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Kroon For Your Kai – Every Wednesday at The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant
- Mara and Melody
Ah, The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant! How I love thee. Let's be honest, where else in town is going to hand you a water bottle and a blanket on a cold winters night? Where else has a complimentary sausage sizzle going at night time? And where else is really providing as many opportunities for people to see live music for free several times a week?
What I really love about The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant is the opportunities it gives to young, emerging musicians, because NEWSFLASH PEOPLE!!! when you're starting out as a solo act or band in Wellington, finding a place that will let you play is considerably harder than it might sound.
One of the best ways The Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant helps give emerging musicians a shot is through their weekly Kroon For Your Kai showcase, held every Wednesday night between 7-1o pm. Currently hosted by Melody Thomas, the showcase was originally started by Mara Simpson of Mara and The Buskhas, who is currently winging her way around Europe. Melody on the other hand, you may know from her work as a journalist with both Capital Times and Radio New Zealand (for whom she now works as a producer on the Music 101 show).
In recent times the night has seen performances from the likes of Estere, Jean Pompey, Nikita of Nikita And The Spooky and Adam Page, as well as plenty of talented unknowns. And sometimes you'll even catch Melody on stage singing. Along this line of thought, it was actually the first place I saw Wellington's current young soul darling Louis Baker play live.
As the name of the event suggests, the performers are paid in food and drink, and between a mixture of more established musicians wanting to try something new out, and younger musicians getting their first taste of an audience, it's pretty much always a good time. As Melody puts it, "…the stage isn't raised above floor level, making it all feel a lot less intimidating – that makes it a great place to start."
If you want to get in on the ground floor with some fresh local talent and catch some more established acts in a more relaxed mode, do drop past.
Postscript: Musicians! If you're interested in playing at Kroon For Your Kai, do drop Melody an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include some recorded examples of your music as well if possible.
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Insomniac: No Pride
Nimrod: Haushinka (why the hell does everyone hate this awesome song??!!)
Warning: Deadbeat Holiday
American Idiot: (hard to pick one from this album since everyone seems to love every song, but I'll go with "She's a Rebel")
21st Century Breakdown: See the Light (It's a fucking great ending song and it has a cool "sad" sound to it)
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In recent years, it seems to us that much talk in Sag Harbor has centered around preserving the village against the onslaught of development and changing demographics.
And for good reason.
Just a quick glance at neighboring villages will indicate what can go wrong when a municipality loses control of its main street to corporate interests. An influx of high-end seasonal stores may serve a select portion of the summer population extremely well, but it wreaks havoc on its year around residents — the lifeblood of the place.
As a result of what we've seen happening just beyond our borders, Sag Harbor residents have actively hunkered down and manned their positions against rumored fears of invasion by the likes of CVS. As a result, groups such as Save Sag Harbor were formed in recent years with a mission to protect the character of the village, promote Main Street while also speaking out against development which they feel is out of scale given the size of this village.
While we're glad people are tuned in and paying attention to what might be coming down the pike, much of what we've been focused on to date has been defensive tactics. A necessary tactic, but one focused more on keeping things out rather than strengthening community from within.
For that reason, this week we were pleased to learn of a new initiative Eric Cohen is expecting to pursue on behalf of the John Jermain Memorial Library and other cultural institutions in the village.
Cohen is the library's technology and multi-media coordinator and the initiative is a National Endowment for the Arts grant called Creative Placemaking. Communities that apply successfully can expect to receive anywhere from $25,000 to $200,000 to institute programs promoting its cultural, artistic and historical resources.
This is exciting because for the first time in the conversation about change, we're seeing a positive way forward within the village instead of an effort to stop the external influences. This initiative is about promoting what we already have in Sag Harbor that is special — our historical resources, our artists and our cultural institutions.
To that end, Cohen is looking at the library partnering with four other Main Street cultural institutions — the Sag Harbor Historical Society, the Custom House, the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum and Canio's Books' not-for-profit venture Canio's Cultural Café.
Creative Placemaking calls for public, private, nonprofit and community sectors to work together to shape the character of an area. That means though Cohen is looking to get the ball rolling with those five institutions forming a collective for arts and culture, the idea is to eventually include as many partners as possible to create a vibrant streetscape with public events and spaces inspired by the creative members of the community.
The library is looking to apply for this grant in 2014, the same year it is expected to move back into its newly renovated and expanded Main Street home. As part of the grant application, Cohen will need to partner with a municipality — in this case Sag Harbor Village — in order to make the idea viable. We hope the village will take this opportunity and join in the discussion on how to further promote Sag Harbor's creative resources.
They are certainly an important economic engine in Sag Harbor.
This is a program about promoting Sag Harbor not for its glitz and glamour, but for what matters — that which comes from within. It's impossible at this juncture to say exactly how a Creative Placemaking grant might be realized in Sag Harbor Village. Much of that will be up to the residents who get involved in the process.
But what we do know is the stretch of Main Street from the historical society down to Canio's contains an impressive number of Sag Harbor's cultural and historical treasures. It's an area that can be used to support not only those institutions, but others in the village through things like theatrical and musical performances, art exhibits, literary and historic tours, and presentations.
Though there is still a long way to go before this might become reality, we love the constructive nature of this proposal. For once, this initiative is not about defending our borders, but bringing out the best that lies within.
And that's an idea we can really get behind.


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Since the credit crisis, international students have faced harder times obtaining student loans for graduate management education. In response, three INSEAD alumni have established an innovative community education bond that calls on business school alumni to invest in their successors, the Financial Times reports.
Founded by INSEAD alumni Cameron Stevens, Ryan Steele and Miha Zerko, Prodigy Finance is a standalone organization providing an alternative for financing to the credit unions and other solutions some schools have turned to for their overseas students. Prodigy's lending model is based around persuading INSEAD alumni to invest in their successors by putting money into the community education bond. Based on a predictive approach that takes into account students' potential earnings, the model helps reduce risks to investors.
Investors get a good rate of return, and the system works because students don't want to default on loans that have originated with alumni, Stevens told the FT. "We outperform fixed deposits and the FTSE," Stevens said, noting that investors get the base rate of return plus 4 per cent.
Prodigy lent €5.5m in 2010 and plans to lend nearly double that in 2011. According to the FT report, the company plans to launch an extended platform with other business schools next January that could see total loans of €50m next year. Already, the company works with Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium and Skolkovo in Moscow.
Prodigy is one of a few organizations looking for solutions that work across business schools. In the United States, Kevin Moehn, a consultant to the higher education funding market, is also developing a standalone product for international students in the U.S. "The need is still there. I have not seen in the market a broad-based non-co-signed loan for international students." he told the FT.
Some U.S. schools, including the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, have joined a program with Deutsche Bank brokered by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which administers the GMAT. This program, which Moehn helped design, allows international students to receive loans without a U.S. co-signer by making the schools the de facto co-signer. According to Stacey Kole, deputy dean for the full-time MBA program at Booth, about 50 percent of international students at Booth take advantage of the program, which is known as Alps – affiliated loan program for students.
Meanwhile, other U.S. business schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, the Darden School at the University of Virginia and the Haas School at UC Berkeley have turned to nonprofit credit unions to finance international student loans.
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James / August 1, 2011
All business education is going online video now…see sites like http://www.clickok.org ; sure, Harvard and the top Business Schools benefit from brand, network etc, but if you're not going to one of those then these are good alternatives.
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|Sorrel Hatch and her father, Cliff serving samples at a cheese tasting last winter
Raw milk, cheese, grass fed beef, strawberries, jams, whole grains (flour and wheat berries), beebalm and maple syrup are just a few of the main crops at this farm.
Upinngil is located "up in Gill," a small town with one retail establishment, the Gill Tavern, just up the road. It seems amazing that one of the best restaurants in Franklin County is only a few miles from one of the best farm stores. The result is a scenic road trip worth taking any time of the year (and bring your big appetite). Directions at their website: http://www.upinngil.com/.
Cliff installed a model train in the store. It goes around the ceiling on a continuous timer, much to the delight of young shoppers (and everyone else).
The Hatch's are currently milking 12 Ayrshires, a Scottish breed well suited to the New England climate (pronounced Ash-ir). The cows are milked year round. In the summer they graze in the organic pastures and in the winter they are fed local alfalfa, hay, haylage and corn silage.
Cliff chose Ayrshires because he was planning to make cheese and he knew their milk is well suited for that. At the Upinngil website, they list some of the benefits of Ayrshire milk:
Small, easily-digested fat molecules
High in protein
High in conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs)
High in other omega 3s
High in vitamins A, D, and E
Makes excellent cheeses, yogurt, kefir, and butter
Their raw milk is packaged in returnable half gallon bottles and in gallon, half gallon and quart plastic containers.
|The bar prevents this cow from kicking.
Cliff makes a variety of cheeses:
Upingillar (a Fontina type), Ayrshire Cheddar (one of his signature cheeses), Havarti, Feta and Bleu. At holiday time, he sometimes sells a limited amount of his special Dorset Bleu with a mild, smooth flavor (to die for!).
He gives popular cheese making workshops from time to time. So, if you see one listed, sign up quickly because they always fill up fast. Note: The next one will be Saturday, November 19th from 8am-5pm on "Making Dipped Curds and Italian Cheeses" (which will include Parmesan and Swiss, as well as others).
He has also written 4 pamphlets to help the home cheese maker and these are available (free) in the farm store: Making Yoghurt, Making Butter, Making Ice Cream and Basic Cheese Making.
Cliff has been making cheese for 25 years - licensed to sell it for 5. He credits Kathy Biss (from Scotland), the author of Practical Cheesemaking with teaching him to make cheese at a series of workshops she did in the US. Cliff was making Feta the day I visited:
|Cliff's milk tank holds 200 gallons but he never processes more than 60 gallons at a time,
(the amount his cheese kettle holds).
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When he's pressing, he can put (2) 25 gallon molds in it at a time.
The Hatch's support many local food businesses through an organization they call Upinngil Community Growers. They sell SideHill yogurt, for example, and Snow's Ice Cream.
Upinngil has a blog with lots of good information about the farm and farming in general - The Upinngil Farm Journal. There is a section of it called Little Red Hen's Recipes with Whole Wheat Chocolate Almond Biscotti, Upinngil Real Pumpkin Pie, etc. (It's always amazing when hard working farmers find the time to share!)
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You can take a look at Knoxville Ice Bears defenseman Brad Pawlowski and figure he might have a bit of a wild side.
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But there is another side of Pawlowski that you might find surprising.
He is polite, well mannered, and exudes affection.
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Put the hockey sweater on, however, and Pawlowski can be an imposing figure.
He's been a fierce fighter since his junior hockey days in Ontario, Canada.
Nothing has changed. When he was signed by the Ice Bears last Feb. 15 from the Federal Hockey League, Pawlowski quickly established himself as an enforcer with two fights in his first three games.
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NAR has added a new resource on the REALTOR.org/appraisal page called "Appraisal Tools." The Appraisal Tools page provides links to educational resources for real estate agents who want to educate clients about the appraisal process. Links include NAR's new Frequently Asked Questions brochure about appraisals as well as three publications from the Appraisal Foundation including common myths about the appraisal process. The "Tools" page also has links to Seller and Servicer Guides from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as the Green MLS toolkit and a Field Guide to Appraising a Real Estate Office.
Another valuable tool is the Appraiser. More times than not I see comments from Brokers, "The Appraiser 'killed' my deal with his/her appraisal.", but the reality stems from the home priced well above market value and/or simply the Gross Living Area (GLA) above and below grade is wrong. Tendencies to use county records or the home owner as 'verified' sources is setting yourself up for the 'kill'. County records, especially in older homes, are out dated, do not reflect improvements, etc.. One valuable service, as an Appraiser, that I provide, is conducting an onsite inspection for the purpose of measuring the home. By providing a reliable source for the GLA and a floor plan or sketch (which can be used for fliers!) for a small fee can make a big difference in marketing the home and selling the home. I provide this service to the Portland Oregon Metro Area and encourage Brokers to take advantage of a truly verifiable source.
Steve, I provide a measuring service in Indianapolis as well. You would think more real estate agent would use our service or at least measure homes themselves! So many are so wrong that I have seen deals die becasue of it.
Glad to see the NAR providing additional information about the appraisal process. A user submitted directory, categorized by state, might be a nice thing to add in the future.
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San Diego police Monday credited a team of dedicated investigators and forensic lab personnel for developing "substantial evidence" leading to the arrest of the man accused in a triple homicide that rocked San Diego County nearly six months ago.
As distraught family members looked on, Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said she hoped the arrest of Carlo Mercado, 29, would close a chapter in the deaths of Ilona Flint, 22, Salvatore Belvedere, 22, and 24-year-old Gianni Belvedere.
"Although the arrest of this violent individual and the upcoming aggressive prosecution will never bring back Ilona, Salvatore and Gianni, we hope it will somehow bring some comfort and closure for the families," Zimmerman said.
Homicide Lt. Mike Hastings did not detail what specific evidence led investigators to Mercado, who was taken into custody Friday about 10:30 p.m. at a home in Mira Mesa. Nor would he discuss a possible motive. He did say the killings were not a random event.
Flint and Salvatore Belvedere were shot in the head and upper torso on Christmas Eve about 1:15 a.m. as they sat in a sedan parked in the Westfield Mission Valley mall between the Macy's department store and a Christmas tree lot. Flint was killed; Belvedere died in a hospital two days later. Gianni Belvedere was then listed as a missing person.
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He pleaded guilty June 4 to a felony charge for possessing the silencer. The prosecutor dropped the other charges and also agreed to a later reduction of the charge to a misdemeanor if Mercado successfully completed 18 months' probation, court records show. Mercado was scheduled to be sentenced July 9.
He was booked into jail about 7:30 a.m. Saturday on three counts of murder. On Sunday, he was taken to a hospital, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Department. The circumstances of his hospitalization have not been made public. Hastings said he did not believe that Mercado was still hospitalized.
Mercado is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in San Diego Superior Court. Attorney Berg said there is no connection between the prior weapons charge and the slayings.
During the news conference Monday, Hastings said investigators assessed any potential threats against the surviving family members after the killings, saying it was "common sense" to do so. He did not say if further threats were found.


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from familiar streets and staircases.
I scattered my soul
to the drunken air
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deepened by the weight of shame
Love has shriveled its way
quietly and naturally to death.
From the precincts of cheap apartments and hotel rooms
escape heavy air of heavier heaves.
Everything seems drowned in that one gasp
the one with together - with each other.
Perhaps there was a purpose somewhere
tucked between shared meals or beds
Nesting between embraces, arguments and kisses.
I hear and feel nothing.
Warm tears wetting my cheeks, neck
entangled in my scattered hair - now lost.
Only a sense of numbness
etched beautifully into my skin
deepened and deepening by the age of time -
unravaged and uncaptured by memory.


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Haha what is a farm without a few hogs??
I am in FFA and I show pigs. The new season just started so I have one hampshire hog now, Hampton, and im getting a duroc and a cross when i get my barn built. Last spring I won breed with my cross barrow. It was amazing.
Pigs in general are amazing. I always tell people they are just like fogs but all i get are crazy look. ROTFL!
Here is one of my babies. I'll get my other luffs then post pics soon enough ^_^
your little piggy is really cute!!! good luck with showing
pigs are sooo smart!!! i love your guy! good luck and have fun showing him!!!!!!
i used to have a huge pot belly pig! this pig was tough!!!!! his name was rolly polly. we built him his own little pen and little bar(kinda looked like a dog house) This pig had 9 lives i swear. he survived his little barn burning down becuase he pushed all his bedding around and the heat lamp light it on wire some how...and he survived a cougar attacking him(which i witnessed) the cougar kinda ilke sat on his fence witch was only abour 3 feet tall and swatted at him and scratched his back all up but then our dogs chased it away. Finally we had to move and the big was to big to come with us. My mom sent him to live with friends who promised they wouldnt kill him...well i think it was only a month later and they shot him....but he was the best pig ever!!!!i miss him...
haha, thanks all. Ill post Duroc pics when I download them...
i just showed and both got second in thier class, although my duroc should've won...
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Does food cooked in a microwave oven taste as good as food cooked in a conventional oven? No, it does not, according to two American chemists. Helen Yeo and Takayuki Shibamoto of the University of California, say microwave irradiation does not provide the right conditions for the chemical reactions which help a full flavour to develop (Trends in Food Science and Technology, December 1991, p 329).
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South Korean brand's first turbocharged petrol effort crams in plenty of performance for the price.PT4M39S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2vmoo 620 349 October 16, 2013
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Meet the car Kia is describing as a game-changer for the brand in Australia.
The second-generation Cerato Koup is due in showrooms next month and marks the introduction of Kia's first ever turbocharged petrol engine locally. For the ambitious South Korean brand, that means an opening into the highly competitive entry-level performance market.
At the heart of Kia's aspirations is a 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which is available on a flagship Turbo variant, producing 150kW of power and 265Nm of torque. It's the same engine seen in sister brand Hyundai's Veloster SR Turbo.
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Accelerating hard out of a rain-soaked corner in Victoria's Yarra Valley region, the Turbo model responds in a manner befitting of its sporty pretensions.
With a neatly-calibrated traction control system working unobtrusively behind the scenes, the Cerato Koup cleanly puts power to the ground via its 18-inch Nexen tyres, accelerating briskly to 100km/h in 7.4 seconds (7.7 seconds in the manual).
The turbocharged engine's obvious benefits come to fruition at the higher end of the rev range. Peak power is met at 6000rpm, while torque hits its straps between 1750 and 4500 rpm. The accompanying aural experience reaches a crescendo between 4000 and 5000rpm, emitting a tasteful burble from the Cerato Koup's twin exhaust tips.
Power is sent exclusively to the front wheels via a six-speed manual or optional six-speed automatic transmission. Driver involvement for the auto version is accentuated by a pair of paddle shifters, complementing a thoughtful mix of gear ratios and reasonably quick changes. The equivalent manual cog-swapper is equally slick, with a sporty throw and lightly-weighted clutch pedal action.
When it comes to corners, the Koup purports to be more of a grand tourer than a boy racer (Kia is pointing the latter demographic to the upcoming Pro'ceed GT). A local tuning program helps the Koup retain poise through mid-corner bumps commonly found on Australian roads, its front end keeping well-tracked and not springing any unruly surprises.
There are three steering settings to play with - comfort, normal and sport - and while the steering is responsive and predictable, it feels dull around the centre position and isn't as communicative as sportier rivals.
Riding on 18-inch wheels, the Turbo model can be fidgety over smaller obstacles and corrugations. Bigger undulations in the road do become more noticeable inside the cabin, though not unsettling.
All in all, the Turbo Koup package works well as a jack of all trades; compliant enough for daily driving but competent during enthusiastic bursts. And it does so with a respectable fuel return of 7.7L/100km (8.0L/100km in the auto) on standard unleaded fuel.
Inside, standard features include a 4.3-inch touchscreen, cruise control, Bluetooth connectivity, air-conditioning, tinted windows and rear air vents.
We also spent a couple of hours behind the wheel of the SLi base model Cerato Koup.
Despite receiving 15 per cent less power than the Turbo version, the entry model's direct-injection 2.0-litre 4-cylinder petrol makes swift progress. The 129kW/209Nm engine fitted in the base unit (and also seen in the Cerato hatch and Cerato sedan) doesn't mind revving either, spinning freely until redline, and returning a claim fuel reading of 7.3L/100km (7.4L/100km automatic).
The SLi's smaller 17-inch wheels bring a marked increase in ride comfort without compromising performance. It also gets 20mm smaller (280mm) brake rotors than the Turbo version and misses out on the twin exhaust tips, push-button start, LED lights, auto-dimming mirror and blingy cosmetic touches.
The Cerato Koup's biggest trump card is that it caters to a large spread of demands. The two-door design isn't without its compromises in space, though the 60:40 split-fold seats, 433-litre boot, surprisingly roomy rear seat and full-size alloy spare retain a strong element of functionality.
The Cerato Koup is well pieced together as well, with extensive use of quality interior materials and sound deadening which keeps tyre roar to appropriate levels.
Both Cerato Koup models suffer from a thick A-pillar design which can impinge on frontal vision, but it is an otherwise an easy package to navigate through car parks and tight spaces.
Electronic stability control, hill-start assist, front and rear sensors, reversing camera and six airbags are standard on the Cerato Koup range, but customers after sat-nav, leather trim seats, 7.0-inch touchscreen and dual-zone climate control will need to opt for an optional $2200 Touring pack.
Pricing for the base model SLi version starts from $23,990 plus on-roads (auto $2200 extra), while the hotted-up Turbo starts at $27,990 (auto $2200 extra).
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HOW MUCH? From $23,990 - $30,190 plus on-road costs
ENGINE: 2.0-litre 4-cyl petrol/1.6-litre 4-cyl turbocharged petrol
TRANSMISSON: 6-sp man or auto
POWER: 129kW/150kW (turbo)
TORQUE: 209Nm/265Nm (turbo)
WEIGHT: (manual-auto): 1314-1337kg/1364-1390kg (turbo)
CONSUMPTION: (manual-auto): 7.3-7.4L/100km/7.7-8.0L/100km
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Kia are really hitting the sweet spot in the market here. A lot cleaner styling than Veloster. An attractive car with enough performance to be fun while staying practical and without breaking the bank. Kia has their game on.
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- October 17, 2013, 1:01AM
It's amazing how hiring a new design team suddenly makes these cars 'good'. All Kia have done is polish their turds a little more. It's still the same rubbish you got a few years ago.
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- October 17, 2013, 4:17PM
Yeah right, Lazor, because all they did was hire a new designer. Let's overlook the brilliant new range of engines and the excellent work done by a team of Australian engineers to localise the suspension tune for our conditions and driving preferences. While we're at it, we'll assume that everything the reviewer said - you know, the guy who actually drove the car - is completely inaccurate and that the prejudice of those who have never even sat in a Kia is a far more reliable indicator.
Let's also forget that Porsche have been polishing the same turd for 50 years but the 911 seems to be OK these days.
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- October 17, 2013, 5:21PM
Difference is, MotorMan, the 911 was never a turd like these Korean junkboxes. I am well versed in the choices available to the budget motorist. I am one. Please, tell us more about how they 'tune the suspension' to our roads and still end up having the handling of a drunk baboon. It sounds like a fascinating story.
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- October 21, 2013, 3:17PM
The joke is on you Lazor.
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- Neal
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- October 22, 2013, 11:57PM
Might be a decent car, but you'd have to debadge it...
It's Coupe'. That's "coo pay"....
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- October 17, 2013, 8:00AM
waiting for the usual euro trolls. $30K for a kia - outrageous. go and spend $60K on a euro that will fall apart. time is up bmw vag and merc. watch for these brands to bleed more and continue to "not engage in cost cutting". bah ha ha
how about a family sized awd sedan Kia / hyundai???
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Hi, I have spent upwards of $300+ on Euros over the years, not one has 'fallen apart', as you so eloquently put. Time is most certainly not up, do you really think buyers of premium cars are jumping into Kias? Have you seen the numerous quality surveys where MB is right up there with your gods Lexota? Have you seen the sale figures for premium small cars such as MB's A Class? It's a completely different playing field. Kia etc. are for the budget conscious buyer. I think what you are trying to do is justify your meager car diet by creating a twisted belief that anything over 50k is inferior and falls apart. Good luck with that, whatever helps you sleep at night I guess!
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- October 17, 2013, 3:30PM
Only aussie carmakers have to cost cut when times are tough. European makers just ask for more subsidies. Seriously though talk about Kia biased, sure they have come a long way but they aren't BMWs mate!
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- October 17, 2013, 4:32PM
You say 'waiting for the trolls', yet from what I have seen you continually comment on Kiundai articles saying European cars are rubbish. If that's not trolling, then I don't know what is.
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The industry's top creators join forces with the world's most popular super heroes to launch the all-new Astonishing line of comics!
Pioneered to be the books for both the casual and hardcore fans, this new imprint kicks off with two can't miss series: ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE by superstars Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert, and the series that started it all back for a bold new era, ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 by the duo of Warren Ellis and Kaare Andrews.
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"The Astonishing line is exciting for us and the entire industry because it provides the top creators the chance to take on our top characters in stories that you won't find anywhere else," he says. "They are firmly set in Marvel continuity but also accessible to new readers. If you're looking for big changes and character developments or a place to start reading if you are new to comics, this is where you come. Thanks to Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, the name Astonishing is synonymous with excellence. That's what this line is all about, from the creators to the characters."
Inaugurating the line with the X-Men, Spider-Man and Wolverine certainly qualifies as astonishing, but who else might we expect to see grace Astonishing in the future?
"This is something that will encompass all of the Marvel Universe at some point in time, but you'll be hearing more about those in the coming months as we announce the creative teams and characters involved," Gabriel promises. "This is a line that's here to stay and will make its mark across the board!"
The relationship between Spider-Man and Wolverine and their individual approaches to heroism strike an astonishingly strong chord among Marvel readers, making it no surprise the two feature prominently in Astonishing's launch.
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"It's a duo that fans have long been asking for [in] another team-up," Gabriel says. "They are two of the most popular and recognizable characters in the Marvel Universe. Their attitudes and way the approach problems and enemies-even fellow heroes-are so different that it gives way to great stories, as you'll see Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert deliver!"
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and a 4-inch round cake pan.
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Combine the almonds, brown sugar, and honey in a small bowl, and set aside. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and mahlab in a medium bowl, and set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the lemon juice and vanilla. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, and mix well.
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In 1963 (S. L. 1963, Ch. 219) a Coordinating Committee on Mental Retardation was created. The Committee consisted of one or more representatives from North Dakota departments, divisions, or institutions. This included representatives from the departments of Health, Public Instruction, and Public Welfare. It also included representatives from the Vocational Rehabilitation Division, and Grafton State School. A non-voting consultant was selected to represent the Association of Retarded Children. The Committee chose officers to serve one year terms. The chief duties were to provide for studies and surveys relating to the needs of retarded citizens in North Dakota and to coordinate state departments, divisions, agencies, and institutions within the state who were responsible for programs relating to mental retardation*.
A public law [Pub. L 91-517] was authorized under a federal act in 1970 to assist states in developing a plan for the provisions of comprehensive services to persons affected by mental and developmental disabilities originating in childhood. In order to qualify for federal funds a state had to submit a plan on how facilities would be constructed for such purposes. A state advisory committee was established to represent principle state, local, and non-government agencies involved with strengthening programs and services for the developmentally disabled.
In 1971 the Governor signed an Executive Order to create the Planning and Advisory Council on Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities. The Council was composed of representatives of state agencies with responsibility for administering federal aid programs for the developmentally disabled. Other members included local and non-governmental organizations concerned with services for the developmentally disabled.
In 1979 the Legislature created the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (S. L. 1979, Ch.332) and the Council was maintained by the State Department of Health. The membership consisted of representatives from the State Department of Health, Department of Public Instruction, Social Service Board of North Dakota, the Employment Security Bureau, and the Director of Institutions. Other representatives were from the Grafton State School, the Community Mental Health, Retardation, and Human Services Center, and a consumer representative from an organization that met the federal regulations guidelines. All members were appointed by the Governor and chosen from a list provided by agency heads. Members served two year terms and met at least twice a year. The chairman called two meetings and additional meetings could be held by a written request from three members of the Council. The Council assisted in the development of state plans, monitored and evaluated the implementation of the plans, and reviewed and commented on all state plans as they related to programs affecting the developmentally disabled. It provided protection and advocacy to developmentally disabled individuals when requested by a state department, division, institution, or organization. The Council established a committee on professional standards and certification to develop rules and regulations for the certification of developmental disability professionals. The Council also did a needs study for the state and facilitated coordination of activities involving state departments, divisions, agencies, and institutions having responsibilities in the field of developmental disabilities.
In 1981 the legislature enacted laws that specified rights of the developmentally disabled (S. L. 1981, Ch. 294). Other legislation included replacing the Department of Social Services by creating the Department of Human Services. The Council was maintained by the Department of Human Services. Legislation also removed the Community Mental Health, Retardation, and Human Service Center representative from the Council (S. L. 1981, Ch. 486). In 1983 legislation required schools to have educational plans for students with developmental disabilities (S. L. 1983, Ch. 312).
Legislation in 1989 required that the Council be moved to the office of the Governor. The Council could appoint, with the approval of the Governor, a full time director. The Department of Human Services was required to provide administrative support for the Council. The Council was given authority to secure and administer available federal funding through the Developmentally Disabled and Bill of Rights Act (S. L. 1989, Ch. 333).
Legislative changes in 1991 included moving the Council back from the office of the Governor to the Department of Human Services, making changes to Council membership appointment procedures, and removing the responsibility of protection and advocacy from Council duties. The Council was no longer required to maintain a committee on professional standards or to certify professionals in the field of the developmentally disabled (S. L. 1991, Ch. 508).
Since 1991 membership on the Council has included representatives from the departments of Health, Human Services, and Public Instruction. Job Service North Dakota and the Westwood Park Developmental Center in Grafton also had representatives. Others represented entities that conformed to the requirements of federal law. The Council continued to facilitate coordination of the activities of state departments, divisions, agencies, and institutions and remained responsible for administering federal developmental disabilities basic state grant funding allocated to North Dakota.
* Legislation in 2011 replaced the term mental retardation with "intellectual disability".
1963 Creation of a coordinating Committee on Mental Retardation (S. L. 1963, Ch. 219).
1970 A federal act assisted states in developing and authorizing a plan for comprehensive services to individuals affected by mental or developmental disabilities originating in childhood.
1971 The Planning and Advisory Council on Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities was formed by an executive order from the Governor.
1979 The State Council on Developmental Disabilities was created and maintained by the
State Department of Health (S. L. 1979, Ch. 332).
1981 Legislation established laws specifically for the rights of the developmentally disabled (S.
L. 1981, Ch. 294). A representative from the Community Mental Health, Retardation, and Human Service Center no longer served on the Council. The Social Service Board was renamed the Department of Human Services and the Employment Security Bureau was renamed Job Service North Dakota. The Council was maintained by the newly created Department of Human Services (S. L. 1981, Ch. 486).
1983 Schools were required to have an educational plan for students who were
developmentally disabled (S. L. 1983, Ch. 312).
1989 The Council was moved from the Department of Human Services to the office of the Governor. The Council member from State School at Grafton was renamed the representative and the State School at Grafton was renamed the Developmental Center at Grafton. The term abuse was defined (S. L. 1989, Ch. 333).
1991 The Council was maintained by the Department of Human Services. Appointments to the Council were no longer selected from a list provided by agency heads to the Governor. The Council member who served as the consumer representative had to meet the requirements as stated in the federal law (S. L. 1991, Ch. 508). The office of the Director of Institutions was dissolved and Director of Institutions membership was to be transferred either to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Employment Bureau was renamed Job Service North Dakota (S. L. 1991, Ch.592).
1995 The Developmental Center at Grafton was renamed the Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton (S. L. 1995, Ch. 34). The Department of Health was the name chosen to replace the State Department of Health and Consolidated Laboratories or any previous name that had been used to indicate the Department of Health (S. L. 1995, Ch. 243).
2011 State law changed the term Mental Retardation to Intellectual Disability (Senate Bill 2142).
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Kampala — Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have recommended that the region should set up a single authority to oversee the management of border posts.
This should be facilitated by the necessary enabling legislations clearly defining scope and giving it the necessary power to execute its mandate, according to the assembly's report released recently in Arusha, Tanzania.
The report sent to East African Business Week was compiled after an on-spot assessment on the challenges of implementation of the EAC Common Market Protocol along the northern and central corridors by the assembly's committee on regional affairs and conflict resolution.
"EAC partner states should set up a single authority to oversee the management of border posts with the necessary enabling legislations clearly defining scope and giving it the necessary power to execute its mandate and that such authority must have the support of all regional governments," members of the committee recommended in the report.
EALA members also recommended that EAC should institute load control limits, fast-track the EAC vehicle load control bill that seeks to harmonize load limits and axle load weights across the region.
"This should subsequently be adopted by all the EAC partner states in a move to harmonize respective country laws with the EAC law," said the report released by the committee chairperson Abubakar Zein Abubakar.
He said that the members also recommended that the EAC integration process should be driven by professionals devoid of political interference as both national and regional politics along with the resultant decisions with limited professional inputs are negatively impacting on the implementation of the regional initiatives;
There is also need for the region to promote joint regular border meetings to address issues affecting transboundary communities and that security and local leaders should be involved on border security projects.
"We also recommended that there was need to harmonize travel documents including students' passes to East African partner states on gratis basis," said the chairperson.
The member's also decried the lengthy border documentation procedures exacerbated by uncoordinated border management systems leading to wastage of time.
"It was noted that it takes at least two days to clear a truck across the border between Kenya and the neighboring partner states," said the chairperson adding that this was however disputed by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) citing the EAC /World Customs Union/USAID time release study which reduced the clearing time to hours based on actual data.
It was noted that numerous police checkpoints and weighbridge inspection points inhibit free movement of trucks along corridor.
He added that the Kenya police informed the legislators that there are 15 police checks that are characterized by spikes laid on the road between Mombasa and Malaba and that these are intended to support detection of crimes other than traffic offences.
It was also revealed that there are four static weighbridges between Mombasa and Malaba operated by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) at Mariakani, Athi River (Mlolongo), Gilgil, Webuye and a mobile one operated from Mai Mahiu.
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Jamaican songstress Alaine will be jetting in on Thursday to shoot her video with Kenyan dancehall singer Wyre the Love Child.The video to the song Nakupenda Pia, which was released a month ago, will be shot at The Boma Hotel in South C. The video will be directed by Wyre and a few people from his studio.
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HOUSTON (AP) - A U.S. Marine on overseas duty in Guam has been returned to Texas to face child sex abuse charges.
Prosecutors in Houston say 22-year-old George Christopher Aragon was arrested on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child. Investigators say Aragon allegedly had molested a girl over several years. She's now a teenager.
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A Delta State High Court in Asaba, yesterday sentenced two kidnappers to 113 years imprisonment with hard labour, having found them guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery.
The convicts are David Erutere and Sunday Omamuzo Ukailkwo and were sentenced after being found guilty on a five-count charge of conspiracy to commit felony with armed robbery contrary to section 6 (b) and punishable under section 1 (2) a of the robbery and firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap R II Volume 14 Laws of the Federation, 2004.
This is as another court at Orerokpe in Okpe Local Government of the State yesterday sentenced a 27 years old University worker, one David Wonder Erhirhie to death for committing murder. He was sentenced for killing Princess Chinoso Ijezie, an admission seeker in 2009 at Abraka
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Irikefe Edafe and Egwu Johnbull were abducted in June 2011 at Delta Palace Road, Warri and Ubiaruku respectively.
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About Security with Microsoft Forefront.
I published few weeks earlier a post about ADFS v2, mentioning that it was a bit complicated to troubleshoot,
I recently had to solve an ADFS problem I encountered with a colleague that was trying to set it up for Office 365 Federation bear in mind that I am working with the beta version of office 365
Again, troubleshooting was not obvious, i would like to share with you the steps I followed in order to find out what was the problem.
First of all here is a small design of the architecture i was working with:
Let's call the domain Company.test
The user we are working with firstname.lastname@example.com (we had a custom UPN added to the domain company.test)
The point of this configuration is to enable invisible and integrated authentication to the office 365 website.
When configuring the ADFS V2 server, we tell it to publish the ADFS authentication website to STS.Company.test, so basically when users try to authenticate to the microsoftonline website they are redirected to the sts.company.test ADFS website for authentication.
This is the basic configuration of the federation service :
The ADFS relaying party trust configuration is done automatically through some PowerShell scripts
The configuration as is works perfectly, you are able to login to the microsoftonline website with your Active directory credentials.
Now here is the tricky part, the client requested that the sts.company.test website be turned into sts.company.com
So we reconfigure the federation service into .com
I will skip the whole configuration but basically you need to generate a new certificate for the sts.company.com and bind it in IIS and then add it to the ADFS configuration interface.
Now after updating the relaying party trust
We can't login to the microsoftonline website we get this error:
And now begins the troubleshooting
First of all
Install Fiddler or HTTP watch on the client computer:
Then install the MS network monitor on the federation server and the domain controller:
Activate the logging and tracing events on the federation server:
Go to the event viewer and enable the analytic and debug logs
And enable the ADFS 2.0 tracing logs:
Enable auditing of ADFS events by running this command on the ADFS Server
auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:"Application Generated" /failure:enable /success:enable
you are now ready to monitor follow the course of your SAML ticket and see where the error appears:
let's start by monitoring what's happening on the client when trying to connect to the website:
I used HTTP watch Pro to check this:
This shows that this client does switch to the STS adfs website sending it the logon information
Looking into the details of this trace we find that all the information sent to the ADFS server is correct:
Query string sent:
now let's monitor the traffic going through the ADFS Server
using network monitor choose to filter your events by Authentication:
this is what you should get:
Highlighted in yellow is the traffic between the AD and the ADFS server
Checking the details of this trafic we see the user with which we tried to logon to the website is actually getting to the AD
And the AD replies with success sending the requested info to the ADFS server.
For now, everything seems to be fine with the ADFS Server and the traffic going through.
Let's check the logs for more info:
The trace logs shows that the authentication process is all okay
The admin log only shows errors related to the ADFS Service, and this is all okay too
The system log shows us the Audit events related to the ADFS authentication request with Active Directory and in my case that was clean too
All this troubleshooting lead us to believe that the issue was with the MS online service that was still in beta and did not support some of the setting changes we made
The issue will however be solved soon,
This post was to lead you through an ADFS troubleshooting process
Hope this helps
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Forefront UAG's Service pack 1 was recently released and with it the ability to automatically login to your UAG portal without the need to manually authenticate. This feature is activated when configuring ADFS V2 as an authentication repository.
Pretty exciting since those two technologies are pretty recent and fun to work with.
I'll show in this post how to configure ADFS to work with UAG.
Begin by installing and configuring ADFS on a server in you LAN, I used my domain controller and installed the ADFS V2 package I found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=118c3588-9070-426a-b655-6cec0a92c10b&displaylang=en
The integrated ADFS Role doesn't work as well for some reason…
I'll let you install and do the basic ADFS configuration on you own, it's pretty simple and there are lots of resources on the net.here's one that should help :
Once the installation is complete you'll have a federation service web address of the type https://adfs2_server/FederationMetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml that you will need to use when configuring UAG.
In the ADFS 2.0 MMC go to the certificates folder and import the token encryption into the ADFS Server and the UAG's local Certificate store.
1- UAG Configuration:
Create a new Trunk
Choose to create a portal trunk and not an active directory federation service as you might be inclined to do. (The latter is for the old ADFS V1).
Set up the trunk as you usually do
When choosing the authentication repository
Select ADFS V2,
The URL of the federation metadata file will be the one you created when installing ADFS V2:
click Retrieve Metadata and select Name in as a claim value to be used as a lead value.
Complete the "create trunk wizard" and copy the federation metadata link displayed at the bottom of the page.
Finish and activate the configuration.
To make my configuration easier what I did was copy this file directly to the ADFS Server:
The file is called federationmetadata.xml and is in here:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway\von\InternalSite\ADFSv2Sites\extranet\FederationMetadata\2007-06"
2- ADFS configuration
Next step is to configure ADFS to allow active directory users to authenticate to the UAG portal.
In the ADFS V2 console, add a relying party trust:
In the select data source window, either paste the link you got form the UAG trunk creation wizard or point to the federation metadata file you copied to the server as I did below.
Proceed with the default remaining settings and finish.
Finally you need to configure the rule template you would like to apply to your trust.
Basically here you are telling you ADFS which value to get from your active directory users and to send to the UAG portal.
You select to send LDAP attributes as claims.
You choose active directory as your attribute store and select the attributes you would like to put in your outgoing claim.
Once you are done, the transparent authentication should work perfectly.
3- Troubleshooting:
ADFS troubleshooting is not straight forward, you will need to monitor you web traffic using a software such as fiddler or http watch and see what is being transmitted.
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