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can you get a three-star experience at one-star prices? Which hot new
restaurant merits the scorching hype? The answer to all these questions
and more can be found Tuesdays at 11 AM on Kliman Online.
From scoping out scruffy holes in the wall to weighing the merits of four-star wanna-bes, from scouring the 'burbs and exurbs to hitting the city's streets, Todd Kliman covers a lot of territory. Winner of a James Beard Foundation Award in 2005 for the country's best newspaper column about food, Kliman is food and wine editor and restaurant critic for The Washingtonian. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, The Oxford American, The Daily Beast and Men's Health, among others, and he has been selected four times for inclusion in the Best Food Writing anthologies. He is the author of The Wild Vine, a literary exploration of two entwined mysteries: an obscure grape that rose to prominence, only to disappear, and its present-day evangelist, a foul-mouthed transgendered multi-millionaire vintner on an obsessive quest to restore the legend of an antebellum southern doctor.
Can't wait a week to talk to Todd? Follow him on Twitter for dining reports, tips, and breaking news from the culinary world.
Green Pig Bistro, Arlington
One of the best and most intriguing of the current crop of Hipster Farmhouse restaurants (dishtowel napkins, bluegrass in the air, repurposed wood and yard-sale tchochkes throughout). The chef, Scot Harlan, an alumnus of the kitchen at Inox, cooks with precision and clarity, making light of a plate of crispy pig tacos (the pig, here, is salty, crunchy matchsticks of julienned ears) and even a country-style pate. There's a fantastic drinks menu, and a not-bad selection of Virginia wines, including a Michael Shaps Cab Franc that sells for $5 a glass; it's a perfect match for the rich, porky treats.
Moa, Rockville
never find it if you weren't looking for it. Situated in the
fascinating industrial sector of Rockville, amid a slew of old
warehouses and specialty supply stores, this cozy Korean mom 'n' pop is
about as hidden as hidden gems get. The cooking is vivid and
punchy--great bibimbap, served several ways, along with a parade of
soups, noodle dishes and stir frys. Order a soju to wash it all down;
the mango and watermelon are fresh and gently sweet, a good counterpart
to the garlicky intensity of the food.
R&R Taqueria, Elkridge
Best Mexican food in the area, and it's not even close. And--it's in a gas station. Worth the drive to Elkridge.
Maple Avenue, Vienna
diners might be skeptical of splurging for $20 + entrees in a tiny,
repurposed diner where the 8 tables are wedged together so closely the
room can feel like one big dinner party when the drinks are flowing.
Others might be skeptical of the menu, which bends in a dozen different
directions, implying a kitchen with a scattered,
be-everything-to-everyone vision -- which is to say, no vision at all.
But this is a surprisingly focused restaurant -- and a surprisingly
rewarding one, too, a place that feels like a personal statement, backed
by an amiable staff that clearly aims to send you away smiling. The
chef and owner, Tim Ma, does his part, too. He makes a mean shrimp and
grits, and his beef cheek sandwich with beer battered fries is one of
the best simple plates around. Don't miss the bread pudding.
Society Fair, Old Town Alexandria
find the room garish, the prices high, the mood presuming. I'm putting
this on here on the strength of two terrific sandwiches -- a fabulous
baguette stacked with thin shaved ham and good mustard and lamb shoulder
stuffed into a griddled flatbread with tangy yogurt and spinach -- and a
superlative wine list.
Fiola, DC
Trabocchi's edge-of-Penn Quarter restaurant has put its tentative
beginnings behind it. The dishes emerging from the brick-framed,
herb-potted kitchen find the prodigiously talented chef moving further
and further from the controlled elegance of his work at the late
Maestro. They also find him cooking with a renewed confidence and
conviction. The best of these plates--an astonishingly flavorful ragu of
wild hare with thick bands of papardelle, a double-cut,
prosciutto-wrapped veal chop with toasted hazelnuts that accent the
sweetness and nuttiness of the meat, a bowl of tender meatballs in a
tomato sauce that frankly puts most Italian grandmothers to shame--marry
rusticity with refinement. Desserts--including a fabulous cone of
sugar-dusted bomboloni, with pots of apple marmalade and cinnamon
gelato--remain a rousing finish.
Sidebar, Silver Spring
Diana Davila-Boldin, a Windy City native, has improved upon her Chicago
dog -- grilling the link, griddling the bun and overloading the ripe,
fresh toppings. The result? The best dog in Washington, and better than
any Chicago dog I have ever had in Chicago. I'd give this
poolhall/hipster bar/cafe a spot on the list just for that, but I also
love her mini-falafel, her homemade sausages, her cod fritters, and the
cochinita tacos that amount to a glorious precis of El Chucho's Cocina
Superior -- Jackie Greenbaum's forthcoming "inauthentic Mexican"
restaurant, in Columbia Heights.
Mintwood Place, DC
owner Saied Azali was lucky to land Cedric Maupillier, formerly the
chef at Central and before that the chef de cuisine at Citronelle, for
his rusticky new bistro. The Toulon native is doing typically great
work--cranking out lovingly faithful renditions of such bistro classics
as cassoulet (see if you can finish it without two glasses of wine) and
steak tartare (the tiny, crunchy tater tots on top are a clever allusion
to his old boss, Michel Richard) as well as offering up some sly, smart
takes on tradition (frogs' legs with black walnut romesco, a lamb
tongue moussaka). There's a whole boneless dorade with picholine olives
and braised fennel that's a knockout--beautifully conceived, perfectly
Meaza, Arlington
largest Ethiopian restaurant in the country, according to owner Meaza
Zemedu, if you count the butcher shop, grocery and banquet room in
addition to the dining room itself. Which wouldn't mean much at all if
Zemedu wasn't a talented cook who commands such a focused and
consistent kitchen. Her wats, or long-simmered stews, are remarkable for
their depth and length. The kitfo is superb, akin to a great beef
tartare in its blending and balance of spices.
Cork, DC
best wine bar is eating better than it has since its early months,
thanks to new hire Rob Weland. The erstwhile Poste chef has brought a
seasonal focus to the menu, a welcome development for all those who
regard the place as a regular in their dining-out rotation. More
important is his great gift for making complex combinations feel
inevitable and for imbuing simple arrangements with subtle textures and
East Pearl, Rockville
superlative addition to the unofficial Chinatown of northern Rockville,
this cheery, subtly modish restaurant is turning out uncommonly
clean-tasting versions of standard Hong Kong-style fare, including
shrimp dumpling soup, shrimp with walnuts, and soyed chicken--all
spectacular. And don't miss a Shanghai-style noodle dish that brings
together angel hair, roast pork, shrimp, green onions and a generous
spoonful of yellow curry powder into a light, greaseless and remarkably
vivid whole.
This Week's Contest: Tell Us A Story About Your Mother That Is Also A Story About Food.
Since Mother's Day is this Sunday, we'd like you to celebrate the woman who fed you first and worried over your lack of interest in vegetables and made sly and fretful comments about your teenage flirtation with vegetarianism.
We'd like you to tell us a story about your mother that is also a food story.
Or, alternatively -- share one of her favorite recipes (or the gist of a favorite recipe) and the story behind it.
Feel free to be tender, or funny, or indulgent and long-winded, or dry and witty, or all of these things.
Just remember -- it's all in the storytelling, and Todd loves details!
The winning entry will win a copy of the Mom 100 Cookbook by Katie Workman. It's a collection of recipes, tip, and techniques aimed at families.
Right now, I'd say it's Hong Kong Pearl Seafood, in Falls Church.
It's in the plaza at Seven Corners right across the street from the Eden Center.
There are little things that could be better — some of the rice-based wrappers sometimes cling to the bottoms of their steamers, and there are sometimes long lags between the carts — but what's good is very good, and generally very fresh, too.
Be sure, if you go, to get an order of greens — any greens; they're superb — and don't miss the roasted, crisp-skinned pork, which you can see dangling in a heated, lighted case up front when you walk in. Fantastic.
It's been a while since I've been, so I'm going to toss this one out to the chatters, but my memory of the place — which isn't strong — was that it was pretty eh.
The kind of place you want to like, the kind of old-school atmosphere you enjoy sinking into, but …
I hope that's not the case anymore, I hope the place is doing wonderfully and eating wonderfully, and is just the right call for the night for you …
(And if I may add — yours truly was passed over, too … )
I don't think it's that the Beard Foundation dislikes DC. I think that it likes — really likes — New York.
Remember that old New Yorker cover, the one where, once you get past Staten Island, it's basically Iowa and Montana?
Everything outside New York, to many New Yorkers, is the sticks. It might be good. It might be great. It's still the sticks.
Many Beard voters are in New York. Or travel often to New York.
That's a big part of this.
The other big part of this is that the way the judging is set up.
I would venture to guess that a fair number of the judges who voted for Cucharamama — Maricel Presilla's place in Hoboken — have not eaten meals at Komi, Rasika, Restaurant Eve and Obelisk within the last year.
Finally, I have to say it surprises me that a Hoboken restaurant is even in the category of Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. I consider it a suburb of New York.
I saw on Twitter that José Andrés said that DC media needs to be more supportive. I will just say that I don't think that stumping for a restaurant or chef is the job of a food writer or critic, nor is it the job of a publication.
She sure sounds like it.
I love how open she seems to trying new things. "Let's just go somewhere." Neat.
Thanks for writing in with the story of your recent outing.
The bar has been set, everyone …
Best way to beat the system?
Don't take her out for brunch. Take her out for an early dinner.
You may save money, and you're probably also looking at a better meal.
Mother's Day brunch is a cliche, anyway. The point is to get together, and spend the time, and to do it over food, right?
Thanks for following up on this.
This is something that, ideally, requires thinking about for longer than this chat session allows, and writing with more consideration, but I will say that I firmly believe that what I proposed is within reason. Not easy, mind you, but within reason if the powerful and influential marshal their resources.
I am not talking about just one fast food place. I am talking about many. All over the country. And all geared to serving high-quality, fast, affordable, fresh food.
There is a growing divide in the food world, and many in the food movement are content with their us vs. them-ism.
The reason that many people eat bad food is not because they are poor or lack education (I am constantly hearing "if only they were exposed to the wonders of a great, fresh tomato," "if only they knew what agribusiness is doing to the environment and their bodies … "), but because bad food is so accessible and so cheap, and because their scattered, harried lives don't allow for taking time out to go to farmers' markets and "slowing down" and celebrating the spirit of the table and questioning the merit of everything they put into their bodies.
Lucky, lucky you …
Le Comptoir, Frenchie, L'Ami Jean — if you can get in — are all pretty casual and pretty wonderful.
I'll be interested in hearing a report on any of these, or anywhere else you might end up. Have a blast and bon appetit!
Thanks for the report.
The thing that surprises me to hear is that the food was bland. Not my experience there at all in my three meals.
Oversalted at times, yes.
Expensive, and with too many add-ons, for sure.
But bland, no.
Boy, there's lots of good kitfo around.
I really love it at Meaza, in Arlington. But since you're staying in DC, then Ethiopic, on H St., is your place. Excellent.
By the way, for those of you who may be put off by the thought of eating kitfo — a chopped raw beef seasoned with berbere, korerima and mitmita, and usually served alongside ayeb, a homemade cottage cheese — you can always request that the kitchen cook it slightly.
I wouldn't ask them to cook it too much — many waitresses will ask if you want it "medium," or you can simply tell them to tell the kitchen to just cook it ever so lightly. The latter request typically turns up a dish that in American terms would still classify as medium rare, or sometimes even beyond that, with meat that is somehow softer and easier to eat.
Wonderful story!
The Pud! I love it.
And I love that you put us all there.
I can definitely relate. My wife's mother — gone from us now for five years this April — used to make a Christmas Pudding, too, with the whole ceremony, too.
Dim the lights, set it aflame, top it with ice cream, and then dig in slowly to the boozy, chewy, fruity, sticky … density.
A little went a long way.
We have a leader …
What a story.
And that lentil curry is always going to have those associations for you, always going to be tied to that very specific memory.
This says so much.
Thank you for taking a moment to write it up …
I'm loving this contest …
A tie at the top, now …
I just wanted to share, quickly, a somewhat related story … My mom used to make (occasionally, not regularly) something called karnatzlach —Romanian hamburgers, basically, but in oblong shapes not patties, similar to zeppelins or footballs. The meat is shot through with a kitchen's worth of black pepper and garlic, dusted in flour and fried.
One night, I had a friend over for dinner. We walked into the house, sweaty from the ballfield, and I could smell them even before I saw them — the kitchen was fragrant with garlic and black pepper and frying beef. I felt embarrassed. Would my friend think that I wasn't normal? A normal American? Would he think that we had just arrived off the boat? I ate mine that night, but the whole time I was thinking: why can't we just have hamburgers on buns, like everyone else?
Wow, these are all so good.
Isn't it funny how we circle back, always. And the circling isn't self-conscious, usually. It just happens. At a certain age, we stop constantly pushing forward and glorifying the future, and we circle back, back, back …
Your story reminds me, again, of my wife's mother. After she died, her three daughters vowed to continue her holiday traditions, which included baking a boatload of cookies every December. My wife's a good baker, and knocked out many of the dozen varieties.
But there was one cookie that she — and her sisters, too — had never tried. The Santa Claus Cookie. This was a thin, crunchy sugar cookie — unremarkable as a cookie, except for the fact that it had been painstakingly handpainted with frosting. It looked like one of those exquisite little dolls with detail work that you shake your head at — at the patience and exactitude of it. The defining feature was Santa's beard, which was thick and fluffy white.
Well, that first year they baked the cookie and set down to paint it.
They hadn't been able to locate a recipe for the white frosting, but how complicated could white frosting be?
Very, it turns out.
The impostor frosting didn't obey. It clumped. It stuck. The brushes didn't flow across Santa's beard.
In many of the cookies, he looked disheveled, beaten up, abused.
And they all said afterwards: We never knew.
All the little things she did and didn't talk about, the things that made their lives easy or special — they just never knew …
Many Asian cooks would tell you that it's not cheating.
I don't believe it is, either.
It's an enhancer, one that brings an umami-ish presence to foods. Salt is also an enhancer.
That's not to say that I like its prevalence. But it's hard to avoid at Chinese and Thai restaurants. You can make the request, and that request may or may not be honored.


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In a career spanning 45 years, Edward Kelley, CPM, Emeritus, has had executive management responsibilities for more than 150,000 apartments, hotels, and millions of square feet of office space over 38 states. With a reputation as a turnaround expert, Kelley, Naples, FL, has written numerous articles, texts, and seminar presentations.
President of McKenna Management Associates and the Towle McKenna Co., both in Milwaukee, Kathleen McKenna-Harmon manages an impressive portfolio of approximately 3,500 multi-family units and 500,000 square feet of commercial space. McKenna-Harmon has more than 22 years of management and marketing experience, has written three books, and teaches university real estate courses.
These two savvy professionals address the secrets to getting and keeping multi-family tenants.
Q: Why do building owners place such a strong focus on tenant attraction?
McKenna-Harmon: "From Day One, owners have always had a fanatic focus on bringing in the new renter, and because they focus on this, so do their people. In return, you get the behavior that you reward.
"It hasn't been until the last five to seven years the market has begun to awaken [to the fact] that the same thing that is true for retail is true for our business. It costs a lot more to bring in the new customer than it does to retain the old one. It is six times more expensive to bring a customer in than to retain the ones you have. Until recently, the apartment industry has focused solely on commissions for new tenants. Now, the industry has increasingly implemented commissions based on tenant retention."
Q: Why is tenant retention so crucial in multi-family housing?
Kelley: "The obvious one is that every person you save is [a unit] you do not have to rent. It is dramatically cheaper to keep someone than to find something new."
Q: How are building owners responding to tenants' desires?
Kelley: "Finally, apartment owners are coming around to the idea that tenants do not just want a vanilla box. Tenants want volume ceilings, a large bathroom, hard-surface countertops, new windows, and moldings. The apartment industry for years has said, 'This is what you get: new carpets, nicer cabinets, and that's it.'
"Most builder-developers are extremely shortsighted and many are not around when renewal time comes. They do their thing, fill it up, and sell it."
Kelley believes these amenities can help extend the tenants' honeymoon period – the high expectations tenants have when moving into a new home. "If you can keep that guy during that first renewal round, you can save a lot of money," notes Kelley. Increasingly, multi-family housing is being outfitted with great rooms, dens, bay windows, private patios, and home offices. Relaxation gardens are also a major draw.
Q: How are building owners successfully attracting tenants?
Kelley: "I have been seeing extremely creative layouts and multi-floors, whereas in the old days [it was] stacked interiors and cookie cutter [layouts]. Now, apartments are unusual. One apartment will have a balcony, another unit will have a private patio, and another might have a two-story window. You are seeing all of these different varieties and they have personality."
Q: What are tenants' major complaints?
McKenna-Harmon: "The major issue they [have is] maintenance issues; they are not proud of their buildings. They do not think their landlord kept them clean or kept the promises they made. People who work at properties are very quick to say they will 'get to that' … The notion of time has really changed for the American buying public. Right away means something quite different than it did pre-e-mail.
Q: What are the key ways to attract tenants?
McKenna-Harmon: "The most important thing is a change in attitude. We are the only business I know of [where] the people we do business with [are] not called customers.
"If we had the attitude that we were their partner and we had a relationship with them, we would establish channels of communications and be a whole lot nicer. Having had a management company and [having] gone through the arduous process to create a customer-driven operation, it is one of the most exciting and difficult things I have ever done. Because the pillars on which our industry is built is all about controlling behavior."
McKenna-Harmon encourages building owners to establish a "customer is always right" attitude with tenants instead of the traditional, confrontational landlord-tenant relationship. To retain tenants, building owners have to communicate throughout the leasing period.
Q: What are examples of tenant attraction success stories?
Kelley: "If you are trying to attract somebody, it breaks down into many components: Location is critical, [as is] curb appeal. Post Properties, Atlanta, puts on a great curb appeal show when you [drive] by: The flowers are right, the layout is right.
"The neighborhood and the social environment are also critical to tenant attraction, as well as access to garages and extra storage space and affordability. Flexibility – bedrooms that can easily transform into dens, and great rooms that can serve multiple functions – helps attract today's savvy tenants."
Q: Where do you see the apartment industry in five years?
Kelley: "I think you are going to see an enormous number of apartments torn down. The builders were very slow to offer [customers] anything new and exciting. They're just getting around to it now.
"I saw a thousand apartments in the writing of this book and I have been preaching to [industry players] about the condition of apartments for 45 years. In the past, we bought everything that was the cheapest of the cheap. You do not have to buy an oven with 25 buttons, but renters want nice equipment."
Kelley predicts that the percentage of renters will continue to decrease. Coupled with the difficulty in modernizing apartment buildings, this will result in a substantial shakeout in the industry.
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Sherbourne Health Centre, Toronto: For the new facility nearing completion: To provide both primary health care and community mental health services to populations with complex needs and/or barriers to service; to hire 16 new staff; to begin operation of its new infirmary--including homeless and marginally housed people--and expand the hours of primary health care services to 18 hours a day/seven days a week, resulting in an additional 35,000 primary care service visits a year. $2,067,400
Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line, Toronto: To support the operation of a toll-free, confidential phone line that provides support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, 2-spirited, queer and questioning youth throughout Ontario. $84,750
Supporting Our Youth, Toronto: To the health promotion program that benefits lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth in Toronto. $170,000
Parenting Network, Toronto: To programs which helps LGBT-led families. $180,000
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Oshki Kizis Shelter, Ottawa: To refurbish 15 beds, $120,000 this year, and $255,000 this year and next, in operating funds to support those beds. Beginning in 2008, they will receive $510,000 annually for operating costs.
Women's Place of South Niagara, Welland: To build eight new beds and renovate 12 shelter beds.
Canadian Mental Health Association--Timiskaming Branch, Timmins: For 12 new shelter beds.
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Oxfam-Quebec. For microenterprise institutions in Burkina Faso and Benin. Aimed at youth aged 18 to 35, the initiative will increase employment opportunities in these countries through the creation of microenterprise institutions. The project will also facilitate networking in the field of entrepreneurship among youth organizations in Benin, Burkina Faso and Quebec. In Burkina Faso, the project will work with two partner organizations and will target approximately 200 youth, while in Benin, the project will work with 15 youth support groups and will target approximately 1,000 youth. $150,000
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Canadian Arab Friendship Association of Edmonton. To the Next Generation project to review and evaluate current programs, projects and clients, and to ensure organization programs and services continue to be proactive and responsive to emerging needs and trends. $29,000 over one year.
Canadian Association of Student Activity Advisors, Wainwright. To the costs to run the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2005, 'Plant A New Seed' in Lloydminster, to develop young leaders for future civic engagements in their communities. $25,000
Canadian Wellness Society, Cochrane. To volunteer and fund development coordination and to continue, promote and further enhance program delivery to the clientele they serve. $35,600 over one year.
Cardiac Athletic Society of Edmonton (CASE). To their public awareness campaign, enhancing the awareness of rehabilitation for cardiac patients. $5,138
Careers: The Next Generation Foundation, Edmonton. To improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness by improving website development and access, public awareness and promotional tools. $39,425 over two years.
Castor Internet Access Centre Society. To purchase new computer equipment and updated resources, providing more efficient services for the local community and area. $10,465
Central Alberta Women's Outreach Society, Red Deer. To the outreach program to provide support for individuals and families to move into new transitional housing. $50,000 over 17 months.
Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta, Calgary. To the Client Services Intake Program to serve more clients by assisting staff with assessment, reassessment, support and education. $24,785 over one year.
Changing Together--A Centre for Immigrant Women Association, Edmonton. To the coordination of the 'Senior Support Program' to reach out to isolated senior immigrant women in order to build their confidence and give them a life of independence. $28,750 over two years.
Child and Adolescent Services Association, Edmonton. To the volunteer program to maintain and enhance the program delivery and future sustainability of the organization. $44,408 over two years.
Child Find Alberta Society, Calgary. To a coordinated approach to revenue development across the Province. $35,006 over one year.
Child Friendly Calgary Society. To the Youth Volunteer Corps program, offering young people of junior and senior high school ages opportunities to get involved in volunteer projects for non-profit agencies in the community. $50,000 over two years.
Chinook Books For Babies Society, Lethbridge. To the 'Books for Babies Program' to foster and support early literacy development to each parent of a new born in southern Alberta. $23,035 over one year.
Cochrane Youth Association. To equipment and operating costs of an internet cafe in an Affordable Housing Complex, a social enterprise of the Boys & Girls Club, that would be a hub for youth and senior volunteerism, a space to offer computer training courses to the community and a place for work experience students. $20,000 over one year.
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Quebec Native Women Inc., Kahnawake, QC: For training and support for shelters. $51,000; implementation of the Global Strategy for Prevention, Awareness and Intervention in Sexual Abuse for First Nations. $75,000; identifying the preventive services to be prioritized in Aboriginal communities and providing support for First Nations with respect to the strategies to be implemented. $25,000
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Parents as Teachers c/o Children's Village of Ottawa-Carleton. To co-ordinate the efforts of 12 local agencies and deliver this acclaimed early-childhood parent-education initiative, which provides families with support and guidance to promote the optimal development of young children. $81,000 over two years.
Sage Youth. To recruit and train volunteers as literacy tutors and mentors to children and youth from low-income, special needs and new Canadian communities in the Ottawa area. $81,700 over two years.
Township of Madawaska Valley. To develop and maintain trails that will allow residents of all ages and abilities to reach local physical activity goals. $30,000 over one year.
Vankleek Hill Music Festival. To purchase an electroacoustic harp and amplifier, which will be used for vibroacoustic harp therapy for palliative care patients at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital. $10,000
Youth Mentorship Program c/o Cornwall Youth Centre. To develop and implement the Youth Mentorship Program. The program matches college students with high school students to provide positive role models and encourage continued involvement in education. $45,000 over 10 months.
Active 2010-Kingston Gets Active c/o Kingston Family YMCA. To implement a community-wide strategy that involves people of all ages in physical activity, builds community capacity, improves access and creates more opportunities for physical activity in the Kingston area. $120,000 over 30 months.
Brockville and Area YMCA. To support specialized fitness programs geared to benefit children and youth aged 3 to 12 years. $19,600 over one year.
Experience Summer c/o North Hastings Community Integration Association. To enhance Experience Summer, an integrated summer day-camp program benefiting over 200 children a year in the Bancroft and rural North Hastings area. $33,000 over two years.
Kingston Frontenac Public Library. To increase resources and opportunities to improve literacy skills for adults and youth currently served by 12 libraries that make up the rural component of the Kingston-Frontenac Library Board. $35,500 over one year.
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Support Centre, Caledonia, ON: To provide employment services to residents of Caledonia and the surrounding rural areas through its Employment Resource Centre, that helps unemployed people with their job search by assisting them with rdsum6 preparation and job search skills. The Centre also provides free access to labour market and career information, computers, photocopiers, telephones, and fax equipment. $127,542
Lanark County Community Justice Program Inc. To sustain youth restorative community justice services throughout Lanark County. $25,000 over six months. Land O'Lakes Community Services. To strengthen the capacity of the agency to provide quality programs and services to residents of Addington Highlands, enabling it to lead the community in addressing priorities, including transportation and homelessness issues. $50,000 over one year.
North Hastings Families First c/o North Hastings Children's Services. To establish the Birthday Book project, a preschool literacy program that links children and families with community literacy resources and provides quality books for children born in North Hastings. $34,600 over four years.
Perth and District Food Bank. To support effective, efficient and safe delivery of services to the community by staff and volunteers. $25,000 over one year.
Town of Bancroft. To establish a literacy-resource centre and learning supports in the Bancroft Public Library, which will assist up to 500 elementary school-aged children in North Hastings to succeed in school. $33,200 over one year.
Trenton Care & Share Food Bank. Towards new equipment and operating costs, ensuring the availability of emergency food aid to low-income people in the Quinte West area. $10,700 over two years.
Trenton Senior Citizens Club 105. To purchase carpet bowling equipment, offering new opportunities for recreation and fitness for up to 50 seniors in Quinte West. $10,800 over six months.
Youth Employment Assistance Headquarters Inc. To increase the number of youth volunteers in the Brockville area by promoting a better appreciation of the benefits of youth volunteerism to individuals and communities. $60,000 over two years.
Brant Alcove Rehabilitation Services. To purchase equipment and increase recreational and physical fitness opportunities for children in the care of children's aid societies who live in three group homes in Brantford and Jarvis. $14,300 over six months.
Brantford Pipes and Drums. To maintain opportunities for local residents to enjoy high-quality pipe band performances by assisting with the purchase of uniforms and equipment for this recently started band. $25,000 over one year.
Building Bridges For Youth, Haldimand-Brant. To provide rural youth with sustainable transportation that will enable them to attend after-school programming and summer camps located in Dunnville. $23,000 over six months.
Burford Pastoral Charge. To provide furnishings for the use of community groups and a day nursery co-op at this church that is being rebuilt in Burford. $8,100 over one year.
The Children's Safety Village of Brant. To assist with raising an endowment fund, which will be used to help ensure the long-term sustainability of the safety village so that its high-quality, hands-on children's safety training can be maintained. $70,000 over two years.
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US 'restrained' in cyber operations: Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States will show "restraint" in cyber operations outside of US government networks, Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel said Friday, urging other countries to do the same.
Hagel, speaking at the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, said that the Pentagon "does not seek to 'militarise' cyberspace." Instead, Hagel said that the US government "is promoting the very qualities of the Internet - integrity, reliability, and openness - that have made it a catalyst for freedom and prosperity in the United States, and around the world." The remarks came at the retirement ceremony for outgoing NSA chief, General Keith Alexander.
The Pentagon "will maintain an approach of restraint to any cyber operations outside the US government networks. We are urging other nations to do the same," Hagel said.
He also said that the United States "will continue to take steps to be open and transparent about our cyber capabilities" with Americans, US allies, "and even competitors." The idea is to "use the minimal amount of force possible" in cyber operations, a senior defense official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.


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Nicely done! Unfortunately these videos do no justice to just how awesome GTO's sound but that one wasn't very bad! Which kind of exhaust did you go with on this one?
I have long tube headers, high flow cats and magnaflow catback. You are right the vid does absolutely no justice. Its nice and mellow with a slight lope from the cam at idle but when I get on it it screams like a bear getting raped by bigfoot.
Very nice! Personally my favorite exhaust is made by SLP, I think it sounds sick but good work, I am now jealous of you... your car sounds awesome!
Your goat sounds great man. I'm jealous. My T/A's exhaust is stock except for my SLP Loudmouth II catback. Stock manifolds and Y pipe FTL
I bet that exhaust sounds great in person. Even straightpiped those cars sound awesome. And my friend has a WS6 firechicken with an SLP exhaust. it is indeed loud. :glasses:


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Not long after it revealed the Q3 camping tent, Audi has presented another car-inspired living space. Developed by industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, the TT Pavilion blends parts and design cues from the Audi TT into a futuristic field shelter.
In creating the TT Pavilion design, Grcic took his inspiration from the new Audi TT Coupé, along with 1950s-era prefabricated houses from French designer Jean Prouvé. He and Audi worked with actual parts from the TT and used modern prefabricated home construction techniques to create a portable, freestanding shelter made to be used anywhere.
"Cars are industrially produced, mobile pieces of architecture," says Grcic. "They not only offer protection but also are perfectly equipped functional spaces for working, communicating, eating and relaxing. For me, the Audi TT is a car that you drive from the city out into the countryside. I respond to this experience with a pavilion concept that stands as a point of destination at a remote site."
One might expect a piece of architecture based on the TT to be a round structure, but instead the TT Pavilion takes on the form of a polyhedron. Seven Audi tailgates create an airy, wide open space that can be closed off from the world outside. The lower halves of the two-part doors drop down to create entry ramps, tying into the look of the TT's front end with grille-like traction strips. The structure stands atop pylons and is meant to be set up in "uncertain terrain."
Grcic created a spartan, open interior with seats extending off of each wooden wall and industrial floor grating at each entryway. The design frees occupants to work, communicate, eat and relax as they see fit.
Purely a design exercise, the TT Pavilion is being presented at this week's Design Miami/Basel event in Switzerland, where it appears with the new TT Coupé and the virtual Audi Cockpit. The show began on Tuesday and runs through Sunday.
Source: Audi
Well, it has nothing to do with the Audi TT. It could have used any car's tailgate. It is not even watertight, and appears gererally useless.
martinkopplow19th June, 2014 @ 02:58 am PDT
I think that is really nice. I can see it as a really cool looking gazebo or perhaps a basis for a small house or small office.
It looks like a syfy landing pod or could be housing that could be transported to another planet.
BigGoofyGuy19th June, 2014 @ 05:19 am PDT
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Thank's guys, but It wasn't an ace........ I scored a par 3
Looking for affirmation in all the wrong places...are you sure you are patrick57 come back to haunt us?
I take back my congrats... Nice par but don't try to call it a hole in one because it's not.
Nah, I think it is. I think its possible to hit 20 balls into the scrub and STILL hit a hole in one.
It's not a hole in one.
I'm tempted to close the thread because it's not going to go well for you from here on out.
I was about to say.....can a bowler can throw 9 gutter balls, then three strikes and call it a perfect game? Maybe that's not the best analogy.
You made a great single shot to the bottom of the cup... technically it wasn't a hole in one but I suppose you could call it an ace to save par? How about calling it a two-Mulligan in one. I've had a few very long single sinkers from the sand after two embedded in the bank. Those kind of shots are what keep me playing. They tell me I am not completely hopeless as a golfer.
You made a great hole in three...the title of this thread described it the best.
Nah, I think it is. I think its possible to hit 20 balls into the scrub and STILL hit a hole in on
Well, the rules of golf would disagree with you. You actually would have scored a 41.
I'm done in this thread.
Yes, they would ... also the rules of math would disagree with you, Loggy.
How can a 12 not understand the ROG.
Yeah, on the next par 3
If logman was ever asked if he has hit a hole in one right handed his answer would be "yes, however,it was a re tee and it only counted as a par" That is what i think logman is trying to say. He has hit a hole in one by definition, he is not arguing the ROG . It is a hole in one.
No he hasn't. "By definition", he got a par. The only thing he's "trying" to do is be funny and rile us up. And, argh, it's working! ;)
P.S. You should know that the title of thread was revised by a mod to be accurate, as opposed to it's original incorrect title "hole in one today"
A definition of a hole in one.........
A shot that enters the hole from the tee with no intervening shots.
This is what he did
That's what I thought. I never even thought of the "one ", in hole in one referred to the scorecard. I always thought it referred to a tee shot that that went into the cup.....in one shot ...."hole in one". So my 20 shots into the scrub then a "hole in one would score a 41, INCLUDING a hole in one. That's all I thought.
Give it the rest of the night then close it, he deserves to take some lumps for trolling.
No, if I was scoring, it'd be a 3, including a hole in one
Not a hole in one, it was your 2nd swing on the hole.
Above is correct...........First stoke counted as one , next stroke penalty, third shot ace. How else would you describe the third shot?
3rd shot went in for a par.


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The Red Sox had a good thing going with short stop Jose Iglesias, but after Stephen Drew returned from his minor league rehab assignment on Wednesday, Drew got the start on Wednesday night against the Baltimore Orioles.
Iglesias was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.
It appeared to be the Red Sox' plan all along to keep Drew, but Iglesias made a strong case to stay with the big league club through the Sox' first week of games.
Iggy contributed nine hits on 20 at-bats while also showcasing tremendous defensive capability.
Did the Red Sox make the right call?
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