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ZF-10254: jQuery does not show up if jQuery UI is disabled
This bug is kinda related to this issue: http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-9980
When you disable jQuery UI the basic library jQuery is also disabled. This is because in ZendX/JQuery/View/Helper/JQuery/Container.php the variable $_enabled is set to false. Reason that jQuery library appears when UI is enabled is in method uiEnable (in the same file), because there is a call to $this->enable().
Hi Sandi,
can you show us your implementation?
The Following code seems to work properly: ```
Everything does work as expected. (ZF1.11) You may want to upgrade to the newest version.
Hi [~renepardon]
[~sverde1] is if refered the ZendX_Application_Resource_Jquery.
Attached that have break BC. But no sense if not was enabled Jquery UI, the plugin resource not should have this behavior of enabled Jquery UI per default. Already that in ZendX_Jquery the Jquery UI is disabled per default.
I checked again in new version of ZF (1.11.0) and it still doesn't work. As Ramon Henrique Ornelas said I am talking about jQuery Resource.
I can confirm that this is not working in Version 1.11.1 too.
sorry, i commented on the wrong issue... please ignore my former comment
Fixed in trunk r23720 merged to branch release 1.11 r23721.

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Working in conjunction with a renovation project at Benito Juarez High School in Chicago, AEC firm Wight & Co. designed a feature that transports rainwater through a depressed, zero-depth interactive plaza via three separate conduits. One uses two downspouts that discharge at the base of an abutment supporting the school addition and flows through runnels to the plaza; a second features an overhead runnel that spills into the plaza from 16 feet overhead; and the third drains to a perforated pipe near the plaza to create a delayed effect in the water feature.
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Cermak Road is a five-lane truck route with no on-street parking and 10- to 15-foot-wide parkways. It divides the Pilsen neighborhood from an industrial district along the south branch of the Chicago River.
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ZF-3101: testRegenerateId(Zend_SessionTest) errors out when running AllTests suite
After running {{phpunit}} on the {{tests/AllTests}} suite from the trunk, I get the following test results on PHP 5.2.5 on Linux:
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Shark expert to speak at New Smyrna Beach High School
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9:12 p.m.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH — An internationally known shark expert will be a featured speaker at a Feb. 28 program at New Smyrna Beach High School that will focus on shark history, conservation and myths.
George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research and the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, will speak about shark conservation and natural history at the 7 p.m. program in the school auditorium, 1015 10th St. It's free and open to the public.
Burgess, the high school's Agriscience and Environmental Resources Academy and the Volusia County Beach Patrol are sponsoring the program.
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The Holy Spirit as Seal and Pledge
from Edmund Clowney Jun 29, 2016 Category: ArticlesThe figure of a roaring lion stretches across the little jasper seal. In ancient Hebrew letters it bears the inscription, "Belonging to Shema, servant of Jeroboam." Recovered from the biblical site of Megiddo, the stamp seal was once the property of an official of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, 785–743... Keep Reading
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Something Old, Something New
from Eric Watkins Jun 10, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineHow can confessional Reformed churches provide a safe haven for New Calvinists? A simple answer to this may fail to appreciate the diversity of each new Calvinist's spiritual pilgrimage, and thus runs the danger of not ministering particular grace to particular people in their particular situations. But that does not mean that there are not certain ideas (even general ones) that may be helpful for confessional pastors and churches to consider as they seek to minister to these weathered pilgrims seeking spiritual haven. Keep Reading
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from Keith Mathison Jun 09, 2010 Category: ArticlesThe description of the woman and the beast upon which she sits in 17:7–14 is one of the most difficult passages in the book of Revelation. As John marvels at the vision, an angel says, "I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her" (v. 7). The angel tells John that the beast he saw "was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction" (v. 8a). The angel then says to John, "This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction" (vv. 9–11). Keep Reading
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from R.C. Sproul Jun 07, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsSince September 11, 2001 our country has been involved in the War on Terrorism. Currently, nearly 1.5 million brave men and women serve our country both at home and abroad, through active duty in our nation's Armed Services. More than 200,000 are currently deployed overseas. While these men and women fight to maintain our countries freedom, many are also simultaneously fighting difficult spiritual battles of their own. Keep Reading
Fueling Reformation
from R.C. Sproul Jun 07, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineI'm always puzzled when I see church billboards announcing a coming revival. They give the times and the dates when the church will be engaged in revival. But I wonder, how can anybody possibly schedule a revival? True revivals are provoked by the sovereign work of God through the stirring of His Holy Spirit in the hearts of people. They happen when the Holy Spirit comes into the valley of dry bones (Ezek. 37) and exerts His power to bring new life, a revivification of the spiritual life of the people of God. Keep Reading
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Clara Salas, the cheerful voice at the other end of the Catholic Charities NY Information and Referral Help Line, spoke recently about her cloak-and-dagger childhood. It includes brushes with Castro's Cuba, clandestine intervention by the CIA and critical support from Catholic Charities.
Clara, at age 14, was spirited into the United States in 1961 as part of CIA project code name Operation Peter Pan. The operation flew more than 14,000 Cuban children into the U.S. after rumors spread that Fidel Castro's Communist government planned to kidnap Cuban sons and daughters from their parents and send them to Soviet military and labor camps.
Similar to many of her fellow "Peter Pan children," Clara received support from Catholic Charities after she arrived. It paid her tuition and room and board at Catholic high school academies and ensured that her needs were met until her parents finally escaped from Cuba five years later. Since then, Clara has rebuilt her life. A United States citizen since 1971, she was elected executive secretary for Community Board 4 in Queens, sits on the Elmhurst Hospital Community Advisory Board and plans to complete a doctorate degree in social work at Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work.
"Life takes strange turns," Clara said. "Now, at Catholic Charities, I get to give people the guidance and comfort I received when I was a child and first arrived here."
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Baseline Advanced Home Incentives: $75-$225/kW, $0.43-$1.29/kWh, $1.72-$5.14/Therm (15%-45% above code)
California ENERGY STAR Marketing Support: CAHP provides marketing material valued at up to 10% of baseline project incentive
On-site Photovoltaics: Additional $1,000 per single-family unit and $200 per multi-family unit for participating in California's New Solar Homes Partnership program at the tier II level
2013 Code Preparation Bonus: Additional $1,000 per single-family unit and $200 per multi-family unit that achieves at least 40% above 2008 T-24 code and includes HERS Duct Leakage, Verified Fan Watt Draw, Verified Cooling Coil Airflow, R-30 attic/roof insulation, and R-19 floor over unconditioned space
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) offers an incentive for home builders to build homes which exceed 2008 Title 24 standards by 15%. The program is open to all single-family and multi-family new construction projects. A performance based approach is designed to encourage builders to construct single-family and multi-family dwellings that use at least 15% less energy than Title 24 standards. The incentive payments are based on the final 2008 T-24 reports created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiners (CEPE) and verified by a third party HERS Rater. Incentives increase incrementally as the performance of the structure increases. Bonus incentives for weatherization and solar pv are also available for projects which exceed the basic program standards. For further details on these incentives and additional marketing support, please go to the California Advanced Homes web site.


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Ronnie White, baritone singer with the Miracles, is born in Detroit.
Warren "Pete" Moore, bass singer for the Miracles, is born in Detroit.
William "Smokey" Robinson and Bobby Rogers - lead singer and tenor voice for the Miracles, respectively – are born in the same Detroit hospital on the same day.
Marvin Tarplin, guitarist for the Miracles, is born in Detroit.
Vocalist Claudette Rogers Robinson, the only female in the Miracles, is born in Detroit.
Smokey Robinson forms the Five Chimes at Detroit's Northern High School. They will rename themselves the Matadors.
After the addition of Claudette Rogers, the Matadors change their name to the Miracles.
"Get a Job," the first single by the Miracles, is released as Smokey Robinson turns 18. The single, issued on the End label, fails to chart.
"Bad Girl," by the Miracles, enters Billboard's pop chart, where it will peak at #93. Released on Chess Records, it is the group's first single to make the national chart.
Smokey Robinson marries Claudette Rogers. The marriage will last 27 years and produce two children, Berry and Tamla.
"Shop Around," credited to "The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)," is released. It is the first hit for Berry Gordy's Tamla label, topping the R&B chart for eight weeks.
Hi We're the Miracles, the first album by the group, is released.
The first "Motortown Revue" tour, featuring the Miracles and other early Motown acts – including Mary Wells, the Marvelettes and Marv Johnson - opens in Boston.
"You've Really Got a Hold On Me," by the Miracles, enters R&B chart, where it will become their second Number One R&B hit.
"My Girl," written by Smokey Robinson and Ronnie White of the Miracles, becomes a #1 hit for the Temptations.
Going to a Go-Go, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, is released. It reaches #8 and yields four hits: "Ooo Baby Baby," "The Tracks of My Tears," "My Girl Has Gone," and "Going to A Go-Go."
With the release of "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage," the Miracles' records are henceforth credited to Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The single will peak at #20.
Greatest Hits, Vol.2, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, reaches #7. It will be the highest-charting album of the group's career.
"The Tears of a Clown," by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, reaches Number One for the first of two weeks on the pop chart and tops the R&B chart for three weeks.
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' concerts at Washington's Carter Barron Amphitheater are recorded for the album 1957-1972, which ends Robinson's association with the band. He is replaced by Billy Griffin.
Smokey Robinson's final single with the Miracles, "I Can't Stand to See You Cry," is released.
Renaissance, the Miracles' first album without Smokey Robinson, enters the album chart.
"Do It Baby," by the Miracles, enters the charts, where it will reach #4 R&B and #13 pop.
"Don't Cha Love It," by the Miracles, enters the charts, where it will become their second consecutive Top Five R&B hit.
"Love Machine," by the Miracles, reaches Number One on the pop chart and #5 on the album chart.
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h4. What?
If you follow this step of the documentation: Classloading performance. You have a problems with Zend_Application!
h4. Why? Because on line 74 and 290 Zend_Application use require_once - and thats what we are stripping out.
h4. Solution? Change the documentation to something like this (untested - but should work):
% cd path/to/ZendFramework/library % find . -name '*.php' -not -wholename '*/Loader/Autoloader.php' \ -not -wholename '*/Application.php' -print0 | \ xargs -0 sed --regexp-extended --in-place 's/(require_once)/\/\/ \1/g'
Seemed to fix the problem when I tried it. Thanks.
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Even as jobs become harder to find, too many job-seekers rely on a tunnel-vision strategy that makes use of only one or two job-search methods. That strategy may eventually land you a job, but it's likely you'll spend more time being frustrated than interviewed.
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A multipronged approach makes the best use of your time and energy. Check out these eight ways that people search for jobs.
1. Internet job boards
Mainstream Internet job boards such as Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com were once the go-to resource for job-seekers.
Although these job boards have been around for about 15 years, they are quickly running out of steam, in part because there are fewer jobs to post and overwhelmed employers often take jobs offline after receiving thousands of resumes in a single day.
Monster.com advertises on its Web site that it has over 70 million personalized accounts. So if you're not first in line once a company posts a job, it's likely that your resume may turn into digital vapor, says Todd Bermont, author of "10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search."
"Maybe 5 (percent) to 10 percent of all people get jobs through a job board," he says. "It's not to say it's a waste of time, but you don't want that to be your sole job-seeking activity of the day."
Bermont, whose job-hunting courses have been featured at the University of Chicago's Graham School and at Loyola University, says employers often look at the first 100 or so resumes while the rest fall by the wayside.
Job-seekers may be more productive using industry-specific job boards. Job-hunt.org is a good resource for finding these Web sites.
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"Before we get started with the class, now that we've been here awhile, I've been able to get our staff sorted out and I want to introduce them. Most of them joined me from Wyoming, first Don Trentham, who was the head coach at Montana State-Billings for nine years, joined us in Wyoming last fall for our best season ever. Jason Green has been with me the last four years at Wyoming, played for me and coached with me and did a great job for us at Wyoming. Nicole Rice joins us as a volunteer coach, played the last four years for me at Wyoming, was an all-conference performer there for the Cowgirls, and then our director of operations Natalie Dedin who was hired right about the same time as me.
General About The Class
"We've signed five student-athletes to NLI's, adding them to the Buff family today. We're very excited about that, excited for them to join us this summer."
On Jenna Glad
"Jenna Glad is a midfielder from Tucson, Arizona. Jason and I have a lot of ties to Arizona, we grew up there for the most part and have heard a lot of great things about her. She's an athletic central midfielder that we feel has a ton of upside and can compete in the Pac-12 from day one."
On Madison Krauser
"The second player is Madison Krauser out of Irvine, California. She plays for one of the top clubs in the country, and one of the top clubs in Southern California, the So Cal Blues. We feel we're going to make a lot of inroads recruiting in California now that we're in the Pac-12 and we're excited to attract a player of "Madi's" ability from a club like the So Cal Blues."
On Carly Manso
"Carly Manso is our third player that signed an NLI today. She's from the Eclipse Soccer Club outside of Chicago. She's a goal scorer; look for her to probably play wide in the attack. She has a great nose for the ball...a great motor and just a pure finisher. Four of these five players are attacking players and we feel they are all capable of making an impact in the Pac-12 and we look for Carly to step right into the attack and make a contribution as a freshman."
On Olivia Pappalardo
"Carly's teammate Olivia Pappalardo, from the same club team, I think the Buff nation is going to love to watch Olivia play. She's a very creative central midfielder. I won't compare her to a former Buff, but I think once you see her, you will see some of the qualities of some of the great players that Colorado has produced in the past. She's creative on the ball, she gets forward and we think she'll step right into the midfield from day one and have the opportunity to do special things for us."
On Heather Ward
"The final player that signed with us today is from the Colorado Rush, Heather Ward, out of Littleton, Colorado. Heather is a tall center back, played at the highest level for one of the top clubs in the country. We always look for Colorado players first and we are fortunate that Heather has decided to join us here at Colorado. Like the others we feel she has all the abilities and attributes to be a successful player in the Pac-12. We're excited to have her make the drive up from Littleton to Boulder."
On Putting The 2012 Class Together In A Short Time
"Recruiting for women's soccer is a little different than other sports. These players were all committed before we got the job, so we're very pleased that they honored the commitment and are coming. I think the university, Boulder the academics, the school really sold them, and the soccer program and obviously being in the Pac-12. We're pleased that they are still coming with us and we're excited to get them on board."
On Familiarity With New Players
"We're pretty familiar with them, they're all regional players that we've seen play and feel like they can have a real impact. So it was more of us kind of re-recruiting them and letting them know here at CU we wanted them as part of our soccer program."
On Recruiting
"The recruiting is so far out, so we got the job and we're on the road the next day and hit the ground running with the 2013 class and really '14 class and '15 class. I think we've made some good inroads in a short amount of time and feel very positive that it's going the right direction moving forward."
On Recruiting The Pac-12
"I think there is a different caliber of player you need to compete in the Pac-12. I'm biased of course, but the national champions (Stanford) came out of this conference. We feel it's the strongest conference in the country top to bottom, so we know we need to attract the best and we're recruiting the best and hopefully they'll join us here at Colorado."
On If Attack Was Biggest Area Of Need
"I think we need to improve everywhere. But if you look at some of the teams around the country, what separates some of the top teams from the other ones is they have special attacking players, attacking personalities. So that will always be a priority for us in recruiting, to bring in players that we feel can score against the top teams in our conference. These players have some of those attributes. We'll see how it shakes out, but as we go forward, it's not necessarily need, but we always need attacking players."
Looking Forward To The Fall
"I think come August 1st when we start preseason it will be wide open for everybody. New coach, new staff, fresh start for everyone. Obviously we're training players we've worked with this spring and through the summer, they'll work with the strength staff to get ready for the preseason. We feel that everyone coming in August 1st, it doesn't matter if you are a freshman or a senior, everyone is going to get the opportunity to prove themselves."


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- 1 package (14-1/2 ounces) whole graham crackers, crushed
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- Prepare grill or campfire for low heat, using 16-18 charcoal briquettes or large wood chips.
- Line a Dutch oven with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Combine cracker crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom of the pan. Pour milk over crust and sprinkle with chocolate and butterscotch chips. Top with marshmallows.
- Cover Dutch oven. When briquettes or wood chips are covered with white ash, place Dutch oven directly on top of six of them. Using long-handled tongs, place remaining briquettes on pan cover.
- Cook for 15 minutes or until chips are melted. To check for doneness, use the tongs to carefully lift the cover. Yield: 12 servings.
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"Made this for a girls youth activity at church and it was a huge hit. Everybody loved it and I had at least 5 of the leaders ask for the recipe. We will be making this a lot for our family campouts. We did add 1 c. more of marshmallows and did not use butterscotch chips instead, did 1 c. more of semi-sweet due to the reviews that it was too sweet."
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Agora Partnerships
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Full SubmissionOverview: Agora Partnerships At Agora Partnerships, we envision a future that harnesses the latent power of the world?s best early stage entrepreneurs to grow businesses that can fight humanity?s most intractable problems: Poverty, inequality and degradation to our ecosystem. Our mission is to create a dynamic, global community of impact investors, volunteers, supporters, and exceptional small business entrepreneurs united around one goal ? to accelerate the growth of small businesses in poor countries that have the most potential to create positive change for their communities and the world. We believe in human potential for good. We believe the world needs more innovation and more companies focused on people, profit, and planet. We believe that people with optimism and purpose are the world?s most important resource. We identify and support these people ? regardless of background or connections ? who represent society?s greatest chance of converting opportunity into economic and social progress. We help them at the most critical time when they need it most ? at the early stages of their careers when they are poised for growth. [UNDESA/DSD: Please download the original document to see this image] Our approach to development is different from traditional project-based, centrally planned approaches. We use technology, social and professional networks, and market signaling to connect entrepreneurs with the social, human, and financial capital they need to create a more sustainable world. ?Human Potential + Capital = Impact? is the equation that guides our work. We look at impact in terms of social value generation (jobs, products or services that make lives better, economic growth, power of role models) and environmental impact (low carbon footprint, taking into account future generations in business decisions.) Human potential means focusing our efforts on people with the vision, leadership and execution ability to make a positive difference in their communities. Capital is the fuel that unleashes potential. There are three important kinds of capital all entrepreneurs? need. First, growth capital from private Investment ? this is key and there is very little of it in the developing world for early-stage businesses. Second, social capital ?the relationships that support an individual or community, including the cultural norms and values that inform these relationships. Third, human capital ? the knowledge, skills and understanding leaders and teams use to make the day-to-day decisions that lead to success. When capital is brought to entrepreneurs who can use it to attack social problems it creates tremendous impact at very little cost to the public. At our core (and in our name) we recognize the most effective and efficient way to create long-term, scalable impact is through ?partnerships?. In our history, Agora has incorporated hundreds of partners in the field of entrepreneurship development, social entrepreneurship promotion, impact investing, and social and economic development. Agora is a proud founding member of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), whose 120+ membership body has been instrumental in shaping an agenda for Impact Investors and technical assistance providers of Small and Growing Businesses (Sibs). We have consulted and worked with other organizations at the cutting edge of thinking about entrepreneurship and development, including the Clinton Global Initiative; the Draper Richards Kaplan Network; Ashoka; the Aspen Global Leaders Network; the Yale World Fellows Program; the BMW Young Leaders network; the Latin American Angel Association network; and the Young Global Leaders network of the World Economic Forum. Literally thousands of organizations, entrepreneurs, students, investors, and policy makers have contributed to building Agora Partnerships? thinking, culture, and scope of work. For Rio we propose the Agora Accelerator Program. Agora Accelerator Program The Agora Accelerator is an intensive, 6-month program designed to give outstanding small businesses poised for expansion access to the social, human, and financial capital needed to accelerate their growth. It includes workshops, seminars, consulting, and mentoring in a variety of areas ranging from leadership development, to marketing, to investor pitch development, and culminates in an Impact Investor Conference giving participating entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch to impact investors. Agora?s Accelerator program builds on our work in ecosystem development and impact Investment. The program?s mission is to help small companies in extremely poor, risky, not particularly entrepreneurial environments ? the kinds of places that scare away traditional investors or would-be entrepreneurs ? but that desperately need more innovative businesses. We find the best, early stage impact entrepreneurs in Central America and Mexico and work to help them grow their business, attract growth capital, and maximize their positive impact on the world. The Accelerator Program is designed to execute with these specific strategies: 1) Enhance impact entrepreneurs? opportunities for growth success by a. Serving as a sustainable business leadership platform through coaching them on measuring social impact b. Customizing the program to meet their development needs c. Rigorously preparing them to meet investor expectations for due diligence 2) Build a self-sustaining community of impact entrepreneurs, mentors, partners, and impact investors by a. Actively recruiting and engaging community members in mentoring, knowledge-sharing, coaching, and networking b. Facilitating the development of long-term relationships between community members 3) Create a strong bridge between impact entrepreneurs and impact investors by a. Serving as a capital-raising platform for entrepreneurs and as a pipeline for investors b. Effectively matching entrepreneurs with investors c. Remaining engaged post-Investment through monitoring social impact and the Investment relationship 4) Through the Agora Venture Fund (AVF), the first early-stage impact Investment fund in Latin America and through our partnership with Thriive Capital, provide direct access to financing to the best Impact Entrepreneurs. Through these Capital initiatives, we are committed to growing the field of early stage impact investing and using our investor network to constantly improve the Accelerator Program. Agora Accelerator Companies and Impact Entrepreneur Examples [UNDESA/DSD: Please download the original document to see this image] Agora Entrepreneurs have the vision, leadership, and execution skills to lead fast-growing, competitive companies in some of the poorest regions of the Western Hemisphere. What makes them different from mom and pop businesses, or even regular high growth companies, is their commitment to impact. Agora Entrepreneurs run companies that solve social problems. Their hope is to create something much bigger than themselves ? something that can materially make people?s lives better. They are bringing light to those without electricity and sustainable housing to those whose homes have been destroyed, or developing organic pesticide solutions that hold the promise of revolutionizing the region?s agricultural sector and supply chains that preserve and enhance the region?s resources. They do these things because they?re the right things to do and because it?s also good business. We support them because they represent a more efficient method to combat the scourges of poverty, inequality, and climate change than any other method we have seen. Agora Entrepreneurs participate in the Accelerator program, measure IRIS-based social and/or environmental metrics, publicly report on them, and will be among the first entrepreneurs to be rated by the Global Impact Investing Reporting Standards (GIIRS). Companies in the Agora Accelerator generate social impact with a productivity and efficiency rarely seen in traditional development programs. That?s because Accelerator companies use the power of business to align market forces in ways that deliver impact ? helping customers buy products that help local communities, creating jobs and opportunities for people struggling to feed their families, delivering products and services ? like housing or solar power ? that dramatically improve people?s lives. One such company is CO2 Bambu. For marginalized populations living in Nicaragua?s most remote areas, living conditions are poor and stable housing is difficult to come by. To fill this void of adequate shelter, CO2 Bambu constructs sustainable housing using bamboo as the primary raw material. Maintaining bamboo farms as a means of capturing carbon is an integral part of their operations. In doing so, the organization creates a triple-bottom line model, creating economic, social and environmental good. In addition to addressing a greater portion of the base-of-thepyramid housing market in Latin America, CO2 Bambu are also demonstrating themselves to be a reliable partner in post-disaster reconstruction efforts, most specifically now by securing contracts in Haiti. What keeps Agora, and the Accelerator program going, are the powerful missiondriven entrepreneurs, such as Ben Sandzer-Bell, founder of CO2Bambu, that bring business and social good together to create positive change. Another example of such entrepreneurs are Manuel and Juan, founders of Quetsol, who are motivated by the implication access to power has in terms of safety, business productivity and education, for those who, until now, have lacked it. [UNDESA/DSD: Please download the original document to see this image] Quetsol is providing renewable energy solutions (primarily solar-based) to the poorest, most remote regions of Guatemala ? communities that would otherwise lack access to electricity. Through innovative products and the latest technology, Quetsol satisfies energy needs in a sustainable manner at a lower economic, environmental, and social cost. Quetsol aims to bring light to the massive number of Guatemalan homes still without and then expand into other Latin American countries, where market and distribution dynamics are fairly similar. At Agora Partnerships we believe that the single best way to fight poverty and inequality is to invest in such companies as the two introduced here ? companies with good business practices that are deliberately addressing social and environmental problems, and to support such entrepreneurs who have the vision, leadership, and execution skills to lead fast-growing, competitive companies in some of the poorest regions of the Western Hemisphere. By providing holistic and integrated support, including using technology and social networking, Agora works to promote Investment and education, and provide visibility and support to businesses that can drive sustainable development in their communities. Through programs such as the Accelerator, Agora is changing how people access opportunity in the world?s poorest countries and is accelerating the emergence of a strong community of successful impact entrepreneurs in Central America. Areas where governments could help move the needle There has been extensive research done around the world by such prestigious organizations such as the Kaufmann Foundation, ANDE, Technoserve, the Rockefeller Foundation, and others around the role governments can play to help promote a Culture of Entrepreneurship, and stimulate a dynamic entrepreneurial environment where financing and technical assistance are available. This is usually through a combination of public-private partnerships, business and industry group liaisons with public policy makers, and larger private sector groups, both foreign and domestic, that incorporate SGBs into their supply chains. Agora Partnerships has extensive networks of these organizations that have participated in this dialogue around the world and looks forward to making them an active part of this dialogue. We are prepared to propose a group of people whose involvement can shape a dialogue focused on concrete actions to be suggested to a group of policy-makers and governments. Some macro areas of support may include: Promoting a Culture of Entrepreneurship Small and growing businesses in developing countries are crucial for providing employment, building supply chains, and spurring local consumption. However, a variety of factors, including closed business and social networks, and limited resources, often make it difficult to impossible to launch new ventures in the communities that most need them. Problems of scale and risk have prevented the SGB sector from growing and created the ?missing middle? ? composed of small businesses that are too large for microfinance and too small for commercial bank loans. Agora Partnerships has worked tirelessly to understand the scale and risk problems, and has proposed concrete solutions like the Accelerator program, to attack these issues head-on. Much more work is needed, however, to scale these solutions to target markets across the SGB spectrum, as well as geographically. Governments need to understand that initiatives promoting the growth of start-up and early stage enterprises require more than just good policies at promoting exports, promoting macro-economic stability, or promoting foreign direct Investment. One key issue to accept is the fact that some of these policies themselves are inherently risky, and do not always meet success themselves; creating a tolerance and positive feedback loop where failure happens is a systemic change that needs to occur. Israel, Colombia, Uruguay, and Chile are fantastic examples where government led initiatives have been key in stimulating early-stage business development. In creating an environment where entrepreneurship can flourish, it is also important to celebrate entrepreneurial role models, particularly for women and under represented groups, and to create more support networks for entrepreneurs.1 An example of such a form of celebration is The Sustainable Business Leadership Prize ? LIDERES ? that was launched in Nicaragua by Agora and various key partners to inspire a new generation of local impact entrepreneurs and investors. LiderEs celebrates impact entrepreneurs who, through their businesses, create social or environmental value for their community. Winners receive capital, media exposure, and free strategy consulting to increase their impact. Similar initiatives to celebrate entrepreneurship could be developed all over the world and could greatly benefit from government support and involvement. Lastly, developing programs to teach children and adults of all ages about enterprise also plays a key role in fostering an entrepreneurial spirit.2 In Latin America, where the majority of the students attend public universities, policy-makers need to ensure that state-run universities are committed to a strategy to foster entrepreneurship.3 Other institutions including technical training institutes, private foundations, business chambers, and civil society organizations must also become engaged in activities that nurture entrepreneurship.4 There are various ways in which governments could help support the advancement of small and growing businesses. Initiatives might be most effective in focusing on helping generate, and provide access to capital for growth both in terms of financial, as well as human and social capital. Financial Capital One approach to addressing the existing lack of access to financial capital is the development of new early-stage sources of capital, and more alternatives to the traditional commercial banks, offering both loan finance and support.5 A successful example of one such government initiative is the K (Kreditanstaltf�rWiederaufbau), a German development bank with a long experience in financing SMEs in Germany. 80 percent of its capital is owned by the German national and regional governments. It is one of the biggest providers of capital to MFIs and runs two key initiatives that indirectly help bring affordable capital to SMEs in the developing world.6 Another important component of this area is ensuring that the fiscal system is both stable and predictable, and that it does not disadvantage small companies, but aims 1 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 2 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 3 Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 4 Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 5 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 6 White, Jonathan M., Glenn Yago, and Daniela Roveda. ?Transatlantic Innovations in Affordable Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Prospects for Market-Based Development Finance?. The German Marshall Fund of the United States. October 2007. to use tax incentives to encourage them instead.7 New businesses can have easier access to working capital through deferrals or exemptions from tax payments during the early years of operations.8 Tax incentives can also effective in encouraging venture capital to invest in new firms and to encourage the creation of networks of informal private investors9. The Inter-American Development Bank also identifies the following ?instruments that can be used to reduce the financing difficulties that entrepreneurs face when starting a new business: ? Reforms can be made in the capital markets to make it easier for venture capitalists to recover their investments. ? Systems to reduce the imbalances in the information available to investors are needed. ? The costs of bankruptcy can be reduced my means of guaranteed loans and restructuring opportunities for new businesses.?10 Human and Social Capital While restricted access to financial capital has been widely acknowledged as one of the major barriers to growth for SGBs, there is still another major challenge, which may be less obvious but just as problematic: access to talent. Finding great talent is an enormous challenge in poor countries where the workforce has not had the opportunity to get an advanced education. As an early-stage entrepreneur, assembling a team that will be able to help you accomplish your mission and drive your business can be a major constraint to growth. Even finding the right professional talent can be difficult ? lawyers, accountants, bankers, mentors, entrepreneur peers, (affordable) strategy consultants ? all of whom are key players in early stage entrepreneurship. This area of developing, and enabling access to human and social capital covers a wide range of potential government action, including the formal education system11, networks of advice centers designed to encourage the growth of small businesses12and the acquisition and development of talent to drive entrepreneurship. One part of the solution could be creating talent funds where governments would subsidize a third party to bring talent to an organization as capital for growth, as 7 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 8 Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 9 Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 10 Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 11 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 12 ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009 opposed to investing financial capital. This third party actor takes on a risk by bringing top talent to a company that could not afford such talent on their own. However, in this proposed scenario, if the talent performs, the talent investor realizes a payback based on the achievement of previously agreed upon performance milestones. Meanwhile, the company has the benefit of working with top talent at an early stage of the business, and thereby has more of a chance to grow to a point where they are able to attract the right talent without a third party actor. Labor laws also play a key role in the development of local talent and potential entrepreneurs. Laws should be designed to allow for efficient hiring and firing to enable optimization of talent acquisition, retention and development. They should also grant motivated individuals access to quality part-time employment and even volunteering opportunities to start developing their skill set at an early age and despite time constraints such as simultaneously pursuing an education, raising a family, etc Building the field of Impact Investing Agora Partnerships has been committed from day one to building the field of Impact Entrepreneurship promotion and Impact Investing as key parts of an economic and social development strategy. With our support of over 4000 SGBs and millions of dollars of capital attracted to the sector, we have a wide range of experiences to contribute. More importantly, we are blessed to have built the global partnerships to propose action-oriented policies, and help local partners execute those policies. Examples include the Agora Venture Fund (AVF); the Agora Accelerator Program; the founding of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE); and the ecosystem development undertaken with USAID and Technoserve in Nicaragua to help launch and grow new and early stage ventures with social impact. Programs such as AVF and Thriive have made significant contributions. AVF has made perhaps the smallest equity investments of any fund in Latin America ? as small as $25,000. Average annual sales for AVF companies at the time of Investment are less than $200.000 with an average entrepreneur salary of about $12,000. The AVF has made a total of 11 investments in companies ranging from foot clinics to vegetable processing to shoe manufacturing. Thriive is a unique and innovative program that makes interest-free loans to small businesses in the ?missing middle? ? too large for microfinance and too small for commercial bank loans. These loans are strictly allocated toward the purchase of machinery and equipment. Recipient businesses repay Thriive loans not in cash, but rather by donating in-kind products, services, and vocational training to the poor in their communities. The average loan disbursed is slightly less than $10,00, but the effect of the loan is enormous: on average, entrepreneurs hire 95% more employees after the loan is made. The Thriive program is overseen and funded by the Arthur B. Schultz Foundation, who enlists field partners to disburse and monitor the loans. The partnership with Agora was formed in 2010, and in the last 12 months, Agora disbursed funds to five companies, and is anticipating extending funds to 10-12 new small businesses in the near future. Recent Agora Accomplishments [UNDESA/DSD: Please download the original document to see this Graph] Accelerator Program Results The first Accelerator in 2010 saw 9 companies as participants with total sales of over $2.5M in 2010 (averaging at $276,000). While in 2010, their companies were totaling 250 employees; the projected number of total employees for 2013 is 600 or more. The entrepreneurs were seeking a total Investment of more than $4.2M. Within 48 hours of the first annual Accelerator Investor Conference, the Accelerator had helped catalyze over $3.5M in potential impact investments, and every investor who participated in the investor conference began performing due diligence on at least one of the companies presented. The inaugural class of the Accelerator was composed of companies from four Central American countries, with the majority being located in Nicaragua. While their background and industry focuses varied, their intentions to grow their bottom lines while having a social impact in their communities are consistent. Social metrics for the Accelerator 2010 captured salary increases, trees planted, KW/hrs produced with renewable energy, women and children impacted, low-income populations served, bank accounts opened, environmentally-friendly homes built, water saved and waste recycled. Enterprise Development: Strategy, Networks, and Capital ? Business Consulting, Coaching, and Advice: Over 60 businesses received indepth, professional consulting, including 30 ventures matched to 213 volunteer business consultants, and over 300 entrepreneurs received coaching and advice. Over 30% of all entrepreneurs receiving support are female. ? Business Creation: 8 new businesses launched after consulting. ? Access to Growth Capital: 18 Agora-supported companies received financing, 8 directly from AVF and 10 from third party sources. Agora has attracted over $700,000 in growth capital to small businesses in Nicaragua. ? Sustainable Business Growth: 83% of start-ups resulting from Agora?s process were still functioning one year after launch and 91% of firms that received consulting from Agora increased sales in the last year. 64% of firms saw their sales increase by over 20%. ? Job Creation: An estimated 500 full-time jobs have been directly created or sustained by Agora-supported businesses (52% women, 48% men). Overall, over 1,000 indirect jobs have been created or sustained by suppliers and distributors of Agora- supported companies. ? Wealth creation: 51% average increase in profits in firms receiving consulting from Agora and a 36% increase in average wages in Agora portfolio firms. Education: Creating a Culture of Entrepreneurship ? MBA Support: Over 200 MBA consultants have logged more than 10,000 consulting hours with Agora entrepreneurs. Additionally, Agora has hosted 18 summer associates and fellows in Nicaragua and 35 summer associates, interns, and volunteers in D.C. ? Seminars: Provided 53 entrepreneurship promotion and education events on topics such as corporate social responsibility, ?how to position your brand?, ?venture capital as an alternative source of finance?. Over 2,800 entrepreneurs have attended these events. ? Media Outreach: Developed Spanish language website and videos to educate entrepreneurs. Locally, Agora has promoted a culture of entrepreneurship through 70+ local, Spanish language media appearances and news articles. Internationally, Agora promoted entrepreneurship in Nicaragua through media coverage in publications such as Business Week and the Miami Herald. ? Business Competitions: Partnered with Citi Foundation, SNV, AVINA, TechnoServe and others to sponsor the LiderES business contest, the first prize for sustainable business leadership in Nicaragua. Agora has also been a key partner of Idea Tu Empresa, a TechnoServe-run business plan competition with over 400 participants in 5 years. Additionally, Agora staff members have served as judges and mentors in 8business plan competitions for small and growing businesses. Building the Field ? Partnerships: Globally, Agora has played a central role in advancing the burgeoning community of organizations committed to development through entrepreneurship: Agora is represented on the Executive Committee of the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE); and with its colleagues, has participated in and presented a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative. Agora is a proud partner of USAID, TechnoServe, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Draper Richards Foundation, and has collaborated extensively with the Argidius Foundation. ? Network Building: Agora has also worked to develop networks and support systems among entrepreneurs within Central America. With support from ANDE?s Capacity Development Fund, Agora helped design and execute the first annual ANDE Latin America Conference to build the movement for small and growing businesses. Co-founder Ricardo Ter�n is a fellow in the Central America Leadership Initiative (CALI), giving Agora very strong connections to business and non-profit leaders in the region. Agora has also collaborated with Link Angel Investor Network in Costa Rica and ?First Tuesday?s?, an entrepreneur network in El Salvador. Agora recently founded the Women?s Entrepreneur Experience Exchange, which is working to create a strong network of female entrepreneurs. Agora is also an active leader in Nicaraguan Young Entrepreneurs Association and Emprende Nicaragua, a network of universities, non-profits and government institutions promoting entrepreneurship in Nicaragua. Agora participated on the planning committee of the Pathways to Prosperity Women?s Entrepreneurship Conference, hosted by the US State Department in Washington, DC, and organized and moderated the ?access to finance? panel. With City?s support, Agora will also be able to collaborate with Centro Empresarial Pellas on entrepreneur initiatives that promote business development in Nicaragua and strengthen entrepreneurship locally, particularly in the Tourism sector. ? B-Lab Sponsorship: Agora is a founding B Corporation. B Lab created a comprehensive assessment tool to evaluate a firm?s social and environmental impact on each of its stakeholders. Agora teamed up with the Rockefeller Foundation to adapt B-Lab?s method to small firms in developing countries. Raising Awareness: Since its inception, Agora co-founder Ben Powell has been awarded the Dalberg I-Qube Award for innovation, impact, and inspiration in the development field; testified before the U.S. Congress on Poverty and Inequality in the Americas; and been profiled as an innovator in Milken Institute report ?Transatlantic Innovations in Affordable Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Prospects for Market-Based Development Finance;? Co-founder Ricardo Teran has been selected as a finalist for the John P. McNulty Prize, which awards young leaders making lasting change in their communities. Annex 1: Entrepreneur Spotlight: Examples of Successful Impact Entrepreneurs ? Agora Accelerator Program [UNDESA/DSD: Please download the original document to see this image] Annex II Works Cited Kantis, Hugo., Masahiko Ishida, and Masahiko Komori. ?Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia?. Inter-American Development Bank. March 2002 White, Jonathan M., Glenn Yago, and Daniela Roveda. ?Transatlantic Innovations in Affordable Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Prospects for Market-Based Development Finance?. The German Marshall Fund of the United States. October 2007. World Entrepreneurship Forum. ?Encouraging social and commercial entrepreneurship: What can governments do?. Proceedings of the second World Entrepreneurship Forum Lyon, November 2009


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ZF-7322: getCanonicalAccountName() in Zend_Ldap bind function ignores options array
In the bind() in the Zend_Ldap class the call
$username = $this->getCanonicalAccountName($username, Zend_Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_PRINCIPAL);
is hard coded for UPN and ignores what is set in the options array. We are unable to authenticate with MS Active Directory using this code. If I change the Zend_Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_PRINCIPAL to $_options['accountCanonicalForm'] and set 3 in the config file all is well. I'm not sure if the usage of Zend_Ldap::ACCTNAME_FORM_PRINCIPAL is intentional. I think the permitted options is setOptions should set a default value and then all calls to getCanonicalAccountName() can use what's in the $_options array.
I can patch and test the code and submit it that helps.
Assigning to Stefan.
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There are some examples of animations in TeX using TikZ on TeXample.net.
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Step one : Create the pentagon
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Step three : the final pdf with animate
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-Main purpose (XC, AM, etc): XC, getting into "trail"
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Q. Which of the following strategies creates a more heart-healthy lifestyle?
(a) Stop smoking
(b) Control blood pressure
(c) Control cholesterol
(d) All of the above
A.(d) All of the above. In addition, women can exercise daily to maintain a healthy weight (or lose weight if overweight) and improve their nutrition by eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, fish, legumes and protein low in saturated and trans fats.
Q. The most common type of osteoporotic fracture is:
(a) vertebrae and spine
(b) wrist or hand
(c) leg and foot
(d) forearm
A. (a) vertebrae and spine. Compression fractures of the vertebrae and spine are most common. Many of these fractures do not cause noticeable symptoms. However, women who have multiple spine fractures, or who have severe or recent fractures, may experience chronic back pain. Loss of height or curvature of the upper back (sometimes called a "dowager's hump") may result.
Q. Which of the following statements about menopause and cancer is true?
(a) Menopause increases risk of breast cancer only.
(b) Menopause increases risk for every type of cancer.
(c) Menopause is not associated with increased cancer risk.
(d) Menopause is associated with a decrease in cancer risk.
A. (c) Menopause is not associated with increased cancer risk. However, some cancer rates typically increase with age, so postmenopausal women should be informed about the most common cancers that may affect them (including cancer of the breast, uterus, cervix, ovaries, lungs, colon, and rectum). Also, some of the therapies used to treat menopausal symptoms are associated with an increased or a decreased risk for certain types of cancer.
Q. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in women around the time of menopause include which of the following? Select all that apply.
(a) Obesity
(b) Weight distributed around the abdomen and upper part of the body (or "apple-shaped")
(c) Personal history of gestational diabetes (increased blood sugar during pregnancy)
(d) Family history of diabetes
(e) All of the above
A. (e) All of the above. Women with any of these risk factors should be screened for diabetes around menopause. Women who have diabetes are strongly urged to work with their healthcare providers to manage the disease and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Diet, exercise, and weight control are especially important for any woman who is at high risk for diabetes or has the disease.
How did you do on the quiz? To learn more about health issues facing women in postmenopause, visit the Web site of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).


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Minot, N.D. – The Black Hills State University volleyball team defeated Minot State 3-0 on Friday night in Minot, N.D. to remain undefeated in conference play..
The Yellow Jackets won the first set 25-23. In the second set, Black Hills State found themselves down 16-23 before rallying to win 32-30. Black Hills State would finish off Minot State in the third set 25-16. The Yellow Jackets move to 8-12 overall and 3-0 in the Dakota Athletic Conference with the victory over the Beavers.
"The team played well tonight," said head coach Jennifer Weitzel. "The ladies are starting to see how successful they can be when they come together as a unit and control a match,"
Black Hills State will return to the court on Saturday for a matchup with Dickinson State in Dickinson, N.D. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m. MT.
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There are jack-o'-lanterns from last Halloween that are wearing their age better than Hugh Hefner.
They probably smell better, too.
I look at the age difference between America's Original Dirty Old Man and his young lovers and, like so many people, wish something would finally shrivel up and fall off him so he can't gross us out anymore. Of course, he's not the first old coot to invite a young thang into his basement to dust off his antiques. Old men seem to have an affinity for young women.
Not me. I confine my dating to women my own age. Maybe even a little older. This is not because Megan Fox's attorney tells me that Miss Fox finds fat, divorced 48-year-old men who get paid in Happy Meal coupons "creepy." Still, it's true I am not the sort of older man who normally attracts twentysomethings. To play the gray fox, you need enough money to attract gold diggers, or need to find a mentally disturbed woman with "daddy issues." And Lindsay Lohan is just not my type.
My type is actually a lot closer to my age and hair color. That's because I am what you might call an intellectual. I want to be with a woman I can actually talk to before and after sex. Sometimes during. However, harsh experience has taught me that talking too much about Doctor Who during intercourse can be a real buzzkill. I swear I thought she said she liked "nerdy talk."
I understand the lure of young women. Gravity is still their friend. Their bodies are not all puffy and wrinkly like, say, mine. But unless you only want sex with a woman who is going to make fun of your body later on in tweets to her friends, you need to find someone you can relate to on an emotional and intellectual level.
Not that I have anything against middle-aged bodies. I love women in their '50s. (You are listening, Katie Couric? Call me.)
But it's the mental connection that's most important. I need someone who will respond to my Jonny Quest references (and they are legion) with more than a blank stare. I have a hard enough time finding someone to relate to in my own demographic group.
A few weeks ago, I bought two tickets to a tribute to George Gershwin. I bought two tickets because, seriously, this is date bait. Who wouldn't want to go a tribute to George Gershwin? Everyone, it turns out. I wound up taking my 50-year-old sister, who went partly out of pity but mostly because of the chance to laugh at me.
We were the youngest people in the hall. "Good God!" said my sister (who once danced on stage with Lux Interior at a Cramps concert) as she surveyed the sea of white heads. "It's like being trapped in a $#@! Q-tip box."
She suggested I start cruising for chicks at the senior center.
Sigh. Maybe she's right. I do tend to have older tastes. Back in college, I couldn't understand why I couldn't find a girl between the ages of 18 and 22 interested in seeing James Whitmore perform his one-man show based on the life of Will Rogers. Women. Who can understand them?
My understanding has not improved with age. All I know is that my best shot at having a meaningful conversation with a woman is with one in her '40s or '50s—preferably with children. As a single father, I like single mothers. They understand conflicting priorities and the obligations of parenthood. They appreciate that you may have to cancel an engagement because you just paid $400 on your kid's braces, or that your next date might be dining at Applebee's instead of the local four-star restaurant.
Hey, coupons is coupons.
I rarely date anymore. I did the Match.com thing for a while after my divorce, frantically looking for a replacement part. I hated how online dating made meeting people about as romantic as Sunday brunch at Old Country Buffet. Don't like the chicken? Here, try the roast beef.
You don't have to commit to anything. Just keep nibbling.
I figure love should be a pothole you don't see coming. You go about your life, and if you stumble or fall in, so be it. I just hope I fall for someone my own age, because sex, really, is a minuscule portion of any romantic relationship. Most of a relationship is talking, sharing, relating—just being friends.
And for that, I need someone who at least remembers the Carter administration.
Tom Henderson is a freelance journalist and single father. He lives in Salem, Ore.
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