), a forum gathering the main regional players to develop new actions for mitigation and adaption to climate change.
Current Activities
Energy efficiency
A strong emphasis is put on energy efficiency in the Climate Plan, with the political rationale of increasing fairness. A new semi public company ("Société d'économie mixte") will be formed with a budget superior to 15 million euros, in order to support the refurbishment of apartment blocks and public building stock, as well as to develop the region's renewable energy potential, starting in 2012.
A special advisory service will also help small and medium sized enterprises manage their resources more efficiently.
Renewable energy
Conseil Regional subsidies on clean energy investments include 20 million euros to help install renewable energy devices.
Île-de-France is becoming a leader in geothermal energy, with around 80% of France´s geothermal energy produced here. 150,000 homes are heated in this way, avoiding 30,000 tons of carbon emissions annually.
The energy policy package will be revised in 2012, to increase ambition.
Clean transport
The region promotes the use of technologies such as video conferencing to reduce business travel. It also promotes sustainable commercial transport and aims to double the amount of merchandise transported via the region's waterways by 2020. This will reduce road and rail freight volumes and will reduce overall emissions.
Sustainable land use
14% of the region's territory is protected as Regional Natural Park land. The Agency for Green Spaces manages 12,500 hectares of nature reserves.
Waste management
The Region has three action plans that will together achieve a processing capacity of 6 million tons of waste per year. First, a domestic waste plan, which will increase biomass capacity to 40% and recycle 60%; second, a plan for processing hazardous waste which requires producers of the substances to help recycle or treat them; third, a plan for reducing the waste from health products by 30%.
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The Conseil Regional implements environmental and energy policies with plans, subsidies, information production and projects development. It is currently working with the government services to realize a "Schéma Régional Climat Air Energy (SRCAE)" (regional roadmap for climate, air pollution and energy). This document should be adopted and published by November 2012.
Most important economic sectors
Service sector (72% of the employment), trade and local shops (13%), and industry (10%).
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Assume a minimal surface $\Sigma$ has boundary on the unit sphere in the Euclidean space and $r$ is the distance from $\Sigma$ to the center of the ball. Is it true that $$\mathop{\rm area} \Sigma\ge \pi\cdot(1-r^2).$$
- If $r=0$, the statement follows directly from the monotonicity formula.
- If $\Sigma$ is topological disc the answer is YES, see answer of Oleg Eroshkin below.
- The general question is formulated as a conjecture in 1975 --- see comment of Ian Agol.
- There is an analog in all dimension and codimension for area minimizing surfaces, see Alexander, H.; Hoffman, D.; Osserman, R. Area estimates for submanifolds of Euclidean space. 1974.


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