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Canal Side Inn reopens with new owners, new menu, new look, and new chef
Posted by David Warner | Feb 26, 2019 | Featured, Instant Articles, News | 0 |
by Dave Warner
Canal Side Inn opened for Valentine's Day with new owners, a new look, new menus and a new chef.
The new owners are part of the Rock City Development LLC group and according to Neil Rosenbaum, one of the owners, it was the familiarity the place had for Dave Casullo, CEO of the group, that caused them to purchase it.
"Dave has been coming here for probably 50 years and all of the 37 years of James Aufmuth's ownership. I've been coming here for the last five or six years and have absolutely loved it. It felt very comfortable here and we recognized that there's magic in this place."
As the group thought about what they wanted to do to help with the reinvigoration of the area, they felt that the Canal Side Inn would be a great centerpiece.
Finding Chef John Luciano was also a plus as well. "He brought the experience and food to a new level and really gives us the foundation to do a lot of different things," said Rosenbaum.
"We're planning on doing a lot of room and a dinner kind of packages. Movies, golf packages, weekend specials and the like to make it more of an experience," he said.
They are also planning on cooking classes, language classes, Pilates & CrossFit weekends, "where people might come, stay in the rooms, eat here and experience some kind of learning or lesson of some kind," Rosenbaum said.
Rosenbaum thinks that the most important thing is not what changed, but what hasn't changed. "When we undertook the renovation, and from the first day we started envisioning it, we felt that we had to maintain the feel and the ambiance that has been here."
Photo by Dave Warner – The inside of Canal Side Inn looks the same, yet different with all of the upgrades that have been made to it.
All of the planning and pre-construction consulting was done by David Dardzinski and Little Falls Construction did the work on the building. "We modernized some things; oil rubbed bronze lighting, LED spotlights for the artwork, we sanded down and refinished the walls, painted and completely re-did both bathrooms," said Rosenbaum.
They also created a coat room, did some upgrades in the kitchen, changed the carpet, and updated the bar. "The people that have been here so far have recognized the improvements. You can smell the difference…you can feel the improvements, yet they feel very much at home," he said.
They spent a lot of money on lighting and it has made a difference. In particular, it highlights a lot of Bob Willman's work that is hanging in the restaurant. "He was thrilled with the lighting," said Rosenbaum.
Willman has already sold quite a few pieces of the original works that are being shown. The owners have also had conversations with the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts about having other artists show on their walls.
Another exciting aspect for the new owners is the ability to book large groups of people for parties. Rosenbaum said "We've already booked parties of 30-40 people." They have the ability to book up to 60 in the facility.
The menu has changed as well. According to Chef John Luciano "The previous menu had a 100% French feel to it. There were some old American items on it with a French twist. So what I did, was I kept some of the most popular dishes and then I did some more modern American French twists."
Photo by Dave Warner – Chef John Luciano heats things up in the kitchen as he gets ready to prepare one of his special dishes.
"I think people were starving for change and keeping it the same theme, but just giving it a more modern twist. I think that's what I've accomplished here," said the Luciano.
Some items on the menu may have gone up 5-7%, while others have fallen in price. "As time goes by, tenderloin is going to go up, but as far as groceries on the shelf, I was able to lower the price a little bit."
"If you are a James follower, you can still get some of those items," he said.
If you're wondering how the flamboyant Chef got to be in Little Falls "My wife and I moved here to be closer to her family about five years ago. They were getting older and she wanted to spend time with them."
The couple grew apart, while staying best friends and Luciano was within two weeks of moving back to Boston. "I was outta here, I was gone."
"I was talking to Neil at first and he was saying all the right stuff, but everyone says all the right stuff. It's not my first rodeo and I said ahhh…..yeah."
However, he decided to check the opportunity out and Rosenbaum and Casullo kept selling him on the idea. "After awhile, the opportunity just sold itself. Seeing the area and the vision that they had, it wasn't just this, and I could be a part of it," said Luciano.
He likes to stay busy and be in the middle of things, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. "After a couple of months of working in Little Falls, I decided to move here. I've been here for a couple of weeks now and I love it. I made the right decision."
Rosenbaum said "We were very fortunate to find John and the fact that he was willing to make that commitment – pick up and move his home here, means a lot."
"He's like a walking billboard because he always dresses in his Chef's outfit and walks around town. People just stop him and want to introduce themselves," he said.
The owners allowed Luciano some discretion in the kitchen as well. "They didn't just put the money out front, which I was pleasantly surprised by," said Luciano. "They gave me a budget and I got some shiny new things."
The vent hood was problem for the 6'4″ chef, so they had to cut it all the way around so that he could navigate the kitchen.
"I told them one day it would have been a lot cheaper if they had gotten a shorter chef."
"We told John that he could have what he needed to have to do fine dining and fine food," said Rosenbaum.
As far as the changes to the bar area "I just think it's a more inviting space," said Luciano. "You're going to sit there and feel like you want something to eat. The barstools are so comfortable. It's just a different level bar when you come in here."
Photo by Dave Warner – The new updated bar area at Canal Side Inn. Under bar lighting, new tiles front, new barstools and even ladies purse hooks.
The atmosphere in the bar area is incredible. "Barbara is an amazing bar tender and she has a following. Now they can get an appetizer and they can see the food coming out from the kitchen. It's not your typical bar where you go in and watch the game," said Luciano. In fact, they have removed the TV that was there.
"It's more conversational now. And, we put purse hooks under the bar. I'm amazed at how much attention this has gotten. We even put them under the bar tables," said Rosenbaum.
When you talk about keeping the ambiance, there's the phone booth. "That used to be in the corner in the other room, and we moved it to the dining area. That's like a 1950's phone booth and when the lights are down and the light is on in the booth, it looks very cool," stated Rosenbaum.
Now, if guests want to make a personal cell call, they can step into the old phone booth and have some privacy.
The historical society also played a roll in the renovation of the bar area, providing over 2,000 images of Little Falls for them to go through that date back to the mid-1800's through the mid-1900's.
"We looked through almost 2,200 images, and broke it down to about 200 and then down to about 18. So now, ringing the bar, there are historical pictures of Little Falls. Businesses, Main Street, transportation, horse and buggies, locomotives. It creates that connection to the past that we were looking for," said Rosenbaum.
They are set up with Yelp, as well as OpenTable for reservations. "I believe we're going to be the only one on OpenTable from here to Utica, so if anyone is in the area and goes on there looking for restaurants, we'll come up," he said.
Rosenbaum said "We're really going to develop that online community and keep things up to date with specials, events, packages and the menu."
You can look forward to having some St. Patricks Day, Mothers Day, and even some brunch specials.
The Canal Side Inn website is being redesigned, but you can find out more by visiting http://canalsideinn.com/ or by calling 315-823-1170. The new menus are below.
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1. Use the back of a spoon to make a rounded crimp edge.
2. Cut angular lines into the crust and fold the pieces alternating in and out for this Cesar's crown crust!
3. Cut out small circles and place them slightly overlapping to get this dotted look.
4. This crust is made with different cookie cutter shapes! Try varying the sizes of the shapes to give depth to the design.
5. Cut out zig zag lines and place on top of your slab pie for this unique look!
Go here for the full recipe!
6. Use a fork to make criss-crossing lines. For fork's sake, it's so cute!
For full how-to, click here.
7. For this fabulous look, use a brush dipped in water to coat the bottom of the braid and seal it to the crust.
Click here for full how-to!
8. The classic lattice crust is actually quite easy to make, see the clip below!
9. For those of you feeling really daring, try this more advanced version of the lattice pattern.
10. Use a soup spoon for this delightful rainbow pattern.
Go here for the full how to!
• Milk or Cream - An even reddish-brown color with a fairly matte finish.
• Whole Egg, Beaten - Intense yellow-golden color with a shiny finish.
• Egg Yolk, Beaten - Deep golden-brown color with a highly glossy finish.
• Egg White - No color, but a very shiny finish. Use egg whites when you're planning on sprinkling the crust with sugar. It helps the sugar stick and makes the pie look sparkly.


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package storage::netapp::restapi::mode::listclusters;

use base qw(centreon::plugins::templates::counter);

use strict;
use warnings;

sub new {
    my ($class, %options) = @_;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(package => __PACKAGE__, %options);
    bless $self, $class;

    $self->{version} = '1.0';
    $options{options}->add_options(arguments =>
                                {
                                    "filter-name:s"     => { name => 'filter_name' },
                                });

    return $self;
}

sub check_options {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;
    $self->SUPER::check_options(%options);
}

sub manage_selection {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    my $result = $options{custom}->get(path => '/clusters');

    foreach my $cluster (@{$result}) {
        if (defined($self->{option_results}->{filter_name}) && $self->{option_results}->{filter_name} ne '' &&
            $cluster->{name} !~ /$self->{option_results}->{filter_name}/) {
            $self->{output}->output_add(long_msg => "skipping  '" . $cluster->{name} . "': no matching filter name.", debug => 1);
            next;
        }

        $self->{clusters}->{$cluster->{key}} = {
            name => $cluster->{name},
            status => $cluster->{status},
            metro_cluster_mode => defined($cluster->{metro_cluster_mode}) ? $cluster->{metro_cluster_mode} : "-",
            metro_cluster_configuration_state => defined($cluster->{metro_cluster_configuration_state}) ? $cluster->{metro_cluster_configuration_state} : "-",
        }
    }
}

sub run {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    $self->manage_selection(%options);
    foreach my $cluster (sort keys %{$self->{clusters}}) {
        $self->{output}->output_add(long_msg => sprintf("[name = %s] [status = %s] [metro_cluster_mode = %s] [metro_cluster_configuration_state = %s]",
                                                         $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{name},
                                                         $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{status},
                                                         $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{metro_cluster_mode},
                                                         $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{metro_cluster_configuration_state}));
    }

    $self->{output}->output_add(severity => 'OK',
                                short_msg => 'List clusters:');
    $self->{output}->display(nolabel => 1, force_ignore_perfdata => 1, force_long_output => 1);
    $self->{output}->exit();
}

sub disco_format {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    $self->{output}->add_disco_format(elements => ['name', 'status', 'metro_cluster_mode',
                                                   'metro_cluster_configuration_state']);
}

sub disco_show {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    $self->manage_selection(%options);
    foreach my $cluster (sort keys %{$self->{clusters}}) {
        $self->{output}->add_disco_entry(
            name => $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{name},
            status => $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{status},
            metro_cluster_mode => $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{metro_cluster_mode},
            metro_cluster_configuration_state => $self->{clusters}->{$cluster}->{metro_cluster_configuration_state},
        );
    }
}

1;

__END__

=head1 MODE

List clusters.

=over 8

=item B<--filter-name>

Filter snapmirror name (can be a regexp).

=back

=cut

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Marie-Christine has just sent me a picture taken this morning (Dec 16) at St Peter's square, just before the general audience (10:02). The picture speaks for itself, behind the "square" in the front rows, assistance is lean (it should be noted that for any GA, people arrive well in advance, and half an hour before the beginning everyone is already present, waiting for the Pope).
"Odon Vallet said few days ago, in the press, that the popularity of this Pope is so huge that it attracts 300,000 people at each audience.
There is two extra zéros !
However, The weather is nice, we are right in the Jubilee and the anniversary of the Pope is near.
My Comment : A Picture (or a video) is Worth a 1000 words.


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About Dawn
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What the Wild Things Are
While showering one recent evening, I noticed a spider, likely a black house spider, although I'm certainly no expert, crawling along a ceiling beam. If she continued along this slow march, soon she would be directly above the shower stall. I watched the spider's advance with a reflexive, total-body cringe. My first and only thought arriving in a hot flush of prejudice: Kill it.
The swift finality of this verdict came as something of a surprise. I'm no "spider hater," or so I thought. I've captured many an arachnid, skittering across the cabin floor or well-defended in a web-draped corner, and relocated her outside. My work in the garden, vineyard, orchard and mucking about the forest and meadow picking wild herbs and berries has largely cured me of the creepy-crawly heebie-jeebies. When I find the errant six- or eight-legged stowaway somewhere on my person, as I often do, I attempt to separate us with as little violence as necessary. When I come upon a spider in a web, whether among squash leaves or blackberry canes, my intention is to leave her be. Sure, I get bit and stung, by all sorts of tiny creatures seen and unseen. But over the years, I've become rather philosophic about the process. While there's an undeniable sacrifice of body and blood involved in reaping the fruit of the land, it seems little enough to give for what I get in return. After all, it must be admitted, it's Their World—the garden, the meadow, the forest. I'm just barging through.
But back to the shower. This was My World, and the spider on the ceiling was about to enter the drop zone. I felt—ok, I'll go ahead and admit it—both vulnerable and harassed, afraid and defensive. I imagined jumping out of the shower, forcing the spider to the floor with the swat of a broom, and then squashing her under my foot. Gotcha! I could already hear the wicked hahaha of triumph.
Really, Dawn? I asked myself. Yes, really. This spider has no business up here in my bathroom. This spider needs to die.
And then something happened. The spider moved to the low edge of the beam, still a few feet from the shower stall, and dropped down into thin air on a slowly unfurled strand of unseen silk. Hanging stomach-up, about a foot below the beam, her legs began working the strand with knitting needle precision. Tying knots? Weaving a leg-hold? I certainly couldn't see what she created, just that whatever it was involved highly skilled labor. Finally, she spun in circles like a Cirque du Soleil aerialist, caught herself with her two front legs, and climbed the rope of silk back to the beam. She stayed there for several moments, appearing to rest.
Astonished, I gaped at her perhaps ¾-inch length, legs drawn in against her body, huddled on the edge of the beam. She dropped again. Repeated a process my eyes could only barely register. Standing in the shower, where moments before I wanted nothing more than to squash this creature to her death, now I wished for binoculars to better witness her art. How else to describe the athleticism? The full-body grace? I thought of freestyle skiers, gymnasts, high platform divers all of whom share an uncanny body awareness. Even as they fall through space, they know exactly where their limbs are in relation to the structures around them. There is seductive magic realism in such bold defiance of gravity's absolutes.
But while the aerialist performs with the confidence of someone mere inches above the ground, she knows one wrong move, one instant's lack of focus, could lead to a plummeting death. What of the tiny spider hanging eight feet above the floor? Does the spider know what she risks? Perhaps, yes, in the sense that such risk is all part of being a spider, and merely doing what spiders do. The risk of building a web, whether in high tree branches or house beams, is simply an inescapable aspect of spider life.
As I finished rinsing my hair, turned off the water, and stepped out of the stall, what made me smile was the realization that her being a spider, merely living her spider life here in my bathroom had nothing whatsoever to do with me. This spider was not out to scare me, much less to "get" me. She was not seeking a plum opportunity to fall off the beam and into my shower. This aerialist artist arachnid was just doing her best to survive in the upper reaches of my bathroom ceiling. Attracted here through cracks in the log walls, through gaps in the window sills, or brought here, entirely against her own preference, on my coat or in my backpack. She's making the best of it, I thought, as my eyes kept tracking her efforts: drop, knit, spin, climb. She's doing all she can to make a home here. She wants to fit in.
And you know what? I believe that's all most beings on this planet want. We want the chance make a go of it, wherever we happen to find ourselves. From diverse immigrant communities in New York City to mixed congregations of predators and prey at watering holes in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, there is manifest evidence of the desire to go along and get along in order to survive. In my very own Brightside garden, a teeming variety of reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and spiders live in what largely appears to be balance. While it's true that the meadow voles do, on occasion, take more brassicas and snow peas than I consider strictly fair, I've also noticed that the garden ecosystem only grows stronger, producing more abundant fruit, to the extent I refrain from selective genocide. When, godlike, I declare one individual or species "bad" and condemn it to death, I set in motion a chain of events with consequences I, a mere mortal, can't possibly foresee.
So, if I know all of this, why my Kill the Spider reflex?
When I meet a spider on her turf, I react one way. I'm more than willing to make special effort to let her be. However, when a spider "threatens" my most vulnerable space, my gut reaction is to kill first and ask questions later. My reaction is based on my general sense of spiders as alien and therefore hostile. While intellectually I know spiders to be very important members of the ecological community, while I abide spiders in the garden, vineyard, orchard, forest and meadow, when a spider is in my bathroom, my first response is to lash out. My first response is to assume ill will on the part of the spider, who shouldn't be here in the first place, right? My first response is to justify preemptive violence on the grounds that if this spider could be trusted, she'd stick to spider-ville.
It's a tight circle of thought that serves to replace the actual spider busily minding her own business with a "wild thing" of my mind's creation. When this "wild thing" comes to life in my mind, the actual spider ceases to exist. She is thoroughly replaced by a projection of a well-honed set of biases and fears. Once this happens, only my concerted effort, my focused attention, my willingness, above all else, to watch and wait before acting, can reverse the process.
If this is true in my response to spiders, snakes and even bears, it is surely true, and arguably more important, in my response to humans I've come to label as alien and therefore hostile, humans I've learned to fear when I encounter them in unexpected places. Actual humans, with names and families and business to tend, that I might rush to replace with a "wild thing" of my mind's creation.
It is easy for me to imagine that George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn replaced the actual Trevon Martin and the actual Jordan Davis with "wild things." It is easy for me to imagine these killers so blinded by their projections of well-honed biases and fears about young black men, that they could not recognize the humanity of the boys they accosted. Zimmerman and Dunn were not willing to give the boys the space to demonstrate their intentions because the killers did not see the boys as boys, but as "wild things" out to "get" them. Rather than watching and waiting before acting, Zimmerman and Dunn chose preemptive violence. Kill first—no questions necessary.
Zimmerman and Dunn did not defend themselves against unarmed teenagers, but against "wild things," menacing, aggressive imaginary creatures.
There, but for the will to wait and watch before acting, but for the desire to see the actual human before our eyes, go we all.
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PepsiCo sets sugar reduction targets
PepsiCo has announced ambitious plans to dramatically reduce the sugar content in its drinks as part of its sustainable growth strategy for 2025.
These goals aim to continue "transforming PepsiCo's food and beverage product portfolio".
Its goals include: At least two-thirds of its global beverage portfolio volume will have 100 calories or fewer from added sugars per 12-oz serving by 2025; at least three-quarters of its global foods portfolio volume will not exceed 1.3 milligrams of sodium per calorie by 2025; and the company will provide access to at least three billion servings of nutritious foods and beverages to underserved communities and consumers.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi says: "We have mapped our plans against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and we believe the steps we are taking will help lift PepsiCo to even greater heights in the year ahead. Companies like PepsiCo have a tremendous opportunity – as well as a responsibility – to not only make a profit, but to do so in a way that makes a difference in the world."
Also included in their sustainability targets are commitments to significantly reduce carbon emissions, particularly those related to agriculture and packaging. Other elements of the plan include increased efforts in water preservation, sustainable sourcing of crops and the reduction of waste.
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PPMA Total Show 2022 – the 'must attend' event this Autumn
New Develpoment to Transform Waste into Food Powders
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Winston Gold Corp are a junior, early-stage explorer with nearly enough resources for a long-life mine looking for gold with two exploration properties in USA. They have a market capitalisation of ~C$2.75M which is a rise of roughly 28% over the last eighteen months. As of 10/29/2017 they have ~C$0M debt and ~C$0.07M cash. They have 83M shares outstanding and trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange and the over-the-counter markets.


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Streets Riddled With Potholes; Is Your Car Covered?
NEW YORK, February 18, 2011 – After enduring snow, wind, ice and frozen rain, drivers now must deal with a another challenge: potholes. Streets and highways have turned into obstacle courses in many parts of the country; fortunately, there is auto insurance coverage for damage resulting from potholes and other winter-related disasters, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).
"Winter weather can wreak havoc on cars, which is why car owners need to financially protect themselves with the right type and amount of auto insurance," said Jeanne M. Salvatore, senior vice president and consumer spokesperson for the I.I.I.
Damage to cars due to potholes is covered under the optional collision portion of an auto insurance policy. Coverage for potholes may vary from company to company—for instance, there may be limited coverage for damage to tires if the car itself was not affected by the pothole. This coverage also pays for a collision with another car, object or as a result of flipping over. Collision coverage is generally sold with a deductible of $250 to $1,000—the higher the deductible, the lower the premium.
The optional comprehensive portion of an auto insurance policy provides financial protection against a number of winter-related disasters such as a tree or chunk of ice that falls on a car, as well as a lightning strike that may be part of a winter weather phenomenon known as 'thunder snow'. Comprehensive coverage provides reimbursement for losses due to theft, fire, earthquakes, flood or hail. Basically it covers losses caused by something other than a collision with another car or object or a crash with an animal such as a deer.
Comprehensive insurance is usually sold with a $100 to $300 deductible; again, a higher deductible means a lower premium.
Comprehensive insurance also reimburses for cracked or shattered windshields, and some companies offer this glass coverage without a deductible.
Remember that comprehensive and collision insurance are optional coverages. Lenders, however, frequently require comprehensive and collision coverage as a condition of the loan agreement. Those driving older cars sometimes drop these coverages as way of saving money. If a car is worth less than one thousand dollars or less than 10 times the insurance premium, purchasing the optional coverages may not be cost effective.
Seventy-seven percent of insured drivers purchase comprehensive coverage in addition to liability insurance, and 72 percent buy collision coverage, according to 2008 National Association of Insurance Commissioners data.
The average comprehensive claim was $1,389, while the average collision claim was $2,869 in 2009, according to ISO.
Blustery winds along with snow and ice create hazardous driving conditions, increasing the possibility of auto crashes and injuries.
To drive legally, there are state required amounts of liability insurance. These requirements, however, are generally quite low, so in order to be financially protected drivers should be sure to get enough insurance to protect their assets in the event of a crash with another car or a pedestrian. The insurance industry and consumer groups generally recommend a minimum of $100,000 of bodily injury protection per person and $300,000 per accident.
Drivers can purchase more liability protection on their auto policy, or obtain an umbrella liability policy. Typically, these policies cost between $200 and $300 per year for a million dollars in coverage. This is a cost-effective way to get additional liability protection, but keep in mind that an umbrella policy kicks in only once the limit has been reached on the underlying liability coverage in an auto policy.
"Drivers should contact their insurance agent or company representative to review their auto insurance coverage and make sure that they are financially protected for their specific situation and are taking advantage of every available discount," pointed out Salvatore.
The I.I.I. has additional auto insurance information on how to file an auto insurance claim, the six basic coverages in an auto insurance policy, a white paper on compulsory auto insurance, as well as facts and statistics on winter weather.
In addition, the I.I.I. has growing library of auto insurance related videos and podcasts, including a podcast on how to save money on auto insurance.
The I.I.I. is a nonprofit, communications organization supported by the insurance industry. www.iii.org.


We´ve been working on an improved AI. Now the new algorithm creates new erratic movements to move away from our guns faster. You can use missiles but you'll run out of them quickly, so using lasers and the minigun is imperative.
Remember you have the cloaking device, ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) and EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) too.


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Four Defendants Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs and Guns in the Medina, NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants were arrested and charged in two separate criminal complaints with selling cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms in the Medina, NY, area.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn M. Hartford, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, in October 2021, the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force began investigating the drug trafficking activities of Ebony Shine, 36, of Rochester, NY, Nasir Shine, 20, Emmanual Taylor, 19, and Darrell C. Shine, 37, both of Medina, NY.
According to the complaint against Ebony Shine, Nasir Shine, Emmanual Taylor, between October 2021 and October 2022, the Task Force conducted a total of 14 controlled purchases, to include cocaine and fentanyl, and three firearms. Ebony and Nasir Shine and Emmanual Taylor are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, controlled substances, and face a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Darrell C. Shine, 37, of Medina, NY, is charged in a separate complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, a controlled substance, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years. Between October 2021, and November 2022, investigators conducted six controlled purchases to include methamphetamine, cocaine, and a firearm. In November 2006 and February 2011, Darrell Shine was convicted in Orleans County court of felony drug charges and is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.
During the course of the investigation and the execution of three search warrants at residences associated with the four defendants, investigators recovered six firearms, including an assault rifle and a tactical shotgun, ammunition, a quantity of cocaine, and drug packaging materials. Investigators also recovered approximately a pound of fentanyl, a half-pound of cocaine and $29,000 in cash, $20,000 of which was for one sale of over ¼ kilogram of fentanyl.
The complaints are the result of an investigation by the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force, under the direction of the Orleans County District Attorney's Office and District Attorney Joseph Cardone, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Matthew Scarpino, the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Field Division, the Orleans County Sheriff's Department, under the direction of Sheriff Christopher Bourke, the Medina Police Department, under the direction of Chief Chad Kenward, the Niagara County Drug Task Force, under the direction of Sheriff Michael Filicetti, and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Smith.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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Alsea SAB de CV engages in the operation of fast food restaurants and quick service restaurant cafes, and casual dining. The company operates through the following segments: Food & Beverages, and Distribution & Production. The Food & Beverages segment include fast food, coffee shops, casual dining, restaurant, and fast casual dining. The Distribution & Production segment specializes in domestic purchase, importation, transporting, storage, and distribution of frozen, refrigerated, and dry food products. It offers its services through its brands including Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Burger King, Chili's Grill & Bar, California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang's, Italianni's, The Cheesecake Factory, Vips, El Porton, Foster's Hollywood, La Vaca, Canas y Tapas, and Archie's. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Mexico.
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This is part 2, 1960-1963 RCA, Hickory, Nashville, Acuff-Rose years. To part 3, 1963-1969 RCA, Hickory, Nashville, country, bizarre and open minded singer-songwriter songs To part 4, 1970 & later MIM, Europe, years of retirement To part 5, Loudermilk singing traditionals and covering other songwriters To part 6, unknown songs/covers - info wanted! To a few sound samples of unreleased songs.
A'lante Flamenco. Thundering footwork, chattering castanets, soaring vocals and blazing guitars-- A'lante Flamenco takes hold of an audience and won't let go!
The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.


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Zoning By-laws are a set of regulations governing land uses that implement the policies in the Official Plan. By-laws cover such items as the use of land, where buildings and other structures can be located, the types of buildings that are permitted and how they may be used, the lot sizes and dimensions, parking requirements, building heights, and setbacks from the property lines. Zoning By-laws are regulated by Section 34 of the Ontario Planning Act.
The Town of Whitby has three by-laws: By-Law 2585, which governs land uses within the historic Town of Whitby; By-law 1784, which governs land uses in the former Township of Whitby; and By-law 5581-05, which governs land uses in the Oak Ridges Moraine. The by-laws divide the municipality into different land use zones, with detailed maps. The symbols in general, on the zoning map (e.g., R1, R2) are used to locate uses and standards for a specific property. On occasion, special exceptions to the zoning by-law may apply to a property. It is therefore recommended that zoning inquiries be directed to the Planning Department.
To inquire about zoning by-laws, please contact the Planning Department. If your inquiry is about a specific property, please provide the municipal address of the subject property.
The Zoning By-laws below are consolidations, as amended, and are prepared for convenience purposes only. For accurate reference, the original by-laws and individual amendments should be consulted, as there may be site specific provisions that apply to certain properties.
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For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD,"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you Hope and a Future.
Pastor Ben Daggett-Gonzalez is humbled and grateful to have received this invitation to serve at the work of God in Derry and Salem, alongside the St. Luke's and Pleasant Street UMC congregations. Ben is originally from a small town north of Hartford, Connecticut, where he, his older sister and brother learned from their parents a deep appreciation for the outdoors, prayer, music, travel, and the "art" of bringing puns into otherwise thought-provoking conversation.
Upon graduating from high school, Ben traveled to Brazil on a yearlong student exchange, and was so taken with the culture and language that he set off for Latin America again for his junior year of college, that time in Argentina. His experiences in foreign lands and the radical hospitality he received from strangers turned friends, turned family eventually convinced him in heart and mind that God's ways are better than his ways. Soon after that he came to believe that Jesus is the Way, as he had learned about from the Bible and in church growing up. Amazed at the prospect of participating in God's great story, Ben worked for several years as a medical interpreter of Spanish and Portuguese in central Massachusetts, and met his wife-to-be Milka and her children Carlos and Karlene among the community of faith. Milka, in addition to being passionate about Jesus, was an interpreter colleague and true friend. When Ben served with a mission team together with former street kids in Brazil, Venezuela, and Texas, he discerned that God's call on his life included seminary and full-time ministry. He enrolled in school again and completed his M.Div at the BU School of Theology in 2016, with a concentration in Global and Community Engagement. Ben and Milka were married in 2015, and came to the UMC through friendships and missional collaboration with Brazilian Methodists in the greater Boston area and Worcester. He is a provisional elder with the New England Annual Conference.
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If you've not seen Cascade's Sunseeker yarn, check it out! Sunseeker Multi is what I used for this bonnet, and I liked it so much I ordered 2 more skeins in different colors. (I needed more yarn, right?) This bonnet is a Fiber Trend pattern, and I'd forgotten how much fun it is to knit. Remember this photo?
The ties are an I-cord that also makes a nice finish on the bottom edge.
What's on my needles now, you say? A bunch of things, but I am going to concentrate on my Camp Loopy #3 project, started this morning. It's a vest for a certain someone; the pattern ranges in size from 6 mos. to 12 yrs., so if it turns out well, there will be more to make in the future for 2 other someones.
With the unusually sunshine this July, our garden has kept both of us busy. Enjoying the extra warmth is one of my favorite plants to grow each year, the Black-eyed Susan vine. As you can see, it's headed up to our second story! Each time I look at it I'm reminded of a prettier version of Jack-in-the-Beanstalk!
This year's flowers are sort of a peachy color with a dark center; all the other years before they have been orange and black. It was a surprise this time! If you've not tried this plant, it's very fun to watch. See you next time! Meanwhile, don't forget to check out Patchwork Times for some knitting inspiration.


You can skip to around 1:51:26 in The Jasta Show podcast below to hear it for yourself.
… Namely that the band is leaving Sumerian Records to go independent. Ash has some choice words and opinions to share which, once again, you can hear by skipping to the 1:51:26 mark the podcast below. It's actually very interesting.
Ash also called the band "their own worst enemy" at a point, referring to their potential from a business perspective.


These days, many people are looking for glow in the dark tape Lowes. The thing is that there are quite a lot of many different advantages and benefits that the glow in the dark tape Lowes bring to people and this is why more and more people are looking for them. Indeed, with the use of the glow in the dark tape Lowes, the people will be able to ensure safety in their homes and office places. This way, more and more of them will be able to get the many benefits that the glow in the dark tape Lowes brings.
The best thing about the glow in the dark tape Lowes is that, well, they glow in the dark. There are many instances that people tell each other that they hope that they can find glow in the dark materials to keep their homes and office spaces safe even when the night comes or when the dark falls. This is why more and more people are looking for this glow in the dark tape Lowes. They know that they will be able to get the best and the most effective tapes that will give them the safety that they need and deserve.
Many people think that the glow in the dark tape Lowes is only sold in Lowes. Well, they may be carrying the name but there are quite a lot of places that offer and sell these. Most hardware stores offer glow in the dark tape Lowes. There are some department stores that offer them too, as these places really have them all. But the thing is that more and more people are looking for the glow in the dark tape Lowes online. There are many very important reasons why. Initially, the different kinds of options online will brighten the eyes of anyone looking for glow in the dark tape Lowes. This way, more and more people will be able to see that they will be able to get the best of the best. With the online stores, they can choose the glow in the dark tapes that they need in any color that they want. The variety of online stores gives the best options for these people. This way, more and more people will be able to make sure that they are able to get what they need and find what they are looking for.
There are many uses for these glow in the dark tapes. There are people who use them as markers in stair treads so as to make sure that no one will slip or trip and fall down them. There are people who use them as guides to tell the direction of where people will need to step. Indeed, with the many different uses of these glow in the dark tapes come the different needs that people will have for them. This is how great these glow in the dark tapes are. This is why more and more people are using them as well.


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"2001: A Space Odyssey" and the Limits of Vision
Keir Dullea in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
One of the hottest tickets at Cannes this year was for a fifty-year-old movie that pretty much everybody had already seen and would soon be back in release. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film that had never screened at Cannes, made by a director who had never come to Cannes, arrived here courtesy of Christopher Nolan, who had also never shown a film at Cannes. Billed as an "unrestored" 70mm print — that is to say, a new print without any digital restorations or alterations — the film screened at the great Debussy theater, because it was one of the few places that had the proper speaker arrangement to do true justice to the soundtrack of the movie's 1968 Cinerama presentation. Nolan was accompanied to the premiere by Kubrick's daughter, Katharina Kubrick; Kubrick's producer and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan; and Keir Dullea, the actor who played astronaut David Bowman, the biggest human role in the film. The massive standing ovation after the screening was a foregone conclusion, but it was still heartwarming to see the love in the room for one of Kubrick's greatest masterpieces. (The Nolan version of the film is playing in New York this week, screening in 70mm at the Village East Cinema.)
Cannes has never been big on science fiction, especially science-fiction studio blockbusters. (They do sometimes make exceptions; Solo played the festival this year.) In a way, though, 2001 is the ideal Cannes film, in how it straddles art and mainstream cinema, austerity and magnificence, personal vision and commerce. It's still stunning to me that the film was such a hit back in its day, given the bizarre, unorthodox quality of its narrative. The story unfolds via silent suggestion, and the seeming coldness of its surfaces is purposeful, conveying humanity's complicated relationship to its tools: The primates of the first section live in a world without tools, and thus don't know what to make of them; the future humans of the later sections live at the mercy of their tools, and thus don't question them — until, finally, they do. Thus, alienation is the central thrust of 2001: alienation as ignorance, and alienation as detachment. This was one of the many reasons that the Village Voice's Andrew Sarris, never a big fan of Kubrick's, initially hated the film; to him, it was "Antoni-ennui" in disguise. (To his credit, Sarris later revisited 2001, this time making sure to get stoned beforehand, and decided it was an important and personal film from a major artist.)
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It occurs to me that I've watched 2001 in pretty much every format imaginable: Betamax, VHS, laser disc, DVD, Blu-ray, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, DCP, TV broadcast, cropped, uncropped, standing up, sitting down, lying down, with the lights on and people screaming, in a perfectly quiet movie theater with only me and three others.… I was, I think, five when I first saw it; Star Wars buzz had hit Ankara, Turkey, but not Star Wars itself, so my parents took me to a screening of 2001 telling me it was Star Wars. (Imagine thinking for a whole year or so that 2001 was Star Wars.) 2001 did have a cursory 70mm theatrical re-release in 2001 — Kubrick had died and the Warner honchos that worked with him had departed, so the release, which I suspect had been negotiated before the filmmaker's death, came with little advertisement or support from the studio.
Sometimes people tell you that a movie becomes an entirely different thing when you actually see it on a huge screen. (I am often one of these people.) Often, they're (we're) exaggerating; the movie may play better, and you may watch better, but what's actually onscreen rarely changes. 2001, however, is a different thing. It's a film made for that huge screen, for absolute immersion. There are fine details in the image that are nearly impossible to see on a TV. The level of obsessive minutiae that Kubrick and his fellow wizards put into every shot is bewildering: Watch the scene of the spaceship docking at Clavius Base; on a big screen, you can see that there are tiny people doing tiny activities in each of the tiny windows, with tiny little monitors behind them, each showing different tiny little things. It was maybe on my tenth viewing of the film that I finally caught that.
"2001": Landing at Clavius
And time moves differently in 70mm: What drags on a small screen becomes an actual environment on a huge one. With TV, you wait for something to happen. With 70mm, you are the thing that's happening; you're living in the space of the film, at least for a little while. That's why the "space" in that title has different meanings: The film is a journey through outer space, but it is also a journey through cinematic space. It conjures the future by making you sit through its vision of the future, spending time just being in it. A sense of scale and spectacle is crucial to 2001, because it contrasts with the blasé attitude of the humans in the film; the tension between our awe as viewers and their indifference as characters is what the film is largely about.
Watching 2001 in 70mm at the Debussy, I was also struck by how differently the celebrated Stargate sequence at the end of the film — the giant, trippy light show that basically obsessed a generation of viewers and helped turn 2001 into the ultimate stoner movie — plays on a massive screen. The rumbling and howling on the soundtrack, the floor shaking beneath your feet, the blossoming colors and speeding rays of light, the wild patterns forming and reforming on the screen, the occasional freeze-frames back to David Bowman's face — at that size, these things actually do cause some physiological reactions. I felt not only transported, but as if my body had suddenly stopped being my own for a few minutes; as if the film had taken over. By restoring our sense of awe, 2001 doesn't just command our attention on the screen — it sends us out of the theater to see the world with new eyes.
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On the Chillicothe Police Report from Wednesday calls for service, officers responded to a loud music complaint in the 300 block of JFK Avenue, and on Locust Street.
Officers were dispatched to a parking complaint at Missouri and Bridge Streets.
Officers were dispatched to a report of a child not returning home from school in the 2600 block of North Fair Street. The Child returned home just prior to the officer's arrival.
Officers responded to a dispute in the 500 block of West Mohawk. The incident was determined to be a civil matter.
Officers responded to a two vehicle non-injury crash at Third and Locust Streets.
Other calls included a report of a juvenile that was out of control in the 1800 block of Bordon Street. It was referred to the Livingston County Juvenile Officer and police responded to a theft in the 1200 block of Webster.


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Bollywood Actress Sonali Bendre Diagnosed with High-Grade Cancer
Indian actress Sonali Bendre has been diagnosed with high-grade cancer, the actress stated on her Instagram and Twitter accounts on Wednesday, adding that she is currently seeking treatment in New York. Sharing about her battle with the illness, Sonali Bendre in a long note wrote, "Sometimes, when you least expect it, life throws you a curveball. I have recently been diagnosed with high-grade cancer that has metastasized, which we frankly did not see coming. A niggling pain led to some tests, which led to this unexpected diagnosis. My family and close friends have rallied around me, providing the best support system that anyone can ask for. I am very blessed and thankful for each of them."
"There is no better way to tackle this than to take swift and immediate action. And so, as advised by my doctors, I am currently undergoing a course of treatment in New York. We remain optimistic and I am determined to fight every step of the way. What has helped has been the immense outpouring of love and support I've received over the past few days, for which I am very grateful. I'm taking this battle head-on, knowing I have the strength of my family and friends behind me," she added. (Sonali Bendre Haircut For Cancer Treatment)
Sonali Bendre Diagnosed with High-Grade Cancer
Sometimes, when you least expect it, life throws you a curveball. I have recently been diagnosed with a high grade cancer that has metastised, which we frankly did not see coming. A niggling pain led to some tests, which led to this unexpected diagnosis. My family and close friends have rallied around me, providing the best support system that anyone can ask for. I am very blessed and thankful for each of them. There is no better way to tackle this, than to take swift and immediate action. And so, as advised by my doctors, I am currently undergoing a course of treatment in New York. We remain optimistic and I am determined to fight every step of the way. What has helped has been the immense outpouring of love and support I've received over the past few days, for which I am very grateful. I'm taking this battle head on, knowing I have the strength of my family and friends behind me.
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Madsow writes at Engineer A Debt Free Life. He is a nearly 30 year old test engineer striving to get out of debt. Instead of spending time doing unproductive things, he is spending his time researching frugal life and living for less.
I discovered Clever Dude earlier this year when I started reading blogs as a way to inspire me to get serious about getting out of debt. It has proved to be an inspiration and is one of the blogs that inspired me to start my own frugality and debt-elimination blog. It is an honor to write a guest post for one of my original favorites.
After we started to get focused and came up with a real budget to follow, we found that groceries and eating out were huge expenses. We stopped eating out just about all together, that was a no-brainer… but what to do about the massive grocery budget? As an engineer this is what I do, take a problem and design a way out. So I designed a three step plan to drastically cut our food bills.
We started only buying our meats in bulk when it was on sale and bulk cooking. We started with meat, but bulk cooking and preparation has done many wonders for us. Clever Dude inspired me with his Frugal Lunch article on mass assembling PBJ's. This applies to everything.
Buy ground beef on sale 5 or 10 pounds at a time and cook it in the roaster in the oven. You can cook it plain, bag it and freeze it if you like. We often make taco mix, pasta sauce and sloppy Joe mix this way and freeze into portions. The best part is when you come home tired at the end of the day, you don't run down to KFC and pick up dinner. You just pop dinner in the microwave and 10 minutes later you are chowing down on a cheap home cooked meal.
Think about this a minute… how much more frugal can you get than not buying things and being happy with what you have? For instance, we spent all of October making many of our meals out of stuff stored in the pantry and freezer. Things were looking pretty depleted and I thought we were going to have to hit the store again, but by taking a few minutes to write out an inventory of exactly what we had on hand I was able to make combinations for dinners and managed to come up with another 29 suppers. That's a whole month of free suppers just by using what we had and as an added benefit you actually eat things before they go bad.
Like many people, we used to go out grocery shopping and pick up whatever we thought we needed to get though the week. Turns out, most of the time we bought about 30% more food than we needed and almost every week we bought stuff we already had sitting at home. By making a set menu the weekend ahead, we could see just what we needed and bought only that. Wow, did this help cut back!
I hope my three step approach will help you with your grocery budget blues as much as it has ours. Bon Appetite!
Don't forget Leftovers when talking about cooking in bulk! When I was in college, my Dad told me his "secret" of cooking double portions. I've put this into practice for years because it saves time (twice the meals in the same amount of cooking time) and allows you to take the "brown bag discount" on lunch!
I never considered freezing cooked meat. We buy ground meat in bulk (5-10lbs) and freeze it in 1lb uncooked portions. That way we can thaw only what we need for a recipe.
I'll try precooking a few pounds next time and see how it affects my dishes.
We used to have a grocery bill of over $150 every two weeks, just for the two of us! We decided to go on a 'diet' and eat healthier. To do this we decided to stick to 'natural foods; that are not packaged (unless they were necessary). Now when we go grocery shopping we stick to the basics; fruits, vegetables, and meats. We also pickup pa few items like salad dressing, pasta sauce, chicken broth, etc. Doing this we have driven the cost of our goceries to under $70 every two weeks!
We also eliminated many premade desert items (ice cream, cookies) as well as premade dinners.
Good tips. The problem with bulk cooking is that you don't always have room to store it. Since it either needs to be in the freezer or fridge, it takes away a lot of useful space, and even in the fridge has a lifeline. Also try coupons.com to get some cutout coupons for local supermarkets.
I just read this out-loud to my son (13 and hungry all the time!) and my husband, who does the cooking (our deal is he cooks, I clean up).
My hubby said we could even bulk cook chicken and pork roast. The bulk cooking would be especially helpful because during the week dinner can be a rushed affair due to boy scouts, karate, piano lessons, homework, working out, etc.
They liked the idea of only cooking the stuff on hand and we agreed to make an inventory this weekend.
I have a feeling that trying to get a week-in-advance meal plan may be pushing the envelope a little too far.
2 other things – one, we rarely have leftovers with a 13 year boy and a home improvement contractor in the house (LOL)! And 2, what do you put the bulk-cooked food in for freezer storage?
We usually put our bulk cooking in 1 quart freezer bags or tupperware (more like cheapo rubbermaid stuff at our house) so that everything is in neat and easy to microwave portioned sizes.
Perfect for busy schedules. 5-10 minutes later a home cooked meal is served. VOILA!
1 and 3 work great, but I have found that they are hard to make habits since real life usually interferes.
Having stuff frozen in the freezer is awesome, especially when life has you drained or on the run.
The canning area of your Walmart/FleetFarm etc will have specialized containers for this too.
We froze squash and pumpkins I got from my parents last fall and can use them in bread, bars, or with the squash just add some butter and brown sugar and serve them.
Hi, I make frozen dinners all the time. I got tired a long time ago of eating frozen dinners bought from the store. I live alone. So one day I decided I would make my own frozen dinners. I will make a crockpot full of beef stew, or pork stew, or chicken stew and put them in glad containers and and put glad wrap over the top of the food to keep frost bite out and then put the top on. I can get 5-6 meals per crockpot. Put them in the freezer and I have a frozen lunch for work every day. I sometimes will make about 18-30 meals in a weekend..To give me a variety to choose from. Then when those get low…I start the process all over again. I also will make chili in the crockpot. I also make pasta sauce and freeze it without the pasta, also I make large pots of veggie soup. A large pot gives me about 12 meals which I freeze for lunch or whenever. I do this to make sure I get one really nutricious meal every day…rest of day will be fruit or a sandwich..etc.
I don't buy cookies, chips or junk food..I gave up all that due to it not being nutricious and trying to keep my grocery costs down. This year I put in raised beds to start going my own veggies to keep costs down that much more.
Great blog! I've been buying meat in bulk for years, and it's fantastic for our family (two teens, two adults). I usually buy the biggest packages I can find (around 5 lbs), and cook one package with onions, drain the grease really well, and then add taco seasoning. I'll let this simmer for awhile, cool, and then pack into 5 flat gallon freezer bags. If they are flat, they stack well, and defrost quickly! I also cook the other up with onions and garlic, degrease, cool, pack the same way, and then defrost for spaghetti sauce, Hamburger Helper, pizza toppings, etc.
I do this same exact thing with chicken–sometimes I'll use the huge $5 rotisserrie chickens at Costco–and sometimes, I"ll use chicken on sale, etc. Either way, it's easy/fast to store/defrost/reheat these big, flat packages–and I don't get grumpy about making dinner anymore…it has saved us a ton of money! (I've started doing this with grilled veggies, now, too–but I don't freeze them–I just use them for the week in omelettes, salads, sandwiches, salads, pasta, etc..yum!!
Thanks for a terrific blog–can't wait to read more of your wonderful ideas!
One thing I do is a weekly fridge and freezer "lookaround" once a week, usually on Friday. I pull all the stuff out of the front of fridge shelves so I can see *everything* that's in there and root around to see what needs to be used next and if anything is bad (I'm trying to cut down on that! There is a woman who has Food Waste Fridays on her blog which is a pretty fun idea–she takes pictures of all the food that has gone bad during the week and posts it on her website).
Anyways, from that I can see what I need to eat next or freeze before it goes bad, do some basic planning, and tweak the shopping list with the goal of using up the fridge and freezer stuff before it goes bad. It really cuts down on food costs for me, plus the fridge is a lot nicer because of it.
You can post your own pictures too! Fun!
You're definitely on target with those list. In this times of hardship, we only need to buy what we really need. Inventory is very important. Sometimes we can't control ourselves from buying just about anything you can see on the grocery store. Your post is really helpful to remind us to be frugal and teach us not to waste.


So it was almost two years ago (January 2016) that we announced WorkXO to the world. It's the company that Maddie and I created with Charlie Judy, a cutting-edge HR leader in Chicago. At WorkXO, the three of us created the Workplace Genome, which I feel (with admitted bias) is the best culture assessment out there.
Today Maddie and I are announcing WorkXO Solutions (among a few other things). It's just an offshoot of WorkXO—we created it as a separate company to house the consulting services that we've been developing around the Genome. Charlie's going to continue running WorkXO as the software/assessment side of the business, which needs a different kind of attention and development right now to take it to the next level. That leaves Maddie and me to really grow the consulting side, and we're super excited.
So first things first—Maddie and I have new email addresses (isn't it funny how one's whole world, it seems, revolves around an email address?!). I'm at Jamie@workxosolutions.com and Maddie's at Maddie@workxosolutions.com, so make a note of it!
Second, we're launching our first online training course. It's a 7-part course on managing generational differences. I've been delivering generations training for many years (my ebook on generations first came out in 2007). Over the last two years I pulled it all into a 4-hour, in-person training program that has been really successful. So we just converted that into an online format, and I think it might even work better than the live version.
It's open to individuals, though we assume that most people will get access to it through an organizational license (and associations take note, because it might be something you want to offer to members). Check it out here, and let me know if you have any questions, or if you want to be one of the first organizations to run a pilot.
Of course, Maddie and I are continuing to offer the innovative culture consulting that we offered while we were at WorkXO (and Culture That Works before that). It's what we love to do, and now that we have the Genome as our discovery tool, and a solid methodology for creating both culture priorities and a culture playbook, the work is getting even better. We haven't yet built up a WorkXO Solutions website, though we do have our basic information up on our training site.
We're excited about this next evolutionary stage in our work. Thanks for being there with us.


Three suspects has been detained in Bihar's town of Gaya for their alleged links to the explosion of a low intensity bombing and subsequent the recovery of two more live bombs at His Holiness the Dalai Lama camp where he was stationed last month. The three suspects have been detained for their alleged links to certain terror groups.
"The three men were picked up from different locations in Marufganj area under Kotwali police station, said sources. They were taken into custody and interrogated for possible connection with the recovery of crude bombs near the Kalchakra grounds at Bodh Gaya last month and the activities of 2008 Ahmedabad blasts Tausif Alam, who was arrested in Gaya in September 2017." said the report in the New Indian Express on Sunday.
Mohammad Anwar alias Munna Mistree the first suspect to be detained at the inputs from Central investigative agencies, led to the arrest of the two others, Mohammed Shad and Mohammed Shami from Marufganj area in Gaya district. Though there were protests against the arrest from their parents and neighbours, the police discovered that one has links to Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM), a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group, while another carried online money transfer to account outside India and the third possessed a pistol.
"One suspect was detained after we received inputs from central investigation agencies. Based on the facts that emerged from his interrogation, the two other men were picked up. A pistol was recovered from one of the three," said Gaya SSP Garima Malik.
The NIA is now probing the suspects for their links to the serious security breach in the holy place of Bodh Gaya during the spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama's stay there on January 19, where thousands of foreign pilgrims were also gathered to attend his sermons.


It's wedding season. Do you have your summer suiting kit dialed in? We went on a day-long blitz of the tailoring racks at the finest stores in NYC in search of the best summer suits and sports jackets money can buy.
The key to this versatility, and what makes a summer suit crucial for the season, is the weight and breathability. These days, more suit makers than ever are crafting half-lined or unlined blazers out of lightweight, open-weave fabrics. Why wear cotton all summer when wool-silk-linen blends actually breathe? I would have walked out with the P. Johnson suit immediately if they sold them off the rack; turns out all their suits are made in eight weeks or so after a proper fitting with a tailor. So I had to soldier on. Here's the best of what I found.
The Armoury, in Tribeca, was the obvious place to start. The Armoury is basically the clubhouse of a new generation of tailoring obsessives, having introduced countless New Yorkers to their dandified vision of soft shoulders, wider lapels, and two-inch cuffs. (They showed off just how good it looks in GQ Style's spring tailoring shoot.) The NYC and Hong Kong stores work primarily with Japanese suit label Ring Jacket, and stock their tailoring racks with everything from gray-blue business basics to muted plaids and washed-out colored linens. I was drawn to a tonal navy wool-and-silk seersucker Ring Jacket suit for its subtlety, a term not frequently associated with the fabric. Need to hit a few southern summer weddings? Easy.
I also pulled out a light tan blazer that, upon closer inspection, had a micro-houndstooth pattern more common in fall-winter jackets—but this one was all linen and unlined, so lightweight you can literally see through it. I forgot I was wearing it at all as I browsed the linen shirts, but I definitely looked like I belonged. Ring Jacket wool-silk seersucker suit, $1,850 / Ring Jacket linen houndstooth sport coat, $1,150.
Saks Fifth Avenue hopped way off Fifth in February, when it opened a dedicated men's store in Lower Manhattan's Brookfield Place mall. It carries a downtown-leaning sportswear lineup (think Dries Van Noten, Off-White, AMI, Saint Laurent) and has a sprawling shoe section and a corner dedicated entirely to tailoring, with a room for custom suit appointments. I made a beeline straight to the brightly colored Isaia rack nearby.
Isaia is the family-owned Neapolitan tailoring house known for its advanced fabric development and eye-popping colored jackets, so needless to say they make a good summer sport coat. I was tempted by an aqua wool-silk-linen jacket and its slightly washed-out finish, but it felt a little too soft and dense—a heat trap on a hot day. Better was a dark gray jacket with a thin, textured light gray-and-red overcheck plaid. The fabric was 100 percent wool but had a dry, crunchy hand to it, a relatively loose weave, and was quarter-lined. A gray-and-red wool jacket in summer? Stranger things have happened in fashion. Isaia wool jacket, $2,995.
The aforementioned P. Johnson was the next stop. Started by Aussie Patrick Johnson in 2008, the brand boasts six showrooms between Australia, London, and New York. As with The Armoury, P. Johnson's predominant silhouette resembles the Italian style, i.e. soft shoulders, wide lapels, and a slightly wrinkled vibe.
But since each piece is custom-made (in Italy), you can choose stronger roped shoulders for a Savile Row look or a narrower, more conservative New York–style lapel. Not that I was looking for that. Besides the gorgeous greenish-khaki suit I tried on, a seersucker blazer with gray-and-blue awning stripes was a compelling casual take on the absurdist prep staple rowing blazer. Put in your orders now and count on a warm fall—or better yet, plan ahead for next year. Loro Piana wool khaki suit, $2,500 / Jackets, $1,300 and up / Suits, $1,750 and up.
The Boglioli shop, on Bond Street in NoHo, is the perfect venue to showcase the brand's famed unstructured, garment-washed blazers. Designed by Milanese studio Dimore, its clean modern lines are softened by charming, colorful accents and warm wood furnishings. I would have drunk Perriers there all day if they had let me. Boglioli's first creative director, Davide Marello, left earlier this year, and the Spring-Summer collection in stores now is his second-to-last before Boglioli's in-house team takes the reins once more. The family-owned brand's creative foundation is strong, and I have a few pre-Marello pieces that I wear constantly, but his last few collections have been total heaters, featuring some of the best styling of the season.
Back to the blazers—Boglioli innovated the soft, washed, unstructured jacket that's cut slim, looks effortless, and travels easy, the lightest example of Italian tailoring out there. The suits are straightforward and subdued. I was more inclined to kick back in a sharp single-breasted peak-lapel blazer made of a blue-green silk-linen fabric. If Boglioli keeps making that, I'm good. Boglioli silk-linen jacket, $1,250.
Just down the block from Boglioli is the basement-level C'H'C'M', one of the last, best independent men's boutiques in NYC. Founder and owner Sweetu Patel brings a furniture-design background to menswear, and the highly edited selection of basics (and some wilder pieces) from brands like Evan Kinori, Niuhans, PAA, and S.K. Manor Hill is like the ultimate downtown creative-kid uniform, now that most creative kids wear Common Projects and cutoff jeans.
C'H'C'M' is currently wrapping up a Drake's pop-up shop as the British brand prepares to move to a permanent Crosby Street location, so every suit-wearer's accoutrement is available—but Drake's own foray into tailoring has been almost too successful, as they were pretty much out of linen suits. I turned my attention to C'H'C'M''s offering, and liked the in-house line (which is steadily expanding) version of a simple blue blazer. But the real winner was a highly breezy shirt jacket by Niuhans. Slightly clinical, sure, but it was exactly what I've been looking for on hot days when just wearing a tee won't do. I slept on the non-labcoat navy version, long sold out—a bummer that saved me $375. Niuhans sound cloth shirt jacket, $375.
Next I went uptown to hit Barneys. Okay, I didn't go that uptown, stopping at the new downtown location in Chelsea rather than the Upper East Side flagship. As cool teens off school for the summer circled the Vetements and Balenciaga racks, I made my way to the Gosha Rubchinskiy zone and tried on one of his youthfully shrunken blazers. It was a scratchy linen-wool pinstripe and felt entirely on trend, if not particularly comfortable. A Margiela blazer without lapels—a cardigan made of suiting fabric, basically—was fun and a little deranged, a blazer-priced garment that ignores every dress code. More believable was a wool-piqué knit Barena Venezia DB blazer. It was super slouchy and, while fairly thick, felt like a knockout layer for evenings and Arctic office air conditioning. Barena Venezia wool-blend piqué double-breasted sport coat, $785.
Whoever dresses the regal, outlandishly quaffed mannequins in the windows of Caruso's labyrinthine Midtown store clearly has a good time, a sense of humor that doesn't get in the way of Caruso's extremely serious suits. The store is in a former gallery, with a dinner-jacket room, a camel-hair-fabric room, a vaguely safari-themed room, and a wall of exquisite double-breasted seersucker suits. Caruso's principles revolve around living life like "a good Italian," and it's hard to argue against the sartorial roadmap they've laid out to get you there (on a princeling budget, of course).
I tried on an optic white seersucker suit; elsewhere I might have looked like Colonel Sanders, but in Caruso land I was a good Italian indeed. Next up was a sandy linen safari jacket, complete with belt—the perfect non-blazer summer jacket. I donned Caruso's distinctive camp shirt underneath, collar spread wide, and considered what sorts of financial crimes I could commit in order to attain any one of the suits there. If not for a lack of smaller sizes, I would have tried on nearly everything in store, the only Caruso boutique outside of Milan. Seersucker suit, $3,100 / Safari jacket, $2,250.
On my way back downtown, I had one more crucial stop on my itinerary: Brunello Cucinelli. Mr. Cucinelli is the king of cashmere, yes, but it turns out he makes a damn nice virgin wool–silk-linen joint as well. I dropped in on the SoHo store, the only one in NYC I hadn't been to, which had several racks of these silky jackets in the colors of the season: navy blue, jade green, and pomegranate red. Brunello is one of the most soothing shopping experiences out there, because everything is consistently soft, beautiful, and believable, nearly each piece a total wardrobe no-brainer. My mind was made up on a wool-silk-linen blazer with tonal blue overcheck, as well as a simple navy travel jacket that was semi-translucent when backlit and somehow also felt indestructible. Should you need to bring a suit along on summer vacation? That's it. As for what I went home with in the end, Mr. Cucinelli won out—at the brand's sample sale, that is, where I picked up an exquisite muted linen houndstooth blazer that fit just right off the rack. (Full retail dreams can wait.) So I've found my perfect piece of summer tailoring—time to find yours. Brunello Cucinelli overcheck jacket, $2,795.
Your casual summer style inspiration is here.


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freebook … just a freebook please!
This looks like a wonderful freebook – or paybook.
A freebook would be a nice gift for me this Christmas!
I would love a copy of the Freebook!
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The Theophano Imperial Palace features Double Deluxe, Suite Deluxe (some with private pool), and Suite Club rooms with sharing pool. All rooms have a king size bed and vibrant, warm interiors and wall to wall carpeting, bathroom with Jacuzzi-bath, selection of hair and body lotions, bathrobes, slippers, hairdryer, shower kit, DSL Internet connection, LCD Satellite TV, personal in-room safe, mini bar and afternoon maid service.
Extras for Delux Suites can include a separate master bed room with king size bed, Greek wine and fruits on arrival, flower bouquet upon arrival, 2nd bathroom with shower cabin, second bedroom with twin beds, coffee and tea making facilities, two flat screen TV'S and DVD (range of CD & DVDS), private butler service on request, early check in & check out up to 18.00 hours subject to availability, comfortable living area with dining table, choice of pillows, and a large terrace overlooking Toroneos gulf. Some suites have their own private pool on the terrace.
Offering 5 Star service and quality, the Theophano Imperial Palace is steps from the sandy beach in popular Kassandra, the most western Peninsular of Halkidiki and nearest to Thessaloniki. This superb hotel offers a full range of leisure facilities, fine dining, and excellent service for couples and families with deluxe accommodation decorated in warm and happy colours and such extras as Jacuzzi baths and quality accessories. Guests to the Theophano Imperial Palace can visit nearby historical sites, enjoy plenty of water sports, and roam the vast coastline featuring private bays. Thessaloniki International Airport is 14 km from the Hotel.
Local Tips: Traditional Taverns, Discos, Bars and many other forms of entertainment can be found in Kassandra, including an extremely extensive variety of water sports.
Food, drink and entertainment: Half Board accommodation. The hotel has a main restaurant for all day dining, a gourmet restaurant, Italian Trattoria, Mediterranean Tavern, two cocktail bars, pool bar, Piano Bar, Lobby Bar, full beach service, and 24 hour room service.
Sports, games and activities: Main swimming pool, children's pool, sun beds and umbrellas at pool and beach, beautiful green gardens, 6 tennis courts, beach volleyball court, tennis tables, mini golf, darts, beach and water aerobics, kid's club (4-12 years old) with special kids menus, and early suppers. Extensive water sports facilities are on the beautiful sandy beach, guests can rent sail boats, pedalos and canoes, jet skis, paragliding, banana boats and ringos. A professional diving centre provides the opportunity for all guests to try for a PADI Internationally acknowledged certificate.
Additional: 24 hour reception, two large lobby areas, all suites with Sea or garden view, air conditioning, 24 hour room service, 24 hour security, shopping centre, laundry service, babysitting available at extra charge, International press, business centre, private parking.


Overnight online success is extremely rare. Most successes are a culmination of the testing, analyzing, improving and testing cycle.
If you really want online success, or even offline success, then you must understand the importance of correct marketing testing.
Do I have a website strategy?
What is my ROI on each strategy?
Am I you split testing your content?
Is tracking installed on each page of my website?
Am I monitoring my squeeze pages? If yes, Am I monitoring the results scientifically like following modifications of term and phrases, content and layout and other 2.0 web techniques? Which pages gives give me better returns? Can you analyze why?
Which form placement works better?
What site links are better exchanges?
Do I know the unique visitors, hits, time spent, page hit, etc., etc., etc. for your website?
Do you know all the measures for your website traffic?
Scientifically track headlines, home page, navigation settings, Changes in pictures and graphics, location of certain offers, features, buttons, etc.
Monitor your links- both incoming and outgoing and your automated business functions and above all your list building and lead generation methods.
Always update your prospect and customer communication system and shopping cart.
In his free report on testing Ajay talks about some of the tracking measures and following the visitor profile.
"Here are some of the tracking measures you should be talking to your web designer/builder about. In fact, they should be talking to you about these things. If you have to bring them up you are already in trouble, with a capital T.
How many visitors are coming to the site?
How many visitors are new vs. old?
How long does each visitor stay on your site?
What does each visitor look at?
What graphics, words, pictures, etc are generating the most responses?
Which search engines are getting you the best prospects?
How many pages does the visitor look at?
What are your website rankings?
How much money have you made from the average visitor?
Who are your biggest money-making customers?
If you use PPC is it working and paying for itself?
Which links are bringing your visitors and are they converting to customers?
it costs to maintain it!