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Q: Where did you get the idea for the Time-traveling Demon Hunter Series?
A: It actually came to me in a dream. In the dream, there was a witch, who had fallen in love with a man who'd appeared out of nowhere and asked her to help him vanquish a demon. As is the way with dreams, I didn't actually dream the whole demon-vanquishing bit, but it was as a memory for the dream-witch. It transpired that she got time-travelled (is that a word? ;) ) somewhere and all she knew was that her time-traveling demon hunter was in trouble and she was the only one who could save him. And then, I woke up. And I wondered..."what happened next?" And I decided to find out.
Q: Will the characters from book 1 all be in book 2?
Q: Did you envision any particular real-life people as the characters while you were writing them?
A: Oh, yes! I usually 'cast' when I read - so as I read, there's sort of a film playing in my head. It turns out to be the same when I'm writing - maybe not straightaway, but eventually I start thinking "oooh, ____ would be good as this character!"
Q: So, who plays Alex in your mind-movie?
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Q: How many books have you planned for the series?
A: Currently, I have a story arc that would comprise three books. That could change, or there's a possibility I might write the story of another character from this world. We'll see.
Q: Do you know how it all ends - have you planned it all out already?
A: Yes, I have an outline of the story arc in mind. I haven't gone into too much detail with plotting and outlining, but I do have a solid ending in mind. So, there is some structure for me to build on, but also opportunity to be flexible with the narrative.
Q: Can you give us an idea of what to expect in book 2?
A: In book 2, Mora will discover more about Alex's time-travel order, while fighting to reunite with him. According to the rules and restrictions of the order, Alex and Mora aren't supposed to ever see each other again, but neither of them planned to just give up completely. As we see at the end of book 1, circumstances have tested those rules and restrictions, but Mora will have to face some pretty big challenges in order to be reunited with Alex.


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How Does a Server Decide Who Gets The Check?
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Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here.
Cullen Campbell, Chef and Owner, Crudo
We always give the check to the man and if there are more than one they will usually fight over it. Once I had a man ask for the check on the patio of the restaurant that I was working at, paid it, then asked for a boost over the wall to sneak away from his date. He left his date alone in the restaurant and he tipped the server extra for the boost. True story!
Amanda Bayuk, Manager/Event Coordinator, Cartwright's Sonoran Ranch House
Most of the time it's apparent what guest is in charge of the table. Often, it may be the guest who chooses the wine. Usually the guest in charge has a certain presence about him or her from the beginning. By the end of the meal if it is difficult to determine who the check should go to, it's ultimately put between two gentlemen or in the center of the table.
Chef Steven Zimmerman, Sheraton Crescent Hotel
If it's a male/female couple we tend to place the check near the gentlemen. If two or more guests, we place it in the middle of the table. Eye contact with the guest usually helps to decide where to place the check.
Romeo Taus, Chef and Owner, Romeo's Euro Cafe
It's all about the Alpha! Group of women: the one that sets the expectations. Group of men: the one that orders the wine. Mixed couple: if not separate checks, the one that sets the tone of the dining experience. It's all about the Alpha!
Kelsey Oisten, Director of Marketing, Caballero
If a table has not already specified who is paying for the check, I always suggest placing the bill in the center of the table.
Christopher Gross Chef and Owner, Christopher's Restaurant & Crush Lounge
Normally by the name on the reservation or whomever looks like the biggest tipper (joking!).
Chef Jacques Qualin, J&G Steakhouse
The person who asks for the check. In a case where more than one person requests the check, we always give it to the person who asked first, unless someone asked the manager in advance. The request to the manager would then stand paramount.
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Most center the check; however, I still place it in front of the eldest male or female depending on who is at the table by old habit.
Gregg Troilo, Proprietor, British Open Pub & Grill
Our servers usually greet our customers and at one point or another, they ask the group if they would like separate checks or one check. That takes a lot of the guess work out of the situation.
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Boating Holidays on the beautiful Caldon Canal
This is a boating holiday cruise with everything - plenty of locks, a journey through the heart of the Potteries and then the simply stunning Caldon Canal itself.
The cruise starts on the Trent & Mersey Canal, one of our oldest. The locks gradually become more frequent as the canal climbs to reach the magnificent Harecastle Tunnel.
This is an experience in itself, and you emerge into the Potteries. At Etruria, you can a make a slight detour to the Wedgwood pottery museum.
From the Trent and Mersey Canal to the stunning Caldon Canal
The route joins the Caldon Canal in Etruria, and initially runs through a former industrial area before emerging into open countryside. Hanley, the commercial centre of Stoke-on-Trent, is within walking distance of the canal, and there's the opportunity to visit the prize-winning City Museum & Art Gallery with its splendid collection of ceramics and a Spitfire fighter aeroplane, celebrating the career of locally born designer R. J. Mitchell. Plunging into a complex of pottery works, which look as if they haven't altered since the canal was dug, the Caldon illustrates its origins and even evinces some of its past character, because one of the works still uses specially designed narrowboats to ferry pottery ware between two of its depots.
Leaving all signs of Hanley behind, this wonderful canal begins to show its pedigree. It meanders to a short series of locks at Stockton Brook, then at Hazelhurst the canal branches. The main line descends under an aqueduct to reach a country inn at Denford, before entering Cheddleton, famous for its working example of a Brindley water powered mill. The canal then drops onto the River Churnet for a truly delightful winding journey to Consall Forge where the pub is only accessible by boat or by the preserved steam railway. The canal wanders on down to Froghall with its quaint low tunnel, and the canal terminus is within reach of Alton Towers. Retracing your steps, there is one more treat in store, as at Hazelhurst, you can turn back and travel up the Leek Arm, which is indescribably beautiful at any time of year. You may not want to leave, but the return trip is just as fascinating.
Some boating holiday highlights on the Caldon Canal
At a place called Stockton Brook there is a flight of five locks which carry the canal up to its summit level and into a landscape which begins to have a Pennine sense of obduracy about it. Hedges and fences give way to dry stone walls and there's a plethora of small holdings whose inhabitants eke out a tenacious living from these windswept pastures. At Hazelhurst Junction the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal heads off on its brief, but astonishingly pretty journey to the self styled "Queen of the Moorlands", a fascinating old textile town with a watermill where James Brindley served his apprenticeship. With time to spare you can follow the feeder which brings water to the canal from Rudyard Lake, a reservoir which gave its name to one of UK's most famous writers. Meanwhile the main line of the Caldon Canal passes engagingly beneath the branch and heads for Cheddleton, a village with two attractive little museums. One of these is a restored Flint Mill powered by a pair of waterwheels, whilst the other is a small railway museum based in an old station designed by the architect Pugin, who, on a different scale altogether, was responsible for the Houses of Parliament. Short rides behind steam engines operate on summer weekends.
Beyond Cheddleton the canal loses itself in the peaceful calm of the Churnet Valley, actually joining that river for a short while before reaching Consall Forge, where the wonderfully remote Black Lion Inn overlooks the canal and the adjacent weir. Once upon a time the Caldon Canal extended all the way to Uttoxeter, but it was abandoned beyond the hamlet of Froghall in the nineteenth century and a railway built on its bed. The final stages of this lovely canal are a match for any in the country even the Llangollen! But the canal builders weren't interested in aesthetics, and this serene and forgotten valley was once a hive of activity. Forges and furnaces clustered alongside the canal, but you would need to be an expert of industrial archaeology to detect the majority of these remains. Only one outpost of industry remains, a copper works just short of the tiny tunnel which precludes navigation for most hire boats to the terminus wharf. In any case, it seems appropriate that you can't actually reach the end of the Caldon Canal, for in your mind's eye it can go on forever, mile after delectable mile.
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An abrupt change at White Island in the Bay of Plenty at the end of July has continued, with the volcano now producing ash for the first time in more than a decade.
White Island volcano began filling with water on July 28th after more than a year with the crater lake at low levels with exposed steam vents. Volcanic tremor increased at the same time, with an associated increase in the output of volcanic gases. Vulcanologists' observations over many years indicate that this is typical for White Island, but they noted that this was a significant change from activity noted in the last few years.
The abrupt refilling of the crater lake by about 5 metres overnight on July 27th and 28th was associated with a volcanic earthquake which indicated that an eruption might have occurred. The flow of gas and steam through the lake was noted alongside an increase of sulphur gas.
Volcanic tremor became more continuous from July 28th and a stronger episode was recorded overnight on August 4-5, ending in a volcanic earthquake at 4:54 on the morning of August 5th. One of the webcams on the island recorded an eruption, nicely lit by the moon, from the crater lake at that time.
This report by GNS Science contains images showing the plume rising during the eruption at White Island on August 5th.
At about 11:30 p.m. on August 7th, volcanic tremor at White Island sharply decreased. A few hours after, the plume changed from white to light brown, indicating that more ash was being emitted from the volcano.
This is the first time that ash has been produced by White Island since 2000, and vulcanologists think it may represent the start of a new phase of activity at the volcano.
White Island is popular with tourists who visit from the mainland. GNS Science warns that visitors to the island are at the highest level of risk since 2000, and suggest that caution should be taken when visiting the site. Scientists have now produced an ashfall plot for White Island if ash continues to be produced by the volcano.
Scientists plan to visit the island this week to sample fluids and gases and further assess the state of the volcano.
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Published annually with the opening of each season/festival, the playbill includes pertinent information for each show, biographies of cast members, directors, technicians, designers, festival event information, maps, and information on the upcoming seasons. The ad rates are for an entire season of advertising. All programs are the same specs except Marathon Community Theatre.
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Seattle Weather. Live 36 hour weather forecast for Seattle WA, plus average and seasonal rainfall totals and reasons for Seattle's weather patterns.
What People think Seattle Weather is like....
Even when clouds threaten to envelop Seattle WA, the late afternoon sun manages to reach under the cloud cover and reflect rays of hope back out over the waters of Elliott Bay
What Seattle Weather might actually be like....
Glorious blue skies over Seattle WA on a September day
...Especially if you arrive in Seattle in late June through early September.
BUT: How is the weather TODAY??
36-hour Seattle Washington Weather Forecast
Seattle WA Weather Stats
Seattle gets only 36.15 inches of rain per year, as averaged over the last 30 years. This is 3 inches less than the national average. The reason for this is partially attributable to a rain shadow effect. The edge of the Olympic Mountain rain shadow extends very close to, and occasionally includes the greater Seattle region.
Despite receiving only 36.15 inches of rain per year on average, Seattle typically receives measurable rainfall 152 days of the year, more than most US cities. Meaning, we don't get a whole lot of rain, but what we do get comes in "drips and drizzles" spread out over days. This is probably why many denizens of Seattle, and those in the rain-shadowed Olympic Peninsula, including Port Angeles, don't bother packing umbrellas. We've gotten used to the drips and the drizzles. If you hurry, you can scoot off to your next destination in between raindrops. That strategy will certainly fail us in fall or winter, however....
Seattle's yearly rainfall per season:
Downtown Seattle WA - the sun finally came out after a gray day
Winter: 13.55 inches (344.17 mm)
Spring: 8.44" (214.38 mm)
Summer: 3.39" (86.11 mm)
Fall: 10.77" (273.56 mm)
Seattle's Average Monthly Rainfall
January - 4.81 inches (122.2 mm)
February - 3.31" (84.07 mm)
March - 3.51" (89.15 mm)
April - 2.77" (70.36 mm)
May - 2.16" (54.86 mm)
June - 1.63" (41.4 mm)
July - 0.79" (20.07 mm)
August - 0.97" (24.64 mm)
September - 1.52" (38.61 mm)
October - 3.41" (81.61 mm)
November - 5.84" (148.34 mm)
December - 5.43" (137.92 mm)
As clouds and moisture funnel into the greater Seattle region, they often drift past Seattle and continue to the east. Eventually they bang up against the Cascade Mountain Range and begin dumping their moisture on the western face of the Cascades. The farther east one travels between Seattle and the Cascades, the more precipitation falls, depending on the season. The more moisture, the wetter Seattle also gets, since it is only 28 miles away from the Cascades.
Once you cross the Cascades, you find that Eastern Washington is very dry. Much of the eastern half of the state sits in the Cascade Mountain rain shadow.
So yes, do check the weather forecast before you arrive. But it might not end up being as bad as you fear.
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The Paris Agreement, marked by the historic agreement once adopted, owes its success not only to the return of a framework favourable to climate change and sustainable development, but also to efforts to review the management of international climate negotiations. The Paris Agreement is supported by new initiatives that will all be adapted to the difficulties identified at the previous COP. This innovative approach is based on four elements: the adoption of a universal agreement. Define each state`s national contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Although the text of the agreement does not mention the content of these contributions, it obliges signatory states to establish a contribution plan, implement it and raise amounts every five years. Civil society`s participation in the negotiation process through the action programme adopted in November 2016, which brings together civil society initiatives from 180 countries. In 2015, members of civil society were appointed at a high level to facilitate civil society participation in the intergovernmental process. The financial commitment of developed countries to contribute up to $100 billion a year from 2020. This funding should give priority to the states most affected by the effects of the agreement on climate change under the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change, also known as the Paris Climate Agreement or COP21, an international treaty according to the city of Paris, France, which adopted it in December 2015, which aimed to emit gases contributing to global warming , to reduce.
The Paris agreement aimed to improve and replace the Kyoto Protocol, a previous international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. It came into force on 4 November 2016 and was signed by 194 countries and ratified by 188 in November 2020. The Paris Agreement was launched at the signing on April 22, 2016 (Earth Day) at a ceremony in New York. [59] After the agreement was ratified by several EU member states in October 2016, there were enough countries that had ratified the agreement to produce enough greenhouse gases in the world for the agreement to enter into force. [60] The agreement came into force on November 4, 2016. [2] The agreement is a massive redistribution of wealth from the United States to other countries. With a growth of 1%, renewable energy sources can meet part of our domestic demand, but with 3 or 4% growth that I expect, we need all forms of American energy available, or our country – (Applause) – will be seriously threatened by power cuts and power cuts, our businesses will often stop, and the American family will suffer the consequences in the form of lost jobs and a very low quality of life.


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50 Essential Epic Fantasies (Part 2: 1982 - 2013)
The latter half of my picks for "Essential" Epic Fantasies. You can find the first 25 - and a bit of explanation - here.
A quick reminder that the the rules are as follows:
No more than one book or series from each author. For example, J.R. R. Tolkien could go in for The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings series, but not both.
No collections or anthologies.
You can only list books that you have read.
Definitions of "essential", "epic" and "fantasy" are left open for interpretation.
Don't forget to check out the lists composed by Liz Bourke, Justin Landon and Tansy Rayner Roberts as well!
This half of my my "Essential" list are about the changes - or lack thereof - happening in the epic fantasy category.
Let's get stuck in, starting with one of the greatest revisionist epic fantasies of all...
Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (1982): One of (if not the) most classic fantasy stories of all time, retold from a completely different point of view. New perspectives raise new questions - what is a hero? What is a villain? What's good and evil? All the trappings that we've been taking for granted, turned on their head.
Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown (1984): Good lord, a female protagonist with agency! Mature sexual politics! (Also, badass dragonslaying!) It is fun to look back thirty years and find a book that, in many ways, is more inherently progressive than what's being published today.
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles (1984 - 1985): Here you go.
Terry Pratchett's Guards, Guards (1989): Fantasy comedies - of which Pratchett, Robert Asprin and Craig Shaw Gardner are three examples - have always been pioneering genre self-awareness. Guards, Guards has characters questioning the nature of epic fantasy, even as they tromp around within one.
Richard Awlinson's [a pen name for two authors] Avatar trilogy (1989): Another RPG tie-in. And, if you'll forgive the painfully trendy term, an excellent example of transmedia world building. The trilogy is uses many of fantasy's traditions (linear, scavenger hunt style narratives, chosen one protagonists, detailed world-building) as a means of fleshing out an entire media property. More interesting for what it demonstrates than what it is. More on this here.
Neil Gaiman's Sandman (1989 - 1996): Lots of stuff going on here - lots of good quests in here, but with different protagonists (Preludes, Season of Mists, A Game of You,...) and all with unusual twists to them. Plus, contemporary, urban stories in which our world is the wonderfully magical realm. Sandman wasn't the first to do this, but a huge part of Gaiman's messianic charisma is his ability to convey the belief that reality is an epic fantasy setting.
Terry Brooks' The Heritage of Shannara (1990 - 1993): Heritage is a fusion of dying earth fantasy plus post-apocalypticism plus a bit of anti-industrial ranting. Brooks actually does all of this pretty well, making Heritage a solid attempt at mashing modern themes into a classic setting. Plus, I'm a sucker for stories in which the good guys are overturning the existing social order rather than defending it. A more critical interpretation? After Brooks copied everything else Tolkien wrote, Heritage is four books on the Scouring of the Shire.
Clive Barker's Imajica (1991): Horror/fantasy hybrid. [Unrelated, but one of those books that weirdly snuck into the mainstream. Lots of people that wouldn't read, say, Tolkien, were happy to read Imajica, which was what, like a billion times geekier?]
Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule (1994): Wow, I loathe this book. But... it covers off the long-winded neo-macho fantasy epic (see also: Wheel of Time). Wizard's First Rule is also significant as a work of (Objectivist) philosophy - in which the author gleefully embraced epic fantasy's reactionary subtext and ran with it. It kind of epitomises everything I don't like about the category, all bundled up in one convenient, repulsive package.
Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher Saga (1994 - 1999): The reverse of the above. Sapkowski's saga - only part of which has been published in English - is all about moral ambiguity and looking at old fantasy archetypes (especially fairy tales) in a new light. Less about world-building, more about using secondary worlds as a platform to tackle tricky questions.
Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy (1995 - 1997): In my mind, I see Hobb's work as an example of gradual evolution, a tiny nudge further away from the Eddingsiana of a decade earlier. The Farseer Trilogy is still a chosen one story in a high fantasy setting with big evils, etc, etc, but it also weaves in the idea of the flawed protagonist and the hint that maybe the good guy doesn't win everything at the end of the book. Baby steps, especially when contrasted with the flying leap a year later in...
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (1996 - 2084 [estimated]) - Love it or hate it, one of the biggest things to happen in epic fantasy since... "Conan the Barbarian"? Dungeons & Dragons? Only time will tell exactly how huge the impact of Martin's series will be. The tropes are all there and recognisable, but they've gone horribly, wonderfully wrong. Everything we're trained to see in high fantasy has been twisted and then knotted with a sort of brutal realism. (And that's just the literary significance - GRRM has probably done more to raise the profile of the fantasy genre than any modern author that's not...)
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter (1997 - 2007): Orphans and wizard schools, epic battles against the big, big bad, revelations of magic, etc. I think when Harry Potter got big, a lot of fantasy fans (myself included) were complaining that we'd already been reading this stuff for years... then we ran out and bought them anyway.
China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000): There's an epic fantasy woven in here somewhere - hell, there's an old-school D&D adventuring party tromping around - but it is Miévillian. Every genre is in here if you want to find it. Still, this is part of the dying earth/Weird strand, and has inspired many imitators (most are attempts to recreate the Bas-Lag/New Crobuzon setting rather than the underlying themes, but, c'est la vie).
Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004): Two books in a row that are just really smart.1 We'll break that streak with...
Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series (2005 - 2008): This is a terrible series, terribly written with terrible things to say. So, yes, I'm trolling everyone, Twilight fans and epic fantasy readers alike. But, this is an epic fantasy told from the non-Chosen One point of view. Bella is the bride/reward, not the hero. She's the mother and wife of a Chosen One, but not chosen herself. There's no sense of empowerment here: Bella lacks all agency - which only furthers the comparison with the bride and mother archetypes in traditional epic fantasy. (Want the world's most depressing picture of genre's "progress"? Compare Twilight [2005] to The Mists of Avalon [1982].) Incidentally, Twilight outsold The Wheel of Time, Dark Tower and A Song of Ice and Fire combined. Hell, if you threw in everything else on this page not by Rowling, you wouldn't bridge the gap. Good book? No. Significant? Undeniably.
Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006): Much discussion and debate about this one. First, one book - not both. Lies isn't the best example of post-Martin revisionism, urban (not rural) epics, unexpected plot twists, roguish anti-heros or epic/sword-and-sorcery blending. BUT, it is a pretty good example of all those things and has the benefit of being brilliantly written. I've nobly included crap like Goodkind and Twilight. Adding in Lynch lets me sleep at night.
Joe Abercrombie's The First Law (2006 - 2012): Abercrombie represents fantasy on two fronts. First, the sprawling epic, combining ostensibly gritty selective realism with traces of high magic (e.g. Erikson, Gemmell, et al.). Second, the whole grimdark thing. Like any other trend, a couple people (Martin, Abercrombie) did something really, really interesting - they explored the idea that 'actually a fantasy world would be really brutal/disease-ridden/awful on a day-by-day basis'. Their commercial success was immediately followed by dozens of pale imitations, all based on the false assumption that readers love them some diseased brutality. It is always easy to poach an aesthetic. The actual underlying insight? Harder to copy.
K.J. Parker's The Folding Knife (2010): A post-revisionist epic that stresses moral ambiguity and difficult ethical decisions. It sucks that I don't have room to include Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet or David Anthony Durham's Acacia, but, yikes, we're already almost at fifty. (For more on The Folding Knife.)
Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010): Despite all the new trends of the last dozen years, isn't it comforting to know that someone is still churning out epic fantasy the old-fashioned way? Vast battles. Chosen ones. Big evils. Meticulously plotted magical systems. 1,000 pages of training sequences. Clashing empires. Dubious racial politics. Sanderson may be the best there is at writing epic fantasy the way epic fantasy has always been written. How's that for a mixed compliment?
Maurice Broaddus' Knights of Breton Court trilogy (2010 - 2011): A great example of how the oldest fantasy inspirations/tropes (in this case, King Arthur and his Court) can still be made fresh and relevant. In this case, the story of the rise and fall of the Round Table is layered on inner city Indianapolis.
Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus (2011): Fundamentally starting from the same place as, say, Harry Potter - about the agony of being 'chosen' and the triumph of love and righteousness, plus, you know, wizard school. But Morgenstern's book takes cues from romance, horror and literary fiction to be a truly modern sort of epic.
Jesse Bullington's The Enterprise of Death (2011): Again, a traditional epic structure (quest, curse, lost princesses, evil wizarding, etc.) but with thoroughly new twists. Enterprise is a meandering picaresque tale, an unconventional protagonist and a disquieting discussion of agency.
Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo (2012): While discussing my list with others before today, two people challenged this one, but I think Redemption couldn't be more perfect as an example of how the epic fantasy is evolving. An ordinary (but extremely good) person becomes chosen, the recipient of vast and uncontrollable magical power from whimsical, activist deities. She immediately comes to the attention of A Big Bad Evil, and only by a quest through strange lands (and times) can our heroine emerge victorious. Yet... at the same time, there's no swordplay, no big battles and it is ultimately about redemption, not victory.
N.K. Jemisin's Dreamblood Series (2012+): A fitting conclusion to this list - an epic fantasy series that is hugely exciting for the future of the genre. It has a fascinating and creative setting, strong and progressive characters and fresh interpretations of traditional tropes - all while being unquestionably, comfortably epic.
...and that's a wrap! As always, please leave your corrections, omissions, suggestions and death threats in the comments. Plus, you can read completely different lists of "Essentials" with Liz Bourke, Justin Landon and Tansy Rayner Roberts.
1: Plus, there's something charming about the way the author put all the world-building into the footnotes. If you wanted a story about characters, read above the lines. If you care about the fluff, skip down and read the small print. Bonus: Clarke did an amazing job of making the fae interesting again.
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When I look at the code during runtime both variables have the correct information in them, it just isn't displaying them on the form. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello fellow pecan lovers! If you've had your fill of pecan pie and are still craving pecans, here is a lovely addition to your holiday dessert repertoire—a pecan tart, packed with pecans and baked with brown sugar and butter until the sugar melts and caramelizes. You get all that great caramel flavor without having to make a separate sauce.
It's rich, nutty, caramel-y and perfect for a holiday gathering. Excellent with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream. Do make sure you have enough people to share it with. Although it's not big in size, a little goes a long way!
1 Make the dough. Combine in a food processor the flour, sugar, and salt. Pulse to blend. Add the cubed butter and pulse until you have pea-sized pieces of butter. Add 1 Tbsp ice water and pulse until the dough starts to come together into a ball. Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and form into a ball with your hands. Flatten into a disc form, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2 Form the crust. Press the dough into the center of the tart pan and work it with your fingers and the palm of your hand so that it spreads to the edges and up the sides of the tart pan. Lay a large piece of aluminum foil into the pan on top of the dough and press it into the dough so that it helps the dough keep its shape in the pan. Then place the pan into the freezer for 30 minutes.
3 Blind bake the crust. Preheat oven to 400°F. After 30 minutes, remove the pan from the freezer and gently remove the foil from the dough. Place the pan on top of a sheet of foil (to catch drippings) on top of a baking sheet. Prick the bottom of the tart dough with the tines of a fork in several places and place the tart pan in the oven. Bake for 15 -20 minutes, or until the dough is lightly browned. Remove from oven and let sit at room temperature to cool.
4 Make the filling. Put the butter, brown sugar, egg, and salt in a large bowl. Stir until well combined. Then gently stir in the pecans. Pour the filling into the pre-baked, cooled tart shell.
5 Bake the tart. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the tart on a foil lined pan and bake for about 25 minutes until lightly browned and slightly puffy all over. Remove from oven and let cool to touch. Then while the tart is still slightly warm, gently remove the outer ring of the tart pan, leaving the tart on the metal tart pan bottom. Let cool all the way before cutting to serve.
Serve with whipped cream. Use a sharp chef's knife to cut the tart. You have to cut through pecans, so make strong, swift cuts.
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How would you recommend storing the pie/how long do you think it would last?
Made this yesterday and loved it. I took the tips from others and baked it in a regular pie dish and added chunks of chocolate. The crust was flaky, which I got compliments on. I did have to add 2 Tblsp. of water instead of 1 to get it to form a dough. Thanks Elise.
In one word, AMAZING! The crust is perfectly buttery, the filling rich and sweet. Loved it!
It's not "subtle"- you are definitely eating a tart made of sugar, butter, and pecans- but… that's a pretty darned good combination!
Hard to say which I like the most when it comes to pecan or pumpkin pies? But, this Caramelized Pecan Pie may be a tie breaker! Wanting to stay glutten free, I have been thinking of making a Spiced Pumpkin Parfait for Thanksgiving desert, but now I am thinking I might try making this recipe into a parfait!!
I'm thinking this would be delicious with chocolate in it! Do you think adding chunks of semisweet chocolate would work well?
Hi Laura, I think it would be delicious!
I love nutty desserts because 1) They are nutty like me 2) they are delicious and 3) They give a little protein with the dessert. Thanks for the tips on how to make a crust. I will try using ice water instead of lukewarm tap water this time.
The combination of pecans and caramel is just classic perfection. I do believe it is quite rich though.


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Most of the things we see around us were made by humanity. The buildings we live in, the vehicles we use, the clothes we wear and even most of the food we eat are set in their present form by human effort.
Land is completely different.
No human being has made land, and the value of a piece of land derives from such things as natural fertility, mineral deposits and its position in relation to public utilities, natural harbours, communications and population. Different pieces of land vary enormously in their value. An acre of land in the middle of a town, for example, may be worth many thousands of times as much as an acre of remote moorland. Therefore, a tax on land values is a fair tax, because the person who owns land derives benefit from something which he or she has not made.
First off, the value of every piece of land in this country should be assessed. By 'land' we mean the site alone, not counting any improvements on the site. Thus, the value of any buildings, crops, drainage or anything else which people have put on, or done to, the site would be ignored.
Then, after the land has been valued, a tax should be fixed on the basis of that value. Of course this wouldn't mean any more overall taxation, because the introduction of Land Value Taxation would permit other taxes to be reduced or, in some cases, to be abolished altogether.
Economist Jerry Jones has updated and extended his pamphlet on land value tax and its implementation.
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1. How land acquires value – and who benefits
2. Reclaiming land value for public benefit – the case for a land value tax
3. How Harrisburg in the US was transformed through a land value tax
4. Valuing the land – how to measure land values
5. Differences between a land value tax and other land and property taxes
6. The case for replacing the council tax with a land value tax
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Florida's Building Code Doesn't Take Sea Rise Into Account. That Could Change This Year
The last time the Florida building code changed, it required any new construction along the coast to elevate buildings a whole foot.
Just three years later, that doesn't look like enough. There's a call to go up yet another foot.
The rising base elevations of homes are a clear sign that — despite waffling political rhetoric from the federal and state level — the people who plan and build in coastal Florida consider the threat of sea rise very real.
"If we're going to build a resilient Florida, the hurricanes aren't going away. Climate change isn't going to stop," said Craig Fugate, Florida's former director of emergency management and FEMA head under Barack Obama. "We cannot keep building the way we always have and except a different outcome in future disasters."
Florida's long and winding coastline is packed with people, with more arriving by the day. That makes the state more vulnerable to sea level rise and increasingly powerful hurricanes than any other.
But as of 2019, Florida's massive, nationally-renowned statewide building code still doesn't have much to say about how to build with climate change in mind. That could change this year, as a new Florida International University study commissioned by the Florida Building Commission makes its way through the building code bureaucracy.
One of its first recommendations: bring all new construction along the flood-prone coast up another foot.
"The building code doesn't currently take sea level rise into account," said Tiffany Troxler, associate director of science for the FIU Sea Rise Solutions Center and co-author of the report. "One recommendation was simply to try to account for that uncertainty that we cannot currently account for, including sea level rise, to add one foot to the elevations that are already recommended."
Another idea involves following in South Florida's footsteps and developing a region-specific sea level rise curve that's updated every five years to guide building. The South Florida projection calls for two feet of sea rise by 2060 and is due to be updated in 2020.
A third recommendation calls for the state to review groundwater maps before allowing septic tanks to be installed. Rising groundwater from sea rise has already caused dangerous (and gross) septic failures across Miami-Dade County, a problem that could cost $3 billion to solve in Miami-Dade alone.
Elevating buildings, however, was the report's the most dramatic suggestion, and potentially the most impactful. Every extra foot a building is built over the base flood elevation, the minimum height for new construction to qualify for flood insurance, is a discount on flood insurance. Elevating a single foot could drop annual flood insurance premiums 17 percent. A second foot could shave 37 percent off a premium.
"Agencies that grade a city's credit and determine how much it will pay for bonds have increasingly started factoring in how a city is adapting to sea level rise," said Roderick Scott, board member of the Flood Mitigation Industry Association. "If you don't have a foot of freeboard you're going to have higher bonding costs."
Florida wouldn't be the first floodprone place to require extra height on new buildings. New Jersey and New York instituted two feet of freeboard after Superstorm Sandy. Annapolis, Maryland requires two feet. Nashville calls for four feet. Even Miami and Miami Beach have a minimum freeboard of one foot, with the option to go up to five feet.
In Fugate's time with the Obama administration, the President even passed an executive order mandating all federal buildings be built two feet above FEMA's base flood elevation. It was reversed under President Donald Trump.
"Two feet in Florida makes sense," Fugate said. "It's a good first step, but in New Orleans they go three feet above. And the other challenge is this only happens for homes that occur in the flood zones," he said. "We're seeing a lot of flooding outside of the special risk areas. If we're only doing it in the high-risk areas what does it do for the people outside of that? It does not appear FEMA is updating their flood maps soon enough or fast enough."
A Florida example of this, he noted, is Hurricane Michael in the Panhandle. More than 80 percent of homes flooded by the storm weren't in FEMA flood zones, so they weren't required to have insurance or elevate their homes very far off the ground.
Reinaldo Borges, an architect and member of Miami's Resilience Board, called freeboard one of the most effective strategies to protect a property from sea rise, but said he has a hard time convincing clients to elevate a home or building if they're not required to.
"When you give a developer a minimum, typically they go with the minimum. Rarely do they go above it," Borges said. "Unless you codify things, things don't just happen."
The biggest barrier to adding more freeboard is cost. Homes built directly on the ground, known as slab on grade, are some of the cheapest to build. Homebuilders across the country have fought local governments trying to add more freeboard, saying it will drive up prices and exacerbate affordable housing issues. The report passed an initial panel review, the full building commission has yet to review it for proposed 2020 code changes.
"For an additional one foot, that's a considerable increase," said Truly Burton, government affairs director for the Builders Association of South Florida. "We just did it 18 months ago."
Elevating a 2,000 square foot home can range from just under $900 per foot for concrete block piers to almost $5,000 per foot using only dirt, according to a 2006 study from the American Institutes for Research updated with 2017 construction costs. Proponents argue the discounted insurance premium pays off the investment over time.
Burton said her organization has supported previous requirements to keep homes hurricane safe, and they see sea rise as a serious issue.
"But in the balance between affordability and resiliency, we try to stay right in the center," Burton said. "You gotta stay safe. We build houses that are affordable, please god. And they have to be safe."
Fugate said higher freeboard upsets the profit margins for homebuilders, who are in the business of transactions, not long term risk. And if those buildings aren't strong enough to withstand a hurricane or a flood, rebuilding takes longer and costs more.
"The question is which is more expensive? Building resilient homes or rebuilding them all post-disaster?" Fugate said. "I think Florida's got some rude awakenings that there are no good, cheap, easy answers to adapting to climate change."
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Happy Sunday, everyone! I honestly couldn't think of sweeter content for a Sunday than these 2 sweet faces. What cuties!! These cute boys are the sons of the fabulous Kristina Proffitt, and she decided to go a slightly different route for this feature and show how you can use Project Life pieces for traditional scrapbooking as well as pocket page scrapbooking! We all like to know our products are versatile, right?
Speaking of versatile, I'm loving that she was able to use the Blush kit for a boys layout, and you can't get much more versatile than these awesome stickers (in my opinion :)).
Thanks so much for reading today, and thanks to Kristina for inspiring us today!
Adorable little kidlets! Love the simple layout!
Great page! Love the colors and those sweet faces.
Great layout! I love that PL is so versatile. Thanks for sharing.
What cute boys! Great very vivid photo! Lovely page!
A wonderful page! I'd hate to put it away in an album it is so sweet! I miss my boys being that small – they are now between 6 and 6'5″!
Kristina's project is absolutely adorable…so CAS…and her darling boys are precious!
Cute kids and a cute layout! Simple, too…I like simple.
Cute PL page! Love it!
So cute! Love the layout and colours too!
Having 3 sons, this layout spoke the sheer love of a mother with sons! Now, mine would fill the scrap page, because they are grown men…lol…just sayin'….they grow up too fast! SMILES What jumped out on the page, besides these cute brother's, was the words "MY BOYS"! No sweeter words! This layout is really a labour of LOVE. I learned much from viewing it!
Love this idea to use up my Blush kit on my pages. I had never thought to use it for my boys!!
Good to see you can use them in so many ways!
Love cards that are personalized like this!


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Cord-cutting deals: Grab Roku video streamers at deep discounts
Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Roku itself have early Black Friday discounts on Roku Ultra, Premiere, Streambar, and Streaming Stick+.
By Alexandria Haslam
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Roku has been one of the biggest names in cord-cutting for a while, and for good reason: Its awesome streaming devices add convenience and connectivity to any TV setup. Now, in early Black Friday sales, you can choose from a bunch of different discounted Roku options, so you can get all that streaming power on the cheap. We're highlighting Amazon links below, but you can find many of the same deals on the Roku pages at Walmart, Best Buy, and Roku itself.
The Roku Premiere is $25, down from a list price of $40, and now an all-time low price. This streaming stick is quite a bit simpler than some others in the Roku line-up, but still comes with an included premium HDMI cable, as well as Roku's classic simple remote. We gave the 2018 model 4 stars out of 5.
The Roku Streaming Stick+ is $30 today, down from a list price of $50, and matching its all-time low. This streaming stick comes with Roku's awesome voice remote, so you can navigate through content, adjust volume, and more with just your voice. We gave it 4.5 stars out of 5 and an Editors' Choice award.
The Roku Streambar is $100, discounted from a list price of $130. This handy streaming device/soundbar combo provides Dolby Audio sound, as well as all the features you've come to expect from Roku, including its easy-to-use user interface and broad compatibility. As a soundbar, it can't compete with more expensive models (hence our 3.5 star review), but for $100 this is a fantastic upgrade for TVs that lack cord-cutting features or improved audio.
The Roku Ultra is $70 today, down from a list price of $99. This streaming device comes with a premium HDMI cable for easy setup, as well as an awesome remote, which you can track down if misplaced with a "lost remote finder." You can also listen privately with the remote's built-in headphone jack, and control your TV with just the sound of your voice. We gave it 4 stars out of 5.
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Émilie Morier still has so much of her triathlon career ahead of her, which is especially impressive given she may have been racing for more years than many of her older peers. Émilie first raced a triathlon when she was just six-years-old. Originally from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in Drôme, Émilie was inspired by her sister to get into the sport at a young age and joined the Tricastin Triathlon club. Her competitive spirit was obvious from the off as she raced in competitions across France as a junior.
Émilie really made a breakthrough in 2014 when she was selected to represent France in the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. She had a dream debut at the event and picked up a gold medal in the relay and a bronze in the individual. Now believing she had what it took to make it in triathlon, Émilie joined Pôle France in 2015 and dedicated herself to the sport.
Just two years later she came third in the French Championship at sprint distance, and her improving results continued in 2018 as she secured her first win at World Cup level in Madrid. A year later Émilie was crowned Under-23 World Champion on the Gold Coast.
Battling against some fantastic other French women for international honours, Émilie was part of the Mixed Relay team that secured gold at the World Championship event in 2019. In 2020 she took the decision to change her training set-up and move to be coached by Joel Filliol and train alongside the likes of Vincent Luis and Katie Zaferes and has her sights set on a home Olympics in Paris in 2024.
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When you're expecting a newborn, life can be both wonderful and stressful at the same time. This is especially true if you're on leave as a foreigner or non-resident in another country, no matter if you're simply a long-term visitor, a tourist, or permanent expat. Medical expenses for prenatal and maternity care can be tricky. This guide will help you navigate what to expect when you're expecting in the Philippines.
How much does in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cost in the Philippines?
Across the country, about 1 in 10 Filipinos struggle with infertility. Due to these rates, it's no surprise that the use of IVF has become more common over the past few decades. But it's not cheap, and most government subsidies won't cover it.
Can a non-resident or visitor on a visa go through IVF or fertility treatment? Is medical tourism a thing in the Philippines?
Medical tourism, or traveling abroad for medical procedures, is alive and well in the Philippines. The country ranks 8th in the world as the most popular destination for medical tourism. Among the various common medical services sought by tourists or visitors are IVF procedures and fertility treatments. Most of the hospitals catering to foreign IVF patients are in the country's capital, Manila.
In the Philippines, the local currency is the Philippine peso. It's sometimes written as PHP or symbolised by '₱.' If you want to make sure you're understanding the conversion with your home currency, check with an online currency converter.
Is there any type of financial assistance or health insurance that will cover part or all of the IVF procedure in the Philippines?
There are no Filipino public or private health insurance carriers that cover IVF treatments. However, various expat or foreign private health insurers may cover the procedures. Different IVF treatment centers may also be able to provide financial assistance if it's needed. It's best to check with your own private insurance carrier for IVF coverage for more options.
How much does having a baby cost in the Philippines with or without insurance?
Can a non-resident or visitor on a tourist or other visa deliver a baby in the Philippines? Is birth tourism a thing in the Philippines?
If you're a foreign or non-resident visitor or tourist, you're allowed to give birth in a Filipino hospital. Expats tend to prefer hospitals over home births, due to the higher standards of care in facilities. There are certain hospitals that foreigners prefer, as they are hospitals with Western standards of care - St. Luke's and Makati Medical Centre are two of them.
Birth tourism in the Philippines isn't really popular; it's not generally noted to be one of the countries that people travel to for medical reasons when pregnant.
Long-term foreign residents or expats have access to the state-sponsored health coverage, PhilHealth, which will cover delivery and prenatal treatment for all mothers who will give birth soon.
There's also a difference in costs between using public or private hospitals, as the latter will likely cost more for delivery services. Most government hospitals have a fairly high standard of operating, just as private hospitals do, but private hospitals will have higher-grade technologies and facilities. Expect to find private hospitals in all the key cities throughout the country.
What's the average stay in a Filipino hospital like after having a baby?
Lately, home births are discouraged, as the Department of Health attempts to implement reforms that lower maternal and neonatal mortality. This policy is somewhat controversial, but it means that most mothers attempt to reach a hospital or medical facility when they're nearing labour.
If there are no complications, a hospital stay is usually 2 days. With a Caesarian section, you'll probably have to stay 1-2 days more, as it's a more complex procedure.
What documents do I need to have a baby in the Philippines?
How do I register my baby in the Philippines?
In most cases, the hospital will submit your registration directly to the city hall and the National Statistics Office, which issues birth certificates. Once this process has occurred, you can phone the office and request a birth certificate through the post, or you can visit in-person. There is a small issuance fee.
If I am not an Philippine national but have a baby in the Philippines, will my child have to choose between nationalities or will they get Filipino citizenship?
If your child is born in the Philippines and one parent is a Filipino citizen, then your baby is automatically a citizen of the Philippines. The government does officially recognise dual citizenship.
How long is maternity leave in the Philippines? What about paternity leave?
Working mothers are eligible for 120 days of maternity leave and up to 150 days of leave if they're single mothers. Fathers are eligible for up to 7 days of paternity leave for the first 4 legitimate deliveries of his legitimate spouse.
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Becoming a new parent in the Philippines is a complicated process, so it's that much more important to do your research ahead of time. Refer back to this guide when you need a resource for addressing your questions and concerns.


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Losing three brothers to cancer in a space of only 12 months was a grief stricken time for Maria Borsi, but also one of great motivation for the former smoker. Maria, an Arabuna woman, 50 of Gepps Cross, said after seeing both her brothers pass away, she could no longer ignore the impact smoking was having on her family.
"Two of my brothers were really heavy smokers right up to the day they died or until they couldn't physically smoke anymore," she said. "It really made me take stock and think . . . gee we aren't immortal, it actually can affect us." A mother to three and grandmother to four, Maria says she remembers as a little girl running to the shops to buy cigarettes for her mum and other family members.
"When I was young, smoking was the norm, everyone smoked. And I would often ask my mum if I could light her smokes for her. I was fascinated and thought it was cool," she said. But it wasn't until Maria was 24 that she took up smoking.
"The year my mum died I basically chain smoked and made myself really ill with bronchitis, all that really did was slow me down as I really relied on them at the time," she said. More than 25 years later, Maria has given up smoking and her chest is the best it has ever been.
"It is still early days for me, nearly 12 months, but I don't have that horrible, phlegmy, rattly chest. And I have a lot more energy," Maria said. "I can run around with the grannies, without getting puffed out – that's a real bonus!" For those people thinking of giving up smoking, Maria's advice is to think about the advantages and what it would mean to your family.
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