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OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Neighbors in Olean will get the chance to weigh in on some proposed changes to the North Union Street rail crossing, Wednesday.
The New York State Department of Transportation is hosting a public meeting at 9 a.m. at the Olean Municipal Building. The city wants to change North Union Street from two lanes in each direction to one.
If the request is approved, then the existing signals at the rail crossing will be removed and replaced with gates.

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Big changes are in store for CQ Roll Call's Steven Dennis. After 17 years in journalism, the publication's House leadership reporter is headed to the White House to fill a spot that's remained vacant since Jen Bendery left Roll Call for Huffington Post in March of this year. But don't expect Dennis to spend his days in the Briefing Room bubble that has become both a luxury and curse for so many White House correspondents. Dennis intends to spend plenty of time on Capitol Hill, using his his experience and resources, to cover the White House in a new way.
"I plan to approach the position through the lens of Congress," Dennis explained to FishbowlDC. "Endless stories can be written when you take information from Congress to the White House and focus on the relationships. Gaining the ability to get a response from the administration is a luxury that I intend to exploit," he added.
And though he's formed a strategy to get beyond the "bubble," Dennis doesn't take the the job of White House correspondent lightly. He's quick to clarify the importance of the position and challenges his briefing room counterparts face.
"Over 300 million Americans depend on those journalists to ask an illuminating question when called on by the White House," he said. "It's a big challenge and a weighty responsibility."
On Monday, October 31st Steve Dennis will face his new responsibilities as he enters the Briefing Room for the first time as CQ Roll Call's White House correspondent. He's come a long way from his start at the Herald-Mail in Hagerstown but he seems up for the challenge. Congrats to Steve!


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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has created a pair of nine-bed units for patients with dementia and brain injuries, Manitoba Health Minister Sharon Blady announced Thursday.
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The new units will be added to Actionmarguerite's centre at 185 Despins St. in St Boniface, formerly Taché Centre, said a news release.
Actionmarguerite is a community-based non-profit corporation owned by the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba and funded by the WRHA.
"With an aging population, it is more important than ever to ensure that Manitobans have the supports they need to live in dignity," Blady said in the release.
"Today's announcement is all about ensuring those supports are in place, including specialized care for those with complex needs associated with conditions like dementia or acquired brain injury."
Both new units contain nine individual rooms. One unit is designed for residents with "challenging or aggressive behaviours," said the release, the other for residents with brain injury acquired as adults.
"The creation of the new units will address a few of the recommendations proposed after the Frank Alexander inquest, which evaluated access to long-term care within the WRHA," the release said.
Alexander, 87, was killed in 2011 by another resident in his Winnipeg care home.
The 2015 public inquest into his murder found there were 40 people in Winnipeg with behavioural issues on the wait list for beds.
"We recognize the growing need for specialized long-term care in our community," Charles Gagné, chief executive officer of Actionmarguerite, said in the news release.
"While the effort is always to accommodate clients and residents as much as possible within a community personal care home setting, we are aware that an increasing number of clients require specialized services, delivered by dedicated and highly trained staff," he said.
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Denesh Ramdin's first year as Trinidad and Tobago captain did not go quite according to plan, but there is still much for him to celebrate, and to look forward to in the coming year.
The last 12 months have been an eye-opener for the West Indies wicket-keeper, as he took on the demanding role of being T&T skipper.
He had success at first, leading the team to their second successive Caribbean Twenty20 title, before they endured another failed regional four-day campaign, followed by the team's poor showing in the Champions League T20 where they crashed out in the qualifying stage.
Although T&T did not win the Regional four-day competition, the new T&T skipper posted one century and two half centuries in four regional four-day matches to emerge at this country's leading batsman.
His performances for T&T led to his eventual recall to the West Indies Test team for the tour of England, his first tour in nearly two years, where he scored an unbeaten 107 in the third Test.
"This year has been good for me," Ramdin told the Express during a recent training session. "I did well in the four-day tournament getting some runs...at the same time I had some injuries but I came back in the (Test) series against England and scored a century, and then going down to Bangladesh and scoring another century, which was another positive for me.
"It is great to be back (for the Windies) and hopefully 2013 can be a better year for me and for T&T. I will continue to work hard, not only for me, but for Trinidad and Tobago and for West Indies."
Looking ahead, the wicket-keeper/batsman wants more success for T&T and West Indies in the coming year.
"I want to help the (regional) team go from strength to strength and build on the success at the World T20 and the Test victories we had this year. The team has been doing well, and hopefully we can continue those performances next year," he said.
For T&T, Ramdin sees room for improvement.
"In terms of the four-day...a lot has been said about us not winning the four-day title. A lot of emphasis is being placed on that this year going into 2012.
"All the guys are gearing up for it. Obviously we will always lose players due to international duty, but we still have senior and younger players who can come and fill the gap and do well for Trinidad and Tobago and themselves," he added.
Ramdin is also aware that the upcoming season will be a challenging one with the Super50 and Regional Four-Day being played at the same time, and said T&T will be prepared for the tough season ahead.
"I believe it will be challenging because you have to play four days and then rest and then play a 50-over game...the guys have to be up for it."
Key to their success in stopping Jamaica's run of five straight four-day titles, Ramdin hinted, will be Team T&T's fitness.
"We have to be fitter and stronger. We have been working in the gym with (physio) Ronald Rogers, and it is very important that we go out there and play hard for this four-day tournament. All the players need to come on board," he said.
"When senior players are gone, the younger players have to step up and step up big time. It will be good having games at home as well. We have to capitalise on those games at home. Hopefully we can do that this year and come out on top," he added.
The T&T skipper is also unfazed by the criticisms of his captaincy following the team's exit in the qualifying stage of the Champions League T20 in South Africa.
"The criticisms...that has not affected me in any way. When you look back at the Champions League, we lost one game and the other was washed out, so it was a very ticklish and tricky situation losing one and then one washing out. Hopefully the format could change in time to come. You never know what could happen.
"If we win and we go back (to the Champions League T20), we would probably want to go there a week or a week-and-a-half earlier to get more preparation (in). It was very difficult in those conditions," said Ramdin.
He is looking forward to support from his teammates, with Ramdin's first focus being the Caribbean T20. After that, he wants to end T&T's four-day drought in 2013.
"We have not won that for a while now (since 2006), so it is very important that we lift that trophy.
"The first week in January, we need to start the ball rolling against Jamaica," he said.
T&T open their Caribbean T20 campaign against the Jamaicans on January 6 at Queen's Park Oval from 8 p.m., while their four-day campaign bowls off on February 15 against Windward Islands at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.
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From: Gregory Jordan (ENG) (email@example.com)
Date: Thu Mar 28 1996 - 21:28:22 EST
To add to what Prof. Conrad said...
Proskunesis was apparently a physical behavior of kneeling or
prostration, and perhaps - by extension - other behaviors associated with
proper respect to authorities.
Proskunesis was offered by subjects to kings, by slaves to masters, by
wives and children to their paterfamilias, and apparently by Jewish
laypeople of 1st century Judea and Galilee to their "rabbis." We see
people offering Jesus proskunesis throughout the gospels,
starting with the Magi, who thus recognized him as the King of the Jews.
Often people (whether Jews or Gentiles) offered Jesus proskunesis before
asking him for a favor, thus making their dependence on him explicit.
Proskunesis seems to be used by extension for all of the "worship"
activities directed to God in the sky; petitions addressed to God were
sometimes accompanied by proskunesis (it was said of James, Jesus's
brother, that he got knees as calloused as a camel from doing this so
much in the Temple!).
It doesn't seem to be associated directly with affection, but rather
with respect, need, or even fear. That would include sublime awe, I
guess. It was almost a dramatic representation of a person's spatial
"lowering" in comparison to another person (incl. God or an idol).
Greg Jordan
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Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. I do own the idea of the Galactic Raiders anyway.
A/N: Galactic Raiders is my adaptation of Gokaiger, in my opinion it is going to take a bit of a turn from usual Gokaiger adaptations. Now this is only a preview and I just wanted to get the ideas that are in my head recorded on something.
A/N 2: Also 5000 zennies is equal to 500 dollars
*-Power Rangers: Galactic Raiders-*
Somewhere, far away from civilization a battle was taking place. This battle was no ordinary battle, this had the fate of the planet resting on it's shoulders.
An army of metallic colored soldiers stood on one side and on the other side they stood. Power Rangers: Defenders of the Universe. The metallic soldiers all grunted and growled, they were ready. At the head of the Ranger army stood veteran Ranger, Tommy Oliver in his Brachio Ranger suit.
"Listen up, we can't let the Zanyark win now let's do this!" Tommy said before kiaing.
The Rangers, 123 strong shared a powerful battle cry before dropping into their respective fighting stances. The two sides charged at each other.
The battle went back and forth.
The Red Space, Galaxy, Lightspeed, Time Force, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, S.P.D, Mystic Force, Overdrive and Samurai Rangers activated their Battalizers.
They took out a large group of the metallic soldiers known as Gormins.
As the battle raged on, Zanyark ships began entering earth's atmosphere.
Once they were close enough the began blasting the battlefield, hitting friend and foe alike. The Rangers all managed to survive. Troy, the Red MegaForce Ranger regrouped with his team.
"What do we do, we can take all of tthose Zanyark ships out?" He asked.
"We have to combine our powers, it's the only way to take them all out!" Green Zeo Ranger Adam Park said.
"Let's do everyone!" Tommy exclaimed.
The Rangers all shot their hands towards the sky. They all began to glow and their combined energies shot up to the sky, destroying the fleet of ships.
*-Galactic Raiders-*
Up in space on the flag ship known as the Gigant Horse, a very enraged Prince Jaxx Gill was throwing a fit.
"How could those Rangers defeat all of the forces we brought from Planet Zanyark, Taurios what do we have left?" Jaxx hollered.
Prince Jaxx Gill's advisor Chief Taurios walked over to him.
"Prince Jaxx, we have lost over 85 percent of our forces we have to travel back to Zanyark and regroup," Taurios said.
Jaxx sighed as he plopped down on his throne.
"Very well let's begin the journey home, alert the remaining ships," He said.
The Gigant Horse and the remaining Zanyark ships began the journey home.
*-Power Rangers: Galactic Raiders-*
Down on Earth it was a bittersweet moment for the Rangers. The 123 warriors sat in the wasteland and talked amongst themselves.
Jayden the Red Samurai Ranger, Zach the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger and Zhane, the Silver Space Ranger were all talking to each other.
"So we won," Jayden said.
"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that's the last time we'll be morphing," Zhane said.
"You're right but we saved the world, maybe the entire universe," Zach said.
"But at a huge cost," Jayden sighed.
Emily, Jayden's teammate made her way over to them.
"Great, you're okay Jayden!" Emily said.
"You could say that," Jayden said.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked.
"We can't morph anymore, none of us, if the Zanyark were to return we'd be completely defenseless," Jayden said.
Zhane put his hand on Jayden's shoulder.
"Trust me, the Zanyark won't be back for sometime, their planet is millions of light years away," He said.
Jayden gave a half hearted smile.
"I'll just have to take your word for it," he said.
"Guys Tommy wants to talk to us all," Dax said running over to them.
The Rangers exchanged looks before heading over to the crowd of Rangers.
In the center was Tommy.
"First off I'd like to thank you all for standing up to save our planet, I wished we could have all met under different circumstances, in any case what happened today was a hard fought and well earned victory. Even though we've lost our powers I want you all to remember this, Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger. Somewhere out there, there is another team of Rangers that will come together to pick up where 17 generations of their predecessors left off. May the Power protect you all,"
Tommy said.
The Rangers clapped and whooped as Tommy's mini speech concluded. As they celebrated, Troy turned to Jayden who was standing next to him.
"I hope he's right about there being more Rangers," He said.
Jayden crossed his arms and smiled.
"Don't worry, the Power Rangers always pull some sort of miracle out of their hats, have some faith like I'm sure everybody else does," Jayden said.
Troy flashed a smile before cheering alongside his fellow Rangers.
*-Power Rangers Galactic Raiders-*
(Two years later...)
On a distant planet in the Whirlpool galaxy, a heated competition was taking place. In a large steel cage, two monsters were battling it out. One was a heavily armored creature named Valaxius and a orange monster named Paramax the Weapon Master.
Paramax swung his broad sword at Valaxius who blocked it. Paramax drew a sledge hammer and hit Valaxius with it. Valaxius jerked backwards. Paramax spun around and delivered another strike with the broad sword. Paramax hit him with the sledge hammer again and sheathed his sword as he did.
Paramax revealed a shotgun from his thigh holster and blasted Valaxius back onto the floor. The officiating referee counted to three but Valaxius did not rise. A bell was rang and Paramax paraded around the ring in victory.
"Oooh and Valaxius has been defeated and with that, Paramax moves onto the final round!" The announcer said from a podium about 30 feet above the cage.
The crowd surrounding them cheered and roared for the next fight to start.
"Bring in the other fighter!" The referee said.
"Let's get ready for the final bout! Challenger one in the ring a native to our lovely planet of Machinia, Paramax the Weaponmaster!" The announcer said.
Paramax roared to hype up the crowd.
"And the challenger two, all the way from KO-35, he's a bounty hunter that goes by the name Rosch Oerba!" The announcer said.
A man walked over from the contestant area to the front of the cage. black hair that stopped just above his shoulders with a streak of grey running through it. He had a red jacket with tails that ran down to the middle of his thigh.
Rosch pulled up his boots and tightened the laces. He tucked the three dog tags he has into his shirt before stepping in the ring.
"Now the final bout is set to begin, now the winner of the fight not only gets 5000 zennies but wins the Lightspeed Ranger keys which contain the power of the Rangers themselves! Now let's get this show on the road!" The announcer said.
Rosch smirked confidently as he materialized a pirate sword and a colonial modeled gun into his hands.
"Couldn't have said it better my self," he said.
Soon enough the battle was under way.
Paramax wielded his sledgehammer.
Rosch held his sword up and engaged Paramax. Paramax wildly swung his sledgehammer at Rosch who expertly blocked it. Rosch fired his gun into Paramax's chest. The creature stumbled back but was clearly unfazed by it.
"Whoa," Rosch said mildly impressed.
Paramax drew his shotgun and fired it.
Rosch fired back with his own gun just in time to deflect the bullets. Paramax got up and swung his hammer again which Rosch side stepped. He brought his sword down on Paramax who blocked it. Paramax hit Rosch with the sledgehammer, knocking him across the ring and into the other side of the cage.
Rosch groaned loudly and rolled onto his back.
"Well that one hurt," he hissed.
Without using his hands, he hopped up and spun around to face Paramax.
"Well it looks like I've got to step it up a bit," Rosch said as his weapons disappeared.
From his belt, Rosch pulled out a large phone called a G-Changer, and flipped it open. He also pulled out a Ranger key which none had seen before.
"Galactic Raiders, Set Sail!" He cried.
Rosch thrust the Ranger Key forward before driving it back into the slot on the G-Changer. He thrust the G-Changer forward as it glowed a bright red.
Rosch is in the middle of space wearing all black spandex with a jolly roger in the center. Two red X's speed towards him. The first one hits his chest creating the red jacket of his suit. The second one hit's his face creating his helmet.
Rosch stood across from his opponent confidently.
"Galactic Raider Red," He said smoothly.
Just like that the whole arena went silent.
"This battle has taken a very unexpected turn of events..."
The announcer said.
"Let's get this show on the road!" Rosch said summoning his Galactic Sabre and Galactic Gun.
Rosch charged at Paramax who did not have enough time to react. He kicked Paramax then fired at him. Rosch went to deliver an attack with his sabre. Paramax attempted to block it with his sledgehammer but the handle was split in half. The blow landed causing Paramax to stumbled back. Rosch took the opportiunity to deliver several strikes with his Galactic Sabre hurting Paramax even more. Rosch leaped up and dropkicked the Weaponmaster.
He rolled backwards and ended up on one knee. Rosch planted his sword into the ground and stood up. He clicked the button on top of his golded belt buckled revealing the Galactic Raider Red Key.
He pulled it out and stuck it into a key hole on top of the Galactic Gun.
The gun glowed with a bright red light.
The words
"FINAL WAVE!" Could be heard screaming from it.
"It's been fun but I have some Ranger Keys to win," he said.
He fired a single blast at Paramax blowing him out of the ring. The crowd gasped in amazement followed by cheering. Rosch demorphed and rotated his shoulders.
"Mr. Announcer I'd like my prize now,"
Rosch said.
The announcer hurried down.
"And here's our winner people, the bounty hunter all the way from KO-35, Rosch Oerba!" He said raising Rosch's hand.
The announcer handed him the 5000 zennies and the Lightspeed Ranger Keys in a small glass container.
"Let's hear if for out champion one more time folks!" The announcer said.
The crowd cheered as Rosch made his way out of the arena.
"Navi, I'm done send the Galleon to come get me," Rosch said into his G-Changer.
"Okay Rosch, we're on our way!" A high pitched voice responded.
Soon enough, a red pirate ship hovered just outside the arena to pick Rosch up.
Rosch climbed up the chain on the anchor and once he made it on top he moved to the inside.
Once inside, he set the Keys down and sat in his chair.
"Rosch, Rosch!" The same high pitched voice from before called out.
Rosch looked around and saw a small mechanical bird fly towards him.
"Do you have the Lightspeed Ranger Keys?" The bird asked.
"Yes Navi, by the way where's Valtrious?" he inquired.
"He's coming in now," Navi chirped.
Valtrious was an apprentice of Zordon that was chosen specifically to protect the Galactic Raider powers if the need to use them ever arose. As if on cue, a man dressed in white and silver clothing stepped into the cabin.
"Hey Valtrious, I got the Lightspeed Ranger Keys, now all we have to do is head to Earth to get the Mighty Morphin' Keys," Rosch said.
"That's excellent! We've almost got all of the Ranger Keys," Valtrious said.
All of a sudden Navi squawked before flying all around the cabin.
"What is it Navi?" He asked.
"The Zanyark have they've begun traveling back to Earth, they'll get there in a matter of weeks!" Navi said.
"Are you sure?" Rosch asked.
"Positive!" Navi responded.
Rosch turned to the Valtrious.
"What do we do?"
"I think it's time we assemble a team," Valtrious said.
"Are you sure that's the best bet?" Rosch said sounding unsure.
"We have to, we need all of the Galactic Raider powers to defeat the Zanyark, don't worry though I've met four people on our journey for the Keys who can help, now we just need to get them,"
Said the Eltarian.
"Well let's get going, we don't have any time to waste," Rosch said taking the helm.
A/N: Well whaddya think? I can't believe how easily my ideas for this flowed! I guess I should continue with it but let me know what you guys think!


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I'm levelling my third character now and I'm wondering if this quest chain is even worth starting. The Lingering Souls part is such a bottleneck, there's very little reason to do heroics at this point and I don't really do mythics. Should I do this questchain on every character or not? Please Help. Thanks !
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
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Re: Is it really worth it to do Light's Heart quest chain on every character?
No, its' not worth it. But you HAVE to at least obtain it for the Paladin class quest.
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Spring Panzanella
Life has a funny way of bringing things into our lives that tote a particular message just when we need it most. Last week I was sitting in a waiting room after a particularly tumultuous morning and picked up an old issue of O Magazine and opened it at a random page where "The Journey," a poem by Mary Oliver was highlighted:
One day you finally knew / what you had to do, and began, / though the voices around you / kept shouting their bad advice / though the whole house / began to tremble / and you felt the old tug / at your ankles. / "Mend my life!" / each voice cried. / But you didn't stop. / You knew what you had to do, / though the wind pried / with its stiff fingers / at the very foundations, / though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late enough, / and a wild night, / and the road full of fallen branches and stones. / But little by little, / as you left their voices behind, / the stars began to burn / through the sheets of clouds, / and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, / that kept you company / as you strode deeper and deeper / into the world, / determined to do the only thing you could do / determined to save the only life you could save.
I could have melted right out of my seat. Mary's wise words snuck into my day and gave me the boost of energy and confidence I desperately needed to stay the course.
The gift was unexpected, as they often are. Rarely do signs appear with big flashing lights to guide or comfort us in difficult times. Inspiration surrounds us at every moment, gently whispering and nudging us in the right direction – half the time, we're just too busy or distracted to even notice. Direction and guidance lie tucked in the innuendo; the passing smile of a stranger, old songs on the radio… little reminders that we are not alone and that it's all okay.
It is our work to practice mindfulness and give ourselves permission to spend time just noticing. When we stop to simply notice, our busy and anxious minds are forced to the sideline and our intuitions get a chance to shine. The little signs around us end up only pointing to what we already instinctively knew.
Spring is the perfect season to practice the art of noticing all the beauty and wisdom the world has to offer us. The winds are shifting, the flowers are blooming, and the markets are bursting with fresh and invigorating vegetables that help keep a lightness about our days. The delicate bounties in our CSA box inspired a spring Panzanella based on Erin's at Fresh365, but with produce this good my version ended up more like a big salad with extra croutons. The ingredient list may feel long, but hang with me.
- ½ loaf of bread, cut into 1" cubes
- 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 leeks, sliced thin
- 1 small bunch of asparagus, cut to 1" pieces
- ¼ cup red onion, chopped
- 2 small fennel bulbs, cut thin with a mandoline
- 1 cup onion sprouts
- 1 carton cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup spring peas, halved
- 2-3 cups rocket, or arugula
- ¼ cup fresh mint, chopped
- ½ cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1 can of garbanzo beans, drained and tossed with lemon
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar
- juice of ½ lemon
Toss bread cubes in olive oil and generous amounts of salt, and pepper. Lay flat on a baking sheet and toss in the oven at 400' for 10 minutes. Switch the oven to broil, and toast on one side for 2 minutes. Shake the pan to turn the cubes and broil until golden brown and crispy. Set to the side.
In a small pan, bring 3-4 cups of water to boil and cook asparagus for no longer than 2 minutes. Remove from heat immediately and immerse in cold water to stop cooking. In a large bowl, combine the leeks, red onion, mint, basil, fennel, tomatoes, sprouts, and spring peas, toss with a splash of oil and vinegar, then add the rocket/arugula and cooled asparagus. Toss with the additional dressing, garbanzo beans, and bread cubes. Season with a bit of lemon juice, salt and pepper.
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What a beautiful post. I really enjoyed following your thoughts and seeing all of the fresh greens in the lovely salad.
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean
looks beautiful!! panzanella has been on my list for a while now.
What a beautiful salad – I love how packed it is with all the best of spring! Have you ever tried using fresh garbanzo beans? They appear at our market pretty frequently and I've used them once. They have a different flavor than the canned or dried – sort of greener, if that makes sense. They're a bit labor intensive, though, since there are just one or two in each pod.
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Hi! I sooo love your blog and your style. Your pics are great and the food looks beyond fresh!! Look forward to meeting you at the Bake Sale Saturday.
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Lovely poem — magical when you come across something that speaks directly to you. The salad is wonderful as well. All the ingredients are so perfect together — better than panzanella.
Andie @ CanYouStayForDinner
My goodness this is beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Cookie and Kate
Wow, that looks so fresh and so good! I've never tried panzanella before. Thanks for reminding me to check into the local CSA again!
Trudy ~ Veggie num num
I could eat this kind of salad everyday and be very happy indeed, yum!! So glad I stumbled across your blog this arvo!!
Mary Oliver has always been one of my favorite poets, particularly nature poets. Thanks for sharing.
Maria @ Scandifoodie
Beautiful poem, I'm saving it! This is such a gorgeous recipe – fresh and healthy. You photos are fantastic too!
What a beautiful salad, I like how you connect food to mindfulness, just taking the time to notice what's around us. Lovely sentiments on a pretty spring day!
Found you through Food 52. You have such a beautiful blog! I had to subscribe. This looks like a great salad. I am going to have to try it.
This is right up my alley. Bright, fresh and lovely.
Mmmm…that looks amazing! Beautiful and totally spring-y
Fresh and Foodie
I love this twist on a panzanella! The herbs combined with the fennel and asparagus…yum! Very beautiful, too.
Karen from Globetrotter Diaries
Just came across your blog– gorgeous!!! I wanna dive right into that salad
I want to eat this RIGHT NOW!!! Looks so delish! We're hosting an online seasonal potluck and May is asparagus month. If you'd like to link your recipe we'd love to have you! http://bit.ly/eLlgG2
andrea devon
this is the most green and beautiful panzanella i've every seen. makes me want to hit the market right NOW! and your photos are so pretty; i like the leek one especially! aloha, andrea
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lovely use of all of these tasty veggies!
Could I use gluten free beard instead or will it taste funny?
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This panzanella looks amazing! I loveyour photography too. I recently made a spring chopped salad and mentioned your salad in my post. If you get a chance check it out: http://cupsandspoonfuls.com/2014/05/02/spring-chopped-salad-5-spring-salads-for-mothers-day/
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Benjamin Bratt is headed to London.
And this will not bode well for Jack Bauer.
The veteran actor, last seen in a regular role on Private Practice Season 6, has been cast on 24: Live Another Day as Steve Harris, the head of CIA operations on the hunt for Kiefer Sutherland's iconic former CTU agent, who is a fugitive when we catch back up with him in May.
As previously reported, Yvonne Strahovski will also play a key role on the reboot, coming on board as a CIA Agent going afer Bauer and likely working under Harris.
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Skip to comments.New registry: Germans own 5.5M legal firearms (EU requires registration)
Posted on 01/06/2013 6:53:01 PM PST by dynachrome
BERLIN -- Germany's new national firearms registry shows there are 5.5 million guns in legal circulation in the country.
That's an average of four weapons for each of the 1.4 million registered owners.
It is the first time reliable nationwide figures have been collected as previously such data were held by local authorities.
The registry provides a central national database to help police track the buyer and seller of each legally owned gun in Germany.
All European Union countries must have such a registry by 2015.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
All European Union countries must have such a registry by 2015.
All E.U. subjects will be disarmed within a year or two after that.
To be finally confiscated at a later date.
I wonder if they will keep the beaches open in the restored Al Andalus?
I wonder what the "real" numbers are. There must be quite a number who know the score when it comes to gun registration.
and how many illegal guns? the ones the thugs and govt goons use?
Hey, Krauts, what the hell is this?
Who's running your government...a bunch of friggin Nazis?
all the western countries are in the process of disarming their populations, while simultaniously flooding the middle east with weapons.
What the heck is going on!?!?!
I feel like we are being set up to be slaughtered.
And every bloody country is a monarchy without a crowed head. Power is concentrated to a remarkable degree. Love Germany, but it IS a police state although the police do not wear jackboots.
Post 8 nails it, we are being set up to be slaughtered.
The EU is forcing firearms registration in all member countries and that is the step towards confiscation and disarming honest citizens. Obama is pushing for the same here in the US. Meanwhile federal agencies , Homeland Security, H&SS, ATF, EPA &others have been buying billions of ammo rounds & hiring armed officers. I think they have a plan and it's not kind & gentle treatment for we citizens.
Just by coincidence no doubt, Germany has one of Europe's lowest rates of violent crime. Neighboring Luxembourg, which has no legal gun ownership, has one of Europe's highest rates of violent crime. Like I say, just a coincidence no doubt.
Just by coincidence no doubt, Germany has one of Europe's lowest rates of violent crime. Neighboring Luxembourg, which has no legal gun ownership, has one of Europe's highest rates of violent crime. Like I say, just a coincidence no doubt.
LOL. From what the Germans I work with tell me, there are at least 5 unregistered "illegal" guns for every registered one.
I've spent a number of years living in Germany, and there are some simple observations to make.
Large cities in Germany....don't have a major drug trend...like Atlanta, or Dallas, or Philly. Meth has only begun to be seen in use around the country.
Cops in Germany work as a national organization. You don't have turf battles brewing from city to city or state to state.
Judges and prosecutors don't work up deals that much. If you've done a serious crime....you tend to do the real time. If you used a weapon in the crime....you just added at least two more years onto your sentence....even if you didn't fire the gun.
From most cities in Germany, I'd be willing to walk around at 11PM at night and not worry about any assault (there are exceptions).
The only new thing here is that there is now a national database.
After all, registration worked out so well under the socialists the last time, what could go wrong?!?
Actually, the Eurocrats currently in control think they are the EU. The Yankees in New England are de facto Euros.
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Things fall apart, they break. Fracture, both material and metaphorical is a part of our lives. In the work of Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers, fracture acts as a unifying principle, unifying themes as diverse as luck, consumption and value. Sometimes something must be broken or fractured in order for us to see its value. This may be especially true for our environment. Only when we see the consequences of our actions do we begin to understand our complicity in fracturing it. So animals like polar bears must persist against the tide, fractured from their environment destined to become just another souvenir of a bygone era.
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First of all, I don't care if you love me.
Last, and least, I don't care if you hate me.
If you don't come real with it about Yankees' baseball, I'm gonna knock you out. If you do come real with it, you'll get a dead-arm.
I live in New York City where the economic crisis has no bearing on the New York Yankees, and it has no bearing on my business, which is making a ton of money, watching the Yankees, and getting chased by the ladies.
If I lived in your po-dunk town, I could retire at age 24 but instead, I'm in Manhattan and my last car was more expensive than your dream house.
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BELLVUE — Tara Quick feels a lot like the other evacuees of the massive High Park blaze west of Fort Collins.
"I think people are just on the edge right now," said Quick, who was hustled out of Poudre Park late Saturday night as flames began emerging just behind the house she shares with her parents.
Quick at least knows their home is still standing. A television news helicopter shared a snapshot of her neighborhood with her Tuesday night, and all looked well.
But she's worried about her neighbors, including her landlord, who left behind five cats after he barely escaped just ahead of the fire with his daughter and granddaughter.
"It's just horrible what people are going through, and not knowing what is going on with their homes and their pets and everything else," Quick said. "It's causing huge levels of frustration and panic."
Fire officials on Wednesday allowed people in the Shoreline neighborhood and the town of Bellvue to return to their homes.
Others will wait days before getting firm information about whether their homes burned, Larimer County Sheriff's executive officer Nick Christensen said in an afternoon briefing at the fire command center.
He said those who know their homes have burned, learned unofficially, from local fire crews who felt obliged to share the information.
Residents the High Park fire burn area trickled slowly out of the citizen meeting at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland.
"I'm going home," an ecstatic Pat Wright said, who had just found out there was no fire near her home in Bellvue.
"I'm so relieved," she added, beginning to tear up. "But I feel so bad for the people who lost everything."
Jerry Hosenback said he learned his home in Rist Canyon had been spared.
"But that's all that's left, it sounds like," he said. "I told myself coming here that at this point all any of us can do is be thankful and pray for the firefighters to get out OK."
Some residents anxious for information have tried to sneak past police lines to find out if their houses were standing or not, say officials.
This, as well as an influx of visitors hoping to get a better look at the fire, led the Larimer County Sheriff to ask for help from other local law enforcement agencies — including the National Guard — to maintain and increase road blocks in the area around the fire, said Nick Christensen, executive officer with the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
"We understand people are worried but people moving in and out of the fire lines are endangering themselves and the firefighters," Christensen said.
The fire is still on the move.
One of those waiting on word this morning was Jill Pope, who moved into her home with her husband in Bellvue nearly two years ago.
She was confident the house was still intact. Still, she can't shake the anxiety dogging herself and her neighbors.
"On one hand I'm glued to the TV and news websites for any information I can get," Pope said. "But on the other hand, it's just so all consuming. It just dominates everything."
"I'm just so restless," she said. "For a lot of people it's been devastating and they are so hungry for any kind of information, any news at all."
Fire officials added Wednesday that the Stove Prairie School, a local landmark was still intact. Stove Prairie opened its doors in 1896 and is the oldest operating "one-room" school in Colorado.
It was also Ground Zero for much of the early battles with the High Park fire and even served as a staging area for firefighters, Christensen said. "It looks good, there is a lot of defensible space around it, it seems to be doing well."


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Four players from Mid-County earned Class 4A all-state honors from the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors.
Port Neches-Groves quarterback Ky Walker, running back Brant Halfin and wide receiver Jeremiah Rose all made honorable mention on the teams released on Wednesday. The trio helped the Indians to a 7-4 overall record and a playoff berth, a season after missing the playoffs.
Joining the PN-G trio in earning all-state honorable mention honors is Nederland defensive back Colton Kimler. The two-way star helped the Bulldogs to a 10-2 overall record, a third straight district title and a second round playoff appearance.
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A revolution in affordable, delicious food
Kai in Galway makes the most of local ingredients and recycled materials, writes CATHERINE CLEARY
LET'S CALL IT the wet feet test. Can you enjoy lunch when you have squelched through the rain in sandals to eat it? I leave a sunny Dublin for Galway and the city is doing rain like only Galway can. We've scurried from the railway station under a single umbrella, pausing only in a local pub for directions. But things are looking up. A warm, nutty bread smell is in the air in this hobbity lair and five simple things are written on a chalkboard beneath a glass roof.
I'm at Kai (the Maori word for food), a small restaurant on Sea Road in Galway city. This is the new venture of New Zealand chef Jess Murphy, her first solo run as a restaurateur. I am her stalker, having eaten a great meal in Bar Eight in Galway weeks after she left to set up this place. And now I'm catching up with her here.
This stretch of the Sea Road is a charity shop kind of neighbourhood. And the shabby chic vibe is inside the small, green-painted place in spades as we settle into a bench and chair nook at the glass-roofed end of the restaurant. A former florist's shop, the place is now decked out with an array of recycled materials, giving it a clever Wombles-meets-Bilbo Baggins finish. Huge rusting lampshades hang over the cake bar. These are planters welded by Murphy's husband David, an engineer who is also the front-of-house man. Glass jars are tied over the multiple lightbulbs hanging from the glass roof. Our booth is clad in scaffolding planks beneath a wall lined with old lengths of timber. The scaffolding planks (there's a natural glut of them on the market at a fiver each, apparently) also make up a shelving unit behind the bar made of railway sleepers.
We get some herbal teas to warm away the dampness. "Jess's blossom tea" is a summery blend of lime flower, lavender, chamomile and elderflower, and I go for Women's Tea – raspberry, dandelion leaf and lady's mantle.
Then the food. My summer soup with two slices of still-warm bread does what all great soups should do: blend simple ingredients into a bowl of flavour, without blurring the individual notes. This one has a generous dollop of lovage on top of a thick and slightly spicy soup with carrot, celery and a tasty base note of great stock.
Juliana's chicken salad is a fantastic take on this lunch staple. Instead of the anemic white meat you typically find scattered on iceberg leaves, this one has meat that was cooked on the bone and then taken off in chunks and browned to dial up the flavour another notch. The final ingredient is perfectly browned and finger-licking delicious chunks of skin.
Underneath it, the salad ingredients are a lesson in care and seasonality. There's a radish with its leaves still on, fresh fennel shards, purple feathery mizuna leaves, gorgeously marbled tomatoes (miles from the flavourless water blisters sold by supermarkets), toasted almonds and some of the nicest meaty green olives either of us have ever tasted. It's dressed with a tangy dill and lovage dressing that is stupendous.
My potato and pea curry has a garnish of a lavender-coloured lettuce leaf fringed in green and a deep orange spiced yoghurt dressing – and is gorgeous. These locally-grown leaves are so much more impressive than any cheffy touches; Mother Nature pulling out all the stops, as opposed to a chef pulling out the squeezy bottle.
I have a twinge of plate envy for Juliana's salad as my curry is a little soupy to have after soup. But that's my only regret.
The other astounding thing about these dishes is their price. My curry is €8. Juliana's salad is €9.50 and is, she says, "one of the nicest plates of food I've had in a long time". Dinner (served as beginnings, middles and ends) is priced at between €7 for a starter and €25 for a main.
We round off with a large slab of apple cake (€4.50) that comes with a mascarpone honey drizzled frosting with fresh raspberries. And I get two fat brown dates split and stuffed with dark chocolate and nuts (€1.50 each), which are as gorgeous as they sound. Two glasses of Moscato d'Asti (€7) make the perfect accompaniment – chilled and pleasant without being too cloying as a dessert wine.
There's a huge print of Murphy's great grandmother on the wall of her restaurant. The half-Tyrone, half-Maori woman looks straight at the camera in ceremonial fur robes and jewellery. It's startlingly modern for a 101-year-old photograph, a convergence of worlds and times and cultures.
The wet feet are forgotten and it's been worth it to come and eat such fantastic food. Selfishly, I wish Murphy lived and cooked in Dublin. Her cooking shouldn't be revolutionary, but it is. She takes some of the best ingredients that Irish soil and sea have to offer, cooks them brilliantly and has now set them in a quirky, friendly space at great prices. Go there. Eat well. But make sure to wear stout shoes.
Lunch for two with two teas and two glasses of Moscato came to €49.50.
Kai Cafe and Restaurant
Sea Road, Galway, tel: 091-526003, kaicaferestaurant.com
Facilities: Basic, but decorated with fresh pink peonies the day we visited
Wheelchair access: Yes
Music: Groovy and low in volume
Food Provenance: Plenty of good names on the website including Lough Boora Farm vegetables, Knocklara sheep's cheese, fish from Gannet, Galway Bay and Burren and Connemara Smokehouses
Coeliac friendly? No specific dishes but plenty are wheat-free
A howl of pain came from Rathmines recently in the form of an e-mail at the suggestion that there is no local wine shop stocking chilled white wine for the BYOB restaurant Little Jerusalem. Deveney's Off Licence has not one but three wine fridges and regularly gets patrons from Little Jerusalem choosing from their selection, according to manager Niamh O'Callaghan. So now you know. Deveney's Off Licence, 16 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin 6


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I think most people live well below their potential, myself included. We'd all like to do bigger things, follow our passions, challenge ourselves and maybe even make a difference in the world, but, we're afraid. Our fears allow us to justify many excuses for not doing something meaningful and worthwhile with our lives. I don't want to be afraid any more. Life is too damn short and I've wasted too many good opportunities. Here is my Dare Big Manifesto.
I'll Wait Till Someday
It's easy to make excuses and procrastinate until some better perfect time in the future. "I'll travel after university." "I'll start a business when I pay off my new car." "I'll join a gym after I get a promotion." "I'll start saving money after I get married."
Substitute all the things you wish you could do, but aren't and you'll see that it's pretty easy to put off everything important until it's too late.
Waiting is not the answer. I want to accomplish big things, not make excuses.
Life's Good, but it could be Better
My life is pretty good. I've been living abroad since 1997. I've started and sold businesses. I've been blogging for many years on various sites. I'm doing a lot of things I want to do with my life, but I still have fears and I'm not accomplishing as much as I'm capable of.
I've always thought that I need to become famous and popular online in order to do bigger and more exciting things. An example of this thinking is, "if only I can get 20,000 blog subscribers then I can publish a best selling book. Recently, my thinking has started to change. I believe that:
You don't have to be exceptional to do exceptional things. It is the doing of exceptional things that makes a person exceptional.
There is no need to wait for permission to create what you want out of life. You can start doing what you most want, now.
I'm giving myself the go ahead to pursue bigger, more challenging and audacious goals. It's time to level up my life.
Amazing Times
We live in a time of amazing opportunities. The tools to make movies, record music, publish books, start businesses or anything else you can imagine, are essentially free. There are no barriers to entry, other than our own unwillingness to put in the hard work to create.
I don't have a big audience. I don't have lots of money. I'm not even particularly talented or smart. Yet, I still want to do big things in this world. Maybe you feel the same way? I'm sure that I'm not the only crazy one in the world.
I'm afraid of failure, ridicule and poverty but, life is short and I don't want to play it safe all the time. I'd much rather try and fail, than end up on my death bed with countless regrets because I was too afraid to try.
It's easy to make excuses. I can wait until I have more money, more time, more skills, more subscribers, or more something. Or, I can work towards my biggest most audacious goals now and see what happens. It's foolish to wait for permission or acceptance from others, because it's never going to come.
What does it Mean to do Big Things?
Many people equate success and achievement with acquiring possessions, having a big house and fancy cars. Others, might value climbing mountains, adventure sports, or getting stamps in their passports. I don't consider those 'big' things. They are all just some form of consumption. I do or have done all of that stuff in the past to feed my ego and try to impress others, but that is not the 'big' I'm talking about here.
"Big" means doing things to make the world a better place. It's about living on purpose. It's about doing the right things, not doing things right. It's about being creative and expressing myself. I don't want to get good at doing destructive, socially useless businesses just to make money. I want to dedicate my life to striving to be a better human.
My wife and I don't need much money anymore, our current income and savings are relatively sustainable. That means I have some freedom to focus on projects most important to me. I'm declaring to the world that I'm going big. I'm going to strive for crazy, difficult projects that can potentially make the world a better place.
How do you do BIG things?
And now the hard part. This is not some meaningless marketing hype. I need to follow through with what I'm saying. The purpose of this post, is to hold myself accountable and scream to the world that I'm choosing an unconventional path. I don't know how it's all going to work out, but I'm going to work my ass off to make it happen. Here's how:
Choose the Right Things
A great idea, project or cause spreads. It has to, that's the nature of an idea. If it's good, everyone wants to talk about it. If it's boring, stupid or self-serving, good luck. You need a lot of money to promote a lousy idea.
Design Counts
We live in a visual world. Good graphics and video are essential to communicating any message. In fact, this manifesto probably needs to be a well designed ebook, but I don't want to procrastinate.
Quantity Trumps Quality
Most of what we create is going to fail or be largely ignored. This blog post here might be a great example of that. No one knows in advance what is going to be well received or not. You all might think I'm a total idiot, or maybe you'll support me because I'm attempting something a little out of the ordinary. I have no idea.
The only certainty is that the more times you try, the harder you work and the more value you deliver, the more likely you're going to gain attention and support.
Uncompleted projects are useless. Only finished and shipped projects count. That means focus and action. Choose one or two things at a time and deliver, before moving on to the next. One completed project is infinitely better than a hundred partial attempts.
Take Risks
Exceptional results don't come from doing what everyone else is doing. If you want to be noticed, you have to do something worth noticing. That means risking ridicule, criticism and humiliation. It is inevitable that online trolls that will try to sap your enthusiasm with negativity and personal attacks. That is all life. The more you start to achieve the more people will find reasons to dislike you. That's part of the process. We all need to expect that going in. I can't wait to see all the criticisms in the comments below. 🙂
Mr. Pareto
By now, we've all heard of the variations on Alfredo Pareto's ideas of the 80/20 rule. That is, 20% of our efforts, generate 80% of our returns. Basically, that means if we can identify that 20% and put a little more effort into those activities, we can achieve massive productivity gains. Can you identify your 20%? Can you cut back on the 80%?
Creating systematized processes to outsource repetitive tasks can help you achieve a lot more. Outsourcing doesn't always have to be to low cost overseas workers either. Sometimes just spending the money to hire a talented professional generates much better results and gives you more time to focus on what your best at.
I've been outsourcing all over the world for close to a decade. It's definitely not easy to find and manage virtual contractors, but I consider it essential for anyone trying to build a business.
Leveraging your network
It's not what you know, it's who you know. A large network of connected and influential people can skyrocket any business or idea. What would you rather have; $100,000 or friendships with a couple of high profile venture capitalists?
Your social capital is infinitely more valuable than a little bit of money now. Every single day should be spent genuinely reaching out and helping someone.
On sites like Kickstarter.com, there are countless examples of people who are raising $100,000 or more to fund a business that hasn't even started making anything yet. How would you like to completely fund your business idea, in a month or so, on the strength of your network?
Everyone talks about creativity but it's usually in very generic terms. There are short cuts to disproportionate results, if you are creative enough, but what does creativity mean?
Often creativity, is a product of everything mentioned above. Taking risks, completing more projects, outsourcing, focusing on high leverage activities, networking all lead to more creativity. Ultimately creativity comes from an open, inquisitive mind and lots of output. When you see a problem, do you spend time thinking about how it can be fixed? Do you read information from diverse sources for inspiration? Most importantly, do you bring lots of new projects into the world?
Dare Big, Act Bold
Here it comes.
My very first public declaration that I was going to change countries and careers within one year, gave me the courage to actually make it happen. That was four years ago now.
I'm going to do it again here. This is the stuff I'm working on now. Are you interested in coming along?
I've been organizing a private group of people that want to do bigger things in the world. This means challenging ourselves to learn more and taking action on high leverage projects.
I want to scale this up. I would like to have teams of people that work together on causes, projects or businesses that bring more value to the world. Some of these will be not-for-profit, some might be real businesses. The focus is action over planning. We learn and improve by creating new things, not by studying.
I'm looking for the right group of people to expand the idea. Email me and tell me why you are interested if you want to be part of this.
What you will get out of it is:
- A chance to work with talented and motivated people. I want to recreate the excitement and energy of university for the rest of my life. Work shouldn't be a solitary or boring activity.
- Opportunities to gain new skills and knowledge.
- Recognition for doing creative projects
- A chance to really make a difference in the world.
- A network to turn to for advice and inspiration.
- Internship, work and business opportunities, with a focus on social good.
- A chance to work on projects that inspire, bring out your creativity and focus on what it means to be human.
The first project to come out of the ActionMBA is the:
Unconference for Social Good
I just put on my second Unconference for Social Good, last week in Thailand. The first was in Calgary.
I believe that connecting people to discuss how to make the world a better place and making concrete plans to take action, is one of the best uses of our time. I want this idea to spread.
We're working on a platform so that Unconferences for Social Good can be held in other cities all around the world. I will personally do more Unconferences, but I also want others to host their own events. This is an idea that will make the world a better place.
English Language Training for Children
For underprivileged children around the world, strong English skills are the best opportunity for higher paid work and will connect them to the global economy. I've invested a lot of money into developing teaching materials, online games, animations and a learning platform to teach children English, but have let the business stagnate in recent years just because of the time and investment required to improve it. I want to revitalize the sites and offer free English lessons and resources for teachers in the developing world. Please let me know if any of you are interested in helping out. I need game developers and English teachers for content and materials development.
The Future is Unlimited
I have a couple more ideas in the works, and I hope to have some announcements soon. I have been spreading myself thin over too many projects for a long time, now I'm starting to bring together a team to push everything forward. I hope that this new excitement will be reflected in my writing on this site.
Please let me know what you think in the comments.


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As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.
On Monday, Adams Express Company (ADX)'s Director, Frederic A. Escherich, made a $15,540 purchase of ADX, buying 1,200 shares at a cost of $12.95 each. Escherich was up about 0.8% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with ADX trading as high as $13.06 in trading on Wednesday. Adams Express Company is trading up about 0.2% on the day Wednesday.
And also on Monday, Michael Harlan Brown bought $15,050 worth of Babson Capital Corporate Investors Fund (MCI), buying 1,000 shares at a cost of $15.05 a piece. Before this latest buy, Brown purchased MCI on 2 other occasions during the past year, for a total cost of $16,949 at an average of $15.87 per share. Babson Capital Corporate Investors Fund is trading up about 0.3% on the day Wednesday. Brown was up about 0.7% on the purchase at the high point of today's trading session, with MCI trading as high as $15.15 in trading on Wednesday.


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Shifting attitudes isn't tough – it's crazy tough. And when you're talking about attitudes toward kid snack foods – that is the King of Crazy Tough. I stopped being naive when my son entered public school. My carrot-coated bubble was popped.
School Food
Kindergarten Snack List
Motherhood is a grand adventure in problem solving. I learned last year that the kindergarten classes at our school have snack time everyday. Most teachers sent home a plastic tote that rotated through the families. Other teachers asked for donations of dry, non-perishable snacks. (Picture cabinets overflowing with Apple Jacks, Saltines, and graham crackers.) I knew […]


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Why is such an easy question so often hard to answer? Is it because we fear an obligation to ourselves and others by admitting it out loud? Or, could it be that we simply don't feel that we deserve what we want? Even more sinister is the possible negative reaction we may impose upon ourselves by those around us who scoff at the very idea of what we want.
Even Charles Dickens in his classic, A Christmas Carol, warned us to fear "want." He did, however, warn us to fear "ignorance" even more, but that's a subject we'll save for another time.
As children, we were free to want as much as our hearts desired. After all, most of our needs were being met, and we had all the time in the world to focus on our wants. We had no obligation to a thinner waistline, so we were free to want that extra helping of cake. We had no obligation to pay the mortgage, so we were free to want that shiny new toy. We had no obligation to our own education, so we were free to want to be astronauts and presidents and professional athletes.
As adults, our wants tend to get pushed aside in favor of survival.
The problem then becomes one of regret versus fulfillment. Regret for not doing the things we know we should in order to get what we want. Regret for the decisions we've made that have forced us to put our wants on the back burner. Regret for wanting (and sometimes getting) things that bring us more misery than joy.
Wanting, in and of itself, is in no way evil. It can be, after all, the catalyst for great success. The problem is "wanting" what is bad for us instead of what is good for us. For example, "wanting" to lie around all morning instead of "wanting" to workout. Certainly, lying around fulfills a desire. However, working out will fulfill a much more worthy desire: the desire to be better then you are now, versus the desire to be lazy. But it's difficult to want something you know will bring you discomfort in the short run instead of comfort right now.
I'm not telling anyone, including myself, anything new or shocking here. It is simply meant to be a gentle reminder that when we want the best for ourselves, we must be willing to walk through the fire from time to time.
At midnight tonight, the calendar will once again give us the opportunity to reset our lives. We have an opportunity to clarify our wants and work toward them with a renewed spirit and fervor.
Your wants are waiting for you. Will 2013 be your year? Only you have the power to decide that, and it's all based on what you truly want!
Happy New Year!


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Budget Bill Passes - June 16, 2012
This afternoon, both the Senate and Assembly passed the AB 1464, the main budget bill, plus several other related trailer bills. While the main trailer bill has been sent to the Governor, a final deal between has not been agreed to between the Administration and the Legislature.
Key issues at stake largely surround the unwillingness of the Democrats to accept all of the cuts Governor Brown has proposed related to Cal Grants and CalWORKs. To restore some of these reductions, the Democrats have reduced the Governor's proposed reserve and are attempting to score some RDA dollars related to facilities pass-through as an offset to Proposition 98 costs, as the note from Diane Brady described earlier, today.
Given these disagreements, the Legislature has not yet passed all of the relevant trailer legislation needed to implement the budget (including education), and negotiations are expected to continue over the next few days. It's not clear at this time if the Governor will veto the budget sent to him this afternoon or persuade the Legislature to send him legislation that amend the budget and address his concerns.
More news to come over the next few days, I'm sure.
Dan Troy
Budget Information
Phone: 408.864.8936


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GF Fañabe, Adeje
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 413 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and 3 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- 5 outdoor pools
- Nightclub
- Rooftop terrace
- Internet in the lobby
- Free children's club
- Fitness center
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Feel at home
- Children's pool
- Playground on site
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Garden
What's around
- In Costa Adeje
- Plaza del Duque Shopping Center (6-minute walk)
- Gran Sur Shopping Center (17-minute walk)
- Tenerife Nautical Center (21-minute walk)
- Puerto Colon Marina (24-minute walk)
- Aqualand Costa Adeje (31-minute walk)
- Torviscas Beach (33-minute walk)
- Siam Park (36-minute walk)
- Troya Beach (37-minute walk)
- Magma Art and Congress Centre (38-minute walk)
- Veronicas Strip (40-minute walk)
GF Fañabe, Adejefrom $146
- Family Room (2 Adults)
- Double Room Single Use (1 adult)
- Double Room (2 adults)
- Family Room ((2 adults + 1 child))
- Double Room (3 adults)
- Family Room (2 adults + 2 children)
- Family Room (3 adults + 1 child)
- Junior Suite (2 adults)
- Junior Suite (2 adults + 1 child)
- Junior Suite (3 adults)
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 413 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Free children's club
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking (limited)
Other information
- All-inclusive rates available
- Resort fee included
In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast
- 3 bars/lounges
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Number of outdoor pools - 5
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Steam room
- Nightclub
- Pool umbrellas
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- Sauna
- Arcade/game room
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Library
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Balcony
- Bidet
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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All inclusive
All-inclusive room rates at GF Fañabe are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities are included.
Food and beverages
- All meals, snacks, and beverages included
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
DiningSnack Bar Restaurante - Onsite restaurant.
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Also known as
- Costa Fanabe
- Fanabe Costa Sur Adeje
- Fanabe Costa Sur Hotel Tenerife/Costa Adeje
- Fanabe Costa Sur Tenerife
- Fanabe Hotel Tenerife
- Hotel Fanabe Costa Sur
- Hotel Fanabe Tenerife
- Fañabe Costa Sur Hotel Adeje
- Fañabe Costa Sur Hotel
- Fañabe Costa Sur Adeje
- Fañabe Costa Sur
- Costa Fanabe Sur
- GF Fañabe Hotel Adeje
- GF Fañabe Hotel
- GF Fañabe Adeje
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- Fanabe Sur
- Fanabe Sur Hotel
- Fanabe Sur Hotel Costa
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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- Resort fee
Optional extras
Safes in guestrooms can be used for EUR 1.80 per day
Wired Internet access is available in public areas for EUR 4 per hour (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
What's around GF Fañabe, Adeje
- In Costa Adeje
- Plaza del Duque Shopping Center (6-minute walk)
- Gran Sur Shopping Center (17-minute walk)
- Tenerife Nautical Center (21-minute walk)
- Puerto Colon Marina (24-minute walk)
- Aqualand Costa Adeje (31-minute walk)
- Torviscas Beach (33-minute walk)
- Siam Park (36-minute walk)
Getting around
- Tenerife (TFS-Tenerife South) 15-min drive
- Free self parking
- Limited parking
Recent reviews
Very Good 8.2 From 65 reviews
Great hotel location to explore the area. All inclusive well worth it. Food great, rooms daily serviced and spacious. Sun terrace on roof a great feature. Definitely recommend.
Good hotel facilities Food was very good. Shame about the ambiance needs an update Just a bit jaded plain concrete needs more plants I would rate 3 star .The building was very solemn
Lovely hotel will defiantly come again
only thing i liked bout this hotel was the sun terrace
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay staff were friendly and efficient adult sunbathing area was excellent enough variety of food in the dining room for even very fussy eaters, would recommend this hotel to family & friends
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THE clamour for a positive case for a No vote in the referendum was in evidence this week when Johann Lamont was the guest speaker at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Labour leader opened with a speech that was very big on her theme that improving people's lives ought to be about redistributing wealth within the United Kingdom rather than creating divisions over national identity.
What was not mentioned in any detail during her address was Labour's plans for what might happen in the event of a No vote.
But when it came to the subsequent question and answer session in front of an audience of the great and the good, it was clear that many wanted to hear what Scottish Labour would offer in terms of strengthening devolution.
It was back in September 2012 that Lamont established Labour's Devolution Commission. Since then, like the Tories, it has been looking at what new powers should be transferred to Holyrood. By all accounts, this has not been an altogether easy process, with much grappling over what should and what should not be devolved and competing demands having to be balanced.
Until now, there has been little indication of what conclusions the commission, which is due to report at Labour's spring conference, will come to.
But questioned by members of the audience at the Royal Society of Edinburgh event, organised by the David Hume Institute in conjunction with the RSE Young Academy of Scotland, Lamont at last gave a brief insight into the commission's thinking. In an attempt to sate the audience's curiosity about the outcome of a No vote, she gave a pretty clear steer that the commission would recommend that housing benefit should be devolved. Giving Holyrood the power over housing benefit would give MSPs the power to scrap the so-called "bedroom tax" and thus take control over what has become a toxic issue for the UK government and a profitable line of attack for the SNP.
The hope must be that the prospect of MSPs being given control over bedroom tax will neuter Alex Salmond's argument that independence offers the best way of abolishing it.
The idea is gaining traction (to use that unattractive but politically fashionable term). In fact, it was towards the end of last year that it was reported that the UK government was considering exactly the same move.
Lamont did not elaborate on what other areas of welfare were being looked at. But such items as attendance allowance (which helps support the disabled), child tax credit and carers' allowance are likely to be on the agenda when the commission meets.
Those hoping for the all-singing all-dancing vision of a positive No campaign will have to wait a little longer, but for the time being they can take some comfort from the devolution of housing benefit.


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Being Open To Face My AddictionI wonder who else is in my boat, addicted to codeine and trying his best to see the end of it. It's a strong pull, it destroyed the best relationship I had. Just couldn't keep myself from lying. It's overpowering, and I gave into the feeding need.
I am hoping that through admitting and being honest about what I've done then this weakness in will is not going to be a weakness any longer. But assimilated within the whole of myself.
It was offered to me a lot before I started to do it. But curiosity got the best of me and once I was introduced to chemical drugs I wanted more and more. None other then painkillers. Those I found got rid of my ever present anxiety. Anxiety is a constant nagging pull at my organs, and boiling acid to go through my veins. Sometimes it just gets so maddening that nothing makes sense and I start getting confused.
The confusion hasn't always been so that worries me a little. I am a worrier of the things that I love, but I am not a worrier of my own well being. That has never seemed like something of any importance to me. I wonder why. I wonder if it was my early on belief that the mind is within the soul, not within the physical body. I associated with my soul and energies rather then my physical form, which is just a vehicle for me, nothing more.
Everyone else is trying to live forever and spending so many years in a decline. I don't want to have years sitting in a chair wondering if I'm alive or dead. I also don't want to eat right and spend a life living to 100 and it just being one big bore because I wanted to stay fit and healthy.
I'd much rather have a good time then a long time. It's not like this is your only life and nothing can be created or destroyed. Even if I destroy this vehicle, I'll get another. I might be a bit hard on my vehicle, but as long as I get the job done it shouldn't matter how hard I am on her.
And, because everyone else where I am thinks that this is your only life so you gotta live it up the best you can; I have to try to live for them. But their pain of my loss stems from their own fear of death. Which is fueled by their not understanding it. They don't understand it because they haven't been taught right. Religion became all about the politics so early on, even after it was found out it still kept on being more and more political. I understand they are worried about the state of the world, but logic and reason should always be the tool we use as a collective whole. If anything we can agree on everything being fair. The only people who don't want that are the people with the most things, and therefore the most to lose. But they wouldn't have to give up much if they all gave a little bit. Just enough to try and pay off some debt and work on their own problems and try to be as suffecient as possible. Stop importing and do as much as you can local.
I forgot where I was for a second, and just kinda went off on a tangent. That was a pretty good one though. I got pretty lost in it.
I think that realization has stopped this one...
quinndragosen 26-30, M 2 Aug 21, 2012