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By V.L. HENDRICKSON | June 2, 2008



Today

Glow International Group LLC and the Learning Annex offer "Media 101: How to Create A Media Blitz for Your Project or Event" between 6:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at 25th Street and Park Avenue. The cost is $50. Contact: 212-371-0280

Tomorrow

Toll Brothers is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings.

The Japan Society offers a breakfast panel called "Controlling the Rising Costs of Electronic Discovery in the U.S." beginning at 8 a.m. at the Japan Society's headquarters at 333 E. 47th St. Free. Please go to japansociety.org to register.

The author of "The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company," David Price, speaks at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 97 Warren St. Free. Contact: 212-587-5389

The New York Public Library and CAMBA Small Business Services host a workshop on getting free money for your business beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free, but reservations are required. Contact: 212-592-7000

Wednesday

Financial Federal is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings.

The Earth Institute's Center for Climate Systems Research and the NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies present a two-day planning meeting for the new Pliocene Climate Model Intercomparison Project beginning at 9 a.m. in Armstrong Hall at 2880 Broadway. Contact: mac59@columbia.edu

Forty Plus of New York offers a seminar on "How to Rejuvenate Your Career" between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at 420 Seventh Ave., suite 403. Free. Contact: 212-947-4230

Advertising Women of New York hosts a luncheon with the chief marketing officer of Kraft Foods, Mary Beth West, beginning at 11:45 a.m. at the New York Hilton and Towers at 1335 Sixth Ave. Tickets are $200. Contact: 212-221-7969

The 92nd Street Y hosts the author of "What Color is Your Parachute?," Richard Bolles, beginning at 7 p.m. The cost is $26. Please go to 92y.org for more details.

Thursday

The New York Public Library hosts a workshop on business start-up resources and services beginning at 3:15 p.m. at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000

The New York Interagency Engineering Council offers "Planning & Building for the Future of New York City" between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the Frank Sinatra Auditorium at 30-20 Thomson Ave. in Long Island City. The cost is $175. Contact: 201-807-4013

Friday

The president of Queens, Helen Marshall, speaks at the Queens Business and Procurement Expo 2008 between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Con Edison Learning Center at 43-82 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City. Free. Contact: 718-482-5306

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