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In one of the more shocking headlines that has dominated Houston news cycle, word has come out that Bob McNair, the Houston Texans' spirited owner, had a 10-month long bout with cancer.
McNair, 77, has been given a clean bill of health after receiving experimental treatments at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
He had been battling two types of cancer — diagnosed as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) — which had formed on the left side of his head and neck.
During that 10-month span, he received a combination of chemotherapy as well as 30 marked radiation treatments lasting approximately 30 to 40 minutes each.
The type of treatment McNair had was experimental and relatively new but the benefits can be extremely rewarding and it has been said to be a sound method to eradicate his specific malady.
But according to McNair, the treatments were grueling…
"The radiation was worse by far," McNair said at press conference held earlier today at NRG Stadium. "I had bandages all over my head. I looked like a mummy.
The radiation was so harsh that second-degree burns formed causing him to seek plastic surgery to reconstruct the left side of his face after completion.
The treatments were done at M.D. Anderson's Proton Therapy unit, a division that has been open since 2005.
As good as the Texans are at keeping sensitive information under wraps, they way McNair handled his ordeal was none the exception.
He had checked in for each treatment under an assumed name and had a key to the back door of the building given to him by John Styles, Jr. the CEO/Managing Director of the unit. He also allowed McNair to use his personal parking space to maintain ultimate confidentiality.
McNair mentioned that he "didn't want to be a distraction" and "didn't want a lot of speculation about what the end result might be" as far as the reasoning behind the secrecy of his treatments.
But looking ahead, McNair is glad he is cancer-free and remains upbeat, especially for the start of the Texans' season.
"I plan on winning some Super Bowls," McNair said. "My dad lived to 102 so I've got some time."
It's wonderful to know that our fearless owner, who is the man responsible for bringing football back to H-Town after a five-year hiatus, is as healthy as can be.
He has also said that he will be able to attend every home and away game this season as he had been doing.
What an amazing story coming out of Gridiron, Tex. — he fought the war against his health, recovered and came out the victor!
The Texans will certainly look to do the same this season!
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How to Carry Someone Who's Bigger Than You
Carrying someone who is bigger than you is remarkably easy if you use the right body mechanics. This can be learned by doing martial arts also.
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- Lift from your legs and core, not your back – you can easily get hurt that way.
- To avoid injuries, try it on small people or children first. As you get the feel for it, try heavier people. Be careful, though. If you lift someone very light, they just might fly over your head!
- If you have had previous injuries or have back problems, consult a professional first.
- If you injure yourself, do not try it again until you are completely healed.
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A Feast in Time of Plague: Michiko e Hatchin
This is where I put on my soulja ragz, ascend the tallest minaret in all the land, and shout until my throat goes hoarse,
"Novelty for its own sake is no virtue. Emulation in the pursuit of excellence is no vice."
Is it really enough for a work to be "different"? Henry Darger's art certainly fits that bill. Lauding a production only because it's unusual is as near-sighted as dismissing it solely for relying on time-tested techniques. A show is ultimately only as good as the experience it provides to the viewer.
Recipes persist precisely because they work, providing a relatively safe path to success. However, a completely innovative approach brings a much greater risk of total failure, and it's not often that a creator's skill matches his ambition. Yet, the mere fact that a show isn't like most others somehow earns an automatic pass from the critics. That is gay as hell. Any day, I'll take a by-the-numbers story that's fun and engrossing over pretentious Studio 4°C pap that has more hipsters whining about how underappreciated it is than watchers making it past the second episode.
Fortunately, Michiko e Hatchin isn't one of those cartoons. It is certainly distinctive — but it's also rich enough that simply fixating on that fact would be an utter disservice to the show.
The flashy and stylish opening, with a young woman and a little girl riding a motorcycle through various colorful locales as they escape the police, accurately establishes both the premise and the flow of this anime. The girl is Hana "Hatchin" Morenos, a pensive preteen with a worldweariness that belies her age. The leggy, provocatively dressed woman is her mother, escaped criminal Michiko Malandro, who snatches Hatchin from an abusive foster home so the two can begin their quest to find the samurai that smells like sunf— err, wrong Studio Manglobe property. Verily, this highly episodic tale of character interplay with a series-long journey as the backdrop echoes both Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop as direct spiritual predecessors (and inevitable measuring sticks).
All three shows are not only praised for but downright defined by their mood and atmosphere. In the jazz-tinged Bebop, the prevailing sense is one of melancholy; while the frenetically upbeat opening track is the most memorable, it's the more wistful and downtempo melodies that set the tone. Champloo, which exudes hip-hop through every pore not only musically but visually, combines battle tunes, meandering instrumental themes, and noodly breakbeat ditties into a soundscape that is bittersweet yet optimistic. Here, however, the bombastic Latin jazz and samba rhythms often clash with the ominous vibes from the onscreen proceedings, feeling very discordant. The undertones of gloom in the show's more roofless turns blend with the musical ambience of non-stop celebration into something positively sinister.
Indeed, as the blurb on the show's official site puts it, the coexistence of hope and despair was a key thematic guideline. Michiko is set in present-day Brazil, loosely ciphered here as "Republica de Diamandra", and Manglobe staff traveled across the country to capture the regional flavor. As the copious photos on the location hunting section indicate, this was done with a typically Japanese diligence, reminiscent of the work fellow Sunrise splinter BONES put into crafting shot-for-shot accurate scenes of the Russian Far East in Darker than Black 2. From risking their lives to visit the favela slums to minding the small details like authentic currency design, the producers sure did their homework.
None of this would've mattered, of course, if the production values weren't up to snuff, but this is one gorgeous cartoon. Along with the lush sonic background, the animation is not only smooth but colorful, with the entire palette, from drab to garish, coming through with sharpness and clarity. Attention to detail is evident in each and every visual element, including vehicles, street scenery, and in-show television, but especially the people. Worthy of separate mention are the ever-changing outfits: just like real Brazilians, the characters love to dress up.
While he is onboard for music production duties, Michiko e Hatchin is not a Shinichiro Watanabe joint. Watanabe's associate Sayo Yamamoto, whose prior work at Studio Madhouse includes episode direction and storyboarding, takes helm in a full-length directing debut. Commendable as a first-time effort, her directing nonetheless can't touch the airtight feel of Watanabe's works. This is most evident in the exposition's nosedive toward the end, as major events are resolved in a mix of serendipitous coincidence and villain stupidity. The script is tight enough to keep the viewer scrambling to queue up the next episode, but, despite competently wrapping up the story, the ending feels unsatisfying in a way generally reserved for shows rushed to completion.
The show's Achilles' heel is an alarming scarcity of effective characterization, with next to no character growth apparent in anyone but Hatchin. In Bebop, Champloo, and even Manglobe's lesser-known mess of an anime Ergo Proxy, many standalone episodes exploit the shift of focus away from the primary plotline as an opportunity to flesh out the characters, a strategy whose success contributed to their high rewatch value. This is, sadly, not the case for such diversions in Michiko, which come off as fruitless attempts to infuse flavor into a show already saturated with it. The worst of the standalones are basically retreads of Anime 101 tropes, with a plodding pace bogging down an already uneven tempo of exposition. Overall, with the side characters nearly forgettable and most dramatis personae little more developed than when we first saw them in the opening, one can't help but feel that the real star of the show is its setting - specifically, the country of Brazil.
If the generally positive feedback across Lusophone anime blogs and fora is anything to go by, the painstaking background research paid off (hardly a given). Naturally, the utterly ridiculous farb, like bullfighting and a married Catholic priest receive the appropriate disdain and indignation, but most reviewers consider the show's atmosphere as authentic, if heavily stereotype-driven. Since this is the internet, there are also the requisite laments that "there's more to Brazil than favelas, bandits and juicy mulattas" (how dare a pulp action romp about a con woman on the run focus on such things!). Most revealing was one blogger's praise of the anime for its matter-of-fact treatment of Brazil's social ills, as contrasted with the unbounded sensationalism in native and other foreign media. It was this very aspect, and not the glut of anime-friendly Brazilian curios like mixed Latin-Japanese names and VW Beetle police cruisers, that made the biggest impact for me.
Curiously, the same parts claimed to be more soberly portrayed by this cartoon are the ones viewers might find the most shocking, like child gangsters gunning down a stripper in cold blood. Brazil's standing as one of the most violent countries on Earth has resulted in a public image the locals resent; unfortunately, as per the US State Department's harrowing travel advisory, it's a legitimate one. With reports about full-scale urban warfare in the favelas routinely making headlines, there's no surprise that The Elite Squad is one of the most popular Brazilian films of all time (but, alas, not a manga). The movie explains how, trapped between an impotent and corrupt administrative structure and the feral, drug-fueled hostility of the favelados, policemen are forced to become executioners in a deadly struggle with an enemy that grows not only better equipped but more numerous.
The population creep is not just an economic challenge, with the federal welfare programs struggling to keep up with a permanent underclass getting poorer and more dangerous as it grows, but also a direct logistical threat. The result of a haphazard urbanization spurred by a breakneck rush to industrialize, the favelas make the cityscapes of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro look more like an an ADHD child's game of Sim City than the major hubs of a rapidly growing major world economy - a literal Damocles' sword inching ever-closer above the metropolitan centers.
Thus, it's the ubiquity of crime and poverty-driven Third World social dynamics channeled in the very fabric of the setting that casts such a chilling pale of hopelessness over the show. The final episode features an older Hatchin as a tall, gangly waif with a teenage body, an even more boyish haircut than before and… an infant child, working long, demanding hours in a restaurant kitchen. In a voiceover narration, the dismissively casual way in which she mentions breaking up with the baby's father effectively undermines 21 preceding episodes' worth of characterization of Hatchin as a zealously responsible individual.
Most dissonant with the Hatchin we knew as a kid is her nearly emotionless voice; she describes "fleeting moments of loneliness", but the weary resignation in her deadpan tone seems to reveal a far deeper state of malaise. Reunited with Michiko in the show's final minutes, she asks, "how far will we travel this time?" We started with one disaffected, futureless single mother and ended with two of them. The jaws of Ouroboros close around the scaly reptilian tail, and the viewer, denied any sort of closure, let alone catharsis, responds in turn, "what was the point?"
With no other recourse than taking the journey at face value, a singular theme emerges as the punchline: one of a permanent escape from the realities of life. This also applies to Brazil's own recent policies, as the authorities thrash between throwing money at the poor and haphazard rushes to "pacify" favelas in time for dignitary visits and major sports events. Meanwhile, the police stay underpaid, the poor stay unemployed, and the working classes are fleeing en masse into Alphavilles - private enclaves with tolled highway exit spurs and dedicated security forces. "How far will we travel this time" indeed.
Goddamnit, and here I was trying to watch something upbeat and light-hearted. But hey, The Elite Squad 2 is supposed to hit American theaters this fall - that ought to cheer me up. MISSÃO DADA É MISSÃO CUMPRIDA. UMA VEZ CAVEIRA, SEMPRE CAVEIRA!


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VALPARAISO | Sentencing was postponed Friday for a New Chicago man found guilty last month of setting fire to his former girlfriend's car in Portage and intimidating her after she broke up with him.
The sentencing was delayed until Sept. 28 for Brandon Scroggin, 28. The delay was requested by his attorney, Bob Harper, who argued Scroggin had not received a copy of his presentence report.
Harper also said he needed more time to investigate an additional charge pending against Scroggin involving the same woman.
Deputy Prosecutor Trista Hudson said the pending invasion of privacy charge was filed in March, two months before the charges were filed in the case resulting in the conviction.
A Sept. 27 hearing is scheduled for the invasion of privacy charge pending before Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Thode.
Scroggin faces a maximum of either 19.5 or 27 years behind bars, depending on how his habitual offender status is applied to the case, Hudson said.
He was convicted of felony arson, intimidation, receiving stolen auto parts and misdemeanor criminal mischief.
The former girlfriend told Portage police that after she broke up with Scroggin on March 10, he began calling her and sending text messages begging her to take him back and threatened she would be sorry if she didn't respond, court records state.
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There is a clear opportunity here to develop a high profile within this field in the future. If you are looking for career development and progression prospects, then there is a real possibility here for the right person.
If you think that you have the necessary experience, and this Opportunity could be of interest to you, then Matthew would be very keen to hear from you as soon as possible on 01275 463 111.
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Your portfolio is breathtaking; I literally got shivers when I looked at that image with the window shades falling diagonally across you. Do you get paid for every photoshoot? How much, if you don't mind me inquiring?
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bacon-and-eggsLine breaks: bacon-and-eggs
Another term for eggs and bacon.
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- Unlike the proscenium arch, the movies have mastered the skill of 'fattening a personality before killing it, of mixing bacon-and-eggs and wisecracks and petty bickerings with the desire for escape, life'.
- The danger is, that some charlatan will come along, with a utopian gimmick, as they did during the last Depression, like the bacon-and-eggs thing they had going in California, back then.
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Cafe Mogador is a simple little place tucked away in a busy city. The food was fantasic (esp. the falafel sandwich and the fresh squeezed lemonade). I highly recommend this place to anyone who is lookin for a new food experience or for someone who already enjoys Mediterranean cuisine.
Posted by Melinda on 08/18/2004
There are no other ways to descibe Cafe Mogador than FLAWLESS.
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I just have my best words for this restaurant. I have tried almost all in their menu, and I am honest to find this as one, probably the best place in town. No expensive or fancy restaurant in the UES has made me feel back in home like this one. The crew is just incredible. There are not nicest people in restaurant ever (and Im not a personal friend). This food brings me a sense of happiness like the one I find at home. The Chicken Cous Cous is delicious, The Pan roasted Chicken, just perfect as all the meats. The appetizers and desserts, fascinating. Try anything, you will not be disapointed. Everything here is just a pleasure.
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I am so sad that i am moving uptown and will no longer be going to Mogador practically every other day...The best pots of mint tea, the best cous cous, the best brunch, the best hot sauce....and the BEST staff (and no, i am not a personal friend of any of them -- it's just that everyone who works there is extremely nice). I don't eat meat but my friends who do love the tangines, salmon, pot roast, etc....
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Try the Greek Salad... its AMAZING!!!
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Cafe Mogador has it all--great food, ambience, and value.
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Truly wonderful food is served here. I've been to the Cafe Mogador a few times now and go whenever I return to NYC. My favorite dish to date is the lamb sausage w/couscous. The best times I've had have been Wednesday nights when the Cafe Mogador Band plays. They are very good and I got their excellant cd, "Bellydancing for Fun and Profit." Hopefully they have another one by now. A bellydancer is usually with them too which adds to the festive feel. If you're more inclined to talk though, go on another night.


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Recently, a student asked me whether I had a right to speak out on abortion given that I am a man and could never experience pregnancy. I countered by asking him whether arguments have testicles. The question drew laughter from other students who were listening to the exchange. But my point was serious and worth addressing at length.
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Miley Cyrus made quite the splash Sunday at the CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute event. Actually, make that two splashes
After the 19-year-old hit the red carpet in a cleavage-baring Roberto Cavalli gown that left no asset to the imagination, so started the speculation that Cyrus may have popped for a permanent Wonder Bra recently.
Star magazine even quoted a plastic surgeon who said, "If you look at the volume, it appears she has had a breast augmentation."
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READ: Miley Cyrus Ain't a Stoner, But Who'd Care if She Was?
"Thank you for the compliment but these babies are all mine," she tweeted today. "I wish they'd realize you don't have to be fake to be beautiful!"
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Home Energy Loan Program
Low interest financing for your home energy improvements
Save Energy. Save Money. Live Green.
- What is HELP?
- How it works
- Five benefits of HELP financing
- Do I qualify?
- Eligible energy improvements
- How do I apply?
- Interest rates and terms
- HELP affordability table
- Homeowner Guide
- Frequently asked questions
- HELP funding partners
- Forms and documents
- Background
- Subscribe to program updates
What is HELP?
HELP is a new financing tool offered by the City of Toronto to help you improve your home's energy efficiency and save money.
Upgrading your insulation and replacing an old furnace are examples of cost-effective improvements - also called retrofits - that can cut your energy bills, improve home comfort and reduce harmful emissions to the environment. For many people, however, the high upfront cost of these improvements can be a barrier to taking action.
HELP offers a solution. Low interest loans are available to qualifying homeowners who are interested in improving the energy and water efficiency of their home. Through HELP, the City will provide the funding required to complete the improvements and the homeowner will repay the City over time through installments on their property tax bill.
The potential savings you may realize after completing your home energy retrofit will help to offset the cost of your monthly repayments to the City. And by making your home more energy efficient, you will be better protected against rising energy costs.
How it works
HELP provides an alternative to traditional financing. A homeowner voluntarily applies to the City's Program and enters into an agreement with the City to undertake qualifying energy efficiency and water conservation improvements.
The City then imposes a special charge - equal to the cost of the improvements, plus interest and an administrative charge incurred by the City - on the participating property.
Payments to the City are then made over a period of up to 15 years as a special charge indicated on the property tax bill. The payment obligation attaches to the property, not the owner, and is secured by the City's priority lien status. If a property changes ownership, the new owner would assume the financial obligation and continue to make payments to the City until the special charge is fully paid.
Five benefits of HELP financing
- HELP allows you to avoid the large upfront cost of home energy improvements and pay for them over time.
- HELP financing is attached to the property, not to you, the property owner. If you sell the property before the loan is repaid, the new owner will assume the balance of the loan and continue to repay it through the property tax bill.
- You may pay off your HELP loan at any time, without penalty.
- You benefit from low interest rates and longer repayment terms, compared to conventional financing.
- Incentives of up to $2,000 are available from Enbridge Gas, including a rebate to cover the cost of your home energy assessments. And an incentive of up to $650 is available from Toronto Hydro for replacing your furnace and air conditioner with high efficiency units. The incentives you receive will be deducted from the total amount of your HELP loan.
Do I qualify?
HELP is a pilot project, available in specific neighbourhoods in Toronto. If the first three digits of your home postal code are listed below, HELP financing is available to you:
- Black Creek: M3N
- Toronto Centre/Riverdale/Beaches: M4E, M4L, M4M, M4J, M1N, M4C, M4K, M5A
- Junction/High Park: M6P, M6S
- South Scarborough: M1M, M1E, M1C, M1L, M1K, M4B
- Central and South Etobicoke: M8V, M8W, M8Y, M8Z, M9A, M9B, M9C
- Don Valley/Willowdale: M2K, M2L, M2M, M2N, M2P, M3B, M4N
As a homeowner, you may qualify for a low interest loan through HELP if:
- you own a detached, semi-detached, row or mobile home;
- all of the property owners on title consent to the Program;
- your property tax and utility payments to the City are in good standing; and
- you obtain written consent from your mortgage lender, if applicable.
Note: The pilot program is a three-year program. Additional postal code areas will become eligible to participate in the future. Is your neighbourhood not covered? Keep in touch by either subscribing to Toronto E-updates or completing a Pre-application form (below) to join our waiting list.
What types of home energy improvements are eligible?
The following are examples of improvements supported by HELP:
- High efficiency furnace/boiler/central air conditioner
- High efficiency water heater
- Window or door replacement
- Air sealing (for example, weather stripping or caulking)
- Basement/attic/exterior wall insulation
- Toilet replacement
- Drain water heat recovery system
- Heat recovery/energy recovery ventilator
How do I apply?
Five steps to get a low interest loan from HELP
Step 1: Pre-Qualification
- Complete a Pre-Application Form. The City will confirm your eligibility and let you know the maximum funding amount available to you. The maximum amount – including the funding amount, interest and an administrative charge – cannot exceed 5% of the current value assessment (CVA) for your property.
- If your home is subject to a mortgage, the City will provide a letter and form for you to provide to your mortgage lender. Your mortgage lender's written consent is required before you proceed to Step 2.
Step 2: Home Energy Assessment and Funding Request
- Book a home energy assessment with an Energy Advisor certified by Natural Resources Canada. The assessment will include a basement-to-attic assessment of your home's insulation, heating and cooling systems, and detection of air leaks and drafts. When the assessment is complete, you will receive:
- a full report on the energy efficiency of your home, and recommendations for specific improvements;
- an EnerGuide[1] score - a rating between 0-100 of your home's current energy performance; and
- information on available incentives and rebates.
For a list of qualified Energy Advisors and more information on incentives and rebates for home energy assessments, visit the Enbridge Gas website: http://knowyourenergyscore.ca
- Determine project scope and source contractor quotations.
- After you have completed the home energy assessment, it's time to decide which improvements you would like to undertake. Keep in mind your desired energy savings, goals and budget when considering the recommendations suggested by the Energy Advisor.
- Then, the homeowner should discuss the desired improvements with prospective contractors and obtain a quote, or multiple quotes if appropriate, for each improvement.
- Complete a Funding Request Form. Once you have identified the specific improvements you intend to undertake based on the home assessment and have obtained contractor(s) quotations, submit a Funding Request with the following details:
- the list of intended improvements you wish to undertake;
- details and cost estimates for the intended improvements based on contractor quote(s); and
- identify the applicable incentives and rebates available to you from the utility companies.
Step 3: Property Owner Agreement
Once the City has approved your funding request, you will be sent a Property Owner Agreement (POA) to sign, which is the funding agreement between the property owner(s) and the City. You must sign the POA and return it to the City.
Once your signed POA is received by the City, signed by the Chief Corporate Officer and certified by the City Clerk, an initial disbursement of 10 per cent (10%) of the funding amount will be provided to you to help get your project underway (if requested).
Read the sample Property Owner Agreement (POA).
Step 4: Complete your home energy improvements
- After you have hired a contractor(s) and completed the work, book your post-retrofit assessment with your Energy Advisor. The Advisor will verify the improvements and provide a new EnerGuide score for your home.
- Submit a Project Completion Report to the City that includes the final improvement cost and your new EnerGuide score. The City will then send you a final disbursement cheque upon verification of your project completion.
Be advised that homeowners assume full responsibility for the work performed including: hiring and paying contractors; selecting improvement materials, installation and quality of work performed; obtaining all required provincial and/or municipal permits; and payment of all applicable taxes.
Step 5: Repay the loan over time via your property tax bill
Now that your project is complete, the City will levy a special charge onto your property. You will be notified before this happens. A portion of the special charge will then be added to your tax bill annually. You will begin to repay the City via eleven monthly installments per year (no payments in January). Since you will be automatically enrolled in the City's pre-authorized payment plan, the monthly deductions will occur automatically.
At any time during the term, the homeowner can make a one-time payment of the outstanding amount balance remaining, without penalty. In doing so, the HELP loan will be cleared from the property.
The City collects HELP payments via the property tax bill in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties, remedies and lien priorities, as property taxes.
HELP interest rates & terms
HELP offers low interest rates and flexible terms to fit your budget. Interest rates are fixed and will not fluctuate over the term. The table below shows the terms and corresponding interest rates that are valid until December 31, 2014, and may be subject to change thereafter.
|Program Interest Rates
|5 years
|10 years
|15 years
An administrative charge of two per cent (2%), reflective of the City of Toronto's cost of administering the Program, will be applied and calculated on the final funding amount.
HELP affordability table
The chart below is for informational purposes only. It shows estimates to help you understand what your monthly HELP payments might be.
|Estimated Monthly Payment – 11 payments/year
|Funding Amount
|5 years
|10 years
|15 years
HELP Homeowner Guide
This HELP Homeowner Guide provides step-by-step details to guide you through the HELP application process.
Frequently Asked Questions
To learn more about the HELP program, read these frequently asked questions and answers.
Thank you to our program funders
The City of Toronto is grateful for the generous financial and in-kind contributions from the organizations that supported the program start-up and implementation costs:
- Ontario Power Authority
- Toronto Atmospheric Fund
- Natural Resources Canada
- Enbridge Gas Distribution
- Toronto Hydro
HELP Forms and Documents
- Pre-Application Form
- Lender Consent Letter and Form
- Funding Request Form
- Project Completion Report
- Sample Property Owner Agreement
- Homeowner Guide
- HELP Fact Sheet
- HELP brochure
In July 2013, Toronto City Council unanimously approved a $20 million pilot water and energy efficiency program for improvements to private residential properties. Read more about City Council's decision.
The single-family residential program is called the Home Energy Loan Program (HELP). Information about the multi-residential program can be found here.
Subscribe to email updates
To receive periodic updates on the implementation of this program, visit Toronto E-updates enter your email address, select 'Home Energy Loan Program', and click 'subscribe' at the top of the page.
[1] EnerGuide is an official mark of Natural Resources Canada.


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Stronger-than-expected exports last month helped China's trade surplus widen sharply to $31.1 billion from $15.2 billion in September. Policymakers might allow the yuan to appreciate further in the coming weeks, some analysts said. The yuan has risen 2.3% since the start of 2013.
Earlier high hopes for reform announcements to bolster a slowing economy, address economic imbalances and improve the financial system have been scaled back.
"I don't think there are any expectations for major currency reforms or yuan-band widening in the near future. The spot has been trading well within the current 1% threshold--so any widening now won't be meaningful," a Beijing-based trader at a Chinese bank said.
Offshore, one-year dollar/yuan nondeliverable forward contracts fell to 6.1565/6.1585 from 6.1575/6.1618 late Monday, implying a 1.1% fall by the yuan over the next year.
In the offshore yuan market in Hong Kong, where the Chinese currency floats freely, the dollar was at CNY6.0790 late Tuesday, higher than CNY6.0786 late Monday.
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Kari Lehtonen had a truly memorable season, putting up his best regular season numbers when performing in 60+ games of his career. He posted a 33-20-10 record, along with a .919 SV% and 2.41 GAA. His most memorable performances of the past season would include the 5 shutouts he pulled off, including games against the Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and St. Louis Blues where he played the role of a brick wall. Lehtonen was the front-runner for most games started by a goalie this year, and it seemed the only times Ruff couldn't put him in was when he suffered from two separate injuries in October and March.
Lehtonen's postseason performance seriously hurt his image in Big D. He constantly struggled through the playoffs, finishing off his year on the downhill slope with a lousy 2-4 record, as well as a .885 SV% and a 3.29 GAA. The one true highlight of his postseason was his 37 save shutout in Game 3 that had many thinking that he had changed his ways and was a playoff-minded goalie, finally. But he quickly proved them wrong in a Game 5 slaughter, where Lehtonen surrendered 5 goals off a mere 21 shots, and eventually concluding his as well as the Stars' year by handing over 2 goals in the last 2 minutes of Game 6 which blew a 4-2 lead for the Stars, and led to Lehtonen giving Anaheim the 4-2 series victory in an early OT letdown which gave Stars fans nothing more to do than shake their head and clinch their tears in.
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Trail closures from flood damage.
Three trails remain closed: Bear Canyon Trail, El Capitan Trail from the Pine Springs trailhead, and the Salt Basin Overlook Loop section that begins at Guadalupe Canyon. Williams Ranch Rd is also closed. For more information please call 915-828-3251
One of the rewards of camping in wilderness is the view of a pristine night sky. A canopy of stars is visible from horizon to horizon on every clear night at Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Over 11,000 stars and the Milky Way are easily seen here. To gaze at such a dazzling array can both humble us, as we recognize our insignificance, and inspire us as we identify with something larger than ourselves. The regular, apparent movement of the stars and planets gave the ancients the impression of an eternal order constantly turning on itself. One of the best ways to participate in that order is to look for constelations, planets, and galaxies. Weekly stargazing features can be found through the McDonald Observatory.
Light pollution (upward directed light) from urban and suburban areas can impact the pristine night skies to be found over national parks in the West. Upward directed light is wasted energy and costly. Several lights are now available to provide full cutoff features and direct their light to the ground where it is needed. On older types of light fixtures light escapes to the sides and up where it cannot be used, and actually worsens night vision by creating glare. The National Park Service is retrofitted its lighting to help protect the night sky and has scientists monitoring light pollution levels at several parks across the country. For more information on the National Park Service's efforts to preserve the natural lightscape visit the Natural Lightscapes overview page.
Did You Know?
Hummingbirds are often described as "flying jewels" – for good reason. Most males have feathers in their gorgets which shine with a rich, jewel-like iridescence when light hits them. Guadalupe Mountains National Park is host to at least 8 species of hummingbirds, 4 of which are known to nest here.