I know what you are thinking if you are a coupon lover and swear by the savings but you can also chop your everyday food costs without coupons.
Just like the header says, save by buying less and it's true. People tend to overspend when grocery shopping for everyday food for a variety of reasons and we're included in that group.
We've since been working on keeping that at bay and it's not so bad as long as you find your grocery shopping triggers.
Using coupons, especially if you aren't a pro at it takes time to organize every week so you must be willing to make that time in order to reap any rewards.
Sure some weeks may be better than others but for those who simply don't have the time you don't need coupons to save money on groceries as long as you are smart with what you buy.
We were heavily into using coupons during the years 2010-2012 until the big coupon rage took off and Extreme Couponing in the USA blew up the television screen.
In that time more coupon bloggers joined the blogosphere which is now saturated with websites wanting to show you how to save money using coupons. Some of our favourite Canadian coupon websites have taught us lots about couponing in Canada and they still do for many of my fans.
I've mentioned before that our stockpile is pretty large when it comes to health and beauty and laundry so we haven't had to spend much in our budget over the past few years for such products. Just this morning we both said how little of a dent we've put in our massive stash but the food has dwindled down to very little.
If you look at our coupon usage for 2014 you will see we have only saved upwards of $39.00 using coupons and we've just started to use the popular coupon apps to save a bit more when we can. Coupon apps for us are not like paper coupons rather added store savings as long as you are willing to put the effort into grabbing it.
What we're not doing these days is buying more than we need with coupons and we hardly if ever take that coupon binder with us. In an earlier post I talked about whether we eating too much food which is driving up the cost of our everyday food budget. Sure that may be one culprit but wanting to buy more than we can handle is also another.
There used to be a time where we wouldn't leave home without the coupon binder but lately we have had no need. Our grocery list stays pretty consistent each week and if a coupon comes up for products we use we will pack them in an envelope ready to go shopping. Otherwise we don't bother because we simply don't want to spend more money in our budget than we need to.
That was a huge issue for us and although we did get many deals over the years there are plenty of products we can look back on and say we could have gone without.
Just having a walk around our stockpile we see items that haven't been opened and may never get opened. At the time it seemed like a great deal even if we still paid the taxes and likely a bit of money towards the product as not everything was free. We didn't want to be that couple any more so we took the coupon usage down a notch. We used to buy taco kits, crackers and I can't tell you how many boxes of cereal we had at any given time.
Lots of the cereal went to the garbage or was donated because we just didn't eat it on time. Looking back we didn't need 10 taco kits or boxes of crackers or 100 cans of baked beans. Why? It's simple, we still have food that has not yet expired but we will end up donating it as we can't get through it all.
Sure, donating is great but donate because you want to not because you have product you can't get through. We really wanted to change our shopping and dietary habits so we felt better with our grocery budget and the way we chose to eat and spend our money.
Coupons are still a great way to save but let's pretend for a moment that coupons don't exist or it's rare to find coupons any longer. What other ways can you save money in your grocery budget?
Don't get me wrong we still use coupons but it's not necessary to use them all the time to snag great deals. Many of you know that price matching is a super easy way to get the best prices utilizing the weekly flyers. Everyday food prices are competitive among the grocery stores so don't forget to plan ahead and bring your flyers or smartphone with you to save money.
If you have a computer or smart phone you can now use the popular savings apps which are not coupons per say, rather grocery savings without coupons like I mentioned above.
The best part is these apps are increasing the number of fresh foods and produce that they showcase each week for those that sign up. We love that and any seasoned couponer knows that we never got the sheer amount of fresh produce savings with coupons as we can today with these apps. You don't need to bring your coupons but you can still reap the rewards of saving money.
Another way to save money on groceries is to grow your own vegetables. I've said it before and I'll say it again, organic tastes better but if you plan to pay for it in the store be ready to pay some hefty prices.
Although many people choose to eat organic they also stick to their budget buying only what they need eliminating all the "extras" just because there is a coupon attached to it.
Just the other day I noticed on a Facebook Free Stuff group that a follower asked if anyone had any extra Rhubarb that they wouldn't mind sharing. In just one hour she had 3 people offer her rhubarb from their gardens. I was amazed but not shocked.
So, if you know what is in season don't be shy to ask if anyone has anything they'd be willing to part with, especially if they can't get through it all. In the past we've offered free fruit such as raspberries and apples online simply because we didn't want to see it waste.
Just this past week I helped my friend with some work in his backyard that he didn't know how to do. I never charge my friends for things that seem simple to me so he offered me organic produce that he buys in bulk as payment. I couldn't say no so we grilled up some lovely asparagus for dinner the next night.
If you have some spare time on your hands local farmers are always on the hunt for help where the payment is free food. You get to pick free food from the land you help grow just for trading services.
If you have a large piece of property you can let other green thumb gardens use your land to grow their garden. In return they can offer you free fresh organic produce but they do the work to grow it.
Another way is if you have a large garden you can rent out your land to other growers and use that money to buy groceries which helps balance your grocery budget so you can use that money for other bills or debts you may have.
You can also save more by visiting local farmers in your area or farmers markets where they love to haggle so keep that in the back of your head too. In the summer picking your own fresh from the garden such as fruits and vegetables are another super saver for everyday foods that normally plague the grocery budget.
You might even notice sellers on Facebook or other social media with straight sell produce boxes from local area farmers. They will even deliver the produce right to your door for a small delivery fee. If there is something you don't like in the box you can negotiate another product.
We love pink stickers and reduced products because they still have life in the product but with it comes a giant grocery savings. If the store can make some money off the product they will do what they can rather than take a loss on it.
This leads me to the top reason you don't need coupons to save money for groceries and that's because you are cooking homemade meals. Even though you can still use coupons to buy your canned food products and fresh products when they are not available ditching the pre-made foods for homemade soups, stews, casseroles (casa-roll-ehs! for all my What's for Dinner fans) can really cut your budget.
You can also stretch the budget by eating proper meal portions and bulking food out with plenty of beans and vegetables. If you have a freezer you can bulk cook as well to save money.
Most often, we don't need the snacks we think we do when fresh fruit and crisp vegetables will do the trick. Just yesterday Nicola shared a recipe for homemade granola bars which eliminates all the added ingredients that most people can't pronounce, the need for coupons but keeps the pure bliss of home-baked goodness.
My wife and I were looking over our grocery budget and noticed that we haven't been doing too badly with sticking to our food plan. We buy the odd convenience type foods and canned good but for the most part we've managed to do it all without hardly using any coupons.
All I can say is the reason behind this is everything I've listed above. If you find you use lots of coupons try for one month not to use them by eliminating all the foods you really don't need to get because you have those coupons.
Examples would be crackers, cookies, cakes, granola bars, chocolate bars and pre-made meals. Instead, focus on making homemade snacks or choosing better options.
We also find with less of the products in the house that we used to buy just because we had coupons or thought we needed the product the less we reach out for them. Just last night we noticed Oreo cookies on sale for $1.77 at Canadian Tire. Sure that's a great deal and no we don't need them.
If we want cookies that bad we can make them homemade but if we buy bags of cookies then we'll likely pile through them with or without restraint. It's always harder when they are in stock and an arms length away.
Stock your pantry with healthy everyday food such as raisins and other dried fruits, variety of nuts and seeds, chipits, honey, granola, oats, dry chick peas and other delicious snacks.
Sure, you may get lucky if you have a Bulk Barn coupon to use but even if they aren't available by eliminating other items that you don't need will make room to pay for these better options. Even the Bulk Barn has great deals if you shop around such as 25%-50% off products.
If you are a bulk food shopper who likes to go to Costco keep in mind that not all bulk food is the best priced everyday food so do the math.
My nephew never asks for crackers, cookies or other sweets. Instead he loves boiled carrots and for snacks he loves dried and fresh fruits and nuts alongside a big bowl of creamy yogurt. He gets no sugar infested juice, instead he gets milk or water as his beverages of choice. A treat comes once in a while but that's what it's meant for.
So go ahead and buy a treat if you must have them in the house just don't buy 10 kinds of treats. Don't give up before you start and don't say "you need it" because you probably don't.
What other ways can the fans save money on everyday food without using coupons? Share your shopping secrets in the comment section along with your grocery game shop of the week!
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Total Budget for June $235.00-$20.89=$225.49/4=$56.37 per week or $75.16 per week if we do 1 no-shop week.
Weekly Overview: We didn't need too much this week since we are trying to use up what we have in our freezer which includes tonnes of cut green peppers from last year as well as Swiss chard from the family garden. We also have bags of fruit that we bought 2 years ago although I'm not sure if we should just dump them into smoothies now. The fruit is still good but just another point of us using coupons to buy too much food because it was cheap with a coupon. We are hoping to get rid of our freezer and downsize to a medium freezer in the next couple of months.
Did you find any coupons? If so share the details in the comment section of this post where you found it and what the coupon is for with expiry.
Summertime savings booklets are at the bulk food store so if you have a local Bulk Barn head on in for a coupon booklet before they are all gone.
Do I have to be Canadian to post my Grocery Shop?: No, you don't have to be Canadian to post your shops only to win a monthly prize. We have fans who post their grocery shop who live all over the world.
When does the Grocery Game close each month?: The Grocery Game Challenge closes at midnight of the last Sunday of the last post for the month. You can post your shops all month-long.
Does your Grocery Budget include health and beauty and laundry products?: Yes our Grocery Budget includes such items as shampoo, conditioner, laundry soap, fabric softener, dish soap etc. We don't mind stockpiling items that won't be affected by expiry dates or have long expiry dates but not so much food any more. It's just one way to help cut your budget to save money.
Where can I find Canadian Coupons?: Here are your latest Coupon Match-ups of the week and your weekly Checkout 51 offers from 25 Newspaper Inserts around Canada compliments of Save Big Live Better that you can use to help you save money in the Grocery Game Challenge.
How Do I Know what stores accept coupons? : You can find all your store coupon policies here. If you are not sure it's always best to call the store and ask.
If you have just joined The Grocery Game Challenge 2014 get ready to dive deep into your grocery budget and learn just where you are spending, how much you are spending and what you are saving.
Welcome to The Grocery Game Challenge Canada 2014!
Can you picture yourself living the retired life?
Dip those nibs in some chocolate 😉 now that is yummy!!!
I love boursin cheese but will not pay regular price $6.99 and up for it! I love all the flavours they have. Hopefully they will go on sale soon.
Our weekly budget is $125 making this month $500.
You get ballot #27. My wife loves those Nibs. That Boursin cheese is very nice as well. We had it once when we found it with a pink sticker.
A bunch of small shops this week and also small purchases to stay on track and maximize pc points. We were also trying to keep the meat purchases out of bounds this month as much as possible, but we were just craving something. The ground beef was made into 18 hamburgers, so some were frozen, and the rib steaks ended up frozen just to have at a later date. Good enough sales on them. The pop is more because we are drinking less coffee in the summer and caffeine is our one hang on for junk. It was a good sale, so multiple were purchased. I just wish hubby would slow down drinking it. Aside from that, we are loving having kale and arugula out of the garden and the farmer's market is having other produce available. We love local as much as possible. Staying on track this month, but running low. I know it will be tight by the end.
We find asian pears just crunchier and they are bigger in overall size, a more filling snack, but I never see these go on sale. Because we were staying so on track and having to pay full price that week for the other pears, we grabbed 2 as an attempt to convince our kiddo to try different types of pear. He's been willing to try any until this one, I think wrapped individually because they bruise easy intimidated him (not to mention the packaging is part of the weight at the cash), but we finally convinced him and of course he loves them too! I've tried giving up the pop repeatedly and for some reason I can't do it. We don't drink the real sugar stuff, the low cal pop is what we have. Granted the aspartame is not great for our bodies, but the caffeine is really the big one. It's been so hot for coffee, which is our usual. I do drink tea, but that's just for fun, mainly the non-caffeinated stuff. We had backed off of the meat so much and been using freezer stuff, it just came to a point we were craving beef. Chicken is our main choice, especially since hubby is working on lowering his cholesterol. Beans are another big one. I do love sausages, but I find I can't do a lot of pork personally, but the other two in the house can, so that tends to be our alternative. However, all meat right now is pricey, we're just making it stretch!
That's great that you introduce him to new foods. I know some parents that don't expand the food menu for kids and they grow up not liking fruits and veg etc and all they want is packaged foods. Both my wife and I our parents fed us everything fresh, homemade or from the garden and we ate it no problem at all. There were no options though.. eat it or starve. I had to quit the pop as it's just not good for me. I have it once in a blue moon if we are out but I try not to buy it. It's not easy. My sister in law she buys cases of the diet stuff and can't go without it. We are like you as beef isn't our first choice. You are right all meat is pricey. We eat as little as we have to but enough to satisfy us.
Finally getting here, it's been that kind of a couple of weeks!!! Besides picking some strawberries I was around town getting things at the local Guardian Drug Store and Canadian Tire as well as the usual Foodland.
I used most of the stockpile budget for the month but I did manage to come in under for the week. I got almost three batches of jam fromthe berries and one big bowl for us to eat with the cake, ice cream and whipped cream.i was short a couple of cups of fruit for a third batch so I just froze what I had until I could get back to the farm. I have been going to Megan's for a good number of years and always had nice berries and they are very nice to deal with. The berries are sold by weight and I was over the $20.00 but Andy rounded down and just called it the twenty bucks. No argument here.
Getting the sugar at Canadian Tire was nice for the stockpile as was the extra lean ground beef at Foodland. The beef wasn't all that great a price compared to what I have paid in the past but given how the prices of meat is going up so much I grabbed it.
I still made it under for the week even with the strawberries and there is room left for more berries next week and still make it for the month.
Here were coupons in the BD cheese slices too!! My daughter took one of the packs as the grandson loves cheese too. The whipping cream was a container…and the cake, clearly was store bought. Given all the berries to deal with I cut that corner.
As i have managed to just get back into couponing a few months ago and having a bit of extra money each month i started a stockpile. (diapers, laundry soap, cleaning supplies etc). I dont coupon as much now as i am covered for some time. We definetly do a lot of home cooking to save on money and i love shopping later at night/early in the morning at certain stores when i know i can get those special50% off sticker items. I have started going back to the farmers market on the weekends to get my produce which looks and tastes great! I unfortunately live in a basement apartment so cant quite garden although my parents are moving this month to a new home 5 minutes down the road with a huge garden so will be given half for my family 🙂 Here is my shop for this week.
I've really been trying to cut back and watch my spending as we are saving up for some other big purchases. I used my 255 carry over to purchase my daughters christmas present. (front row tickets to disney on ice frozen!) I would probably grow tomatoes and a whack of herbs as i love to cook with them. My mom already grows tomatoes, strawberries and herbs in her garden so they are constantly giving me a bunch which is why i hardly have to buy them. I think having a great garden would be a great opportunity for something fun to do with my six year old!
I shop for 2 adults and a 3 ½ year old boy. Our budget is $85/week or $340 for this month and includes laundry, health/beauty, etc.
Total Grocery Amount Budgeted For the Year: $4,420 ($85/week) + Meat order $172.85/month for 9 months $1555.65=$5975.65 for the year including the meat order.
WOW, hook me up with your $5 Pillers coupon where did you get that bad boy? I don't buy Pillers often but that is a great coupon. Oh, I didn't know that Checkout51 and snapsaves both had Saran on. I"m sure that deal is gone now. Great deal on the cream cheese… I paid a bit more. I need to plan the shops better. Let's see if you can make it this month. You might have to just take cash with you of what's left and say that's all I have. It's hard but we've done it just to get back on track or as close to it as we can. 🙂 Happy shopping… well done. Mr.CBB You get ballot 14.
lol the $5 Pillers was from a complaint…they actually sent me four of them. I had a pack of meat that got black spots all over it before expiry. I sent them pictures. Great deal on Saran! Money maker! I take an hour or so every Friday to plan my shop by going through the flyers and then making a list in my phone of the item I'm purchasing and where to price match it and how much. Its a great app. I could never just take cash and say that's all I have lol. I'm hoping that my grocery bill doesn't go up too much higher now that I'll be staying home with Adam plus babysitting my cousins daughter.
Hubby went for a stroll thru the mall uptown and got some really nice deals using the coins in his pocket. I love my little "gift" from him… 6 tomatoes and 4 large onions. The man sure knows the way to my heart!!!!
I had a coupon for a free 2L Skim milk if I spent $20 at Safeway. Even though this was going to take me over on the month, I decided to top up some "fresh" items and take advantage of a couple of sales. I didn't get my asparagus or the free milk but I have rain checks for both of them!! But I did get 6 pints of raspberries for $12 since I didn't buy the asparagus. I LOVE raspberries!!!! Woo hoo!
Kin's Market – Maple Ridge << Hubby's little "I love You" gift!
TOTAL UNUSED RESERVES $650.00 … that is a $400.00 carry-forward from 2013 and $250.00 in NEW 2014 savings.
So, if you look at the $1,702.52 calculation that we have spent in 2014 and subtract the $250.00 we have actually saved in our "reserves" and the $159.42 we have recorded as spent but is actually set aside for future USA grocery shopping… we have actually spent $1,293.10!! That is $153.10 over the $1,140.00 we budgeted for January through June.
Fortunately we have 6 weeks of vacation time still coming in 2014 when I use our "vacation funds" instead of the "grocery budget". And I am away for 3 weeks on top of that and minimal, if any, shopping will be done while I am out of town. That's a dollar value of 9 weeks x $47.50 = $427.50 so that $153.10 will easily be absorbed and we'll get back on track so long as I really watch the spending for the balance of the year!
Actually, the green cabbage is for a corned beef supper with steamed cabbage, carrots, peppers, potatoes and onions on Saturday night.
The red cabbage will be a cabbage-carrot-radish slaw for next week. There's an Irish band playing an outdoor concert at the Fraser River Heritage park out in Mission (30 minutes away) next Wednesday night. I am planning my picnic basket of goodies for us to take with us to have while we listen to the free concert. We'll have the slaw, Amish broccoli-cauliflower-carrot salad and some eggy potato salad with fresh dill, cottage cheese and baked beans. I have some nice Bento boxes that I use… so it doesn't all run together. And what's a picnic without a thermos of tea?
As a life time couponer, I really hated the craze the last few years. Good coupons are getting hard to find and dollar value on them hardly make it worth collecting. I learned to save pennies with coupons when I was little, but my parents also taught me to only buy what I'm going to use. I have no interest in stuff I won't use just because it was cheap. I stock up on cleaning supplies and I covet the fresh produce coupons like berries. And, I love the coupons in the U.S. since you can get much better coupons for healthier food like milk, eggs and yogurt that we are allowed to bring across the border. However, they have always been a small part of my savings and I don't spend hours on it. I have never thought to check our farms locally for picking to earn produce to gain personal produce, I will keep that in mind. One other thing I would add that helps keep grocery costs down is to food plan. Buy only what you need after going through the fridge and pantry, when we started that about 5 years ago, we saved a bundle and wasted far less. Food in the garbage is a travesty in our home. Great article!
I still use coupons for things like laundry products and TP. Best is if it's on sale and I have a coupon. I started couponing a couple of years ago when hubby became sick and money got very tight, very fast. I have never been able to have those huge stockpiles of goodies like most as I just couldn't afford to buy that much at one time.I think I have 2 good size packs of TP, 4-5 Body wash thanks to a sale last week, a couple each of shampoo and hair conditioner, 5 jugs of laundry detergent and 6 containers of dish soap. Not a huge stockpile by any means. It will keep us going for a little while. All these are things I refuse to pay full price for and watch the sales to keep us stocked on them.
I'm trying t work away from as much processed foods as I can while still dealing with what people here will eat.I've been lucky the last few weeks with half price stickered meats, mostly sausage and ground meats. I run into town and shop No Frills when I can as they do have nice prices, especially compared to what I pay here. This week the strawberries are ready to pick so I was at the farm picking this morning. It wasn't bad, I've seen better years and I've seen a lot worse.The local farmers market is up and running for the season now so I try to go every Saturday morning if I'm at home.
A lot of the saving money with groceries tends to go back to the idea that you need to know your prices, then you know if it's a good sale and how much to get for your home. The better the deal the more I try to get within the budget!!
I would love to share your strawberry jam recipe and photos if you are interested in doing another recipe. I don't think people need to have a massive stockpile and like you mention not everyone can afford to buy so much at once even if it is on sale.
I do a little of everything you've listed! Except share my land as it's not really an option.
We don't share our land either. lol There's not even enough land for us let alone to share but I know some people with massive plots that could do just that.
Thanks for all of the helpful tips! Love the idea of making snacks like cookies a treat rather than an everyday occurrence!
The more snacks one has in the house the more they will get eaten. If you have one bag of cookies that's the only option and when they are gone, they're gone.
You sure got some nice prices this week on the ricotta, cottage cheese and tuna!
I use coupons but only for products that I had already planned to buy anyway. This week I have coupon for a free 2L carton of skim milk, IF I spend $20 at Safeway. Nice hook huh? Basically 10% off on your $20 order. BIG Whoopee! I was going to buy a jug of milk on Thursday anyway but other than that, I wasn't going to shop this week. I am however low on a few "fresh" items so I will shop the required $20 including using a 2nd coupon to get my free milk. I am shopping "the loss leader sales" though so my $20 will go further than it normally would. 🙂 That FREE milk will carry us until we pick up a jug or two very cheaply in the US towards the end of the month when we are having a little get-away.
I also load digital coupons on my cards for US shops and enjoy that method as I don't have to haul a handful of paper coupons with me when I shop.
I thought you might like the price of the tune. We were shocked to see it as I don't think it was advertised. We may be over this month as well but not by too much. So, you're going to load a suitcase. How many suitcases do you own Mary? I've never had gazpacho but I heard it was nice. I wish we had something like those digital coupons BUT I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
This is exactly why I've never used a ton of coupons in my life. Nearly all of them are for pricey, processed foods that we just don't eat. I used to get some that you ordered online, that had soy milk coupons, those were nice. However, my usage patterns changed and now I just buy the shelf-stable tetra packs for the pantry, instead of the big 2L ones from the dairy section, so that they last longer and I don't throw as much out. Plus, I know I always have some on hand, if I'm going to do some baking or similar.
There have always been great food coupons available just not to the extent that coupon apps have the savings today. You are right the processed outweighed the fresh in the food department, I agree but they were still around. Now, the health and beauty, laundry and other coupons… well you can't go wrong using them as long as you buy what you need. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your thoughts Anne!


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• Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military leader who fought in the Spanish American wars of independence. Bolivia is now named after him.
• Colombia was named after Christopher Columbus.
• The word "America" springs from the name of Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, the person credited with realizing that the continent the Europeans bumped into in the late 1400s was not India.
• France comes from the old Germanic word "frankon" which meant a javelin or a lance, but it's not certain whether the weapon's name came from the name of the people, or if the people were named for the weapon.
• The Greeks, suspecting there was a land down under, called it Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "unknown southern land" which became Australia.
• Sierra Leone means literally "lion mountains" in Spanish, named by Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra in 1462.
• The Tuareg tribe inhabits the regions around the Sahara Desert. Their word "aginaw" means "black people" and turned into "Guinea." The Malaysian word "pepuah" meaning "frizzy hair" is likely to be the origin of "papua" giving us Papua New Guinea.
• The Arabic words "al-Jazair" means "the islands" referring to several small islands that were once located in the bay of what is now called Algeria.
• Although there are about 25 countries named after men, there are few named after women, one being St. Lucia, a Caribbean island named for Saint Lucy, a Christian martyr who was murdered around the year 300 A.D.
• The Philippines are named after Spain's 16th-century King Philip II.
• Swaziland is named for the Swazi people, who are said to get their name from the 19th-century king Mswati II.
• Tobago comes from the Carib word "tavaco" denoting the pipe in which they smoked tobacco leaves.
• While on an expedition along the coast of South America, Amerigo Vespucci saw houses built over the water, which reminded him of Venice, so he named the land Venezuela.
• The Huron-Iroquois word "kanata" meaning "village" or "settlement" gave us Canada.
• The Indo-European word "alb" meaning "mountain" gives us Albania.
• The Spanish word "argentine" means "silvery" and resulted in Argentina, a land where Spanish explorers noted that the natives wore much silver jewelry.
• The Spanish phrase "baja mar" means "shallow sea" and may be the origin of the Bahamas.
• The German word "kamerun" means "shrimp" and Cameroon is a place where many shrimp were found.
• The African Kanuri tribe's word meaning "lake" is "tsade" which became Chad.
• Costa Rica means "rich coast" in Spanish.


Happily married but isolated, dentist Alan Johnson (Cheadle) is suffering something of a mid-life crisis. But a chance encounter with former university roommate Charlie Fineman (Sandler), whose family were killed in the September 11th attacks, forces him to evaluate his own life.
The 9/11 cash cow has been milked dry. We've panicked at ground level in World Trade Center, flown beside the ill-fated passengers of United 93, and died in the safety of our own homes in Right at your Door. Five years on, director/writer/bit part actor Mike Binder (The Upside of Anger) examines the aftermath, wisely eschewing politically pronged melodrama in this offbeat, bittersweet comedy.
Despite critically acclaimed turns in the commercially forsaken Punch Drunk Love and Spanglish, Adam Sandler still has everything to prove as a serious actor. Millionaire bum Charlie is a difficult performance to place, sitting awkwardly between Punch Drunk's tranquil Barry Egan and the knackered SNL angry man template. Immersed in the fantasy of video games and mp3s, Charlie indulges in the past to forget the present, emotionally repressed and prone to violent outbursts when buried memories are evoked. Through Binder's wholehearted script, and the ever reliable Cheadle (evidently having a ball), it is impossible not to sympathise with Sandler's amiable man-child. And yes, he does look like Bob Dylan.
Reign's clement atmosphere is driven by Cheadle's and Sandler's on-screen chemistry, a friendships that rocks and rolls with Charlie's transformations from placid geek to Falling Down sociopath, illuminating Reign's darker moments with a milky, nostalgic haze.
Delicately emulating Paul Thomas Anderson's superior efforts, Binder's direction is inconsistent in tone, his romcom visuals, blaring ballads and contrived happy ending betraying a darkly droll and pleasingly schmaltz-free script. Reign's "little film" sensibilities are smothered by incessant Sony product placement, and an over-reliance on retro rock (the film's title is taken from a track on The Who's Quadrophenia) soon becomes the equivalent of a raucous neighbouring moviegoer, bleaching quiet, mellow scenes with incongruous Springsteen and Pearl Jam riffs.
The switch from indie curiosity to Hollywood fluff may leave audiences indifferent, but to dismiss Reign Over Me as Punch Drunk Lite would be unfair. Boisterous and touching, there is plenty to enjoy in this simplistic slice of feel good.


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Recognizing Prescription Medication Diversion and Substance Abuse: Lt. Steve Brewster, HIDTA Task Force Commander, and Detective Connie Bruckner, Missoula High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Detective Division, Missoula Police Dept.


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Sculpture at St Paul's captures horror of war
Susie Turner 01 October 2013 | 5:03 PM
Sorry, Sorry Sarajevo by Nicola Hicks
A new sculpture depicting the devastating human cost of war has gone on display at St Paul's Cathedral.
The artwork, 'Sorry, Sorry Sarajevo', is a life-sized bronze sculpture of a man holding another man languishing in his arms.
It was created by Nicola Hicks in 1993 at the height of the Bosnian War and is being displayed in the cathedral as a reminder of the brutal warfare still blighting parts of the world.
The sculpture has been deliberately placed directly opposite Henry Moore's 1983 sculpture, Mother and Child: Hood, to stimulate reflection on the contrast between birth and relationships, and the horrors and devastation of war.
Sorry, Sorry Sarajevo will remain on display until the end of 2013 and its display comes as the nation and the wider world prepares to mark the centenary of the First World War next year.
The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor of St Paul's said: "The First World War claimed the lives of 16 million people and was described as 'the war to end all war'. However, human conflict did not stop and within Europe as recently as the 1990s, the Bosnian War saw around 100,000 people killed, up to 50,000 women raped, and over two million people displaced.
"Nicola Hicks' sculpture is a powerful and affecting study of the true grief of war. It is a military, but also piercingly human, pieta. The universality of the work reminds us that such militarised violence and death are still part of our world, and that history will always record the peacemakers and reconcilers, working to end the carnage, as the blessed ones."
Its display at the cathedral has been welcomed by former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, a vocal advocate of British action in the Balkans at that time and later High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He said: "Sarajevo is one of the greatest cities in the world. What it suffered over twenty years ago is a scar that painfully bears many lessons for not only Bosnia's future but the world's. I am really very pleased that Nicola Hicks' sculpture is in St Paul's Cathedral to help those lessons be learned."

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Each year there are several special celebrations to give blossoms. The first thing that the majority of people consider is Valentine s Day. As well as the flower option you have is plentiful.
Exactly how terrific it is that we can convey our feelings with the straightforward gift of stunning flowers just know valentines day flower ideas. You can excite curiosity when they are obtained by a secret admirer, the affirmation of our love or the recognition program that they are a special close friend.
There is no much better time to inform somebody exactly how you really feel than on Valentine s Day. So, bear in mind to place special thoughts into a card to opt for the flowers as well as claim what s in your heart.
If you offer blossoms, you most likely intend to consider the relevance of the flowers. Floral meanings are special in that they share messages that tell us about our lives, including our connections since they communicate special feelings towards those to whom we offer the blossoms.
A climbed can share a strong sense of passion, a yellow tulip can suggest that somebody is hopelessly crazy. Red carnations represent hoping, while candy striped carnations reject love.
Remarkably, the word increased as the spells of Eros, the god of love, was repositioned. A red as well as a white climbed with each other to signify the affirmation of a woman s love. Red roses: I enjoy you, unconscious beauty.
Red roses can mean enthusiasm as well as also desire, white roses for purity, bridal joy and peacefulness. Yellow methods hopeless love, sunshine in your smile. Pink roses reveal our gratitude and also appreciation. Orange Rose is an uncommon choice to the common red climbed. Purple represents initial feelings of love in the language of flowers. Blue: Area, Peace, Openness, Cold, Clean, Sea, Skies, Nothing, Isolation, Loyalty. Violet White: Will you dance with me?
If you simply want to make Valentine s Day remarkable for your companion, you should first provide Valentine s Day blossoms. However exactly how do you intend to make the day something special?
Below you have the possibility to be imaginative. Consider something you would certainly not generally provide for your liked one, and recognize her with this gift. There are numerous concepts that you can do on Valentine s Day to surprise and joy the unique person in your life. If you need aid starting, here are some ideas to make you assume.
1. Prepare a bath for her. Include a couple of decreases of lavender vital oil for a comforting as well as soothing experience.
2. Make them a scrapbook with excellent pictures and memories of the time together.
3. Spruce up with something unique, just for her.
4. Overview them to a treasure hunt of all your preferred places as well as locations worth your affection. Completed with a great charming dinner.
5. Beginning a journal that you fill in alternately.
6. Drive to a carriage flight through your city, with cozy drinks awaiting you at the end of the trip.
7. Talk about where you will be for your next Valentine s Day and also the following day.
8. Meet her at the office in her best clothing and take her off for a speedy evening.
9. Treat them to a sensuous or another massage. This is an excellent method to really feel close as well as strengthen your connection.
10. Provide a gorgeous and absolutely distinct item of clothing.


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Scottsdale, Arizona is one of a growing number of American cities that have inserted LEED into their building code. Scottsdale set the bar quite high with a LEED Gold requirement, but that wasn't going to limit these architects. When father-and-son architects Lawrence and Lance Enyart of LEA Architects were chosen in 2005 to design the 14,350 square-foot firehouse, they decided to shoot for LEED Platinum. Lance Enyart said, "Gold was the mandate, but for us it wasn't about points that we could achieve, it was about implementing strategies that were project appropriate."
Today, Blu Homes and Michelle Kaufmann announced that Blu Homes has purchased all the assets of mkDesigns, including the rights to several Michelle Kaufmann Designs (MKD) homes, such as the Glidehouse, Breezehouse, mkLotus, and mkSolaire.* With the news, Michelle Kaufmann has joined the advisory board of Blu Homes and will consult the company in applying the MKD designs to Blu Homes' fold out modular technology. Michelle will also start her new practice, Michelle Kaufmann Studio, where she will focus on custom, net-zero energy homes, sustainable communities, and eco resorts.
Update 10/29/09: The Fortino Modern Green Prefab Debuts!
Salem, Oregon based Ideabox has been creating some buzz lately with their new home design, the Fortino, which will be revealed at the Seattle Home Show 2, October 22-25, 2009, at Qwest Field. After a little coaxing, Ideabox was kind enough to let us see these renderings and a floor plan in anticipation of the big event. Fortino will include 1,250 square-feet of loft-like living shared between two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchen, dining room, and living room.
Turning an old building green.
Taking the LEED in new geographies.
Taking green homes to a whole new level.
Sustainability: it's not about lightbulbs.
Using coal residue to make a greener brick.
Retrofits can cut energy use, save money.
Making the old house do.
Congratulations to RJTAG and Ecopacker in our Confessions of a Radical Industrialist giveaway. Congratulations also to RHurley, Happywren, and Davidclaflin in our Green School Primer giveaway. Make sure to follow @jetsongreen on Twitter for more news, links, and commentary.


Edwin and Marie Rosette Grossenbacher Klebs.
Arnold Carl Klebs was born in Berne, Switzerland, on March 17, 1870, the eldest son of the prominent bacteriologist, pathologist, and tuberculosis specialist, Albrecht Theodor Edwin Klebs and his wife, Marie Rosette Grossenbacher. Edwin Klebs was then on the faculty at the University of Berne, but soon moved his family to Wurzburg, Prague, and Zurich when he accepted different academic appointments. Arnold studied medicine in several places, receiving his degree at the University of Basel in 1895. He stayed an extra year in Basel and then followed his father to the United States in 1896. Edwin Klebs was then professor of pathology at Rush Medical College in Chicago.
Edwin Klebs, a student of Robert Koch, was a leading pathologist, bacteriologist, and tuberculosis specialist of his day. He made numerous major discoveries, but is perhaps best known for providing the first full account of the bacterial cause of diphtheria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, also known as the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus. A restless genius, Edwin Klebs moved from place to place during his career, always dissatisfied with where he was. Professor of pathology in Berne when Arnold was born, he then transferred to medical faculties in Wurtzburg (1872), Prague (1872), and Zurich (1883). In 1895, he moved to the United States, initially promoting a drug for tuberculosis in North Carolina, and then from 1896 to 1900 serving as professor pathology at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Leaving his library to his son, he returned to Switzerland in 1900. Arnold Klebs' relationship with his famous father was mixed. He admired his father's scientific achievements, but was particularly critical of his various attempts to invent and commercialize remedies for tuberculosis.
Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie, in 2 volumes.
This is Edwin Klebs' own copy of the first volume of his influential textbook, Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie, with interleaved pages containing his handwritten notes. It contains a classic description of glomerulonephritis, also known as "Klebs disease". The book is dedicated to Edwin Klebs' mentor, Rudolf Virchow. Edwin Klebs left his library to Arnold Klebs and it became part of the latter's donation to Yale.
The arrow points to Klebs, who came in second in the race.
Arnold Klebs took his final examinations in medicine in 1894 and received his medical degree from the University of Basel in 1895 with this dissertation on edematous changes in the anterior epithelium of the cornea.
This rare brochure describes for the public the facilities of the tuberculosis sanatorium that Klebs founded in Citronelle, Alabama, ca. 1897. His father, Edwin Klebs, was a member of the staff. Arnold Klebs seems to have spent just two seasons there.
This letter of Margaret Forbes to her great-aunt, Amelia H. Jones, February 9, 1898, describes in highly flattering terms Klebs' management of the sanatorium: "Dr. Klebs is kindness itself & is always doing something for us….His is so honest & straight forward & so interested in his work it is a pleasure to hear him talk about it. I do like to see a man throw himself heart and soul into what he is doing, he is bound to make a success—" Mrs. Klebs, whom she mentioned, was Arnold Klebs' mother.
Lent by Manuscripts & Archives, Sterling Memorial Library, Arnold Carl Klebs Papers.
This photograph was taken about the time of Arnold Klebs' marriage to Margaret Forbes of Milton, Massachusetts on June 14, 1898. Her recurrent respiratory problems had brought her to Klebs' sanatorium in Alabama, where they met. Their only child Sarah Malcolm Forbes was born in Chicago on May 5, 1899. Margaret Klebs died a few weeks later, on May 28, from puerperal fever. With the help of Margaret's great-aunt, Amelia H. Jones, Klebs raised his daughter. He remained a widower for a decade.


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Bale welcomes Ronaldo back
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Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale again attempted to show he has no problems with his attacking team-mates, hailing the return of Cristiano Ronaldo from suspension and applauding Karim Benzema's recent goal-scoring form.
The Spanish media have targeted Bale in recent weeks, claiming the Welshman hogs possession and that Ronaldo does not like the 25-year-old.
Bale refuted the speculated rift between him and Ronaldo in January and made similar comments on Friday, welcoming the Portuguese back from a two-game suspension.
"Obviously Cristiano is a massive player for us and to have him back will obviously be a big bonus," Bale said in an interview with Bwin's YouTube channel.
"Looking forward to having him back on the pitch and hopefully keep winning."
Bale has eight assists in all competitions, with all but two benefitting Ronaldo.
Real have won their past five matches in La Liga ahead of their clash with Atleti and while Bale has not scored in the past two games, Benzema has picked up some of the scoring slack, notching three goals in as many weeks.
"He's [Benzema] playing very well at the moment and hopefully he'll continue scoring goals and playing well for the team," Bale said.
If Real can overcome Atleti, Bale and Co. will move 10 points clear of their local rivals and seven ahead of second-placed Barcelona, who visit Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.


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Combine 1 tablespoon each cornstarch and soy sauce with sugar and garlic; stir in shrimp. Let stand 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, drain peaches, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Add enough water to reserved juice to measure 1 cup. Stir in remaining cornstarch, soy sauce and vinegar; set aside.
Cut peaches in half crosswise.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok or large skillet over high heat. Add shrimp and stir-fry 1 minute; remove.
Heat remaining oil in same wok. Add snow peas, onion and ginger; stir-fry 4 minutes. Stir in shrimp and soy mixture; cook and stir until sauce boils and thickens. Stir in peaches and heat through.


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Youth Show Up Strong at Rise Up & Drawdown Conference
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Stopping and adapting to climate change in Michigan was the focus of the recent Rise Up & Draw Down Michigan conference in Grand Rapids.
Photo Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Coast Watch
Written By Andrew Blok
In a ballroom full of state and local officials, world renowned environmental leaders and Michigan residents committed to ending and undoing the harm of carbon emissions, students as young as fourth grade made big impressions.
At the Rise Up & Drawdown conference in Grand Rapids on September 25, students from fourth grade to college addressed attendees, explaining why they cared about climate change and what they wanted done about it. The solutions proposed and emotions displayed ranged widely in scope: from talking with friends and family to calls for international cooperation; from hope and admiration to tears and despair.
Rise Up & Drawdown, a conference focused on reducing emissions and undoing the harm of climate change, was organized with a focus on including people often left out of climate change discussions, said Bill Wood, WMEAC's Executive Director and member of the conference's steering committee. In a conference featuring heavy-hitters of the environmental movement, students represented the movement's future. They're a future that hasn't always been given a voice in discussions like this. Over time, they'll also most acutely feel the effects of delayed action in worsening climate change and environmental degradation.
Solutions were in the air at the Drawdown Michigan event, which took its name from the best-selling book "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming". The book is a curated list of the 100 most promising climate change solutions as supported by rigorous science. Paul Hawken, the book's editor and the event's keynote speaker, highlighted some of the most hope-inspiring solutions, from wind and solar power and eating less meat to educating girls.
If educating girls doesn't seem like a climate solution, it should. Education, and the empowerment it gives girls and women, allows them to shape their lives on their own terms, freeing them to make sustainable choices, Hawken said.
The power of education was on display when students took the stage after lunch to share their hopes and disappointments in the efforts to stop and reverse the effects of climate change.
Several shared stories of their environmental awakening: losing a favored swimming hole to pollution, hearing a peer, Greta Thunberg, talk persuasively and passionately about the damage done and how to fix it, or learning the importance of environmental protection from a parent or teacher.
Plenty expressed hope for the future. Their own education and passion were signs that things were getting better and they had role models, parents and teachers, that showed them how to act out their convictions. At least one Aquinas student had changed majors and schools to pursue a career in sustainable development.
Plenty more expressed despair and anger that they had to live in fear for the mistakes of their elders, like Thunberg in her testimony before the United Nations earlier that week. There she asked leaders, "How dare you? You have stolen my childhood and my dreams with your empty words."
One Kalamazoo Central High School student said she didn't want to live in the world society was making and cried. Another said, "We need to make a change and make it now or there won't be a future to live in." It was a stark reminder that, while it's inspiring that students are taking on the challenges of carbon emissions, it's an injustice that they have to worry so much.
However, students had more than strong words for decision makers. They had plans for action.
Two fourth graders, Arianna and Oceanne, who received a standing ovation, listed practical, achievable steps to take to halt and reverse climate change.
After they spoke, between requests for photos by attendees, they talked about their plans to start a climate change club in their school.
Their idea came from conversations about climate change they had on their bus rides home. Then they worked with their teachers and principal to make the group a reality. They met for the first time on October 2 with the goal of raising awareness of climate change among their classmates. They planned to make posters to hang around the school and invite speakers to address the group.
"I care about climate change because I'm scared it's going to hurt me and my generation," Arianna said.
"I want people to know what's going to happen," Oceanne said. "They don't know how bad it's going to be once it's irreversible."
Are they hopeful that kids like them and other people are going to fix the problem?
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As viewers recall, BPTV sued the BPCA in August of 2015 for violating our First Amendment rights by retaliating against our coverage in the press. Former employee Kirk Swanson also filed a federal case at the same time for being fired for doing his oversight job and not acquiescing to corrupt contract rigging.
Today during the BPCA board meeting, they had to get additional money approved by the board to pay the law firm of Sher Tremonte, which was hired to defend the BPCA against BPTV. An additional $225,000 was approved, making the total spent to date $500,000.
However, before Sher Tremonte, there was a different law firm. The BPCA fired them because BPTV was apparently putting up an unexpectedly good fight. The amount paid to that firm was likely at least $200,000.
It is unknown how much has been spent to defend against the Kirk Swanson case.
In total, the cost to the BPCA to defend against plaintiffs suing the authority for corrupt retaliation is likely more than $1 Million. Both cases should have been settled after the motions to dismiss were lost.
Chairman Dennis Mehiel is wasting your taxpayer dollars to fund futile personal battles in court. The legal fees to date are approximately $76 for each of the 13,000 BPC residents.
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Annual bike ride pumps up interest in the city's routes
Anica ButlerTHE BALTIMORE SUN
Usually when Farid Salloum wants to go biking, the Riverside resident loads his bike - and all his gear - into his car and drives to Baltimore County, to Sparks or Loch Raven.
"It involves a half-hour of preparation and driving time and a half-hour driving back," said Salloum, a marketing director. "It's an hour wasted."
But yesterday morning, while searching on the Internet for information about the newly completed Gwynns Falls Trail, Salloum came across the Tour du Parks, an annual city bike ride that traverses 30 neighborhoods and 35 parks over 34 miles. He found it just in time to make it to yesterday's event, which began and ended in Carroll Park.
Before the ride, he said, he had no idea that Baltimore had such extensive and picturesque bike trails, even though he has lived here for seven years. But he intends to spend more time enjoying the city's trails - now that he knows where they are.
"Baltimore lags behind most 21st-century cities in city biking. This is a great step forward," he said. "I'm really enamored with what I've found."
And that's exactly the kind of reaction that organizers of the third annual event were hoping for.
"We want to promote bike riding in the city and use of green space," said Gloria Pestridge, president of Friends of Carroll Park, which sponsored a festival after the ride.
Event co-chairman Dwight Pinkney agreed. "A lot of people don't even know that a lot of these parks exist," he said.
The more than 200 participants in this year's Tour du Parks could choose between a 15-mile route and the 34-mile route. Most chose the longer ride yesterday, organizers said. The 34-mile path took cyclists around the Inner Harbor, past the pagoda in Patterson Park, around the Maryland Zoo and onto the Gwynns Falls Trail.
The ride was a good way for residents to be pleasantly surprised by their own city, participants said.
"You see a lot of history," said Frank Hogarth, 42, of Gardenville.
He and Connie Wheeler, 42, of Charles Village agreed that an area of the Gwynns Falls Trail near an old mill race was the most scenic.
"You wouldn't expect it," Wheeler said. "It was pretty rugged."
Shannon Twenter, a 28-year-old teacher, has lived in Baltimore for three years. Yesterday she participated in the 15-mile ride for the first time, after a friend told her about it.
"It was nice to see all the noncity parts of the city. There are more hills in Baltimore than I thought," she said. "The whole trail was really beautiful. It makes you think you can bike in Baltimore."
The Tour du Parks attracted serious bikers and novices alike. Even small children participated, some towed by their moms and dads. Organizers didn't know how much money was raised by the event - participants paid a $25 or $30 registration fee - but said that the money would go to city parks.
And although the organizers also didn't have the final tally of participants, they estimated it was more than the 240 last year, and more than the year before that.
"We're hoping it gets even bigger next year," Pestridge said.


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Biografia
Suo padre era Procuratore della Repubblica a Sondrio, e anche lui ha vissuto in quella città. Si definiva liberal socialista, infatti, dopo la scissione di palazzo Barberini, si iscrisse al partito socialdemocratico.

Nel 1947, vinto il concorso di alunno al Collegio Ghislieri di Pavia, si iscrisse alla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia, frequentando anche alcuni corsi di Scienze politiche e soprattutto l'Istituto di Finanza dell'Università. Nel 1951 si laurea con lode e menzione per la stampa con una tesi in Scienza delle Finanze.

Nel 1954 divenne supplente di Ezio Vanoni, di cui era assistente, all'Università degli Studi di Milano.

Nel 1961 divenne professore ordinario di Scienza delle finanze all'Università degli Studi di Torino, dove fu chiamato a succedere a Luigi Einaudi da Einaudi stesso.

Fece parte del comitato scientifico dell'Istituto lombardo di studi economici e sociali e della Fondazione Luigi Einaudi di Torino.

Fu responsabile economico del Partito Socialista fino al 1982, quando divenne Ministro delle finanze del Governo Fanfani V. Nel Governo Craxi I fu ministro delle politiche comunitarie fino al 1985, quando si dimise per diventare sottosegretario delegato per gli interventi straordinari nel Terzo Mondo (contro la fame nel mondo). Ricoprì la stessa carica anche nel Governo Craxi II, fino al 1987.

Nel biennio 1984 - 1985 fu presidente della International Atlantic Economic Society.
Negli stessi anni è stato professore ordinario di Politica economica e di Scienza delle finanze all'Università La Sapienza di Roma.

Dal 1985 è presidente dell'associazione Politeia, e fa parte anche del suo Comitato Scientifico e Tecnico.

Nel 1987 è stato nominato presidente onorario dello International Institute of Public Finance.

È stato sindaco di Bormio (in provincia di Sondrio) dal 1988 al 1991.

È stato editorialista economico e collaboratore de Il Giorno, L'Espresso, Panorama, La Stampa, il Giornale, Il Sole-24 Ore, Italia Oggi, Libero, Il Foglio, L'Occidentale. È tra i curatori del "Dizionario del liberalismo italiano -Tomo II" edito da Rubettino nel 2015.

Dal 2003 è professore emerito dell'Università La Sapienza di Roma, e professore a contratto alla facolta di giurisprudenza dell'Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria.

È morto il 1º gennaio 2022 a Torino.

Incarichi di governo
 Ministro delle finanze del Governo Fanfani V (1982 - 1983)
 Ministro senza portafoglio per il Coordinamento delle politiche comunitarie del Governo Craxi I (1983 - 1985)
 Sottosegretario agli Affari esteri per la fame nel mondo del Governo Craxi I (1985 - 1986)
 Sottosegretario agli Affari esteri per la fame nel mondo del Governo Craxi II (1986 - 1987)

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Francesco Forte è il nuovo superconsulente del comune. Articolo del 2012
Francesco Forte, A onor del vero. Un'autobiografia politica e civile, Rubbettino, 2017

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Ministri delle finanze della Repubblica Italiana
Giuristi italiani del XX secolo
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Home>Music> Kehlani Reflects On The Joys Of Motherhood While In The Studio
Kehlani Reflects On The Joys Of Motherhood While In The Studio
Kehlani is loving being a mother.
Back in March, Kehlani gave birth to her first child, Adeya Nomi, and over the past few weeks, the singer has been showing her fans just how in love she is with her daughter. Having a child is always a life-changing event so it's no surprise that Kehlani would have so many strong feelings towards the person who will depend on her the most for years to come. While Kehlani is still learning about the challenges that come with being a new mother, the "Honey" singer is still very much focused on music and has plans for a brand new album which she is in the midst of working on.
From the looks of her latest Instagram post, it appears as though Adeya Nomi is being exposed to the world of music as Khelani posted a picture of the two hanging out in the studio for some quality mother/daughter time.
"The best job at the best job. new music coming i promise," Kehlani wrote in her caption. The singer also joked in the comments that "[her] bicep looks RIPPED it's cuz it's pressed against [her] body."
As of right now, there is no timetable for the release of her next album although it's clear she'll be splitting her time in the studio with mommy duties. For now, the two look very happy and that's all that matters.
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Tag Archives: heritage building
Posted on February 7, 2019 by mikedw
Retracing our steps….we shortly arrive at Portsmouth Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. At No. 14 will be found (for a short time only) a small old-fashioned house, on the front of which is painted an inscription, "The Old Curiosity Shop, Immortalised by Charles Dickens," now occupied by Mr. H. Poole, dealer in wastepaper. This is said to be the house assigned by the novelist for the residence of Little Nell and her grandfather, with whose pathetic history we are all familiar—
"One of those receptacles for old and curious things, which seem to crouch in odd corners of this town, and to hide their musty treasures from the public eye in jealousy and distrust."
It cannot, however, be regarded as absolutely certain that this particular house was the author's intended "local habitation" for one of the best-known and loved of his creations. The tale itself concludes with a reference to Kit's uncertainty as to the whereabouts of the place:—
"The old house had long ago been pulled down, and a fine broad road was in its place. At first he would draw with his stick a square upon the ground to show them where it used to stand. But he soon became uncertain of the spot, and could only say it was thereabouts, he thought, and that these alterations were confusing."
[A lady, personally acquainted with the great novelist, has informed the author that she was once taken by Mr. Dickens to No. 10 Green Street (approaching Leicester Square from the east)—at the corner of Green and Castle Streets, behind the National Gallery—the business of curiosity-dealing being then and there carried on. Mr. Dickens himself localised this house as the home of little Nell, pointing out an inner room—divided from the shop by a glass partition—as her bedroom. The premises are now rebuilt.]
'Rambles in Dickens Land', Robert Allbut, S.T. Freemantle. 1899.
Images top to bottom:
1. This old photograph reproduced on a postcard may have been made in the 1870s.
2. New tenants Gill & Durrant, successors to H. Poole photographed c.1912-1914. The shop was threatened with demolition at the time Allbut wrote that it would be there "for a short time only". It was saved, but Mr. Poole had already moved to new premises.
3. Another tenant – who needs to fix that roof urgently! Could be early 1920s. I think the lady in the doorway is dressed in Victorian style for maximum Dickensian effect.
The old shop today is surrounded by the brick and glass of the London School of Economics and in need of more maintenance. Modern opinion agrees with Allbut that it had no connection to Dickens. In fact Steve Draper claims in this post that it was rebranded in 1868, when it was a bookshop, to increase trade.
That dicussion is a distraction from the building's real historic value. Here is a 17th (some say 16th) century structure that has survived the Great Fire of London and the bombs of two world wars. Surely that deserves better than a Grade II listing.
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Wellington architecture #1
Posted on December 5, 2017 by mikedw
The Government Buildings, built on newly-reclaimed land in 1876 and photographed by James Bragge soon afterwards. Wellington would continue to spread into the harbour for most of the next century.
To many, the gem of Lambton Quay, undoubtedly one of the finest structures the Dominion has to offer, is the Government Buildings, erected in 1876 to meet the needs of the rapidly growing civil service, a beautifully proportioned block somewhat resembling a wooden replica of Somerset House, and standing in grounds which, though limited, serve to enhance not only the building they surround but the whole northern end of the Quay. The building is constructed entirely of wood, and forms the largest permanent wooden structure in the world.
c. 1902. The original "ugly" corrugated iron fence was replaced by railings, and the gardens improved, in the 1890s.
And what wood! A list of the materials used – a million feet of them – sounds like a building contractor's dream. For the main block, the framework of Tasmanian hardwood, the weatherboards and interior of kauri, For the wings, added later [1897 and 1907], the framework of rimu, the piles of totara, the weatherboards and flooring of matai, the interior finishings of kauri – an epitome of all the most precious of New Zealand forest products. The thought comes uppermost: "What forests passed beneath the axe to rear its walls!"
'The Streets of my City', F.L. Irvine-Smith, A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1948.
The civil service had outgrown its old offices by 1990 and left them empty. In recognition of its status as a heritage building, government sponsored restoration and conservation began four years later. Most of the interior is now leased to the Victoria University School of Law but parts of it are open to the public and well worth a visit.
The city has grown around (and above) it as cities do, and it's a little sad to see the old building, that used to dominate its surroundings, being overshadowed by modern office blocks.
This is the first of three loosely connected posts about the New Zealand capital's early architecture. Next – Government House, 1871.
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Assembly GOP leader says he's running for governor
• Published on December 12, 2017 • Last modified on October 9, 2019
There's now one official candidate running for governor of New York in 2018, and that's the Assembly's Republican leader Brian Kolb. He announced in a video released Tuesday.
Kolb, who's been an Assemblymember since 2000, is also a businessman. He's the founder and past President of two companies in the Rochester area, where he grew up. Kolb says he'd draw on the experiences of both worlds if he were to lead the state. He says he's been traveling and meeting with New Yorkers and asking them whether or not state government is working for them.
"If it's not, then I think it's time for a change," said Kolb, who said most of the people he's talked to have lost faith in state government.
"I'm going to try to change those perceptions," he said.
Kolb is somewhat of an underdog in the race. He leads the smallest faction in the legislature, in an Assembly dominated by Democrats, and is little known outside of Albany. As an Upstater, he'll need to convince voters in New York City and the surrounding suburbs that he's a good alternative to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo, who has a $24 million dollar campaign war chest, has not officially announced his candidacy but says he intends to seek a third term next year. Kolb admits the campaign won't be easy.
"It's a huge mountain to climb, some people liken it to pushing a boulder up a hill," Kolb said. "Which is almost like being the leader of the Assembly Republican conference."
The low key Assembly Minority Leader says Cuomo is too much of a politician and spends too much time on splashy photo ops and economic development ideas that he says haven't worked. And Kolb says the governor, who has been speaking out more often on the national stage lately, may be too distracted by a desire to run for President in 2020 to effectively govern the state.
"I believe he should not run for reelection for governor, win, lose or draw, if he's got any inkling to put his hat in the ring in the Presidential sweepstakes," said Kolb. " Because you can't take your eye off the ball of New York State. It's too complicated and we've got too much to do."
Cuomo, when asked about the 2020 Presidential race, says he is only focused right now on being governor.
Kolb is pro-life, but says he would not impose his anti-abortion views on others if he became governor, saying "a woman's right to choose is a decided issue". He is a member of the League of Women Voters and the NAACP, as well as the NRA. Kolb says he voted against the strict gun control measures approved by Cuomo and the legislature after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut shootings in 2012, saying they unfairly harm law-abiding gun owners. He says he supports having two different laws on gun control, one for upstate and one for downstate.
But Kolb says he wants to focus his campaign on financial issues, like improving the standard of living for New Yorkers and lowering taxes, as well as reforming corruption in state government. In his introductory video, he mentions governor Cuomo's' former top aide and other associates who go on trial next year.
There are at least three other potential Republican candidates for governor; Syracuse Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, and businessman Harry Wilson. Kolb says he knows and likes them all.
Kolb says he'll support whoever is ultimately chosen as the candidate at the Republican state convention next spring.
"I'm a team player," he said.
Two potential candidates for governor hold a civil discussion
Cuomo answers questions on tax plan, harassment policy


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Fake obituary for 7-year-old outrages boy's mother
News | September 5, 2012
Post Independent Staff
Glenwood Springs, Colorado CO
NEW CASTLE, Colorado – The father of a 7-year-old boy has placed an apparently false obituary announcing the boy's death, for purposes that have yet to be revealed.
The situation has prompted alarm among the family members of the youth, Seth McCoy, and has generated an investigation by the New Castle Police Department.
But, according to an Arapahoe County sheriff's official, the boy is not dead, and the boy's mother, Jennifer Stretch, is questioning the father's mental state.
"[Seth]'s sitting across from me right now, alive and well," Stretch told the Post Independent on Tuesday.
A New Castle police officer, who did not give his name, confirmed that an investigation has been started into the matter. But Officer Charles Butcher, to whom a reporter was referred to discuss the case, would neither confirm nor deny that any such case existed.
On Aug. 30 Clarence Jason McCoy, using the name Jason McCoy, submitted to the Post Independent an obituary for his son, Seth McCoy. The boy formerly attended Elk Creek Elementary School in New Castle but last year moved with his mom to the Denver area.
Authorities on the Front Range and in Garfield County, though declining to give exact information about the boy's current status, indicated that he is enrolled in a school in the Denver area.
The obituary, published on Aug. 31, was submitted jointly by Jason McCoy and a woman named Bethany Tharp, claiming to be Seth's mother. The notice asserted that Seth had died on Aug. 8 at "Children's Hospital."
It did not identify the location of Children's Hospital.
The obituary also did not name Seth's mom, among the listed survivors, and Stretch said she is puzzled by the obituary.
"I don't know his purpose was in doing this," Stretch said of her ex-husband on Tuesday. "Maybe he didn't want to pay child support, or maybe he just wanted attention. Or maybe he's mentally unbalanced."
She said the couple has been divorced since April.
Jason McCoy, reached by telephone on Tuesday, confirmed that he had placed the obituary, and that he has been divorced from Stretch for several months and that they have been separated for the past couple of years.
Regarding his son's status, McCoy stated unequivocally, "He has passed away. I have his ashes." The cause of death, McCoy said, was brain tumors and cardiac arrest.
Concerning the conflicting reports about whether his son is alive or not, McCoy said, "I believe it is my mother who's going around saying lies like this [that Seth is alive]." He said his mother, Trudy Ore, had suffered a severe emotional shock over the boy's death.
Calls to Ore's home and cell phones were not returned, and subsequent calls to McCoy also went unanswered.
A series of posts by Tharp on Facebook catalog a shocking series of health complications, supposedly on Seth's part. The posts describe several brain tumors that, according to the posts, put Seth into a coma in early August, shortly before he underwent surgery and reportedly died.
But at least one law enforcement agency has stated that Seth is alive and living with his mother in the Denver area.
Lieutenant Kevin Heaton of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office told the Post Independent on Tuesday, "As far as we're aware, the child is fine." He said a school resource officer specifically checked on Seth McCoy's welfare at school last week.
In addition, there is no record of Seth McCoy having died at a Children's Hospital in the Denver area, or of a boy by that name being processed through the coroners' offices of Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas or Jefferson counties.
And, in the words of the boy's mom, "He's been very healthy. He's been at my house all summer."
Stretch said she has contacted the Garfield County Sheriff's Office to start an investigation, but spokeswoman Tanny McGinnis said no such investigation had begun as of Sept. 4.
But Stretch, distraught over the entire situation, is at a loss concerning what she should do.
"This is bordering on slander," she said.
jcolson@postindependent.com


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Located in the village of Caol, near Fort William, on the shore of Loch Linnhe, Moss Park is a purpose-built care home, offering nursing care and nursing dementia care.
Many of the rooms in this friendly home have stunning views of Ben Nevis. Moss Park offers Residents a choice of sitting rooms and dining areas as well as places for quieter reflection. The landscaped garden, with pretty patio and sensory area, provides the perfect spot to relax or socialise with friends and relatives. All our bright and comfortable bedrooms and living areas are easily accessible by wheelchair.
Moss Park's Home Manager will make sure that all Residents receive the kindest possible care. Our Home Manager's extensively trained team deliver all the nursing and specialist care and support services that your loved one could require. Personalised care plans consider not only medical, personal and dietary needs, but also the individual's likes and dislikes, religious preferences, and any suggestions from family members that might make their stay with us that little bit more enjoyable.
The carers and Residents at Moss Park enjoy playing an important part in their local community. The home encourages an atmosphere of fun and inclusion and runs a weekly programme of events, which includes talks and demonstrations from local people willing to share their knowledge and talents. Performers from the area regularly visit and entertain Residents with songs, sketches, singing and dancing, and members of neighbourhood groups, volunteers and other locals often drop in for a cup of tea and a chat.