Patate Prezzemolate (Italian Vegan Potato Salad)
This classic vegan potato salad can be found on Italian tables from the North to the South. In Italy, you'll encounter it in a variety of settings - formal luncheons, family gatherings, weeknight dinners, and even in school cafeterias. Buon appetito!
●Prep Time: 20 mins ●Cook Time: 10 mins ●Total Time: 30 mins ●Servings: 6 ________________ Ingredients ______________
25 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, peeled and slightly crushed
2 green onions (white part only), chopped
½ cup very finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (Optional)
________________ Directions ______________
● 1 : Combine potatoes and salt in a large pot filled with cold water. Bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are tender, but not mushy, about 10 minutes depending on size. Drain and set aside until cool enough to handle. ● 2 : While potatoes are cooking, whisk 3 tablespoons olive oil and white wine vinegar together in a small bowl. Add garlic and set aside. ● 3 : Peel cooked and cooled potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes. Combine potatoes, green onions, and parsley in a bowl and lightly toss. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil mixture and lightly toss, taking care not to break the potatoes. ● 4 : Top with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and red pepper flakes right before serving. _____________ Nutrition Facts ______________
181 :Calories 9g :Fat 23g :Carbs 3g :Protein

Trial Day 55
Michael goes to court with Katherine & Randy
The parade of defense witnesses continued as two more of Michael's relatives and a videographer took to the stand to defend him
First up was the soft spoken 12-year-old, Rijo Jackson, the younger brother of Simone Jackson who took the stand yesterday. He testified to seeing Gavin and his younger brother, Starr, watching naked women on television while appearing to masturbate under the covers.
When confronted by the then 10-year-old Rijo, the Arvizo boys allegedly urged him to join them in masturbating. The youngster said he refused and opted to retire in his famous cousin's bed that night.
Rijo testified:

"they said, 'Why don't you do that, too.' I said, 'I don't want to because it's nasty and wrong"

During cross examination Rijo said that he had told Michael about what the boys were watching on television but that he didn't take his comments seriously.

"He didn't believe it. He thought they were cool and they wouldn't do that",he said.

Prosecutor Ron Zonen asked whether he had told Jackson specifically about the masturbation.
Rijo said he had not, saying

"I didn't wanna like tell him 'cause I was scared."

After testifying to spending the night in Jackson's bed Zonen asked:

"did you do that often?"
"Yes," replied Rijo.

The incident, which occurred in 2003, contradicts testimony previously given by the Arvizo boys who claimed that Jackson had introduced them to alcohol, pornography and masturbation.
Rijo then told of another incident that took place when Michael had ordered wine to his room. The bottle was delivered to the lower quarters of his bedroom suite by chef's assistant, Angel Vivaco.
Rijo said he then saw the Arvizo boys take the unopened bottle of wine up to the second floor of the bedroom while Michael was in the bathroom & later return downstairs before leaving. He said that the bottle had been opened and some wine was missing. The boy said that when Jackson returned, he did not question why there was wine missing. He did not tell him what he had seen because he could not be certain the boys had consumed the wine.
Rijo also testified to witnessing the Arvizo boys stealing money belonging to Neverland employees from a kitchen drawer and also stealing other objects from Jackson's office.
Following the young witness was yet another Jackson relative. Michelle Jackson, Michael's aunt and Rijo's grandmother. She told jurors about a conversation with Gavin
She said that he told her that

"we don't want to go to Brazil. That's my mother who wants to go. We want to stay here."

Gavin's mother claims that Jackson planned to whisk the family away to South America in an attempt to get rid of them.
In other testimony, star of the 90's hit series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, testified to becoming suspicious of Janet Arvizo
Vernee Watson Johnson said she became uneasy about the woman's fund-raising activities for her then cancer-stricken son in 2000. She was called to support the defense claim that the mother has a history of schemes to get money from celebrities and that Jackson was merely another target.
Johnson testified that she had been the boy's acting teacher and was asked to help raise money for him but abandoned plans to help the mother

"because I didn't trust her."

Johnson said that she had asked Janet Arvizo to set up a special bank account for donations to her son but that Arvizo had asked her to put the money into her own (Arvizos) account instead.
She also testified that the family had once visited her home and that the children had run around, gone through her things and jumped on her son's bed. She said she never allowed them back.
Next on the stand was videographer, Christopher Robinson, who had a part in filming Jackson's Take 2 rebuttal video. The Arvizos claim the video was highly scripted, right down to every laugh and gesture.

"Were any of the answers scripted?", asked Jackson defense attorney Robert Sanger.
"No," Robinson said.
"Did he (Robinson) have any of the answers in advance?" Sanger queried.
"Of course not," Robinson said, adding that he had given the family the questions beforehand but had not discussed the answers.
"Was there anything that you saw that indicated she [Janet Arvizo] was unwilling to do the interview?" Sanger asked.
"She was adamant about wanting to do the interview," Robinson said

But he noted that she was hesitant to sign a release form that would allow the video to be aired. The family's interview was never aired due to time constraints.
He said he was asked to emphasize a series of talking points:

• Jackson was a good person
• He'd made the Arvizo family part of his own
• He was a father figure to them
• He was a good parent to his own children
• He was misunderstood as a person
• He helped Gavin overcome a bout with cancer.

Robinson described the family as "very eager" and "very happy" at the taping and said their answers were "spontaneous." He said there was no indication that they were being held against their will or being mistreated, as the prosecution alleges.
Before court was adjourned, Judge Rodney Melville ruled that the defense could not present testimony from two people about the family's alleged beating by J.C. Penney security guards. The family received a settlement of more than $150,000 in that case.
Sanger said one of the guards would have testified that the family was restrained but not beaten and that the mother even returned the next day, gave him a hug and apologized. He said a bystander would testify that the family was non-violently restrained.
Sanger told the court that the defense team had eliminated a number of witnesses from their list but he did not estimate when the defense would conclude its case. Jackson's spokeswoman,Raymone Bain, has denied reports that the defense may rest as early as next week
Court Transcript
Trial Reenactment
Katherine Jackson arriving
w/Katherine Jackson, arriving at court
Defense attorneys Susan Yu & Thomas Mesereau arriving at court
Waving to supporters as he arrives
w/Katherine Jackson, arriving at court
Leaving court
Leaving court
Leaving court
Leaving court
Michael's official spokesperson Raymone K. Bain kisses Katherine Jackson goodbye as she leaves court
Leaving court
Thomas Mesereau Jr. leaving court
Defense witness Vernee Watson-Johnson leaving court after testifying
Scott Ross & actress Vernee Watson-Johnson arriving at court
Michael's spokesperson Raymone Bain, assistant Adean King & defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. talk outside at the end of the day
w/Katherine Jackson & security, arriving at court
Arriving at court
Randy Jackson passing through security after arriving at court
Defense witness & Michael's aunt, Michelle Jackson leaving court
Christian Robinson arriving w/attorney Jesus Castillo

Myself and two friends were renting through a property management company who have been pretty awful for the 2.5 years we've been renting from them.
Our lease was up 4/30/24. We went through the entire move out checklist and cleaned things to the best of our ability. They had given us the option to hire professional cleaners but we all decided if it truly needed professional cleaning it could just be subtracted from the 1.8k security deposit.
We get all of our furniture and belongings out and drop off keys and garage door openers per the property management company's policy.
Fast forward to yesterday, 5/17. I received an email stating I owed 2.8k due to "light marks" on multiple walls. This amount exceeds our security deposit and we would owe another 1k on top of things.
I requested the full inspection and the things they are considering as "light marks" in my opinion would be covered under the lease agreement as "normal wear and tear" as we lived there for 2.5 years.
I will attach photos of the aformentioned "light marks"
What recourse do I have? Is it worth fighting this in small claims?
I can see the small charges here and there to replace light bulbs, smoke detectors, etc. but the excessive charges for painting scuffs seems exactly that, excessive.

Switched to EC on my kitchen table and this version of troll disco has done quite well against mono black (with four Hymns). Haven't tested it against other decks yet, so there may be some surprises...

Molladalen in Norway is home to some of the best climbing in Norway. Approaching the valley it looks like a mini Patagonia with tall spires, pinnacles, dihedrals and cracks in high quality rock. Unlike most other trad climbing areas in Norway, the area has a well maintained set of rappel routes on bolts as well as some bolted belays.
We climbed the Southeast ridge of the Jønshornet south face (called Sørøstegga in Norwegian). The ridge is the left ridge in the picture. The route features diverse climbing starting in a clean corner formation going into a small overhang onto the ridge, then a very cool chimney (picture 3), then a very exposed ridge traverse before topping out at the very tip of the Jønshornet S face. A scramble continues to the top but we decided to just abseil at the anchor.
We spent quite a few hours on the rappel due to a stuck rope. We managed well but the exposure of ascending ropes on a vertical 200m face was rather exhausting personally

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