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Now, they want to create a written guide so that those doing similar work are paid similar salaries.
"In order for this to work we need to have someone who knows what they are doing," said County Commissioner Eloy Rodriguez during their June 9 meeting.
This isn't the first time the court has tried to balance pay among all of the employees.
"Back in 2007, we hired someone—I think we paid him $5,000—and he came down and spoke to all the departments, looked at the numbers and came up with a pretty good plan that we still have, but it is now outdated," Rodriguez said.
Pay has always been an issue for these county leaders as they never followed the schedule that was initially created.
About nine months ago, county leaders issued raises to some employees who they said were disproportionately underpaid.
Ultimately though, the court agreed to increase the pay of all full-time employees in the county to a minimum $10 per hour.
This sparked continued debate among those on the court as additional staff requested pay raises.
While all agreed they would not alter the budget, they have altered pay for some employees.
Now, the court is again tying to create a more uniform salary schedule.
"I think we need to have someone do an initial report to let us know what we need," Rodriguez said.
County Judge David Silva reminded the court that if and when they adopt a salary schedule, it would mean they no longer offer the pay adjustments as they have in the past.
"We all understand that if we get on a schedule—you know what happens as soon we as deviate; the whole thing goes out the window," he said.
Commissioner Ken Haggard said, "We all understand that, and there is no need to once you establish this."
The biggest issue will be ensuring that they maintain the pay increases outlined in the schedule and work in advance of the budget.
"You have to take the percentages that move you from one year to another—those have to be considered a year in advance," Haggard said.
Rodriguez sounded confident too that this would work.
"It is used by the state and federal government," he said. "This will stop some of the things that have been going on.
"When someone leaves, (the department head) they want to give that salary to someone else."
He added that this is truly the only fair method of controlling salaries
Haggard added, "It just becomes an equitable way to take care of every employee."
"And it is fair to every employee," Rodriguez said.
Silva interjected, "There are folks in this room right now who will tell you that we do anything but be fair in salaries."
Rodriguez agreed.
"With what we are doing, we have not been fair," he said. "With this instrument everybody can see where they are."
Employees, he said, will know from one year to the next where their pay will be.
"It is not a guessing game, hoping someone leaves or dies," Rodriguez said.
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 121, or at email@example.com.


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Good and Getting Better
Things were not looking good.
In the bottom of the first, Tim Stauffer gave up a three-run homer to Brian McCann. It was early, and it was only three runs, but something like that puts a damper on the game from the get-go.
But then again, these are the Padres we're talking about.
For the past two years, the Padres have been characterized as a bad team. A losing team. A last-place team. But things are changing. Sure, we're at the bottom of the NL West, but we're playing very, very well right now.
Take last night for instance. We only had three hits in the first five innings, but in the sixth, we got seven hits and six runs. In the seventh, we got two runs on Kouz's two-run homer, his 16th of the year. We got another run in the eighth, and three more in the ninth.
After the rough first, Tim Stauffer really got back on the ball and had a solid outing. He went five innings, allowing six hits and three runs with three walks and two strikeouts.
Adam Russell pitched 1.2 innings for us, allowing one run on three hits. We got Russell from the White Sox in the Jake Peavy deal. He just joined the team at the beginning of the series. It's cool to see another piece of that trade helping us already. Kind of comforting.
OK, the offense. We had 18 total hits. Six Padres had a multi-hit game. Adrian and Eck each had three hits and drove in two runs. Everth Cabrera, Chase Headley, Will Venable, and T.Gwynn each had two hits. Kouz only had one hit, but drove in three runs.
The Braves made two errors that really helped the Padres. Definitely cost them some runs.
Joe Thatcher and Ryan Webb were good out of the bullpen. We won this game, 12-5.
I have to say, that feels so good. We won the series, which we have been doing a lot lately. It's so exciting!!
This team definitely has problems, but their success is far overwhelming them. The Padres are 12-12 so far in August, which is a lot better than the last two months. We have a chance to have a winning month!
This team may be dead last, but they're exciting to watch. I can now say that the Padres have an excellent chance of winning every day. I know that this team can hit and pitch and play defense, I've seen it day after day. I know they can do it, and it seems like nothing is a damper. These two Atlanta pitchers we just faced were supposed to be extremely tough. The one on Tuesday was, but we still came out on top. Yesterday, we drove the starter out of the game. The Padres can't be classified as a terrible team anymore. Look at them. They deserve a lot more respect.
I'm super excited about next year. We have all the pieces, pieces that are finally working together as a team. We're getting the job done. This team is going to be good. They're good right now, and they're only going to get better.
I wrote a three-page letter to Jake Peavy yesterday, front and back. Whew. I also wrote to Will Venable.
Tonight we are going for the sweep. Clayton Richard, who is 3-0 with the Padres so far, will start. I hope he has a great, great outing and gives us a chance to win.
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I really hope they get the sweep! It would make my week for sure. Good luck with your letter writing, by the way! I really hope you hear back from all of them.
Oh, and thanks for the book sugestion a few days ago! It sounds like a great book, and I can't wait to pick it up.
keep it rollin Friars! i love the new look of the Pirates and im glad your digging the New Padres too
Kaybee: I made another cutie post, if you are interested. But it's not the NL West. I am saving them for last. That post is coming soon!!! -Virginia
Kaybee – keep the faith! To me – it says a LOT about a team that can find ways to come from behind and win games. Your guys – so many are young – I think in the next year or two we are going to see great things from them.


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Watch: M.S. Walk Draws Hundreds
Hundreds of people walked in Watertown Sunday to raise money for the upstate New York chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The goal: raise $35,000.
"The majority of people who are here, it's because they've been touched in some way by M.S., either a friend or a family member or they just know how debilitating this disease is and they just want to do something to help," said Sue Powers, who coordinated this year's walk.
Multiple sclerosis in an inflammatory disease that attacks the nervous system. It produces a range of effects, many of them severe.
Kevin Keefe was one of the people walking Sunday. His mother has an advanced case of M.S.
"If I can't help her, at least I can help everybody else," Keefe said.
To see more from the walk, and hear more stories - including an interview with a member of "Team Nick" - click on the picture to watch Rachel Spotts' report.
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Following in the tradition of Appalachia, we recently held our own ramp festival celebrating our native wild onion. Dubbed the "Leek-A-Thon," by my husband John, our 4-H club gathered to dig wild leeks (also known as ramps) in the moist woods of our old farm.
Wild onions—by whatever name you call them—are a spring pick-me-up. Their glossy, green color is in itself a tonic to our winter-tired eyes. The graceful, scallion-like shoots are found across eastern Canada and the eastern United States particularly in the American South.
It was a good day for a "Ramp Tramp." Our kids bopped from patch to patch, digging a few here and a few there with sustainability in mind. Then it was on to clean them with the garden hose and chop them, leaves and all, to make ramp pesto. This recipe (see below) is a tasty variation on the usual blend made with basil but without the garlic. Ramps also go by the name "wild garlic," so the flavor is maintained with the ramp's own characteristic kick.
We also had the traditional leek and potato soup, and another club member made and brought a leek and tomato quiche.
Of course food is the focus of any leek festival—the long- running ramp festivals held in the South commonly offer dinners of ramps with eggs and fried potatoes. Festival menus extend to ramp wine and dishes such as stuffed morels with wild ramps.
But leeks are no longer just a part of rural cooking; upscale restaurants are now featuring wild leek gratins and pasta dishes. And Martha Stewart offers recipes such as watercress and ramp soup and soft shell crabs with pickled ramps.
In recent years, a lucrative commercial market has developed for the lowly wild leek, fetching up to $17 a pound for this increasingly fashionable and chic delicacy. Popularity has so grown that there is concern that excess harvesting may run out ramp populations unless practices to conserve and protect them are employed.
Our 4-H club is now in its 9th year. As is the custom of the Hancock Area 4-Hers, our club meeting ended with a game of kick the can and the usual running around in the yard. Of course the running around part is always the most fun part of our meetings.
Ramp pesto
10 ramps, roughly chopped
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
1 oz. ricotta insalata
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Black pepper to taste
(I had difficulty in obtaining ricotta insalata, so I substituted shredded Parmesan cheese instead.)
Add the ramps, olive oil, pine nuts, cheese, salt and pepper to a blender or food processor. Blend until no big chunks remain. Toss with 16 oz. of your favorite pasta or spread on toasted bread. Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing.


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My DD had her two month checkup today and I am happy to say that from her 8# 9oz. birth weight she is now 11# 12oz!! One issue that I had was my doctor prescribed her a vitamin supplement (I believe Vitamin D) and he said it would help aid her in calcium absorbtion (he also said Vitamin D comes from the sun and since it is winter time for us here in PA....this would be best for her to have.)
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Another author of classic-ear science fiction has passed away.
Harry Harrison died August 15, 2012 at age 87.
Although Make Room! Make Room! (the basis of the film Soylent Green) was Harrison's calling card to the world at large, he was already legendary within the sci-fi world. In addition to numerous standalone books (like the recently reissued proto-steampunk novel A Transatlantic Tunnel), he wrote many popular series—including Deathworld and Bill, The Galactic Hero, the latter a parody of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. His most beloved creation, though, was The Stainless Steel Rat: The long-running series, which ran from 1961 to 2010, stars intergalactic grafter "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, and it helped establish the picaresque—which, up to that point, had been mostly the domain of fantasy—to science fiction.
Author Michael Carroll, webmaster of Harrison's official site, eulogized him in decidedly Harrison-esque fashion: "Rest in peace, my friend. You touched the lives of millions with your exciting adventures, packed with unlikely but always hilarious and thrilling escapades and frequently rather dodgy, but loveable, characters... and, you know, your fiction was pretty damn good too!"
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2009 Digital Arts and Animation graduate Lilly Vogelesang, now a technical consultant for Toon Boom Animation Inc, presented a lecture and demonstration on using storyboard software to streamline and simplify the storytelling process to a crowd of student filmmakers at SRM Sivaji Ganesan Film Institute in Chennai, India.
"It saves a lot of time and money for the producers. The trick is to get into the practice of storyboarding and rehearse each scene," said Vogelesang.
The event was covered by The Hindu newspaper.
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The Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese is pleased to present a technical cheesemaking course, part of the international series designed to provide advanced technical education and multidimensional background on traditional cheesemaking practices. The course is a three day intensive program focused on the technical aspects and savoir faire practices of artisanal Blue cheeses. Our national and international dairy experts and Master Cheesemakers, Marie Chantal from Canada and Neville McNaughton USA, will unveil the fundamentals of Blue cheese technology combining interactive technical lectures with comprehensive practical exercises. During this course you will learn how to make three different artisanal Blue cheeses: a sheep`s milk cheese Roquefort style, a delicious cheese variety with a natural rind similar to the French Blue Fourme d'Amber, and a creamy soft mild flavored Blue cheese like the Italian Gorgonzola dolce. The course also includes a tasting section with a great selection of local and international Blue cheeses and interactive hands-on sections where participants will get direct feedback from the experts about defects or technical issues with their own cheeses. Please feel free to bring your cheese samples.
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Just like Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 changed the world of computing, the new Windows 8 and its ARM-compatible version called Windows RT will alter it again. Gartner analysts believe that WinRT is a new platform designed to keep Microsoft relevant in a future that will be dominated by mobile devices. Microsoft will position Windows 8/Windows RT as its strategic platform for new development, but most users will continue to run Win32 apps for ten or more years.
"Windows 8 is the start of Microsoft's effort to respond to market demands and competitors, as it provides a common interface and programming API set from phones to servers. It is also the beginning of the end of Win32 applications on the desktop. Microsoft will continue to support Win32, but it will encourage developers to write more manageable and engaging applications using WinRT," said Michael Silver, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner.
The combination of the Windows RT programming model, a new user interface (UI), and legacy WinNT support will allow users to continue running their Win32 programs alongside new Windows RT apps.
Gartner expects that the Windows Desktop and legacy Windows applications will decline in importance in future Windows client releases. Metro is a new interface model that will lock organizations into the next generation of Windows. However, Mr. Silver said that enterprises will take many years to move their applications to the new model, and it will take at least five years for significant traction of Metro-style apps to pervade all areas of user-facing enterprise apps. Organizations planning to develop new Win32 applications should switch to Metro for all new user-facing applications beginning in 2013 and should focus on external apps first and internal apps later.
"Windows 8 is more than a major upgrade to Windows - it is a technology shift. We do not see technology shifts too often; the only other one Microsoft's client OS has gone through was the move from DOS technology to Windows NT technology, which began in 1993 and took eight years, ending with the introduction of Windows XP in 2001," said Steve Kleynhans, vice president for client and mobile computing at Gartner.
While Microsoft is not forcing anyone to eliminate Win32 applications or preventing developers from writing them, Gartner believes that Win32 and the Windows Desktop will become less strategic over time. Most business users who adopt Windows 8 through to 2015 will spend most of their time in the desktop running Win32 applications and the desktop browser. However, by 2020, analysts believe enterprise end users will spend less than 10% of their time in Win32 applications. Most applications (including OS-neutral ones) and the browser will be run from Metro. Eventually, most Win32 desktop applications are likely to be run using server-based computing (SBC) or from hosted virtual desktops.
"The user computing world is changing. PCs, although still critical components of the computing landscape, are no longer the only devices for delivering services and applications to users. Smartphones and tablets are fulfilling the role of the primary device for an increasing group of users, and most of these devices are from vendors other than Microsoft. In this environment, Microsoft needs to move to a platform that enables a new type of application, and embraces new types of user experiences. Microsoft is responding to competitive pressures that have made it rethink not only how its products should look, but also how they should be architected for security and manageability," added Mr. Kleynhans.
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Friends of Squaw Creek to hold biology forum
March 26, 2013
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Friends of Squaw Creek (FoSC) organization is offering a free forum open to the public about the biology of Squaw Creek, March 28, 6 p.m. at the Squaw Valley Public Services District meeting room, 305 Squaw Valley Road. Join fisheries biologist Ian Chan; Northern California Field Director for Trout Unlimited David Lass, and principal of Sound Watershed Mike Liquori for discussion on Squaw Creek's historic and current status, along with opportunities for future environmental improvements. There will be a public question and answer session.
Ian Chan, local fisheries biologist, working for Garcia and Associates, performed a fisheries assessment of Squaw Creek in 2011 as part of the proposed Village development baseline analysis. He has also conducted the 2010 and 2012 benthic macroinvertebrate bioassessment for Squaw Creek's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) calculation on behalf of Placer County. He will present historical information regarding the Squaw Creek fishery as well as an overview of recent data representing the current status of aquatic resources in Squaw Creek.
David Lass, Northern California Field Director for Trout Unlimited, also assessed Squaw Creek using the Meadow Restoration Fish Analysis Tool (MRFAT). He will present the results of his study and help us look to future opportunities to improve the fish habitat of Squaw Creek
Mike Liquori, principal of Sound Watershed, has been studying Squaw Creek since 2005. He is currently working under a State Water Board grant with Placer County advancing restoration concepts for Squaw Creek from the confluence through the meadow. He will share his experience and ideas that will guide improvements for a healthier creek.
Friends of Squaw Creek (FoSC) is a grassroots organization in Squaw Valley that originated in April of 2002 in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listing Squaw Creek on its 303d list of impaired streams due to excessive sediment as well as community alarm perceiving reduced stream flows and loss of fish population. FoSC brings together landowners, businesses, jurisdictional agencies, and private citizens dedicated to enhancing the Squaw Creek watershed. Visit http://www.squawcreek.org.
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Volunteers prepare a ski jumping hill in Sochi, Russia, on Friday.
Updated at 8:24 a.m. ET: SOCHI, Russia -- Representing Russia as a volunteer at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics is a matter of national pride for 19-year-old Tatiana Kulagina.
"I want to show foreigners that we are a friendly country and that we're not just drinking vodka!" she said.
Kulagina is one of Russia's chosen, an army of 25,000 volunteers, ready and willing to work long hours without pay. With more than 160,000 applications to date, the competition to become a volunteer is rather Olympian.
The world's attention will turn to the likes of Kulagina and this Black Sea resort when it hosts the Olympic Opening Ceremony one year from Thursday.
With at least $50 billion in public and private cash being spent on the Games, Sochi is expected to surpass Beijing 2008 as the most expensive Olympics in history. That figure is five times the original estimate.
As Russia prepares to welcome guests from around the world for the Winter Olympics next year, NBC's Ben Fogle takes an insider's look at the progress of Sochi's Olympic Park and gets the scoop on a few athletes to look out for next year.
The deluge of applicants is surprising in a country which has no history of volunteering. At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games there were no volunteers -- people were conscripted into their roles by the Communist regime.
The Russian word for volunteer -- "dobrovolets" -- is so tainted by association with Communist-era mandatory labor that the fashionable word to use now is "voluntyor," which has been borrowed from English.
"Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia was a totalitarian society and volunteer work was ordered and organized by authorities," political scientist Fyodor Lukyanov said. The collapse of Soviet Union brought tremendous change but also resulted in society becoming more individualistic with an "emphasis on survival," he added.
The volunteer spirit may be new to Russia, but it has been embraced with enthusiasm.
Vareriya Zvezdova, 19, believes her Olympic experience will change her life.
"I just realized this will be one of the greatest things in my life," she said. "I will be a little part of this great action, but I'll represent my country and that's why I think it's great."
Olympic organizers wanted to ensure that the volunteers represented not only the diverse population of this vast nation, but also that they were the best and the brightest. Would-be volunteers were tested on their their ability to cope with pressure and their language skills.
Intensive training has already begun for successful applicants, and including one-on-one Skype sessions learning English, studying local geography and guidance on being friendly.
Sochi has traditionally attracted Russian's most influential figures. It flourished as a resort in Imperial Russia as aristocrats traveled for its subtropical climate.
In the wake of the 1917 revolution, Sochi was transformed into a state-sponsored worker's paradise, with large spas and sanatoriums built for workers. It later became a favorite holiday destination for Joseph Stalin and his cronies. The landscape of the city bears traces of its history with the occasional neo-classical and Stalinist buildings.
After being neglected and spurned for more fashionable destinations in recent years, Sochi is experiencing a renaissance. Russia's elite, including President Vladimir Putin and wealthy oligarchs, are once again flocking to the city.
Join NBC News' Dmitry Solovyov and Alexei Gordienko as they make the 1,000-mile journey from Moscow to 2014 Olympic host Sochi.
Sochi's proximity to the Caucacus mountains means that winter sports were always possible, but until recently there were few facilities. Still, a summer resort featuring palm tree-lined streets was undoubtedly a unique choice for the Winter Games.
With the Opening Ceremony exactly a year away, temperatures this week have reach a balmy 60 degrees F in Sochi. Temperatures average about 40 degrees Fahrenheit during February.
The Associated Press noted that weather is among the concerns facing Sochi:
"The snowfall this winter has been abundant, but the Russians have made contingency plans in light of the warm weather and rain that disrupted some of the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
The Rosa Khutor resort, which will host the Alpine skiing and other events, has one of the biggest snow-making systems in Europe, according to its managing director, Alexander Belokobylsky. The resort has two water reservoirs and 400 snow generators installed along the slopes. Rosa Khutor also stores snow through the summer, keeping it packed and under a tight insulated cover, and plans to store 150,000 cubic meters (195,000 cubic yards) of snow for the games."
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The Winter Olympics arrive in Sochi on Feb. 7, 2014. A look at how the Russian city is shaping up for its moment in the spotlight.
'Exploitative, abusive': Activists slam conditions for workers at Olympic site
Full Russia coverage from NBC News


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You can easily make an argument that it is not central funding. Central funding is the cut of TV, Sponsorship and Gate money etc. that is distributed evenly (apart from Bulls this year) - everybody gets a large share there.
I don't like the idea that it's "rewarding failure". It isn't. Failure is failure. To be involved with a top side means receipt of plaudits not exclusive to (but including) vast sums of cash. This would be a tiny balancing measure designed to give the failing clubs a little shot in the arm. It wouldn't be highly desirable nor particularly sought after but it would send the right message. Is the US draft system "rewarding failure" Dave? I love it. I want to see a competitive NBA, not one where the New York and LA sides dominate every year. The TV audiences seem to agree with me.
If the difference was, say, between £2 million and £20K then I would agree with you and be opposed to it. It's about making it fair and proportionate, so that "1st and (pot of money based on 1st place)" is substantially better all round than "14th and (pot of money based on 14th place)" but that at the same time you're softening the blow a tiny wee bit and furthermore not just throwing money on top of money.
Given that you're generally opposed to the leveling measures I suggest on this forum, how do you suggest we create the NRL intensity you also desire within Super League Dave? Because it sure as hell won't be done by giving Wigan more central funding than Widnes.
A few tens of thousands in 'prize money' will not distort things too heavily, especially when you consider that this money will probably just be swallowed in player bonuses anyway (if the SC allows, I can't remember).
The Salary Cap is set low enough to have competitive teams, the lack of quality players and clubs ability to manage themselves well is holding the game back.
I am open to some of the radical ideas to help the comp - I'm not open to all of them - giving a team more money because they did worse doesn;t make sense on any level.
If you truly want to have a level league - why not take the highest turnover and not give them any central funding? You can then pump more into the poorer clubs to try and bring them up a level.
My issue with some of the ideas that you push are that they are too artificial. Clubs should be encouraged to grow in a sustainable way, radical changes are not required.
The NRL have an abundance of quality players, we drop off quite a bit in the top division.


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F#ck the Celtics. How about we just worry about ourselves and our team. Celtics are going to be good, but i truely think were going to be alot better as well.
Plus as much as i want us to be true contenders i still think were young at alot of key points so we should be looking to improve and get some bad contracts off the books, not to mention watching the full growth and potential of Balkman, Collins, Lee, Chandler, and Nichols. You all worry about Bostons big three but what happens if any of those young guys turn into a big time player, then we have a pretty formidable team as well. Celtics MAY and i mean MAY win the East this year, but we have the possibilities of winning the East in the years to come after this upcoming season.
One last point remember when the Lakers brought in Karl Malone and GP to play on a much better LA team they never truely jelled and got beat be a team, not a group of individuals.


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Koalas ARE in danger
Conservationists take Federal Environment Minister of Australia, Peter Garrett, to task on his campaign promises of ensuring the koala would be protected through legislation. As with many politicians it would seem, so far, Mr. Garrett is all talk and no action. There has been no new legisilation presented or adopted to protect the koala since [...]
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For Immediate Release
October 22, 2009
Illinois State Board of Education announces FY 2011 Budget Hearing in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today that its Finance and Audit Committee will host a meeting on the FY 2011 Budget at 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the Crowne Plazar in Springfield. The hearing is the sixth of a series of budget hearings ISBE has hosted this fall around the state. The public is invited to attend and those wishing to participate in these hearings may sign-in upon arrival at each location and follow the following procedures:
- Please provide 15 copies of written testimony.
- Please provide cost estimates (including a detailed budget) for programs being discussed.
- Please address how proposed programs relate to the Board's Strategic Plan Goals.
The Finance and Audit Committee FY 2011 Budget Hearings will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons planning to attend who need special accommodations should contact the Board office no later than the day before the meeting they wish to attend. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education, Phone: 217-782-2221; TTY/TDD: 217-782-1900; Fax: 217-785-3972.
- Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Springfield
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3000 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield
NOTE: Testimony at this hearing will be preceded by brief presentations from the Center for Tax & Budget Accountability and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. The presentations will begin at 1 p.m. and the Board will begin hearing testimony at 2 p.m.
In addition to the hearing in Springfield, the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee already hosted a hearing in Champaign, Mt. Vernon, DeKalb, Peoria and Chicago and will host two additional hearings:
- Thursday, November 5, 2009 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Wheeling
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Board Room
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- Wednesday, December 9, 2009 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Mundelein
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I am a landowner that allows liquid biosolids to be applied to my land. I have an ongoing concern with trash like tampons, condoms, plastic, etc. that are coming out with the biosolids. I've expressed my concerns with the company that applies, but they say that some of these things will get through the system and it is hard for them to get it all out.What should be an "acceptable" level of this trash?I would think with today's technology, they should be able to get out all the trash at the plants. The application company put in a homemade screening box which was made from a large roll-off box with a couple of walls of expanded metal "screens". The problem is the holes are too large and the trash passes through them. When I pointed that out, they said that any smaller holes will clog too quickly because of hair.I've researched a screening system like a Muffin Monster, but the costs are extremely high.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have you visited the product source (i.e. WWTP), or do they have multiple sources? We went from a trash rack (1.5" spacing) to a 0.25" screen. We used to have all the junk you describe in our sludge, now it's tough to find much of anything in our sludge that's not supposed to be there.
The "acceptable" level is up to you, and perhaps the state regulators...it sounds like it's borderline for you right now. if enough end users put up a stinkthey will have to do something, if you don't complain, cajole and threaten they won't do anything.


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PSAE Testing Dates for Spring 2011
PSAE testing dates have been established and are now posted on the PSAE Web page: http://www.isbe.net/assessment/psae.htm. Please note that for 2011, testing will still occur on Wednesday and Thursday. The projected move to a Tuesday/Wednesday schedule will not occur until 2012.
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MONTICELLO, NY — No doubt it was a heady adventure for the Sullivan West Bulldogs to get the better of Monticello in last week's BCANY boys basketball scrimmage. But that euphoria was short lived, as the Panthers came out with sound and fury on December 2 to bury the Westies 79-32 in the season opener for both squads. The basketball sojourn is a long one, and making it to sectionals is the goal for all teams out of the gate, so one game is just a stop along the way in that quest. Still on Monticello Coach Chris Russo's mind was last January 4th, when his veteran squad suffered a stultifying 54-50 loss to the Dawgs in Lake Huntington.
That day proved to be the nail in the coffin as Monticello eventually came up one game shy of making it to sectionals. Sullivan West went on to make it to sectionals before being ousted by Ellenville in the opening round, while the Montis stayed home to read about other teams in the paper. Russo reminded his team of that crucial loss to the Westies prior to the game in "The Pit," staged in front of an enthusiastic home crowd revved up for the return of Monti hoops. The Panthers got off to a fiery 10-1 start and never looked back as they converted steals into transition buckets and deployed a menacing man-to-man defense that had the Dawgs looking shell-shocked and out of synch. Intent on deploying a new offense this year that would feature a blend of several of last year's junior varsity players fresh off their juggernaut season, with battle-tested varsity veterans, Russo admitted that defensive schooling took an initial back seat for the first two weeks of practice. "We worked on the fundamentals of defense initially. I told the team, we don't have a lot defensively, but what we've got we've got to be really good at." Once the team got comfortable with its offense, it turned its focus on marshaling its defensive verve, a traditional earmark of Monticello basketball. After this opening rout, Russo noted, "We were much better on the ball than we've been in any of our scrimmages and on help side defense, too. We didn't give up anything cheap off the drive," he added. Monticello which normally begins its season with the upcoming Hawley Tip-Off Tournament slated for December 6-7 at Wallenpaupack High School, played this rare early game against Sullivan West, a team that over the years has been a stalwart, non-league rival. Indeed for this writer/photographer, some of the most riveting games in my burgeoning archival memory were staged between the Cats and Dawgs. But this game had no such tenor. Monticello led 20-5 after the first quarter and 42-15 by the half. That lead burgeoned to 66-25 by the end of the third quarter. The album of photos (www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com [1]) reveals a blur of Panthers on the run and rising to the rim. Games of this ilk do not warrant a play-by-play narration, though with digital recorder in hand, this writer recounts every moment of action never once taking his eyes off the court with camera at the ready, given the game's blistering pace. Sophomore Donavan Williams made his varsity debut with a game-high 22 points, four steals and a quartet of three pointers. Junior Sha-Shawn Drayton posted 20 points as the Montis controlled the offensive and defensive glass leading to many second chance points. Sullivan West junior Brian Stauch led the Bulldogs with eight points. Sullivan West (0-1) was 12-for-26 from the stripe (41%), while Monticello (1-0) was a bit better at 13-for-27 (48%). Sullivan West Coach Bruce Nober didn't sugarcoat the outcome. "We didn't handle their defensive pressure or match their intensity. We never really got into the flow," he noted adding, "it's a long season." Sullivan West will travel to the Walton Tournament on December 4 and December 6 looking to right the ship. For a more detailed story visit www.sportsinsightsny.com [2] and check out the album that includes a bevy of Monti cheerleading shots at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com [1].


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For years, a contingent of Jackson County residents have railed against the brainchild of road builders who wanted to cut a new cross-country bypass through the mountains, skirting the commercial drag between Sylva and Cullowhee.
Instead, they proposed redesigning N.C. 107 itself with traffic tricks and fixes. Their ranks grew over the years, from a band of alternative, progressive Smart Growth types making their case from the periphery to eventually encompass the mainstream thinking of town and county leaders.
The N.C. Department of Transportation last week agreed to try that approach first, temporarily shelving plans for the long-proposed bypass in favor of a 107 fix.
ŌĆ£People spoke loudly and clearly they wanted to have N.C. 107 improvements done first, and then if it doesnŌĆÖt solve all the problems, you come back and do the N.C. 107 connector,ŌĆØ said Zahid Baloch, a DOT project engineer based in Raleigh. ŌĆ£We felt like it was the best idea to go with the wishes of the people and what they want. So that is the whole thing we are trying to do.ŌĆØ
Once known as the Southern Loop, and later renamed ŌĆ£the connector,ŌĆØ the bypass was intended to siphon thru-traffic away from the congested commercial thoroughfare, thus making it less congested.
But when road planners began crunching the numbers, they realized it wouldnŌĆÖt do as much to help congestion on N.C. 107 as hoped.
The DOT intially embraced the idea of redesigning N.C. 107, but only in tandem with building a new highway bypass.
ŌĆ£My position and my opinion all along are both are needed,ŌĆØ said Joel Setzer, head of a 10-county DOT division in the mountains, based in Sylva.
Now though, the connectors has taken a back seat.
Setzer has long been a champion of the Southern Loop, a.k.a. ŌĆ£connector.ŌĆØ But last week, he said he sees the merit in first studying a redesign of N.C. 107 first.
ŌĆ£Whether we do one first or the other one first has not been a big issue with me. This is not disappointing to me,ŌĆØ Setzer said. ŌĆ£I think it is a good thing the department can now focus on improving 107 and do the designs and have the conversations around that and see where it leads. I supported this decision 100 percent.ŌĆØ
Both Setzer and Baloch said they would not go so far as saying the new bypass route has been suspended, or on hold, or even on the back burner.
But it wonŌĆÖt get worked on any more until a plan for redesigning N.C. 107 is fully vetted and designed.
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Just imagin Tsunade died after healing the kages and orochimaru woud bring her back as edo tensei with the zetzu he has captured
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Hard hitting regenerating tits.
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Stir It Up: The lean cuisine of LentDirk Van Susteren Photo
A hearty soup of beans and greens is an example of the delicious meatless meals enjoyed in Italy during Lent.
Italians are known for enjoying "la dolce vita" ("the sweet life"), and if you doubt that's true, look no further than Lent.
Lent is a period of penitence and deprivation in the Catholic Church. In early times, those who broke the rules were in for some serious punishment; the emperor Charlemagne, for example, executed those who ate meat during Lent. But Italians managed to turn even their "cucina di magro" (lean cooking) into a feast.
"The Italian love for a good meal, combined with the native ingenuity of making the best of any given situation, produced a rewarding variety of meatless dishes," G. Franco Romagnoli wrote in "La Cucina di Magro" (Steerforth Italia, 2002).
Carol Field, author of "Celebrating Italy" (William Morrow, 1990), says that "although abstinence is the theme of Lent, a profusion of meals and events threads through the season." She details how, in one town, a wine-sodden Fat Tuesday feast continues through Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent). It is not until Thursday that a ritual Lenten meal is eaten in the form of salted sardines — "although," Field adds, "the fact that they are so salty provides a perfect excuse to keep on drinking."
Another village marks Ash Wednesday with a six-course fish dinner — Field calls it "an enormous blowout" — attended by 2,000. Even the "regular" Lenten fare she chronicles sounds like a sophisticated restaurant menu: frittata with crayfish, polenta made from chestnut flour and served with salt cod and roast herring, pasta with tuna, artichokes stuffed with sweet peppers.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the host of public radio's "The Splendid Table" and the author of several cookbooks, notes that before World War II, consuming meat was a rare event for all but the wealthiest Italians. "Most people ate meat maybe twice a year, at Christmas and at Easter," she said during a recent telephone interview. The "peasant" cooking that evolved was heavy on grains, legumes and vegetables, with meat appearing as a flavoring, if at all. It's a model diet, she said, that's high in fiber and healthy oils, low in animal fats and dairy. "It's the way we are eating today," she said.
Kasper's book "The Splendid Table" (William Morrow, 1992), offers many meatless recipes, including this one for a soup originally from the hills near Modena, Italy. It is perfect for a cold winter night. And, as the author notes, if you are not observing Lenten restrictions, a little pancetta or meat broth might "find its way into this recipe."
Mountain soup with garlic croutons
Yield: 8 first-course servings, or 6 generous main-dish servings
For the soup:
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, minced
1 medium carrot, minced
1 stalk celery, minced
1 (3-inch) sprig fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon dried
1 large baking potato, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
1 large clove garlic, minced
½ small green cabbage, chopped
Leaves of 1 bunch Swiss chard or 14 large romaine lettuce leaves, chopped
½ head black cabbage ("cavolo nero") or 24 stalks curly endive, chopped
3 1/3 cups canned borlotti or pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons tomato paste (preferably imported from Italy)
9½ cups water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the croutons:
4 large slices country bread
1 large clove garlic, halved
Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
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Extra-virgin olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
In a 6- to 8-quart pot, heat oil over medium. Saute onion, carrot, celery and rosemary 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Stir in potato, garlic and greens and let them soften and wilt into the browned vegetables, cooking over medium heat, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Stir in beans, tomato paste and water. Bring to a gentle bubble, partially cover and cook 40 minutes, until thick. Season with salt and pepper. At this point you can cool the soup and refrigerate it, covered, up to 3 days.
No more than a few hours before serving, make the croutons. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Rub both sides of each bread slice with the split garlic and brush with oil. Cut each slice into 4 pieces and toast on a cookie sheet, about 3 minutes per side.
To serve: Warm 8 soup bowls in a low oven. Make sure the soup is bubbling. Put 2 croutons in the bottom of each bowl. Ladle the soup over them and serve hot. Pass olive oil in a cruet and encourage everyone to drizzle about ½ tablespoon oil into the soup and top with a grinding of fresh pepper.
Recipe from "The Splendid Table," by Lynne Rossetto Kasper (William Morrow, 1992).
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Shame is shame is, shame?Saturday, June 28th, 2008 by Emily
Well, much has happened this past week, and I thought I'd take a minute to write before I leave for Gisenyi tomorrow afternoon.
Kinyarwanda update:
Umunsimwize – have a good day. Ijororyiza – have a good night. Waraye Neza – did you sleep well? Namenye ikinyarwanda – I'm learning Kinyarwanda. Ndishimye Kukubona – It was nice to meet you. And a few others that mean: Stop, I'd like to go to town, and how much does that cost (but I don't know how to spell any of those!)
The last few days I have been playing tour guide — how bizarre that I am in any way capable of that! — to four Americans who were en route to Gisenyi to do a workcamp for AGLI. It was a boost to confidence as a visitor myself to be able to impart what little knowledge I have gained here to others.
Upon meeting the clerk of Rwanda Yearly Meeting, one of the American workcampers asked: "What did the Friends here in Kigali do to help during the genocide?" The clerk and another Rwandan gentleman we were sitting with looked at her, confused for a moment and lost for words. "Do?…" asked one of them? They looked at each other and laughed, a little uncomfortably it seemed. Ultimately there was no need for either of them to say anything, the answer was clear from their reaction. No one could "do" much more than try to survive and save those around them — by running or hiding. There are many Rwandan heroes, to be sure, but they are recognized as individuals, by in large, who helped save other individuals through sheer courage and heart. The notion of an entire organization — i.e. an entire Church — being able to have stood up to genocide is, as the nervous laughter may have suggested, a somewhat foreign idea. I think this dynamic of the conflict in Rwanda is part of what sets it far apart from other countries who experienced mass violence or genocide. There were no bystanders in the same way there were in, say, South Africa. Even those who were safe from the interahamwe (organized Hutu militia) were not safe from the advancing RPF. Thus, I have begun to notice that the sentiment of "shame" here in Rwanda concerning the past is a very different kind of shame than we talk about Germans feeling after the Holocaust, or Afrikaners feeling after apartheid. There is shame that humans are capable of such evil, and there is shame that it happened in Rwanda. But there is no concept of shame from inaction on the part of Rwandans to the extent that we see it elsewhere. It was a battle to survive and the Friends were a part of that struggle just as much as everyone else. I realize this is intuitive to some, but being here in Rwanda and being around the intricacies of such a word — shame — has been eye-opening to me.


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What to do when it's raining, snowing or stifling hot in NYC: score cheap drinks, play games, get cultured and more.
Brooklyn Bowl
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The Morgan Library & Museum
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Full Circle Bar
This Skee-Ball-themed bar in Williamsburg is a haven for kitschy, nostalgia-driven boozing. The beer offerings skew cheap and cheerful, with five standard taps supplemented by 17 canned brews kept in ice-filled coolers behind the bar. Three-buck Genesee Cream Ale replaces PBR as the cheapo suds of choice, and a $4 beer-and-hot-dog combo serves as the snack of champions. Divey decor reflects the owners' commitment to the game—the bar is constructed from old Skee-Ball machine parts, and a TV up front plays a live feed of the action on the three ramps in the back ($1 per game).Read more
Brooklyn Strategist
Wet weekends were made for board games, and this Brooklyn haunt boasts 150 of them, including rare and out-of-print diversions such as Machiavelli, Yacht Race and the original Railroad Tycoon. Healthy homemade snacks, including bittersweet chocolate chip cookies with sea salt ($3), will sustain you while you outmaneuver the Austro-Hungarian empire in an epic game of Diplomacy.
Village Chess Shop
When the weather won't let you hustle tourists at the boards in Washington Square Park, for $5 per hour perfect your strategy at this always-open spot, which feels more like a private club for checkmate-minded individuals than a hobby store. Bring your favorite competitor or play against one of the store's ready-made opponents: the VCS attendants. If you find yourself in a Maroczy Bind, spend $1 for a bit of liquid strategy in the form of coffee, hot chocolate, tea or soda, or take a break at one of the store's nonchess tables, which accommodate backgammon, Go, cards or cribbage matches.
The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers
There are other venues to perfect your swing away from the elements in New York, but this West Side complex doesn't require membership: Casual golfers can whack a few balls when the mood takes them from one of the 52 stalls over four floors. Come during off-peak hours (6:30am-4pm, 10pm-midnight Mon-Fri; 9am-9pm Sat; 9am-6pm Sun) to get a better bang for your buck (147 balls for $25, as opposed to 90 during peak hours). The simulators ($45 an hour) allow you to compete in 51 virtual championship courses while supping on pizza and beer from Chelsea Brewery Company downstairs.Book now Read more
The Gutter Bowling Alley and Bar
The owners of Williamsburg's Barcade have cornered the leisure-time market with this eight-lane bowling alley that looks straight out of early 1980s Milwaukee. Locals toss frames, then retreat to the lounge decorated with bowling trophies and ancient beer signs to drown their seven-ten-split sorrows. A dozen killer microbrews on tap include spicy Allagash White poured by the pint ($6) or pitcher ($21).Read more
Brooklyn Bowl
If you're in the mood to throw some rocks, gorge on comfort food and take in a show, this Williamsburg favorite is for you. The renovated warehouse boasts 18 lanes and on-site Blue Ribbon, so you can put your name down to roll and pass the time tackling a fried chicken platter ($22-$69). More often than not, you'll be able to catch an affordable set after your frames from a band or DJ.Read more
Roosevelt Island Racquet Club
This tennis venue boasts ten full indoor doubles courts and two singles courts. Keeping your tennis whites dry will cost you, though—fees for nonmembers run from $72-$110 per court per hour.Read more
Ocean's 8 at Brownstone Billiards
Park Slope's cavernous underground pool hall is Brooklyn's upscale answer to Amsterdam Billiards (110 E 11th St at Fourth Ave; 212-995-0333, amsterdambilliardclub.com). Teens, twosomes and grizzled gents take to the six Ping-Pong tables, two bowling lanes and 30 pool tables. Bring a friend or try to single out a weak opponent to challenge for a plate of spicy chicken wings ($9-$16) or any one of the 24 draft brews (Blue Moon and Chimay make appearances).Read more
Fat Cat
When the weather turns nasty, hunker down underground. You can kill many an hour at this cheap, scruffy and jovial spot playing pool, Ping-Pong and shuffleboard ($5.50--$6.50 per person, per hour), foosball ($1 per game) and chess ($1 for unlimited play). Once you've exhausted those options—and yourself—flop onto one of the comfy worn couches and nod along to that night's jazz band.Read more
Brooklyn Boulders
Ever wanted to climb the Brooklyn Bridge? Play it safe and mount the 30-foot replica of one of the bridge's towers at this three-year-old rock-climbing gym. With more than 22,000 square feet of bouldering and climbing walls to scale, even Spider-Man wouldn't get bored. Introductory classes ($45-$75) are offered several times a day for aspiring Peter Parkers.Read more
Next Level
This Sunset Park space is an arcade in the early '90s mold: a video-game dungeon where practiced hands could battle via fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. It comes equipped with nine cabinets that focus on head-to-head button-mashers such as Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Consoles like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are set up to play contemporary titles, which can be selected from Next Level's extensive library.Read more
City Ice Pavilion
Practice your triple axels before you hit the city's A-list rinks at this indoor facility, which offers dozens of weekly skating classes, as well as daily open sessions. There's also the added benefit of having a second, smaller area for spillover. The additional rink—made of synthetic material—gives smelly adult leaguers a place to practice their hockey stops while you enjoy your leisurely laps.Read more
The Antiques Garage
Always a scene, here bargain hunters compete with dealers for the best prices on all things antique and vintage. Offering more than 100 vendors spread across two floors of an old parking garage, this market is perhaps the best known in the city, and for good reason: While the prices aren't the best you'll find, the merchandise usually hits the mark. It has its share of curio junk, but an early morning trip through the stalls—best to get there before the post-brunch, hand-holding hordes—can be rewarding.Read more
Chelsea Market
Food-lovers can spend hours browsing the specialty stores in Chelsea's renovated Nabisco factory. Grab a coffee at Ninth Street Espresso and take your sweet time as you get the effect of market shopping all under one roof. Check out fresh catches at the Lobster Place, browse a good range of vino at Chelsea Wine Vault (tastings Thu, Fri 4-7pm; Sat, Sun 2-5pm), and pick up Italian cooking staples at Buon Italia. If the rain lets up, you're in prime position to enjoy the High Line without the crowds.Read more
Limelight Shops
What was once an infamous nightclub is now a sparkling, three-level temple of boutique shopping housed in a converted Episcopal church. When you're shopped out, grab a pizza ($12-$16) from the on-site Grimaldi's, then people-watch from the balconies.Read more
Shops at the Loom
Trek into the industrial wilds of Bushwick to spend the day in this mini mall housed in an old textile factory. Indie boutique Better than Jam Handmade Co-Op stocks quirky finds from local designers. Rummage in Nouveau Vieux for chic vintage bargains and shop for affordable sterling silver accessories in Belel. While away the rest of the day getting your hair done at combination salon and boutique Tomahawk Salon; working on your cast and purl while scarfing down a cupcake at Brooklyn Yarn Café; or working out the tension of the week with a yoga class at Loom Studios.
McNally Jackson Books
This spacious taste of Winnipeg, Canada (where the brand's progenitor was founded as McNally Robinson in 1981), is a cultural gem of Nolita and exemplifies everything an indie bookstore can be: There's space to spread out and read on the floor, a good selection (we recently discovered an elusive Max Frisch there) and most nights offer awesome readings. Both book nerds and casual literates should find what they're searching for here, whether it's The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, A Nation on Fire or something in between.Read more
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
The two-level Soho space stocks a range of literary fiction, nonfiction, rare books and collectibles. Leisurely browsing is often rewarded by finding something you never knew you wanted. It's a peaceful spot for solo relaxation in the plentiful seating, or for meeting friends over coffee or wine in the caf, especially during happy hour on Fridays (4--8pm). Deals include bottles of red or white for $15 and buckets of five beers (Brooklyn Brewery $20, PBR $12), and board games such as Trivial Pursuit Book Lover's Edition are available to play.Read more
Chinatown Fair
Legendary arcade Chinatown Fair served as a video game shrine for five decades until closing in early 2011. But lucky for gamers, the shop reopened in May 2012, with a fresh coat of paint and more family-friendly options. Make your way past the new Skee-Ball and Hoop Fever machines to the back of the store, where you'll find button-mashing classics Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (approximately 60¢ per game)Read more
Strand Book Store
Boasting 18 miles of books, the Strand has a mammoth collection of more than 2 million discount volumes, and the store is made all the more daunting by its chaotic, towering shelves and surly staff. Reviewer discounts are in the basement, while rare volumes lurk upstairs. If you spend enough time here you can find just about anything, from that out-of-print Victorian book on manners to the kitschiest of sci-fi pulp.Read more
Central Park Zoo Tropic Zone
We admit, a daylong Planet Earth marathon is appealing, but what if your roomie is impersonating a rutting turtle in the next room? (Google "Turtle sex sounds"; it's more hilarious than disturbing, we promise.) Don shorts under your wet-weather gear and get to the balmy indoor section of this menagerie. Mammals are well represented with a tamandua, mouse deer, cotton-top tamarin, coatimundi and mongoose, among others, while the institution's tropical bird collection roams free above you.
Federal Reserve Bank
Once we're in the dead of summer and sweltering conditions can be relied upon, plan ahead and book an underground tour that takes you 80 feet below street level to commune with the planet's most precious metal. Roughly a quarter of the world's gold (more than $200 billion) is stored here in a gigantic vault that rests on the bedrock of Manhattan Island. Learn about the history of moolah and the Fed's role in maintaining interest rates while touring the posh interior. Don't miss the impressive coin collection and the gold bars in the basement.Read more
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden
Explore 11 different habitats without venturing farther than the Bronx at this Victorian-style greenhouse. Walk between rainforest and desert environs until you find your perfect temperature.Book now Read more
New York Public Library map room
For all the apparent stuffiness of the ornate Beaux Arts room, you can stroll right in and get lost in almost any of the collection's 450,000 sheet maps and 16,000 atlases. There are German army maps from World War II and 20,000-plus maps of New York, including a 1610 Dutch atlas. A giant 1782 British Headquarters Map used during the Revolution shows forts, hills, ponds and a small settlement below a wall at Manhattan's tip. An 1880 atlas transposes the modern Brooklyn grid onto the original topography and later farm lots, so you can see that a winding road to Gowanus would have bisected Smith Street, and that Luquer's Mill Pond covered much of Red Hook. Take that, Google.Read more
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Occupying 11-and-a-half acres of Central Park, the Met is the ideal unpleasant-weather diversion and surprisingly easy to negotiate. Visit the ground floor's north wing to view the collection of Egyptian art and the glass-walled atrium housing the Temple of Dendur, overlooking a reflective pool. Two halls in the southern wing house Greek and Roman art. Turning west brings you to the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas collection; the American Wing houses the Charles Engelhard Court. Now more a sculpture court than an interior garden, it houses large-scale 19th-century works in bronze and marble.Book now Read more
The Morgan Library & Museum
This Madison Avenue institution began as the private library of savvy financier J. Pierpont Morgan, and is his artistic gift to the city. Begin with brunch in what was the Morgan family's original dining room, then meander your way through the exhibits. Make sure to visit Morgan's library from 1906, which was restored to its former glory in 2010.Read more
Radio City Stage Door tour
Inside Radio City's lushly carpeted Art Deco halls, the city streets feel miles away. Stroll through the gorgeous interior, learn the secrets of the Great Stage and its intricate hydraulics system and meet one of the high-kicking Rockettes.Read more
Austrian Cultural Forum
Duck into this institution's striking building, designed by architect Raimund Abraham, for an afternoon of intellectual enlightenment. Begin by browsing works of art in the galleries—gratis curator-led tours are held every Wednesday at 5pm. Then make your way to the library, pick up a book from the English-language section and settle into one of the white chairs by the window for an afternoon of reading. If lady luck is with you, you'll be able to finish your day at one of the many concerts, lectures or screenings the Forum hosts.Read more
Rubin Museum of Art
Opened in 2004, this six-story museum (once home to Barneys New York) houses Donald and Shelley Rubin's impressive collection of Himalayan art and artifacts, as well as large-scale temporary exhibitions.Read more
Museum of Arts & Design
Originally designed in 1964 by Radio City Music Hall architect Edward Durell Stone to house the Gallery of Modern Art, 2 Columbus Circle (nicknamed the "Lollipop Building" because of the Candyland-like columns that lined its base) was a windowless monolith that had sat empty since 1998. After an 18-month overhaul (with a price tag topping $90 million), the ten-story building now has a 150-seat auditorium for public events, classrooms, a restaurant and four floors of exhibition galleries, including the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Jewelry Gallery. Founded in 1956 as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, the institution brings together contemporary objects created in a wide range of media—including clay, glass, wood, metal and cloth—with a strong focus on materials and process. Visitors can now watch as resident artists create works in studios on the sixth floor, and curators are able to display more of the 2,000-piece permanent collection in the larger space, including porcelain ware by Cindy Sherman, stained glass by Judith Schaechter, black-basalt ceramics by James Turrell and Robert Arneson's mural Alice House Wall, on view for the first time in two decades.Read more
Nitehawk Cinema
Dinner and a movie sounds good, right? But what happens if you get soaked on your way from the restaurant to the picture house and proceed to catch pneumonia in the arctic AC? Thankfully, now you can get fine food while you watch a flick. Try this Williamsburg spot for a menu by Michelin-starred chef Saul Bolton (Saul, the Vanderbilt) and programming that skews to new indie releases and retro gems.Read more
Film Forum
This cinematic staple regularly offers up its repertory programming as double features—for the same price as a single screening.Read more
Spa Castle
A sort of relaxation amusement park, the entry fee (weekdays $35, weekends and holidays $45) grants you access to seven saunas, including the gold room (outfitted in real gold, which apparently harkens back to an ancient technique for soothing sore limbs), one outfitted with LED lights and a room with stacked blocks of Himalayan salt.Read more
Shambhala Meditation Center
If you've ever wanted to know anything about Shambhala, a path of meditation linked to Buddhism, this is the place to be. Classes, workshops and weekend retreats are all on the table here to help you learn about what meditation could do for you.Read more
Great Jones Spa
Based on the theory that water brings health, this Noho mainstay is outfitted with a popular water lounge that boasts subterranean pools, saunas, steam rooms and a three-and-a-half-story waterfall. Enjoy the serenity of the 15,000-square-foot paradise while getting a haircut ($90 and up), or treat yourself to a Coconut Paradise Manicure ($40). Access to the water lounge is complimentary with services over $100, or a three-hour pass is available for $50.Read more
Cha An Japanese Tea House
You have to climb a flight of stairs and peek behind a curtain to find this tranquil teahouse, which offers a succession of deftly crafted plates accompanied by a thoughtful list of teas and sake. Each night features two special "sets" that take you from an amuse-bouche like creamy soy-milk quiche through a selection of tiny bites (pickled eggplant, marinated lotus root), to entrées such as tea-smoked salmon with sliced radish, Dijon mustard and tarragon. It's a great escape from the East Village crowds.Read more
Tibet House
The rotating schedule of teachers at this nonsectarian Tibetan cultural center introduces novices to a wide range of practices, and appeals to solitary and social practitioners alike. Arrive at 6pm for silent, individual meditation, or join in on the group session at 7pm. Tangka paintings from Nepal adorn the walls of the space, which also doubles as an art gallery.Read more
Body by Brooklyn
On weekends, expect to hang with worse-for-wear Brooklynites following the suggested Hangover Relief regimen in the wet lounge's Russian sauna, but the sensible can pick and choose from the jacuzzi, cold-plunge pool, Turkish steam room and Swedish dry sauna. Once you resemble a prune, retire to the fireplace in the dry lounge for food prepared by the chef of the adjacent organic supermarket, Fresh Fanatic, and a tipple from the full-service bar.Read more
Himalaya Teahouse
A surplus of Tibetan rugs and a lush back garden set the tone at this tea lovers' haven, where loose-leaf organic and fair-trade varieties are served ceremoniously in hefty iron pots. Try the low-key Ceylon Curls green tea, or a mug of fragrant masala chai.Read more
The Paley Center for Media
Channel-surfing getting you nowhere? Then head to this pop-culture nirvana, which contains an archive of more than 150,000 radio and TV programs. Just head to the fourth-floor library and search the database for your favorite episode of I Love Lucy, Seinfeld or Desperate Housewives, then turn on, tune in and veg out at your assigned console.Read more


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