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Purpose: To provide guidance to recipients of financing programs funded through the Department of Energy's (DOE's) State Energy Program (SEP) (Grantees).
Scope: The provisions of this guidance apply to recipients of SEP funds, pursuant to Formula Grant or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Legal Authority: SEP is authorized under Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (42 USC 6321 et seq.). All grant awards made under this program shall comply with applicable law, including the ARRA, and other procedures applicable to this program.
Section 1.0 - Eligibility of Revolving Loan Funds
A revolving loan fund is an eligible use of funds under the SEP Program to the extent that the activities supported by the loans are eligible activities under the program. The implementing regulations for SEP expressly identify revolving loan funds as an eligible use of SEP funds. 10 CFR 420.18(d).
Section 2.0 – Leveraging Funds under the SEP
2.1 Purpose and Type of Leveraging under the SEP
State arrangements for leveraging additional public and private sector funds, including rebates, grants, and other incentives, must be arranged to ensure that federal funds go to the "purchase and installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures." 42 USC 6322(d)(5)(A). The leveraging of funds may be accomplished through mechanisms such as partnerships with third party lenders, co-lending, third-party administration of loans, and loan loss reserves.
2.2 Loan Loss Reserves under the SEP
The use of SEP funds for a loan loss reserve is an eligible use of funds if the loan loss reserve is in support of a loan made by the Grantee or third party lenders that is for the "purchase and installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures." For loan loss reserves used to support loans made by third party lenders, the Grantee must ensure the following conditions are met: (a) a Grantee shall have the right to review and monitor the loans provided by third party lenders to ensure that loans are being made for the "purchase and installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures."; (b) the financial obligation of the Grantee to third party lenders is limited to the amount maintained in the loan loss reserve; (c) any loan loss reserve not used in connection with loan losses paid to the third party lenders must be used by or at the direction of the Grantee and for an eligible use under the SEP, including capitalization of a revolving loan fund; and (d) under no circumstances shall funds from the loan loss reserve be released to a third party lender for its own use.
Section 3.0 – Federal Character of Revolving Loan Funds under the SEP
Generally, federal funds used to capitalize a revolving loan fund maintain their federal character in perpetuity. As a result, federal requirements that apply to the funds such as NEPA and the National Historic Preservation Act would be applicable at each revolution of the loan fund. Federal requirements that apply to Recovery Act funds, such as the Davis-Bacon Act
requirements, Buy-American requirements, and Recovery Act reporting requirements would be applicable at each revolution of a loan fund that was funded through the Recovery Act.
The applicability of these federal requirements need not cause difficulty in administering a revolving loan fund program. DOE has previously provided guidance on streamlining compliance with NEPA and the National Historic Preservation Act. The templates that DOE has provided to States to obtain categorical exclusions under NEPA for subgrant programs could also be applied to revolving loan funds program. DOE has worked with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to provide States with programmatic agreements in order to streamline compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act requirements. Individual homeowners receiving loans under a revolving loan fund program would not be required to comply with the Davis-Bacon Act. Similarly, the Buy American requirements apply to "public buildings" and "public works" and thus would not be applicable to projects performed on individual homes.
The continuing federal character of the funds means that if the grantee decides to end a revolving loan fund program, any remaining funds would need to be returned to DOE or otherwise used by the grantee for an eligible purpose. Additionally, the grantee would not be required by DOE to replenish or replace any amounts which were lost to default. Loans involve risk by their very nature, so reasonable loss due to default of a borrower is an anticipated and allowable cost under a grant.

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By Jason Rohrer
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Top 20 iPhone games of all time. --Edge Magazine
"Brilliant... a beautiful, sophisticated game" (9/10, Gold Award) --Pocket Gamer UK
"A stand-out puzzler... it definitely has the stuff to become a new puzzle classic." --iPhone Games Network
"A surprisingly deep and varied puzzle game that's well-worth your time." --JayIsGames
Primrose is a captivating tile-clearing puzzle game by award-winning independent designer Jason Rohrer.
If you're bored by the crowd of copycat match-3 games...
If you're looking for an elegant, deep puzzle game that's completely fresh...
Then you should take a look at Primrose, which you can test for free (full version) on Mac, Windows, and GNU/Linux here: http://primrose.sf.net
Primrose's gameplay is deceptively simple: You're given random pairs of colored tiles that you must place on a 7x7 grid. When you surround a group of one color with another color, the surrounded group clears, scoring points. The surrounding tiles flip to the color of the tiles that were cleared. When tiles flip color, chain reactions are possible. Larger groups and longer chain reactions are awarded more points.
As the game progresses, more colors are added to the pool, making the grid more and more constrained. Pressure builds until the grid finally fills up, and the game ends.
Despite this mounting pressure, the game doesn't have a frantic feel, because you have as much time as you want to make each move. Whereas games like Tetris depend on getting faster and faster to be challenging, Primrose derives deep challenge from inherent properties of its mechanics.
But comparisons with Tetris aren't very helpful, because Primrose does not have you dropping tiles down a well. Primrose also doesn't have you swapping adjacent tiles like so many match-3 games. So what comparison is useful? Primrose is a small bit like Go and Othello (if either of those were one-player games), a small bit like Lights Out, and a big bit like nothing you've every played before.
Primrose includes the following features:
--Live, networked high score boards. Compete against the world right from your iPhone, wherever you are.
--Instant replay, move-by-move, of all games on the high score boards. Wondering how other players got those unbelievable scores? Just touch Play and watch how they did it.
--Comprehensive instruction pages with realtime, animated examples.
--Glowing, pulsating, retro graphics and analog synth-inspired sound effects.
--Behaves like a proper iPhone app by auto-saving game progress during calls and other interruptions. Take the call, then resume right where you left off after the call ends.
--Colorblind mode available.
Press the [P] button on the main screen to access the menu.
You can read an in-depth profile of Jason Rohrer in Esquire Magazine's December 2008 "Genius" issue.
What's New in Version 6.0
--Further improved end game mechanism.
--Changed random number generation to thwart a save/restore future-peeking exploit.
--Migrated to a new high score server.
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Customer Reviews
WoW what a great game.
I love a good puzzle game its my most searched section in games. I have tried the developers pc games in the past. The game can be tough. It takes alot of understanding and planning to really rack up the score. It doesnt seem the game has been updated in a while and I see people talked about the all grey tile issue. I have experienced it a few times but it seems to me you can only have so many colors on the grid and must make them disappear to have more choices. I could be wrong but its somthing along those lines. It has nothing to to with points because 8000 points like one reviewer said is pretty pathetic attempt. plan right and you should chain around 200k points on your first clear. I also like the fact that the developer never has dropped the price. He is a independent one person company that needs to support his family. I respect his morals on that issue. If there ever was an update I would like to see a different color scheme and a personal high score of all time or something. This game can truly take an hour away from you so easily.
Best of its kind
I'm surprised people are complaining about price. Having played Jason's other games, I would be willing to pay $5, maybe more, for others.
Looking forward to the time I'm good enough to complain about the all-gray tiles. Although it seems to be in perfect congruence with Jason's style: the end is inevitable, make the best of what you have.
great gameplay, no local high scores
SO disappointed that there are no local high scores stored on your device. the gameplay absolutely is there but I can't bring myself to go on when my list of achievements wont be tracked. *sigh* back to Drop7
add local high scores and fix that supposed all-gray tile problem (which I have not come across) and your rating shoots up to 5 stars
thank you much!
- $2.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: May 16, 2009
- Version: 6.0
- Size: 0.2 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Jason Rohrer
- © 2009 Placed in Public Domain
Compatibility: Requires iOS 2.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.


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Updated Saturday, 19th November 2011
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Ladies bring in the cash
Members of Coventry City Ladies football team collected £1,089 for the NSPCC this afternoon before City's home game with West Ham United.
The players collected the money for the children's charity from City and West Ham supporters as part of a matchday sponsorship package by Archer Bassett, who are a sponsor of the ladies team.
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The western part of Mexico's capital was plunged into traffic chaos on Thursday after a water-main break created a sinkhole on the city's outer beltway.
The hole, which is 2 meters (6.5 ft.) wide and 3 meters (9.8 ft.) deep, lies at the beltway interchange with two main surface thoroughfares.
Police have been deployed in an effort to ease traffic tangles, the Mexico City Public Safety Department said, adding that repairs to the water main are expected to take 12 hours.
The capital's mayor, Miguel Angel Mancera, asked the private firm that operates the Autopista Urbana Norte, which runs along a second deck built above the beltway, to waive tolls during the emergency.
"The instruction is given, it (the highway) should be open already," Mancera said.
He blamed the initial rupture on the age of the water pipes in the Valley of Mexico region, some of which are 70 years old, and said that some 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) of pipe need to be replaced. EFE


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WESTBURY, N.Y. — United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 here said Tuesday that it had filed a complaint with New York State Department of Labor alleging that A&P violated state labor law when closing stores recently. The union did not detail the violations, but said the Montvale, N.J.-based retailer violated the W.A.R.N. act, which governs procedures for companies cutting large amounts of jobs. Local 1500 represented workers at several Pathmark stores in a recent round of store ...
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Listen, Star Wars fans get kind of a bad rap, and have since 1976, even though everyone on Earth has seen the movies and is at least a little bit of a fan. To whit: The new film Fanboys, once a touching story about some friends of a kid with cancer who invade Skywalker Ranch, has had the cancer excised from it so that it can be more about making fun of Star Wars fans.
So, naturally, the fans are protesting 'Darth Weinstein' and his practices. They're planning a lifetime boycott of Weinstein movies, and have told him of their plans. Now, we're not sure that Harvey Weinstein will care one way or the other, but it's a potential blow...actually, it's not. We're all for the original version of the movie, but we don't really think there are enough die-hard Star Wars fans out there that will actually boycott his films. Do you?


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These cards seem to have been named Buckle cards. I have used the JudiKins Layered Holiday Frames stamp, which are currently out of stock but should be arriving in a couple of weeks. For this card I have stamped the frames twice, once in Gold Twinkle embossing powder and once in Copper Twinkle embossing powder onto black card. Using a knife and steel edge ruler I cut out 3 of the frames and then alternated them. The snowflake in the middle is the JudiKins Fancy Snowflake in Copper Twinkle ep. The base card is a matte gold card.
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By Carey Kinsolving think love is being kind, helpful and caring for o t h e r s , " says Patrick, 7. "I once showed love for my mom when I agreed to go to her favorite restaurant after I tasted their food." That's really love. I think I've eaten at the same restaurant. …
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"When I see God, he'll make a rainbow for me," says Ally, 5. "He's gonna show me how to make one. He's gonna sit down in the grass and eat an apple with me." Ally's answer is more than cute. It could be insightful as well. Who knows the entire capabilities of a resurrected body …
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"When I see God, I will give him a big hug," says Whitney. "Then I will go say 'hi' to all the people in Bible times. Then I will ask him everything I ask my parents that they can't answer." Whitney, I'm sure your parents will rejoice with you. "I will fall down on my …
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Local congregations sow seeds of hope
Wesley United Methodist Church, Greggton United Methodist Church, First Gladewater United Methodist Church, Newgate Mission, Longview Community Garden Network, and the Friends of the South Longview Community have come together to bless and work the land for our Lord. Wesley-McCabe Pastor Virginia Wall, expressed thanks and gratitude to all who attended, and then turned over …
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"I think God created sisters because they need to annoy me, bug me and torture me with those Barbie dolls," says a brother who chooses to remain anonymous. "God made sisters to enjoy you, to get mad at you, and two minutes later to love you," says Stephen, age 10. "He also made them to …
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Can you remember a time in your life when you thought, "God has abandoned me! I can't find Him anywhere! When I pray, my words bounce back from the sky and when I cry God won't wipe away the tears. What did I do to deserve this?" Often in our journey to become …
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Faith in God: Good for your health?
Can faith in God improve your health? A surprising number of medical experts say it might. These scientists claim certain desirable qualities might be associated with personal faith and spiritual practice. Benefits often mentioned include speedier recovery from illness, lower blood pressure, stronger immune system, positive mental health and longer life. Insurance underwriters, call your …
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text: Graduate Academic Calendars PDF Version Calendars 2014-2015 Academic Calendar 2015-2018 Academic Calendars Online Calendars Standard Graduate Degree and License Calendar Hamline School of Business Masters Calendar Graduate Drop and Withdrawal Policy and Deadlines Students who no longer wish to attend a course for which they are registered have the option to drop or withdraw from the class. The determination of whether a student is eligible to drop or withdraw is based on how much of the course has already taken place. Graduate students must request to be dropped or withdrawn from their courses via email to firstname.lastname@example.com or in person at Student Administrative Services, located in East Hall.It is the student's responsibility to request enrollment changes of any kind. Instructors are not permitted to drop or withdraw students from classes under any circumstances. Non-attendance does not result in an automatic drop.Dropping a course: Students may drop their course if they are within the drop period. Dropping a course means: No notation of the course recorded on transcript; No tuition owed; Return of all financial aid, if applicable. Deadlines for dropping a class are based on how many credits a course is worth and are as follows: Fall and Spring Terms:4 credits: 14 calendar days from the start date of the course*3 credits: 10 calendar days from the start date of the course*2 credits: 7 calendar days from the start date of the course*1 credit: 2 calendar days from the start date of the course* For example, if you are enrolled in a 3 credit course that begins on September 3rd, you would have until September 12th to drop. Winter Term:All courses: 2 calendar days from the start date of the course*Summer Term:4 or 3 credits: 7 calendar days from the start date of the course*2 or 1 credits: 2 calendar days from the start date of the course* *If a course's duration is less than the number of calendar dates in the drop schedule, the course must be dropped the day after it begins. If the course meets 2 days or less, the course must be dropped prior to the start of the course. If a course's drop date falls on a non-business day, drop requests will be honored if received by the next business day.Exception: MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults students follow the above for non-residency terms. During residency terms, students may drop up to 10 days prior to the start of the residency and owe no tuition. If dropping fewer than 10 days before the start of the residency, 100% of the tuition will be owed. Withdrawing from a course: Students who wish to stop attending a course after the drop deadline must request a withdrawal. Withdrawing from a course means: A grade of "W" recorded on transcript; Tuition owed based on effective date of withdrawal; Recalculation of all financial aid, if applicable. In all cases, a request to withdraw from a course must be received prior to the last day of the class.


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Drivers & TeamsSet as your theme
Driver: Austin Dillon
Crew Chief: Gil Martin
Austin Dillon
- Driver, No. 3 American Ethanol Chevrolet SS
- Date of Birth: 4/27/1990
- Hometown: Welcome, N.C.
- Residence: Lexington, N.C.
- Marital Status: Single
- Twitter: @AustinDillon3 / @RCR3ADillon
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Driving the historic No. 3 Dow/Cheerios Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, Austin Dillon is embarking on his first-full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2014 and competing for Rookie of the Year honors.
In 2013, the Welcome, N.C., driver earned the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver's championship, marking his second NASCAR title in four years. He won the first NASCAR national series race on dirt since 1970 with a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Eldora Speedway in Ohio and competed in select Sprint Cup Series races for RCR, Phoenix Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing.
Dillon finished third in the Nationwide Series championship point standings in his first year of full-time competition in 2012, securing Rookie of the Year honors en route to two race wins at Kentucky Speedway and leading the series in top-10 finishes.
In 2011, Dillon earned the Camping World Truck Series drivers championship in RCR's No. 3 Chevrolet, becoming the youngest champion in series history at 21 years, six months and 22 days. He secured Camping World Truck Series race victories at Nashville Superspeedway and Chicagoland Speedway, 10 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes and led the series in pole awards with five. He was voted the Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver by fans in 2011.
Dillon made his Sprint Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway in October 2011 driving an entry prepared by RCR and owned by Curb-Agajanian Racing and drove the No. 33 Rheem/Menards Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, Inc. in four Nationwide Series races in 2011, earning one top-five and three top-10 finishes.
In his rookie season of Camping World Truck Series competition in 2010, Dillon earned Rookie of the Year honors and finished fifth in the driver's point standings, becoming only the second rookie to do so in nine seasons. After finishing outside the top 10 in five of his first seven Camping World Truck Series races, Dillon rebounded to end the season with 16 top-10 finishes and earned race wins at Iowa Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dillon competed in one Nationwide Series race in 2010, driving the No. 21 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
He drove in four different stock car series as an RCR development driver in 2009, earning two top-15 finishes in two Camping World Truck Series races, a 24.8 average finish in four Nationwide Series starts, one top-five and two top-10 finishes in three Camping World Series races, and two runner-up finishes in two ARCA Racing Series starts. He won his second All-Star Shootout at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 2009.
Dillon made his Nationwide Series debut at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway on September 7, 2008, and followed that up with a fourth-place finish at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park on October 25, 2008. He earned Rookie of the Year honors and finished second in the 2008 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East final point standings.
He won three major Dirt Late Model events in 2007, including the May All-Star Shootout at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, before competing in asphalt Late Model cars and still considers Dirt Track Racing among his favorite hobbies.
He began his racing career in Bandaleros and Legends cars in 2005 before advancing to dirt Late Models in 2006.
Before he began his racing career, Dillon played stick-and-ball sports and appeared in the 2002 Little League World Series.


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Commenting on today's use of the phone, the American comic Jerry Seinfeld said "You're at home, you're on the phone; you're in the car, you're making calls; you get to work 'Any messages for me?' You've got to give people the chance to miss you a little bit."
Tomomi Monmae did not follow that advice and is now being prosecuted in Japan for phoning the police emergency number more than 15,000 times in six months.
Ms Monmae, a 44-year old resident of Sakai, ten miles south of Osaka, started her persistent calls in May. Using her mobile phone, she has


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The Oregon Ducks have been one of college football's best teams over the last several years.
Since Chip Kelly took over as head coach in 2009, the Ducks have gone 34-6 with two trips to the Rose Bowl and a national championship appearance.
The Ducks have firmly established themselves as a Pac-12 powerhouse. They continue to get solid recruits and have some of the best facilities in the nation thanks to Phil Knight.
Still, that doesn't mean the Ducks are without some chinks in their armor heading into the 2012 season.
Until they beat the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2012 Rose Bowl, they had a rep as a team that couldn't win the big game.
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|Michael Carter-Williams: Playing for Celtics 'would be a blessing'
|05.28.13 at 9:05 pm ET
Even the most trusted experts can't agree on where Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams will go in next month's NBA draft. While many forecast the Hamilton, Mass., native as a top-10 pick, ESPN.com's Chad Ford slotted him to the Celtics at No. 16 as recently as three weeks ago.
'I don't really pay attention to any of the mock drafts,' Carter-Williams told WEEI.com's Ben Rohrbach on his Green Street podcast. 'At the end of the day, they're all pretty much wrong anyway.'
That's why the point guard was caught off guard when the Boston Herald's Steve Bulpett asked him at this month's NBA scouting combine about playing for the Boston team he grew up rooting for on the North Shore.
'I kind of want to get away and play somewhere else,' he told Bulpett.
Given some time to mull the possibility of playing for his hometown C's, Carter-Williams sang a different tune on Rohrbach's podcast this week.
|Report: Nets denied permission to speak to Doc Rivers
|05.24.13 at 7:02 am ET
The Nets asked to speak with Doc Rivers about their coaching vacancy but were denied by Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, according to an ESPN report by Jackie MacMullan.
Ainge has said that he expects Rivers to return to Boston next season. Rivers has three years and $21 million remaining on his contract as part of an extension he signed two years ago this week.
"Doc has told me he's coming back," Ainge told ESPN Thursday. "I talk to him almost every day about our team and what we are going to do moving forward."
Ainge would not comment directly about the Nets' interest, but he acknowledged Rivers is highly regarded around the league.
"We know people want Doc," Ainge told ESPN. "We know people want [Rajon Rondo] and [Kevin Garnett] and Paul Pierce. They are the Celtics. They've all had great success."
|Kevin Garnett's future determines Celtics' ability to be competitive next few seasons
|05.10.13 at 10:27 am ET
If next season's Celtics team does not start Kevin Garnett at power forward, prepare for a long, dark stretch. Without KG patrolling the middle in green and white, feel free to reintroduce yourself to the lottery, long losing streaks and the empty promise of rebuilding.
While you miss the scowls, intensity and blocked shots after the whistle, remember that the decline of the Celtics is more complex than the team simply aging. The major problem is the Celtics actually ask Garnett to do more now than they did during the NBA finals run in 2010. Despite his age (37 on May 19) and contract (2 years, $24.3 million), Garnett still is a premier power forward and a critical piece for a team chasing a championship.
'Back in Minnesota, Kevin used to say, 'I want to live beyond my contract,' ' new Timberwolves president (and former coach) Flip Saunders told WEEI.com. 'That meant whatever he was getting paid, whenever someone would see him in a game or in a practice, he wanted to live up to that contract and then play beyond that.'
Garnett has done exactly that in his six seasons in Boston. His playoff averages (35 minutes, 12.7 points, 13.7 rebounds, his highest playoff average since 2004) against the Knicks also demonstrated that quality basketball remains afloat in his veins. Surrounded by the right players, Garnett still can help Boston contend for a championship. After watching Garnett for 18 seasons, Kevin McHale — who drafted Garnett in Minnesota with the No. 5 pick in 1995 — still is amazed by his former student. Garnett was the first player in 20 years to go directly to the NBA from high school, and McHale recently reminisced about Garnett's rookie training camp in Minnesota, when the 19-year-old was only a couple of months removed from his senior prom.
'I loved the kid the first day of practice,' McHale said. 'He laid on the floor after his first training camp — laying on the ground with nothing left — and I said, 'We've got to go again tonight.' He went, 'Huh?' I said we did two-a-days, and he was like, 'Oh my.'
"But that night he came and he laid it on the ground, played on the line, laying on the ground, playing on the line. At the end, he was laying on the ground, and I said to him, 'Now we do two again tomorrow.' He looked up at me and said, 'Man, this is going to be a job.' He hasn't changed since then, he's just got better.
"His ability to compete at a high level for such a long time, his love of the game, his competitive nature,' marveled McHale, 'it really is fun to watch.'
Competing at a high level for an extended period of time in the National Basketball Association takes a rare talent. It is a skill that is difficult, but far from impossible. The highest standard of excellence has been set by the Spurs, a team with an aging superstar in soon-to-be-Hall-of-Famer Tim Duncan. Far from the best of friends, Garnett and the 37-year-old Duncan share very similar basketball philosophies, a fact not lost on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
'They can look in the mirror and realize they're both the same in so many respects as far as how they run their lives in the NBA and how they've run their careers,' Popovich said during his last trip to Boston. 'They're both competitive as hell, they both understand the game, they both love being on the court, and neither one of them is really that excited about the hoopla that is all around it, but they've also endured by taking care of their bodies and what they do in the summertime to take care of their bodies.'
|Stephen A. Smith on D&C: Some in NBA circles question 'whether or not Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers desire to continue to coexist'
|05.08.13 at 9:44 am ET
Stephen A. Smith talked with Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday about trade rumors involving the Celtics and Clippers, and what he believes the Celtics will do in the offseason.
Smith said he thinks the Clippers, who were rumored to be interested in Kevin Garnett at the trade deadline, still would like to acquire Garnett, and that the Celtics might try to use that interest to get Blake Griffin from them. To get Griffin, though, Smith said they might have to allow Doc Rivers to go to Los Angeles.
"The Clippers, I know for a fact, were interested in Kevin Garnett," Smith said. "[Chris Paul] isn't necessarily happy right now. He wants to stay with the Clippers. I think he's planning on staying with the Clippers because they can offer him close to $30 million more than anybody else. But he also looks at the Clippers and has reached the conclusion that he needs help on the front line, because neither Blake Griffin nor DeAndre Jordan has the requisite post-game skills to really make room for him to operate. They're incapable of pulling guys away from the basket and being a threat on the perimeter and therefore giving Chris Paul space to operate.
"From that standpoint, once again, the Clippers have to be willing to let go of one of those guys. They would prefer it to be DeAndre Jordan, because clearly Blake Griffin has a better upside. Plus, he's a better player. '¦ As a result, in an effort to keep CP3, who's a guy that approaches free agency and they're looking to re-sign, they are entertaining a plethora of possibilities."
One of those possibilities, Smith said, could involve Rivers heading to Los Angeles along with Garnett and Paul Pierce.
"According to guys that I've spoken to in NBA circles, the Boston Celtics would look at a guy like a KG, willing to unload him, and who knows, they may be willing to market [Garnett and Pierce] as a package deal," Smith said. "If you're the Clippers, obviously that's not enough to let go of somebody like a Blake Griffin. But if you combine keeping CP3 as a priority, knowing that he wants legitimate help on his front line for the immediate future, combined with the fact that even though I believe Vinny del Negro has done a good job, there are others that don't believe so. '¦ If somehow, some way, you could get your hands on Doc Rivers in the same breath as you're getting KG and Paul Pierce, it could be something that could be attractive. And if that's attractive enough, if you're Danny Ainge, and you and Doc Rivers, as much as you respect one another, you've just worked with one another for a long time — who knows what the situation is, but you might be willing to let Doc Rivers out of his contract.
"You're not going to do it for Brooklyn or probably anybody within the Eastern Conference, but to move out west to Cali? That might be an attractive enough proposition for the Clippers to sit there and say, well, you know what, OK, we would let go of Blake Griffin under those circumstances."
|Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett have 'no idea' about their futures after Game 6
|05.04.13 at 12:43 am ET
It was the obvious question to ask Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in the moments after their season came to an end with a Game 6 loss to the Knicks.
Will they be back for another season?
"I haven't really thought about it, to be honest with you. I'm kind of digesting , obviously, the current, and Doc came to me, pulled Paul and I to the side and all three of us agreed to speak later — too emotional," Garnett said. "Obviously, it was a big game, tough loss, especially at home. But more importantly in the future, it's a different day for that conversation."
Pierce is signed for next season but only $5 million of his $15 million for next season is guaranteed. He could be amnestied under the new NBA CBA if GM Danny Ainge wants to overhaul the roster.
"That's a decision for the management," Pierce said. "Who knows what the future [holds]? I've been here 15 years and I've seen a lot of changes each and every year. So I'm sure there's going to be a lot of changes here and we'll see what happens."
Garnett made it very clear that his decision about next year will hinge greatly on whether Ainge brings back Pierce.
"One of the big reasons I came [to Celtics] was because of Paul," said Garnett. "Obviously, you want to be in a situation where it's better. I want to make sure that I'm able to always help a team. I want to be in positions to where I'm giving something. I demand a lot of myself, both physically and from a skill level. But I'd be lying to y'all if I said Paul didn't play into that factor. Like I said, it's too soon of a conversation for me right now."
Pierce, who said he will play in the NBA next season, was asked if he wants to return to Boston for a 16th season.
"That's up to Danny and them," Pierce said. "I have no idea."
Coach Doc Rivers is also not a sure thing to return. He signed a five-year, $35 million extension before the 2011-12 season. He has three years left on it, that is if he wants to return.
"I don't think about any of that stuff," Rivers said. "Danny knows me pretty well. I immerse myself; that's the only way I can do it, probably to a fault. Pretty much unlivable during the year. So I don't know. Danny knows he gives me at least a week to do just whatever I do — and I don't know what I do, sit and watch cartoons or something — then we'll talk about it. But Danny has already worked on [offseason plans]. He never shows me. I don't want to hear it, I don't want to see it, I don't want to know anything. We'll figure it all out, and we'll see."
|Danny Ainge 'not particularly thrilled' with Knicks matchup
|04.25.13 at 5:52 pm ET
During his weekly Thursday appearance with Salk & Holley, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge stopped short of saying he thought his C's are the better team in their first-round NBA playoff series against the Knicks.
"We don't think that we've played like we are capable of playing," said Ainge. "It's one thing to lose to a team who deserves to beat you and is a better team, but I feel like we've come out ready to play and I have no idea why the beginning of the third quarter in the last two games has not been good."
Asked to clarify his comments, Ainge showered praise on the Knicks, who lead the series 2-0 and have held the Celtics to 48 combined second-half points.
"They're very good. I have a great deal of respect for the Knicks, and Carmelo [Anthony] is a great player — maybe the toughest matchup in the entire league," he said. "He's right there in the same category as difficult a matchup as the Lebron [James]es and the Kevin Durants and the Kobe Bryants. He's one of those types of players that can score against certain defense. So, no, I'm not particularly thrilled with the matchup."
Still, Ainge placed the blame on his players. The Celtics simply haven't lived up to their ability.
"We just need to play with more mental and physical toughness," he said. "This isn't the team I've seen play all year. The first halves have been, but not the second half. I wish I had an explanation, but we just need to be tougher, instigating the physical play. I think that they are getting into us, and we're not responding. I'd like to see us instigate and initiate contact and be aggressive and not let their pressure affect us as much as it has."
And the blame doesn't rest with just one or two Celtics. They've pretty much all been been underwhelming.
"It's everybody," said Ainge. "It's gotta be everybody. Avery [Bradley] embodies toughness. Paul Pierce is toughness to us, and Jeff Green — when he's playing the way that we need him to play — he's asserting himself and tough. And we know how tough Jason Terry is. And right on down the line. It takes everybody. Brandon Bass. It takes every one of the guys. We don't have a team where we can rely on one or two guys. We have to get good performances out of the whole team."
Everybody? Everybody.
"We've got to have contributions from the whole team," he added. "You can't do it with one or two guys like New York has done. We don't have that kind of scoring power. We don't have the league's leading scorer on our team right now, so we have to get contributions out of a lot of people."
Got it? Good. Now here are the remaining highlights of Ainge's interview, which can be heard in full on the Salk & Holley audio on demand page:
|Danny Ainge: Walking boot for KG 'just precautionary'
|04.11.13 at 5:23 pm ET
Making his weekly appearance on 'Salk & Holley' Thursday afternoon, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge discussed a number of topics, including the sight of Kevin Garnett in a walking boot at the end of Wednesday's night's loss to the Nets. Ainge was asked if Garnett was indeed at 100 percent, what would the logic be behind him wearing a walking boot:
"Well, you know, so first of all, there's no such thing as 100 percent for anybody, right now," Ainge said. "But KG, you can see how well he's moving on the court. Last night, he didn't have one of his better games on the court, but he was moving very well. You could see him defense laterally and he was rebounding and he was very active. The walking boot is just precautionary. It's just … some guys keep ice on their legs after every game — sometimes, their legs are sore, sometimes, they're not. They do it as a precautionary thing.
"The walking boot … he has some inflammation in his foot, so every time he stops playing, he has the walking boot on. He doesn't wear it all the time, but he just wears it after games to make sure his foot isn't moving any more than it needs to. So it's just precautionary right now."
Ainge also expressed confidence that based in part what the 2010 team was able to accomplish in the postseason, he feels good about where this team is as the 2013 playoffs loom.
"I know what our guys are made of. I know how they've stepped up in the past," he said. "There's been year's where we …. what was in 2010, when we finished the season 27-27 in the last 54 games? I was not real confidence going in, but I was in awe of watching our team play its best basketball it's played in the KG era in that stretch — against Cleveland who had the leading record in the league and against Orlando who had the second-best record in the East. I was in awe of what they were able to step up and do.
"In order to do that, you have to have guys playing on all cylinders. I think the good news is that our team is getting healthier. Unfortunately, Rondo and Barbosa and Sully aren't coming back. But I feel like KG is moving well and I think Paul is getting better and moving well. By the time the playoffs roll around, I think we'll be in good shape."
Here are some of the other highlights of his Q&A:
Has Pat Riley contacted you lately? Were you surprised at his statement?
"Well, I don't want to get much into that. It's old news — boring. Nobody cares."
Were you surprised he responded at all?
"Yeah, I think so. Just because I don't think that … we live in a world in the media where sound bytes are used. I think that … you can blow things out of proportion. But yeah. I was a little surprised. But I don't really care."
Is the Lakers-Celtics thing still a thing with Pat Riley? The Boston Garden stories, the lack of air conditioning and all that stuff? Is that the reason for the anger?
"I have no idea. I have no idea. It was only speculation."
Do you still think of the rivalry today?
"Absolutely not. Never. Never once crosses my mind. They were great times and great rivalries with great players. I never had any hatred toward those players. I had a great deal of respect for those teams. I thought the 80s Celtics and the 80s Lakers were two of the best teams in the history of the game. It was a fun time."
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Los Angeles - US aviation authorities have fined South Korea's Asiana Airlines US$500,000 over last year's deadly San Francisco air crash for failing to properly help families of victims, officials said Tuesday.
Three passengers died when Asiana Airlines Flight 214 clipped a seawall with its landing gear, skidded off the runway and burst into flames at the end of an otherwise routine flight from Seoul to San Francisco on July 6.
Asiana "violated federal law last July by failing to adhere to the assurances in its family-assistance plan following the crash," according to the US Department of Transportation, which said some families were not contacted for up to five days afterwards.
The fine is the first imposed by the DoT under a 1997 law which requires foreign airlines to keep to a "family-assistance plan" in the event of aircraft accidents resulting in a major loss of life, it said.
In a brief response, Asiana appeared to reject the basis of the penalty.
"Asiana provided extensive support to the passengers and their families following the accident and will continue to do so," the airline said in a one-line statement.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a damning appraisal: "In the very rare event of a crash, airlines have a responsibility to provide their full support to help passengers and their families by following all the elements of their family-assistance plans.
"The last thing families and passengers should have to worry about at such a stressful time is how to get information from their carrier."
One of the three victims had been pulled alive from the plane and placed near one wing. But the Chinese teenager was later run over and killed by a fire truck which did not spot her lying under a layer of fire retardant foam.
US prosecutors decided in October not to bring charges against the firefighter driving the truck.
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US prosecutors decided in October not to bring charges against the firefighter driving the truck.
Of course the court didn't find the "heroes" screwed up. What a joke.
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I had to dig this out of my notes, and consult online sources, so some of the logic behind this may be a little foggy, but here's the general idea for the proof from what I remember.
The above is a definition of e.
Express it using binomial theorem:
But when k =0 the function evaluates to 1 and when k = 1 the function evaluates to a, so:
Now you'll be able to cancel part of the bottom and part of the top, which will give you a slightly clearer way to express the entire thing.
From this point the idea is to prove that p < s. Make sure to take a > 0 at this point. For the left side you have to do the same thing, but with the intent of proving that s < p and since s = you'll have an answer.
The steps for the left side of the equation can be found online, but I don't know how to explain them properly, so if someone could pick up where i left off, that would be nice.


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I've read on the internet about English natives who'd use the expresion " Confucius say... " before telling an unfunny joke, or a short vulgar adage... Possibly aping a heavy Chinese accent, which is I guess strengthened by the tense mistake.
Is it frequently used by some people (and what type of people ?), and is the goal to make fun about Chinese immigrants who don't speak English very well ?
Is it not considered as a racist expression ?
Stein-OlbaumIs it not considered as a racist expression ?
Certainly not! - why are you trying to use a harmless expression and turn it into some sort of racist comment. Get a life!
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Though, I am not an English native, and I am therefore asking an innocent question about an expression that sounds strange to me.
If you consider it harmless, could develop a bit ?
Would you use in spoken language ? Why, in which circumstances ?
And please, do not be aggressive with me, I'm trying to be polite
Have a nice day.
Though using the accent can be considered racist (though someone using non-Asian accents never seems to be considered racist), the jokes I've heard didn't have anything to do with immigrants.
Yes, I certainly wouldn't say the phrase was or is used with malice intended.
Neverthless, it's not a phrase I would be likely to use today in the presence of my Chinese friends.
I don't recall hearing it with the incorrect grammar either. Maybe that was more common elsewhere.
As Confucius says... and then you say something that he would never have said.
As Confucius says, children who don't use good table manners should not expect dessert.
et cetera, et cetera. None of them seem racist; it is a fixed phrase, but an unfortunate relic of times when political correctness was not a concern.
I am Chinese and such jokes do sound a bit racist to me, especially with the wrong grammar and accent.
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This was really delicious and it's pretty healthy as well. There are not a ton of ingredients and it was really quick to prep. You rub the spices on the meat before adding it to the pot of tomatoes, chiles and black beans and then let it cook for a few hours. The meat was cooked perfectly and easy to shred. There was enough spice to give it flavor, but not so much that the kids wouldn't eat it (they don't like hot foods). I served it with a side of Mexican rice, light sour cream, shredded cheese and freshly cut avocados.
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When Republican Tom O'Dea successfully ran for state representative for the 125th in New Canaan in November his Town Council seat still had one year left to go. Now that he has been sworn in in Hartford, his seat is up for grabs.
Well, not quite up for grabs. There was a serious debate amongst council members whether his seat needed to be filled by a Republican, or whether members of other parties could throw their name in the ring for consideration.
After an opinion from Town Counsel Ira Bloom and then second opinions from other attorneys, the council set that they would only look at Republicans for the incoming seat.
The four candidates are: Kevin Moynihan, Dan Radman, John Engel and Roy Abramowitz.
Tonight at 7 p.m. at the New Canaan Nature Center the candidates will take turns answering questions from the Council, who will then vote.
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