At her request, former local sports reporter Kelli Tennant's lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton of sexually assaulting her at a Santa Monica hotel was dismissed this week.
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Mountain Lion Kills DogsPet owners were warned to be on alert Thursday after a mountain lion killed one dog and attacked another in Simi Valley.
Urgent Call For Missing FamilyAmber Aiaz, AKA Mei Yi Wu, 34, and her daughter, Melissa Fu, 12, were last seen on Friday, Nov. 22, at their residence located in the area of Michelson and University in Irvine.
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Hotel Transylvania 4 is an upcoming American computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The fourth installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and sequel to Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), it will be written by Michael McCullers, and features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, and Sadie Sandler, reprising their roles.
The film is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2021.
- Adam Sandler as Dracula: The 540-year-old lord of the vampires, and founder of Hotel Transylvania.
- Andy Samberg as Johnny: A 29-year-old man, who is Mavis's husband.
- Selena Gomez as Mavis, the 126-year-old daughter of Dracula.
- Kevin James as Frankenstein: The monster famously created from reanimated dead tissue, by Dr. Frankenstein. His friends call him "Frank".
- David Spade as Griffin.
- Steve Buscemi as Wayne: A werewolf.
- Keegan-Michael Key as Murray: An ancient mummy.
- Molly Shannon as Wanda: Wayne's werewolf wife.
- Fran Drescher as Eunice: Frankenstein's wife.
- Sadie Sandler as Winnie: The eldest werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda.
On February 26, 2019, Sony Pictures Animation announced that a fourth film is in development and is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2021. In October 2019, Genndy Tartakovsky revealed that he won't direct the film.
Hotel Transylvania 4 is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2021.
- Donnelly, Matt (February 26, 2019). "'Hotel Transylvania 4' to Hit Theaters in December 2021". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- Trumbore, Dave (October 4, 2019). "'Hotel Transylvania 4': Genndy Tartakovsky Confirms He Won't Be in the Director's Chair". Collider. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 26, 2019). "'Hotel Transylvania 4' To Open Doors Christmas Season 2021". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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We took a look (and a test ride) at the booth of Canadian brand Devinci. Bikes are all made in Canada and the suspension models use Dave Weagle’s Split Pivot design.
First up is the 145mm travel, 26in wheel, ‘should be good in the UK’ Dixon. It’s pitched as a true all mountain bike that’ll still work as a daily trail bike. It features 145mm of Split Pivot travel, a tuning ‘chip’ in the rocker arm to raise or lower the BB height for different trails and it’s made in Canada.
Devinci Atlas: Here’s the Atlas from Devinci, it’s a 110mm 29er trail bike with ‘the shortest chainstays of any full suspension 29er’
The Atlas features the same Split Pivot design as other bikes in the range, along with a BB92 bottom bracket, 142×12 rear axle and that chip system to raise and lower the BB height.
We took these two out on a back to back test ride and we can report that the super short 16.9in back end really helps make the bike feel, and corner more like a 26in wheel. There’ll be a video along shortly about that too.
In the meantime, here’s the Wilson, Devinci’s full-on DH bike. It now features carbon seatstays for added stiffness as well as some very complicated looking machining going on inside that shock garage in the seat tube.
The new Atlas and Dixon should be out very soon. Devinci is brought into the UK by Haven Distribution


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Since you have actually made it to this article I am thinking you are here for one (or more) of 3 reasons Qaerogarden
- You appear to kill any plant you touch
- You have no space to have a garden outdoors
- You don't have the time to care for a garden
Return just a couple of years and all three of these points sufficed reasons to quit on your dream of growing your own produce in your home.
However … not anymore.
You may have heard of a business called AeroGrow. They have developed and manufactured an indoor gardening system called the AeroGarden that solves all three of the problems I simply pointed out.
How does an indoor, mess free QUICK growing garden sound?
Sounds good right?
The Miracle-Gro Aerogarden certainly does live up to the hype. In this article, we will look at the most popular models, who each design is best for and any special considerations that you require to consider in the past purchasing one of these amazing creations.
Keep reading to be surprised!
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AeroGarden Purchasers Guide
What Is An AeroGarden?
An Aerogarden is a hydroponic indoor garden that can be setup nearly anywhere. These hydroponic marvels enable you to grow lavish indoor gardens at any time of the year– ideal on your kitchen bench (or in your bedroom, or in your workplace, or anywhere you like)!
You can grow nearly any type of plant you like; fancy a herb garden? Easy! How about an indoor vegetable garden? Done!
And if you are among those people who seems to eliminate any plant you touch, well the Aerogarden has you covered with fool proof gardening. The garden itself informs you when its time to include water or nutrients and it even has a light that turns on and off instantly to simulate a regular day/night cycle.
Simply a few of the ways you can utilize your Aerogarden consist of:
- Produce an indoor fresh herb garden
- Filters the air in your house for a cleaner environment
- Grow plants from seedlings inside your home where they are safe from severe weather, them re-plant them outdoors when they are larger
- An indoor vegetable garden; lettuce and leafy greens grows especially well in an Aerogarden
- Grow flowers indoors and liven up your home
How An AeroGarden Functions
Among the very first impressions people have when they discover Aerogardens, is that it is a complex scientific gadget. On the contrary, the gadget is very easy to utilize.
The consisted of guidebook is clear on how to assemble your gadget. Then it is simply a case of plugging it in, and your garden is all set to grow.
The Aerogarden works by combining the ideal conditions needed for plants to germinate, into a self included hydroponic community that grows like a dream inside your home.
Each type of Aerogarden is engineered to grow different sized plants, so selecting the correct Aerogarden for your needs is extremely essential. Instead of growing in soil, the Aerogarden utilizes sophisticated hydroponics technology to grow your plants 5 x faster than they would usually!
Each Aerogarden design is various, however they all have the following typical parts that assist them work their magic:
Each set includes Aerogarden pods (pre-seeded growing containers) that help with fast germination; they are specifically designed to feed your plant the essential micro and macro nutrients, oxygen, and water. The roots grow in water and air, and considering that they are not heavy the pods can quickly support your herbs as they sprout.
The liquid nutrients in the water allow healthy roots and nutrient absorption into your plant. All seed pods are non-GMO and are soil totally free.
Each garden also has an integrated pump or aerator that distributes the oxygen, water and nutrients to the plants.
LED Grow Lights
Grow Lights are very important for photosynthesis to occur and the Aerogarden Ultra LED grow lights (white, blue, red) are ideal for the job. The lighting in all the models is automated, and you do not need to fret about forgetting to change it on or off. This completely timed lighting assists your herbs to grow 5 times faster than it performs in your outdoor garden. Nevertheless, the rate of growth depends on the Aerogarden design that you are using.
The Aerogarden control board is easy to utilize. Different models have different types of control panels and functions, however the essentials are the same. It reminds you when to include nutrients and when to include water and the user handbook informs you precisely just how much of each needs to be added.
A Growing Garden All Year Round
The garden works throughout the year. The natural weather do not impact your Aerogarden gardening.
What Can I Grow?
What you grow in your Aerogarden depends on what pod packages you purchase.
The pod type that features your system depends upon which variation you order. However there are always more seed pods offered to order if they do not featured exactly what you wish to grow.
Simply some of the seed pods readily available from the Miracle Gro shop are:
- Italian herbs
- Cherry tomatoes
- Chilli peppers
- Salad greens
- Medical herbs
- Asian herbs
- Jalepeno peppers
- And a lot more
And not only can you buy the seed pods prepared to go, if they don't have what you want then you can plant whatever you like using the ‘Grow Anything' seed pod kits!
You simply need to supply the seeds, and the Grow Anything package consists of everything else you require to grow the specific type of plants you want to.
The Number Of Plants Can An Aerogarden Grow?
The quantity of plants you can grow depends upon the design of Aerogarden you select.
For instance, the Sprout can grow up to 3 pods simultaneously, while the Aerogarden Farm can grow up to 24 pods simultaneously!
But with a greater number of plants, comes a greater size. So make sure you have the area for the system you are considering before you go and buy your Aerogarden package.
Where Should I Place My Aerogarden?
Due to the fact that the Aerogarden supplies everything your plants need to germinate and grow, it actually can be placed anywhere inside your home.
It is worth noting that some of the models can make an audible sound when the pump is running, so it is most likely best to keep it far from sleeping locations.
The basements, kitchen area, den or living locations are all excellent area to put your Aerogarden.
Miracle Gro AeroGarden Reviews
AeroGarden Bounty Elite
Effective 50 watt LED lights that will increase your output enormously.
- 9-pod garden to enable you to plant variety.
- Option of 4 seed sets
- User friendly touchscreen for easy control
- Grow plants up to 24″ high
- Guaranteed 5 times growth than an outdoor garden.
Perfect for: Those who want a fully consisted of indoor garden system that can grow practically anything!
The Miracle-Gro Bounty Elite permits you grow a range of herbs, vegetables, and even flowers in any indoor environment. In our opinion, tt is the finest among the Aerogrow designs as it a considerable increase in output over the other versions.
If you want an Aerogarden that provides great versatility to grow almost anything, the Bounty Elite offers 24 ″ of grow height which will cater for almost anything you would like to plant.
The Bounty is very easy to put together and utilize and In simply a few days you can see the seeds sprouting.
There is no requirement to utilize pesticides and all Aerogarden pods are non-GMO.
The control board on this system is a touchscreen display that is really simple to use. Incorporating on-screen prompts to assist you perform the basic tasks needed to keep your Aerogarden flourishing.
If you seek a modern-day, streamlined looking indoor garden– then the stainless-steel style of the Bounty Elite is ensured to impress.
- Produces a big amount of plants Plants grow quick
- Pump is great and peaceful
- Uses up more space than smaller sized models
- More pricey than other designs
Other Aerogarden Bounty designs readily available:
- Bounty Basic (more cost effective).
- Bounty Elite Artisan (exceptional model).
- Up to 24 ″ grow height on the farm plus.
- Automatic Twin 60W LED Lighting system.
- Grow up to 24 plants at as soon as!
- Integrated touch screen for simple use.
- Wi-Fi and Amazon Alexa connection.
Perfect for: Anybody with desires the most significant and the best Aerogarden!
Are you among those individuals who always needs to have the biggest and finest? Will then the Aerogarden Farm is ideal for you. The Farm24Plus comes permits plants to grow up to 24 ″ in height which is two times the height of the Bounty!
Even those these monsters look complicated, they really aren't too tough to create. Just follow the included directions and you will be up and running in no time.
The grow lights in this model are suspended from the leading frame and the height can be changed independently on each side of the system. This allows you to position the light at the optimal height– no matter the maturity or size of your plant.
And the fact that you can grow up to 24 plants at the same time means that you are actually growing a complete veggie garden– in your own home. You will not be lacking food any time soon!
Consisted of with the Farm 24Plus are 2 free seed packages, which can be picked from a selection of 3 options.
The in constructed Wi-Fi and Amazon Alexa connectivity implies that you can link to your Aerogarden from where ever you are and offer it guidelines or look at the status of your plants.
- Looks excellent
- Grows substantial quantities of food
- Wi-Fi connectivity is great
- The pump on this design is really peaceful
- Uses up a great deal of area
- The app needs some work to be really beneficial
Other Aerogarden Farm models available:
- Farm 12 (Fits 12 plants).
- Farm 12XL (small footprint and 36 ″ of grow height).
- Farm 24XL (36 ″ of grow height).
- Automatic 20W LED Lighting system.
- Fits 6 seed pods.
- Basic backlit buttons for easy usage.
- Grows 5 x faster than soil gardens.
Perfect for: Those on a budget plan, get the magic of an Aerogarden at an inexpensive cost.
You don't need to spend a great deal of money to get yourself an Aerogarden, and the Harvest is the ideal choise for anybody who wants a standard system without the big cost.
The Harvest has an easy to use illuminated button panel integrated in that makes using this system a breeze.
This is a terrific gift for anyone with minimal gardening area, especially for those who tend to have a ‘black thumb'.
A natural day/night cycle is preserved by the automatic LED light system, this helps the plants grow at their optimum rate and guarantees you can harvest as quickly as possible.
- Modern stylings.
- Plants grow quickly.
- Surprisingly compact.
- The pump on this model is very peaceful.
- Just 12″ growing height.
Other Aerogarden Harvest designs available:
- Harvest Elite (stainless steel).
- Harvest 360 (round shape).
- Harvest Elite 360 (round shape, stainless-steel).
- Harvest Elite Slim (slim, stainless-steel).
- Mature to 3 plants at the same time.
- Little footprint.
- Easy to setup.
- Automatic grow light.
A view window to quickly see when it is time to include water.
Perfect for: Anyone who has actually restricted area (or a limited budget) for their Aerogarden.
Required something with a small footprint? Well the Sprout is most likely exactly what you want. If you do not require the substantial output of the Bounty or the Ultra, the Sprout fits simply 3 seed pods which is perfect for the casual cook!
Assembly of the Sprout is very fast and extremely easy and you can have it up and running in under 10 minutes.
The control board is the model of simpleness, it advises you when to include nutrients and automatically manages the overhead LED Grow light.
The Sprouts grow light consists of 60 LED bulbs and this offers your plants the full spectrum of sunlight needed to guarantee the optimum development rate.
- Has an extremely little footprint so it takes up barely any space
- Easy to setup and use
- The height of the sprout grow light is restricted, so when your plants get to huge you will require to cut them or replant them someplace else
- The pump is louder than the larger designs
Aerogarden Frequently Asked Questions
How long will the plants live?
The life span depends on the type of the plant. Veggies can measure up to 6 months, flowers approximately 5 months, greens and herbs as much as 4 months.
How do I understand my Aerogarden is Wi-Fi made it possible for?
The Wi-Fi logo is shown on the package and the best side of the clock on the control panel.
Can I transplant my plants from my Aerogarden to the outdoor garden?
Yes. You can use your garden as a seedbed and transfer your plants shortly after germination.
Are the nutrients and seeds organic?
The nutrients and seeds provided are non-GMO, no pesticides, and no herbicides. They are organic as approved by the FDA requirements.
What are the maximum heights that my plant will grow?
The plant height will be identified by the length of the lamp and the container. The different designs supply various heights.
Can I customize my growth lighting system timer?
The timer is automated according to the kind of plant you pick. It can not be customized.
Can I grow a variety of plants at the exact same time?
Yes, you can. Nevertheless, you will require regular pruning to handle the development. Enjoy for plants that require more area when sprouting.
How healthy are Aerogarden produce?
They are abundant in anti-oxidants, vitamins, and phytonutrients.

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An earthy assortment of mushrooms, fresh baby greens and the salty creaminess of cheese muddled together and nestled in a flaky golden pastry! If that doesn’t sound like a fancy pie, perfect for a quick Sunday lunch, I don’t know what does.What started out as an idea to make classic Spanakopita parcels, one of my favourite Greek comfort foods, ended up as a mushroom loaded pie and trust me it was worth every bite of flavour and more! And the best part about pies? It’s a simple three part process: Make the filling, prep the pastry and in the oven! Voila, a rustic delicious pie at the table!
PREPARATION TIME: 45 minutes
- 4 sheets of filo pastry, at room temperature (store-bought)
- 1 large red onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- A knob of butter
- 100g white button mushrooms, sliced
- 1 large Portobello mushroom, cubed
- 50g dried porcini mushrooms
- Few sprigs of fresh thyme
- 200g baby spinach
- 250g fresh ricotta cheese, drained
- 100g feta cheese
- Sea salt, to season
- 1 whole egg
- Splash of milk
You will also need: Loose- bottomed 10″ tart tin
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
On a low heat, toss the baby spinach onto a pan and drizzle with olive oil. Once the spinach has wilted down, take it off the heat and set aside.
Soak the dried porcini mushrooms in hot water and let it steep until you need it. Since you don’t need the broth you could always save it for another day.
Turn up the heat, add the onion and garlic to the pan and sauté until it softens. Add in all the mushrooms, a few thyme leaves, season generously and fry until they catch a bit of colour.
Squeeze any water out of the spinach leaves, roughly chop and add to the pan.
Take the pan off the heat, add in the ricotta and stir through. Crumble in the feta cheese and set aside.
Carefully place the filo sheets on the work surface and lightly butter between each layer. Lightly grease the tin and place the pastry over the tin nudging it into the corners of the tin.
Place the mushroom-spinach filling into the prepared pastry shell and fold over the filo pastry. You don’t have to be precise when doing this, the more folds the better it looks and you get more of that lovely flaky golden pastry!
Whisk an egg with a splash of milk, and brush over the pastry. Place in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the pastry catches a golden brown colour.
Serve it up warm!
When rolling the filo pastry, be delicate while layering and brushing with butter. You don’t want to tear through the sheets.
Make sure to cover the filo with a damp tea-towel or else it gets dry and is harder to transfer to a baking tin without damaging it.
If you give this recipe a go, I’d love to see how it turned out. Leave a comment below and share your pictures on Instagram using the tag #thecookbooklife!

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Help Build Confidence in a Writer…An Evening of Readings February 20, 2015 at Florida Institute of Technology Evans Library…
What does a Shuttle astronaut, an honorary Brevard County Historian, the wife of a Florida former poet laureate and Joanie Holzer Schirm have in common? Nothing that I, Joanie, can figure out until February 20, 2015 comes around. That’s when we, along with some other illustrious authors will read from our books or poems at a Florida Institute of Technology hosted evening event at Evans Library in Melbourne, Florida.
Normally, the life of a writer is a solitary one. At least for me it is as I need total silence to place my words correctly on the computer screen that later produces the word doc that turns into my books. I’m not one of those writers who has a jazz playing in the background or allows my husband to spend much time in my writing room. I need peace and quiet.
But when an occasion comes up with a willing audience on hand for me to read aloud what I wrote while in hibernation, it feels darn good. Why? Because as a writer I suffer constant self-doubt. This style event becomes an indicator that someone cares about my work or some tiny piece of it. Just the invitation proves the work must be acceptable beyond the four corners of my writing room. Right?
FIT is a special place for me…it’s where my father, Oswald A. Holzer, MD donated ten years of his life as the Campus Doctor after he retired from his private medical practice. He built the Student Health program from scratch, donated his salary and time, and then, to top it off; he and my Mom, Ruth Alice Lequear Holzer established the Holzer-Lequear Endowment for FIT to help students gain their education. It is only fitting that on February 20th I would speak about the star of my books – my dad. I’ll provide a tiny bit about the backstory of his life before FIT from some readings from my book, Adventurers Against Their Will.
So if you want to help build confidence in a writer (Andrew Aberdein, Ben Brotemarkle, Weona Cleveland, Marcia Denius, Joddy Murray, Winston Scott, Louise Skellings, Scott Tilley, and me), please share your time on February 20, 2015 – 6 – 9 pm at FIT’s Evans Library. It’s free, and there will be refreshments.

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MOOSE JAW, SASK.—People in parts of Moose Jaw, Sask., had to use shovels after a storm dumped piles of hail on some neighbourhoods.
There was so much hail Wednesday morning that a school bus got stuck on a residential street.
The Prairie South School Division thanked bus drivers for getting students to class safely.
The school board also expressed gratitude to people who helped clear a path for the vehicles through the hail, which was knee-deep in some places.
Around parts of the city culverts were blocked with the ice.
There are reports that more than 50 millimetres of precipitation fell during the brief storm.

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UN Chief: ‘Unconscionable’ That Somalis Suffer From Climate Crisis They Did Little to Cause
On the last of a two-day visit to Somalia, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called out climate injustice.
Somalia is in the midst of a drought that claimed 43,000 lives in 2022, but only 15 percent of Somalia’s 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan has been funded so far this year.
“It is unconscionable that Somalis, who have done almost nothing to create the climate crisis, are suffering its terrible impact – just as they are beginning to emerge from years of conflict and insecurity,” Guterres said Wednesday, as UN News reported.
Guterres’ remarks came during a press conference in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu as he was urging the international community to step up their support of Somalia. The Humanitarian Response Plan organized by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) calls for $2.6 billion this year, but has only received $347 million so far.
“When famine looms, this is totally unacceptable,” Guterres said. “The international community must step up and dramatically increase the volume of funds to support Somalia in this moment of difficulty.”
The drought in Somalia is the worst the country has experienced in 40 years, according to The East African. It is also the country’s longest drought on record, Al Jazeera reported in February. The rainy season has failed for five years in a row in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, according to The East African. This has killed crops and livestock and forced at least 1.7 million people to leave their homes and look for food and water elsewhere. In Somalia alone, 11 million livestock have died, according to Al Jazeera. Further, 1.4 million people have been displaced, 80 percent of them women and children, UN News said.
So far, a joint Somali-government and UN report released in March estimated that the drought had caused 43,000 early deaths in 2022, half of them children younger than five, according to The East African. In January, the UN resident coordinator for Somalia said drought-related deaths would “almost certainly” overtake the more than 260,000 fatalities from a famine declared in 2011.
This year, around 8.3 million people in Somalia — about half its total population — will be impacted by the drought, according to UN News. At the same time, the rains that did come in March caused flooding that killed 21 people and forced more than 100,000 from their homes, The East African reported.
“Climate change is causing chaos,” Guterres said, as UN News reported. “Somalia has experienced five consecutive poor rainy seasons, and this is unprecedented… Poor and vulnerable communities are pushed by the drought to the brink of starvation, and the situation can get worse.”
Guterres, whose trip was part of his tradition of paying solidarity visits to Muslim countries during Ramadan, also spent time with internally displaced families in Somalia’s South West State Tuesday. His visit comes the same year as a new study from the University of Oxford that looked at displacement, conflict and weather changes in Somalia from 2016 to 2018. The research, published in Global Environmental Change, found that even a one degree Celsius increase in local monthly temperature could multiply anticipated displacement by a factor of 10 over time, while a decrease in monthly rainfall from 100 to 50 millimeters could double it.
“The lives of pastoralists and farmers in Somalia are balanced on a knife edge. Even a 1°C rise on normal temperatures – whether sustained or frequently re-occurring over a few months – is enough to cause pastures to dry up and crop yield to change,” study lead author and research associate with Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and Climate Econometrics team Dr. Lisa Thalheimer said in a statement emailed to EcoWatch. “Our research shows these seemingly small temperature changes are having an outsized impact and are forcing communities to leave their homes.”
Despite its disproportionate impact on their lives, Somalis have done next to nothing to contribute to the climate crisis. Their per capita carbon dioxide emissions actually declined from 1990 to 2019, from 0.1 metric tons to near zero, according to data from The World Bank.
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The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University has unanimously elected Kathryn O. Greenberg as chairman of the board.
Ms. Greenberg, the first alum of the university to be elected chairman, succeeds Earle I. Mack, who has held the position since 1992. Mr. Mack, a New Jersey real estate developer and arts patron who also owns champion racehorses, is resigning to pursue challenges that will take him away from New York, the university said.
Ms. Greenberg is a 1982 cum laude graduate of the law school. She worked at the firm of Shea & Gould after graduating, and then as a supervising attorney at Cardozo's Bet Tzedek Legal Services Clinic. In 1990, she founded the New York Legal Assistance Group to provide free legal services for low-income New Yorkers. She and her husband, former Bear Stearns CEO "Ace" Greenberg, also established a scholarship fund at Cardozo.

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House of the Hunt & southern basement. Modern Plan.
3rd-4th c Roman Provincial Maps & Diagrams
Bulla Regia. Tunisia.
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The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has recommended that the Scottish government ignore calls for a flat rate Scottish Tourism Tax and instead introduce a tax of 2.5% on the overall accommodation cost instead.
The accountancy body has 1,800 members in Scotland including approximately 100 AAT Licensed Accountants who provide tax and accountancy services to around 10,000 small Scottish businesses, including many who let property commercially.
The AAT consultation response also stated that it opposes any plans to impose a tourism tax on day visitors, “…because of the destructive impact this has had on the tourism industry in several other countries and because of the complexity and administrative burden that this would require.”
The AAT also stressed the need to set the tax at an “appropriate rate” to ensure it raises funds for sustainable tourism whilst not discouraging tourism as it has done in some other places such as the Balearics, where tourism tax was doubled after only two years of operation or in Amsterdam where a flat rate €8 charge introduced this year has led to a “steep fall” in visitor numbers.
AAT has also recommended that, “… the Scottish government give serious consideration to exempting all Scottish residents from a Scottish Tourist Tax,” as it would “ ensure domestic tourism is not discouraged, replicate what happens in many other countries and increase acceptability across the Scottish electorate.”
AAT surveyed its members in Scotland to help inform its response and found that they favoured third party platforms such as Airbnb being responsible for collecting and paying the tax, not just accommodation owners, to reduce bureaucracy. They also believe these tax payments should be paid quarterly to coincide with existing VAT payment requirements.
Finally, AAT stated that the name ‘visitor levy’ is not appropriate and should be changed.
Phil Hall, AAT head of public affairs and public policy, said: “A 2.5% charge would be much fairer than a flat rate fee and whilst it would mean a £2.60 a night charge on average in Edinburgh, it would amount to just £1.35 on average in Aberdeen.
“It’s not just fairer by region, it’s fairer for everyone when you consider the flat rate proposed by others would see those staying in a five-star hotel charged the same as those staying in a youth hostel – that simply isn’t fair or reasonable.”
Hall added: “It should be called exactly what it is, a ‘Scottish Tourism Tax’ because this helps aid transparency and understanding.
“Using the word ‘tourism’ also makes a clear link between the tax and its purpose, improving consumer acceptability – and given the debate about how these funds should be allocated, using the name ‘tourism’ in the title may also make it more difficult for politicians to use these tax receipts for any non-tourism related activities.”

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Why we’re fans of the new Netflix TV series ‘The Crown’
If you want to watch an unbiased view of country sports and shooting on television, then you need to watch this new drama about the Queen and her life.
Settling down to a relaxing evening watching TV, I decided to watch the well-reviewed new drama ‘The Crown’ which is now showing on Neflix. It depicts the Queen’s life, from a young princess climbing trees with her sister, through to the Coronation, her life with the Duke of Edinburgh and her experiences along the way.
Claire Foy is excellent as the young Queen Elizabeth II, ably backed up by Matt Smith (ex Dr Who) as the Duke of Edinburgh.
Early on, there is a pivotal scene when the then King George VI decides to go duck shooting and takes along his son-in-law, the Duke of Edinburgh, for his first outing into the marshes.
The two of them stand by a creek and have an important discussion about the future of the Monarchy – which I’m not going to tell you about because you need to watch the episode yourself.
Shooting scenes historically accurate
However, what is encouraging is that all the shooting scenes have been meticulously researched and put together, and if you want an insight into which guns were used on shoots in the 1950’s and what was worn (which hasn’t changed much in the intervening 60 years to be honest), then you need to get watching.
Shooting is seen an a thoroughly social event, with all the parties involved – the Guns, pickers-up, beaters – not forgetting the gun dogs – all playing an important part.
There are plenty of other country sports scenes – including days fly-fishing, on the grouse moors, pheasant and partridge shooting at Sandringham – and there’s also a scene where the Duke of Edinburgh stands his ground against an aggressive bull-elephant threatening to charge.
It’s all exciting stuff and shows what country people many of the Royal family are.
Queen’s love of the countryside
The Queen is said to have said that if she could have lived her life as she chose, she would like to have been a lady living in the country with lots of horses and dogs. What does come across well in this series is the Queen’s love of the countryside and country pursuits.
So if you’re a country sports lover, then take a look at ‘The Crown’ and see what you think.
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Release: Friday, February 13, 2015
Written by: Kelly Marcel
Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
The reaction to the filmic adaptation of E.L. James’ best-selling phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey has been like a car wreck. And so here I am, craning my neck to see just how bad. Fifty Shards, excuse me — Fifty Shades of Grey — is more like Fifty Shades of Lame. Pinpointing the moment where this wannabe eroticism begins to slide in the direction of unintended comedy is difficult, but in the spirit of the car wreck metaphor, it was like me sliding into a tree the other night on an ice-covered road — slow but definitely noticeable.
For as much as I hated the awkwardness that pervades this movie like a prom couple getting it on for the first (and quite possibly last) time, I can’t really say that the entire thing is a car wreck. The concept is juvenile, sure, but there’s something actually watchable about this magnetism Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), a college-aged virgin, feels toward a self-made Seattle billionaire who takes pride in having sex as emotionlessly as possible. (Seriously, The Terminator could learn a lesson from Christian Grey — played with all the stiffness of a you-know-what by Jamie Dornan — with the way he so naturally disregards the fuck out of humanity.)
What has undeniably been car wreck-y is everything that has gone on behind the scenes. The level of dysfunction quite clearly bleeds onto the screen here. That’s no news item. Exhibit A: the more intimate scenes manifesting as tidy bits of daytime soap opera fantasies that are hinted at but never shown. Exhibit B: tension behind the camera developing into something so ugly that the director herself, Sam Taylor-Johnson, seems only to be semi-joking that this experience had put her “in the headspace that I’m never making a movie again.” Any passion has been essentially castrated from the film reel; our reason for cramming theaters (I guess not so much anymore) cleverly disguised, without our consent, as a quick cash grab for E.L. James and Universal Studios alike.
Sure, there is some fun jet-setting to all these different, exotic locations. Living the high life for a brief, fleeting, orgasmic moment. But I draw the line at the point where themes of friendly torture (a.k.a. BDSM) take up more space than scenes of character growth and any meaningful exchange of dialogues. This is where I pay my respects to the careers of stars Johnson and Dornan (and it’s annoying how I keep mistaking this guy for Justin Timberlake). If this movie and the foul stench of disagreements during the making of hasn’t damaged either reputation for the long-term then it has arguably crippled them for the short-term.
In fairness, Fifty Shades of Grey has bigger problems than the notable lack of chemistry between the two leads. I’ll stop short of describing the central performances as flaccid; after all they are professional actors working from a script foisted upon them by a
horny teen post-menopausal woman who thinks an ‘inner goddess’ is the best way to describe feelings of intense pleasure. Again I call upon the word awkward because it takes a lot of confidence to strip down to one’s skivvies and beyond, and in that moment you’re not mentally preparing to take the brunt of laughter and a level of criticism my (admittedly harsh) review has nothing on. I can only imagine Johnson (the director, that is) et al were anticipating moans of satisfaction, not audible LOLZ from their audiences.
Recommendation: Given I’ve taken my sweet time to put this review up, I’m pretty sure the only ones I’ll be writing this section for are the crickets chirping in the parking lot outside any theater still playing this. Difficult to label as a disappointment since it’s not really my bag.
Rated: this should have been NC-17, but it submits itself to the nice, cuddly R-rating
Running Time: 125 unsatisfying minutes
Quoted: “You’re here because I’m incapable of leaving you alone.”
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2 ports below skimmer basket. 1 to the pump and 1 to the main drain.
No valve to distribute suction between skimmer and main drain
1 valve to distribute return between 1 return port and all the other ports (not sure of the reason for this or the function it serves)
Hayward Super 2 Pump (1hp) w/ a new AO Smith B128 motor (old motor had worn bearings)
Auxiliary pump for cleaner
DE filter recently inspected, cleaned, and recharged
My wife and I recently bought an older house with an older pool. It seems to have been maintained well enough, but I don't believe I'm getting a sufficient amount of suction at the skimmer. Leaves and bugs will float right by the skimmer entry, but not get sucked in. It seemed to have a much stronger flow when we initially moved in to the house, but I admit I didn't do much with the pool other than empty the basket, skim the surface, and run the vacuum during the winter.
The pump is definitely moving water. There are no air bubbles to be seen under the pump lid or out the return lines. When the cleaner pump kicks on, the Polaris moves around properly and picks up debris.
I tried a drain king inserted in to the pump inlet. Nothing came back up the skimmer line and I could definitely feel the cold water from the hose coming up through the port. The impeller is free of debris as I checked it when I swapped the motor (same symptoms before and after motor swap).


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As the music industry continues its swing back around to pre-pandemic normalcy, Dirtybird is at the heart of its anticipated return. Following last month's sold-out Dirtybird CampINN in Orlando, and alongside news of a sold-out pre-sale for Dirtybird Campout, label founder Claude Vonstroke has returned with a surprise EP, Oh, with Justin Jay.
Oh is a departure from tech house, finding the regular collaborators exploring various leftfield genres. The EP signals the beginning of a new white label series from Dirtybird, which Claude VonStroke shed some light on in a recent Instagram post.
Jay, who also helms his own Fantastic Voyage imprint, is a familiar name with Dirtybird. The LA beatsmith charted several key releases with the label and is a regular at their curated events. He is renowned for his ability to mix things up, whether he's flipping a FISHER track at 140 BPM or making funky techno edits on the fly.
Oh is a result of two collaborators pushing themselves to be creative and step outside their norms. The EP touches on hip-hop-influcenced breakbeat, UK jungle, and Detroit electro music and features a remix from Pearson Sound. You can listen to the full record below.
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As his fall 2022 tour approaches, Fred Again.. has released a stunning single that feeds into the primal depths of his visceral approach to dance music production.


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Steve Raymond, D.D.S.
Northwest mystery author Eric B. Olsen is the creator of the dental mystery series featuring Steve Raymond, D.D.S. He is currently at work on a new series character, Seattle private eye and jazz guitarist Ray Neslowe. Olsen's most recent publication is the Steve Raymond short story "Lying Through Your Teeth" for Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
Seattle private eye Ray Neslowe is on the run. The only problem is he doesn't know who's after him. From the seedy back- streets of the inner city to the rich, dot-com suburbs of the Emerald City, Neslowe is in a dangerous race to save his own life, staying one step ahead of the police and his pursuers to catch a real killer.
Chapter One of The Seattle Changes
Proximal To Murder
Steve Raymond never wanted to be a cop. He never wanted to be a private eye. He was, in fact, a member of the nice, quiet profession of dentistry. So the one thing Steve Raymond, D.D.S., never figured on was having to solve a murder. Then one night, in a local Seattle tavern, Steve finds himself the only doctor in the house when a local musician collapses onstage and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the musician's death gradually pull the reluctant dentist into conducting his own investigation. But no one else believes it's murder: not his wife, the lawyer, or his best friend, the cop. Steve is on his own this time as he tracks down the most unexpected killer of all.
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Death In The Dentist's Chair
Crime-solving dentist Steve Raymond is back in a new mystery. When a colleague brings disturbing news of a patient who has died in her chair, she calls on the Seattle dentist for help. Little does Dr. Raymond realize that his offer to treat the surviving family members will draw him into another murder investigation. At the same time Steve is playing music with the best band he's ever been in, but the choice between music and dentistry is only one of many he'll have to make. Suspects abound and time is running out as death sits in a most unlikely place.
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Brush With Death
In the third entry of the dental mystery series Steve Raymond, D.D.S., is faced with his toughest case yet, because this time it's personal. A madman is after Steve's family and no one knows why. With Lieutenant Lasky of the Seattle Police Department at his side, Dr. Raymond is in a race against time to figure out who the madman is and what he wants. But the investigation into his past for clues uncovers some unexpected results: things he never knew about Janet, his wife. And in this painful and deadly process, Steve learns some unexpected things about himself in his Brush With Death.
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said on Wednesday that even after he released a partly blacked-out copy of the Mueller report, most likely next week, he would work to share with Congress some of the more sensitive information that he redacted.
Mr. Barr also told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that while he intends to black out derogatory information about “peripheral third parties,” he would not take out criticisms of public office holders, including President Trump.
Democrats have attacked Mr. Barr for releasing only a four-page letter on March 24 with what he called the report’s “bottom-line findings”: that the evidence the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, gathered did not show any conspiracy between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, and that while the special counsel took no position on whether Mr. Trump illegally obstructed justice, Mr. Barr deemed him cleared.
Lawmakers have demanded to see the unredacted report, a request Mr. Barr tried to address on Wednesday.
“I intend to take up with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the chairmen and ranking members of each, what other areas they feel they have a need to have access to the information and see if I can work to accommodate that,” Mr. Barr told the senators.
His assurance did not mollify them. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, told him that any attempt to hide pieces of the report would “only fuel suspicions that the Justice Department, which represents the United States, is playing the role of President Trump’s defense team.”
Even while Mr. Barr sought to reassure lawmakers that he would treat the report in a transparent and fair manner, he also made a startling statement sure to please the president — that investigative steps by the F.B.I. in 2016 to understand links between the Trump campaign and Russia amounted to “spying” on Mr. Trump’s campaign, a portrayal law enforcement officials have vehemently denied.
The attorney general was testifying about the Justice Department budget for the second straight day. But as happened on Tuesday, when he appeared before a House panel, questions about the Trump-Russia investigation led by Mr. Mueller and his still-secret full report dominated the hearing.
Mr. Barr glancingly addressed a mystery raised by his March 24 letter, which did not explain why Mr. Mueller had rendered no judgment on whether Mr. Trump illegally obstructed justice — a silence that left open possibilities, including that the special counsel had wanted Mr. Barr to make the call, and that Mr. Mueller had intended for Congress to receive the evidence without the department weighing in.
On Wednesday, Mr. Barr said that he had talked to Mr. Mueller about why he made no conclusion, and that the special counsel had not mentioned either of those possibilities to him. But the attorney general hinted that the answer might be known soon, saying that Mr. Mueller “has a fuller explanation of that in the report that I’ll be making available hopefully next week.”
Mr. Barr again declined to say whether he had recently briefed the White House on details of the report, even though Justice Department officials had previously said it had not been shown to the White House.
The hearing also addressed criticism of the F.B.I.’s early decisions in 2016 to open a counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s election-meddling operations that included scrutinizing any links between Russia and associates of the Trump campaign. The investigation, which Mr. Mueller took over the next spring, included assigning an informant to approach members of the Trump campaign with links to Russia and later obtaining a court order to wiretap a former Trump adviser with links to Russia after he left the campaign.
During that part of the discussion, Mr. Barr used a startling word to describe those steps — he said he thought “spying” on the Trump campaign had occurred. But he later seemed to tone down that formulation, saying his concern was whether “illegal surveillance” had taken place that was not “adequately predicated” — and conceding that he had “no specific evidence that I would cite right now.”
Responding to Mr. Barr’s testimony, Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said on Twitter: “These comments directly contradict what DOJ previously told us. I’ve asked DOJ to brief us immediately. In the meantime, the AG still owes us the full Mueller report.”
Meanwhile on Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Jeffrey A. Rosen, whom Mr. Trump has nominated to be Mr. Barr’s deputy. Mr. Rosen, who is currently the deputy secretary of transportation, would succeed Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who appointed Mr. Mueller.
Mr. Rosen largely sidestepped questions about the Russia investigation and Mueller report, saying he was not part of the department yet and did not know the facts. But Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, noted that some criminal matters that developed from Mr. Mueller’s work are continuing even though the Office of the Special Counsel is shutting down, and she pressed Mr. Rosen to commit to letting them proceed without political interference.
“If I am confirmed,” Mr. Rosen replied, “I would expect in all prosecutorial matters to proceed on the facts and the law and not any improper political influences.”
Ms. Klobuchar did not name which matters she had in mind, though several cases are still working their way through the court system, including the indictment of Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to Mr. Trump.
Separately, under questioning by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, Mr. Rosen defended his role in creating a Trump administration proposal on tailpipe pollution rules. Ms. Feinstein referred to a New York Times article that portrayed him as pushing to let cars emit more greenhouse gases. Mr. Rosen said the article had several errors, although he did not identify them.
He also said the issue was how to carry out a law that required annual increases in fuel economy standards through 2020, and then set criteria for decisions about whether to require any further escalations in the years after that. The Trump administration, he said, was merely proposing a “timeout” after 2020.
In fact, the current regulations, put forth by the Obama administration, require automakers to keep improving the fuel economy of passenger vehicles through 2025. The administration’s preferred proposal would therefore allow more greenhouse gas pollution than current rules.
Mr. Rosen also portrayed himself as playing a “managerial” role in overseeing the drafting of the rule, such as by ensuring deadlines were met. But 11 people interviewed by The Times at the time of the negotiation said Mr. Rosen pushed forcefully for that outcome.
Mr. Rosen also addressed criticism that he — like Mr. Barr and Brian A. Benczkowski, the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division — had no prosecutorial experience.
He noted that the department had many experienced prosecutors, and said, “I would make it my job to utilize and leverage the expertise they bring to bear while combining that with my own experience and judgment.”


Make Bush play games and stop the war
The opposition to George Bush’s plans in Iraq is becoming more and more surprising. At times, it gets whimsical too. There has been an interesting event going on on the Internet recently. The event was called "Buy Bush a PlayStation 2."
The organizers of this action called upon Internet surfers to transfer some money in order to purchase a playstation for the American president. The sum that was needed for that was not really big – only $400. It was collected very quickly indeed. The money was coming from all over the world. However, the citizens of Australia, Belgium, the USA, France and Germany were the most active participants.
Organizer of the event, 24-year-old Mikel Reparaz, stated that video games might chill the American president out. “As I sat pondering the president's motives one day, it suddenly dawned on me that it is entirely likely our commander in chief has never played a single videogame in his life. Without the catharsis that videogames provide, Bush has no way of fulfilling his militaristic fantasies other than actually fighting wars,” said Reparaz.
The Playstation is accompanied by two games: US Navy Seals and Desert Storm. Reparaz suggested that US Vice President Dick Cheney should become George Bush’s partner in the game.
Nevertheless, we are not likely to know anything about George Bush’s real reaction to that present. On the other hand, everyone would remain happy. The president would enjoy the game, Iraq would avoid the war, Mikel Reparaz would become a celebrity, Playstation producer Sony would have very good advertising with very little spending. Who knows, maybe this idea was a commercial trick from the very beginning? Well, if it was, then it is not trivial after all.
By the way, it has been recently reported that Iraq used Playstation spare parts for the production of computers. Then they allegedly sent those computers to some secret labs that worked on mass destruction weapons. That information has never been confirmed, though. However, Sony has suspended selling playstations to Iraq, just in case.
This is trouble that is going on with Playstation video games. It seems that the developers of the game could never imagine that such a thing would ever happen to their invention. At the same time, it is not ruled out that there would soon be some new ways found to convince George Bush to refrain from the war in Iraq.
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Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe
Carrot & Coriander SoupServes: 6 › Directions Prep:5min › Cook:15min › Ready in:20min .
About this recipe: This soup is incredibly simple to make and you only need a few ingredients. It's light and fresh.
1 tablespoon of olive oil
4 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
1/2 large onion, roughly chopped
900ml vegetable stock/Water
large bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped
Salt to tasteh
Black pepper crushed a pinch
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1. Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sauté the carrots and onion for a few minutes until the onion has softened a little. Pour in the vegetable stock/water and add the coriander. Bring to the boil, and cook until the carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. Puree the soup until smooth, using a food processor. Reheat and correct seasoning before serving if necessary. Serve with crusty bread croutons.
Per Serving: 55kcalories, 1.8g total fat, 9g carbohydrates, 1g dietary fiber, .8g protein.
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I’ve got the chance to read another very good quality book from PacktPub. Nice intro to the BeagleBone and cluster computing even for those who are not into Linux and embedded hw & sw. I think they are the target audience. I didn’t know much about open source cluster computing software, know I know the […]
We’re having some fun these days in the office: For this solution I used these hardware: BeagleBone magnetic door open sensor a cheap CM102-based sound card from eBay (sold as 3D USB sound card for about $2) a USB hub a TP-LINK WN722 WiFi dongle. 2 active speakers by my colleague makos (passive would have […]
Continuing my previous post on writing an SPI driver for the BeagleBone, here’s a richly commented example C file to help implementing a generic kernel module driver for your chosen SPI device. The example is not only for the BeagleBone, you can use it for any host. download (mirror2) (15.4 kb, 1074 dls, today: 0)
In this howto I describe how to add a generic kernel mode SPI driver to the BeagleBone kernel source. Of course the methods are nearly the same for different target platforms. I won’t go into the details of writing a kernel mode SPI driver for now.
You’ll need the cross-compiled version of libiconv, libgettext, glib, and slang. Compiling libiconv 123#!/bin/bash CC=arm-linux-gcc ./configure –host=arm-linux-gnu –prefix=/usr –enable-static make install DESTDIR=/home/nonoo/common-libs-compiled/arm/libiconv Compiling libgettext 123#!/bin/bash CC=arm-linux-gcc ./configure –host=arm-linux-gnu –prefix=/usr –disable-csharp –disable-java –disable-openmp –disable-c++ –disable-native-java –enable-static –with-libiconv-prefix=/home/nonoo/common-libs-compiled/arm/libiconv/usr make install DESTDIR=/home/nonoo/common-libs-compiled/arm/libgettext Compiling libffi (needed by glib) 123#!/bin/bash CC=arm-linux-gcc ./configure –host=arm-linux-gnu –prefix=/usr make install DESTDIR=/home/nonoo/common-libs-compiled/arm/libffi Compiling glib 1234567891011#!/bin/bash […]


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What’s that?! A blog post?!? Yeah, I’m surprised, too. 😉
My summer was awesome and I had so much fun, but I’ve really been missing this whole blogging game. I don’t know how often I’ll be able to find the time and inspiration to write a post, but I definitely want to get back into the blogging groove.
Let’s start with some seasonal and not so seasonal food! Here are some of the things I ate yesterday:
As you can see, my breakfast routine hasn’t changed at all. I’m still enjoying some whole grain sandwiches with various toppings and fillings. And cucumber sticks! Local cucumbers will soon be gone, so I’m eating as many as I can.
This dish was a spontaneous, random creation. I call it potato goulash. Smoked tofu was used to replace the meat component of traditional goulash. I love simple soups and stews. Just throw some stuff into a pot, let it all cook for a while, season to taste, done!
My beloved Mon Cheri cherry chocolates are back! They are not available during summer, so I’m always very excited about their return in fall. Those chocolate covered marzipan sticks were a new find. I really like them! They are not as sweet as most other marzipan candy.
What (not so) seasonal foods have you enjoyed lately?


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Once in a while a blog-worthy tidbit just falls in my lap. Fletcher PhD alumnus Dr. Matthew Levitt, currently of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, recently updated us on a major new initiative he will soon launch tracking Hezbollah activities globally. See his note below for details and links to the new interactive platform as well as an upcoming launch event!
I wanted to give you a heads up that on August 3 I will be publicly launching a massive project: an interactive map and timeline of Hezbollah worldwide activities. The map will launch with about 1,000 entries to start, including source documents, and is searchable by navigating the map, the timeline, text search, and coded categories of activities. The invitation to the virtual launch event can be found here.
The project grew out of the research for my book on Hezbollah, which was published in the United States by Georgetown University Press, in Europe by Hurst Publishers, and in South America (in Spanish) by Hojas del Sur.
There’s a ton of new material in the map, from very recent events to a significant number of previously unknown incidents culled from now-declassified CIA and other documents. An introductory video to the map is available here.


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By Natalie V. Creating a world with morbid humour, captivating plot and conniving characters, 39 Blyth Boulevard, written by Cullen McGrail and directed by Izzy Solis Lozano at the 2017 Youth Infringement Festival, is sure to draw you in. As the cryptic Mrs. M and determined detective N. (Sarah Thuswaldner and Andrew Foster) tell their … Continue reading “39 Blyth Boulevard”: Killing the Game?
“Take it easy, Woyzeck…nice and slow.” Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck is certainly recognizable to anyone who’s ever taken a contemporary theatre history class. Left incomplete upon the playwright’s death, the play is usually one of the theatre student’s first experiences with fragmented dramaturgy (or narrative structure). You’ll probably also learn that Woyzeck in particular became very … Continue reading “Woyzeck’s Head” a Fresh and Original Take on a German Classic
Judith Thompson doesn’t exactly write what you would call “light-hearted” fare, despite what the title Perfect Pie might entice you to believe. Taking over Arts Court Theatre only until March 18th, Cart Before the Horse Theatre serves up some highly charged performances that give way to the moments of deep intensity that are characteristic of … Continue reading Cart Before the Horse Bakes up a (Nearly) “Perfect Pie”
Those of us living in Ottawa understand just how cruel these winter months can be. Despite having a relatively mild and easy December and January this year, these past few weeks in February have given us good reminder that we’re not through it yet. However, no amount of inclement weather could keep Ottawa audiences away … Continue reading Undercurrents Theatre Festival Sees its Best Year Yet
Review by Wes Babcock Man Walks Into a Bar pulls apart the conventions of comedy and theatre to deliver a powerful examination of the roles we inhabit in our real lives. Created by Rachel Blair, and performed by Blair and Blue Bigwood-Mallin, this show aims straight at the centre of the ongoing discussion about … Continue reading Knock Knock: Man Walks into a Bar
Monstrous, or, The Miscegenation Advantage starts with a simple question of identity but quickly becomes distracted by unnecessary historical background and underused dramaturgical elements; this show raises issues instead of questions and because of this it becomes impossible to provide answers. Part autobiography, part research, part indictment of racism, part dance, it’s hard to … Continue reading Monstrous, or What’s the Advantage?
TACTICS (Theatre Artists Co-operative The Independent Collective Series) opened up its second season with an interesting double bill, no doubt meant to spark discussion. (off) Balance and feelers gives audiences a chance to indulge in an evening of performance that features a fusion of dance and storytelling. Playing until November 21st at Arts Court Theatre, … Continue reading TACTICS Opens New Season with Theatrical Double-Bill Addressing Hot Topics
Fresh Meat Sizzles The latest edition of the Fresh Meat: DIY Theatre Fest this month proves not only that Arts Court is the place to check out up-and-coming theatre artists, but also that their art is something worth checking out. This year Fresh Meat offers up 10 bite-size performances spread over 2 weekends, with … Continue reading Fresh Meat Sizzles
I don’t want to bore you any longer with how awesome I think the Fresh Meat DIY Theatre Festival is. You can read my preview of the first weekend of the 2015 festival here, and my reviews of past festivals here, here, and here. Instead, I’m going to throw these five, brand-new, twenty-minute theatre fillets … Continue reading Fresh Meat 4: What’s Happened and What’s to Come!
October is practically bursting at the seams with the numerous theatrical events taking place in Ottawa this month. The impressive Norman Conquests trilogy wrapped up at the Gladstone only a few days past and the remount of two wildly successful shows at the Fringe Encore happening this last weekend, we are now looking forward to the … Continue reading PREVIEW: Fresh Meat 4 is Fresher than Ever!


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George R.R. Martin and Random House have announced the November publication date of A Storm of Swords: The Illustrated Edition. The cover maintains the same style as the two previous editions, but art this time around is being provided by the fantastic Gary Gianni, who has previously illustrated the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms collection, the 2014 A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar, and the Subterranean Press limited edition of Fire & Blood. The lithograph-style image below, published on GRRM’s Twitter account, is gorgeous:
Two new collections of A Song of Ice and Fire artwork have come out this month, and we highly recommend them as they come from two of the greatest living artists to work in the fantasy genre.
First, the A Song of Ice and Fire 2020 Calendar illustrated by the legendary John Howe (recently revealed to be part of the creative team behind Amazon’s forthcoming 2nd Age Middle-earth series) is out today. Focused on the mystical side of the series, it primarily features the strange and exotic creates of Westeros and beyond, including giant krakens, mammoths, direwolves, and ice spiders(!) But it also has a surprise or two waiting within its covers. It looks spectacular.
Over at Not a Blog, George R.R. Martin has shared thoughts on the close of Game of Thrones, how it might be compared to his plans for the final two novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, and more. Well worth a read as a reminiscence and commentary for those who wonder about these things. It’s been a long road for George, for everyone who worked on or covered the show, and for the tens (hundreds?) of millions around the world who’ve watched it.
I had the great privilege to accompany George and Parris to a visit to the set as the first season filmed (the image above comes from that visit, George and I moving down a dark hallway in the Paint Hall studio, led by Bryan Cogman to one of the several sets in that colossal space).
Fire & Blood, George R.R. Martin’s history of the Targaryen dynasty that grew out of The World of Ice and Fire, is among the finalists for the 2019 Locus Award. Hosted by the venerable Locus Magazine, the award has a large body of voters between its subscribers (whose votes are given extra weight) and the public who also take part in the vote, and is considered one of the three most significant awards in the genre alongside the Hugo and the Nebula.
With all the attention on Game of Thrones, it seems this great talk at the Jean Cocteau Cinema between George R.R. Martin and noted literary novelist (and now fantasist, with his Black Leopard, Red Wolf) Marlon James, moderated by Dr. Andrea L. Mays, slipped under the radar. While we’ve added it to the So Spake Martin collection, it’s worth having a post of its own so we’ve embedded it below.
Following in the footsteps of the recent The World Hobbit Project and The World Star Wars Project, a group of 40 university researchers have just launched The Game of Thrones Research Project, aiming to capture the views and opinions of thousands of viewers and fans of the series through an online survey.
“Winter is coming”. Game of Thrones’ most famous saying. But what does it suggest and mean to you? We’re trying to gather the views of thousands of followers of the series, on this and a series of other questions, via a web survey at this address: www.questeros.org. Please, help us by visiting and completing it â`“ and then passing it on. Who are we? We are a gathering of university researchers sharing an interest in the changing nature of ‘fantasy’. We’re entirely self-funded. We’re not affiliated with HBO in any way, or with George RR Martin. All our results and findings will be made publicly available â`“ that’s a promise. If you’d like to know more about us, about the project, and why we are doing it, you can find more information on our website. Take the quiz now at www.questeros.org!
The website, with the very clever domain name of questeros.org, offers more in-depth information about what they seek to learn from the survey and how they intend to publish the results. Looking at the survey, it is (as the name would suggest) focused on the TV series, but it does include some questions that relate to—or can be related to—the novels and the TV series relationship with them. They estimate that it takes about 20 minutes to take the survey, depending on how detailed you make your responses (there’s several questions which allow for longer answers), and we encourage all of our readers to take a look at it and contribute your opinions.
Random House have just announced that the first in a series of digital, enhanced editions of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has been released exclusively for Apple’s iBooks.
Featuring new cover art, numerous illustrations, enhanced maps, sigils, a glossary, and detailed annotations to provide a richer experienced for readers, and to help guide new readers through the dizzying number of characters and locations in the novels. As it happens, Linda and I have known all about this for awhile, since we’ve worked with Random House and Apple on the project—it’s been a really interesting, often very complicated, project!
There’s a lot more information, so here’s Random House’s press release. A tip, however, for those who simply can’t wait and read through it all: if you have iTunes installed, make sure to visit Apple’s launch site for an exclusive video interview with GRRM about the novels and the project, which features some really cool animation:
Last night, we posted about the Game of Thrones-themed Sports Illustrated Power Issue. We now have the podcast—hosted by Richard Deitsch—with GRRM, which you can find here along with a partial transcript of some of Martin’s remarks.
It’s very much sports-oriented, but there’s some remarks that touch on the characters and the setting (such as Martin’s comparison of knights to athletes).
We’ve placed this interview in the So Spake Martin collection, where you’ll find a great deal of links to interviews, correspondence, and reports from readings, panels, and conventions.
This past weekend, George R.R. Martin was at Boskone. A few reports have floated around since then, regarding his signing, the Q&A… and a reading he did of material from not one, but two chapters from The Winds of Winter. Thanks to a fan, we now have a pretty detailed rundown of what was contained in those chapters over at the A Song of Ice and Fire Forum. You can read it here, but in case it needs to be said, there are some definite spoilers therein!
For reports of other readings from Martin, and discussion of chapters he’s released on his website, you can go to our The Winds of Winter sub-forum.
We’ve noted this previously, but a new article in Texas A&M’s The Eagle provides some amazing insight into the forthcoming Deeper than Swords exhibition at the Cushing Library, focused entirely on A Song of Ice and Fire and the many things that have been born from it. George R.R. Martin was invited to have his life’s work archived at the library back in 1993, in recognition of his contributions to science fiction and fantasy fiction and television, and has been a “dream donor” ever since.
Among the holdings in their archives:
‘‘More than 900 of the author’s books line the wall. The shelves are filled with Martin’s collaborative work, books he has edited, articles about him, manuscripts and correspondence.
“Intermingled with the paper products are VHS mastertapes, tickets from the Emmy Awards, boxes of trading cards, HBO tchotchkes given to actors, board games and programs for conventions where fans congregate to play board games. Nestled with the loot are life-sized replicas of Ned Stark’s greatsword and Robert Baratheon’s warhammer.”
Concerning the event itself, here’s what The Eagle has to say:
“The library’s exhibit, “Deeper than Swords,” will run from March 22 through December and is free to the public. An exhibit and author signing will last from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 22 at Cushing Library. Tickets for a priority signing line are sold out, but a limited number of first-come, first-serve fans will be granted an audience. Food vendors offering medieval treats will be located outside the library, along with actors from the The Texas Renaissance Festival, who will host games to win tickets to the fall event.
“At 6:30 p.m. Martin will give a lecture and answer questions at Rudder Auditorium. More than 1,100 of the 2,400 seats are taken, and reservations can be made for the free event at the MSC Box Office.”
(Many thanks to Olaf Keith for pointing this article out.)
Over at “Not a Blog”, George R.R. Martin has posted the fact that he and co-editor Gardner Dozois have delivered the cross-genre anthology, Dangerous Women. He has provided a full list of contents, and there’s a surprise in there for fans of the series:
INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
SOME DESPERADO, by Joe Abercrombie
MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN, by Megan Abbott
NORA’S SONG, by Cecelia Holland
THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE, by Melinda Snodgrass
BOMBSHELLS, by Jim Butcher
RAISA STEPANOVA, by Carrie Vaughn
WRESTLING JESUS, by Joe R. Lansdale
NEIGHBORS, by Megan Lindholm
I KNOW HOW TO PICK ‘EM, by Lawrence Block
SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL, by Brandon Sanderson
A QUEEN IN EXILE, by Sharon Kay Penman
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, by Lev Grossman
SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY, by Nancy Kress
CITY LAZARUS, by Diana Rowland
VIRGINS, by Diana Gabaldon
HELL HATH NO FURY, by Sherilynn Kenyon
PRONOUNCING DOOM, by S.M. Stirling
NAME THE BEAST, by Sam Sykes
CARETAKERS, by Pat Cadigan
LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, by Caroline Spector
THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, by George R.R. Martin
The Abercrombie is set against his RED COUNTRY backdrop, the Holland gives us Eleanor of Aquitaine, Jim Butcher returns us to Harry Dresden’s world, Lev Grossman contributes a tale of life at Brakebills, Steve Stirling revisits his Emberverse, Diana Gabaldon’s story features Jamie Fraser of OUTLANDER fame, the Spector is a Wild Cards story featuring Hoodoo Mama and the Amazing Bubbles, and mine own contribution… well, it’s some of that fake history I have been writing lo these many months, the true (mostly) story of the origins of the Dance of the Dragons. The stand-alone stories, not part of any series, feature some amazing work as well. For those who like to lose themselves in long stories, the Brandon Sanderson story, the Diana Gabaldon story, the Caroline Spector story, and my “Princess and Queen” are novellas. Huge mothers.
Emphasis mine, for those looking for details on Martin’s story.
This is a nice bit of information (thanks to Olaf Keith for pointing it out: according to USA Today, every book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series were among the 100 top-selling novels of 2012. The highest placed on the list? The first and the oldest, A Game of Thrones, at #21. That’s quite a position for a book published 16 years ago!
Awhile back, Locus Magazine—the venerable, award-winning SF/F publishing industries trade magazine —launched an “All-Centuries” poll regarding the best genre novels and writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The results are in, and they’re looking pretty good for the work of one George R.R. Martin:
Martin himself has remarked on the poll, adding his personal take on the 20th Century SF Novel list, which would have had Zelazny’s Lord of Light, Bester’s The Stars My Destination, and Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness in the top 3. Fantastic novels, all, well worth reading if you haven’t yet had the pleasure.
Mashable has the exclusive news that explains just what this was about: Random House is publishing an official companion app for the A Song of Ice and Fire series, beginning with A Game of Thrones and including additional content to go through the rest of the series to date.
It’ll be hitting the Apple iTunes app store tomorrow (November 27th), while a version for the Nook (not Android, as the Mashable piece says) is coming in the near future. A demo version will be available to just give you a taste of the entries, which cover characters and places, and includes interactive maps to help orient you. It’s all quite lovingly put together… and as you may notice from the lead image, it seems there will, indeed, be art to accompany entries (those two particular pieces of art are by the amazing Michael Komarck for the sadly-hard-to-get Dabel Brothers 2009 A Song of Ice and Fire calendar).