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On December 29, the REAP program announced application deadlines for 2015 and published the final rule , which regulates the program's activities.
Deadlines for 2015 include the following:
EA/REDA | Feb. 12
RE/EE | April 30
RE/EE | June 30
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides assistance to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to complete a variety of projects. Offering both loan guarantees and grants, REAP helps eligible applicants install renewable energy systems such as solar panels, wind turbines and geothermal heating systems or complete energy efficiency improvements such as grain dryers and flexible fuel pumps.
Additionally, grants are available to entities that will assist rural small businesses and agricultural producers with conducting energy audits and developing renewable energy systems.
The REAP program is comprised of the following components:
The Renewable Energy System and Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loan and Grant Programprovides financial assistance to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to purchase, install and construct renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements.
The Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grant Program provides grant assistance to entities that will assist agriculture producers and rural small businesses by conducting energy audits and providing information on renewable energy assistance.


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Buddakan accents Asian flavors in modern dishes
October 04, 2013 by Gabriella Tam
Last week, Philadelphia held its 10th year of Restaurant Week in Center City. Presented by TD Bank, Restaurant Week is when many restaurants take part in serving a three-course meal for lunch and/or dinner, priced at $20 and $35, respectively. Because of this, making reservations in advance is a must,… Continued

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Nintendo has confirmed this week's list of new digital games released on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops in North America.
Super NES classic Breath of Fire II arrives via the Wii U Virtual Console, and after almost two years as a retail title Sonic Generations has hit the 3DS eShop in digital form.
Here's the full official list:
Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS
Summer Carnival '92 RECCA - Created for a gaming competition back in 1992, Summer Carnival '92 RECCA makes its way to North American shores for the first time. Widely considered one of the rarest and most challenging shooters ever made, the game is a frenetic, classic top-down shooter. Fight your way through wave after wave of enemy ships and defeat the boss at the end of each stage.
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
Sonic Generations - Play as both Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic in the ultimate Sonic celebration. Two Sonics, two ways to play!
Nintendo eShop on Wii U
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara combines two timeless D&D arcade classics - Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara - into one definitive package. Battle through a rich fantasy universe with a host of new features, including HD visuals, four-player online co-op, customizable House Rules and leaderboards.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a gorgeous, fast-paced platformer with a twist. Warp Giana's dream world at will to transform your abilities and surroundings.
Also new this week:
- Breath of Fire II (Virtual Console on Wii U)
- Spot the Differences: Party! (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Boulder Dash-XL 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Darts Up 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
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Lak se nanaša brez težav, je dobro pigmentiran in polno prekriven po dveh slojih.
Today I have for you Going Incognito from the latest Essie's Winter Collection. If you like green polishes, I think you'll love this one. It's a beautiful deep emerald green shade. It's definitely one of my favourites in this collection.
This polish applies well, it's very pigmented and gives a full coverage after two coats.
Danes nekaj več slik / Today more pictures than usual:
So vam zeleni odtenki kot je ta všeč ali ne?
Do you like green polishes like this one or not?
Essie lake lahko najdeš v spletni trgovini Čarodejka.
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Advice Column: Instant Soup
October 31, 2013 by TMO
By Noor H. Salem, TMO
Question: I run off to work and never have time to prepare lunch. I found instant noodle soup cups that are prepared by adding boiling water. They have chicken flavors and vegetables in the soup. Is this a good idea for a mid-day lunch?
Quick meals, high-speed, drive-thru, and instant meals; this country is running on stress. We want to do everything, but we want it done faster and quicker. Do note though, faster and quicker does not mean healthier. In fact, being under stress around the clock could harm one's health in the long run. Now, let's get to the focus: instant soups. Instant noodle soups consist of noodles, dehydrated vegetables (a few pieces of corn, carrots, and peas), chicken stock, and flavoring. But what's really in the soup? Well, the noodles are made up of enriched flour, which is bleached. The three of four pieces of peas and corn you find in your soup is not even a quarter of a serving. You need vegetables at lunch! The "chicken"-let's not go there. Tons of artificial and natural flavorings are added to create the stock flavoring. The majority of these soups have over 38 ingredients, a lot more than what you'd use a home. MSG, hydrogenated oils, and a ton of other harmful cheap ingredients are what make your soup so instant and "good". This soup is not a good lunch. You're not getting healthy carbohydrates, lacking protein, vegetables, and healthy fats.
You could simply prepare a big batch of soup with lots of fresh vegetables, unbleached noodles, natural stock, grass-fed meat, and your own favorite spices. Pack it in a well-sealed glass tuber ware and you're good to go. You'd be getting your balanced proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in one dish. You won't need 38+ ingredients to make it taste good, and you'll feel good yourself.


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Sun, Oct 30, 05 at 15:15
The deep bowl on my fountain has a crack in one side which has not presented a problem over the past two years. However, after standing empty for a while, it was filled yesterday and the pump turned on. This morning, the bowl was bone-dry!! It could be coyotes ( we do have them) or neigborhood thirsty dogs, but I tend to believe the crack must be the problem. What can I seal it with without causing harm to wildlife and/or neighbors' animals? |
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There is something you can get to patch it - a special type for use on statuary and stuff. Check with businesses that carry the garden ornaments (not the box stores) and they should be able to give you some/tell you the name of it. We had the same problem with one of ours. The little shop up the road from us gave us a tube of stuff to fix the crack - but i can't remember the name of it, sorry. |
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Back to Sunday School Planning
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Prepare by looking back
Prepare by looking back
It's the middle of July and in about six weeks, Sunday Church School at your parish may already be underway, or getting ready to begin another year. There are...
Discussing Religious Difference
With the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Pope meeting in Jerusalem May 23-27, 2014 (for more information go to www.apostolicpilgrimage.org/ and blogs.goarch.org/), the issue of religious...
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Get rid of Resize and Rotate icon in KDE?
EDIT: Never mind, figured it out. Just have to close the damn program, even though that never worked before.
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Each year the City holds two clean up events, one in the spring and one in the fall. Each event involves:
- Curbside pick-up (items may be picked up at the end of your driveway); and
- Clean-up day (items may be dropped off at the Public Works Facility, 9030 Forestview Lane, in Maple Grove).
The City's Spring 2015 curbside pick-up day will be Monday, April 20, and clean-up day will be Saturday, April 25, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Payment information is listed below.
On curbside pick up day all items to be picked up and for which payment was made in advance, are to be placed at the curb no later than 7:00 AM on that day. Items may be placed at the curb the evening prior to the event to avoid being missed.
If you have questions, feel free to contact the Engineering Department at 763-494-6350.
The chart below indicates items that are part of these programs and the disposal cost of each.
Clean Up Day
Curbside Pick Up Day
Dehumidifier, dishwasher, dryer, freezer, furnace,
garbage disposal, humidifier, microwave, refrigerator,
stove, trash compactor, washer, water heater
$11.00 each
$22.00 each
Air conditioner
Propane Tanks
10 lb.
1 lb.
No pick up
No pick up
Tires - passenger car (no truck tires) without rims
No Charge
$10.00 trip charge* plus $2.00 per tire
Tires - passenger car with rims
$5.00 each
$10.00 trip charge* plus $5.00 per tire
(limit 10 tires total)
Scrap Metal - swing sets, barbecue grills, bicycles, aluminum and steel window frames (no glass), metal doors, metal gutters, etc.
No Charge
No pick up
*Only one trip charge applies per address
Payment for Curbside Pick Up Services
Payment is due April 16, 2015. Checks for this service may be mailed or brought in to the Government Center and made payable to the "City of Maple Grove".
City of Maple Grove
Curbside Pick Up Service
P.O. Box 1180
Maple Grove, MN 55311-6180
NOTE: Please remember to include your address and a list of the item(s) to be picked up.
Electronics Disposal
Electronics will not be accepted at these clean up events. All electronics can be brought to the Hennepin County Recycling and Transfer Station, 8100 Jefferson Highway, Brooklyn Park (612-348-3777). Most electronics can be brought to the Maple Grove Best Buy store, 12905 Elm Creek Boulevard (763-416-6300). Please call either option for specifics on the items that are accepted.
Special Notes
- All gas, oil and non-metal items must be removed from items being disposed of as scrap metal.
- Water softeners are not considered an appliance, so they can be disposed of in the regular trash. The charge on clean up day will be $22.00 for water softener disposal.
- Propane tanks and scrap metal are not part of the curbside pick up.
- For gas and ammonia appliances, please call 651-454-9215 for a price quote
- The City/recycling company retains the right to refuse any appliance deemed to be in such compacted or destroyed condition which prevents the proper removal of hazardous material or refrigerants according to law.
- These events are for household waste only. Waste from businesses will not be accepted.


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Lucy Danziger, editor of Self magazine, shares her bike-commuting experiences with Bicycling.com as part of National Bike to Work Week.
Believe it or not, the question I get asked the most by women who hear that I commute by bike: How do you deal with helmet hair? I'll let you in on a secret: A helmet actually helps keep my hair in place, frizz- and flyaway-free, like the perfect holding spray. When I get to work and unsnap the straps, I simply shake my hair out and walk inside the Condé Nast building feeling as pulled together as any day that I take a cab. We don't have showers at my office, but I don't even need one. My commute is a combination of gentle pedaling and coasting, 10 to 15 minutes of cruising down Park Avenue, to Fifth Avenue at 72nd Street, a lovely swoop through Central Park to Seventh Avenue and down to Times Square. Since there's not much of a chance to make my ride a big workout, I'm not really sweating by the time I get to the office. But if you do worry about grime, pack some baby wipes in your bag or keep them at your desk for a super quick freshen-up.
Bonus: Eat for energy! Discover the best bite size snacks to keep in your biking basket
Fashionwise, clothing options are a little more complicated. You've probably seen beautiful pictures of girls in flowing skirts riding their cruiser bikes in beachy Hamptons-esque settings with baguettes and bouquets in their baskets. (In fact, we've run just such pictures!) That's not exactly commute-appropriate. I generally wear pants, and in fact, I use my basket to hold my handbag, which I secure with a bungee cord to prevent it from flying out if I go over a bump or pothole. Once at the office, the pants get changed out for a dress, and since I am lucky enough to have my own bathroom, I'm able to store a few pretty-yet-easy dresses from my favorite designers, as well as a few pairs of heels. On days when I do choose to commute in a skirt—though never a pencil skirt, as pedaling is impossible!—I tell myself that biking in this outfit may provide a little more leg view to cab drivers and pedestrians than I usually would bargain for, but nothing more than a tennis skirt would, so as long as I feel athletic and tanned, my legs can show and I don't really mind.
Bonus: Design your own video workout equipped with this workout vault
Shoes are an issue when you have (or want!) to wear heels to work. Now, I love a nice pair of Jimmy Choos as much as the next girl, but neither Jimmy nor Manolo nor any other designer builds pumps to withstand the stopping and braking required by bike commuting. Though technically the high heel isn't on the pedal as you ride—since you push down with the ball of your foot—to save my soles and stay safe, I usually wear a casual flat and change into the heels I keep at the office or a pair I've stashed in my handbag. Simple enough! There's no need to buy special bike shoes—as long as your bike has flat pedals (versus clip-in pedals) you can wear any kind of flat, comfortable shoe you choose. I love Cole Haan shoes with Nike Air technology or Reebok EasyTones! Talk about comfy!
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Ten best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
You want your cinematic, high-stakes, kick-ass Trek? This season three episode has it all: space battles, time travel and major character deaths. A time rift delivers a badly damaged version of the Enterprise C to the show's present day, but it's a strange present day to regular viewers. The Federation is at war with, and about to fold into, the Klingon empire and, hey, isn't that Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), who should be long dead, manning the security station? It sure is! Thanks to an assist by the timeline sensitive Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), the crew determines that the Enterprise C needs to return to the past to avert the war that is now raging. Tasha goes with, once she hears she's dead in the proper timeline anyway, and a horrible war is averted (but not before we get a kick-ass space battle between the Enterprise D and some pissed-off Klingons).
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1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness. | 1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. |
2 Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me. | 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. |
3 For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me. | 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. |
4 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. | 4 Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. |
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. | 5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. |
6 I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord. | 6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD. |
7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, | 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. |
8 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. | 8 You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place. |
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body! | 9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. |
10 For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away. | 10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. |
11 I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me. | 11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me. |
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. | 12 I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. |
13 For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life. | 13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life. |
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God." | 14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." |
15 My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. | 15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. |
16 Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies' sake. | 16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. |
17 Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You; Let the wicked be ashamed; Let them be silent in the grave. | 17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. |
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence, Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. | 18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous. |
19 Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! | 19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. |
20 You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues. | 20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues. |
21 Blessed be the Lord, For He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city! | 21 Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city. |
22 For I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You. | 22 In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. |
23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. | 23 Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full. |
24 Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. | 24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. |
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Austin Burton, of Slam Magazine, just wrote an article where he says that, despite the size of the city, when it comes to professional sports, Toronto is a small market city. He talks about the number of times the Raptors have been on US television and how popular the franchise player, Chris Bosh is, as proof. I agree and disagree with him.
The main ammunition for some Toronto fans when calling the owners cheap, is that they don't spend like they are the 4th largest market in the league, which they technically are (behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). A few problems with that. The first is the exchange rate and corporate tax. The Raptors pay out mostly in American dollars, but get most of their money in Canadian. When the exchange rate is at par, it's no problem, but for the 99.9999% of the time it isn't, that means the Raptors are essentially paying more on the dollar than every other team. The high Canadian corporate tax rate also hurts the bottom line.
As for the population base, Toronto is technically the fourth largest market, but that's only when the actual city population is looked at. When looking at the metropolitan population, Toronto suddenly drops to 7th, behind Dallas, Philadelphia and Houston, and just ahead of Miami, Atlanta and Washington.
Of course, the writer wasn't talking about economics or population bases. He was talking about something else. And this is where I have the problem. See, the writer, I'm guessing, is American. And without getting into any American bashing, some Americans tend not to see the big picture a lot of times. The writer talks about how Bosh is less popular than Chris Paul and Ray Allen only because he plays for the Raptors. In Canada. Flawed logic, to say the least. Firstly, it's debatable whether Ray Allen, who's been in a Spike Lee movie, has a championship ring and played in way more playoff games than Bosh, is even more popular.
Only once, since Bosh became an All-Star, has Ray Allen gotten more votes than him, and that was the Celtics Championship season when they were the talk of the league. Yes, Allen sells more jerseys, but that also probably has to do with his Championship ring than where he plays. Boston is not a large market team, but they have a vaunted history behind them. The Raptors do not.
Chris Paul has been on the NBA 1st and 2nd team the last two years, and finished second in MVP voting two years ago. He's a 6 foot-nothing point guard who is exciting to watch, partially because he is so small, yet rebounds and plays much bigger. He's a better player than Bosh and had a huge playoffs during his best season, two seasons ago, when his team pushed San Antonio to the brink in the second round. Playoffs make a player, in the NBA. Ask Trevor Ariza.
Secondly, if Chris Bosh is less popular than the writer perceives he should be, it might have to do with Bosh himself. Yes, Bosh is friendly, accessible and tries to make himself as visible as possible through the internet, but his game, or image, is not typical of a popular player. He doesn't have an edge and fire of an Iverson or Garnett. He isn't a high flying skywalker like Dwight Howard, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant. And he does not have an exciting, small guy playing with the big boys, game like Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade or even Nate Robinson. Bosh is a relatively skinny, jumpshooting big man who, despite being quick and athletic, doesn't play above the rim much. Plus, he's not an overly emotional player on the court, which fans love to see. Even Raptors fans have talked about how boring the guy is. If even your own team's fans aren't thrilled about watching a player, why would other team's fans be?
The problem here, however, is that the writer of the article is looking through his very narrow American view of things. The Raptors and Chris Bosh are not popular in the US, so they are not popular. Many Americans might be surprised that an entire world goes on outside of the US. Colangelo, despite being an American, has figured this out. He's figured out that Americans, in general, don't particularly like anything that's not American, and have trouble seeing outside of their borders, so he has taken a global view. Will it make the Raptors more popular in the US? No. And no one should really care. When the Raptors make the playoffs this year, as they will hopefully and should do, it's a good bet the Raptors popularity in Europe will skyrocket. Already, Bargnani jerseys are apparently the 10th best selling jersey in Europe. The Raptors are currently `Canada's team', and are soon to be `Europe's team', too. I wouldn't particularly call that small market.
All that doesn't necessarily mean that writers like Austin Burton will get his head out of his ass long enough to realize the world doesn't end at the US border, but since he's a writer in another country, I guess I shouldn't care.
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Well written and sound. Nice of you to include some figures and reasoning. A few notes:
1) The size of Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington can be misleading. For example, one could extend Philly's boundaries to New Jersey which is where most of their sub urbs are located. Even with that, they had a much lower attendance record than the Raptors and so did the Wizards.
2) What do you think of this pre conceived notion that Bosh will just bolt? Has he indicated in anyway that he wants to leave or has ever had a problem being a Raptor? He did already sign an extension he did not have to sign.
http://www.wearingfilm.com Tim W.
Thanks. One thing I didn't mention is how prevalent Raptor fans are on the internet. It's really hard to get any hard facts, but the two teams that seemed to be most represented on most Basketball forums are Laker and Raptor fans.
As for Bosh bolting, I'm not surprised at the notion that most of the American media are convinced he's leaving. It's the narrow view of things I mentioned. OF COURSE, he's going to go to Miami or New York. He's American. Why would an American live in Canada if they didn't have to?
Really, I don't think anyone, including Bosh, knows whether he's going to leave. I think it's a lot more likely he'll re-sign now than a month ago. I mean, if Colangelo had ANY indication that Bosh was going to leave, he'd have been traded. If Colangelo has shown one thing, it's that he's not afraid to pull the trigger.
Honestly, American media only have two topics to write about when it comes to the Raptors: 1) the Raptors' star player leaving, and 2) BC's European experiment. They never made such a big deal when San Antonio or Sacremento had a large number of Europeans, but during an off-season where (until the recent Belinelli trade) five non-Europeans were added (Jack, Evans, George, Wright, DeRozan) two more were retained (Douby and O'Bryant), versus the two of Turkoglu and Nesterovic, of course the spotlight would be on the Europeans. Never mind that the Europeans can play, of course.
As for our supposed disproportionate spending compared to our market size, honestly that's bull too. Seems like fans forget that having the highest salary in the league doesn't mean you're a winner; it means you're the (old) New York Knicks. If there's ever a time when the Raptors are on the fence about whether or not to keep or acquire a hefty contract (like if Toronto fans actually *wanted* to keep Bosh and Toronto ownership said no), then I'll join the bandwagon strike outside MLSE headquarters (in spirit). But up til now, the Raptors have had a pretty good track record in going after players or keeping their own. Especially if you believe what people say about players not wanting to be in Toronto. But alas, fans just want to see spending for the sake of spending, even if it means cutting a bunch of minimum salary players and adding on some new minimum salary contracts just to get ahead of other teams on dollars spent. Not very cap smart.
http://www.wearingfilm.com Tim W.
The American media is a funny thing. One just has to look back at the first few years of the Iraq was to see how myopic they can be. One of their biggest strengths (their large population and size) is also one of their biggest weaknesses. It allows them to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, which can be dangerous. Smaller countries necessarily have to look outside their own borders, but most Americans never travel outside of their own country, so they never have to deal with other cultures and understand other people.
I mean, how many of these American sportswriters have even BEEN to Toronto? Marc Stein is one of the few American sports writers I've read that talks about Toronto in glowing terms. He's even said that if ESPN opened an office in Toronto, he'd be the first to apply to go there. He's an incredibly rare breed, however.
As for Toronto spending, I find it perplexing that fans feel that Toronto needs to spend so much money. There's never been a strong correlation between spending and winning. And generally, the contenders who are among the highest spenders didn't get there because they spent. They spent after they got there. A perfect example is Orlando. Orlando was well under the tax threshold until they made the Finals. Now that they are legit contenders, they are spending money. Its not the other way around. The Raptors are actually spending LESS than last season, but will probably be a much better team.
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Thank you for the great post. Ann
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I don't think that either of the Leafs or Raptors GMs wanted to rebuild when they first came. Like Brian Burke, I think the root of the problem with Bryan Colangelo is that he was too confident in what his old team had accomplished. He came off a high from his former team and preferred to re-create the same success rather than build new success. I believe that both wanted to be who they were on their former teams and then expect Toronto to naturally adjust to them when possessing much different sporting dynamics than the cities they were in.
One difference between the two GMs however is that I will give Brian Burke the benefit of the doubt for entering a much worse situation in the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were a real bad team with players who were past their prime or untalented and had little promise for the future in their farm system. It's easy for fans to blame the GMs (Colangelo's is much more deserved), but if best-case scenario according Tony Irwin had happened, I wonder if Chris Bosh would have had a place. While Bosh and Aldridge were better players and a potentially more exciting duo, I don't think that either would be a good fit at centre. I don't know if they could even fit together. The easy choice was to keep Chris Bosh when in hindsight, the smart choice may have been to trade Chris Bosh in 2006 no matter what.
If both GMs had committed to rebuilding from the start, the Raptors would be a playoff team, I doubt the Leafs would be, although they would have more blue-chip talent in their system.
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15 November 2013
Opening presentation. Splice Symposium: science, medicine, music & the performing arts, University of Notre Dame, London
10 August 2013
Talk for KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
21 March 2013
Talk at "Wildlife and Society: Challenges for a Shared Future" conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
5 March 2013
Talk at Writtle College seminar on Research in Arts and Sciences, Chelmsford, UK.
26 February 2013
Lecture, "Off the Planet", at Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
31 October 2012
Talk, "Integrating contemporary art into science & technology education", 'Integrated Approaches to STEM Education' seminar, ORT, London, UK
26-27 October 2012
Lecture, "Experimental ruins to laboratory life", Ekologie: urban ecologies and its practices conference, Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
29 September 2012
Talk, "Art in zero gravity", Kosmica Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
19-24 September 2012
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19 July 2012
Catalyst Rwanda at Africa Utopia, Southbank Centre, London.
4 July 2012
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29 June 2012
Speaker, Engaging the Artist's Voice: Museums, galleries and artists working in collaboration conference, British Museum/Arts Council England, London, UK
28 June 2012
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23 May 2012
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10 May 2012
Chair, 'Scientific Visions: Enrico Coen and Rob Kesseler in conversation', organised by the Art, Science and Technology research group, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London, UK.
29 April 2012
Presenting the work of The Arts Catalyst with Rob La Frenais at 3:Vanigen, Gothenburg International Science Festival, Sweden.
12 March 2012
Co-chair, meeting of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Technical Committee on the Cultural Utilisation of Space, IAF Spring meeting, Paris, France.
9 March 2012
Seminar, "Audiences and Public in the Arts Sector", University of Westminster, MA on Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture.
17 February 2012
Co-presenter with Lisa Haskel, workshop on the 'Arctic Perspective Initiative', London Citizen Cyberscience Summit
9 February 2012
Participant, 'Wasted Debates' round table discussion on the ethics of using human remains in art, Bluecoats, Liverpool, UK.
8 February 2012
Speaker, 'In Public' research symposium, Royal College of Art School of Humanities, London, UK.
8 December 2011
Keynote speaker, Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award Ceremony, Science Center Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands. Organised by the Waag Society.
16 November 2011
Talk, Kwetu Film Institute, Kigali, Rwanda.
2 October 2011
Keynote speaker, Power in Outer Space symposium, University of Brighton. Part of Keep Space for Peace Week.
2 September 2011
Art & Geopolitics panel, Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, RGS, UK
1 September 2011
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15 June 2011
Talk, The Media School, Bournemouth University.
Talk, Cafe Curio, Camden Arts Centre, London.
28 May 2011
Speaker, 'Perspectives on Art & Medicine' symposium, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton
6 May 2011
Keynote speaker, Curating Science conference, Wellcome Collection, London, organised by Kingston University.
23 March 2011
Speaker, 'Data Landscapes' workshop, University of Westminster (AHRC funded network project).
26 February 2011
Lecturer, 'Dynamics of Collaboration and Forms of Creativity' seminar, Centre de Art de Santa Monica & the British Council, Barcelona, Spain
25 February 2011
Presenting paper "Identity Correction: Parody, Satire & Media", 'Digital Portraits of Transculturalism' symposium, Centre for Creative Collaboration, London
22 February 2011
Speaker, Information Just Wants to be Free, Intelligence Squared event, Dana Centre, Science Museum, London.
13 December 2010
Launch of 'Arctic Perspective Cahier No. 2: Geopolitics and Autonomy', ed. Michael Bravo & Nicola Triscott, Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag
1 October 2010
Keynote speaker, Ways of Knowing conference, University of Hertfordshire
20 September 2010
Speaker, Clore Leadership Programme 2009/10 fellowship programme
7 July 2010
Panel member, LSE-Marcel Symposium on Artistic Research & Experimentation in Digital Media, King's College London.
20 May 2010
Introducing Marko Peljhan & Matthew Biederman's 'Arctic Perspective' exhibition at the opening, Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London.
2 April 2010
Chair, discussion between Micol Assael and Russian engineer Ivan Kuzhekin, on the occasion of Assael's exhibition 'Fomuska', Museion, Bolzano, Italy
23 March 2010
Chair, ITACCUS (International Astronautical Federation's Technical Committee on Cultural Utilisation of Space) at the IAF Spring meeting in Paris.
15 March 2010
Chair, conversation between artist Brandon Ballengee and the editor of Antennae Journal Giovanni Aloi at the Royal Institution at the opening of Ballengee's The Case of the Deviant Toad, launching Arts Catalyst's new publication Brandon Ballengee – Malamp: The Occurence of Deformities in Amphibians.
10 March 2010
Talk, "Arctic Perspective Initiative", 'Planetary Breakdown: autonomous infrastructures for a sustainable future' symposium, The Arts Catalyst/Intersections, AV Festival, BALTIC, Gateshead
10 February 2010
Talk, "Arctic Perspective Initiative", super collider's Science Fair at The Book Club, 100 Leonard St, Shoreditch / 8pm-11pm
5 February 2010
Paeticipant, Futurity Long Conversation, ransmediale 10, a 9-hour relay of one-to-one conversations, bringing 21 leading artists, designers, theorists, journalists and media interventionists together to discuss, contextualise and explore a multiplicity of utopias, projects and technologies crucial for the ways in which we conceive the future today. House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany.
9 December 2009
Seminar, MA Art & Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London, with Stephen Forster, John Hansard Gallery.
20 November 2009
Participant, 'Bio-Culture and the Post-Humanities: Animals?' symposium , Institute for Modern & Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster, London, UK.
8 October 2009
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19-20 July 2009
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New Orleans chief wants 2,000 officers by 2004
Pennington made his case Monday before the City Council during a review of the Police Department's proposed $114 million operating budget for next year.
Mayor Marc Morial's proposed 2001 spending plan provides money for 1,735 officers, 80 more than the current level of 1,655. The budget includes money for four recruit classes of about 40 each, which Morial administration officials say will allow for growth as well as offsetting losses from attrition, which averages about 100 officers annually.
Deputy Superintendent Ronal Serpas said a 35-member recruit class is scheduled to graduate in January. The first of the four new classes are scheduled to start Dec. 27, followed by sessions beginning in March, June and August. Each class lasts 17 weeks.
Raising the department's ranks to 2,000 would carry a price tag of $13 million, money the city doesn't have at this time. But Pennington said he would like to begin discussing a strategy next year in an effort to accomplish the task by 2004.
"Understanding the current state of the city's finances, it would be hard to do," Pennington told the council. "But it's something we need to think about."
The superintendent said the additional officers will address three concerns: putting more cops in schools, expanding the neighborhood policing programs demanded by New Orleanians and strengthening his commitment to getting drugs off the streets by targeting the "midlevel distributors."
In the short term, City Councilman Eddie Sapir said the city should look into diverting a portion of the $2 million paid annually to the Orleans Parish School Board by Harrah's New Orleans Casino to pay for more school-based police officers.
Currently the casino appropriation is earmarked solely for repairs to schools. But Sapir said he'd like to see as much as half of the money used to increase the police presence on school campuses.
Under an agreement forged recently between Morial and the school system, 11 police officers will be assigned next month to five high schools and six junior high and middle schools, increasing to 20 the number of school resource officers. City officials began looking for a way to boost police presence in September after two students at Woodson Middle School were wounded in a shootout.
Not counting grant money, which is dedicated to specific proposes, the recommended 2001 police budget is about $4 million larger than the department expects to spend this year. As in past years, police spending accounts for more than 25 cents of every dollar the city spends -- by far the largest allocation for any city agency.
The administration did not include $760,000 requested by Pennington to pay for promotions to police officer IV, the highest rank below sergeant. Currently, about 200 officers are eligible for the promotions.
Councilman Scott Shea said he was concerned how the omission would affect morale on the force.
While they lack the money to pay for all the promotions immediately, police officials said they plan to promote officers as vacancies occur.
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This project is closed since 2011 but we are still playing a lot and aside I could not add a single line of code without crash the game because I crossed all the limits of the engine, I decide to start several optimizations and improvements in the code to open space to let me come back to work into this mod again.
After several hours of studing the code I found out some weird ways to open some free space, which aside is minimal it's enough to do few amazing things and improvements that I wanted to do for many time. A beta version is already online at Blood Culture servers and everyone is loving the improvements. A topic was open in the forums with the progress of this new version.
Bots still impossible to this version since I'll need to code them to each of the 42 gametypes, something impossible to do with the space that I have available to work right now, but might be a solution in the way... something EPIC is coming again to Call of Duty series.
The first big improvement it's the Airborne Mode which is already working and we are doing the final tests. This new mode simply add more 38 new gametypes to Frontlines. Come to the servers to test them with us. We play every Sunday @ 20:00h GMT-3 since 2008, but also have matches on Tuesday and Friday with less players. You are all welcome to join us!
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THANK JEZUZ SOMEBODY AGREES! BBC2 Has an Updated engine while COD has been runing on a heavily modded quake engine for the last 11 years.Little kids don't know the concept of a real game because oll they play is COD. I know what a game is like for say Counter-Strike that was MOD but became a retail and is still successful to this day. COD like mw2 is failing so hard BF3 wil kill it with a simple tap with its pinky. We need more good games like BBC2 or Counter-Strike not these so called "Realistic Great games" when they can't even use thier own engine!
Now you are just talking ****, as Counter Strike runs on the Half Life 2 engine. The engine used in the Half Life series.
i kinda disagree. every game gets boring. DONT GET ME WRONG! i love battlefield. i love COD. but every game gets boring. if you play a game alot, it gets boring. thats normal. no one likes playing the same thing over, and over, forever. even one of my most favorite games, like battlefield, get boring. and it is very insulting saying that hard-core COD fans are nothing more than a bunch of kids that dont know games.
aside from the graphics and game modes and the perks, i like Cod 3 out of all the cods old and new, it has a special fun that i havent been able to find in the others.
not that cod5 is bad though i just miss some major things like vehicles and dialouge and the special abiltys.
sigh this was the last truly great COD
yeah this was good, Call of Duty 4 was like a million times better, but this one was good... Modern Warfare 2 got ruined by IWNet, and Black Ops just sucks, period.
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Some kids have trouble saying certain sounds or words. This can be frustrating because others may have trouble understanding what they're trying to say.
The good news is that kids who have trouble saying certain sounds or understanding others can go to a special kind of therapist for help — speech therapists (also called speech-language pathologists).
Speech therapists help people of all ages with different speech and language disorders. Here are some of them:
Lots of kids see speech therapists. It's a great way to learn to speak more clearly. Sometimes a kid has a medical condition that makes speaking more difficult. Here are some of them:
A kid visiting a speech therapist for the first time will take a speaking test. Don't worry, it's not like a test in school that's going to affect your report card. This test is a way of finding out what types of speech problems a kid has. The kid will be asked to say certain sounds and words. These may be recorded and the therapist might write some stuff down during the test. The test will help the therapist figure out the kid's needs and decide what treatments are needed.
The "treatment" for speech problems is practice. If a kid has trouble with articulation or fluency, the therapist will spend time showing him or her how to make the proper sounds. The therapist will demonstrate the sounds and ask the kid to try to copy them. That means copying the way the therapist moves the lips, mouth, and tongue to make the right sound.
Mirrors can be helpful here. The therapist might ask the kid to make these sounds while looking in the mirror. Some therapists use games to make this practice more fun.
If your therapist is helping you with a language disorder, your sessions may seem a little like school. He or she will help you with grammar — how to put words together properly to form clear statements and thoughts. If you have difficulties with understanding what you hear, you may play games that work on these skills, such as Simon Says.
Some treatments are short and others are longer. It depends on the problem the kid is working on. A kid might see the therapist once a week or a few times a week. Treatment can take a few weeks, a few months, or a few years.
If you have speech problem, the best advice is to practice, practice, practice. Find time to work on the skills the therapist has shown you. Maybe spend some time before bed practicing in front of a mirror. Ask your parent to work with you.
Just like practicing your foul shot or memorizing your multiplication tables, hard work pays off!
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Boston Board in disagreement over officials salary raises
BY: Matt Sargeant | November 16, 2012
BOSTON — A public hearing regarding the town of Boston's 2012 – 13 budget proposal generated no comments from the public in attendance at the board meeting on Nov. 7, but Supervisor Martin Ballowe and the board members expressed their opinions, when it came time to approve the elected officials' salaries.
While Ballowe, the board members and Town Clerk Jennifer Mule' are budgeted for the same pay rate from years previous ($22,640; $7,770 and $43,515 annually, respectively), the two town justices and Superintendent of Highways Robert Telaak are scheduled to see an increase on next year's paycheck. The justices will make $15,656 each, while Telaak is slotted for $54,545, in 2013. The last two figures were challenged by councilmen Larry Murtha and Gary Vara.
"I want to be consistent, with the same way I was with the highway contract," Murtha said. "I'm against raises, at this time. These are tough times. I think it's time for us to acknowledge that."
Vara said, "I voted 'no,' based on the same premise [as Murtha] that I voted against the highway contract. I did not vote, based on only these salaries present here. I'm glad the parks department guys got raises. I did not vote against that. With the way the economy is, I just had to be consistent with my vote."
Ballowe defended the raises, saying, "I can appreciate everyone who works in the town and does a great job. When I walked in the door, we were overstaffed [and] nobody took the initiative to watch the budgets and how the town's money was spent. We decided not to fill four positions in the town, which was a cost savings."
He said that, by looking at how town dollars are spent and budgeted, Boston cut taxes for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
"[Cutting taxes] doesn't go by just one person," he said. "That goes by each department saving money [and] watching how money's spent. I don't have a problem with a cost-of-living raise. The cross-training that these people do [to] work through these building and these departments is fantastic. Not one person works in one department. Whenever a hand is needed, they move over. It's a win situation. When you can keep good employees and you can keep employees happy and having them cross-trained in different areas, it's a win for our town.
Ballowe said that Boston paid down debts, going "from a losing proposition on the troopers' barracks, where the rent wasn't really covering the loan, to a winning proposition, where now the rent in 25 years will make the town over half a million dollars in rent."
He said that he does not have an issue giving a "little raise" to the people he said he sees working very hard. "If you compare our salaries to other towns around us, we are the lowest-paid town around. We did salary comparisons. I appreciate the hard work that everybody does. It's not a one-man operation. It's an operation of 50 people.
"I think the budget is a good, good, solid, conservative budget," he added. "When you can go these days and not raise taxes, as you see with other towns, school districts, counties, states – and our town doesn't raise taxes for three years in a row and actually cuts them a little? It's a win-win for us. It's a win for the citizens of the town."
Ballowe said that, because he takes his job very seriously, he closely watches what is spent and "I hope that everyone else would do the same. So I don't have a problem with the budget. I appreciate your hard work, and it doesn't go unnoticed. And beside me saying that, the other way is to give you a cost-of-living raise. So when you say it's time to give it a cut, I got to totally, totally disagree with you."
Councilman Jay Boardway said that he also supported the raises. "The vote that was taken at that point in time was simply on the elected official salaries," he said. "Just to clarify, and these numbers are available, when the supervisor took office three years ago, he reduced his salary by 20 percent. It was a promise that was made by him. He remains at that same level. He has never taken a raise since he has been sitting behind this bench.
According to Boardway, the councilmen's salaries remain at $7,770, per year. "We have not taken a raise. Councilmen [Jeff] Genzel and myself I can speak for. Because we were not legally allowed to reduce our salary by 20 percent, unless the other councilmen agreed to do the same thing – and they refused – [we] donate that additional 20 percent to worthwhile causes in the town.
"Our newly-elected town clerk, in fact, did not take a raise. There's no increase in her salary. The town justices received a very small raise. That's two judges we have. It's a little more than $30,000 in salary that they get as a combination between the two of them, yet the court office in this town brings in revenue of over $190,000 a year, to this town. That's a very small price to pay."
Boardway also defended the raise that Highway Superintendent Robert Telaak received, after calling that employee's job in town "fantastic." According to Boardway, Telaak has eliminated $800,000 worth of debt in his office, during the past four years and "additionally is woefully underpaid. He's paid less than the highway superintendent in Eden, in Colden, in Aurora ... every town around us. He is still not on par, even with this small raise, this year. So that was the vote that was taken place, that [Murtha and Vara] voted 'no' to. Those two raises in there, they're miniscule, compared to the amount of work that these people do, for our town."
Ballowe clarified that Telaak will receive a 4 percent raise, instead of a 3 percent one for 2013. He had been scheduled for a 3 percent raise in 2012, but a "clerical error" resulted in his earning a 2 percent raise, this past year. "To be fair and on par with everyone else, we gave [Telaak] 4 [percent] this year," Ballowe said.
"I think, to sort one person out, you don't realize how important the highway superintendent is, that he not only does that but he does the parks department," Ballowe added. "He lends all his guys to the parks department. We would have to sub all that out and I'm sure you guys all know about prevailing wage, being here. I'm sure that you can understand that ... when you start subbing work out, it gets the taxpayers' money eaten up, very quickly. So, instead of doing that, he's nice enough to bring his equipment over [and] do it that way. He doesn't have to do that, by law."
Despite the disagreements, the salaries passed by a three-to-two vote, without any public comment.
In other board matters:
– The approved a special permit for 6752 Mill St., subject to a few conditions, in regard to the installation of a propane tank. The board asked that bollards be put up around the tank, that a chain-link fence be constructed around the property and that the site itself be cleaned up, to match the town's site plan.
"As the planning board liaison, I have seen this project from the beginning," Genzel said. "I have no problem with a company expanding and trying to make more money in this day and age, especially after the election." He said that he and the town's planning board would like to see safety bollards placed completely around the propane tank. "This is to benefit the public so someone doesn't drive into it. There are quite a few tanks that have chain-link fences. I understand the lockbox on this tank is the security for this tank, but the planning board did suggest a chain-link fence around the facility, to keep away children, adults [and] anybody that might be tinkering around with it. My other concern was that the site doesn't match the site plan."
– Concluding months of deliberation, the board unanimously voted to approve the service award points for the Patchin Fire Company. "I think I got this all cleared up," said Ballowe. "We've got it all taken care of."
– The board carried a motion to approve a lease agreement between the town and Black Rose Kennels, a dog shelter located at 6153 South Abbott Road in Orchard Park.
– Joyce Jensen announced her resignation from the nutrition program, via a letter to the board. "I thank you for giving me this wonderful part-time employment," she said. "This program is certainly a worthy endeavor for the senior citizens in the town of Boston.
– Code Enforcement Officer William Ferguson wrote that his department "does not object to granting [Kenneth] Taylor an additional accessory building storage." He said, "The size and location of the accessory building meet the requirements of the Boston Zoning Code." The storage building will be located at 9665 Lango Road.
The board will reconvene on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall, located at 8500 Boston State Road in Boston.
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