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Breaking up is hard to do, as John C. Lindsey knows only too well: When the financial advisor broke away to go independent in 2012, Edward Jones sued him for $5 million.
But Lindsey fought back. After spending thousands of dollars in legal costs and sustaining much emotional wear and tear, he emerged victorious: the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and an arbitration panel dismissed the case in July 2013.
Now, in a candid interview with ThinkAdvisor, Lindsey, 60, discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of his almost 16 years with Edward Jones in Simi Valley, Calif., and what he suffered when he left the fold.
A top producer and regional leader, he became a Jones partner in 1999 and was a general partner from 2001 to 2006. At the time he quit the firm, his was among its top 3% volume offices nationwide.
Now the CFP helms Lindsey & Lindsey Wealth Management in West Lake Village, Calif., partnering with Securities America branch office Cooper McManus, an RIA and office of supervisory jurisdiction (OSJ).
The feisty advisor's personal mission is to embolden and help guide other advisors who are eager to break away from wirehouses or large regionals but feel trapped.
Jones' suit charged Lindsey with violation of the California Trade Secrets Act, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition. In response, the million-dollar producer filed a counterclaim.
"Edward Jones had no objection to Mr. Lindsey's departure, and the arbitration was never about that," says John G. Boul, Edward Jones' global media relations manager, in an email. "The arbitration concerned the protection of client information, something we take very seriously."
He adds: "In the companion case filed in Ventura County Superior Court, the court ordered Mr. Lindsey to return all records taken from Edward Jones or any that contained information about Edward Jones' clients. Ordered to surrender the records, Lindsey denied having any."
ThinkAdvisor spoke with the Alabama-born advisor, a Navy fighter pilot's son, who, prior to turning his hobby of investing into a profession, found a decade of success as an apparel industry executive. Here are excerpts from our conversation:
Why are you taking the time to give guidance to advisors who want to break away?
I was victorious; very few are. I want to let people know that they can be, too, if they believe in their conviction that they did no wrong. There's no reason to feel trapped in your current employment. They're just renting you; they don't own you. You don't have to sit there and take whatever the corporation feeds you. But few advisors go the distance because they get scared.
The Broker Protocol agreement allows advisors to take client names and contact info with them when they exit a firm. Jones isn't a signatory. What impact does that have on advisors who leave?
They brutalize them through court activity, trying to restrict them with injunctions and driving up their legal fees. Jones is notorious for that. Then they try to get them to settle for about $30,000. And the advisor ends up signing a release saying they can't say anything further about Edward Jones forever and ever. They've done this repeatedly, you say?
Yes, they're very successful at interrupting the advisor's business, driving them to financial distress and preventing them from saying anything about them as they go forward. They've got, kind of, carte blanche with our legal system. And [Jones managing partner] Jim Weddle is on the FINRA Board of Governors. That's a pretty cozy relationship with a firm that has a reputation for going after financial advisors and having FINRA arbitrations.
Why did you decline the settlements Jones offered you?
They were suing me for $5 million. If they had gotten $5 million, I'd be selling suits at Nordstrom!
You had the foresight to hire an attorney before you left.
I knew that as a high-profile top advisor, a partner and a regional leader, there was a strong chance they would come after me because they wanted my head on a platter.
By speaking out, you could be tarnishing the Edward Jones image as a wonderful place to be employed. This year, Fortune magazine ranks the firm No. 4 on its "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, on which it's appeared — always in the top 10 at least — for 15 years now.
This is one of the things I want to try to make sure people understand: Behind the scenes, Jones is not necessarily that "wonderful place to work." They have this pristine image they've generated over time with great public relations effort. But behind the curtain, they're not nice people. They have very much a "Kool-Aid culture." If you drink the Kool-Aid, you can get along just fine. But if you resist drinking the Kool-Aid, then it's very much like John Grisham's "The Firm": you're excommunicated.
That's surprising!
I'm not just picking on Jones. I'm talking about anybody who's with a wirehouse and wants to leave. I happen to have been with Edward Jones; but I could have been with Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley or UBS or any number of firms — and it would have been the same story.
What support are you providing to advisors who contact you?
I'm available. I'm getting calls from all over the country from people who have an interest in moving. They may ultimately have an interest in Securities America or Cooper McManus. A lot of the calls have been from Edward Jones advisors interested in breaking away.
But the suit cost you money and caused a great deal of stress. For those reasons, maybe advisors are afraid to break away.
They have to weigh that. If they're willing to sell out to the corporate situation, then they deserve what they get. I'm trying to encourage people to have the courage to stand and deliver.
From what you've said, it's odd that you wanted to stay with Jones for 16 years. You must have liked working there at some point!
Most of the time I did. But they had become quite a bit different in how they treated their financial advisors. Over time, they were geared more toward taking care of the management within the partnership. How is that manifested?
They give partnerships away so that advisors will come in from the field and live in St. Louis; otherwise, very few want to go there. That leaves little or no partnerships to give to the field — [that is,] the advisors doing the work. Ninety-four percent of all partnerships are held by the home office general partners, and this has become more prevalent during the last 10 years. What some Jones executives are making, I've heard, is obscene.
Any other changes that you observed?
They had become a "corpocracy," a corporate bureaucracy. I thought I was getting something completely different, and in the early years, I did. I was one of 2,300 advisors when I signed on; and I was very, very successful. Toward the end, I became one of 14,500 advisors. But that was fine. I pretty much could get anything done I needed to get done.
So why did you leave?
I would have stayed. I was fat, dumb and happy. I was 59 years old. How many people change jobs significantly at that age? I was doing exceptionally well. But the first thing that happened was that after I became a registered Kingdom Advisor [ministry of Christian advisors using biblical principles to invest if clients prefer] about 10 years after I joined Jones, they wouldn't allow me to hang up my certificate.
Later on, was there a straw that broke the camel's back?
Yes. The issue was my succession plan. I wanted my daughter Christina [Lindsey Orta], Series 7 licensed and a CFP, to come on board and be part of my business for 10 or 12 years and then take it over. But Jones said, "We can't have more than one person in an office." Actually, they have about 200 two-FA offices that were grandfathered in from years ago. They told me they didn't want any more of those. But in some cases, they've made exceptions. It depends on who likes you. Jones is pretty discriminatory about that stuff.
What did they propose as a succession plan?
They didn't have one, though I understand they do now — I was a catalyst for that change. They said the only way I could bring Christina in was if I retired in three years — and they would give only half my business to her. The other half of my clients would be given to somebody they had never laid eyes on. I didn't think that was fair: I built my $170 million-plus office from scratch. There were zero assets when I started — no one in my market knew who Edward Jones was.
What happened about the succession plan?
It became a major issue for two years. Jones kept saying, "We're working on it; it's going to work out." But I got fed up, did two years' due diligence and got offers from five different firms, including two in the $3 million-plus category from wirehouses. But I chose the firm that gave me the most freedom and the most encouragement to do what's right for the client. Securities America's offer was the lowest one — because that's not what they do. But I was given the most freedom. Christina has been on board with me since January. How much notice did you give Jones?
In this industry, you can't give two weeks' notice. If you do, firms will freeze your U-4 [Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer]. So you can't hang it up, and you're suspended from doing business for 30 days while the charges are investigated. In that amount of time, they would have kept all [my] clients.
When did you hand in your resignation letter, then?
The morning of the day I left and moved my license, Friday, March 30, 2012. By that afternoon, Jones had put a team in my office calling my clients and telling them: "John left very abruptly." They tried to cast aspersions on my character and really scared some clients.
How many clients did you leave?
I intentionally left a good deal — clients that you hate having to talk to when they call. You've got to not invite them to come along with you. I left only about 10 clients that I wanted. I went from 500 households down to 160 but kept 70% of the assets. I was at $170 million AUM; now I have about $130 million AUM.
Tell me about the court proceedings.
We had to withstand Jones' bullying with lots of legal maneuvers and trying to drive up my legal fees, which they were successful in doing. That whole process is an abuse of the American legal system, and they do it because they can. But in the arbitration, we caught them in a lie.
What did they claim?
They told the court I had stolen and used client mailing labels. First they said it was 500 pages of names. But the arbitration panel got them to admit it really was 500 names. They said we had taken the labels with us and used them to solicit our client base. We did not. We used them to send out an approved letter on Jones letterhead in early February telling clients that if they needed to contact me during tax season, here's my cell phone number.
On what did Jones base their contention that you stole the labels?
They thought that because I was so successful at bringing people over, I had taken their mailing list. They swore up and down that I had taken it and used it on my own letterhead at my new firm. But I purchased a list from an outside company that went to 17,000 homes over $400,000. It went to three zip codes and caught just about all my existing clients. People responded to me through an [enclosed] card. This was separate from the tax mailing I did. Jones knew I had printed out labels because their database told them. But those were for the tax letter, not to solicit clients.
How did you prove that?
My brother-in-law's girlfriend eventually found the tax letter we had sent in her files, and we brought it to court. This was at 5:00 on the afternoon before the last day of arbitration. It was a Perry Mason moment! [Jones' counsel] turned as white as a ghost.
Any chance that the firm will appeal?
No. Once it's adjudicated, it's adjudicated.
What's been the most challenging about being on your own?
In the beginning, it was Edward Jones. Now it's about finding time to learn as much as I can about alternative investments that are appropriate for the client but were never available to me at Jones. They have a very limited number of investments they pay to be on their platform. That's what very few clients know.
But isn't that pretty much standard?
Not necessarily. In some cases, it's called "revenue sharing." In other cases, it's called "let's make a deal," which to large degree, is the way many of the vendor relationships have been maintained at Edward Jones.
Any regrets about leaving?
No, it's by far the best move I've ever made except for marrying my wife.
By inviting advisors to speak with you about breaking away, isn't it hard to get past the trauma?
It's an emotional issue. But with many blessings, come many responsibilities. We were blessed enough to prevail. If I don't do this, who will? I've got big, broad shoulders in my convictions. It's up to me to let other people know that they can do it too: they don't have to be bullied by someone who abuses the legal system. One day Jones will end up in very, very hot water in a class-action suit. And I will feel triumphant and vindicated.
Do you know if Jones is doing much advisor recruiting nowadays?
Their new philosophy is to recruit from wirehouses. They didn't used to because they wouldn't pay signing bonuses or underwrite first year's earnings. Now I understand they're giving those bonuses. So they've gone and sued people like me for taking their book but now are encouraging wirehouse advisors to take their books and come to them. That's talking out of both sides of their mouth.
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I live in Arlington and commute to DC on Metro daily. So does my roommate.
I pay every cent of my Metro costs out of my pocket. No pretax discount, and my employer doesn't chip in a dime. My roommate, on the other hand, is a federal worker and doesn't have to pay a single cent of his own money for his daily commute on Metro.
Our levels of frustration with Metro are quite different as a result.
My question is whether or not Metro would be better if it couldn't count on 40 percent of its riders being heavily subsidized. Shouldn't Metro have to compete for all riders rather than just counting on a large chunk of riders saying "I know it sucks, but at least it's free." (Yes, I know Metro is not completely free for all federal workers.)
Another reason to question the subsidy is that it allows Metro to raise fares with very little grumbling from a huge portion of the ridership. I just don't think that's a fair system.
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We are looking for a new logo for Centum. The current logo can be viewed on Centum's homepage under the following domain: http://www.centum.no
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Review Bush, once a noble British brand, is now a house brand for Argos. Whether that explains the DVB680's low-quality feel, I can't say, but this box certainly seems cheaply made.
It's a metal box with holes punched in the rear for the sockets, and a plastic panel clipped to the front. The front panel sports a very bright red LED display that's looks like a part designed for an alarm clock. And the DVB680 is the only box here with no USB port.
The remote is even more shocking. The numbers aren't arranged in the usual phone keypad style, with four per row instead, and the navigation keys have the OK button below them, instead of in the middle. It'll be confusing to anyone who's used a TV in the last decade.
While the box certainly works, its on-screen interface is nothing to write home about, and for anything more than now/next on the current channel, you have to dive into the full EPG, which needs an extra button press to see any programme details.
Really, the sole redeeming feature is the ability to transcode to Dolby Digital.
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The past 50 years have seen an incredible amount of growth and innovation in the mountain resort world. here, sam attempts to identify the 50 events, people, and inventions that shaped our industry.
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#1 and #2: In 1962, one very significant meeting gave birth to two of the defining moments in our history: The creation of Ski Area Management magazine (SAM) and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA). Forty-one ski area operators gathered in Colorado Springs, Colo., to solidify the industry. NSAA's first executive director, David Rowan, also had the foresight to create an independent magazine alongside the new organization toprovide the industry a balanced view of the issues. Many of the defining moments that follow are due to the creation of these two important entities.
#3: One of the main goals in the creation of the NSAA was to address rising insurance costs. In the early 1960s, an insurance program designed specifically for ski areas was created and administered by Lukens, Savage & Washburn. As well, lift inspection began to be formalized.
#4: Vail is born: The first ski-area-as-resort-village is built from the ground up.
#5: In 1963, the first tracked cats came on the scene. Tucker, Oliver, Polaris and Thiokol led the charge.
#6: In 1964, Lange is credited for introducing the first plastic ski boots. In the early 1970s, the Hanson Bros. took it a step further with rear-entry boots.
#7: Through the late 1950s and 1960s, Interstates 89, 91 and 93 made travel in New England easy. In California, I-80 was opened in 1965. And in 1973, the Eisenhower tunnel opened in Colorado.
#8: In 1963, Boyne Mountain, Mich., installed the first quad—a Heron. Also in 1963, SAM reported that triple chairs were making teir debut—Boyne Highlands installed two Riblets.
#9: In 1964, NSAA, under Ann Hasper Rowan, introduced the first uniform trail-marking system. The first stab (shown here) underwent later changes, as we have all seen.
#10: During the mid 1960s, night skiing took off. The first recorded use of lights on the slopes, however, goes to Bousquet, Mass., in 1935.
defining skier responsibility
#11: Under Perry Williams, a Skier's Courtesy Code was created by the NSAA Legal Committee for debut in 1966. The code aimed to shift more responsibility onto the skier.
#12: SIA created National Ski Week—the firt national campaign to get people to the slopes.
#13: All throughout the 1960s, snowmaking grew by leaps and bounds. Larchmont and Ratnik were two of the major pioneers. Quickly, resorts realized that snowmaking was not a luxury, but a necessity.
#14: GLM: In the Fall 1966 issue of SAM, we reported that "A teaching experience by Ski Magazine leads Killington to adopt the new 'Graduated Length Method.'" Killington's Karl Pfeiffer is credited with the concept that shorter is better when it comes to learning to ski, an idea that would take decades to truly take hold.
#15: The fan gun is born. Snow Machines International (SMI) founder Bill Gilbert began manufacturing and selling fan guns, based on patents held by Alden Hanson (inventor of Flo boot fit material and the Hanson rear-entry boot) and Lamont Labs of Columbia University.
the Environment as a concern
#16: In 1970, there were two major events that brought environmental awareness to the fore: The Vermont Environmental Control bill, or the Ecology Act, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA.
#17: Herman K. Dupre at Seven Springs Resort, Pa., created the low-e tower gun, which he continued to fund and develop. This new concept of lowering energy use in snowmaking was a welcome one.
#18: The revolution in ticketing begins. Ticketron first started advertising in SAM with a comprehensive ticketing and data management system. Then along came flexible ticketing, bar codes, magnetic stripes and RFID technologies—all designed to capture data and offer guests many more options. SkiData and Comptrol also led the charge in the following years.
#19: In the face of growing confusion on the state level about who oversees lift safety, the industry proactively created ANSI B77 in order to formalize lift safety and inspections.
#20: Freestyle skiing hit the slopes raising major liability questions for ski areas. Man-made features, inverted aerials and more, were questioned and, ultimately, banned at most resorts...until snowboarding burst on the scene 20 years later.
#21: The great oil crisis of 1973-74 prompted a hugh challenge for skier visits and forced resorts to improvise and come together. New Hampshire goernor Sherman Adams was integral in helping ski areas get rid of the Sunday gas sales ban.
#22: Ralston-Purina buys Keystone Resort, and later Araphaoe Basin, in Colorado, marking one of the first corporate entities to get into the ski business.
grooming makes a difference
#23: Throughout the 1960s and the early 1970s, grooming was mostly accomplished with tools like the Bradley Packer (pictured here). In 1975, PistenBully and Thiokol both came out with the tiller, which changed the grooming game forever.
#24: The first Alpine Slide is installed at Bromley, Vt., changing the way ski areas did business in the summer. In addition to the Alpine Slide, Spirit Mountain, Minn., installed the Red Rumbler.
#25: Bill Gilbert of Catamount Ski Area, Mass., installs the first Mountain Coaster.
#26: In 1977, Jake Burton built his first snowboard, based on the popular Snurfer. Tom Sims followed soon thereafter in 1978. The two companies, from their humble beginnings, would go on to shape the snowboarding—and mountain resort—industry.
#27: Sunday versus Stratton: This landmark case changed the legal scene drastically by shifting some of the "assumed risk" back on resorts. Fearing the end of the inherent risk doctrine in the sport of skiing, the ski industry sought a legislative response; now most states with skiing have statutes on the books.
#28: While it was not the first time the U.S. hosted the Winter Olympics, the Games in Lake Placid marked the first time the Winter Olympics gained wide spectatorship on TV in North America. Both Vancouver and Salt Lake City enjoyed worldwide audiences reaching in the billions.
stretch pants and shaped skis
#29: The rise and fall of stretch pants in skiing. We have placed this in the 1980s, but stretch pants date back to the 1930s and lasted for decades before the baggy look started to take over in the 1990s. Will they be back?
#30: Breckridge Ski Resort in Colorado installs the first high-speed detachable lift. Though, some say the first detachable was installed at Snow Summit, Calif., in 1953.
#31: Larry Hutchinson of Spirit Mountain, Minn., introduces the first discounted season pass. Bogus Basin, Ida., popularized the pass years later.
#32: With real estate starting to become an important part of a resort's revenue, Phil Gravink at Loon, N.H., was one of the first to introduce the quarter-share concept to make real estate more affordable and to ensure that beds stay warm year-round.
#33: In 1986, Olin brought 150 pairs of shaped skis to the SIA trade show. It wasn't until 1993 that the first shaped skis hit retail shops. Like the larger racquet in tennis, shaped skis forever changed how our customers could slide.
#34: The creation of the USIA (United Ski Industries Association) between SIA and NSAA and its demise three years later. The ill-fated attempt at consolidating the equipment and the resort sides of the industry left both a little worse for the wear, but not for long. A new NSAA was born and Michael Berry appointed president.
#35: The first conveyor lift was installed at Kinderhut in Breckenridge. The manufacturer was Magic Carpet. The conveyor lift has since delivered millions of beginners (and tubers) up the hill without the spills and thrills of surface lifts.
36: ASTM rental and retail shop practices standards. In 1971, NSAA came out with the Rental Shop Guidelines to address liability concerns. The Guidelines were put together by Carl Ettlinger Gordon Lipe and John Outwater. In 1987-88, the ASTM adopted the guidelines as standards, and improved upon them after much research. The overall results were a significant reduction in lower leg injuries and an estimated $1.6 billion in medical savings.
#37: The rise of terrain parks and halfpipes. Arguably, Doug Waugh's Pipe Dragon kicked off the freestyle terrain movement. By making halfpipes possible, and rideable, the Pipe Dragon allowed halfpipe competitions to take off, spawning an entire field of freestyle events. Furthering the advancement of terrain parks were Cutter's Cup and Cutter's Camp. Cutter's Cup (2002), created by Snowboarder Magazine, highlighted the talent behind park building. It spawned SAM Magazine's Cutter's Camp (2003), which offers hands-on training for park builders and designers.
#38: The era of conglomerates. While multiple area ownership was nothing new, the 1990s saw huge growth, and publicity, in the rise (and fall) of the resort conglomerates. Vail Resorts, Intrawest, American Skiing Company, Booth Creek, Fibreboard, Powdr Corp, Boyne USA, Aspen, and RCR were the major players. During this time, areas were traded like so many baseball cards, and a few ventured into the Big Leagues by going public. As the dust settled in the 2000s, a few were left standing—some stronger, some weaker.
#39: Amesbury Tubing Park opens in Massachusetts, demonstrating that tubing was no longer an afterthought, but a true contributor to the bottom line.
#40: The first Winter X Games are held at Snow Summit, California. ESPN's wildly popular X Games brought skiing and snowboarding to the forefront of action sports.
Who Owns What?
#41: Peak Resorts becomes a part of a REIT, a trend that would take hold through the 2000s, when CNL Lifestyle Properties burst on the scene in 2003. These two REITS alone own over 35 ski areas and resort villages as of 2012.
#42: The deaths of Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy, just one week apart, initiated a huge trend toward helmets. In just 15 years, over 60% of sliders now wear helmets.
#43: In 2000, the Midwest Rental and Accessories Buying Group was born to allow smaller areas a bigger voice when it came to the design and purchase of rental equipment. This group became SARA-BP in 2007 when it invited other regional associations and their members to partner with them in the Ski Area Rentals and Accessories Buying Program.
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#44: Mountain operations take to the air. In 2002, Park City, Utah, installed a zipline and its success was immediate. Over the next 10 years, ski areas have not only installed ziplines, but they've upped the ante with aerial ropes courses and more.
#45: In 2002, NSAA debuted its Model for Growth, acknowledging that the industry's customers are aging and the need to attract newcomers to the sport and, more importantly, keep them, is paramount.
#46: In 2007, Jiminy Peak, Mass., installed a wind turbine. While not the first area to address the environment in a substantial way, we use this moment as a symbolic move toward renewable energy by the industry. It is duly noted that Aspen Skiing Company has long set the bar when it comes to environmental stewardship.
#47: In 2009, Learn a Snowsports Month was launched. It was created by the state associations, and Ski Utah's Raelene Davis in particular. Buy-in for the program continues to grow on an industry and state level.
#48: Sidecountry and backcountry become buzzwords. This back-to-nature trend is nothing new—skiing was invented as a way to get around the backcountry by prehistoric Nordic folks, after all. But as guests seek the thrills beyond the gates, ski areas have had to deliver, opening up new questions and problems by being portals to the "outside."
#49: In 2004, Facebook was launched and the world of marketing changed forever. Social media has altered the way we talk to guests and sell our products. It's anybody's guess as to where this will all lead...
#50: SAM goes retro to remind us all about how much—and how very little—can change in 50 years!


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An increased intake in protein is a common thread in many diets. If you're working out regularly or often enough, your body starts to crave and require more protein to function and perform. For carnivores, meat is the easiest vessel to consume protein. But for vegetarians, vegans or non meat lovers, protein packed foods may include tofu, beans and nuts. Protein shakes are a great way to get your dose of protein especially on the go. Another convenient protein option to refuel throughout the day, is a homemade truffle I infuse with Art of Tea's Matcha Grade A. Loaded with protein from nuts, almond butter and protein powder, these tea truffles also give you the healthy energy organically emitted from the caffeine in the tea. Additionally, you reap the natural health benefits of matcha like antioxidant properties. Read more about green tea's health benefits here.
Enjoy this short and easy recipe for tasty protein packed tea truffles! This recipe makes 12 but varies based on the size of your truffles.
You Will Need:
· 1 scoop Chocolate protein powder (I used Iso-100 whey protein in gourmet chocolate)
· 1 cup Almond butter
· 1 cup Almonds, crushed
· 1/4 tsp. plus more for a topping is optional Art of Tea's
Matcha Grade A
· Cocoa powder, unsweetened
· Cinnamon
· 1.5 tsp. Agave/honey (optional)
· 2 Mixing bowls
· Mixing spoon
· Melon baller
· Freezer safe container lined with parchment paper
First, in a large bowl, thoroughly mix the almond butter, almonds, protein powder, 1/4 teaspoon of matcha and agave. Mix until the color is evenly a dark chocolate hue. Keep in mind that a little matcha goes a long way, so trust your taste buds. Prep the second bowl by dusting it with a gracious amount of grounded cinnamon and cocoa powder mixed together. Use the melon baller to create equally portioned spheres. Dust your hands with cocoa powder to help you ball the combined ingredients. Place each sphere in a container lined with parchment paper, so the balls do not stick to the bottom. Finally, sprinkle a little matcha and a dash of cinnamon on each truffle as a finishing touch. Cover the container and pop into the freezer for two to four hours. Remove and enjoy these protein packed truffles before and after a workout.
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Wildstar Leveling Guide: An Infographic
In case anyone needed this – it has the zones that each faction should be questing in by level and also which dungeons and adventures can be discovered in those zones. Really helpful!
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Thrill ride: Henderson steps right up
Tell me, how are you feeling about winter? Are you pining for days of flip-flops and shorts? Yes? Then put down this paper–- no, wait, after you've read the next few paragraphs–- and head to Ruffin Gallery to soak up the virtual summer of Aaron Henderson's video installation, "Midway."
A visiting UVA art faculty member, Henderson spent last summer visiting fairs in Indiana and South Carolina to explore people's behaviors on carnival rides. He mounted video cameras in strategic places on the rides themselves, so he could record intentional and unintentional gestures and expressions as riders dipped, flipped, and whirled.
This fascinating footage forms the core of Henderson's "Midway," which not only reveals the myriad ways people act and interact on rides, including performing impromptu group choreography (throw your hands in the air like you just don't care!) but also creates a "you are there" experience for gallery-goers. He has transformed Ruffin into a black-box theater, where he offers three separate "rides" with soundtracks composed by music prof Ted Coffey.
In one corner, "Gravitron" slides across two large screens in a four-minute loop. Although the piece suggests a wide-angle shot of the ride as it rotates, the video is, in fact, a series of vertical vignettes, each focused on a three-passenger set of blue vinyl seats that rise and fall. Henderson has stitched these separate scenes together in surprisingly poetic ways, as Coffey's soundtrack provides futuristic buzzes and chirps
Nearby "Feuerball" invites the viewer to stand in the middle of four video screens attached to a claw suspended from the ceiling, which echoes the physical structure of the actual carnival ride. Shots of purple-harnessed passengers flash by, their legs dangling and kicking, as the ride dips to the ground and swings toward the sky, creating a background like an abstract painting.
Henderson's piece de resistance, though, is "Pharoah's Fury," a life-size video of a multi-passenger gondola that appears to swing like a pendulum from one side of the gallery to the other, creating the illusion that it's passing beneath the concrete floor. With each rise and fall, the riders change. Sometimes the boat is full and rowdy; other times it's nearly empty. Full of whoops and screams, Coffey's ambient soundtrack adds to the thrill.
Each of Henderson's exhilarating pieces offer delicious, small revelations-a girl clinging to her father, a teenager relentlessly texting, a rider in a skeleton costume-that combine to make "Midway" big art fun!
Aaron Henderson's video installation, "Midway," is on view through February 19 at UVA's Ruffin Gallery in Ruffin Hall, 179 Culbreth Road. Henderson will discuss his work in a public lecture on February 17 in Campbell Hall, Room 160. 924 6123.


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GYPSUM, CO — An architecture firm made every inch count at the $12.2 million, 57,000-square-foot Gypsum Recreation Center (GRC) in the mountain town of Gypsum, CO. While other Colorado community centers depend on tourist traffic and income, the town of Gypsum opted to build a smaller center that was appropriately sized just for the community of 7,000 full-time residents, says Craig Bouck, architect for Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture.
"They ended up with a small center, but it has all the features of a large center," he says. "Because they could only build a limited amount, every space had to be multipurpose."
For example, the basketball court is divided into two distinct spaces — half is devoted to gymnastics, and the other half features a synthetic court suitable for indoor sports such as roller hockey, basketball, volleyball or soccer. The pool can also be transformed from an active area with a lap swimming lane, aerobics space, water slide and lazy river to a more calming aquatic experience for kids and seniors.
The town, which is located about two-and-a-half hours from Denver in the Eagle Valley, wanted to place as much emphasis on community building as on wellness and fitness, so the firm designed the core of the center as a large living room with a coffee bar, lounge, fireplace and climbing wall.
"The idea is that from this living room, you can see everything that's going on inside the center," Bouck says. "You can see people and be seen or sit in a quiet area."
After six years of planning, the center opened to the public last month.
"They sold an overwhelming amount of memberships on opening day, and it's been a big success," Bouck says.


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NCAA championship game, 1982
With 15 seconds left and the North Carolina Tar Heels trailing Georgetown by a point in the NCAA title game, North Carolina guard Jimmy Black floated a pass to a pencil-thin freshman named Michael Jordan near the baseline. Despite the pressure of the situation and the screams of the capacity crowd at the Louisiana Superdome Jordan calmly nailed a 16-footer to give Carolina the lead. On the ensuing possession, Georgetown's Fred Brown accidentally passed the ball to North Carolina forward James Worthy. The slip-up sealed it for North Carolina and gave Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith his first national title. "I didn't see it go in," Jordan said of his winning shot. "I didn't look at the ball at all. I just prayed." Rejoice, basketball fans. A hoops God is born.


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At least two people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been left without power across the Southeastern U.S. as Hurricane Michael weakens to a tropical storm over Georgia authorities said Thursday.
Gov. Rick Scott said an aggressive search-and-rescue operation was currently underway in the areas damaged by the Category 4 storm Thursday after entire neighborhoods were left decimated by the hurricane force winds and flooding.
The Gadsden County Sheriff's Office said a man in Greensboro, Florida was killed Wednesday after a tree crashed down on his home there. An 11-year-old girl in Georgia was also killed Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell onto her home in southwest Georgia WMAT-TV reported. Authorities say they expect the death toll to rise as local officials and residents assess the damage from the storm.
Much of the coast of the Florida Panhandle, including Panama City, FL and Mexico Beach where the hurricane made landfall, has been left in ruins. Two hospitals in Panama City were damaged by the storm More than 800,000 customers are currently without power in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, according to utilities in those states. Some counties in Florida, including Franklin and Leon, completely lost power.
Gov. Scott asked residents to stay home, while crews were out on the roads clearing debris and working to restore power to neighborhoods.
While Michael may have weakened, it isn't done with the Southeast just yet. The National Hurricane Center said tropical storm force winds and the threat of flooding and tornados would continue over Georgia and the storm-weary Carolinas today. Officials say heavy rainfall from Michael could produce life-threatening flash flooding over some parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia.
A tropical storm warning remains in effect for parts of the southeast U.S. coast from Georgia to North Carolina.


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Texas A&M kicks off its first official SEC football game — its first game of the season, actually — tomorrow when the Aggies host Florida, and A&M is apparently going all out make an awesome first impression.
Including buffing up its record books.
A&M has already (unofficially) trolled Florida by placing a billboard in Gainesville boasting the best academics and cleanest program (LULZ!!!1!) in the SEC. It was only a matter of time before the Aggies began posturing themselves by adding national and conference titles their resume.
Courtesy of RantSports.com, here are two pictures from outside Kyle Field. The first is reportedly from 2011. Note the single claimed national championship (1939).
Now take a look at the second photo, apparently from this year. National champoinships from 1919 and 1927 have been added, as well as two Big 12 conference championships in 1997 and 2010.
It should be noted the 2011 Big 12 media guide does include three national championships for Aggie football because the College Station Rotary Club did vote on a champion those years, dammit!
The real head scratchers are the conference titles. In 1997, A&M made it to the Big 12 title game before getting slaughtered by Nebraska by a score of 54-15. In 2010, the Aggies finished tied for the Big 12 south title, but did not represent the division in the Big 12 championship game.
By my math — and by no means should you use this as a source — that equates to [/carries the five] roughly zero conference championships in '97 and '10. More or less.
It's useless to attempt to try to understand why the championships were added to the exterior of Kyle Field because a lot of schools claim ownership to things that may or may not have ever existed (Roll Tide, y'all!), but it seems with each passing week that A&M's move to the SEC was the most appropriate of all the realignment shuffling.


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For those of us who get a warm glow when the record books are rewritten even slightly there's been a few moments of statty ecstacy so far in the series. A few I've noticed:
- In two tests no runs have been scored from #8
- Andrew Strauss has scored the lowest total in each England innings
- Five England batsmen have scored double tons in Oz ever and three are playing in this series (Tip Foster and Wally Hammond both unavailable for selection at time of posting)
- Xavier Doherty (who casual followers might assume is nicknamed "The Much Maligned") has taken more wickets than the combined efforts of Johnson, Hilfenhaus and Bollinger.
- Adelaide was the first live Ashes test (i.e. when the destination of the urn was in doubt) England have won in Oz since 86/87
- England's 620/5 dec in the 2nd test is their second highest total down under. In Sydney in 1928 the touring MCC took an extra 120.1 overs to score 16 more runs...
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Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + cooling Bake: 55 min. + chilling
Makes12-14 servings
- 1-1/2 cups crushed pretzels
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 5 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup peanut butter chips
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup finely chopped unsalted peanuts
- In a small bowl, combine pretzels and butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 10-in. springform pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add peanut butter and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs; beat on low just until combined. Stir in chips. Pour over the crust. Return pan to baking sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until center is almost set. Remove from the oven; let stand for 15 minutes (leave oven on).
- For topping, in a small bowl, combine the sour cream, peanut butter and sugar; spread over filling. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake 5 minutes longer.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 539 calories, 32g fat (14g saturated fat), 86mg cholesterol, 366mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (41g sugars, 3g fiber), 12g protein.
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Sep 28, 2017
I have not yet made it but I want to. I'm hoping for an answer here. I have a 7" springform pan. How do I cut the recipe? In half? or 3/4th? I hope someone can answer really quick.
May 6, 2017
Perfect for Sunday dinner desert with family and friends.
Mar 30, 2017
I made this for my Grandson, it's his favorite at a local restaurant. He told me it's better than the restaurant's. I made graham a cracker crust, used all choc. chips & eliminated the topping. Definitely a " Keeper" for us.
Dec 24, 2015
I used 1c sugar and an extra egg and Graham cracker crumbs for the bottom. I skipped the topping too. It was the best cheesecake ever!
Aug 25, 2015
Everyone loved it. My husband said the flavors were captivating. Ground the pretzels very fine in the food processor and the crust did not fall apart. Also wrapped my pan in foil and baked in a water bath. Make sure water stays below the top of the foil so it won't leak into the springform pan.
Jul 21, 2015
I can't believe this won a blue ribbon. This recipe was very disappointing. I took this to a large get together and they just did not like it and neither did I. I won't try it again. I gave the recipe to a girlfriend; she tried it and her family didn't care for it. She ended up tossing it. Sad but true. The pretzel crust is the best part of the recipe!!!
Nov 17, 2014
Wow. Not one person liked it. I never eat sweets but I had to taste it to understand. I think it is the sour cream on the topping, my opinion. Aside from that, probably coulda been edible.
Oct 31, 2014
FANTASTIC!!!I don't even like flavored cheesecakes but loved this one. Everyone that tried it said it was the most fantastic thing they ever had- that it's their new favorite. I made crust with 1/2 pretzel crumbs, 1/2 graham cracker crumbs but otherwise followed it exactly. I used 1/2 regular cream cheese and 1/2 low fat cream cheese along with low fat sour cream for the topping. I usually make cheese cake with all low fat cream cheese and it's great so I'm sure that would work fine in this recipe too.The recipe calls for crushed pretzels but I'd recommend just tossing them in food processor...takes 30 seconds and creates a fine enough crumb that crust holds together great. I think if the pretzel chunks were bigger it wouldn't hold together.The recipe can actually be simpler than the instructions indicate....springform pan not necessary if you don't have one. And no need to push the crust up the sides of the pan. I used a regular round cake pan with the higher sides (maybe 4"??) and it was fine and put crust only on the bottom. Much quicker than bothering with pushing crust on sides of pan if you're in a hurry. I thought the first piece would be a mess to get out of the pan and it wasn't. I cut it and was able to lift out the first piece and it was perfectly neat. Also- freezes great. I cut remaining cake into slices and wrapped in parchment & ziploc. Can eat frozen or defrost and it's just as delicious as the day I made it.Recipe says it serves 12-14 but this is a BIG CAKE because it's so thick. You can easily serve more than 12-14 if you need to. Everyone said it was very rich so small pieces are sufficient.
Oct 28, 2014
I made this with a graham cracker crust that included just a small amount of crushed pretzels. Couldn't take chances (after reading through previous reviews) because I was taking it to share at an event. Anyway, it tastes great, but the consistency of all but the outer edges was more moist and clammy and heavy than a cheesecake often is. Seemed underbaked to me, though I baked it for the time indicated and the center definitely appeared more than "almost set."
Jul 5, 2014
My first homemade cheesecake ever...Made this for the 4th of July cookout and it was an extreme hit! I did substitute half of the pretzels with graham crackers after reading the reviews. I'm glad I did, and next time I'll probably use only a graham cracker crust. Other than that, it was absolutely wonderful! thick and hearty! People came from the other side of the campground to get a sliver after word got around. Perfect!


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DECATUR, Ill. - A rare golden eagle found in a central Illinois field with a broken wing has been undergoing rehabilitation at the Illinois Raptor Center.
The 8-pound bird, now named Midas, was found north of Sadorus in Champaign County Oct. 25. He has been at the center in Decatur since Dec. 6.
Finding the bird was a rare event, said Jacques Nuzzo, program director at the Illinois Raptor Center.
"A lot of people misidentify immature bald eagles as golden eagles," Nuzzo said. "The chance of it being a golden eagle was next to nothing."
Midas is the center's first golden eagle, and caring for him has had some challenges, Nuzzo said. Golden eagles are larger and stronger than the more common bald eagles. They eat a lot of food and instead of diving for prey, they slam into them. Midas' diet in Decatur has included quail, rats and venison.
"Golden eagles are extremely powerful birds," Nuzzo said. But he said if Midas were left injured in the wild "and he couldn't fly, he would probably be dead."
The bird's left wing was fractured, said Nicki Rosenhagen, a clinic manager at the University of Illinois.
"We kept the bird in a small enclosure to minimize activity," Rosenhagen said. "Birds heal quickly."
Nuzzo said he is rehabbing the bird's wing by putting food on a perch and forcing Midas to fly to it. Nuzzo plans to prepare the bird for release to the wild through controlled flying operations.
"We'll fly him on a line, to fly between two people for food on each end," Nuzzo said. "We are making him aware we're here to help. He wasn't trusting with people when he first came in. It's nice to be part of the healing process."
Golden eagles are more common in the western United States. About 50 golden eagles spend the winter in northwestern Illinois near Galena, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"Nobody messes with a golden eagle," said Bob Russell, wildlife biologist for the federal agency. "They are better fliers than bald eagles. They're magnificent birds. They can soar effortlessly with just a little updraft. They circle slowly, big, wide circles a couple of hundred feet across."


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The new iPad's temperature can hit 116 degrees during use, a leading consumer advocacy group reported.
Consumer Reports wrote that the new iPad can reach 116 degrees while running games. The group used a thermal imaging camera on several tests and recorded the temperature on both the front and back of the new iPad while it ran Infinity Blade II. The temperature reached its highest, 116 degrees, when it was plugged in. When it was unplugged the temperature was 113 degrees. (The room temperature was 72 degrees.) But the hottest areas were concentrated on a corner on the back of the new iPad.
The new iPad is as much as 13 degrees hotter than the iPad 2. However, Consumer Reports did mention that the new iPad did not feel "especially uncomfortable if held for a brief period."
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More disturbing was that Consumer Reports noticed the new iPad wasn't charging while the game was running even though it was plugged in. Instead, it continued to drain. The charger worked normally only if the iPad wasn't running a game.
Others have speculated that the heat comes from Apple more than doubling the number of LED lights to improve brightness and almost doubling the size of the new iPad's battery, according to CNET.
"So, not only do the LEDs need two and a half times more power but the battery is going to run warmer," Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate Technologies, told CNET.
In order to make a more powerful display, Apple also created a big power drain. While it's arguable if this is worth returning the new iPad, it shows there are consequences for wanting more power and functionality in a small package.


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Hi Can anyone please help i recently lost my mum who was called Clarissa she always told me there was a rose called Clarissa , i have managed to find the…
Roses are adaptable and they can be planted in beds in a range of situations, however, they will usually prefer an open, sunny site with fertile, moist but well drained soil. The miniatures and smaller types will mix well with shrubs. Climbers can be used on fences, for covering unsightly sheds or old trees. To improve health, flower quality and shape of bush, prune in the dormant season or preferably in spring before young shoots develop from dormant growth buds: remove dead, damaged and dying wood. You should try to avoid planting them in an area where roses have been grown in recent years as problems may occur due to disease; either change the soil or choose another site. To obtain blooms of high quality, feed them in late winter or early spring with a balanced fertilizer and apply a mulch. In the spring-summer feed at 3 weekly intervals. Rain may damage the flowers of some roses, causing the petals to form 'balls'.
By budding in summer or by hardwood cuttings in autumn. Hybrids are often propagated by grafting.
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All roses will be prone to attack by various pests and diseases, i.e. aphids, blackspot, powdery mildew, die-back, canker, crown-gall, honey-fungus, soil-sickness, viruses, downey mildew, rust and sawfly.


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Six countries from around the world called for water to be put on the climate agenda during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The countries highlighted that climate change stands to have a significant impact on water resources, and stressed further discussions on this issue need to be addressed within the climate framework. The call, which was put forward by both Ecuador and Sudan, was supported by Syria, Chile, El Salvador and Sierra Leone. The six countries proposed that water should be put on the agenda for the next meeting of the body which provides scientific and technical advice to the climate convention, SBSTA.
"It will be significant to see water resources taken up in the SBSTA agenda, it is a first step in creating better ways of addressing water issues under the UNFCCC", said Mark Smith, Head of the IUCN Water Programme.
"Ecuador felt that water should be addressed more prominently at the climate change negotiations", said the representative of Ecuador, Undersecretary Tarsicio Granizo. "Climate change impacts will primarily be felt through water, and the way we manage our water will be critical to our resilience. This issue has long been neglected at the intergovernmental level and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss it at greater length in the future".
The representative of Ecuador also noted that his country has recognised that water is a human right.
"Sudan understands the challenges facing countries through the impacts of climate change on water resources", said Lumumba Di-Aping who represents Sudan. "Yet so far we have not addressed this issue adequately through the climate change negotiations. Getting water on the agenda will help us to identify these challenges and propose solutions".
The proposal was much welcomed by the Water and Climate Coalition, an alliance of twelve international organisations and research centres, led by the Stakeholder Forum and SIWI, which works to raise the profile of water issues in the context of the climate negotiations. IUCN is a member of the Water and Climate Coalition.
"Water has previously been more or less absent from the discussions at the climate negotiations", says Hannah Stoddart of the Water and Climate Coalition and the Stakeholder Forum. "The fact that several countries formally addressed this issue today is a big breakthrough".
In the run up to COP-16, the Water and Climate Coalition has been proposing the establishment of a work programme on water under the Convention, which would develop policy guidelines, provide advice to the climate change funds and promote action on water related issues at a country level.
Karin Lexen of the Water and Climate Coalition and the Stockholm International Water Institute explains why this is important: "Climate change will have a drastic impact on the world's water resources. An increased global temperature will lead to changes in the water cycle that will affect people's livelihoods and development opportunities. Millions more people will face water scarcity, and will have to deal with water hazards including floods, droughts and glacier-melt".
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WH: No comment on Obama's sign language interpreter
The White House is declining to comment on reports in South Africa that the man who provided alleged sign interpretation of President Obama's tribute to Nelson Mandela on Tuesday is a fake.
"He's a complete fraud," Cara Loening, director of Sign Language Education and Development in Cape Town told the AFP wire service.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest referred questions to the South African government.
It would be "a shame" if this incident became "a distraction" from the many tributes to Mandela, including the one from Obama, Earnest said.
"This was an historic event," Earnest said.
Loening added: "He wasn't even doing anything, There was not one sign there. Nothing. He was literally flapping his arms around."
At times he looked like he was "trying to swat a few flies away from his face and his head," Loening said.
"The deaf community in South Africa are completely outraged and nobody knows who he is," she said. "We can't find a name or anything. The organizations who have accredited interpreters do not know him at all."
AFP provided photographic evidence against the interpreter, who at one point appeared to be straightening his tie.
Yet there he was standing next to the president of the United States.
The incident is sure to raise questions about security at the Mandela event.


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I got a new wide angle lens. Its a 20-35mm f/2.8 L series lens used for $560. I never really wanted to buy an L lens but it was the only one that fit the specs i wanted and it is pretty damn nice. my 35mm f/2.0 prime lens is next to it for comparison. I don't know how i feel about the new lens yet because its so heavy, longer and bigger and for pros which i am not. maybe ill return it i dont know. and i am seriously battling with myself over wether i should buy the Canon 5D mark II camera that is $1,800 used and 100x better than mine. My reasoning is there is no other time in my life i will need it more because i am living abroad and travelling and it has HD video, full frame, and superior low light sensitivity. but its for semi-pros/pros/people who need super HD video and is $1,800. it tortures me nightly.
I got this Nikon Coolpix S5100 pocket camera new for $120 because my other pocket cam is super unacceptable. this one is 12MP with HD video and no options and like 3 buttons. it feels like a fischer price camera. the pic quality is not that great but thats what you get for a $120 camera and all pocket cams suck anyway.
this is the DVD that the old guys at the museum of emerging technology gave us. I have no idea what it's about.
here is a screen shot from about 2 minutes in of a guy hugging a try and thanking it several times.
I made Maikur steal this from Mos burger. its a rubber coaster. i made her steal it because she is white and doesn't have a visa in order to get kicked out of the country.
Fumiko got me this little old school post office piggy bank that i wanted but they arent for sale. She said she doesnt want to talk about how she got it but she got it somehow.
This mikan au lait drink was pretty good. mikans are like tangerines.
is there only 1 other apartment of people living in our building now? they are moving out next door and here is some of their stuff shot from my window.
more moving out
Tried this kujira (whale) restaurant next to the 109 shibuya building. here is whale sashimi. was interesting and not so bad.
Here is whale steak, it was pretty good cuz it was seasoned well. I would eat this again if it were lying around and all politics and morals were aside.
awesome ukiyo-e whale art
a shot from our last house party before this place gets destroyed. there were maybe 14-15 people jammed into this little apartment.
one day we checked and the rooftop was magically unlocked. i love rooftops and miss our rooftop in harlem and 52nd street.
Last House Party
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Open Source E-Commerce Shopping Carts
The moment you decide to run an online store selling your favorite stuff, you are immediately thrown with dozens of questions and obstacles. For starters, you'll need to decide between clean inventory/excess stock, then comes the resource for products. Ultimately, when it comes to open an e-commerce site, the biggest decision is – Which platform should I use?
The software you've decided upon will be the foundation of your entire e-commerce site and will not likely be changed in the future, therefore it's utmost important that you know all of the best one before you choose and regret later. In this post, we want to bring to your attention some of the best (free) open-source shopping carts available on the Internet. Do check them out, test of the demo, play around with it to know if the functionality suits your business before deciding on one.
Best of the pack
OsCommerce (PHP/MySQL) Demo:- http://demo.oscommerce.com/
OsCommerce Online Merchant is an open source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved.
Zen Cart (PHP/MySQL)
Demo:- http://www.opensourcecms.com/demo/1/96/Zen+Cart
Admin Panel:- http://www.opensourcecms.com/demo/2/96/Zen+Cart
Zen Cart truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.
PrestaShop (PHP/MySQL)
Demo:- http://demo-store.prestashop.com/en/
Admin:- http://www.prestashop.com/demo/demo/index.php
- Username firstname.lastname@example.com
- Password prestashop_demo
PrestaShop is a professional e-Commerce shopping cart software that you can download and use for free. Having a very powerful back-end, store admins can manage the inventory, orders, customers & payments easily. System never limits you as it supports unlimited categories, sub-categories & image pictures.
CubeCart (PHP/MySQL)
CubeCart is written to run on servers that have PHP & MySQL support. With CubeCart you can quickly setup a powerful online store which can be used to sell digital or tangible products to new and existing customers all over the world.
Magento Commerce (PHP/MySQL)
Magento is a feature-rich eCommerce platform built on open-source technology that provides online merchants with unprecedented flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of their eCommerce store. Magento's intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Magento also comes with a much more powerful Enterprise version.
Digistore (PHP/MySQL)
Digistore Ecommerce 4.0 is a fully featured open source ecommerce solution based on the popular osCommerce engine. Boasting improvements both to the administration and the end user experience – Digistore has quickly become a popular choice for people wishing to market products online.
Opencart (PHP/MySQL)
A robust e-commerce solution for Internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in e-commerce at a minimal cost. OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface.
Spree Commerce (Ruby on Rails/MySQL)
Spree capitalizes on the dynamic nature of the Ruby progamming language to provide the most flexible commerce platform available. Spree has been designed from the ground up to be as open and extensible as possible. You no longer have to be frustrated with the limited set of choices provided by most platforms.
CREloaded (PHP/MySQL)
CRE Loaded is much more than your average shopping cart. It's the industry's first downloadable e-commerce system that makes your store fully compliant with all Payment Card Industry (PCI) security rules. Organize, manage and ship your products from your online store. Accept credit card transactions safely.
Zeuscart (PHP/MySQL)
The Zeuscart shopping cart is based on PHP application and it is used as scripting language which facilitates developer in making dynamically driven websites. It is very facile to learn and understand. To be precise, application of PHP is most popular because of its functionality which can be changed as per ones requirements.
Agoracart (Perl/MySQL)
Offers a very wide range of features that allow you to setup an online storefront or shop ranging from a simple template based store for novices to the integration of complex web design concepts created by your web designer.
Afcommerce (PHP/MySQL)
AFCommerce is a full and complete online store with both a store front and administration area directly Out-Of-The-Box, which can be easily installed, configured, and maintained over a web-based interface. AFCommerce now includes our Ecommerce Website Building Software, AFBuilder, included completely Free.
RapidShop (PHP/without MySQL)
Very fast and easy to use, without MySQL (and can without PHP), direct from MS Excel. For 1000-2000 item of products. RapidShop is integrated with PayPal, EGold and any payment system. You can link your shopping cart to any credit card merchant account or payment gateway. Search Engine Optimized.
Designers & Photographers's Favorite
These following shopping carts are light, simple and utmost useful for those who wish to sell stock photos, video and print graphics online.
Cmsaccount Photo Store Script (PHP/MySQL)
Photo store software for selling your photos, images, artwork, audio, videos, vector illustrations and prints online.
Ktools Photostore (PHP/MySQL)
PhotoStore allows you to setup a complete photo selling website on your server or hosting space in just minutes. Perfect for professional photographers looking to sell their images or prints to their customers online.
Xpoze (PHP/MySQL)
Complete and easy to use solution for selling images and other media files such as videos, vectors or 3D graphics. As everyone tends for something unique Xpoze have worked had to provide you with the best flexibility to customize the look and the features you want to use without much fuss and programming knowledge.
Shopping Carts: Joomla
VirtueMart (PHP/MySQL)
The complete e-Commerce shopping cart solution for Joomla! – used by thousands of store owners. It can be run in Store- and Catalog-Mode. With its powerful Administration Tool you can handle an unlimited Number of Categories, Products, Orders, Discounts, Shopper Groups and Customers. VirtueMart works for both />Joomla and />Mambo.
RokQuickCart (PHP/MySQL)
RokQuickCart is a simple shopping cart for Joomla. It takes a simple, yet elegant, shopping cart script and integrates directly into Joomla. It allows you to showcase products, inclusive of images, descriptions and additional options, and purchase these items, with support for shipping and tax calculation.
Seber Cart (PHP/MySQL)
Small, fast and easy to use shopping cart for Joomla.
SimpleCaddy (PHP/MySQL)
Integrate a simple shopping cart into your content. No need to set up a complete system like VirtueMart if you are only selling a few items or you don't want to setup a complete shop.
Shopping Carts: WordPress
ShopperPress (PHP/MySQL)
ShopperPress is a fully featured shopping cart plugin for wordpress, suitable for selling any types of products, services, and digital downloads online. ShopperPress has built in support for multiple payment gateways allowing you to accept product payments online.
Fat Free Cart (PHP/MySQL)
With FatFreeCart Plugin you do not have to generate or paste any code in CSS or HTML of WordPress theme. The plugin is designed to work within your WordPress post editor.
WordPress e-Commerce (PHP/MySQL)
WordPress e-Commerce is a WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin that is truly an industrial strength elegant easy to use and fully featured shopping cart solution suitable for selling your products, services, and or fees online.
Premium Shopping Carts Worth Knowing
Last but not least, we throw in some shooping cart that comes with a price tag. For those who have budgets for their online business, these following shopping carts are worth knowing too.
CS-Cart (PHP/MySQL)
CS-Cart is an "out of the box" ecommerce software solution with easy-to-use functionality that allows to start selling online immediately. Its feature set fits into businesses of any size, from a small single-product shop to a fully-featured online storefront. Designed for ease of use along with flexibility, CS-Cart is equipped with the latest ecommerce innovations (like one-page checkout, AJAX-based web interface, block manager and others) built into a highly configurable and modifiable sales and promotion engine.
Fortune3′s Shopping Cart software is a completely customizable and professional shopping cart, that includes thousands of features and tools to make managing your online store easy and fast. Their powerful Windows software, the Fortune3 Wizard, stands out from the rest, it includes a built-in HTML WYSIWYG editor and a superb Product Management interface that cannot be compared to any web-based ecommerce software. You can download a 30 day trial of the full version of Fortune3, and build your ecommerce site for free for 30 days.
Bosscart (PHP/MySQL)
Boss Cart is an eCommerce shopping basket application, specifically developed to meet the needs of small to medium sized retailers. Boss Cart has been created using the latest technology and runs on Windows, Linux and all other Web platforms. Boss Cart has been tested with over 20,000 items to ensure maximum speed and efficiency.
Avactis (PHP/MySQL)
Avactis shopping cart is a software package that allows you to open an online store on the Internet. It comprises two parts – a client side and an administrator side. The client side is your website as seen by visitors. The Avactis's client side allows the visitors to your site to browse products in the online store, select products and put them into the shopping cart, as in a conventional supermarket, and then pay for the selected products using a credit card or other payment options.
Lite Commerce (PHP/MySQL)
LiteCommerce is a lightweight high-tech ecommerce solution devoted to make an internet store launching process as easy as surfing the Web. LiteCommerce is more than just a shopping cart. It is a multipurpose ecommerce store platform. Numerous built-in features will make your online store and your business successful: inventory management, credit card processing, SEO tools, special offers, discount coupons and others.
X-cart (PHP/MySQL)
X-Cart shopping cart software is based on PHP Smarty templates, this makes it very flexible and easy to modify. The data is stored in MySQL database. X-Cart is a turnkey package. Installation is handled by web-based step-by-step wizard to make the system running immediately after receiving it. X-Cart is search engine friendly. A merchant can specify meta tags and define custom URLs for product and category pages that results in higher search engine rankings.
Instantestore (Hosting not required)
InstanteStore provides a variety of SEO, marketing, and promotional tools that you can make use of to bring in traffic and customers. These features will help you reach your potential customer market and get them buying at your store.
Interspire (PHP/MySQL)
From complete SEO optimization to single page checkout, track-able coupon codes and business intelligence reports – no other shopping cart software increases your online sales like Interspire Shopping Cart. Guaranteed, or your money back. We offer both a PHP-based shopping cart and also a hosted, fully-managed ecommerce solution called BigCommerce.
Sunshop (PHP/MySQL)
SunShop shopping cart is search engine friendly shopping cart system. A complete ecommerce solution packed with and extensive feature list. SunShop offers all of the standard features you would find in any off the shelf shopping cart software plus much more. What makes SunShop shopping cart stand above the rest is the ease of use.
Squirrel Cart (PHP/MySQL)
Squirrelcart PHP Shopping Cart software is a fully customizable, robust php shopping cart, designed with the advanced developer and web novice in mind. If you are a web novice, you will appreciate its ease of use, and the fact that Squirrelcart will generate the HTML for all of your store's pages based on the built in templates provided. If you have a strong knowledge of HTML, you will appreciate the ability to make Squirrelcart look and work the way YOU want it to.
Shopfactory (PHP/MySQL)
ShopFactory 8 all-in-one shopping cart software allows anyone to quickly create and manage their own professional Internet shop — despite being one of the most powerful and feature rich eCommerce solutions on the market. Now you can update your own website and products to sell securely online without professional help.
3dcart (Hosting not required)
Shopping Carts from 3dCart are complete e-commerce storefront solutions for your new or existing web site. Easily build, edit, and maintain your online shop, and collect orders without any programming or HTML knowledge!
Viart (PHP/MySQL)
The Viart range of software provides the tools you need to make full use of the Internet in your business. Now anyone can set up a secure online store without the need for any programming knowledge. The Viart suite of products is designed by Viart in-house team of e-commerce software developers. Together team has over thirty years of experience in this arena.
Pinnacle Cart (PHP/MySQL)
Pinnacle Cart is an extremely powerful php shopping cart and website builder application. Designed from marketing perspective, this eCommerce application is feature-packed, robust, scalable and easy to use. Pinnacle Cart is the clear choice for serious merchants focused on rapidly and cost effectively deploying, managing and growing a successful web-based business.
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